Rumble
On the once barren surface of the Central Star Core, a spacetime tunnel suddenly appeared. The dark spacetime tunnel exerted a tremendous gravitational pull, completely devouring the combined attacks of thousands of King-level Immortal.
Just then, Zhang Junbao took out a token engraved with strange runes, which was the Central Star Core access token he had found among the Golden Wolf King's relics.
"According to the information left by the Golden Wolf King, this token, when combined with different levels of energy, can reach different regions. Previously, he led a group of Marquis Immortal to the region of the Peak King, where he discovered several Innate Secret Technique."
This energy, comparable to that of High Universe Venerable, should be enough to allow me to enter the core area.
The instant Zhang Junbao took out the token, his figure was drawn into the space-time tunnel and suddenly disappeared.
Soon after, the energy fluctuations dissipated, but the faces of the thousands of Alien Race King Rank around them turned into a kaleidoscope of colors.
"Where is he? Where is the human genius Zhang Junbao? His aura has vanished; he must have been completely blasted to dust by our combined attack. But why are his treasures gone?"
"Such an attack could not possibly Destruction Heavy Treasure, let alone Supreme Treasure. Where is the treasure?"
Those experts below the Peak King were completely unaware of the attack that had just occurred. They only saw the combined attack hit Zhang Junbao before disappearing without a trace.
No Heavy Treasure were left behind, no priceless Supreme Treasure were left behind, not even the World Ring was left behind.
"Could it be that a powerful expert at the Peak King Rank secretly hid the treasure while everyone wasn't paying attention?"
"Impossible. Even if he could really deceive us, there are so many King Rank experts here. To deceive so many powerful individuals, he would have to be Universe Venerable."
"Gone!" King Anke's face was extremely ugly. They had gathered over a thousand King Rank to besiege him, yet Zhang Junbao had vanished without a trace right before their eyes. This was a blatant slap in the face; if word got out, what would become of their reputation as powerful King Rank warriors?
" King Anke, did you notice? At the last moment, there was a sudden fluctuation in spacetime. Could it be that Zhang Junbao escaped at that moment?"
"No, I suspect he didn't leave!" King Anke's figure slowly changed, his nose lengthened and turned black and white, while his eyes shimmered with a watery light, sweeping across the entire Central Star Core.
"Found it! There's a huge sealed spacetime portal there!" King Anke pointed, and a ripple appeared on the surface of the Central Star Core. A spacetime portal suddenly appeared before everyone's eyes, and then quickly disappeared.
What's there?
"Why is there this spacetime tunnel on the Central Star Core? We've explored the star core for tens of thousands of years and never discovered this anomaly!"
Those present were at least King Rank experts. King Anke just now caused a space-time tunnel to appear, instantly attracting everyone's attention.
"Could that be a Treasure Repository Land? My God! We've been exploring the Central Star Core for so many years, yet we've never uncovered its secrets. Could it be that Zhang Junbao knew about this spacetime passage all along and deliberately escaped here!" a Machine Race King Rank exclaimed.
Countless secret patterns shimmered on his body, and a red light shone on the seal of the passage.
"This seal is extremely powerful, likely left behind by the Eight God Race. I cannot open it with my current strength. Zhang Junbao clearly knew about this place beforehand and deliberately lured us here, using the combined power of thousands of King Rank to forcibly open the space-time passage."
"Damn humans, they're so cunning. If he can get in, so can we. This is the home planet of the Eight God Race, where, according to legend, the Eight God Race's only Universe Master resided."
If we find the treasure left behind by the Universe Master, we'll be rich!
Our combined attack just now opened the passage, so if we do it again, won't it reopen? Zhang Junbao is inside, and the treasures left behind by the Universe Master are also inside. Everyone, follow me!
"Fool! You know this place was left behind by the Universe Master, how could it not have a token of passage? Any Cosmic Secret Realm that requires a token—if you barge in without one, you won't even know how you died!"
King Anke gave a cold laugh and didn't move. Not only him, but all the Peak King experts didn't make a move either. They all knew that without the token, trespassing into the Cosmic Secret Realm was tantamount to courting death.
"Then if we blast open the Central Star Core, won't the treasures inside appear?"
"When the Eight God Race detonated their home planet, they destroyed the entire star system. The power of that attack was comparable to a strike from Universe Master Lord. Although the Eight God Race's home planet was detonated, its core remained. Do you really think our attack is more powerful than that of Universe Master?"
The King Rank proposed blasting open the Central Star Core was met with disdain from the other Alien Race King Rank around him. If it were so easy to break through with brute force, the Central Star Core wouldn't have existed here for billions of years.
" King Anke, what do you think we should do now?" a Yao Rao Zerg Mother Emperor asked King Anke with a smile.
These two are among the few experts at the Peak King Rank here.
" Ice Thorn King, humanity and our two races have long been irreconcilable enemies. Back then Kedi, the disciple of the Chaos City Lord, was killed by the combined forces of our two races. Now, Zhang Junbao is also a disciple of the Chaos City Lord, and his talent surpasses even that of Kedi. However, he has encountered my Demon Race and your Zerg, and is destined to perish here!"
"This is the cycle of fate. The disciple of the Chaos City Lord is destined to die at the hands of our two races!" King Anke laughed.
" Zhang Junbao must have discovered the secret of the Central Star Core and wants to use our power to explore its mysteries. But even if he obtains the treasures within, can he leave safely?"
"Although we don't have the token to enter, Zhang Junbao does! Such Treasure Repository Land must be a place where Divine Kingdom Teleportation. Even if he has Immortal Soul Slave, he can only leave from the front."
All we need to do is seal off the surrounding space, wait here, and wait for him to bring out the treasure for us. Then we can kill him!
"Hehe, as expected of the wise Night Tapir Race among the Demon Race, King Anke is right. Let that human Zhang Junbao obediently retrieve the treasure for us!" Ice Thorn King laughed.
From afar, True Yan King saw a group of Alien Race King Rank surrounding the entire Central Star Core and knew their intentions.
"As expected, Zhang Junbao had planned ahead. He used the power of thousands of King Rank to open the sealed spacetime passage and enter the Central Star Core."
Hahaha... That's incredibly audacious! To actually use all the powerful Alien Race races as tools to break his seal, that's just too domineering.
I, Zhen Yan, consider myself incredibly domineering, but compared to Zhang Junbao, I suddenly feel quite kind.
However, these Alien Race King Rank are lying in wait here, probably waiting for him to leave so they can attack. I must seize the opportunity to rescue Zhang Junbao.
When did it become the turn of a bunch of useless Alien Race to surround and kill my Human Race geniuses?!
True Yan King concealed his presence. His task was to rescue Zhang Junbao before any of the Alien Race powerhouses could react. He was a super powerhouse who had Invincible King. In the Outer Domain Battlefield, Universe Venerable could not enter, making the Invincible King a truly invincible existence!
In another hidden location, the Earth-Rending King remained lurking.
"Damn humans, their talent is terrifying. They were able to control the combined attack of thousands of King Rank when they were World Lord. It's really too scary."
With so many powerful figures at the King Rank present, it's probably impossible for me to take advantage of the chaos to kill him and steal the treasure. Even disregarding the emergence of a top-tier genius among humans, if I report this to my clan in time, I might even receive a reward!
Given Zhang Junbao's extraordinary talent, it wouldn't be surprising if Universe Venerable were sent to hunt him down.
... Inside the Central Star Core, after Zhang Junbao entered the spacetime tunnel, he appeared in a peculiar space.
"Is this the interior of the star core? It's quite different from what I imagined." Zhang Junbao looked around. Unlike the laboratory that the Golden Wolf King and the others had entered, Zhang Junbao felt as if he had entered a palace.
The surrounding area was completely empty, with only a towering throne in the very center. On the throne, there seemed to be an endless Flame World. Within the flames, a huge being with black scales was faintly visible. The stars and constellations around it were instantly annihilated like bubbles when they encountered the black flames. Only the majestic being in front of the throne Eternal Undying.
On either side of the throne are four statues of mythical beasts, each with a different Beast God, but without a doubt, they all possess a unique charm.
"Eight strange beast statues... Could these be the eight legendary Progenitor of the Eight God Race Clan?"
Zhang Junbao landed in front of a strange beast statue. This huge Alien Race resembled a unicorn lizard, with its four thick hooves standing on the ground, its right forepaw tearing through the void, and its long tail swaying slightly, curved in mid-air.
The entire statue is covered with intricate patterns on its scales.
"This strange beast is not a known Starry Sky Behemoth; it's more like Beast God Statue!"
Zhang Junbao examined the entire hall carefully. Apart from the eight statues and the central throne, there was nothing else in the hall.
"These strange beasts are all full of spirit, even more so than the Beast God Statue Luo Feng obtained in the Blood Luo World. The eight Beast God represent the fusion of eight Law." Zhang Junbao became more and more excited as he looked at them. The fusion of the Law of the Eight Beast Gods, when brought together, represents the origin of the fundamental Law in the universe.
The Beast God represents the innate Law, and its every move contains the secrets of the Universe's Origin of Laws. It also represents a method of cultivating Secret Pattern Diagram.
Before the Great Destruction, powerful beings in the universe used the Secret Pattern Diagram on the scum to see through the mysteries of the Universe Origin.
Zhang Junbao knew that no one had ever walked the path of cultivating the Secret Pattern Diagram since the birth of the Primal Universe. It was a product left behind by a powerful being from another cosmic era, and a cultivation method of the Secret Pattern Diagram was also preserved in the universe of the Starry Sky Behemoth Progenitor.
Zhang Junbao never expected that he would discover another treasure left over from a different cosmic era in the Central Star Core.
" The Path of the Beast God followed by the Eight Great Innate Beast Gods is merely a branch of the path of the Secret Pattern Diagram, and the pinnacle of the Path of the Beast God is the Starry Sky Behemoth Progenitor."
Could the colossal beast engraved on this throne be it?
Having cultivated to this point, Zhang Junbao's path of " The True Meaning of Taiji " centers on the evolution of the Taiji Eight Trigrams. However, it is actually also an evolutionary route of a Secret Pattern Diagram. Now, he has actually discovered a Secret Pattern Diagram treasure that seems to have existed before the Great Destruction. How could he not be excited?
Zhang Junbao stepped forward. Just by looking, he couldn't truly grasp the terrifying power of the great being on the throne. Just as Zhang Junbao reached out to touch the scales hidden in the black flames, a terrifying sound suddenly echoed in his mind.
" Old Beast God, I will surely kill you!"
The voice, filled with boundless hatred and rage, relentlessly assaulted Zhang Junbao's soul.
"Damn it! This sound is trying to destroy my will. Even a remnant of my consciousness is terrifying! Hold on!"
Deep within Zhang Junbao's soul, a roar of fury relentlessly assaulted him. If his will could not withstand the power of this furious onslaught, he would utterly degenerate into a Madman capable only of slaughter.
" Old Beast God, I will surely kill you!"
"This voice couldn't possibly belong to the Starry Sky Behemoth Progenitor. What kind of being would dare to try and kill the Old Beast God?"
Zhang Junbao knew that the Old Beast God in the roaring voice was likely the Progenitor of the Starry Sky Behemoth, the Universe Supreme Master among the Starry Sky Behemoth.
If one wants to kill the Universe Supreme Master, then the owner of this voice must at least be a terrifyingly powerful being at the level of the Universe Supreme Master.
The mere sound of anger was enough to nearly break Zhang Junbao's will.
Waves of soul-tearing pain caused Zhang Junbao's body to tremble violently. Under such Will Impact, the Demon Soul Silkworm Cocoon and the Heavenly Spirit Mind-Stabilizing Pearl within his soul were completely ignored.
This sound contained an endless surge of spiritual energy, crashing against the depths of Zhang Junbao's soul like ocean waves.
"Within this soul-shaking impact, every fluctuation seems to point directly to the Origin of Laws!"
"Your anger, your persistence, your pride—I feel them all. From an ancient, powerful being, I sense your thoughts!"
A slight tremor ran through Zhang Junbao's body, but a smile appeared on his face.
Of the three realms of the mind, the first level, " Understanding the Heart and Seeing One's Nature, pointing directly to one's original mind," is the simplest yet most direct.
The second layer, " the Childlike Heart," emphasizes the balance of strength and gentleness, and the harmony of yin and yang.
The highest level, 'the heart embraces everything,' means having an infinitely vast heart that can contain everything.
Zhang Junbao's state of mind had long surpassed the realm of all-encompassing; in his eyes, any pressure, illusion, or Soul Attack was merely a way to temper his heart.
The roar within his soul continued to rise, but Zhang Junbao remained calm and composed, like a vast ocean where storms and calm seas were merely one aspect of the vastness of the sea.
If the heart wants to embrace everything, it must first experience everything.
Without experiencing it firsthand, all tolerance is empty talk. Don't advise others to be kind if you haven't experienced their suffering; if you have, you may not be kind yourself!
Deep within Zhang Junbao's soul, an epic battle is unfolding.
One of them is the owner of the black scales, and his opponent is the Old Beast God he speaks of, the Starry Sky Behemoth Progenitor.
Deep within Zhang Junbao's soul, this battle lasted for tens of thousands of epochs, like a collision between two universes. Its terrifying, world-destroying power was deeply imprinted in Zhang Junbao's mind.
One year, two years, ten years, one hundred years, ten thousand years, until the ten thousandth era, the two sides finally determined a victor. In the end, the owner of the black scales was no match for the Starry Sky Behemoth Progenitor and was forced to flee.
" Old Beast God, I will surely kill you!"
As he fled, this roar was filled with boundless hatred and fury.
PS: Here's one chapter for now, I'll try to update 10,000 words today.