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Chapter 279 The Empress of Fengdu Loses Her Composure, The Choice of the Fourth Path
"Boom!"

In an instant, a myriad of mysteries surged within Yu Duan's heart.

The three major branches of the fundamental principle of cause and effect—fortune, misfortune, and impermanence—are all consequences.

Yu Duan had been wondering about a question before: why are all the branches of the Great Dao of Cause and Effect the result?

But now I understand that the result is easy to see, but the cause is hard to find.

Just as life is unpredictable, people can clearly see who is lucky enough to make money and achieve success, and who is unlucky enough to encounter difficulties and suffer calamities. But how many people can see through the various causes before the 'result'?
The process of comprehending this great principle of cause and effect is also like this.

Start with the visible 'result' and then unravel the complexities of cause and effect.

"Boom!"

A vibration, perceptible only at the level of the Dao, spread out.

Good fortune and misfortune are interdependent, cause and effect are one...

In an instant, Yu Duan broke through the bottleneck that more than 90% of the God Kings could not comprehend, and merged the branches of fortune and misfortune into one.

"Buzz!"

A mysterious resonance caused Yu Duan's mind to intertwine with the fundamental Dao of cause and effect.

This is the realm of enlightenment attained at the second level of the God-King realm, capable of invoking the fundamental Dao of cause and effect within the supreme rules.

Apart from this, Yu Duan's physical body and soul did not become stronger as his understanding improved.

The three realms of the God King are very special. To become stronger, one must comprehend the secret techniques of the life form at that level.

However, since Yu Duan has already grasped the essence, comprehending the secret technique of the second level of the God King realm life form will be incredibly easy for him.

"The three forms of this 'Zhou Tian Cheng Fu' inheritance all look quite good..."

A myriad of thoughts surged through Yu Duan's mind.

As a top-tier inheritance, it directly points to the ultimate realm of God King, and naturally includes various techniques, secret methods, and life forms.

In the cycle of Heavenly Rebirth, there are three major forms, each corresponding to one of the three branches of the Great Dao of Cause and Effect.

Among them, the most powerful is the "Causal Mystic Embryo" form, which corresponds to the "Impermanence" branch.

This form of physical body is the most powerful, giving divine power the power of cause and effect, which can evolve causal imprints and imprint them on all things.

Every move they make triggers endless calamities through cause and effect, without diminishing their own power.

“Good, then I will study this form. As for the secret method of creating my own life form... I can study it later when my progress slows down.”

Yu Duan's divine body was already far superior to the peak of the second level of the God King realm.

Even with his ultimate will, Duan could hardly control this infinitely powerful divine body, and could only perfectly control 30% of its power.

After this transformation to the second level of the God King realm, Yu Duan's physical body and soul underwent another transformation, making his divine body incredibly stronger... Even the so-called Emperors are probably not as strong as Yu Duan's divine body.

The process of comprehending the secrets of the 'Cause and Effect Mysterious Embryo' life form is also a process of understanding and studying the Great Dao of Cause and Effect.

This 'Cause and Effect Mystic Embryo' secret method, as a special-grade inheritance, is inherently mysterious and difficult to cultivate and comprehend.

Even though Yu Duan boasted that his compatibility with the Great Dao of Cause and Effect was extraordinary, he encountered many doubts for a time.

In the blink of an eye, nearly a third of a century had passed.

After the Book of Cause and Effect cooled down again, Yu Duan looked at the options on the Book of Cause and Effect.

【Embers of Cause and Effect】: Ultimate causal-based incantation technique, realm: peak of the fourth level. Can pre-draw insights into the 'peak of the fifth level', the price to pay is: studying the fundamental Dao of cause and effect for 1.21 epochs.

"The cost of pre-emptively using the peak of the fifth level is about three times that of the peak of the fourth level... It also takes about a century. In terms of comprehending other Great Daos, I'm afraid I won't even be able to comprehend a single branch."

"Then let's comprehend the Great Dao of Cause and Effect to its ultimate level and see how many eras it would take to directly reach the ultimate level."

……

The years are long.

In the blink of an eye, nearly six centuries had passed.

On this day, in the capital city, at the Hengjie Royal Palace.

"Master, the Primordial God Marquis requests an audience!"

Duan Gan Hongcheng, at the peak of the Eternal Realm, respectfully bowed to Yu Duan's clone.

Yu Duan opened his eyes, his gaze seeing through cause and effect, and a faint smile appeared on his face: "I never thought that in just a few epochs, the Primordial Ancestor would have created a Chaos Continent."

Through cause and effect, Yu Duan saw the past of the original ancestor.

Since breaking through to the Chaos Realm, the Primordial Ancestor has been in seclusion for several centuries, researching his virtual universe killing moves.

Just a few days ago, I successfully defeated a veteran top-tier Chaos Realm expert and opened up a small Chaos State.

The secret techniques of the virtual universe are not inherently deadly martial arts.

Since this period of seclusion, the Primordial Ancestor has created a true art of killing, using illusions to harm the real.

The illusory clones of the progenitor have a kind of "cultivating the fake into the real" meaning, allowing the clones in the illusory world to step into reality.

This time, the virtual universe's ultimate move turns all the damage in the illusion and the dream world into reality.

It should be known that powerful illusionists can conjure up all sorts of deadly techniques far exceeding their own level within their own illusions, becoming billions of times stronger.

Back when Yu Duan was just a minor domain lord, he was able to unleash an attack that could "tear apart the starry sea" in the illusion, which was of little use except for intimidating opponents.

But it's different if you can make the fake one real.

Even if only one ten-thousandth or one millionth of the damage is realized, it can greatly enhance the original ancestor's combat power.

A moment later, Yu Duan met the Primordial Ancestor, Giant Axe, and Dark Teacher in the reception room.

"Relocate to the new Chaos State?"

Upon hearing the plans of the Primordial Ancestor, Giant Axe, and the others, Yu Duan pondered for a moment and said, "Very well."

“Since the teacher and the people are willing to build their own foundation, I naturally have no objection.”

"I have created an avatar with the combat power of an ordinary God-King to stay in Chaos State for a period of time. I will leave after the Primordial Ancestor achieves the transcendence of Chaos Realm."

Yu Duan flipped his right hand and took out 10 Hunyuan Crystal Fruits.

"This is the Hunyuan Crystal Spirit Fruit, a treasure that can enhance comprehension. It has excellent effects on Chaos Realm cultivators and ordinary God Kings. For me, taking it now is only slightly better than nothing. Please accept it."

Back then, Ancestor Fengxi directly gave Yu Duan 100 Hunyuan Crystal Fruits.

However, Yu Duan doesn't need that many. These kinds of treasures are only helpful when comprehending branches of the Great Dao. Once it comes to studying the second level of the God King realm, their effects are not so good.

Yu Duan planned to leave ten for Yuan Zu and Luo Feng each, and keep the rest for himself when he was studying other branches of the Great Dao.

As for the Dark Teacher... it's not that Yu Duan wouldn't give it to him, it's just that it would be a waste for the Dark Teacher to use such a treasure now, since he hasn't even entered the realm of the Source of Laws yet.

When Dark Teacher and the others reach the Chaos Realm in the future, Yu Duan's realm and resources will be even more extraordinary, allowing him to prepare even better.

"Alright, I won't stand on ceremony with you then."

A gentle smile appeared on the ancestor's face as he said, "I'll lead my people to relocate first... Also, regarding the naming of Chaos State, I plan to call it Hongmeng Chaos State, and the main city Hongmeng City. I'd like to ask for your opinion." "Either way is fine, I have no objection."

As Yu Duan spoke, he pulled out another trillions of cosmic sands.

For Yu Duan now, a hundred billion cosmic sands are nothing.

The vast treasures and resources that Mohe has acquired over the past few centuries are equivalent to the wealth of a dozen ordinary god-kings.

However, there are no treasures useful to Duan inside, mainly because the treasures and resources used by Duan are too high-end.

"With these trillions of cosmic sands, the development of the Hongmeng Chaos State should go relatively smoothly. If you encounter any problems, feel free to come to me."

"it is good!"

Yuan Zu didn't stand on ceremony, and then Yu Duan ordered a banquet to be prepared.

After the Primordial Ancestor, Giant Axe, and Dark Teacher left, Yu Duan looked in one direction.

That is a country bordering the Food Kingdom, called the Cold Forest Kingdom.

Recently, Luo Feng has caused quite a stir in the Hansen Kingdom and is hailed as the invincible Eternal True God.

"I wonder how many more eras Luo Feng will need to reach the Chaos Realm... With so many treasures and a stronger inheritance by his side, he will probably reach it much faster than the original ancestor."

Compared to the original novel, Luo Feng's comprehension is in no way inferior.

Because of Yu Duan's presence, Luo Feng lacked a lot of experience and pressure, and his potential was once far less than his original normal trajectory.

However, Luo Feng later managed to comprehend a life structure with 100,000 times the genetic weight at the level of the Lord of the Universe, which means that the negative impact caused by Yu Duan, the transmigrator, has disappeared.

With an even more complete lineage to inherit, Luo Feng's progress will be even faster.

"There are still more than 300 days left to reach the sixth level of the 'Cause and Effect Embers' pre-payment cost. We'll see how long the pre-payment cost for the ultimate realm is then."

The cost of the fifth level of the Causal Flame is only a little over one epoch.

The cost of reaching the sixth peak (the peak of the second level of the God King realm) is nearly five epochs.

The total time spent comprehending the Great Dao of Cause and Effect is actually shorter than the time required to reach the peak of the first level of the God King realm through the cultivation of the Great Daos of World and Boundless.

If the timeframe is shorter, Yu Duan will not hesitate to choose to advance the time and reach the ultimate realm first.

But if it's too long, then forget it.

More than 300 days passed quickly.

When the Book of Cause and Effect had cooled down, Yu Duan glanced at the advance time and gave up on the option.

"It has taken me less than ten epochs to study the Great Dao of Cause and Effect from scratch and achieve the peak of the second level of the God King realm."

"As a result, it took 94,000 epochs to go from the peak of the second level of the God-King Realm to the ultimate path? More than 10,000 times more difficult!"

Yu Duan was speechless. Why did it take so long?
Lord Luo's progress in the early stages was far slower than Yu Duan's.

In the end, he became the ultimate God King after more than a thousand epochs, and then the late God Emperor after another thousand epochs. It was as if his rate of improvement in realm was constant, completely outclassing another Chosen One, Dongbo Xueying, who had not yet been born.

Even if Yu Duan becomes the ultimate God King and researches an ultimate God King soul structure that makes the soul a hundred times stronger and the speed of thought processing a hundred times faster, it would still take about a thousand epochs to fully complete the progress bar.

With that kind of skill, one could have already become the master of the Source World by relying on the advance of the Book of Cause and Effect.

"Never mind, I'll go and comprehend the fourth Great Dao first."

Yu Duan already had a guess in his mind.

If my cultivation speed in the Great Dao of Cause and Effect is so fast, what about the Great Dao of Time?

Although the Book of Cause and Effect is called the Book of Cause and Effect, it can also be called the 'Book of Time' in a certain sense.

The degree of harmony between oneself and the fundamental Dao of time should not be too low, right?
……

About half an hour later.

In the ancient royal palace of Fengdu, a shocking and somewhat shrill voice echoed through the palace.

"The Great Dao of Cause and Effect, peak of the second level of the God-King realm?!"

The Queen of Fengdu had lost all her aloofness; her beautiful face flushed crimson, clearly indicating her immense excitement.

"Junior brother, are you a reincarnated being?"

The Queen of Fengdu calmed down and couldn't help but ask a question.

The Queen of Fengdu had this speculation long ago, but she never asked about it.

"Senior sister, in the history of the Origin Continent, there must be only a handful of powerful individuals who possess my level of understanding of the Great Dao of Cause and Effect, right?"

Yu Duan doesn't actually need to make any explanations.

On the continent of origin, there are quite a few powerful god-kings.

However, the number of people at the second level of the God King realm is very small, and most of them achieve this realm by relying on Hunyuan materials, Hunyuan bloodlines, and secret techniques of the second level of the God King realm.

Those who have truly comprehended and reached the peak of the second level of the God King realm can be counted on one hand throughout the entire Origin Continent.

If we add the limitation of the Great Dao of Cause and Effect, then the number is no more than a handful. There is one in the Eastern Extreme Region, two in the Flame Wind Ancient Kingdom, and none in the Thunder Ancient Kingdom.

The remaining two are in the Ancient Kingdom of Myriad Realms. One is the King of Myriad Realms, and the other is the Great Freedom Venerable, a disciple of the King of Myriad Realms and a member of the Samsara Pavilion.

"I still find it hard to believe that I could go from zero to the limit of the second level of the God King realm in just ten epochs. Do I look like a fool, Junior Brother?"

The Queen of Fengdu smiled and didn't ask any further questions.

"Junior brother is looking for me, probably to choose the inheritance of the fourth Great Dao?"

Yu Dian nodded: "I plan to cultivate a lineage of the Great Dao of the Origin of Time. Senior Sister is the one with the highest comprehension of the Great Dao of the Origin of Time in this cycle of the Origin Continent. Please give me your guidance."

Empress Fengdu laughed and said, "Is it a mid-level inheritance or an ultimate inheritance?"

As she spoke, the Queen of Fengdu flipped her right hand, and a treasure resembling an 'Infinity Bottle' appeared.

"Senior sister, the Time Origin Great Dao inheritance that I cultivate was collected by our teacher with a lot of effort. Among the special-grade inheritances, it is the easiest to cultivate."

The power of a top-tier inheritance needs no further explanation; it is undoubtedly ridiculously strong.

Therefore, those superior inheritances that are relatively easy to cultivate are extremely precious.

"This inheritance is called 'Eternal Innate Realm,' which is a domain and formation inheritance. If you have any questions about cultivating this inheritance, you can ask me."

"As for the intermediate level of inheritance, there are 14 in total. Junior brother can choose any one."

"Furthermore, within my palace lies a forbidden hall, containing a treasure called the 'Mirror of Time,' which allows one to directly confront the fundamental Dao of time. Junior brother, you can condense an avatar within it."

On the entire Origin Continent, there is only this one treasure that can directly confront the Great Dao of Time.

Of the two ancient kingdoms, the Thunder Kingdom values ​​the Hunyuan bloodline, and it only has five treasures of this type, just like the Eastern Extreme Region.

As for the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom, it has eight items, but it lacks the treasure that allows one to permanently face the Great Dao of Time. Therefore, the guest elders of the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom have to spend more than the other eight Great Daos to exchange for the opportunity to face the Great Dao of Time.

(End of this chapter)