A Thousand Years in Hiding, a Slacker's Road to Supremacy
In the blink of an eye, a thousand years have passed.
Outside, the business war between the Luo Group and other top families is already raging, and the business world of the universe is in constant flux and undercurrents are surging. But this Solar System remains as calm as ever, unchanged for thousands of years, without the slightest ripple.
Every year, a full 100 million alien mothers of all Se Se arrive on Earth as scheduled, give birth to new lives, and then quietly depart, all without any accidents.
The most bizarre thing is that, under the rule of King Anle Tang Ping, the security rate and various accident rates of the Solar System over these thousands of years were far lower than during the reign of the King Iron Face.
Furthermore, authoritative statistics show that children born in this millennium generally possess higher levels of intelligence and understanding than those during the reign of the King Iron Face.
Such incredible achievements have quietly reversed the negative reputation of King Anle, whose ratings were once extremely low, and his reputation has gradually turned positive.
Even literary giants around the world have written articles praising him for "governing with ease, possessing the demeanor of an ancient Holy Monarch."
The stability of the Earth is equivalent to the stability of the Luo Group. The continuous influx of newborns is a continuous source of capital. As a result, Luo Concept Stocks have maintained a steady, stable trend with only minor fluctuations.
What's puzzling is that those powerful families and institutions that once believed in "might makes right" have inexplicably abandoned their previous violent methods and instead engaged in price wars, quality wars, and service wars, ultimately degenerating into a pure contest of financial resources.
This strategy meant that the major clans made almost no profit, while ordinary people at the bottom enjoyed a variety of high-quality and inexpensive products and services.
This made the high and mighty clans extremely resentful: why should those lowly ants enjoy all this? But as resentful as they were, in order to seize market share, they could only grit their teeth and continue to fight.
Every family that has endured for millennia understands one principle: only by firmly securing the market can they gain absolute power to define prices in the future. They refused to believe that so many long-established, top-tier families could possibly defeat a small family like the Luo Family.
It's just a family at the Realm Lord level! Even if Luo Feng is exceptionally talented and powerful, he's still only at the Realm Lord stage. He couldn't possibly have hundreds of millions or billions of Hunyuan in his pocket, and he certainly wouldn't be willing to pour such a huge amount of wealth into it, right?
Kill them! Even if it means losing money, we must bring down the Luo Family!
Deep within the Platinum Temple in the Solar System.
Tang Ping slowly opened his eyes, his gaze flickering with a sense of time and space before returning to calm, a relaxed smile playing on his lips.
The gains from this retreat far exceeded expectations.
In theory, as long as Law Comprehension reaches the corresponding level, most people can create their own top-level secret techniques, Peak Secret Technique, or even ultimate secret techniques at the Venerable Level.
However, to truly create these secret techniques, two key conditions are often required: first, guidance from a master to accurately identify one's own weaknesses in understanding; and second, endless killing and actual combat to refine the fighting style most suitable for oneself in life-and-death battles.
Most importantly, there is unlimited time.
However, Tang Ping had no interest in creating his own secret techniques. Why bother creating something when you can use something already available? Just copy it! Besides, his Law Comprehension was all inherited from his master, so copying his master's secret techniques was much easier and more efficient.
In a mere thousand years, he has already mastered eighty percent of the <Sword Thirteen> technique. Keep in mind, this is Peak Secret Technique at the Universe Venerable level!
Back then, the Golden Horn Race was able to maintain its status and Cosmic Overlord thanks to Xiluo Duo's individual strength. Even Xiluo Duo's signature technique Beast God Seven Kills, was only at the Peak Secret Technique.
Of course, the final level of <Beast God Seven Kills> has already faintly touched the threshold of the ultimate secret technique of the Cosmic Venerable. When used to its fullest extent, its power is comparable to that of Universe Master.
If Tang Ping wants his secret techniques to reach the level of Xiluo Duo's, he must at least advance <Sword Thirteen> to <Sword Fifteen>.
Only then. However, this was not a difficult task for him. His divine body was already immense and unparalleled. If it really came down to a fight, he could simply withstand a few blows and swing his sword a few more times.
Compared to secret techniques, he values the two core aspects of understanding the laws and researching Divine Power more.
Regarding his comprehension of the laws, the Time Law did indeed cause some interference in his research on the Space Law, but it was far less severe than rumored. Currently, his Law Comprehension of Space is still slowly and steadily increasing, only one step away from perfection.
However, the progress of research into Divine Power has slowed down considerably.
The core issue is that all he needs are scraps of rare and precious materials and scattered fragments of Special Lifeform. These things are not valuable in themselves, so the price he offers for them is naturally not high. Without a good price, there will be very few people willing to make a purchase.
Tang Ping was even considering whether he should return the Heavy Treasure that his clan had previously bestowed upon him in exchange for some cash to tide him over.
A thought flashed through his mind, and a semi-transparent panel appeared before his eyes. He glanced at his own status:
[Realm: Cosmic Overlord] (10%)
[Willpower: Cosmic Overlord] (99%)
[Laws: Wind Laws (100%), Thunder Laws (100%), Time Law (100%), Space Law (98%)
. twenty one%)]
[Secret Technique: Sword Thirteen (80%)]
[Lifespan: 10893/∞]
[Divine Power Path: (1200/10081)]
[God Kingdom: 70 million kilometers]
[Nether Sea Clone: 10 Billion Kilometers]
Currently, his only bottleneck is his willpower. His willpower has reached the limit of Cosmic Venerable, but it is extremely difficult for him to break through to the level of Universe Master. The core reason is that his cultivation years are too short, and since he began cultivating, he has hardly experienced any real life-and-death trials or ups and downs in life.
Without sufficient mental preparation, it's naturally difficult to break through the shackles of one's will. He secretly pondered: after he advances to the Universe Master, he might as well send an avatar to the Universe Boat to train and hone his will.
As for the places where he used to hone his willpower in virtual games, they are no longer of any use to him.
However, in his spare time, he once sent a wisp of his consciousness deep into one of the Ice Cold Cavern, exploring thousands of light-years in one go, but still did not reach the end, and eventually got lost.
This puzzled Tang Ping greatly: Was it necessary for a virtual game to be so massive and so realistic?
He shook his head, too lazy to delve deeper.
After all, exploring secrets often comes at a price. His greatest wish now is to cultivate peacefully, enjoy life comfortably, and be a carefree Human Race loafer.
As for those disputes and secrets, the further away from him the better.
Of course, his most important thing now is that he's worked so hard for so long, and it's time to reward himself.
Rush!
Deep within the Solar System, stardust swirls like a silver ribbon.
Tang Ping let the latest batch of beauties from the Milky Way Galaxy enjoy themselves for several years, living a leisurely and carefree life. Until the Initial Universe, the Chaos City Lord found his remaining Divine Power Clone without warning and put him to a test of his understanding of the rules.
As expected of the supreme being of the Human Race, the Chaos City Lord's understanding of the essence of spacetime has reached its pinnacle. He was able to provide insightful answers to all the questions raised by Tang Ping, with every word hitting the core and without any redundancy.
However, every time Tang Ping asked a question, a hint of puzzlement would flash across the Chaos City Lord's eyes. In his opinion, given Tang Ping's current depth of Law Comprehension, coupled with his visible rate of improvement, he shouldn't be asking questions of this level at all.
To have such insights yet raise such basic questions, even the Chaos City Lord was slightly puzzled as to how Tang Ping had come to this point.
This guidance continued for decades. In the end, the Chaos City Lord simply shook his head inexplicably, turned around and left without saying a word.
Tang Ping didn't care at all.
For him, there was little difference between being guided by others and figuring out the secrets on his own; the only difference was the speed of progress. Of course, these decades of guidance were not without use; his Law Comprehension of space had reached a new level, and he was only a hair's breadth away from true enlightenment.
This thin line has trapped countless Venerable.
Some people have been stuck for hundreds of millions or even billions of epochs, failing to break through in their entire lives; others, however, are struck by a sudden enlightenment and instantly become supreme Universe Master.
The mystery of fate has always been unfathomable.
Tang Ping shook his head slightly, putting these thoughts out of his mind. As a man determined to be a slacker, he immediately opened the Falling Ink Star Employee Group.
Tang Ping: Thunder God @Hong @Luo Feng, brothers, my cultivation has improved greatly recently. Anyone dare to challenge me to a duel? I'll let you make the first three hundred moves. If you lose, I'll cut off my own hands and feet! Illusion magic is fine too. If you win, you'll all have to call me Brother Tang!
Openly challenging them, displaying arrogance and defiance, it's practically rebellion!
The group chat remained silent for a long time without any response. Tang Ping thought for a moment and then unleashed his ultimate ancient summoning technique.
Wishing you prosperity and good fortune!
The next second, a red envelope notification popped up:
Hong accepted the red envelope.
Thunder God accepted the red envelope.
Hong then spoke first, "My master, the Founder of the Giant Axe, has recently returned and is guiding my cultivation. He has no time to spar with you."
Thunder God immediately pressed, "Brother Hong, didn't you say before that most of the strong Human Race were venturing outside the Primal Universe?"
The Founder of the Giant Axe has suddenly returned. Is something big about to happen?
Hong: "I'm not entirely sure either. But as far as I know, not only Master, but Universe Master the Human Race, unless they are held up by something extremely important, are on their way back."
Thunder God: "Holy crap! This is absolutely mind-blowing! Tang Ping, do you know the inside story?"
Tang Ping was taken aback.
He's just a good-for-nothing; he only thinks of his masters and Grandmaster when he needs money. Otherwise, he doesn't care about anything else. How would he know anything about the inside story?
But when you're out in the game, you can't lose your aura; putting on airs and pretending to know what you don't are basic skills.
Tang Ping: "Hehe, you've come to the right person."
In 80,000 years, the most important event in the Primal Universe, the Primitive Star, will begin. At that time, all the powerful beings above the Venerable from billions of races throughout the Primal Universe will flock to explore it. Heavy Treasure are everywhere, and Supreme Treasure are frequently found. In the end, a legendary Peak Treasure may even appear in the world.
You should know that there are only a handful of Supreme Treasure of this caliber in the entire Human Race.
Hong: "Oh."
Thunder God: "Holy crap! I'm so jealous! By the way, Tang Ping, are you going to be participating? Could you bring me some local specialties? Not much, just one set of Heavy Treasure will do!"
Tang Ping:----
He had never seen such a shameless person!
After a moment of silence, Tang Ping had a sudden inspiration and came up with an idea. "I can have the Heavy Treasure set, but come and fight me one-on-one. If you win, I'll give you a set."
Thunder God: "Really? You're confident you can break through to the Venerable Realm in 80,000 years? Didn't Hong say last time that the Human Race's so-called peerless genius, Venerable Zhuohuo, who is said to appear only once every ten million epochs, took more than 100,000 epochs to break through to the Venerable?"
I suspect you're exaggerating, but I have no proof.
Tang Ping: "Heh, what's this talk about being the greatest Human Race throughout history, unparalleled for countless epochs? To me, it's nothing but empty titles, not worth mentioning!"
Thunder God: 6
Hong: 9
Even with their own mindset, they were deeply impressed by Tang Ping's shamelessness.
However, after a moment, Thunder God replied enthusiastically, "Come on, let's wager Heavy Treasure, right? Let's fight a World Lord of the same realm, and you can only use Lightning Law. I'll spar with you!"
Tang Ping's lips curled into a slight smile.
Now that he is the Cosmic Overlord, his Law Comprehension of lightning has reached perfection, and creating lightning-based secret techniques is as easy as taking candy from a baby.
Tang Ping: "Okay. But what if you lose?"
Thunder God: "How could I possibly lose in a contest of Lightning Law? I have practiced martial arts since childhood, training through the coldest days of winter and the hottest days of summer. For over ten thousand years, I have never slacked off, and I believe I have mastered the secrets of lightning techniques."
If you still lose like this, then you're amazing! From now on, I'll call you bro!
Tang Ping's eyes lit up.
"You're pretty good" is the highest form of recognition between men. As for the Heavy Treasure he had to give up for losing, Thunder God didn't mention a time limit at all, which is basically like gaining a subordinate for free.
Tang Ping: "Killing Field Room 10086 is ready, hurry up."
A moment later, Thunder God entered the room, only to find that the battle scene was a vast starry sky. Normally, he should have immediately sought out and attacked the enemy, but after scanning the area, he couldn't find Tang Ping.
The next second, specks of lightning converged in the void, and a figure clad in Golden Dragon slowly materialized, standing silently with his back to him. A melodious and mysterious melody echoed in the void, and then the figure began to recite poetry. "Holding the sun and moon in my hands, plucking stars from the sky, there is no one like me in this world!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the sun and moon in the starry sky trembled and slowly shrank, finally falling into the palm of the man's raised hand.
Thunder God:???
Broken!
He forgot that Tang Ping possessed the Law Comprehension at the King Level when he was World Lord Rank. In terms of Lightning Law alone, Tang Ping had already reached perfection, and plucking stars and seizing the moon would be nothing more than a trivial matter.
If I had known, I would have agreed not to use any laws and just fought one-on-one like a martial artist!
After a long silence, Thunder God brazenly spoke up, "Hehe, Brother Ping, I admit defeat just now. But I have my own secret technique, <Nine Layers of Thunder Blade>, which even Fengzi hasn't finished practicing yet."
Let's spar using the same physical abilities and the same techniques, and have a true man's martial arts duel!
Tang Ping:----
That's true. Luo Feng didn't finish practicing the Nine Layers of Thunder Blade back then before encountering Babata, and he switched to practicing other martial arts.
Tang Ping: "Alright."
Today, he'll show this Thunder God what a true peerless genius is! With the foundation of Venerable Realm expert, he'll defy a World Lord, kill enemies beyond his level, and crush this legendary World Lord Rank supreme powerhouse who is said to have shaken thousands of star domains!
A moment later.
Thunder God: "This isn't right! Even if you're King Rank, you couldn't possibly have deduced my <Nine Layers of Thunder Blade> to 999 strikes in such a short time, could you? Are you using a cheat code? Waaaaah, King Rank is bullying World Lord Rank kid, I'm going to tell on you!"
Hong: "6! Only you, Second Brother, are so stubborn."
Tang Ping: "Thunder God, you give me a so-so impression! From now on, I'll call you Lei Zi."
Thunder God:----
After the war, even the word "god" was destroyed.
Just you wait! We'll get our revenge another time! He doesn't believe it!