Jinghong!

"The third treasure of Chaos City, and the most important Chaos Stele, is right here in the City Lord Mansion!" the Black-Robed Envoy said, looking at the more than a thousand powerful warriors before him. "There are fifty-two Chaos Steles in all. They are supreme sacred steles that lead straight to the peak of the Great Dao. If any of you can fully comprehend even one of them, you can become a Kingdom Lord and easily establish a Universe Kingdom! Since this is your first time in Chaos City, you can first study the rubbings of the Chaos Steles and choose the one best suited to you. Then you'll have one free seven-day period to comprehend it."

"Seven days? That's so short?"

"Only seven days?"

"Is it free only the first time?"

"We have to choose a Chaos Stele from the rubbings first? We can't view the actual Chaos Stele directly?"

Seven days was an incredibly short time for these powerful warriors, all of whom were at least World Lords!

"You're new here, so you need to choose a suitable Chaos Stele for your first visit. I'll record your choices and send them to Lord Kandeli," the Black-Robed Envoy said. "As for the seven-day period, anyone who comes to Chaos City to study a Chaos Stele— even a Kingdom Lord—gets only seven days at a time. Likewise, only the first time is free. If you want a second or third opportunity, that'll depend on your abilities."

"You'll naturally learn the details after you've finished studying your first Chaos Stele."

As he spoke, the Black-Robed Envoy led everyone to a dreamlike corridor. There stood a vast room, with enormous images floating in midair against each of its four walls, each ten meters tall and ten meters wide.

With a quick glance, Ye Muxuan could tell there were exactly fifty-two.

"These are rubbings of the fifty-two Chaos Steles. They can't perfectly reproduce the mysterious aura of the original steles, but they can still give you a sense of what they convey." The Black-Robed Envoy stood at the entrance, looking at the more than a thousand people before him. "Now, each of you has half an hour to choose the Chaos Stele you want to study."

Ye Muxuan and the others entered the room. Though there were many of them, the place somehow felt spacious rather than crowded.

Ye Muxuan studied the enormous image floating before him. It showed ten pictures, one above another. His gaze fell on the alternating light-and-dark curve at the bottom. In a flash, a blade of light rushed toward him, slashing straight at his soul!

Ye Muxuan's soul jolted!

"Thirty seconds are up," Nine Phoenix's voice sounded in his mind.

Ye Muxuan's gaze fell on the lower-right corner: the Universe Chaos Stele!

Ye Muxuan's eyes narrowed. The Universe Chaos Stele was left behind by the Chaos City Lord who presided over Chaos City! Among the fifty-two Chaos Steles, it ranked second in depth alone. But in terms of difficulty, it could be called the very first!

The universe encompassed all directions; time spanned past and present!

Perhaps it was because of the blade of light that had cleaved through that consciousness before, but his perception of the Ten Great Laws had grown much clearer. Ye Muxuan felt that the Universe Chaos Stele suited him quite well. At the very least, he found himself captivated by this Chaos Stele, which explained the Space-Time Law!

Ye Muxuan silently committed that feeling to memory, then turned his gaze to another rubbing beside it.

It depicted an ancient tree that towered into the sky. Its leaves had yellowed and were drifting down, one after another. Just one glance was enough for Ye Muxuan to tell there were well over ten thousand fallen leaves.

One leaf, ten leaves, a hundred leaves, a thousand leaves...

"Thirty seconds are up."

From one hundred leaves to one hundred and one... the formations grew more complex and mysterious!

The Mother Ancestor Chaos Stele—a terrifyingly powerful evolutionist path!

He had only half an hour, so he couldn't spend more than thirty seconds on any one image. Every powerful warrior had their own plan, so most spent about thirty seconds on each image. If they still couldn't lose themselves in it after ten seconds, they would choose another image to study.

After all, these warriors had all been acknowledged by at least one Origin of Laws, and many had already begun creating their own Secret Techniques. They understood their own paths far better than those little Star Rank and Universe Rank youngsters. Even if these rubbings conveyed only faint traces of profound insight, failing to become immersed in one within ten seconds meant it wasn't right for them.

Image after image, warrior after warrior. Many powerful warriors stood before each image, gazing at it with shining eyes, as if starved for insight. If they hadn't each had an Intelligent Optical Brain or Intelligent Life to remind them, they probably would have lost themselves in an image for the entire half hour.

"Half an hour is up!" The Black-Robed Envoy stood at the entrance, reminding them. "Now tell me your choices, and I'll record them all."

"I choose the Universe Chaos Stele!"

"I choose the Giant Axe Chaos Stele!"

"I choose the Giant Axe!"

"I choose the Giant Axe too!"

"I choose the Dragon Walk Chaos Stele!"

"I choose the Wind Shadow Chaos Stele!"

Ye Muxuan looked at Blade Maniac Li Zheng beside him. He had chosen the Wind Shadow Chaos Stele.

"My teacher told me I'm better suited to this Chaos Stele, so I studied it first this time. It feels like a good fit. I can study the others too, but this one feels best," Li Zheng explained when he noticed Ye Muxuan looking at him.

Ye Muxuan nodded slightly. Li Zheng had long since been acknowledged by the Origin of Laws of Wind, and the War Blade he used was the Extreme Shadow Blade.

As for him...

In fact, more than twenty of the fifty-two Chaos Steles felt right to him. After all, he had been acknowledged by the Origin of Laws of Wind, so he could study all four Chaos Steles based on the Origin of Laws of Wind, including the Wind Shadow Chaos Stele. Then there were the ten Chaos Steles that followed the higher law of time, which he could study as well. He could even study the eight Chaos Steles based on Space Laws. For instance, he felt he could make progress with the Nine Universe Chaos Stele.

After all, ever since that incident, he'd been comprehending Space Laws as quickly as an ordinary World Lord genius, if not faster.

"What about you?" The Black-Robed Envoy walked up to Ye Muxuan and looked up at him.

"I choose... the Jinghong Chaos Stele." Ye Muxuan looked at the Black-Robed Envoy and answered seriously.

The Black-Robed Envoy nodded and wrote down his choice, then went to ask the others.

No matter how great his talent was, he lacked a foundation, so he had to consider every step carefully. Chaos City was full of geniuses, and even more powerful warriors! Though he now felt that his perception of the Law of Time and Space Laws had improved tremendously, he didn't think he was qualified to choose the Universe Chaos Stele and recklessly cultivate time and space together.

He didn't believe his talent could surpass that of Chaos City Lord's disciples, who appeared only once every tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of eras. And even among those geniuses, not all could study both laws of time and space at once.