Crossing the Threshold of the Law of Light

"I overestimated my comprehension after all. Although I've gained a tiny bit of understanding of the Origin Law of Light, I still can't truly wield the power of the Law of Light. I've got a long way to go before I cross the threshold of the laws."

Only when one could truly wield the power of an Origin Law could one be said to have crossed its threshold.

Yu Duan raised his right hand, and a tiny black dot appeared.

In the next moment, boundless darkness spread, completely blotting out even the simulated sunlight shining on Yu Duan. The 1,200-fold amplification also dropped to zero.

But in the blink of an eye, the Darkness Domain transformed into a brilliant shower of light, and Yu Duan was once again bathed in blazing light and heat.

Yu Duan's figure was silhouetted against the shower of light. The scene was just like the earthly immortals of myths from his previous life ascending to immortality.

The Ninefold Domain of Light shimmered, magnifying the faint, illusory fluctuations of the Origin Law many times over.

In truth, when Yu Duan reached the Sevenfold Domain, he had already faintly sensed the fluctuations of the Origin Law, but they had come and gone.

Only after advancing to the Eighth Domain had they stabilized. As long as he quieted his mind, he could discern the vast and obscure changes in the Origin Law of Light anytime, anywhere.

After touching upon the Origin Law, Yu Duan had set himself an ambitious goal.

Before he had repaid the debt incurred by advancing to the Ninefold Domain, he would cross the threshold of the laws through his own comprehension.

But clearly, that was still far too difficult.

The Bloodline Evolution Agent wouldn't improve one's talent for the laws, and Yu Duan's bloodline was barely superior to that of an Earthling.

Take Hong, one of the Earth Trio, for example. Aside from his poor talent for the laws, his state of mind, comprehension, and willpower were all astonishingly exceptional.

Even so, Hong most likely hadn't mastered any laws during his Star Level days.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have had to wait until he reached Universe Level and displayed his talent for willpower to be specially recruited into the Special Elite Training Camp under the Giant Axe Dojo.

After all, a Star Level genius who had mastered the laws could easily qualify as a Special-Class Elite, even if he couldn't become a member of the Core Layer of one of the five great powers.

Nearly a month passed in the blink of an eye.

In Yu Duan's villa, inside the cultivation room, the blazing blue giant star slowly rotated in the vast expanse of space simulated with one hundred percent fidelity.

Dressed in a white robe, Yu Duan sat with his eyes half-closed, his consciousness sinking into the space within his body.

On the Book of Causality, a line of ancient characters changed, and the advance panel appeared once more.

[Light Domain] Natural Comprehension, level: peak of the Ninth Domain. Can advance "Initial Comprehension of the Law of Light"-level law comprehension. Repayment cost: sense the fluctuations of the Origin Law of Light for 100 years.

[Heart-Tempering Canon] Special Secret Technique, level: Universe Level willpower. Can advance "Domain Lord Level" willpower. Repayment cost: inflict pain with the secret technique to temper willpower for 1,000,000 hours.

[Morning Dawn Nine Blades] Third-tier Fighter combat technique, level: sixth stage. Can advance "seventh stage" saber-art comprehension. Repayment cost: execute the saber technique with full force 1,000,000 times.

[Floating Light Glancing Shadow] Third-tier Fighter movement technique, level: third stage. Can advance "fourth stage" movement-technique comprehension. Repayment cost: move with full force for 10 billion kilometers.

[...]

The advance panel only showed skills Yu Duan had already mastered.

That was why the Light and Time Sword Art, which he couldn't use, hadn't appeared. Otherwise, Yu Duan would have advanced his mastery of the Light and Time Sword Art right away and crossed the threshold of the Origin Law.

"A hundred years of sensing the fluctuations of the Law of Light? That's manageable."

Yu Duan didn't hesitate in the slightest. He'd advance it first and think about the rest later.

As for whether there was a way to improve the efficiency, he could look into that at his leisure.

"Vmmm..."

The moment he confirmed the advance, Yu Duan felt his consciousness roar.

In a daze, he felt as though he had become a gigantic, wondrous egg, about two kilometers in diameter at its widest point. It was crystalline all over, like green jade.

Countless radiant patterns adorned its shell, brilliant as stars as they circled its surface. They contained some mysterious, profound power.

The dazzling patterns flickered, surrounded by shimmering light and mist, as though answering the stars twinkling across the universe.

No one knew how much time passed before a once-blazing star suddenly collapsed. The star's life had reached its end.

As the star fell, the wondrous egg nestled within it finally hatched.

The pure power of the Light Origin Law spread out, intertwining with the creature just born from the egg and forming a vast World Projection that shone across the starry sky.

And with that, the hazy dream came to an abrupt end.

"Whoosh!"

In the cultivation ground, Yu Duan abruptly opened his eyes.

In that instant, brilliant radiance suddenly spread from his body.

Endless showers of light fell, radiating resplendent brilliance—dazzling, blinding, and glorious beyond words... Profound, obscure fluctuations intertwined with the light and spread in every direction.

"What a... bizarre dream."

Light shimmered in Yu Duan's eyes as he recalled the dream he'd just had.

In that dream, he had become a wondrous lifeform.

Or rather, he had been a Special Lifeform born at World Lord Level, one who had wielded the power of the Origin Law from the moment of his birth.

It was just like Zhuang Zhou dreaming he was a butterfly.

"Whoosh!"

Yu Duan raised his right hand, fingers spread wide.

In an instant, the domain and power of the Origin Law surrounding him began to converge and collapse, finally forming a dazzling orb of light in his palm.

"The fluctuations of the Origin Law... They're everywhere in the universe, filling everything in sight."

Sensing the fluctuations of the Origin Law, Yu Duan had crossed its threshold. At last, the elusive, mysterious fluctuations had revealed a corner of the Heavenly Palace.

In Yu Duan's field of vision, everything he could see obeyed the workings of the Origin Laws.

The workings of the ten fundamental Origin Laws formed the foundation of the universe's birth and dictated the evolution of countless forms of matter. That was how the vast, magnificent Original Universe, home to countless civilizations and species, had come to be.

"Vmmm!"

The orb of light formed from his domain changed in Yu Duan's palm, filled with the power of the Origin Law of Light.

In a flash, it became a three-inch galaxy, swirling in his palm; the next moment, it turned into an endless expanse of darkness, unfathomably deep.

"Phew..."

Yu Duan exhaled slowly. Now he needed to figure out how to improve his training efficiency.

Sensing the fluctuations of the Origin Law of Light permeating everything around him, Yu Duan sent part of his consciousness into the space within his body.

On the Book of Causality, wreathed in brilliant clouds, complex and orderly characters danced across the page.

Repayment of advance cost in progress: sense the fluctuations of the Origin Law of Light for 100 years. Current progress: 1 minute 31 seconds...

As long as Yu Duan's consciousness remained clear, he could sense the hazy fluctuations of the Origin Law of Light.

They were vague and seemed chaotic and disordered, making them difficult to comprehend. But he could still sense that they existed, so the progress bar in the Book of Causality continued to advance.

"Whoosh!"

In an instant, blazing cosmic energy gathered in Yu Duan's palm, answering the workings of the Origin Law of Light in the universe. It became brilliant divine radiance, giving off intense fluctuations of the laws.

"It works!"

Joy appeared in Yu Duan's eyes. Just then, the progress bar had jumped forward by about three seconds.

The next moment, Yu Duan unleashed his domain once more.

The domain was like a signal amplifier.

The fluctuations of the Origin Law, which had been as hard to make out as flowers seen through a fog, became many times clearer as they passed through layer upon layer of the Light Domain.

"The efficiency has increased... by about nine times. As expected, the clearer the fluctuations of the laws, the greater the improvement."

Yu Duan didn't know where in the entire Beiming Sacred Land the fluctuations of the Law of Light were clearest.

But one place was definitely clearer than his own estate: beside those few Immortal Gods who had broken through using the Origin Law of Light.

They were powerful "radiators" of the fluctuations of the Origin Law of Light. Their entire divine bodies were made of pure divine power of the Origin Law of Light.