Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Meteor Tear

Chapter 154 Four Thousand Years of Cultivation

Deep within the Time-Space Prison, in that mysterious space.

Zhou Yang looked at the enormous image of laws and secret patterns that almost covered the entire sky, and he couldn't help but marvel.

At the same time, he couldn't help but be curious about the origin of this secret pattern.

He had just asked the Lord of Chaos City in the virtual universe, but the other party also said that he did not know.

It is said that when the extraterrestrial battlefield was opened up, the cosmic venerables who were responsible for sweeping the secret realms did not go deep into the deepest part of the Time-Space Prison to investigate, so they did not know whether it originally existed or was created later.

However, after learning of the existence of such a secret pattern, the Lord of Chaos City seemed to be moved and showed more support and expectation for Zhou Yang's path of integrating multiple laws.

"How did this rune pattern form? Was it naturally generated, or left behind by a powerful figure?"

"If it was left by a person, how powerful must that person be? To use a secret rune diagram to explain the mysteries of the evolution of chaos, only a super powerhouse at the level of a Chaos Ruler could do that!"

"Were there such powerful beings in the primordial universe? Wait, there actually was one."

As Zhou Yang was thinking this, a name suddenly surfaced in his mind—

"The Mountain Hermit! Could it be him?"

If Zhou Yang wanted to find such a powerful figure in the primordial universe, the only one he could think of was Zuo Shan Ke.

Before being reborn into the primordial universe, this mysterious God-King of Jin was a powerful being at the God-King level, and naturally had long since comprehended the laws of chaos.

Moreover, this person once spent a great deal of effort modifying the Earth and the surrounding starry sky, thus giving life born on Earth extremely powerful spiritual talents, and can be said to be the guide of the Earth lineage.

As the most outstanding human being on Earth today, Zhou Yang naturally receives his special attention.

If it were said that he left behind this secret pattern in order to guide Zhou Yang's growth, that would be a plausible explanation.

"I don't want to think about it anymore. Whether it's natural or man-made, now that I've seen it, it's my destiny!"

Zhou Yang stared at the mysterious image that almost covered the entire sky, his gaze becoming intoxicated with it.

"Decomposition and fusion, seemingly two extremes, actually follow the same path, only with different starting points. Looking outward from the center of this rune pattern, it's 'decomposition,' while looking inward from the outermost edge, it's naturally 'fusion'!"

"With this image as a reference, my path of multi-law fusion will finally be much faster, no longer like a blind man groping across a river! My cultivation speed should increase dramatically!"

"Since Master Chaos City Lord has asked me to lie low for a while, I'll take this opportunity to study it!"

Zhou Yang stopped thinking about it and sat down cross-legged on a peak in this world, quickly immersing himself in comprehending the huge secret pattern image in the sky.

In the past, when he attempted to fuse laws, he would use the method of derivation to deduce all the combinations and transformations of the fundamental laws and mysteries, and then optimize the best combination through repeated battles.

This method is not only time-consuming and laborious, but it is also very easy to create conflicts.

For example, the first stage of the fusion method he deduced is to integrate and connect the first 36 of the eight lower-level laws to form a near-perfect and delicate balance.

The second stage requires the fusion of the first 108 profound mysteries of the eight lower-level laws.

However, as new laws and mysteries continue to be integrated, the delicate balance that had been established is inevitably broken.

This requires him to re-deduce and reconstruct a new balance that can withstand 108 kinds of profound laws, which naturally consumes a tremendous amount of time and energy.

However, now that we have this 'Law Decomposition' rune diagram as a reference, it's like a poor student who has never been able to afford books finally having their own textbook.

The book provides a detailed description of all the fundamental theorems of "rule decomposition" and correct examples applicable to the operation of the theorems.

What I need to do now is to derive the 'inverse theorems' of these fundamental theorems by following the theorems and examples in the book.

Although it is still quite difficult, it is much easier than the initial blind groping around like a blind man crossing a river!

Zhou Yang's gaze was fixed on the mysterious and profound patterns, as if he saw within them the supreme truth of the birth of the universe and the evolution of chaos.

His entire soul was throbbing, and his consciousness was racing.

He compared his method of fusion with it and immediately gained new insights.

"No, that's not how it works. These six profound techniques shouldn't be combined like this."

"Huh, water and fire can actually mix directly? I thought the only way to transform them was through the five elements' generating cycle."

"I see! How ingenious! Absolutely ingenious!"

His research on the method of fusion was like finally stepping from a muddy path onto a fast track. Countless insights surged from his mind, causing his research progress to soar at an astonishingly rapid pace.

Meanwhile, deep within the vast, endless air currents.

There was a huge, dark blue rocky mountain that floated silently.

On the mountain peak, an old man, about 90,000 kilometers tall, with a faint black light emanating from his body and two crystal-clear horns on his forehead, sat quietly in meditation.

The old man slowly withdrew his gaze from a mysterious space, his expression shifting uncertainly.

"He never cultivated the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual, yet his genetic multiplier and soul strength both skyrocketed to this extent, and he unexpectedly chose a path directly to chaos. Was it truly a lucky accident, or some powerful inheritance that even I hadn't noticed?"

The old man's gaze was deep, like an endless starry sky.

However, at this moment, there were constant ripples in the starry sky.

After a long while, the turmoil gradually subsided, and only a sigh could be heard.

"Hopefully, this variable can be brought under control."

In the vast universe, billions of stars are silently revolving along their own trajectories every moment.

In this tireless cycle, endless time flows by like water.

In the blink of an eye, nearly four thousand years have passed since the news of the Human Race's Reincarnation King's 'fall' in the Time-Space Prison was spread.

Over the course of four thousand years, the universe has witnessed countless changes and many astonishing events.

First, in the extraterritorial battlefield, the human race and the demon race, two of the four top factions, broke out in an unprecedented decisive battle ahead of schedule.

First, all the powerful warriors in the human faction who had been crowned kings received two bounty missions with incredibly amazing rewards in their military merit system!

"Provide the accurate coordinates of powerful figures such as the Demon King, the Zhenwu King, the Xuanmu King, and the Mingshui King. Upon verification, a reward of 300 billion Chaos Units will be given immediately!"

"Killing powerful demon kings such as the Heavenly Drive King, the Zhenwu King, the Xuanmu King, and the Mingshui King will be rewarded with a valuable treasure upon verification!"

Such a generous reward naturally had a tremendous impact.

The human kings who were active on the battlefield outside the domain were like they had been injected with chicken blood, and they all took action and began to search for the locations of the demon race powerhouses on the bounty list.

Soon, the Sky Chaser King, who claimed to have personally banished the Human Reincarnation King to the deepest turbulent currents of the Time-Space Prison and was enjoying immense prestige, was approached by someone first.

King Qianyun and King Cangli, two super strong individuals from the human race who were close to the invincible level of being crowned kings, joined forces and used several powerful treasures to launch a fatal attack on King Tianqu!

An astonishing battle erupted instantly, and terrifying shockwaves swept across all directions.

With the help of powerful demon warriors who arrived at the scene, the Heavenly King successfully retreated.

However, in this battle, his immortal divine body was damaged by nearly 70%, and it will undoubtedly take a lot of time and resources to recover. It is likely that we will not hear any news about him in the universe for a long time.

Following this battle, the demon race, not to be outdone, began to retaliate against the human race on the outer battlefield.

As time went by, and with the instigation of powerful figures from other factions, it eventually evolved into a faction war that swept across the entire extraterritorial battlefield!

This great war lasted for nearly a thousand years until the leaders of the major factions unanimously signaled restraint, which gradually subsided.

Not long after this great battle ended, another unparalleled genius of the human race stepped into the extraterritorial battlefield.

This genius almost replicated the growth trajectory of the King of Reincarnation. He also took more than a thousand years to rise from a new recruit who had just entered the battlefield outside the domain to finally achieve the reputation of "King of the Blade River" after a great battle!

(End of this chapter)