After chatting about the past, it was time for serious matters. Lin Xiao took out the Divine Realm Fragment and directly asked:
"I accidentally destroyed a Floating Island within the territory of the Nightmare Empire before, and obtained a Divine Realm Fragment. It is said that ten fragments can be combined into a Seeds of Divine Realm. I initially wanted to collect some to see, but a powerful being from a nightmare civilization stopped me, claiming I was breaking the rules. I’m not sure what this is all about."
Tongtian glanced at the Divine Realm Fragment in his hand, retracted his gaze, and said:
"It’s quite simple. The world we are currently in is one of the many projections of the true Chaos Territory. If you destroy a Floating Island here, it will have a certain impact on the corresponding Floating Island in the true Chaos Territory. Destroying one or two is harmless, but if you destroy too many, it will cause disturbances to the true Floating Islands within the true Chaos Territory, affecting the Nightmare Lords on the islands."
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Lin Xiao cocked his head, his mind full of question marks.
Tongtian looked at him with a confused expression and was momentarily surprised, asking:
"With your strength, you don’t know the truth about the Chaos Territory?"
Lin Xiao shook his head:
"I truly don’t."
Tongtian clearly paused, then asked:
"Then how did you get here?"
"I just came!"
"You couldn’t have forcefully passed through one world after another after entering the Chaos Territory, eventually stumbling upon this world by chance?"
"Isn’t that how it is?"
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Tongtian looked at him with surprise, scrutinizing him top to bottom as he sighed:
"Then you’re really impressive, actually finding this place without knowing anything."
"Since you’re here, it’s fate, but before I tell you the truth, I must remind you that since you’re within the Chaos Territory now, once you know the truth, you will automatically enter the real Chaos Territory. Unless you ascend to great divine power or reach the same level, you can never leave the Chaos Territory, not even Gaia Will can take this Incarnation away. In other words, your True Body will never be complete and will never ascend to great divine power."
Tongtian stared at him seriously, his voice grave as he asked:
"So, are you sure you want to listen now?"
Lin Xiao’s face immediately grew solemn. Tongtian’s meaning was clear; once he entered the true Chaos Territory, this Incarnation would be trapped here, and without ascending to the source or great divine power, he could never leave.
Correspondingly, if this Incarnation became trapped and could not return, his True Body would not be able to ascend to great divine power either.
In other words, if he took this step, unless this Incarnation could ascend to the source, the True Body would never be able to ascend.
Lin Xiao thought for a moment before suddenly asking a question:
"Within the Chaos Territory, is there an opportunity to make that leap?"
Hearing this, Tongtian laughed and said:
"Of course, there is. The Chaos Territory is one of the most powerful and mysterious worlds in the Chaotic Void Sea, even surpassing the Wizard World. Naturally, it contains methods to become great, and there are not just one or two opportunities. Otherwise, why would we take the risk to enter, and moreover, enter with our True Bodies?"
"Then good, I will enter!"
Lin Xiao was resolute.
He had no other choice. He was now certain that the Avatar of The Golden Ancient Tree exiled by him was inside the true Chaos Territory. There was no other option but to enter and find the Golden Ancient Tree Avatar to unite the two Avatars and see if there’s a way to seize an opportunity or to forcefully return.
For other powers, this was an inescapable fate, but to him, it was not. Possessing half of the Time Law, along with the Incarnation’s current Strength, as long as this Incarnation’s strength reached the level of Super Divine Power, he had some confidence in forcibly escaping.
If the first method of escape wasn’t feasible, he had a second plan.
To give up all of both Avatars, retaining only the Soul origin and the divided part of the True Spirit and enter the Creation Rubik’s Cube.
This would result in the loss of two powerful Avatars, but as long as the Soul origin and the divided portion of the True Spirit returned, ensuring the True Body was intact, any other losses were acceptable.
Tongtian, of course, didn’t know what trump cards he held, but admired his courage and nodded, saying:
"Before that, you need to know what Chaos Territory is. Chaos Territory is actually divided into two parts. One part is the world you see and are in now, made up of countless partitioned spaces. In the center of these countless partitioned spaces, there are several special spaces similar to our current space, which are the main nodes of the Chaos Territory and also the entrances to the true Chaos Territory. You just need to defeat the Gatekeepers inside those Sky-reaching Storm Pillars, and you will see the doors to enter. Open them, and you can go in."
Stopping there for a moment, he pointed at himself and said:
"I am the Gatekeeper for this Storm Pillar, but you don’t need to defeat me. I will open the entrance for you shortly."
"The true realm and this superficial realm we’re in are entirely different; once you enter, all your strength will be stripped away, but the rules you have mastered will manifest in the form of talents, and your true body will hide as part of your bloodline. You will need to awaken it all over again,"
"Be aware, once you enter, you will lose all your strength. You and others from the Chaotic Void Sea’s infinite worlds and different timelines will be on the same starting line. As a piece of advice from your own kind, never be complacent or careless. I trust you wouldn’t want to die at the hands of an ordinary person."
Lin Xiao....
"Lastly, you may ask me a few more questions. I’ll tell you what I know,"
After careful thought, Lin Xiao asked:
"About the great opportunities you mentioned for ascending within the Chaos Territory, can you tell me specifically which they are and how to obtain them?"
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Tongtian answered earnestly:
"It’s simple. Once you enter the true realm, you and others from the Chaotic Void Sea’s various worlds and different timelines will start at the same point, embarking on the journey of evolution, competing against other races for the destiny at the end of evolution. Any being that seizes this destiny will naturally achieve greatness!"
"Can you be more specific?"
"The journey of evolution is in itself a great path belonging to the Chaos Territory. Countless beings from numerous timelines within the Chaos Territory compete against innumerable races, and the ultimate victor will naturally transcend to greatness!"
"The ultimate victor?"
Lin Xiao furrowed his brows and asked:
"After so long, there hasn’t been a victor yet?"
Tongtian chuckled:
"Of course not, the Chaos Territory has already given rise to dozens of ultimate victors of the evolutionary journey, each a great entity. They exist across different eras, different civilizations—perhaps one of the big shots from our Gaia civilization is one of them. Any newcomer stepping in is part of an evolutionary journey that has not yet determined its ultimate victor; you still have a chance."
"If that’s the case, I’m entering!"
Lin Xiao had no other choice.
"Very well, I will now open the gate of the realm for you!"
Tongtian burst into hearty laughter, stretched out his hand, and swept it backward. The dazzling lightning ball within the Sky-reaching Storm Pillar exploded, infinite lightning coalesced into a door of lightning.
Lin Xiao thanked Tongtian, took a deep breath, stepped through the door, and was swiftly engulfed by lightning.
Watching his figure enter, Tongtian’s face revealed a sinister smile:
"Another one off to his death!"
But in the next second, the sinister smile quickly turned to pain:
"Although the ultimate victor of this evolutionary journey has not yet been determined, we have reached the final stage, and the ultimate victor is about to be born!"
The next second, he reverted to a sinister grin:
"The heir to the Emperor of Myriad Forms, become a servant of the Chaos Territory, just like me!"
Elsewhere, after stepping through the door of lightning, Lin Xiao felt himself plummeting into the Endless void. His powerful senses dimly detected a rule within the Void that was untouchable, dissolving his flesh.
Holding onto his humanoid form as long as his flesh held together, with a ’boom’, his form lost control like an exploding star released infinite energy, and he reverted to a Black Hole State.
The true essence of this avatar was that of a black hole, not humanoid.
The defining trait of a black hole is its terrifying attractive force that devours and disintegrates everything. When this disintegrating rule met the black hole’s all-consuming force, the two momentarily reached a stalemate.
Lin Xiao’s will sank into the black hole, straining against the disintegrating rule of the Void. If possible, of course, he hoped to retain all his power before entering the true Chaos Territory.
He only partly believed Tongtian’s words. After all, it was their first meeting; how could he possibly trust him completely?
It’s hard to say about other things, but this true Chaos Territory is definitely real. His Golden Ancient Tree avatar had been banished to the Chaos Territory. If his avatar was on the superficial layer, there’s no reason he couldn’t sense it there. But he couldn’t sense it at all, implying only one possibility: his avatar was located in the deeper layer of the Chaos Territory, the true Chaos Territory.
If, as Tongtian said, one could not leave without ascending to greatness, then he must pay a visit. It makes no difference whether one or two avatars are trapped.
The flow of time in this part of the Void is incredibly chaotic and terrifying, far worse than the superficial Chaos Territory. Here, time not only speeds up and slows down but also comes to a complete stop and even flows backward. Coupled with the omnipresent disintegrating forces in the Void, it was fortunate that Lin Xiao had mastered the Origin of Time. Other powerful entities, even with their Powerful Divine Power True Body Descending, would not survive the sudden time stops and time reversals. One moment of inattention, and they might wake from a time stop only to find most of their strength disintegrated.
This Chaos Territory is powerful, but his black hole nature is formidable too. Fully resisting, he stayed conscious, his strength not disintegrated.
This disintegration was not unending. As he continued to sink in the Void, Lin Xiao could feel that once he descended to the very bottom, he would enter the real Chaos Territory. By then, he might be able to retain all his power upon entering the innermost Chaos Territory.
While he was fully resisting the erosion of the Chaos Territory, on another plane, the Nightmare Lord Ser, who had been hunting following the mark of the Nightmare, had already entered the true Chaos Territory.
Knowing the true nature of the Chaos Territory, as soon as Ser entered, he went directly into the real layer. Even with his Super Divine Power among the top tier and the consumption of a treasure, and the protection of a portion of the Nightmare’s Will, he hard-endured the disintegration of the Chaos Territory, retaining most of his power as he descended.