An immortal merely had to comprehend one of the most basic Laws, then, with the help of the Law Ocean, directly transform into a divine body. From then on, they possessed eternal life.
A Universe Venerable had comprehended either the Space Law or the Time Law. Their divine body was stronger, and their comprehension of Laws had reached a higher level.
A Universe Master had comprehended spacetime! Or they had comprehended one of the fused Laws, such as metal-space, wood-space, time-wind... Only upon reaching this level could one truly become a Universe Master. Once one became a Universe Master, even a Metal-Space Beast God could control spacetime.
This was the universe's gift to them!
Throughout the three stages of immortal, Universe Venerable, and Universe Master, the universe's origin had always given! Given! And given again!
It bestowed endless divine power!
It bestowed innate secret techniques!
It bestowed complete control over spacetime, bestowed the possibility of reversing spacetime to resurrect the dead!
Even after becoming a Universe Master... the universe's origin still treated them like children, constantly bestowing gifts and protection! It would absolutely never deliberately interfere with or disrupt their cultivation process!
Of course, the prerequisite for all this was that they did not touch things they should not touch!
But from Universe Master to Universe Strongest...
First, there was no clear path at all!
Once a Universe Strongest was born, the path they had once taken would be sealed off!
Other powerful beings could not walk the same path and become Universe Strongest.
Second...
Even if one endured endless hardships and possessed great wisdom, great opportunities, and great perseverance, eventually breaking through the final bottleneck and taking that last step! After becoming an invincible Universe Strongest, they themselves could control Laws and rules. Their strength was already so great