Mountain of Laws, Mountain of Souls, Mountain of Power!

A floating island above the Gulun Continent in the Virtual Universe.

Inside a quaint palace, Marquis Huanming looked with a gloomy expression at the tall figure standing before him, clad in scarlet battle armor and wearing a helmet.

"Blood Demon King! This is not a place for you to run wild!" Marquis Huanming narrowed his eyes. "And I am not your subordinate."

Flames seemed to burn within the eyes of the Blood Demon King: "Are you saying that you were the one who took the treasure from the Flint Star World?"

Marquis Huanming laughed in extreme anger: "Why would I bother taking the treasure left behind by a mere Sector Lord?"

The Blood Demon King stared intently at Marquis Huanming, seemingly judging whether he was telling the truth: "So, you also do not know the identity of the person who obtained the treasure of the Flint Star World?"

Marquis Huanming, appearing to have reached the limit of his patience, looked on with icy eyes: "Get out!"

A red dot between his brows suddenly shot out a beam of light that seemed to tear the void apart, shattering the figure of the Blood Demon King into dust!

In the Virtual Universe, within his own palace, he possessed almost absolute control.

After blasting away the Blood Demon King, Marquis Huanming regained his calm expression: "Flint Star Sector Lord... what exactly was in the treasure he left behind?"

He had also been paying attention to the opening of the World within a World in the Flint Star World this time.

After all, if the Flint Star Sector Lord had made a breakthrough, he would have been at least a Marquis-level Immortal, not comparable to an ordinary Sector Lord.

Otherwise, the treasure he left behind would not have made the top forces of the Huanming Star Sector drool with greed.

But now, Marquis Huanming realized that things seemed far less simple than that.

Gulun Secret Realm.

"This is the Immortal Sacred Mountain?"

Jiang Luo looked in surprise at the mountain before him, which was not particularly tall. There were ten staircases on the four sides of the mountain leading to the summit.

Ji Chen smiled: "That is correct. This is the Immortal Sacred Mountain, or more accurately, the Mountain of Laws."

Eloise, standing to the side, added: "There are three Immortal Sacred Mountains in total: the Mountain of Laws, the Mountain of Souls, and the Mountain of Power!

"The Mountain of Laws tests one's comprehension of the laws.

"There are ten Law Ladders on the mountain, each corresponding to one of the ten origin laws, and each ladder is divided into ten levels.

"If you can ascend the Law Ladder to the summit, that is, reach the tenth level, it means your comprehension of the laws is already comparable to that of an Immortal God."

"So that's how it is..." Jiang Luo looked up and saw a figure carrying a giant axe on one of the ladders, standing on the ninth level and striving to step toward the tenth.

However, he ultimately failed to reach the summit. He glanced down at Jiang Luo and the others, nodded slightly, and then took a step that seemed to tear through space, vanishing from sight.

Jiang Luo couldn't help but tremble at that single glance.

Ji Chen spoke up: "That was a Sector Lord-level powerhouse from the Imperial Clan's Sacred Hall.

"Be respectful when you encounter them in the future. Although our status is not inferior to a Sector Lord, that refers to Sector Lords in the outside world.

"The Sector Lords of the Sacred Hall are far stronger than those outside. Many of them can climb to the tenth level of the ladder, and if they were willing, they could become Immortals at any time.

"However, I have heard that after becoming an Immortal, one's perception of origin laws that have not been acknowledged by the laws becomes much weaker, and cultivating higher-order laws becomes extremely difficult.

"Therefore, any peak Sector Lord with even a shred of ambition will not rush to break through to become an Immortal.

"That Flint Star Sector Lord from our Huanming Star Sector was one such person, though my teacher said his ambitions were even greater..."

Eloise laughed: "It is true that we should be respectful when meeting Domain Lord or Sector Lord-level seniors, but it really depends on our own strength.

"The reason that Imperial Clan Sector Lord nodded at us just now was entirely because of Senior Brother Ji.

"Because with Senior Brother Ji's strength, he will definitely be able to enter the core layer of the Giant Axe Arena after the peak powerhouse battle in 11 years.

"If Senior Brother Ji weren't here, he might not have paid any attention to us at all."

Jiang Luo nodded.

Ji Chen was a Universe-level disciple of the Ancient Wheel Hall who had reached the seventh level of the fifth Trial Tower.

He did not know if the classification of the Universe-level Trial Tower was the same as the Star-level one.

If the relative difficulty was the same, being able to reach the seventh level of the fifth Trial Tower meant he should be ranked among the top geniuses of all Universe-level talents across the 1008 Universe Kingdoms.

"Are there any benefits to climbing this Immortal Ladder?" Jiang Luo asked.

Eloise sighed: "Of course there are benefits, especially for those of us at the Star level and Universe level.

"Take the Star level, for example. If you climb the Law Ladder and reach the first level, you receive a reward of 100,000 Hunyuan Units!

"The second level is 200,000 Hunyuan Units, and it doubles from there. If you can reach the tenth level at the summit, you can receive 51.2 million Hunyuan Units!"

Jiang Luo gasped.

50 million Hunyuan Units—that was wealthier than the entire net worth of many Marquis-level Immortals.

Even the 100,000 Hunyuan Units rewarded for reaching just the first level exceeded the net worth of many Immortal Gods.

He had thought the Trial Tower rewards were already exaggerated, but he hadn't expected there to be something even more outrageous!

This Gulun Kingdom Lord not only valued the cultivation of geniuses, but his personal wealth was absolutely overflowing.

Is this the true foundation of the oldest 1008 Universe Kingdoms?

Ji Chen could not help but shake his head gently: "Do you think these rewards are easy to earn? Only those at the Star level can obtain rewards of this magnitude; if a Universe level practitioner attempts it, they receive only one-tenth of the Star level reward."

"For the Domain Lord and World Lord level elites within the secret realm, the rewards are even fewer."

"Even if that World Lord level senior brother who just left were to climb to the tenth level, the reward he could obtain would only be 50,000 Hunyuan Units... though, of course, that is still more than the net worth of an ordinary Immortal God."

"This can be considered the Kingdom Lord's support for members of the Sacred Hall; after all, cultivation inevitably consumes resources."

"The Kingdom Lord has set various goals. As long as you have the ability to reach them, Universe Coins will not be an issue. The higher the goal you reach, the more resources you can obtain!"

Eloise gave a wry smile: "The problem is that the goals set by the Kingdom Lord are simply too high."

"Junior Brother Jiang, do you know how many of the more than six hundred Star level disciples currently in our Ancient Wheel Hall can step onto the first level of the Law Ladder?"

Without waiting for Jiang Luo to react, Eloise sighed: "None! Not a single one!"

"Even the Blood Demon 'Thanses', who cleared the first level of the sixth Trial Tower, has strength that ranks him among the top ten Star level practitioners in the 1008 Universe Kingdoms."

"Yet, even he cannot stand on the first level of the Law Ladder!"

Jiang Luo clicked his tongue: "That is too exaggerated..."

Ji Chen also looked dejected: "Junior Sister is right. Even among the Universe level disciples, only Kunmo and I have managed to stand on the first level of the Law Ladder, and I have never been able to ascend to the second level!"

"Teacher once said that if I could stand firmly on the second level, I would have the confidence to rank in the top ten within the 1008 Universe Kingdoms during the pinnacle powerhouse battles."

Jiang Luo frowned slightly, looking at the steps on the Mountain of Laws before him, when a thought suddenly stirred in his heart.

According to what Ji Chen said, climbing to the tenth level—that is, reaching the summit—meant that one's comprehension of laws was comparable to that of an Immortal God.

He remembered that clearing the tenth level of the Heavenly Bridge was also equivalent to reaching the Immortal level in terms of law comprehension.

Combined with the heaven-defying difficulty of climbing this Law Ladder...

Could it be that this is categorized according to the difficulty levels of the Heavenly Bridge?

It is just that the Heavenly Bridge tests comprehensive combat power, while the Law Ladder tests purely the comprehension of laws?