Time Flows On, Martial Meet Approaches

Nine Swords King had no intention of taking disciples, which left Feng Hui rather helpless.

He thought that since Nine Swords King would become Nine Swords Venerable in the future, taking him as a master would be more promising than taking either of the other two "Universe" school masters of the Virtual Universe Company.

At the very least, he could be certain that Nine Swords King would eventually become a Universe Venerable.

Given Feng Hui's current displayed talent, though he was a rare good seedling of the "Universe" school unseen in a hundred million years, he was only on par with Bolan, barely qualifying as a genius that appears once in ten thousand eras.

Such geniuses still found it difficult to attract the attention of Universe Venerables.

But if he could take Nine Swords King as his master, he could wait for his teacher to rise in rank, which by approximation would be equivalent to taking a Universe Venerable as his master.

However, ideals were plump, but reality was lean.

Feng Hui chose to attend Nine Swords King's lecture for his first class, hoping to take him as master, only to be rejected.

This left Feng Hui in a very awkward position.

Because in Chaos City, if one wished to become a disciple of a certain master, the first lecture one attended had to be under that master.

After all, if one didn't attend the first lecture and only came after being rejected by another master, it would violate the unspoken rules of taking a master in Chaos City and also show disrespect to the other masters.

So Feng Hui found it difficult to seek out another "Universe" school master to take him as disciple.

Fortunately, though Nine Swords King did not take Feng Hui as his disciple, he did agree that Feng Hui could come to his residence to seek guidance when he had questions.

This still counted as having guidance from a "Universe" school master.

Things were fine as they were now; at least during his time in Chaos City, he could still receive guidance from Nine Swords King.

As for later... perhaps he could take an even stronger expert as his master.

Feng Hui consoled himself like this.

Hearing that Feng Hui had failed to take Nine Swords King as his master, Guge and the other geniuses breathed a sigh of relief.

Feng Hui was already far ahead of them; if he had an Immortal-level master as his teacher, he would surely progress even faster.

That would make it even harder to catch up to him.

From then on, Feng Hui once again devoted himself to cultivation.

In Chaos City, with the externally manifested laws of the universe's operation, the ability to comprehend the Cosmic Chaos Stele, occasional guidance from Nine Swords King, and the supplementary aid of the Cosmic Scripture and Principles of Space-Time, his progress was indeed very fast.

Feng Hui had previously spent six years fully comprehending the first subtlety of the essence of the Time Law and the Law of Space.

On the path of law essence, the initial entry was the most difficult.

After entering, having gained some experience and tricks, along with Nine Swords King's occasional guidance, and especially since the first diagram of the Cosmic Chaos Stele contained relatively simple first nine subtleties of the essence of the Time Law and the Law of Space, it became easier.

Thus, after a little over two years of effort, Feng Hui fully comprehended the second subtlety of the essence of the Time Law and the Law of Space, and after nearly another two years, he fully comprehended the third subtlety.

...As he went further, his comprehension efficiency actually increased.

In the twenty-first year in Chaos City, Feng Hui fully comprehended the ninth subtlety of the essence of the Time Law.

In the twenty-third year in Chaos City, the ninth subtlety of the essence of the Law of Space was also fully comprehended by Feng Hui!

From then on, the first diagram of the Cosmic Chaos Stele held no secrets for Feng Hui; he had fully understood it!

But likewise, the first volume of the Principles of Space-Time that Ice Universe Venerable had gifted him only corresponded to the first diagram of the Cosmic Chaos Stele.

The first diagram was the most basic and relatively easy, but the second diagram was much harder.

Now Feng Hui needed the second volume of the Principles of Space-Time, which corresponded to the second diagram.

Fortunately, in his eighteenth year in Chaos City, he had passed the Fourth Layer of Heavenly Bridge; otherwise, he wouldn't have enough points to buy it.

After all, the first two volumes of the Principles of Space-Time cost ten thousand points, and they weren't sold separately.

Now in Chaos City, Feng Hui only had one way to earn points: passing the "Heavenly Bridge."

The Cosmic Heavenly Bridge had thirty layers in total. Passing the first layer rewarded 100 points; passing the second rewarded another 200 points; passing the third rewarded another 400 points...

Each additional layer passed doubled the point reward, followed by 800 points, 1600 points, 3200 points, and so on.

Since they were newcomers just entering Chaos City, the Virtual Universe Company had special reward rules for young geniuses—anyone who passed the Heavenly Bridge within thirty years in Chaos City would receive ten times the point reward.

That is, within these thirty years in Chaos City, passing the first layer rewarded 1000 points, passing the second rewarded another 2000 points...

Of course, this tenfold reward was only open to newcomers entering Chaos City for the first time; when Feng Hui entered Chaos City again in the future, such good fortune would not be available.

Feng Hui had previously passed the first, second, and third layers in one go, earning a total of 7000 points.

In his eighteenth year, he passed the Fourth Layer of Heavenly Bridge, earning another 8000 points.

Adding the initial 100 points for a Doomsday Secret Realm member, he had a total of 15100 points.

It seemed like a lot, but after buying the first two volumes of the Principles of Space-Time, he had only a little over five thousand points left.

Time passed, and none of these geniuses slackened. Especially with Feng Hui as a target ahead of them to catch up to, they burst forth with astonishing motivation.

After Feng Hui passed the Third Layer of Heavenly Bridge in his sixth year in Chaos City, one year, two years, three years, four years, five years...

In the ninth year in Chaos City, Ha'en and Kong Ji of the Taichu Secret Realm passed the second layer.

In the eighteenth year since arriving at Chaos City, Guge broke through the third layer of the Heavenly Bridge, and on that very day, Feng Hui broke through the fourth layer of the Heavenly Bridge!

The two of them were far ahead of the others. This also spurred Ha'en, Kong Ji, and other members of the Taichu Secret Realm to attempt the breakthrough, but no one could succeed.

In the twenty-fourth year since arriving at Chaos City, Kong Ji of the Taichu Secret Realm broke through the third layer of the Heavenly Bridge.

In the blink of an eye, Feng Hui had been in Chaos City for over twenty-six years.

In the Eastern Emperor Holy Land Universe, more than eighty years had also passed.

The Eastern Domain Tournament, held once every ten thousand years, was about to begin!

The Eastern Domain Tournament, as a grand selection event for Cosmic Level prodigies in the Eastern Domain of the Eastern Emperor Holy Land Universe, would be held in the Eastern Domain Great World.

The true core of the Eastern Emperor Holy Land Universe was the Endless Divine Realm, where all great beings surpassing Universe Venerables gathered—those who were not true experts had no right to enter.

Below it were the five major domains: Eastern Domain, Western Domain, Southern Domain, Northern Domain, and Central Domain, where the selection and training of geniuses took place.

The Eastern Domain Great World, named after the Eastern Domain, was the absolute core of the entire Eastern Domain.

There, experts were as numerous as clouds, and geniuses were as plentiful as rain.

To gain access to the true heritage of the Eastern Emperor Holy Land Universe and obtain profound legacies, one had to go there.

Jia 312 Academy would be led by Teacher Wala, forming a team of ten students to head to the Eastern Domain Great World, and Feng Hui was naturally among them.

However, whether it was the dean, Teacher Wala, or Teacher Thunder Eye, they all understood clearly.

Aside from Feng Hui, the other nine students from the academy were only going to broaden their horizons.

Given their strength, it was almost impossible for them to pass the Eastern Domain Tournament; they would likely be eliminated in the first round.

After all, various academies and planes within the Eastern Domain would send geniuses to participate, making it a gathering of prodigies.

Those who were not true geniuses, lacking astonishing talent, would merely serve as green leaves to set off the red flowers at the Eastern Domain Tournament.

And Jia 312 Academy was merely an ordinary Dongdi Clan "kindergarten" academy; producing a genius like Feng Hui was already a stroke of extraordinary luck.

In previous sessions, their Jia 312 Academy had basically been a backdrop, merely going there to act as spectators.

Now, at least they had a seeded contestant like Feng Hui.

As for how far Feng Hui, the academy's sole hope, could go, that would depend on him alone.