So Terrifying is the Soul (Seeking Follow-ups)

"Teacher, I plan to go to a Cosmic Secret Realm." Zhang Dong had already thought this through thoroughly.

Going to the Outer Domain Battlefield meant he would have to take the field as a human. Moreover, the entire Outer Domain Battlefield was packed with detection devices and a high density of powerful beings, making it all too easy to expose his methods and his abnormally high combat power.

In the Primordial Universe, only the Human Race and the Mechanical Race possessed means of universal communication. The Mechanical Race could only manage simple message transmission, nowhere near as convenient as the Virtual Universe.

But in the Outer Domain Battlefield, many of the peak races had set up communication equipment. The area was limited in scope, so uploading videos and the like was not troublesome.

Cosmic Secret Realms were completely different.

The countless Cosmic Secret Realms were scattered across vast expanses, separated by trillions of light-years. Most factions would not bother going to the trouble and expense of setting up communications in a Cosmic Secret Realm.

This way, even if Zhang Dong used Realm Lord-level techniques to kill an enemy, there was no risk of exposure. Besides, going to the Outer Domain Battlefield to bully the weak was meaningless.

He was already at the Invincible King level. After opening his Divine Sea, he even possessed Venerable-level strength.

Going to the Outer Domain Battlefield for life-and-death tempering?

It would be more like going fishing for minnows.

"A Cosmic Secret Realm?" Dark Lord suddenly spoke. "Your Uncle Master Chaos City Lord once took on a disciple named Ke Di. I think you know how he fell—there was no way to revive him."

Before Ke Di died, all information about him had to be kept secret. After his death, there was no need for that; it was even brought out as a warning to later generations of geniuses.

Dark Lord specifically mentioned Ke Di to tell Zhang Dong that Cosmic Secret Realms carried great risks.

If the alien races learned of his identity, even if they couldn't grasp the details, they would send Invincible Kings, or even Cosmic Venerables, to eliminate him.

"I'm different from Ke Di." Zhang Dong thought for a moment, then said, "I won't go to the most dangerous Cosmic Secret Realms. Rest assured, Teacher."

Among all the secret realms in the Primordial Universe, the most dangerous ones required even ordinary Universe Masters to tread carefully.

As for secret realms with lower difficulty coefficients, even Babata and Huyan Bo dared to explore them.

But Dark Lord would never guess that Zhang Dong's words about not going to the most dangerous Cosmic Secret Realms actually referred to the Ancestral God Secret Realm.

He would still go to the secret realms that Invincible Kings and low-level Cosmic Venerables explored. As for exposing his identity, with his methods and such, that was absolutely impossible.

The master and disciple exchanged a few words, then Dark Lord used his means to take Zhang Dong away from the Ganwu Imperial Capital Star. After that, they returned to the Initial Universe via Divine Kingdom Teleportation and the like.

The alien spies on the Ganwu Imperial Capital Star would never detect Zhang Dong's departure.

Dark Lord came personally to pick him up precisely because he was worried the spies might detect something. An imperial capital star of a cosmic kingdom had a terrifying population.

The alien races, when deploying spies, placed them in all the important regions to gather information. The Ganwu Imperial Capital Star definitely had them—perhaps quite a few.

On a planet over eighty million light-years away from the imperial capital star.

"Has Zhang Dong's escort fleet already returned? I need to get the news to the master quickly." A human male in a blue suit muttered to himself, then entered the Virtual Universe and released a large amount of strange information.

This planet seemed very ordinary on the surface, but deep inside, a Zerg Mother Nest was buried.

Many of the ordinary subjects did not yet know that their ruler, though still human in appearance, had long had a soul shaped like the Zerg's.

If it wasn't exposed, all was well.

But once exposed, if the Zerg Mother Nest went on a rampage, even millions of life-bearing planets would shatter.

A massive amount of information entered the Virtual Universe, was noticed by some attentive individuals, and then spread again through chaotic information streams.

Link after link, after seven or eight rounds, the master mentioned by the blue-suited man finally received the message.

"Returned to the Ganwu Imperial Capital Star? Continue monitoring."

This so-called master, who looked very much like the Demon Race, was an affiliated member of the Zerg. He didn't take the news seriously and simply uploaded it to the alliance without asking further.

The Zerg, Demon Race, and Mechanical Race had long reached a consensus.

When Zhang Dong was at the Domain Lord stage, assassination was simply impossible. Would they send a High Venerable, or even a Cosmic Overlord? The three races couldn't bear that cost.

The price of reviving a High Venerable or Cosmic Overlord was enormous.

The three races had received news that Zhang Dong had returned to the imperial capital star, but they would never imagine that the man himself had already returned to the Initial Universe and was preparing to head to a Cosmic Secret Realm for life-and-death tempering.

Stepping into the Initial Universe once more, Zhang Dong's feelings were completely different from before.

The sky stretched infinitely, chaotic qi drifted in clusters through the void, and the visible threads of law no longer seemed so mysterious.

When he first arrived, he only found the scene wondrous but could not truly grasp its mysteries.

Now, at the First-Class Divine Heart stage, looking at this Initial Universe, the rules of heaven and earth were no longer mysterious. He could even study them from the perspective of the subtleties of the rules.

Space rippled, and the master and disciple were directly teleported to the Chaos Ruins.

This was a desolate land of ruins.

"Greetings, Uncle Master." As Zhang Dong opened his eyes, he saw Chaos City Lord standing in the center of the barren land, exuding an overwhelming aura of slaughter, clad in dark red battle armor, his presence astonishing.

This Chaos City Lord clone was also the one specializing in slaughter. The killing intent was simply too dense, as if the laws of the universe were manifesting outwardly.

"Mm." Chaos City Lord gave a soft grunt. "The special lifeform your Ice Peak Uncle Master found for you, the Bitter Snow Vine, is now at Realm Lord Stage Three. Can you possess it?"

A Realm Lord Stage Three special lifeform was still very difficult to possess.

Given the Bitter Snow Vine's genes and enormous size, even a normal Realm Lord Stage Nine would have no chance of possessing it.

"Can." Zhang Dong thought to himself that his soul was only stronger, not weaker; Chaos City Lord should be worried about whether the Bitter Snow Vine could withstand it.

Whoosh~

Chaos City Lord waved his hand, and the Bitter Snow Vine appeared on this vast, desolate land.

Its size was restricted, only a few hundred meters, flowing with a jade green radiance, while the vine itself was pure white, like snow.

"My Jade Green Bubble exists deep within the soul; even after possession, it shouldn't be lost."

Zhang Dong stepped forward, unleashing his possession technique. A vast surge of soul power erupted, condensing into a blade that plunged straight into one of the vines.

"Such formidable soul power. He just broke through from Domain Lord—his law comprehension shouldn't be this advanced either."

"This disciple of mine must have some opportunities we don't know about. Otherwise, having just broken through to Realm Lord, how could his soul power be this terrifying?"

Dark Lord and Chaos City Lord were both startled. With their composure, even their expressions momentarily slipped out of control.

Under normal circumstances, the stronger the divine body, the stronger the soul. Take Barking King, for example—though only an Immortal God, his soul attacks were on the level of a Cosmic Venerable.

But if one's law comprehension was strong, and the secret techniques they derived were powerful, that too could greatly enhance the soul.