Sky Dome Realm

Staring at the enormous vortex before him.

Yan Ning's eyes flashed with sharp light. With a clench of his five fingers, the Chaos Bell, towering ten thousand meters high, instantly transformed into a streak of light and vanished back into his brow's sea of consciousness.

The ancient inscriptions on the bell's surface still shimmered with faint radiance, slowly rotating within his sea of consciousness, exuding an aura that suppressed the heavens.

"Let's go!"

He let out a low shout, his figure shooting into the Moon Wheel Palace like a bolt of lightning.

The moment he stepped into the palace, he flicked his right finger, and a golden Divine Kingdom Coordinate precisely imprinted itself into the void.

Before entering the secret realm, it was best to place a Divine Kingdom Coordinate first.

To make it easier to get out later.

"Shrink!"

Under his control, the Moon Wheel Palace rapidly contracted, shrinking from a diameter of over a hundred kilometers to a mere hundred meters in the blink of an eye.

The Law Secret Patterns on the palace's surface grew denser, with nine Moon Illusions circling around it, forming a crystalline protective barrier.

Just then, Yan Ning's pupils sharply contracted.

The entrance to the secret realm, which had just been blasted open by the Chaos Bell, was healing at a visible rate!

The edges of the Space Rift writhed like living things, countless silver threads extending from the void, rapidly weaving and repairing.

At this rate, in at most another dozen breaths, the entrance would fully close!

"It's actually repairing—got to hurry!"

Yan Ning made a snap decision, his Divine Power erupting explosively within him.

All the secret patterns on the Moon Wheel Palace's surface lit up simultaneously, transforming it into a streak of silver light that shot toward the shrinking secret realm entrance.

"Swoosh—"

In an instant, the Moon Wheel Palace rushed inside.

Not long after the palace's tail end disappeared, the Space Rift behind it snapped shut with a crack, completely severing the two worlds, inside and out.

The scene within the secret realm made even the well-traveled Yan Ning gasp sharply.

Before him stretched a vast, boundless chaotic void—no stars, no sun or moon, only endless streams of multicolored qi churning and surging.

Far off in the distance, there was a continent.

A continent so vast it was suffocating, silently suspended in the void. With his vision, he couldn't even see its edge!

His Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily.

He had seen supercontinents like the Blood Luo World, but the scale of this continent before him was likely several times larger!

With his current eyesight, he could clearly make out stars several light-years away in the universe, yet he still couldn't see the end of this continent.

"Over ten light-years!"

The thought made his breath catch.

For reference, the Milky Way's diameter was only about a hundred thousand light-years.

A continent like this completely overturned his understanding of celestial bodies.

"Moon Shadow mode, steady advance."

With the command issued, the Moon Wheel Palace's surface rippled like water, fully vanishing into the void.

The nine Moon Illusions circled around it, perfectly masking all energy fluctuations.

The palace raced toward the continent at sub-light speed, carving an almost imperceptible trajectory through space.

As the distance closed, Yan Ning gradually made out the continent's full appearance.

He could clearly see countless living beings on its surface!

Humanoid races were building cities, and various demon beasts were galloping through the forests and mountains.

He sensed that the vast majority of beings on this continent were only at the planetary or stellar level, with occasional cosmic-level auras.

Their cultivation methods were almost no different from those outside. The only thing that struck Yan Ning as strange was that these people were actually speaking the universal cosmic language!

How was that possible!

Hadn't this secret realm never appeared before?

Even he had to go through considerable trouble to get in—how did they know the universal cosmic language?

Truly bizarre!

Yan Ning furrowed his brow, controlling the Moon Wheel Palace to fly slowly along the continent's edge.

"Xiao Yan, record all observational data."

He ordered in a low voice, his gaze sharp as a torch scanning the scenes below.

Xiao Yan was an intelligent lifeform evolved from Yan Ning's Smart Optical Brain. As for the name Xiao Yan, he'd just picked it casually.

"Yes, master."

[Establishing database.]

[Language analysis: 100% match with universal cosmic language.]

[Cultivation system: 99.8% similarity to outside world.]

[Civilization level: Below primary interstellar civilization standard.]

These data made Yan Ning's fingers tap unconsciously on the armrest.

Too bizarre—a secluded secret realm, how could it develop a cultivation system nearly identical to the outside world?

He manipulated the Moon Wheel Palace to descend, hovering above a bustling city.

He could clearly see people coming and going on the streets. Those humanoid beings wore clothing of a style completely different from the outside world, but the vocabulary and grammar they used in conversation matched the universal cosmic language without a single error.

"Did you hear? The Sky Dome Academy's enrollment assessment starts next week."

A young man with light purple skin said to his companion.

"I heard the standard's been raised to Star-tier third-order this year."

"No kidding."

The companion sighed.

"My cousin got in last year at Star-tier second-order, and now he's already a Universe-tier powerhouse."

Yan Ning rubbed his chin. Sky Dome Academy? That was clearly the common cultivation academy model found in outside cosmic nations!

What shocked him even more was how naturally they discussed cultivation ranks—it was exactly like the outside world.

A year was but a blink for a powerhouse like Yan Ning.

He guided the Moon Wheel Palace silently across this mysterious continent, from prosperous capitals to remote villages, from towering realms to hidden caves.

Through observation and information gathering, Yan Ning gradually sketched out the continent's outline.

The continent was called the Sky Dome Realm, home to nine great dynasties and hundreds of sects, the most renowned being the Sky Dome Hall, which controlled the Sky Dome Crystals.

"Master, this is all the information on the Sky Dome Crystals."

Xiao Yan's voice echoed in the palace, and a light screen unfolded before Yan Ning.

The screen displayed the findings from this past year:

[Sky Dome Crystal]

[Origin: Exists only in the central mountain range of the Sky Dome Realm]

[Properties: Semi-transparent crystal, contains strange energy patterns within]

[Use: Can greatly enhance a cultivator's ability to comprehend laws]

[Method: Requires absorption via a special secret technique]

Yan Ning's gaze lingered on the last line for a long time.

A treasure that could enhance law comprehension—in the universe, such items were rare and sought-after, like the Virtual Universe Company's Chaos Monument, which was a clan-protecting treasure.

And here, in this sealed secret realm, there was actually a natural crystal with similar effects?

"Based on cross-referencing multiple sources, the initial judgment is that the Sky Dome Crystal's effect is similar to the Blood Luo Crystal, but the mechanism is completely different."

Xiao Yan pulled up several clips.

In the footage, a Star-tier martial artist was absorbing a Sky Dome Crystal.

The crystal pressed against his forehead, gradually melting into strands of silver light that seeped into his skin.

The martial artist suddenly convulsed violently, his eyes rolling back, his entire body floating into the air.

Around him, space began to warp, and faint flames spontaneously formed.

"This is..."

Yan Ning nodded with great interest.

He could clearly see that what appeared around the martial artist were the rudimentary forms of the most basic Fire Law and Space Law!

An ordinary Star-tier, actually able to trigger law fluctuations?

In the outside universe, even some geniuses had to reach Universe-tier before they could begin comprehending laws.

"Continue."

The martial artist in the footage soon fell out of his epiphany state, exhausted but unable to hide his excitement.

"I did it! I felt the Fire Law!"

He shouted to his companion, thrilled.

Yan Ning closed the footage and sank into thought.

The Sky Dome Crystal's effect was indeed astonishing, but it seemed fundamentally different from the Blood Luo Crystal.