Preparation

Lu Yan'an's stronghold is located in the Wuchen Spacetime within the Original Secret Realm, where he also has an allocation of nearly one million square kilometers of land.

On the Wuchen Planet, within Lu Yan'an's territory, warriors at the Domain Lord level and even the World Lord Level were patrolling. Suddenly, they saw a shuttle-shaped spaceship slowly descending in the distant void. They were immediately taken aback and sent a telepathic message to their guard leader, Hisoka.

"Boss, there's a spaceship over there!"

"And judging from the style, it doesn't seem to be a spaceship of the standard design from our Virtual Universe Company!"

In an instant, a figure flew out from the manor; it was none other than Hisoka, the leader of the Guard Army. He looked up and saw a sword-shaped spaceship in the distance. Seemingly noticing some of the spaceship's features, Hisoka's expression changed. "The Void Palace's emblem? It's an F-class spaceship! Follow me!"

He led dozens of guards, transforming into streaks of Flowing Light, and swiftly flew over.

"Um?"

"The spaceship over there from the Void Palace, it must be His Highness returning, right?" Hisoka stood silently beside the spaceship with a group of guards behind him. After a short while, the spaceship's hatch finally opened with a whoosh, and the hook-nosed Immortal Expert of the Feathered Race quietly appeared at the hatch, coldly scanning Hisoka and his group. The newcomer was none other than the Tianyu King.

In the distance, the sword-shaped spaceship slowly descended, landing on a group of haystacks being trimmed.

"We've arrived. These little guys down here must be your Guard Army, right?" Tianyu King asked a figure in the cabin.

"Yes, it is them." Lu Yan'an slowly walked out of the cabin, and the outline of Mohu Lake gradually became clear.

An invisible pressure pressed down hard on the souls of Hisoka and his group.

"Greetings, Your Excellency." Hisoka, who had barely been granted the title of Feng Hou, bowed slightly under the oppressive aura, appearing neither servile nor arrogant.

"Greetings, Immortal." However, the other guards at the level of Domain Lord and World Lord Level were terrified and hurriedly knelt down.

"The person is now in your hands! Protect him well, understand?" The Tianyu King's voice was quite cold, but it sounded rather warm to Lu Yan'an.

"That's natural. Even if the adults don't say it, it's our duty!" Hisoka replied firmly.

Upon hearing the immortal answer from the Guard Army, the Tianyu King nodded in satisfaction.

"Greetings, Your Highness."

When Hisoka and a group of guards saw Lu Yan'an come out, they also bowed to him.

"Hmm." Lu Yan'an leaped off the hatch and onto the haystack. Then, smiling, he nodded to his Guard Army. "Thank you all for coming all this way to pick me up. Let's go back."

"Yes," Hisoka and the others followed respectfully.

Seeing this, Tianyu King nodded slightly and then returned to the interior of the spaceship. The F-class spaceship then slowly rose into the air and gradually disappeared into the Wuchen Spacetime!

On this piece of land, Lu Yan'an quickly returned to his residence and, unable to resist any longer, immediately entered the Virtual Universe Network.

Virtual Universe, Yu Xiang Mountain Original District.

After many years, Lu Yan'an returned to this familiar place, but he didn't have much time to reminisce.

He went straight to his training ground.

"This trial mission on Mingguang Star allowed me to directly comprehend the Origin Law of Light, surpassing my Time Law, saving me at least ten years!" Lu Yan'an recalled the time he spent meditating in front of the Aurora statue, the effect of directly observing the Law of Light that govern the universe, and couldn't help but sigh in amazement.

In terms of comprehending the Law of Light, the effect of the Aurora image is even better than the effect brought by the Darkness Chaos Stele that he is currently trying to comprehend.

"Now that the weakness of light has been completely overcome, and the deduction of the Law of Time has temporarily reached a bottleneck, I will mainly focus my attention on the Illusionist aspect." After some thought, Lu Yan'an decided on the focus of his training for the next period. "However, there are still three urgent matters!"

"Settling scores, crossing the Tongtian Bridge, and most importantly, choosing Clone." His eyes were burning with anticipation. The purpose of completing the first two tasks was ultimately to pave the way for choosing Clone.

"Take it one step at a time, no rush!"

Lu Yan'an activated the smart screen on his right wrist, opened the "Backend Management" folder, selected the "Cultivation" option, and quickly entered the cultivation task page. He then selected "Apply to confirm completion of cultivation task".

"Hello, Your His Highness An Lu Yan'an." A gentle voice came from the screen, "Are you requesting confirmation of your mission completion status?"

"Yes." Lu Yan'an nodded.

"May I ask, Your His Highness An Lu Yan'an, which of the two missions in the Mingguang Star World did you complete?" the gentle voice continued.

"The second one!" Lu Yan'an replied.

"Please wait a moment, Your His Highness An. A spaceship will soon be heading to the Void Palace to conduct a real-world verification. Once the verification is successful, Your Highness will receive a points reward."

He said in a soft voice.

"Huh? Can't we just use the Virtual Universe to determine it in real time?" Lu Yan'an was a little confused; doing it this way would just be a waste of time.

"No!" the gentle voice replied. "Only the Void Palace Master has the authority to use the Virtual Universe throughout the entire Mingguang Star! This was requested by the Palace Master himself, and we do not have the authority to proactively send a confirmation message to an Overlord- level powerhouse."

"Alright!" Lu Yan'an was a little confused, but after hearing that this was the Void Palace Master's request, he wisely didn't ask any more questions.

"Please wait a moment, Your His Highness An. It won't be long before they confirm and Your Highness will receive the points reward."

Sure enough, about 4 hours later.

Lu Yan'an then received a reply email, along with 510,000 points. The Void Palace truly lived up to its reputation for valuing power, directly awarding Lu Yan'an points as if he had completed both tasks.

"I've got the points, now let's go conquer the Tongtian Bridge! Let's see how many levels I can reach in my current state!" Lu Yan'an, feeling a sense of excitement. In less than five years since entering the Original Secret Realm, he had successfully completed a dangerous-level mission and obtained the most core and valuable treasure in the mission world. He couldn't wait to know how much progress he had made.

"Some unlucky guys are probably still on their way to their missions," Lu Yan'an speculated. "But none of that matters to me. Now, let's go to the Tongtian Bridge!" With that, he vanished from the Virtual Universe's manor in an instant.

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The third level of the Tongtian Bridge is considered a threshold, and it gets increasingly difficult as you go further!

Floors 1-3, 4-6, 7-9...

He had failed twice on this ninth level before, but after two years of adventures on Mingguang Star, he had already set his sights on the higher Tongtian Bridge.

Virtual Universe, the Tongtian Bridge Plane.

In the center of the island, the Guardian Bafen, dressed in a black Star Robe, looked somewhat surprised as Lu Yan'an appeared to have teleported in out of thin air.

"Lu Yan'an, it's only been less than three years. Do you really think you can pass the ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge now?"

Lu Yan'an's two previous attempts at the Tongtian Bridge had left a deep impression on him. Although he failed both times Tongtian Bridge the ninth level, his progress was greater each time! But this time, it had only been less than three years in the Original Universe. Could it be that Lu Yan'an already had the confidence to pass the ninth level? But that was unrealistic! Who could improve so dramatically after leaving Chaos City?

The Tongtian Bridge becomes increasingly difficult as you go further down, and this becomes even more pronounced after the ninth floor.

How could there be any further progress in the two years or so of the Original Universe? Are you trying to fool this old man?

"Yes." Lu Yan'an nodded confidently.

"Confident?" Bafen was even more surprised.

"Of course," Lu Yan'an said with a smile, "Or you should ask me which level I'm confident I can pass! Hahahaha." He answered somewhat "modestly."

Upon hearing this, Bafen stopped asking questions and pointed into the distance, "The Darkness Tongtian Bridge is currently deserted; you can try to cross it."

Lu Yan'an smiled slightly, transformed into a streak of Flowing Light and rushed towards the Darkness Tongtian Bridge in the distance, then flew upwards along the Tongtian Bridge layer by layer.

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