socalfunplaces Chapter 371 The Realm of Laws, Achieving Profound Truth
Chapter 371 The Realm of Laws, Achieving Profound Truth
Chapter 371 The Realm of Laws, Achieving Profound Truth
"After ten thousand years, all the ninth-tier scale armor runes have finally been deduced!"
"The ninth-tier system can evolve into close-combat techniques, as well as psychic weapon techniques, soul erosion and annihilation techniques, or the construction of illusory spacetime—"
"It's just a simple secret technique, yet its power is comparable to the ultimate secret technique I created ten thousand years ago! This means that my comprehension of the spacetime fusion law of the ninth-order scale armor system is already equivalent to the level of a Universe Venerable on the 21st floor of the Bridge to Heaven."
Ye Yang disbanded all his soul appendages and exited the soul resonance state.
They were given a 1000-year vacation to mitigate the effects of soul assimilation.
He himself excitedly entered the virtual universe's Tongtian Bridge dimension.
"So it was the King of the Heart Prison."
The watchman, Baffin, then acted with great respect.
Ye Yang's previous feat of killing Venerable Ni Tong and his status as a member of the highest council of the human race were no secrets.
"Is the Cosmic Bridge deserted?" Ye Yang asked with a helpless expression.
The title "Heart Prison" is fine in the universal language, but when translated into Chinese, it has a rather unpleasant homonym. He can't change it for the time being, and even if he did, others would still call him that; the spread of his name is already irreversible.
"Nobody's here," the watchman, Baffin, chuckled.
"Okay, it's been a while since I've been here. I'll give it a try."
Ye Yang nodded and stepped directly onto the Cosmic Bridge.
In fact, he had already passed the 21st level, mainly due to the combined effects of secret techniques, true meaning, and the Ouroboros concept.
The essence gleaned from the serpentine bead possesses immense power; it almost allowed Ye Yang to overcome the second...
We're on the second floor now, just a little bit more!
This time, he made up for his shortcomings in understanding the laws.
It is neither a spatial law nor a temporal law, but a spacetime fusion law that perfectly matches the artistic conception of the Ouroboros.
"Void Dragon! Kill!"
Ye Yang transformed into a streak of light, shattering space and time. After exchanging dozens of blows with his opponent on the 21st floor, he pierced through him with a single punch, completely shattering his body!
They killed him quickly.
"Without relying on precious treasures, without the advantage of a divine body, and even actively suppressing the power of intent and true meaning—I can kill ordinary universe venerables just by relying on my understanding of laws and secret techniques."
Ye Yang walked up to the 22nd floor of the Cosmic Bridge, feeling quite satisfied.
By comprehending the laws of time or space, one can ascend to the status of a cosmic sage.
"Comprehend one of the eight great laws of the Beast Gods and comprehend the corresponding Beast God's Heart," and you can be promoted to the Lord of the Universe.
What about the laws of spacetime fusion?
It's definitely not just about the true God!
However, precisely because of this, even though Ye Yang's understanding of the laws in this area is comparable to that of a cosmic venerable, he cannot advance in rank based on this alone.
The 22nd level of the Cosmic Bridge — Ye Yang no longer suppresses the spatial-temporal fusion conception and the true meaning of martial arts.
With a single move, containing terrifying soul illusions and material attacks, the opponent on the 22nd floor was instantly defeated!
Floor 23 — Ye Yang was instantly killed.
"The gap widens as time goes on."
With a sigh, Ye Yang's consciousness exited the virtual universe.
Ten thousand years ago, while comprehending the Serpent Bead, he had already thoroughly understood the concepts of spatial sealing and time freezing.
He had fully comprehended all three parts of the laws of space and was only one step away from advancing to the level of a cosmic venerable! But this one comprehension was extremely difficult.
However, the fact that Ye Yang passed the 21st level of the Bridge to Heaven solely through his understanding of the laws proved that he had comprehended the laws of spacetime fusion to a sufficiently high level.
They have likely already possessed the foundation for attaining the profound truth of Tao.
If one refines the Great Dao repeatedly, one may be able to attain the Dao Fruit of a True Monarch.
With his consciousness returning to the main world, Ye Yang prepared to attempt a breakthrough.
"Is the True Monarch Realm the right time to open a world portal and fully develop the Devouring World?"
He gazed at the glittering stars and murmured to himself.
Ye Yang still longed for the supreme treasure that spanned countless worlds, the [Gate of All Heavens], and naturally wanted to complete the ten tasks required for the candidate to rule the heavens:
[Candidate Tasks]
01. Accumulate 1 million Gai Destiny Points in the dungeon world (1 Gai = 1 Jingjing, which can be considered as a unit of evolution over millions of years in the main world).
02.副本世界展开世界通道03.副本世界命运轨迹完结04.命运回正势能收割率达90%以上05.副本世界完成世界融合【文明任务】
06.文明累计获取1京垓命运点07.文明共展开1万亿条世界通道08.命运轨迹完结的世界1亿个09.收割率90%以上的世界100万个10.文明完成100次世界融合
Ye Yang shook his head. His instance world was probably the largest and strongest instance world in the entire Immortal Alliance, with countless benefits, but there was still some risk in exposing his True Monarch realm.
If he could reach the level of a Celestial Venerable, or even surpass that, he would have absolute control over the entire Immortal Alliance, leading the direction of civilization and harnessing the power of the entire civilization to develop and devour the world.
That's the best state.
"No rush, there are still four or five thousand years before the Milky Way leaves the cosmic void."
The Milky Way's standard time is 1000 years, which corresponds to 1 million years of cosmic time.
Ye Yang still has plenty of time to cultivate.
Construction of the second phase of Minghong Starry Sky began. This time, Ye Yang first added and refined 22 main sequence stars, and then tried to refine 1 white dwarf star. After fully understanding the properties of the ultimate Taiji power, he then moved on to refining Tai Su!
"The Tai Su Ascension Method —"
Ye Yang had not seen this key method for advancing to the True Monarch realm in the library of the Eastern Paradise headquarters.
Although the "Transcendent" had the memory, Ye Yang didn't dare to believe it completely and always wanted to find the Immortal Alliance version to compare.
He could only obtain the relevant inheritance through the channels of the True Lord of Extreme Power, through the main lineage of Immortal Martial Arts.
In fact, for a Dao lineage like the Jili Dao lineage, which possesses immortals at the True Monarch level, obtaining the "Tai Su Ascension Method" is quite simple. As long as a True Monarch guarantees it, one can obtain the corresponding inheritance from the main lineage.
However, most small and medium-sized Daoist lineages do not have a True Lord in charge, and it is very difficult to obtain one without a strong connection with the main lineage.
Other channels, such as the Scholars' Association, Eastern Paradise, the Alliance Army, and the Enlightenment Project, all represent power alliances.
Most of the peak Star Lords in the small and medium-sized Daoist lineages have to be bound to these major forces if they want to obtain the "Tai Su Ascension Method".
Fortunately, Ye Yang didn't need it, and the conditions for the Immortal Martial Main Lineage were relatively lenient.
"The process of refining a super-heavy neutron star is dangerous. If you make a mistake, the consequences will be severe damage to your soul. Remember not to be rash or impatient."
As someone who had been through it all, the True Lord Jili offered this advice.
Supermassive neutron stars typically have a mass between 2 and 3 times that of the Sun. When stellar matter with a diameter of millions of kilometers is compressed into a space with a diameter of only a few kilometers, the density increases by more than 1000 trillion times. Such a high-density, high-energy form of matter can also trigger many strange phenomena.
Even the divine soul of an immortal at the peak of the Star Lord realm is easily injured by it, and the power of the Great Dao at the peak of the Star Lord realm is also difficult to shake the primordial matter.
Only by constantly refining one's soul and Dao fruit during the refining process, until breaking through the limits and sublimating, can one achieve the Dao of Profound Truth, thoroughly refine the Primordial Essence, and control that ultimate power.
"Your disciple will remember this."
Ye Yang nodded seriously. The "Transcendent" had experience refining and using Tai Su substances in his memory, so he knew a little about it.
Ye Yang began refining the 36th star in the Minghong Star System, which was also a super-heavy neutron star!
Rumble rumble rumble~~
Ye Yang's power of the Great Dao coalesced into a human form, vibrating and resonating in that extremely distorted spacetime.
The humanoid path landed on the surface of the neutron star, immediately causing an extremely strong vibration and roar that spread throughout the entire neutron star within 0.01 seconds.
"What outrageous gravity—"
Ye Yang discovered that the intensity of the neutron star in the main world was far greater than that of the neutron star in the world that devoured it, which was probably due to some differences in the laws of the world.
He wanted to dig out a cubic centimeter of neutron star matter from the solid ground, and then he discovered that to dig out this mass of matter, he would need the strength to lift the entire Earth!
That is, the force that could completely cleave a celestial body with twice the mass of Earth.
Although this power is easy for him now, it still gives people a direct sense of the neutron star's formidable strength.
Boo!
The instant that 1 cubic centimeter of matter was lifted, the surrounding neutron star matter instantly converged under the influence of extreme gravity, filling the gap. Faint fluctuations spread out, and the undulations on the entire surface of the neutron star did not exceed 1.
It is only micrometers in size, but the energy it transmits is enough to blast through the Earth's crust and expose the mantle and even the core.
"The material intensity here is close to that of an unburned, immortal body at the rank of Marquis, but it still doesn't qualify as primordial matter." The matter deep within a neutron star should be equivalent to an immortal body at the rank of King, so what about "primordial matter"?
Ye Yang's Dao power circulated, forming a field that slightly altered the manifestation of the laws.
It began to permeate and refine the neutron star matter from the outside in.
After a century, Ye Yang finally penetrated into the core of the neutron star. Only then did he encounter something indescribable that caused him to feel a stinging pain in his soul, something that was unfathomable and unshakeable.
"Too plain—"
Near that mass of primordial matter, Ye Yang's power of the Great Dao was suppressed and could not be circulated.
However, in the past century, he has transformed the ninth-order scale armor secret pattern he comprehended from devouring the world into his understanding of the spacetime laws of the main world.
The key to achieving true enlightenment lies in how to utilize these insights to immerse and refine the primordial matter with one's divine soul and the power of the Great Dao!
Why do cultivators on the paths of [Matter], [Space-Time], [Cause and Effect], or [True Spirit] all need to refine Primordial Matter when they finally break through to the True Lord realm?
Everything is because of the ultimate form of matter, which is "material" with "tangible form and substance"!
Above that, there are the more fundamental states of "tangible without substance" and "intangible without substance".
Spacetime is the stage for matter.
Cause and effect are the connections of matter.
The true spirit is the sublimation of matter.
Everything converges on matter.
"The divine soul, aided by the power of the Great Dao, embeds itself within the context of spacetime, thereby influencing the primordial matter contained within spacetime—"
After only a few months of exposure to the Tai Su substance, Ye Yang gained some insight and found the right method.
"It's so heavy!"
Feeling the power that almost crushed his soul, Ye Yang struggled.
He struggled to circulate the "Primordial Essence Ascension Method," and was indeed able to barely refine some primordial essence, but compared to the primordial essence in the entire neutron star core, it was still a drop in the ocean.
"My understanding of space and time allows me to borrow the power of the Great Dao to weaken the damage and pressure that primordial matter inflicts on the soul, but it's too slow—"
Ye Yang realized that "time and space" was just a stage, and although the stage itself could affect "matter", he could not truly become the stage itself, but could only use the power of the stage to share some of the pressure with him.
The most direct and effective way to influence matter is through the laws governing matter itself.
"Yes, I also know about 'gold' and 'fire' —"
Refining Tai Su is also about comprehending a certain aspect of the laws of matter under the constraints of the properties of Tai Su matter.
Starting with the laws of metal and fire, Ye Yang's soul adapted to the properties of the primordial substance, gradually acquiring a trace of the strange characteristics of the primordial substance.
As his soul changed, his Dao fruit also opened up new dimensions of understanding, like a three-dimensional object jumping out of a two-dimensional circle, bypassing some narrow, flawed, and imperfect aspects of the past, and achieving unity in a higher dimension.
This made Ye Yang realize a kind of perfect state that he had never known before.
"I see."
The exploration of the primordial substance lasted for six years, but after the transformation of the soul and the Dao fruit was completed, it only took less than half a month to refine the remaining 99.9998% of the primordial substance.
His soul was imbued with the characteristics of the Primordial Essence, increasing his insight into the laws of matter in the main world by hundreds or thousands of times.
"The attainment of the Dao and the profound truth means that I have a solid foothold at the intersection of the main world's laws—the [matter] system. Not only is the power I unleash stronger, but I also gain many benefits in my understanding of the Great Dao and its laws—"
With time and space as its sinews and primordial essence as its bones, Ye Yang reshapes his immortal body, giving it a completely new look!
Ye Yang's current immortal body is so powerful that he can easily manipulate spacetime across several light-years, causing spacetime rifts to sweep across and erasing all the stars in that area with a wave of his hand, without even needing to expend much energy.
"It's much stronger, but—compared to my divine body in the world it devours, it's still many times weaker."
Ye Yang knew there was nothing he could do about it. He didn't know how to synthesize that peculiar energy of immortal divine power, and the laws of the main world probably didn't support such energy either.
The powerful beings who devour worlds have the energy supplied by the ocean of laws from the origin of the universe, so they don't need to worry about the quality; they only need to absorb it.
In the main world, however, one must refine stars and build one's own energy supply system, and the quality of the energy is far inferior.
You can't have it by envying it.
Ye Yang entered the True Monarch realm, but it was far less dramatic than his previous breakthroughs.
There was no public announcement.
He squinted at a small area among the countless stars in the Milky Way: "Fallen Star Constellation."
Muttering to himself, Ye Yang smiled and said, "No matter what your schemes are, as long as I am strong enough, they can't harm me."
"The secret of the Gate of All Heavens is indeed very attractive, but I have waited too long and don't mind waiting a little longer."
"The Supreme Ancestor is stationed in the dungeon, the Source River World, to suppress the River Spirit, thus hindering our combat power."
"After making some preparations, I headed to the Source River World, firstly to assist the Ancestor, and secondly to learn True Monarch-level combat techniques from him, so as to fully unleash my full potential!"