Swallowed Star World.
Zhou Yu flew above the Dark Continent aboard a spacecraft.
After the simulation ended, he sat cross-legged there, quietly digesting the memories from his simulation in the Cangyuan Realm.
Although those memories covered only a short 255 years, they contained a great deal of information. The Ultimate Absolute Art of the spatial lineage and the Emperor Monarch-level Array Dao both held profound mysteries that required careful contemplation.
Of course, aside from the memories, Zhou Yu had also received rewards for the successful simulation.
One was the complete "Cultivation Genius" talent, described as possessing extraordinarily high talent in every aspect from birth.
Now that it had taken effect on Zhou Yu, all of his talents instantly rose by a considerable margin.
His comprehension, spiritual talent, and so on.
This talent might not surpass the gradually honed "Potential Boost" in the later stages, but in the early stages, it was truly absurd.
Zhou Yu could feel his thoughts becoming far more active in an instant. Clearly, after his original comprehension stacked with the "Cultivation Genius" talent, it had improved significantly once more.
Of course, aside from the talent, Zhou Yu had received another reward—the avatar from the Cangyuan Realm.
Cangyuan Realm.
In a wilderness near Yuanchu Mountain.
The surging power of heaven and earth finally subsided, revealing a black-clad man whose eyes flashed like lightning.
"After breaking through, this body has grown much stronger again, yet a body of this level only has a lifespan of five thousand years." Zhou Yu could clearly sense the limit of his lifespan.
The vitality of this body was actually immensely powerful. Under normal circumstances, it should not possibly have a lifespan of only five thousand years.
But under the rules of the River of Time and Space, that was the limit.
If it said five thousand years, then it was five thousand years—not one year more.
"The rules dictate that even the strongest Venerables cannot live past five thousand years, while ordinary Venerables only have two thousand years of life." Zhou Yu found it rather outrageous.
The natives of this world were accustomed to it and did not find it strange. But someone like him, who had avatars in multiple worlds—especially worlds like the Swallowed Star World and the Desolate Era World, where lifespans casually reached millions or tens of millions of years, or even eternity—found it even harder to adapt here.
These rules really do not seem naturally formed. This thought flashed through Zhou Yu's mind.
However, it was merely a passing thought. There was clearly no use dwelling on such things now. Since his lifespan was only five thousand years, he naturally had to find a way to cultivate to a higher level and extend this avatar's life.
If he cultivated to the Eternal Realm, he would likewise become indestructible and immortal.
As Zhou Yu sensed the condition of this avatar, several figures suddenly flew over.
They were naturally all familiar faces: Zhou Yu's master in this world, Li Guan; Qin Wu, Yuanchu Mountain's newly advanced Creation Venerable; and Bai Yaoyue, Black Sand Grotto-Heaven's newly advanced Venerable, who was also Zhou Yu's wife in this world.
"Zhou Yu, how are you?" Bai Yaoyue asked.
"Good. Very good. I have never felt better." Zhou Yu smiled. "My lifespan should now be five thousand years. Unless you reach the Emperor Monarch Realm, I'm afraid you won't be able to accompany me to the end."
At those words, Bai Yaoyue's heart sank slightly.
An Emperor Monarch?
The last time an Emperor Monarch had emerged in the Cangyuan Realm was Emperor Black Sand, the founder of their Black Sand Grotto-Heaven. It was extraordinarily difficult for a Venerable to become an Emperor Monarch.
"I still have more than 1,700 years left to live. It may not be impossible." Bai Yaoyue said.
Zhou Yu nodded but said nothing more. He knew her temperament; he had deliberately said that just now.
"Truly remarkable. An ordinary Creation Venerable only has a lifespan of two thousand years, yet breaking through with an Ultimate Absolute Art gives you five thousand years?" Qin Wu exclaimed in amazement.
"It isn't just the Ultimate Absolute Art. You also need the Seventh Layer of Primordial Spirit and a sufficiently powerful body." Zhou Yu shook his head.
"This difficulty is practically comparable to becoming an Emperor Monarch." Li Guan asked, "Zhou Yu, how strong are you now?"
"Before my breakthrough, my Ultimate Absolute Art had already reached the middle stage of the Grotto-Heaven Realm, while my Array Dao had reached the Heaven and Earth Realm. A newly advanced Emperor Monarch should be weaker than me," Zhou Yu said.
The Emperor Monarchs' realms of technique were also at the Heaven and Earth Realm.
Zhou Yu's Array Dao was at the Heaven and Earth Realm. Although the Absolute Art of his spatial lineage was only at the middle stage of the Grotto-Heaven Realm, it was ultimately an Ultimate Absolute Art, considerably more powerful than ordinary rules at the early stage of the Heaven and Earth Realm.
In every other aspect, from his body to his Primordial Spirit, Zhou Yu was no weaker. His overall strength definitely surpassed that of a newly advanced Emperor Monarch.
Upon hearing this, everyone present smiled. With Zhou Yu's strength before his breakthrough, they had already been quite confident in containing the monster calamity. Now, success was naturally all but guaranteed.
"Alas, if not for the Monster Race invasion, then with your talent, if you went to the Outer Realm, you might perhaps one day reach Patriarch Cangyuan's level." Li Guan shook his head regretfully.
Though the Cangyuan Realm was vast, compared to Outer Realm space, it was not worth mentioning.
The Cangyuan Realm was like a small fishpond. Sunrise and sunset, the scenery one could see was limited to just that much.
No matter how talented Zhou Yu was, if he remained in the Cangyuan Realm, his progress would likely only become more difficult. It had been nearly two hundred years since he comprehended an Ultimate Absolute Art, yet he had only advanced from the early stage of the Grotto-Heaven Realm to the middle stage. One could imagine that even with five thousand years of life, if Zhou Yu remained in the Cangyuan Realm, his Ultimate Absolute Art might not truly reach the Heaven and Earth Realm in the end.
"Zhou Yu certainly cannot leave now. The three Emperor Monarchs of the Monster Race World are watching from the Outer Realm. Wouldn't leaving be courting death?" Bai Yaoyue said with a frown.
Ever since the two worlds had become connected, they had realized this. Quite a few Creation Realm Venerables would normally venture into the Outer Realm to take a chance, but now no one had such thoughts.
First, the Cangyuan Realm needed sufficient strength to deal with the Monster Race. Second, leaving was practically a death sentence, so why leave?
Though Zhou Yu was powerful now, the Monster Race's three Emperor Monarchs were no pushovers either. Peng Emperor in particular was renowned even among Emperor Monarchs; newly advanced Emperor Monarchs were far from being his match.
"If it is merely a matter of dealing with the Monster Race Emperor Monarchs, Yuanchu Mountain naturally has its ways," Qin Wu said calmly.
"I do indeed have thoughts of going out and exploring." Zhou Yu finally spoke.
Under the astonished gazes of the three, his body shifted. In the next moment, an identical Zhou Yu appeared beside him.
"A Flesh-and-Blood Avatar?" All three were shocked. This was generally an ability only Emperor Monarchs could master.
At the Seventh Layer of Primordial Spirit, one could create a Primordial Spirit Avatar. However, a Primordial Spirit Avatar split off at merely the Seventh Layer of Primordial Spirit could not stray too far from the true body, so it could not leave the Cangyuan Realm.
But if one also possessed a Flesh-and-Blood Avatar, it was different. A Primordial Spirit Avatar plus a Flesh-and-Blood Avatar formed a complete avatar, which could naturally roam the Outer Realm!
"Haha, then there is no problem. After you leave, your true body can hide within Yuanchu Mountain's Heaven and Earth Hall. Unless some terrifying Tribulation Realm expert intends to kill you, you will be absolutely safe," Li Guan said at once.
After an avatar entered the Outer Realm, the only danger was encountering an enemy skilled in Causality attacks, who might destroy all of Zhou Yu's avatars across an immense distance and through the isolation of a Life World.
However, the Heaven and Earth Hall was one of the most precious treasures left behind by Patriarch Cangyuan. Patriarch Cangyuan had been a Seventh Tribulation Realm expert. Even though he had already died, the treasures he left behind remained powerful. With Zhou Yu's true body hiding in the Heaven and Earth Hall, it could indeed be said that he would be absolutely safe.
"My true body can remain in the Heaven and Earth Hall, while my Primordial Spirit Avatar can still go out to kill Monster Race demons," Zhou Yu added.
Although the ones entering the Cangyuan Realm were mostly ordinary minor demons, small gains accumulated into great ones. The more he killed, the more Origin Energy Zhou Yu would naturally obtain.
He naturally did not want to miss this opportunity!
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