"From my opinion, Your Majesty should take the journey normally without depending on the teleportation gate. The safety of the teleportation gate is not guaranteed, so if it were me, it would be much better to take a longer journey than to gamble my life for a quick one," Seungjin said.

"However, the setback from the longer journey is that once you reach the central region of the heaven, I expect those invading gods will have already sent many more of their followers from the higher heavens to descend. Your news must have already reached them, and they will send more people to try to stop you in this heaven. They will not hesitate to sacrifice as many people as they can, so expect a bloodbath, Your Majesty."

Aldrian nodded.

"Well, let me contemplate it later. Thank you for telling me all of this," he said, which was responded to with a nod from Seungjin. His gaze slowly turned toward one direction.

"I think it's time for me to go, Your Majesty. It will be dangerous if we talk any longer," Seungjin said.

"Your Majesty could do anything with the treasure in the treasure vault, but if possible, Your Majesty, could you give some of the treasures in the vault to the three sects? By giving them the treasures, it will raise their loyalty to you and prevent corrupted hearts from growing among their people," he added.

Aldrian smiled.

"It seems you still have some attachment to the sect you and some of your colleagues built."

"I will not deny it, Your Majesty, but still, it is just my humble request. You could ignore my request if you want to take all of the treasures," Seungjin said.

"No, I will give them some, so do not worry. It is not good if I just take all of the treasures when they seem to have been trying to enter the dungeon for a long time. If they do not get anything after seeing the treasures, like you said, I am afraid there is a chance that corrupted hearts could arise among them, even if they consider me the successor of the Heavenly Demon," Aldrian said.

Seungjin smiled and nodded. "Thank you, Your Majesty." His figure then slowly disappeared into particles of light.

"I am truly waiting for the day when we could meet in person, Your Majesty. When I was a child, my father and mother always told me your story, and even in this recent era, your Majesty's followers who survived still speak about you. I have always been amazed by your figure from their stories. I hope Your Majesty could tell me more of your story in the future," he said.

Aldrian nodded.

"I will tell you more in the future. And if your real body can receive this message, then send my regards to your father and mother if you meet them out there."

Seungjin nodded.

"I will, Your Majesty." But before he completely disappeared, he said to Aldrian,

"See you in the future, Your Majesty. May the Great Emperor of All Heavens keep reigning sovereign."

His figure then entirely disappeared. The white realm had already begun to crumble, revealing the void behind it until it engulfed Aldrian's consciousness.

When his consciousness returned to his physical body, Aldrian felt a refreshing sensation and a surge of power, and he knew what had happened.

He had just built his domain here, which in the end made the entire star his domain!

He never tired of this feeling, and it made him happy, but his happiness quickly toned down when he discovered one fact.

'As expected, even after making a territory as big as the Ancient Blue Gate World my domain, my cultivation level did not rise and only increased my cultivation speed slightly. Truly, entering the Immortal Ascension Realm changes the requirements for my cultivation development,' he thought.

The size of stars varied, and the Ancient Blue Gate World was a giant star, even the biggest star in the central star cluster, which was the name of their star cluster. For it to be unable to raise his cultivation level meant he needed a much, much larger territory to be his domain.

Even he did not know how large that would need to be to raise his cultivation again. Would the size of a star cluster where tens of millions of stars gather be enough? Or even a galaxy? He felt that the requirement had truly spiked greatly.

But he did not dwell on it or feel sad. For now, even with only his current cultivation, he could still fight anything or anyone that came to the First Heaven, as long as they were not a real god.

With the laws of causality, those from the higher heavens would have to lower their cultivation here, and that was enough for him.

Moreover, he already knew the place where he could make the entire First Heaven his domain. There was no need to worry about the future.

Aldrian released a deep breath before opening his eyes. But the moment he did, he was stunned to see that the people in the hall had already collapsed unconscious. He turned his head, looking around, and saw that no one here was still conscious, which left him puzzled.

What happened?

He did not have time to check on them, as a sudden sound came from one part of the hall's wall. Aldrian looked in that direction, beneath the symbol of the Absolute Ruler where he finally saw the symbol clearly. He also noticed a giant hidden door slowly opening to reveal a new path.

He thought that this must be the path mentioned by Seungjin, so he decided to check it out first.

These unconscious people would make the situation easier for him, since there would be no chaos. He could explore the place ahead before these greedy people started taking treasures as they pleased.

Aldrian then walked toward the giant hidden path, which was already illuminated by crystal lights all the way to its end, visible from where he stood. After a few moments of walking, he finally arrived at another hall, this one far larger than the circular hall.

This place truly stored many treasures such as peak-level energy stones, artifacts, pills and even divine stones of various sizes, although none as large as the ones he had seen on the Barisan Continent. Most of them were simply placed on the floor, as if they were not worth anything, even though they were valuable treasures.

He absolutely had to take the divine stones, some of the artifacts, and many energy stones. Although he already had countless peak-level energy stones, he might need more to help the Barisan Continent develop. This was his investment, and he wanted to grow his empire as quickly as possible.

After making a note of what he wanted to take, he turned his gaze toward the teleportation gate in the middle of the hall, a large circular platform with two pillars that, when activated, would create a gate to the other side.

From the name, it seemed to combine the advantages of a teleportation with those of a warp gate, resulting in this teleportation gate. He walked closer to it and inspected the platform. He could tell that this one was far more complex than any kind of teleportation method he had seen before.

Beneath his feet, on the gate's platform, a massive formation was engraved, the key that made the teleportation possible. Its pattern was far more intricate than the teleportation formations in the teleportation stations on the Barisan Continent.

Aldrian looked at one part of the formation where he could pour in energy to activate the gate. To be honest, he was truly tempted to activate it and reach the central region of the heaven as soon as possible, so he could make the entire First Heaven his domain.

However, Seungjin's warning made him stop his reckless thoughts. He had to think carefully, because if something happened to him, it would endanger many of the people he was protecting. Without his presence, he knew that his empire might not last long, especially with all those powers still wanting to enter the continent in the future.

'First, I have to make sure that my empire is entirely safe in my absence, and for that, I have to clear any hidden danger,' he thought. At this moment, the threats he could think of were the devils, the Barevisk family, and the Valroy family.

'It looks like I have to create an example again, this time much more clearly, to make the people in this star cluster abandon any ill intent toward my empire.'

Aldrian nodded to himself as he decided on his next move. He then began taking the treasures he needed, collecting all the divine stones, many artifacts, and a large number of energy stones, and stored them inside his spare storage ring, which could hold them all.

In total, he took roughly forty percent of the treasures here, leaving the rest for the three great sects.

As for the others who wanted a slice of the pie? Well, they could try their luck themselves. Still, he believed the three great sects would likely allow some of them to take a portion as well, since there were powers from other stars present and it would not be wise to take everything for themselves.

Once he felt he had enough, he walked out and returned to the circular hall. He was truly satisfied with this journey, as he had gained many things. He also had a clear path for the future and knew exactly where he had to go. That alone was enough.

He saw that the people here were still unconscious, and after a moment of thought, he decided to wake a few of them first.