Recognition of the Origin Law

Without the recognition of the Time Origin Law, Ye Muxuan's attempt to challenge the guardian of the eighteenth level was futile even when he took the initiative to attack. With just a single word, "Disorder," Ye Muxuan instantly felt the distance between himself and the guardian stretch.

No! The spatial distance between them hadn't changed; rather, the time force field around the guardian had become chaotic. The point where Ye Muxuan's blade tip landed was no longer at that specific moment in time. It might have been a second later, or perhaps a minute later.

Ye Muxuan also cultivated the Law of Time. He was only a hair's breadth away from fully comprehending the Origin Law of Wind and breaking through to become an Immortal, so he didn't dare to study it further for now. Therefore, over the past two thousand years, under the guidance of Heavenly Feather King, he had been focusing entirely on the Law of Time. Now, he was only a fraction away from gaining the recognition of the Time Origin Law, which gave him an extremely high "resistance" to the Law of Time.

"Break!"

His will roared. In the next instant, Ye Muxuan's left hand suddenly shot out, pressing down abruptly against the space in front of him!

The time force field was in disarray, and the blade tip of the burly, masked elder appeared there for no reason.

Applying Time Disorder to the space where Ye Muxuan was located, forcing him back to the moment just before his long blade was unsheathed and swung—this was already extremely close to "Time Reversal." Naturally, it triggered a resonance in his own comprehension of the Law of Time. In a flash of inspiration, he didn't even have time to draw his blade; his left hand pressed down instinctively.

"Oh?" A hint of surprise colored the burly, masked elder's soft voice. In the next instant, he thrust his blade toward the center of Ye Muxuan's brow.

Ye Muxuan drew his blade—block! parry! slash!

"Disorder."

"Hmph!"

"..."

This battle was incredibly stifling for Ye Muxuan! The masked guardian only used one move: he would thrust his blade, using his mastery of the laws to induce chaos in the time force field around Ye Muxuan. It could be said that he superimposed the mysteries of partial Time Reversal and Time Acceleration. As a result, not only was his movement ghost-like and impossible to track, but every strike came from an unexpected angle—stabbing, hacking, chopping, or slashing.

It was no wonder they said that experts who cultivated the Law of Time were difficult to deal with. Even those who had successfully comprehended "Teleportation" would be exhausted trying to cope with such a situation.

However, precisely because of this, Ye Muxuan strove to absorb the nutrients of the fight. The many insights he had gained from studying the laws over the past two thousand years flowed through his heart, and his comprehension of the Law of Time deepened continuously. The Time Disorder the guardian applied to Ye Muxuan became increasingly ineffective, until finally, the guardian simply applied Time Disorder to the entire large area of space where Ye Muxuan stood.

"That's it!" After dozens of arduous strikes, Ye Muxuan's eyes suddenly lit up. His left arm, which had already had its wrist severed, subconsciously swung diagonally. His bare left forearm appeared abruptly in a certain spot, and in the next instant, a segment of a blade tip appeared there.

The guardian's expression changed drastically; that strike was clearly aimed at piercing the center of Ye Muxuan's brow!

Time Disorder!

With the guardian's level of comprehension of the Law of Time, even though it was only a momentary disruption, it was enough for Ye Muxuan to turn around and strike back with ease!

"This little guy, breaking through in the heat of battle, has gained the recognition of the Time Origin Law." At some point, in the Heavenly Bridge plane, in front of a giant screen at the location of the Guardian Bafen, stood many figures, each one possessing an aura powerful enough to suppress the starry sky.

"What a monster."

"I remember he's only been cultivating for a little over a hundred thousand years."

"To go from the thirteenth level to nearly the eighteenth in just over three thousand years in Chaos City—how many years has it been since any of our five major powers produced such a monster?"

"Yun Ming is quite good, too. He's now a World Lord in the Primal Secret Realm and managed to reach the sixteenth level a while ago."

"These two cannot be compared. Yun Ming has been nurtured since the Star Level, while this little guy was left to fend for himself until he became a World Lord. I favor this little guy more."

"Hmm, to survive for over a hundred thousand years on the Outer Battlefield, this little guy at least has very good luck."

"The combat secret technique he created himself is also quite good. It can barely be considered to have moved beyond the ordinary level and touched the threshold of a top-tier secret technique."

"Once a self-created combat secret technique reaches the threshold of the top tier, passing the eighteenth level won't be difficult. Even if he doesn't pass this time, he will after a few more attempts."

"Indeed, at most ten years, the eighteenth level won't be able to stop him."

"The little guy is truly strong now."

"This kind of talent is rare. Calling him a genius who appears once every ten million epochs is not an exaggeration."

"I recall he hasn't formally taken a master yet."

"I do remember Heavenly Feather King guiding him for a period of time."

"Heavenly Feather King..."

The people present discussed it one after another, but when Heavenly Feather King was mentioned, they were unexpectedly silent.

Heavenly Feather King was not terrifying; he was merely a junior at the Peak King Level. Many of the experts present were stronger in terms of both age and seniority, and there were even several Venerables. But what mattered was who stood behind him: White Phoenix Palace Master!

Given Heavenly Feather King's aloof, cold, and overbearing nature, he would not have specifically come to Chaos City to guide a World Lord-level youngster without the instructions of his teacher, White Phoenix Palace Master, especially since he had not yet taken any disciples himself.

Moreover, news had leaked out two thousand years ago that White Phoenix Palace Master had already accepted this little guy as a nominal disciple.

However... if it were only a nominal disciple...

When Ye Muxuan successfully passed the sixteenth level, Bafen had already broadcast the news to the group of World Lords and Immortals who had entered at the same time, as well as to Heavenly Feather King.

The remaining ninety-nine World Lords and twenty Immortals from the Outer Battlefield all knew the news. The three hundred and seventy-three Immortals and one thousand and eight World Lords who had come from the Universe Kingdom auction had lost forty-seven members, but three World Lords had successfully broken through to become "quasi-Immortals," allowing them to remain in Chaos City. By now, these three hundred and seventy-six experts also knew the news!

Word spread quickly, and soon, more experts learned that Ye Muxuan, a World Lord from the Outer Battlefield, had successfully passed the sixteenth level of the Heavenly Bridge!

This was already the level of the very few top-tier World Lords in the Primordial Secret Realm. Of the one thousand World Lords there—now eight hundred and fifty-three—only seven had reached the sixteenth level.

As for the eighty-four World Lords of the Primal Secret Realm—originally eighty-three, but Yun Ming, the winner of the genius competition four thousand six hundred years ago in the Primal Universe, had broken through to become a World Lord while still a Domain Lord in the Primal Secret Realm—there were still a dozen or so at the sixteenth level!

And when Ye Muxuan reached the seventeenth level, it caused an even greater sensation.

Most of the eighty-four World Lords currently in the Primal Secret Realm were at the seventeenth level. In other words, Ye Muxuan had only been cultivating in Chaos City for a little over three thousand years and had already caught up to the average level of the Primal Secret Realm. If one factored in the cultivation time and the resources provided, Ye Muxuan had left these geniuses far behind.

What's more, Ye Muxuan was now under immense pressure, improving in the heat of battle and successfully gaining the recognition of the Time Origin Law. At a speed visible to the naked eye, it was predictable that he would successfully pass the eighteenth level, which was already considered the top-tier standard for World Lords in the Primal Secret Realm.