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Chapter 980 Bottleneck
The eighth-tier True God is a significant hurdle for the current human race. When the Chaos City Lord broke through, he directly entered the eighth tier. However, when the other Universe Lords broke through, most of them entered the seventh tier, with a few reaching the mid or late stages of the seventh tier.

Unexpectedly, after Hong and Lei Shen broke through, their cultivation levels jumped directly to the eighth rank. After entering the eighth rank, Lei Shen's aura gradually stabilized, and he also broke free from the chaotic evolution.

Feeling the immense power, Thor was extremely excited. At the level of an eighth-tier True God, he was now among the top-ranking experts in the human race.

In the vast ocean of the universe, there are only a handful of beings who can defeat him. Moreover, with the blessing of the most powerful treasure, he can even contend with a ninth-tier true god.

"Brother Hong is indeed a bit stronger than me!" Thor sighed inwardly as he looked at Hong, who was still immersed in the evolution of chaos.

On Earth, Hong's cultivation level was lower than his own, but his strength was greater, and he had also comprehended a domain. After entering the universe, Hong had consistently been faster than him.

Now, having finally broken through to the True God level, he himself transformed into an eighth-order True God, while Hong's aura continued to rise, reaching the mid-stage of the eighth-order True God realm and continuing to increase until it gradually stabilized in the late-stage of the eighth-order True God realm.

Opening his eyes, Hong's expression remained calm. After briefly adjusting to his own power, his aura began to drop rapidly.

As the two completed their breakthroughs, the primordial origin of the universe faded away. After congratulating the two, the various universe lords of the human race departed one by one.

The breakthroughs of the two individuals greatly stimulated the various universe lords of the human race. After leaving, they all entered seclusion and training, striving to improve their strength.

"Greetings, everyone!" Hong and Lei Shen greeted the Ice Peak Controllers and others as they ascended the high platform. As true gods of the human race, their status was equal.

"Congratulations on your breakthroughs! The Earth lineage has gained two more top-tier experts!" Long Xing said with emotion, expressing his deep admiration for the Earth lineage.

From Qin Hao and Luo Feng to Hong and Lei Shen now, they are all top-tier experts with exceptional talent.

Originally, their focus was on Qin Hao and Thor, but now the rise of Hong and Thor has surprised them all.

Hong, in particular, broke through to the late stage of the eighth-order True God level, which is comparable to the Primordial Ancestor of yesteryear. Thor is somewhat inferior, but he can still be compared to the Lord of Chaos City and the Giant Axe Founder.

With such talent, the human race may have two more Void God level powerhouses in the future, and two more holy lands.

“Earth also belongs to the human race!” Hong said, his tone calm.

“Indeed, Earth is also home to the human race!” Bingfeng said. “Our human race has gained two more True Gods, and they are even eighth-order True Gods, further enhancing our strength. I hope you can continue to forge ahead and become the pillars of our human race.”

The Ice Peak Controller's tone was full of expectation, and he highly recognized the potential of the two.

"Thank you!" Hong and Thor said. After a brief conversation, the other gods also left.

Ultimately, what they were truly interested in was the process of a true god's breakthrough and transformation—the strange aura of laws emanating from this process, and the aura of the primordial universe's origin descending.

The process of a strong person breaking through can be very inspiring for them, and can give them some new insights.

Hong and Thor then left directly, each heading to their own miniature universe to experience its state and further comprehend the eighth-order secret technique.

Becoming an eighth-order True God significantly reduced the difficulty of mastering eighth-order secret techniques. Coupled with the support of their miniature universes, their progress was incredibly rapid. They quickly mastered eighth-order secret techniques and began deduce and create new ones. Learning and creating secret techniques are different, but simply learning them wouldn't allow them to fully unleash their power.

Even if it is a secret technique that is truly suitable for oneself, it is not something one created, and it cannot fully take into account the cultivator's condition and preferences.

The breakthroughs of Hong and Thor inspired many human universe lords. Subsequently, new true gods began to be born among the human race.

Although the interval between them is at least a billion epochs, the emergence of a true god in a hundred billion or even trillion epochs is extremely rapid for humanity and even for the entire primordial universe.

In a hundred billion epochs, there are 100 true gods in a trillion epochs. In the original work, the human race only had 98 true gods at its peak.

Of course, this isn't continuous; if it were, it would be terrifying. After a series of new true gods appear, there's always a period of silence, sometimes lasting trillions of epochs without any new true gods being born.

However, the number of human cosmic rulers has remained relatively stable and is constantly increasing, providing a foundation for the birth of new true gods.

This is also the result of Qin Hao's efforts to organize the human race's heritage. The orderly inheritance and content have lowered the threshold, allowing even those geniuses who were previously struggling to reach a new level.

However, once you reach a new level, you reach your limit and it becomes difficult to grow any further.

Many universe lords among the human race are like this; they possess certain talents and, with the support of their race, become universe lords.

Once they become the masters of the universe, they reach their pinnacle, and without a great opportunity, they simply cannot break through it.

As the growth of human powerhouses entered a period of stagnation and bottleneck, Qin Hao's strength also hit a bottleneck.

The understanding of laws, origins, and the Great Dao gradually reached a bottleneck, growth began to slow down, and eventually there was no new understanding.

After this situation lasted for millions of epochs, Qin Hao couldn't help but open his eyes.

"The accumulated experience has been exhausted, and it won't be so easy to make progress again!" Qin Hao thought with some emotion, as he was well aware of this situation.

His cultivation has been very smooth all along, with very few bottlenecks, which he has been able to break through quite easily.

However, the bottleneck we're facing now is not so simple.

Logically speaking, with the existence of the Chaos Pearl and the Chaos Green Lotus Seed, there should be no bottlenecks in the laws of chaos, the great path of chaos, and the great path of life.

However, now, the understanding of these two aspects has become very slow. They are right in front of us, yet they are so ethereal and elusive, as if we cannot grasp them.

"It's not the influence of cultivation level, it's most likely the influence of the soul!" Qin Hao was also quickly analyzing in his mind, his soul and will were at the God King level.

They should all be top-tier in the Origin Continent; this situation shouldn't have occurred.

(End of this chapter)