Open up and break into another world

At the very heart of Primordial City lies the Heaven Inquiry Holy Land.

The controller of the entire Heaven Inquiry Domain, the "Heaven Inquiry Domain Lord," resides within the Holy Land.

Moreover, the Heaven Inquiry Holy Land is the sole Rank Seven force within the Heaven Inquiry Domain! The number of top-tier geniuses within the Holy Land surpasses the combined total from all Rank Six forces, such as the Azure Vault Sect and the Futen Clan.

"The Heaven Inquiry Holy Land doesn't appear large from the outside; however, the deeper you venture, the more expansive the space becomes!" The Azure Vault Sect Master said as he walked, "The Heaven Inquiry Domain Lord's control over space has reached an unfathomable level; the true size of the entire Heaven Inquiry Holy Land is likely even more immense than a Chaos Kingdom!"

Xu Ming listened with growing astonishment—more immense than a Chaos Kingdom?

It should be known that even an ordinary Chaos Kingdom like the Sword Verse Chaos Kingdom possesses a territory of billions of realms; doesn't this mean that the Heaven Inquiry Holy Land, which appears to be smaller than a single realm, actually encompasses billions of realms?

Following the Azure Vault Sect Master, Elder Sky Mirror, and others into the Heaven Inquiry Holy Land, Xu Ming carefully sensed the surrounding space, feeling as though each step brought about a dramatic shift in the cosmos.

Before long, Xu Ming had truly entered the interior of the Holy Land.

The Azure Vault Sect arrived relatively late. Geniuses from various forces outside the Land of Origin, such as the Azure Vault Sect's affiliated forces, were already waiting here; looking around, there were hundreds of millions of experts within the Heaven Inquiry Holy Land—nearly a hundred million of whom were geniuses from various forces; the rest were powerful figures who had come to watch the Myriad Domain Genius Battle.

"Nearly a hundred million top-tier geniuses at the Chaos Realm…"

Xu Ming knew that these nearly hundred million geniuses had been selected through layers of screening! If the Myriad Domain Genius Battle allowed anyone to sign up freely, it wouldn't be surprising if tens of billions of geniuses from the Heaven Inquiry Domain applied.

Soon, Xu Ming's gaze found the thirty geniuses from the Sword Verse Chaos Kingdom!

Each of these geniuses was at the peak of the Chaos Realm, or even the pinnacle; within the Sword Verse Chaos Kingdom, they were undoubtedly treasures held in the palms of various forces! However, in the Myriad Domain Genius Battle, they were insignificant!—Among nearly a hundred million geniuses, grabbing a handful at random would yield individuals stronger than them.

"These thirty geniuses will likely not survive!" Xu Ming sighed inwardly—even the top-tier geniuses of the Azure Vault Sect had a low probability of survival; let alone these geniuses from the Sword Verse Chaos Kingdom?

However, participating in the Myriad Domain Genius Battle was their own choice, and Xu Ming wouldn't offer any advice.

"Why is the Azure Vault Sect only arriving now? I thought you wouldn't dare to come!" Suddenly, a strange, mocking voice rang out, "However, in my opinion, you might as well not have participated!—I recall that the last time, none of the hundreds of geniuses from your Azure Vault Sect managed to survive, right? Many of them even died at the hands of our Futen Clan's geniuses! Hahahaha…"

The Azure Vault Sect and the Futen Clan had been fighting each other for countless epochs! There had been many killings and deaths between high-level figures and disciples; the accumulated resentment between the two sides naturally deepened.

The one who had just spoken mockingly was an elder of the Futen Clan—Futen Ba!

"This time, where did you, the Azure Vault Sect, find the confidence to participate in the Myriad Domain Genius Battle? Are you prepared to die again!?" Futen Ba sneered, "Oh, right, I heard that your Azure Vault Sect found a legendary-level genius at the Chaos Realm?—Too bad! In the rules of the Myriad Domain Genius Battle, legendary-level geniuses at the Chaos Realm don't seem to have any advantage, right?"

Futen Ba's gaze landed on Xu Ming: "It's you, right?—Legendary-level at the Chaos Realm? Heh! Are you ready to die?"

Xu Ming glanced at Futen Ba, smiled disdainfully, and didn't bother to say anything.

Rules?—Xu Ming didn't care about the rules at all, or what the rules of the Myriad Domain Genius Battle were! In the face of absolute strength, no matter what the rules were, for Xu Ming, bullying other Chaos Realm geniuses was like an adult bullying children.

However, Xu Ming naturally remembered the Futen Clan's mockery! If he encountered a genius from the Futen Clan, Xu Ming would take special care of them!

The elders of the Azure Vault Sect argued with the Futen Clan for a few more sentences before both sides dispersed.

However, the high-level figures of the Azure Vault Sect clearly didn't look too good—after all, as the Futen Clan had said, in the last Myriad Domain Genius Battle, the Azure Vault Sect was completely annihilated in the first stage, with not a single survivor! The Futen Clan was deliberately rubbing salt in the Azure Vault Sect's wounds.

…

After the Azure Vault Sect arrived, geniuses from various forces, large and small, continued to arrive.

The number of geniuses participating in the Myriad Domain Genius Battle soon exceeded one hundred million!

One hundred million!

And this was only the Heaven Inquiry Domain!

The entire Boundless Chaos contained ten thousand domains!

"The Boundless Chaos is too vast…" Just thinking about it, Xu Ming could feel how vast the entire Boundless Chaos was!

Vast to the point of being terrifying!

Clang—

Suddenly, a melodious bell sound reverberated throughout the arena.

The originally noisy voices immediately quieted down.

"The time has arrived! All geniuses participating in the Myriad Domain Genius Battle, please enter the Crucible of Tempering!"

At some point, a flowing figure wearing a loose robe appeared in the sky! He… was none other than the Heaven Inquiry Domain Lord.

These ten thousand stars were actually ten thousand Chaos Worlds! However, the space around the lightning prison was distorted too severely; each Chaos World was as small as a marble.

"Crucible of Tempering?" Xu Ming was somewhat curious.

However, seeing that the other geniuses had already flown up without hesitation, heading towards the lightning prison; Xu Ming no longer hesitated and also flew up.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! …

Hundreds of millions of figures, like locusts crossing the border, streaked across the sky.

Soon, all the geniuses were inside the Crucible of Tempering.

"This year's participants are indeed more than the last!" The Heaven Inquiry Domain Lord's voice sounded indifferently, "One hundred million three hundred thousand geniuses! Later, you will be randomly assigned to ten thousand Chaos Worlds to engage in slaughter; in each Chaos World, only one person can survive!"

The rules of the Myriad Domain Genius Battle were this simple and brutal!

Ten thousand Chaos Realm geniuses would slaughter each other in a Chaos World until only one person remained! This person would be the victor of the first stage of the Myriad Domain Genius Battle!

"However, before that…" The Heaven Inquiry Domain Lord continued, "I will also temper the cultivation of each of you geniuses! Tempering it until the cultivation of all geniuses is only at the First Order of the Chaos Realm!"

Hehe, finally set up the Myriad Domain Genius Battle! Do you all feel a sense of familiarity with the Myriad Domain Genius Battle?