Damaged Cosmos

The Tuoya Black Hole, hailed as the strongest black hole in the Original Universe. Hooosh~~~ A powerful devouring and distorting force acted upon their bodies. If it were a Universe Venerable, they would instantly turn to dust. But for Luo Feng... after being weakened to one hundred-thousandth by his Jie Jia, it posed no threat at all. Luo Feng and Chaos City Lord, side by side, quickly reached the deepest part of the Tuoya Black Hole. “That is the true form of the Tuoya Black Hole,” Chaos City Lord said, pointing into the distance. Luo Feng looked. It was a sphere, about three meters tall and entirely black. Its surface was covered in dark golden secret patterns, countless of them forming a peculiar design. This sphere, adorned with dark golden patterns, was the true form of the black hole, generating that endless, terrifying distorting and devouring force. Surrounding it was one of the membrane walls of the Original Universe, which had been torn open by this distorting force, creating a hole nearly ten thousand kilometers in diameter. Whoosh! Whoosh! Luo Feng and Chaos City Lord flew past the black hole's true form, completely resisting its gravitational pull, and directly exited through the irregularly torn opening in the membrane wall... Outside lay the Universe Ocean! “Hah...” As Luo Feng flew into the Universe Ocean, he gazed at the mist-like chaotic currents permeating the surroundings. The endless chaotic currents generated an overwhelming pressure, so intense it was simply terrifying. Although these chaotic currents weren't deliberately attacking, the sheer oppressive force they naturally emitted was enough to make an Immortal God turn to ash and vanish. “What powerful pressure, much stronger than the chaotic currents in the miniature universe I manifest,” Luo Feng mused to himself. “Chaotic currents are the energy source of a universe,” Chaos City Lord said, standing in the void and looking at the endless chaotic currents before them. “I'm not certain about the Original Universe, but the small universes of the Universe Supreme Beings all use these chaotic currents as their energy source. The chaotic currents in the Universe Ocean have the highest purity, at least far purer than those in our human Initial Universe.” Luo Feng nodded. No kidding! The Initial Universe was merely a small universe, only in its nascent state. The chaotic currents within it exerted no pressure at all, which was why back then, young Luo Feng and other Star-level Ninth-stage cultivators could still be so leisurely and carefree in Chaos City. “Leaving the Original Universe means venturing into the Universe Ocean,” Chaos City Lord said, turning to look behind them. Luo Feng also turned. Turning in the void, they saw the irregularly torn opening in the membrane wall not far behind them. At a glance, the colossal membrane wall spread out in all directions, like an endless curtain wall, as if directly obscuring half of the entire Universe Ocean. “This is the Original Universe, the cradle of billions of races, and also my cradle?” Luo Feng murmured to himself. Yet, he felt no pressure from this Original Universe, only an unfathomable grandeur. Just like an ordinary person looking up at the Sun feels no pressure. They only feel that the Sun is unreachable. Luo Feng felt the same way looking at the Original Universe! “How did the Original Ancestor dare to contend against the Original Universe back then?” Luo Feng murmured. “The higher one stands, the further one can see.” Chaos City Lord also gazed at the endless membrane wall of the Original Universe before them. “Even Universe Supreme Beings, or even those from before the Great Destruction, no one has ever dared to contend against the Original Universe! Teacher is the only one. Perhaps when you can also roam freely across the Universe Ocean, and even the Universe Supreme Beings from before the Great Destruction cannot defeat you, you will understand why the Original Ancestor dared to resist.” Luo Feng nodded slightly. “Let's go.” Chaos City Lord took Luo Feng and instantly teleported to a spot in the void. Around them in the void were 39 distorted spatial openings, all natural wormholes. “There are 39 natural wormholes here, varying in size and leading to different distances,” Chaos City Lord chuckled. “You should be able to accurately identify wormholes number 1 to 39, right?” “Yes,” Luo Feng nodded. The map's description was indeed very precise, with multiple descriptive methods to prevent misidentification, as getting lost in the Universe Ocean would be a terrifying prospect. Luo Feng pointed to one of the larger distorted spatial openings not far away. “Our route this time will follow this natural wormhole, number 15.” “Correct,” Chaos City Lord nodded with satisfaction. “Let's go.” ... The endless Universe Ocean was permeated everywhere with chaotic currents. However, at the Universe Lord level, one didn't rely solely on sight; for instance, their pervasive divine power could also allow them to 'see clearly' their surroundings, even more distinctly than with their eyes. Natural wormholes! Teleport! Teleport! Teleport! Each teleportation had a limit of 10,000 light-years, and a Universe Lord's will and consciousness could maintain an extremely high frequency of teleportation. ... More than two days passed in the blink of an eye. Two figures emerged from a spatial vortex. “Ah!” Luo Feng exclaimed, startled. Before his eyes, not far away, a colossal celestial body stood in the void. Its immense cosmic membrane wall spread out endlessly, but it was incredibly dilapidated. At a glance, Luo Feng saw hundreds of broken, irregular openings and cracks, allowing chaotic currents to freely traverse between the Universe Ocean and within that cosmic membrane wall. “This is...” Luo Feng was shocked. “Is this the reference small universe?” “A small universe approximately 100 million light-years in diameter.” Chaos City Lord, clad in golden robes, gazed into the distance at the small universe and said softly, “A small universe that has long since fallen and decayed.” “Decayed?” Although Luo Feng had received the map, it was too complex, and he had only briefly understood some reference points, not thoroughly examining all the information. “When a Universe Supreme Being falls, their small universe naturally decays,” Chaos City Lord said, looking at Luo Feng. “When a powerful cultivator reaches the pinnacle, they become a Universe Supreme Being, and when a God Kingdom develops to its peak, it becomes a small universe.” “If an Immortal God falls, their God Kingdom will become desolate and decayed.” “If a Universe Supreme Being falls, their small universe will also decay,” Chaos City Lord sighed with emotion. “Come, I'll show you this decayed small universe.” Whoosh! With a single teleportation, Luo Feng, still in shock, was moved to the edge of one of the cracks in the cosmic membrane wall. “The cosmic membrane wall.” Luo Feng looked, seeing chaotic currents constantly wandering and impacting the crack, causing the edges of the cosmic membrane wall's fissure to tremble. They passed through a crack over thirty thousand kilometers high and several hundred kilometers wide. “This is...” Luo Feng gazed into the distance. Shattered spatial fragments, with continental fragments within them. Colossal mountain ranges floated. Some colossal shattered divine corpses also drifted. Whoosh~~~ In the distant heights, a piece of the cosmic membrane wall directly detached and fell. At a glance, the entire universe was in the process of 'collapsing.' From time to time, pieces of the cosmic membrane wall would fall off, and spatial fragments would occasionally collide, causing them to split further, making some continental fragments even smaller. ... The entire universe was continuously collapsing and disintegrating... “The Original Universe gives birth to and nurtures billions of races and countless powerful beings. As time flows, after reaching its most prosperous peak, the Original Universe will rapidly decline, even to a Great Destruction! Then, a new cycle of birth and nurturing begins... Each cycle will give rise to numerous geniuses from billions of races, some Universe Supreme Beings, and a vast number of Universe Lords.” “Each cycle is immeasurably long.” “Each cycle produces a batch of Universe Supreme Beings, and each Universe Supreme Being corresponds to a small universe.” “Small universes drift within the Universe Ocean, floating further and further away, many long since beyond the scope of our explored Universe Ocean. A staggering 18,022 small universes have been discovered alone!” Chaos City Lord said slowly, looking at the continental fragments and shattered divine corpses drifting in the chaotic currents. Luo Feng held his breath. “Consider our current cycle as the Third Cosmic Era,” Chaos City Lord said. “The cycle before us is the Second Cosmic Era, and the one before that is the First Cosmic Era.” “In the entire Universe Ocean... apart from the two great Holy Lands, only the powerful beings from these three Cosmic Eras still survive. All other cycles have been annihilated.” “Three Cosmic Eras?” Luo Feng was shocked. “Yes.” Chaos City Lord nodded. “Indeed, in the endless Universe Ocean, there are the First Cosmic Era, the Second Cosmic Era, and our Third Cosmic Era.” “Our Third Cosmic Era is still in the process of development, while the previous two cycles have completed their full cycles, so the number of powerful beings born and nurtured naturally far exceeds ours,” Chaos City Lord explained. “Our Third Era is the weakest, while the First Era was the strongest.” Luo Feng understood. In the development of a universe, the birth rate of powerful beings is slow at first, as secret techniques and other methods need to be created and perfected. The further along it progresses, the more efficient the cultivation of powerful beings becomes. Their Third Cosmic Era might only be halfway through its cycle, while the previous two cycles were complete, so the number of powerful beings would naturally differ. Chaos City Lord shook his head and chuckled, “Of course, there's no need to belittle ourselves. The Original Ancestor, back in his day, was absolutely invincible as he roamed the Universe Ocean! Other Universe Supreme Beings all steered clear of him.” “Teacher, you mentioned three Cosmic Eras... and two Holy Lands?” Luo Feng frowned. “Where are these Holy Lands?” “Actually, from the over ten thousand small universes already discovered, we know... how many Universe Supreme Beings were once born, yet over 99% of these small universes have already decayed,” Chaos City Lord said. “Clearly, all those Universe Supreme Beings have fallen.” Luo Feng nodded. A decayed small universe signifies the fall of a Universe Supreme Being. “Besides the three great Cosmic Eras... there are also two factions in the Universe Ocean, each belonging to a small universe,” Chaos City Lord sighed. “Those two small universes likely belonged to Universe Supreme Beings from ten, or even a hundred, cosmic cycles before ours.” Luo Feng was startled. The Original Universe undergoes cycle after cycle, yet there are still living beings from some distant past cycles? “Those two small universes are also extremely vast in size,” Chaos City Lord said. “Known small universes of Universe Supreme Beings generally have a maximum diameter of 100 million light-years. But those two small universes are 2.1 billion light-years and 3.2 billion light-years in diameter respectively, making them the two largest small universes. The cycles of their existence are impossible to verify.” Luo Feng was secretly astonished. Countless cosmic cycles had all been annihilated. Yet those two small universes managed to survive, which was naturally extraordinary. “The three Cosmic Eras and the two great Holy Lands—these are the powers within the endless Universe Ocean. Of course, each Cosmic Era is not united. Just like our Third Cosmic Era is divided into nine great super-factions, twelve great top-tier factions, and so on. The First Cosmic Era and Second Cosmic Era are similarly divided into dozens of factions. Therefore, the endless Universe Ocean can be described as extremely chaotic, where any non-allied faction could suddenly attack you,” Chaos City Lord concluded.