Alex calmly looked toward the eight contracted beasts gathered before him. The ruined mountain range stretched endlessly behind them while rivers of blood continued flowing across the broken earth. The once terrifying sanctuary had already become a graveyard filled with the corpses of countless monsters.

A faint smile appeared on Alex’s face afterward.

"You all worked hard. You have my thanks. It is time to expand our territory."

As those words left his mouth, Alex slowly shifted his gaze far beyond the mountain range. His golden eyes seemed capable of piercing through the distant horizon itself as though nothing in existence could block his sight anymore.

The moment Gidorah noticed where Alex was looking, all nine heads stiffened simultaneously.

The enormous hydra’s crimson eyes contracted violently.

Fear appeared across his face almost instantly.

Many years ago, before becoming Alex’s contracted beast, Gidorah had once ventured near the outer barrier surrounding this mountain range sanctuary. At that time, he had merely sensed the aura of an ordinary animal beyond the boundary.

That single aura alone had nearly terrified him to death.

Even now, the memory still remained deeply engraved inside his soul.

"Master... are you certain?" Gidorah asked carefully.

Although he tried maintaining composure, a slight tremble still escaped his thunderous voice.

The surrounding beasts immediately became silent afterward. Even the usually carefree Ember raised his head slightly while staring toward Alex with curiosity.

Alex naturally sensed the fear hidden within Gidorah’s voice.

However, his expression remained calm.

"Do not worry. I will not go there unprepared," Alex said slowly. "But listen carefully. Someday, I am going to take over this entire Prime sanctuary. Since that is my goal, all of you must place your faith in me and become more courageous."

The beasts exchanged glances briefly afterward.

Although they still feared the unknown existence outside the mountain range, none of them dared question Alex’s confidence anymore. During the past ten months, they had already witnessed countless miracles surrounding him.

Their master no longer felt like a normal cultivator.

He felt closer to an unstoppable law of existence itself.

"Yes, Master."

All eight beasts lowered their heads respectfully.

Alex nodded faintly afterward.

"Very good."

He slowly sat down atop the shattered mountain peak once again. Golden divine symbols floated around his body continuously while invisible law fluctuations spread silently through the surrounding space. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Then his attention shifted inward.

Inside his spiritual sea floated the Lotus of Creation.

The lotus radiated ancient and mysterious energy while countless divine runes revolved around it endlessly. Compared to before, the lotus had already transformed enormously.

One brilliant petal had completely bloomed.

A colored wings had also appeared behind Alex’s martial soul.

Those changes were not caused by ordinary laws.

They had been created through Dao comprehension.

Currently, Alex had already pushed every law beyond fifty percent mastery during his eight hundred years inside the secret realm. Fire, destruction, space, creation, death, lightning, gravity, water, wind, and countless other laws had fused deeply into his existence.

At this point, he had finally gained the qualifications necessary to comprehend the Daos of Existence.

Unlike laws, Daos represented absolute concepts governing reality itself.

They were infinitely more difficult to comprehend.

Alex narrowed his eyes slightly.

"System, can you comprehend Dao for me?"

The system responded immediately.

[Ding! Host will need to comprehend the Daos personally.]

Alex blinked once before sighing softly.

"Oh."

Although the answer was somewhat disappointing, he was not truly surprised. The system could assist with law comprehension because laws still belonged to the structure of reality itself.

Daos, however, transcended ordinary structures completely.

They represented truths standing above existence and probably created by some otherworldly existences.

Alex slowly closed his eyes afterward while preparing to enter deep comprehension once more.

However, before he could begin, a familiar voice suddenly echoed directly inside his mind.

"The omniversal being has started moving. I believe he intends to take control of Earth and enslave its people. What do you wish to do?"

Alex immediately opened his eyes again.

The voice belonged to the Realm Guardian.

A cold light flashed across Alex’s golden eyes afterward.

"Is that so?" he asked calmly. "Do you know why he is doing this?"

The guardian remained silent briefly before responding.

"I believe he is searching for a treasure left behind by a powerful being. If you wish, I can interrogate him."

Alex’s expression changed slightly.

"A treasure left behind by an Absolute Reality Being?"

Even his current self could not fully comprehend what level such an existence represented. Anything connected to that level naturally could not be ordinary.

The guardian spoke again.

"Yes. That is my assumption."

Alex narrowed his eyes thoughtfully.

"Capture him and interrogate him carefully. Do not kill him yet. Also, what race does he belong to?"

"He belongs to the Vampire Race. His bloodline purity is extremely close to Origin Grade. He may possibly be a direct descendant of the Progenitor himself."

Alex’s eyes flickered slightly afterward.

The Vampire Progenitor was an existence whose name alone carried terrifying weight throughout countless universes. If this vampire truly possessed such a bloodline, then his background was undoubtedly monstrous.

A thought suddenly appeared inside Alex’s mind afterward.

"Ask him whether he knows how to awaken the Progenitor Bloodline inside someone else."

The guardian paused briefly.

"As you wish."

The connection ended afterward.

Alex slowly leaned back while thinking deeply.

What kind of treasure could attract an Omniversal Realm existence?

Moreover, why would such an item remain hidden on Earth?

The more he thought about it, the stranger everything became.

Meanwhile, far away on Earth, a handsome young man floated silently high above a modern city.

Cars moved below him while countless humans walked through the streets normally. In this era, cultivators capable of flight were no longer uncommon, so nobody paid particular attention toward him.

The vampire calmly looked downward.

"The weapon has probably developed its own consciousness and is actively avoiding me," he thought coldly. "The Chaos Clan continues causing more problems every day. Without that old man’s sword, my race may eventually suffer the same fate as the Angel Clan."

A dark expression appeared across his face afterward.

Then suddenly, his crimson eyes glowed brightly.

Two enormous bat wings emerged behind his back while terrifying blood energy erupted from his body. A vast crimson domain immediately began spreading outward toward the entire planet.

The surrounding clouds disintegrated instantly beneath the pressure.

However, before the domain could fully expand, everything suddenly froze.

The blood energy vanished completely.

The vampire’s expression changed immediately.

His eyes widened in shock.

"A Meta Existence?" he muttered inwardly. "How can someone like that exist here?"

At that exact moment, a deep and imposing voice entered his mind.

"Intruder. You are now under my custody."

The surrounding space distorted violently afterward.

Then a tall armored figure appeared directly before the vampire. Ancient runes covered the figure’s armor while terrifying pressure radiated from his existence endlessly.

The Realm Guardian had arrived.

However, instead of panicking, the vampire merely smiled calmly.

"I do not think today is a suitable day for capture," he said lightly. "I still have many important matters to handle. We will meet again later."

The next moment, terrifying higher dimensional power erupted around him.

The surrounding reality distorted briefly.Then the vampire vanished completely.

Even the Realm Guardian failed to stop him.

The armored figure remained silent for several moments afterward.

"An incarnation of a higher order existence..." he muttered heavily.

He immediately contacted Alex afterward.

Inside the sanctuary, Alex’s expression darkened slightly after hearing the explanation.

"An incarnation in the Omniversal Realm?" Alex asked slowly. "Then how powerful is the main body?"

The guardian answered honestly.

"He is likely stronger than my former master."

Alex inhaled sharply.

For a brief moment, even he nearly lost composure completely.

"Damn it," he muttered. "I need to relocate Earth immediately."

The pressure hidden behind those words alone caused the surrounding mountains to tremble slightly.

Alex soon calmed himself again afterward.

Panic would accomplish nothing.

His current priority remained improving his strength as quickly as possible.

Without another word, his figure disappeared instantly from the mountain peak.

He returned directly into the secret realm once more.

The endless white mist drifted silently throughout the ancient space while time laws flowed one thousand times faster than the outside world.

Alex slowly sat down again.

He no longer had time to hunt personally.

Everything now depended on how quickly he could evolve.

"System," Alex said calmly, "do I need to comprehend every Dao before creating my inner world?"

The system responded instantly.

[Ding! Host must comprehend at least ten Daos before forming an Inner World.]

[Ding! The more Daos the host comprehends, the more stable and powerful the Inner World will become.]

[Ding! However, to create a complete universe and gain the ability to merge other universes, the host must eventually comprehend all Daos.]

Alex slowly nodded afterward.

"That is sufficient for now," he thought silently. "I only need enough capability to place my home world inside my Inner World safely."

His expression gradually became calm again afterward.

Then Alex slowly closed his eyes.