On the rooftop of the Cultivation Residence.
Feng Hui sat cross-legged in meditation.
For the past several years, he had combined the Cosmic Scripture with the Principles of Space-Time, immersing himself in the joy of comprehending the Universe Origin Law... He had almost lost all sense of time passing.
Suddenly, Feng Hui opened his eyes. His gaze flashed brightly, and he seemed like an entirely different person.
"I've finally comprehended the first profound aspect of both the essence of the Time Law and the essence of the Law of Space."
"Luo Feng sat in meditation in Chaos City for ten years before comprehending the first profound aspect of the essence of the Law of Space. With such exceptionally favorable conditions, it took me six years—and I even comprehended the essence of time as well."
After several years of arduous cultivation, Feng Hui was eager to put his skills to the test.
"So much time has passed, and I still haven't challenged the Heavenly Bridge. The others have probably all passed the first level by now."
"Then let's give it a proper challenge!"
The Virtual Universe, in a special plane space.
This plane space was an endless ocean, its waters surging.
There was only one beautiful island in the ocean. Along the island's edge stood fifty-two harbors, each with an endless bridge stretching from it toward the far reaches of the world...
The fifty-two bridges hung above the entire ocean, seeming to reach all the way to the distant horizon.
Mist hovered above the ocean waves, obscuring whatever lay beneath. It curled around the bridges, lending everything a dreamlike quality.
Feng Hui suddenly appeared in the square at the island's center.
"Oh?"
Guardian Bafen, the keeper of the Heavenly Bridge Plane, looked over in surprise and said with a smile,
"It's been six years, hasn't it? Aside from your first visit after arriving in Chaos City, you haven't come back to challenge the Heavenly Bridge even once. The young geniuses who arrived with you have all passed the first level, and every one of them comes to try several times a year."
"I was cultivating before, and I didn't want to get distracted." Feng Hui smiled as he walked over.
Looking at the young man before him, clad in black with short hair and bright eyes, Guardian Bafen sensed that something about him had changed.
"No one's on the Cosmic Heavenly Bridge right now. Go on and challenge it!" Guardian Bafen said, watching Feng Hui expectantly.
Whoosh!
Feng Hui turned into a blur and flew toward a distant Heavenly Bridge that stretched to the ends of the world. From far away, he could see a stone tablet before it, with the words "Cosmos" engraved on it.
The Heavenly Bridge stretched to the ends of the world, wrapped in hazy white mist, with surging waters below.
Feng Hui had reached the end of the first level of the Cosmic Heavenly Bridge.
"Choose your opponent. You may choose a warrior, a Mental Master Controller, or a Mental Master Illusionist. Choose any one of them. Defeat your opponent, and you will pass the first level of the Heavenly Bridge."
A huge cloud of mist hung before him, and a voice emerged from within it.
As Feng Hui understood it, the mist would only disperse once he defeated his opponent, allowing him to reach the next level of the Heavenly Bridge.
"I choose... a warrior."
Whoosh.
A mass of black liquid immediately flew out of the mist. It gathered in midair, taking the shape of a mysterious figure dressed in black battle armor and wearing a black mask. The figure held a dark golden blade, and a pair of icy eyes stared at Feng Hui from behind the mask.
"An opponent from the first level might have posed some difficulty for me six years ago, but now..."
Feng Hui didn't waste words. He drew his blade and swung—
The black-clad man died on the spot, dissolving into black liquid that merged with the white mist.
"...It's a piece of cake."
Feng Hui then flew straight to the end of the second level of the Heavenly Bridge.
A huge cloud of mist waited there as well.
"I'll still choose... a warrior!" Feng Hui slowly descended from the air, his hard soles landing on the bridge.
Black liquid flew out again and gathered into the shape of a black-clad man.
"Come on!" Feng Hui's eyes blazed, and his fierce battle intent erupted!
He charged forward, leaving a blur behind. In the next instant, he appeared right in front of the black-clad man.
Bang!
Their blades collided. The black-clad man was struck so hard that he dropped to one knee on the bridge, then slid and flew backward.
"Where's your Time Law? Why aren't you using it?" the black-clad man roared as he leaped to his feet.
"To pass the second level, I don't need to use the Time Law. The Falling Leaf Blade is enough."
"Hmph!" The black-clad man snorted, stomped on the bridge, and charged at Feng Hui like a bolt of lightning.
"Falling Leaves!" Feng Hui roared. Space seemed to freeze as his blade swept toward the black-clad man like autumn winds scattering fallen leaves.
Before, Feng Hui's Falling Leaf Blade had been merely ordinary.
But now, with the first profound aspect of the essence of the Law of Space infused into it, his Falling Leaf Blade truly swept through like an autumn wind scattering leaves. The black-clad man couldn't withstand it at all.
Rumble!
The black-clad man plummeted, falling into the mist-covered waters below.
"The third level!" Feng Hui looked at the white mist dispersing before him, revealing the third level of the Heavenly Bridge above.
Above Chaos City, Wind King was flying toward his disk-shaped spacecraft.
During his time in Chaos City, he had observed all the geniuses he needed to. It was time to return and report to the Venerable.
"Hm?" As he flew, he suddenly stopped.
Wind King had been gathering information on this batch of newcomers for Ice Universe Venerable. Naturally, he had instructed Guardian Bafen to notify him as soon as any of them made a breakthrough.
"Feng Hui passed the second level of the Heavenly Bridge, and he did it using only the Law of Space."
Wind King was somewhat surprised.
He knew that when Feng Hui first challenged the Heavenly Bridge after arriving in Chaos City, he had already displayed an extraordinary grasp of the Time Law.
Although he had lacked secret techniques related to time back then, he now had the Principles of Space-Time given to him by the Venerable. After six years, his understanding of the Time Law certainly wouldn't be holding him back.
Yet Feng Hui had passed the second level of the Heavenly Bridge without even needing to use his Time Law.
"Good lad. He still had strength in reserve. Looks like he's made quite a bit of progress over the past few years!"
Whoosh.
Wind King didn't leave. His consciousness instantly entered the "Heavenly Bridge Plane" in the Virtual Universe.
Seeing a new figure appear on the beautiful island, Guardian Bafen quickly bowed respectfully.
"Wind King."
"Has Feng Hui started his fight on the third level?" Wind King asked.
"He's about to. He's just reached the end of the third level."
Guardian Bafen replied.
Guardian Bafen was the keeper of the entire Heavenly Bridge Plane and knew everyone's circumstances on the Heavenly Bridge best. Even a supreme expert like Wind King couldn't directly inspect someone else's battle there. To watch, he had to rely on Bafen.
"Play a recording of his challenge." Wind King said solemnly.
"Of course!" Guardian Bafen waved his hand, and a screen over ten meters long and nearly eight meters wide appeared before them. Images appeared on it: a section of the Heavenly Bridge and a mass of white mist, with Feng Hui standing on the bridge, facing the mist.
"Do you think Feng Hui can pass the third level?" Wind King couldn't help asking.
"That'll be difficult. He's only been in Chaos City for six years. It's too soon."
As he discussed this with Wind King, Guardian Bafen had a thought. "I was told to find ways to encourage competition among this batch of geniuses. I should tell Guge and the others about this."
Guardian Bafen quietly sent the news that Feng Hui had passed the second level of the Heavenly Bridge and was challenging the third to the geniuses currently in seclusion.
More than nine hundred of the surviving geniuses, including Guge...
All received the news at the same time.
Without exception... they were all stunned!
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