"Galla has existed since the dawn of time, there are no records of any creature living before that. This is truly incredible, but what about the two other known Origin-Tier Worlds?!" The more Alexander thought about it, the more stuff he had to do.
Standing up, he exited the Great Temple, albeit reluctantly.
'Galla is gigantic, so while the city is enormous, it only covers the top of Galla's structure, leaving more than half of it to explore freely.'
Teleporting again and again, he managed to reach the bottom of Ascended Galla, which was the exact polar opposite of the city's location.
Looking down, Alexander started to circulate his Star Qi throughout his entire body. Focusing it around his right arm, he threw a palm strike forward, aiming at the earth below.
'[World Shattering Palm]!'
An earth shattering explosion violently erupting from the impact, it swept up trees, animals, beasts and even humans like ragdolls, sending them flying into the distance, causing blood to rain down on the world, creating dust storms to overtake the surroundings.
Frowning, Alexander did not seem happy about his palm's damage output, as he did not need for the dust storm to clear away to see the lack of power.
'Barely a few billions kilometers deep... This world sure is resilient!'
Wondering how much time Hu Guanting had taken to form the hole inside the temple, he sighed, before striking again, but this time with the [World Shattering Finger], giving him a slight increase in penetrative power, as he did not need a hole millions of kilometers wide.
For many years, explosions would shake and scar the world. Terrifying legends and stories reaching even the city, commenting on a powerful ghost deity madly haunting the world.
Legend had it that anyone getting too close to the powerful shockwaves would never return.
After a decade had passed, the entire lower half of Ascended Galla had turned into a deserted, chilling land of death and suffering. Regular species of trees would turn into Blood Trees, Demon Trees and even Death Trees. The sparse grass became sentient, gaining spirituality and wisdom, turning from regular grass to Psychic Doom Grass, Bloody Heart Stalks and much more.
Unbothered by the land of death he created, Alexander decided to take a small break.
Glancing at the now blood red sky above, he scoffed.
'Resilient it was, but I guess that's only true for the world's structure itself, not leeches.'
Restoring his focus for a few months while floating peacefully, he took notice of the invasion of life below.
In the midst of demonic beings roaring and munching skulls, decaying into bone dust which was then absorbed by the cracked soil, a group of cultivators advanced.
One would be surprised by their powerful cultivation coupled with their youthful appearances. The group of many young cultivators ranged from the Dimensional Monarch Realm all the way to the Primordial Divinity Realm. True geniuses that had been nurtured gracefully by their respective forces.
Unfortunately for them however, their timing was unlucky to say the least. These powerful geniuses had come to this land of death in hopes of treasures and merit, showing to the Universe their infinite potential. This was their only and last mistake, as within the few months of peace and quiet they had, their current location was beyond dangerous, barely a few hundred kilometers from away Alexander's very own.
This is the truth of how a group of monstrous talents, capable of shocking the entire Universe itself, came to an abrupt halt on their Martial Dao, right in the middle of nowhere.
"What was that ?!"
Terror reflected from their group, they could only gasp as Alexander's rest was now over. Immediately sending another [World Shattering Finger] at the exact same spot, causing an eruption of the earth, blowing away everything in its path.
But not only was their timing unfortunate, their luck could not be said outstanding either. Since not only were they within Alexander's tidal waves of Star Qi, they also appeared exactly when the impact zone's neighboring terrain could not handle Alexander's attack for the very first time.
After a decade, Alexander had already found difficulties progressing deeper inside, even the Great Temple's hole was clearly going further down than his, much to his embarrassment and confusion.
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This meant that his attack would suddenly be forced in other directions, and for the first time, cause the surrounding million kilometers to be flown high into the sky, incapable of resisting the surge of momentum from its insides.
Being even closer, the group of geniuses was grinded by flying rocks, these rocks' hardness and power a testimony to an Origin-Tier World's true defenses. As even the smallest of pieces could be seen pierce through a Dimensional Dominator's flesh as if it was air. Much to this cultivator's despair.
"We're doomed!" Were the very last words of the group, before they were abruptly submerged by a gigantic wave of dirt and rocks hundreds of thousands of kilometers tall, burying their remains for generations to come.
Not aware of the geniuses' regrets, Alexander looked perplexed.
'I don't get it. I'm clearly stronger than probably even the top ten of this Universe, yet I can't pierce through this? If the hole they made wasn't as deep, I would understand it as the same barrier I faced with my Divine Sense, but if they made it... oh wait...' Smacking his face using his clean palm, he muttered depressingly.
"But if he used a Celestial-Tier artifact..."
Shaking his head, he sighed deeply. Even if it was not a Celestial-Tier artifact, a half one would have probably been just as effective. Now aware of such a potential solution, Alexander truly felt shame.
'So I basically did all of this for over ten fucking years... for nothing?' Depressed from his futile handiwork, he decided to take a break, flying toward the Great Temple.
Once he appeared next to the Great Temple's abyss, he immediately sat down cross-legged. However, instead of waiting for his body to cultivate the surging Celestial Qi, he decided to send his soul avatar inside his internal world.
'What do we have...'
'...here...'
'...It's been millions upon millions of years, and yet that's all?!' While he had already entered his internal world when retrieving space rings, he did not actively assess it, blind to its progress. But now that his translucent figure formed high above in the middle of the beautiful sky, he was truly disappointed.
'These weird creatures have still not evolved.'
His gaze locked onto a few humanoid creatures, he could only give up. Cleaning up his storage space a bit, a giant circular white dome at the top of a rocky, thin island, he simply left, returning his focus to the hole inside the temple.
'If he managed to make this hole so cleanly... then there has to be something capable of it still within this Universe... maybe that Hu Gulangterng something still has it!'
Patiently cultivating, Alexander intended to make a breakthrough to the eleventh layer, the very last stage within the Ascension Realm. Once done, he would then pay a visit to the remaining two known Origin-Tier Worlds beside Ascended Galla.
After three million years, Alexander had reached the absolute peak of the tenth layer, touching the threshold of the eleventh layer.
By the time he closed in on six and a half million years, he managed to breakthrough, becoming a peak Ascension Realm expert.
However, he still lacked qualifications.
Opening his eyes, Alexander was done inspecting his now consolidated cultivation base, only a step away from the absolute limit of the Universe.
Satisfied, he still had a few things to do, after which, he would feel ready to attempt his ascension.
'This is getting exciting! The only problem is that... I'm not sure how it will go, while confident, with a Martial Heart of steel, I still can't help but wonder...'
'...wonder if I'll actually make it! After all, this is not about talent, about speed, or about raw strength... well kind of... but no... it's all about potential!'
His eyes stern, he stood up before exiting the temple calmly. Once under the colorful sky, he flew higher and higher, exiting Ascended Galla's territory, diving straight into the distant void.
A few weeks of travel later, he took in the admirable view of Varziaethars Nexus, mainly known as simply Nexus, a colorful world defined as the Primordial Main Worlds' center point.
Ignoring the gigantic world, Alexander released his Divine Sense, quickly analyzing Nexus in its entirety.
It only took a few minutes for him to observe and compare both Nexus and Ascended Galla.
'It also works and looks like a Dantian of sorts...' Curious, Alexander next went to a random Tier-10 World nearby, submerging it with his Divine Sense, before doing the same with other random worlds all around. The results only confirmed his theory.
'Only Origin-Tier Worlds appear to have this specificity...'
Intending on finishing his trip, he next headed to another giant ball of colors, Demonix Barelas. Once done, he also noticed the similarities with the other two Origin-Tier Worlds, actually, saying they looked the same internally would be a valid assessment.
Done with his near objectives, Alexander was about to head back inside Ascended Galla's Great Temple to cultivate further when...
A terrifying sound of something ethereal breaking shattered the ears of all present. A blasting shockwave of Celestial Qi engulfed the Universe as white lines formed all over the void, as if reality had started to break apart? These white cracks quickly disappearing and reappearing rhythmically, the void was doing its best restoring itself.
Frowning, Alexander felt doom and innate inferiority. This sensation made him tremble in excitement as he snapped his head behind at extreme speed, observing with shining eyes the phenomenon happening above.
Witnessing a gargantuan hole spanning across light years, he saw clouds form around the hole's edges, a majestic sight to behold.
His eyes reflecting the blinding white and sky-blue light coming from the bright abyss between the cloudy edges, he could not contain his smile, as a humongous meteor struck the Universe, impaling it in the process.
Dodging the increasingly more common white cracks, Alexander flew carefully but surely to the falling meteor.
Laughing hysterically, Alexander thanked his lucky star.
"Hahaha! Celestial Descent! It's actually a Celestial Descent!! My luck is off the charts!"
This was an event he had already experienced a few times. The common hypothesis being that this Celestial Descent was a result of an object, big or small, crossing dimensions to somehow fall inside the Universe. As for what it was, all agreed after careful investigation of all similar events, that these objects all originated from the legendary Celestial Realm.