Swallow the starry sky, grind to become the strongest in the universe

Chapter 217 Another Advance Payment, The Mysteries of the World's Origin

"Shh!"

Yu Duan's figure appeared among the continuous mountain stone palaces, his gaze fixed on each and every one of them.

The walls of these palaces are engraved with countless patterns.

There are images of powerful warriors clashing, images of headless figures being worshipped... and finally, the most prominent image is that of a majestic flying ship.

A surge of will and emotion swept towards Yu Duan through these patterns.

"The powerful being who left this pattern, possessing willpower-based abilities, is very likely a Void God."

Yu Duan looked at the majestic flying ship pattern. With just one glance, he could tell that it was a spaceship, and a spaceship in its complete state.

Therefore, the one who left behind this pattern and legacy should also be one of the powerful figures from the Wu Kingdom who came to the Cosmic Sea with the spaceship.

It's unclear whether this powerful being is a Void God or an Eternal God.

Yu Duan shifted his gaze from the patterns, and then his figure slowly flew into the depths of the endless palace.

Some of the walls are also engraved with ancient texts.

"mistake!"

"This was a mistake; we paid such a high price, and all it brought was death!"

"Haha, I've broken through! But so what? I'm still going to die!"

A powerful surge of anger, sorrow, and resentment lingered, but it wasn't particularly strong.

Soon, Yu Duan's figure reached the deepest part of this endless palace.

There is a courtyard here, which is different from many mountain and stone palaces.

Inside the courtyard, there are some elegant decorations and carvings. The most eye-catching of them all is a majestic stone wall.

The stone wall is about a kilometer high and about two kilometers long, and a powerful aura emanates from it.

This stone wall, which appears exceptionally smooth to ordinary living beings, is covered with countless fine, mysterious threads. These threads are only nanometers thick, equivalent to one sixty-thousandth the diameter of a human hair.

The endless, intricate patterns intertwine to create an exceptionally vast and expansive three-dimensional pattern map.

"Boom!"

The moment Yu Duan's gaze fell upon the secret pattern, an aura emanated, instantly impacting Yu Duan's will.

At this moment, Yu Duan felt that the stone wall in front of him had changed, and the countless secret patterns seemed to come alive, forming a vast and majestic world.

Within this world, countless lives kneel on the ground, including all races of flesh and stone.

These beings all bowed and prostrated themselves in one direction, chanting: "Mo Hua, Mo Hua..."

"break!"

Yu Duan focused his mind, and his boundless will instantly sublimated, collapsing to an extreme, easily breaking free from this illusion.

The main reason is that the secret patterns on the stone wall are meant to showcase one's strongest insights, not to be used for attack.

Otherwise, given Yu Duan's willpower and resources, breaking free from this illusion would be quite troublesome.

"River Spirit, do you recognize this 'Demon Orb'?"

Yu Duan's will connects with the wisdom of the river of life.

River Spirit's childish voice rang out: "Master, I am a newly born intelligence. I only know a little bit of information. I don't even know what my old master's name was."

Yu Duan nodded slightly, and then began to study the secret runes.

These countless interwoven patterns, in Yu Duan's eyes, were not static, but constantly changing, penetrating the interior of the stone wall.

These secret patterns first intertwine and spread, forming miniature secret pattern diagrams.

Each miniature pattern is like a universe, a world.

These 'universes' then become countless microscopic elementary particles, which recombine to form a magnificent living being.

"A single microscopic particle is a universe, a world."

"Indeed, it is also profound in origin, far surpassing the inheritance of that Jie Fanzi, and also far surpassing the artistic conception in the virtual universe origin of the primordial ancestor."

Yu Duan was so engrossed in understanding and studying the secret pattern that he didn't even notice the passage of time.

One day, two days, three days... In the blink of an eye, more than half a year has passed.

When Yu Duan snapped out of his reverie, he had basically figured out what kind of secret technique it was.

"It should also be a soul-related technique, and the mysteries it contains should lean towards the world and the universe."

On the continent of origin, there are countless kinds of primordial mysteries, such as deadly poisons, earth, water, fire, illusions, and so on. But the types of primordial Dao are far fewer.

The existence of the origin of mystery and the source of laws is different from the origin of the Great Dao. They are related to each other, but they are not the same.

The relationship between the two can be simply understood as the relationship between artistic conception and principle.

Of course, this is just a simple analogy and not entirely accurate.

"The world of Jin will take countless years to emerge, and the hermit of the mountain dares not impart any mysteries beyond the fundamental laws."

"Then this set of secret patterns is the mystery I will mainly study next."

Compared to Jie Fanzi's realm of touching the source of laws, this secret pattern diagram is obviously countless times higher.

Yu Duan's comprehension level was only at the seventh level, so he was not able to directly comprehend the entire secret pattern diagram. He could only study the individual miniature secret pattern diagrams first.

This is what is known as the Secret Pattern School.

In the primordial universe, there was no school of thought that studied the secret rune system.

However, some of the other powerful figures from the first and second cycles of reincarnation possessed mastery of the Secret Pattern School.

“I have never been exposed to the rune pattern school before. Directly studying such a complex rune pattern would be much less efficient… However, I might as well make a trip to the small universe of that Starry Sky Beast Ancestor.”

The progenitor of the Starry Sky Beasts has now become a member of the Hong Alliance.

As the leader of the Hongmeng Alliance, it was naturally not a problem for Yu Duan to send a divine avatar to his small universe to conduct research.

"Buzz!"

Yu Duan raised his hand, conjuring dozens of divine power avatars.

These divine beings will be responsible for studying the secret patterns on the stone wall.

The Frost Sky Beast clone still needs to explore the core area of ​​the spaceship.

Areas such as Flame Water Lake and Black Pattern Stone Pillars are only considered the outer perimeter of the Secret Pattern Diagram, far from reaching the core.

Of all the areas that Yu Duan had explored, only the secret chamber containing the cyan token could be considered the core.

However, before exploring the core area, Yu Duan needs to deliver the River of Life to his true self who is cultivating in seclusion in the Black Pattern Stone Pillar area, so as not to lose it while trapped in some unknown place.

……

Virtual universe, Hongmeng dimension.

The current Hongmeng dimension is vastly different from the original one.

On a vast and boundless continent, numerous bustling cities are scattered.

The city at the very center is the former site of Hongmeng City.

Today, this majestic city is a gathering place for cosmic venerables, cosmic lords, and even the strongest beings.

At this moment, in the very heart of this city, stands a magnificent, suspended temple.

"Shh!"

The progenitor of the starry sky, transformed into human form, landed outside this majestic temple and walked into it with a somewhat apprehensive expression.

In the center of the temple, Yu Duan sat regally beside a majestic throne.

The moment the colossal primordial beast entered, it sensed something. "Greetings, Alliance Leader!"

The progenitor of the starry sky behemoth bowed slightly to Yu Duan.

Even the original ancestor back then never possessed the power and prestige that Yu Duan has today.

"No need for such formalities, Ancestor of the Stars."

Yu Duan put on what he considered a friendly smile and then asked, "I heard that there are sixty-four strange beast god statues in the ancestor's miniature universe?"

After Yu Duan finished speaking, the Starry Sky Beast Ancestor hurriedly said, "That's right, I will send those sixty-four statues to the Alliance headquarters as a small contribution to the Alliance!"

Immediately, Yu Duan was speechless.

Yu Duan hadn't originally intended to steal the treasure, but the Starry Sky Beast Ancestor was unusually proactive.

"Hahaha, hmm... These sixty-four statues of the Star Ancestor are all extraordinary. As the leader of the alliance, how can I forcibly seize them?"

Yu Duan waved his hand and said, "How about this? I'll take out sixty-four top-tier treasures to exchange for these sixty-four statues, how about that?"

Even the progenitor of the Starry Sky Beasts hadn't expected this benefit.

It should be noted that his most powerful treasure, the Ancestral Mountain, is only a special treasure and cannot be considered a supreme treasure.

"Thank you, Alliance Leader!" The Starry Sky Beast Ancestor hurriedly expressed his gratitude: "I will immediately send someone to deliver the sixty-four statues to the Alliance Leader."

After speaking, the progenitor of the starry sky beast bowed slightly to Yu Duan once more, and then took his leave.

That day, Yu Duan saw these sixty-four strange statues in his own divine realm.

"The runes on these sixty-four statues are quite simple..."

Yu Duan's gaze fell on the sixty-four statues of beast gods.

The eight great beast gods each have eight statues, and each statue is a three-dimensional secret pattern.

Mastering the secret patterns on one of the statues represents the pinnacle of the secret techniques of the Lord of the Universe, which is quite simple in Yu Duan's eyes.

After studying them for just a few minutes, Yu Duan had mastered all sixty-four secret pattern diagrams.

"Having mastered all sixty-four secret rune diagrams, and with my current level of understanding, I can easily create seventh-order secret techniques."

"The eight fusion laws can be combined in this way... It seems that it won't be long before I can create a true seventh-tier top-level secret technique."

The original Yu Duan could only be considered as someone who could easily create top-tier sixth-order secret techniques.

To create a second set of seventh-tier secret techniques, sufficient time is needed for refinement.

Since initially gaining insights into the seventh level, Yu Duan has only perfected the ultimate technique "World Collapse" from the peak of the sixth level to the seventh level.

……

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, more than two thousand epochs had passed.

The primordial universe has gradually adapted to the era of humankind, but the fighting has not diminished.

From battles between different forces to battles between different races within the Hong Alliance, the intensity was kept within a certain range, which was actually more suitable for the growth of those young geniuses.

Aside from the Hongmeng, countless other races are banding together for mutual support.

The current Hongmeng is no longer a group they can join at will, so they have no choice but to band together.

This is also a situation that Yu Duan, the Giant Axe, or rather, the human race generally accept.

The geniuses within the Hongmeng also need some external battles and trials to grow.

In the deepest part of the Cosmic Sea, in the region of black-veined stone pillars.

A majestic sacred mountain floats here; this is the place of practice for the original human being.

On this majestic sacred mountain, there are endless, chaotic carvings.

Each carving is a top-tier sixth-order secret technique.

Every sixty-four carvings form a group, with countless secret patterns coming together to form a more mysterious and complex seventh-order secret pattern.

"After more than one hundred million epochs, we have finally perfected all four great techniques to the top level of the seventh rank!"

At the summit of the sacred mountain, there is a secluded courtyard where Yu Duan sits cross-legged.

At this moment, four endlessly complex secret patterns were engraved on the four walls of the courtyard.

The first secret pattern resembles an eternal universe, with all energy and matter in perfect internal circulation, seemingly eternal and indestructible.

The second secret pattern diagram is like a collapsing world, containing everything to the extreme.

These two secret patterns are Yu Duan's two previous secret techniques: the cosmic cycle and the world collapse.

As for the other two major rune patterns, one contains the concept of the end of all things, and the other is the development and reproduction of billions of lives. They are the rune patterns for the moves "All Things Return to Nothingness" and "The Evolution of All Beings".

The four secret techniques appear to be completely different.

However, if it is a true god with an extremely high realm, such as the Giant Axe or the Primordial Ancestor.

One can perceive that within these four secret patterns lies a realm of meaning even more subtle and unfathomable than the fundamental laws.

"The world operates in endless complexity... I have finally reached that level."

A thoughtful look appeared in Yu Duan's eyes: "The fundamental law contained in that Demonic Art of Magic should be the origin of the world, right?"

According to Yu Duan's speculation, the mystery lies in the origin of the world, though it may not be called by that name.

"The Book of Cause and Effect is also nearing its end."

"It shouldn't take too long to leap from the peak of the seventh rank to the eighth rank."

Yu Duan suppressed his emotions and continued to study the mysteries of the origin of this world.

Yu Duan now has so much to study.

In addition to the secret magic of the demonic aura and the origin of water and fire being studied by the human main body and the demonic banyan clone respectively, the blood sea clone has also been analyzing and studying the genetic structure of life.

"The gene level has now been improved to 1.8 times, and we should not encounter any bottlenecks before it reaches 3 times."

"Once we encounter a bottleneck, we can use the Book of Cause and Effect to make advance payments and shorten the cooldown time as much as possible."

……

Time passed silently, and Yu Duan, immersed in his spiritual practice, was completely unaware of it.

Until the Book of Cause and Effect, which had been dormant for about forty million years, was revived in the temple of the divine kingdom, Yu Duan was awakened.

[World Collapse]: A seventh-tier top-level domain-type secret technique, capable of pre-drawing insights into an eighth-tier top-level realm. Cost: 26.14 trillion epochs for researching and perfecting the secret technique.

[Cosmic Cycle]: A seventh-tier top-level combined secret technique, capable of pre-drawing insights into the eighth-tier top level. Cost: 21.14 trillion epochs for researching and perfecting the secret technique.

【…】

Upon seeing the words on the Book of Cause and Effect, Yu Duan's heart couldn't help but ripple with emotion.

"The judgment of the Book of Cause and Effect is actually a complete level. It seems that my previous deduction was wrong!"

Without hesitation, Yu Duan directly received his insights from "The Cycle of the Universe" in advance.

In an instant, Yu Duan's consciousness seemed to be immersed in the endless, vast, and mysterious origin of the world, feeling the evolution and mystery of this source of law, and his realm was rapidly improving.

He skipped the eighth level and directly reached the pinnacle of the eighth level.

The whole process lasted only a moment before Yu Duan recovered from this realization.

"The mysteries of the world's origin: every wisp of divine power, every drop of blood, every microscopic particle can all evolve into a world!"

Even Yu Duan's composure was shaken at this moment, overwhelmed by the 'exquisite beauty' of its primordial mystery.

An eighth-tier top-tier universe master is a legendary existence even on the entire Origin Continent.

Even Luo Feng, who cultivated for trillions of epochs and accelerated time by tens of millions of times, could not create a top-tier eighth-order secret technique no matter what.

(End of this chapter)