Chapter 288

Chapter 288: How is this possible??

"I’m looking for crafting materials to create an immortal tool, of course," Li Xiaojun said matter-of-factly.

Hearing this, Tu Shan Yueyue thought for a moment and said, "Generally, the holy realms controlled by the ten major beast tribes in the Immortal Realm all have crafting materials."

"I need advanced crafting materials, at least sixth-tier immortal materials," Li Xiaojun explained.

Upon hearing that Li Xiaojun wanted sixth-tier materials, Tu Shan Yueyue widened her eyes in surprise.

After a pause, Tu Shan Yueyue said to Li Xiaojun, "Dad, the best crafting materials available in the market are only fourth-tier, and you need connections to buy them."

"As for fifth-tier crafting materials, they are mostly controlled by the ten major tribes of the Immortal Realm, and many beings from other races haven’t even seen them."

"And sixth-tier materials? It might take tens of thousands of years for even one to appear in the Immortal Realm."

Tu Shan Yueyue concluded, "So, if you want sixth-tier materials, apart from the Qingzhi Tribe, which has Golden Immortals, other tribes will find it very difficult to possess them."

"Even if there are sixth-tier materials, it’s also tough for people in the Immortal Realm to refine them into sixth-grade immortal tools since it requires powerful crafting ability and mastery of certain powers of the rules…"

Upon hearing this, Li Xiaojun shook his head and said, "As long as I have sixth-tier materials, I can refine sixth-grade immortal tools myself. What I lack now are the sixth-tier materials for crafting."

After Li Xiaojun finished speaking, Tu Shan Yueyue thought for a moment and said, "Dad, as far as I know, sixth-tier materials are only found on the black star, and the black star is extremely dangerous. Even those in the late Profound Immortal stage don’t dare to enter easily."

"The black star, huh!"

Li Xiaojun pondered and asked, "If the Profound Immortal dares not enter the black star, a Golden Immortal should have no problem, right?"

"Well, I don’t know if a Golden Immortal can enter the black star," Tu Shan Yueyue shook her head.

"The terrifying thing about the black star is that many people, once they get close to a certain range, cannot get out. The black star has a powerful gravitational pull; even strong Profound Immortal beings can’t escape this powerful attraction," Tu Shan Yueyue told Li Xiaojun.

Hearing this explanation, Li Xiaojun thought about whether his system could help him break free from the black hole’s pull.

He believed that since the system was so powerful, even if he couldn’t escape the pull of the black hole, it could teleport him to his daughter.

But he was still uncertain.

Thinking it over, Li Xiaojun decided to ask others.

Although Tu Shan Yueyue said black holes were dangerous, they were also categorized by levels.

There are supermassive black holes like the Milky Way black hole, but there are also very small stellar black holes.

For instance, some jets can only form small medium-quality immortal essence stone veins from black holes.

These black holes are originally formed by collapsing stars, and they tend to evaporate and disappear quickly compared to the long existence of the Milky Way.

Of course, if a powerful being sacrifices stars to the black hole, it can be sustained long term.

Like the Milky Way black hole, it constantly devours everything around it.

If one day, the Milky Way black hole consumes all matter, it will slowly evaporate and dissipate if it doesn’t have material to consume for a long time.

"System, if I fall within the black hole’s horizon, can I still teleport away?" Li Xiaojun asked the system.

His system sometimes answered his questions, and at other times it didn’t.

However, this time, the system responded to Li Xiaojun’s question.

【System Notification: The host can use the teleportation function anywhere in the Primordial Universe.】

"The Primordial Universe? So, our universe is called the Primordial Universe," Li Xiaojun realized.

Li Xiaojun then learned that the universe he was in is called the Primordial Universe.

"System, why is our universe called the Primordial Universe?" Li Xiaojun asked the system again.

【System Notification: The Primordial Universe was formed from the explosion of the Primordial World caused by the Great Sage reopening the volcanic fire, water, and wind. The vastness of the Primordial Universe is the result of its self-evolution over one hundred thirty-eight billion years…

Now, the Primordial Universe is billions of times larger than the previous Primordial World, which could only support no more than ten Great Sages; the current Primordial Universe can accommodate endless Great Sages. As long as the Primordial Universe continues to evolve, it will be able to support even more Great Sages…】

After hearing the system’s explanation, Li Xiaojun finally understood how this universe was formed.

It turns out that the Primordial Universe was created by the explosion of the Primordial Continent from myth and legend.

Compared to the old Primordial World, the Primordial Universe has self-evolved and expanded billions of times.

"System, the evolution of the universe should require energy, right? Where would the Primordial World get that much energy?" Li Xiaojun asked the system.

The conservation of energy in physics also applies in the cultivation world.

So, where did the energy come from for the Primordial World to form the Primordial Universe?

【System Notification: Beyond the Primordial Universe is the boundless Chaos World, filled with violent chaotic energy. The Primordial Universe can absorb chaotic energy and convert it into matter, ultimately evolving into galaxies…】

Upon hearing the system’s explanation, Li Xiaojun finally understood the process of the Primordial Universe’s evolution.

Did that mean that the Primordial Universe would continue to grow larger as long as there was enough time?

However, Li Xiaojun did not need to study the universe right now; what he needed to do was find the materials needed to forge a powerful immortal tool.

"Yueyue, I need to leave now. Just let me know if you need anything."

Li Xiaojun decided to leave this place and look for a black hole to test.

The system could let him teleport anywhere in the universe, and that naturally included inside black holes.

However, just as Li Xiaojun was about to leave, Tu Shan Yueyue grabbed him.

"Dad, can you bring some people into my small world? It’s filled with low-grade monsters, and I’m so bored." Tu Shan Yueyue said to Li Xiaojun.

Hearing this, Li Xiaojun thought for a moment and agreed, saying, "I’ll bring you some people in a while. I don’t have time right now."

Tu Shan Yueyue nodded, "Alright then, just don’t forget."

"Don’t worry, I won’t forget. Besides, if I do forget, you can remind me."

Soon, Li Xiaojun left the small world where Tu Shan Yueyue was.

Then, Li Xiaojun checked the locations of various stellar black holes in the Immortal Realm and flew toward the nearest one.

A few months later, Li Xiaojun arrived near a stellar black hole.

This black hole seemed to be occupied by some monsters because two medium-quality immortal essence stone veins formed in the directions of its jets.

Upon arriving, Li Xiaojun ignored the monsters mining and flew directly toward the black hole.

The closer he got to the black hole, the stronger the gravitational pull he felt.

Fortunately, after Li Xiaojun transformed into his immortal body, the gravitational pull from outside the black hole’s horizon was not strong for him.

Li Xiaojun continued to fly toward the black hole.

The material near the black hole circled around it, forming a whirlpool as they approached.

However, Li Xiaojun did not circle around like the surrounding materials; he flew straight toward the black hole.

Before long, Li Xiaojun entered the black hole’s horizon.

Once inside, he could still see light; this light was from materials that got pulled in and could never escape the black hole.

People outside the black hole would never see this light, but within the black hole’s horizon, Li Xiaojun could see it.

However, inside the black hole’s horizon, Li Xiaojun did not use his eyes to perceive everything; he instead used his divine sense to observe.

Inside the black hole’s horizon, Li Xiaojun found that his divine sense perception range was suppressed to just one percent.

He could previously scan up to one hundred billion kilometers, but now he could only scan ten billion kilometers.

Nevertheless, even a ten billion kilometer divine sense range was much more useful than using his eyes.

After entering the black hole’s horizon, Li Xiaojun continued to fly toward the black hole star.

He discovered that the pull from the black hole on his immortal body felt similar to how Earth attracts an ordinary person.

As he slowly approached the black hole, Li Xiaojun soon scanned the black hole’s body with his divine sense.

He found that the black hole was a sphere with a diameter of twenty kilometers.

However, what shocked Li Xiaojun was that many beings lived on the surface of the black hole star.

"How is this possible? How can there be living beings inside a black hole?"

Li Xiaojun was astonished.