A Thousand Years of Cultivation

Within the high-level Chat Space.

Time flowed a thousand times faster here than in the outside world.

Yang Xuan had already spent a thousand years inside.

At this moment, Dao charm circulated around Yang Xuan, making him seem like an ancient deity that had existed since time immemorial.

He slowly raised a hand. In his palm, seven utterly distinct origin powers collided and merged wildly.

They were the seven origin laws of the Primordial Gourd Vine, corresponding respectively to Geng Metal, Yi Wood, Gui Water, Bing Fire, Wu Earth, Lunar Yin, and Solar Yang.

Yang Xuan attempted to use the Yin-Yang Creation he had comprehended as a guide, forcibly refining these seven powers into one and separating the strongest killing technique, the Chaotic Thousand-Calamity Divine Light, from the Chaotic Imperishable Seven-Colored Divine Light.

Unfortunately, the seven powers could not truly harmonize. A dazzling white light suddenly burst forth, followed by a deafening explosion!

The terrifying energy fluctuations instantly shattered the once-stable void, forming a dreadful energy storm that swept through the surroundings and madly destroyed everything in its path.

Only Yang Xuan remained seated in place, utterly unmoved.

The violent power automatically dissipated the instant it came within three millimeters of his body, unable to harm him in the slightest.

"Sure enough, I failed again. The Thousand-Calamity Divine Light is still missing the most crucial part of its evolution. There's simply no way to succeed!"

Yang Xuan let out a long sigh, waved his sleeve to disperse the violent energy rippling through the sky, and ended his thousand-year seclusion.

Over those thousand years, he had tried hundreds of millions of paths for merging the laws, yet every attempt fell short at the final step.

Though the rudimentary form of the Chaotic Thousand-Calamity Divine Light had already taken shape, it still lacked a trace of the "divine essence" capable of commanding all laws. As a result, its power was greatly diminished, far less domineering than the Seven-Colored Divine Light.

At present, he had only attained a somewhat higher mastery of the three laws of Bing Fire, Gui Water, and Geng Metal. If measured by data, his mastery of those three had reached 5%, while the remaining four laws had only just reached 1%.

That progress had only come after he observed the three Heavenly Flames of the Battle Through the Heavens World. Otherwise, he would likely have wasted who knew how many more years.

Calculating the time that had passed, there were only seventy years left until the Purple Cloud Palace's first lecture. He did not have much time remaining.

Yet he had reached a bottleneck.

There were several worlds in the group that he could not directly devour and turn into nourishment to raise his strength, leaving him still far from the realm of transformation.

"Relying solely on secluded comprehension can no longer break through my current shackles."

Yang Xuan frowned slightly, his thoughts somewhat muddled. "What I lack is not mana, but a deeper understanding of the Dao. Perhaps I should still find some way through the worlds of the group members."

With his thoughts in disarray, Yang Xuan simply opened the All-Heavens Chat Group to see what the members had been discussing and what had happened recently.

The moment he entered the chat group, Yang Xuan saw a string of messages.

Xiao Yan: Oh my god! The time flow in the beginner Chat Space is practically cheating! I secluded myself in there for an entire year and finally completely fused the Green Lotus Core Flame with the Bone Chilling Flame!

Huang Rong: I also re-derived all the martial arts of Peach Blossom Island in the beginner space and created my Falling Blossoms Divine Sword Art! I feel like I could take on the Quanzhen Seven Disciples all by myself!

Sun Wukong: Hehe, Old Sun has been cultivating Ultra Instinct in there. I haven't fully mastered it yet, but I've touched the threshold. That feeling of a mind as still as water while the body reacts on its own is truly incredible!!

As Yang Xuan looked at those messages, a flash of realization suddenly passed through his eyes.

"A mind as still as water..."

He muttered to himself as though a bolt of lightning had flashed through his mind.

"I've always been fixated on forcibly merging the seven laws, yet I overlooked the principle that they generate and restrain one another.

"Perhaps I shouldn't 'control' them. Instead, like Xiao Yan fusing Heavenly Flames, I should let them form a perfect cycle within my body, endlessly sustaining and evolving on their own!"

At that thought, Yang Xuan's mind suddenly cleared.

This method of cultivation—trading time for space—could not directly improve his cultivation, but it provided him with an excellent "observation sample."

"I can use the Chat Space to simulate a miniature 'chaotic world' and let the seven laws evolve on their own within it, then see whether the missing 'divine essence' can be born."

A thought stirred in Yang Xuan's heart, and he immediately began deducing this bold idea in his mind.

If this idea succeeded, not only could he break through his current bottleneck in a short time, he might even create a supreme divine ability surpassing the origin of the Primordial Gourd Vine!!

"I've been using the chat group far too superficially. I really cultivated like an idiot for a thousand years."

Yang Xuan smiled helplessly. The mortal way of thinking from his previous life still had too much of a hold on him.

How could his own individual creativity compare to thousands upon thousands of minds, let alone the countless evolutions that occurred when a world was born...

He no longer hesitated and immediately prepared to construct a miniature chaotic world within the Chat Space according to his idea.

Ding dong!

"New member slots have refreshed. Please select one of the following three people."

1. Tang San

2. Luo Ji

3. Feng Baobao

Yang Xuan was slightly stunned as he looked at the three names that appeared on the screen.

Tang San, Luo Ji, Feng Baobao.

Three names, three completely different worlds.

"Tang San..."

Yang Xuan softly repeated the name.

He was far too familiar with it. In the webnovel scene of his previous life, Tang San had been a top-tier protagonist—the main character of Douluo Continent, with twin martial souls, innate full soul power, and one who would eventually become a god.

But the problem was that the ceiling of the Douluo Continent world was not high, and Tang San himself was deeply calculating and rather scheming.

Those impressions came only from the memories of his mortal life.

He did not particularly mind them, because gods did not care.

A thousand years of cultivation had already brought subtle, imperceptible changes to Yang Xuan's nature.

He had grown far from humanity and close to godhood.

"Luo Ji..."

Yang Xuan's gaze fell upon the second name.

This name was equally renowned.

A Wallfacer and Swordholder of the Three-Body world, someone who had deterred the Trisolaran Civilization through his own strength. Though he was an ordinary person without supernatural power, his intelligence, resolve, and strategic vision far surpassed those of ordinary people.

A man without martial strength, yet one who could make an entire civilization tremble.

Feng Baobao... the ageless girl from Under One Person. Her combat power was astonishing, while her mind was so simple it was nearly blank.

Her combat ability could only be considered second-rate within the group at this stage, but her personality meant she posed no threat to anyone.

The three candidates each had their own strengths and weaknesses.

Yang Xuan was more interested in Luo Ji's world!

After all, it was a technological world. He was very interested in scientific dimensionality-reduction attacks such as the Droplet and the Two-Dimensional Foil...

Science and technology were another interpretation of laws. If Yang Xuan could grasp the principles behind those technologies, he could produce the same effects without relying on external tools.

The group chat had already exploded.

Xiao Yan: Tang San? Luo Ji? Feng Baobao? Who are they?

Sun Wukong: Never heard of them. Are they strong?

Huang Rong: Group Leader, could you introduce these three to us? @Senior-Year Powerhouse

Senior-Year Powerhouse: Wait a moment, I'll take a look.

The group fell silent for several breaths before Li Yuxuan consulted the fate scripts provided by the system.

Senior-Year Powerhouse: Alright, I'll give you a brief introduction.

Senior-Year Powerhouse: The first is Tang San. He comes from the Douluo Continent world. He has twin martial souls, innate full soul power, and extremely high talent. He is calm, meticulous, loyal, and values relationships, though he can sometimes be overly cautious, even somewhat suspicious. His world has god-level beings, and he himself will eventually become a god.

Xiao Yan: God-level?!

Xiao Yan: Wouldn't that make him stronger than Fellow Daoist?

Senior-Year Powerhouse: Not necessarily. The concept of "gods" differs between worlds. The gods of Douluo Continent may not be comparable to the Immortals of Fellow Daoist Immortal's world. But one thing is certain: Tang San has immense potential, and the Douluo world is also a supernatural world.

Sun Wukong: He's strong! Pick him!

Huang Rong: Wait, let's hear about the second one first.

Senior-Year Powerhouse: The second is Luo Ji. He comes from the Three-Body world. He is an... ordinary person.

Xiao Yan: An ordinary person?

Xiao Yan: Ordinary people can become candidates too?

Senior-Year Powerhouse: Yes. He has no supernatural power, knows no martial arts, no spells, and does not even possess fighting skills.

But he has a special ability—he is a "Wallfacer" of that world, possessing extremely high intelligence and strategic vision. He once deterred an entire extraterrestrial civilization through his own strength and saved all humanity.

The group fell silent for a moment.