Crossing of All Beings

The surrounding Law Leaves converged into a river and surged toward the center.

A terrifying aura erupted from Black Sky Overlord, causing the void throughout the Dawn Zone to tremble.

Black Sky Overlord formed seals with both hands, condensing those Law Leaves into a black lotus.

The Black Sky Lotus Race's collective innate secret art—Crossing of All Beings!

Hei Miaomiao explained it to Fang Yan from the side.

It turned out that the Human Race and the Rainclear Race were fighting over full ownership of the Black Heaven Secret Realm.

The Human Race had two peak overlords, Great Axe Venerable and Void Gold Venerable, while the Rainclear Race also had one peak overlord, Venerable Yu Qing.

The Black Sky Lotus Race had only two elementary Space Venerables and Black Lotus Lord, a high-level Time Venerable. Naturally, they did not even have the right to sit at the negotiating table.

As a High Universe Venerable, Black Sky Overlord was only a hair's breadth away from becoming a Universe Lord in terms of her comprehension of laws.

Thus, Black Sky Overlord had decided to gather the entire race's Immortal-level comprehension of the Law of Space to fuel her breakthrough into a Universe Lord and gain a voice for her people.

So that was it...

Fang Yan finally understood.

"Using the entire race's comprehension to drive her own breakthrough..."

Fang Yan took a deep breath.

The contribution of every Law Leaf had an enormous impact on the individual strength of an Immortal-level Black Sky Lotus.

Yet not a single Black Sky Lotus complained.

They willingly offered up their comprehension because they knew that the stronger their Overlord became, the safer the entire race would be.

Fang Yan looked at the black-robed figures around him, at the calm and devout expressions on their faces, and an indescribably complicated emotion suddenly rose in his heart.

"I thank you all, my sisters."

Black Sky Overlord opened her eyes and swept her gaze across every member of her race present, her tone as calm as ever.

"If Elder Sister Overlord grows stronger, our race grows stronger."

The Black Sky Lotuses all echoed her words.

Black Sky Overlord nodded faintly. Her gaze swept through the crowd before finally landing on Fang Yan.

Fang Yan's heart tightened.

Black Sky Overlord looked at Fang Yan in silence for three breaths.

"You."

Fang Yan forced himself to step forward and bowed.

"Overlord... Elder Sister."

Black Sky Overlord looked into his eyes. Those deep, black-hole-like pupils seemed capable of seeing through every disguise.

"Your foundation truly is unstable."

Fang Yan's heart leaped into his throat.

"But there is no rush."

Black Sky Overlord raised a hand and lightly tapped the void with her fingertip.

A ripple of the Time Law shot from her fingertip and unfolded before Fang Yan's eyes.

Fang Yan's body suddenly stiffened as he stared, utterly absorbed, at the ever-changing silver threads before him.

"This is..."

Black Sky Overlord had displayed the origin of the Time Law to him in the purest possible manner.

It was like a teacher instructing a student, breaking down the process of solving a problem step by step.

Fang Yan's breathing gradually quickened.

The problems that had plagued him for a hundred thousand years began to collapse one after another beneath the impact of this comprehension.

The final thread of "Late Wind" completely connected at this moment.

A top-tier secret art—complete!

Fang Yan's body trembled slightly, not from fear, but from excitement.

A hundred thousand years.

A full hundred thousand years.

From the first time he had opened Chaos Conjecture and Time Illusory Martial Arts atop Sky Pillar Peak on Yinghuo Star, to his countless deductions, revisions, and battlefield tests.

A hundred thousand years of bitter cultivation, a hundred thousand years of accumulation, a hundred thousand years of waiting.

At last, in this moment, it bore fruit.

Black Sky Overlord withdrew her finger and looked at Fang Yan. The corner of her lips lifted slightly, revealing an exceedingly faint smile.

"Comprehend it well. Do not squander it."

Fang Yan took a deep breath, suppressing the excitement in his heart, then bowed solemnly.

"Thank you, Overlord."

Black Sky Overlord said nothing more and turned to walk into the depths of the giant lotus.

Ten thousand eight hundred petals slowly closed, swallowing her figure.

The giant law lotus gradually dispersed into the void, transforming into countless specks of light, as though a rain of light had fallen.

Hei Miaomiao bounced over to Fang Yan and linked her arm through his.

"Little Sister Loulan! What did the Overlord pass on to you just now? Was it something amazing?"

Fang Yan looked at Hei Miaomiao's round little face and the pure curiosity and concern in her large eyes, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

"It was something very amazing."

Hei Miaomiao blinked, then nodded as if she half understood.

"That's good! The Overlord is so kind to Little Sister Loulan!"

Fang Yan smiled but did not reply.

He raised his head and looked at the giant lotus in the center, now closed, and at the faintly visible figure deep within it.

He remembered Hei Sisi's cool tone when she had helped him out of trouble.

He remembered Hei Miaomiao's soft, sweet voice when she had shared her flower nectar with him.

He remembered the kind and gentle looks in the eyes of those Black Sky Lotuses whenever they looked at him.

His fingers tightened slightly. With a long sigh in his heart, he lowered his head and followed the group out of the Dawn Zone.

Within the void of the Dusk Zone, Fang Yan sat cross-legged atop the remains of that withered Black Sky Lotus and closed his eyes.

His divine sense sank into his body as he began sorting out the final form of "Late Wind."

A hundred thousand years of accumulation, combined with Black Sky Overlord's demonstration just now, had finally completed the last piece of this top-tier secret art.

The fusion of the Law of Wind and the Time Law was no longer a simple overlay, but a true blending.

Wind aided time, and time commanded wind.

They complemented one another, endlessly perpetuating each other.

Fang Yan opened his eyes, and a sharp glint flashed through them.

"A top-tier secret art..."

He murmured to himself, the corners of his lips curling upward.

"It's complete."

Little Fox Fairy's voice rang out within his divine sense, carrying a trace of excitement.

"That's wonderful! Does that mean you can break through to Immortal now?"

Fang Yan fell silent for a breath, then shook his head.

"No rush."

"Huh? Why not?"

Fang Yan raised his head and looked toward the dim yellow sky of the Dawn Zone.

"Do you think Black Sky Overlord can break through to become a Universe Lord?"

Little Fox Fairy froze for a breath before carefully speaking.

"Probably not, right? She's only a High Universe Venerable."

"Yes, she's only a High Universe Venerable."

Fang Yan sighed. The original work had never mentioned this mysterious race, and Black Sky Overlord most likely had not broken through to become a Universe Lord.

But he still held on to that sliver of hope.

What if?

After all, reaching Immortal meant eternal life. Fang Yan wanted the life ahead of him to be a little more exciting.

(This is where Sister Wonderful should give a like, ٩(๑^o^๑)۶)

On a cosmic scale, it was no more than the flick of a finger.

But for Fang Yan within the Black Heaven Secret Realm, these hundred years were the calmest, yet also the most agonizing, period of his hundred-thousand-year cultivation life.

The calm lay in the fact that he no longer needed to deduce secret arts or fight for his life on the battlefield.

Fang Yan looked toward the Dawn Zone.

The light there had remained unchanged for a hundred years, still presenting the same daylight-like scene.

But Fang Yan knew what was happening there.

A hundred years ago, Black Sky Overlord had begun her secluded breakthrough.

"Little Sister Loulan!"

A soft, sweet voice came from afar.

Fang Yan turned his head and saw Hei Miaomiao bouncing toward him through the air.