Boom!
The invisible World Power pressed down, turning the surrounding space into a world of flames.
"World Master!"
The moment Ender felt the World Projection's restraint, he instantly understood that he had encountered a World Master Level Purgatory Beasts.
"I only killed two Domain Master Purgatory Beasts, and now I've encountered a World Master Level Purgatory Beasts ambush."
Ender thought to himself, "It's obvious that there are World Master Level Purgatory Beasts patrolling the Purgatory Abyss!"
Thinking of this, he recalled what King Nightmare had said, 'There are World Masters in the Purgatory Abyss!'
"So, what King Nightmare meant by that was to warn me to be careful of World Master Level Purgatory Beasts!"
Ender realized this, but it was already too late, because he had already encountered a World Master Level Purgatory Beasts.
He had been very careful, always scouting for a few days before each move, yet he still encountered a World Master Level Purgatory Beasts ambush.
Though he was thinking, Ender's movements were not slow at all; he directly took out his E9-level Spaceship and the second branch tree of the Gu Yu Ancient Tree from his world ring.
Boom!
The hundred-meter-tall second branch tree trembled slightly, an invisible and incomprehensible Law Power appeared, and a pale green light spread out from its center.
Gu Yu Cage!
As the second branch tree cast the Gu Yu Cage, the suppression of the World Projection restraint from the World Master Level Purgatory Beasts disappeared, and Ender flashed into the E9-level Spaceship.
"My World Projection suppression!" The rumbling sound echoed, full of shock, "How did you break free?"
A ripple of World Power flashed, and the hundred-meter-tall second branch tree was put back into the world ring. Without the suppression of the Gu Yu Cage, the flame world of the World Projection once again suppressed this space.
At the same time, with a "hiss," the spaceship's hatch closed.
Whoosh!
The already activated spaceship accelerated, directly breaking free from the suppression and restraint of the flame world, turning into a streak of light and flying into the distance.
The E9-level Spaceship Ender was riding was among the top-tier spaceships of its class in the Human Race. Its instant acceleration far exceeded that of ordinary spaceships of the same level, so breaking free from a common World Master's World Projection was naturally no problem.
After Ender fled in the E9-level Spaceship, the World Master Level Purgatory Beasts seemed to finally react, letting out an angry roar, "Alien! Don't even think about escaping!"
Boom!
The World Master Level Purgatory Beasts's four limbs, which had been prostrate, exerted force and leaped up. Under its immense power, the continent trembled, and rolling rocks and dust surged!
The next moment, its massive body, over a hundred meters tall, transformed into a dark red streak of light, chasing in the direction the spaceship had fled.
However, that Purgatory Beasts was merely a very ordinary World Master; its Law comprehension was not even as high as Ender's, and the target it was chasing was a top-tier E9-level Spaceship, whose acceleration was so exaggerated that it could reach light speed within seconds!
Not long after the World Master Level Purgatory Beasts gave chase, it could no longer find any trace of the spaceship. It had clearly lost its target!
"Alien!" After losing its target, the World Master Level Purgatory Beasts roared furiously, "Damn alien!"
...
Near the bottom of the inner region of the Purgatory Abyss, on a floating, moving continent.
Whoosh!
A streak of light flew in, landing directly in a mountain valley.
With a flicker of World Power, Ender put the E9-level Spaceship into his world ring. Then, he used his Spirit Weapon to clear a path and burrowed directly into a small hill.
Boom!
Two dark red figures swept across this continent, continuing to fly at extreme speed towards the front!
Hiding within the hill, Ender thought to himself, "What exactly is going on with this Purgatory Abyss? How can there be so many World Master Level Purgatory Beasts active!"
Since he was ambushed by a World Master Level Purgatory Beasts after previously hunting Domain Master Purgatory Beasts, the World Master Level Purgatory Beasts in the Purgatory Abyss had become much more active, and the number of patrolling World Master Level Purgatory Beasts had also increased significantly.
This meant that he was often chased by several World Master Level Purgatory Beasts simultaneously, but fortunately, the E9-level Spaceship was fast enough, far surpassing the flying speed of those Purgatory Beasts.
"I only killed two Domain Master Purgatory Beasts and already attracted World Master Level Purgatory Beasts. It seems that hunting Domain Master Purgatory Beasts to obtain a thousand tons of nightmare core is not going to work."
Ender gently shook his head, "I'll just honestly complete the survival mission. Surviving for three years can still earn me 250,000 points, which is enough for me to exchange for the fourth volume of 'Divine Tree True Solution.'"
"I'll just Cultivate in this dark cave for three years." He sat down cross-legged, observing his surroundings, and his expression subtly changed, "No, this doesn't seem to be a naturally formed cave."
Ender got up. To prevent revealing his hidden location, he didn't even use his Spiritual Force to scan the surroundings, but instead observed the scene with his naked eyes.
Although the cave was pitch black, with his Universe Level vision, which allowed him to see in the dark, it was no different from broad daylight.
"It really isn't a naturally formed cave."
This cave was very large. He simply walked around and found several man-made passages, several meters high, connecting to other places.
"Cultivation worlds always hide secrets. If one can glimpse and uncover those secrets, it will bring a significant improvement to the Cultivator."
Ender thought to himself, "This is also why the five Leviathans of Humanity Cultivate Geniuses and send them to Cultivation worlds for training. For this, they even limit the number of times one can apply for Cultivation missions."
"Could it be that I'm lucky this time and have found the secret of this Purgatory Abyss?" Thinking this, he began to explore this cave.
...
Following a passage, Ender found several small caves that resembled rooms, with bed-like objects inside.
At the same time, he also discovered some Stone fragments, clearly different in material from the rocks in this area. Considering that the native inhabitants of the Purgatory Abyss were rock-type life forms, he suspected that those Stone fragments were the remains of rock-type life forms.
As he delved deeper into the cave, he explored more and more small caves resembling rooms, and he became increasingly certain of his suspicion: those Stone fragments were indeed the remains of the native inhabitants!
Ender was somewhat puzzled, "Although it can be roughly determined that those Stone fragments are the remains of the native inhabitants, the quantity of these remains seems a bit too small, not like the remains left by Purgatory Beasts."
World Master Level Purgatory Beasts are hundreds of meters tall, Domain Master Purgatory Beasts are tens of meters tall, and he had seen a Universe Level Purgatory Beasts once, which was over ten meters tall.
This is height!
And not body length!
It should be noted that the form of Purgatory Beasts is like a shortened lizard, but their body length is still two to three times their height, so their volume is not small.
According to his calculations, a Stellar Rank Purgatory Beasts would be at least three to four meters tall, with a body length of seven to eight meters, which would not fit into the small caves.
While exploring the cave, Ender speculated, "From the information gathered from the explored caves so far, humanoid native inhabitants used to live here, but for some unknown reason, they were exterminated."
...
One day later.
After a day of exploration, Ender had explored 99% of this cave, with only the largest central cave remaining unentered. Although he had almost explored the entire cave complex, he had gained nothing, only finding some abstract characters and murals.
"Now there's only this one cave left. I hope I can find something."
Thinking this, Ender entered the last cave.
This was a spacious cave, the largest in this cave complex. It seemed to be the center of this cave, with several passages connecting to it.
Ender scanned his surroundings. Besides seeing many Stone fragments, which were the remains of the native inhabitants, he also saw murals painted on the cave walls.
"These murals?!"
Looking at the nearest mural, it depicted an object with countless red lines extending from it, whether they were light or something else was unclear.
He looked at one mural after another. After seeing all of them, he understood what these murals depicted: they were the native inhabitants' record of the beginning, progression, and end of a great disaster.
The source of the great disaster came from a glowing object that fell from the sky and was worshipped by the native inhabitants as a sacred object.
Later, internal conflicts arose among the native inhabitants, leading to continuous internal strife. One defeated faction chose to destroy the sacred object, which caused the planet to be torn apart and its environment to undergo drastic changes.
Because the strong among the native inhabitants either died in battle or perished in the great explosion when the sacred object was destroyed, this led to the rise of Purgatory Beasts, who were more adapted to the environment, while the native inhabitants were wiped out under the dual blows of the environment and the Purgatory Beasts.
Ender sighed and shook his head, "No gain."
Although he learned the beginning and end of the Purgatory Abyss native inhabitants' demise, it held no great significance for him. Too many races had been annihilated since the birth of the Original Universe; the extinction of a weak race was utterly insignificant.
"Forget it, I'll just Cultivate here for three years, and then..." Ender murmured, suddenly looking up and freezing, "This is?!"
On the ceiling of the cave were four murals. These four murals looked similar, all depicting small figures drawn with countless simple lines, either prostrating or kneeling in worship of the central object.
As for the central object, because it was a planar two-dimensional figure, even though five faces were drawn, Ender couldn't identify what it was, only guessing it might be a crystal.
What made Ender freeze was precisely the mural that depicted five faces, which he suspected was a crystal, because he saw an slight manifestation of the essence of Space Law within it!
"This... what exactly is this?! Could it be the sacred object of the native inhabitants?!"
"Is this the secret of the Purgatory Abyss?!" He was a bit surprised, "I can see the essence of Space Law on this mural!"
Seeing the numerous small figures on the mural worshipping, Ender felt somewhat certain, but he couldn't help but sigh, "This sacred object, which contains the essence of Space Law, was actually destroyed due to an internal war among a group of primitives. What a waste of natural resources!"
Shaking his head, he sat down, looking up at the murals above, and began to seriously comprehend them.
Because the first branch tree of the Gu Yu Ancient Tree was planted in the Primal Secret Realm, constantly comprehending the Space Origin Law, Ender had accumulated some confusions regarding Space Law.
"So that's how it is..."
As he comprehended the murals, some of his confusions regarding Space Law were answered. Coupled with the slight essence of Space Law contained within these murals, this allowed him to further his understanding of the essence.
At the same time, he split a wisp of his consciousness to Cultivate secret techniques in the Virtual Universe and frequently practiced claw techniques and movement techniques.
...
Just like that, over fifty years passed.
Ender had also been Cultivating in the cave in the Purgatory Abyss for over fifty years. Even after completing the three-year survival mission, he did not return to the Primal Secret Realm.
During these fifty-plus years, due to the murals containing a slight essence of Space Law, and with the guidance of his Seventh Senior Brother, who was a Universe Venerable, his comprehension of the Space Origin Law had improved significantly.
At this time, he was confident he could pass the tenth level of the Tongtian Bridge, but he had no plans to attempt it now. Instead, he would wait until after the upcoming Secret Realm competition.
The Virtual Universe Company's Universe Level core members' Secret Realm competition occurs once every hundred years, and for core members, every Secret Realm competition is very important.
Because if they lose, they will fall into a lower-level Secret Realm, where not only will the resources they can obtain be greatly reduced, but the discount for exchanging secret techniques and Spiritual Treasures will also decrease!
If they win, they can remain in their current Secret Realm, and they also have a chance to challenge a higher-level Secret Realm. If they enter, they can acquire even more resources!
...
Virtual Universe, Yu Xiang Mountain Primal Secret Realm.
Three elders of the Primal Secret Realm sat in a triangular formation, with three cups of wine on the central table.
Wu Xuewen, with beautiful features, dressed in white battle attire, with small Dragon horns on her head, and pale white scales on her face, asked in a deep voice, "Have you decided?"
Kriya, the Ape-man resembling a large gorilla, shook his head helplessly and said, "We have no choice but to do this."
"There are only three slots for Universe Level in the Primal Secret Realm," said Ural, the four-armed man beside them. "If we don't Breakthrough to Domain Master, the two of us will be eliminated to the Absolute Beginning Secret Realm."
Among the current five Universe Level members in the Primal Secret Realm, the one with the strongest Law comprehension was undoubtedly Kedi, who had already passed the tenth level of the Tongtian Bridge in Primal Chaos City. Although he hadn't attempted the Tongtian Bridge for nearly a century, given his Genius, his Law comprehension was bound to advance further.
Following closely were Ender and Wu Xuewen, who had both passed the ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge, and finally, the two of them, who had passed the eighth level of the Tongtian Bridge.
"Both you and Ender have passed the ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge, and it's been decades since you passed," the Ape-man Kriya sighed. "We have no confidence in defeating you."
"Since we have no confidence," said Ural, the four-armed man, "then we might as well Breakthrough to Domain Master. Even if we are eliminated to the Absolute Beginning Secret Realm in the next Secret Realm competition, we can still stay in the Primal Secret Realm for a few more centuries."
The Ape-man Kriya said, "After becoming a Domain Master and being assigned, we will serve as inspectors, becoming high-ranking officials in a high-grade Universe Country, and we can also earn huge amounts of points by completing missions issued by the Virtual Universe Company."
Ural, the four-armed man, continued, "With points, we can exchange for better secret techniques, and improve our Law comprehension better and faster."
Upon hearing this, Wu Xuewen nodded gently. She could understand their thoughts; if they could stay in the best Primal Secret Realm, why would they be willing to be eliminated to the Absolute Beginning Secret Realm?
Breaking through to become a World Master and continuing to stay in the Primal Secret Realm was also a good choice. As for the Domain Master competition a few centuries later, they could only take it one step at a time and see then.
Wu Xuewen raised her wine glass, "I wish you a smooth journey after you Breakthrough to become World Masters and are assigned."
Kriya and Ural raised their glasses and said, "We also wish you victory over your opponents in this Secret Realm competition and to remain in the Primal Secret Realm."
After finishing this glass of wine, the three, who had hundreds of years of friendship, would part ways. Two would Breakthrough to become World Masters, while one would remain in the Primal Secret Realm, awaiting the upcoming Secret Realm competition!