Time-Space Essays and Cosmic Combination Theory
The Nine-Colored Eye Fruit was just a simple interlude.
He is currently on a spaceship heading to the Virtual Universe Company headquarters, and according to the email, the Nine-Colored Eye Fruit will not be delivered to him until the Initial Universe.
The best option during these three years of voyage would naturally be to cultivate secret techniques.
Lin Yan thought to himself, "I have 200,000 points, which is enough to buy extremely valuable secret techniques. I must use them wisely."
Points are very valuable.
Because many treasures within the Virtual Universe Company can only be redeemed with points, and cannot be purchased with Hun Yuan Unit.
Moreover, the purchasing power of these points increases as time goes on.
For example, items like "Life Fruit" and "Yan Shen Armament" are very cheap and not rare in the outside world. It is not cost-effective to spend points to buy them. Items worth 1 Hunyuan may cost 10 points.
But--
As items become more expensive, points begin to show their advantage.
Take the "Nine-Colored Eye Fruit" for example. It is priced at 200,000 points in the Virtual Universe Company's treasury, but it is normal for it to fetch 400,000 to 500,000 Hun Yuan Unit at auctions outside.
Because these items are simply unavailable outside, none of the five major powers want to allow such incredibly valuable items to leak out. Even high-level auctions with a minimum threshold of five-star clients are rare.
Those immortal beings from the Universe Country are something you can't buy even if you have the money.
This is especially true for rare and precious treasures.
However, the Virtual Universe Company has all of these in stock, and you can redeem them simply by using points.
Core Member below the Immortal level are prohibited from exchanging points for money. Points can only be obtained by clearing the Tongtian Bridge, the Illusionary Sea, the Immortal Altar, and by accepting various quests. They are extremely precious and rare. Only after becoming an Immortal can one exchange points for money.
The Virtual Universe Company's rule for the Immortals is: 1 Hun Yuan Unit can be exchanged for 1 Point!
It can be said that Lin Yan, as a new member of the "Original Secret Realm", initially received 100,000 points for free. In addition, with the special reward added by the Nine Swords Venerable for the first place, he had a total of 200,000 points. His minimum purchasing power was 20,000 Hunyuan, and his maximum... was immeasurable.
Why is it immeasurable?
Because what he wanted to buy could not be bought anywhere other than the Core Layer the five major powers, and there were no substitutes.
Lin Yan opened the treasure vault.
Drop!
The treasure vault opened, and immediately eight major categories appeared on the screen: "Mystic Arts," "Weapons," "Rare Treasures," "Technological Weapons," "Materials," "Tools," "Biological Creatures," and "Other Special Categories."
Each major category contains many subcategories; for example, under the biological category, there are subcategories such as "Plant Lifeform," "Metal Lifeform," and "animal taming."
It encompasses everything and contains all sorts of wonders.
Lin Yan looked at it and said, "Wind Queen, you should learn more about the treasures on these treasure lists so that you can give me good suggestions when I need something."
"I will, Master."
Lin Yan's virtual assistant, "Wind Queen," sweetly agreed.
Lin Yan nodded. His own knowledge was limited, and he couldn't possibly devote much energy to learning about this. Therefore, the assistance of Intelligent life form was very important. The thinking and calculation speed of Intelligent life form was comparable to that of immortals, far exceeding his own. They learned this knowledge faster and had a stronger ability to accept it.
And--
Intelligent life form forms also need to broaden their horizons through learning, otherwise they are likely to make the same mistakes that Luo Feng made in the original work.
With Babata's enthusiastic help, Luo Feng used all 10,000 points given to him by the new members of the "Primordial Beginning Secret Realm" to buy a complete set of "Phantom Shadow Codex," um... a martial arts Combat Secret Technique that emphasizes a solid foundation.
With only 180 points left, I used them to buy Origin Force Weapons, Life Fruit, and Lan Ke Fruit.
Good.
Among those Universe Country, the "Phantom Shadow Codex" was indeed considered a top-tier secret technique before immortality.
The "Phantom Shadow Illusionary Body" that Lin Yan bought at the Ganwu Auction was actually a close-combat movement technique for martial artists from this set of secret arts, and it cost him 430 Hun Yuan Unit.
However, for those initial 10,000 points, which are about to become an important opportunity to comprehend the Initial Universe, it would be a huge waste to use the points to buy these things, completely failing to realize their intended purpose.
They were truly ripped off by Babata.
Lin Yan couldn't bear to watch any longer. He had specifically instructed them not to waste the initial points, but to just take a look and he would help them with their reference later.
As for Origin Force weapons and Lan Ke Fruit, he had reminded Luo Feng at the previous auction to prepare more, since Luo Feng already had quite a bit of money at that time.
"Master, what are you planning to buy?" Wind Queen asked curiously.
"Open the most expensive book in the esoteric arts category," Lin Yan said with a smile. "I'm afraid this 200,000 yuan won't even stay in my hands for long before I'm throwing it all in."
The screen changes.
The content on the screen became sparse, with only the text and illustrations of hundreds of books appearing.
All of them cost a staggering 100 billion points!
"The Great Axe True Explanation," "The Chaos Principle," "Time-Space Essays," "Black Hole Evolution"...
One of the rewards for the top 1,000 in the entire universe in the Genius Battle is to go to the "Initial Universe" to study. The most important treasure in the Initial Universe is the 52 Chaos Tablets Chaos Stele, each of which records a large number of mysterious patterns and so on!
These 52 Chaos Stele are 52 paths of cultivation, leading directly to the ultimate path!
If one comprehends any Chaos Stele, one will directly become a true Super Existence in the universe, and even establishing a Universe Country would be a piece of cake.
Or rather, among those Universe Country Lords, only a very small minority can fully comprehend a complete Chaos Stele.
Once Lin Yan and his group arrive at the Chaos City of the Initial Universe, they will have the opportunity to choose one of the Chaos Stele to study. Of course, the opportunity to study is very rare and precious.
And a large portion of these hundreds of most expensive books were written by the creators of these Chaos Stele!
If the Chaos Stele is profound and unfathomable, capable of guiding people to automatically comprehend numerous secret techniques, then these books themselves record thousands upon thousands of secret techniques, each corresponding to the Heavenly Path inscribed on the Chaos Stele, and are also the best complementary secret techniques for cultivating their respective Chaos Stele.
The effects of comprehending the numerous secret techniques contained within are comparable to one-tenth of directly comprehending the Chaos Stele.
After all, the opportunity to comprehend the Chaos Stele is extremely rare. Each opportunity lasts only seven days and can only be used in the Chaos City of the Initial Universe.
Although these books only have one-tenth the effect of the Chaos Stele, as long as you buy them, you can gain insights at any time.
Each of these hundreds of books is worth a hundred billion points. Such an exorbitant price is probably only affordable for those Universe Venerable.
This goes against the original intention of humankind in cultivating geniuses and powerful individuals.
They can be sold separately.
Just like when Lin Yan first became a martial artist, the manuals on Earth, such as the "Nine Heavens Thunder Blade," were sold separately.
So--
Now, Lin Yan needs to consider which Chaos Stele he should choose.
After gaining a brief understanding of these books, Lin Yan began to ponder them.
"First of all, let's not consider those Chaos Stele that have just started learning the basic laws. They are relatively weak among the 52 Chaos Tablets, and it is much easier for them to get started, but for me, they are meaningless."
Examples like the Heart Mark Chaos Stele of the Gold Law and the Wind Law Wind Shadow Chaos Stele of the Law of Wind are all entry-level laws. Although they also contain incredibly profound Dao principles, frankly speaking, any immortal being can comprehend a lower-level law, so the difficulty of comprehending a lower-level law is not that high.
Especially for Lin Yan, even if he were to become a complete slacker, it would be effortless for him to comprehend the Light Origin Law.
These Chaos Stele are weak in the early stages and have a low ceiling in the later stages.
Lin Yan would naturally choose the stronger one.
Lin Yan continued with the process of elimination, "Although the Great Axe Chaos Stele and the Dragon Walk Chaos Stele are powerful, they are more inclined to be used in combat than to be purely for the analysis of laws. They are extremely powerful, but laws are the foundation. We should choose Chaos Stele that is more suitable for comprehending the laws."
"Luo Feng's route in the original novel was of great reference value to me."
"Luo Feng chose the 'Nine Universes Chaos Stele' and, under the guidance of the True Yan King, abandoned the conventional cultivation path and directly studied the essence of the Universe Space. Although his cultivation was slower in the early stages, his progress became faster and faster in the later stages."
"Analyzing the Law essence takes a long time and requires a high level of comprehension, but even if one glimpses a Law essence, it is a qualitative change compared to those who use the law superficially."
From the very beginning, we will gradually analyze the Law essence, and in the future, we will achieve even greater success.
For those Super Existence, everyone understands the principle, but it's impossible to generalize it.
Because the requirements for talent, comprehension, and temperament are ridiculously high, most strong people would waste their lives on this path. People like Uka and Ai Chen, who could win the Genius Battle in previous years, might not succeed even after millions of years if they took this path.
But--
Lin Yan smiled confidently, "In terms of talent, both my main body and the Green Line Devouring Worm Clone are Special Lifeform- level beings. Even the strongest human bloodline is worlds apart from mine. Throughout history, how many humans have had such an opportunity at the Cosmic level?"
In the original work, when Luo Feng became the Black Warrior while he was the Realm World Master, even top human beings like the Chaos City Lord were overjoyed. However, Black Warrior only achieved the effect of 10 times the Life Gene Level.
He himself is at the 20th Gene Level. Even among the Universe Venerable, only a few can reach this level. It is unknown how much it would cost to improve to this point.
The Green Line Devouring Worm Clone is 100 times the Cosmic level, and when it transforms into Special Lifeform 300 times larger when World Master, which is an extraordinary opportunity.
"In terms of comprehension, my advantage is probably even greater. I am naturally quick to comprehend things, and with the influence of the 'Light Web Crystal,' my consciousness descends to the Origin Land, becoming incredibly close to the laws, approaching the World Lord level. Otherwise, how could I have defeated Bolan in just ten years?"
Bolan is a genius that appears only once every tens of thousands of epochs, and he has an immortal teacher to teach him. Lin Yan spent ten years going from the Stellar level one to just crossing the threshold of the law realm, relying on himself to win the battle!
This is mainly due to the opportunity presented by "Light Web Crystal".
"In terms of temperament, I am indeed far inferior to Hong and Thunder God. I need more thought and more experience to reach a higher level. But others... are far from being comparable to me. I can instantly enter an extremely ethereal state, Unity of Heaven and Man, unaffected by external factors."
In the continuous study of the Law essence, one must always remain calm; once the mind becomes restless, all efforts will be in vain.
How could Lin Yan possibly lose his composure because of something like this?
"In addition, with the Green Line Devouring Worm Clone, which can cultivate independently, and now that I have broken through to the Cosmic level, I have another opportunity to create a clone. This advantage can be said to completely crush others."
"If I can't even make it through, then it's probably a dead end."
Lin Yan's eyes were clear and bright, full of confidence. He knew his situation better than anyone and had no need to fear any difficulties.
He is simply unmatched.
"If I didn't have the Green Line Devouring Worm Clone, my best choice right now would naturally be the 'Cosmic Extreme Chaos Stele', to start with the Time Origin Law and study the 108 kinds of Time essence."
"But since the Green Line Devouring Worm Clone has such a high talent in the Space Law, it can't be wasted. So I actually have no choice. The most cost-effective option is the Universe Chaos Stele."
Among the 52 Chaos Tablets, the Great Axe Chaos Stele ranks first, and its creator is the Universe's Strongest among the human race, the "Great Axe Founder". The second is the Universe Chaos Stele.
The creator of the Universe Chaos Stele is none other than the "Chaos City Lord," the first ruler of the Virtual Universe Company, one of the Peak Existence among the human race. He has been guarding the Humanity's Holy Land of "Chaos City" for countless years, preventing countless Alien Race from invading.
Universe, universe, what is the universe?
The four directions and the top and bottom are called "Yu" (宇), and the past and present are called "Zhou" (宙). "Yu" represents space, and "Zhou" represents time.
This school of thought cultivates both the two Origin Law of "time and space." These two Origin Law are the most difficult to comprehend; it is already extremely difficult to comprehend even one of them, let alone both. Therefore, the "Cosmic" school of thought is the most difficult to cultivate and has the fewest practitioners.
For countless geniuses at the Virtual Universe Company, this kind of cultivation is so difficult that they dare not even try it, let alone Lin Yan's idea of studying the essence of Universe Space and time.
The difficulty has increased many times over.
There are 108 different Time essence, which have stumped countless geniuses. How easy is it to solve them?
Lin Yan laughed and said, "Fortunately, I have these 200,000 points. If I didn't, relying solely on the opportunity to comprehend the Chaos Stele, how long would it take me to complete this?"
The book corresponding to the "Universe Chaos Stele" is titled "The Chaos Principle." Although the author's name is kept secret, Lin Yan knows that it is the work of the "Chaos City Lord."
The first two volumes of "The Chaos Principle" require 10,000 points.
100,000 points for the first three volumes of "The Chaos Principle"
The first eight volumes of "The Chaos Principle" have 10 billion points.
The complete "The Chaos Principle" costs 100 billion points.
Furthermore, even if he is Primal Secret Region Member, he does not enjoy any discounts.
Lin Yan considered it carefully, his brows furrowing slightly, but ultimately decided not to buy it.
"Spending these 200,000 points on this isn't a good idea; I have better options," Lin Yan finally decided.
Why is the Universe Chaos Stele so difficult to obtain?
"Because it was cultivated from the very beginning by combining the Time Law and Space Law, the secret techniques in 'The Chaos Principle' should also be the application of the combination of time and space."
"If I rely on this cultivation Universe stream, there will be no problem. But how difficult would it be to use the secret method of combination to study the Space essence separately?"
Simply put, the Space essence is the 108 most fundamental and basic units of the Space Origin Law.
These are inherently profound mysteries, and it is extremely difficult to analyze their essence from the surface of perception. If space is combined with time to form an even more complex structure, the difficulty of research will naturally increase to another level.
"So... my choice is to buy 'Time-Space Essays' and 'Cosmic Combination Theory,' both together. I will cultivate 'Cosmic Combination Theory' myself to study the Time essence in the universe, while my Green Line Devouring Worm Clone will cultivate 'Time-Space Essays' to study the essence of Universe Space!"
"This is the best choice."
Why did Lin Yan say before that the Universe Chaos Stele was the most cost-effective option, rather than the best option?
Because if given a choice, cultivating both the "Nine Universes Chaos Stele" and the "Cosmic Extreme Chaos Stele" simultaneously would be the best option. Lin Yan's situation is special; he doesn't possess the Space-Time Talent and space, but rather has two bodies, one representing time and the other space.
The two bodies belong to the same soul and the same consciousness, but there are significant differences between them.
Lin Yan's own physique allows him to comprehend the Time Law more quickly and perform them with less difficulty, but it does not provide the same enhancement to space. The same applies to the Green Line Devouring Worm Clone.
For example, when the Green Line Devouring Worm Clone can unleash the Hundred Lines Flow, I can only unleash the Nine Lines Flow. When I can unleash the fifth level of the Extreme Divine Weapon, the Green Line Devouring Worm Clone can still only unleash the Fourth Layer.
Meanwhile, Lin Yan can only use the Nine Lines Flow and the Fourth Layer in the Virtual Universe.
He thought to himself that when he was the World Master, his Third Clone would mainly focus on the Super Divine Body to prepare for the Immortal Divine Body, while the second clone he now had could focus on the "Space-Time Talent".
Having "Space-Time Talent" is of great benefit to cultivating the Universe Chaos Stele.
Certainly...
Forget about the Time-Space Nightmare Beast; it's barely of any help to him. The Green Line Devouring Worm is very strong, so there's no rush now; we can find it slowly later.
Thinking about this...
Without further hesitation, Lin Yan clicked to buy.
"Transaction successful!"
"100,000 points deducted, remaining 100,000 points."
"Transaction successful!"
"100,000 points deducted, remaining points: 0".
"Please wait, someone will deliver the secret technique shortly."
A series of prompts appeared on the screen.
Lin Yan didn't keep any points; he spent them all, buying the first three volumes of "Time-Space Essays" and "Cosmic Combination Theory."
"Based on my understanding of the original work, these first three volumes correspond to the first three diagrams of 'Nine Universes' and 'Zhou Ji'. All the mysterious essence of space and time is contained in these three diagrams. As long as I understand the first three volumes of these two books, I will understand all the essence. The later contents are more expensive, but there is no need for me to buy them."
"At that time, it was a perfect transition to the 'Universe Chaos Stele' and 'The Chaos Principle'."
Lin Yan poured himself a glass of fruit wine, drank it all in one gulp, and couldn't help but smile.
The Universe Chaos Stele is the most difficult, but if one comprehends the essence of time and space, and has such a foundation, it's like the fog dissipating, and naturally it becomes easy.
That would be the best time to combine and utilize time and space.
He uses the "Universe Chaos Stele" as the general outline and "Time-Space Essays" and "Cosmic Combination Theory" as supplementary materials to analyze the Law essence, which is the most correct path.
As for why he didn't keep any points and invested them all in this, it's because he doesn't have any other urgent needs right now, so keeping points wouldn't be of much use. Once he gets to the Initial Universe, he'll naturally earn points by breaking through the Tongtian Bridge.
In the Initial Universe, the reward for crossing the Tongtian Bridge is 10 times the normal amount!
It's not too late to buy other things later.
The first two volumes of "The Chaos Principle" are naturally necessary. As for the top-level basic secret techniques of the Nine Universes School, such as "Blood Drift," other schools will naturally have them as well. You can buy them to learn from them and absorb their essence, but there's no rush now.
He has limited energy; he can't learn so much in just three years.
If you only buy the first two books separately, then the 20,000 points are actually wasted.
It's not worth doing this since points are hard to earn in the early stages.
At this moment—
Lin Yan received Luo Feng's email and saw his intention to buy "The Phantom Shadow Codex". He shook his head and laughed, then replied with an email analyzing the pros and cons and advising him to buy the first two volumes of "Time-Space Essays".
This way you can avoid taking some detours.
Fortunately, he was from the Primordial Beginning Secret Realm and received 10,000 free points, which was just enough to buy it.
In the next three years, he should stop researching martial Combat Secret Technique. Given Luo Feng's Moshazhu Race clone's closeness to the Space Origin Law, he should use this time to study "Time-Space Essays".
The "Phantom Shadow Codex" is actually worth buying; it's indeed very suitable for the Moshazhu Race whose assassination talents are maxed out.
But the timing is inappropriate.
Lin Yan soon received the six books, which were kept in a silver briefcase.
Since it's delivery within Virtual Universe, it's hard to imagine it not being fast.
When Gate carried it into the study, he mentioned something. "Your Highness, as Primal Secret Region Member, you can choose an Immortal God teacher to live in your manor for a long period of time to teach you."
"The lowest level of these Immortal God is Marquis level."
"I suggest that it is better to start sooner rather than later, so that His Highness can be guided in his cultivation earlier."
Lin Yan had not forgotten this matter, and he smiled and said, "I already have someone in mind, but I'm afraid it will be a while before they can come and be my teacher."
Gate didn't ask any further questions and simply nodded.
Lin Yan didn't think much about it, but was filled with anticipation for these two top-tier secret techniques.
It's difficult to divide into chapters, so I've combined them together.