Breakthrough to Domain Lord, Regional Governor (Seeking Follow-up Reads)

The energy within the Boundary Heart Continent was incomparably dense. Although Zhang Dong remained inside a small quiet room, every casual breath he took allowed him to absorb countless essences.

These essences did not merely transform the body through energy; they also included insights into fundamental True Intent. As time passed, one could naturally grasp a Third-Class Divine Heart or even a Second-Class Divine Heart.

Only Fourth Heaven Realm Deities and True Deities carried any real weight.

After ten months of cultivation, Zhang Dong's strength had already far surpassed before. His First-Class True Intent had reached the third level, stronger than even a Second-Class Divine Heart, and both of his Realm God Secret Arts had reached the second layer's perfection.

Opening a First-Class Divine Heart was far more complex, but he was confident he could accomplish it within thirty years.

"It's time to return to the Primordial Universe." Zhang Dong was quite satisfied with his current combat power and prepared to set off.

Staying long-term in the Boundary Heart Continent was also unwise. If some urgent matter arose and no one could find him, the Dark Marquis Lord might personally perform a time-space reversion to examine the scene of his disappearance.

Although the Dark Marquis Lord might not be able to trace it back, it was better to be cautious.

Only after breaking through to Realm Lord, or even Immortal God, would his movements become relatively free.

His main body walked out of the cultivation chamber, passed through the Time-Space Corridor, and left the sect to reach the outside world. For disciples like him who had not truly entered the sect, leaving was not too troublesome.

If he became an Outer Disciple, purchased precious ultimate techniques or secret arts, or received inheritances, he would need to carry out long-term missions to earn money to repay them. Leaving the sect would require numerous applications.

Primordial Universe.

Shua!

Zhang Dong returned to his Primordial Realm estate once more. He sensed for a moment and found that there was no memory connection with his clone.

"No memory connection—this is somewhat troublesome." Zhang Dong frowned slightly. Let alone a mere transcendent lifeform like himself, even a Cosmic God would face major problems if deprived of memory connection for too long.

If the clone and main body were separated for an extended period, a new personality could even emerge.

But he had already thought of this. As long as he returned once every few decades to merge memories, it would be fine. What he feared was a memory split lasting millennia or tens of millennia.

This time, returning to the Primordial Universe, no one would imagine that Zhang Dong, at the Cosmic Level, was even stronger than Gao Li outside.

With Realm God Secret Arts empowering his strength and secret techniques amplifying his power, even without using the mysteries of First-Class True Intent, he far surpassed the Divine Level's peak. When he employed the Pole True Intent, he could casually crush countless deities.

Corresponding to the Primordial Universe, that was King-Level combat power.

Of course, no one would believe that Zhang Dong, a Cosmic Level, could unleash King-Level combat power. It was simply too absurd, exceeding the limits of the universe's rules.

The next step was to break through to Domain Lord. In truth, he had considered whether to skip straight to Realm Lord, as there was no need to stay at Domain Lord.

But the Virtual Universe Company's rules stipulated that once one broke through to Realm Lord, they must undergo life-and-death tempering.

The Outer Domain Battlefield or Cosmic Secret Realms both carried certain dangers.

It was better to improve his law insights further at the Domain Lord stage, while waiting for his clone in the Boundary Heart Continent to raise its realm. Once he had a Realm Deity, he could go, ensuring one hundred percent safety.

The breakthrough process was simple. After completing it, Zhang Dong sent an email to the Virtual Universe Company.

He planned to return to the Ganwu Universe Kingdom to serve as a Regional Governor, while also earning some points through missions. He needed to accumulate power through slaughter or by absorbing faith energy to fuel his next trip to the Boundary Heart Continent.

Faith energy or slaughter power—his clone in the Boundary Heart Continent definitely couldn't obtain them.

The place he was in was the Xiafeng Capital. Even if there were transcendent beings or deities weaker than him, Zhang Dong dared not make a move.

As for faith energy, even most deities in the Tianyu Universe couldn't enjoy it, let alone in the Boundary Heart Continent. Only his main body in the Primordial Universe could acquire it.

Knock, knock, knock.

A knock sounded at the door.

"Your Highness." Gao Li asked softly from outside, "May I come in?"

"Please, come in."

Gao Li pushed the door open and walked in, smiling. "Your Highness, now that you've broken through to Domain Lord and are about to return to the Ganwu Universe Kingdom, there are some security issues I need to ask you about in advance."

He was very well-informed. As early as over half a year ago, a King-level Immortal had given him a few hints.

Although the matter of Zhang Dong's Heavenly Bridge challenge was absolutely forbidden from being spread, the fact that he had joined the Primordial Realm and stabilized there was no secret.

Hadn't everyone noticed that Zhang Dong didn't even need to participate in the Secret Realm Qualification Battle?

The true situation was forbidden from being disclosed, but that didn't stop the Virtual Universe Company staff from speculating. All sorts of theories circulated.

Some guessed that Zhang Dong had already conquered the Primordial Heaven-Reaching Mountain.

But few believed this guess, as his cultivation time was too short. Most thought Zhang Dong should be at the seventh or even eighth level. In terms of cultivation progress, he was absolutely on par with Ke Di.

Thus, security had to be treated with extreme caution. What absolute secrets could exist between peak races? Ke Di, as a disciple of Chaos City Lord and a Ten-Million-Epoch Level genius, had still fallen prematurely.

"As for security, it doesn't matter. Just arrange it as you see fit." Zhang Dong replied casually. "I don't have a home planet. I'll probably go stay with my teacher."

Hearing Zhang Dong's answer, Gao Li also breathed a sigh of relief.

The Thirteenth Divine General of the Ganwu Universe Kingdom was at the Peak Marquis level in strength, even above him, and could contact the Ganwu Kingdom Master at any time. The safety factor was extremely high.

Living in a bustling area would be very troublesome.

If the planet was too prosperous, no matter how tight the security checks, there would still be loopholes.

Remote areas also required environmental modifications, at least setting up a defense system covering a range of thousands of light-years.

Gao Li asked again, "Then, Your Highness, when do we set off? I'll arrange the guard team and then bring the Divine Kingdom Teleportation."

In Gao Li's view, the most important thing was to quickly bring Zhang Dong to the Ganwu Universe Kingdom, so he had prepared the token well in advance and placed it within the kingdom.

Once Zhang Dong arrived, he would promptly contact the Thirteenth Divine General to come and receive him.

Gao Li was treating him entirely as a genius on the level of Ke Di, and thus his attitude was extremely respectful—with such a monstrous talent, the future was almost certain to be a King, or even a Cosmic Venerable.

By latching onto such a powerful thigh, his own status would also change.

"Divine Kingdom Teleportation, huh? Fine, we can set out directly today." Zhang Dong only wanted to save as much time as possible; even if Gao Li had suggested taking a spaceship, he would have insisted on Divine Kingdom Teleportation.

Gao Li turned and left, gathered the guard squad, and then sent a message to the Thirteenth Divine General within the Virtual Universe.

He informed the Thirteenth Divine General where they would appear, asking him to wait ahead and welcome them.

Upon receiving the message, the Thirteenth Divine General was overjoyed: "My disciple has only been gone for a short while, and now he's about to return. According to what the Kingdom Lord said, his talent is now incredibly monstrous, far surpassing the other members of the Primordial Realm."

Among the top one or two Realm Lords of the Primordial Realm, becoming a King was no problem. If Zhang Dong could receive such an evaluation, just how powerful would he be in the future?