The Toa Black Hole, arguably the mightiest singularity in the Primal Universe. The terrifying force of consumption and distortion washed over him with a howling rush. Were he a Universe Venerable, he would instantly be reduced to dust, but for Luo Feng... after the Tribulation Armor had reduced its power tenfold millionfold, it posed no threat whatsoever. Luo Feng and the City Master of Chaos swiftly arrived at the deepest recesses of the Toa Black Hole side by side.

"That is the core of the Toa Black Hole," the City Master of Chaos pointed ahead.

Luo Feng glanced over.

It was a sphere, roughly three meters high, entirely black. Faint, dark-golden secret script adorned its surface, countless patterns weaving into a truly peculiar design. This sphere, marked with its dark-gold runes, was the very essence of the black hole, the generator of that endless, awful power of distortion and consumption.

Surrounding it was one of the boundary membranes of the entire Primal Universe, torn open by this distorting force into a yawning chasm nearly ten thousand kilometers in diameter.

Swish! Swish!

Luo Feng and the City Master of Chaos shot past the black hole core, completely resisting its pull, and flew straight out through the irregularly torn opening in the membrane wall... Outside, was the Sea of the Universe!

"Hah..."

As Luo Feng entered the Sea of the Universe, he gazed at the swirling, mist-like chaotic currents surrounding him. The endless streams generated a torrential pressure, so potent it was utterly staggering; even though these chaotic currents made no deliberate attack, their naturally emanating might was enough to instantly vaporize an Immortal God.

"Such intense pressure, far stronger than the chaotic currents of the Miniature Universe I conjure," Luo Feng mused inwardly.

"Chaotic currents, the very source of energy for a universe," the City Master of Chaos stood suspended in the void, watching the endless streams ahead. "I have no absolute confidence in the Primal Universe, but the Miniature Universes of the Universe Masters are all fueled by these chaotic currents. The ones in the Sea of the Universe possess the highest purity, far purer than those in our Human Clan's Initial Universe."

Luo Feng nodded.

As if!

The Initial Universe was merely a nascent Miniature Universe, still in its starting phase, where the chaotic currents exerted no oppressive force at all. That’s why younglings like Luo Feng, still at the ninth level of Star Traveller, could wander about in Chaos City with such carefree ease back then.

"Leaving the Primal Universe means venturing into the Sea of the Universe," the City Master of Chaos turned to look behind them.

Luo Feng also turned.

Standing in the void and looking back, the irregular, ragged opening in the membrane wall was not far behind. Looking at it, one could see the massive membrane stretching out in all directions, like a colossal curtain wall that seemed to have no end, as if completely obscuring the other half of the Sea of the Universe.

"This is the Primal Universe, the cradle that nurtured billions of races, and the cradle that nurtured me?" Luo Feng thought silently, yet he felt absolutely no pressure from it, only an unreachable grandeur. It was the same feeling as an ordinary person looking up at the sun—feeling no pressure, only recognizing its immense height. Luo Feng felt the same looking at the Primal Universe!

"How could the Primogenitor dare to confront the Primal Universe back then?" Luo Feng asked quietly.

"Only by standing higher can one see farther."

The City Master of Chaos also gazed upon the boundless membrane wall of the Primal Universe. "Even the Universe Masters, or even the Universe Masters before the Great Annihilation, never dared to oppose the Primal Universe! Teacher was the only one. Perhaps when you can sweep across the Sea of the Universe, even surpassing the Universe Masters from the pre-Great Annihilation eras, you will understand why the Primogenitor dared to resist." Luo Feng nodded slightly.

"Let's go."

The City Master of Chaos took Luo Feng and instantly teleported to a stretch of void.

Around them floated no fewer than 39 distorted spatial passages—all natural wormholes.

"The sizes and destinations of these 39 natural wormholes vary," the City Master of Chaos chuckled. "You should be able to accurately identify the passages from Number 1 to Number 39, correct?"

"Yes," Luo Feng affirmed. The map's descriptions were incredibly precise, offering multiple methods of identification, fearing that a single mistake in the Sea of the Universe would be disastrous. Luo Feng pointed toward one of the larger distorted spatial openings nearby. "Our route this time follows this Number 15 natural wormhole."

"Correct," the City Master of Chaos nodded with satisfaction. "Let's go."

The boundless Sea of the Universe was filled everywhere with chaotic currents, but for those at the level of Universe Masters, sight was not the only means of navigation. Even their divine power, emanating outward, allowed them to clearly perceive their surroundings, often more vividly than with their eyes.

Natural wormhole!

Teleport! Teleport! Teleport!

The maximum range for a single teleport was ten thousand light-years. The will and consciousness of a Universe Master could maintain an extremely high frequency of teleportation.

In the blink of an eye, more than two days had passed.

Two figures emerged from a spatial vortex.

"Ah!" Luo Feng exclaimed in shock.

Not far ahead, a colossal celestial body hung in the void. The vast cosmic membrane stretched out, vanishing from sight. But this membrane was terribly ravaged; at a glance, Luo Feng spotted hundreds of broken, irregular holes and fissures, allowing the chaotic currents to stream back and forth between the Sea of the Universe and the interior of the membrane.

"This is..." Luo Feng was stunned. "Is this a reference Miniature Universe?"

"A Miniature Universe with a diameter of about one hundred million light-years."

The City Master of Chaos, clad in golden robes, gazed at the Miniature Universe from afar and said softly, "A Miniature Universe that has long since perished and fallen into ruin."

"Ruined?" Though Luo Feng possessed the map, it was incredibly complex, and while he had a basic understanding of reference points, he lacked detailed information on the life signs.

"When a Universe Master perishes, his Miniature Universe naturally falls into ruin," the City Master of Chaos turned to Luo Feng. "The highest peak of a cultivator's journey is reaching the status of Universe Master, and the highest pinnacle of a Divine Kingdom's development is the Miniature Universe."

"If an Immortal God dies, his Divine Kingdom becomes desolate and ruined."

"If a Universe Master dies, his Miniature Universe also falls into ruin," the City Master of Chaos sighed. "Come, I'll show you this ruined Miniature Universe." Whoosh!

With a single teleport, he moved the still-shaken Luo Feng to the edge of one of the fissures in the cosmic membrane.

"The cosmic membrane," Luo Feng observed. Chaotic currents ceaselessly churned and slammed against the fissure, causing the edges of the membrane crack to tremble.

Passing through the rift, which was over thirty thousand kilometers high and about several hundred kilometers wide.

"What is this..." Luo Feng looked on from a distance.

Shattered fragments of space, and within those fragments, shards of continents. Enormous mountain ranges were adrift. Some colossal, broken corpses of gods were also floating around.

Whoosh! In the distance, a massive section of the cosmic membrane high above detached entirely. At a glance, the entire universe appeared to be in a process of collapse, with cosmic membrane parts occasionally falling away. These space fragments occasionally collided, causing further fracturing, shattering some continents into even smaller pieces.

The entire universe was constantly disintegrating... "The Primal Universe gives birth to and nurtures billions of races and countless powerful beings. As time passes..." The Primal Universe, after reaching its peak of prosperity, will rapidly decline into great destruction, only to begin a new cycle of gestation and birth... In every cycle, billions of races, numerous geniuses, many Universe Masters, and a vast number of Universe Masters are conceived."

"The cycles are immensely long."

"Each cycle produces a cohort of Universe Masters, and each Universe Master corresponds to one Miniature Universe."

"Miniature Universes drift in the Sea of the Universe, moving farther and farther away. Many have long since drifted beyond the scope of our exploration. The discovered Miniature Universes alone number 10,822!" the City Master of Chaos stated slowly, looking at the floating continent fragments and shattered divine corpses within the chaotic currents.

Luo Feng held his breath.

"Consider our current cycle as the Third Universe Era," the City Master of Chaos continued. "The cycle before us, the Second Universe Era. The one before that, the First Universe Era."

"In the entire Sea of the Universe... aside from the two Great Holy Lands, only the powerful beings from these three universe eras remain alive. All other cycles have been utterly annihilated."

"Three universe eras?" Luo Feng was shocked.

"Yes," the City Master of Chaos nodded. "Indeed, in the boundless Sea of the Universe, there are the First, Second, and our Third Universe Eras."

"Our Third Universe Era is still in the process of propagation, while the two previous cycles have both completed their full course, naturally nurturing far more powerful beings than us." The City Master of Chaos concluded. "Our Third Era is the weakest. The First Era was the strongest."

Luo Feng understood. In the early stages of cosmic development, the speed at which powerhouses emerge is slow because techniques and methods need to be created and perfected. The further one progresses, the more efficient the cultivation of powerhouses becomes. His Third Universe Era might only be halfway through its cycle, while the first two were complete, resulting in a disparity in the number of strong beings.

The City Master of Chaos smiled, shaking his head. "Of course, you shouldn't feel inadequate; the Primogenitor was absolutely invincible when he traversed the Sea of the Universe! All other Universe Masters gave him a wide berth." "Teacher, you mentioned three universe eras... and two Holy Lands?" Luo Feng frowned. "Where are the Holy Lands?"

"In fact, you can tell just by looking at the more than ten thousand discovered Miniature Universes... The Universe Masters born in the past were numerous, yet over 90% of the Miniature Universes have fallen into ruin," the City Master of Chaos explained. "Evidently, those Universe Masters have all perished."

Luo Feng nodded. A ruined Miniature Universe signaled the death of a Universe Master.

"Besides the three universe eras..." the City Master of Chaos continued with emotion, "there are two other factions in the Sea of the Universe; they each belong to a single Miniature Universe."

Luo Feng started. "Those two Miniature Universes must belong to Universe Masters from cycles that occurred ten or even one hundred cycles ago?"

Luo Feng was startled. The Primal Universe recycled again and again, yet in those distant past epochs, there were still beings alive?

"Those two Miniature Universes are also enormous," the City Master of Chaos said. "The known Miniature Universes of Universe Masters usually have a maximum diameter of one hundred million light-years."

"Those two, one has a diameter of 2.1 billion light-years, and the other is 3.2 billion light-years across—the two largest Miniature Universes. The cycles they originated from are untraceable."

Luo Feng was secretly astonished. Countless cycles had come and gone, all annihilated. Yet those two Miniature Universes had survived; they were naturally extraordinary.

"The three universe eras and the two Holy Lands constitute the powers within the boundless Sea of the Universe. Of course, each universe era is not united. Just like our Third Universe Era is divided into nine super-factions, twelve top-tier factions, and so on. The First and Second Universe Eras are similarly split into dozens of factions. Thus, the Sea of the Universe is extremely chaotic; any faction that isn't yours might suddenly attack you," the City Master of Chaos concluded.

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