Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 246 Enhancement of Willpower
Amidst endless colorful mist, the azure palace is flying at a speed a hundred times faster than light.

'Bang!' 'Bang!' 'Bang!'
The dull thud, like a heavy hammer striking, gradually became clearer.

hum~~~
An invisible force of will swept in like a tidal wave, each impact causing Qi Yuan's will to feel a subtle pressure.

"The impact on my will is gradually intensifying. I don't know how far we are from where that impact originated, or if I can hold out until we get there."

The Shangqing clone piloted the Tiandou Palace, continuously flying forward.

He had tried to teleport when he entered this mysterious space, and it was impossible to teleport here. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to drift and fly here for nearly thirty years without reaching the boundary of this mysterious space.

Teleportation requires spatial fluctuations as a medium; even the slightest fluctuation is sufficient.

However, under the oppressive influence of the endless colorful light mist, this mysterious space was somewhat similar to a primordial star, where the entire spacetime was completely condensed, without any spatial fluctuations, so teleportation was impossible.

The only way to move forward here is by flying!
Fortunately, this is in the Cosmic Sea, where the maximum speed far exceeds the limit speed of the original universe, reaching up to a hundred times the speed of light.

Even when necessary, he can use his power of "words becoming law" to forcibly break through the limitations of the operating rules and make the speed soar again.

Therefore, his speed of progress was not slow.

flight!

The azure palace, bathed in a hazy starlight, transformed into a streak of light, swiftly flying through the endless colorful mist.

……

time flies.

More than five months have passed in the blink of an eye, and Tiandou Palace has traveled more than 40 light-years in the direction from which the muffled sound came!

"Thump!" "Thump!" "Thump!"
At this moment, the previously indistinct, low thuds had become increasingly clear. The dense, muffled sounds were like heavy hammers constantly striking an iron felt, or like the continuous beating of a giant war drum—

"Buzz~" "Buzz~" "Buzz~"

Like surging waves, wave after wave of terrifying will impacts swept over Qi Yuan, causing his consciousness to tremble slightly. The powerful will impacts had almost reached Qi Yuan's limit!
The endless onslaught of will, devoid of any chaotic emotions, was nothing but an absolute, superior gaze. Faced with this will, Qi Yuan was like a little white rabbit facing a ferocious tiger, unable to muster even the slightest thought of resistance.

"I'm almost at my limit."

Inside the Heavenly Dou Palace, Shangqing's clone remained clear-headed and continued to control the Heavenly Dou Palace's advance, only at a much slower pace.

Despite the relentless onslaught of overwhelming will, Qi Yuan remained calm and fearless.

The Heavenly Dou Palace itself possesses extremely strong illusion and sealing effects, and is also extremely adept at guarding souls.

Under the protection of the Heavenly Dou Palace, Qi Yuan was unable to resist the oppressive force of that will, but he was still able to maintain a sliver of consciousness.

"We can still persevere. Keep moving forward!"

The Heavenly Dou Palace continued to approach slowly, and the crushing impact of its will grew stronger and stronger, causing Qi Yuan's entire consciousness to roar.

As he struggled forward, Qi Yuan gradually found it increasingly difficult to resist the onslaught of willpower.

Finally, after flying for nearly a month, the Tian Dou Palace, which had been on its way, had to temporarily stop.

Inside the Heavenly Dou Palace, Qi Yuan's Jade Purity Avatar and Upper Purity Avatar sat cross-legged on the ground with difficulty, their entire divine bodies trembling slightly. At this moment, the incredibly powerful impact of his will had completely reached the limit he could withstand.

He had a feeling that if he moved forward even a tiny bit further, the intensified impact on his will would be too much for him to bear, causing him to completely collapse!
Although a breakdown of willpower is not fatal, and one can recover quickly by retreating in time to an area where the impact on willpower is weaker, it is meaningless and just a waste of time.

"The sheer power of this impact was something I had never felt, not even when facing the strongest beings in the universe like the Giant Axe Founder or the Black Universe Founder."

Qi Yuan's mind raced. "What do I do? This impact on my will is already this strong; the source must be even stronger. How can I get closer?"

The endless, colorful misty space seems to have never been known to the outside world, and it is very likely an unfamiliar space that has never been explored. Such a hidden space has a very high probability of containing opportunities!
Especially considering the direction from which that powerful will impacted; such a strong will impact couldn't have come out of thin air, there must be some special reason behind it.

Whatever the reason, whether it's some kind of facility left over from the spaceship, an extremely dangerous place that evolved from it, or some other special treasure, it could be a huge opportunity for him!
"If I go any further, my will will completely collapse. What should I do? Give up? Wait for the exit passage to open? There's a huge opportunity that might exist; giving up like this is just too much to bear."

Qi Yuan pondered quickly, "My will is not far from breaking through to the level of the strongest in the universe. If I can break through, there will definitely be a huge surge, which may be able to support me to continue to the source of that will."

"To temper one's will. Constantly enduring the impact on one's will in this mysterious space has a good effect on tempering it, but even with this constant tempering, it's unknown how long it will take to finally break through. And the vortex passage to leave, it's unclear when it will open."

"How can I quickly improve my willpower by using the time acceleration of that black-patterned stone pillar area? But even if I set off from the original universe immediately, it would take at least several hundred years just to get to that black-patterned stone pillar space. In such a long time, who knows how many things will happen."

"Willpower impact, willpower impact," Qi Yuan murmured to himself. Soon, an idea struck him. "I've got it! Let's try this!"

Inside the Heavenly Dou Palace, Qi Yuan's Shangqing clone straightened his posture slightly.

Subsequently, he actually released his defenses against the impact of that will, allowing it to invade his very consciousness without any obstruction.

"Thump!" "Thump!" "Thump!"
A deafening sound, like a dense drumbeat, erupted!

It was as if an invisible hammer was repeatedly and heavily striking Qi Yuan's soul consciousness, causing his consciousness to boom in waves, beads of sweat to seep out from his forehead, and his eyes to become somewhat sharp and ferocious.

However, he couldn't care less about any pained expression. Instead, while carefully sensing the fluctuations of that will, he immediately tried to activate the 'Transformation' talent of the Shangqing clone.

His incredibly powerful talent for transformation allows him to not only simulate all tangible matter, but also analyze and replicate almost ethereal secret techniques and natural realms.

With this powerful talent, he has analyzed countless opponents' secret techniques and the hazy artistic conceptions contained in various dangerous places in the universe over the past tens of thousands of years.

It was because of this ability that he was able to create more than a dozen of the strongest secret techniques of the universe masters in just tens of thousands of years, and even further create the 'Chaos Burial' which reached the fifth level!
The mental assault he is facing now is, to put it bluntly, like an incredibly powerful attack of malevolent energy, similar to a special fluctuation of intent that lies between a secret technique attack and a natural state of mind.

Since the talent for change can analyze and simulate the natural artistic conception contained in those dangerous places in the universe, I wonder if it can also analyze the fluctuations of this will impact and thus find a way to resolve it?

"Om~"

The moment the transformation talent was activated, the aura of the Shangqing clone began to change slightly. However, this change stopped abruptly, and the aura returned to normal.

First attempt at simulation failed!
However, Qi Yuan was not discouraged at all.

He released all defenses, allowing the shockwaves to relentlessly bombard his own consciousness. He then took the opportunity to sense the frequency, fluctuations, and other characteristics of the shockwaves before attempting to activate his 'Transformation' talent once again!
However, this time it was still a failure!

Induction simulation failed
The simulation attempt continued, but failed once again.
Tried again and again, failed again and again, in an endless cycle.

Although the simulation of that kind of shockwave ended in failure time and time again.

However, in this process, one directly abandons all defense, actively endures the impact of that invisible will, and attempts to analyze it with one's talent for transformation, deeply experiencing the various frequencies, fluctuations, and moods of that invisible will impact.
As a result, his will fluctuations, whether intentional or unintentional, tended to align with the frequency of that kind of will impact, and his entire will was undergoing a slow transformation.

Of course, while it may seem slow, it is many times faster than other methods of tempering one's will!
Continuous transformation.

Time slips away quietly.

Ten years, thirty years, one hundred years, five hundred years, eight hundred years.
Qi Yuan remained in that endless space of colorful light and mist, focusing intently on the enhancement and transformation of his will.

Meanwhile, incredibly exciting things are happening all the time in the outside world.

As Qi Yuan entered the colorful light mist space, the powerful members of the human race who were venturing in the cosmic sea had already begun to switch their battles to the 'cosmic ship'.

In the 21st year since Qi Yuan entered the Light Mist Space, Luo Feng encountered Indra, the Lord of the Five Chaos, and the Lord of the Ultimate Arrow in the 'Destroying God Ravine'.

After a great battle, the power of the Lava Demon God severely injured Indra, forcing the Lord of the Five Chaos and the Lord of the Ultimate Arrow to risk their lives to cross the sea of ​​lava in the God-Slaying Gorge, which led to the death of the Lord of the Ultimate Arrow.

Not long after, the battle at Flame Lake dragged on so long that the main body of the Five Chaos Lord fell into the abyss and perished. Luo Feng's name began to resound in the cosmic sea.

Immediately afterwards, the Giant Axe Founder, who arrived later, engaged in a fierce battle with the Third and Sixth True Lords of the Divine Eye Clan. The Giant Axe Founder, who had obtained the supreme treasure, the Divine Axe, directly forced the two True Lords of the Divine Eye Clan to submit. This was also the first time that the Giant Axe Founder had revealed his unparalleled prowess to the outside world!
In the 110th year since Qi Yuan entered the Light Mist Space, after the 'Preaching' function of the Return System, which only appeared once every ten thousand years, was restored, Qi Yuan summoned his disciples in the virtual universe and held a grand 'Preaching' that lasted for a month!
During this 'sermon', disciple 'Lu Ming' gained enlightenment and successfully comprehended the entire law of time, breaking through to the level of a Universe Venerable. As a result, the number of Universe Venerable level disciples under Qi Yuan's command also increased to three.

Thirty years later, Liao Li, the second disciple who had been fighting and honing his skills in the Ninth Star Domain prison for 30 years, finally made further progress, successfully breaking through the Primordial Tongtian Mountain and reaching the Immortal realm.

More than 300 years after Qi Yuan entered the Light Mist Space, Luo Feng's title of 'Lord of Rending Gold' was exposed, causing a stir among the human race.

Soon after, Luo Feng arrived at the Black Patterned Stone Pillar space and obtained a large number of maps of the cosmic sea within that space. Including Qi Yuan, the maps of the cosmic sea held by the human race's powerful figures instantly became as abundant as those of the powerful figures from the two holy lands.

Another century passed, and Flodis, the dwarf disciple of Qi Yuan, also crossed the Primal Tongtian Mountain and subsequently ascended to immortality.

Time passes little by little.

On this day, Qi Yuan, who had lingered for a long time in that endless space of colorful light and mist, finally had a faint smile in his eyes.

For hundreds of years, they have endured the trials of that willpower impact, experiencing and simulating the fluctuations contained within that willpower impact time and time again, thereby elevating their own willpower.

Continuously improve.

Finally, on this day, his will seemed to break through some invisible bottleneck and begin to undergo an amazing transformation!

(End of this chapter)