The Teacher is the Dry Witch Universe Master

After confirming repeatedly, Lian Luo was finally certain. That great Universe Master teacher of his original body had indeed fallen!

Moreover, Lian Luo had discovered something even more troubling.

The great Universe Master teacher his original body had pledged allegiance to was named 'Qian Wu Universe Master'... no, wait—'Dry Witch Universe Master'!

Upon realizing this, Lian Luo felt like the sky was caving in!

Who didn't know the name 'Chief Debtor' of Dry Witch Universe Master? Who hadn't heard of it?

Throughout the endless ages, Dry Witch Universe Master had fallen three times, and each time he was resurrected by reversing time and space. But the cost of resurrection... was enormous.

Every death meant losing his Supreme Treasures. The race's resurrection also demanded a hefty price from him!

According to what he himself said in the original story, he owed a full six Universe Venerables, and he also owed the race. Altogether, it added up to 3.8 Treasure Points—3.8 Treasure Points could exchange for two or three ordinary Supreme Treasures, and that was generally the total wealth of a Universe Overlord.

He, a mere High Venerable, had racked up a debt equal to the entire net worth of a Universe Overlord!

If not for his good fortune later in clinging to Luo Feng's coattails, he probably wouldn't have paid off his debts even by the end of this Reincarnation Era!

Lian Luo was in a bad spot, but he was still better off than his teacher Dry Witch Universe Master. He was clean—no wealth to speak of. But likewise, he had no debts!

No debts, light as a feather!

"Sigh! Teacher can't even save himself, he's a broke pauper. Counting on him to help me doesn't seem likely anymore!" Lian Luo sighed. "Forget it, I'll just lie low. Luo Feng hasn't risen yet, so I'll go stake out a good spot in the Ganwu Universe Country ahead of time. Once he enters the universe, I'll go cling to his coattails and wait for City Lord Luo to carry me to the top!"

Clinging to coattails wasn't shameful!

Clinging to City Lord Luo's coattails—that was something countless people dreamed of!

"Stick to the right coattails, and life is smooth sailing!"

"City Lord Luo will take me roaming the Origin Continent!"

"Ding-dong, you have a new email. Please check it!"

Just as Lian Luo was lost in his wild thoughts, the Virtual Universe Assistant's notification interrupted his daydream, pulling him back to reality.

"Who sent me an email?" Lian Luo wondered curiously.

After falling, one couldn't receive emails. Now that he had been resurrected and returned, receiving an email right away—it was probably someone very close to his original body!

Lian Luo speculated silently, then opened his mailbox directly. Sure enough, a new email was lying quietly there.

Lian Luo didn't think much of it and casually opened the email. But as he read on, his face darkened.

"Lian Luo: For this resurrection, the race will charge a fee of 2 Heavy Treasure Points. Please pay promptly!"

It was a debt-collection email from the race!

"Damn it, 2 Heavy Treasure Points—that's equivalent to two ordinary Heavy Treasures. That's about the total wealth of an average Venerable! How am I supposed to pay that? I'll just lie low, lie low..." Lian Luo decided to follow Dry Witch Universe Master's example and become a deadbeat.

Unlike other resurrected King Level experts who hurriedly left Chaos City, Lian Luo quietly stayed there to cultivate in seclusion. Although he had inherited his original body's physical form and power, those Law comprehensions and ultimate techniques still required him to read through the memories himself.

It was a tedious task that couldn't be completed in a short time. Lian Luo wasn't in a hurry either—an Immortal God's lifespan was infinite, and for now, no one was pushing him to leave Chaos City.

Of course, recovering his full strength by acquiring all of his original body's comprehensions, techniques, and memories was one aspect.

On the other hand, Lian Luo wanted to wait for his teacher, 'Dry Witch Universe Master.'

Universe Venerables, especially High Venerables like Dry Witch Universe Master, were the backbone of a race. They played a vital role and contributed to the race every moment they lived.

Thus, once a Venerable fell, they would be quickly resurrected by the race's strong experts. Dry Witch Universe Master was a High Venerable and governed the Ganwu Universe Country, so his status was even higher than that of an ordinary Universe Venerable.

Before long, Lord of Chaos City would resurrect him!

Lian Luo planned to wait in Chaos City for a while, just long enough for Dry Witch Universe Master to be resurrected, and then leave together.

Dry Witch Universe Master was the Chief Debtor, a deadbeat, sure—but he was still a Universe Master governing a high-level Universe Country. A starved camel was bigger than a horse. Lian Luo was counting on 'leeching off the old man' to get his first bucket of gold after resurrection!

(Dry Witch Universe Master: I'm already this miserable, and someone still wants to drain my coffers?)

Time passed minute by minute, and in the blink of an eye, a thousand years had gone by.

Over these thousand years, relying on the terrifying deduction ability of an Immortal God and the powerful Immortal Divine Power, Lian Luo had finally digested and absorbed all of his original body's Law comprehensions, ultimate techniques, and memories, becoming the true 'Blood-Robed Marquis' Lian Luo!

"Entering Chaos City to cultivate, I chose the 'Nine Universes Chaos Tablet,' starting on the path of analyzing the essence of space. Back when I was a Sector Lord, I analyzed all 108 essences of the Space Law. Then, while training on the Outer Domain Battlefield, I successfully grasped a trace of the Beast God artistic conception and began studying the 'Path of the Fire-Void Beast God'!"

Lian Luo nodded slightly. "So, my current realm is a Marquis Immortal cultivating the Space Law, and I'm training in the 'Path of the Fire-Void Beast God'! Being able to enter the Beast God path—no wonder I was resurrected!"

As for secret techniques, Lian Luo mainly practiced the "Star Prison Demonic Codex." One of humanity's three top-tier Universe Overlords, the Star Prison Demon Lord, walked the 'Path of the Fire-Void Beast God' and was only half a step away from the final stage, 'Incarnating the Beast God'!

His "Star Prison Demonic Codex" was the best guide for cultivating the 'Path of the Fire-Void Beast God.'

The so-called Beast God path was essentially the path of fused Laws.

In the world of Swallowed Starry Sky, orthodox Law cultivation was divided into two factions.

The Space faction: Space was the high-level Law, while Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth were the low-level Laws.

The Time faction: Time was the high-level Law, while Lightning, Wind, and Light were the low-level Laws.

Fully comprehending the Space Law made one a Space Venerable.

Fully comprehending the Time Law makes one a Time Venerable.

But to fully comprehend both Time and Space, truly grasp spacetime, and possess incredible superpowers like spacetime reversal... that is a 'Universe Master.'

Beyond that, there is the path of the Eight Beast Gods' fused laws.

These eight fused laws—'Fire-Space,' 'Gold-Space'... 'Lightning-Time'—once fully comprehended, also allow one to become a Universe Master!

Of course, as the Star Prison Demon Lord's most proud work, the "Star Prison Demonic Codex" contains not only guidance on law comprehension but also numerous combat and auxiliary secret techniques tailored to each level of law comprehension.

The divine body amplification secret technique "Star Prison Demonic Body"!

The movement technique "Star River Straight Line"!

The attack secret technique "Starfall"!

As a top-tier Universe Overlord, the Star Prison Demon Lord no longer simply studied the Beast Gods like Xiloduo. Instead, he researched the Beast God path in a direction more suited to himself. If he becomes a Universe Master, his strength might even be far more terrifying than that of the natural-born Beast Gods!

Thus, although the secret techniques he created were based on the Path of the Fire-Void Beast God, they were no longer named after the Beast God!

"Star Prison Demonic Body" has a total of seven layers.

The first layer provides 2x amplification.

The second layer provides 4x amplification.

The third layer provides 8x amplification.

The sixth layer provides 64x amplification!

And the final seventh layer achieves the cosmic limit of divine body amplification: 100x amplification!

Lian Luo has only cultivated the first layer of "Star Prison Demonic Body," so his divine body amplification is a mere 2x!

"Star River Straight Line" is a set of escape technique secrets.

As for the attack secret technique "Starfall," the original body never learned it. After stepping into immortality, he chose to create his own secret technique.

That was a sword art capable of cleaving through star rivers. Of course, before the original body fell, this sword art was still only in a half-finished state.

Trying to create a pinnacle immortal sword art based on the law comprehension of the first layer of the "Star Prison Demonic Codex" was still a bit too forced.

The true completion of this sword art would probably have to wait until he became a King Level.

Just as Lian Luo was familiarizing himself with his situation.

In the Lord of Chaos City's estate, within the vast and majestic hall, under the Lord of Chaos City's power of reversing spacetime, a tall figure walked out from the surging chaos energy flow.

His expression was first stunned, then he respectfully looked toward the Lord of Chaos City above. He slowly spoke, his expression complex: "Thank you, Lord of Chaos City, for reviving me!"

"Dry Witch, this is already the third time you've been revived!" The Lord of Chaos City's voice was like thunder, but his aura had weakened considerably compared to before.

Reviving a High Venerable like Dry Witch Universe Master caused him even greater backlash than reviving over a thousand King Levels at once a millennium ago.

Looking at Dry Witch before him, the Lord of Chaos City felt somewhat helpless. Humanity's 1008 universe nations were all established in ancient times. Those who could serve as a Universe Nation Lord were all extremely ancient Universe Venerables.

Each held a very high status within the Human race, and it was no exaggeration to say they were the pillars of the Human race!

But Dry Witch—instead of properly serving as a Universe Nation Lord, he went to the Original Star to compete for treasures. After dying once, he became desperate. Before even paying off his previous debts, he borrowed supreme treasures to take risks again, only to die twice more in succession.

Not only were all the borrowed supreme treasures and set treasures lost, but when the race revived him, he also incurred a massive debt to the race!

A proper Universe Nation Lord and High Venerable had ended up as the Human race's Chief Debtor!

The Lord of Chaos City kindly reminded him: "Dry Witch, you should pay off your debts first before going out to take risks again! Don't borrow any more supreme treasures!"

Dry Witch Universe Master: "..."

"This time I was revived, but I also lost that borrowed set treasure!" Dry Witch Universe Master walked out of the Lord's estate, feeling no joy at being revived, only sighing endlessly in his heart: "The debt to the race is manageable—at worst, I'll just stall. But the debts to those few friends..."

Thinking of those friends, Dry Witch Universe Master's head began to ache again.

"Teacher! I missed you so much!" Just as Dry Witch was getting a headache, a figure in a blood-red robe suddenly dashed in front of him and shouted excitedly.

Dry Witch looked up and focused, finally recognizing that this was his disciple, who had fallen in some secret realm billions of years ago.

The Marquis Immortal 'Blood-Robed Marquis' Lian Luo!

"Disciple, you've been revived too!" Recognizing the person, Dry Witch's face showed joy.

That night, in a building within Chaos City.

"Teacher, I've lost all my treasures and owe the race 2 Treasure Points!" Lian Luo looked at Dry Witch Universe Master with full expectation.

Dry Witch Universe Master shook his head and sighed: "Your teacher here owes 4.1 Supreme Treasure Points. I'm worse off than you..."

In the original story, he owed 3.8 Supreme Treasure Points, which was the number after he had been repaying debts for endless ages.

The master and disciple stared at each other, nearly unable to hold back from crying in each other's arms.

It seemed as if the sound of the erhu playing "Moon Reflected on Second Spring" echoed in the air.