Handing Over the Mission

Jiuyuan looked at Jiang Yao and advised, "If you want a legacy of time-based secret techniques, I do have one. It was left behind by a peak World Lord who cultivated the Origin Law of Wood before he passed away.

"However, the origin law he gained recognition from was the Law of Wood, not the Law of Time; he simply had a relatively deep insight into the Law of Time. In truth, if he had truly been able to cultivate the Law of Time to the point of gaining recognition from its origin law, he wouldn't have died—he would have long since become a powerful Immortal God.

"Jiang Yao, there are only two possibilities for creating the secret technique of the Origin Law of Time that you require.

"The first is to cultivate the Law of Time while at the World Lord level and gain recognition from the Origin Law of Time. But a World Lord's lifespan is limited; 1,000 epochs is not a generous amount of time for comprehending a high-level law, and it could even interrupt one's potential to achieve immortality.

"Therefore, although there are many peak World Lords, those who gain recognition from the Origin Law of Space are as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns, and those who gain recognition from the Origin Law of Time are even rarer. These World Lords are basically all cultivated by major powers.

"The second possibility is to achieve the status of an Immortal God and then comprehend the Law of Time to the point of gaining recognition from the universe's origin law.

"But once one becomes an Immortal, the soul completely merges into the divine body to become a part of it, and the divine body is composed of immortal divine power. If one then tries to comprehend other laws, they will be strongly repelled by those other laws, and the difficulty of comprehension will soar ten thousand or even a million times.

"Even if you try to comprehend the high-level law corresponding to the low-level law you are already cultivating, there will still be repulsion, making it much more difficult than during the World Lord stage.

"Under such conditions, those who can cultivate the Law of Time to the point of gaining recognition from the origin law are already powerhouses among Immortals. How could their insights and secret technique legacies be easily obtained?"

Even though Jiang Yao had expected this, he was still somewhat disappointed.

The gap between high-level laws and low-level laws is indeed massive. He remembered that Hong's first teacher, Luo, was a peak World Lord who had gained recognition from the Origin Law of Light, but because he had relatively deep insights into the Law of Time, he was called the "Time World Lord."

Luo Feng's teacher, Huyan Bo, had gained recognition from the Law of Space and achieved great success in spatial secret techniques, being able to directly mask cosmic coordinates—something only a very small number of Immortals could do.

Not to mention the Law of Time, which is even more difficult to comprehend than the Law of Space.

This can be seen from the number of Venerables. Theoretically, one can become a Venerable by fully comprehending a single high-level law, but Space Venerables are common, while Time Venerables are rare.

If the difficulty of comprehending the two major high-level laws were truly the same, then among the thousands of Venerables in the human race, Time Venerables and Space Venerables should be split fifty-fifty.

However, one cannot be too greedy. At least he now had the secret techniques and insights for the two laws of Wood and Wind. Of the ten great laws, only Light and Time remained. He would have to see if he could obtain insights into the Origin Law of Light at the peak World Lord level during the auction.

Jiuyuan said patiently, "I know that because you have stepped across the threshold of the Origin Law of Light, you want to comprehend the Law of Time based on the Law of Light. But in reality, for the vast majority of people, a legacy of secret techniques for the Origin Law of Time does not need to be overly profound.

"I will give you this set of time-based secret techniques; it is enough for your comprehension.

"Furthermore, if you can enter the core layer of the Virtual Universe Company through the Genius Tournament, there will naturally be better secret techniques waiting for you. Why be in such a rush?"

Jiang Yao could only obediently accept the instruction, sighing inwardly.

He could wait, but the will of the Desolate God Bizhang was constantly growing stronger; it could not wait three hundred years.

Thinking that Jiang Yao had been persuaded, Jiuyuan said gently, "Apart from that, do you have any other requests?"

At this moment, in Jiuyuan's heart, Jiang Yao was already the nailed-down future pillar of the Lingtong Race. His future achievements would surely be far greater than his own. At a time like this, why be reserved? Naturally, he had to seize the opportunity to strengthen the relationship between the two and reinforce Jiang Yao's sense of belonging to the race.

As for playing the "bad cop," he would leave that to Jiang Yao's true teacher.

Jiang Yao thought for a moment and said, "The Yanhe Branch has always lived under the encirclement of the Longshan Federation, and the Longshan Federation has committed the evil act of plundering the population of my Lingtong Race in the past. Can the Main Sect provide more support?"

From the patriarch to Elder Luo, everyone in the Yanhe Branch had been very kind to him. Not to mention that he had indeed grown up in the Yanhe Star System, he still felt a strong sense of belonging to the Yanhe Lingtong Race, having been born and raised there. When he had the chance to give back, he would certainly not be stingy.

Jiuyuan laughed, "The Longshan Company is not worth mentioning, but behind it stands Yinhu Island, established by the World Lord Mo Hong of Yinhu Island. It is not convenient to take action against them right now."

"But rest assured." A flash of sternness crossed Jiuyuan's eyes when he mentioned Yinhu Island. "Once your future teacher has recovered from his injuries, that will be the time to take action against Yinhu Island. The Longshan Federation can naturally be swept away with a wave of the hand!"

If Jiuyuan had not been so angry before about Yinhu Island sending a Domain Lord to intercept and kill the race's genius because of the compensation they paid, now, whenever he thought about how Jiang Yao had almost died in that assassination attempt, the killing intent in his heart was impossible to suppress.

If Jiang Yao had been killed by the Yinhu Island Domain Lord back then, let alone one hundred Hunyuan in compensation, even ten thousand or a million Hunyuan could not make up for the loss to the Lingtong Race!

"The next Xuanshang Auction is in half a year. You can go and try your luck. As for the secret techniques of the Origin Law of Wind and the stone tablets involving insights into the Origin Law of Wood, you can get them once you arrive at your new residence."

Jiuyuan smiled, "The teacher I have chosen for you is likely in seclusion recovering from his injuries, which is why he hasn't replied to my email. However, he has a special status and wakes up once every year or so. Once he wakes up and agrees to take you as his disciple, I will take you to see him.

"During this time, you can stay on Lingshen Planet or on Yuluo Island; it is entirely up to you."

Outer-Region Third Battlefield, Xuehuan Continent.

On a seemingly boundless ocean formed by vast blood-red light, islands of all sizes were scattered like stars in the sky.

On one island, tens of thousands of miles in circumference, stood a palace that appeared to be built from primitive rock.

"Jiuyuan, what has made you so happy?"

Five Immortal Gods, each with different appearances and emitting powerful auras, were gathered together chatting.

Dressed in blood-red battle armor, with a simple and honest face and a pair of deep blue eyes, Jiuyuan laughed heartily, "Didn't I tell you all before that in order to welcome the Genius Tournament in three hundred years, I had the race hold a selection competition?"

A giant with a massive frame and four arms, a Cyclops, muttered, "Isn't it just a Genius Tournament? Why are you all so solemn? We of the Qiuying Race just let them be; their futures depend on their own fighting."

Jiuyuan smiled. This Cyclops had grown up by fighting his way through the outer-region battlefield, so he didn't care much for this kind of genius cultivation mechanism.

A small person covered in cyan metal asked curiously, "Could it be that your Lingtong Race has produced some outstanding talent?"

Although the five of them came from different Universe Countries, and two of them were not even of the human race, they were all currently under the command of a powerful figure and had worked together for many years, so they were all aware of each other's general situations.

Jiuyuan looked slightly proud, "Not exactly an outstanding talent, just a little guy who has already stepped across the threshold of the Origin Law of Fire while only at the Stellar Level!"

"Isn't that about the same as your previous disciple, Yanchen?"

"Is the Genius Tournament starting soon? Stepping across the threshold of an origin law should at least rank in the top thousand in your Xuanshang Universe Country, right?"

"More than that. I participated in the Genius Tournament back in the day. Stepping across the threshold of an origin law would have been enough to rank in the top three hundred in our Canglan Universe Country. The Xuanshang Universe Country is stronger, but I estimate it wouldn't be lower than the top five hundred."

Jiuyuan smiled without saying a word, not mentioning that Jiang Yao had also stepped across the threshold of the Origin Law of Light. His expression turned solemn.

"You all know that I have a rival, and that little guy was once intercepted and killed by people sent by that rival. There are only three hundred years left until the Genius Tournament, and I'm afraid of any accidents, so I plan to speak with Lord Fenglun, resign from my mission, and return to the race to guard it for a period of time."