Laws of Time Origin

"Swish!"

Inside the assessment hall, the figures of Yu Duan and An Yao appeared at the same time.

At this moment, there were over a dozen people chatting in the hall, and all eyes turned toward them.

"Light Splitting Stab... you kid are progressing way too fast."

The look in An Yao's eyes as he gazed at Yu Duan was tinged with emotion.

He knew very well that Yu Duan's talent was far superior to his own; it had taken him decades to go from first encountering the origin laws to mastering the basics, while Yu Duan had done it in a mere two or three years.

By all normal logic, it should have taken Yu Duan two or three years, or perhaps even longer, to master the Light Splitting Stab.

He just hadn't expected that time to be less than two short months.

"It's useless anyway. I lost too many matches in the first few days, so it'll be hard to climb to a higher rank now."

Yu Duan shook his head, then asked An Yao, "What rank are you currently?"

An Yao raised a hand to rub his smooth, bald head, his tone filled with reluctance: "5th place. That Teng De is progressing faster than I imagined, and besides him, there's another dark horse."

Teng De, who used the God-Splitting Weapon, had left a deep impression on Yu Duan.

After all, that was his first match on the first day, and he had been practically insta-killed.

It was normal for An Yao to be unable to beat Teng De, but he hadn't expected there to be another dark horse.

"Besides the two senior brothers who have mastered the high-level laws and Teng De, who else is there?"

"Delisi, a very arrogant guy. You might see him in a few days. He has mastered the basics of both fire and earth origin laws. If it weren't for those two senior brothers holding him back, he'd probably be invincible."

Whenever An Yao mentioned this Delisi, he felt extremely annoyed.

According to him, in the last ranking battle, this Delisi hadn't even managed to break into the top 50.

It was clear that Delisi's attainment in origin laws wasn't low, but his application was trash—barely better than the gatekeepers in the final stage of the first assessment, almost as if he had none at all.

At first, An Yao had kindly reminded Delisi to pay a little more attention to actual combat, but Delisi had just ignored him with a cold face.

Thinking about it now, the reason this guy's application of laws was so poor was likely because he had poured all his energy into comprehending the mysteries of two different origin laws.

Now that he had mastered the basics of both, Delisi could unleash his fire and earth origin laws simultaneously, creating a "lava" domain that was terrifying, offering both offense and defense with almost no weaknesses.

"The competition in our batch is truly intense," Yu Duan couldn't help but remark.

Over these past few days, Yu Duan had also learned about the average teaching standards of the Beiming Sacred Land.

Generally speaking, the teaching level at the Beiming Sacred Land was considered standard upper-tier among the 1008 great universe nations.

In almost every genius battle, someone from here would be selected for the top 1000.

Occasionally, someone who had mastered the basics of two origin laws would emerge, someone with the qualifications to challenge the top 100, much like Delisi.

As for those who had mastered high-level laws, they might only appear once or twice every twenty or thirty genius battles.

An Yao nodded as well, saying, "Yeah, our batch is just unlucky."

"The greater the pressure, the greater the motivation. My matches for today are done, so I'm heading out."

Yu Duan was in a rush to go home and review today's matches.

There were many problems Yu Duan couldn't spot himself, but Ku Mixiu could see them all with a single glance.

With Ku Mixiu as a teacher specializing in the Light and Time Sword, Yu Duan had avoided many detours.

In a hall with simple decor, Yu Duan finished listening to Ku Mixiu explain his issues.

"Your Highness has already mastered the basics of the first level of the Light and Time Sword. The main problem now is that your movement technique is too low-level and lacks flexibility."

Ku Mixiu stated Yu Duan's problem somewhat tactfully.

For a warrior, flexibility was extremely important.

Especially when facing a spirit reader of the same level, if one's movement technique wasn't up to par, the pressure would be immense.

"The movement technique you taught me, Teacher, is too profound. To truly master the basics, I need to have a certain level of comprehension of the time law."

Yu Duan felt a bit helpless; being able to master the first level of the Light and Time Sword in under two months was already him giving it his all.

The movement technique manual taught to Yu Duan by the Qinghuan King was called Flowing Light of Years.

Flowing Light of Years was divided into four major levels and 12 minor levels.

The first major level, Time Flow Shadow, required significant attainment in both light and time origin laws just to grasp the basics.

Once this level was mastered, the first benefit was a massive surge in speed. During rapid movement, the effect of one's own mass was greatly reduced, allowing for a significant decrease in inertia and bringing the flexibility of one's movement technique on par with a spirit reader of the same realm.

Of course, that wasn't the most important part.

After mastering Time Flow Shadow, one could use the power of the two origin laws to control all the atoms constituting the body, causing them to vibrate at a specific frequency in resonance with the law fluctuations, thereby achieving the effect of "quantum tunneling."

Simply put, the effect was equivalent to a wall-phasing technique, allowing one to pass through physical obstacles.

During combat, it could even produce an "etherealization" effect that granted immunity to attacks.

Without a significant gap in realm, when facing an opponent who hadn't mastered any laws, one could directly ignore their physical attacks.

As long as the opponent lacks mental-level attacks or the power of Origin Laws, they can only stare helplessly, unable to inflict any damage on Yu Duan.

Facing an opponent who has mastered the power of laws, the effects of movement techniques can also significantly reduce the damage Yu Duan sustains.

This effect alone is already exceptionally powerful.

As for the second level, "Light Speed Storm," it is far beyond what Yu Duan can touch upon at present.

This level, as the name suggests, allows one to reduce their own rest mass to zero and perform transitions at the speed of light.

With Ku Mixiu's attainments in laws, he is just about able to master this second level.

The third level is called "Years Flickering"; mastering this realm is equivalent to the insights of a Marquis-level powerhouse.

The fourth level is called "Time Crossing," also known as time suspension. The value of time suspension needs no further elaboration.

"If Your Highness does not mind, I have a movement technique here that is quite suitable for Your Highness's current level of law comprehension." Ku Mixiu bowed slightly, a respectful smile appearing on his face.

Yu Duan smiled and waved his hand: "No need, Mr. Ku Mixiu. You have worked hard these past few days. I plan to rest early tonight to prepare for tomorrow's competition."

"Very well, Your Highness. This subordinate will take his leave."

Ku Mixiu performed a very gentlemanly bow, then turned and headed toward a side hall of Yu Duan's manor.

As a teacher and bodyguard specifically hired by Qinghuan King to guide Yu Duan in the Light and Time Sword Art, Ku Mixiu lived directly in a side hall of Yu Duan's manor.

That night, in an absolutely secure meditation room deep within the palace, Yu Duan sat cross-legged with his eyes half-closed.

Within Yu Duan's internal space, the Book of Causality, which was shedding brilliant rays of light, trembled slightly.

The characters on the pages suddenly faded and became transparent, disappearing entirely, and then the brilliant light converged, causing new characters to emerge on the pages.

[Origin Law of Light] natural insight, level: threshold reached. Can pre-advance 'ordinary World Master level' law insights. Repayment cost: meditate on the Origin Law of Light for 1318 years.

[Light and Time Sword Art] top-tier basic secret technique, level: first layer entry, can pre-advance 'second layer' entry insight and attainments. Repayment cost: execute the second layer sword technique at full power 2.1642 million times.

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"Ordinary World Master level insights? What level is this, that it actually requires me to meditate on the Origin Law of Light for over a thousand years?"

This is not the previous perception of law fluctuations, but rather settling one's heart to meditate on the mysteries of the laws, without being able to be distracted by other things.

One must know that the gap between World Masters is infinitely greater than the gap between a human and a dog; what level is considered an ordinary World Master?

Yu Duan was somewhat puzzled, then a strand of his consciousness linked to the Virtual Universe network to perform a search.

A moment later, Yu Duan found the answer in the Virtual Universe network.

After all, as a disciple of a super King-level powerhouse in the Virtual Universe Company, Yu Duan's authority was much higher than before.

The so-called ordinary World Master level insight refers to the average level that an ordinary World Master can reach.

And an ordinary World Master refers to those whose talent is only enough for them to barely step into the World Master level, and whose potential is completely exhausted there; they might remain at the second or third stage of the World Master level for their entire lives.

Their talent is insufficient, and without special opportunities, even if they spend the rest of their lives wholeheartedly meditating on the mysteries of the Origin Laws, their law insights will basically only reach this level.

In the Virtual Universe, there is a special assessment space; as long as one can pass the first level, it is considered the ordinary World Master level.

This assessment space is called the "Heavenly Bridge" space.

"It seems that my talent and comprehension, in the evaluation of the Book of Causality, are already comparable to the top one thousand geniuses in the entire universe."

Star Level requires over a thousand years of meditation; normally, after changing to Universe Level, it might not even take a hundred years.

This still refers to the primitive universe; if it were in Chaos City, the required time would be shortened by more than 10 times.

This does not even count the bonuses from meditating on the Chaos Tablet; the actual time required would be greatly reduced.

"The Origin Law of Light insights from the first level of the Heavenly Bridge are indeed tempting... but the time required is too long."

Yu Duan thought for a moment and decided to pre-advance the second level of the Light and Time Sword Art.

Practicing the Light and Time Sword Technique over two million times sounds intimidating.

But in reality, Yu Duan currently practices the sword technique hundreds of times every day. This is only because the ranking battles take up a large portion of his energy, and he isn't going all out, using various drugs to recover and "grind."

Once he enters the "grind king" state, he can easily do over a thousand times a day, and easily grind over 300,000 times a year.

In this way, even without an increase in efficiency, Yu Duan could pre-advance the third level of the Light and Time Sword Art in about 7 years.

For the third level of the Light and Time Sword Art, even if he cannot pass the first level of the Heavenly Bridge, the gap would only be in the application of the laws rather than the depth of insight.

"Hum!"

Space-time seemed to ripple, vaguely oscillating with Yu Duan's figure as the core.

As Yu Duan opened his eyes, the fluctuations of the two Origin Laws of light and time bloomed instantly, echoing and reflecting the Brilliant Silver Pupil at the center of the cultivation palace.