Zhou Yu in the Cosmic Secret Realm

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A massive ocean of memories merged into Zhou Yu's mind. In the simulation, Zhou Yu had lived for long ages since breaking through to become an Immortal, and since the simulation offered no further opportunities for choice, this memory flooded in all at once.

Fortunately, while the memories were vast, Zhou Yu was capable of digesting them.

This experience can be considered smooth sailing.

Zhou Yu carefully contemplated the memories of his life in the simulation. Although he had suffered the total annihilation of his clan and the loss of both parents at birth, his subsequent opportunities were truly heaven-defying.

The Mysterious Lotus and possessing the special life form Seven-Star Vine—these two major opportunities had laid the foundation for him to become a Universe Master. In other words, as long as no accidents occurred, there was a high probability of success.

Consequently, throughout the long years that followed, although this clone never encountered any overly heaven-defying opportunities, it eventually succeeded in comprehending the Space Law.

Hmm, the Time Law.

Zhou Yu sighed with emotion. At this moment, he truly mastered this law. If his divine body and God Kingdom hadn't been primarily polished and constructed using the Space Law, he would have already become a Time Venerable by now.

Of course, as long as Zhou Yu was willing to reconstruct his divine body and God Kingdom using the Time Law, breaking through would naturally not be difficult.

But if I break through now and the fact that I've become a Time Venerable leaks out, the alien races will likely go mad. Zhou Yu understood this in his heart.

The aura of a Space Venerable is different from that of a Time Venerable. He had always displayed an aptitude for the Space Law, even creating peak secret techniques based on it. To suddenly become a Time Venerable would mean something else entirely.

It would clearly mean that there was a high probability that Zhou Yu could comprehend both major laws and become a Universe Master!

In that case, unless Zhou Yu hid in the core territory of humanity forever, the alien races would surely spare no cost to eliminate him completely.

Although Zhou Yu was confident he could comprehend the Space Law, he didn't know how long it would take, and he had no intention of hiding in one place forever.

Only when I comprehend the Space Law will it be time for my transformation. Zhou Yu stopped dwelling on it.

At this moment, Zhou Yu waved his hand, and the stone tablet recorded with a certain secret technique that Chaos City Lord had gifted him appeared before him.

Now, it will be much easier for me to comprehend this stone tablet.

Zhou Yu focused his gaze on the Starry Sky Chart, the Star Chart, and the Giant Chart depicted on the tablet. He still felt that the Starry Sky Chart and the Giant Chart were unfathomable, but for the Star Chart, he could perceive many profound mysteries at a single glance.

In Zhou Yu's eyes, there were 108 base points on the Star Chart, and these points triggered time and space to form a unique domain.

The greatest mystery lies in the coordination of these 108 base points. If the 108 base points were separated, the law mysteries utilized would be 108 parts, but when they cooperate with each other in a unique way, the law mysteries utilized soar to 1,080,000 parts. Zhou Yu felt an indescribable sense of wonder and found himself subconsciously immersed in it.

On the other side.

In a mysterious cosmic secret region within the Primal Universe.

Zhou Yu was also sensing his newly acquired clone. The towering vines swayed slightly in the mist, easily whipping up terrifying storms.

After endless years of accumulation, the divine power of the Seven-Star Vine's divine body has long been replenished. Over ten million kilometers of Venerable-level divine power—it's simply exaggerated. Zhou Yu exclaimed in his heart.

At least hundreds of millions of years had passed since the Seven-Star Vine broke through to become a Universe Venerable. Although the clone had been in an "idle" state during these hundreds of millions of years, the natural absorption of energy had allowed the divine body, which hadn't been fully replenished at the time of the breakthrough, to truly reach its peak state.

Divine power is very precious. Zhou Yu's ordinary human clone was only two meters tall, and every time he burned 0.5% of his divine body, he was extremely cautious, fearing that it would be troublesome to replenish it if he burned too much.

Now, the Seven-Star Vine clone's ten-million-kilometer-scale divine body absorbed more energy in a few breaths than the total energy of Zhou Yu's ordinary human clone.

Of course, according to the Primal Universe's judgment, the Seven-Star Vine clone and Zhou Yu's ordinary human clone were two different individuals; their divine power could not be interchanged.

The Seven-Star Vine clone could only replenish the divine power of the seven Gourd Clones it had birthed.

The Seven-Star Vine clone's strength lies in its divine body. Its current frontal combat power isn't considered strong; it counts as a high-level Venerable. Zhou Yu knew this.

Although the Seven-Star Vine clone's gene level reached 1,000 times, the secret techniques it mastered were very average, and crucially, its divine power amplitude was also mediocre, only a few times over.

The "Kongguang Divine General" inheritance received by Zhou Yu's human clone could not be applied to the Seven-Star Vine clone.

This was also why the "Venerable Wuqi" in the simulation had been killed by an Immortal.

For an indigenous Venerable, their gene level, divine power amplitude, and secret techniques were all lacking; being killed by someone of a lower rank was perfectly normal.

In the peak races, what is typically referred to as an invincible King-Sealing capable of rivaling a Universe Venerable is precisely referring to such Universe Venerables.

Secret techniques can be created. Since my ordinary human clone follows the 'Path of Matrix', then the Seven-Star Vine clone will follow the 'Path of Time and Space'! Zhou Yu thought to himself.

Although one clone could execute the secret techniques comprehended by another, Zhou Yu tried his best not to expose the connection between the two clones.

As for the divine power amplitude, I can have my human clone exchange for a suitable divine power amplitude secret technique from the Virtual Universe Company. With such an exaggerated divine body and divine power, it won't be difficult for the Seven-Star Vine clone to elevate its divine power amplitude technique to a high level. Zhou Yu pondered.

Generally speaking, the stronger the divine body, the simpler it is to practice divine power amplitude techniques. Just like the "Kongguang Divine General" inheritance; Immortals who reach the third stage are rare, but many more Universe Venerables reach the third stage.

And the Seven-Star Vine clone's divine body was far stronger than that of a normal Universe Venerable.

For some technique-oriented divine power amplitude secret techniques that are difficult for Immortals to master, most Venerables can easily practice the earlier parts. If the Seven-Star Vine clone practices them, it would naturally be even simpler.

Not to mention, Zhou Yu had inherited this clone differently than he had in the simulation. He had the "Cultivation Genius" bonus to his talent in all aspects, as well as the effects brought by "Heaven Rewards Diligence". Cultivating a divine power amplitude secret technique would be even easier.

While Zhou Yu was planning the future of his Seven-Star Vine clone, a figure arrived near the Mist Sea Swamp where the Seven-Star Vine clone resided.

Hmm? Sensing this figure, Zhou Yu's heart stirred.

One of the seven gourds produced by the Seven-Star Vine instantly cracked open, and a hundred-meter-tall figure flew out from within.

It was the Seven-Star Vine's Gourd Clone.

As soon as this clone took a step, it arrived outside the Mist Sea Swamp.

Seeing Zhou Yu appear, a hint of joy appeared on the figure's face.

"Master." The figure hurriedly bowed in salute.

"Wu Hai." Zhou Yu looked at this figure. His aura was quite powerful, roughly at the level of a King-Sealing Immortal.

He was the second strongest human born within this secret realm over the long passage of time, and also the only King-Sealing Immortal.

The potential of the humans in this secret realm was only slightly better than those of the God Kingdom; for one to become a King-Sealing Immortal was an extremely rare feat.

That he had reached this stage was due to two reasons: first, his own excellent talent, and second, having apprenticed under Zhou Yu early on and receiving much help from him.

"What happened?" Zhou Yu asked.

Regarding the billions of years after the simulation concluded, he possessed no corresponding memories, only a general idea of what had transpired.

After breaking through to become a Universe Venerable, he had passed the position of human clan leader to Wu Hai and returned to the Mist Sea Swamp. Ostensibly, it was to seclude himself, but in reality, he was idling. And so it had remained until now!

Zhou Yu understood that if there were nothing wrong, his disciple certainly would not have come to disturb him.

"Master, scouts from the clan outside have sent word that Lord Haoshan seems to have fought a great battle with some entity, and shortly thereafter, he left his lair. It is unknown where he went," Wu Hai immediately stated his purpose.

Zhou Yu frowned upon hearing this.

Lord Haoshan was also a special life form; his true body was a towering mountain. During his explorations of the secret realm in the simulation, he had encountered him. At that time, Lord Haoshan was only at the Immortal level, though he had later become a Universe Venerable as well.

Within this universe secret realm, life forms at the Universe Venerable level were still few and far between, and each one was worth noting. The humans in the secret realm now occupied the Endless Continent, a light-year-scale continent, making them a super-clan within the realm. Naturally, they paid extra attention to those powerful entities.

Lord Haoshan's temper is notoriously bad, but his strength is formidable. Who would go and provoke him? Or could it be an outsider? Zhou Yu pondered.

A universe secret realm might be discovered shortly after its birth, or it might remain undiscovered for vast eons.

This particular universe secret realm had never been exposed.

Within a universe secret realm, there existed various obstacles; generally, it was difficult for Immortals to accelerate to the speed of light, making it very hard to enter the dark universe.

Without entering the dark universe, a universe secret realm could span millions or even hundreds of millions of light-years. Disregarding the dangers along the way, flying alone would take millions or hundreds of millions of years to leave, which resulted in the difficulty for life forms within the realm to depart.

In fact, even if they did leave, if the secret realm itself were very remote, they would find no other life in the vast starry sky outside and would ultimately have to return.

The Universe Venerables born from this secret realm were capable of entering the dark universe; some of them had certainly gone out, but given that the secret realm had never been exposed, they likely had nothing to show for their departures.

In short, Zhou Yu was certain that the secret realm had not been exposed over the long past, otherwise, it would not have remained so peaceful.

However, not being exposed in the past did not mean it would remain so forever.

This universe secret realm was actually very large, with a diameter that should exceed ten million light-years. With such a secret realm standing in the universe, it was possible that one day, an outsider might enter by mere coincidence.

The reason Zhou Yu suspected an outsider was that there were very few life forms in this secret realm that could rival Lord Haoshan, and even if they could, they generally wouldn't provoke him.

As a mountain, Lord Haoshan's favorite activity was sleeping. Who could he possibly provoke while sleeping?

The key was that Lord Haoshan had actually disappeared. He, who was too lazy to even move, had actually left his lair?

If it is an outsider, I fear things will soon become lively in the secret realm. Zhou Yu understood in his heart that this was not a good thing.

As long as the number of outsiders increased, the humans who occupied the two continents would become very conspicuous, and trouble would surely follow.

"Wu Hai, send out more scouts during this time to gather information. Tell me immediately if there is any situation," Zhou Yu said, looking at his disciple.

"Yes, Master."

Wu Hai nodded in agreement. He did not have as many thoughts as Zhou Yu, for he was full of confidence in his master.

He believed that as long as Zhou Yu was there, the human race would not fear any danger.