The Eighteenth Level of the Sky Bridge

Nine Universes Sky Bridge, 18th level.

Three thousand years have passed since Qin Cang began his secluded cultivation in Chaos City.

Over these three thousand years, Qin Cang's life has been incredibly fulfilling: studying secret techniques, perfecting his ultimate arts, and gaining insights into the laws...

Every single day brought tremendous progress. Shortly after his Crowned Python Clone was born, Qin Cang had already cleared the 17th level of the Sky Bridge.

However, the 18th level and the 17th level are two entirely different realms.

Once the 18th level is cleared, it signifies that one's comprehension of the laws has stepped into the King level, whereas the 17th level is still merely the domain of a Marquis.

Marquis and King are two vastly different tiers; there is a massive gap in combat power, secret techniques, and status.

Originally, it took Qin Cang two full thousand years to advance his law comprehension from the 16th level to the 17th. Logically speaking, the further one progresses, the slower the comprehension of laws becomes.

However, in the thousand years since the Crowned Python Clone was born, Qin Cang has advanced once more, his law comprehension now extremely close to passing the 18th level of the Sky Bridge.

The Crowned Python Clone's affinity for the space laws is simply too high. Furthermore, its innate secret technique includes Teleportation, one of the three major branches. It can be said that using the Crowned Python Clone to study Teleportation is incredibly efficient. Coupled with Qin Cang's Yan God Clan body, which already possesses excellent natural talent for laws, he would not have reached this point in just a few thousand years otherwise.

With these two factors combined, his progress in the space laws can truly be described as advancing by leaps and bounds. More importantly, while Qin Cang was previously more prominent in the Slaughter branch, since the birth of the Crowned Python Clone, his progress in Teleportation has been even faster than in Slaughter, and now it even shows signs of surpassing that branch.

In other words, Qin Cang's current law comprehension is being held back by the Lockdown branch.

Chaos City Lord had long since stated that the price of possessing a clone is a significantly increased difficulty in breaking through to immortality. This has led Qin Cang to focus his current efforts on the comprehension of space laws, temporarily setting aside his insights into the fusion laws.

If one wishes to make rapid progress in fusion laws, the best method is to comprehend the aura of the Beast God. Luo Feng possesses a Beast God statue and, even more, the Seven Killings of the Beast God left behind by Shirodo, as well as giant Beast God statues and Demon diagrams to use as references. He has all these various guides to pursue the path of the Beast God.

However, Qin Cang cannot even find a secret technique comparable to the Seven Killings of the Beast God, so he can only temporarily put aside his exploration of the fusion laws.

He currently lacks the energy to pursue tasks that yield half the result for double the effort.

At present, with the Crowned Python Clone's powerful affinity for laws, comprehending the space laws is the priority; clearing the 18th level of the Sky Bridge is his greatest task.

Clearing the 18th level of the Sky Bridge means obtaining permanent residency in Chaos City.

Before this, only geniuses from the core secret realms of the human race are qualified to cultivate here for free for a period of time. Once that time is exceeded, points are deducted based on the duration of the stay. If the points are exhausted, one will be forcibly kicked out of Chaos City.

If this is the treatment for geniuses from the core layers of the five major powers, one can imagine the price others must pay to come to Chaos City for cultivation through various means.

After all, not everyone has enough wealth to cultivate in Chaos City. Very few immortals or sector lords from the lower rungs of the human race can afford to pay for long-term cultivation in Chaos City.

The average net worth of a sector lord is generally only ten Hunyuan units, while a single slot for cultivation in Chaos City starts at an auction price of tens of thousands of Hunyuan. The gap is simply too large.

It often takes the efforts of several or even dozens of generations for a sector lord family to save enough to bid for a cultivation slot in Chaos City. During this period, the family cannot afford any accidents, or all their efforts will likely go to waste.

On the Sky Bridge, the space where the battle takes place differs depending on the level.

The battle location for the 18th level of the Sky Bridge is simulated by the Virtual Universe within a galaxy.

Inside the galaxy, endless meteorites drift, and planets emitting various colors of aura are truly a sight to behold.

But Qin Cang has no heart to admire the beautiful scenery here.

In the center of this endless galaxy, there is a figure wearing black battle armor, looking identical to Qin Cang. This is the guardian simulated by the Virtual Universe; only by defeating him can one be considered to have passed the 18th level of the Sky Bridge.

"I didn't expect you to come so quickly, much faster than I anticipated. However, your strength is still not enough. Go back and practice more," the guardian said indifferently.

"Whether my strength is enough or not, we will only know after we fight. Now, I have only one goal, and that is to kill you!" said Qin Cang, who was wearing red battle armor and holding a blood-red spear. He had long since become immune to the provocative words of these guardians. These things simulated by the Virtual Universe are almost indistinguishable from the real thing; this secret technique of the Original Ancestor is truly heaven-defying.

After Qin Cang stepped onto the 18th level of the Sky Bridge, Venerable Bafin, the keeper of the Sky Bridge, began his path of mass-mailing.

If one were to ask who has the contact information for all the powerful figures of the human race, Bafin would definitely be the most comprehensive.

As a guardian, he is an consciousness created by the Virtual Universe. No matter how much time passes, his task remains the same: to introduce the rules of the Sky Bridge and, at the same time, send emails to those who are paying attention to these geniuses when they attempt to clear the bridge.

After Bafin's emails were sent out, those without sufficient authority descended directly onto the Sky Bridge plane to watch Qin Cang's challenge.

Blood Blade King, King Gale, Snow Imperial King, Mountain Shaker King, Abyss Fate King...

One by one, famous powerhouses among the Kings all descended personally onto the Sky Bridge plane.

As for those Venerables with greater authority, they directly used their own permissions to project Qin Cang's challenge into their own planes.

Demon Wing Venerable, Mi Hao Venerable, Golden Feather Venerable, Nine Flames Venerable, and Planet Star Venerable, who presided over Qin Cang's genius battle...

What surprised Bafin the most was that the name of Chaos City Lord appeared during the sending process!

Sky Bridge plane.

At this moment, Qin Cang had already engaged the guardian in battle.

Both of them used spears; clearly, they intended to test their comprehension of the space laws through spear techniques.

The Blazing Flame Spear in Qin Cang's hand ignited with endless firelight, the flames appearing as if they were about to transform into a heaven-swallowing giant python, intending to devour the guardian.

As for the guardian, the spear in his hand merely thrust out repeatedly, each strike more terrifying than the last, heavy and powerful, as if he intended to suppress Qin Cang's spear technique with absolute force.

When the two clashed, the aftermath of the battle was enough to turn the surrounding meteorites into dust, and massive planets were either split into several pieces or completely swallowed by the flames.

The spear in Qin Cang's hand seemed to transform into an endless river of flames, submerging the guardian.

The guardian was not to be outdone, blocking Qin Cang's attacks with spear strike after spear strike, and even occasionally managing to counterattack.

For a time, the two were evenly matched.

"Give up. Your attacks cannot cause me any damage. If this is all you have, you won't be able to beat me," the guardian provoked.

"Let's settle this in one move!" Qin Cang said, truly unwilling to drag this out any longer.

"Still those same two moves? Then you might as well leave on your own," the guardian laughed. He knew Qin Cang's techniques all too well, having witnessed them more than once before.

"Then just wait and see," Qin Cang replied with a confident smile. He gripped his long spear tightly, his aura seemingly merging with the weapon in that very moment.

Seeing this display, the guardian's expression turned solemn. He was all too familiar with this kind of aura; it was the kind of presence that could only be born from absolute self-confidence.

Watching Qin Cang's state, the guardian's face lit up with joy, as if he were anticipating something—anticipating the rise of another human genius who, upon reaching the World Lord level, would possess a comprehension of laws comparable to a Universe Knight. And this genius had only been cultivating for ten thousand years.

More importantly, this was not even Qin Cang's limit. Given time, he would likely clear the twentieth level of the Sky Bridge in under one hundred thousand years, or perhaps even within fifty thousand years.