Yun Ming

Stones from other hills may serve to polish the jade of this one! It is no exaggeration to say that, in the eyes of Ye Muxuan, the first three diagrams of the Jinghong Chaos Stele now hold absolutely no secrets.

It is not that Shadow Sweep is inherently more valuable than the Extreme Wind Secret Canon, but rather that for Ye Muxuan at this moment, Shadow Sweep is of greater utility. If one were to say that before entering the Initial Universe, Ye Muxuan had already gained recognition for his insights into the Origin Law of Wind, he had only reached a level of ninety points—merely possessing the qualifications to challenge the Immortal threshold. However, after contemplating the Jinghong Chaos Stele and experiencing the battles on the Heavenly Bridge, his comprehension of the Origin Law of Wind has reached ninety-five points.

After spending five months contemplating and fully absorbing the insights of Shadow Sweep, Ye Muxuan has not only significantly improved his comprehension of the Time Origin Law—gaining a deeper understanding of its 108 most fundamental mysterious units—but his grasp of the Origin Law of Wind has also climbed to ninety-nine points.

One can only say that the Time Origin Law is indeed superior to the Origin Law of Wind. As soon as he takes this final step, he will be able to achieve Immortality through the Wind Origin. In other words, he could attempt to break through to Immortality right now, and his success rate would be exceptionally high.

To achieve Immortality is to see time decay while one remains eternal!

Even among all the core World Lord rank members within the Virtual Universe Company, the probability of eventually achieving Immortality does not exceed fifty percent, and only those at the very top of the Primal Secret Realm have a chance to become a Marquis or even a King Rank.

Do not be fooled by the fifty percent figure; that is actually an accumulation of members from dozens or even hundreds of genius battles. Looking at a single batch of one thousand members from a genius battle, normally, no more than ten will ever achieve Immortality.

And now, Ye Muxuan is confident that while achieving Immortality, he can directly reach the Marquis level, or perhaps even pursue the King Rank.

These are merely the gains from contemplating Shadow Sweep.

Virtual Universe, Heavenly Region villa, third floor.

Ye Muxuan fixed his gaze on the metal book in his hands, his fingertips tracing the engraved marks of the two universal characters on the cover.

Having spent five months wholeheartedly contemplating Shadow Sweep, he has finally mastered this foundational secret technique, which cost him 900 points—even missing the lectures of Shaoling King two months ago.

Now that he has fully comprehended the Origin Law of Wind and taken that final half-step, he can shatter his Origin Bead, trigger the descent of the Origin Laws, and break through to Immortality.

"I will rest for half a month to settle my foundations before contemplating Floating Light." Ye Muxuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and the hand he had extended toward the other side of the desk slowly retracted. "After finishing Floating Light, I still have to contemplate the Chaos Stele; I have thirteen opportunities left..."

"Right, the three treasures of Chaos City, I should also go and try the Chaos True Spirit."

On the balcony, Ye Muxuan opened his eyes and habitually clenched his hand. As he spread his fingers, a long blade with a dark luster, slender and possessing a perfect curve at the tip, appeared in his palm.

Ye Muxuan gripped the hilt with his right hand, feeling the texture of the patterns against his palm, while his left thumb wiped across the blade, sensing a sharpness that felt as if it could "cut through anything." This was his battle blade, the Wind Shadow Blade that had accompanied him through tens of thousands of years of warfare!

Click. The Wind Shadow Blade returned to its sheath. Ye Muxuan stepped off the balcony. He planned to challenge the Heavenly Bridge again in a year, but for now, going outside the city to hunt Chaos Beasts and collect Chaos True Spirits would be the perfect way to test his own strength!

Virtual Universe, an independent plane of space. A being clad in pure white feathered robes, with a closed vertical eye in the center of her forehead, looked at the data before her with an expressionless face.

Wait a little longer...

After all, he is a genius who fought his way from the Domain Lord rank on the Outer Battlefield to become a World Lord General, even creating his own Marquis-level blade technique and killing alien Immortals. In her view, in terms of talent alone, he is even above the vast majority of World Lord members currently in the core of the five major powers!

A genius who has fought his way up from a Universe Secret Region possesses a strength of mind far greater than those geniuses cultivated from the Star rank or Universe rank, so even if others try to persuade him, it might not be effective.

However, he really did exchange for the Miscellaneous Theories of Clear Shadows... In the past half-year, those King Ranks have held lectures, yet he hasn't attended a single one... Is he too immersed in his secret techniques? Or did he never intend to take a master in the first place?

I will wait another hundred years and see... Let's see if the Jinghong Lineage will bring any surprises...

The being in pure white feathered robes slowly closed her eyes.

Although she took an interest in this youth, it was only a passing glance, and that was only because he chose the Jinghong Chaos Stele. At least for now, Ye Muxuan's talent and potential are not yet worthy of special attention from someone of her standing.

Most of her attention remained focused on her true body, which was currently fighting for treasures within a Primal Star.

Chaos City, at the gates.

The city gates were open, and experts were entering and exiting from time to time. Ye Muxuan, with his long blade hanging at his waist, looked at the massive stone tablet not far from the gate, which recorded some basic information about Chaos Beasts.

Ye Muxuan suddenly turned his head. Not far away, a young man with a handsome face, clad in green robes, with purple scales covering his forehead and a blood-colored heavy sword on his back, approached the gate. His gaze swept over, his eyes containing a gentle smile.

Ye Muxuan had some impression of him; this was Yun Ming. He had watched his battle compilations—the winner of the genius battle from over twenty years ago in the Primal Universe, whose comprehension of the Space Law was astonishing. Of course, in this Initial Universe, only six years or so had passed.

As for whether he was the same person from his memories, he would have to wait and see. After all, stepping into Immortality is not easy, and breaking through to become a Venerable is even harder. Walking far on the path of an expert requires more than just talent; insight, temperament, combat experience, opportunities, and even that elusive stroke of destiny are all indispensable.

The two met at the city gate, their gazes crossing. Ye Muxuan took a step, his figure flickering, and he was already ten thousand kilometers away.

The range where Chaos Beasts are found is roughly divided into three zones, with boundaries at two thousand kilometers and ten thousand kilometers. Beyond ten thousand kilometers is the area where World Lord rank Chaos Beasts reside. They, as World Lords, are forbidden from hunting Chaos Beasts below the World Lord rank within the ten-thousand-kilometer range.

The man in black battle armor landed in the vast wilderness. As he looked out, amidst the swirling mists of chaotic airflow, strange rocks stood tall and weeds grew in abundance.

"Hmm?" In the distance, behind a boulder as large as a small hill, a massive figure emerged. Its appearance was somewhat similar to the "Thousand-Legged Evil Centipede" commonly seen in the Demon camp on the Outer Battlefield. Its body, over a kilometer long, exerted a tremendous sense of pressure!