Devouring Starry Sky World.
Ganwu Universe Kingdom, Ganwu Secret Realm, inside an independent manor.
Zhang Dong, dressed in light blue armor, sat cross-legged on the ground. His primary consciousness was immersed in cultivation inside the Virtual Universe, engaging in various simulated battles or watching instructional videos.
"The danger level of this mission is far too high. I went through so much trouble to get to a world like this. I can't just stop here, can I?"
After cultivating continuously for several hours, Zhang Dong let out a weary sigh.
He had been staying up late when his vision suddenly went black. When he opened his eyes again, he had arrived in the Ganwu Secret Realm, taking the place of his predecessor, who shared his name. But he hadn't inherited any memories, only the predecessor's level and Law Comprehension.
It was still a long time before Luo Feng would be born, and King Zhenyan had yet to rise to prominence. There wasn't even anyone he could latch onto for support.
The worst part was that his predecessor had accepted a cultivation mission not long ago, and there were only two and a half days left before departure.
The Ganwu Secret Realm's overall program for cultivating young talents was modeled after the Virtual Universe Company's. Cosmic Level members had to carry out various cultivation missions.
But there weren't as many missions to choose from. They were all in dangerous locations within the Ganwu Universe Kingdom, and the mission his predecessor had accepted was the highest level, equivalent to a difficult-level mission at the Virtual Universe Company.
While cultivating in the Ganwu Secret Realm, one had no shortage of resources, basic secret techniques, combat videos, or guidance from large numbers of Realm Lord and Immortal Level teachers. Right now, he had to focus on improving his strength to prepare for the danger ahead.
If someone tried to undertake this kind of mission relying solely on a Cosmic Level body, they would almost certainly die. Whether they survived would be entirely up to luck.
As a Cosmic Level genius of the Ganwu Secret Realm, Zhang Dong's predecessor hadn't been bad at Law Comprehension, and had been close to a member of the Virtual Universe Company's End Realm.
After transmigrating, Zhang Dong's Law Comprehension wasn't bad either. If he cultivated steadily, he even had a chance of joining the Virtual Universe Company in the future.
But the time he had was simply too short. The combat skills his predecessor had developed over several centuries of cultivation couldn't possibly be mastered in five days. Rushing into the mission would be far too dangerous.
Buzz~
As he was thinking, Zhang Dong suddenly heard a strange sound in his mind. He sank his consciousness into his body and discovered a jade-green bubble.
The bubble was about an inch in size and emanated an endless, mysterious glow. When Zhang Dong covered it with his soul power, information began to flow from within.
"I knew it. Now that I'm in the Devouring Starry Sky world, there's no way I wouldn't get a cheat." Zhang Dong was overjoyed. From now on, all he had to do was focus his thoughts, and he could travel directly to another world.
He wasn't unfamiliar with this world either. It was the Source World that Yuan, the Chaos Source Lord, had painstakingly created by the Boundary Heart Continent—even using the corpses of two Hunyuan Ancestors: the Boundary Heart Continent!
With his cheat in hand, Zhang Dong immediately chose to use it.
As his soul power seeped into the bubble, time and space began to shift. In the next moment, Zhang Dong had arrived on the Boundary Heart Continent!
Ancient cities stretched as far as the eye could see, the sky soared to unimaginable heights, and the streets ran for tens of thousands of miles. The aura of life throughout the streets was terrifyingly powerful. Even the weakest people he saw were comparable to the Realm Lords and Immortals of the Primordial Universe.
Every brick and stone on the ground was enormous, and its material was incomparably tough, far beyond any metal Zhang Dong had ever seen.
The city shimmered with light, and the shops along the streets displayed countless strange treasures, each one a marvel to him.
"So this is the Boundary Heart Continent?!" Zhang Dong was shaken to the core. The energy here was even more abundant than in the Nutrient Pod he had used in the Primordial Universe.
Just breathing in drew vast amounts of the world's essence into his body, tempering him and nourishing his soul.
On the Boundary Heart Continent, one was born a transcendent life-form. Becoming a god within twenty years was perfectly normal, and most of those gods possessed a Second-Class Divine Heart.
Most also became World Gods within ten thousand years.
It wasn't as astonishing as on the Origin Continent, where adults were True Deities, but the Boundary Heart Continent was simply so vast that it could sustain so many transcendents and gods. Its overall energy was even greater than that of the Origin Continent.
Crack~
At that moment, Zhang Dong also felt his body changing.
The cultivation system he had practiced before belonged to the Source World that was the Origin Continent. Here on the Boundary Heart Continent, the underlying rules were incompatible, so his cultivation should have been rendered useless.
But because of the jade-green bubble in his sea of consciousness, Zhang Dong's original system still worked. He could even comprehend and use the laws of the Primordial Universe.
The changes in his body came from the energy of the Boundary Heart Continent entering him, with the Source World's rules transforming him.
Zhang Dong had been a blank slate when it came to the Boundary Heart Continent's cultivation system, but as the energy entered his body, it naturally transformed him into a transcendent life-form!
He had now completely become a transcendent being. If he wished, Zhang Dong could turn his body into particles at any time.
Transcendent life-forms couldn't be harmed by non-transcendent forces. No matter how many mortals there were, they couldn't defeat a single transcendent.
"The rules of the Boundary Heart Continent are so much clearer than those of the Primordial Universe."
Zhang Dong carefully comprehended the rules. At his current level, what he perceived was a myriad of True Intents. The one he sensed most deeply was the Extreme Point, as if he had already mastered it.
More precisely, he had mastered the first realm of the Pole True Intent.
It wasn't easy for beings on the Boundary Heart Continent to become True Deities, but with just a little time, they could easily master one or even several First-Class Divine Hearts.
But Zhang Dong himself couldn't understand why he had mastered the Pole True Intent as soon as he arrived. It had happened completely naturally.
After arriving in the Devouring Starry Sky world, his talent had already been quite good. During the journey between worlds, the mysterious energy of the Jade Green Bubble had also brought about some special changes.
Traveling between two worlds was nothing. What was truly heaven-defying was the talent he had gained through those changes—the strongest cheat in his worldview: natural mastery!
"A transcendent life-form? That's a rare sight."
A middle-aged man quietly passed by Zhang Dong. He only glanced at him casually before moving on, not giving it a second thought. He merely found it rare to see a transcendent life-form here.
A transcendent who had mastered a First-Class True Intent would count as a supreme prodigy in the Tianyu Universe. At such a young age, he would even be enough to make those True God Sovereigns fight over him as a disciple.
If a True God Sovereign of the Boundary Heart Continent came across him, they might want to take him as a disciple too, but beings of a higher level wouldn't give him a second glance.
That was because, here, the truly peerless geniuses were generally born as World Gods, True Deities, or even Void Gods!
Once Zhang Dong came back to himself, he carefully surveyed his surroundings. He had arrived in an unfamiliar city, and his top priority was to figure out which kingdom and era he was in.
If he was in a third-rate kingdom, demons would be rampant and the place would be extremely unstable. But it would be nice if this was the Snow Eagle Era. With Celestial Heart Daoist around, what demon would dare run wild?
All he could see were various shops, and none of them offered any useful information. Zhang Dong could only start walking slowly. He didn't know the language, so he didn't dare ask anyone directly.
With his dual-system body, First-Class True Intent, and basic grasp of the laws, he was utterly ordinary and weak here.
He couldn't even fly. Any random expert on the street could crush him to death.
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