The Space-Time Millstone

The Seventh Layer of Heavenly Bridge was located in the boundless starry sky.

The bridge deck extended directly into the stars. At the end of the bridge deck on this Seventh Layer, a small meteorite several kilometers in diameter was suspended. Feng Hui, clad in a black battle suit, stood on the bridge deck, gazing at the floating meteorite ahead.

"Warrior," Feng Hui said.

"Crack."

A piece of stone broke off from the edge of the meteorite, crashing onto the bridge deck. As it rolled across the surface, it transformed directly into a warrior in a blue battle suit.

"A young man at the Cosmic Level, able to reach this step—congratulations. I hope you can pass my trial," the Blue-clad Man said, his voice sounding slightly aged.

Feng Hui's expression turned solemn. He had virtually no confidence in clearing this Seventh Layer.

"The First to Third Layers of Heavenly Bridge correspond to the first illustration of the Cosmic Chaos Stele. The Fourth to Sixth Layers correspond to the second illustration. The Seventh to Ninth Layers correspond to the third illustration."

Feng Hui frowned. "That's just a rough correspondence. I've comprehended the first thirty-six essences of the Laws of Time and Space. Compared to an ordinary understanding of the second illustration, I should be at least ten times stronger."

"But this third illustration is far more profound than the second, and its power is vastly greater."

Feng Hui had not yet begun comprehending the third illustration. Whether he could reach the standard of the Seventh Layer, he had no idea.

"Boom!"

The Blue-clad Man suddenly stomped on the bridge deck, charging at Feng Hui like a massive mountain.

The two figures moved like bolts of lightning, converging at a single point in an instant. Their war blades traced two dazzling arcs through the air, as if they were about to tear apart the endless fabric of time and space.

"Clang!"

The two war blades collided violently in midair, erupting with a deafening roar, as if the sound of metal striking metal echoed through heaven and earth.

In that moment, time seemed to freeze, and space itself trembled.

As the clash continued, the surrounding time and space appeared to lose their stability, growing distorted and blurred.

"It's useless. You can't defeat me now. Go back and train some more. Your strength and mine are similar. Train for another three years, and you might be able to suppress me. Train for ten years, and you could defeat me," the Blue-clad Man said amidst the fierce exchange, speaking as he fought.

"Hmph, that's not necessarily true," Feng Hui said coldly, staring at the Blue-clad Man as he unleashed the strongest technique he could currently use.

"Space-Time Millstone!"

Space is the extensiveness of material existence and motion, while time is the manifestation of continuity and sequence in the development and change of things. These two supreme laws contain countless mysteries.

For example, the Law of Space can be divided into three major categories: Instant Teleportation, Space Annihilation, and Space Sealing. Each major category can be further subdivided into many minor categories. Comprehending any single minor category to perfection can earn recognition from the Law of Space. However, cultivating any one of these three major categories to its ultimate limit is extremely, extremely difficult.

To achieve the ultimate perfection of Instant Teleportation, Annihilation, or Sealing... is generally the level of a peak King-level Immortal.

Feng Hui naturally couldn't do that now, but he could combine his insights into certain minor categories of the Time Law and the Law of Space to execute a secret technique that contained a hint of the mysteries of time-space integration.

The Principles of Space-Time contained many such secret techniques.

The "Space-Time Millstone" he had just unleashed was a secret technique formed by combining some of the mysteries of Space Annihilation and Time Deceleration.

Blade light poured out like a violent storm, each strike imbued with a profound understanding and application of the laws of time and space.

The blade light was like woven silk, not only astonishingly fast but also carving deadly trajectories through space, as if countless blades were simultaneously cutting through both space and time.

These strands of blade light intertwined, forming a massive, endlessly rotating millstone that trapped the Blue-clad Man firmly within.

Under the pressure of this "Space-Time Millstone," the flow of time around the Blue-clad Man seemed to undergo a bizarre distortion. His figure became sluggish and clumsy, his movements growing increasingly difficult, and his speed was drastically reduced.

He tried to struggle, but every effort was like an ant trying to shake a tree, only sinking him deeper into the trap.

In the end, under the combined annihilation of countless blade lights, the Blue-clad Man's figure gradually blurred and dissolved into nothingness, defeated completely and helplessly.

Seventh Layer, cleared!

At the request of these Immortal experts, the overseer Bafen had already broadcast Feng Hui's attempt on the Seventh Layer of Heavenly Bridge.

Watching the move Feng Hui used to defeat his opponent on the Seventh Layer in the live broadcast, the sect masters of the Cosmos School wore expressions of utter disbelief.

Other Immortal experts might not fully grasp it, but these sect masters of the Cosmos School knew exactly how difficult it was.

Heavenly Bridge wasn't something one could necessarily clear just by having sufficient law comprehension. With the same level of law comprehension, the actual combat strength one could exert varied.

Strength wasn't just about law comprehension—it also included the secret techniques one cultivated, combat awareness, execution, and so on.

All of these factors combined ultimately determined victory or defeat.

In the Principles of Space-Time corresponding to the Cosmic Chaos Stele, there were indeed secret techniques like "Space-Time Millstone" for the first two illustrations.

In theory, as long as one fully comprehended the first two illustrations and grasped the first thirty-six mysteries of the essence of the Laws of Time and Space, one could execute such a secret technique.

But that was only theoretical—the limit deduced by the creator of the Chaos Stele at an extremely high realm for the first two illustrations. It didn't mean it could actually be achieved in practice.

In reality, cultivators usually only managed to combine time and space to execute the "Space-Time Millstone" secret technique after comprehending all one hundred and eight fundamental mysteries of the Laws of Time and Space.

That Feng Hui could achieve this—what did it mean?

It meant his foundation in the Way of Time and Space was solid to the extreme. He had almost maximized the insights from the first two illustrations of the Cosmic Chaos Stele, taking not a single detour and pointing directly at the essence.

Little did they know, Feng Hui's Way of Time and Space had been guided by the time-space inheritance of the Cosmic Emperor. In terms of mastery over the Way of Time and Space, even Chaos City Lord, the creator of the Cosmic Chaos Stele, was far inferior to the Cosmic Emperor, who had once been invincible in the Cosmic Sea as a top-tier True God at the tenth level.

Thus, Feng Hui was naturally walking the true supreme path. No wonder these sect masters of the Cosmos School were so shocked.

At the end of the eighth floor of the Heavenly Bridge.

Feng Hui gazed at the floating Meteorite before him, awaiting his opponent's appearance.

Although the Heavenly Bridge is divided into checkpoints every three floors, the difficulty only increases as one advances further. The jump from the seventh to the eighth floor might not be as steep as from the sixth to the seventh, but it is certainly far harder than from the fifth to the sixth.

Still, since he had come, he might as well give it a try.

"To attempt the eighth floor at the Cosmic Level is quite impressive. Among the Cosmic Level members of the Virtual Universe Company, only one has successfully cleared the eighth floor so far." The Blue-clad Man held his battle blade, a hint of amusement in his eyes beneath the mask. "Here I come."

"Not good." Feng Hui's expression shifted.

The moment the Blue-clad Man moved, he instantly stirred the two supreme foundational laws of time and space. Heaven and earth changed color, and in an instant, a vast temporal-spatial vortex formed around them.

Feng Hui felt as if he had fallen into a quagmire, every movement laborious.

"Swoosh"

The Blue-clad Man transformed into a streak of light, charging at Feng Hui with his blade.

"Chi!"

The gap was too great. After barely parrying a few strikes, Feng Hui could no longer withstand the profound blade light and was pierced straight through the head.

Defeated and slain, his attempt to clear the eighth floor of the Heavenly Bridge ended in failure.