Inside the Four-Dimensional Pocket, Zhao Cheng transformed into a nebula. In a flicker, he vanished, and when he reappeared, he had arrived in the Dark Domain of the Ancient Cosmos.
The darkness of the Dark Domain was something perceptual, like mud. Countless bubbles glimmered within that mud, and every single bubble was a complete universe.
Closest to Zhao Cheng was a red bubble. Universe-bubbles were originally multicolored. At the birth of a universe, their color tended toward white; as time passed, the colors grew ever richer and more vibrant, until they reached their zenith, at their most dazzling. But once they entered old age, they declined sharply, turning a dim gray, until at last they became black, shattered, and merged into the Dark Domain.
Zhao Cheng had always explored what lay beyond the universe. He had even seen it all during the two times he reached the future. To him, the Dark Domain held few secrets. What was truly secretive was the tomb at the bottom of the Dark Domain—but it was far too mysterious, and no one knew how many pits and mines it concealed. For the time being, Zhao Cheng had no intention of probing deeply into it.
Besides, it was too early to speak of exploration. He could not even find the place yet.
And at this current temporal anchor, this was Zhao Cheng's first time venturing outside the universe.
Ordinarily, for an individual to leave the universe, they had to attain Grand Monarchhood before they could pierce through the universe itself and come and go freely.
Zhao Cheng was an exception. Because his cultivation path differed from others', he had long possessed the ability to travel freely. He simply had not left because of the threat posed by Wuluo.
But now, having attained a special version