Three Hundred Years Passed

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, 300 years have passed since Jiang Yao first accepted the Nine Star Sea cultivation mission.

The Primal Secret Realm, Wuchen Continent, within Jiang Yao's territory.

A massive spaceship was parked on the ground, with dozens of World Lord Level guards patrolling while watching with curiosity as hundreds of servants carried enormous cargo boxes.

This F7-class cargo ship, manufactured by Virtual Universe Company, is over ten kilometers long and three kilometers wide, and is filled with cargo containers.

Xide, the steward of the territory and leader of the Guard Army, was chatting with a bald, three-eyed Immortal God.

"Huolun, why are you personally escorting the cargo ship this time?"

Xide was somewhat surprised that His Highness's purchases were being personally escorted by an Immortal God; this was truly extraordinary.

The three-eyed Immortal God Huolun laughed, "That's because there are very precious goods. Among the goods your prince purchased this time is a G-Grade item."

"G-Grade goods?" Xide was startled. G-Grade goods were items worth at least ten million points.

"Tsk tsk, your prince's wealth is definitely among the top in the entire Primal Secret Realm. His generosity is unmatched even by many World Lord Level princes." Huolun looked at Xide with some envy.

He and Xide were both peak Immortal Army Lord, and they had even gone on adventures together before. Originally, he wasn't too envious when Xide became the leader of the Guard Army of a Primal Secret Region Member, after all, he was also one of the stewards of the Primal Secret Realm.

However, after Jiang Yao became the personal disciple of the Chaos City Lord, the situation changed. As the leader of the guards of the personal disciple of the head of the Virtual Universe Company, his status was vastly different.

Suddenly, a magnificent aura descended, and a stream of Flowing Light fell from the distance onto the Wuchen Continent.

"My lord." Huolun and Xide were startled and quickly bowed respectfully.

The newcomer had two pairs of black wings on his back; he was none other than King Yichen, Immortal Expert under the command of Venerable Tianhe.

"Is Jiang Yao still in seclusion?"

Xide nodded quickly and said, "His Highness has been in seclusion for 50 years and has not emerged during that time."

King Yichen frowned and said, "What exactly are you cultivating? You don't accept many cultivation missions, and you rarely even log into Yuxiang Mountain."

Xide sensed the displeasure in King Yichen's tone and said somewhat hesitantly, "Your Highness is the personal disciple of the Chaos City Lord and may have a special cultivation plan. There's no need to compare yourself to other universe-level members."

"Sigh." King Yichen sighed. Jiang Yao was the personal disciple of the Chaos City Lord and held a very high position. He dared not disturb Jiang Yao's cultivation at will. He shook his head slightly and said, "That Chiling from the Giant Axe Coliseum just passed the 13th level of the Heavenly Bridge."

"What?"

"How is that possible?"

Xide and Huolun stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

"When Chiling left Chaos City two hundred years ago, wasn't he only at the 9th level of the Heavenly Bridge to Heaven?"

Xide was speechless with astonishment.

After realizing what was happening, Huolun clicked his tongue in amazement. "Incredible! Less than two hundred years have passed, so he's already capable of passing the Cosmic Giant Axe Trial Tower and being on par with Prince Jiang Yao?"

The Giant Axe Trial Tower is on par with the Primal Heaven-Reaching Mountain; both are benchmarks that inspire awe.

King Yichen nodded, his gaze fixed on the castle in the center of the territory. "That Chiling has an astonishing talent in the Thunder Beast God Path, and he has also obtained the inheritance of a certain Path of the Beast God expert. His progress is incredibly fast, and he should be accepted as a disciple by a certain Universe Master soon. It is a blessing for our Human Race to have two peerless talents who only appear once every tens of millions of epochs in succession."

The shock in his heart had not yet faded. If Jiang Yao's rise was as fast as a Supernova explosion, then Chiling's rise was no less than Jiang Yao's, and even more abrupt.

There was no Genius Tournament or Strongest Battle; instead, it was Luoxiao Race genius who suddenly emerged from the Nine Star Sea of the Giant Axe Secret Realm.

Having just been absorbed into the Giant Axe Coliseum and Giant Axe Secret Realm, he passed the 5th level on his first attempt at crossing the Heavenly Bridge, and 30 years later, he passed the 9th level on his second attempt.

At that time, he was already recognized by the Giant Axe Coliseum and many high-ranking human leaders as a peerless talent who could rival Kedi.

Together with Jiang Yao, they became the two unparalleled talents of the Human Race in this era.

He was even considered by many powerful figures in the Giant Axe Coliseum to be a Fusion Law genius who surpassed Jiang Yao in the Path of the Beast God.

As a member of the Human Race, King Yichen was naturally pleased that another peerless genius had been born among humanity. Many peerless geniuses who shone brightly in the universe throughout history came from Virtual Universe Company and Giant Axe Coliseum. The two companies often took turns leading, with one taking the lead after the other finished.

However, such a situation, where an unparalleled genius is born in the same era, is extremely rare and has never occurred in billions of epochs.

There was also a difference of tens of millions of epochs between Kedi and Venerable Shihuo.

In this situation, Virtual Universe Company would naturally become nervous and start to compare and compete with each other. This is unavoidable. There are factional disputes within each major power. As the two pillars of the Human Race at its peak, Virtual Universe Company and Giant Axe Coliseum are also bound to compare and compete with each other, especially in the cultivation of geniuses.

Not only in the Virtual Universe, but also many powerful figures from other forces within the Human Race have turned their attention to Jiang Yao.

However, ever since Jiang Yao left Chaos City, he has kept a low profile and has barely taken on any cultivation missions in the past few hundred years.

Other geniuses are limited by the number of missions they can take, but Jiang Yao not only didn't take on dangerous or even desperate missions, he also took on several difficult missions, which is quite unusual.

There were rumors that Jiang Yao was able to fight against the royal warriors of the Luoxiao Race after fusing with the Glittering Star Stone in the Nine Star Sea, the world of his first cultivation mission. However, at the time, many Immortal Expert speculated that it was some kind of treasure bestowed upon Jiang Yao by the Chaos City Lord.

After all, for a cosmic-level genius who has fused with the Glittering Star Stone to unleash the combat power of World Lord War General, if he relies solely on his Law Comprehension, he would probably need to reach the level of Law Comprehension of the 15th or 16th level of the Heavenly Bridge to Heaven. Even the most extraordinary genius would need to spend thousands or tens of thousands of years to cultivate to that level.

Moreover, much information about the opening of the Nine Star Sea Sacred Altar was deliberately suppressed afterward, and the vast majority of Immortal Expert and even Universe Venerable were unaware of what had happened during the opening of the Nine Star Sea Sacred Altar.

"But precisely because of this, Jiang Yao cannot afford to slack off." King Yichen's eyes gleamed. "This is an unprecedented era. Venerable Tianhe and many Venerable from the Virtual Universe Company are paying close attention to Jiang Yao's cultivation progress. He rarely logs into the Virtual Universe Network, so I came here to see for myself what this kid is really up to."

Although Jiang Yao has already become the master of the Chaos City Lord, and will no longer belong to Venerable Tianhe even if he becomes an immortal in the future, Venerable Tianhe will still be responsible for the care and growth of the Core Layer members of this year's Genius Tournament under his leadership.

Even if Jiang Yao is transferred to another post in the future, Venerable Tianhe will be responsible for his security.

Suddenly King Yichen's expression changed.

A strange sound seemed to come from the endless, ethereal distance.

Then, a ripple, seemingly originating from a shimmering ocean, spread outwards from the castle.

Like a wave of time, it swept over the Immortal Divine Body of King Yichen and the others, giving them a slight sense of temporal distortion.

"The Law of Time?"

King Yichen was somewhat shocked. "What kind of secret technique is this? It's so profound..."

Inside a secret room within the castle.

Jiang Yao looked into his sea of consciousness and saw a hazy gray shadow next to a frameless round mirror.

The hazy shadow was a strange, large bell, full of contradictions. At first glance, it seemed extremely small, as small as a speck of dust, but at the next glance, it became extremely large, as if it filled his sea of consciousness.

A strange feeling, like something that could be contained within a single seed but released to the size of Mount Sumeru, filled Jiang Yao's consciousness.

When he looked at the large clock, it was as if he saw the very Law of Time.

A bell rang out, its distant sound seemingly traversing countless Years and endless time.

Jiang Yao felt that time around him slowed down and solidified little by little, as if he had turned into amber.

Although he was conscious and his thoughts were racing, he could clearly feel that the fluctuations of the Origin Law seemed to have slowed down a bit.

After that, everything returned to normal.

It really is Time Acceleration!

Jiang Yao was pleasantly surprised. "This Years Inheritance Secret Technique is indeed profound and powerful."

The Years inheritance he obtained after traversing 45 Stone Stairs in the Nine Star Sea is divided into seven levels.

He has now mastered the third level and created a Life Clock of Zhou.

It can unleash powerful attacks and defenses Law of Time.

If a powerful being were to use Soul Attack on him, or enter an illusion, he could simply use the Law of Time to dispel the Soul Attack or escape the illusion with the sound of a bell.

The third layer of Years corresponds to the 15th layer of the Heavenly Bridge, which is the same as the Chaos Stele of the Zhouji.

Mastering the fourth level allows one to grasp Law of Time Acceleration, corresponding to the 18th level of the Heavenly Bridge.

The fifth floor is equivalent to the 19th floor of the Heavenly Bridge.

The sixth level is equivalent to the 20th level of the Zhouji Heavenly Bridge.

If one can cultivate to the seventh level, the Life Clock of Zhou will transform into a river of Years, completely integrating all the mysteries of the Law of Time, which is equivalent to comprehending the Origin Law of Time, and one can immediately become a Time Universe Venerable.

Of course, Jiang Yao was comprehending the Universe Chaos Stele, so the Law of Time alone was not enough.

However, after undergoing 45 transformations of will and consciousness on the Stone Stairs, Jiang Yao's ability to comprehend and analyze the Origin Law has been greatly enhanced.

In addition, the "Zhenhuang Mirror," one of the four great skills of the True Radiance, allows one to directly "see" the intuitive laws of space.

For the past three hundred years, apart from taking on some cultivation missions, he has devoted most of his mind to comprehending the Space-Time Law. He finally comprehended the fourth level of the <Youyuan True Interpretation> and reached the level of the 15th level of the Heavenly Bridge in the way of combining the Space-Time Law.

The first three levels of <The Youyuan True Interpretation> only analyze the 216 essential aspects of the Space-Time Law.

Starting from the fourth level, it involves a deeper integration of the Space-Time Law, which greatly increases the difficulty. The combination of two higher-level laws is much more difficult than the combination of one higher-level law and one lower-level law.

Of course, besides the Space-Time Law, he also mastered the Path of the Beast God.

However, this was Bizhang Split Soul. As he continuously absorbed the power of the Origin Blood Essence from the depths of his soul, and Jiang Yao took on several difficult tasks in order to be able to activate the <Nine Transformations of the Desolate God> and transform into Bizhang, this also accelerated the absorption of the Origin Blood Essence.

Bizhang Split Soul has also made considerable progress in the Beast God Intent, and his Path of the Beast God has reached the level of the 16th floor of the Heavenly Bridge.

Jiang Yao opened his eyes and looked at a long, triangular prism-shaped crystal beside him. It was blood red, slightly transparent, and had an invisible fluctuation that felt somewhat like the beating of a heart, wave after wave.

"Xueluo Crystal!"

Jiang Yao sighed as he looked at the beautiful, blood-red, transparent crystal.

Then, with practiced ease, his fingers moved like a knife, slicing across his left palm.

Laugh!

A cut was made, and Yin Hong's blood flowed out along the wound. Jiang Yao took a deep breath and placed the triangular prism-shaped Xueluo Crystal on the wound.

The moment the beautiful and dazzling Xueluo Crystal touched the wound, an invisible and strange energy burst forth from Xueluo Crystal, as if a long-suppressed, ferocious beast had suddenly rushed into Jiang Yao's body.

Jiang Yao's face suddenly turned ferocious.

Then an incomparably fierce will descended and surged into Jiang Yao's sea of consciousness.

A deafening roar of slaughter echoed through his mind, as the incomparably ferocious and tyrannical killing intent clashed repeatedly with Jiang Yao's will.

However, Jiang Yao's willpower was like a mountain supporting the world, strong, solid, and extremely resilient, easily crushing the roaring killing intent into dust.

"Boom!"

As Jiang Yao crushed the bloodlust, the true power within the Xueluo Crystal began to erupt.

Within the Xueluo Crystal, wisps of red threads frantically shot into Jiang Yao's body.

An extreme pain suddenly erupted.

But the willpower and consciousness transformed by the test of the Stone Stairs were harder than crystal, and this pain could not shake Jiang Yao's will at all.

However, Jiang Yao did not show any excitement.

Immediately afterwards, a strange power emerged from every cell in his body, then surged forth, converging like a river to clash head-on with the Xueluo Power.

His will was unable to control any power, especially the strange power that had sprung up out of nowhere within his body.

Two strange forces seemed to be engaged in a tug-of-war, battling within Jiang Yao's body.

It would be bad enough if it brought him double the pain.

However, the strange power that suddenly appeared within Jiang Yao's body clearly surpassed the Xueluo Power the Xueluo Crystal in both quality and quantity.

Before long, the strange, frenzied power within him expelled the crimson Xueluo Power.

Jiang Yao's battle armor was tattered into rags, but beneath the rags, a layer of red and white interwoven patterns was faintly visible on the surface of his skin.

The scorching lines spread and covered his entire body.

It took a long time for the stain to completely fade.

As the red and white stripes faded, the strange power that had inexplicably surged within his body also receded back into his cells and gradually dissipated.

"It still didn't work out as expected." Jiang Yao sighed.

Because the Chaos City Lord had once instructed him to take on the cultivation mission of the Xueluo World, and there was also the temptation of Xueluo Crystal to enhance the body's genes, and even to drive the Xueluo Power to exert a tenfold increase in Body Amplitude.

Jiang Yao accepted the mission from the Xueluo World and collected many Xueluo Crystal.

But every attempt to fuse them failed.

It wasn't that she couldn't bear the pain of fusing with the Xueluo Crystal, but rather that each time she was stopped by a strange power that arose out of nowhere within her body, as if the Xueluo Power were some kind of monstrous flood.

"It must be related to Bizhang's modifications to my human body."

Xueluo Crystal's power comes from the Gold Beast God, and his body is actually a strange life form modified by Bi Bizhang, the Beast God.

It seems that the two Beast God Power are incompatible.

Jiang Yao suppressed his regret, put the Xueluo Crystal into his Space Ring, and stood up.

"If we can't merge, so be it. Perhaps this is a classic case of not being able to have your cake and eat it too. There's no need to waste any more time. Let's just break through to the Domain Lord level!"