Chapter 1638: Chapter 1638: The Golden Age of the Flame Universe

Huo Lingjiao’s heart was in turmoil.

She was a sixty-fifth-layered Immortal Emperor, while Ye Feng was only a fifty-ninth-layered Immortal Emperor. They were six minor realms apart, and she was an invincible genius in the Extreme Domain, yet her defenses were broken by him in a single move.

This made it hard for her to believe.

"Did you hide your cultivation level?"

Huo Lingjiao suddenly questioned.

In theory, since both were top geniuses who had entered the Extreme Domain, it shouldn’t be possible for someone to be defeated across several minor realms.

Normally, they should have been able to fight for three hundred rounds without determining a winner, only being able to seize victory once someone gradually exposed a flaw.

Otherwise, the outcome would be uncertain.

Yet, she was repelled by Ye Feng in one move.

This was an entirely different level of battle strength!

"I did not hide my cultivation level."

Ye Feng stood in the void, releasing his own cultivation aura, robust and domineering, yet undeniably true, belonging to the level of a fifty-ninth-layered Immortal Emperor.

Huo Lingjiao scrutinized Ye Feng up and down.

Initially, she harbored doubts.

But soon, she found Ye Feng’s cultivation foundations were incomparably solid. Compared to him, she was like a lone boat amid vast waves.

"Indeed, a fifty-ninth-layered Immortal Emperor."

"But..."

"Your foundations are so strong that even those two in our Flame Universe are far inferior to you."

"If you were born in our universe, and now have cultivated to a hundred-layered Immortal Emperor, the position of Heavenly Venerable this era would surely be yours."

Huo Lingjiao was shaken.

It was the first time she had seen such a powerful member of the younger generation as Ye Feng, who would unquestionably be the number one powerhouse in the Flame Universe.

"Not to mention your Flame Universe, even in our Twin Universe, Ye Feng could very likely be a Heavenly Dao Realm figure of this Origin Era."

Xia Yao commented.

"Hmm? An Origin Era? Did I hear wrong? You just said an Origin Era!" Huo Lingjiao suddenly looked at Xia Yao, shocked.

"Yes, an Origin Era. Is there a problem? Isn’t it so that in your Flame Universe, each Origin Era births one Heavenly Dao Realm?"

Xia Yao retorted.

"How can it be one Origin Era?"

Huo Lingjiao was dumbfounded.

"Huh!"

Ye Feng was equally surprised. Looking at Huo Lingjiao, then Xia Yao, he realized a problem.

Xia Yao was the first to speak: "In our Twin Universe, only one Heavenly Dao Realm emerges every Origin Era, having birthed nine in total from ancient times to present. We are now in the tenth Origin Era. The Peak Prosperous Age has just recently begun, so no new Heavenly Dao Realm has emerged yet. In my view, Ye Feng should be the new Heavenly Venerable."

Upon hearing this, Huo Lingjiao was shocked.

Seeing the look of astonishment on her face, Ye Feng and Xia Yao were equally surprised.

"Could it be that in your Flame Universe, a Heavenly Venerable isn’t born every Origin Era?"

Ye Feng asked as such.

Huo Lingjiao quickly shook her head, saying: "In our Flame Universe, every million years ushers in a Peak Prosperous Age that lasts ten thousand years, during which a powerful Heavenly Dao Realm is born. After achieving the position of Heavenly Venerable, they typically ascend within ten years."

Upon hearing this, Ye Feng and Xia Yao were wide-eyed.

A Heavenly Venerable is born every million years?

The Flame Universe is truly terrifying!

That’s a Heavenly Dao Realm!

The entire Twin Universe has developed over countless tens of billions of years, yet only nine Heavenly Venerables have appeared, whereas the Flame Universe births one every million years. Even if it’s only been a hundred million years of development, that’s already a hundred Heavenly Dao Realms.

This... is simply terrifying!

Ye Feng and Xia Yao were increasingly shocked.

"In your universe, how many Heavenly Dao Realms have been born in total? Are there any records?" Ye Feng asked.

"Let me think... a few hundred?" Huo Lingjiao started counting on her fingers, "Our Flame Universe hasn’t been developing for very long, but from the ascension of the first recorded Heavenly Venerable until now, it’s been several hundred million years, so when you do the math, there are definitely hundreds."

"Pfft!"

Ye Feng and Xia Yao simultaneously spat out blood.

A few hundred... Heavenly Dao Realms?

Are those people really Heavenly Dao Realms? How could a single universe birth so many Heavenly Dao Realms?

Their hearts were in turmoil.

"Are you very surprised?" Huo Lingjiao blinked her eyes, recalling that Ye Feng and Xia Yao’s Twin Universe has only birthed nine Heavenly Venerables over a hundred billion years, she suddenly felt that their surprise seemed quite normal.

After all, the Flame Universe has hundreds of Heavenly Venerables!

"Your strength is quite good. From today on, you are my friends, and if you have any questions, feel free to ask me."

Huo Lingjiao patted her proud chest.

Xia Yao’s battle strength was almost equivalent to hers, while Ye Feng’s battle strength was much more terrifying. To her, they both were fully qualified to be her good friends.

Ye Feng asked: "I want to know, does your Flame Universe truly have so many Heavenly Venerables?"

Xia Yao was equally full of surprise.

"Yes, there really are hundreds."

Huo Lingjiao nodded seriously.

Ye Feng asked again, "Since you have so many Heavenly Dao Realm cultivators, then surely you also have a lot of powerful reserves usually, right?"

Huo Lingjiao nodded and said, "In our Flame Universe, even when it’s not a prosperous age, there are many Immortal Emperors above the eightieth-layer. Once a prosperous age appears, several Hundred-layered Immortal Emperors emerge quickly, competing for the Heavenly Venerable position that appears once every million years."

"Several Hundred-layered Immortal Emperors?"

Ye Feng realized something was amiss.

At that moment, Huo Lingjiao added:

"The reason I left our universe is because our Flame Universe reached another peak prosperous age. In this era, two powerful Hundred-layered Immortal Emperors appeared. They erupted in a cosmic battle in the starry sky, causing heaven and earth to collapse, everything falling apart."

"Even cosmic rifts appeared."

"I accidentally got sucked into a cosmic rift, then floated in the boundless Dark Dimension. After about half a month, I was swept away by a space-time storm, inexplicably falling into your universe."

"Then, you already know the rest."

This is how she accidentally entered the Twin Universe.

Regarding the details, Huo Lingjiao herself wasn’t very clear and couldn’t recall it.

"Alas, it’s quite a pity when I think about it."

"Those two Hundred-layered Immortal Emperors were at a crucial moment, nearly determining the victor, yet I got sucked into a cosmic rift, what bad luck."

"Now, I don’t even know who won and successfully upheld the Heavenly Venerable position."

Huo Lingjiao sighed.

Unable to return to the Flame Universe, she cannot witness the ascension of the Heavenly Venerable with her own eyes, becoming a life’s regret.

Ye Feng and Xia Yao were silent.

They felt that cultivators in the Flame Universe found it relatively easy to reach the Heavenly Dao Realm, with only two Hundred-layered Immortal Emperors competing in a prosperous age.

In the Twin Universe, there were several dozen or even tens of Hundred-layered Immortal Emperors competing against each other.

"Why aren’t you speaking?"

Huo Lingjiao asked.

Ye Feng sighed and said, "I’m sighing that your Flame Universe is so blessed; it’s much easier to reach the Heavenly Dao Realm than here."

"What’s there to envy?"

Huo Lingjiao shrugged, "Had I been born in a different time, I definitely would have won the Heavenly Venerable position in this era; but it’s fine, I’ll cultivate hard for a million years and compete for the Heavenly Venerable position in the next prosperous age!"

Upon hearing this, Xia Yao and Ye Feng both raised their eyebrows.

Only Xia Yao asked, "When your Heavenly Venerable ascends, doesn’t their entourage ascend along with them?"

"Huh? Isn’t it only the Heavenly Venerable who can ascend? Can others follow?" Huo Lingjiao widened her eyes in surprise.

Summer Yao explained:

"In our Twin Universe during the peak prosperous ages of the past nine Origin Eras, there were always at least a dozen or twenty, sometimes dozens, even hundreds, of Hundred-layered Immortal Emperors. Following fierce competition, a Heavenly Venerable is born, who usually takes these top experts with them when ascending, leaving the universe."

"So, when a Heavenly Venerable ascends, nearly all the Hundred-layered Immortal Emperors in the universe follow."

"In the next Origin Era, new Hundred-layered Immortal Emperors compete for the Heavenly Venerable position, and those top experts from before rarely reappear."

"Your Flame Universe is indeed strange; when the Heavenly Venerable ascends, they don’t take others, letting them compete for the next Heavenly Venerable position instead."

"So, generation after generation, as long as one is a Hundred-layered Immortal Emperor, there will one day be a chance to reach the Heavenly Dao Realm? Is that right?"

Xia Yao looked at Huo Lingjiao.

Ye Feng also looked over.

Huo Lingjiao nodded and said, "Yes, that’s right. In our current era, the two Hundred-layered Immortal Emperors competing for the Heavenly Dao Realm are both losers from the past era. After another million years in hiding, they began competing again, suppressing other strong practitioners of this era, likely about to determine the victor."

Determining the victor means someone is about to become a Heavenly Venerable.

Thinking of this, she felt envious.

"So, in our Flame Universe, as long as one cultivates to the Hundred-layered Immortal Emperor, eventually everyone can ascend successfully; however, it takes patience."

"It’s said that there was a Hundred-layered Immortal Emperor in our Flame Universe who participated in over a dozen Heavenly Venerable competitions all failed. Later, he lay in hiding for tens of millions of years, returning at the peak, defeating several Hundred-layered Immortal Emperors, proving the Dao, and ascending."

Huo Lingjiao kept explaining.

Ye Feng and Xia Yao exchanged glances again.

"So, in your Flame Universe, although hundreds of Heavenly Dao Realms have emerged, only several hundred Hundred-layered Immortal Emperors have appeared in history?"

Ye Feng proposed this question.

"Yes, indeed." Huo Lingjiao nodded.

Xia Yao said, "In our Twin Universe, each Origin Era produces at least a dozen or more Hundred-layered Immortal Emperors, adding up over ten Origin Eras would reach several hundred or even a thousand; in this sense, it’s not inferior to your Flame Universe."

Huo Lingjiao smiled and said, "But isn’t your universe strange too, with so many Hundred-layered Immortal Emperors, yet only nine Heavenly Dao Realms?"

Ye Feng fell into contemplation.

In the Flame Universe, as long as one is a Hundred-layered Immortal Emperor, they can prove the Dao as a Heavenly Venerable and ascend.

In the Twin Universe, one must be peerless in their era to prove the Dao.

"Could it be..."

Ye Feng thought of a possibility.

Those who become Heavenly Dao Realm in the Twin Universe must be stronger than those from the Flame Universe; and indeed, there’s a hierarchy even among Heavenly Dao Realm cultivators.

Otherwise, being both large universes, there is no reason why the Twin Universe would have so few Heavenly Dao Realms.

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