One Hundred Years (Combined)

"A hammer technique nearing ultimate? As expected of a renowned Venerable!"

Above the mountain range, Su Heng extended a portion of his senses and saw Mist Hammer Venerable strike with his heavy treasure hammer.

This single blow caused significant damage to the extremely troublesome Ancient Beast's divine body. While it wasn't even 1%, that was only because the Ancient Beast's divine body was immense.

If it were a human Venerable of the same level, they would have likely lost 4-5%!

Kan Deli, living up to his title as Chaos City's guardian, unleashed a secret ultimate technique that had truly crossed the threshold into ultimate techniques!

His full-power strike left the Ancient Beast groaning in pain, forcing it to burn a portion of its divine body to gain greater divine power!

"This is what a true Universe Venerable is!" Su Heng smiled.

Although his teacher, Mother Ancestor, was a Universe Hegemon, Su Heng had barely seen her go all out!

Before breaking through to Immortal, he hadn't known many Venerables.

After becoming an Immortal, he had been proud of his strength, believing he could compare to geniuses like Luo Feng from the original work.

He never expected he was just theorizing!

A Universe Venerable's strength wasn't just about their divine body's power on paper!

Reality was far from what those few words in the original work could describe!

"We got it, let's retreat quickly!" Nine Swords Venerable transmitted to the three from afar.

Seeing this, Kan Deli quickly unleashed another ultimate technique to repel the Ancient Beast, then had Su Heng and Mist Hammer Venerable teleport away first.

He himself was the last to teleport away.

Inside a mountain cave.

Nine Swords Venerable smiled and took out a small pagoda-shaped heavy treasure.

"This is that top-tier sealed heavy treasure. Its power is quite good, estimated to be worth around 40 Treasure Points within the clan." Looking at the small pagoda, Nine Swords Venerable said with a smile.

He had already imprinted his life's mark into the treasure, so he was well aware of its power and effects.

"Does anyone want this treasure? If not, I'll give you Seven Profound Sky Water of equivalent value." Nine Swords Venerable asked the three.

Mist Hammer Venerable and Kan Deli both shook their heads. While sealed treasures were very useful, they weren't particularly suitable for them.

After all, for High-level Venerables, top-tier heavy treasures were already falling behind their strength.

"Give it to me," Su Heng said, seeing that the other two didn't want it.

Sealed treasures were useless to Kan Deli and the others, but they were very suitable for him.

His comprehension of laws was inferior to Universe Venerables, which caused his Space Lockdown and teleportation to be inferior to theirs!

A sealed treasure could compensate for his shortcomings in Space Lockdown!

If he had had a sealed treasure when he fought that alien early-stage Universe Venerable, he wouldn't have let them escape!

"Alright, then give us Treasure Points of equivalent value." Nine Swords Venerable dispelled his imprint and tossed the small pagoda to Su Heng.

He didn't particularly need this sealed heavy treasure either. Even if Su Heng hadn't wanted it, he would have exchanged it for Treasure Points within the clan.

Forty Treasure Points, divided equally among the four, meant ten points each. Su Heng gave the three portions of Seven Profound Sky Water, each worth ten points.

By imprinting his life's mark into the small pagoda, Su Heng also learned its usage method and name.

Sen Yun Pagoda, with a total of two layers of sealing secret techniques. The first layer required comprehension of Wood and Void laws, enough to seal an enemy with 30% divine body loss.

The second layer required complete Law of Space. When fully activated, it could seal an enemy with 10% divine body loss!

Of course, all of this was under the premise that the enemy was only a Universe Venerable. If it were a Universe Hegemon, there was no hope; even with over 70% divine body loss, Sen Yun Pagoda couldn't seal them!

"10%? If I work hard, even a Mid-level Universe Venerable might be possible, but that still requires creating an ultimate-level ultimate technique." Su Heng thought to himself as he put away Sen Yun Pagoda.

Currently, his comprehension of laws was insufficient for the second layer, and his strength could at most damage the divine body of an early-stage Venerable, and it was highly likely he'd need the opponent to burn their divine body to satisfy the condition.

"Let's continue our travels!" Seeing that the sealed treasure had been fully distributed, Nine Swords Venerable suggested again.

Su Heng and the other two nodded, then teleported away from the cave.

Time flowed by, and another hundred years passed.

In the Primal Universe, within the Primal Secret Realm.

Luo Feng had just returned from a perilous mission. After a few days of rest, he immediately entered the Virtual Universe to search for his second and third brothers.

Over the past hundred years, all four major secret realms had held a Cosmic-level secret realm qualification battle.

With Luo Feng's strength, he was considered extremely powerful even in the Primal Secret Realm, so he did not fall to the Primal Chaos Secret Realm.

Hong, due to the fortuitous encounter given by Su Heng and the help of Blood Luo Crystals, also successfully remained in the Primal Chaos Secret Realm. His comprehension of laws had now surpassed many, reaching the seventh level of the Tongtian Bridge!

Even within the Primal Chaos Secret Realm, he was considered a top-tier genius!

In the next one or two qualification battles, he might even ascend to the Primal Secret Realm.

Lei Shen, on the other hand, successfully advanced from the Doomsday Secret Realm to the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm. He also followed Su Heng's arrangement and entered the Blood Luo World to obtain resources.

"Third brother!" In the public area of the Virtual Universe, Lei Shen waved at Luo Feng's figure.

"Big brother, second brother." Luo Feng smiled as he looked at Lei Shen and Hong.

In a hundred years, many geniuses in their batch have perished while undertaking dangerous or desperate missions!

As long as Big Brother and Second Brother are safe, then everything is fine!

"Third Brother, I heard you were screwed over by Mo Luo? How is it, do you need our help?"

Lei Shen said softly after seeing Luo Feng take his seat.

"No need!" Upon mentioning Mo Luo, Luo Feng's expression immediately darkened, but he still shook his head.

That Mo Luo fellow didn't require the three brothers to join forces!

"Hmm, speaking of which, Third Brother's true strength now is probably close to that of geniuses at the Domain Lord level in the inner regions of the Primal Secret Realm, right?"

Hong nodded in admiration, then said with a smile.

Dozens of years ago, Su Heng's God Kingdom had sent back to the Primal Secret Realm and given Luo Feng three portions of Seven Profound Sky Water, each capable of increasing one's genes tenfold.

They were no longer natives of Earth now, so they were well aware of how precious this treasure was!

Even for a peak King-level cultivator, one portion of this treasure would be enough to allow them to reach the King-level limit, or even the King-level invincible realm!

For Universe Venerables, it could also greatly increase their strength!

So, how precious was such a treasure for the three of them who had yet to fully mature?

Originally, they didn't want to accept Su Heng's gift, but Su Heng told them something.

"My current genes cannot be improved by such treasures. As for trading with other Venerables, it's not enough to obtain items that would attract me. But for you, perhaps it will make your future broader!

Besides, you are all my disciples! If you still feel indebted to me after this, then wait until you become Universe Overlords or Universe Lords before compensating me doubly!"

After saying this, Su Heng left the Primal Universe and continued his adventures in the secret realms.

The three who heard this, however, deeply felt Su Heng's regard for them!

Universe Overlord, Universe Lord!

Know that for everyone now, their goal for the three of them was only Marquis-level or King-level Immortal!

They didn't even dare to dream of becoming Universe Venerables!

But Su Heng believed they had the potential to become Universe Overlords or even Universe Lords!

Such regard made the three no longer refuse Su Heng's gift. Just as Su Heng had said, instead of being pretentious, it was better to repay their teacher doubly once their strength had grown.

The tenfold increase in genes brought about a qualitative change in the strength of the three, especially in their comprehension of laws, which became several times clearer than before!

Moreover, the increase in strength allowed them to explore the Blood Luo World with greater ease!

Although Hong and Lei Shen didn't have convenient clones like Luo Feng, they had still seized over a dozen Blood Luo Crystals and successfully became Blood Warriors, which further clarified their comprehension of laws by another half!

Their strength had also greatly increased again, allowing them to undertake more missions and seek out more opportunities.

This virtuous cycle was the reason for their current significant increase in strength!

Getting back to the matter at hand.

Hearing Hong's question, Luo Feng nodded slightly and said, "The ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge is not a problem. With the mental strength of the Golden Horned Beast, the tenth level is also nothing."

The Domain Lords in the Primal Secret Realm were only at the level of the ninth, tenth, and eleventh floors.

Even if he were to advance to Domain Lord now, he wouldn't feel any pressure.

"Then there's no problem. Besides, when you return to the Gan Wu Universe Kingdom, you can also look after Earth a bit." Lei Shen said with a hearty laugh upon hearing this.

The reason the three of them had gathered in the Virtual Universe this time was because Luo Feng was hesitant about advancing to the Domain Lord level!

With Luo Feng's strength, staying in the Primal Secret Realm might still yield some opportunities, but it could also be a waste of time!

Unsure of what to do, Luo Feng chose to discuss it with his elder and second brother first, and if that didn't work, he would then seek out True Yan King and Su Heng!

"Yes, I agree with Second Brother. With your current strength, staying at the Cosmic-level is too much of a waste. You need to broaden your horizons. Mission opportunities in the secret realms are ultimately controlled by us humans!"

Hong also advised from the side.

As long as they didn't chase after opportunities in desperate or dangerous missions, the points obtained from completing these missions were nothing to the three of them!

But once they chased after opportunities within missions, even Immortals could perish, which was far too dangerous for them at the Cosmic-level!

Moreover, these opportunities might be great for them now, but what about after they advanced to Immortal?

In the end, since these missions were controlled by humans, these opportunities could be safely obtained once they reached a certain status, and there was no need to risk their lives now.

Besides, the one or two opportunities they had already obtained had given them enough foundation.

Any more would just be icing on the cake!

"You're right. Wasting time and life to complete missions is simply not worth it. Just like Teacher, once he advanced to Immortal, he could freely explore even within the Universe Secret Realm, and a slight effort would yield an immeasurably valuable treasure!"

With the reminders from Hong and Lei Shen, Luo Feng quickly clarified his thoughts.

Afterward, he chatted with Hong and Lei Shen for a few more words, then returned to reality to begin his breakthrough to Domain Lord!

Within the Yuan Yin Secret Realm.

"Eh? That kid Luo Feng is actually going to break through to Domain Lord? This is quite a bit faster than in the original story, and without Hong's incident, he's still preparing to break through to Domain Lord?"

Su Heng thought to himself as he looked at an email.

He had not intervened in this matter at all!

Giving Luo Feng the Seven Profound Sky Water was something he had specifically intervened for. After Luo Feng's genetic level increased, the Nine Calamity Manual could further enhance his genes.

This could also be considered an indirect way of increasing Luo Feng's growth speed. After all, he couldn't possibly favor some and neglect others, giving it to Hong and Lei Shen but not Luo Feng, right?

Although a portion of Seven Profound Sky Water was still precious to him now, investing in whether the three would change because of it was more important.

After becoming powerful, Su Heng was no longer as hesitant.

He wanted to see if anyone would intervene because of this.

Let's see tomorrow. It's highly likely to be three chapters, but the update time is uncertain. I updated 5000 characters today, and there are still 10000 characters left to complete.