Exiting his gigantic world, Alexander flew peacefully within space.

When suddenly, he frowned.

Reaching inside his internal world by plunging his hand inside his World Core, forming a portal for his hand to pass through, he grabbed a green jade token, its size easily fitting inside his palm.

Growing his height a bit, he was back at his two meters tall self.

Taking a look at the shining green token, blinking a green light, he inspected it using his powerful Divine Sense.

A few moments later, his frowning face had confusion washing over it.

After manipulating it by the means of his Divine Sense, the token stopped blinking, instead filling the void with a faint green light.

Waiting for a bit, a man's voice came out of the jade token.

"Hey! Alexander! It's been a while buddy! How have you been? I heard you were sealed for a couple million years, but when I came to look for you, I simply couldn't? Even after contacting you multiple times, you didn't respond..."

Sigh

Exhaling from the torrent of questions assaulting him, Alexander answered calmly, contrasting greatly with his interlocutor.

"I made a deal with the Heavens and got sealed for a million years more, though it made me breakthrough to the tenth layer!"

Silence reigning, it took a few seconds for this void to be filled with surprise.

"You broke through?! That's insane! I'm still stuck at the ninth layer! Screw you!" Crying out, the man's voice seemed jealous.

"Brother Qiu, since you called me at the best time, want to play a game?"

"What game do you want to play? I won't play red chess with you for now, I'm sick of playing against air! You're just too bad at it man! How unfitting of an Immortal! Hahaha!"

With veins bulging everywhere, Alexander shook his head with gritted teeth, knowing he could not refute the man, therefore not intending on wasting his energy on such a petty matter.

"No, let's play '[Step it up !]', what do you say? We meet somewhere in the Universe and play that."

"I don't mind, if it's not red chess, then I'm alright with it! It's been a while anyway, since I last played 'that' type of game."

After a few more exchanges, the two had set up a meeting.

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The clock of the Universe ticked, bringing forth the meeting.

A young man, with black hair in a long braided ponytail resting on his shoulder, took notice of spatial fluctuations to his left. Turning his head to observe the phenomenon, his black and red clothes fluttering along his aura, he saw Alexander's figure appear.

"Haha! Brother, here you are! Let's play already!"

Smiling, Alexander's floating figure approached the man, both in the middle of space, colorful worlds and stars twinkling all around them. The dreamy blue and purple space indicated their current coordinates, within the Upper Realms.

[Step it up !] was a popular game amongst powerful cultivators, and while the name sounded childish, the game itself was not.

The rules were simple, each individual could not use their physical body, while they fatally attacked other cultivators. Once a kill had been made, they needed to attack a cultivator within the next higher major realm of the previous victim.

For example, once a Nascent Soul Realm had been killed, the next target had to be a Dao Heart Realm cultivator.

The starting and ending major realms were to be decided prior to the game.

It was important to note that only the major realms themselves were accounted for, ignoring the minor realms within. Meaning that killing a peak stage Nascent Soul Realm cultivator did not forbit killing a Dao Heart Realm cultivator below the peak stage. It was completely valid to kill one at the early stage in this scenario.

Thinking for a few moments, Alexander said.

"Let's do a long game, we'll start at the Qi Sensing Realm with the first one to kill a Perfected Divine Dao Union Realm cultivator winning."

Nodding, Qiu Qigang agreed immediately, his eyes burning.

"Just as competitive as ever..." Shaking his head with a smile, he released his Divine Sense, and so did Qiu Qigang.

Their near peerless Divine Senses engulfing galaxy after galaxy, layer after layer as if made from endless greed, they soon had their playground ready.

"I marked the limits of the map, are you ready?"

"Of course!"

Breathing in, Alexander waved his hand, marking the start of the competition.

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Cultivator dying one after the other within the map's boundary, they did not know what had happened, being attacked out of nowhere.

"Brother Qiu, I'm already at the Nascent Soul Realm!" Smirking, Alexander felt the win already in his grasp.

"Hmph, I am actually at the Saint King Realm! Aren't you slow, did you become an old man already?"

"Really?!" Seeing the confident look on his good friend, Alexander was starting to get nervous.

Laughing, Qiu Qigang was actually cursing inside.

'Of course not! I'm still at the stupid Star Realm, why are they so hard to find today?!'

After a few hours, Qiu Qigang accidentally blurted out his current progress.

"Yes! Finally! I got a stupid Divine Realm piece of shit! It took me so long!"

Feeling the gaze of confusion behind him, he realized his mistake.

"So what if I lied?! What about you?! I don't believe you could find a Divine Realm cultivator much earlier than me!"

The corner of his mouth rising, Alexander laughed.

"Haha! Then I must present my excuses! It seemed that killing that Divine Realm cultivator earlier slowed you down! My bad, my bad!" Placing his hand over his mouth, his eyes crescent moons, he clearly gave him empty words.

"Then... which one do you have to kill now?" Knowing deep inside he was about to lose, Qiu Qigang could still not help his curiosity.

Seeing Alexander wave his hand, teleporting an old man, his eyes felt like popping out of their sockets.

"You..." Unable to speak further, he watched as Alexander annihilated the old man's soul using his own, slaying the Perfected Divine Dao Union Realm expert.

"I win, brother Qiu." A gentle smile blossoming, Alexander watched as Qiu Qigang sighed, destroying a world nearby out of spite.

"You got lucky! Let's play red chess then!" Trying to bait his good friend into a loss, he knew full well it was futile.

"No way!" Waving his hand, Alexander refused instantly, as expected.

"Then what do we do now? Don't you have games from that Universe or something?"

"Yeah, but I don't feel like playing them now..."

Silence permeating the void, they both fell into thoughts.

They were old cultivators, crippling their hobbies. After doing so many things so many times, getting bored was normal.

"Should we spar then? Oh wait, you have a higher cultivation base now..." Qiu Qigang's idea was denied just as soon as it formed.

"I mean, even if I would suppress my cultivation base, I'm not in the mood... Maybe messing with people..."

Silence fell once more, however, it was quickly broken.

"You know what brother Qiu, I did not tell you, but I made world! That is also the reason I was sealed for a million years more. Let's have some fun there, playing as a mortal is quite relaxing you know. How long as it been since you've done that?"

His thoughts churning, Qiu Qigang agreed.

"Not a bad idea, it's been so long... let's be the secluded old men living peacefully while secretly being overpowered."

"Well, if it's settled, then let's get going already!" Flying away, Alexander barely took a moment to travel millions of kilometers. Despite his speed, Qiu Qigang did not seem to have any trouble following.

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After finally reaching Alexander's world, Qiu Qigang was utterly shocked.

"Brother, you did not tell me about this! What's with this stupid size?! Are you making a world or a fucking galaxy?!"

"Come on... it's not that big... it's a chunky world... don't make fun of it!"

"...It's not about being 'big', how did you even find the materials for this?" Qiu Qigang was speechless, watching his good friend's creation with bulging eyes.

"Use your brain, do you think I would use my own materials? I just blew up all the worlds around and made it with that."

"If the materials are from here, and since my Divine Sense caught on people above the Golden Core Realm, how does it hold them? If they put their mind into it, your world should not be able to contend with them for very long!" Qiu Qigang was getting curious by such decisions.

"It doesn't matter, let alone the energies that strengthened the world, the Heaven's would not do a sloppy job!"

Affirming his world's features, Alexander indicated at Qiu Qigang to follow him inside.

Teleporting a few times, they both appeared under the golden sky, standing tall above the grass below.

Winds humming at them, they descended.

Walking to a city close by, they entered without a care in the world.

On the street, they were planning their next move, when suddenly, a figure collided with Qiu Qigang's body from the right.

Turning his head around, Qiu Qigang noticed the restaurant, understanding what might have happened.

Soon after, his assumptions were confirmed.

"Girl! Come back here! Dare to mess with this big brother?! If you kneel down and apologize, then I might just forgive you! Only taking you in for a night, hehe!" Licking his lips, a tall and burly middle aged man walked out of the restaurant, going down the few steps in front.

As they were about to continue walking, Qiu Qigang's black and red robes were caught by something.

Looking over, he saw a young girl grab his robes, with a crying face staring at him.

Shaking his head, Alexander already knew the mistake the woman had made.

Indeed, looking into Qiu Qigang's red eyes, the young woman was shocked. She thought that with her beauty and current state, a gentleman would definitely save her, however, Qiu Qigang's eyes, as if a sea of blood, were clearly not intending on acting generously.

"Bitch what the fuck do you want?! Let go of my robes you waste of fucking space! Or do you want me to cripple you?!"

'This young girl is unlucky, brother Qiu is a hot blooded man, and as an old cultivator at the Ascension Realm, how many peerlessly beautiful women as he been with? Countless... With your appearance, he would not care!' Smiling at the young woman's plight, he did not intervene.

Watching the scene unfolding, the middle aged man was speechless, unable to process the present moment.

Finally, after hearing Qiu Qigang's loud voice, he awoke from his stupor, regaining his initial schemes.

"You two! Don't meddle in this! I, Gah-"

Blood dripping, silence reigning, the world came to a halt. The surroundings frozen un place, people were shocked and terrified, too scared to move.

"As for you slut, get the fuck off my face! You have one second... oh too late, you die as well!"

Being rash and powerful, Qiu Qigang disliked being looked down upon the most. So seeing the man do exactly that, along the young girl trying to use him, he, unfortunately for them, ended up losing his cool, making their bodies explode in blood bombs, painting the streets red.

"Sorry brother, I lost myself for a bit, you know how I hate these types of stuff... let's get going, we already got a spot."

Nodding his head lightly, his face smiling faintly, Alexander did not refute.

As the silence of the still world around them was broken by cries of help and disgust, their figures faded away.