"However, I only Fundamentals of the Ten Great Laws as a supplementary means. My talent is limited, and I have not truly cultivated them to a profound level," said Venerable Guiyi.
"Second Senior Brother is too modest. I'm just at the Universe Level; I still have a long way to go," Zhang Junbao said.
"The path of spiritual cultivation is long and arduous; exploring the Universe Origin is the lifelong joy of those of us who cultivate."
"I will come to find you in the Virtual Universe, Yuxiang Mountain, ten years from now." Venerable Guiyi saw Zhang Junbao off from the city lord's mansion and then suddenly disappeared.
" Space Venerable? Even if it's Space Venerable, I can still sense a slight spatial fluctuation when they leave. Only Universe Master, who completely controls a spacetime, can leave no trace for me to detect."
Zhang Junbao sighed with emotion.
"A thousand hours? That's more than enough!"
"During my thirty years in Chaos City, I had thirty opportunities to comprehend the Virtual Chaos Stele. Moreover, by passing through the six levels of the Heavenly Bridge, I had six opportunities to comprehend the real Chaos Stele, for a total of thirty-six opportunities to comprehend, which was enough to allow my strength to improve rapidly."
No wonder the Chaos City Lord isn't giving me any more opportunities to comprehend the Chaos Stele. No matter how many opportunities I have, if I don't digest them in time, it's all a waste.
"Perfect timing. The doubts I have about comprehending the Virtual Chaos Stele can be answered when I comprehend the real Chaos Stele. If that doesn't work, I can consult Venerable Guiyi once every ten years. One Space Venerable is enough to guide my current cultivation."
Although the Lord of Chaos City Lord accepted Zhang Junbao as a disciple on behalf of his Original Ancestor, allowing him to become a disciple of the Chaos City Lord, he did not expect the Lord of Chaos City to personally guide him. After all, with Zhang Junbao's current strength, although he cultivated the Ten Great Laws, he still did not need the Chaos City Lord's guidance.
Inside the Chaos Ruins, the Chaos City Lord frowned slightly, as if deep in thought.
"Deep within Zhang Junbao's soul, there is a peculiar power of Law enveloping him. Could it be a protective force left by his teacher? Even I cannot fully see through it."
Fortunately, his soul is indeed that of Human Race, so he can be trusted.
He passed the sixth level of the Heavenly Bridge on his first try. Now, with the resources of Chaos City, his cultivation speed might be even faster. He might become another genius like Kedi in the future! It's just a matter of whether this is a blessing or a curse.
Damn Zerg, they plotted against my disciple! If I weren't required to protect Human Territory, I would have slaughtered Zerg!
In the Original Universe, although the Human Race appears powerful now, it is still surrounded by dangers. Even though I have committed countless killings, I still cannot stop other Alien Race from their ambition to destroy my Human Race.
Alas... I Clone powerless to Clone. Even if I could, I would still be unable to do so. Teacher, I am incompetent and unable to save you. The only thing I can do is to guard the Human Race 'Human Territory and protect its future.
A hint of helplessness was revealed in the eyes of the Chaos City Lord.
"The same Cultivation Residence, the same extraordinary talent—is this the fate of my 'Universe' lineage? Junior brother, I hope you can break the deadlock and not fall into the same predicament as Kedi..."
The figure of the Chaos City Lord walked through the vast world. Originally, he was incomparably domineering, but his background appeared somewhat lonely and desolate.
His teacher was suppressed, his disciples were trapped and killed, and he, as the Chaos City Lord, could only guard the Human Territory, unable to rescue his teacher or avenge his disciples. Because the Human Race needed him, needed a leader to guide everyone forward, needed a strong protector of the Human Race. Every action he took had to be for the Human Race.
Therefore, the moment he saw Zhang Junbao, he made him abandon the path of merging the Ten Great Laws, because the path of the Chaos City Lord would inevitably bring endless disaster to Zhang Junbao.
After leaving the city lord's mansion, Zhang Junbao went directly to study the " Universe Chaos Stele," and he had six chances to comprehend it through the six-layered Heavenly Bridge.
Moreover, after meeting the Chaos City Lord, he finally broke through the final bottleneck of the first diagram and was able to continue to comprehend the next diagram.
As time passed, the news that Zhang Junbao had become the Chaos City Lord's 'nominal disciple' had spread throughout the Universe Venerable. After all, their biggest competitor in wanting to take Zhang Junbao as their disciple was the Chaos City Lord. As Universe Venerable, and being within Chaos City, they simply couldn't compete with the Chaos City Lord.
After receiving this news, the Venerable Nine Swords completely gave up hope. Although he had tried everything, the Chaos City Lord was his superior, so what could he do?
However, the ' Ganwu Country Lord ' in the Ganwu Universe Country became excited again. Zhang Junbao had already brought him too many surprises. Just for the merit of cultivating a top genius for the Human Race, the Ganwu Country Lord had gained a lot. So he ordered that Zhang Junbao's family and Earth be given greater special treatment within the Ganwu Universe Country.
The Zhang Family, which was already incredibly powerful, was now comparable to some of the most powerful Immortal families in the Ganwu Universe Country.
Zhang Junbao didn't care too much about this. He was well aware that this was an important stage in his rise to power. The secrets of his Cultivation Residence, the secrets hidden by the Chaos City Lord, the mysteries of the author of " Detailed Explanation of the Ten Great Laws," the mysteries of the Universe Laws —countless secrets awaited his exploration. And any one of these secrets was beyond the reach of a Universe Level being.
After Zhang Junbao left the Heavenly Bridge, Rong Jun passed through the first level of the Heavenly Bridge for the first time. This should have been an extremely shocking event, but with Zhang Junbao's success as a precedent, those respected beings from the universe were not too surprised.
Ultimately, Rong Jun was taken in as a disciple by a Universe Country Lord. This Universe Country Lord was also very shrewd; he knew very well that Zhang Junbao was not in his faction, and the possibility of him taking Zhang Junbao as a disciple was extremely small. It would be better for him to properly cultivate Rong Jun.
On the Heavenly Bridge, Rong Jun's performance was already quite formidable compared to previous geniuses.
Luo Feng nearly made it to the second level of the Heavenly Bridge on his first attempt, but the guardian narrowly defeated Luo Feng, a regrettable outcome. However, his performance was already approaching that of Bolan, which was truly admirable.
However, to everyone's surprise, Luo Feng did not ultimately become a disciple of the Universe Venerable. Instead, the True Yan King of the ' Nine Universes ' lineage struck first, actively seeking out Luo Feng and exchanging in-depth views on the cultivation experience of the Nine Universe Lineage. Taking advantage of everyone's inattention, he secretly accepted Luo Feng as his disciple.
Those Universe Venerable who were pursuing Zhang Junbao finally realized what was going on, but it was too late.
"Hahaha... Those Venerable, each with their eyes on the top of their heads, only know that Zhang Junbao is powerful, but they overlook the extraordinary talent of my disciple Luo Feng. Given time, Luo Feng's achievements may very well reach an astonishing height!"
"Now look what's happened! Zhang Junbao has become the master of the Chaos City Lord and still wants to find my disciple? Too late!" After secretly taking Luo Feng as his disciple, True Yan King burst into wild laughter in his palace, as if he had found some treasure.
Despite the turbulent outside world, Zhang Junbao remained calm and composed. He sat cross-legged on the rooftop for half a month without moving, absorbing and digesting all the insights he had gained from the study of the Universe Chaos Stele, deducing and perfecting his own secret techniques, before finally ending this short period of seclusion.
Zhang Junbao wandered around the rooftop, looking at the insights and inscriptions left by his predecessors. This journey took another ten days or so.
"Although these engravings represent the insights of top geniuses from the ' Universe School ' over the years, they are somewhat scattered. The strongest among them is the passage left by Kedi, as well as the four large characters ' Universe School '!"
The four characters ' Universe School ' are still beyond my comprehension, but within the markings left by Kedi, I can actually sense traces of the fluctuations of the Ten Great Laws. Could it be that Kedi is also following this path?
Zhang Junbao was filled with doubt.
As the personal disciple of the Chaos City Lord, Kodi possessed exceptional talent. Kedi, the Chaos City Lord should have arranged a cultivation path for him. However, after observing for so long, Zhang Junbao discovered traces of the " Detailed Explanation of the Ten Great Laws " among the marks left by Kedi.
This made him wonder if Kedi had also tried to take this path.
"Could it be that the Chaos City Lord made me give up because Kedi failed to make it through? No, he said that someone had reached the level of Universe Venerable on this path, but Kedi perished during his time World Lord."
Even with my current permissions, I can't find out which Venerable One within the Virtual Universe Company has cultivated this path.
With Zhang Junbao's current authority, he already has the right to know some general information about the Venerable, such as the Venerable's name, approximate abilities, and so on.
Who exactly is that person?
The mystery behind this is probably not going to be solved anytime soon.
"Never mind, let's go take a look outside the city."
Filled with doubt, but lacking further evidence to support his guess, Zhang Junbao stopped dwelling on it.
It is said that Chaos City has three treasures. The first treasure is the manifested Law operation in the Initial Universe; the second treasure is the 52 Chaos Tablets; and the third treasure is the Chaos True Spirit.
Without hesitation, Zhang Junbao took to the air and flew to the city gate, which was always open, with powerful figures coming and going from time to time.
Upon arriving outside the city gate, you will see a huge stone tablet on the left, which describes the third treasure of Chaos City.
Zhang Junbao glanced at it and immediately understood what the so-called Chaos True Spirit was.
The Chaos True Spirit are strange creatures that naturally emerged when the universe was in its initial state. Because no one was watching them, their appearances were rather haphazard, with all sorts of bizarre shapes. The people who named Chaos City called them ' Chaos Beast '.
The names are as sloppy as their appearances.
However, their strength is not to be underestimated. As life forms naturally born from the Initial Universe, each of them is born with some Origin Law. Moreover, because they were born in a place where the Law manifest, although their intelligence is low, their application of the Law is close to the Dao, and they can almost unleash the power of the Origin of Laws. They are not to be underestimated by these geniuses who have just arrived in Chaos City.
After killing Chaos Beast, its body will emit Chaos Qi and a small green light spot, which is the core of the Chaos Beast and is called the ' Chaos True Spirit '.
Humans can strengthen their souls by absorbing the Chaos True Spirit into their bodies, making their souls more aligned with the Universe Laws, which is extremely precious.
"This is equivalent to indirectly enhancing a person's potential; no wonder it can be considered one of the three treasures of Chaos City, along with the other two great treasures."
" Junbao!"
Zhang Junbao, who was looking at the stone tablet, suddenly heard shouts coming from behind him.
In the distance, Savage Rong Jun with bare feet, slammed heavily onto the ground with a thud. However, the ground of Chaos City was very solid, and he did not create a deep crater. Rong Jun seemed somewhat dissatisfied with this.
He strode forward, his bare feet touching Zhang Junbao, and laughed, "Haha, you secluded maniac, you've really worn us out! You've finally decided to come out! Are you also planning to go out of the city to hunt Chaos Beast?"
But we have to be careful, because some of us have already died hunting Chaos Beast!
"Huh? There have been casualties so quickly?"
"That's right."
Rong Jun nodded and said, "I was skeptical at first too, but after I went out of the city to hunt Chaos Beast, I understood. The Venerable Nine Swords was right. Chaos City is not a safe haven. Although humans are forbidden from killing each other, such a ban cannot control those brutal Chaos Beast."
"Although I know you are much stronger than the others, don't be careless. There are a lot of Chaos Beast, and they will call for their companions when attacked. They are the kind of beasts that will attract a whole group if you mess with one!"
The thousand of us who came together received at least 10 Hunyuan Unit as a reward. That's a considerable amount of wealth for Universe Level being, so everyone exchanged for a lot of treasures. Everyone has some trump cards up their sleeve!
"Even so, more than a hundred people have died so far. This is the real world, where people die when they are killed, unlike in the Virtual Universe Network where people can be resurrected."
Even if you have advanced weaponry and a high-tech spaceship, you can still be killed if you're caught in an ambush.
They excel at all sorts of bizarre Law attacks, making them incredibly difficult to defend against!
"That's something I didn't expect. So, want to come along?" Zhang Junbao asked.
"No, I'm afraid I'll be discouraged if I stay with you. I also need to gain experience. Those Chaos True Spirit are all valuable things. I'll be going now." With that, Rong Jun turned to leave.
Although he knew that facing the Chaos Beast alone was extremely dangerous, this was the path to becoming a strongman that Rong Jun pursued.
Forge ahead bravely, undeterred by difficulties and obstacles.
Be careful. If you encounter any danger, contact me immediately. I don't want to lose a friend so soon.
"Don't worry, if I get surrounded, I'll run to you. If you can't handle it, we're both doomed, hahaha..."
You bastard!
Zhang Junbao knew Rong Jun was joking, but the fact that Rong Jun could say something like that showed that Rong Jun genuinely considered him a friend and wasn't being polite.
After Rong Jun left, Zhang Junbao continued to study the information about the Chaos True Spirit on the stone tablet.
Absorbing the Chaos True Spirit allows the soul to resonate more closely with the universe, which means that one's understanding of the Universe Origin will be clearer.
The breakthrough from World Lord to Immortal is a transformation of the soul's essence, and the Chaos True Spirit can accelerate this transformation. However, this is ineffective against Immortal, therefore, those above the Immortal Level are prohibited from attacking Chaos Beast.
To nurture future generations, Chaos City divided the area inhabited by Chaos Beast into three major regions. The inner layer, located within 2,000 kilometers of Chaos City, is primarily inhabited by Universe Level Chaos Beast.
Within 10,000 kilometers lies the middle layer, where Domain Lord Level Chaos Beast reside.
Ten thousand kilometers away, the area is filled with Chaos Beast of the World Lord Level.
Those with high cultivation levels cannot enter areas where those with low cultivation levels are hunting. For example, World Lord can only act from the outer perimeter. As for Immortal Level Chaos Beast, once they are born, they are either kept in captivity or exterminated.
Clearly, this is for training purposes.
Chaos City is a sacred place for the Human Race in the universe.
Many of the arrangements here are designed to cultivate generations of strong individuals, ensuring humanity's perpetual prosperity. Sending young people on adventures to fight Chaos Beast is clearly also for the purpose of training future generations.
Those 'strong' trained in a greenhouse ultimately have limited futures; only those born from slaughter can truly protect Human Race.
Although the 30 years in Chaos City were mainly for training and cultivation, these geniuses could not be allowed to lose their fighting spirit and pressure.
If you raise a tiger like a pig for decades, it will likely turn into a pig. Only by keeping it wild and fighting spirit can you truly cultivate a useful genius.
Chaos City never regrets those geniuses killed by Chaos Beast. The real universe is ten thousand times more cruel than this. If you can't even stand a little competition, you'll only become a military achievement for the Alien Race.