The arrival of the Higher Domain was met with interception from the Divine Court.

The sensation inside the Grandmist Heavenly Road passage was completely different from any spatial jump.

It was not a simple spatial folding or wormhole traversal, but rather like swimming upstream in a "river" composed of pure Laws and Origin.

The inner walls of the passage flowed with colorful halos, the colors of which were impossible to accurately describe.

Within these halos, grand phantoms of creation, the birth and death of stars, and the rise and fall of civilizations flashed by from time to time.

Unimaginably majestic energy tides surged within the passage.

If not for the full-power shields of the three warships and Nightmare using his own Demonic Flame to shoulder most of the pressure in the front, the High Sovereign Realm Cultivators in the Vanguard Army would likely have been torn apart by this terrifying turbulent energy the moment they entered.

Even so, everyone could still feel that omnipresent "High" pressure that made their Souls tremble.

It was like a deep-sea fish suddenly thrown ten thousand meters into the sky; everything around felt so "thin" yet so "heavy."

It was an absolute gap in energy levels and Law density.

Nightmare stood at the bow of the "ni dao vessel," his body burning with raging Demonic Flame, forming a relatively stable isolation layer.

He closed his eyes, carefully sensing the aura of the High Universe Domain's Origin flowing within the passage.

Compared to the Middle Universe Domain, the Origin here was more "active" and "domineering," and the Law fragments contained within were more complete and profound.

Just in the span of a few breaths, his long-stagnant Dao Master Realm Mid-stage cultivation began to loosen and climb, slowly but firmly.

"High Universe Domain..." he muttered to himself, the Chaos-colored flames in his eyes flickering more intensely.

This was excitement for unknown challenges and a longing for even greater power.

He did not know how long they had been traveling through the passage; the passage of time had become blurred here.

Ahead, at the end of the colorful halos that pierced his vision, a stable exit emitting a soft, milky white light gradually became clear and enlarged.

"About to leave the Grandmist Heavenly Road passage and enter a stable zone," the ship's formation spirit prompted.

"Everyone, be on guard," Nightmare opened his eyes, and his command spread across all three ships.

Boom!

A slight tremor came, accompanied by a feeling of resistance as if passing through some invisible membrane.

The scene before them suddenly opened up.

The three warships, like giant whales leaping out of the deep sea, appeared under a brand-new starry sky.

The first thing they felt was the surging Origin aura that was at least dozens of times richer than before!

It was like someone who had been breathing turbid air for years suddenly finding themselves at the core of a spiritual Holy Land.

Inside the warships, many members of the Vanguard Army could not help but take a deep breath, their faces revealing an expression that was a mix of intoxication and shock.

Just breathing and cultivating here would likely be far more efficient than at the core Secret Realm of the Middle Universe Domain!

Secondly, there was the starry sky in their field of view.

The stars here were denser, and their light was more dazzling.

Many of the stars were far larger than those seen in the Middle Universe Domain, with strange energy radiance flowing on their surfaces.

The starry sky background was not pure darkness but presented a deep, Grandmist color with a faint purple hue, appearing incomparably ancient and vast.

And directly in front of them, about tens of thousands of miles away, a man-made structure of shocking size was suspended.

It was not a planet, but a suspended platform shaped like a massive "post station," pieced together from countless metals, jade, and unknown crystal Materials.

The platform was roughly octagonal, with long, dock-like docking channels extending from each corner, and some strangely shaped starships were docked on it.

In the center of the platform stood several tall towers, the tips of which emitted the stable light of spatial beacons.

The entire post station was shrouded in a pale golden transparent energy shield, with complex and profound runes flowing on its surface, emitting powerful and orderly defensive fluctuations.

Above the entrance to the post station floated four large characters formed of pure light energy, exuding a majestic aura: "Grandmist Post Station."

"Is this the edge hub of the High Universe Domain?" Blood Fang's voice came through the communication channel, filled with astonishment and gravity.

"What a strong energy reaction, even stronger than the Ni Dao Star by several notches!"

Nightmare did not respond.

His Divine Thought, like invisible tentacles, quietly spread toward the post station.

Inside the post station, there were many life auras, most of them with impressive cultivation, and among them, twenty auras were exceptionally powerful, like twenty small suns, hidden but not released, yet impossible to ignore.

Celestial Venerable Realm.

And all of them were at the Celestial Venerable Realm Early Stage.

"The garrison troops of the Hongmeng Divine Court..." Nightmare recalled the snippets of information he had seen in the Jade Slip from the Tianyan Alliance leader.

The Hongmeng Divine Court seemed to be one of the hegemon-level forces in the High Universe Domain, controlling many important passages and hubs.

This Grandmist Post Station was clearly under its jurisdiction.

Almost at the same moment Nightmare's Divine Thought swept over, the twenty Celestial Venerable Realm auras within the post station vibrated simultaneously, and then, without hesitation, they swept back with an even tougher Divine Thought!

"Huh? Strange spatial fluctuations?"

"Coming from the 'Lower Realm passage'?"

"Three warships? They don't look like the standard of any force we are familiar with."

"The auras are messy, the strongest one... Hmm? Dao Master Realm Mid-stage? Heh, ants from the Lower Realm, daring to walk the Grandmist Heavenly Road?"

Unconcealed contempt and probing Divine Thoughts intertwined around the fleet.

The next moment, the pale golden shield of the Grandmist Post Station opened a gateway, and twenty figures filed out.

They wore uniform bright silver battle armor, the armor styled magnificently with smooth lines, engraved with intricate stars and cloud patterns on the surface, and each had a golden "Court" character emblem on their chest.

The leader was tall, with a cold face and eyes as sharp as an eagle's; his aura was the most solid among the twenty, already at the Celestial Venerable Realm Early Stage Peak.

He walked through the air, bringing the nineteen people behind him, flying toward Nightmare's three warships unhurriedly like inspecting troops, his posture arrogant.

"Stop!" At a distance of about a thousand feet from the fleet, the leading silver-armored officer raised his hand, his voice cold, carrying an unquestionable tone of command.

"This is the 'Grandmist Post Station' under the jurisdiction of the Hongmeng Divine Court. Where do you come from? Which force do you belong to? Do you have an 'Upper Realm Passage Token' or a 'Divine Court Extradition Order'?"

His gaze swept over the three ferocious black warships and lingered slightly on Nightmare, the contempt in his eyes barely concealed.

A Dao Master Realm Mid-stage, leading a group of rabble with a maximum cultivation of Dao Master Realm Peak, actually dared to break into the Grandmist Heavenly Road? Truly ignorant of life and death.

Nightmare's figure appeared from the bow of the "ni dao vessel," facing the silver-armored officer across the air.

His expression was calm, and he couldn't even be bothered to answer the other party's question, only asking faintly: "Is this the High Universe Domain?"

The silver-armored officer frowned; the other party's attitude made him very uncomfortable.

He sneered, "Nonsense! This is the 'Initial Arrival Zone' guarded by the Hongmeng Divine Court, naturally it belongs to the supreme High Universe Domain!"

"You Lower Realm ants, since you could break through the Heavenly Road, you can be considered to have some luck."

"Now, immediately hand over all your Storage Rings, starships, and all the resources and Legacies you obtained in the Lower Realm!"

"Then, kneel down and swear allegiance to the Hongmeng Divine Court. Perhaps this officer can show mercy, spare your lives, and arrange for you to go to a mining star to do hard labor to atone for the crime of trespassing!"

The nineteen Celestial Venerable Realm Cultivators behind him also revealed playful and cruel smiles, watching Nightmare and his group like a cat playing with a mouse.

This was not the first time they had done such a thing.

The "lucky ones" who occasionally broke through from the Lower Realm were often easily manipulated due to the difference in energy levels and the shock of first seeing a High Universe Domain expert.

They would either submit or be easily killed and looted of everything.

"Disarm? Surrender? Do hard labor?" Nightmare repeated, his tone still flat, with no discernible joy or anger.

"What? Not convinced?" The silver-armored officer sneered, the Celestial Venerable Realm pressure on his body suddenly released, like an invisible mountain, crushing toward Nightmare and the three warships!

"It seems you are used to throwing your weight around in the Lower Realm and don't know the immensity of heaven and earth!"

"Today, I will let you understand that the High Universe Domain is not a place where you Lower Realm ants can run wild! Kneel for me!"

The full-power explosion of the Celestial Venerable Realm Early Stage pressure was enough to make Dao Master Realm Peak Cultivators lose their composure and their bones creak.

Inside the warships behind, many High Sovereign Realm Vanguard Army members turned pale, almost collapsing to the ground, and even Blood Fang and other Dao Master Realm members felt their Qi stagnate and their movements difficult.

However, Nightmare, who was at the core of the pressure, did not even move a corner of his clothes.

He even tilted his head slightly, as if confirming something.

"High Universe Domain... Hongmeng Divine Court... Garrison Cultivators..." He muttered to himself, and then, the corners of his mouth slowly curled into an icy arc.

That smile made the silver-armored officer, who was preparing to enjoy the sight of the other party kneeling in fear, feel a strange chill in his heart.

"It seems this is the 'welcome ceremony' of the High Universe Domain," Nightmare's voice was not loud, but it clearly entered everyone's ears.

"Since that's the case..."

He slowly raised his right hand, his five fingers spreading.

"Then I will also give you a 'welcome gift'."

The moment his words fell—

Boom—!!!!

With Nightmare as the center, an absolutely deep darkness, as if it could devour all light and vitality, instantly expanded!

That was not a simple Domain, but a Dao Reversal Ultimate Kill Domain that fused the Hongmeng Chaos Reverse Dao Demonic Star Flame, the essence of Dao Reversal Ultimate Kill, and a hint of insight into "Return to Ruins"!

The speed of the Domain's expansion was unimaginably fast, reaching a thousand feet in an instant!

The sneer on the silver-armored officer's face instantly froze, replaced by boundless horror!

He felt that the Celestial Venerable pressure he had released, the moment it touched that dark Domain, was like a clay ox entering the sea, disappearing without a trace!

Even more terrifying was that a cold, dead, and subversion-filled power was spreading along the Domain, crazily eroding his protective Divine Light and Origin!

"Not good! It's a Domain! Attack with full force! Kill him!" The silver-armored officer was, after all, in the Celestial Venerable Realm, reacting extremely quickly.

He roared, a silver spear flashing with dazzling light appearing in his hand, the tip of the spear blooming with blinding Law light, and he thrust it at Nightmare!

At the same time, the nineteen Celestial Venerable Realm Cultivators behind him also reacted.

Although terrified, they simultaneously unleashed their strongest attacks, various Divine Abilities and Magic Treasures lighting up the starry sky, booming toward Nightmare at the center of that dark Domain!

The full-power strike of twenty Celestial Venerable Realm Early Stage Cultivators was enough to instantly destroy several small stars!

However, facing this cataclysmic wave of attacks, Nightmare just stood in the center of the Domain and lightly said one word:

"Extinguish."

Hum—!!!

The Dao Reversal Ultimate Kill Domain suddenly collapsed and condensed inward!

All the darkness, all the Demonic Flame, all the Reverse Path essence, in a thousandth of an instant, gathered at a point in front of Nightmare's palm!

Then, that point exploded silently.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, no energy storm sweeping everything.

There was only a "void," more pure, more profound, as if it could even erase the concept of "existence," spreading in a spherical shape in all directions at a speed exceeding light!

The Law spear thrust by the silver-armored officer, the moment it touched that "void," disintegrated inch by inch, turning into the most primitive energy particles.

The horror on his face had just emerged when his body, like a sand sculpture, began to dissipate and annihilate silently from his fingertips.

The nineteen Celestial Venerable Realm Cultivators behind him were the same.

Their protective Divine Light, their powerful Divine Abilities, the precious Magic Treasures they offered, and even their Physical Bodies and Divine Souls... in the face of this absolute power of "erasure," they had no room for resistance, like bubbles under the sun, popping and disappearing one after another.

Only one breath passed.

Twenty Celestial Venerable Realm garrison Cultivators of the Hongmeng Divine Court, dressed in bright silver armor and with powerful auras, along with all the attacks they launched, were completely "erased" from this starry sky.

In place, only a "perfectly clean" Void remained, slightly distorted and lingering with faint destructive fluctuations.

And twenty Storage Rings that had lost their owners, their light slightly dimmed, slowly drifting down, along with a few identity tokens that had not been activated in time.

Nightmare reached out and beckoned, collecting all these spoils.

His Divine Thought swept over one of the tokens, and information such as "Hongmeng Divine Court · Wu-character 73 Post Station · Garrison Officer" became clear to him, along with some Jade Slips containing basic knowledge about the High Universe Domain, the distribution of Divine Court edge forces, and a rough map of the nearby Star Domain.

He didn't even look at the Grandmist Post Station behind, which had fallen into a brief dead silence due to the instant annihilation of the garrison Cultivators, followed by blaring alarms.

"Blood Fang."

"Subordinate is here!" Blood Fang's excited and hoarse voice came through the communication.

The scene just now had completely shocked him and the entire Vanguard Army.

Twenty Celestial Venerables! Actually killed by the Alliance Leader... in one move?!

"Destroy all the early warning and communication devices of that post station, then, follow me." Nightmare's tone was flat, as if he had just casually swatted a few flies.

"Yes!"

The next moment, the main cannon of the "ni dao vessel" lit up with dazzling Chaos light, and a thick beam of destructive light shot out, accurately hitting the towers in the center of the Grandmist Post Station!

Rumble—!!!

The post station shook violently, the pale golden shield shattered after flashing crazily, and the central towers were turned into powder under the bombardment of the Chaos beam, along with all the communication formations and early warning runes inside, completely destroyed.

Nightmare had returned to the bow of the ship, his gaze cast into the depths of the starry sky, toward the chaotic edge zone known as the "Black Wind Desert," according to the rudimentary map just obtained.

"Turn the fleet, target, Black Wind Desert."

"Maximum speed, advance."

The three warships spewed light flames, passing without stopping by the ruins of the Grandmist Post Station that was collapsing and burning, heading toward the deeper and more dangerous darkness of the High Universe Domain.

Leaving behind only the Star Domain that had been violently "welcomed" and violently "said goodbye" to, and the ruins of the post station that was billowing with thick smoke, gradually sinking into the cold Void.

The first lesson of the High Universe Domain, Nightmare had completed the teaching in the most direct and bloody way.