First-Grade True Intent, Demigod

After walking for about half an hour, Zhang Dong finally reached the end of the street. At the corner, he spotted a golden notice hanging high above, nearly a hundred zhang tall.

The notice was densely packed with countless characters, radiating an endless divine charm. Though the script was unfamiliar, he could grasp its meaning through that charm.

"Xiafeng Ancient Kingdom, Chaos Realm, Xia Emperor?" Zhang Dong quickly scanned it and picked out a few key terms.

The events and figures mentioned in the notice were far too distant from him, so Zhang Dong didn't take it to heart. He focused instead on deducing which kingdom he was in.

If his guess was right, he was most likely in the Xiafeng Ancient Kingdom, possibly even in its capital.

In the Xiafeng Ancient Kingdom—if Dongbo Xueying didn't exist in this era—then the Xia Emperor was the strongest being on the Boundary Heart Continent.

And in the Xiafeng capital, the laws were extremely strict. There was no chance of encountering something like a blood sacrifice. As long as he was cautious and didn't offend any major figures, he could cultivate in peace.

Having figured out his environment, Zhang Dong began studying his golden finger again.

He first returned to the original universe, then came back to the Boundary Heart Continent. After shuttling back and forth several times, he gradually figured out some rules.

First was the time flow. The ratio between the two Source Worlds was one to one. However long he spent in the Boundary Heart Continent, the same amount of time passed in the original universe.

Each crossing required a three-second loading period. Whether it could be interrupted, Zhang Dong wasn't sure yet.

Additionally, the bubble had energy limits. To replenish it, he would need to kill or absorb faith energy before he could shuttle again.

Zhang Dong kept enough energy for one round trip, saving it for after he completed his mission.

As for cultivation levels, the two Source World systems were calculated separately. But thanks to the emerald green bubble, he could use rule-based means across Source Worlds.

He was currently a demigod at the First Grade True Intent First Realm, while in the original universe system, he was only at the Cosmic level.

Soon, the day to set out for the mission arrived.

Just before departure, Zhang Dong received an email in the Virtual Universe. It was from his teacher, the Thirteenth Divine General, whom his predecessor had apprenticed himself to.

[The mission is difficult. Be extremely careful.]

The email was very brief. Zhang Dong wasn't unfamiliar with this Thirteenth Divine General—he happened to be the team leader for Luo Feng's generation during the genius battle. His strength was probably around the peak of the Marquis level.

The Ganwu Kingdom Master was poor and had few powerful subordinates. Among the eighteen Divine Generals, very few took disciples in the Ganwu Secret Realm. His predecessor had high talent, which was why he could become a student under the Thirteenth.

"This teacher of mine does care about me quite a bit." Zhang Dong smiled, stood up, and left his estate. Outside, a violet-red cosmic ship was docked, waiting to take him to execute the mission.

Outside the ship, a tall ape-man stood with a full smile, waiting respectfully. He wore a purple robe, and his aura was slightly stronger than Zhang Dong's—clearly a Domain Lord.

When the purple-robed ape-man saw Zhang Dong come out, he called out respectfully, "Your Highness."

Zhang Dong gave a slight nod, then stepped into the ship.

"Your Highness, the training mission you selected requires going to the Dragon Rock Battlefield. We'll depart now and arrive in sixteen hours."

The purple-robed ape-man smiled. "My name is Kafu. I'll also escort Your Highness on the return trip."

His smile carried a hint of fawning. The Domain Lords and Realm Lords working in the Ganwu Secret Realm were all average in strength, far from matching these genius princes, so naturally they wanted to build connections.

Zhang Dong had already reviewed all the mission materials. He was now full of confidence—he could say with certainty that he had a one hundred percent chance of passing this mission.

The Dragon Rock Battlefield was a large landmass similar to the Blood Luo Continent, with an even more chaotic environment. But its danger level wasn't that high—it wasn't exclusionary, and it was hard to encounter an Immortal-level crisis.

In past years, the worst threats had been at the Realm Lord level.

Whoosh!

The ship began to accelerate sharply. Although the Ganwu Secret Realm was a cosmic secret realm, powerful beings had long since cleared out large swaths of vacuum, allowing for acceleration into the dark universe.

"The original universe's rules really have such lax speed limits," Zhang Dong muttered, setting the external view to one hundred percent simulation, his eyes constantly scanning the space outside.

The ship quickly reached light speed and entered the dark universe.

On the Boundary Heart Continent, achieving light-speed flight was extremely difficult.

Then came five times, ten times, even twenty times the speed of light. With nothing else to do, Zhang Dong also took the opportunity to comprehend and cultivate the fundamental laws.

Fundamental laws, True Intent, Divine Heart—they were all lower manifestations of the Source Dao, just called different things in different Source Worlds.

"Sixteen hours until the training mission, and this prince is still going to cultivate?"

Kafu silently admired.

The Dragon Rock Battlefield mission, though only equivalent to the Virtual Universe Company's difficulty level, had a mortality rate as high as ninety percent for Cosmic-level cultivators in the Ganwu Secret Realm.

Normal Cosmic-level princes, before heading out on a mission, had no mood to cultivate. They would just repeatedly study the mission content and look up information.

Zhang Dong's state of mind wasn't that lofty—he was simply confident in his own strength, not taking the Dragon Rock Battlefield mission seriously at all.

The First Grade True Intent First Realm was equivalent to the Second Grade True Intent Third Realm in strength.

And the Second Grade True Intent Third Realm, even without any secret techniques, could match an ordinary god.

An ordinary god, in terms of destructive power, was comparable to a Realm Lord. Of course, this was only a comprehensive comparison, not a perfect one-to-one correspondence between systems.

The foundational realms of the two Source Worlds simply couldn't be fully matched, especially in terms of characteristics and lifespan—any attempt to align them would cause problems. So overall, it was enough to compare destructive power, performance, and combat disparity.

"Comprehending laws in the original universe is somewhat obscure, but I can't give up on this path."

Zhang Dong was well aware that the Origin Continent, as a Source World, had one advantage that other Source Worlds lacked: the super divine body.

The Source World bestows miniature universes, granting them access to extraordinarily massive divine bodies.

The Perfect Divine Body, in particular, carries an innate advantage that is simply heaven-defying—even if one's comprehension of the laws is lacking, that colossal physical form makes it so that even an ordinary Eternal True God cannot break through its defenses.

Sixteen hours passed quickly, and the spaceship came to a halt. The moment it was completely still, they had returned to the original universe.

"Your Highness, please." Kafu opened the cabin door and led Zhang Dong into a temple.

The temple spanned a vast hundred million kilometers, and stationed here was a divine general under Ganwu Kingdom Master—the Seventh Divine General.

Much like the training missions of the Virtual Universe Company, every mission location involved various resources, so powerful beings were always stationed there.

Walking through the entire temple corridor, Zhang Dong laid eyes on the legendary Dragon Rock Battlefield.

A supercontinent with a diameter of sixty-seven trillion kilometers stretched endlessly before him, its surface teeming with countless living beings.

"Go on, Your Highness." Kafu said softly. "I hope Your Highness can complete the final mission."