Second Day of Seclusion

After exiting the Killing Field and logging out of the Virtual Universe, Luo Zhiyuan felt a bit depressed. He had hit a bottleneck; after killing his 39th opponent, the 40th opponent had killed him 20 times in a row, and he was completely at a loss.

Seeing this, Bulieni called a halt to the training and said to him, "It is obvious that your comprehension of the laws is not yet sufficient. You need to continue contemplating the Law of Time and the Law of Light. Let's go, we are returning to the Time Chamber for seclusion."

"Fine, but wait a moment. I need to buy some things to take inside."

"What things?"

Luo Zhiyuan said with a determined expression, "I am buying some kitchenware, seasonings, and food to take in. Cultivation is perfectly fine, but I refuse to let my mouth suffer the torture of energy food any longer!"

Bulieni was stunned. He never expected him to want to bring food to cook himself, and he said helplessly, "Fine, you really are the disciple of that Old Mystic. I am speechless regarding this hobby of yours."

"Hehe, you don't understand the joy of gourmet food! It's a real pity I couldn't discuss the way of gastronomy with my teacher."

Luo Zhiyuan spoke nonsense with a look of longing, "I wonder if among the strongest in the universe, there is anyone who broke through using the way of gourmet food? Being able to make an enemy's body and soul surrender and become intoxicated through various delicacies—that should also be a supreme truth of the universe, right?"

"If there isn't one, hehe, can I consider taking such a path to break through? Haha~"

Bulieni was completely dumbfounded. It took a long while before he shouted, "Luo kid, what did you say? What about the strongest in the universe? Do you know how to break through to become the strongest in the universe? The Old Mystic and the other natural Beast Gods were trapped for countless epochs, unable to advance!"

Luo Zhiyuan suddenly sobered up. Hearing Bulieni's agitated shouting, he quickly said, "Why are you so excited? I was just spouting nonsense. Calm down."

"How can you ask me to calm down? If any of those natural Beast Gods could have stepped into the ranks of the strongest in the universe back then, they wouldn't have ended up all perishing. This is a matter of extreme importance; how could I possibly be calm? Do you actually know something?"

He hadn't expected Bulieni to take this matter so seriously, so Luo Zhiyuan stopped joking.

"Regarding how to break through to become the strongest in the universe, I know the general direction, but it is still very far away for me, and even for you. You don't need to be excited. When the time comes, I will tell you how to find the path that suits us."

Hearing that Luo Zhiyuan truly knew the method to break through to become the strongest in the universe, Bulieni could not calm his heart for a long time.

After a while, Luo Zhiyuan brought the items delivered by the guards and walked back into the Time Chamber, saying he was going to start cultivating. Only then did Bulieni snap out of it and continue to guide his practice.

"Luo kid, you can now raise the Flowing Time to a maximum of 10 times speed. Your Shadow Race Clone and your main body will no longer be affected by the time distortion caused by this time difference, so we can start a more efficient cultivation method."

"Your main body will maintain the use of Flowing Time, using your body's instincts to perceive the Law of Time, and study how to use the Light Wings."

"As for your Shadow Race Clone, go and comprehend the Law of Light and study some close-quarters combat techniques. Additionally, manifest two more avatars to study the Shadow Divine Weapon and the Divine Illusion Bead. By multitasking, you can maximize your cultivation efficiency."

Luo Zhiyuan followed Bulieni's instructions. His main body began studying the use of Light Wings under the enhancement of Flowing Time. He manifested two more avatars, handing the Shadow Divine Weapon and the Divine Illusion Bead to them, and manifested two additional avatars to comprehend the Law of Space.

"Why are you comprehending the Law of Space now? You only barely touched the edge of it last time; it is very difficult to improve," Bulieni did not understand why Luo Zhiyuan was wasting effort on the Law of Space.

Luo Zhiyuan said, "My mental power amplitude has reached 60. On top of perfectly controlling my main body, Shadow Race Clone, and two avatars, I can control two more. And teleportation within the Law of Space is a life-saving ultimate move that I value. There is no harm in starting to comprehend it early."

"Besides, I have an idea I haven't told you yet."

Bulieni asked suspiciously, "What idea?"

"I don't want to limit my law comprehension to just Light and Time. I want to comprehend more laws. After all, if I follow the path of fusing the Light and Time laws like my teacher, I will reach my limit at the level of a Universe Master; it is impossible to ascend to the strongest in the universe."

"We happen to have this Time Chamber with a thousand-fold time flow, and you said my lifespan is more than 10 times that of an ordinary human. I must make good use of this advantage to comprehend more laws, so that I can have more choices on my future evolutionary path."

Bulieni really hadn't expected Luo Zhiyuan to think so far ahead, actually laying the groundwork for ascending to the strongest in the universe in advance.

However, since this kid knew the method to ascend to the strongest in the universe and was truly not wasting time, and since he didn't mind the fatigue, then...

"Since you have such an idea, I support you. But your Shadow Race Clone will have one more task: to comprehend the Law of Space as well."

"After all, currently only your Shadow Race Clone can clearly sense the Law of Space. It is better for him to lead your avatars in comprehending the laws."

Thus, Luo Zhiyuan's Shadow Race Clone began studying close-quarters combat techniques on top of comprehending the laws of Light and Space.

The Shadow Race Clone directly activated his innate secret technique, Shadow Transformation, hiding his body within the shadow of his main body. Then, within the void space inside the shadow, he clearly perceived the fluctuations of the Law of Light and the Law of Space.

Additionally, Bulieni found a set of combat techniques for the Law of Space and gave them to the Shadow Race Clone to cross-train with his law comprehension.

This was also created personally by the Light Beast God, named Shattered Space. It was comparable to Time Flow, and when cultivated to the extreme, one would fully grasp the three profound mysteries of the Law of Space, leaving one only a step away from becoming a Space Venerable.

After such intense and continuous cultivation, one day later, Luo Zhiyuan walked out of the Time Chamber again.

Standing in front of a full-length mirror, looking at the figure that resembled his past life but with sharp facial features, sturdy and well-proportioned muscles, and a height of 2 meters, Luo Zhiyuan couldn't help but exclaim, "What a handsome guy!"

Bulieni couldn't help but tease him, "Oh my, who is this? Is this Luo Feng's son? Why doesn't he look much like him? Haha!"

Uh... to be honest, the appearance of Luo Zhiyuan in this life was a new face formed by combining his past life and Luo Feng's appearance.

Luo Feng's genes were still very strong, but because the body was formed after fusing within Xu Xin's womb, the fetus's appearance had changed significantly.

Furthermore, as the saying goes, the appearance follows the heart. Luo Zhiyuan always instinctively thought of his past life's appearance, so as he grew up, while there were some parts of his face that resembled Luo Feng, there really weren't many left.

"Hmph, a boy changes eighteen times before he grows up. What's wrong with that? Can't I?"

He was being stubborn, but Bulieni didn't continue to use this as a joke. Anyway, he didn't care at all what Luo Zhiyuan looked like.

"Alright, hurry to the Killing Field and test the results of your day's cultivation."

Logging into the Virtual Universe, Luo Zhiyuan went straight to the Killing Space. The current Decisive Battle Space held no attraction for him; he knew his current level, and fighting against ordinary Star-level humans was just bullying them.

In the wilderness of the Killing Space.

Bulieni summoned the 40th opponent again. Luo Zhiyuan merely drove the light shuttle of his Lightning Shuttle to flash past, and he beheaded the virtual opponent that had once left him helpless.

Bulieni nodded and continued to set up opponents for battle.

Soon, the 100th opponent appeared before Luo Zhiyuan. He clearly held back his strength, only displaying an entry-level Time Flow, and with one light shuttle strike accompanied by a historical shadow, he beheaded this virtual opponent.

"Good. The opponents that appear next will have a significant increase in difficulty. Be careful. When you can kill 1,000 opponents, it means you have cultivated the first layer of Time Flow to the Great Perfection realm," Bulieni reminded him.

"Bring them on. I haven't even used my other combat methods yet."

The 101st opponent charged directly toward Luo Zhiyuan, trailing a line of nine afterimages.

Luo Zhiyuan's eyes widened instantly; this was the minor completion stage of the first level of Time Flow!

Having only just reached the minor completion stage of the first level himself, he saw the opponent approaching and charged forward, trailing nine afterimages of his own.

He had already activated the second combat form of the Lightning Shuttle, sending a rain of light formed by 81 blades washing toward the opponent. As this light rain neared the ten figures, it instantly transformed into a chaotic, torrential downpour, submerging them all.

The 101st opponent was defeated.

Following this, torrents of light resembling rain flashed through the Killing Space from time to time, with many large Light Shuttles constantly darting back and forth, accompanied by rays of light splashing and flowing everywhere.

Against the 230th opponent, Luo Zhiyuan found himself helpless and was cleanly killed ten times.

"Alright, this is your current limit for practicing Time Flow. Let's switch to the next secret technique." After Bulieni finished speaking, he called up a starry background filled with various meteorite fragments.

"This time it's Shattered Space; let's see what level you've reached. Do you see the red meteorite ahead? As long as you can reach it successfully after I shout start, without being hit by any meteorite fragments, you'll be considered to have mastered the basics."

This time, Luo Zhiyuan chose the Light Wings, manifesting them across his back as if a pair of white, five-meter-wide wings had sprouted from his shoulder blades, flapping slowly.

He nodded at Bulieni to signal he was ready.

"Start!"

In an instant, a multitude of erratic, unpredictable meteorite fragments appeared before Luo Zhiyuan, flooding the path ahead of him.

Taking a deep breath, Luo Zhiyuan flapped the Light Wings behind him, generating a violent gust of wind as he surged into the field of meteorite fragments.

Dodging, weaving, stopping abruptly, and turning back, Luo Zhiyuan pulled out all the stops, yet he was struck by a fragment less than 50 meters away from the red meteorite, causing the entire starry background to freeze and cease its movement.

"Kid Luo! Is this the extent of your ability? You had the nerve to brag about wanting to learn teleportation, yet you haven't even reached the entry level! Again!"

Amidst Bulieni's shouting, Luo Zhiyuan kept his mouth shut tight and charged in again without a word.

"Again!"

"Again!"

With a bang! A massive, dazzling display of fireworks erupted within the starry background.

Before the red meteorite, two versions of Luo Zhiyuan stood facing each other, the light of the fireworks reflecting off their excited faces with a brilliant glow!

PS: Hmm... I'm currently ranked 22nd in the light novel category of the new author signing list. Brothers, I'm not satisfied!

Can't we at least make it to the first page of the category, into the top 20?

I hope you all can help me out. Many thanks!