This soul-type Heavy Treasure was called Soul Brilliance. It possessed two layers of Secret Patterns. With his current level of Law Comprehension, he should be able to grasp the first layer if he put in enough time. But the second layer absolutely required reaching Immortality—his foundation simply wasn't strong enough! Many World Lords had Law Comprehension on par with some Immortals, and even comparable to Marquis or King ranks. They also found it easier to comprehend laws. But foundational power was crucial too! Even the weakest Immortal had a hundred times his foundational power!
If a World Lord comprehended the Secret Patterns of a Heavy Treasure or Supreme Treasure, it would only speed up the process of activating it and reduce the World Force needed to use it. But without enough foundational power, even if he somehow managed to comprehend higher-level Secret Patterns, he still couldn't activate the treasure without sufficient World Lord Power!
In other words, if Ye Muxuan were given a Supreme Treasure, he might be able to comprehend the first layer of Secret Patterns and activate it. But setting aside whether he could comprehend the second layer, even if he succeeded, he wouldn't be able to provide the energy needed to activate the Supreme Treasure!
It was like in his previous life: even if you knew nothing about bicycles, you could still push one with ease. A strong person could even push a car, but no one could push a train with their bare hands!
The spacecraft flew through the Dark Universe at thirty-five times the speed of light. Inside, in a quiet room, Ye Muxuan sat cross-legged, silently comprehending the first layer of Soul Brilliance's Secret Patterns!
Time passed. In the blink of an eye, three months had gone by. Ye Muxuan had made some progress in comprehending Soul Brilliance, while Sword Leaf Grass had awoken from its slumber and advanced to Planet Rank. A second silvery-white leaf had grown from its stem, still shaped like a sharp sword and radiating a faint sword intent.
He had already bought the resources to raise it from Planet Rank to Universe Rank, so he continued cultivating it. With the Intelligent Optical Brain monitoring its progress, he didn't need to spend much attention on it.
After a year, Ye Muxuan finally fully comprehended the first layer of Secret Patterns!
"Restrain!"
Within his sea of consciousness, a crystal orb glowed with a hazy light. The light curled around him like threads, binding his soul and making it far more resilient! Before, his soul had been like a wisp of mist in a valley, liable to be blown away by a gust of wind. Now, it was like the water in a pond, able to withstand even thunder and lightning! Its defenses had improved by more than a hundredfold!
By Ye Muxuan's reckoning, even a Marquis Immortal who specialized in souls might not be able to shake his soul with a Soul Attack alone! To kill him with a Soul Attack alone would take at least a King, perhaps even a High King!
Of course, he was a Fighter, and had no way to counterattack on the soul front. He didn't know any soul attacks involving illusions or dreamscapes, after all. Soul Brilliance could only guard his soul. And physical attacks were another matter entirely. The World Lord from the Sky Wolf Race had been split in two by his sword, and died when his Origin Bead was torn apart!
In the third year, Ye Muxuan opened his eyes where he sat and sighed softly.
After more than half a year of testing, it was just as he'd expected: the second layer of Secret Patterns was far too profound for him to grasp at his current level. It was completely impossible unless he advanced several steps in his Law Comprehension or raised his Life Gene Level. That made sense. This Heavy Treasure was meant for Venerables who had fully comprehended the Law of Time or the Space Laws. Relying on his advantage in comprehending laws, he'd barely managed to grasp the first layer. The second was out of reach for the foreseeable future.
Putting those thoughts aside, Ye Muxuan checked the time. The target star system was still about a month away. He quieted his mind, connected his consciousness to the Origin Land of the Universe, and comprehended the Origin Laws!
No matter the stage, Law Comprehension was the foundation! And the World Lord stage was the easiest time in the entire cultivation journey to comprehend the various Origin Laws!
His consciousness descended into the Origin Land of the Universe. Brilliant light shimmered all around, every tiny speck of it faintly radiating an immense, mysterious aura!
If everyone had a seed that needed ample sunlight and rain to take root and sprout, then progressing from comprehending a domain to comprehending laws was like receiving that sunlight and rain. Once a seed had enough, it could slowly begin to sprout—but that wasn't enough. If it continued to absorb sunlight and rain without sufficient nutrients, it would grow wildly by instinct, but still be unable to grow strong.
The Secret Techniques one comprehended through studying laws were the nutrients.
That was why, before creating their own Secret Techniques, even those with deep Law Comprehension first had to study the Secret Techniques of their predecessors. They were building up enough nutrients—or, in other words, enough foundation—for the seed that had already taken root and sprouted.
Everyone's seed was different. Some were plump to begin with, some shriveled, and some were already broken beyond repair. The sunlight and rain each seed received differed too. In other words, people had different talents and different affinities for the various laws!
Set aside the plump seeds. Even among the shriveled ones, some people might go their entire lives without ever seeing rain, receiving only sunlight—or only sunlight and no rain. Worse still, some received neither. Their seeds remained shriveled until they died, never getting the chance to sprout!
Others might occasionally receive a trace of drizzle, and now and then a ray of sunlight. Given enough time, even a shriveled seed might be nourished enough to take root and sprout. But it would be difficult for it to grow strong.
Talent was like having a plump seed that received ample sunlight and rain. It took root and sprouted with ease, then received enough nutrients and ultimately grew into a great tree!
Others had seeds that were broken beyond repair. No matter how much sunlight, rain, or nourishment they received, their seeds would never take root or sprout!
It was like the Genius Battle that had ended fifteen years ago. The Star Rank participants who entered the Core Layer were all super-geniuses! But even among geniuses, there were differences. Yun Ming, who had placed first in the Genius Battle and entered the Primal Secret Realm, possessed an especially plump, sturdy seed. Ye Muxuan had only watched a few highlight reels of his matches, recommended by the Virtual Universe Company, but even those made Yun Ming's talent for comprehending the Space Laws plain to see. At Star Rank, he was already comparable to an ordinary World Lord! As long as he didn't take a wrong turn or die prematurely, reaching Immortality shouldn't be difficult. He might even have a chance at King Rank!
The so-called geniuses of the End Times District had seeds that were merely decent. After entering the Core Layer, they also received ample sunlight and rain, along with enough nourishment. Compared to ordinary people, they were naturally super-geniuses. But they couldn't compare to someone like Yun Ming, a once-in-ten-thousand-eras talent!
And even the weakest World Lord, upon descending into the Origin Land of the Universe, was beyond anything those Star Rank geniuses could imagine! After all, even a genius like Yun Ming couldn't project his consciousness into the Primal Universe's Origin Land! They were still only seeds, while a World Lord was already a great tree, able to fight for sunlight and rain on his own!
His consciousness descended into the Origin Land of the Universe. The next instant, a sudden and astonishing change occurred!
A brilliant, colossal ray of light shot out from Ye Muxuan's consciousness and cleaved toward the Primal Universe's Origin Land!
Ye Muxuan: "..."
Boundless light swept across the Primal Universe's Origin Land. In that moment, Ye Muxuan clearly sensed the Primal Universe's Origin trembling!
The next instant, every World Lord in the entire Primal Universe who had connected their consciousness to the Origin Land of the Universe to comprehend laws—no matter who they were or where they were—was kicked out!
Inside the spacecraft, in the quiet room, Ye Muxuan opened his eyes as he sat cross-legged. In an instant, sweat poured from his entire body!
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