Published at 17th of February 2026 7:12 am

Chapter 2040: New Outer Domain Battlefield, Secret Passage

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This is a sword-shaped token.

Engraved with the characters "Tian Gang" on the front, it is a token from the Tengang Continent, under the jurisdiction of the ruler of the Tengang Continent, making it a Heavenly Soldier.

The current ruler of the Tengang Continent is Ye Feng, meaning this person is a Heavenly Soldier under Ye Feng’s command.

Of course, this token is very ancient.

When this token was issued, Ye Feng had not yet taken over the Tengang Continent. However, if the holder of this token were still alive, they would fall under Ye Feng’s jurisdiction.

"A token of a practitioner from the Tengang Continent ending up in the Cosmic Graveyard is quite strange indeed."

Ye Feng was very curious and began to deduce.

Countless brilliant rays of light erupted from the interior of the damaged token, transforming into various images revealing important information captured by Ye Feng.

In the images:

That was the Tengang Continent during ancient times.

One day, a formidable enemy from the Cosmic Sea invaded the ancient battlefield of the Tengang Continent, where in the images, Ye Feng could see the Army-Destroyer Sword Spear piercing the sky.

However, in this battle, the Army-Destroyer Sword Spear did not take action.

Numerous Outer Realm Evil Spirits invaded the battlefield, battling with the Immortal Emperors of the Tengang Continent. The holder of this token was one of the Eightieth-layered Immortal Emperors among them.

"Fight! Fight! Fight!"

The Immortal Emperors of the Tengang Continent were very brave, charging into the void cracks in the sky and disappearing.

The token holder was also among them.

The scene shifted.

The token holder and dozens of Immortal Emperors charged into a place resembling an Outer Domain battlefield, but Ye Feng was certain this wasn’t the previous Outer Domain Battlefield.

"Are there other battlefields?"

"Let’s call it Battlefield Two!"

Ye Feng couldn’t help but be surprised.

He continued to browse the images, learning that the token holder battled with other cosmic powerhouses, also fighting the life forms of the Cosmic Sea, eventually being forced into a certain universe.

He lived in that universe for many years.

His cultivation level also made rapid breakthroughs, ultimately reaching the Eighty-Eighth-layered Immortal Emperor and joining this universe, becoming akin to a native existence.

But, the good times didn’t last long.

Several years later, this universe was invaded by the army of the Abyss Clan, led by none other than the Moon-Worshipper Elder of the Abyss Clan, who had already been killed by Ye Feng.

"Kill them all, leave no one alive."

At this time, the Moon-Worshipper Elder was full of grandeur, leading his massive army to easily slaughter the life forms of this lower-grade Great Universe, causing a cosmic imbalance and ultimately a collapse.

At the final moment of the disaster.

Ye Feng clearly noticed that after the universe collapsed, besides producing countless cosmic fragments and incomplete cosmic consciousness, there would also appear a special crystal.

This item was obtained by the Moon-Worshipper Elder.

"Haha, very good, a combination of a Heart of the Universe and Origin Energy Crystal at the Half-Step Heavenly Venerable Level, containing abundant energy and laws. Refining this item can allow a new Half-Step Heavenly Venerable under my command to be born."

The Moon-Worshipper Elder laughed heartily.

Seeing this, Ye Feng suddenly realized.

"So, the Abyss Clan invades universes and destroys them to obtain this special Origin Source Crystal, used to cultivate powerhouses."

Ye Feng analyzed like this.

A lower-grade Great Universe can give birth to a crystal at the Half-Step Heavenly Venerable level, whereas a middle-grade one should be able to produce a Quasi-Heavenly Venerable crystal. Therefore, a superior Great Universe might be able to birth a Heavenly Venerable Level Venerable.

Of course, these are Ye Feng’s guesses.

"It’s said that who knows how many superior Great Universes the Abyss Clan has destroyed; if they get a Heavenly Venerable crystal from each destroyed superior Great Universe, wouldn’t there be a lot of Heavenly Venerables among the Abyss Clan?"

Ye Feng pondered like this.

Later, he continued watching the images and discovered that after the destruction of that universe, the incomplete token, protected by cosmic energy, drifted with the cosmic fragments to the present Cosmic Graveyard.

"So that’s what happened."

Ye Feng finally understood the whole process, and in this process, he saw the former Moon-Worshipper Elder and learned the main purpose of the Abyss Clan invading various universes.

"Information about this type of crystal should be recorded within the five major peak powers."

Ye Feng closed his eyes and thought.

Soon, he recalled that during a previous out-of-body experience, he had seen a tattered ancient book in a secret chamber at the main camp of the Abyss Clan, containing related records.

"Found it!"

"This crystal is officially called a Cosmic Dao Origin Crystallite, commonly known as a Cosmic Crystal."

"Uh-huh, it can also be called a low-config version of a Great Dao Golden Core."

"This is a crystal formed by the Cosmic Consciousness containing the Cosmic Dao, similar to a Great Dao Golden Core, but its configuration might be slightly lower. Normally, only a superior universe with a history exceeding five Origin Eras can birth a Heavenly Venerable Level superior Cosmic Crystallite."

"Absorbing and refining it can lead to a breakthrough becoming a Heavenly Venerable."

"Of course, while lower and middle-grade Great Universes can also birth Cosmic Crystals upon fracturing, they are not the most perfect Cosmic Crystals, only enabling cultivators to elevate into Half-Step Heavenly Venerable or Quasi-Heavenly Venerable but are still considered supreme treasures."

"However, not every universe will produce a Cosmic Crystal after shattering."

"The birthrate of a lower Cosmic Crystal is relatively high, the middle Cosmic Crystal’s is much lower, and as for the superior Cosmic Crystal, its birthrate is astonishingly low, with even the destruction of a hundred superior Great Universes not necessarily producing one superior Cosmic Crystal."

Ye Feng repeatedly recalled the contents of the ancient book.

"Returning to what was mentioned before, if the history of a superior Great Universe exceeds five Origin Eras, once destroyed, it is guaranteed to produce one superior Cosmic Crystal, which after refining, can lead to a breakthrough to Heavenly Venerable."

"Thus, the Abyss Clan likes invading various universes, especially ancient ones like Twin Universes with histories exceeding five Origin Eras."

Thinking this, Ye Feng frowned deeply.

He remembered his nine Great Dao Golden Cores, which were perfect versions of superior Cosmic Crystals, and refining one could immediately lead to a breakthrough to Heavenly Venerable.

Unfortunately, he cannot refine them just yet.

At the very least, he needs to evolve his mini-universe into a lower-grade Great Universe, possessing Heavenly Venerable-level strength.

After sorting through this information, Ye Feng felt immense pressure.

The Cosmic Sea has numerous superior Great Universes. Even if the probability of birthing a superior Cosmic Crystal is only one percent in the Cosmic Graveyard alone, it is enough to nurture hundreds of Heavenly Venerables.

The foundations of the Abyss Clan are terrifying.

"It’s too terrifying!"

"Fortunately, Heavenly Venerables cannot enter the ’newbie area’ of the Cosmic Sea with their true bodies; otherwise, with our current strength, we might be forcibly suppressed."

Ye Feng put away the incomplete token.

Soon after, he continued searching in the Cosmic Graveyard, finding a variety of treasures brought by the collapse of various universes, all starting at the Eightieth-layered Immortal Emperor Level.

Items of lower grade were long crushed by the chaotic currents.

"Oh, a Hundred-layered Immortal Emperor Artifact."

"A Hundred-layered Immortal Emperor-level Formation."

"An armor set, wearing it instantly grants Divine King-level strength, not bad."

Ye Feng chuckled, collecting all the treasures in sight. Upon returning to the sect, he would throw them into the Refining Furnace, likely turning them into top-tier Divine Weapons.

Before he knew it, several days had passed again.

Ye Feng had gained much in the Cosmic Graveyard, obtaining tens of thousands of Hundred-layered Immortal Emperor Artifacts along with various top-tier materials, preparing to eventually head to the Purple Garden of the Eternal Ancient Divine Kingdom and refine them all into the Primordial Sword Embryo.

"Oh, this ancient text!"

Ye Feng was scavenging treasures when he suddenly saw a fragment of an ancient text, surprisingly originating from the same universe as the incomplete token.

The content of the ancient text was sparse, documenting a special secret technique specifically for cultivating Spiritual Medicine.

"You can give it to Jia Yulan."

Ye Feng put away the ancient book.

Jia Yulan is the Master of the Spiritual Medicine Garden of the Misty Holy Sect. After years of hard practice, her attainments in cultivating spiritual medicine are very high, reaching the top level. By learning the methods in this ancient book, her skills can advance further.

In the blink of an eye, another half-month passed.

It was now the end of July.

Twin Universe.

This year’s seventh Dao Proving began, and within the Misty Holy Sect, the person drawn to prove the Dao was Ji Ziling, one of the first-generation disciples.

"Yay, it’s finally my turn!"

Ji Ziling jumped up excitedly, then rushed to the sky above the Heavenly Origin Sea, merging with a mark, waiting for the other nine Dao Proving contenders to arrive.

"Wow, it’s Fairy Ziling."

"She is the most perceptive among all the disciples of the Misty Holy Sect. It’s said that Fairy Ziling is also the Pavilion Master of the Scripture Pavilion, well-read. Whoever marries her would basically marry an entire library."

"Fairy Ziling is about to prove the Dao to become a Half-Step Heavenly Venerable. Her future status will be extremely high; who is worthy to marry her?"

"True."

Strong cultivators from various realms of the universe discussed, many coveting Ji Ziling’s beauty and talent, wanting to marry her, only to find themselves unworthy.

But, some persisted.

This time, there were still no surprises in the Dao Proving.

Ji Ziling successfully defeated her opponents, merged all the Dao Proving marks, and smoothly advanced to Half-Step Heavenly Venerable. Under Xue Rongqing’s guidance, she headed to the Outer Domain Battlefield.

On the beach.

"Ziling, you’re here too?"

Seeing Ji Ziling, Mo Ying was delighted, as there was finally another female disciple here besides her.

"Yes, I was lucky to be drawn and then participated in the Dao Proving competition, and smoothly proved the Dao. By the way, where’s the Sect Leader? Why haven’t I seen him?"

Ji Ziling looked around, but couldn’t see the figure she admired.

"The Sect Leader broke through to Hundred-layered Immortal Emperor and then ran to the Demon Spirit Universe, and hasn’t returned yet."

Mo Ying shifted the topic, "Ziling, the Sect Leader said that if newcomers arrive, you must teach them the method of earning meritorious achievements, you should learn it."

"Meritorious achievements?" Ji Ziling was stunned.

With Mo Ying’s explanation, Ji Ziling realized that by killing external enemies and refining them into meritorious achievements, once enough are accumulated, one can exchange for a baptism opportunity.

And this can allow someone to advance to Quasi-Heavenly Venerable.

"Wow, the Sect Leader is truly formidable, having mastered a method to advance to Quasi-Heavenly Venerable."

Ji Ziling was very excited.

But others were troubled.

"It’s good that Ziling is here, but now our share of the meritorious achievements is greatly reduced! So, when will we ever accumulate enough achievements?!"

Wang Ping’an held his head and wailed.

"Look at you, you’ll definitely gather enough achievements, it’s just a matter of time. We are all eternal beings now, just endure for a while, okay?" Mo Ying rolled her eyes at Wang Ping’an and then lightly tapped the shiny bald head of Wang Ping’an with the knuckle of her right index finger.

"Oh..." Wang Ping’an extended his voice reluctantly, but didn’t say much more.

...

Demon Spirit Universe, above the Demon Spirit Ancient Tree.

Ye Feng’s form appeared out of nowhere.

"Finally back."

He looked up and smiled, still remembering that moment when he walked out of the Cosmic Graveyard’s city gate, the Golden Armored Giant’s look of shock and disbelief was still quite amusing to him.

"That guy never thought I’d survive in the perilous Cosmic Graveyard!"

Ye Feng grinned.

During this time, he had scavenged a huge number of treasures in the Cosmic Graveyard, and he had killed many fragmented cosmic consciousnesses, gaining immensely.

Then, he decided to leave.

"Young friend, you’ve finally come out."

Sensing Ye Feng’s aura, the Demon Spirit Ancient Tree emitted a cold mechanical voice.

"Senior, your suggestion was quite good. After devouring many cosmic fragments in the Cosmic Graveyard, although I haven’t evolved the universe into a Lower Rank Great Universe, I have reached a bottleneck. If I can get a fortuitous opportunity, I can break through smoothly." Ye Feng beamed with joy.

"Reached a bottleneck? That’s a good thing; encountering a bottleneck means you’ve reached the limit, and once you overcome it, you can evolve."

The Demon Spirit Universe’s consciousness responded.

The two continued their conversation.

After a while, Ye Feng said: "I won’t say more, I have to go to another place, farewell."

"Farewell." After bidding Ye Feng farewell, the Demon Spirit Universe’s consciousness sighed in relief, feeling the other party growing stronger, certain that one day he would stand shoulder to shoulder with the Heavenly Venerables.

"The Twin Universe is truly blessed to have such a genius born. Unfortunately, our Demon Spirit Universe lacks such a prodigy. If a world-ending crisis arises, I wonder how we’ll deal with it."

The Demon Spirit Universe’s consciousness worried.

Outer Domain Battlefield One.

Ye Feng returned here and had a brief reunion with Ji Ziling, Mo Ying, and others, then proceeded directly along the 426 passage of the Twin Universe, returning to the Eternal Ancient Divine Kingdom.

He did not linger, tearing through the void to reach Tengang Continent, entering the Ancient Battlefield.

Next moment.

The fragmented token appeared, which Ye Feng kept infusing with hand signs, fingers pointing at different areas, activating it.

Buzz!

In the sky above the Ancient Battlefield, a huge crack suddenly appeared, stretching for hundreds of miles, a gaping black hole, like the eye of the sky, coldly overlooking the land.

"Boundary Master!"

The True Spirit of the Bodhi Ancient Tree and the Four Dreams of Heaven and Earth rushed over, bowing to Ye Feng, then looked up at the crack above, thinking that the Outer Realm Evil Spirits had come.

"The passage is my doing, don’t panic."

Ye Feng dived into the crack, passing through a bizarre gray-brown mist, arriving at another Outer Domain Battlefield.

"Indeed, there are other battlefields."

Ye Feng stood on a barren mountain, looking back at the passage portal above, realizing its number was also 426, raising his eyebrows.

"Is this a universe number?"

Ye Feng speculated.

He surveyed the surroundings, scrutinizing what’s temporarily named the "Second Battlefield," discovering it even more desolate and vast than the first Outer Domain Battlefield, yet connected to different universes, though no universe cultivators were nearby.

Gazing into the distance.

On the beach, a dozen ancient cities were under construction, each watched over by Half-Step Heavenly Venerables.

But those were all beings from the Cosmic Sea.

"There are cosmic beings, attack!"

"It’s been years since cosmic beings came, we almost forgot what they taste like."

"Catch them and roast them!"

A group of Cosmic Sea powerhouses spotted Ye Feng and immediately charged towards him, brandishing clubs and forks and other weapons.

[PS: This Chapter is 4100+ words, Good morning!]

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