Lord of the Rending Stars

After a long silence, Qingyang slowly stood up. He was confident that his control over the power was no weaker than that of a King-level Immortal who had passed through the 18th level of the Tongtian Bridge. His two comprehensions had given him the basic form of his sword technique, and he only needed to continue to refine it until it was fully formed.

Generally speaking, the basic strength of an Immortal Army Lord is between 100 and 999 times that of a peak Realm Lord. An Immortal Army Lord can crush an ordinary Realm Lord with just his basic strength, and can slaughter an ordinary Realm Lord general with a single blow.

The basic power of a Marquis-level Immortal is between 1,000 and 9999 times that of a peak World Lord, and they possess an "immortal body," capable of instantly reconstructing their divine body after it has been shattered. At this point in time, there isn't the shocking scene from the original story where two Marquis-level Immortals caused trouble in Chaos City and were suppressed by the Chaos City Lord from afar with a single palm strike.

The basic power of an Immortal King is between ten thousand and one hundred thousand times that of a peak Realm Lord. Among them, those who are Immortals specializing in spatial laws are the most numerous, generally mastering at least one spatial law technique. Spatial sealing is the most common and practical method, blocking spatial fluctuations in a region to prevent enemies with teleportation abilities from escaping. Teleportation is a super technique that allows for instantaneous movement over a range of light-years, suitable for both offense and defense. Spatial strangulation is an offensive technique that manipulates space itself to crush and tear apart a region, causing widespread destruction to large numbers of low-level enemies.

Qingyang's current human avatar is at the 1st level of genetic strength, meaning his basic power is only equivalent to that of a peak World Lord. However, combined with his 18th-level understanding of the laws of the Tongtian Bridge and the rudimentary form of a King-level secret technique, Qingyang's human avatar can unleash ten thousand times the power of a peak World Lord, slightly stronger than a peak Marquis, and barely comparable to a low-level King-level Immortal. The Time Shadow Beast's avatar has a higher genetic level and should be comparable to a high-level King-level Immortal.

"With our current strength, we're still not strong enough to travel outside the human territory. While we can still connect to the internet, we should quickly simulate more battles in the virtual universe."

"Xiao Ling, help me access the simulated opponents in the virtual universe killing space that my teacher arranged for me. I need to defeat them one by one to hone my new secret technique."

"Yes, Master," the virtual assistant Xiao Ling replied.

Over the next century, every opponent Qingyang faced was formidable. Each opponent was a race with exceptional talent, chosen by the Ancient God Venerable to hone his beloved disciple.

The first opponent was a black lava giant, with scorching magma bubbles rising from its body, wielding a heavy hammer, and launching relentless attacks.

After defeating its first opponent after a decade-long battle, it immediately moved on to fight the next one.

Battles have no time; a hundred years have passed in a flash.

In the virtual universe's killing space, within a sky-blue cosmic secret realm, blade marks suddenly appeared in the void. In an instant, countless branches flew across the sky. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Qingyang's Time Shadow Beast true form unleashed its innate secret technique. The combined attack of the Time Shadow Beast's true form, its past projection, and its future projection instantly snapped its main tree in half. The subsequent attack annihilated the entire tree, and the cosmic secret realm collapsed completely.

"Hahaha, time rewards those who persevere. After so many failures, the Time Shadow Beast and the human body have finally defeated this World Tree. The World Tree at its peak as a World Lord is just too monstrous."

"In the original work, the World Tree at the level of a Universe Venerable is comparable to a second-order Universe Lord in the Time-Space Secret Realm. It is hard to imagine how strong the World Tree would be if it broke through to the level of a Universe Lord."

"The divine body is enormous, and the spacetime domain suppresses it. It's just that the secret techniques are of a lower level, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to defeat it. If I encountered this thing in reality, I would turn around and run away. Fortunately, the World Tree itself is huge and cannot move. Traveling by the branches of the World Tree makes the outside world less abnormal." After sighing for a while, Qingyang slowly digested what he had learned from the battle over the past hundred years.

Several years later, Qingyang ended his cultivation.

"Let the human avatar venture into the secret realm of the Initial Continent, and let the Time Shadow Beast avatar transform into a human to continue cultivating in the Holy City," Qingyang said, having made his decision.

Before traveling the continent, Qingyang found a secluded temple and went to a weapon-refining room. Several main weapon-refining materials popped out of his spatial ring: a World Lord-level World Origin Stone, a giant rock from the Binyan Mountains, and F9-grade black metal materials.

Inside the weapon-refining chamber, the laws of fire surged. The materials were first melted and impurities removed by Qingyang. Then, the three materials were slowly shaped into the armor. Ten years later, Qingyang finally completed the engraving of the law patterns on the armor.

After finishing the refining, Qingyang looked at the work in front of him and murmured, "As expected, I can now forge a weapon and armor of the King Immortal level. The only limitation is that the engraving of the law patterns on the weapon and armor depends on my current level of understanding of the law."

"With only one layer of runes, it can reduce the attack to one-tenth, which is already quite good for a battle suit that is used as a consumable item."

After equipping himself with the King-level Immortal Armor and Blade, Qingyang Human's true form transformed into a streak of light and disappeared into the sky, beginning his journey across the initial continent.

As time passed, the Holy City of Humanity seemed to stand eternally in the center of the ancient continent. In a hazy secret realm on the edge of the continent, a young man clad in black armor and wielding a blood-red battle blade was engaged in a fierce battle with several peak-level Immortal Indigenous warriors. It took the combined efforts of the warriors to keep up with the young man's extreme attacks.

"Forget it, we shouldn't stay here any longer. We've already collected all the materials needed to refine ordinary treasures. If we keep fighting, the peak-level King among the native tribes will have to show up."

After quickly finishing his thought, Qingyang twirled his battle blade, slashing down several natives before transforming into a streak of light and instantly escaping the secret realm.

The Holy City of Humanity, outside the main city, Qingyang Mansion.

Over the past thousand years, Qingyang has perfected his ultimate technique at the King-level Immortal realm. With a single strike, space shatters, and the combined power of the blades greatly increases, making him capable of fighting against high-level King-level Immortals.

Afterwards, Qingyang, the human race's true form, fought over a thousand battles of varying sizes in various secret realms across the continent, exploring dozens of secret realms of different sizes. The strongest opponent he encountered was a native king at the limit of immortality, and Qingyang had to use all his abilities to barely protect himself.

In other direct battles, Qingyang killed many peak-level Marquis Immortals, fought against high-level King Immortals on multiple occasions without being at a disadvantage, and also obtained countless resources in between battles.

Qingyang's actions on the continent made him famous in the Holy City and attracted many geniuses to come and exchange skills.

Qingyang was even called "King of the Beacon" by the alien natives, and was also recognized by the great being Giant Axe in the Holy City as having the strength to be a king and immortal, and could reside in the Holy City permanently.

"Hahaha, my strength has finally reached the level of a King-level Immortal, so I can cultivate in peace now, oh no, I'm connected to the internet. My main focus in the future cultivation will be to improve my genetic level, to the limit allowed by the original universe—a hundred times the genetic level. I also need to find a suitable clone to nurture. Once I've done these two things, I can consider breaking through to the Immortal realm," Qingyang thought to himself as he sat in the main hall of the mansion.

"Unfortunately, the only way to protect myself that my teacher gave me was a top-tier magical armor. Sigh! I was too greedy. If I were a disciple being trained, I wouldn't easily be given magical weapons that boost attack power. Over-reliance on magical weapons isn't a good thing."

"Xiao Ling, take stock of all the resources we've gathered over the past thousand years," Qingyang said with a grin.

"Yes, Master," the virtual assistant, Xiao Ling, said excitedly.

"The treasures at the King-level Immortal are: Locke Divine Water, which restores divine power, and Fire God Stone, the raw material for creating Fire God Source Crystal, which can threaten the King-level Immortal."

"The ordinary universe Venerable level treasures include: one Spacetime Dao Fruit that can temporarily enhance the ordinary universe Venerable's understanding of the laws, one Heart Tear that is shaped like a teardrop and whose function is unknown and has not yet been included in the virtual universe, and several ordinary heavy treasure materials."

"Master, we've struck it rich! The harvest here is comparable to what an ordinary Universe Venerable would gain over many years!" Little Zero shouted excitedly.

"It wasn't for nothing that I spent several years fleeing from that King-level Limit cultivator. Even Venerables would covet a treasure like the Time-Space Dao Fruit," Qingyang said with satisfaction.

Qingyang carefully read the virtual universe's description of the Time-Space Dao Fruit: "The Time-Space Dao Fruit is the fruit of the Time-Space Divine Tree rooted in the spatial interlayer. Even in a region where time flows at an extremely fast speed, it takes ten thousand epochs to bear fruit."

After getting a general understanding of it, Qingyang played with the strange fruit for a while, admiring it. Half of it was silver-blue, reflecting the freezing of space, and the other half was pale gold, reflecting the passage of time.