Core Layer and Chaos Monument

"Your Highness Li Che, welcome to the Giant Axe Arena's core Giant Axe Secret Realm Master-level member. Your virtual universe identity, information access permissions, etc., will be updated within 1 hour..."

"Core members of the Giant Axe Secret Realm, the points system is now activated, and the initial universe tenfold points mechanism (newcomer exclusive) is now enabled..."

"The Points Mall system is now open. Please select your shipping address. Please note that the Initial Universe does not currently support the receipt of physical items. (Giant Axe Realm 30% off, Divine Beginning Realm 20% off, Hundred Forging Realm 10% off, Forge Realm full price.)"

"Updated points balance: 0".

"Dear core member of the Giant Axe Realm, your residence within the Giant Axe Realm has been confirmed, at coordinates..."

"Respected core member of the Giant Axe Realm, the Arena's core AI system has arranged your escort force. The commander of the escort force is the immortal goddess Moalani..."

"Dear core member of the Giant Axe Realm, your current strength has been verified to be at the Realm Lord level. According to the 'Giant Axe Arena Core Member Management Regulations,' your personal guards will no longer provide you with close protection. Commander Mo'alani has automatically become your steward in the Giant Axe Realm..."

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As Li Che strode out of the Void Gold Lord's mansion, he felt a strong sense of temporal and spatial rupture, as if he had just been transported to a completely different time and space. The contrast made even his World Lord-level body feel dizzy.

Meanwhile, his virtual universe inbox was nearly exploding with emails from the Giant Axe Arena and the Giant Axe Secret Realm, dealing with various matters after he joined the realm.

Yes, after becoming a disciple of the Lord of False Gold, Li Che had automatically joined the highest-level core secret realm of the Giant Axe Arena. With the secret realm's access activated, the various densely packed affairs made Li Che a little dizzy.

"Bai Yue, organize the email messages from the Giant Axe Secret Realm in two hours, and report back to me after you've integrated them," he could only instruct by summoning his AI assistant.

"Received, sir," Bai Yue replied immediately.

After doing all this, Li Che pressed his slightly dizzy head, bowed to the towering beast Junshan Venerable, and left the area where the Void Gold Lord's mansion was located.

"I see you've already activated access to the Giant Axe Secret Realm. What did my grandmaster say?" Not far away, King Yongbo asked as Li Che approached with a smile.

"I am currently a disciple under a formal name. Within five hundred years, I will pass through the 18 levels of the Heavenly Bridge and become a direct disciple. During that time, Senior Brother Liuhai will personally guide my cultivation." Li Che did not intend to hide anything from King Yongbo and replied.

Lord of Luhai is one of the personal disciples of Lord of Void Gold. Although Li Che had never heard of his name, he could guess that he was quite powerful.

"Hahaha! Then I must congratulate Junior Uncle. With the support of core resources and the personal guidance of Senior Uncle Luhai, Junior Uncle should have a very good chance," said Yongbo Wang cheerfully.

"I hope so," Li Che sighed softly.

He connected his will to the virtual universe's points mall, selected the cultivation secret techniques category, and saw a massive number of secret techniques meticulously divided into different types, levels, and emphases, all neatly listed.

"Time and Space Essays," "Black Hole Evolution," "Seven Kills of the Beast God," and various secret techniques explaining the three major branches of space-based sealing, strangulation, and teleportation... Li Che searched them one by one and found that all the classics he had heard of before or after his transmigration were among them.

Especially the part about the universe before the evolution of the black hole, which was so expensive that it made Li Che feel a little suffocated.

"I won't disturb Junior Uncle any longer. The next five hundred years are your time for cultivation. I will keep a close eye on you." King Yongbo saw Li Che standing there in a daze and guessed what Li Che was thinking, so he took his leave.

"Thank you for your help during this time."

After bidding farewell to King Yongbo, Li Che browsed the prices of top-tier secret techniques in the virtual universe, feeling somewhat helpless.

As expected of the five most powerful forces in the human race, the variety of cultivation manuals sold in the points system far exceeds expectations.

For example, the renowned "Time and Space Essays" has a price tag of 100 billion points for the parts up to the level of the Cosmic Venerable, which is more expensive than the first three volumes of Herodo's "Seven Transformations of the Divine Evolution".

Li Che's points balance is 0.

"Points..."

Li Che was astonished. His net worth was close to ten million Hunyuan units, making him almost a five-star customer of the prestigious Cosmic Galaxy Bank. He was considered a big shot in the various star regions of the Qianwu Cosmic Kingdom, but in the Giant Axe Secret Realm, he was completely penniless.

Thinking to himself, he raised his head and looked into the distance. Not far from the residence of the Lord of Void Gold, there stood a building that was equally majestic and mysterious, but even larger and more imposing, quietly rising from the faint chaotic air currents.

"The City Lord's Mansion".

Li Che nodded inwardly, bowed again to the mansion of the Lord of False Gold, then turned and strode towards the City Lord's Mansion.

Due to the extremely strict entry requirements of the initial universe, this ancient and enormous city is usually peaceful and secluded most of the time, with only a few cosmic geniuses and immortal gods occasionally making a move.

The City Lord's Mansion is definitely the liveliest place in the entire Chaos City.

This place is very special. The City Lord's Mansion is not only the residence of the Chaos City Lord, but also the core of the entire Chaos City. It contains one of the most valuable things for low-level cultivators in the Chaos City - 52 Chaos Steles.

"I am a core member of the Giant Axe Arena, here to select the Chaos Monument."

In such a place, Li Che couldn't be too high-profile. He silently queued up and arrived at a corridor in the city lord's mansion that was taller than a mountain. In the corridor, which was tens of thousands of meters long, one giant painting after another hung quietly. Each one contained many fundamental rules of the universe and carried unimaginable mysteries.

These are rubbings of the 52 Chaos Monuments erected by the human race.

With his hands behind his back, Li Che began to carefully examine the copies of the Chaos Stele.

On the ancient, withered, towering tree, leaves are slowly falling from the trunk. Although these leaves are frozen in the picture, you can almost see their falling trajectory. That trajectory is so natural, conforming to every change of the laws of time.

The Mother Ancestor Chaos Stele.

The ancient, desolate void was empty except for a sword mark that seemed to penetrate deep into the very essence of space. The sword mark appeared to have been casually slashed by a powerful being. In a daze, the sword mark began to fluctuate without warning, multiplying into countless forms, each one different and each illustrating the ultimate truth of the laws.

Heart's Mark: The Monument of Chaos.

There were also replicas of the Nine Universes Chaos Stele, the Giant Axe Chaos Stele, the Yanshan Chaos Stele, the Cosmic Chaos Stele... a total of fifty-two Chaos Steles. Each one resonated with Li Che, as if through those replicas he could see powerful figures who had already reached the pinnacle of the human race.

"Fifty-two Chaos Steles, but the human race should only have 20 Universe Lords at this stage... Even if we include those who died unexpectedly, there are probably quite a few left by the Universe Overlords. Could it be that there are also alien Universe Lords from the Hong Alliance who left Chaos Steles? It seems that such a possibility exists..." Li Che pondered to himself.

"Time's up!"

When the final time arrived, Li Che had just finished watching the last part of "The Chaos Monument of Wind and Shadow," and at the same time, he had made up his mind about his choice.

"Li Che, a member of the Giant Axe Arena and Giant Axe Secret Realm, tell me, which Chaos Stele do you choose? This will be a choice that determines your fate. Once you choose, you can never change it."

At the end of the corridor, an immortal god with an equally powerful and profound aura, whose strength was probably no less than that of the Eternal King, stood there and asked in a deep voice.

"I choose the Giant Axe Chaos Stele," Li Che said firmly.