Light and Time Sword Technique

"Time to grind!"

In the training grounds, the simulated blue giant star surged with endless light and heat.

Yu Duan felt the waves of stinging pain across his skin, a look of enjoyment on his face.

Tianran, his intelligent assistant, watched the lovesick grin on its master's face and muttered to itself, "Master... he doesn't actually enjoy being tortured, does he?"

Time slipped away day by day, and Yu Duan remained immersed in the state of being able to see his own progress every single day.

Not only was there no hint of impatience, but he was instead full of ambition and took great pleasure in it.

Every day, his true body would grind for progress in reality, while his consciousness logged into the Virtual Universe to attend lectures, train, and gather with Chi Li, An Yao, and the others—a fulfilling and happy life.

In the blink of an eye, over a month passed.

Virtual Universe, Battle Space.

On the dark red arena, Yu Duan's figure flickered, and several light-shadow phantoms spread out, charging toward An Yao.

These light-shadow phantoms were, in reality, just afterimages; they were not even on the same level as spatial phantoms.

"This move is decent, but it's a pity your footwork is still too poor, Yu Duan."

The translucent longsword in An Yao's hand instantly turned brilliant. In an instant, a domain emerged, transforming into a cold, ghostly sword beam that swept across.

Whether it was the level of insight or the technique of force exertion, the gap between Yu Duan and An Yao was too vast. Therefore, An Yao certainly wasn't going all out; it was just a friendly spar.

"Is that so?"

Yu Duan's voice seemed to come from several light-shadow phantoms simultaneously.

The next instant, a brilliant starlight field swept out and bloomed, then suddenly collapsed. The curved blade in his palm was like the dawn breaking through a vast, dark night—a sudden flash of heavenly light!

"Clang!"

A sharp, piercing sword hum erupted instantly. The power of the origin laws of light burst forth at this moment, and the entire dark red arena seemed to lose all its light.

As the sword hum faded, only An Yao remained on the arena.

However, there was no joy of victory on An Yao's face, only a sense of astonishment.

"A... a fifth-level domain?"

An Yao recalled the burst of power Yu Duan had unleashed just a moment ago, speaking in disbelief.

Hum!

The space rippled with ghostly light, and Yu Duan, who had been wiped out by An Yao's sword, condensed once again.

"Yeah, I just broke through to the fifth-level domain two days ago. I wanted to take advantage of your carelessness, but I didn't expect you to get serious." Yu Duan wore an expression of regret.

An Yao opened his mouth, not knowing what to say, then stared at Yu Duan suspiciously: "Kid, tell me the truth! Before you entered the holy land, did you really only have a third-level domain?"

"Why would I lie to you? It was about the peak of the third-level domain, and I advanced to the fourth level not long after. I just happened to have an epiphany while training a while ago, so I broke through to the fifth-level domain."

Yu Duan didn't deliberately hide anything, but he didn't go out of his way to explain, either.

"By the way, with my current strength, what rank would I be among the Star Level students?"

Seeing Yu Duan start asking about serious matters, An Yao immediately turned solemn. He pondered for a moment, finding it difficult to answer.

"Normally speaking, mastering a fifth-level domain gives you a chance to break into the top 100,000. But... your force exertion techniques and secret arts are all too poor. It's unlikely you'll make it into the top 100,000."

As An Yao spoke, he couldn't help but complain: "With your talent, Yu Duan, didn't your elders provide you with powerful cultivation techniques or divine weapons? I see that your method of force exertion is also very crude; your training efficiency probably isn't very high."

Yu Duan smiled and shook his head: "I won't hide it from you. I don't come from some great power or prestigious family; I was born into an indigenous race. I am the strongest person in my race, so where would I get high-end divine weapons or secret arts?"

"Ah?"

An Yao stared at Yu Duan, dumbfounded.

He wasn't actually making up a story, was he?

Coming from an indigenous background and fighting his way into the core holy land of a high-level cosmic nation—this was just too legendary.

"I do have quite a few secret arts, but I don't have the authorization to teach them to you."

"The only thing I can decide on is the basic sword technique that comes with this divine weapon. There's no copyright on common, dime-a-dozen secret arts, so no one will come after you for those."

As An Yao spoke, he waved the Light and Time Sword in his hand, which looked like it was made of glass: "But it's definitely countless times more refined than that blade technique of yours. Do you want it?"

The Light and Time Sword, one of the force divine weapons for warriors, contained the mysteries of the two origin laws of 'light and time'.

So-called divine weapons were, in fact, the highest-tier grade five force weapons, bar none.

In the vast universe, there were countless races, and naturally, there were countless types of weapons.

Blades, spears, swords, halberds, axes, wheels, claws, forks, and so on—there was no telling how many common and rare weapon forms existed.

Therefore, the number of force divine weapons for warriors was also very large, unlike the controller branch of spirit readers, which only had the nine great divine weapons.

For spirit readers, no matter how the weapon's form changed, it didn't have much impact on the execution of secret arts.

But for weapons, it was different. Common blades, swords, spears, and lances had a certain degree of commonality, but if one encountered those strange, oddly-shaped weapons, the impact on executing secret arts would be far too great.

You couldn't exactly use a 'wheel'-shaped weapon to execute spear-type secret arts or combat techniques, could you?

Therefore, there is a vast quantity of Force God Weapons, numbering in the hundreds.

The Light and Time Sword, meanwhile, belongs to one of the most common types of light and time-based Force God Weapons.

"I want it. If you're giving it to me, I'll take it. There's absolutely no way I'll be polite about it."

Yu Duan instantly felt that the Morning Dawn Blade in his hand was no longer appealing.

What kind of trash Tier 3 secret technique was that? How could it possibly compare to the secret technique that came with the Light and Time Sword!

Don't let An Yao's claim that the Light and Time Sword's accompanying secret technique is common fool you; even if it comes free with the purchase of the God Weapon, you still have to be able to afford the weapon itself.

A top-tier Tier 5 Force God Weapon is worth a hundred billion Universe Coins. If a Star Level were to try and use one, they might even accidentally injure themselves if they weren't careful.

However, Force God Weapons are similar to the Nine Controller God Weapons; as long as one's comprehension and attainments are sufficient, even a Star Level can wield them with great proficiency.

Therefore, the price of these God Weapons is also quite staggering, generally valued at 2 to 3 Hunyuan Units at auctions, making them far more expensive than top-tier Tier 5 Force weapons.

"Good. If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask me. I've already managed to execute the first level of the Light and Time Sword secret technique," An Yao said, patting Yu Duan on the shoulder in a carefree manner.

Half an hour later, Virtual Universe, Yu Duan's estate.

Inside the guest room, Yu Duan carefully perused the contents of the nine levels of the Light and Time Sword secret technique.

The Light and Time Sword, when combined with the law secret patterns on the God Weapon, consists of nine levels of sword techniques.

Mastering the first level of the sword technique is enough to be called invincible among Star Levels.

Mastering the third level of the sword technique makes one invincible among Universe Levels... and so on, until the final ninth level, which theoretically allows one to rival the most ordinary Immortal.

Of course, so-called invincibility within the same rank is merely a figure of speech.

After all, those at the Star Level who step across the threshold of laws are also called invincible within their rank, but when a group of top geniuses can all achieve that, who exactly is the invincible one?

The first level of the Light and Time Sword is called "Light Splitting Stab."

The second level is called "Shadow Bearing Cut."

The third level is called "Severing Dusk and Dawn."

The fourth level is called "Sun and Moon Rotation."

The fifth level is called "Time Rift."

The sixth level is called "Light and Shadow World."

The seventh level is called "Reflecting Star Sea."

The eighth level is called "Sword Shadow Intercepting Cosmic Light."

As for the final level, for any such supreme God Weapon, it is universally referred to as "Immortal Rival."

This was not the original name of the secret technique, but as time passed, the original name was gradually forgotten, leaving only the legend of being able to rival an Immortal to be discussed and widely spread.