Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 195 Guidance from the Lord of Chaos City

It wasn't until the fourth floor that Qin Mu finally felt the pressure.

The bridge to heaven has a threshold every three levels, and the fourth level represents a qualitative leap in difficulty.

Because when they reached the fourth level of the Sky Bridge, the man in black had already reached the fourth level of wielding the divine weapon!

Seeing the corpse disappear before him, Qin Mu did not rush to the next floor, but stopped.

All the details and insights from the recent battle were calculated within each of the mother nests.

"My understanding of the fundamental laws of time is holding me back."

In the past, Qin Mu mainly comprehended the fundamental laws of space, while the fundamental laws of time only began to be comprehended after the Qianwu Kingdom ruler gifted him the Destroyer Beast during the Genius War.

Although the Destroyer Beast is a peak bloodline behemoth with time as its primary attribute, its understanding of the fundamental nature of time is extremely astonishing.

But the time was too short.

The Cosmic Bridge tests the two fundamental laws of time and space. As two superior fundamental laws, their comprehension is much more difficult than that of the inferior laws.

Of course, once you successfully comprehend it, its power will be much greater.

"After the trials of the first three levels of the Sky Bridge and the full comprehension of the entire swarm, I have thoroughly understood the nine spatial and nine temporal essences represented by the nine meteors in the first picture."

However, I haven't even grasped half of the second picture! Especially the essence of the fundamental law of time; I've only scratched the surface.

After standing for a while and digesting all his combat insights, Qin Mu took a deep breath, streaked across the sky, and flew directly to the fifth floor in the distance.

The first three levels of the Cosmic Bridge are shrouded in clouds and mist.

The fourth and fifth levels are filled with howling winds, as they are extremely high. The bridge to heaven on the fifth level is so high that the naked eye can only see the gray, howling winds of the fourth level below, and cannot see the sea at all.

"The fifth floor."

Qin Mu stood on the bridge, looking at the tornado in front of him.

The constantly spinning tornado emitted a voice: "Choose a Warrior, a Controller, or an Illusionist. Defeat your opponent to enter the sixth level."

"The Controller!" Qin Mu said without hesitation.

"Hiss~~"

A burly man dressed in silver battle armor, silver boots, and a silver mask flew out swiftly from the tornado, riding a strange flying shuttle and carrying a silver staff on his back.

Apart from the color, the appearance is not much different from the previous layers.

"You think you can challenge the fifth level with just a cosmic-level power level? You're quite confident," the silver-clad man sneered. "Show me your full strength, or you won't even be able to put up a fight."

Qin Mu remained silent and directly summoned the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Wheel.

The guardians that spawn inside the Sky Bridge all love to mock people and spew trash talk.

After several attempts, Qin Mu became immune to it.

"All phenomena revolve! All directions are extinguished!"

Within the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Wheel, ten sub-wheels emitted streams of light, and countless law patterns flowed in the void, converging into a dark golden longsword a hundred meters long, burning with flames and crackling with lightning.

Compared to the thousand-meter-long dark gold giant sword used when facing the Zerg Queen on the final level of the Trial Tower, this dark gold longsword is much smaller.

This does not mean his attacks have weakened.

On the contrary, after breaking through to the cosmic level and observing the Cosmic Chaos Stele, Qin Mu's current strength is even greater than when he activated his enhanced talent in the trial space!

The Ten Directions Annihilation Technique, which originally required a desperate effort to unleash, can now be used as a routine technique.

Centered on this dark gold longsword, the spacetime domain fluctuated within a kilometer radius, with a gentle breeze blowing, leaves falling, and droplets of water shimmering within them.

"go!"

The dark gold longsword, imbued with the power of the fifth element (metal, earth, fire, and space), the fourth element (lightning and time), and several other sub-elements, hurtled towards the silver-clad man.

"What a powerful attack!"

The man in silver had a serious look in his eyes.

"It's remarkable that a cosmic-level being can unleash an attack of this caliber, but it's not enough to break through to the fifth level of the Heavenly Bridge!"

Boom!

As he spoke, streaks of light flew out from the silver staff behind him.

Countless silver lights rapidly combined and condensed in the air, and the 81 short spears eventually combined into a solidified silver short spear, with a total of 36 real silver short spears, each over two feet long, floating in front of it.

With a hiss, the 36 silver short spears instantly closed together, and a large amount of silver light intertwined with each other.

A silver spear, about ten meters long, slashed through the sky and hurtled toward the dark gold longsword Qin Mu was wielding.

The fifth level of the Time-Space Divine Weapon—Time-Space Penetration!

Upon reaching the fifth floor, Qin Mu used his privileges to inquire about the methods of his opponents on that floor.

That's why he wanted to give it his all from the very beginning.

"Go to hell!"

The man in silver coldly stared at Qin Mu.

"Boom!"

The dark gold longsword's inherent domain seemed to have no effect on the silver spear; the hundred-meter-long dark gold longsword and the silver spear collided with a deafening roar.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The dark gold longsword and the silver spear clashed wildly.

At the moment of impact, Qin Mu felt an extremely strong sense of spatial and temporal pressure.

From within that silver spear emanated an extremely subtle fluctuation, a fluctuation carrying an invisible penetrating power.

This power seemed to ignore the dark gold longsword's hard exterior, directly bombarding its interior, nearly causing the dark gold longsword to be broken through from the inside and disintegrate in the continuous collisions.

"Such a powerful attack! Such speed! And that bizarre penetrating ability—no wonder the fifth level of this spacetime weapon is called Time-Space Penetration!"

Qin Mu's expression changed. This fifth-level spacetime divine weapon was not only extremely fast and powerful, but also had a strange penetrating ability.

"If my psychic power amplitude hadn't reached 600, winning against you would have been really difficult!"

Qin Mu unleashed his mental power, re-coalescing the sub-wheels that formed the dark golden longsword together.

"boom!"

The dark gold sword tip and the silver spear tip collided.

"Trying to outlast me?! I'm afraid of you!"

Qin Mu sneered.

"I refuse to believe your will is stronger than mine!"

The man in silver roared.

In such a frenzied collision, if one's awareness is not strong, one of them will shatter the moment they collide.

As the Zerg Overlord, his greatest strength lies in his consciousness!

"This penetrating power? It's a fluctuation in spacetime!"

With each collision, Qin Mu's eyes grew brighter.

As he fought, the three Destroyer Beasts in the swarm roared incessantly, sensing the temporal fluctuations in which the silver-clad man condensed his robe.

One after another, colossal star beasts of peak bloodline roared incessantly, as if they were engaged in battle.

Those demon slayers were further evolving the origin of space.

Their various insights converged into the Mother Nest through the Soul Network. Data within the Mother Nest operated at high speed, comparing the first three images of the Cosmic Chaos Monument, especially the spatial and temporal essence of the meteors in the first and second images.

"I thought I had fully grasped the first meteor chart and understood the nine aspects of time and space in it."

I can achieve the coordination of nine temporal and spatial essences to unleash even greater power.

But I only understood those nine shooting stars; I didn't understand the entire meteor chart!

Qin Mu's eyes grew even brighter.

"The Wheel of All Things Revolves! Condense!"

Qin Mu let out a low shout, and the dark gold longsword that was constantly colliding with the silver spear actually shrank from a hundred meters to more than ten meters after one collision!

The previously somewhat ethereal dark gold longsword suddenly became incredibly condensed, as if it had materialized.

Even more strangely, the area within a kilometer radius of the dark golden longsword became incredibly condensed, and all illusions such as the breeze and falling leaves within it disappeared.

Instead, tiny shooting stars appeared!

Upon closer inspection, there were indeed nine shooting stars!

The nine meteors orbited the dark gold longsword, spinning continuously.

"go!"

The dark gold longsword transformed into a beam of golden light and charged towards the silver spear once more.

Before the dark gold longsword collided with the silver spear, the area within a 500-meter radius around it became extremely stagnant.

The speed of the silver spear decreased sharply, and when the two collided, the power of the silver spear had been weakened by more than half.

"boom--"

Before the silver-clad man's incredulous eyes, the silver spear suddenly shattered, turning into scattered short spears.

"So this is what the combination of time and space is all about!"

The combination of nine fundamental laws of space and nine fundamental laws of time!

This is the true mystery of that first meteor shower!

Qin Mu's eyes shone brightly; each of the five consecutive battles had given him new insights.

However, as his opponents grew stronger, Qin Mu was forced to use all his tricks.

From the initial simple understanding of fundamental principles and the use of force to suppress others, to the mastery of skills, and finally the combined application of time and space.

In the past, Qin Mu simply used the inherent weight of the Earth Origin Law, combined with the Space Origin Law, to restrict his opponents.

Today, however, it is possible to influence fluctuations in space and time.

"This sky bridge is truly my lucky place!"

As before, Qin Mu stopped at the end of the fifth level of the Sky Bridge to reflect on the battle.

The swarm's mother nest was also analyzed, and the advantages and disadvantages were summarized.

After a while, Qin Mu stepped into the sixth level of the Sky Bridge.

The opponent on the sixth level of the Sky Bridge was still using the fifth level of the Time-Space Divine Weapon, "Time-Space Penetration".

"What?!"

Upon entering the sixth level, Qin Mu had just condensed his dark golden longsword.

A phantom-like silver spear pierced through the void.

Qin Mu instantly created thousands of illusory bodies in the void, hoping to use them to evade the attack.

Almost instantly, Qin Mu felt a strong spatial fluctuation, and the next moment all his illusory bodies shattered.

The silver spear still strangely hurtled towards Qin Mu's true form.

But even in that instant of obstruction, Qin Mu had already turned his dark gold longsword around and thrust it toward the silver spear.

But at the very moment the two collided, the silver spear mysteriously vanished and reappeared in front of Qin Mu's true form.

"Pfft"

The silver spear pierced through Qin Mu's body.

"Dead?! It's the fundamental law of time!"

My application of the Time Wheel has only reached the fourth level.

The moment he died, Qin Mu knew where the problem lay.

The Cosmic Bridge tests one's understanding of the fundamental laws governing time and space.

My understanding of the fundamental laws of space is only half that of the second image, and I've only scratched the surface of the fundamental laws of time.

"Time travel! This is true time travel!"

The silver-clad figure on the fifth floor only knew how to fight head-on, but the figure on the sixth floor was completely different.

Qin Mu's body appeared in the central square of the island, but his mind was still on the scene of the battle.

"Qin Mu! Come to Thunder Island."

A massive consciousness appeared in Qin Mu's mind.

Lord of Chaos!

"Yes, teacher!"

Qin Mu snapped out of his thoughts and said respectfully.

Before he could finish speaking, Qin Mu felt the world spinning around him. When he came to his senses, he found himself in a courtyard full of flowers and plants.

In the center of the courtyard, the Lord of Chaos City sat on a stone chair.

"teacher!"

Qin Mu quickly stepped forward.

"I've seen the video of you trespassing on the overpass."

The Lord of Chaos City wore a smile.

"You were able to grasp the nine essential aspects of time and space in the first image without any guidance—that's excellent!"

Qin Mu simply nodded respectfully without saying a word.

"How's your understanding of the second picture coming along?"

The Lord of Chaos asked with a smile.

"I have grasped half of the essence of space, but only a superficial understanding of the essence of time."

Qin Mu spoke the truth.

"Just as I guessed!"

The Lord of Chaos City laughed.

"Your first interpretation was pretty good, but there are still some flaws. I'll demonstrate the first picture for you now!"

Qin Mu's eyes lit up.

With a wave of his hand, the Lord of Chaos City transformed the surrounding scenery into a cosmic starry sky.

"Look carefully."

The Lord of Chaos City laughed.

With a wave of his hand, nine meteors appeared from the depths of the universe, hurtling towards Qin Mu's location.

The moment those nine meteors appeared, Qin Mu felt as if only those nine whistling meteors remained in the entire world.

It was as if time and space had been frozen.

call--

Nine meteors passed through Qin Mu's body in succession, and a strange feeling welled up in his heart.

The moment the meteor passed through his body, Qin Mu seemed to sense the essence of time and space!

This realization was far more intense than when I was viewing the Cosmic Chaos Monument!

Qin Mu was instantly immersed in his insights.

The Lord of Chaos City did not disturb them, but waited on the side.

It took Qin Mu a full half hour to come out of his reverie.

"Have you grasped the meaning?"

The Lord of Chaos smiled.

"Um!"

Qin Mu nodded.

"Okay, then I'll demonstrate the second picture for you."

The Lord of Chaos waved his hand once more, and the same scene appeared as the first time, only this time 36 shooting stars appeared together!

One after another, shooting stars passed through Qin Mu's body.

This time, Qin Mu had even more time to comprehend!

It took Qin Mu a full half-day to come back to his senses from his enlightenment.

"Go to the treasure vault in the virtual universe network, select the secret method book called 'The True Understanding of the Universe' and buy it to study it yourself."

This is a compilation of all the secret methods I occasionally gained during my enlightenment when I created the Chaos Monument of the Universe.

"When you've passed the sixth level of the Heavenly Bridge, I'll demonstrate the third picture for you."

The Lord of Chaos smiled.

"Yes, Master Xie!"

Qin Mu was thrilled; becoming the master of the Chaos City Lord was simply wonderful!

While others were still struggling to comprehend the Chaos Monument, he had the creator of the Cosmic Chaos Monument personally demonstrating it for him!

What an incredible stroke of luck!

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(End of this chapter)