When a person had limitless time but lost everything else, what would he do to pass the time?
On the second day after entering the golden egg, I began to ponder about this question.
The Black Dragon King had said that the origin of Primal Chaos that everyone saw was different, which meant that it was just an illusion. However, after entering the interior of the golden egg, I realized that the situation was exactly the same as what I had seen with my spiritual awareness. There wasn't any difference.
In the vast and boundless universe, I randomly chose a direction and madly sprinted for an entire day at my fastest speed. After that, I continued to observe the surrounding nebulae, but I realized that my relative position hadn't changed at all.
After confirming this point, I stopped in my tracks.
After that, I tried many more things. In this vast space that was like a universe, I didn't feel any power restriction. I could use my cultivation without any hindrance, and I could also use magic treasures like the Xuanyuan Sword without any hindrance. However, no matter what I did, I couldn't make any waves in this place. Everything around me was extremely calm, and only I, a 'living thing', was struggling pointlessly.
After I tried everything that I could do, I still didn't discover anything. Only then did I finally calm down and float in the pitch-black emptiness.
After many years of cultivation, my willpower had already been forged to be incomparably firm. Even the absurd situation before me wasn't enough to make me collapse.
Looking at the boundless night sky, I could basically confirm that I definitely wouldn't be able to leave this place in a short period of time. Thus, I started to ponder about what I should do next.
I had already tried everything that I could, so there was no meaning in repeating it. I could only think in a direction that was beyond my current capabilities.
For cultivators, anything that was beyond their power could be summed up in a single reason, and that was that their cultivation was insufficient.
Thus, even though Prior had told me that the Monster Emperor's cultivation could only be increased by searching for the origin of power, I was still prepared to use the traditional method to try. After all, this was the location of the origin of Primal Chaos.
As it turned out, my guess wasn't wrong.
I closed my eyes and used my spiritual awareness to gradually expand in all directions. Very quickly, I sensed the existence of the origin of power in the vast universe.
This power was scattered in all directions and couldn't be seen with the naked eye. However, in my spiritual awareness, I could see the existence of the origin of power, as though there were countless stars in the vault of heaven.
With something to do, the days wouldn't be too difficult.
I let go of everything and suppressed all the other thoughts in my heart. Every day, I would crazily absorb the original power that was wandering in the world. During this process, the stars changed and time flew.
I didn't know how much time had passed, but when I opened my eyes again, everything was the same as before. However, the power source in my body had undergone a drastic change. Compared to before, it had increased by nearly a hundred times. Moreover, during the process of cultivation, the original power source in my body had completely transformed into the power source of Primal Chaos after absorbing the power source of Primal Chaos.
Judging from the scale, I felt that the current me shouldn't be inferior to Pu Lai. In other words, I was at least a Fourth Grade Demon Sovereign.
After gaining some confidence, I woke up and started to explore the surroundings.
I didn't randomly choose a direction and crazily advance like before. Instead, I raised my head and observed all the twinkling stars in the surroundings. I chose the brightest star and flew towards it.
Everyone knew that in the universe, every twinkling star was a star that emitted light. The one that seemed to be the brightest was obviously the one that was closest to you.
This time, I controlled my speed to be around 70-80% of the fastest speed that I could reach.
The distance in the universe was measured in light years. This was a distance unit that exceeded the imagination of humans. Even if I could approach the speed of light, the time needed to travel would still be measured in years. Hence, I had already prepared myself to travel for a long period of time.
In the absolute loneliness of the universe, time was something that didn't exist. I numbly advanced forward. After the power in my body was exhausted, I rested for a short while and absorbed the power source in the surroundings before continuing to advance.
Again and again, over and over again.
Gradually, in my field of vision, the star in the direction of my destination became brighter. Furthermore, the starlight wasn't as cold as before, but had a tinge of warmth.
I knew that the distance between me and the star wasn't that far anymore.
In my excitement, I sped up a little and continued running towards this star. After over a hundred times of exhausting and reabsorbing my original power, the star in front of me had become a true star. Although it still looked like it was only the size of a fist, its appearance had already become that of a sun. Moreover, I could clearly see the numerous satellites orbiting around it.
At that moment, I was already close to the outermost planet. However, the direction that I had come from wasn't in the current orbit of the planet. Since the distance between us was quite far, I didn't choose to go to the outermost planet. Instead, I continued to advance towards a planet that was reflecting sunlight.
After consuming and absorbing power over a dozen times, I finally arrived at the outer region of the planet.
This was an enormous blue planet with an atmosphere. When I first saw it, I was delighted. However, I quickly realized that the surface of the planet didn't have any land. It was completely covered by the ocean. It couldn't possibly be Earth.
When I was walking in the dark and lonely universe, I couldn't feel my speed.
But now, with the blue planet in front of me as a reference, I realized that my speed had already reached a terrifying realm.
With just a few steps, I entered the planet's atmosphere. After another few steps, I followed the direction of the planet's rotation and landed on a boundless ocean.
The ocean here was different from Earth. Although it looked like the same azure blue ocean, the seawater here had a pungent smell. There weren't any signs of living beings either.
Although the environment here was different from the one I was familiar with, I was still on a planet. It was far more comfortable than the dark and empty universe. Hence, I floated on the surface of the ocean and continued to cultivate.
Countless years had passed, but without any reference, everything was meaningless.
When I opened my eyes again, regardless of whether it was the surrounding seawater or myself, they were still the same as before. It was as though only an instant had passed.
Only the Primal Chaos Origin in my body that had grown a few hundred times stronger became the only evidence to determine the existence of time.
I stood up and flew into the sky. Very quickly, I left the planet and continued to travel in the direction of the Sun. Very quickly, I arrived at another planet that was closer to the Sun.
The environment of this planet was completely different from the previous one. There wasn't a trace of water vapor on the surface. There was only a desolate desert and countless bare mountain ranges with a loose geological structure. Moreover, the mountain ranges were extremely low. The tallest one only reached my knees. I didn't know if it was because the geological structure of this planet was like this or if my body had become extremely tall.
Such a barren planet couldn't attract me to stay. Very quickly, I stood up and left. This time, I didn't continue to travel to the center of the galaxy. Instead, I quickly left and headed to the other nearby stars.
There was still no concept of time in the universe. However, in my consciousness, the time spent this time was much shorter than before. Before my mind had become numb, I arrived at the second galaxy.
There were dozens of planets orbiting around this star. The landforms of these planets were completely different. Two of them were even close to the ratio of land and ocean on Earth. However, there wasn't any life on them. They were lonely and empty, no different from the darkness of the universe.
After walking through two galaxies, I still didn't discover anything. Hence, I didn't waste any more time. I chose a planet that had a landform similar to Earth and landed on it. Then, I entered my cultivation state again.