A hundred years passed in the blink of an eye.
Zhang Dong made another trip to the Boundary Heart Continent. His Clone's cultivation progressed rapidly, and before long, he comprehended the Pole Divine Heart, opened up a divine sea, became a First Heaven Realm Deity, and temporarily settled down within the sect.
The next step was simply to become a Fourth Heaven Realm Deity within the prescribed time. There was no time limit for becoming a True Deity; he only needed to break through before reaching the end of his lifespan.
His true body arrived at the Boundary Heart Continent and had originally planned to open up a divine sea, but after careful consideration, he temporarily set the matter aside.
Becoming a World God was an elevation in the essence of life, and the strength of one's soul would undergo a tremendous leap as well.
Even if Zhang Dong's true body, as a Transcendent, had a higher realm, without advancing, the essence of his soul would only rival that of a King-level Immortal. Moreover, Zhang Dong had mastered a method for splitting his soul origin, so he did not need to worry about his soul being too powerful.
But if he opened up a divine sea and became a World God, causing the essence of his soul to undergo a leap, then even the splitting technique would be useless.
For possession, the gap in soul strength between the two parties could not be too great.
A Realm Lord, even with a body possessing thousands of times the genetic level, simply could not bear a Realm God-level soul.
The Bitter Snow Vine was enormous and possessed a thousandfold genetic level. Zhang Dong estimated that even without weakening his soul origin, he could successfully possess it at King Level.
"Gao Li, make the preparations. I'll go complete the mission now, and then we'll return to Imperial Capital Star."
Zhang Dong pushed open the door to the quiet chamber and walked out. His entire aura was utterly different from before. When Gao Li looked at Zhang Dong, he even felt as though he were gazing up at a Cosmic Venerable.
After cultivating for a hundred years, he had already comprehended Dead Object Teleportation. His understanding of time and space had both reached the level of the sixteenth level of the Heavenly Bridge.
But the most crucial thing was still the First-Class Divine Heart.
Every First-Class Divine Heart was a part of the rules of heaven and earth.
"Yes." Gao Li lowered his head in acknowledgment, muttering inwardly, I wonder how strong His Highness is now. He's clearly only a Domain Lord, so why do I always feel like he could crush me to death with a casual flick? It must be an illusion.
Gao Li did not believe any Domain Lord could be so monstrously powerful. No matter how high their comprehension of laws was, the disparity in strength was still there.
But he truly had not misjudged.
Zhang Dong was at the First-Class Divine Heart realm, and because of the Jade Green Bubble, he could borrow power across worlds. Even without opening up a divine sea, he had far surpassed the so-called limits of gods.
Measured against the Devouring Starry Sky World, he was an Invincible King.
An Immortal God at Gao Li's level could be annihilated by Zhang Dong with a flick of his finger.
"Your Highness." King Huo Yi also walked out. When he saw Zhang Dong, his first thought was much the same as Gao Li's.
Why did it feel as though Zhang Dong could crush even him to death?
King Huo Yi found it strange. How could a dignified King-level Immortal have such a feeling?
"Once I finish the mission, I'll be leaving. Thank you for your hospitality during this time, King Huo Yi." Zhang Dong cupped his hands. "If anything comes up in the future, just send me a message through the Virtual Universe."
King Huo Yi smiled and nodded.
For the moment, he had not realized just how weighty Zhang Dong's words were.
Inside the Feather Slaughter Clan's prison.
Elder Xu Jin personally brought Zhang Dong over, driving away every guard in the prison as well as the younger generation who were undergoing tempering, sending them tens of billions, even hundreds of billions of kilometers away from this area.
In the vast prison, only he, Zhang Dong, and countless prisoners remained.
"Zhang Dong, how many Realm Lords are you planning to kill this time?" Elder Xu Jin asked softly.
There were no restrictions on the process of the mission. Zhang Dong could fight them one-on-one, or if he found it troublesome, he could take on several at once.
Zhang Dong casually replied, "All of them together. I'll leave once I'm done."
They were merely a group of Realm Lords. Even Realm Lord Ke Di would be crushed to death by him if he came, much less these aliens.
Elder Xu Jin froze.
"All of them?" Elder Xu Jin said in astonishment. "Among your mission targets, the strongest one requires the level of your human race's fifteenth Heavenly Bridge level to kill."
Zhang Dong looked silently at Elder Xu Jin without answering.
Heavens, what kind of monster is this? Elder Xu Jin was utterly shocked inwardly. A hundred years ago, he should have been at the twelfth Heavenly Bridge level. Yet just over a hundred years later, he's already at the fifteenth level. How did he cultivate?
Although more than a hundred years had already passed, Elder Xu Jin still found it incredibly shocking.
After bringing ten selected Realm Lords out of the prison, Elder Xu Jin used his methods to create a vast small world within the void for Zhang Dong to carry out his mission.
By creating the world himself and then directly uploading the footage through the Virtual Universe, he could ensure the information remained concealed.
The world was immensely vast, with a diameter of several million kilometers. Elder Xu Jin could create such an enormous world with a single thought.
Inside lay an endless desert, with gravity roughly more than forty million times that of Earth.
Of the ten alien Realm Lords, seven were from the Demon Race, while the other three belonged to minor races. All were Realm Lords who had followed peak races to the Outer Domain Battlefield.
"Where am I?" A Demon Race creature resembling a centipede was the first to arrive. Its entire body was crimson red, its aura astonishing. It had a thousand legs, and its densely packed little feet looked utterly disgusting.
This was a member of the Demon Race's royal bloodline. It had come to the Outer Domain Battlefield as a Realm Lord for tempering, only to be captured and imprisoned for less than five hundred years.
Only members of the Demon Race's royal bloodline, combined with that level of law comprehension, were qualified to serve as Zhang Dong's mission targets.
But Elder Xu Jin could never have imagined that the higher-ups of the Virtual Universe Company no longer cared about this mission at all.
He had already passed the Domain Lord Level Primordial Heaven-Reaching Mountain. What was this highest-points mission in comparison?
The other nine alien Realm Lords appeared one after another. They looked around and felt their scalps tingle. Were they about to be executed, or enslaved?
"Damned aliens! If you're going to kill us, then kill us! What do you mean by bringing us here?!"
The Crimson Centipede roared. Countless clouds of dust flew into the air, and the area within tens of thousands of kilometers trembled. If this were outside, the force of that roar alone could plunge an ordinary life planet into a Great Extinction.
"Stop shouting, insect." Zhang Dong descended from an altitude of ten thousand kilometers, armored and holding a blade, his gaze icy. "What I hate most are stinking, many-legged bugs like you. You'll be the first one I kill today."
All ten aliens looked into the sky, where a human figure stood.
"Kill me?! With you, a mere human Domain Lord?" The Crimson Centipede laughed rather than grew angry. "I once dominated the Outer Domain Battlefield and have even fought Immortal powerhouses. You think you can kill me?!"
The next moment, endless sand and dust began to explode, the surrounding environment began to change, and a World Projection descended!
The World Projection covered a full hundred thousand kilometers. Its might was vast as it sought to crush Zhang Dong directly into dust.
Against an ordinary Domain Lord Ninth Stage, this move would generally end the battle.
"What a weak realm. Even if I only use the laws of the Primordial Universe, I can casually trample an insect like this." Zhang Dong was completely unaffected.
His realm was far too high. Such large-scale domain techniques were only useful for bullying the weak; they had little effect even against opponents of the same level, much less Zhang Dong.
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