Return to Boundary Heart Continent (Seeking Reads)

Zhang Dong finally emerged from the mansion and headed toward the main gate of the estate.

At the estate entrance, tens of thousands of servants and over a thousand warriors had formed neat phalanxes, ready to welcome Zhang Dong's arrival. They had been waiting here since two days prior.

"Everyone."

Unexpectedly, Zhang Dong's voice came from deep within the estate. The leader of the guard contingent, an Immortal God clad in a golden robe, immediately changed expression.

That golden-robed Immortal God spun around abruptly, staring at Zhang Dong in astonishment. "Your Highness, this is our oversight—we failed to detect that you had already arrived at the Primordial Realm."

His heart trembled violently. As an Immortal God, nearly a marquis-level sovereign, Zhang Dong—no matter how monstrous—was only at the Cosmic Level. Yet he had appeared silently deep within the estate without the guard's knowledge. It was utterly baffling.

Zhang Dong smiled and replied, "It's not your fault. Someone brought me directly to the estate via teleportation."

Hearing this, the golden-robed Immortal finally understood.

But he was responsible for the entire estate's security, and he hadn't even sensed the teleportation. Could it be that a Cosmic Venerable had personally brought Zhang Dong here? A Cosmic Venerable's teleportation would cause no spatial fluctuations.

"Your Highness, my name is Gao Li." The golden-robed Immortal smiled. "From now on, I will be in charge of your safety."

Gao Li had no idea that Zhang Dong's current strength was slightly inferior to his own, but the next time they met, the other would have already surpassed him completely.

"Good, I'll trouble you from now on." Zhang Dong spoke courteously. "I'm going into seclusion to cultivate. Unless something major comes up, don't disturb me."

"Yes!"

The thousand warriors and Gao Li shouted in unison.

"They say this prince's strength is nearly unmatched within the Cosmic Level. He'll probably break through to Domain Lord soon," Gao Li speculated inwardly. "Maybe after a few more days, he'll head to the Ganwu Universe Kingdom. I need to perform well in front of His Highness as much as possible."

He had heard some rumors, vaguely aware that Zhang Dong was incredibly heaven-defying.

Of course, Gao Li's information was far from complete. He had no idea that Zhang Dong's law comprehension had reached the twelfth level of the Heavenly Bridge.

Zhang Dong nodded slightly, said no more, and turned to walk into the quiet chamber deep within the estate. The door silently closed behind him, cutting off the outside world.

The interior of the quiet chamber was spacious, well-suited for cultivation, and highly durable. Its decoration style was identical to his mansion in the Ganwu Secret Realm.

Zhang Dong swept his soul power outward, inspecting the chamber thoroughly, before channeling his energy into the Jade Green Bubble.

Boom!

Time and space twisted. In an instant, Zhang Dong traveled from the Primordial Universe to the Boundary Heart Continent.

The clamor of voices reached his ears, and the familiar city greeted his eyes.

A hundred years might be an epoch for mortals, but the Boundary Heart Continent had changed little. The city's layout remained exactly as before.

During his previous crossings, aside from figuring out the bubble's function, Zhang Dong had also secretly picked up some of the local language.

In the cultivation world, the speech of the powerful naturally carried divine thought fluctuations. Even without a shared language, communication was no obstacle. Otherwise, given the vastness of the Boundary Heart Continent and the countless nations and factions with wildly different scripts and tongues, unification would be impossible.

For this reason, Zhang Dong could master a language simply by eavesdropping on the conversations of experts.

This time, returning to the Boundary Heart Continent, Zhang Dong's strength was far greater than before.

He walked much faster, listening to the exchanges of passersby as he moved.

"Did you hear? The Fan Clan had a prodigy a while back—born at the Unity Realm. When he came out of the Fan Clan Demon Mountain, I caught a distant glimpse."

"I was only born as a World God. I envy those monsters born as True Gods or Void Gods."

"No help for it. My birth was even lower than yours—just a mere God. I trained for thousands of years just to become a World God, and even joining a sect is hard."

These snippets of conversation confirmed Zhang Dong's suspicion: this was the Xiafeng Capital.

But that brought a new problem. The Xiafeng Capital was far too vast.

The population of the Xiafeng Capital alone exceeded that of the Nanyun Kingdom. In terms of sheer city size, it was the largest on the Boundary Heart Continent. At Zhang Dong's current walking speed, he would likely die of old age before he could explore even a single corner.

After walking for nearly three more hours, Zhang Dong finally caught some useful information.

"A sect founded by the Xia Clan's disciples on this street?!" Zhang Dong was overjoyed. As long as he could join a sect, he didn't care about its scale.

Though it was just one street, it stretched nearly a million li from south to north. Fortunately, the sect wasn't far. After a short while, a towering cave mansion appeared before Zhang Dong's eyes.

The cave mansion stood in the middle of the street, thousands of li high. Even amid the bustling Xiafeng Capital, it was impressively grand.

At the entrance, several Beast Puppets stood guard.

Their auras were completely concealed, and Zhang Dong couldn't discern their level, but he guessed they were at least at the Chaos Realm.

On the plaque above the gate were four large characters: Heavenly Mystery Qi Sect.

"Hm?" A six-hoofed, two-headed Beast Puppet suddenly opened its eyes and fixed its gaze on Zhang Dong. "A Transcendent, what business do you have at our Heavenly Mystery Qi Sect?"

"Senior, I wish to join your sect." Zhang Dong's heart was filled with trepidation.

If this were a small sect in a remote capital or a distant city, they might accept Transcendents, Gods, or even World Gods.

But this was a sect located in the Xiafeng Capital.

To establish a sect in a place like this, one would at least need to be at the Chaos Realm tenth layer. Would a powerhouse of that caliber accept a transcendent lifeform into their sect?

The Beast Puppet said in a rough voice, "Let me see... your soul is still fairly young, and you've grasped a First-Class True Intent. Go ahead and give it a try."

The soul was Zhang Dong's own soul, unrelated to his predecessor's body.

For cultivators, the physical body was utterly unimportant; body-snatching was common enough. The core essence was still the soul.

The value of a First-Class True Intent transcendent on the Boundary Heart Continent, though not as high as in the Tianyu Universe, still meant that with proper nurturing, there was a good chance of becoming a true god.

The sects founded by Chaos Realm tenth-layer cultivators each had different thresholds for accepting disciples.

Some only accepted Void Gods; exceptionally brilliant True God Sovereigns—like Dongbo Xueying, who could comprehend the second sword of world-annihilation—might also be taken in.

Others accepted both World Gods and True Gods. And then there were sects like the Heavenly Mystery Qi Sect, which also accepted First-Class True Intent transcendents.

"Yes, Senior."

Zhang Dong replied respectfully, then stepped forward into the cave dwelling.

These sects appeared small on the surface, but inside, they were a world unto themselves. The moment he crossed the threshold, space and time began to shift.

Shwoosh!

It was a spatial technique far more refined than the Dark Marquis Lord's teleportation. Zhang Dong didn't even sense anything unusual before he found himself in a courtyard dozens of zhang in length.

Standing in the courtyard was a Purple-Robed Man, middle-aged in appearance, his aura completely concealed, making it impossible to gauge his depth.