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

Chapter 42 Purification Manual and the Nine Interpretations of Time
Virtual universe, the sacred land of the Northern Dipper.

As the preliminary rounds concluded, nearly a million stellar-level figures were instantly teleported to the exclusive space of the North Sea, gathering in a vast plaza.

Of the hundreds of millions of star-level students in the Northern Divine Land, less than a million survived to the end of the preliminary rounds.

The number of people who made it into the top 1,000 of the qualifiers was naturally even smaller, making the elimination rate terrifying.

"I was so close! I was just over 300 points away from breaking into the top 1,000 in the world rankings. Damn it, I'm so unwilling to accept this!"

"Me too, why couldn't the qualifiers last for two more days?"

"Haha, I'm lucky! I ranked 867th in the world region and barely made it!"

"..."

In an instant, the square erupted in a bustling commotion; some were excited, some regretful, and some unwilling to accept it.

Those who survived to the end of the qualifiers, except for 'Voldemort', were basically all beyond the initial stage of the field, with each person mastering three or four levels of the field or above.

In the central area of ​​the plaza, more than three hundred geniuses who had crossed the threshold of the fundamental laws gathered together.

"Yu Duan, are you number one in the world?"

Teng De, carrying the Divine Weapon of Rift, looked at Yu Duan.

"Hmm, and you?" Yu nodded and asked casually.

Teng De grinned: "Of course, mentalists are more efficient at crushing noobs. You might not even have as many points as me."

Aarons then spoke up, "I have a little over 2.1 million points left."

"I have 1.4 million points."

"I almost reached 1 million points."

A group of people started discussing who had the higher score.

Geniuses who have entered the realm of fundamental laws, as long as they are not eliminated in a decisive battle with experts of the same level beforehand, are basically among the top five in the world, each with tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of points.

"I'm just a little short of 4 million points."

Yu Duan didn't deliberately hide anything; the terrain of the First World District was unique.

In the last two days, a group of experts at the eighth and ninth levels were cornered by Yu Duan on the top floor of the flight base, and their points soared from just over 2 million to nearly 4 million.

Before these geniuses could even be shocked by Yu Duan's score, a surging pressure erupted.

Then a towering figure over eight meters tall appeared in mid-air, with dragon horns on its head and wearing a crimson scale armor battle robe. It was none other than the First Divine General!

"boom!"

An invisible pressure swept outwards, the air itself could not bear the weight, the Dharma body roared in waves, and one could even vaguely see ripples spreading through the space.

In an instant, the square, with a diameter of over a million kilometers, became incredibly oppressive.

Cold sweat beaded on the foreheads of nearly a million geniuses, their faces deathly pale. Under the faint pressure of consciousness emanating from the First Divine General's gaze, they couldn't even lift their heads.

The only exception is Yu Duan.

Even if the pressure of a powerful king's consciousness is contained countless times, it is still something that a mere star-level kid cannot ignore.

However, Yu Duan only felt a little stuffy, without any other discomfort.

"This is... the amplification of mental state resisting the pressure of consciousness!"

Yu Duan immediately noticed the difference between himself and the students next to him.

According to Hong's description, a cosmic-level Thor, with his childlike innocence and state of perfect harmony with nature, could almost withstand the pressure of consciousness from peak Immortal Army Lords to Immortal Marquises.

Although the First Divine General was a King-level expert, the traces of his consciousness pressure that he released could not possibly be too strong, as he only wanted to scare these little stellar-level guys.

"You have disappointed the great king!"

A deafening roar erupted, as if the First Divine General himself was unleashing a series of explosions, so loud that the group of trainees felt their hearts pounding wildly.

"Of the 100,100 available spots, only less than 53,000 were filled!"

"However, you still have a chance. There are 1000 spots available for the Genius Battle Universe Stage competition, and I hope you can secure 600 of them!"

The First Divine General deliberately put on a stern face and reprimanded a group of geniuses. Accompanied by the pressure of consciousness in his eyes, many geniuses were so frightened that their bodies went limp and they could barely maintain their standing posture.

"Next, apart from the top player in their respective world region, all students who have passed the qualifiers will prepare for the group battle in the arena!"

"Furthermore, even you world number one players cannot afford to slack off for the next three years. The real battle of geniuses has not yet begun!"

After giving a final warning, the First Divine General simply waved his hand.

In an instant, the figures of nearly a million stellar-level geniuses were teleported away.

……

In the real world, on the planet of light.

At the summit of the snow-capped mountain, Yu Duan opened his eyes. Kumi Xiu, who was guarding Yu Duan, bowed slightly and said, "Congratulations, Your Highness, on passing the preliminary rounds."

Yu Duan couldn't help but laugh speechlessly: "Mr. Kumishu, is there any need for congratulations?"

Kumi smiled upon hearing this: "Then, I'll wish Your Highness all the best in winning first place in the universe-wide finals!" "No, the match hasn't even started yet; celebrating halfway through is inappropriate!"

Planting a flag at halftime is not advisable; if it backfires, it would be ridiculous.

Although the First God General once said that the Virtual Universe Company would not arrange for him to fight against Aarons.

However, Yu Duan does not agree with the idea of ​​being invincible among his contemporaries achieved in this way.

Yu Duan still hopes to defeat Aarons through his own strength.

Even if the next advance payment from the Book of Cause and Effect is a hundred years from now, so what?

Even without a book on cause and effect, Yu Duan can still make progress.

The Book of Cause and Effect only allows Yu Duan to enjoy the fruits of his labor ahead of time. If Yu Duan cannot improve through his own abilities, then the progress bar for repaying the advance cost will not be completed in a hundred years, but in thousands or even tens of thousands of years.

"Drip!"

A notification sound came from the light computer on Yu Duan's right wrist, and then a screen was projected, showing an email sent by Teacher Qinghuan Wang.

"Come see me in the virtual universe."

Without the slightest hesitation, Yu Duan connected his consciousness to the virtual universe network and appeared directly in King Qinghuan's palace.

At this moment, inside the palace, King Qinghuan was admiring a vast starry sky mural.

The entire mural, carved on the walls of the palace, stretches for hundreds of kilometers and is tens of kilometers high.

Countless tiny specks of dust are like stars, intertwining to form hundreds of galaxies.

Hundreds of galaxies are interconnected, forming an even more vast and majestic galaxy cluster, containing an endless and mysterious fluctuation of time.

"This wall carving is actually a very complex secret technique, containing the complete mysteries of the fundamental laws of time..."

The voice of the King of Illusions rang out, his tone no longer gentle as usual, but rather somewhat complicated.

After he finished speaking, King Qinghuan turned to look at Yu Duan: "Disciple, I have been studying this mural for countless epochs!"

"But we still cannot decipher the complete fundamental laws of time, and have not been able to go any further."

The oldest immortal deity and the most powerful immortal soul master under the Virtual Universe Company, without exception.

It seems like an honorable title, but it's also the title that King Qinghuan hates the most.

After King Qinghuan finished speaking, he let out a long breath, and the complex emotions in his eyes disappeared instantly. He smiled and said, "Child, with my example here, you should know how difficult it is to comprehend a complete superior law, right?"

"Your disciple will remember your teachings, Master!" Yu Duan quickly bowed.

King Qinghuan smiled and patted Yu Duan on the shoulder, then casually waved his hand to the side.

Suddenly, two illusory projections of secret manuals appeared.

"The deeper one's understanding of the laws, the harder it is to progress... Until the final step of fully comprehending the original laws, which is also the most difficult step, a major bottleneck."

"The number of World Lords under the Northern Miasma Universe Kingdom has remained above one million for many years, but the number of Immortal Gods is only around twenty thousand."

The lifespan of a World Lord is ten million years.

That is to say, on average, a million world lords can be born every thousand eras.

However, there are only 20,000 immortal gods who possess eternal lifespan.

The proportion of world lord-level powerhouses who can break through to immortality is far less than one in ten thousand.

King Qinghuan pointed to the two sets of secret manual projections: "Of these two secret manuals, the first one is called the Purification Manual, which is a manual for comprehending the fundamental laws of light and time."

"The secret manual contains 7645 sets of auxiliary law comprehension secret techniques and 627 sets of law application combat secret techniques."

"Among the King-level secret manuals that combine the two laws of light and time, it is considered a top-tier existence, with very detailed explanations from the basic level to the advanced level."

"Therefore, the value of this 'Purification Manual' exceeds 100,000 Chaos Units."

As King Qinghuan began his explanation, the two projections transformed into a giant light screen.

Lines of universal characters emerged, forming the catalogs of two sets of secret texts, each containing a different set of secret techniques.

"As for the second secret manual, it is called the Nine Interpretations of Time, which contains 74 different martial arts techniques, including swordsmanship, knife techniques, fist techniques and many other types."

"Each set of combat techniques contains the same profound laws, which can be considered the basic secrets of specializing in the fundamental laws of time."

"The value of this second set of secret manuals is far less than that of the first set, only worth about one hundred Chaos Units."

"There are two sets of secret manuals. One is the conventional path of comprehending the laws, which allows for faster progress in the early stages but becomes increasingly difficult as you go further. However, at the peak of the Immortal Army Lord, the first major bottleneck will appear."

"The other approach is to analyze the deeper essence of the laws. In the early stages, the progress will be tens or hundreds of times slower, but in the later stages, the progress will be tens or hundreds of times faster."

"As for the bottleneck, if you can overcome this obstacle, as long as you don't perish in the future, you will surely become an immortal king."

After giving a brief introduction to the two secret manuals, King Qinghuan looked at Yu Duan.

"Take these two secret manuals back and take a look. Carefully compare the differences between the two routes. I have left detailed annotations and introductions in the manuals."

"Finally, choose one of the two paths as your main path in the future, and then come to the virtual universe to see your master."

(End of this chapter)