Guidance

Inside the residence of Lu Yan'an in the Zijing Island residential area.

When Lu Yan'an opened his eyes, a sense of irritation welled up within him. What had been a sure thing had turned out this way, and anyone would find it hard to accept. But there was nothing he could do; events wouldn't unfold according to anyone's will. Lu Yan'an could only begin to analyze the reasons for this failed breakthrough in order to distract himself.

A gentle breeze was blowing on the pavilion.

Lu Yan'an slowly circled the entire mansion, finally returning to the pavilion. Then, his body slowly rose, gazing into the distance at the quietly flowing, Five-Colored Aurora Lake.

"What a joke!" Lu Yan'an's eyes, sharp as blades, swept across the distance. "The Original Core Shackles? I refuse to believe that even if someone is Heart Power to hinder my breakthrough this time, I can really just sit here and wait to die?"

"Break free from constraints; all external treasures and the like are utterly useless."

"It relies on the Law Comprehension, secret techniques, Mental Power Amplitude, and willpower!" Lu Yan'an. "It's difficult for me to improve my willpower in the short term; I can only rely on the passage of time to gradually hone my inner strength. As for Mental Power Amplitude, it can't be improved for the time being, Law Comprehension is already at the highest level below the Universe Master."

"My secret techniques have now reached the Ultimate level of the Overlord! At the World Lord level, I've reached my limit, and it's unlikely I can create the Strongest Secret Technique for the Universe Master in the short term. What should I do in this situation?"

Lu Yan'an, at the same time, he also felt a trace of despair.

"It seems that the only way forward is to create the Strongest Secret Technique for the Universe Master through the Secret Pattern School!" Lu Yan'an pursed his lips, his eyes gradually becoming sharp. "If I really can't create the secret technique, then I can only participate in the clan wars to hone my will and hopefully achieve a true breakthrough!"

The Four Peak Races wage war almost every 1000 epochs. These wars are fixed agreements made by the four races to seize territory. At the same time, they are also specially arranged to clean up the excess population that consumes resources within their respective races. Although this is not explicitly stated, it is an unspoken understanding among the major dominant races.

"There are still a thousand years left before this tribal war begins. Let's not think about that too much now, and make several preparations! If we really can't figure out Creation Secret Technique later, then we'll have no choice but to go."

"In any case, things haven't reached the worst point yet! Fortunately, I discovered this problem relatively early; if it had been discovered later, many more complications would have arisen!"

Since he couldn't break through to immortality at the moment, he could only remain silent and stop being so flamboyant. Fortunately, Lu Yan'an had previously received the inheritance of this Secret Pattern Diagram School. Although there were no exotic beast images to compare with, he still had the basic knowledge. However, compared to the help he received from the exotic beast images in the Secret Abyss, the efficiency of the created secret techniques seemed a bit low! But with the existence of the Innate Secret Technique Secret Pattern on his Original Core, it wasn't a big problem.

100 years, 200 years... 400 years, 800 years...

Time flowed by like water. Seeing that the possibility of him creating the Strongest Secret Technique of the Universe Master through the Secret Pattern Diagram was getting lower and lower, and the day of the tribal war was getting closer and closer, Lu Yan'an's anxiety, which he had been suppressing, suddenly surged up again. Just as he was thinking of going out for a walk to relieve the pressure on his body, a familiar figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Lu Yan'an!" A figure radiating a magnificent Zihuo projected into the void. Private residential territory was absolutely not to be violated by others in the Ancestral God Religion. Even a high-ranking Divine General within the Ancestral God Religion would not trespass without permission. Therefore, the Purple Fire Divine General that Lu Yan'an saw was a projection without any offensive power.

"Greetings, Your Divine General!" Lu Yan'an bowed respectfully.

"Why haven't you broken through to the Immortal Realm in these eight hundred years?" A hint of confusion appeared in the eyes of the Purple Fire Divine General. "The World Tree has already guided you to such a level."

"It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't!" Lu Yan'an explained with a wry smile.

"Oh? With your Law Comprehension of the sixth level of the Beast God Inheritance, let alone breaking through to Immortality, even breaking through to the Universe Venerable would be a very easy thing. Tell me, where exactly are you stuck?" Purple Fire Divine General said with great curiosity. He had a strong curiosity about Lu Yan'an, the newly Guardian Divine Envoy of the Mengguang lineage, even though Lu Yan'an's current reason was far-fetched, he still wanted to hear what he had to say.

"Due to some special reasons, the Original Core within my body has become extremely solid, and its regeneration rate is incredibly fast!" Lu Yan'an explained. "With my current willpower, as well as the secret techniques and Mental Power Amplitude I've created, I simply cannot shatter the Original Core instantly! And if I cannot shatter the Original Core instantly, its powerful regenerative ability makes it impossible to break through to immortality!"

Lu Yan'an's voice was extremely bitter. Facing this Divine General had once helped him, he hesitated for a moment before deciding to tell him the whole story, as a way of venting his frustrations over the past few days.

"So what are your plans now!" Upon hearing Lu Yan'an's answer, the atmosphere immediately turned cold. After a moment, the Purple Fire Divine General asked leisurely.

"I want to create the Strongest Secret Technique for the Universe Master!" Lu Yan'an said. "If I fail, then I will participate in the inter-clan war between the Four Peak Races 200 years from now!"

It's important to understand that even Ultimate Technique at the Overlord level is incredibly difficult to create. Even with Lu Yan'an's current opportunities, talent, and a bit of luck, he only managed to create one Overlord Ultimate Technique – "Primordial"! Now, even if he wanted to replicate and create another Ultimate technique at the Universe Overlord level, it would be virtually impossible, let alone the Strongest Secret Technique of Universe Master, a realm that a realm World Lord could never even tread.

Even on Zijing Island, which gathers unparalleled geniuses from billions of races across the universe, those who create Ultimate Technique are extremely rare. And the Strongest Secret Technique of the Universe Master has never been created by anyone below the Universe Master's realm.

"Foolish!" To everyone's surprise, after hearing Lu Yan'an's words, the Purple Fire Divine General offered this assessment. "You probably don't even know what the concept of the Strongest Secret Technique of the Universe Master is, which is why you dare to boast here that you want to create the Strongest Secret Technique of the Universe Master!"

"Let me tell you, the creation of each of the Strongest Secret Technique of the Universe Master signifies that a person's realm has reached the level of the Universe Master! It is a flawless secret technique, and generally speaking, only when a life raises its Life Gene Level to the Perfect Gene Level will the Universe Origin bestow upon it a flawless Strongest Secret Technique of the Universe Master!"

"You want to create the Strongest Secret Technique of the Universe Master? There are two prerequisites! First, your Law Comprehension must be extremely close to or already established in the realm of the Universe Master. Second, you must already possess a flawless secret technique of the Universe Master as a guide! Both are indispensable. To think that you can create the Strongest Secret Technique of the Universe Master with only the realm of a World Lord is nothing short of a pipe dream!"

After listening to the Purple Fire Divine General's explanation, Lu Yan'an suddenly realized something. Considering the situation of City Lord Luo in the original story, he suddenly realized that his first 800 Years seemed to have been wasted!

Ignoring Lu Yan'an's rather complicated emotions, the Purple Fire Divine General continued, "As for your idea of participating in this tribal war to hone your will and consciousness, I can only say that's even more foolish!"

He paused, then continued, "If you're going in the wrong direction, all your efforts will be in vain! The clan wars, as a struggle for survival among your Four Peak Races, were originally created to deplete the number of your respective clans' lower and middle-level powerhouses! This is to prevent the clans from becoming overly competitive due to excessive resource consumption at the lower levels!"

"If you go, you'll basically only face death! Race wars aren't like the ones outside where there are rules. It's common for Universe Venerable to slaughter Immortals and World Lord! Even Universe Master might personally get involved."

"How could you possibly hone your willpower and consciousness in such a chaotic environment?"

After saying this, he completely ignored Lu Yan'an's increasingly gloomy expression and continued, "However, you are also lucky! In the history of our Ancestral God Religion, there was also a similar existence, whose situation was similar to yours, and who ultimately succeeded in breaking through the shackles."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yan'an's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked, "May I ask, Venerable, which powerful figure from the Ancestral God Religion is that?"

"No rush, I came here precisely because of its orders! It is the Beast God of the Mengguang lineage of my Ancestral God Religion, and also the strongest among the many Beast God in my Ancestral God Religion, the Mengguang Beast God! It wants to see you."

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