Being a Speculator on the Boundary Heart Continent (Seeking Reads)

Xiafeng Capital was always this bustling, with people coming and going on the streets, and Zhang Dong blending in without a trace.

"First, I need to open the Divine Sea." Zhang Dong had to boost his strength as quickly as possible; otherwise, traveling through the capital would waste a lot of time. Once he became a Deity, he could cultivate more secret arts, and his power would take a massive leap.

Having already comprehended the Pole Divine Heart, opening the Divine Sea was merely a matter of course.

His soul began to merge with the Pole Divine Heart, and his entire soul underwent a transformation, taking the form of a miniature figure whose appearance was identical to his original body.

The soul is the essence of life. Even though Zhang Dong had a plant life body, because his soul was human, no one would treat him as a plant.

The strength of this soul far surpassed that of an ordinary Cosmic Venerable. The miniature soul figure seemed like both the beginning and the end of the world. As the figure slowly opened its mouth, the Divine Sea began to emerge.

If he had opened the Divine Sea in the Tianyu Universe or the Primordial Universe, it would have spanned hundreds of millions of li, boundless and far surpassing the divine.

The Divine Sea of a Second-Class Divine Heart was only a hundred thousand li, roughly the size of Jupiter, but a First-Class Divine Heart, when first opened, spanned a full hundred million li!

The volume difference was a billionfold, and that didn't even account for mass, density, or the mysteries of the rules.

It was clear just how enormous the gap between a Deity and a god truly was.

On the Boundary Heart Continent, a Divine Sea opened from a Second-Class Divine Heart couldn't even manifest an external projection. Zhang Dong's ocean projection as a First Heaven Realm Deity was only three zhang in radius.

A three-zhang ocean projection surged around him, and the energy of heaven and earth poured continuously into the Divine Sea.

Not every location on the Boundary Heart Continent had abundant energy, but here in Xiafeng Capital, it filled the entire Divine Sea in no time.

"A Deity?"

Someone noticed him opening the Divine Sea but only gave a casual glance. A mere First Heaven Realm Deity.

This was Xiafeng Capital, where True Deities were everywhere, Void Deities were as common as dogs, and Deities were utterly unremarkable.

After opening the Divine Sea, the world began to evolve, and endless power started to nurture all things. This was the gestation of the inner world, and a vast inner world spanning a hundred million li appeared.

Land, rivers, deserts, grasslands...

All kinds of terrain emerged, but the world was not perfect. The Pole Divine Heart only represented a part of the heavenly rules, incomplete and unable to support the reproduction of life.

Inside his body, there was also the inner world from his time as a Realm Lord, which landed on an island within this new inner world, looking somewhat out of place.

"So this is the power of a First Heaven Realm Deity?" Zhang Dong clenched his fists, feeling the nearly limitless strength.

Even a god who cultivated a Deity-level secret art could only reach the threshold of a Deity's power.

Compared to a true Deity, the gap was far too vast. With his inner world projection now deployed, Zhang Dong could casually annihilate billions of gods.

He had come to the Boundary Heart Continent fully prepared.

Most residents of the Boundary Heart Continent were at the god level or Deity level. True Deities and Void Deities were only a minority, given the continent's enormous population.

It was many times more populous than the Chaotic Void.

Items of value in the Primordial Universe were worthless on the Origin Continent, not even comparable to a stone.

But on the Boundary Heart Continent, they still had some market.

Transcendents, gods, and Deities all had their own purchasing needs, so as long as he could offer corresponding weapons, selling them wouldn't be a problem.

Take the E9 Laser Gun, for example. Its pure power was nearly at the peak of the god level, lacking only in profundity. But it charged quickly and could even be used by Transcendent lifeforms, so someone might want to buy it.

What Zhang Dong had prepared was Fermo Venom.

Ten grams of Fermo Venom was enough to kill a peak King-level powerhouse. The gods of the Boundary Heart Continent, purely in terms of physical bodies, couldn't compare to a King.

By Zhang Dong's estimate, even a god at the limit of a Second-Class Divine Heart would surely die if they got too much on them.

Unless a god had cultivated a Deity-level body-tempering secret art, their divine body couldn't be that strong.

A First Heaven Realm Deity's travel speed was still far faster than before.

In just three hours, Zhang Dong had crossed several streets—a speed he wouldn't have dared to imagine before.

With a bit more effort, once he had the combat power of a great expert, he could fly in the Boundary Heart Continent.

"The treasure weapon market in this district, I've finally arrived." From a great distance, Zhang Dong sensed the countless glows of treasures ahead. Every city had this kind of market for trading treasure weapons.

The market covered a vast area, a mix of all sorts, from Cosmic Gods at the top down to Deities and gods, with items of every grade for sale.

Of course, within Xiafeng Capital, there were also higher-end trading venues, all controlled by the Fan Clan, the Xia Clan, and the Cang Clan.

He only wanted to sell some god-level weapons. Finding an ordinary shop in the market would suffice. Those trading venues dealt in items starting at the Chaos Realm and Cosmic God level.

Zhang Dong entered through a side gate. The entire treasure weapon market was divided into many zones.

The dozens of shops at the main entrance displayed rare and precious treasures, usually frequented by powerful Unity Realm, Chaos Realm, and even Cosmic God cultivators—far beyond his current reach.

The middle section was where Void Deities at the Nascent Realm and True Deities browsed.

After entering through the side gate and winding his way for a long time, traveling over a thousand kilometers, he finally reached the trading zone for deities and gods. The shops here were far more rudimentary, many of them just stalls with goods laid directly on the ground.

"Take a look, take a look! True Deity weapons, cheap!"

"True Deity weapons! Buy the full set and get a discount!"

"This flying knife of mine has a Lord of Slaughter Dao embedded in it—it's a top-grade True Deity weapon. Cheap!"

The stallholders were mostly Fourth Heaven Realm Deities, with the occasional True Deity, all shouting at the top of their lungs.

The ground was covered with a dazzling array of weapons, flying boats, small palaces, and treasures like Red Stone Mountain.

Zhang Dong watched with burning envy, but for now, he simply couldn't afford any of it.

He ignored all the stalls selling True Deity artifacts and Realm artifacts, walking instead to a small shop and pushing open the door.

From the outside, the shop looked rather crude, but inside it was surprisingly spacious, spanning two full floors lined with all kinds of True Deity and Realm artifacts, as well as various rare treasures.

The treasures on the second floor radiated even more astonishing auras, likely True Deity artifacts imbued with the Dominator Dao.

As for Void Divine Weapons, shops in this area probably didn't carry them—those were weapons beloved by True Deities.

A burly man over two meters tall stepped out and said flatly, "No haggling on anything. If you want to buy, put down the money and take it."

All the True Deity and Realm artifacts had clear price tags.

"I'd like to sell something." Zhang Dong offered a polite smile. "Something that deals massive damage to divine-level beings. A single touch is enough to kill most divine-level limits. I can sell it in bulk."

"Oh?" The burly man grunted. "Let's see it."

He wasn't very interested—weapons that could kill divine-level beings were too cheap—but the mention of bulk sales piqued his curiosity just enough.