The spaceship began to accelerate, gradually leaving the plane below behind.
Because it was moving so fast, the scenery outside the cabin gradually blurred.
Soon, the wooden sheen of the green spaceship they were riding in flickered, and it vanished into the dark void of space, leaving only ripples in its wake.
Feng Hui looked outside again and saw the surrounding space warping and rippling, like invisible waves undulating all around them. Intertwined with the mysterious light in the distance, they formed a surreal tableau.
In this mysterious, inscrutable higher-dimensional space, time seemed to lose all meaning. Everything was twisted and stretched, becoming impossible to grasp.
"You've never left your planes before, so you probably don't know much about what's happening."
Teacher Wala smiled at the young people before him.
"There are broadly two ways to travel quickly through the void of space."
"The first is to use a Natural Wormhole or travel through space and time."
"The other is to travel through higher dimensions, as we're doing now."
"Our academy is extremely far from the Eastern Domain Great World. If we relied on conventional travel alone, even flying for hundreds of thousands or millions of years wouldn't be enough to reach it. But now that we've entered a higher dimension, two places separated by an immense distance there are brought closer together, allowing us to cross the vast distance and reach our destination quickly."
Feng Hui nodded. This was much like traveling through the Dark Universe in the Prime Universe.
In the Prime Universe, the Rules of the Universe prevented matter from exceeding the speed of light. Once it reached light speed, it would travel through the universe and arrive in the Dark Universe.
In the Dark Universe, one could exceed the speed of light. Its coordinates corresponded to those of the Prime Universe at a ratio of 1:10,081,000.
If one flew at the speed of light in the Dark Universe for a year, then traveled back to the Original Universe, one would end up 10.081 million light-years away.
Once one slowed to a stop, one would automatically travel back to the Prime Universe.
Although the Rules of the Universe in the Eastern Emperor Holy Land Universe differed somewhat from those in the Prime Universe, the general methods of traveling between places were similar.
The ten young students from the academy, Feng Hui among them, sat in the cabin. At first, they watched the strange higher-dimensional scenery outside with great interest, but before long, they began to grow bored.
The hazy, surreal landscape of the higher dimension barely changed. It was fascinating at first, but after a while, it lost its novelty.
Feng Hui also went to his own room aboard the spaceship and continued cultivating, making the most of his time.
Before long, he would compete against prodigies from all the planes of the Eastern Domain in the Eastern Domain Tournament at the Eastern Domain Great World. He couldn't afford to be careless.
After all, he had spent less time cultivating than the other prodigies competing in the Eastern Domain Tournament. With nothing else to do on the journey, he would use the time to cultivate. Every little bit of progress counted.
In a distant corner of the void of space lay a vast plane—the Xuanling Plane.
There were countless planes, large and small, throughout the Eastern Domain. Yet among those innumerable planes, as numerous as the stars, the Xuanling Plane was one of the most famous and dazzling.
Its fame and renown came not from its size or the number of experts it held, but from the Xuanling Academy located there.
Whether it was the Cosmic Level Eastern Domain Tournament, held once every ten thousand years, or the Domain Lord Level Eastern Domain Assembly, held once every hundred thousand years, many of the prodigies who passed the selection came from Xuanling Academy.
If Xuanling Academy was a world-renowned school, then Jia 312 Academy, where Feng Hui studied, was a rural school in the middle of nowhere.
The two were worlds apart, with no comparison between them.
Countless young geniuses from the Dongdi Clan gathered at Xuanling Academy to cultivate and receive training and guidance. They then went on to shine in the Eastern Domain Great World's selection of geniuses.
A considerable number of these geniuses had their sights set on the Cosmic Level Eastern Domain Tournament. After all, the sooner they entered the Eastern Domain Great World and received its inheritance, the more solid a foundation they could lay for their future path to becoming experts.
Of course, some geniuses had already reached the Domain Lord Level, while others had regrettably failed to qualify in the Eastern Domain Tournament. They, too, could receive Domain Lord Level training at Xuanling Academy and prepare for the Domain Lord Level Eastern Domain Assembly, held once every hundred thousand years.
Set in the Xuanling Plane, Xuanling Academy was like a giant dragon crouched in slumber. It seemed unremarkable, but when it truly revealed its might, everyone who underestimated it would be left shocked and trembling.
Over the countless years, who knew how many geniuses had emerged from the academy? Many of them had become super experts, and some had even risen to the highest ranks of the Eastern Emperor Holy Land Universe.
Thus, although the Xuanling Plane, home of Xuanling Academy, might not match some super-planes in size or in the number of experts it possessed, it held an extraordinary status throughout the Eastern Domain.
At that moment, more than a thousand young people at the Cosmic Level stood in a vast training ground at Xuanling Academy.
"You are the finest, most elite Cosmic Level students at Xuanling Academy."
A voice as grand as thunder echoed in the ears of the thousand young people.
"Perform well in the Eastern Domain Tournament. Don't tarnish Xuanling Academy's reputation."
"Yes, Dean!"
The thousand young people answered respectfully.
In an unknown stretch of the void of space stood a solemn Temple tens of thousands of kilometers tall.
Inside, a towering Dragonman sat on a colossal throne.
The space around him was completely warped. Beneath the distortion, it was impossible to make out his features.
At that moment, he was looking down at the little fellow kneeling below him.
"White Dragon, as my blood descendant, you can go directly to Dongdi Tower to receive its inheritance. You don't have to take part in the Eastern Domain Tournament!"
His voice boomed, and the surrounding space trembled as if it were about to shatter.
"Father, I don't want to rely on you to obtain a spot directly. I want to compete in the Eastern Domain Tournament fair and square, prove myself through my own strength, and fight my way into Dongdi Tower openly!"
The white-scaled Dragonman below had gone pale under the terrible pressure, but he answered with determination.
"Good. You are worthy of being my child." The rumbling voice sounded pleased. "I agree to let you compete in the Eastern Domain Tournament."
"Take first place and show the entire Eastern Domain your valor!"
The Thunderclap Plane was a wondrous plane in the Eastern Domain, shrouded in thunder.
The sky above the Thunderclap Plane was forever covered by thick, dark clouds, like an enormous black curtain pressing down until it was hard to breathe.
Thunder raced through the clouds like wild beasts, roaring as they charged. Every time lightning split the sky, it was accompanied by deafening thunder. The bolts danced among the clouds like swords slashing through the darkness, dazzling and awe-inspiring.
On planes like Jia 312 or the Xuanling Plane, there were people who comprehended all kinds of Primordial Laws. But in the Thunderclap Plane, most members of the Dongdi Clan comprehended the Lightning Law and its higher law, the Time Law.
Members of the Dongdi Clan born here often had a great talent for the Lightning Law.
As a result, this place had also become an important gathering place for cultivators of the Lightning Law in the Eastern Domain.
On a mountain peak in the Thunderclap Plane, seemingly enveloped in lightning, an old man and a young man stood facing each other.
"Go. There's nothing more I can teach you."
"Show them what you can do in the Eastern Domain Tournament. You'll receive better training there."
The old man looked at the young man before him and gave him a few words of advice.
"Don't worry, Teacher. I won't let you down!"
The young man, carrying a Thunder Great Axe on his back, spoke in a deep voice.
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