Dual Cultivation of Time and Space

The Universe Chaos Stele is widely recognized as one of the two most difficult steles, requiring simultaneous cultivation of both time and space—something even many Cosmic Venerables cannot achieve.

That Death God Bolan, with his high self-regard, chose this path, intending to cultivate both time and space, but ultimately found himself stuck, struggling under the harsh difficulty of the time laws.

When Bolan reached the ninth level of space laws, his time laws were only at the third or fourth level, making his attempts to cross the Heavenly Bridge extremely arduous.

Thus, most cultivators who choose to study the Universe Chaos Stele focus on one path as primary and the other as supplementary; those who can truly master both are exceedingly rare.

"What a coincidence, the meditation chamber for the Universe Chaos Stele is currently empty." After the reception envoy finished recording all the newcomers' choices, he led the group toward the area where the steles were located.

This was a broad, deep corridor.

On both sides, heavy Bronze Giant Gates stood imposingly, each gate concealing a Chaos Stele within. Guarding each Bronze Giant Gate was none other than Kandri, clad in a gray robe.

Zhang Dong's gaze swept over the numerous avatars, his heart brimming with curiosity.

He had long known that Kandri possessed a secret avatar technique, but to be able to split into so many avatars, each retaining sixty percent of the original's combat power—what kind of innate secret technique was this?

Under the rules of the Primordial Universe, this was nothing short of a miracle. If a Universe Master were to master such a technique, how terrifying would that be?

"Lord Kandri." The reception envoy bowed respectfully. "I've brought all the newcomers here."

Kandri smiled faintly, casting a casual glance at the World Lords and Immortals, then fixed his gaze on Zhang Dong. He had heard about him before from a friend during idle conversation.

The last time an external recruit at the Cosmic Level had the strength to directly enter the Primordial Realm was during the Giant Axe Arena's Giant Axe Secret Realm, over a million epochs ago.

There was no shortage of powerful figures behind the scenes keeping an eye on Zhang Dong.

The Bronze Giant Gate of the Universe Chaos Stele opened, and Zhang Dong entered alone.

Behind the gate was no ordinary chamber, but a strange space filled with Chaos Qi. Thick currents of Chaos Qi drifted like clouds, slowly flowing, eventually converging and swirling toward the center of the space.

There, an ancient stele stood silently, a hundred meters tall and a hundred meters wide.

Zhang Dong had already seen the patterns carved on the stele's surface, but seeing the real thing brought a completely different level of shock and insight.

Though the stele was only a hundred meters tall, the depictions of cosmic galaxies and the essence of time and space on its surface seemed to encompass an endless, vast expanse.

At first glance, time felt like a silent river flowing endlessly, while space constantly shifted. All kinds of essences appeared before his eyes, as if he could grasp them at any moment, yet like flowers in a fog, there was always a layer between him and understanding.

Planets cycled through birth and destruction, stars blazed fiercely, and black holes devoured everything.

Zhang Dong's consciousness was completely immersed. The static image evolved into infinite changes, revealing the very essence of the laws.

With the extraordinary comprehension of a First-Class True Intent and the soul strength to perceive, Zhang Dong could grasp things even faster than those World Lords. The puzzles that had troubled him before, the problems that the Thirteenth Divine General had explained countless times without making clear, suddenly became crystal clear.

Seven days passed in an instant, lost in deep contemplation.

"Time's up. Everyone come out~"

The Bronze Giant Gate slowly opened, and a gentle voice directly penetrated deep into Zhang Dong's mind, waking him from his deepest state of enlightenment.

"Time really flew by." Zhang Dong snapped awake. Unlike the other cultivators, he didn't linger at all, leaving the chamber cleanly without even a glance back.

Seeing the Chaos Stele once gave him far too many insights. He needed to organize these realizations and turn them into laws he could master.

Kandri didn't bother reminding him to enter the Heavenly Bridge.

These monstrous talents recruited from the company's external channels were already well-informed about everything in Chaos City and the Primordial Realm.

The Thirteenth Divine General had already explained it to Zhang Dong countless times.

Leaving the City Lord's Mansion, Zhang Dong immediately found a quiet residence, connected his consciousness to the Virtual Universe, and began browsing various secret techniques.

"So many emails?"

The moment he entered the Virtual Universe, a flood of email notification sounds rang out. Zhang Dong had set his system so that his artificial intelligence wouldn't disturb him unless the message was important.

His predecessor had been a lone wanderer, which saved him a lot of trouble. The other emails were partly from friends in the Ganwu Secret Realm.

Some were sent by members of the Virtual Universe Company. Zhang Dong chose to reply politely to all of them.

The senders were just trying to make connections, with no ill intent.

Normally, a Primordial Realm member would also have an Immortal as a guard, but since Zhang Dong was leaving Chaos City to participate in the Qualification Battle, this had been put on hold.

After all, during this time, his true body was in Chaos City, where no guard was needed.

"I'm definitely going to cultivate both paths. Time-related techniques aren't urgent, so I'll buy space-related ones first." Zhang Dong was troubled. Not having a mentor was the downside.

He didn't even know how to buy secret techniques.

Luo Feng had Zhenyan King to guide him, but Zhang Dong could only send a communication request to the Thirteenth Divine General.

A moment later, the call connected, and the towering figure appeared before him.

"Teacher, I've chosen the Universe Chaos Stele and want to cultivate both time and space, but I don't know which secret techniques to buy." Zhang Dong asked, "Do you have any recommendations?"

As the right-hand man of the Ganwu Kingdom Master, the Thirteenth Divine General must have entered Chaos City before and studied secret techniques.

"The Universe Chaos Stele?" The Thirteenth Divine General was taken aback. "You haven't cultivated the laws of metal, wood, water, fire, or earth before, nor have you studied space. Why would you choose the Universe Chaos Stele?"

Earlier, the Thirteenth Divine General had mentioned two or three Chaos Steles to him.

They were all from the time law lineage. Two started from the light path, and one started directly from time.

Who could have imagined that Zhang Dong would actually choose the Universe Chaos Stele.

"Disciple observed the Universe Chaos Stele and vaguely gained some insights into space as well." Zhang Dong said vaguely, "So I chose this chaos stele."

"Foolish!"

The Thirteenth Divine General's voice carried a hint of anger: "The Universe Chaos Stele is already extremely difficult, yet you still think of cultivating both. Only by focusing on time and supplementing with space can you have any hope."

He had originally thought that even if Zhang Dong chose the Universe Chaos Stele, he could still cultivate by focusing on time.

But Zhang Dong actually wanted to cultivate both—truly not knowing the immensity of heaven and earth.

How could this possibly be achieved?

"Teacher, I have confidence." Zhang Dong's tone was extremely calm, with no emotional fluctuation inside. The Thirteenth Divine General had no idea just how monstrous he truly was; this attitude was only natural.

The more agitated he became, the more it showed he was worried Zhang Dong had taken a wrong path.

"Wait here. I'll go ask the Domain Lord what secret method you should choose now."

The Thirteenth Divine General left these words behind.