CHAPTER 432: CH 432: A SEALED GALAXY

It was not only the Life Creation Stage and Death Domination Stage warriors of the Immortal Heaven World who heard the heartbeat. Far away, in many different worlds, people above Origin Martial God also felt it.

The sound of the heartbeat spread across space like endless waves, reaching even the farthest worlds, more than a thousand light years in every direction, with the dead planet that had come back to life at its center.

All the experts above Origin Martial God Stage in those distant worlds stopped whatever they were doing. As they heard the rhythmic heartbeat, even their hearts began to beat faster, almost as if their own blood was answering the call of the heartbeat. At the same time, a strange feeling of attraction filled them.

It was not normal at all.

For strong warriors like them, such inexplicable emotions rarely appear. Yet the sense of attraction they felt just now was too real to resist. Deep inside their hearts, every one of them felt that if they could reach the source of the heartbeat, they might gain something so great it could change their fate forever.

This thought shook them deeply. This sensation was so peculiar that none of them was able to ignore it.

And very soon, powerful sects, clans, and empires of several worlds began to act. They called their Life Creation and Death Domination Stage warriors and started preparing their ships.

In a short span of a few hours, countless spaceships left their worlds one after another, moving into the dark void of space. Their destination was the source of that mysterious heartbeat, which was the dead planet that had just come back to life for some unknown reason.

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"Serena, can you tell me what is going on? Why are you staring at the sky without blinking? And those heartbeats... who do they belong to? Are you perhaps looking at the creature those heartbeats come from?" Alex asked.

Serena and Cyr withdrew their gazes and looked at Alex simultaneously.

Cyr didn’t say anything.

Serena, on the other hand, thought for a few seconds before gazing into the distance. Then she asked in a deep voice, "Alex, how much do you know about the universe?"

Alex frowned, not knowing why she was asking such a question. But he still answered honestly, "As far as I know, the universe is vast. It is far greater than what people here can even imagine. I was lucky to learn that what I once thought was the entire universe is actually nothing more than a single galaxy. A galaxy has many Astral Seas, and right now we are inside one of them. A force that rules over one or more galaxies is called a Galactic Empire, and the universe has many such empires. So, even with all this knowledge, I cannot imagine the vastness of the universe."

Not just Cyr, even Serena raised her brows in surprise. Clearly, none of them expected Alex to actually be aware of this fact.

"Indeed," Serena nodded in agreement. "Our universe is unimaginably vast, so vast that no one can truly grasp its size. To us, it feels endless. This galaxy has been cut off from the rest of the universe for a very long time. In fact, when this galaxy was still young and had yet to come in contact with the rest of the universe, a great expert completely sealed and hid it away. Because of this, the creatures living here believe that this galaxy is the entire universe. But that is not the truth. The real universe outside this sealed galaxy is far greater, filled with countless unknown Galactic Empires, Races, and Powers."

"Now that you’ve learned about the truth of this galaxy, what questions appear in your mind?"

Alex’s mind was filled with questions after hearing Serena’s words. He looked at her with serious eyes and finally asked, "Why did that expert seal this galaxy in the first place? What reason was so great that he would cut us off from the rest of the universe? Was he trying to protect us? Or was he trying to trap us here forever?"

The more Alex thought, the more questions came to him. "And also... who was that expert? Was he someone who came from another galaxy, or was he born here? How strong was he to be able to seal an entire galaxy?"

His voice grew quieter at the end, almost like he was talking to himself instead of asking Serena a question.

In fact, this was true as well.

Not only was he questioning Serena, but he was also marveling at the strength of that expert. Deep inside, Alex felt huge curiosity. A person capable of sealing an entire galaxy definitely must hold power far beyond what he could even imagine.

After all, even with his current cultivation, Alex lacks the strength to truly seal and hide a world like the Immortal Heaven World from the rest of the Astral Sea. Not to mention, there are Astral Seas as well.

Who was so capable of sealing and hiding an entire galaxy?

"Even I wonder who that expert truly was, to have the ability to seal and hide an entire galaxy. Although this galaxy was still young back then and had not yet fully matured, sealing it off and cutting it away from the rest of the universe was by no means a small matter. Even the strongest expert I know of would not be capable of accomplishing such a marvelous feat."

Serena spoke in a voice that showed she was lost in deep thought.

Cyr, on the other hand, had clearly never heard of this part of history before. His face showed pure shock as he muttered, "No wonder everyone I met in this galaxy was always confused about the difference between a galaxy and the universe. They don’t even realize that the ’universe’ they believe they live in is actually nothing more than a single galaxy. No wonder!"

At this moment, Serena suddenly changed the topic from that expert and galaxy to cultivation realms.

"I see that you have already reached the level of an Origin Martial God. Sooner or later, you will break through and step into the Life Creation Stage. But do you truly know what the Life Creation Stage is? Do you understand why this stage of cultivation is so special that it carries the name ’Life Creation’?"

Alex immediately recalled the information he had read after obtaining Life Creation Core. He replied, "As far as I know, when a martial warrior is about to enter the Life Creation Stage, they must gather all the understanding they have gained in their entire life, such as concepts, true meanings, curses, blessings, and more, and compress it into a single crystal core, which is called Life Creation Core."

"As long as Origin Martial God breaks through and becomes Life Creation Stage, they can obtain the power to manipulate life itself. With the Life Creation Core, it is said that one can even bring the dead back to life as long as their soul still exists. They can also heal any wound, no matter how serious, with the help of Life Creation Core. In fact, for a Life Creation Stage cultivator, even if their body is completely destroyed, but a single cell of their body remains, and their soul survives, their body can fully grow back from that one cell."

Serena nodded in agreement, then said, "Looks like you have some information about Life Creation Stage. But like many others, I think you’ve also misunderstood several things."

"Life Creation Stage is all about forming Life Creation Core. Indeed, Life Creation Stage warriors can manipulate life, but not in the sense of vitality or lifespan, but in the sense of basic elements of life, such as water, earth, fire, and air. In other words, even if they are not born with the earth element or fire element, they can still shape and manipulate these elements at their will."

"You are right when you say that one can even bring the dead back to life as long as their soul still exists with the Life Creation Core. However, do you know that to bring the dead back to life, one must sacrifice their Life Creation Core? As long as Life Creation Core is used, the owner of that core would become mortal again. Moreover, they would no longer be able to cultivate. Since that’s the case, tell me, who would dare to bring a dead person back to life even if the dead person’s soul is intact?"

"You are right. Even if a Life Creation Stage warrior’s body is completely destroyed, as long as a single cell remains and their soul survives, their body can be reborn from that one cell. However, again, in doing so, they will lose their Life Creation Core and the ability to cultivate ever again. Though they may not truly die, for someone of their strength and status, such an existence would be worse than death."

"So, the Life Creation Stage isn’t as incredible as it might sound. It’s not as all-powerful as you believed. In truth, this stage is only one of the two stairs a cultivator must climb before they can step into the realm of True Divinity."