Breaking Through to Venerable
With the Chaos City panel's innate talent, Tang Ping's cultivation path was remarkably smooth. As long as others could do it, they could edit secret techniques for him to refer to, and he would quickly reach the same level, or even surpass them.
Immersed in the vast and profound Origin Law of Time and Space, and feeling the exhilarating breakthrough of his cultivation by leaps and bounds, Tang Ping suddenly realized that these days of sitting in meditation and cultivating were also a supreme joy.
He finally understood why those ascetics abandoned worldly pleasures and devoted themselves to rigorous cultivation. It turned out that this state of resonating with the laws of nature and breathing in harmony with the universe was the true freedom and true liberation.
In the Initial Universe, a billion kilometers outside the Chaos City, lies an endless ocean formed by the convergence of Divine Power, now even more magnificent than it was thousands of years ago.
Throughout these long years, occasionally, powerful figures from Chaos City would stroll around with nothing to do, and upon looking into the distance, they would all notice the unusual nature of this ocean.
However, this place had long been designated as a forbidden zone by the Chaos City Lord. In the Initial Universe, the Chaos City Lord was the supreme will of heaven, and no one dared to disobey his orders. Therefore, even if some powerful individuals were curious, they dared not approach in the slightest, let alone spy on it.
Only the ignorant and naive Chaos Beast occasionally wander into this place.
Some creatures, upon approaching, were lashed by the divine whips conjured from the seawater, their skin torn and bleeding, fleeing in agony; yet one Chaos Beast, resembling Huaxia Qilin, seemed to relish the pain, coming to "receive punishment" every so often.
After many such incidents, the sea seemed to develop a playful nature, and one time it transformed into a gigantic maw that blotted out the sky, swallowing it whole.
The Chaos Qilin Beast was terrified and barely managed to break free. Apart from losing a few strands of fur, it was unharmed and became even more fascinated by the extreme thrill.
After that, it continued its reckless behavior with great relish, and the seawater was happy to cooperate, teasing it relentlessly each time until it was terrified.
This recurring, ironic scene adds a touch of life to the desolate, silent Initial Universe Desert.
Time flies when you're in seclusion; a thousand years pass in the blink of an eye.
After Tang Ping's Divine Power Path broke through five hundred times, the rate of increase suddenly slowed down.
The cultivation resources provided free of charge by the Human Race are ultimately just ordinary matter and creatures below the Immortal level. The fact that he could study them to a level five hundred times higher with just these resources is enough to demonstrate his heaven-defying talent.
To advance further, one needs the remains of Special Lifeform, treasures beyond immortality, divine bodies, or wondrous objects containing primordial power.
These resources are all incredibly valuable, and for Tang Ping, who is still Invincible King, each one might be just a drop in the ocean. However, the Primal Universe is vast and boundless, with countless races as numerous as the sands of the Ganges. To collect them all would require an astonishing price and wealth.
In any case, he was only a little over 100 billion Hunyuan, so he could only casually send down a common substance and rare treasure of the immortal level in the Cosmic Galaxy Milky Way.
Cash on delivery, pay only for the quantity received!
After placing the order, Tang Ping gently shook his head, clearing his mind of distractions. He lowered his spiritual senses and once again immersed himself in the ocean of the Origin Law of Time and Space.
Above the sky, countless Universe Origin Laws intertwined, covering the void like a net.
The ancient patterns on the surface of the chains shimmered with an obscure and inscrutable light, sometimes like a surging galaxy, a rolling torrent; sometimes like dust particles gathering and dispersing, ethereal and uncertain.
Tang Ping's divine sense closely followed the trajectory of each secret pattern, precisely imprinting every node and every fluctuation into the depths of his soul.
Boundless Divine Power surrounded him, isolating him from all external interference, allowing him to focus intently on analyzing the patterns of the laws and exploring the true meaning of the origin.
In his spare time, he would also take some time to peruse the <Essays on Space-Time> given to him by the Chaos City Lord. At this moment, he was studying the chapters before the Venerable Realm.
The writing in the essay is simple and unadorned, yet every word is precious, containing fragments of the Chaos City Lord's early insights into the Space-Time Laws.
From the initial vague understanding of time and space, to the confusion and bewilderment when gradually touching the origin, and then to the sudden enlightenment after breaking through the bottleneck, the words are full of profound understanding of the laws, which can be described as profound in concise words.
Tang Ping remained calm and focused, comprehending the natural rhythm of the rise and fall of time and space, and comparing and integrating this understanding with the rhythmic patterns of the celestial law chains.
After countless failures and attempts, at one moment, the restless Divine Power at his fingertips suddenly calmed down, transforming into a wisp of warm light that flowed slowly along the rhythm of the secret patterns, as smoothly as his own arms and fingers, without any hindrance.
At one moment, Tang Ping suddenly realized.
The Time Dilation is not a forced halt, but rather a subtle misalignment between its own laws and the Time Law of the target area, using itself as an anchor point to gradually slow down the flow of time around it.
The next moment, ripples suddenly appeared in the space-time around him. Wherever his fingertips pointed, the void seemed to be injected with viscous amber liquid, and the Divine Power that was originally traveling at high speed slowed down instantly, and its trajectory became clearly visible.
The third branch of the Time Origin Law: the Time Dilation, finally understood!
Great, I've learned a lot, time to reward myself!
With a thought, his consciousness descended upon the exclusive Divine Temple of the Solar System, summoned all the maids, prepared rare and precious ingredients and various delicacies, and celebrated merrily for a whole month, ready to make a grand undertaking.
Over the past thousand years, his divine body has grown to a massive 300 kilometers in size, capable of scaling at will, and standing ready to wield a spear and ride a horse.
Such an extraordinary physique naturally caused the maids in the Divine Temple to pale with fright upon their first sight. But they were, after all, carefully selected servants, and despite their fear, they still served them with utmost care.
Even more surprisingly, some people looked at Tang Ping's enormous body, which contained boundless power, and their eyes gleamed with excitement.
Six months later, Tang Ping's mind was clear, and he turned his attention to conquering the core branch of the Space Law: Space Strangulation.
Having learned from his experience of Time Dilation, Tang Ping no longer blindly tore through space with his Divine Power this time. Instead, he focused on exploring the structural resilience of space.
He revisited the description of spatial folds in "Essays on Space-Time" and, combined with his own understanding of the gathering and dispersing characteristics of spatial nodes, attempted to concentrate the dispersed spatial forces into a single point.
Initially, the condensed spatial power was extremely easy to dissipate, and even if it managed to take shape, it was simply impossible to form a terrifying force sufficient to Strangulation a powerful enemy.
Tang Ping was not discouraged. He repeatedly adjusted the angle and intensity of the spatial power, and his divine sense penetrated into the origin of space. He carefully observed the changes in force at the intersection of the law chains and gradually figured out the trick.
The core of Space Strangulation lies not in brute force tearing apart, but in precise insight. It uses the concentrated power of space to fit the weak points of the spatial structure, breaking through the surface with a single point, and then using the momentum of rotation to pull and stretch, ultimately forming a terrifying Strangulation field that collapses inward.
Finally.
"I understand!"
After a sigh, Tang Ping's divine Divine Power suddenly receded, and countless strands of spatial power gathered at his fingertips like birds returning to their nests, condensing into a bottomless, pitch-black core.
The core slowly rotated, and the surrounding space instantly began to distort violently. Even the chains of laws in the sky trembled, and a terrifying inward collapsing force spread out from it.
"Twist!"
With a soft shout, Divine Power suddenly erupted! That pitch-black core instantly transformed into a high-speed rotating Space Strangulation torrent. Wherever the torrent passed, the void was forcibly torn apart, forming deep spatial rifts. Even light was completely swallowed up, with no way to escape.
The third branch of the Space Origin Law: Space Strangulation, successfully completed!
At this point, the three core branches of the Origin Law of Time and Space have been fully mastered. Only by taking one more step and integrating the three branches can one thoroughly comprehend one of the Superior Origin Law of spacetime.
Reaching the realm of the Venerable is just one step away!
Tang Ping's mind stirred, and the Attribute Panel appeared before his eyes:
[Realm: King Rank] (94%)
[Willpower: Cosmic Venerable] (10%)
[Laws: Wind Laws (100%), Thunder Laws (100%), Time Law (94.31%), Space Law (92.21%)]
[Secret Technique: Wind-Thunder Brief Notes (96.11%)]
[Weapon: Sword Nine (30%)]
[Lifespan: 8793/∞]
[Divine Power Path: (350/10081)]
[God Kingdom: 40 million square kilometers]
Staring at the panel, Tang Ping understood.
Previously, he felt he was only one step away from Venerable, but in reality, there was still a huge gap of nearly 6%. But what surprised him even more was that, unknowingly, his own will had broken through to the Universe Venerable level!
With the protection of Soul Defense Supreme Treasure, coupled with the will of Venerable Level, even if a Soul Master among the Universe Master personally takes action, he can steadily hold off for a short while, enough to calmly deal with the vast majority of crises.
Tang Ping slowly clenched his fist, in high spirits.
My path is about to be completed!