Travelling next to each other, both Alexander and Natasha flew straight toward the Dragon Mansion, Natasha's home.
As it was situated within the Celestial Heart Region, the absolute core of the whole Celestial Realm, it aroused some questions from Alexander's heart.
'Back when I ascended, I felt as if the Multiverse and the Celestial Realm were infinite, spanning across the void for eternity... but now... a center?'
"Young lady, I am quite curious, as someone who did not have much information on the world, what is beyond the Continents? What lies at the edges of the world?" Probing, he was not expecting a real answer.
"Mmmh~" Poking at her lips with an air-head look, she pondered.
"If you stop calling me young lady, but sister Natasha instead... I might tell you!" Chuckling like a little girl, Natasha tried to deepen her stoic relationship with Alexander, who in turn, felt unsure.
'Is she twelve? What does that matter what I call you?! We don't even know each other, such naivety!' Somewhat annoyed, Alexander still gave in, as he was not a man who really cared about such trivial things.
"Sister Natasha, please!" Smiling, his inside feeling was quite the opposite.
"Well, I don't know for sure, but daddy told me legends about it."
"Oh? What legends?"
"He said that, apparently, if someone went to the edge of the world, they would be teleported to the opposite side!"
Frowning, Alexander was intrigued.
"As in... go to the Eastern Continent's edge and get teleported to the Western Continent?"
"That's right!"
Hearing her confirmation, Alexander was baffled.
'Is it spatial manipulation? Why would...' Not able to discern why such an occurrence was rumored, he theorized throughout the journey.
After only a month, Natasha took out a large flying ship, its pink color truly eye-catching. Wondering what it was for, Alexander was surprised to see the pink boat being an Extreme-Tier high grade artifact meant for travelling purposes.
Aboard, Natasha used her piloting skills to show off the boat's true splendor.
Flying at insane speed, the boat was much faster than Alexander himself.
'Could be somewhat useful when running away...'
Using the boat, the duo only took five years to reach the Rogue Territory.
Even though Alexander was aware of the region's reputation he had not expected it to actually be an understatement.
'Barely an hour in the region and we get ambushed...' Waving his hand in annoyance, Alexander's gust of Celestial Qi crushed seven men in dark green robes levitating around the boat.
"Wow!" Her eyes wide open, Natasha was startled, staring daggers at Alexander.
"D-Did you kill them? Why?!" Sobbing, Natasha felt a deep nauseating feeling emerge from her guts.
"..." Almost face palming, Alexander wanted to strangle Natasha, seeing how she redefined the word 'sheltered'.
'A pampered princess! I knew she was like this... but still!'
He could not help wondering how a young kid like her could reach the Greater Existence Realm without any experience. The amount of resources she must have an access to on a constant basis fired up Alexander's greed.
As Natasha was seated on the left, she could not see Alexander's vein bulging from annoyance near his right eye.
"They tried to harm us! I had no choice but to step in, unfortunately, I simply couldn't restrict my strength! Ah~! How tragic, if only they were above the Blooming Lotus Realm..." A fake tear trickling down his left cheek, Alexander looked pitiful, full of regrets.
"...I... I understand! Daddy told me that some bad people exist and that beating them up would be a great service!"
His ear picking up on her self-blaming tone, Alexander pushed further.
"Exactly! In the world, accidents happen! Why not take their space rings and..." His words intentionally blocked, Alexander was about to ask for the space rings to be turned over to her father, so that he could distribute them back to the deceased families. But he had a better idea.
"...let me take them! I will keep them safe and return each to the deceased families when we get back!" An honest smile forming, he waited for her next words.
"Great idea! I knew it, you are just so kind brother Alexander!" Barely finished with her praise, she saw Alexander already storing each and every single space ring.
She could not remember how or when Alexander had retrieved them.
"I already intended to guard them, so I first took them to avoid a tedious search below." Giving excuses after excuses, he was exempt.
Of course, Alexander would never return these space rings.
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Passing by the Rogue Territory's dark green lands, many spruce-like trees emerged from the ground, the plains covered by many cities and mansions.
After passing by such views for two months, Natasha accelerated the boat further.
'She could go faster?' A bit irritated, Alexander did not say a thing.
Two years later, the dark and gloomy Rogue Territory was brutally cut from the view up front.
On the horizon, the looming dark grey clouds were blocked from a pure blue sky, as if banished from its holiness.
After only a few months, they entered the pure land, the sight below sandy with shining gold palm trees, a stream of glowing light-blue water separating the two regions.
Under the sky-blue Heavens, the duo had finally entered the Celestial Heart Region!
But contrary to Natasha's bright mood, Alexander was on edge.
'This is very dangerous... While I am still considered extremely powerful here, I just can't blatantly ignore the Greater Existence Realm cultivators here...' His eyes wide, Alexander suddenly remembered something, turning his head towards Natasha hurriedly.
"Sister Natasha, what is beyond the Greater Existence Realm?" The question laid with a casual tone, Natasha was still somewhat surprised.
"I'm... not sure? All I know about this is from daddy's stories about our family. He said that our ancestor was a peerless expert beyond the Greater Existence Realm. And that because of his strength, which was feared by all, he unified the Celestial Realm and formed our Ghylar family's Dragon Mansion."
Cursing at the shallow knowledge of one of the greatest powers of the entire Celestial Realm, Alexander could only keep his eagerness sealed away.
'Can't these idiots count? This boat is high grade, and clearly at the Greater Existence Realm's level, so can't they guess that there are at least two majors realms above?'
Since the Extreme-Tier was known to most, and that its grades ranged from the first 'Low' to the fifth 'Supreme', it was obvious that the Greater Existence Realm was not the end.
This made Alexander dumbfounded. While he did not know anything about the Celestial Realm's powers, if someone like Natasha's father was not even aware of the next major realm's name, who would? And even if they did, would they know about the one after?
Alexander wondered whether or not these powers even tried to discover it.
'In the Universe, the Celestial Realm was rumored, not factual. Yet, how many experts at the absolute summit dove head first to catch a glimpse of its trail?'
'If Overlords did it, the main reason was still a lack of paths to follow. Which Overlord was not desperate to reach an even higher Martial Dao? Then what is the difference here?! Natasha's father already knows that a higher major realm might truly exist, so then, why not grasp at every opportunity? Why does he classify it as 'rumor' or 'legend'? Every Overlord would've already searched through the entire Celestial Realm like wild beasts by now!'
Unaware of the powers' plans, it was still obvious to Alexander that such experts had already given up. If not, the Celestial Realm would never be so peaceful, as Greater Existence Realm masters and their subordinates would be everywhere possible, razing mountains, flipping seas and collapsing the sky.
Asking for the leftover travelling time, Alexander heard from Natasha that the Dragon Mansion would be in sight barely a few days later.
But while the Dragon Mansion was situated at the outskirts of the Celestial Heart Region, it was still a major power, or so was told Alexander.
"I don't remember if I asked but... how strong is your father?"
Expecting a rather joyful answer, he was not surprised at Natasha's visibly inflating pride.
"Daddy is a peak Greater Existence Realm powerhouse! He is respected throughout the world!"
'Third stage Greater Existence Realm... I have to be careful!' Still in need of resources, Alexander was ready to take some risks, but not many.
"I need a lot of World Seeds... where-" Cutting himself short, he asked a slightly different question.
"Who has the most World Seeds below the Greater Existence Realm?"
Raising a brow, Natasha was confused at the unexpected question. But in the end, she still decided to answer truthfully.
"I'm not sure, Daddy has a lot, and so does the other powers... What I know is that most geniuses from those powers have many on them!"
Smacking his face, Alexander felt stupid.
'Well... I guess those talents will have to experience a small tribulation soon!' A glimmer flashing past his eyes, Alexander was ready to slaughter geniuses without stop.
'Since they are talents, I wonder how much they will have?' His smile public, Natasha thought Alexander was in a good mood. Which he was, but his smile would never be associated with happiness by most people.
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A few days later, they finally arrived.
Ahead, a giant mansion could be seen towering over the land, its foundation barely held by the mountain it was built upon.
All around, golden sand and palm trees sparsely distributed, with uneven terrain. Under the cloudless blue sky, the mansion felt divine.
Hugging the mansion from both left and right, two dragon statues the same size carved from the mountain.
Alexander did not need his Divine Sense to feel the many powerful auras trapped within.
'Greater Existence Realm... This Dragon Mansion actually has much more than I first expected.'
Interrupting his inner thoughts, Natasha's voice resonated.
"Why don't you join us for the banquet? From what I saw during the journey, you were clearly not bound by time."
Raising a brow at Natasha's rare moment of cleverness, Alexander nodded.
"Why not!"
'I still need to locate those powers and their descendants... I can ask Natasha's father. But not only that, I could also build a positive relationship with this Dragon Mansion. At least, until I am strong enough to obliterate everything.'
Smiling from ear to ear, Natasha shouted loud and clear, using her hands as a catalysis, for an unknown reason.
"Daddy! Natasha is back!!"
Barely a second later, a middle aged man flew toward them at high speed.
The man had brown hair held in a ponytail, his face wearing a badly shaved brown beard and moustache.
"Sweety! Where were you?!! I searched for you throughout the entire Celestial Heart Region! Don't tell daddy that you went to the Rogue Territory?!" Angry, but also loving, the man felt anguish grip his pitiful heart.
"Hihihi! Daddy! I went to the Valgrand Region! I was bored, you said that the guest would only come after fifteen years, I had so much time!"
"So much time?! You stayed in the mansion for how many years? Why move now of all times?!"
Pouting, Natasha felt guilty.
Just now realizing Alexander's presence, the middle aged man frowned, introducing himself, his fists cupped respectfully.
"I am Hophe Ghylar, Lord of the Dragon Mansion, may I know who is your excellency?"
Cupping his fists as well, Alexander parted his lips.
"I am Alexander, a wandering cultivator, I greet the Lord of the Dragon Mansion!"
Feeling uneasy from Alexander's smile, Hophe was still a broadminded man, so he did not delve deeper.
"Is this friend here to participate in my Dragon Mansion's banquet? If you do not have an invitation, I can find some place for you, with how many will probably be unable to come due to various reasons, finding you a seat would not be difficult!"
Nodding, Alexander cupped his fists once more.
"Then I will trouble the lord for this Alexander's rudeness!"
"Hahaha! It is no trouble! Come! Guests have already started to arrive."
Leisurely flying down to the Dragon Mansion, they chatted on the way, Alexander learning a shocking sentence from Hophe.
"You see, our Dragon Mansion's banquet is held every three hundred years, and will have guests from all over the Celestial Realm! No matter how weak or how far, if someone is invited, we will send transportations to bring them here!"
Just now entering the giant mansion, Alexander was excited to see how much gains he could reap.