Purification Secret Canon and Nine Interpretations of Time

Virtual Universe, Beiming Sacred Land.

Following the conclusion of the preliminary rounds, nearly a million Star Level figures were simultaneously teleported to the exclusive space of the Beiming Sea, gathering in a vast plaza.

Out of the hundreds of millions of Star Level students in the Beiming Sacred Land, fewer than a million had survived until the end of the preliminaries.

The number of those who fought their way into the top one thousand in their respective world zones was naturally even smaller; the elimination rate was truly terrifying.

"I was so close! I was only three hundred points away from breaking into the top one thousand in my world zone. Damn it, I'm so frustrated!"

"Me too. Why couldn't the preliminaries last just two more days?"

"Hahaha, I got lucky. I ranked 867th in my world zone—just barely made the cut!"

"..."

In an instant, the plaza became bustling and noisy; some were excited, some regretful, and others filled with indignation.

Those who managed to survive until the end of the preliminaries, aside from the 'campers', had basically all moved beyond the level of just entering the domain stage, with each person mastering at least a third or fourth-level domain.

In the central area of the plaza, over three hundred geniuses who had stepped across the threshold of the origin laws gathered together.

"Yu Duan, are you the number one in your world zone?"

Teng De, carrying the God-Splitting Weapon on his back, looked toward Yu Duan.

"Yeah, what about you?" Yu Duan nodded and asked in passing.

Teng De grinned: "Of course. Spirit Readers have higher efficiency when it comes to slaughtering the weak. It's possible your points aren't even as high as mine."

Yalunsi spoke up at this moment: "I ended up with a little over 210 million points."

"I have 140 million points."

"I barely reached 100 million points."

The group began to chatter, discussing whose points were higher.

Geniuses who had stepped into the origin laws, provided they didn't face off against experts of the same caliber and get eliminated early, were basically all in the top five of their world zones, each boasting tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of points.

"I have just under 400 million points."

Yu Duan didn't deliberately hide anything; the terrain of the first world zone was unique.

In the final two days, a group of eighth and ninth-level experts had been cornered by Yu Duan at the very top of the flight base, causing his points to soar from just over 200 million to nearly 400 million.

Before these geniuses could even be shocked by Yu Duan's points, a surging pressure erupted.

Then, a towering figure over eight meters tall appeared in mid-air, with dragon horns on his head and clad in crimson scale armor—it was the First Divine General!

"BOOM!"

Invisible pressure swept outward, the air groaning under the weight, and one could even vaguely see ripples distorting the space itself.

In an instant, the plaza, which spanned over a million kilometers in diameter, became incredibly oppressive.

Cold sweat beaded on the foreheads of nearly a million geniuses, their faces turning deathly pale. Under the sliver of consciousness pressure leaking from the First Divine General's gaze, they couldn't even manage to lift their heads.

The only exception among them was Yu Duan.

The consciousness pressure of a King-level powerhouse, even if restrained a thousand times over, was not something a little Star Level kid could ignore.

However, Yu Duan only felt a bit stifled; he had no other uncomfortable sensations.

This is... my state of mind amplification resisting the consciousness pressure!

Yu Duan naturally noticed the difference between himself and the students around him immediately.

According to Hong's description, the Universe Level Lei Shen, relying on the Unity of Heaven and Man state of his pure heart, could barely withstand the consciousness pressure of an Undying General at the peak or even a Marquis-level Undying.

Although the First Divine General was a King-level powerhouse, he was only trying to scare this group of Star Level kids, so the sliver of consciousness pressure he leaked could never be too strong.

"You lot have greatly disappointed the Lord of the Kingdom!"

A booming voice rang out, sounding like explosions erupting from the First Divine General's mouth. It was deafening, startling the group of students until they felt their heartbeats fall into disarray.

"Out of one hundred thousand and one hundred spots, you only managed to secure fewer than fifty-three thousand!"

"However, you still have a chance. For the 1,000 spots in the universe-level competition of the genius tournament, I hope you can secure 600 of them!"

The First Divine General deliberately kept a straight face, lecturing the group of geniuses. Accompanied by the consciousness pressure in his gaze, many of the geniuses were scared until their bodies went limp, barely managing to maintain a standing posture.

"Next, except for the first-place winners of each world zone, all students who passed the preliminaries must prepare for the arena group battles!"

"Also, even you first-place winners cannot afford to slack off in the slightest over the next three years. The true genius showdown has not yet begun!"

After giving a final warning, the First Divine General waved his hand.

In an instant, the figures of nearly a million Star Level geniuses were directly teleported away.

Real world, Light Source Planet.

At the peak of the snow mountain, Yu Duan opened his eyes. Ku Mixiu, who had been guarding him, bowed slightly: "Congratulations, Your Highness, for passing the preliminaries."

Yu Duan couldn't help but laugh speechlessly: "Mr. Ku Mixiu, is there any need for congratulations?"

Upon hearing this, Ku Mixiu smiled: "Then, I shall wish you in advance, Your Highness, to take first place in the total universe finals!"

"Don't, the match hasn't even started yet; celebrating at halftime is bad luck!"

Planting a flag at halftime is a bad idea; it would be hilarious if I ended up crashing and burning.

Although the First Divine General once said that the Virtual Universe Company would not arrange for him to face Yalunsi.

But—Yu Duan did not approve of achieving invincibility among his peers through such means.

Yu Duan still hoped to rely on his own strength to defeat Yalunsi.

Even if the next advance from the Book of Causality would take a hundred years to pay off, so what?

Without the Book of Causality, Yu Duan could still make progress.

The Book of Causality only allowed Yu Duan to enjoy the results in advance; if Yu Duan could not improve through his own ability, then the progress bar for repaying the cost of the advance would not be something he could grind out in a hundred years, but rather thousands or even tens of thousands of years.

"Beep!"

A notification sound came from the light-brain on Yu Duan's right wrist, and then a screen was projected, displaying an email sent by his teacher, Qinghuan King.

"Come to the Virtual Universe to see me."

Yu Duan did not hesitate in the slightest, linked his consciousness to the Virtual Universe network, and appeared directly in the palace of Qinghuan King.

At this moment, inside the palace, Qinghuan King was observing a vast star-map wall carving.

The entire carving was etched onto the walls of the palace, stretching over a hundred kilometers long and dozens of kilometers high.

Countless tiny specks of dust represented individual stars, intertwined to form hundreds of star systems.

These hundreds of star systems were connected to each other, forming a more vast and majestic image of a galaxy cluster, containing an endlessly profound fluctuation of time.

"This wall carving is actually a very complex secret technique, containing the complete mysteries of the Origin Law of Time..."

Qinghuan King's voice rang out, his tone no longer as gentle as usual, but rather somewhat complex.

After the words fell, Qinghuan King turned his head to look at Yu Duan: "Disciple, your teacher has contemplated this wall carving for I don't know how many epochs!"

"Yet I still cannot penetrate the complete Origin Law of Time, unable to take a further step."

The oldest immortal god under the Virtual Universe Company, the most powerful immortal soul master, bar none.

It sounded like a glorious title, but it was also the title Qinghuan King detested the most.

After Qinghuan King finished speaking, he let out a long sigh, the complex emotions in his eyes vanished instantly, and he smiled: "Child, with your teacher as an example, you should know how difficult it is to comprehend a complete supreme law, right?"

"This disciple will take the teacher's teachings to heart!" Yu Duan quickly bowed and saluted.

Qinghuan King smiled and patted Yu Duan on the shoulder, then casually waved his hand to the side.

Suddenly, the projections of two illusory secret manuals appeared.

"The deeper your comprehension of the laws, the harder it is to progress... until the final step of comprehending the complete origin law, which is also the hardest step—a major bottleneck."

"The number of World Master level powerhouses under the Beiming Universe Kingdom is consistently maintained at over one million, but the number of immortal gods is only around twenty thousand."

The lifespan of a World Master is ten million years.

That is to say, on average, one million World Masters can be born every thousand epochs.

Yet, there are only twenty thousand immortal gods who possess eternal life.

The proportion of World Master level powerhouses who can break through to become immortal is not even one in one hundred thousand.

Qinghuan King pointed at the two secret manual projections: "Among these two secret manuals, the first one is called the Purification Secret Canon, which is a manual for comprehending the Origin Law of Light and the Origin Law of Time."

"The manual contains a total of 7,645 auxiliary secret techniques for law comprehension and 627 combat secret techniques for law application."

"Among the King-level secret manuals that cultivate both the laws of light and time, it is considered a top-tier existence, with very detailed explanations from the basic level to the advanced level."

"Therefore, the value of this Purification Secret Canon exceeds one hundred thousand Hunyuan Units."

As Qinghuan King began to explain, the two projections each transformed into a huge light screen.

Lines of universal cosmic characters emerged, which were the tables of contents for the two secret manuals, each containing a set of different secret techniques.

"As for the second secret manual, it is called the Nine Interpretations of Time, containing 74 different warrior combat techniques, including sword techniques, blade techniques, fist techniques, and many other types."

"Each set of combat secret techniques contains the exact same law mysteries and is considered a basic secret technique specializing in the Origin Law of Time."

"The value of this second secret manual is far inferior to the first, only around one hundred Hunyuan Units."

"The two manuals represent two different paths: one is the conventional route of comprehending laws, where progress is faster in the early stages and becomes harder as you go, though a major bottleneck will appear at the peak of the Immortal Military Lord level."

"The other is a route that analyzes the deep essence of the laws, where the speed of progress in the early stages will be dozens or hundreds of times slower, but the speed of progress in the later stages will increase by dozens or hundreds of times."

"As for the bottleneck, if you can walk this path, as long as you do not fall in the future, you will inevitably become a King-level immortal."

After Qinghuan King briefly introduced the two secret manuals, he looked at Yu Duan.

"Take both of these secret manuals back to look at, carefully compare the differences between the two routes; I have left detailed notes and introductions in the manuals."

"Finally, choose one route as your main path for the future, and then come back to the Virtual Universe to see me."