Heavenly Bridge
On a vast expanse of ruins.
The burly man, clad in Dark Red War Armor with a scaly tail coiled around his back, had eyes like an endless starry sky, devoid of any emotion, a stark contrast to the Six-Eyed Giant beside him, who carried Giant Axe and frowned.
"So he really did choose the Universe Chaos Stele?" The Chaos City Lord's tone was neither happy nor angry.
The Golden Axe Venerable frowned and said, "Jiang Yao is really too arrogant and stubborn."
"Heh." The strange runes on the Chaos City Lord's face looked extremely fierce, but his words were very calm. "Which genius isn't arrogant and stubborn?"
The Golden Axe Venerable sighed, "Jiang Yao is different from them after all."
Throughout history, countless geniuses with exceptional talent in the laws of time or space have ignored advice and stubbornly chosen the Universe Chaos Stele. Most of them were able to repent in time and find a path that suited them, while a few, by the time they realized their mistake, had already found themselves overtaken by other geniuses who were once inferior to them.
Only a very few people can go further on this path.
This is also why, throughout countless eras, among the two most powerful Chaos Stele, the Giant Axe Chaos Stele has had one of the largest number of powerful individuals comprehending its principles, while the Universe Chaos Stele has had the fewest.
Of course, this also made generations of self-proclaimed exceptional geniuses flock to it even more.
"It's a real pity that he was able to comprehend a bit of the Path of the Beast God before the Realm Lord and without having cultivated the Beast God Inheritance Universe Chaos Stele."
Golden Axe Venerable solemnly said, "If he chooses the <Shenfeng Chaos Stele>, he can reach the Tenth Layer of the Heavenly Bridge in a few hundred years or even less. At that time, when he comprehends the <Suishen Secret Code>, he will be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort."
"But he chose the Universe Chaos Stele. Although he could temporarily surpass the other geniuses in this batch in terms of the number of levels on the Heavenly Bridge with the little bit of the Path of the Path of the Beast God he had comprehended, let alone reach the Tenth Layer the Heavenly Bridge within a few hundred years, he probably wouldn't even be able to stay in the Primal Secret Realm in the Qualification Battle more than a hundred years later."
The Chaos City Lord laughed and said, "Jinfu, I know you think that Jiang Yao's talent is better than that of the Seven Sword King, so you want him to be compared with the Seven Sword King. However, the Seven Sword King had some special encounters, which is why he was able to reach a level of near Invincible King-level in tens of thousands of years. Such special encounters are hard to replicate."
"Managing the affairs of Virtual Universe Company requires more patience; one cannot be too hasty. The same applies to cultivating geniuses."
Golden Axe Venerable quickly bowed and replied, "Master is right. Now that I think about it, I was a bit too hasty. Even if one cultivates the Universe Chaos Stele, it is not necessary to cultivate both space and time. One can also deviate from the path of spatial laws and not be unable to take the Path of the Beast God."
The Chaos City Lord shook his head slightly, smiling without saying a word.
The Universe Chaos Stele could naturally deviate from the path of space or time, which could be considered a compromise. However, in doing so, the greatest value of the Universe Chaos Stele would be lost by more than half. Choosing the Nine Universes Chaos Stele or the Zhouji Chaos Stele might be more suitable than the Universe Chaos Stele.
The later stages of the Nine Universes Chaos Stele also contain complete content on the Law of Time, and the <Space-Time Essays> written by its creator is an essential cultivation manual for every cultivator who comprehends the Nine Universes Chaos Stele.
The path that truly allows a powerful individual who comprehends the Universe Chaos Stele to surpass other paths in combat strength and rival the Giant Axe Chaos Stele is the Space-Time Fusion Path.
Otherwise, if any Universe Master who doesn't cultivate the Path of the Beast God could create Chaos Stele containing complete Space-Time Law, why would the Universe Chaos Stele hold such a special status?
Those geniuses who choose the Universe Chaos Stele will certainly not compromise or stray from the path of a superior law unless they encounter severe setbacks.
The Chaos City Lord's eyes, seemingly capable of encompassing the universe, appeared to pierce through infinite space and time, allowing him to see Jiang Yao, who was cultivating and comprehending in the Universe Chaos Stele.
"Interesting..."
From the moment Jiang Yao entered the Initial Universe, the Chaos City Lord had thoroughly examined his entire body, from his soul to every cell. After all, this was his job. The Core Member recruited by the five major forces would all come to Chaos City once to check whether there were Alien Race spies.
But Jiang Yao surprised him greatly.
It wasn't because this young genius was a spy from Alien Race; Jiang Yao hadn't yet achieved immortality, and his soul hadn't transformed into Spiritual Imprint that permeated every cell, so there was no longer a clearly visible soul, making it impossible to determine whether he was human from the Spiritual Imprint.
Jiang Yao's soul is undoubtedly human, but although his body still resembles that of Lingtong Race, it is quite different from that of a human.
However, the Chaos City Lord could not detect any Origin Core, Life Core, or similar entities within its body.
Either the Xuanshang Universe Lord is mistaken, but the Chaos City Lord does not believe that the Xuanshang Universe Lord could be wrong in this regard.
Moreover, Jiang Yao's body and soul are extraordinary. Not only is his body special, but his Gene Level also far surpasses that of ordinary humans.
The most likely reason is that the Special Lifeform named "Bizhang," which Jiang Yao possessed, could transform and simulate a human body, or control the bodies of other people.
Such Special Lifeform are not uncommon in the universe; many energy life forms possess this ability, and some flesh-and-blood life forms also have this ability.
This explains Jiang Yao's extremely high degree of compatibility with the four laws of fire, light, space, and time, and his ability to perform unique techniques that combine these four laws.
The Chaos City Lord tends to believe that Jiang Yao possessed a special energy life form with Innate Secret Technique or inherited memories, or a flesh-and-blood life form.
It can transform into a human form or parasitize and control a human body.
What interests the Chaos City Lord even more is that although Jiang Yao has only been in the Initial Universe for a year, the improvement of his physical genes has not stopped and continues to evolve. His Gene Level has now reached 47 times.
This means that the limit of the special Life Gene Level that it possesses is very likely to reach or even exceed 100!
Many of the Human Race and the Hong Alliance, who possess extremely high Gene Level, have a large proportion of those who have possessed powerful divine beasts or Special Lifeform forms with extremely high Gene Level.
Such Special Lifeform are often unique in the universe, and for those who possess bodies, it is an even more unique opportunity.
Although the Chaos City Lord told his disciples not to let Jiang Yao blindly compare his fate to that of the Seven Sword King, in reality, Jiang Yao's fate was already considered excellent among the billions of races in the Primal Universe.
With his extremely high Gene Level and the Path of the Beast God, the Chaos City Lord saw him as a potential candidate to become Universe Overlord.
They are definitely worth nurturing, no matter what.
However, his biggest concern was the extent to which Jiang Yao could comprehend the Path of the Beast God. Was Jiang Yao's slight understanding of the Path of the Beast God merely accidental, or was it closely related to the Special Lifeform he had possessed?
If the Special Lifeform "Bizhang" that Jiang Yao possessed had great talent or a powerful inheritance in the Path of the Beast God, then the Chaos City Lord would have to reassess the significance of Jiang Yao's encounter.
"We should still take another look..." A hint of expectation appeared in the eyes of the Chaos City Lord.
In the secluded cultivation chamber shrouded in chaotic energy, Jiang Yao faced a Chaos Stele that was a hundred meters high and nearly a hundred meters wide, upon which were nine diagrams.
The first image is of a small, grayish-white scale against a hazy, indistinct background.
The Second Diagram shows nine grayish-white scales arranged in a tile-like pattern.
The third picture shows eighty-one grayish-white scales arranged in a tile-like pattern to form a circular scale armor, with lines on the scale armor that encircle it in a ring.
The Fourth Diagram resembles an eye, with a pupil as clear and pure as glass, and outside the pupil is a colorful, bizarre scene.
The fifth picture shows a long horn covered with purple spiral patterns.
The Sixth Diagram shows a tail, which is not covered with scales but with secret patterns.
The seventh picture depicts a strange monster whose body, except for its tail, is covered with circular scales with ring-like patterns. Each scale is composed of eighty-one grayish-white scales arranged in a tile-like pattern.
The eighth and ninth pictures both feature this strange monster, except that in the eighth picture the monster has its mouth open, biting into the void, as if an invisible world is being bitten and torn apart!
The last image depicts a strange monster stretching across the void, twisting into a Great Wall from beginning to end. Its length is beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and there is no suitable analogy, making this length extremely abstract, as if it runs through the entire universe from beginning to end, from origin to end.
Jiang Yao didn't pay attention to the later pictures; he focused solely on understanding the first one.
The paintings on the real Chaos Stele are indeed significantly different from the murals in the corridor.
Only then did Jiang Yao truly understand the difficulty of comprehending the Universe Chaos Stele.
In the first picture, the small grayish-white scale instantly transformed into infinite artistic conceptions in Jiang Yao's consciousness, complex and chaotic. He could vaguely sense that it contained the laws of time and space.
But time and space are intertwined and intertwined, making it difficult to distinguish one from the other.
However, by reflecting the spatial laws displayed by the "Zhenhuang Mirror" in his sea of consciousness, Jiang Yao was able to initially glimpse the Law Essence intertwined with the Law of Time in the first picture.
However, the Law of Time, which are intertwined with the laws of space, remain obscure and difficult to understand.
If he hadn't grasped the essence of the Origin Law of Time of the first level of the <Youyuan True Interpretation>, he would have been at a loss for where to begin.
The "Youyuan True Interpretation" is like a thread, allowing him to follow it and peel away the essence of the Origin Law of Time from the first diagram.
Once he had vaguely extracted the essence of the five Origin Law of Time, looking at the first picture again, he could appreciate the charm of the combination of the Space-Time Law.
The Nine Styles of Bizhang is also a unique skill that combines four Origin Law. However, the way the Space-Time Law are combined in the first picture of the Chaos Stele is completely different from the Nine Styles of Bizhang, but it has its own mysteries, from which he has benefited greatly.
Of course, comprehending the Space-Time Law in the first picture was only his first task. Jiang Yao still devoted five-tenths of his energy to imprinting the Yan Script that transformed the nine pictures into in the Xu Yuan Space.
Rather than being a text recording secret manuals and techniques of the Taihuan Sect of the Ancient Heavenly Wasteland, Yanwen is more accurately described as a perfect carrier of information that can remain true to its original form and will not be eroded over time.
In essence, they are no different from the Chaos Stele that inscribes pictures; they are merely carriers of pictures.
Jiang Yao naturally didn't need to fully comprehend the nine paintings. He simply converted them into Yan Script texts with Bajie's help. As for analyzing the Space-Time Law contained in the nine paintings of the Universe Chaos Stele, that was a matter for the Xu Yuan Space.
"Come out!"
A voice that seemed to pour directly into Jiang Yao's mind echoed continuously, instantly waking him up.
"Seven days have passed so quickly?"
Jiang Yao rushed out reluctantly, and only after he crossed the threshold did the voice that kept echoing in his mind disappear instantly.
The Three-Eyed Old Man guarding the Bronze Giant Gate of the Universe Chaos Stele looked at Jiang Yao and asked with a smile, "Judging from your expression, you seem to have gained quite a bit?"
Jiang Yao nodded. All nine pictures were imprinted onto the membrane of the Xu Yuan Space using the Yan Script as a carrier. This brought him one step closer to elevating the supreme secret technique of <Xu Yuan Opening> to the third level. The gains were more than just substantial.
Kandri, who had a vertical eye between his eyebrows, chuckled, "Judging from your reluctant expression, are you planning to challenge the Heavenly Bridge later? Each successful crossing of a level will grant you an extra chance to comprehend the Chaos Stele, and you'll also receive points as a reward."
Jiang Yao said repeatedly, "I do intend to conquer the Heavenly Bridge. I've been eyeing the newcomer points rewards for the past 30 years for a long time."
Kandri watched Jiang Yao's retreating figure, pondering, "Many people were already interested in him, not to mention that Jiang Yao stubbornly chose the Universe Chaos Stele. I guess many people will be paying attention to his results on his first attempt at crossing the Heavenly Bridge. I'll go and join in the fun too."