eurekapd Chapter 370 A Branch of the Soul Path?! Luo Feng's Cry for Help!
Chapter 370 A Branch of the Soul Path?! Luo Feng's Cry for Help!
Chapter 370 A Branch of the Soul Path?! Luo Feng's Cry for Help!
"500 years, that fast?" Chen Yuan was quite surprised. Becoming a master of the universe is not so easy.
Logically speaking, to break through to the level of a Universe Venerable, one needs to comprehend a higher law, either time or space, while to break through to the level of a Universe Lord, one only needs to comprehend two major laws.
If a cosmic being can comprehend a higher law, it proves that their talent is absolutely unquestionable. Under such circumstances, wouldn't it be very simple to comprehend a second higher law?
The truth is that at least a thousand cosmic venerables in the entire race are stuck at this final hurdle, unable to make any progress for countless years.
Chen Yuan didn't understand why this last step was so difficult at first, but after he broke through to the Universe Venerable realm, he discovered that there was actually a path beyond the perfected laws of time.
The way to enhance the Law of Time is related to the other nine laws.
By drawing upon the paths of other laws, the core law of time can continue to grow until one's understanding reaches the threshold of the Lord of the Universe.
This is why chaos steles like the "Nine Universes Chaos Stele" and the "Primordial Chaos Stele," which are purely spatial or temporal routes, can have 27 layers of enlightenment.
If the 21st floor represents the perfection of the higher laws, then what are the subsequent insights about?
In other words, there are two prerequisites for breaking through to the level of the Lord of the Universe: first, cultivate another superior law to near perfection; second, comprehend the superior law you are cultivating to the threshold of the Lord of the Universe, which, if we were to use the Chaos Stele, would be about 24 levels of comprehension.
Once these two prerequisites are met, one can instantly achieve perfect spacetime and ascend to become the master of the universe.
"It's as if it's a limitation at the level of rules. Before I raised the Law of Time to the level of the Lord of the Universe, the Law of Space was like it was welded shut, and I couldn't comprehend it at all."
Chen Yuan shook his head helplessly. "Even if one merges with the laws, it only rivals the perfection of spacetime in power. It's a kind of 'alternative path to enlightenment,' but to continue advancing towards true godhood, one still needs the perfection of the laws of spacetime."
That is why, even though he has been a Universe Venerable for over two hundred years, he still cannot comprehend the last bit of the spatial laws and leap into the position of Universe Master.
Of course, Chen Yuan is only having difficulty making a breakthrough in the short term.
In fact, he has never stopped studying the laws of time over the years, and he already has a good idea of when he will be able to break through to the level of the Lord of the Universe.
After all, he had already created a secret technique at the level of a true god, and his accumulation in this area was substantial enough. His progress in the law of time was also exceptionally fast.
If we quantify it using the Tongtian Bridge as a reference, his current level of time law is probably around the 22nd level.
According to Chen Yuan's estimate, it would take him at most one or two thousand years to be able to raise the Law of Time to the level of the Lord of the Universe, thereby completing his advancement.
Compared to other cosmic masters, this speed of comprehension is beyond reason, all thanks to his accumulation of knowledge on the secret runes.
Even so, he was still not leveling up as fast as Irelia.
To this, Irene just chuckled and explained, "Since the virtual universe was perfected to the Void level, it has been able to drive my terminal core to grow together, which is equivalent to a Void God assisting me in comprehending the laws."
"Furthermore, with the evolution of the origin of the virtual universe, I can perceive deeper levels of the power of laws within it."
"With the combination of these two factors, I am confident that I can elevate the laws of space to the level of the master of the universe within five hundred years, and then complete the advancement."
"I see." Chen Yuan shook his head slightly. "I didn't expect the virtual universe to have this benefit."
He couldn't help but feel a little envious of Irene. As an intelligent life form, she could easily grasp all the data in the virtual universe, while he could only slowly comprehend it.
But as much as he admires him, he would definitely not want to become an intelligent life form.
So Chen Yuan quickly pulled himself together and asked, "What about the third point? What changes are there?"
"The third change will only be available after the virtual universe is officially launched."
Irele said, "By then, as long as it's within the coverage area of the virtual universe, the master can create a phantom clone anywhere."
"A phantom clone?"
Chen Yuan's heart stirred. He thought of how the Primordial Ancestor seemed to have comprehended a similar secret technique after entering the Origin Continent, but at that time, the Primordial Ancestor already possessed the strength of an Eternal True God.
Unexpectedly, the virtual universe he optimized could also produce similar effects.
"That's right." Irele continued to explain, "This illusory clone has about one-thousandth of its master's strength, and the advantage is that many clones can exist at the same time."
"The master only needs to provide a wisp of soul power, which, combined with the power of the virtual universe, can be condensed."
"In this way, no matter where the battle breaks out, the master can arrive instantly, and even if one clone is not strong enough, many clones can attack together."
Ireil smiled and said, "In this way, the master's power can basically radiate to the entire primordial universe, and even the cosmic sea."
"No, so-called clones are not very useful to me." Chen Yuan shook his head.
More important to him than that was something else: "You just said that as long as it's within the coverage area of the virtual universe, I can create an avatar anywhere."
"In other words, I can also project a wisp of my soul power to any location within the virtual universe's coverage area, right?"
"That's right." Irene nodded, then asked疑惑地, "Does Master mean—"
"Since I can project a wisp of my soul over there."
Chen Yuan smiled slightly: "Then why should I waste my energy to condense some kind of illusory clone? I can just teleport there directly through the optimized space, can't I?"
"In this way, I will be omnipresent as long as the virtual universe covers the area."
Chen Yuan smiled and said, "When the virtual universe expands to the cosmic sea in the future, won't I be able to instantly appear anywhere in the cosmic sea?"
"My real body is here in person; isn't that far more powerful than condensing some kind of illusory clone?"
"Huh, Master is right, I completely forgot about that."
Irele's eyes lit up. "That's really true. The teleportation of the optimized space can ignore any obstacles. In the future, Master may even be able to teleport directly from the interior of the primordial universe to the depths of the cosmic sea."
"And even if you encounter any trouble, you can return to the original universe with a single thought!"
At this point, Irene couldn't help but sigh, "Compared to optimizing spatial teleportation, the illusory clone is indeed not very useful."
"No." Chen Yuan shook his head again. "Actually, the fact that the virtual universe could generate this ability has already surprised me greatly."
"Because the ability of illusion is most likely a branch of the path of the soul, the fact that the virtual universe has been optimized to create an illusory clone means that I am on the right path."
"Don't be fooled by the fact that the illusory clone is relatively weak now. That's because the level of the secret technique is too low at present, and it only involves some superficial aspects."
Chen Yuan smiled and said, "Think about it, if in the future we can condense even stronger clones, or even illusory clones that are completely at the same level as the true body, and in unlimited numbers, would this branch still be weak?"
"Not weak at all, not weak in the slightest." Irene shook her head repeatedly. "In fact, this ability is just too invincible."
"It's not that easy," Chen Yuan chuckled. "Besides, the Origin World is fair; there is no absolutely powerful Great Dao."
"Cultivators who choose the path of creating clones will inevitably have their main body's strength limited."
"So what if you have an infinite number of clones? In the face of an absolute difference in strength, no matter how many clones you have, it will be of no use."
"Therefore, I am not inclined to study the illusory clone lineage." He shook his head. "Rather than studying clones, I would prefer to use illusory clones as a springboard to study the ability to make the real body ethereal."
"As long as I can master the transformation of my true form into an ethereal form, then just like Dongbo Xueying, I will be immune to all damage as long as I don't encounter attacks that can break the open source world."
"Only by mastering this ability can I say that I am fearless of most threats in the Origin Continent."
"So that's what Master thinks." Irele nodded gently. "Indeed, compared to a true body that has become ethereal, an illusory clone is indeed somewhat inferior."
"However, the transformation of the true body into a phantom and the creation of a phantom clone should be different branches of the same school."
Ireil asked curiously, "Studying across different schools of thought sounds complicated. Are you confident, Master?"
"If I wasn't sure, I wouldn't have brought this up."
Chen Yuan smiled confidently: "Through these years of research, I have figured out the power of the Great Dao contained within the 'Soul Binding' function, which consists of two major branches: [Illusion] and [Reality]."
"Oh?" Irene's eyes lit up.
"Although I cannot yet clearly see the main path, I can tell that both branches are complete."
Chen Yuan looked at Irene and said, "You said I have a complete branch of the Great Dao that I can use as a reference. Could you research how to make the true form ethereal?"
"sure!"
Ireil nodded repeatedly, then asked, "So, Master intends to use the illusory branch as a guide to modify the research direction of the virtual universe arcane arts?"
"No rush, it's still early."
Chen Yuan said, "To clearly observe the origin of the Great Dao, I estimate that one would need to cultivate the Eye of Primordial Beginning to the fifth level, or at the very least, more than half of the fourth level."
"After the Primordial Eye was upgraded to the fourth level, the upgrade became slower and slower. I don't know how many years it will take before I can observe the origin of the Great Dao clearly."
"Given Master's cultivation speed, I believe that day will not be too far off."
Irene comforted her.
"Haha, thank you for your kind words."
Chen Yuan smiled and then asked, "By the way, you just said that the upgrade speed of the virtual universe has increased tenfold, so when will we be able to enter the 'proficient' stage?"
Due to the advancement in arcane level, although the virtual universe has regressed to the beginner stage, it is actually no different from the previous proficient stage.
In other words, when the current virtual universe returns to "proficiency", the ability will be basically equivalent to the previous "mastery".
"After the virtual universe was upgraded, I can now actively open channels to connect to the original universe and draw data from the origin of the other universe."
"In other words, the limitation of the original universe's transmission speed that once existed no longer exists."
After a moment's thought, Irene gave her answer: "Based on the current speed, it would take about two hundred years for the current virtual universe to enter the next stage."
"Only two hundred years?" Chen Yuan's eyes lit up slightly. "So, in two hundred years, we can officially launch the virtual universe?"
"Yes," Irene replied.
"It seems my ability to teleport throughout the universe will soon be realized."
Chen Yuan nodded in satisfaction, then said, "Unfortunately, my strength is not enough to subdue the other races."
"Otherwise, we could start the inter-tribal war ahead of time, incorporating members of each tribe into the virtual universe system to aid in the evolution of arcane techniques."
Of course, he also knew that this day wouldn't be too late.
Once one's will breaks through to the level of a Void True God, one will possess the power to slay True Gods in the primordial universe, at which point subduing all races will be absolutely possible.
After checking the current virtual universe and confirming that there were no problems, Chen Yuan told Irele to focus on improving, while he returned to reality to continue his cultivation.
But at that moment, he suddenly received a communication request in another virtual universe.
"Luo Feng?"
Chen Yuan looked at the application information with slight surprise. "He should be on Ice Prison Star by now, right? Is he preparing to leave?"
A thought struck him: if Luo Feng had the Nine Prisons Tower with him, then over two hundred years would be equivalent to tens of thousands of years of cultivation, so it would be normal for him to come out early.
It's worth noting that in the original story, Luo Feng only stayed on Ice Prison Star for two thousand years.
With that in mind, he connected the call, and Luo Feng's figure quickly appeared on the screen.
"Luo Feng," Chen Yuan said with a smile, "You should be completing Master Zuoshanke's trials, right? How come you have time to look for me?"
"Yes, my teacher assigned me to Ice Prison Star to find the third Heavenly Soul Crystal—"
Luo Feng explained the cause and effect of his being trapped in the Ice Prison: "According to my guess, the teacher's real purpose was to make me kill 10,000 alien races in the Ice Prison, obtain enough tokens, and then leave."
"Hmm, that certainly sounds like the teacher's style." Chen Yuan nodded. "Only two hundred years have passed, right? Have you already completed your mission?"
"No, most of those license plates are in the hands of the five 'giants' of Ice Prison, each of whom is equivalent to an invincible king-level expert."
Luo Feng honestly shook his head, "Without using the secret technique of willpower, my strength is still lacking to reach the level of being invincible as a king, mainly because the gap in basic strength is too large."
"If we use the secret technique of willpower, it would be enough to kill those powerful giants, but that would defeat the purpose of training, and I'm worried that the teacher will not be satisfied."
"You don't need to worry about that." Chen Yuan waved his hand. "The teacher won't care how you completed the training. Even if you directly contacted the Lord of the Universe to rescue you, it would be fine."
"Really? That's great!" Luo Feng's eyes lit up. "I was worried about what the teacher would think, but now that you say that, I feel relieved."
"Chen Yuan, could you please come to Ice Prison Star and rescue me?"
Luo Feng requested.