Swallow the starry sky, grind to become the strongest in the universe

Chapter 28 The Origin of Time
"Shh!"

Inside the assessment hall, Yu Duan and An Yao appeared at the same time.

At this moment, a dozen or so people who were chatting in the main hall all turned their attention to this place.

"Splitter...you've improved way too fast."

An Yao looked at Yu Duan with a hint of emotion in his eyes.

He knew very well that Yu Duan's talent was far greater than his own. He had spent decades going from being exposed to the fundamental laws to mastering them, while Yu Duan had only taken two or three years.

Based on normal judgment, Yu Duan is very likely to master the split light technique within two or three years, or even less.

However, I never expected that this period of time would be less than two months.

"That won't help. We lost too many in the past few days, so it will be difficult to reach a higher ranking later."

Yu Duan shook his head, then asked An Yao, "Where are you ranked now?"

An Yao raised his hand and touched the top of his bald head, his tone somewhat unwilling: "Fifth place, that Teng De's improvement speed is faster than I expected, besides there is another dark horse."

Teng De's use of the Divine Weapon left a deep impression on Yu Duan.

After all, it was his first day and his first match, and he was practically defeated instantly.

It's fairly normal that Dark Radiance can't beat Tende, but I didn't expect there to be a dark horse like him.

"Besides the two senior brothers who have mastered the higher laws and Teng De, who else is there?"

"Delis, a very arrogant guy. You'll probably meet him in a few days. He's only at the beginner level of the dual fundamental laws of fire and earth. If it weren't for his two senior brothers keeping him in check, he'd probably be invincible."

An Yao gets very annoyed whenever Delis is mentioned.

According to him, in the last ranking battle, this Delis didn't even make it into the top 50.

Although Delis's mastery of the fundamental laws was not low, his application of them was terrible, not much better than the gatekeeper of the final stage of the first assessment, almost negligible.

At first, An Yao kindly reminded Delis to pay more attention to actual combat, but Delis simply ignored him with a cold face.

Looking back now, the reason this guy's application of the laws was so poor was probably because he focused all his energy on comprehending the mysteries of the two fundamental laws.

Now that he has mastered the dual fundamental laws, Delis's fire and earth fundamental laws are used together to create an incredibly terrifying 'lava' domain, which is both offensive and defensive, and has almost no weaknesses.

"The competition in our year is really fierce," Yu Duan couldn't help but remark.

These days, Yu Duan has also learned about the average teaching level of Beiming Holy Land.

Generally speaking, the teaching level of the Northern Divine Land is considered to be in the upper-middle range among the 1008 Great Universe Kingdoms.

Almost every year in the Genius Challenge, someone makes it into the top 1000.

Occasionally, someone who has mastered the dual fundamental laws will emerge, qualified to challenge for the top 100, similar to Delis.

As for those who have mastered the basics of higher-level rules, perhaps only one or two will emerge from the twenty or thirty genius battles.

An Yao nodded and said, "Yeah, our year has been pretty unlucky."

"The greater the pressure, the greater the motivation. My match is over for today, so I'm leaving now."

Yu Duan rushed home to review today's match.

Many problems are not noticed by Yu Duan himself, but Kumishu can see them at a glance.

With Kumi Xiu, a teacher specializing in the Time Sword, Yu Duan avoided many detours.

……

In the rather simply decorated main hall, Yu Duan listened to Kumi Xiu explain his problem.

"Your Highness has mastered the first level of the Time Sword technique. The main problem now is that your movement skills are too low and you are not flexible enough."

Kumishu somewhat euphemistically addressed the issue at hand.

For martial artists, agility is extremely important.

Especially when facing a spiritual master of the same level, if your physical skills are not up to par, the pressure will be immense.

"The movement techniques that my teacher taught me are too profound. To truly master them, one needs to have a certain understanding of the laws of time."

Yu Duan was also somewhat helpless, as he had already given it his all to master the first level of the Time Sword in less than two months.

The movement technique manual that King Qinghuan passed on to Duan is called "The Flow of Time".

"The Passage of Time" is divided into four major levels and twelve sub-levels.

The first major level, 'Time and Shadow', is just the beginning. It requires considerable expertise in both the two fundamental laws of light and time.

Once you master this level, the first thing you'll experience is a surge in speed. When moving at high speed, the effect of your own mass is greatly reduced, which can significantly decrease inertia. Your agility will then rival that of a mentalist of the same level.

Of course, this is not the most important point.

After mastering 'Time Flow Shadow', one can control all the atoms that make up the cells of the body to vibrate at a specific frequency and resonate with the fluctuations of the laws through the power of the two fundamental laws, thereby achieving the effect of 'quantum tunneling'.

Simply put, it's like having the ability to pass through walls, allowing you to overcome obstacles and barriers.

During combat, it can even produce an immunity effect similar to 'etherealization'. When there isn't a significant difference in cultivation level, against an opponent who hasn't even begun to grasp the fundamentals of the laws, one can directly become immune to their physical attacks.

Unless the opponent uses mental attacks or the power of fundamental laws, they can only watch helplessly and cannot harm Yu Duan at all.

When facing an opponent who has mastered the power of laws, the effects of movement techniques can greatly reduce the damage Yu Duan receives.

This effect is already exceptionally powerful.

As for the second layer, the 'light speed storm,' it is far beyond what Yu Duan can currently handle.

This layer, as the name suggests, allows one to have zero rest mass and jump at the speed of light.

With Kumishu's mastery of the laws, he should be able to grasp this second level.

The third level is called 'Flickering Years'. Mastering this level is the enlightenment of a marquis.

The fourth level is called 'time travel', also known as time stop. The value of time stop needs no further explanation.

“If Your Highness doesn’t mind, I have a movement technique here that is quite suitable for Your Highness’s current level of Law.” Kumixiu bowed slightly, a respectful smile on his face.

Yu Duan smiled and waved his hand: "No need, Mr. Kumishu, you've worked hard these past few days. I plan to rest early today and prepare for tomorrow's match."

"Yes, Your Highness, I will take my leave."

Kumi performed a very gentlemanly bow, then turned and headed towards the side hall of the Yu Duan Manor.

As a bodyguard specially hired by Master Qinghuan to instruct Yu Duan on the Light and Time Sword, Kumi Xiu lived directly in a side hall of Yu Duan's manor.

……

That night, in a completely safe and quiet room deep inside the palace, Yu Duan sat cross-legged with his eyes half-closed.

Within Yu Duan's inner space, the Book of Cause and Effect, which cascaded with dazzling rosy light, trembled slightly.

The characters on the pages suddenly faded and became transparent, disappearing completely. Then, the brilliant rays of light gathered and reappeared on the pages as new characters.

[The Fundamental Law of Light] Natural Comprehension, Level: Entering the Threshold. Can receive advance access to 'Ordinary World Lord Level' level law comprehension. Cost: 1318 years of studying the Fundamental Law of Light.

[Time and Space Sword Technique] Top-tier basic secret technique, level: first level entry level, can pre-draw on the understanding and attainment of the 'second level' entry level. Cost: 216.42 full-power executions of the second level sword technique.

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"Comprehension at the level of an ordinary World Lord? What level is this? It actually requires me to comprehend the fundamental laws of light for thousands of years."

This is not the same as the previous perception of law fluctuations; it is about calming down and comprehending the mysteries of the laws, without being distracted by other things.

It's important to understand that the gap between world lords is countless times greater than the gap between a human and a dog. What level is considered an ordinary world lord?
Yu Duan was somewhat puzzled, and then a wisp of his consciousness connected to the virtual universe network to make a query.

A moment later, Yu Duan found the answer in the virtual universe network.

After all, Yu Duan is now a disciple of a super-king in the Virtual Universe Company, and his authority is much higher than before.

The so-called ordinary realm master level of enlightenment refers to the average level that an ordinary realm master can achieve.

Ordinary realm lords refer to those whose talent is only enough to barely reach the realm lord level, and whose potential is completely exhausted thereafter. They may remain at the second or third level of realm lord for their entire lives.

Their talent is insufficient. Without special opportunities, even if they devote the rest of their lives to comprehending the mysteries of the fundamental laws, their understanding of the laws can only reach this level.

In the virtual universe, there is a special assessment space. As long as you can pass the first level, you will be at the level of an ordinary world lord.

This assessment space is called the 'Bridge to Heaven' space.

"It seems that my talent and comprehension are comparable to the top 1,000 geniuses in the entire universe, according to the evaluation of the Book of Cause and Effect."

It takes thousands of years to comprehend a stellar-level object, but normally, it might not even take a hundred years to comprehend a cosmic-level object.

This refers to the original universe. If it were in Chaos City, the time required would be reduced by more than 10 times.

This doesn't even take into account the blessing from comprehending the Chaos Stele, so the actual time required will be greatly reduced.

"The insights into the fundamental laws of light on the first level of the Sky Bridge are indeed tempting... but they take too long."

After thinking it over, Yu Duan decided to prepay for the second level of the Time Sword.

It's truly frightening to see someone practice the Time Sword Technique over two million times.

But in reality, Yu Duan practices the Time Sword technique hundreds of times every day. This is because ranking battles take up a large part of his energy, and he hasn't been able to go all out or use various drugs to recover and grind.

Once you enter "liver master" mode, you can easily perform thousands of liver exercises every day, and more than 30 liver exercises a year.

In this way, even without efficiency improvements, Yu Duan could advance to the third level of the Time Sword in about 7 years.

The third level of the Time Sword, even if one cannot pass the first level of the Heavenly Bridge, the difference lies only in the application of the laws, not in the depth of comprehension.

……

"Buzz!"

Time and space seemed to ripple, faintly rippling around Yu Duan's figure.

As Yu Duan opened his eyes, the fluctuations of the two fundamental laws of light and time instantly erupted, reflecting off the dazzling silver pupil in the center of the cultivation palace.

(End of this chapter)