Thirty Years

In the Primal Universe, in a void infinitely far from Human Territory, a vast, turbulent, colorful lake surges and roars, with endless Aurora rippling within it.

The Redbud Island, which was originally inhabited by many inheritors, is now bustling with noise.

Countless Beast God Inheritor from various alliances and races felt that tremor from the depths of their souls.

The higher the level, the more acute and clear the senses become.

"What's going on? What... what is this feeling?"

"It feels so familiar, it's exactly the same as the one from hundreds of years ago."

Is something wrong?

"What problem could possibly arise? This is the Core Land of the Ancestral God Sect, protected by Three Ancestral Gods. No force or powerful figure would dare to invade!"

"Could this commotion have been created by the Ancestral God?"

Inside the "Thunder Beast God Temple Eight Directions Beast God Temples.

"Is this ever going to end?!"

The furious voice of the Thunder Beast God echoed throughout the entire space-time spanning over a light-year in diameter, causing the already abundant lightning in the world to twist and rage violently.

"I just took a nap, and it's happening again. Should we ask the old man what exactly this Primal Universe origin is up to?"

A colossal Beast God with three hooves, wings, and covered in blue fur stood up, its enormous eyes suddenly widening in astonishment. "This feeling... is even stronger than last time, no, not stronger than last time, but..."

With a look of doubt in his eyes, the Thunder Beast God muttered to himself, "Could it be that the Origin Will think that it's too much work for us eight Beast God to take turns guarding the area, and wants to give me another helper?"

Having said that, he began to calculate in his mind. "If I could give birth to eight more Beast God, that would be sixteen. The rotation time could then be increased from... 700 million epochs to 1.5 billion epochs. No, it doesn't have to increase the rotation time; it can be shortened by reducing the guarding time. If the guarding time could be reduced by half, then I would only need to stay for another 20 million epochs before I could leave..."

In the Five-Colored Aurora Lake, not far from Redbud Island, surrounded by countless Aurora, a giant with six arms and two faces, looking up, seems to be peering through the infinite barriers of time and space to see the most primordial place of the Primal Universe.

After all the trembling subsided, the Two-Faced Ancestral God looked down with a benevolent expression at a giant beast with purple curved horns and ferocious Bone Spikes on its back.

"How's the investigation going?"

The Purple-Horned Giant Beast respectfully replied, "Over the past three hundred years, through gathering information from various races and forces across the universe, we have roughly compiled a list of suspicious targets, totaling [number missing]."

A thin layer of purple crystal floated up in front of the Two-Faced Ancestral God.

"However, I have listed 152 of the most suspicious targets, which are within the Prison Race Territory... the Lunshang Secret Realm... the Monster Race..." The horned behemoth rattled off 152 suspected targets in one breath.

"Human Jiang Yao..." The Two-Faced Ancestral God murmured the last name uttered by the horned behemoth.

The horned behemoth hurriedly said, "Jiang Yao is a super genius who has recently risen to prominence among the Human Race. Moreover, he has comprehended the two Path of the Beast God of Fire-Space, and Light-Time. His performance in terms of time and other aspects is very consistent with this path. Therefore, I have included him in the list of 152 suspects, and he is the only human target on the list."

The Two-Faced Ancestral God nodded slightly. "Continue to observe all the suspected targets on the list, but do nothing, do not disturb them or their people."

In the Xu Yuan Space, a colossal creature stood in the sky.

This monster had the head of a bull and the body of a dragon, was crimson and scaleless, with a protruding back and a dorsal fin. A huge horn extended from its forehead, emitting deep and long moos. Each moo was accompanied by bolts of lightning shooting out from its horn, along with strange fluctuations in time, which made Jiang Yao momentarily dazed.

It was Chiling, the second Desolate God, that Jiang Yao nurtured in the Xu Yuan Space using the Origin Blood Essence provided by Bajie.

At this moment, he had completely obliterated its original consciousness and turned it into his second soul clone.

In a building in Chaos City, Jiang Yao sat cross-legged on the rooftop.

Sensing the extremely clear fluctuations of the Law of Lightning and Law of Time, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Such a clear sensation!"

If his spatial law perception clarity was 10 and his Law of Time was 5 previously...

So now, his spatial law is still 10, but his Law of Time has reached 20, far exceeding the spatial law!

"In this way, the cost of my two soul divisions can be minimized, and my cultivation of the <Youyuan True Interpretation> can keep up with the <Guiyi Secret Canon>, and may even surpass it!"

For the sake of the Desolate God Bizhang and Chiling, he had already split his soul twice. If it weren't for the transformation when the Xu Yuan Space was upgraded to the third level, his Soul Annihilation and collapsed.

His human soul had indeed weakened, and Bajie warned that the soul could not be divided again for a short period of time.

However, the compatibility of Chiling with the Law of Lightning Law of Time largely compensated for his losses.

Especially the Law of Time.

With the same level of comprehension, but because his perception of the laws of space was clearer, and with the assistance of the "Zhenhuang Mirror," although he cultivated both the <Youyuan True Interpretation> and the <Guiyi Secret Canon to One> very quickly, the <Youyuan True Interpretation> was clearly holding him back.

My comprehension has declined slightly, but my perception of the Origin Law of Time is clearer, so the loss is actually not significant.

Moreover, he entrusted the entire comprehension of the Path of the Beast God to Bizhang Split Soul, and apart from the Space-Time Law, it had no effect on him.

"In that case, wouldn't this Chiling Split Soul be able to cultivate the Thunder Time Path of the Beast God?"

Jiang Yao had just entertained this thought when he remembered the price of the highest secret manual of the Thunder Time Path of the Beast God, <Blood Hong>, in the treasure vault, and he gave up.

We're still too poor...

Of course, he could also ask Youyuan Venerable to "borrow" it. He already owes so many favors, one more wouldn't make a difference. However, Youyuan Venerable would probably think he's gone mad.

"Hmm, it's time to go to the City Lord's Mansion to study the Chaos Stele."

Jiang Yao calculated the time. Although he could comprehend the nine pictures of the Universe Chaos Stele at any time in the Xu Yuan Space, he still had to go through the motions.

Otherwise, if he hadn't really grasped the Chaos Stele by the time he crossed the Heavenly Bridge, it would raise a lot of suspicion.

Inside a rather large but simple mansion in a remote area of Chaos City.

"Haha, you're not happy that I've come to visit you?"

At the desk, a Purple-Scaled Man was drinking fruit wine. He frowned slightly when he saw the Three-Eyed Old Man in a linen robe opposite him and asked with some curiosity.

The Three-Eyed Old Man was none other than Kandri, the guardian of the 52 Chaos Tablets.

"Hmph, you always freeload a pot of fruit wine from me every time you come to Chaos City, how can I be happy about that?"

The Purple-Scaled Man smiled and seemed completely unconcerned about Kandri's "criticism."

Kandri gently shook his head, not hiding anything from his old friend. "It's Jiang Yao. This is the fifth time he's tried to comprehend the Chaos Stele in the last 10 years, almost once every two years."

"As you know, the reason why the conditions for obtaining the opportunity to comprehend the Chaos Stele for free are set so strictly is because it's not about comprehending it more frequently. The best results come from fully understanding the insights gained from the previous comprehension, continuing to study and reflect, accumulating a large number of questions, and then attempting to comprehend it again."

The Purple-Scaled Man seemed quite interested. "Is he the winner of this year's Genius Tournament? I rarely went online in the Virtual Universe while I was in the secret realm. I only heard a bit about Jiang Yao's exploits after I came out this time. Tsk, it's amazing that Tianhe managed to run into such a genius."

Kandri laughed and said, "What are you jealous of? So what if he met him? Jiang Yao has been accepted as a disciple by the Chaos City Lord and will no longer be under Tianhe's control. However, Jiang Yao has been given 20 extra opportunities to comprehend the Chaos Stele, which is a bit excessive. The city lord will naturally not care about a disciple, but Youyuan Venerable didn't even remind him. There will be a time when this kid regrets it."

"I haven't asked yet, but you've been exploring the Hunyun Secret Realm whole time, so why did you come out?"

"Isn't it my turn to host the next Genius Tournament? If we go any deeper, we might not be able to get out in time. Anyway, this secret realm has been explored to its core, so there's basically nothing to gain. There's no point in staying any longer."

"Your turn so soon?" Kandri exclaimed in surprise.

The Venerable who host the Genius Tournament at the Virtual Universe Company have their schedules arranged well in advance. After all, the Venerable Universe Venerable may be adventuring in various secret realms or cultivating in seclusion. Arranging the schedule in advance also makes it easier for them to manage their time. Otherwise, it would be very troublesome to be suddenly assigned to host the Genius Tournament at a crucial moment in exploring a secret realm, as the exploration of secret realms can often last for many epochs.

"Sigh, I didn't expect to encounter a genius like Jiang Yao. I would be content if the next Genius Tournament produced a few more geniuses like Fito and Sima Yan."

Time flies by, inside King Jingluo's mansion.

"... In the past thirty years, King Qujiao and I have been to Yuxiang Mountain three times. Apart from the first time when Jiang Yao asked a lot of questions, the next two times there were basically no problems."

An Immortal God clad in black armor respectfully reported to Youyuan Venerable.

"However, it's clear that Jiang Yao has an exceptional talent for the Path of the Beast God; he grasps many key points almost instantly!"

Youyuan Venerable frowned slightly and said, "I understand. You may leave."

"Yes!"

Watching the departing figures of the two Immortal God, King Jingluo said, "Junior Uncle just went to the City Lord's Mansion again to study the Chaos Stele. He used up all 26 of his study opportunities. He's probably afraid that he won't be able to return for a while after leaving Chaos City. It seems he really wants to continue on the Path of Time and Space."

The core disciples of the Virtual Universe Company, including those at the Universe level, Domain Lord level, and World Lord Level, all have the opportunity to enter Chaos City for cultivation. However, there is a time limit; unless they pass through the 18th level of the Heavenly Bridge, they cannot stay in Chaos City for an extended period.

Youyuan Venerable revealed an interested expression. "Aside from returning a few years ago to ask me about the <Youyuan True Interpretation> and the <Guiyi Secret Canon>, he hasn't come much since. He's been staying in seclusion on the rooftop he found, cultivating in seclusion. He doesn't hunt Chaos True Spirit, nor does he go around observing and Law Comprehension by predecessors throughout Chaos City. That's quite interesting."

King Jingluo laughed and said, "Most of the other geniuses in their generation are taking advantage of the fact that their 30-year period is about to end to try to cross the Heavenly Bridge again, hoping to get one or two more opportunities to comprehend it. Junior Uncle is quite patient, but I estimate that he will also try to cross the Heavenly Bridge one more time before leaving Chaos City."

Youyuan Venerable nodded. "Very well, I really want to see what he's produced after decades of working behind closed doors."