Swallowing the Stars: Time Simulation

Chapter 243 The Path of the Beast God

"How could it be so fast?"

The Nine Swords Venerable stared intently at Yang Wu, seemingly trying to find a flaw in Yang Wu's lie.

Although he knew Yang Wu wouldn't lie about this, the Nine Swords Venerable still found it hard to believe.

When Yang Wu first entered Chaos City and had not yet crossed the Bridge to Heaven, the Nine Swords Venerable already intended to take him as a disciple, so naturally he would investigate Yang Wu's character in advance.

Even after Yang Wu rose from humble beginnings to become a member of the Primal Secret Realm within the Virtual Universe Company, comparable to an Immortal Marquis, he still held his first teacher, Jin Guanghou, in the highest esteem. This was also the reason why the Nine Swords Venerable initially valued Yang Wu the most.

After all, although Yang Wu's talent was good at the beginning, the Nine Swords Venerable's decision to accept disciples was also based on his mood.

As for Yang Wu passing through the sixth level of the Heavenly Bridge as soon as he entered Chaos City, this was something no one expected.

"Master, your disciple has found a deep pit with an extremely high concentration of malevolent energy in the ruins of that ancient god," Yang Wu said respectfully.

"A pit of malevolent energy?" The Nine Swords Venerable's eyes lit up, but he frowned again, saying, "No, even if the concentration of malevolent energy in that pit is extremely high, it's not enough to transform your body so quickly! Moreover, the stronger the concentration of malevolent energy, the more powerful its attack on willpower! Although your willpower is strong, you can't stay in a place with extremely dense malevolent energy for long. Unless you enter the core of that malevolent energy vortex!"

Clearly, the Nine Swords Venerable knew very well what was happening inside the Ancient God Ruins.

"Yes!" Yang Wu replied without hesitation, though surprised.

In fact, the Nine Swords Venerable's guess was extremely close. Who could have imagined that Yang Wu's physical evolution was due to the simulator?

Although he hesitated because of Earth, Yang Wu was unwilling to reveal the special nature of his will.

Besides this, Yang Wu had no other way to explain why he was able to fuse with the Blood Crystal so quickly.

"Really?" The Nine Swords Venerable looked at Yang Wu in disbelief. "How is that possible? I remember the killing intent contained within the baleful aura at the core of those vortexes was incredibly terrifying. How could you possibly have gotten in?"

"After arriving at the ruins of that ancient god, I have been using the murderous intent within that malevolent energy to temper my own will!"

Yang Wu respectfully addressed the Nine Swords Venerable, saying, "It wasn't until more than ten years ago that my will finally broke through again, allowing me to continue deeper and ultimately enter the core of that vortex of malevolent energy!"

Yang Wu advanced the time when he entered the core of the vortex, which makes the absorption of the Blood Crystal easier to explain.

"A breakthrough in willpower?" The Nine Swords Venerable said with a smile, "Your luck is quite good. Tell me, what did you see inside the core of the vortex?"

"This disciple saw some incomprehensible law runes within the core of that vortex!" Yang Wu said respectfully. "Those law runes are somewhat similar to spatial law runes, yet they also seem to be the law of metal. This disciple is completely baffled, but I only managed to grasp the basics of the law of metal by sheer luck!"

"An introduction to the Golden Laws? Not bad!"

After hearing Yang Wu's words, the Nine Swords Venerable had no more doubts. Instead, he asked anxiously, "Yang Wu, now that you've fused with nine Blood Crystals, has your body reached its limit? Can you continue to fuse with a tenth one?"

"It should be possible!" Yang Wu said. He has already undergone more than a year of modification inside the vortex core, so let alone the tenth one, the eleventh one should be no problem at all.

As for the twelfth crystal, Yang Wu had no confidence at all. Although his body was undergoing astonishing transformation at an astonishing rate, the demands on his body increased exponentially with each Blood Crystal he fused with.

He spent over a year modifying himself within the core of the evil energy vortex, a process comparable to his previous body modifications over a thousand years. While fusing with the eleventh one was still possible, there was absolutely no hope for the twelfth.

"Good! Good! Good!" The Nine Swords Venerable was quite excited at this moment.

It's a good thing that Yang Wujin has begun to understand the principles of metal!

Yang Wu's will broke through and he entered the core of the vortex, which shortened the time he needed to use the evil energy to transform his body, which was a good thing!

But in the heart of the Nine Swords Venerable, none of these things could compare to the joy he felt at Yang Wu's impending transformation into a Black Warrior.

Because everything has its limits!

If the body reaches its limit, even with the best external conditions, it will be impossible to continue fusing with the Blood Crystal.

If time could truly be the key to defeating them, then Black Warriors wouldn't be so rare among the human race.

"Yang Wu!" the Nine Swords Venerable said with a smile.

"Teacher!" Yang Wu replied respectfully.

"After you become a Black Warrior, don't mention it to anyone else for now! Haha, I've lived for countless years, but I've never seen a new Black Warrior born. I never expected my disciple to become one!"

The Nine Swords Venerable sighed, "You were able to become a Black Warrior with a human body, which should make you very suitable for the Path of the Beast God. Coupled with your comprehension, the possibility of you becoming a powerful figure in the future is even greater!"

"The Way of the Beast God?" Yang Wu asked in surprise.

The Path of the Beast God refers to the fusion of laws.

The universe now contains ten fundamental laws: metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, light, space, and time.

It is said that in the early days of the universe, at the very beginning, there were only two powerful laws.

In the course of the universe's evolution, one of these two powerful laws decomposed into six fundamental laws: metal, wood, water, fire, earth, and space. The other decomposed into four fundamental laws: wind, lightning, light, and time.

Among them, the two fundamental laws of space and time are the superior laws, while the other eight fundamental laws are the subordinate laws.

Generally speaking, comprehending any one of the lower-level laws allows one to become immortal. Of course, some powerful special races in the universe require extremely strong power to break through the shackles in order to become immortal.

After becoming immortal, one can comprehend any one of the laws of space and thus become a supreme being of the universe.

By simultaneously comprehending the two supreme laws of time and space, one can break through to become a cosmic master capable of truly controlling time and space, possessing incredible abilities such as time reversal and resurrection of the dead.

The vast majority of people in the universe cultivate on this path.

However, there is another path to becoming a strong person, which is the "Law of Fusion", also known as the Path of the Beast God.

In this universe, there are eight other laws of fusion. And the innate beast god is the embodiment of the laws of fusion.

The eight laws of fusion either combine the two laws of "metal and space" or the two laws of "light and time".

Once one comprehends any of the laws of fusion, one's strength can rival that of a cosmic master. If one can comprehend the ultimate bottleneck and master the most difficult-to-understand 'Heart of the Beast God,' one can truly become a cosmic master.

Most importantly, cultivating the path of the Beast God will also help one break through the orthodox path of cultivation.

In the original work, Luo Feng's teacher, Zhenyan Wang, was trapped in the immortal stage for hundreds of millions of years. However, after obtaining the Beast God's Inheritance Token, he only received the inheritance once and completely comprehended the laws of space, becoming a Space Venerable.

"The Path of the Beast God is an extremely special path. Your strength is not yet sufficient. You should learn about it after you have passed the twelfth level of the Bridge to Heaven!" the Nine Swords Venerable said slowly.

Yang Wu is following the path of analyzing the essence of the laws. To pass the twelfth level of the Bridge to Heaven, he must thoroughly understand all 108 kinds of spatial essence.

And this is also one of the foundations for studying the laws of fusion.

In fact, once you understand the first three diagrams of the Nine Universes Chaos Stele, you can try to cultivate the first level of the Fusion Law.

Once one has thoroughly understood the essence of the laws of space, studying the laws of fusion can make one faster and more powerful.

Yang Wu has this talent, and the Nine Swords Venerable naturally hopes that he will follow the best path.

"That's right, Blood Crystal is the crystallization of the blood of the Beast God. It is extremely difficult for humans to fuse with it. How could it not have some other uses?" Yang Wu suddenly realized.

Thinking of this, Yang Wu couldn't help but ask the question that had been bothering him: "Teacher, since the Blood Crystal is so magical, even with my limited access, I can't find any information about it in the virtual universe. Why doesn't my Virtual Universe Company take complete control of the Blood Crystal in this Blood World, instead allowing ordinary domain lords in the Blood World to fuse with it?"

This was the most perplexing question Yang Wu had since arriving in the Blood Luo World.

The Blood Luo World is vast and boundless, with tens of millions of World Lord-level powerhouses alone, and Domain Lords numbering a hundred times that of World Lords.

Even if a Domain Lord-level expert possesses only one Blood Crystal, the total number would still reach billions.

But the Virtual Universe Company remained indifferent to the fact that such a treasure was being integrated by those natives, which is completely illogical!

Now that he had the opportunity, Yang Wu naturally wanted to investigate further!

Regarding the genetic issue, it's been two days, and everyone's points are quite reasonable. However, perhaps because everyone is being considerate of me, maintaining the status quo is the best option, so let's leave it at that for now.

The chapter on gene discussion has been moved back to the original section related to the work.

(End of this chapter)