On the rooftop of a Cultivation Residence in Chaos City.
"Whew..."
A long exhalation echoed across the silent rooftop. Yang Zheng slowly opened his eyes, a barely perceptible trace of helplessness flickering through their depths.
In the deepest recesses of his Sea of Consciousness, a brilliant streak of light quietly appeared at his thought, tracing out clear words.
[Space-Time Fusion Law] (31%)
After more than three hundred years of solitary cultivation on the rooftop, his progress in the Space-Time Fusion Law had increased by only 11%.
What weighed on him even more was that, once his cultivation entered the fourth layer-the stage between 30% and 40%-advancing the progress bar became extraordinarily difficult and sluggish.
According to the progress bar's divisions, 1%-10% corresponded to the first layer of the Path of the Beast God, 10%-20% to the second, 20%-30% to the third, and 30%-40% to the fourth...
In other words.
If Yang Zheng wished, he could use this Space-Time Fusion Law as his foundation right now, force open the gateway to a higher level of life, and become a Universe Venerable on the spot.
An incomparably clear sensation lingered in his mind.
At the farthest edge of his mental "vision" lay an extremely thin, almost transparent membrane. It seemed so fragile that the slightest poke would break it.
It seemed that, once he pierced this membrane, his level of life would undergo an earth-shattering transformation.
Advance to Universe Venerable through the Space-Time Fusion Law?
The moment that thought arose, Yang Zheng extinguished it without hesitation.
If the path indicated by this progress bar-if the Space-Time Fusion Law's progress bar truly led straight to the source of laws-then using it to become a Universe Venerable would be a foolish choice.
After all, the sixth layer of the progress bar required