Faced with this question, Chu Hao couldn't help but take a sharp breath.
But immediately, he dismissed the thought.
"Impossible. This is at most a coincidence. Moira…."
Chu Hao recalled the memories he had glimpsed before.
"In her memories, I saw no information about idealistic planes. That person focused more on research into the mind and divine fire."
"In any case… now is not the time to think about that. My priority is to continue perfecting the Endless Abyss…"
"Other matters should not distract me."
"After all, without reaching a certain level of strength, I don't even have the qualification to enter the Chaos Dead Sea."
With that, Chu Hao cleared his thoughts and stopped pursuing research on the idealistic planes for now.
However, even though he no longer researched them, Chu Hao still took measures to prevent these idealistic planes from expanding further.
For example, he successfully used his divine fire to completely sever these planes, isolating them as a distinct part of the Endless Abyss.
Since it was uncertain whether these planes could develop strong combat abilities, Chu Hao needed to direct limited resources toward the regular planes of the Endless Abyss.
After all, the main force of the Endless Abyss—its numerous demons—required sufficient resources to be cultivated effectively.
Moreover, the harsh environment of the Endless Abyss made resources scarce.
With this in mind, Chu Hao left the rest area and returned once more to the exploration zone of the secret realms.
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Chu Hao stood in the void, surrounded by countless secret realms.
Each secret realm represented a small world born at an unknown time.
Each had its own unique rules and species, making this region of secret realms feel like an endless zoo.
However…
This time, as Chu Hao entered the secret realm area, he noticed something unusual even before fully entering the void.
The number of secret realms in this region, known as the Mist Realm, seemed greatly reduced!
Not just a little, but drastically!
Chu Hao realized this because the divine fire markers he had left behind to track secret realms had completely vanished.
These markers helped him record the secret realms and acted as waypoints to prevent him from getting lost in the void.
Normally, without external interference, these markers could last for hundreds of years.
But now, every single marker had disappeared—none remained.
This naturally made Chu Hao both puzzled and alert.
"What's happening? Has the secret realm itself mutated?"
Chu Hao silently muttered as he continued forward, placing new markers as he went.
It should be noted that the closer one gets to the depths of the void, the stronger the secret realms there are.
For example, in the outer regions of the secret realm, most secret realms are of entry-level transcendent strength, roughly comparable to graduates from Tianding University.
Deeper within, the secret realms are stronger, akin to the power level of lower-tier divine worlds that Chu Hao had just reached after graduation.
These realms possess formidable war capabilities, complete rules, and a variety of bizarre creatures.
Even deeper, there are secret realms so strong they are nearly impenetrable.
Each could easily destroy ordinary humans' divine worlds.
Destroying and conquering them would require at least the strength of a mid-tier god.
At the very depths of the secret realm, it is said that a main-god-level existence resides.
However, this claim has never been confirmed.
After observing for a long time, Chu Hao noticed nothing unusual.
Over such a long period, everything in the secret realm seemed unchanged.
Finally, Chu Hao relaxed and randomly chose a secret realm with a relatively pleasant appearance, preparing to invade it.
"Parse the crystal-wall rules of this world…"
Chu Hao sat cross-legged in the void.
He began analyzing the crystal-wall rules according to the textbook methods.
The reason the otherworld Chu Hao was in continued to grow stronger was because the beings here had a complete world-invasion scheme, most notably, a method to analyze the crystal-wall rules of different secret realms.
Chu Hao didn't need to completely break through a secret realm's crystal wall; parsing part of it was enough to link his Endless Abyss to it.
Once linked, war between the two worlds was inevitable.
Behind him, the Endless Abyss had been materialized.
In front of him was a massive secret realm.
It resembled a huge cloud-like balloon, radiating a variety of colors, incredibly beautiful.
As Chu Hao gradually parsed the world's crystal-wall rules, the Endless Abyss drew ever closer.
A dark spot slowly appeared on the multicolored "balloon."
"Parsing complete…"
Chu Hao opened his eyes, merging himself into the Endless Abyss divine world.
"Invade…"
Above the rainbow-colored sky of this world, in the most distant reaches of the plane, a black-red vortex was rapidly forming.
"Begin!"
Within this black-red vortex, a pair of eyes quietly opened.
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"Divine Oracle has descended!"
Suddenly, in a jungle pyramid of this plane, an elderly local alien in ornate clothing abruptly opened his eyes.
Around him stood a group of priests.
Seeing the old priest awake, the priests immediately approached him.
"How is it, High Priest? What guidance has the God given us?"
"The God foretells… war."
War?
The priests exchanged tense glances.
"The celestial demon from previous prophecies?"
"However, such divine oracles have appeared several times already."
"We've already repelled many demons; no need to worry too much."
"Even so, every time they descend, many cities are destroyed."
While they chattered nervously, the old priest trembled as he stood, pale and worried, looking toward the sky.
A black dot gradually appeared in the sky.
But that was not his main concern.
He turned to another direction.
There, a gray dot was quietly appearing as well.
Two stars, both representing destruction, simultaneously appeared…
Above the sky.