"Azure Luo Secret Technique"

Lin Yan chuckled self-deprecatingly, "I never expected that the Zerg sending that High-class Universe Venerable to assassinate me would actually do me such a big favor."

He looked up at the vast and boundless secret manuals, and the shock in his heart subsided slightly. His eyes shone, and a strong excitement welled up in his heart.

The value of such a Knowledge Repository is immeasurable; even the memories of the Golden Horn Beast that Luo Feng obtained are far inferior to it.

As a pinnacle bloodline of Starry Sky Beast, the Golden Horn Beast possesses a vast and profound legacy of memories, including extensive knowledge of cultivation and introductions to countless races and cultures.

In terms of the inherent strength of the Starry Sky Beast race, countless secret techniques can even rival those of the human race. However, this is ultimately based on bloodline inheritance, and the information it carries is limited. Apart from a few secret techniques that can be considered "top-tier," most are relatively ordinary, and there are no Peak Ultimate Skill.

The Knowledge Repository before us contains not only the heritage of this Ancient Universe Country, but also the heritage of many other ethnic groups, whether plundered or contributed, and is now stored here.

For Lin Yan, who is about to break through to the World Lord level, these countless secret techniques are of profound significance, and the value they can create will have a huge potential.

Moreover, it is extremely difficult for him to step into the realm of immortality. He must comprehend the Time Law in order to cross the threshold of immortality and the Venerable realm. Lin Yan is indeed confident in achieving this, but it is conceivable that the time he will spend at the World Lord level will not be short.

And... what kind of strength he will possess after breaking through to the Venerable level in the future depends on how substantial his accumulation at the World Lord level is.

This is a very important stage.

Lin Yan had previously thought of accumulating wealth to purchase secret techniques, and he never imagined that upon returning to Chaos City, the human race would have already set up such a stage for him.

He also understood that if the Zerg hadn't used such radical methods, the human race wouldn't have thought of giving him such convenience.

The need to exchange money, points, or military merits for secret techniques is itself a means of promoting competition. In the process of earning wealth, Lin Yan is also undergoing trials.

However, the threat posed by the Zerg was greater than expected, so the strong members of the human race naturally had to adjust their arrangements for Lin Yan based on the current situation, giving him more help so that he could grow up earlier.

Whether it's the "Light Web Crystal" or the Green Line Devouring Worm Clone, it all signifies that Lin Yan possesses boundless potential. It can be said that... once he truly becomes Universe Venerable, as long as he compensates with secret techniques and Supreme Treasure, he can immediately become another top-tier Universe Overlord of humanity!

His comprehension and the speed of his progress in the laws he demonstrated were also at an incredible level, giving people great confidence and making them believe that breaking through the threshold of the Universe Venerable was not something that could stop Lin Yan.

While the fall of Ke Di may not have had a significant impact on the human race, and it was indeed a great loss, it was merely a microcosm of the larger Clan War.

After all, there are quite a few geniuses of this caliber who can rival him among the Universe Venerable.

For example, Venerable Shi Huo was no less powerful than Ke Di. At the Peak Realm Lord Level, he could kill Marquis-level Immortal. In less than 10,000 years, he became King-level Immortal God, and in hundreds of thousands of years, he became Universe Venerable.

Once he entered the Universe Venerable, he naturally became Intermediate Universe Venerable. At that time, Ke Di had not yet been born.

But even now... billions of years have passed, and they are still only among the strongest of the High-grade Venerable, but compared to the Universe Overlord, the gap is huge.

If Ke Di had not perished, unless he had encountered a great opportunity, the possibility of him surpassing Venerable Shi Huo would not have been very high.

However, given Lin Yan's current unique characteristics, it can be said that as long as he doesn't perish, he could become the most difficult top-tier Universe Overlord to deal with. If he can take another step forward, he might even be able to change the existing pattern of the Primordial Universe.

High hopes are placed on them!

That is why the Chaos City Lord was willing to invest this much in Lin Yan.

"Light Web Crystal" is merely a core material of a top- Origin Supreme Treasure. If it were to be transformed into a true top-tier Origin Supreme Treasure, the materials required would be no less valuable than those of a high-grade Supreme Treasure Weapon!

Compared to this, the Top-tier Supreme Treasure "Black Phoenix Armor" is nothing at all, its value is worlds apart.

It should be understood that the Light Web Crystal is fused with Lin Yan's Origin Core, and naturally also possesses the properties of a "Origin Core". If Lin Yan were to perish, the Origin Core would not be preserved, and all the investment would be wasted.

Even if this top-tier Origin Supreme Treasure is fully formed, after breaking through the shackles of the Origin Core, it will only merge into Lin Yan and his clone's divine bodies, just like Immortal Divine Power, bearing his Life Imprint, completely belonging to Lin Yan's private possession, and no one else can use it.

Under such circumstances, even the great and powerful beings of the human race would find it difficult to ignore the risk of Lin Yan's demise, and it would be impossible for them to avoid even Life and Death Hone for the sake of safety.

If a Universe Country were to open its Knowledge Repository to Lin Yan, helping him grow stronger faster and enhance his ability to cope with danger, there would be nothing to hesitate about.

This is unprecedented in the history of humankind.

But this doesn't mean the rules can't accommodate exceptions; it just means that before Lin Yan, there had never been anyone qualified to be an exception.

Seeing Lin Yan's excited expression, the Mu Xing Country Lord smiled and said, "Although there are many secret techniques here, I have already selected some based on your situation. I only recommend that you study a portion of them carefully."

Lin Yan listened attentively.

With his current level of skill, the secret techniques he can create at will far surpass most of the scriptures here, so of course he should selectively learn them.

Wow!

A virtual screen appeared in front of the Mu Xing Country Lord, displaying text and illustrations from thousands of books.

At the same time--

Lin Yan could see thousands of faint lights shining from every corner of the white bookshelves that spiraled and extended through the hall.

"There are 5,679 common secret techniques here, most of which were created by Feng Wang Immortal God. All of them add up to 300 million points. Although there are many, with your comprehension and current level, it shouldn't take you too much time to absorb their essence."

The Mu Xing Country Lord smiled and said, "These common secret techniques encompass various categories, including research, combat, weapon manufacturing, and Self-created secret technique. They cover all aspects... They are mainly for your assistance and reference. Although they are in the 'common' category, they have many merits and I believe they can bring you a lot of inspiration."

Lin Yan nodded repeatedly.

With his current skill level, this ordinary secret technique doesn't seem to pose much of a challenge.

These secret methods may be described as "ordinary," but they are ultimately the culmination of the life's work of Feng Wang Immortal God who were granted titles and honors. They embody their various thoughts and directions of exploration, and some are entirely limited by the creator's own Law Comprehension, thus possessing significant reference value.

As the book catalogs on the virtual screen disappeared, the faint lights on the bookshelves also vanished.

The screen changes.

The book catalog reappeared, but the content had become much sparser, this time containing only a few hundred books.

The light emanating from the bookshelf was even more dazzling.

The Mu Xing Country Lord said, "These 384 secret manuals can be called 'top-tier,' all created by King-level Immortal God, or even Universe Venerable."

"Similar to the 'Heavenly Punishment' secret technique you learned before, and the flight secret technique 'Mirror Flower Water Moon' that you used, they can all be considered in the 'top-level' category. Speaking of which, 'Mirror Flower Water Moon' is also included in these 384 secret techniques."

Lin Yan smiled.

The flying technique "Mirror Flower Water Moon" that Lin Yan obtained from the Fensun World Lord Inheritance was an incomplete version. It came from Universe Venerable of a vassal race of the human race and was indeed quite ingenious. When Lin Yan was studying the Wing Shuttle Method, he also incorporated many of its essences into it.

Unexpectedly, this Knowledge Repository of the Mu Xing Universe Country also contains such information.

The Mu Xing Country Lord continued, "The value of top-tier secret techniques in the treasure vault ranges from hundreds of thousands to millions. The value of these 384 secret techniques is close to 400 million points."

"Those ordinary secret techniques are only the basics for you. These top-level secret techniques are different. Apart from a few Immortal God like the True Yan King, almost all the Feng Wang Immortal God have created top-level ultimate techniques. The World Lord level geniuses in the Original Secret Realm are also in this category. They will still be quite difficult for you and will take a lot of time."

"However, studying these secret techniques will also help you improve your Law Comprehension."

Lin Yan's eyes lit up, and he pursed his lips. "Don't worry, teacher, I'm fine."

These top-tier secret techniques can have a much greater effect on broadening one's horizons.

"And most importantly," Mu Xing Country Lord said with a smile, "Come with me."

Lin Yan couldn't help but look forward to it. Even more important than these 384 top-level secret techniques must be the "Peak Ultimate Skill".

However, Peak Ultimate Skill are generally created by Universe Venerable, and are extremely difficult to cultivate. Some Peak Ultimate Skill are even difficult for Universe Venerable to master.

He already has "Black Hole Evolution" and "Celestial Movement," but he has only just begun to Peak Ultimate Skill. He will need to put in a lot of effort later on.

Lin Yan understood the principle of not biting off more than he could chew. Although the path he took showed his ambition, the many secret techniques he cultivated were all adjusted according to his own situation, and he was not blindly pursuing anything.

I just don't know what the teacher was thinking.

He followed behind the Mu Xing Country Lord and walked to the center of the hall.

There was a table there, on which were neatly arranged books with gray metal covers. The covers had the words "Azure Firmament" in gold Universal Language in the center, and they were also numbered: Book 1, Book 2, Book 3... Book 36!

Each volume measures 50 cm in length and width, and 25 cm in thickness, with the signature "Augustus" on the bottom left.

Lin Yan was taken aback.

"Augustus?" he asked. "Teacher, could this be..."

"Yes, it's the one you're thinking of." The Mu Xing Country Lord smiled. "This secret manual is called 'Azure Firmament,' which explains the Mu Kong Fusion Law. It is a manual that is more explanatory and research-oriented, and it also includes some secret methods for illustrative purposes."

"The creator of this secret manual is named 'Augustus,' an extremely ancient Universe Overlord of our human race. He walks the Path of the Wood Beast God, and he has already comprehended the Path of the Beast God to an extremely high level. Only the last and most difficult hurdle remains... comprehending the Heart of the Beast God!"

"If he can comprehend the Heart of the Beast God, he can step into the level of 'Lord of the Universe' and become another Lord of the Universe for the human race. Of course, the Heart of the Beast God is ethereal and elusive, and many Universe Overlord Path of the Beast God are ultimately trapped at this level."

The Mu Xing Country Lord shook his head and sighed, "Now that we count, he has not been born for billions of epochs, all to get through this crucial final hurdle. And the 'Augustus Planet' that he founded has since been known as the 'Mysterious Land'."

Lin Yan was somewhat at a loss for words, both amused and exasperated.

It's hard to believe that the "mysterious place" Augustus Planet, where the siblings Jiang Mo and Qian Shui were born during the Genius Battle, had such a connection.

The Path of the Beast God originated from the Eight Innate Beast Gods, and is now passed down by the "Ancestor God Cult," the largest power in the universe.

The Ancestor God Cult is an open sect. They do not engage in power struggles and do not need territories because their sect only has a little over three thousand powerful members.

Three Ancestor Gods, Eight Great Beast Gods, 72 Divine Generals, and 3000 Divine Envoys!

They recruit powerful individuals from Myriad Races throughout the universe. Their various inheritances are scattered throughout the universe, giving those with the right affinity the opportunity to inherit them, such as the Magic Sound Divine General Inheritance and the Flowing Flame Divine Envoy Inheritance Crystal.

Those who receive the inheritance are not considered members of the Ancestor God Cult. Even if they cultivate to perfection, they are still not members of the Ancestor God Cult. Only those who inherit the position of Venerable One are!

The Divine Envoy Inheritance, Divine General inheritance, and Beast God Inheritance naturally rises in status.

The lowest level of Divine Envoy Inheritance consists of Inheritance Crystal that drift through the universe and are obtained by powerful individuals, while the "Divine General Inheritance Land" is indeed fixed in location, scattered in various places.

As for the "Beast God Inheritance Grounds," it is controlled and protected by the Ancestor God Cult, and one must have Beast God Inheritance Token to enter the Inheritance Land.

There are eight types of Beast God Inheritance Token, namely "Gold, Space", "Mu Kong",... "Light, Time", "Lightning, Time", eight Fusion Law!

It also represents the Eight Great Beast God Paths!

The Beast God Inheritance is divided into seven levels. Taking the Golden Kong Beast God as an example, the first level is the fusion of some Space Law and some Gold Law.

The sixth level is the fusion of the entire Space Law and the entire Gold Law, forming the Fusion Law.

The seventh level is to transform into Beast God, as if the Beast God were alive, and to rival the master of the universe.

Comprehending the entire Path of the Beast God allows one to step into the "Lord of the Universe" level and become Peak Existence in the universe... However, how difficult is it to become the Lord of the Universe?

There are many levels!

One of the most unpredictable and elusive challenges on the Path of the Beast God is... one must comprehend the Heart of the Beast God in order to transform into a true Beast God!

This puzzled some Universe Overlord, such as Xerod of the Golden Horn Clan, and many other Universe Overlord, who could only transform into "pseudo Beast God" because they had not comprehended the Heart of the Beast God.

Without the Heart of the Beast God... one cannot become a true Beast God.

It is obvious—

This human Universe Overlord, "Augustus," received the inheritance from the Ancestor God Cult through the Beast God Inheritance Token, reaching an extremely high level. He had completely comprehended the Mu Kong Fusion Law, but was trapped at the final bottleneck of the Path of the Beast God.

As far as Lin Yan knew, the number of people among the Myriad Races in the universe who cultivated the Path of the Beast God was relatively small. However, as a supreme path comparable to "time and space," there had indeed been some powerful individuals who cultivated the Path of the Beast God over countless eons.

Among the Immortal God, there is the Invincible Feng Wang True Yan King, who comes from the "Ape-man Race" of the human race. He cultivates the Earth-Space Beast God's Path.

Among the Universe Venerable, there is also Universe Overlord, "Venerable Jiu Feng".

This is the "Wolf-man Race" from the human race. They cultivate the Path of the Wind-Time Beast God and have received the complete Divine General inheritance. They are one of the Candidate Divine General and have reached the pinnacle in one of the 72 aspects of the Divine General inheritance.

It now seems that this Universe Overlord, "Augustus," may go even further than "Venerable Jiu Feng."

"Lin Yan, the Chaos Stele you chose is the 'Universe Chaos Stele.' Both 'Black Hole Evolution' and 'Celestial Movement' are essentially the Peak Ultimate Skill of the Dao of Path of Space-Time. In this respect, it is sufficient."

"Every Peak Ultimate Skill is extremely complex and difficult to cultivate. Even if it were placed in front of you, and you devoted a great deal of energy to it, you could only understand a small part of it."

"Therefore, with those ordinary and top-level secret techniques, plus these two Peak Ultimate Skills, you already have enough foundation to create Peak Ultimate Skill. Only then can the secret techniques you create unleash their ultimate power."

"However... your Green Line Devouring Worm Clone fused with the 'Sacred Artifact Crystal' on Viska Star, achieving ten times the effect on its own. This shows that you have a very strong talent in the Path of the Beast God. You also mentioned having such a plan, so we can make some preparations for you in advance."

At this point, the Mu Xing Country Lord waved his hand.

On the table appeared another set of books made of dark blue metal, each a full meter long and wide, and half a meter thick, consisting of four volumes.

She explained, "The 'Azure Firmament' is a research-type secret technique similar to the 'Chaos Principle,' while this set is a combat-type secret technique about the Path of the Wood Beast God —the 'Azure Luo Secret Technique.'"

"Unlike the Azure Firmament, the Azure Luo Secret Technique did not originate from our human race, but from the 'Lin Luo Clan' and a Universe Venerable 'Qing Luo'."

"The Lin Luo Clan is a very special race. They are predominantly Flesh-type beings, yet they also possess plant-like characteristics. Their divine bodies are no less large than those of Starry Sky Beast."

"Although this 'Qing Luo' only reaches the Fourth Layer in the Beast God Inheritance, far inferior to Augustus, this 'Azure Luo Secret Technique' is very suitable for your Green Line Devouring Worm. With the assistance of 'Azure Firmament', it is sufficient."

The Mu Xing Country Lord smiled slightly.

Looking at the 36 volumes of the "Azure Firmament" Secret Manual and the 4 volumes of the "Azure Luo Secret Technique" on the table, a total of 40 precious books, Lin Yan couldn't help but feel excited.

He had previously thought that the Green Line Devouring Worm lacked close-combat techniques. The "Black Hole Evolution" technique was suitable for his own body, but not so suitable for the Green Line Devouring Worm.

And now, this secret method is right in front of him.

Moreover, there is the research-type secret technique "Azure Firmament," whose value far exceeds that of "Azure Luo Secret Technique."

Unlike the ordinary and top-level secret techniques mentioned earlier, which are worth a total of 700 million points and Lin Yan could easily afford if he wanted to, the value of the "Azure Firmament" and "Azure Luo Secret Technique" is far beyond Lin Yan's means.

Lin Yan looked at the Mu Xing Country Lord and remained silent for a long time.

His eyes flickered slightly. "If I'm not mistaken, these two sets of secret manuals shouldn't have originated from the teacher's Knowledge Repository."

Lin Yan didn't know the specific origins of the "Azure Luo Secret Technique" and wasn't quite sure, but the "Azure Firmament" secret manual created by the human Universe Overlord "Augustus" shouldn't be here at all.

"How?"

The Mu Xing Country Lord raised an eyebrow and chuckled, "I have not incurred any expenses for countless years, but have instead amassed considerable wealth. Do you think I cannot raise a little fellow like you?"

"Teacher, you know that's not what I meant," Lin Yan said with a wry smile.

If it were a gift from a human race, he would accept it without hesitation, but this gift was too valuable. Lin Yan felt a little embarrassed that his teacher, the Mu Xing Country Lord, had to pay for it himself.

Lin Yan found the "Azure Luo Secret Technique" in the treasure vault, which was worth 12 billion points. As for the "Azure Firmament," he couldn't find it at all.

The Mu Xing Country Lord laughed and said, "The Lin Luo Clan is a vassal clan of the Demon Race. They were wiped out by the human race in a war a long time ago. Even if some survived, they are no match for us. This 'Azure Luo Secret Technique' is a spoil of war, not something I bought with points."

"As for the 'Azure Firmament' manual, I did spend 600 billion points to exchange for it, but for me, it's not a huge expense."

In fact.

The secret techniques, such as "The Chaos Principle," were divided into nine volumes and sold to Core Member of different levels. In essence, this was a significant price reduction by the human race to make the products more affordable for more members. This is why no one, regardless of their status, was entitled to any discounts and had to purchase them at the original price.

"Azure Firmament" is only suitable for a very small number of people, and most of those who buy it are already Universe Venerable. Systematic research-type secret techniques are already incredibly valuable, and would be even more expensive than "The Chaos Principle" created by the Chaos City Lord... so it is not surprising.

"Thank you, teacher," Lin Yan said gratefully.

Even if 600 billion points isn't a huge expense for the Mu Xing Country Lord, it's still an astonishing fortune. The intention behind selecting these secret manuals for him is genuine, and he can't take it for granted.

I only hope to achieve something in the future and then repay that debt.

The Mu Xing Country Lord reached out and ruffled Lin Yan's hair, saying softly, "Little guy, work hard."

"Whether it's a community or a teacher, they all have a responsibility to guide the younger generation. There's nothing to shirk. If you can become strong, it means that everything has meaning."

She chuckled softly, "Me? I'm really looking forward to the day you can surpass me."