Primordial!!

"Boom boom boom boom boom—!!!"

Blade light intertwined with blade light, space collided with space!

Every clash reduced chunks of stellar wreckage around them to dust!

Every exchange tore massive spatial rifts through the void!

Qian Yu's blade technique had already been pushed to its limit!

Yet the Guardian was even stronger than him!

Qian Yu gradually fell into a disadvantage!

But he did not retreat!

Gritting his teeth, he desperately defended and desperately counterattacked!

The Primordial Dao Tree swayed wildly within his Inner World, and countless insights surged forth like spring water!

The Wild Beast Clone continuously practiced in the void, verifying those insights one by one!

He kept improving in battle!

One hundred moves!

Two hundred moves!

Three hundred moves!

Qian Yu's blade grew faster, fiercer!

But he knew full well that he was still at a disadvantage.

Every strike from the Guardian seemed to anticipate every one of his evasions, blocks, and counterattacks.

That control over the Law of Space had reached an entirely new level. It was no longer mere application; he had integrated the Law of Space into his bones, turning it into instinct.

Was this the gap between the Marquis Level and ordinary Immortals?

Still not enough!

Still not enough!

He needed more!

The Guardian's blade slashed toward him once more!

This strike was unimaginably fast!

Before the blade's edge even arrived, Qian Yu felt the surrounding space pressing in on him, as though it intended to freeze him in place!

"Break!"

Qian Yu roared and slashed out!

His blade light tore apart space's restraints, but the Guardian's blade had already reached him!

"Clang—!"

The two blades collided. Qian Yu's body was sent flying back dozens of meters, his palm split open as blood dripped down the hilt.

The Guardian did not pursue him. He merely watched quietly.

"Your blade technique and insights are not bad, but you are still lacking something."

The Guardian spoke calmly.

"What you lack is a true understanding of the essence of the Law of Space. What you have mastered is merely 'use,' not the 'Dao.'"

Qian Yu panted heavily and stared fixedly at the Guardian.

The difference between "use" and "Dao"?

He closed his eyes, frantically replaying every detail of the battle just now in his mind.

Every slash, every evasion, every use of space by the Guardian replayed over and over in his heart.

Suddenly, Qian Yu opened his eyes.

A glimmer of realization flashed through them.

"So that's how it is..."

He murmured. The battle blade in his hand trembled slightly, and faint law radiance began to emerge from its blade.

He raised his head and looked at the Guardian.

"Thank you. Again."

A trace of approval flashed through the Guardian's eyes. With a flicker, he lunged forward once more!

"Clang—!"

The two blades collided. This time, Qian Yu did not retreat a single step!

He struck!

One strike, two strikes, three strikes... each strike faster, fiercer, and sharper than the last!

Moreover, there seemed to be some peculiar connection between every strike, as though they formed a complete blade technique!

A trace of surprise flashed through the Guardian's eyes.

"This is..."

Qian Yu did not answer.

His blade became faster and more profound!

The phantom of the Primordial Dao Tree flickered behind him. Every time blade light flashed, the phantom swayed gently, as though providing him with endless insights!

The two fought madly in the void, blade light flashing as space shattered!

One hundred moves!

Two hundred moves!

Three hundred moves!

At the three hundred and twenty-seventh move, Qian Yu roared and slashed out!

"Primordial!!"

The blade light flashed, and space instantly froze!

The Guardian's body was actually fixed in place for an instant!

Though it was only an instant, it was enough!

The blade light was like the creation of heaven and earth!!

Boom!!

With one slash, the Guardian died instantly!

"Heavenly Bridge Fifteenth Floor, passed."

Qian Yu sheathed his blade and stood there, panting heavily. He was drenched in sweat, but his eyes were filled with excitement.

A narrow victory.

A truly narrow victory.

He had passed!

This strike had finally succeeded!

Qian Yu raised his head and looked toward the entrance to the Sixteenth Floor.

Without hesitation, he charged straight in.

Sixteenth Floor.

In merely three moves, Qian Yu was blasted out.

The gap was too great.

Yet he was not the slightest bit dejected. Instead, he smiled.

The Fifteenth Floor was already enough.

Heavenly Bridge Plane, plaza.

When Qian Yu appeared, quite a few people had already gathered around.

Bafen looked at him with a beaming smile, his eyes full of praise.

"Good kid, you passed the Fifteenth Floor!"

Waves of discussion also rose from the surrounding crowd.

"The Fifteenth Floor! He really passed it!"

"A Realm Lord Level challenger reached the Fifteenth Floor. This talent... is too terrifying!"

"I remember that when he first arrived, he was only a First-Order Realm Lord, right? That means he had only recently broken through to Realm Lord, yet his law insights already rival Sealed Marquis!"

"Powerful, truly powerful!"

"Look, he came out. Although he did not pass the Sixteenth Floor, reaching the Fifteenth Floor is already more than heaven-defying enough."

"Thirty years, from the Tenth Floor to the Fifteenth Floor... This is not something those geniuses who went from the First Floor to the Sixth Floor can compare with. This is from the Tenth Floor to the Fifteenth Floor! The difficulty is on an entirely different scale!"

The way everyone looked at Qian Yu had completely changed.

Chaos City, City Lord's Mansion.

The Chaos City Lord watched the entire process of Qian Yu's challenge from beginning to end.

The moment Qian Yu passed the Fifteenth Floor, he smiled.

That smile was full of gratification and satisfaction.

"Over a hundred years, passed five floors..."

He murmured.

He knew very clearly what that meant.

Qian Yu was only a First-Order Realm Lord now, yet his law insights had already reached the Marquis Level.

If Qian Yu raised his own level to the Realm Lord Ninth-Order Pinnacle, then with his Special Life Clone's Five-Thousand-Five-Hundredfold Gene Level, his combat power would soar directly to the King Level!

A Realm Lord Level being with King Level combat power.

Even throughout the entire Primordial Universe, such beings were exceedingly rare.

If he did not take such a genius as his disciple, he would likely regret it.

Moreover, if left unchecked, Qian Yu would also be a tremendous loss to the Human Race.

With a thought, he sent out an order.

Chaos City, Qian Yu's cultivation residence.

Qian Yu withdrew from the Virtual Universe and stretched lazily.

"Whew..."

He loosened up his muscles and bones, his face full of smiles.

"Spending that little money this time was truly worth it."

More than a hundred years ago, he had merely been a First-Order Realm Lord whose law insights had barely reached the Immortal threshold.

More than a hundred years later, his law insights had already reached the Marquis Level!

His strength had increased by far more than several times!

If he faced himself from a hundred years ago again, he was confident that he could kill him in a single slash!

Just then.

"Master."

Azure Luan's phantom suddenly appeared.

"You have received a special mail."

Qian Yu froze.

"From whom?"

Azure Luan paused before answering.

"From the Chaos City Lord."

Qian Yu's pupils suddenly constricted.

"What?!"

"Open it quickly!"

Azure Luan nodded and displayed the contents of the mail before him.

The contents were simple, consisting of only six short words.

"Come to the City Lord's Mansion to see me."