"Cosmic Overview," Gold Talent

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Chaos City had been especially lively lately.

And the cause of all this commotion lay with Lu Ming.

"Ha ha, no one expected the great Lord of Dragon Passage to personally step in and become Lu Ming's teacher!"

Not long ago, a group of Universe Venerables and Universe Kingdom Lord-level beings had competed to take Lu Ming as a disciple. Back then, quite a few experts had bet on who Lu Ming would ultimately choose, but everyone had guessed wrong. It turned out to be Lord of Dragon Passage!

Although neither Lu Ming nor Lord of Dragon Passage had deliberately publicized the matter, news that Lu Ming had ultimately been accepted as Lord of Dragon Passage's disciple quickly spread among Chaos City's upper echelons, eventually reaching the ears of many other geniuses as well.

This time, however, the other geniuses had already gotten used to it.

At that time, Lu Ming was purchasing an extremely powerful secret technique in the Virtual Universe.

"Master, I found it! The ultimate secret technique perfectly matched to the Cosmic Extreme Chaos Tablet—'Cosmic Overview'!" It was said that this book had been personally written by the creator of the Cosmic Extreme Chaos Tablet.

The effect of comprehending it was comparable to directly studying ten percent of the Cosmic Extreme Chaos Tablet.

And such a precious secret technique naturally came with an astronomical price: a full set cost a staggering 100 billion points!

Fortunately, this secret technique had been divided into nine volumes, which could be purchased separately.

After finding the secret technique, Alice thoughtfully projected the price list for the individual volumes.

"Cosmic Overview," Volume One: 1,000 points

"Cosmic Overview," Volumes One and Two: 10,000 points

"Cosmic Overview," Volumes One through Three: 100,000 points

"Cosmic Overview," Volumes One through Seven: 1 billion points

"Cosmic Overview," Volumes One through Eight: 10 billion points

"Cosmic Overview," Full Set: 100 billion points

Note: This secret technique was left behind by a Super Expert. No discounts available.

Lu Ming's gaze fell upon the final note, and he was rather speechless.

As a member of the Primal Secret Realm, he received discounts on most items purchased from the treasury.

The Primal Secret Realm offered a thirty percent discount, the Taichu Secret Realm twenty percent, the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm ten percent, while the Doomsday Secret Realm paid full price.

Yet when purchasing this secret technique that cost as much as 100 billion points, there was not even the slightest discount.

"Master, your current points balance is 227,000. You can purchase at most the first three volumes!" Only after hearing Alice's reminder did Lu Ming realize that he was still poor.

"Fortunately, I cleared seven levels of the Tongtian Bridge in succession and earned 12,700 points. Then, as a newcomer, I received a tenfold bonus. Together with the reward points I had saved up without spending, I managed to accumulate over 200,000 points." Compared to the other geniuses, he was actually considered quite well-off in points.

But it still was not enough.

"Alice, purchase the first three volumes!" Although this secret technique was expensive, for Lu Ming, who had chosen the Cosmic Extreme Chaos Tablet, it was a necessity. He could not skimp on it.

"Yes, Master!" Very soon, the points were deducted, and a string of notifications appeared on the screen.

Before long, a delivery person arrived outside Lu Ming's estate in Rain Aspect Mountain within the Virtual Universe.

There were three books in total, all stored within silver briefcases.

Of course, though they were called three volumes, their size was not small at all. Together, they nearly filled the entire briefcase.

Lu Ming lowered his head and looked at the cover of the first volume. On it were four simple words in Universal Language: "Cosmic Overview."

The simple words seemed to contain the entire starry universe.

His consciousness was involuntarily drawn toward them, and in a daze, he seemed to see scenes of black holes collapsing and stars evolving.

"Just the words in a book can directly affect my consciousness. As expected of a Super Expert at the Universe Master level." Lu Ming sighed and shook his head, then opened the first volume's metal pages.

"'Cosmic Overview' consists of nine volumes, progressing from shallow to profound and containing a total of 10,081 secret techniques. Those who can master the first 8,400 secret techniques can become Universe Venerables who control the complete Time Law. Those who completely comprehend all 10,081 secret techniques shall hold the universe's time and space in their palms..."

Lu Ming could not help feeling stirred as he read.

Holding the universe's time and space in one's grasp undoubtedly referred to the realm of a Universe Master.

The Cosmic Extreme Chaos Tablet contained nine diagrams. Fully comprehending the first seven diagrams would allow one to become a Time Venerable, corresponding to the first twenty-one levels of the Tongtian Bridge.

The eighth and ninth diagrams that followed clearly guided later generations in combining time and space to become Universe Masters.

Lu Ming continued reading.

The second metal page contained a few simple strokes, but in Lu Ming's eyes, those strokes vaguely transformed into an exquisite and swift spear technique.

"The 'Nine-Leaf Diagram' contains only nine simple profound mysteries, yet it created such an exquisite spear technique." Having long since fully comprehended the first diagram, the "Nine-Leaf Diagram," Lu Ming quickly sensed the artistic conception conveyed by the writer amid those seemingly random strokes and saw through that spear technique.

Lu Ming opened the third metal page.

This page contained only a simple lotus flower, with not even the number of its petals visible. Yet in Lu Ming's eyes, it revealed a profound domain-type secret technique that organically combined the nine Time Law profound mysteries into one, capable of forcefully suppressing opponents!

This "Lotus Domain" secret technique even faintly possessed the beginnings of "World Power."

They both combined and employed the nine most basic Time Law profound mysteries, but the various secret techniques recorded in "Cosmic Overview" surpassed his own by far. They even gave Lu Ming the feeling of turning decay into magic.

"Wonderful."

Lu Ming opened the fourth page, as though he had opened the door to a new world.

Metal pages turned one after another, each containing an offensive secret technique—close combat, controller techniques, illusions, spiritual attacks... Every one of them was incomparably brilliant, leaving Lu Ming increasingly shocked.

It took Lu Ming a full day and a half to finish the first volume, and all sorts of secret techniques now surfaced in his mind.

That great being had opened an unprecedented window for Lu Ming. It not only gave him many new ideas for comprehending the Cosmic Extreme Chaos Tablet, but also granted him many new insights into how he should fight.

"Now for the second volume!" Lu Ming set aside the first volume of "Cosmic Overview," picked up the second, and eagerly began reading once more after opening the heavy metal book.

The second volume of "Cosmic Overview" corresponded to the Cosmic Extreme Chaos Tablet's second diagram, the "Double Lotus Diagram."

Its profundity was clearly hundreds or even thousands of times greater than that of the first volume. Since Lu Ming had already comprehended the second diagram to a passing level, he could understand and learn quite a few of its secret techniques.

However, of the twenty-seven Time Law essences corresponding to the second diagram, he had previously mastered only six.

Some of the secret techniques on these pages contained only a small portion of the "Double Lotus Diagram's" mysteries, while others encompassed every profound mystery of the entire "Double Lotus Diagram." Moreover, these secret techniques progressed layer by layer from shallow to deep, guiding Lu Ming steadily forward step by step.

And so, Lu Ming completely immersed himself in comprehending these two profound metal volumes. Naturally, as he did so, his analysis of the Cosmic Extreme Chaos Tablet's second diagram grew ever more thorough.

Days passed one after another.

Suddenly—

Lu Ming's pupils contracted. He immediately stopped comprehending, his eyes filled with anticipation. It was time to draw a new talent for the new month.

"Being accepted as a Direct Disciple by a Universe Master definitely counts as a major turning point in my life... I wonder what new talent I'll obtain this time?" Lu Ming had a feeling that the new talent he obtained this time would be unprecedentedly powerful.

Even if he later took the Universe's strongest as his teacher, it might still be difficult to surpass this stroke of fortune.

Compared to obtaining the Blazing Void Beast as an extremely powerful clone, the second and true reward Lu Ming had gained from causing a stir at the Tongtian Bridge was about to be revealed!

Sitting cross-legged, Lu Ming sank all his consciousness into his mind.

A moment later.

"Boom!"

Scorching, dazzling golden radiance, as though extending from a Blazing Sun, instantly flooded Lu Ming's sea of soul.

For a moment, Lu Ming's entire soul was stained with a layer of gold!

This time, it was an unprecedented Gold Talent!