The trials of the Mountain of Souls and the Mountain of Power had some similarities.
When the secret patterns on the Mountain of Power were activated, they produced an effect similar to Imprisonment.
Because the imprisonment came from the universe itself, its power could penetrate the body, down to the muscles, bones, and flesh.
It kept the trial-taker's muscles and bones at the same level as their physical strength.
Only a higher Force Application Technique could break through it.
The restraining pressure of the Mountain of Souls, however, targeted one's spiritual consciousness.
Anyone standing on the Mountain of Souls' steps found that their Spiritual Force could not leave their body, as if they had been stripped of their abilities as a spirit reader.
Only by using Mental Power Amplitude could they break through the seal and climb to a higher step.
Jiang Luo's Mental Power Amplitude had not been particularly high to begin with. It had only leaped to around sixtyfold after he mastered the Thirteen Sword Fiend Body.
However, he had devoured the Flame Star Behemoth's bloodline and gained the Innate Secret Technique Soul Flame.
If he trained it to the seventh and highest level, his Mental Power Amplitude could reach a terrifying 6,400-fold.
With the Flame Star Behemoth bloodline bolstering his soul, and the nourishment he had gained from visualizing the Nuwa Map,
Jiang Luo had easily mastered the first level of Soul Flame while traveling by spaceship to the Gulun Secret Realm, reaching a hundredfold Mental Power Amplitude!
Under normal circumstances, this was the limit for a World Lord's Mental Power Amplitude, and one of the Three Immortal Trials.
If a World Lord could achieve a hundredfold Mental Power Amplitude, perfect force application of one hundred units, and pass the Law trial, they could immediately become an Immortal God.
However, reaching a hundredfold Mental Power Amplitude seemed easier than achieving perfect force application.
After all, the Mountain of Souls had a thousand steps. Only those who reached a thousandfold Mental Power Amplitude could be considered to have made it to the summit.
Even after Jiang Luo stepped onto the hundredth step, he was still at the foot of the Mountain of Souls.
Nor did he cause the mountain to tremble and shake the entire continent, as he had when he reached the summit of the Mountain of Power.
Even so, everyone watching Jiang Luo climb was left dumbstruck.
The earlier tremor of the Mountain of Power had drawn many disciples of the Ancient Wheel Hall, some of them even Domain Lords and World Lords.
"Good heavens! He actually made it to the hundredth step of the Mountain of Souls too..."
"This guy just arrived at the Gulun Secret Realm and has already climbed two sacred mountains, reaching the hundredth step on both. He's a freak! I've never seen a Star Level like him."
"Wait... I don't quite get it. Didn't he just reach the summit of the Mountain of Power? If he achieved perfect force application, he must be a warrior. What's going on? Is he actually a spirit reader?!"
"To have such astonishing talent as both a spirit reader and a warrior... What a wonderful problem to have..."
Listening to the sighs of their Domain Lord and World Lord seniors, Ji Chen and Eloise felt as if they were dreaming.
Eloise looked at the figure Marquis Mo Yan had taken away in a flash of golden light and hesitated. "Senior Brother Ji, your Mental Power Amplitude hasn't reached a hundredfold, has it?"
Ji Chen smiled wryly. "Mine's about ninety-fourfold, so I'm close. It's the highest Mental Power Amplitude among the current Universe Level disciples of the Ancient Wheel Hall. Junior Brother Jiang has been hiding his abilities far too well..."
Inside a palace wreathed in flames,
Marquis Mo Yan regarded Jiang Luo with a complicated expression, his eyes showing both delight and a touch of annoyance. "You've been training in a Mental Power Amplitude secret technique too?"
Jiang Luo replied, "This disciple has been training in the Flint God Weapon lately."
He really wasn't lying.
Ever since devouring the Flame Star Behemoth's bloodline, his talent for the Law of Fire had far surpassed his talent for the Law of Water.
For the foreseeable future, he would certainly be focusing on the Fire Origin Law and the Law of Space.
Besides, he already had the Controller secret manual Boundless, left behind by the Flint Star Sector Lord.
It was only natural for him to train in the Flint God Weapon.
"Foolishness!" Marquis Mo Yan snapped. "Do you think training in a Controller Divine Weapon is easy?
"Whether you're a warrior or a spirit reader Controller, whether you're using a force weapon or a Controller Divine Weapon—
"Every path demands all your energy if you want to master it. How can you divide your attention between two?
"Once you become an Immortal God, you'll have all the time you need to explore and train in different paths. But as a genius of the Ancient Wheel Hall, the most important thing is to focus on one path!
"Perfect force application is harder to achieve than a hundredfold Mental Power Amplitude. Since you have that kind of talent, you should stay firmly on the path of a warrior."
Afterward, Marquis Mo Yan saw Jiang Luo listening obediently to his lecture and nodded with satisfaction. "The reward of 10,000 Hunyuan Units for reaching the summit of the Mountain of Power has already been transferred to your account.
"On top of that, there's another reward, specifically for geniuses below the Domain Lord level who reach the summit of the Mountain of Power."
As he spoke, Marquis Mo Yan took out a book with a black cover.
The words 'Nine Heavens Atlas' were written on the cover in gold, in Universal Language.
"You've crossed the threshold of the Law of Water, so your reward is this Nine Heavens Atlas. This secret manual is an analytical technique primarily concerned with the Space Origin Law."
Marquis Mo Yan smiled. "The Law Secret Patterns on the steps of the Mountain of Power came from this Nine Heavens Atlas. Even if you enter the Giant Axe Arena or the Virtual Universe Company in the future, this is no ordinary secret manual that you could afford to exchange for."
He had no doubt that Jiang Luo would eventually enter the Core Layer of the Giant Axe Arena or the Virtual Universe Company.
With the perfect force application and hundredfold Mental Power Amplitude Jiang Luo had displayed, either of the two giants would be willing to take him, even if his Law Comprehension was a little lacking.
Marquis Mo Yan cautioned him, "You can't train in this secret manual yet. Wait until you've gained some insight into the Fire Origin Law, then see if you can combine it with the Law of Water to sense the Law of Space.
"Only after crossing the threshold of the Space Origin Law will you be qualified to train in the Nine Heavens Atlas.
"Until you've sensed the Law of Space, don't waste time studying it."
Jiang Luo replied respectfully, "Thank you, sir. I'll obey."
After Jiang Luo left the palace, Marquis Mo Yan shook his head slightly. How difficult it was to comprehend an upper-level Law!
Still, this secret manual could give the boy a goal to work toward, so he wouldn't become restless and waste precious training time.
After returning to his castle, Jiang Luo's expression immediately darkened.
"Master, you've received a total of 431 emails in your inbox. Quite a few are even from Immortal Gods who want to take you as their disciple..." Wu He said excitedly.
Any disturbance in the Gulun Secret Realm was quickly reported to the Immortal Gods under the command of the Gulun Kingdom Lord.
This time, Jiang Luo had made a name for himself among the upper echelons of the Gulun Universe Kingdom.
"Reject them all for me. Tell them I'm going into seclusion to train."
After giving Wu He his instructions, Jiang Luo went straight into his Internal World.
The pyramid mothership containing all of the Flint Star Sector Lord's treasures was inside his Internal World.
"Why is the Blood Demon King so determined to get the treasures of the Flint Star World?" Jiang Luo wondered, baffled.
The Flame Star Behemoth egg was precious, but surely it wasn't enough to make the Blood Demon King care so much?
After all, Flame Star Behemoths had no ability to create clones.
If taking over a Golden Horned Beast counted as an above-average opportunity in the universe, taking over a Flame Star Behemoth was at most an average opportunity in the Primal Universe.
Of course, it was also possible the Blood Demon King wanted to get a Flame Star Behemoth body for one of his disciples or descendants.
After thinking it over for a long time, he ruled out the treasures and secret techniques one by one.
In the end, Jiang Luo's gaze settled on the golden Eye of the Space-Time Nightmare Beast.
"Could this treasure be the reason?"
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