"In thirty years in Chaos City, I managed to clear the eighth level. Now I can become the Qian Wu Country Lord's formal disciple." Li Hao made the most of his remaining time in Chaos City.
He charged onto the Tongtian Bridge, slaughtering his way through four levels in a row and clearing the eighth!
What did it mean to be leagues ahead? Li Hao was the answer. Some powerhouses in the Virtual Universe Company called him a peerless genius seen only once in ten million eras, and his performance justified that praise.
Among the geniuses from his cohort in the Strongest Battle, aside from Li Hao, even the two strongest had only barely cleared the sixth level. The rest were not worth mentioning.
A genius of this caliber will most likely become a Venerable, so long as he doesn't die along the way, Guardian Bafen thought as he watched this peerless genius.
Clearly, a genius like this had already attracted the attention of many powerhouses. He immediately sent news of Li Hao clearing the eighth level of the Tongtian Bridge to those following his progress.
"The Qian Wu Country Lord has already made his move. Apparently, he would accept Li Hao as a formal disciple as soon as he cleared the seventh level." Bafen could not help shaking his head at the thought of the other powerhouses missing out on this peerless genius because they had acted too slowly.
Who would not envy having a disciple who would most likely become a Venerable?
In the universe, the bond between master and disciple was extremely strong. Most supreme powerhouses had long since lost their descendants, and they treated their disciples even more affectionately than their own sons.
Besides, the stronger a disciple became, the more help they could offer their master. Who would not want a peerless genius?
It was just that peerless geniuses were hard to come by.
"Hmm? Li Hao cleared the eighth level of the Tongtian Bridge. Not bad." Yang Hao nodded after receiving Guardian Bafen's email.
Li Hao, who came from the Mountain Sea Realm, clearing eight levels of the Tongtian Bridge in thirty years in Chaos City was actually within his expectations.
In Yang Hao's estimation, as long as Li Hao cultivated diligently for thirty years without taking the wrong path, clearing the eighth level was highly likely with the help of the secret techniques he had provided.
"Teacher, your disciple has cleared the eighth level of the Tongtian Bridge and completed your challenge," Li Hao said respectfully once the call connected.
"Good. You cleared the eighth level of the Tongtian Bridge in thirty years." Yang Hao nodded. "From now on, you are my second formal disciple!"
"After you leave Chaos City, you'll continue cultivating in the Primal Secret Region. I'll create two more secret techniques for you: one for combat, and one to help you comprehend the laws."
"Just complete two or three cultivation missions. Don't waste time trying to earn points. Tell me if you need any secret techniques. Your goal should be to advance your cultivation as soon as possible."
Yang Hao gave him these instructions because the Universe Level and even the Domain Lord level were far too low. There was no need to linger at either stage. Becoming a World Lord sooner was what truly mattered.
Cultivation missions offered Universe Level geniuses opportunities to temper themselves while also earning points.
Those points could be used to buy secret techniques, treasures, and more.
However, cultivation missions also held certain hidden secrets. Discovering those depended on each individual's luck.
"Also, you must undertake the Blood Luo World mission. If you can become a Blood Warrior, I'll bestow a treasure upon you when you reach the World Lord Level. If you can become a Black Warrior at the World Lord Level, I'll give you an even greater reward."
The secret hidden within Blood Luo World was the Blood Luo Crystals, crystals formed from the blood of an Innate Beast God.
Only flesh-and-blood lifeforms could fuse with Blood Luo Crystals. During fusion, they would suffer an assault of killing intent and excruciating physical pain.
Generally, the more one had slaughtered, the easier fusion became. Every additional crystal increased the physical requirements tenfold. Successful fusion increased one's life gene multiplier and sensitivity to the laws.
Becoming a Blood Warrior required fusing with three Blood Luo Crystals.
Becoming a Black Warrior required fusing with a full ten Blood Luo Crystals!
A Black Warrior's gene level rose to ten times the original, while their affinity for law comprehension tripled.
A tenfold increase in genes meant that, compared with an ordinary human at the same level, their strength would be ten times greater.
A threefold increase in affinity for the laws meant that their speed of cultivating the laws would triple.
Clearly, becoming a Black Warrior enhanced one's strength in every respect. However, becoming one was extraordinarily difficult. Only after a vast stretch of time would a single Black Warrior emerge.
For a youngster at the Universe Level, becoming a Blood Warrior was already quite impressive.
"Understood, Teacher." Although Li Hao did not know what his teacher was talking about, he committed it to memory first and would look into it later.
"Mm, go on. Also, collect more Blood Luo Crystals if you can. If you encounter any problems with cultivation, ask your senior sister." Yang Hao took the easy way out and handed his young disciple over to Huiyun.
Blood Luo Crystals were condensed from the blood of an Innate Beast God. Every hundred crystals formed one unit from which beast god blood could be extracted, and that beast god blood offered certain benefits even to Universe Venerables.
Having his disciple collect more could hardly go wrong.
He left Li Hao's cultivation guidance to Huiyun. As the eldest senior sister, surely she could put in a little effort.
Speaking of Huiyun, after more than twelve thousand eras, she had already become a powerhouse at the pinnacle of King Rank.
My eldest disciple's strength is quite good. Through tempering, her will has even reached the Universe Venerable level. Yang Hao sank into thought.
Relatively speaking, Huiyun's talent was indeed not top-tier, but she had made steady progress thereafter, and her strength had risen consistently. Reaching the pinnacle of King Rank was already an impressive achievement.
Helping her become a Universe Venerable will probably take some effort. I'll let her keep cultivating at her own pace for now and help once she exhausts her potential.
Yang Hao had found that Huiyun had yet to exhaust her potential, so he had not interfered much with her cultivation. Judging by her current performance, she had some chance of becoming a Universe Venerable on her own.
As for Qian Ming, his potential had been exhausted after he reached Peak Marquis, and he had not improved for a long time. Still, compared with his former self, who had simply given up trying, his strength had increased tremendously.
Previously, he had possessed only seven or eight hundred times the world lord power and had not even qualified as a Marquis Immortal. Now, he possessed nearly ten thousand times the world lord power. His divine power alone had increased more than tenfold.
Thirty years in Chaos City meant that a hundred years had passed in the outside world.
"Ha, my Salamander Whale clone is already this big!" Yang Hao returned to his Divine Kingdom and looked at the enormous egg at its center. It had continued growing rapidly from its previous diameter of one thousand kilometers and was now nearly ten thousand kilometers across.
"Big is good! The bigger, the better!" Yang Hao laughed. Who would complain about it being too big?
"The giant egg nurturing my clone is actually revealing so much of the space law and time law!" Yang Hao looked at the surrounding space, where the two higher laws were laid bare.
If an Immortal God stopped nearby to study these exposed laws, they too would gain something.
"Take your time developing. There's still a long way to go." After observing it for a while, he nodded in satisfaction.
It had reached ten thousand kilometers in size after just over a hundred years. How enormous would its final divine body be? Yang Hao could not help wondering how much divine power such a massive divine body would contain.
"In the future, even if this clone does nothing but stay with me to replenish my divine power, I'll be able to burn divine power without restraint." The Salamander Whale's divine body would certainly far exceed ten thousand kilometers. How many times his original body's divine power would it possess?
"Becoming a Blood Warrior really is difficult!" Li Hao had already spent sixty years tempering himself in Blood Luo World. By now, he had fused with two Blood Luo Crystals and needed only one more to become a Blood Warrior.
Yet the difficulty of fusing with that final crystal far exceeded that of the first and second combined. The endless killing intent had nearly shattered his soul.
I will become a Blood Warrior! Li Hao roared inwardly. His cultivation journey had been smooth all along. How could the mere challenge of becoming a Blood Warrior stop him?
Still, after fusing with the Blood Luo Crystals, I've been comprehending the laws faster and faster, Li Hao thought with his eyes closed.
During his thirty years in Chaos City, he had fully comprehended the first twelve mysteries of the law of fire. Yet in his sixty years in Blood Luo World, he had comprehended another twenty-six.
A lower origin law contained nine initial mysteries, twenty-seven intermediate mysteries, and seventy-two final mysteries.
Li Hao had fully comprehended thirty-eight mysteries in total. He had mastered all nine initial mysteries and all twenty-seven intermediate mysteries, and had begun comprehending the final seventy-two. His progress was astonishingly fast.
With guidance from the secret techniques his teacher had given him, his own extraordinary talent, and the two Blood Luo Crystals he had fused with, his speed of comprehension was absurdly fast.
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