Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Meteor Tear

Chapter 113 The Road Ahead

"Rumble~~~"

A gigantic hand, seemingly capable of covering the heavens and the earth, descended from the sky.

Locked in by that enormous hand, Zhou Yang couldn't even make a facial expression, let alone move.

However, a silent smile was revealed in his eyes.

"Boom!"

An extremely violent energy erupted within him, and his entire body instantly shattered into countless pieces of flesh and blood.

He didn't hesitate at all and just self-destructed.

The next second, in Chiyang City, hundreds of millions of kilometers away.

Inside Zhou Yang's world ring, a perfectly round, crystal-clear blood bead suddenly rolled and instantly transformed into the figure of a black-haired youth clad in blood-red armor and robes.

However, the figure's aura was noticeably weaker, and his face was extremely pale.

"Phew~"

He swallowed a greenish-blue fruit brimming with vitality, which brought some color back to his pale face.

Meanwhile, Zhou Yang, clad in black armor and helmet, also revealed a smile.

"Haha, I've obtained the greatest opportunity in this world; there's no need for me to linger here any longer!"

He laughed heartily as he soared into the sky, and a dark blue, ancient sword-shaped spaceship instantly appeared, carrying him directly out of the boundary barrier of this world.

In the original secret realm of the Virtual Universe Company, in the training ground of the No. 135 Lord's Manor on the Wuchen Continent.

Zhou Yang, clad in the Moyun Vine Battle Armor, sat facing his bare-chested ancient god avatar.

The resonance between Zhou Yang's main body and his clone's spirit allowed him to clearly see that within the body of the ancient god's clone, countless mysterious and strange runes were constantly lighting up, eventually intertwining and coiling to form an intricate three-dimensional rune image.

The image contains constantly undulating lines of secret patterns, as if it contains endless profound truths.

The instant the secret pattern took shape, a profound realization instantly arose in his mind!

"The Original Cultivation Method in the Ancient God World—The Primal True Understanding!"

At the very beginning of the birth of the 36 oldest beings in the world of ancient gods, this illustration called "Original True Interpretation" also came into being.

The 36 most ancient beings studied this illustration and comprehended the cultivation methods of the 36 divine treasures, thus creating the cultivation system of the ancient god world.

This can be considered the original source of cultivation methods in the ancient god world.

Having mastered this "original true explanation," he could directly inscribe the corresponding secret patterns on his physical body.

In other words, he no longer needs the blood of the ancient god to awaken the divine treasures within his physical body on his own, thus achieving the 'Primordial Divine Body'!

Moreover, Zhou Yang, who cultivated the laws of the main universe, sensed something else within this diagram.

This incredibly complex and mysterious inscription actually contains a hint of the fusion of the five elements!

Nowadays, the mainstream cultivation methods for devouring the universe mostly involve cultivating the law of space plus any one of the five elements, or the law of time plus any one of the laws of wind, thunder, or light. Once both laws are fully comprehended, one can become the master of the universe.

However, Zhou Yang had read the original plot and knew that after cultivating to the True God Realm, one still needed to comprehend all ten fundamental laws and integrate them into the most fundamental chaotic law in order to break through to the Chaos Ruler Realm!

This mysterious catalog, titled "Original True Explanation," actually contains a trace of the fusion of the Five Elements Laws. If one studies it for a long time, it will surely greatly promote the path of fusion of the Ten Great Laws in the future!

"This mission not only yielded an ancient god avatar comparable to a world lord, but also the even more precious 'Primordial True Insight.' This time, we've truly struck gold!"

Zhou Yang's eyes shone brightly.

"Moreover, I may have inadvertently discovered a path that is more difficult, yet also more powerful, than the Path of the Beast God!"

The Path to the Integration of the Five Elements!

He pondered silently, and his cultivation plan for the very long period to come gradually became clear.

"First, break through to the Realm Lord level as soon as possible, and take advantage of the Realm Lord level's affinity with the fundamental laws to study the Ten Fundamental Laws to the point of bottleneck."

"At the same time, through the 'Original True Explanation,' I will attempt to enter the path of integrating the Five Elements Laws. Based on the Five Elements Laws, I will then try to integrate the other five laws to achieve the supreme Chaos Law!"

"This road will be long and difficult, but it is absolutely a clear and unambiguous path to sainthood!"

Zhou Yang gradually sorted out his thoughts, and his resolve became stronger.

"Then the first goal is to break through to the World Lord level!"

Although the Ancient God's clone's current combat power is comparable to that of a World Lord-level expert, the Ancient God's clone mainly relies on physical strength, and his true understanding of the laws is still some distance away from the requirements for breaking through to the World Lord level.

"Oh, right, there's also the Primal Tongtian Mountain, which is at the cosmic and domain lord levels. I should try to earn those two reward points before breaking through!"

"Then I'll focus on both carrying out missions and improving my understanding of the laws during this time!"

Zhou Yang acted decisively. On the same day, he applied for the assessment of the "Ruins of the Ancient Temple" mission. After submitting 36 drops of different "Ancient God Blood", he successfully gained 10 points.

Then he embarked on a crazy mission journey.

Members of the Primal Secret Realm can accept a maximum of 15 dangerous-level cultivation missions and 3 perilous-level cultivation missions within a hundred years.

Now that Zhou Yang has mastered the secret technique of creating clones, and especially with the ancient god clone whose combat power is comparable to that of a world lord, his ability to protect himself has reached an abnormal level.

Therefore, all the missions he accepted were at least dangerous, and he didn't bother to be picky, starting with the one closest to him.

There are six dangerous missions within the original secret realm.

Apart from the initial task of completing the ancient temple in ruins, the remaining tasks took Zhou Yang nearly 15 years to complete.

The main reason is that Zhou Yang tasted success in the 'Ancient God World' and wanted to try to find the deeper secrets of each mission world.

However, the final result greatly disappointed him.

The hidden secrets in the remaining five mission worlds are either too secretive to find or pose a great risk.

Even with an ancient god avatar possessing combat power comparable to a world lord, he ultimately only managed to obtain a wondrous object known as the "Core of Life" from a mission world called "Ancient Wood Star."

This Life Core contains an immense amount of life essence. One Life Core is enough to instantly restore a severely injured Marquis-level Immortal powerhouse to his peak!

This single Core of Life is worth millions of Chaos Units, making it his biggest gain to date.

Through six dangerous missions, Zhou Yang gained a total of 18.5 points, a powerful "Original True Solution", and a precious Life Core.

After that, he was too lazy to go anywhere else and directly accepted the extreme mission located in the Primal Secret Realm - The Lost Galaxy!

The Lost Galaxy is a small region within a vast, primordial realm, roughly the size of the Milky Way.

The mission of the Lost Galaxy is simple: a 'search mission'.

Task Requirements: Find 39 crystals (see attachment for detailed information on the crystals) to earn 50 points.

However, the simpler the requirement, the greater the danger involved!

The Lost Galaxy, as its name suggests, is a super maze-like place, its size comparable to that of the Milky Way.

Even if immortal gods spent hundreds of thousands of years, they would probably only have traversed one region of the labyrinthine star system.

Zhou Yang spent nearly five years collecting all 39 crystals and completing the mission.

Afterwards, his main body hid in a safe place, and he directly created clones to search for the hidden secrets of this world.

Finally, after spending a full eight years and losing over a hundred clones, he obtained another treasure for cultivation besides the Original True Insight—a magical crystal the size of a fist that shone with nine-colored divine light.

Chaos Stone! Also known as the Enlightenment Stone!

Holding it can greatly increase one's affinity with various fundamental laws and significantly improve the speed of comprehending fundamental laws, making it something that even immortal powerhouses covet.

Many strong individuals may be limited by their natural talents, getting stuck at the very last step before breaking through.

With the aid of the Chaos Stone, they have a very high chance of successfully taking that step and entering a higher realm.

Therefore, the value of the Chaos Stone cannot be described in monetary terms, because no one will sell it; at most, it will only be 'rented'.

Renting a Chaos Stone once for ten years would require at least a million points, which is equivalent to earning at least 100,000 points a year without doing anything!

After completing the mission in the Lost Galaxy, Zhou Yang's confidence soared, and he immediately accepted the top-ranked mission in the Extreme Situation category, "Purgatory Abyss".

However, the opportunities in the Abyss of Purgatory were too secretive. He spent more than ten years and his clones died hundreds of times, but he only managed to discover a few clues.

But just when he was prepared to keep going until he hit a wall, a miraculous change occurred.

After decades of contemplation, and with the blessing of Meteor Tears and an extremely powerful soul, his understanding of the fundamental laws of space has reached a whole new level.

At a certain moment, an incomparably vast aura of law suddenly poured down.

(End of this chapter)