Heart of Time
On the 999th floor of the Aurora Tower, Lu Yan'an was locked in a fierce battle with the Gatekeeper of this final floor, relying on his understanding of the laws of light.
Upon entering the first level of the Aurora Tower, he was surprised to find that he could not sense any power of laws other than the Origin Law of Light Aurora Tower!
"Perhaps this is why the mortality rate is so high?" Lu Yan'an muttered to himself.
However, the situation he faced did not allow him much time to think. As soon as he entered the first level, the Aurora Tower simulated a standard opponent for Lu Yan'an, and it was a realistic simulation!
What followed was a very familiar process for Lu Yan'an. After all, he had experienced it when he tried to Tongtian Bridge. The only difference was that when he failed on the Tongtian Bridge, he had countless chances to try again. But here, he needed to have a very clear understanding of his limited strength, because there were only two outcomes: success or death!
However, compared to the immense span of the Tongtian Bridge, the difficulty of ascending each floor of the 999-story Aurora Tower is extremely limited, and challengers can easily understand their own limits! Basically, those who perish in the Aurora Tower are mostly impetuous geniuses. On the contrary, ordinary Aurora Race are able to clearly understand themselves, so very few perish here!
And so, Lu Yan'an fought his way from the 1st floor to the 950th floor, basically defeating everyone instantly! Recognized by the Origin Law of Light, he faced virtually no pressure on the first 950 floors! It wasn't until the last 49 floors that the real test began!
Of course, this wasn't as difficult as he had imagined. However, compared to the slow, incremental increase in difficulty before, each level after the 950th floor was significantly more challenging! Lu Yan'an had a clear understanding of this. Opponents who were once easy to kill suddenly found themselves able to block two of his attacks, and even started to organize counterattacks later on!
"This Aurora Tower clearly has no intention of giving anyone a way out!" Lu Yan'an remarked after successfully defeating the Gatekeeper of the 998th floor.
Even with his level of comprehension recognized by the Origin Law of Light, he found these last few levels incredibly difficult, let alone others! The 950th level of the Aurora Tower was a hurdle that blocked countless geniuses, and these last three levels were even more hurdles, determined to drive people to their deaths!
Sure enough, on the final 999th floor, the difficulty of the opponent Lu Yan'an encountered was doubled!
"No wonder they say no one can obtain the inheritance! With such an absurd setting, the being who left the inheritance probably never intended to leave it behind at all, right?" Lu Yan'an thought helplessly after forcing the Gatekeeper back for the second time.
It's important to understand that his current comprehension of the fundamental laws of light is far from the half-baked understanding he had before. Having gained the recognition of the laws of light, his consciousness can now enter the ocean of laws at any time. Under this uniquely advantageous condition, Lu Yan'an's comprehension of the fundamental laws of light is progressing by leaps and bounds, no less than the comprehension speed of a World Lord-level expert!
After several close encounters, Lu Yan'an discovered that the Gatekeeper's understanding of the Law of Light was in no way inferior to his own! Therefore, this final test immediately reached a stalemate.
"Clang! Clang! Clang!"
Mars flew as the longswords clashed!
Neither side can do anything about the other!
Finally, after about three hours of intense clashes, the opposing Gatekeeper threw down his long sword, took a few steps back, and slowly disappeared from the battlefield!
And the gate behind the Gatekeeper, it has been slowly opening since some unknown time!
"Does this count as passing?" Lu Yan'an asked with some doubt, after all, he had never encountered a situation where he could pass the level by fighting to a draw with the Gatekeeper before.
However, when he saw the gate ahead, symbolizing the passage to victory, open, he stopped hesitating and strode towards it. But little did he know, this final gate was actually a teleportation portal. As he stepped inside, space and time began to shift, and Lu Yan'an was instantly transported to an unknown place!
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This is a suspended cone-shaped mountain. Upon closer inspection, the mountain is covered with countless small caves. According to Lu Yan'an's estimation, there are more than 10,000 caves, each only three or four meters high. However, for a mountain that is thousands of kilometers high, these caves are insignificant.
Lu Yan'an didn't know where he was, but the scene seemed somewhat familiar, as if it had been described somewhere in the original work.
Lu Yan'an flew directly into one of the caves and landed inside.
"Mountain rocks." He grabbed a rock from the mountainside and exerted force. The entire cave wall shimmered with a faint silver light. Lu Yan'an felt a powerful force suddenly strike him, shattering his body. Then, black energy flowed through him, and he was restored.
"What the hell is this?" He was startled, staring at the seemingly ordinary rock face. "Is the entire cliff face one piece? It feels like it's alive. I used relatively little force, yet it's still so unstable."
Lu Yan'an continued to advance cautiously.
The cave was very deep and dark. As he walked through it, he felt that the fluctuations of time around him had become somewhat peculiar, as if they were particularly chaotic.
There are no plants in this environment, only empty rock walls.
A moment later--
After flying for hundreds of kilometers, we finally arrived at the heart of the cone-shaped mountain. It was a wide hollow in the mountain's belly, and in the center of the belly was a pool of water, which was divided into three smaller pools. The water in each pool was a different color and also exuded a different powerful aura.
There was a faint wind, a violent thunder, and a vast light!
Above the Three-Colored Pond, the fluctuations of time began to become disordered, subsequently affecting the surrounding time!
The center of the time fluctuations, under the influence of external forces, has taken on a remarkably beautiful shape, resembling a giant nest enveloping its core. Above this core, suspended, is a spherical crystal, a strange sphere with faceted surfaces. Its surface sometimes shimmers like the wind, sometimes rages like thunder, and sometimes feels as warm as sunlight...
"Is this the 'Heart of Time'?" Lu Yan'an exclaimed. In the original story, City Lord Luo once obtained a Heart of Space, and the situation described in the original story is extremely similar to this place!
The Three-Colored Pool: Named "Three-Colored Abyss," it appears to be a pool, but that's just a visual illusion. The pool doesn't actually contain water; in reality, it consists of three abyssal passages connecting to the Origin Place of the Universe. It absorbs the primordial power of the lower-level laws of time, constantly gathering, nurturing, and cultivating it. The place where the Three-Colored Abyss gathers usually gives birth to the Heart of Time.
Crystal Sphere: Named "Heart of Time", it is Three-Colored Abyss and takes an incredibly long Years to gradually take shape. When it takes shape, it is spherical with facets. From taking shape to becoming a complete body, it takes a long time. During the formation process, the surface of the crystal sphere will undergo three changes. Only when it is completely solidified, the crystal is stable, and all the time fluctuations around it disappear, is it truly formed. Only at this moment Heart of Time... truly useful.
The Three-Colored Abyss consists of three deep abysses, a special environment in the universe that cannot be moved or taken away.
The Heart of Time is the core material for crafting "Origin Treasure." Origin Treasure refer to "Primal Supreme Treasure," a general term encompassing a particular type of Supreme Treasure!
Only when a powerful being in the universe steps into immortality from the World Lord, and activates the Sea of Laws in the Origin Place of the Universe, can they have a single opportunity to be infused with endless energy from the Origin Place of the Universe, transforming their body into a "Divine Body." Instantly, they possess enormous divine power. This opportunity only comes once in a lifetime.
As they cultivate and their strength increases, the powerful will also draw upon the "Sea of Laws," the Origin Place of the Universe, to slowly absorb its energy.
At this point, the absorption rate is much slower. However, since the improvement in strength is very slow, many powerful individuals only break through after millions or hundreds of millions of years. Therefore, although the absorption of energy is slow, it is enough for the Divine Body to continuously grow stronger.
However--
In the battles between the Universe Powerhouse Battle, true life-or-death struggles often involve burning divine power. After storing up divine power for billions of years, once a large amount of it is burned, such as 50%, it takes an extremely long time to recover such a huge amount of divine power. Fortunately, there are also a lot of treasures in the universe that can be converted into divine power to allow the strong to recover quickly, and can even awaken Deity who have fallen into slumber, allowing them to quickly restore their strength.
However, once one reaches the Universe Venerable stage, Universe Venerable Divine Body is incredibly powerful. If they lose 30% or 50% of their energy through burning, the amount of treasures needed to recover is enormous, tens of thousands of times or even more than that required for the Immortal God stage. Even if Universe Venerable were to go bankrupt, they still couldn't gather that many enormous amounts of cosmic treasures.
Therefore, for some Universe Overlord and Universe Master, there is a type of Supreme Treasure that is extremely important at this time—fundamental Supreme Treasure!
The Origin Treasure is not for defense or attack, but for enabling the powerful to draw upon the Sea of Laws of the Origin Place of the Universe. Once one possesses Origin Treasure, the energy drawn upon the Sea of Laws the Origin Place of the Universe can be drawn upon a thousand times, ten thousand times, or even a million times faster! Therefore, the Origin Treasure can be considered a treasure of profound significance among the highest levels of humanity!
With just one Heart of Time and some auxiliary materials, one can forge an Origin Treasure of immeasurable value!
However, when Lu Yan'an saw the "Heart of Time" which was still in its gestation stage, he couldn't wait any longer and immediately thought of a second use for the "Heart of Time"!
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