Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 181 Over 300 Million Times the Cultivation Efficiency, Trouble Will Come Knocking

The method of combining the environmental time acceleration of the Black Pattern Stone Pillar space with its own onboard acceleration device is an operation that has been used in the original work.

Using the Purple Cloud Palace as cover, Hunzhen entered the Time Palace and made some deductions using his omniscient vision.

"The higher the actual final acceleration rate, the more energy is consumed, and the energy consumption of the Time Palace is based on the actual acceleration rate. After reaching a certain peak, it will increase exponentially."

"Even though I exchanged most of my remaining resources for the Time Palace's energy before setting off, once the actual acceleration rate exceeded 100,000 times, the resources that could have lasted for more than ten years were exhausted in just a few dozen days."

"After setting up the Time Palace, I will not activate it myself. Instead, the simulator will use the Time Palace to accelerate cultivation, which will enable an unprecedented cultivation speed."

All time calculations ultimately use the original cosmic time as a reference frame.

This is a calibration made by Hunzhen based on the characteristics of simulation capabilities.

Cultivating around this black-patterned stone pillar now maintains a 100,000-fold acceleration of time; one simulation of ten years is equivalent to one hundred actual epochs of cultivation.

One day of cultivation is equivalent to a million years of cultivation, more than 300 million times the cultivation speed, and one year is 36,000 epochs of cultivation time.

It should be noted that even when Luo Feng used the time acceleration of the inheritance space and the time acceleration of the black-patterned stone pillar to combine, he could only maintain a normal acceleration of tens of millions of times.

With such efficiency, Hunzhen only needs to cultivate for a few thousand epochs to accumulate the equivalent of a person without time acceleration cultivating for an entire reincarnation era.

Of course, the efficiency of secluded cultivation per unit of time is far less than that of life-and-death trials and enlightenment in special places. In addition, Hunzhen allows simulated humans to temper their will and endure the pain of the soul while comprehending enlightenment, so the actual efficiency is even lower.

During this time, Hunzhen was constantly deducing the fusion law he had comprehended in front of the black-patterned stone pillar, referring to his understanding of the fusion law in the Ancestral God Sect. He temporarily put aside his spacetime cultivation and focused on breaking through the fusion law formed by the superior and inferior laws as soon as possible.

"The simulated humans don't have my ability to access the future. At this rate, it's practically impossible to achieve the seventh level of the four Beast God inheritances within ten thousand years."

"Well, we can put the willpower training on hold for now. Let's focus on comprehending the laws. Let the simulator train in the 1047x acceleration zone."

Having completed the adjustment, Hunzhen quickly immersed himself in cultivation.

Even with his full effort to comprehend it, he could at most grasp a fraction of a thought.

The avatar of the Ancestral God Sect occupies one thought, while the black-patterned stone pillar occupies the other.

While practicing cultivation, he also used the acceleration of time to accumulate the Enlightenment Lotus Elixir at an extremely high speed.

It is foreseeable that the effect of "active enlightenment," which has been unable to be realized in the past, will truly take effect in the near future.

Because Hunzhen's understanding of the laws is already extremely high, he needs to accumulate a huge amount of Enlightenment Lotus Liquid to slightly improve the effect of enlightenment. Over the past long period of time, even with the help of the ability to simulate inheritance, the amount of Enlightenment Lotus Liquid he has accumulated is just a drop in the ocean.

However, under this extremely terrifying acceleration of time, Hunzhen has made the simulated human body regard accumulating the Enlightenment Lotus Liquid as the only important thing besides comprehending the laws, so the accumulation speed naturally increases rapidly.

Accelerating comprehension and the accumulation of the Azure Lotus Elixir—this was Hunzhen's primary purpose in coming to this cosmic vessel.

Now, after more than a century, it has finally been achieved.

As for the second objective, it was the "severance of the Eastern River lineage".

Even with the existence of the Demon God Dance, Hunzhen has no intention of giving up the "path of laws" he had previously considered.

It wasn't about seeking "maximum profit" or "maximum combat power," but simply his "obsession" and "pursuit" for coming into this world.

In this world that swallows the stars, if one desires comfort and pleasure, reaching the cosmic level grants access to every form of enjoyment imaginable in one's previous life: beautiful women, games, delicious food... and much more! Everything imaginable is available!

When Hunzhen won first place in the Genius Battle, if he wanted to enjoy himself to the fullest, he could have easily started to slack off.

The truly strong in this world must have extraordinary willpower. Of course, this extraordinary willpower is not the so-called "transcending the mortal realm and entering sainthood," abandoning material desires and needs, and becoming a pure seeker of the Tao.

This simply means that most of them are persistent and will not easily waver in their decisions.

Being a simp to the extreme and being looked down upon by others doesn't matter if it's what your heart desires.

When insulted, one will become angry in order to protect one's dignity and vow to kill the insulter, even if it means resorting to underhanded means. As long as one believes one is right, one will not care about the opinions of others.

For the sake of their people, they would not hesitate to sacrifice everything else, resorting to any means necessary.

A strong person is not necessarily a saint, but they certainly possess self-discipline.

Even at this point, Hunzhen still had his own unwavering conviction: before he could break through to the level of the Lord of the Universe and fully control the simulated humans, the simulated humans would have already given up, and he would have no chance of breaking through to the level of the Lord of the Universe.

This obsession stems from his yearning for and pursuit of freedom, his inner pride and dignity, and his determination to explore the ultimate path of laws and see the scenery never shown in the original work.

Moreover, no matter what, divine power is only the foundation of combat strength; the laws are the fundamental factors that determine whether one can break through realms or even achieve ultimate power.

However, if one wants to forge a new path on the road of laws, the existing "textbooks" in the universe are insufficient to meet the needs of Hunzhen.

The original work only broadened his horizons, but it did not truly explain the principles of cultivating the laws in every single word.

The Duan Donghe lineage is of an extremely high level due to the existence of its three generations of patriarchs (Duan Donghe, Jueyi, Sheng, and Wang).

The title "King of Saints" implies that this third-generation patriarch has either reached the level of a god-king or is the most supreme being known as a saint, comparable to a special life form of the universe's lord at the Venerable level in the primordial universe.

This is undoubtedly a succession of a god-king level.

Even if it's not as good as the God King's inheritance in the Jin world, it won't be much weaker. At least for Hunzhen, it's definitely enough for him to glimpse the core of the path of laws and formulate his own strategy for advancement.

He had no intention of giving this opportunity to anyone.

If other members of the Hongmeng were to become inheritors, he could still obtain the peripheral inheritance.

However, only the core inheritance is the core of Duan Donghe's inheritance.

If one only wishes to become an ordinary true god, the peripheral inheritance is sufficient. However, if one wishes to glimpse the laws governing those who become saints or even god-kings, the core inheritance is indispensable.

Hunzhen currently takes the Law of Chaos as the ultimate goal of his path of laws, so naturally he cannot miss the inherited knowledge beyond the level of a saint.

In the original work, it will take more than 100,000 years for the Duan Donghe lineage to appear in the world.

With Hunzhen's time multiplier, which no one can surpass, it possesses an unparalleled advantage in the Xihuang Bureau's assessment.

Even if his comprehension is low, with this terrifying time advantage, he can easily surpass others, complete the 6000-puzzle puzzle, and directly win the inheritance spot.

Moreover, regardless of the advantage of time acceleration, his current comprehension is already among the top tier in the universe.

The question is, should we just wait for 100,000 years for nothing?

For safety reasons, it's best to wait.

Judging from the timeline alone, the Thunder-Clad Demon God who attempted to scheme against the Divine Eye Clan to avenge his best friend has most likely not yet obtained the Tomb Ship with the inheritance of the Broken East River.

After all, his trap was a purely open scheme, requiring little planning. Therefore, the time it took for the Tomb Ship to be created and for the Thunder God to actually obtain it was at most a few hundred years.

Hunzhen could have easily intercepted the deal beforehand.

only……

The Tomb Ship ultimately originated from the core of the Spaceship.

Furthermore, the exact location where it appears is unclear.

Furthermore, since Hunzhen doesn't have a map, theoretically, it's virtually impossible for Hunzhen to find itself on its own.

"However, this is just pure theory."

"The inheritance of Duan Donghe, this kind of God-King level inheritance, is most likely the same as the Jin World. It was released by the original universe will in order to seek a glimmer of hope after sensing the existence of the World Beast.

"The release of the Broken East River's legacy is imminent. If we can increase the density of life adventuring on the spaceship, there's a good chance we can bring it out sooner."

Hunzhen pondered silently.

But even if we were to bring the Duan Donghe lineage out ahead of schedule, that's not something we should be doing now.

Even if he eventually obtains this inheritance, he will almost certainly need the support and assistance of the Hongmeng to preserve it.

That would also mean that one's identity has been exposed.

In that case, if one's strength is insufficient, even if one could force it to be born ahead of time, one should not do so.

Therefore, this second objective is merely an additional option.

If it succeeds, that's good; if it doesn't, it's alright.

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Hunzhen can afford to wait a mere 100,000 years.

And so, time flew by.

More than a thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye.

The Hunzhen is equivalent to two incarnations cultivating for over 40 million epochs (one in 25,000 cycles of reincarnation), and the incarnations in the Ancestral God Sect have cultivated for over 400 epochs.

On the side of the Ancestral God Sect, they continuously receive the inheritance from the land of inheritance, while on the side of the Black Pattern Stone Pillar, they continuously verify and digest it.

Even with all the accumulated Glory Points, it wasn't enough to keep up with the human's demands. As a result, in the later stages of each simulation, the Ancestral God's avatar would stop cultivating, allowing Hunzhen, who was cultivating on the Black Pattern Stone Pillar, to maintain three times the cultivation efficiency of the Three Thoughts to comprehend other laws and practice combat secret techniques.

The insights accumulated over these thousand years of cultivation far exceed the total amount gained by Hunzhen over the past ten thousand years.

The inheritance of the eight great beast gods has all reached the sixth level, and the fusion of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements has taken another step towards perfection, which is the greatest progress of Hunzhen in more than a thousand years.

His main combat techniques naturally evolved to the strongest level of the Lord of the Universe, and he is firmly moving towards the level of the strongest ultimate skill.

In addition, although only the true form of Hunzhen in the real world mainly tempered his will, while the simulated humans only dabbled in this aspect, Hunzhen's will steadily took a step forward.

It can now maintain normal stress resistance in the 1700x time acceleration region.

This greatly surprised the Lord of Yan Ying, whom he had easily surpassed.

During this period, Hunzhen occasionally had several exchanges with the cosmic lords around him.

Through inquiries made from the side, they learned about the Lord of the Universe's information regarding the strength of his will.

As mentioned earlier, if the Lord of the Universe breaks through to the level of a true god, with the help of the consciousness of a true god, his will can also reach the level of a true god in a relatively short period of time.

For the Lord of the Universe, without the help of the consciousness of a true god, every step forward in the strength of his will encounters countless bottlenecks.

Among these countless bottlenecks, there are three major ones.

The level of the supreme universe master, the level of a true god.

From the region with a flow rate a thousand times that of the Black Pattern Stone Pillar to the region with a flow rate two thousand times that of the Black Pattern Stone Pillar, this is considered to be at the level of a master of an ordinary universe.

Two thousand times is the bottleneck of the will of a top-tier universe master.

Two thousand to ten thousand times, all belong to the level of the top universe master.

Breaking through ten thousand times is the level of the strongest beings in the universe, that is, the level of a true god.

Reaching a thousand to two thousand times is relatively easy, but once you get close to two thousand times, you'll feel like you've hit a wall, and it will take a lot of time to break through that bottleneck.

After breaking through 2,000 times, you can basically slow down and then quickly advance a long distance in a short time. Then it gradually slows down. Above the 9,000 times flow rate zone, it becomes more and more difficult as you get closer to 10,000 times.

Similarly, exceeding ten thousand times allows for rapid advancement over a large distance.

The top-tier Universe Lord level seems to encompass a distance between two thousand and ten thousand times, but in reality, there is no essential difference, and their tolerance to soul attacks is roughly the same.

The same principle applies to the level of ordinary universe masters and true gods.

The vast majority of first to fourth-order universe masters are at the level of ordinary universe masters, while fifth-order universe masters generally have the will of top-tier universe masters.

Among those at the fifth rank and above, those possessing the will of a true god are extremely rare.

Even without focusing on cultivating willpower, the progress made over the past thousand years has made Hunzhen truly realize that he does not have any unique talent in mental willpower.

Fortunately, he possessed an omniscient perspective, transforming himself into a god.

The question is whether the enhancement of the Omniscient Vision's will elevates him to the top level of the Universe Lord's will, or the level of a True God's will.

To avoid being too sensational, Hunzhen did not deliberately use the black-veined stone pillar for verification.

However, if he could reach the will of a top-tier universe master without relying on the state of "self-god", and with the addition of omniscient vision, there is a great possibility that he could achieve a will comparable to that of a true god.

"Although my soul defense treasure is not of a high level, if I add the will of a true god, it can basically be immune to the soul attacks of the Lord of the Universe."

"However, according to the concept of 'bottlenecks,' if I don't guide the simulators to hone their willpower and only focus on comprehending the laws, I won't be able to break through to the will of a top-tier universe master in a short period of time."

"Um?"

Hun Zhen was organizing his thoughts when he suddenly opened his eyes, a sharp glint in them, his brows furrowing slightly.

"Will this tranquil and leisurely period of spiritual practice eventually come to an end?"

"However, a thousand years of peace is already quite remarkable."

He has already seen the changing future.

Because moving through the secret realms and perilous places of the cosmic sea can take hundreds or even thousands of years, when Hunzhen glimpses changes from the simulated records, some things are basically destined to happen, and at most, they can only be delayed.

The changes he just witnessed, which will take place ten years from now, originated hundreds of years ago.

Information travels much slower in the cosmic ocean than in the primordial universe. While some information about conflicts may be relatively easy to obtain, most people with access to information channels will become aware of it within a few days or months.

However, some less crucial information, such as the news that a new face like Hunzhen had appeared in the Black Pattern Stone Pillar space, was transmitted much more slowly.

But so much time has passed that it has almost reached the ears of the machine race.

However, a considerable amount of time passed before they confirmed that Hunzhen was not from the Holy Land.

With the possibility of someone coming from the holy site ruled out, the range of possible identities for the "mysterious person" is naturally narrowed down significantly.

(End of this chapter)