Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 134 Three Hundred Years of Chaos City, Twenty-One Levels of the Bridge to Heaven, The Chaos City Lord's Instructions

"The five lower-level laws of spatial integration, namely the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, are mutually generating and restraining, and are called the Five Elements Laws."

"The three lower-level laws of time are: wind as the ultimate yin, thunder as the ultimate yang, and light as the transformation of light and darkness into extreme yin and yang, thus evolving into Taiji, which is called the yin-yang law."

"These two are very close to the fusion law formed by the superior and inferior laws such as Jin Kong and Feng Shi at the same level."

"The third dimension evolves into the laws of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, the laws of Yin and Yang spacetime, the laws of the Five Elements spacetime..."

"The power of the fusion of the eight lower laws of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements is already above the fusion of the higher and lower laws of Metal and Void, Wind and Time, and is still below the complete spacetime fusion law."

"Under my subjective control, in the four hundred and fifty years of Chaos City, among the eight lower laws, the wind and fire laws, which had a foundation long ago, were at a slightly higher level, reaching the seventh level of the Bridge to Heaven, while the other six all reached the sixth level of the Bridge to Heaven."

If others knew of Hunzhen's remarkable progress, they would be utterly astonished.

This was only because Hunzhen deliberately slowed down his progress in studying the fusion of laws; otherwise, he would have already comprehended the eight lower-level laws to the point of gaining the recognition of the original laws.

Now that Hunzhen has both time and resources, he is naturally not in a hurry to move forward.

It's better to walk steadily than to walk fast.

"Judging from the calculation method of the 'Cosmic Evolution,' any law of fusion can be divided into seven levels."

"The first level is the 'threshold realm', the fourth level is the 'minor achievement realm', and the seventh level is the 'major achievement and perfection'."

"Then I can be considered to have barely reached the third level in terms of the Five Elements Law and the Yin-Yang Law."

"The Yin-Yang and Five Elements Laws only have the first level." Hunzhen shook his head silently.

Although the Yin-Yang and Five Elements principles are more profound and unpredictable than the previous two, due to the low level of comprehension, the power of Hunzhen when it is used is actually less than the previous two.

"The spacetime fusion law, which was the first to be studied, is at the second level, approaching the third level."

The second level of the Spacetime Fusion Law is the Law Enlightenment at the peak of the King-Sealing Realm, approaching the level of an invincible King-Sealing powerhouse.

However, since Hunzhen himself had made progress in the laws of time and space during this period, a single law was enough to pass through the eighteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge.

Even though the level of law fusion is not particularly high, the fact that the comprehension of a single law far exceeds the requirements of the second level of law fusion makes Hunzhen's law power when he uses the law of space-time fusion slightly higher than that of the third level of law fusion.

In terms of understanding the laws alone, Hunzhen has already broken through the twenty-first level of the Bridge to Heaven—he is already at the level of a Universe Venerable.

After reviewing the "Cosmic Evolution Chronicles," Hunzhen was somewhat certain that the original ancestor was most likely not a true god who broke through through the fusion of Yin-Yang spacetime, Five Elements spacetime, or similar laws.

As for the laws of chaos, that's utter nonsense.

Judging from the fact that the seventh level of this book is only a breakthrough to true godhood, the original work at most only slightly comprehended the meaning of chaos, rather than taking it as the main focus.

After all, one can break through to the True God realm once the Spacetime Fusion Law is perfected. The Primordial Ancestor probably just absorbed some essences of other lower-level laws, making himself far more powerful than others after breaking through to the True God realm.

However, Hunzhen quickly cleared his mind of distractions and returned to considering his own condition.

"In these four hundred and fifty years, my understanding of the laws has increased a hundredfold compared to before. But if I sit here in meditation any longer, even if I were given another thousand years, I probably wouldn't be able to improve by even a fraction."

It's not a bottleneck; it's just that the path of laws is inherently slower the further you go.

The leap from Realm Lord to Immortal is one leap, and the leap from Immortal to Universe Venerable is another enormous leap.

Which of those cosmic sages didn't make even a small progress over tens of thousands of epochs?

Even though Hunzhen's talent is now terrifyingly high, tens of thousands or even millions of times greater than that of ordinary universe venerables, thanks to numerous opportunities, it will still take an extremely long time for him to make further progress.

"It's time to move around."

Hunzhen's figure suddenly disappeared from the rooftop, and in the blink of an eye, he appeared in the Chaos Ruins.

With Hunzhen's current cultivation level, he was still unable to escape the attention of the Chaos City Lord, which was naturally the result of the Chaos City Lord not deliberately interfering.

Of course, Hunzhen had already given prior notice.

"Finally ready to set off?"

The Lord of Chaos City looked at Hunzhen, who was bowing respectfully, and a slight ripple appeared in his eyes.

This teleportation into the arena was undoubtedly Hunzhen's way of actively showcasing the results of his cultivation over this period.

Even though he was mentally prepared, the Lord of Chaos City still couldn't hide his astonishment when he saw Hunzhen's tremendous progress.

He controlled the entire spacetime of Chaos City and immediately recognized the fluctuations on Hunzhen's body that were acknowledged by the fundamental laws.

"That teleportation move just now wasn't just ordinary teleportation."

"Gaining recognition from the fundamental laws of space through 'teleportation,' and from the fundamental laws of time through 'time jump.' And the fusion of these two is so perfect..."

"very good."

The Lord of Chaos City couldn't help but marvel.

He smiled and said, "Hunzhen, it seems you haven't slacked off at all in these four hundred and fifty years."

"It's all thanks to your excellent guidance, teacher," Hunzhen said with a smile, revealing his teeth.

That's not necessarily wrong.

He himself consulted the Lord of Chaos City less often, but the simulated humans consulted him much more frequently.

And of course, there are various resources.

Take that treasure point as an example; even after he entered Chaos City, it still played a significant role.

In principle, the number of times you can comprehend the Chaos Stele cannot be exchanged.

However, the Lord of Chaos City granted him permission to exchange his Treasure Points for any Chaos Stele to study dozens of times.

The simulated human has comprehended the Chaos Stele countless times, probably more than ten thousand times that of other Venerable beings. Although the Chaos Stele still has an effect on the current Hunzhen, it is not as significant as it used to be.

But besides space and time, he also needs to comprehend the eight lower-level laws. At this time, these unprecedented eight opportunities to comprehend other Chaos Steles are especially important.

This is also one of the reasons why his progress in various lower-level laws has been so rapid.

The Lord of Chaos City smiled slightly. He knew that this disciple was different from others, so he often made things convenient for him. He accepted Hunzhen's "flattery" without any affectation.

"Where are you headed? To a secret realm in the universe, or to a battlefield beyond the realms?" the Chaos City Lord asked.

If the cultivation of members at the cosmic and domain lord levels is mostly about protection, then the cultivation of members at the realm lord level is when these members, who have consumed countless resources, give back to the virtual universe company for its cultivation.

The fledglings have grown into eagles, and the lion cubs have reached adulthood; naturally, they should contribute to the pride.

This is the duty they should fulfill, given the countless resources they have been poured into.

Hunzhen naturally did not intend to evade this point.

However, his plans were somewhat different.

Hunzhen grinned and raised his hand, making a claw shape: "Teacher, I want them all."

"Oh? Tell me about it."

The Lord of Chaos City was somewhat surprised, but his expression remained calm.

"I plan to divide the original body into three parts."

The Lord of Chaos City was not surprised that he knew of Hunzhen's "Three Thousand Magical Illusions" ability.

But what he heard next still surprised him.

"The first one, possessing the complete power of the original source (one-thousandth of the three-thousandths of the avatar), remained in Chaos City to continue comprehending and cultivating."

"The second one, a third of the clone, carrying most of the weaponry and equipment, went to the extraterritorial battlefield."

"As for the third entity, which carries the core will of my true self, along with my Time-Space Demon God avatar, I wish to send it to the Ancestral God Cult—Teacher, could you grant me the Beast God Inheritance Token?"

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After Hunzhen finished speaking, he looked at the Lord of Chaos City with eager eyes.

The Lord of Chaos City frowned for a moment, then relaxed.

"Sure. I'll try to get it for you."

He looked down at Hunzhen and nodded, saying, "If you want to comprehend and integrate the laws, the Ancestral God Sect is indeed the most suitable place. Even if you are not a practitioner of the Beast God Path, nor are you proficient in the Martial Arts Path, you can still learn from its laws and gain considerable benefits."

As he spoke, a smile appeared in his eyes.

"Furthermore, if I hadn't thought about it, another goal of your trip should be to obtain your final avatar, right? With your vision and ambition, ordinary life forms probably wouldn't even catch your eye; only special life forms are the choices you approve of. And if we're talking about the most densely populated secret realm of special life forms in the entire primordial universe, it would undoubtedly be the Ancestral God Cult."

Unlike in the original story, the Lord of Chaos City did not advise Luo Feng to break through to immortality as soon as possible.

Firstly, Hunzhen's three thousand magical incarnations have extremely strong life-saving abilities. While the various incarnations are closely connected, they are also distinct from one another. Only those with extremely high spiritual attainment can trace back to the source.

If Hunzhen hadn't found the key to Xingluo's breakthrough to the realm lord level, it would have been almost impossible for him to successfully seize a body in the past.

Secondly, he had a much clearer understanding of Hunzhen's background than Luo Feng's background in the original work, and therefore had much greater confidence in him.

Thirdly, Hunzhen had successfully returned safely from that perilous abyss of purgatory, and with this experience, he had more confidence in Hunzhen's ability to handle things.

Finally, Virtual Universe Company did an excellent job of protecting Hunzhen's information. After the Genius Battle, Hunzhen had no further visible combat records, making him extremely difficult to spy on or assassinate.

Hunzhen chuckled: "Teacher has excellent insight."

He never intended to conceal anything.

"But... Hunzhen, I must tell you, every sip and every bite has its own destiny."

The Chaos City Lord said calmly, "Normally, it's relatively easy for special life forms to break through to immortality. However, when this 'Three Lives Demon King' broke through to immortality, it was essentially a clone obtained through devouring, and its talent underwent a second evolution. You should know that some beings with heaven-defying opportunities are suppressed by the primordial universe's will during their breakthrough. If your Three Lives Demon King had no clones other than its main body, the probability of breaking through to immortality would be 100%. But with this additional clone of the Space-Time Demon God, the difficulty of breaking through is comparable to that of life forms with great opportunities among the peak races."

"With your current potential, having another special life form clone would only be icing on the cake. It would most likely greatly increase the difficulty of your breakthrough to immortality. If that Three-Life Demon Lord does acquire two perfectly complementary clones, the Silver Ghost King and the Black Demon King, as you predicted, I suspect he'll be forever trapped at the Realm Lord level!"

You'd better think this through.

Meeting the solemn gaze of the Chaos City Lord, Hunzhen nodded firmly, "This disciple understands."

He certainly knew this.

Luo Feng from the original novel is the best example.

His understanding of the laws had long reached the level of a cosmic venerable, but because he possessed heaven-defying opportunities such as the "Nine Tribulations Secret Manual" and the endless dark sea clone, he failed to break through at first.

His current breakthrough is naturally much easier than Luo Feng's breakthrough to immortality.

However, if one were to obtain an extremely powerful clone, the difficulty of breaking through would likely be no less than Luo Feng's breakthrough to immortality.

This is not alarmist.

Luo Feng possesses the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual and has an extremely strong foundation in the Golden Horned Beast, so even though his original talent for creating clones had a relatively low ceiling, he was still able to obtain the Nether Sea Clone.

As for the "Three Lives of Demonic Forms" of the Three Lives Demonic Forms, since the three forms must be united when the Three Lives Demonic Forms enter immortality, it can only be used under immortality. In addition, it requires completely devouring the target's body and soul. Only after completely erasing the target's existence can the devouring process be completed and the demonic form clones be generated.

Devouring does not require the target's physical body and soul to be intact; the focus is on the act of "devouring" and the concept of "completely erasing its existence." In other words, the target must be completely killed.

Unlike the Golden Horned Beast, which only requires the genetic makeup of the target, this method does not require a single hair to create a clone.

Aside from these two points, there are very few other restrictions.

Although the target must be eliminated, the life level of the target is not required. Even if it is an immortal or even a venerable being, the Three-Life Demon can turn it into an avatar. However, the life level will be reduced to the same level as the original.

As for the size of the divine body and the multiplication rate of life genes, it can be seen from Xingluo's successful devouring of the Silver Ghost King and the evolution of his clone that this limitation is almost non-existent.

In other words, as long as you can kill it, you can turn it into a clone.

These two points alone make the potential of the Demonic Three Lives talent far exceed that of most clone talents.

If Luo Feng didn't possess the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual, his Golden Horned Beast's clone talent would basically only be able to create ordinary life clones, which is far inferior to the clone talent of the Three-Life Demon Luo.

The greater the talent, the greater the ambition.

The Lord of Chaos's warning was a reminder to Hunzhen not to lose himself in the wonderful fantasy of creating a powerful clone, thus neglecting other important things.

Since Hunzhen nodded, the Lord of Chaos City naturally believed in his disciple.

They believed he wouldn't risk losing more than he gained.

It's good for geniuses to be proud and confident, but what's more important is not to lose oneself because of one's talent.

Berlan is a good example of what not to do.

In the eyes of the Chaos City Lord, Hunzhen is still considered "obedient" so far, which naturally makes him feel very comfortable.

After giving Hunzhen a series of instructions that were largely the same as those given to Luo Feng in the original story, the Lord of Chaos City flipped his hand, and two more items appeared in his hand. (See Chapter 35 of Section 13 of the original story)

One is a golden token engraved with a relief of Chaos City.

"This is my token. Once you crush it, I, your teacher, will immediately know you are in danger and will arrive in a very short time!" the Chaos City Lord said solemnly.

One, but it was a crystal-clear sphere that looked like solidified mercury.

"This is the 'Traceless Pearl,' a supreme weapon used by the great being who created the 'Primordial Spirit Weapon' and authored the 'Cosmic Evolution Chronicle' in his youth! A weapon of telekinesis!"

(End of this chapter)