Yuan's Ascension

Wu Yuan's gaze stretched across the vast expanse before him. One of the eight elite exploration sites, the Realm of Destruction.

Billions of years ago, his mana body had traversed spacetime, roaming the Nine Megaverses. With its astonishing velocity, it had left traces of its passage across the cosmic sea, including the region near the Realm of Destruction. Combined with intelligence from the Eldritch Court archives and knowledge bestowed by Daoist Tian Xu, Wu Yuan possessed substantial understanding of this realm, despite never having entered it before.

I still need to be cautious. Wu Yuan reminded himself.

He transformed into a streak of light and plunged directly into the vast, endless expanse shrouded in black mist. This time, however, his body refiner self led the way rather than his mana body.

While the mana body excelled at traversing spacetime, the Realm of Destruction posed too many hazards. Here, the Great Dao of Spacetime’s fluctuations were extremely weak, and the slightest carelessness could lead to death. His body refiner self moved slower but possessed formidable physical defense capable of withstanding most dangers.

Since the battle in the Tenth Void, both of Wu Yuan's true selves had expanded their Eternal Realms to their limits. The speed at which they now nurtured mana and ether had increased over a hundredfold, rendering his body refiner self's vitality even more terrifying than before.

The moment he entered the black mist, Wu Yuan felt waves of destructive power attempting to corrode him through his battle armor.

This corrosive force could easily annihilate a Peak True Saint powerhouse. He noted silently. No wonder it's said that entering the Realm of Destruction before becoming a Dao Zenithel means certain death.

The Realm of Destruction ranked second only to Yonder Cliff in danger among exploration sites.

Chiaroscuro Domain. At Wu Yuan's command, streams of black and white qi intertwined and spread majestically outward, isolating the black fog. Though not afraid of it, the all-encompassing fog limited his perception range, making him vulnerable to ambush. The Chiaroscuro Domain solved this problem.

Wu Yuan's body refiner self continued his advance, flying in a straight line for over a hundred years before finally reaching the outermost layer of fog. He entered the Sea of Thunder, an infinite expanse of lightning containing raw destructive power. These bolts of lightning spawned Ruinthunder dragons, each possessing Dao Zenithel-level strength despite their extremely low intelligence. Unlike living beings, they couldn't cultivate.

Throughout the cosmic sea, most Dao Zenithels exploring the Realm of Destruction ventured no further than the black fog and the Sea of Thunder, where they waited for treasures to emerge. Examples of these were the Origin Thunderlight or Black Immortal Stone. Some aided cultivation, while others served as rare materials for refining Xiantian Instruments or Chaos Treasures.