At the core of the colossal magma vortex, the blood-red pyramid, no larger than a speck of dust, was sucked in, spinning wildly as it was swallowed deeper and deeper into the maelstrom.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The deeper it plunged, the more terrifying the vortex’s sucking power became.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Luo Feng and the Golden Horned Beast stood within the control room, feeling the Blood-Red Pyramid (Star Tower) spinning uncontrollably.

“Truly terrifying.”

“This definitely rivals that Winged Space, that endless blade storm,” Luo Feng thought inwardly. It was only within the blade storm of the Winged Space that the Star Tower could be forced into such uncontrollable flight.

Where they were heading now was beyond their control; they were completely subject to this irresistible suction force.

Accelerating! Accelerating! Three hundred times the speed of light! Five hundred times the speed of light! One thousand times the speed of light! Two thousand times the speed of light! Five thousand times the speed of light!

At the core of the magma vortex, the immense power caused the laws of space to recede, transforming the wildly rotating Blood-Red Pyramid into a mesmerizing streak of sanguine light.

Dong! Dong! Dong! Inside the tower, Luo Feng felt as if the Star Tower were being hammered by billions of heavy mallets.

“Jie Fanzhi wasn't wrong; the vortex core is the most dreadful place in this entire sea of magma. Even a pinnacle palace-type Supreme Treasure would be ground to dust here. Only those possessing a supreme-tier palace-type treasure can safely pass through this channel.” Luo Feng sighed inwardly. He considered himself lucky; while there were supreme treasures, they varied by type. Treasures like the Ancestral God School’s Five-Colored Aurora Lake, or the defenses of the Void True Demon God, or the Giant Axe Creator’s axe treasure—none of them were palace-type supreme treasures. Thus, across the three great reincarnation eras and the two Holy Lands combined, there might be many supreme treasures, but when divided into categories—attack, domain, defense, palace, etc.—each category held very few.

“I wonder how the Five Wastes Master and the others are faring; I hope they didn’t die,” Luo Feng mused. “They also rushed into the magma sea, fighting for a sliver of life. If they manage to survive this, they must have stumbled onto incredible luck.”

The Jie Chan Palace carrying the Five Wastes Master and the Arrow Dao Master was not subjected to the relentless acceleration of the vortex core. Coupled with the constant obstacles within the magma sea, their speed was considerably slower.

“Be careful.”

“Arrow Dao, you cover this side, I’ll handle that one.”

“Yes.”

Both the Five Wastes Master and the Arrow Dao Master deployed their pinnacle domain-type supreme treasures. However, the endless magma outside was too terrifying; even their pinnacle domain-type supreme treasures could only penetrate a very small area. The two of them worked together, struggling desperately.

“How long will it take us to reach Flame Water Lake?” the Arrow Dao Master couldn't help but ask.

“Flame Water Lake? At our average speed of dozens of times the speed of light, we’re still far from traversing the entire magma sea! We’ve only passed less than one ten-thousandth of the journey so far,” the Five Wastes Master said, his eyes wild.

“Less than one ten-thousandth?” The Arrow Dao Master was on the verge of despair.

In just this short time, his heart was failing him. The rumors were true; this was a place of certain death! If he were alone, he would likely have perished during that stretch already.

“Keep fighting!” The Five Wastes Master shot him a fierce look. “With me here, what are you panicking about!”

“Yes, yes, Five Wastes Master. I don’t have any clones—this is my only true body. You must hold on; I know you can do it,” the Arrow Dao Master anxiously urged.

“Of course, I’m giving it my all! Do you think I’d willingly part with my God Extinction Armor, or abandon the accumulation of my endless epochs?” The Five Wastes Master glared at him coolly.

“Mhm, mhm.” The Arrow Dao Master nodded repeatedly, exerting his utmost to assist by displaying his pinnacle domain-type supreme treasure, the Dao Core Realm. Psychologically, however, the difference was vast: one had clones, the other did not. Moreover, facing those imminent dangers, the Arrow Dao Master felt powerless. This feeling of utter helplessness and despair, coupled with the possibility of imminent demise, was driving the Arrow Dao Master close to madness.

“Hmph.” The Five Wastes Master, meanwhile, was fully immersed. He controlled the Jie Chan Palace while simultaneously managing his Water Prison, occasionally unleashing his secret techniques through the prison. He deployed the numerous secret arts he had developed over nearly three reincarnation eras, adapting them to the various dangers they encountered, fighting for that slim chance of survival. As for the Arrow Dao Master? He was purely a subordinate.

Whoosh!

The speed of the Blood-Red Pyramid at the core of the magma sea vortex continued to escalate, reaching an unbelievable pace. That dazzling, ethereal blood-light was still accelerating, having soared past one hundred thousand times the speed of light! This sensation of being unconstrained by the laws of operation nearly drove Luo Feng insane.

Five minutes and thirty-three seconds after entering the magma sea.

“Hss!!!”

This blood-colored streak, accelerated to its limit, instantly burst out of the endless magma sea, pierced through the void, and plunged headlong into the eternally frigid water…

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Crashing at over one hundred thousand times the speed of light into an endless body of water where every droplet was heavier than a neutron star, the sheer impact force alone was enough to shatter a top-tier palace-type supreme treasure. Fortunately, the Blood-Red Pyramid was the ‘Star Tower,’ which managed to withstand this terrifying impact.

The speed immediately plummeted. Under the resistance and the powerful suppression of the laws of space, the Star Tower's speed dropped sharply: ten thousand times the speed of light, a thousand times, a hundred times. Moreover, the instantaneous shift from the magma sea—hot enough to instantly incinerate the bodies of Universe Masters—to water cold enough to annihilate their divine bodies was shocking. Fortunately, the Star Tower bore the brunt of it all.

Bang!

One minute and fifty-eight seconds after entering the frigid water zone, the Blood-Red Pyramid, maintaining a speed of a hundred times the speed of light, slammed bang through the waves and shot out. Immediately afterward, the Star Tower’s speed drastically decreased, and it began to slowly descend from the sky, finally hovering motionless several hundred million kilometers above the endless lake below.

A figure flew out from the dust-speck-sized Blood-Red Pyramid. Upon exiting, the figure rapidly expanded, returning to its ten-meter height.

“Phew. Although the map described this path as safe, who knows if things have changed after so many reincarnation eras,” Luo Feng looked down at the boundless lake below, a smile touching his lips. “It’s fortunate; everything went smoothly. I’ve arrived at the next danger zone: Flame Water Lake.”

In truth, the reason he dared to push so hard before was twofold: first, the map left by Jie Fanzhi described this route; second, his absolute confidence in the Star Tower. With the Star Tower in hand, survival was at least guaranteed. Even if some unexpected situation arose, it was worth the risk just to inflict severe retribution upon the Five Wastes Master and his cohort.

“Hmph, Five Wastes Master.”

Luo Feng looked down upon the boundless Flame Water Lake. “Your Jie Chan Palace is probably barely maintaining tens of times the speed of light. Just penetrating the magma sea will likely take several days. Days spent navigating countless dangers, wave after wave of fatal trials. Haha, I hope you manage to survive.” Severely punishing the Five Wastes Master provided a genuine thrill, considering that he was a figure comparable to Luo Feng's own teacher; below the level of the Universe Overlords, only possessing a supreme treasure offered a chance to surpass the Five Wastes Master.

“Flame Water Lake.” Luo Feng quickly dismissed thoughts of the Five Wastes Master and began contemplating his new route.

From the God Extinction Chasm, through the magma sea, to Flame Water Lake. This meant his trajectory needed slight adjustments, requiring him to detour around three more dangerous areas.

“That’s fine. At least the detours involve dangerous zones, and those deviations aren't as extreme as the God Extinction Chasm was,” Luo Feng surveyed the surrounding Flame Water Lake. The water in the entire lake was churning, bubbling, and wisps of cyan flames coiled above the surface, resembling alcohol burning on Earth. The name ‘Flame Water’ came precisely from these surface flames.

“Flame Water Lake.” Various pieces of data surfaced in Luo Feng’s mind. Flame Water Lake was indeed a danger zone, but its threat level was significantly lower than the God Extinction Chasm. Despite possessing nearly a hundred potential dangers, for a well-prepared Universe Master, it was merely a minor annoyance. The only notable threat was the so-called ‘Frozen Lake Lightning Fire.’ At regular intervals, immeasurable bolts of Frozen Lake Lightning Fire would suddenly descend from the sky above the Flame Water Lake space.

The Frozen Lake Lightning Fire appeared as cyan flames laced with thunder. Paradoxically, it was intensely cold; even a Universe Overlord would not dare to face it head-on. Any impact from the Lightning Fire could cause a top-tier flying palace to collapse. Imagine how terrifyingly cold it was. The Lightning Fire descended from above, continuously striking downward. Upon contact with the endless Flame Water Lake, it would quickly freeze and solidify the entire body of water.

However, for Universe Masters adventuring here, the Frozen Lake Lightning Fire was actually not very dangerous. First, it moved slowly! It traveled at only dozens of times the speed of light, allowing Universe Masters to spot it from afar and easily evade it. Second, outside of areas close to the lake water, instantaneous movement was possible in many regions of the Flame Water Lake space. Thus, upon seeing the Lightning Fire approaching from a distance, a mere spatial shift would suffice for escape. Even without teleporting, speed alone would be enough to flee. Furthermore, top-tier powerhouses, sheltered within pinnacle palace-type supreme treasures, could traverse directly through the Frozen Lake Lightning Fire, as it posed no threat to such artifacts.

Overall, among the vast expanse of danger zones on the Universe Boat, Flame Water Lake ranked as merely average. Its proximity to the God Extinction Chasm—an area from which many powerful supreme treasures had emerged—meant that Flame Water Lake also occasionally benefited, with treasures sometimes surfacing from the water. This made the probability of finding a treasure in Flame Water Lake disproportionate to its danger level. Lower risk, relatively higher chance of treasure. Consequently, the Flame Water Lake region, according to Jie Fanzhi’s records, was often frequented by powerful factions who established long-term garrisons to wait for opportunities.

Swish!

Above the Flame Water Lake, where spatial fluctuations allowed for instantaneous travel, a figure materialized out of thin air.

“I am stationed in this area by assignment. I just sensed a fluctuation; could a supreme treasure be emerging?” A giant with a burly, towering physique, possessing four faces and sixteen arms, appeared out of nowhere. The expressions on his four faces varied: one ferocious, one smiling, one evil. He scanned the surroundings. The vision range of a super-expert was immense; he quickly spotted a figure far below in the distance.

“There! Hmm? It seems to have a human form…” The alien expert immediately transformed into a streak of light and flew towards it.

PS: Chapter One Complete!