Chapter 2: The Space-Time Teleportation Array

Flying through the vortex space, there were three possibilities.

The first was to safely reach the end, arriving at the Great Mo Domain—this was the best case.

The second was to be swallowed by a sudden spatial rift and then sent to an unknown chaotic territory. Ji Ning was at least somewhat familiar with the 'Great Mo Domain,' as the Three Realms had long accumulated detailed star charts, and the 'Heart General' he was to deal with was also in the Great Mo Domain. If he ended up in an unknown chaotic territory, he would have to explore everything on his own, but the outcome wasn't too bad—at least he would survive.

The third was to be sent by a spatial rift into some deadly or forbidden land.

"Avoid these spatial rifts."

Whoosh.

The Flying Slash Divine Wood Boat flew at high speed, like a divine sword, deftly evading the sudden spatial rifts time and again.

"Rumble~~~" A massive, ferocious spatial rift glowing with purple light suddenly appeared, instantly sweeping across a vast area.

"Retreat." The Flying Slash Divine Wood Boat rapidly flew backward, then turned, and flew upward.

It could change direction a thousand times in an instant, more perilous than a flying sword duel.

Ji Ning concentrated fully on controlling it, while also maintaining absolute control over an area of tens of thousands of li—this was his 'Heart Sword World.'

…

Six days later.

From within a vast chaotic vortex, whoosh, a flying boat emerged.

"Out!" Ji Ning, his face somewhat pale, showed a look of surprise and joy. "Finally made it through, safely through!"

These six days had been six nightmare days.

Because the spatial rifts were too fast, some too large, and with bad luck, there could be spatial rifts on all sides with no way to avoid them—then it came down to luck.

During these six days, Ji Ning was once swept into a spatial rift. Fortunately, the rift quickly dissipated, and Ji Ning barely managed to crawl back into the vortex passage. If he hadn't made it out, he didn't know where he would have been swept away to.

Of course, the stronger one's power, the greater the chance of getting through.

For someone like Ji Ning, being swept into a spatial rift only once meant his chances of safe passage were much greater.

As for the Great Demon Cixiu back then, he was swept in nine times, but with good luck, he managed to struggle out of the spatial rifts each time.

"Great Mo Domain."

Ji Ning, inside the flying boat, gazed at the boundless chaos. "I'm here."

…

With the star chart, Ji Ning knew exactly where the other end of the vortex space was located, so without hesitation, he headed for the nearest 'Space-Time Teleportation Array.' The chaos was too vast; if he relied on slow flying, even eons of time wouldn't be enough to explore the entire Great Mo Domain.

In the fifth month after Ji Ning entered the Great Mo Domain.

"Hmm."

Outside a massive elliptical world, a flying boat flew through the void.

Ji Ning, inside the flying boat, gazed into the distance at the huge elliptical sphere and murmured softly, "This is already the ninth chaos world I've passed. According to the star chart, to reach 'Earth Dragon Star,' I still need to pass another twenty-six chaos worlds."

The core of the nearest Space-Time Teleportation Array that Ji Ning was heading to was 'Earth Dragon Star.' There were countless stars in the chaos, almost all nameless; only some special stars were given names.

…

Passing one chaos world after another.

Occasionally, some divine sense swept over, but Ji Ning's formidable divine sense repelled it; a single collision was enough to scare the other party into not daring to probe again.

The gestation of a Half-Step World God's body had made Ji Ning's divine sense exceptionally powerful.

Of course, Ji Ning had also encountered a sweep of powerful soul fluctuations from a 'World-level' mighty being once during his entry into the Da Mo Domain... That time, he was so frightened that he immediately fled by tearing through the void. Although World-level beings generally wouldn't attack Ancestral Gods or Ancestral Immortals without reason, Ji Ning still felt it was better to keep his distance.

...

One year and nine months after entering the Da Mo Domain, Ji Ning finally arrived at the nearest spacetime transfer array to the Three Realms. Arriving in just one year and nine months was indeed considered 'very close.' For in the vastness of the Chaosverse, even within the Da Mo Domain, it was common for mighty beings from some remote Chaosworlds to spend ten or even eight years traveling to the nearest spacetime transfer array.

Earthdragon Star.

A flying boat drifted through the void. Ji Ning stood inside the boat, gazing from afar at a scene that shook the heart.

In the distant void, the chaos had long been torn apart. Eight dazzling stars radiated rings of light, orbiting a central star. The eight stars were auxiliary, the one star was the main. These nine stars formed a massive 'spacetime formation,' its brilliance far more dazzling than even the Solar Star of the Three Realms.

The nine stars emitted rings of light, the ripples of spacetime clear and intense.

In terms of formation area, it was likely comparable to the entire Three Realms!

"A single formation, and it's this grand," Ji Ning marveled. "I wonder what level of power the ancient mighty being who set up this spacetime formation possessed." According to records, even World Gods and Chaos Immortals were far from having the ability to refine a spacetime transfer array. These arrays had all been passed down from an unfathomably ancient past.

Who had refined them? It was no longer knowable.

"Let's go."

Whoosh. The flying boat swiftly flew toward the enormous spacetime transfer array.

The core star among these nine stars was 'Earthdragon Star.' Before even reaching Earthdragon Star, Ji Ning could sense waves of energy emanating from it—all fluctuations of powerful beings.

"Withdraw." Ji Ning put away the flying boat and quickly descended.

Earthdragon Star was a massive star comparable to the Solar Star or Lunar Star, but this entire star had been refined, making it akin to a giant treasure.

"So many fluctuations of powerful beings..." Ji Ning sensed briefly, then without hesitation transformed into a nine-horned lightning serpent and flew swiftly toward the center of Earthdragon Star.

Swish.

The nine-horned lightning serpent was extremely fast. Along the way, it encountered other cultivators—some closely resembling humans, others quite different in appearance. When they saw the nine-horned lightning serpent fly past, especially the domineering aura Ji Ning made no effort to conceal, they showed expressions of wariness.

"Hoo." Ji Ning descended, and ahead of him was a small-scale spacetime teleportation array.

Although the spacetime teleportation array was laid out on such a grand scale, its core was actually only a few hundred miles in range. Around this small-scale spacetime teleportation array were some buildings, with some Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals stationed there, as well as a large number of True Gods, True Immortals, Celestial Gods, and Celestial Immortals busily maintaining the array and preparing for its next activation.

"Where to?" An Ancestral God in a golden robe with a cyan-scaled tail sat cross-legged. His towering form looked down at Ji Ning, and sensing the intensity of Ji Ning's aura, his attitude improved slightly. He asked with a smile, "The entire Earthdragon Star mainly had Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals, after all, World Gods and Chaos Immortals were far too exalted to bother with such trivial matters."

"Seven Waters Star," Ji Ning said.

Seven Waters Star was naturally another core star of the spacetime teleportation array.

Finding the Heavenly Cang Palace was too far away; Ji Ning's first goal was naturally to deal with the Heartforce General. The Heartforce General was one of the nine generals under 'Black Lotus God-Emperor.' Among the records of the Great Mo Domain collected from various alien races in the Three Realms, there were also records of the 'Black Lotus God-Emperor.' The Black Lotus God-Emperor was a very formidable World God, with five World-level existences as his vassals, a hegemon ruling over his own territory.

Around the Seven Waters Star spacetime teleportation array were several overlords, including the Black Lotus God-Emperor, Mistrock Star Lord, and Eastflame Imperial Lord. The Black Lotus God-Emperor could only be considered one of them.

"Going to Seven Waters Star?" The Ancestral God nodded. "If you want to go now, we can activate the spacetime teleportation array for you alone, which will cost one hundred and twenty bottles of chaos nectar. If you're willing to wait... with luck, in another eight years, there will be a teleportation to Seven Waters Star, and it will only cost one bottle of chaos nectar."

"Eight years?" Ji Ning nodded lightly. "Alright."

Solo activation?

This spacetime teleportation array rivaled the Three Realms in scale, and activating it once cost no small price. It was only natural that it required one hundred and twenty bottles of Chaos Nectar. But generally, no Ancestral God or Ancestral Immortal would be so extravagant, after all, the entire wealth of an Ancestral God or Ancestral Immortal might not even be enough for one hundred and twenty bottles of Chaos Nectar.

"Yes, eight years." That Ancestral God nodded. "There's a stone tablet over there with detailed teleportation records."

"Mm." Ji Ning walked over to the stone tablet and took a look.

It had detailed records of the time points for teleporting to various other spacetime arrays.

"If it were the Da Mo Eternal Realm, the teleportation frequency would be much higher," Ji Ning mused. "No help for it. This place is too far from the Da Mo Eternal Realm. Flying by ship would take eons, and I wouldn't be able to reach it even in a billion years. I'll just wait eight years first." Although he had obtained the treasures of those Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals in the World Prison and had scrounged up a little over one hundred and twenty bottles of Chaos Nectar, he had left one hundred bottles in the Three Realms, specifically for his daughter, Sister Qiuye, and the others.

As for himself, with his strength, he had plenty of ways to obtain more Chaos Nectar.

"Whoosh."

Ji Ning quickly flew away, selecting a quiet, beautiful mountain peak on Dilo Star. Then, with a wave of his hand, a celestial abode descended upon the peak. Ji Ning entered the abode to begin quiet cultivation and wait.