Thinking that Robinson William could not finish the test as quickly as he had, Dong Tianyu did not accompany him throughout.

After settling his parents, Dong Tianyu quickly bid them farewell. Bringing his parents over had delayed him by several days.

Although he entered the Cave every day for cultivation and did not miss out on cultivation time, it still affected Dong Tianyu’s progress in collecting Mysterious Cores.

Furthermore, with aquatic creatures now emerging in the water, Dong Tianyu thought it best to leave as soon as possible, so as not to affect the upgrading speed of his Companion Spiritual Treasure.

Once his parents were settled, Dong Tianyu had no new concerns, so it was time to resume his adventures.

After leaving enough supplies for his parents, Dong Tianyu resolvedly left the place.

When Chester came looking for Dong Tianyu, he learned from Mr. Thompson that Dong Tianyu had already left to seek his fortune.

Upon hearing this news, Chester felt a bit forlorn but still instructed Mr. Thompson to inform Dong Tianyu, if he returned, that Chester had something important for him and asked Dong Tianyu to seek him out.

Dong Tianyu returned to the Wave Rider, contacted the communications department again, and informed them that he was preparing to leave, hoping that the rafts floating on the surface would be moved aside just as they were the last time he entered.

The communications room gave Dong Tianyu the traffic department’s number and informed him that for future returns, the ship’s entry and exit could be directly coordinated with the traffic department.

After some time, Dong Tianyu finally steered the Wave Rider away from the control sea area of Magic City’s third base.

Once away from the third base of Magic City, Dong Tianyu immediately stored the Wave Rider in the Storage space, stepped on his Flying Swords, and soared into the sky.

This time, Dong Tianyu, in his quest to upgrade his Companion Spiritual Treasure as quickly as possible, did not practice catch and release as before; he spared none, regardless of their size.

Now, the small and medium-sized Mysterious Ships were no match for Dong Tianyu’s power; he resolved them quickly and brutally.

As Dong Tianyu continuously offered up Mysterious Cores, the Jade Ship began to grow in size. Although the structural model of the entire ship had not changed, its size was constantly increasing.

A boat that originally could only seat people now had enough space for a bed to rest on.

It was at this time that Dong Tianyu realized that as the size of the ship grew, the growth effect brought about by the Mysterious Cores was progressively diminishing.

This decrease was not limited to the Mysterious Cores produced by the tiny Mysterious Realms or the small ones; even those produced by the medium Mysterious Realms provided much less growth than before after being absorbed.

It was then that Dong Tianyu realized that the so-called limitless growth was like those upgradable items in games that, albeit seemingly capable of infinite upgrades, every successful upgrade reduces the chance of the next, making it increasingly unlikely to succeed with each attempt.

The upgrading of the Companion Spiritual Treasure wasn’t much different, except that though the progress might slow down considerably, there was no risk of failure.

Dong Tianyu understood that the problem now was that low-level Mysterious Cores were hardly useful anymore; for upgrading, it was necessary to devour high-level Mysterious Cores.

In fact, Dong Tianyu did not really enjoy entering Mysterious Realms within large-sized Mysterious Ships, because when faced with medium and small-sized Mysterious Realms, he could overcome them with sheer power, but with large-sized Mysterious Ships, he could only navigate by their rules to find the nodes within the realm and then manage to destroy them.

Furthermore, unlike the common small-sized Mysterious Ships, large-sized Mysterious Ships, though more numerous than the Blood-Colored Ghost Ships, were quite rare to encounter.

But persistence pays off, and after Dong Tianyu’s relentless search, he once again saw the towering black mist in the distance.

Just as Dong Tianyu was exhilarated, thinking that he had found another large-sized Mysterious Ship, the scene that greeted him as he approached left him dumbfounded.

If a large-sized Mysterious Ship’s size was comparable to a ten-thousand-ton cruise ship, then a super-large-sized Mysterious Ship’s volume was not much different from a hundred-thousand-ton aircraft carrier.

Then, this ghost ship shrouded in black mist before me, its size almost matched that of the water platform constructed under the aegis of the Imperial Court.

You must know, the water platform constructed by the Imperial Court was designed to shelter millions of survivors. In terms of structure and size, the water platform could hardly be called a ship—it would be more fitting to call it a small island or a fortress.

Faced with this colossal entity before him, Dong Tianyu truly felt apprehensive about approaching.

Although neither the blood-colored ghost ship nor the large-sized ghost ship posed much of a challenge to Dong Tianyu, in the face of this fortress-sized behemoth before him, Dong Tianyu not only lacked confidence in getting through but also had no assurance even for survival.

After all, that illusion in the Mysterious Realm had taught Dong Tianyu that there were always greater powers in existence.

Dong Tianyu gazed at the fortress-like silhouette in the sky for a long time before eventually deciding to give it up.

Even though there was an idea to venture in for a challenge, it shouldn’t be just then—at least not until Dong Tianyu had experienced the giant ghost ship.

When Dong Tianyu gave up the thought of attempting and turned away to leave with Sword Flight, he did not notice--the black mist encircling the fortress had actually formed shapes akin to claws, lunging toward the direction Dong Tianyu was in.

As the claw-shaped black mist flew farther and farther away, the mimicked mist grew smaller and eventually disappeared without a trace.

Before encountering the fortress-sized adversary, due to the diminishing effect the Mysterious Core had on enhancing the Companion Spiritual Treasure, Dong Tianyu’s mindset had actually become somewhat lackadaisical.

However, after seeing the fortress-like silhouette, Dong Tianyu finally became excited once again—after all, having a goal to chase after made one much more motivated.

But this positively enhanced mentality did not last long. Just as Dong Tianyu’s mood started to settle, he encountered a ghost ship emitting a dark green aura.

Following the black and blood-red auras, this was the third type of aura Dong Tianyu discovered emanating from a ghost ship.

If the black aura represents a solo Mysterious Realm and the red aura represents multi-person competition, then Dong Tianyu was very eager to find out what the dark green aura represented.

Dong Tianyu observed the ghost ship, which was the size of a mid-sized vessel, and by logic, he had the strength to forcefully destroy a Mysterious Realm of this level.

But just in case it was like the Bloody Mysterious Realm where several Mysterious Realms were combined, Dong Tianyu would have to follow the rules of the Mysterious Realm.

Although he couldn’t violently destroy the Mysterious Realm, Dong Tianyu was still confident in winning the competition against other survivors.

Facing the unknown ghost ship and Mysterious Realm, Dong Tianyu was not as frightened as he was when facing the colossal entity—perhaps this is what people mean by ’ignorance is bliss.’

Having made up his mind, Dong Tianyu charged directly towards the ghost ship that was emitting the dark green aura up ahead.

As soon as Dong Tianyu entered the Mysterious Realm, the Jade Ship involuntarily appeared beneath his feet in his Sea of Consciousness.

Originally flying with Sword Control, Dong Tianyu, for some reason, found himself landing directly on his Companion Spiritual Treasure, causing it to crash heavily onto the surface of the water.

When Dong Tianyu recovered from the series of events, he found himself in a body of water. Although the Flying Swords were still beneath his feet, no matter how he tried to activate them, they would not take off again.

When Dong Tianyu got off the Flying Swords, he found that they were unaffected when he Commanded them.

However, as soon as Dong Tianyu stepped onto the Flying Swords, no matter how he tried to stimulate them, they would not rise again.

After several confirmations, Dong Tianyu finally realized he was now restricted within the Jade Ship.