I picked up attributes in Swallowing Star.

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Chapter 144: A Glimpse into the Lives of All Beings

"Send me the battle video of Luo Yuan crossing the Tongtian Bridge," the Nine Swords Venerable, dressed in a blue battle robe and purple scales, ordered.

"Yes, Your Excellency." The burly man with the lion's head respectfully forwarded the video.

Immediately, a huge screen appeared inside the magnificent temple, playing Luo Yuan's battle video. For the first three levels of the Tongtian Bridge, Luo Yuan directly used the fourth level of the Divine Weapon - Great Skill Without Artificiality - to crush through them. Moreover, he killed his enemies with a single move each time, ruthless and decisive, without any hesitation. He cleared all three levels in less than a minute.

Then came the fourth level of self-created peerless sword techniques. Each strike contained thousands of Heart Marks School's earth-shattering sword techniques, and also incorporated the fundamental laws of space, time, metal, and wind. This made even the usually calm and composed Nine Swords Venerable's eyes light up with amazement.

The fifth level of the illusionary realm was completely ineffective against Luo Yuan, and the final guardian was killed instantly by Luo Yuan's mental attack, which blew his head off.

"Excellent! This Luo Yuan is indeed outstanding. He has extremely high attainments in the fields of martial arts, mental control, and mental illusion. He has also gained a deep understanding of the Ten Fundamental Laws. He can be called an all-rounder. No wonder the Qianwu Kingdom Lord is willing to pay such a high price to take him as a disciple. That guy hasn't taken any disciples for a long time."

However, although Luo Yuan can now be considered a polymath, this path to the heavens is difficult to traverse. After all, countless peerless geniuses throughout countless ages have tried it, either encountering bottlenecks and stagnating, even ultimately falling behind ordinary geniuses who only cultivate one law, or giving up their obsession and specializing in one or two laws. So how far can Luo Yuan go? I'm quite looking forward to it.”

The Nine Swords Venerable stroked his chin and chuckled.

Upon hearing this, the lion-headed giant below was startled. He had followed the Nine Swords Venerable for countless millennia and had witnessed countless peerless geniuses across tens of thousands of generations. Never before had any genius received such high praise and attention from the Nine Swords Venerable. This made him take notice of this little guy named Luo Yuan and decide to pay more attention to him in the future.

……

In Chaos City, on the seventh floor of a nine-story tower.

The ape-man burly man 'True King', clad in golden armor, is conversing with the snake-tailed woman, Queen Wuni.

"Among the newly promoted geniuses, two have actually been accepted as disciples by the ruler of the universe. Among them, the strongest newcomer, Luo Yuan, was accepted as a disciple by the ruler of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom. Moreover, it is said that the ruler paid a great price and secretly used his high-level authority to gain the upper hand and achieve this."

"I'm not surprised by that. After all, this little guy named Luo Yuan is someone that more than twenty veteran Venerables are vying to take as a disciple. Even I, True King Yan, am not qualified to be his teacher." True King Yan, wearing golden battle armor, chuckled self-deprecatingly.

“True King Yan, why bother? This little fellow named Luo Yuan is indeed very outstanding, but his current excellence does not guarantee his future success. Besides, with so many things to learn at the same time, it's hard to say whether he can go far in the future. Not to mention anything else, it's quite strange that the Lord of the Yuan Chen Universe came to Chaos City and accepted Rong Jun as his disciple. I certainly don't see what Rong Jun has that would make the ancient Venerables value him.” The snake-tailed woman, Wu Ni Wang, said coldly.

"Hmm, what King Wuni said makes sense. Let's see. I don't understand Rong Jun either, but I've found a promising young man named Luo Feng among the geniuses this time. He's quite to my liking, and I plan to give him some pointers." After saying this, King Zhenyan went to send an email to Luo Feng.

Meanwhile, other established sects and immortal peak masters in Chaos City were also discussing Luo Yuan and Rong Jun. However, they were more optimistic about Luo Yuan. Although Luo Yuan had a wide range of knowledge, he was able to reach an extremely high level in each aspect, which also demonstrated his extraordinary talent.

.........

Virtual Universe, Yuxiangshan Public Area.

At this moment, Luo Yuan was having dinner with Luo Feng, Rong Jun, Wu Ka, Qian Shui, Bo Lan and others at a luxurious restaurant. Prince Wu Ka was still treating them, and the group enjoyed the delicious food and chatted happily.

"Come, let's celebrate Luo Yuan and Rong Jun being accepted as disciples by the Lord of the Universe. This is a once-in-a-millennium event! Cheers!" Prince Uka stood up, raised his glass, and laughed.

The people present also raised their glasses and drank together.

"By the way, Third Brother, how did you manage to pass through all five levels of the Sky Bridge in one go? I couldn't even get past the first level," Luo Feng asked curiously, sitting next to Luo Yuan.

"Haha, of course it's a crushing defeat. My Divine Weapon has reached the sixth level and formed its own world, while those gatekeepers are only at the second or third level. They'll be blasted into dust by me." Luo Yuan laughed. Actually, he had picked up the attributes to reach the sixth level of the Divine Weapon, since he often separated his consciousness to go to the Killing Arena to challenge various peerless geniuses.

"What? Third Brother, you've cultivated to the sixth level of the Divine Weapon, creating your own world? I've only reached the third level. Third Brother is truly amazing! I'll toast you!"

Luo Feng was shocked. He felt that the gap between him and Luo Yuan was widening. However, he quickly adjusted his mindset and decided to cultivate diligently. His eyes were filled with fighting spirit.

"Third Brother, do you have time to give me some guidance?" Luo Feng asked expectantly.

"No problem, I'm actually quite free too," Luo Yuan said with a smile. As soon as he said this, the other geniuses couldn't help but roll their eyes. They felt that Luo Yuan was showing off, but they still raised their glasses to congratulate him.

“Actually, I noticed a long time ago that Luo Yuan was different from others. Putting aside everything else, just look at how calm and composed he has been all along. I’ve never seen him driven to the brink of despair,” Uka said with a smile.

"That's true. When I fought him in the final battle, I used all my strength but couldn't break through his Chaos Domain. Instead, I was whipped to death by various laws. I almost gave up back then." Wildman Rong Jun said with some delight. The burly man, several meters tall, was so frightened that his body trembled, which made the people present burst into laughter.

.........

The next day, Luo Yuan left his private cultivation residence. He was going to the training grounds of the 52 sect leaders corresponding to the 52 Chaos Steles to collect attributes, ostensibly to attend classes. Since Luo Yuan had chosen the "Heart Mark Chaos Stele," the first place he should go was the training ground of the Heart Mark sect leader.

The first dojo Luo Yuan visited was the dojo of the strongest sect master of the Heart Mark Sect, known as the "King of Blade Wasteland". This sect master possessed the strength of a peak Immortal King and had existed for hundreds of millions of years. His unparalleled swordsmanship made him famous in the King circle. However, he was very low-key. Although he looked carefree, he was actually very meticulous.

When Daohuang Wang saw Luo Yuan come to his dojo to listen to the lectures, he was very happy. However, he regretted that he was not qualified to take Luo Yuan as his disciple. The fact that Luo Yuan had been accepted as a personal disciple by the Qianwu Kingdom Lord had already been widely publicized by the Qianwu Kingdom Lord. Even if Daohuang Wang was unwilling, he did not dare to compete with the ancient Venerable Qianwu Kingdom Lord for a disciple. However, whenever Luo Yuan attended a lecture, Daohuang Wang would explain it with extra care, hoping to leave a good impression on Luo Yuan.

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Chapter 145 The Ten Fundamental Laws Descend

"To pick up a wisp of the fundamental laws of space."

"To pick up a strand of the fundamental law of gold."

"To pick up a wisp of the fundamental law of time."

"Pick up 'Godslayer Strike' proficiency +100"

"Pick up 'Sky-Splitting Blade' proficiency +100"

Luo Yuan sat cross-legged on a futon in the crowd below the Daohuang King's Dojo. He appeared to be listening to the lecture, but in reality, he was using his mental energy to collect attributes while simultaneously diverting a sliver of his consciousness to play a virtual game. However, the terrifying sword intent and power of law constantly emanating from his body drew the attention of everyone present, who were all amazed.

The Blade King above was also amazed by Luo Yuan's talent; none of his disciples could compare to Luo Yuan.

After attending lectures at Daohuang King's dojo for a month, Luo Yuan went to other schools' dojos to attend lectures, actually to collect attributes. The amazing things he displayed when collecting and fusing attributes shocked all the dojos. Among them, Zhenyan King and Luo Yuan even discussed the laws of the Nine Universe Chaos Stele on the spot, leaving Zhenyan King's disciples dumbfounded.

Luo Yuan tried to directly release his spiritual power in Chaos City, hoping to collect various attributes over a wide area. However, he found that many places had powerful restrictions, especially the dojos of various schools, which directly blocked spiritual detection. As a result, Luo Yuan was warned by the Venerable of Chaos City not to use his spiritual power to detect things randomly. That's why he honestly went to the dojos of the various kings to listen to their lectures.

After half a year of living like this, Luo Yuan felt a bit bored. So, while attending classes at various schools of martial arts, he would also take time to hunt Chaos Beasts and absorb Chaos True Spirits. This not only improved his soul strength but also allowed him to collect the primordial laws dropped by these Chaos Beasts.

In the initial state of the universe, this 'initial universe' naturally gave birth to some strange creatures. These creatures had strange appearances and were temporarily named 'Chaos Beasts'. These Chaos Beasts varied in strength, and each of them was born proficient in some primordial laws, some proficient in more and some in less.

When a Chaos Beast is killed, it will directly decay into a large amount of Chaos Qi and a kind of emerald green light spot. This emerald green light spot is the core of the Chaos Beast. The Chaos Beast has no soul, only this life light spot, which is named Chaos True Spirit.

Simply absorb the Chaos True Spirit into your body, and it will be directly absorbed by your soul. After absorbing the Chaos True Spirit, your soul will undergo some changes and become more compatible with the universe.

However, absorbing the Chaos True Spirit is only effective for those below the Immortal level, because the souls of Immortal beings are already eternally existing, so absorbing the Chaos True Spirit is ineffective for them.

…………

On the desolate wasteland 1000 kilometers away from Chaos City, Luo Yuan was hunting Chaos Beasts on a large scale. All the Chaos Beasts in this area near Chaos City were at the cosmic level, which was like his own park to Luo Yuan. The cosmic level Chaos Beasts posed no threat to him at all.

Luo Yuan directly activated the Chaos Domain, surrounding the Chaos Beasts within a 100-kilometer radius. Then came a barrage of attacks from various attributes. The sound of the Chaos Beasts dropping their primordial laws echoed in his mind. Although there weren't many, the accumulated amount was still considerable.

After he had nearly exhausted these chaotic beasts, he sent them to their deaths. In the end, these chaotic beasts decomposed into a large amount of chaotic energy and a kind of emerald green light. The chaotic energy merged into Luo Yuan's chaotic domain, and the green chaotic true spirit merged into his soul. Then, he moved to another place and continued to do the same thing.

Luo Yuan's rampant killings led to a sharp decline in the number of cosmic-level Chaos Beasts in this area, which also provoked protests from other geniuses. However, Luo Yuan continued to do as he pleased, and the higher-ups of Chaos City did not care. In any case, these Chaos Beasts were free-range, and they could just kill them all and release another batch.

Three months later, Luo Yuan's absorption of the Chaos True Spirit had reached its limit. His soul strength was now infinitely close to that of an immortal powerhouse. The ten laws he had picked up had also accumulated to a considerable degree, with each one reaching the peak level of a World Lord. Even under deliberate control, his realm had reached the ninth level of the Universe level without the use of any nutrient solution.

……

Time flies like an arrow, and in the blink of an eye, Luo Yuan has spent ten years in Chaos City, while on Earth, the world has undergone tremendous changes, amounting to thirty years.

Luo Yuan's past ten years have been quite fulfilling. His time is mainly divided into three parts: one is attending lectures at the dojos of the 52 sect leaders to collect attributes, and another is whipping the chaotic beasts outside Chaos City to collect various attributes. The third part is going to the virtual universe's killing battle space to challenge the peerless geniuses of various universe nations, and incidentally collect attributes.

The last activity is entertainment. He separates his consciousness to play virtual games in the virtual universe, befriends and gathers with geniuses from various districts of Yuxiang Mountain, and discusses the meaning of life with Jiang Fang from Earth in the virtual space. When he is bored, he tries to cross the Tongtian Bridge. So far, he has crossed the ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge, which can be said to be far ahead of the other geniuses.

Almost all the geniuses of Yuxiang Mountain know Luo Yuan. When these geniuses hold parties and have fun in the virtual universe, they invite Luo Yuan to attend. Luo Yuan never shows any arrogance as the top genius. So Luo Yuan is very popular. Actually, Luo Yuan is just bored. These people are generous, so he just goes to pay for their services.

Compared to Luo Yuan, Bo Lan and Luo Feng seemed much more aloof. Bo Lan disdained wasting time attending these boring gatherings, while Luo Feng was desperately cultivating to catch up with Luo Yuan. This made Luo Yuan feel somewhat ashamed. He just ate, drank, and wasted his days, picking up attributes along the way, but his strength kept increasing, and there was nothing he could do about it.

Luo Yuan's attribute space has accumulated a large amount of primal energy and psychic power attributes, but he did not choose to fuse them. Instead, he planned to wait until he reached his limit before doing so. This was because once the geniuses of their original region reached the domain lord level, they would have to be sent to the human universe kingdom to serve as regional governors. He did not want to be sent down so quickly.

…………

In the blink of an eye, another two years have passed. Luo Yuan sat cross-legged on the rooftop of his private cultivation residence, feeling that he had reached a profound realm in the fusion of the ten fundamental laws of attributes.

Suddenly, a powerful aura emanated from Luo Yuan on the rooftop. He was enveloped by an incomparably powerful aura of law. Suddenly, ten pillars of light of different colored magical power pierced the sky and were projected from the sky above Chaos City onto the rooftop where Luo Yuan was. Countless secret patterns flowed around him, radiating light, and the intense fluctuations of the primordial law were even more terrifying.

Instantly, countless ascetics in Chaos City were awakened by this terrifying aura of law. They opened their eyes and looked in the direction of Luo Yuan, all of them dumbfounded.

"That's the descent of the fundamental laws! And it's the descent of the ten fundamental laws, the recognition of the ten fundamental laws! My god, am I dreaming?!" Countless powerful figures were shocked.

At this moment, even the Venerables in Chaos City projected their consciousness toward Luo Yuan's location.

Chaos City, the inner palace of the city lord's mansion, 'Chaos Ruins'.

A figure sat cross-legged in meditation. Suddenly, he opened his eyes, and his usually calm eyes, as vast as the ocean, revealed astonishment and joy.

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Chapter 146 Chaos Divine Body

Chaos City, the inner palace of the city lord's mansion, 'Chaos Ruins'.

"Return to One!"

A majestic and awe-inspiring voice resounded throughout this boundless space; it was the voice of the supreme ruler of Chaos City, the Lord of Chaos City.

"Master, your disciple is here!"

A bald man in a fiery red battle robe suddenly appeared in Chaos Ruins. He respectfully bowed to the Chaos City Lord on the high seat. Then the Chaos City Lord said a few words to the bald man. The bald man looked surprised, but still nodded and respectfully left. He walked out of the City Lord's mansion, looked in the direction of Luo Yuan, and revealed a smile that was hard to understand.

…………

Above the rooftop of Luo Yuan's private cultivation residence in Chaos City.

Ten beams of light of different colors shot down from the sky, illuminating Luo Yuan. Countless laws and secret patterns intertwined around him, making him look like a colorful planet. Luo Yuan's body was at the center of this planet, and the power of laws was constantly flowing into his body, transforming his physical body and soul.

Gradually, Luo Yuan's physical body and soul began to show law-related runes, densely packed. Every life factor of his was also integrated with the power of the law, making him look as if he were constructed from the origin of the law. He also began to transcend the mortal body and transform into the legendary Chaos God Body, resonating with the origin of the universe.

An overwhelming sense of comfort washed over Luo Yuan, who felt as if he had returned to the womb, swimming freely in the ocean of the Ten Fundamental Laws. He felt warm and free, and the shackles of heaven and earth were loosened. The fundamental structure of the universe appeared in his mind, which was incredibly profound.

"So this is how the universe and all things are, and this is how the rules of heaven and earth are established..."

The secrets of the universe are laid bare under Luo Yuan's consciousness. If he had the power to do so, he might even be able to construct a small universe, albeit just an embryonic simulation of the existing universe. Even so, this would be incredibly terrifying.

The transformation of Luo Yuan's body by the Ten Fundamental Laws lasted for a full year before it ended, and his Chaotic Divine Body was finally completed, though only in its initial stage. Finally, the beam of light formed by the laws dissipated.

A golden wheel mark slowly appeared on Luo Yuan's brow, with ten primordial laws running around on it. This mark on his brow faintly emitted a heart-palpitating law fluctuation, a sign of being recognized by the primordial laws!

"Om~"

Suddenly, a spatial fluctuation appeared on the rooftop where Luo Yuan was. A bald man wearing a fiery red battle robe suddenly appeared. He stared wide-eyed at the golden wheel mark between Luo Yuan's eyebrows, but then he came to his senses and seemed to be deep in thought. He had never seen such a law mark between Luo Yuan's eyebrows before, and Luo Yuan's whole body seemed to be covered by an extremely dense layer of chaotic energy, making it impossible to see through him.

Luo Yuan was startled to see the bald man suddenly appear beside him. This man had appeared silently and without warning, and judging from the aura emanating from him, he was very likely a Venerable.

"Greetings, Venerable One!" Luo Yuan quickly bowed and paid his respects. Regardless of whether he knew the person or not, he still had to maintain at least some respect when facing a powerful figure.

"Haha, no need for formalities. You can call me Venerable Guiyi. I am the personal disciple of the Lord of Chaos City!" The bald man in a fiery red battle robe introduced himself with a smile.