The Dark Lord Preaches (Seeking Follow-ups)

In the Virtual Universe, within Zhang Dong's estate.

Swish!

A black-robed bald man appeared silently. The Giant Axe meeting had been temporarily paused, as many Universe Masters decided to first find a special life form for Zhang Dong to possess, with other matters to be discussed later.

"Teacher." Zhang Dong bowed in salute.

Dark Lord raised his right hand slightly, and a gentle force lifted Zhang Dong up. His eyes were filled with endless admiration: "You really are full of surprises. You've already conquered Primordial Heaven-Reaching Mountain at the Domain Lord Level—when will you attempt the Realm Lord Level?"

He had originally planned to guide Zhang Dong every few years.

But with Zhang Dong's progress being this fast, Dark Lord had to change his training plan.

"Disciple happened to have a fortunate opportunity, entering the Feather Slaughter Clan's Chaos Heaven Mirror to meditate," Zhang Dong said modestly. "If I had to rely on my own enlightenment, it would probably take another hundred years or more."

"Chaos Heaven Mirror?" Dark Lord had never heard of such an item before. After diverting a sliver of consciousness to search the records, he understood.

Wasn't it just a very ordinary enlightenment treasure? The mysteries of the mirror's internal space weren't much different from the Chaos Stele.

In Dark Lord's eyes, treasures on the level of the Chaos Stele were indeed extremely ordinary.

"It's still your comprehension ability that's remarkable." Dark Lord cut to the chase: "The clan held a meeting and decided to find a special life form for you to possess."

Those geniuses of the ten-million-epoch or hundred-million-epoch level would never receive such treatment.

Special life forms were exceedingly rare; whether one could possess one was entirely a matter of fate.

Even a suitable Kinkaku beast wouldn't be specifically sought out by the clan for possession, let alone having Universe Masters do the searching. Who could have such influence?

The three top-tier human Cosmic Overlords had all relied on their own fortunate encounters to possess high-multiple special life forms.

"Special life forms?" Zhang Dong wasn't particularly concerned about gene multiples during his weak early stage. He cared more about cultivating a Perfect Divine Body during the True Deity stage.

On the Origin Continent, the so-called advantage of a large divine body was mainly reflected in the Perfect Divine Body; even the second-rate Infinite Divine Body wouldn't do.

After Emperor Locust went to the Billion Holy Realms, his divine body had no advantage whatsoever.

But the Perfect Divine Body came with many characteristics of the Material Origin Great Dao—that was the real super cheat.

"Yes, but although the universe is vast and full of secret realms, finding a special life form with high genes is extremely, extremely difficult." Dark Lord smiled. "With us Universe Masters taking action, there shouldn't be any problem."

The efficiency of Universe Masters exploring secret realms was incomparable to that of Venerables or Overlords.

Their control over time and space covered an extremely vast range, and with their teleportation distance being so great, they could explore large swaths of core regions with just a little time.

"Teacher, wouldn't that be too much trouble?!" Zhang Dong said in a daze. "Why do so many Universe Masters need to act for me?"

Logically, possessing a Kinkaku beast or some other life form with a clone ability should be enough. There was no need to insist on high gene multiples.

Once he reached Universe Master level, he could improve his genes then. Even without methods like the Nine Tribulations Secret Codex, raising gene multiples wasn't difficult for a Universe Master.

Otherwise, with human gene multiples, they should be very weak even after becoming Universe Masters. But human Universe Masters, even those who hadn't possessed special life forms, were not weak.

"We've already discussed it in the meeting. No need to say more." Dark Lord's thinking differed from Zhang Dong's.

Universe Masters could indeed raise gene multiples.

But there would still be a gap between a special life form born with high multiples improving further and an ordinary human doing the same.

With Zhang Dong's talent, becoming a Cosmic Venerable was a hundred percent certain. Given enough time, he had a high probability of becoming a Universe Master. The Primordial Universe wasn't like the Tianyu Universe or the Boundary Heart Continent, which had time and mental will limitations.

If one's mental will wasn't up to par, living for tens of billions of years would lead to collapse.

Once he possessed a special life form and became a Universe Master, with his high comprehension and some time to accumulate, he should reach the third or fourth tier. With multiple clones, his deterrent power would be terrifying.

If he could reach the level of Dark Lord or Chaos City Lord, that would be extremely important for the entire clan.

"Enough small talk. Don't worry about the special life form matter. I just watched the video of your Primordial Heaven-Reaching Mountain challenge. The combat secret technique you created is decent, and your understanding of the Time Law is quite strong. What about Space? Any confusion?" Dark Lord asked.

He had returned to the Primordial Universe this time mainly to search for special life forms, and secondly to guide Zhang Dong.

Zhang Dong was studying the Universe Chaos Stele, cultivating both Time and Space simultaneously. He had already achieved Inanimate Stillness in the Time Law, but his Space Law should be somewhat lacking.

In just over ten years, it was impossible for his Time Law to progress while his Space Law didn't fall behind.

There was no such monster in this world.

"Teacher, I haven't put much effort into Space yet. I've been standing still," Zhang Dong said after thinking. "I'd like to ask you, Teacher, to give me a complete demonstration of the Space Law."

The Chaos Stele was about artistic conception; how much one comprehended depended on oneself.

It was inherently profound imagery. If a cultivator with weaker talent looked at it—like the Raindrop Diagram or the Universe Diagram—they wouldn't understand a thing.

They might even think it was some kind of abstract painting, completely incomprehensible.

"A complete demonstration of the Law?" Dark Lord had never heard such a request before.

Even if he displayed the complete Space Law, could Zhang Dong understand it?

The Dao and Laws were like solving a math problem. Even if the correct answer was right in front of you, and the process of reaching it was detailed, most people still couldn't see through it. They could only find it amazing.

The Laws were countless times more complex than math problems, so one had to start from the basics.

"Yes, a complete demonstration. I just need to have a general idea," Zhang Dong replied. "Then I'll focus on Inanimate Teleportation. I need to see it several more times."

For Inanimate Teleportation, he could also enter a microscopic particle state to comprehend how to merge into spatial fluctuations.

Practicing the complete spatial laws, or teleporting inanimate objects, is possible within the Virtual Universe. It simulates reality with one hundred percent fidelity, and the same goes for any laws.

The next moment, the Dark Lord began to practice the complete spatial laws.

It was an infinitely vast cosmos. In his hands, space was split apart, each layer's structure clearly visible.

How to teleport, how to seal space, and what the principle of spatial rending was—the Dark Lord explained as he demonstrated.

Zhang Dong employed microscopic techniques, watching as the micro-particles of the inanimate object merged into space, only to reappear in a distant location.

"Only by merging micro-particles into spatial fluctuations can one teleport." Zhang Dong watched, utterly captivated. The complete spatial laws being demonstrated by the Dark Lord—such an opportunity was something countless people could only dream of obtaining.