One Hundred Years

Li Yilin's face turned pale. The lightning gathered in his palm exploded with a boom, and the dragon claw he had painstakingly formed instantly shattered into countless nimble, tiny lightning snakes that scattered in every direction.

The lightning rampaged through the training room, slamming into the metal floor and walls... everywhere was scorched black, and it took quite a while before it finally vanished completely.

Li Yilin was not disappointed by this. He wiped the corner of his mouth, his dark eyes curving slightly, filled with a bright light.

"Almost there!"

He said.

The Thunder Dragon Art is a Body Amplitude Secret Technique, and it is notoriously difficult to cultivate.

He had practiced for thirty thousand years, and only just managed to master the first level.

Yet, that first level alone had increased his combat power threefold.

The second level—take it slow, no need to rush!

"Why does it feel like time is becoming increasingly insufficient?" Looking at the ruined training room, he couldn't help but mutter to himself.

He had finally mastered the first level of the Thunder Dragon Step and thought he could breathe a sigh of relief, but now the threshold for the second level had been reached.

If he wanted to cultivate the second level, he would have to formally begin comprehending the Time Law, as the depth of his Time Law comprehension would determine the number of his phantoms.

Now that the second level of the Thunder Dragon Art had also seen a new breakthrough, he certainly couldn't slack off. After all, once the second level was mastered, his combat power would increase by another six times, reaching a total of nine times his base.

The Thunder Law must be comprehended, and the Time Law could not be left behind either!

"Should I just break through to World Lord?" A glint flashed in Li Yilin's eyes.

Once one reaches the World Lord realm, the clarity of the laws becomes most apparent, and it would be no exaggeration to say that one's comprehension of laws would advance by leaps and bounds.

Whether it was the Time Law or the Thunder Law, the speed of comprehension would be incomparable to that of a Domain Lord.

He wanted to experience that feeling so badly.

"No, I can't be impatient!" Li Yilin shook his head again, forcing himself to calm down.

The integration of the Thunder Dragon Bloodline has requirements; because it involves reshaping flesh and blood, it must be done before the body fully transforms into a divine body.

Once he enters the World Lord realm and his strength increases, the difficulty of obtaining the Thunder Dragon Bloodline might become even higher.

Li Yilin glanced at the system panel in the top right corner of his vision.

[Sign-in attempts: 0.]

He had certain theories about the rules of the system's sign-in refresh, but he hadn't truly verified them yet.

He had to wait until his Clone was successfully gestated and he possessed a certain level of self-preservation ability before he could personally head to the Outer-Domain Battlefield to verify it.

Before that, he could not be impatient.

He could not be impatient!

The third item he had obtained from signing in was a set of secret techniques.

[Secret Technique: Thunder Prison set.]

An area-of-effect attack technique, also related to the Time Law and the Thunder Law.

If nothing went wrong, his future cultivation would primarily focus on the Time Law or the Thunder Law.

"I need to find a good place to wait for the Clone to gestate." Li Yilin slumped in his chair, his right hand resting on the armrest, propping up his temple. His long legs had nowhere to go, so he propped them up on the control console.

He looked at the starry background on the screen and fell into thought.

He had seen these sights countless times and had long since found them mundane.

Yet, no matter how many times he looked, he couldn't help but be amazed by the vastness of the universe.

The universe is too vast; most people, in their entire lives, struggle to set foot on even a billionth of a billionth of it.

"Where should I go?" Tapping his head with his index finger, Li Yilin's expression was conflicted.

"Back to the Norman Empire? To hold down the fort in the Leimai Galaxy?"

To be a king, to develop and nurture the elite descendants of his clan, to train disciples.

"Forget it." He shook his head.

He didn't want to stay with his clansmen; it made him feel awkward.

As long as he remained alive, he could protect the Wutuo Clan, and over the long passage of time, they would eventually develop into a great clan.

He was interested in training disciples; after all, being alone all the time was meaningless. But the talent of his clansmen was limited, and once he broke through to the Immortal realm and gained eternal life, they would eventually disappear from his life.

Since they were destined to disappear, it was better to view it with indifference.

"Back to the Noah Universe Kingdom, back to Mulan Planet?" Thinking of the planet where he had lived for thirty thousand years, Li Yilin felt a stir of emotion. But soon, he shook his head again.

"Forget it."

He had stayed for thirty thousand years; he had stayed long enough.

"Liu Qing, where do you think I should go?"

Li Yilin's mind stirred, and he asked.

"Master, Liu Qing does not know." Liu Qing's crisp, youthful voice rang out.

"I wanted to ask you." Li Yilin sighed, looking at the robotic figure Liu Qing projected on the screen, shaking his head with a helpless expression, "It has been thirty thousand years, why haven't you evolved into a sentient life form yet?"

Sentient life forms were far too rare; he had purchased the highest-grade Smart Optical Computer specifically hoping it could evolve into a sentient life form on its own.

Yet, thirty thousand years had passed, and it seemed there wasn't the slightest sign of evolution.

Fortunately, Liu Qing's capabilities were sufficient for his needs; after all, he had his own ideas regarding cultivation, and the intelligence served mainly to make his life more convenient.

"I have disappointed you, Master, Liu Qing did not do it on purpose~" Liu Qing simulated a pitiful tone. This was not his own genuine emotion, but data calculations told him that under the current circumstances, this was the reaction he should have.

Why he should feel pitiful, he did not know.

Li Yilin rubbed his brow in frustration and fell silent.

The control room fell into silence once again.

A green light in the corner of the console, representing the system's normal operation, pulsed rhythmically as if listening to Li Yilin's muttering, or perhaps spying on his conflicted expression.

For a split second, the green light stopped pulsing. Although it recovered in less than 0.001 seconds, it had clearly skipped a beat.

Unfortunately, Li Yilin, lost in thought, did not notice.

"Master!" Liu Qing suddenly spoke, his voice carrying a faint, barely perceptible electrical hum.

"Hmm?" Li Yilin looked up, asking subconsciously, "Are there any emails?"

"No emails." When it came to official business, Liu Qing replied in a stiff, formal manner, his voice returning to normal.

"Forget it." Li Yilin stood up, "Since there is no destination, let's just go wherever."

"Liu Qing, you decide the route. This time, I will just play the part of a cosmic adventurer!"

Being a cosmic adventurer was that simple: traveling through the universe and landing whenever one encountered a planet.

"Yes, Master!"

One hundred years later.

The spaceship traveled quietly through the Dark Universe. In the distance, aimless "points of light" provided faint glimmers to the pitch-black Dark Universe, making the environment here even more mysterious.

Inside the spaceship.

Li Yilin sat cross-legged in the center of the cultivation room, obvious ripples of laws undulating around him.

A hundred years had passed, and his appearance had not changed in the slightest, though his temperament had become much more refined, and the fluctuations of the Lightning Law and Time Law on his body were much clearer.

Most striking was the vertical eye mark on his forehead, which had actually opened slightly, revealing a purple pupil within.

A moment later, as if his cultivation time had ended, the ripples of laws on Li Yilin's body receded, and he slowly opened his eyes, a hint of excitement flashing in their depths.

"Finally, I can manifest three phantom bodies." He took a step forward, and with his movement, three purple phantom bodies appeared to his left, right, and above his head.

He drew his battle blade, and the three phantom bodies drew their blades as well.

"Swish!"

Blade shadows flashed, and four distinct blade marks appeared on the heavy metal wall specifically used for blade practice.

To be able to leave marks on E-grade metal, my strength should now be comparable to that of an ordinary World Lord. If the World Lord who assassinated me back then were standing before me, I might not be able to kill him yet, but I would definitely no longer be without the power to fight back, Li Yilin thought.

"It is a pity that I still cannot enter the second level of the Thunder Dragon Art."

Thinking of the cultivation progress of the Body Amplitude Secret Technique, the Thunder Dragon Art, Li Yilin couldn't help but sigh.

The Thunder Dragon Step had been cultivated so smoothly, yet the Thunder Dragon Art had been just as arduous.

When he first condensed the Thunder Dragon Claw, he thought he would succeed quickly, but who could have imagined that a hundred years later, there was almost no change.

He stood up, the metal door opened automatically, and he pondered as he walked outside.

Where exactly was the problem?

His depth of comprehension of the laws was already sufficient; logically, the second level should have been successfully cultivated by now!

But it remained stuck at the step of condensing the Thunder Dragon Claw.

Since there was no problem with his comprehension of the laws, then the problem must lie in the application.

It seemed he would have to find himself a teacher!

Returning to the cultivation room, Liu Qing spoke immediately, "Congratulations to Master for successfully completing your seclusion."

"Don't congratulate me, I haven't made any progress in two years." Li Yilin waved his hand, sat in a chair, and asked casually, "Where are we now?"

"The spaceship entered the territory of the Ganwu Universe Kingdom one day ago."

"Ganwu Universe Kingdom?" Li Yilin's eyes flickered.

He thought for a moment and asked, "Does the spaceship have a route heading toward the Black Dragon Mountain Empire?"

He was very curious about the current timeline.

Luo Feng definitely hadn't risen to prominence yet, because when he checked the past members of the Genius Tournament in the Virtual Universe, he found no mention of Luo Feng, Bolan, or others.

The 1008 Universe Country, the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, and even the Silver Blue Empire have all appeared, which means the timeline is very close to the original story.

Perhaps I might even get to witness the rise of City Lord Luo.

Li Yilin thought with a chuckle.

"There are two routes to the Black Dragon Mountain Empire: one is the route to the empire's capital, Black Dragon Planet, and the other is the route to Qiu Dragon Planet," Liu Qing said.

The wealth in the master's account is comparable to an Immortal, and the authority granted to him is also vast.

Every time he arrives at a universe country he has never visited before, he follows the master's wishes and purchases the cosmic coordinates and routes for some of the famous planets within that universe country via the Virtual Universe.

The capital, Black Dragon Planet, and the bustling planet of Qiu Dragon Planet, which serves as a hub for a medium-level civilization, are naturally among them.

"Go to Qiu Dragon Planet." Upon hearing this familiar yet distant name, Li Yilin made his decision immediately.

The spaceship sped forward, leaving countless "points of light" behind as it flew toward its destination.