Battle Axe Secret Realm

Inside the peach-pit-shaped spaceship, in the banquet hall.

The hall was set with over a hundred long tables. The 783 geniuses who were entering the Battle Axe Secret Realm sat scattered around them.

The spaceship took off, accelerated, and entered the Dark Universe.

A hatch opened at the far end of the hall. A man over five meters tall, with a robust physique and a forehead covered in dense, fleshy spikes, walked out. He walked straight to the main seat and sat down.

"I am Giant Arm King. This time, I will be escorting you to the Battle Axe Secret Realm."

Below, everyone stood up to salute, offering their thanks in a slightly disorganized chorus.

Giant Arm King nodded and gestured for everyone to sit down.

"The Battle Axe Secret Realm is quite far from headquarters, about 600 million light-years away. My spaceship has reached 50 times the speed of light. We will arrive in approximately one year and two months."

The crowd below listened in silence.

This was nothing unusual. When they had traveled from their respective homelands to Chaos City, they had also been picked up by ships traveling at 50 times the speed of light. Those from the furthest reaches had spent three years on a ship just to reach Chaos City.

"The Battle Axe Secret Realm is one of the core secret realms of my Giant Axe Martial Arena. It was transformed from an abandoned cosmic secret realm."

At this point, Giant Arm King seemed somewhat sentimental: "The Primal Universe is ancient and vast. It contains unimaginable power. It has nurtured billions of races, countless life forms of all shapes, and an endless number of powerhouses."

"At the same time, there are countless celestial bodies. Common things in the universe like planets, stars, galaxies, and so on."

"How cosmic secret realms are formed remains unknown to this day. We can only assume they are special, unconventional regions created during the evolution of the universe."

"Different cosmic secret realms produce different exotic life forms, various precious materials, and magical natural treasures. Of course, they also contain all kinds of dangers."

"In relatively safe cosmic secret realms, World Lords can venture inside. In the most dangerous ones, even beings like Universe Country Lords can lose their lives if they are not careful."

The crowd below erupted in an uproar. Universe Country Lords—which one of them wasn't a supreme existence who had presided over a territory for countless years? Could such powerhouses lose their lives at any moment?

Giant Arm King chuckled and continued: "Every time a new cosmic secret realm appears, it is a feast. Perhaps one day in the future, some of you will also enter new secret realms to venture and slaughter. Remember, never be soft-hearted toward alien races. If you can kill them, you must." The chilling murderous intent in those final two sentences made the geniuses below feel as if they had fallen into a sea of blood.

"Cosmic secret realms vary in size," Giant Arm King continued to explain.

"The large ones are comparable to a Universe Country. The small ones are at least the size of a galaxy."

"The four great secret realms of my Giant Axe Martial Arena are all safe realms that were fully explored countless years ago, with dangers already under control. Because cosmic secret realms naturally contain extremely dense cosmic origin energy, they are very suitable for cultivation."

Dense cosmic origin energy, when condensed slightly, becomes Universe Crystals, which can be spent freely anywhere.

"The Battle Axe Secret Realm you are about to enter is about the size of a star field. Although it is the most peripheral of our four great secret realms, the cultivation resources available to its members are still something that countless people in the outside world covet."

"In the Battle Axe Secret Realm, the most useful thing is not money, but points. Strive hard to earn them."

"That is all I have to say. You may each go to the upper levels to find a room and wait."

With that, Giant Arm King closed his eyes and said no more.

Virtual Universe, training room.

The voice of the auxiliary AI interrupted Li Dui's practice.

"Have we arrived?"

Li Dui shifted his main focus back to reality.

"Everyone, gather in the hall. We have arrived at the Battle Axe Secret Realm."

Giant Arm King's voice awakened everyone.

The young people quickly finished assembling.

An electronic voice rang out: "About to exit space travel. Countdown: 9, 8, 7... 2, 1." With a noticeable jolt of the ship, the voice spoke again: "Travel complete. We have arrived inside the Battle Axe Secret Realm. Estimated arrival at the spaceport is twenty minutes."

Twenty minutes later, the electronic voice announced their arrival at the spaceport.

"Open the hatch," Giant Arm King commanded.

The hatch opened, and Giant Arm King flew out first.

In front of this King Rank Immortal, the group of geniuses dared not act out of turn. They left the spaceship in an orderly fashion.

Li Dui walked near the back. As he emerged, he saw Giant Arm King speaking with a few people who appeared to be reception staff.

After giving a few casual instructions, Giant Arm King turned to the 783 geniuses present and said: "Little ones, strive and fight hard. I hope that in the distant future, some of you will be able to stand by my side and fight."

The geniuses felt the encouragement and expectations of this powerful King Rank Immortal. They were as energized as if they had been injected with adrenaline.

Some shouted "Yes!" loudly.

Some yelled, "I will definitely work hard!"

Some said, "I will definitely be able to do it!"

Others were screaming at the top of their lungs.

Even after Giant Arm King had boarded his ship and left, this group was still in a state of excitement.

The reception staff nearby looked on with a sense of helplessness. I wonder what you're all so worked up about, they thought. The King Rank lord was just offering some casual encouragement. You're taking it seriously? Do you really think reaching the level of a King Rank Immortal is that easy?

After waiting a little longer, the reception staff called out: "Your Highnesses, Your Highnesses."

The crowd finally quieted down a bit and looked at the receptionist, who had a flame mark on their forehead.

"Calling us Highness, that means we aren't core members. Are they World Lords who have been acknowledged by the Laws but aren't core members?" Li Dui judged silently.

"Your Highnesses, follow me. I will introduce you to our Battle Axe Secret Realm." The Flame World Lord gestured with his hand, then slowly flew in one direction.

The group followed. The Flame World Lord pointed into the distance: "Your Highnesses can all see it. Over there is the core of our Battle Axe Secret Realm: the five great floating islands."

"The largest one in the center is Battle Axe Island. It is a public area. At the same time, the Immortal Gods stationed here by our Giant Axe Martial Arena also reside there. The four smaller ones surrounding it, positioned slightly higher, are the residential areas."

"That one with the most sparse architecture is Island No. 1. That is your residential area. See those twenty 110-story buildings? Those are your dwellings."

"The one next to it, with 250 high-rises, is Island No. 2. That is where the Domain Lord Rank Highnesses live."

"This one, Island No. 3, with its densely packed 2,500 buildings, is where the World Lord Rank Highnesses reside."

"The last one, Island No. 4, does not have high-rises of that scale. It is where various staff members, servants, and the like live."

"Do you see those metal-forged planets orbiting the periphery of the floating islands? The defensive net formed by these planets can easily block King Rank Immortals."

"Of course, we also have super-existences from our Giant Axe Martial Arena guarding this place. Even if a group of Universe Country Lords were to come, they would only be able to come and never return."

Li Dui didn't think much of these words. However, the constant talk of how King Rank Immortals this and Universe Country Lords that left the other geniuses somewhat shaken. They were still just Universe Rank babies, after all; it sounded rather terrifying.