Swallowing the Stars: Only in my later years did I come to the life-spending panel.

Zhou Mu once tried to burn 15 million years of lifespan to plunder for deduction, but the immense and overwhelming sense of time and the torrent of laws almost caused his self-awareness to be completely lost in the vast and boundless river of time, turning him into a law puppet devoid of human emotions.

Having learned his lesson from that harrowing experience, Zhou Mu became wiser and chose to restrain his consumption in small, phased batches.

Each time he burns his lifespan, he can instantly enter a cheat-level state of enlightenment, a state of extreme emptiness where he seems to be completely one with the origin of the universe.

Three years have passed, and twelve hundred epochs have been spent burning away lifespan!

In return, he achieved astonishing results that would drive any immortal god mad with envy—he broke through major bottlenecks in his understanding of the laws of time and space, completely entering the 10% introductory stage, while his understanding of the law of time had already reached a minor level of mastery! He had truly touched upon the supreme power of the intertwining and fusion of these two most profound superior laws!

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[Shouyuan Furnace]

Name: Zhou Mu

Realm: Ninth Rank of the Eternal Star

Insights into the Laws: Mastery of the Law of Lightning (80%), Minor Mastery of the Law of Time (20%), Introduction to the Law of Space (10%)

Skills: Ninefold Perfection of Lightning Domain (can be deduced), Perfection of Soul Imprint (cannot be deduced)... [Expand]

Current lifespan: 923 years

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Clone: ​​The Giant of the Vast Expanse

Realm: Planetary Level 9

Insights into the Law: None

Skills: Earth Domain Level 1 (can be deduced), Spatial Domain Level 1 (can be deduced)

[Current Plunder Lifetime: 0]

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"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

On the desolate planet, the earth trembled and space tore apart.

"Too slow! Your divine weapon is sharp enough, but its spatial manipulation is too rigid!"

In mid-air, Zhou Mubai's white hair flew in the air.

He didn't even draw the Divine Weapon; he merely used his finger as a substitute for a sword.

On his fingertips, a streak of purple-gold lightning seemed to leap across different points in time and space.

Each flash seemed to exist simultaneously in the past and present, precisely shattering Luo Feng's fully-force Divine Weapon Golden Sword.

"Bang!"

Luo Feng was struck in the chest by a bolt of lightning mixed with the power of spacetime distortion, and his whole body was smashed into the ground like a cannonball, creating a bottomless crater.

"Cough cough... Master, your application of the laws of spacetime is becoming more and more abnormal..." Luo Feng crawled out of the pit covered in dust, panting heavily, his eyes filled with helplessness at being crushed and deep shock.

For the past three years, apart from his own seclusion, Zhou Mu has spent almost all his time using Luo Feng as a human punching bag!

Facing his master, Luo Feng unleashed all his trump cards, even summoning the Golden Horned Beast clone. But before Zhou Mu's ever-improving spacetime laws, Luo Feng felt like an insect caught in a spider's web; all his attacks were seen through, and all his defenses were rendered useless.

However, it was precisely under this near-extreme, insane torment and exploitation that Luo Feng's comprehension of the Law of Metal and the Law of Space was several times faster than in the original story! He frantically absorbed combat experience on the edge of life and death.

On this desolate, uninhabited planet, the master and his apprentice were like two peerless divine weapons constantly being tempered on a whetstone, their sharpness becoming more and more restrained, yet also more and more deadly!

Three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

The Reincarnation War has officially ended, and the final one thousand spots for the Qianwu Universe Kingdom's peerless geniuses have been completely decided!

Virtual Universe, Arena No. 00001.

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These one thousand peerless geniuses, representing the highest honor of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, stood in neat rows on the vast square, each clad in their own battle armor.

Zhou Mu, clad in a dark gold battle suit, his white hair as white as snow, stood quietly at the very front of the formation. Beside him stood Rong Jun, whose eyes were like those of a lone wolf, and Luo Feng, carrying a dark gold long staff.

The scene was completely silent, because directly in front of them stood a terrifying presence that sent shivers down their spines.

It was a burly giant, over eight meters tall, covered in cold, blue scales.

He simply stood there, and the terrifying, bloody aura emanating from him, as if he had slaughtered billions of galaxies and been soaked in a sea of ​​blood for countless epochs, made everyone breathless. His will was enough to break anyone.

"The top expert of the Virtual Universe Company's Qianwu branch, an immortal god who may even be a marquis or king—the Thirteenth Lord!" Zhou Mu thought to himself.

Giant Thirteen's eyes, as deep as a blood-red abyss, coldly swept across the entire arena.

"You thousand people are the only outstanding young talents my Qianwu Universe Kingdom can boast about this generation."

Thirteen's voice was like two rusty metals rubbing together violently, harsh and filled with the stench of blood, "Don't be proud. Among the 1,008 cosmic nations in the entire universe, your current strength can only be considered mid-to-lower tier! In the finals, most of you will only become stepping stones for others to make a name for themselves!"

The cold words were like a bucket of cold water, poured harshly on the heads of many proud and arrogant geniuses present.

"The true ultimate showdown across the universe will officially begin in a year and a half! This year and a half is your last chance to improve yourselves. Go and squeeze out all your potential! Don't bring shame to the Qianwu Universe Kingdom on the final stage!"

"boom!"

With Thirteen's words, the internal selection process for the Qianwu Universe Kingdom came to a complete end.

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Meanwhile, on a certain planet in the universe.

"Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!"

In the desolate desert, sandstorms raged.

The savage Rong Jun was shirtless, his muscles like gnarled rocks, and deep wounds that revealed bone were oozing blood, but he seemed oblivious to it, staring intently at the ten cosmic-level ferocious beasts in front of him, wildly swinging his giant battle sword.

"Boom!"

With a single slash, two incredibly realistic phantoms appeared simultaneously amidst the ripples of space. The three blade beams, with the force of splitting the heavens and earth, shredded the ten cosmic-level ferocious beasts into a rain of blood.

"Huff... huff..."

Rong Jun, leaning on his battle sword, knelt on one knee on the blood-stained yellow sand, panting heavily.

His eyes were bloodshot, revealing a kind of madness that bordered on obsession.

"Not enough...not enough!"

Rong Jun gritted his teeth, and the image of the handsome young man with snow-white hair in the ruins of the 88th World District once again uncontrollably surfaced in his mind.

That purplish-gold lightning blade, that terrifying speed that seemed to sever even time, that absolute power that effortlessly shattered all his pride and trump cards... like a nightmare, tormented Rong Jun's nerves day and night for the past three years.

"I, Rong Jun, am absolutely no weaker than anyone!" Rong Jun roared to the sky in a fit of unwilling defiance. "Zhou Mu... on the final stage, I will definitely show you my true strength! I will definitely overcome this mountain that is you!"

With this do-or-die, crazy obsession, Rong Jun once again threw himself into that almost self-torturing, devilish training.

He knew very well that the white-haired youth's strength had far surpassed the so-called "Number One in the Qianwu Universe"—he was a true monster in the entire universe. To catch up with or even surpass him, he had no choice but to fight with all his might!