Gulun Secret Realm, Immortal Ladder

Jiang Luo browsed through the Burning Technique and his eyes lit up: "This is indeed a shortcut to rapidly improve the Law of Fire, though the materials are not easy to find."

The divine abilities and cultivation techniques he manifested from the myriad worlds had all been modified by the Wordless Seal to adapt to the supreme rules of the Origin Continent's source world.

The original Burning Technique was a mysterious cultivation method that used 'exotic fires' as fuel to drive its own continuous evolution.

The version manifested by consuming wish power had been transformed into a technique that improved one's mastery of the origin Law of Fire by devouring special materials.

After all, the Swallowing Starry Sky universe did not possess a multitude of magical exotic fires.

The strength and level of the flames depended purely on the practitioner's comprehension of the Law of Fire.

And the special materials required for consumption in the Burning Technique were treasures containing the origin Law of Fire!

Treasures containing origin laws were generally very precious; many were materials used to forge valuable immortal weapons or possessed other heaven-defying functions.

As far as he knew, the Ice Fire Fruit produced in the Ancestral God Secret Realm even contained complete Laws of Water and Fire.

The Golden Leaf of the Kras Ancient Tree contained a trace of the origin Law of Light.

Then there was the Purple Blue Thunder Glaze, which contained the origin Law of Thunder and could be used to forge precious weapons.

The Nine Pure Light Sand contained a certain amount of the origin Law of Time and was a precious material for manufacturing time-type weapons.

"Wu He, query the treasures containing the origin Law of Fire that have appeared in past primary and intermediate auctions," Jiang Luo commanded.

Such precious treasures were likely only to appear at the Gulun Auction or even higher-level auctions.

Wu He quickly produced the results: "Over the last 100 sessions of the Gulun Auction, treasures containing materials with the origin Law of Fire have appeared seven times.

"On average, they only appear once every 14 auctions.

"At intermediate auctions, however, treasures containing materials with the origin Law of Fire appear every session; these materials are usually raw ingredients for forging powerful immortal weapons.

"However, intermediate auctions are only held once every hundred years and are aimed at immortal powerhouses from all 1008 universe countries.

"The good news is that you won't have to wait too long for the next intermediate auction; it will be held in nine years."

Jiang Luo's expression shifted: "Nine years?

"Fine, I'll inquire further once I reach the Gulun Secret Realm.

"Besides, these types of treasures are all very precious and expensive; even with the inheritance of the Flint Star Sector Lord, it might not be enough."

After ten years of cultivation with massive resource investments, the Ten Thousand Feather Tree had already reached the Domain Lord level.

At the Gulun Auction that concluded just this year, he had spent 56,000 Hunyuan units in a single purchase on materials.

This was to allow the Ten Thousand Feather Tree to evolve to the Sector Lord level.

A Sector Lord-level Ten Thousand Feather Tree could be considered to have the initial capability to defend and manage his star system territories.

On every life planet where he cultivated faith, he had distributed a stellar-level Ten Thousand Feather Tree offshoot.

But while a stellar-level offshoot was fine for managing a planet, governing mortals, and spreading faith, it was insufficient to protect the planet if they encountered cosmic space pirates.

Once the Ten Thousand Feather Tree evolved to the Sector Lord level, it could mass-produce universe-level offshoots, which would be sufficient to act as the protectors of the planets.

Although this required consuming greater resources—as the mother tree consumed life force to gestate each offshoot, and the stronger the offshoot, the more life force it consumed—it was still the most cost-effective method for protecting his star system territories and sources of faith.

If he were to install defense systems and weapon systems on every life planet, the cost would be even more outrageous!

Moreover, most planetary defense systems required people to operate them.

That would require even more slaves.

Auxiliary AI brains also required significant investment and time to evolve into intelligent life.

One had to realize that a single star system contained at least hundreds of millions of life planets; how many slaves would he have to buy?

Yet, the Ten Thousand Feather Tree offshoots were equivalent to clones of the mother tree; not only did they possess intelligence on par with humans, but they also completely obeyed Jiang Luo's will.

Only after reaching this step could he feel at ease leaving the Huanming Star Sector.

After cultivating the Ten Thousand Feather Tree to the Sector Lord level, Jiang Luo took his parents back to Luo Planet from the Movita Empire's Imperial Capital Star.

The treasure of the Flint Star Sector Lord was gone.

The suspicion that Jiang Luo might have obtained the token of the Flint Star World had been cleared, and coupled with his status as a disciple of the Ancient Wheel Hall, the Obsidian Company naturally dared not target him any further.

After providing the people of Luo Planet with sufficient resources and spending two months with his family, Jiang Luo bid farewell to his parents and siblings. He boarded an E6-grade alloy spacecraft from the Flint Star Sector Lord's collection and set off toward the Gulun Secret Realm.

The pyramid-shaped Flint Star Main Ship had been stored away within his internal world.

The Gulun Secret Realm was a small cosmic secret realm with a diameter of approximately 300,000 light-years.

Many dangerous zones were scattered throughout the secret realm.

On one of its vast continents, a spacecraft slowly descended.

"Your Highness," the Domain Lord-level captain in charge of the ship said respectfully, "this continent is where the members of the Ancient Wheel Hall below the immortal level live, cultivate, and hone their skills."

Jiang Luo was stunned: "Below the immortal level?"

"Heh," the Domain Lord-level captain chuckled, "on the Gulun Sacred Island within the Virtual Universe, there are indeed only disciples at the Universe level and below."

"The Sacred Island itself is a place for the Genius Tournament, the Warrior Tournament, and for the giants to select geniuses."

"However, if Star-level or Universe-level geniuses fail to enter the Giant Axe Arena or the Virtual Universe Company, they will sooner or later break through to the Domain Lord or even World Lord level."

"As long as they meet the requirements of the Gulun Secret Realm, the status of Domain Lord and World Lord disciples as members of the Ancient Wheel Hall will not be stripped away."

"After all, the Universe Kingdom must also cultivate powerhouses for itself."

Jiang Luo suddenly realized; this meant that living on this continent were not only geniuses like them at the Star and Universe levels, but also those veteran Ancient Wheel Hall members at the Domain Lord and World Lord levels.

Jiang Luo had just settled into the secret realm when someone came to visit.

"Senior Brother Ji Chen, Senior Sister Eloise."

Ji Chen walked into the castle accompanied by a woman wearing green scale armor.

The woman in green scale armor smiled, "Junior Brother Jiang, you have always been a recluse and rarely log into the Virtual Universe. It is good to finally see you in the Gulun Secret Realm."

This woman was also a Star-level genius from the Huanming Star Sector, named Eloise.

This was Jiang Luo's first time meeting her.

Ji Chen sighed, "There are currently twelve disciples from the Huanming Star Sector here in the Gulun Secret Realm, but apart from the three of us, the rest are all Senior Brothers at the Domain Lord and World Lord levels."

"Although we live on the same continent, they rarely interact with us."

"Come, I will take you for a stroll. You may have read the data on the secret realm, but there are some details you likely aren't aware of yet..."

Jiang Luo did not decline the offer; he truly wanted to learn more about the Gulun Secret Realm through Ji Chen.

In the lounge of the spacecraft.

As Ji Chen introduced the scenery outside, he said, "I just mentioned to you that the most precious things in the Gulun Secret Realm are the 'Red Rock Beasts'."

"These ferocious beasts are also called Giant Axe Red Rock Beasts."

"It is said that they were originally created and cultivated by the great founder within the Giant Axe Universe."

"They can only reproduce within the Giant Axe Universe."

"The most precious part of a Red Rock Beast is its core, known as the 'Rock Beast Heart'. Consuming it can enhance the clarity of one's perception of origin laws for a period of time."

"Heh, in truth, it is because the Rock Beast Heart can amplify the intensity of law fluctuations in the surrounding cosmic space. When the law fluctuations become stronger, doesn't that equate to a disguised improvement in the clarity of perception?"

"Even many alien races covet the effects of the Red Rock Beasts."

"The Red Rock Beasts in this secret realm were all relocated here by people sent by the Kingdom Lord from the Giant Axe Universe."

"Besides the Giant Axe Universe, only twenty-some Universe Kingdoms are qualified to relocate Red Rock Beasts."

Jiang Luo hurriedly asked, "Are there any Rock Beast Hearts that enhance spatial law fluctuations?"

Ji Chen and Eloise both laughed at the same time: "We knew you would ask that."

Eloise sighed, "Who doesn't want to comprehend the spatial laws? But superior laws are usually hidden behind inferior laws, and their fluctuations are extremely faint."

"Even if one obtains a Rock Beast Heart that can enhance spatial law fluctuations, it is still very difficult to gain entry into the spatial laws."

"Among the more than six hundred Star-level disciples in our Ancient Wheel Hall, only a handful have crossed the threshold of the superior laws."

Jiang Luo was lost in thought.

He wondered if using the Mysterious Heaven Skill to devour the bloodline of a Red Rock Beast that was compatible with spatial laws could improve his talent for spatial laws.

Although his perception of spatial laws had become much clearer after devouring the bloodline of the Flame Star Behemoth, it was still not easy to comprehend the spatial laws.

Luo Feng had only seen his cultivation of spatial laws advance by leaps and bounds after gestating his Mosha Clan clone.

However, his Mysterious Heaven Skill could only devour the bloodlines of flesh-and-blood lifeforms; it was useless against energy-based lifeforms like the Mosha Clan.

Besides, where would he find a Star-level or Universe-level Mosha Clan member?

No matter how miraculous the Mysterious Heaven Skill was, it couldn't devour a bloodline just from a piece of skin.

Ji Chen continued, "Apart from the Red Rock Beasts, the most important thing in the secret realm is the Immortal Ladder..."