64th!
65th!
…
Although other candidates in the Passage of Life and Death might be slower in comprehending the Xihuang Formation, the number of those meeting the criteria increased at an even more astonishing rate as time went on. Golden light palaces, each representing a candidate, were scattered everywhere, and their numbers had already grown very large.
“The time given for solving the Xihuang Formation is surprisingly long. It seems that Dondong River wants more candidates for the inheritance. There are already nearly 70 candidates!”
“Indeed, the inheritor cannot be chosen based only on talent. Other factors must also be considered. Therefore, Luo Feng, who has a slight advantage in these areas, is not a concern. Our Dongdi Holy Land already has nine candidates meeting the requirements. As time goes on, our Dongdi Holy Land will have an even greater advantage!”
The candidates in the Passage of Life and Death occasionally exchanged quiet whispers.
After all, studying the Xihuang Formation was extremely difficult, almost like being constantly attacked by soul assaults. Therefore, depending on their willpower, candidates usually paused for a while after varying intervals.
…
In the virtual universe.
“There are already 69 candidates who have met the requirements,” Chaos Citylord showed a rare sign of anxiety. “And as time progresses, I believe the number of candidates will keep increasing. At this rate, Luo Feng’s advantage will keep decreasing.”
“What should we do?”
“The opportunity for our human race to obtain the inheritance is continuously decreasing.”
Eight Cosmic Lords and the Founder of the Battle Axe gathered together. These eight Cosmic Lords were the Dark Lord, Void Gold Lord, Desolate Mirror Lord, Qingdong Lord, and other high-ranking leaders of the human race. Although they were each in the Qianfeng Realm or the Cosmic Vessel and did not enter the Tomb Vessel, they were still deeply concerned.
Everyone knew…
This inheritance was a silent war, a war that would determine who could transcend samsara and who would control the Third Holy Realm of the Universe!
“Don’t be anxious,” the Founder of the Battle Axe laughed. “Our anxiety won’t help. Let Luo Feng focus on comprehending. As for us… we should go adventuring to divert our minds. Can we keep watching all the time when their inheritance lasts for thousands or even more years?”
“Right.”
“But—”
“Alright, alright, go back now,” the Founder of the Battle Axe waved his hand.
…
In an independent dimension, mist swirled around, and numerous stone pillars supported three-dimensional illusions.
Luo Feng and a white-robed man, Yuanzu, were both here. Of course, Luo Feng himself had no idea that Yuanzu was present.
“This 2000th formation is truly difficult,” Luo Feng stood before the three-dimensional illusion of the 2000th incomplete formation. Three thousand years had passed, and during this long time, other candidates had gradually met the requirements, indeed putting pressure on him. He had somewhat understood Dondong River’s intentions; apparently, Dondong River did not want to place all his hopes on him alone.
“This inheritance!”
“I have already taken the lead, so I must expand my advantage and secure this inheritance,” Luo Feng was determined.
“Moreover, since I started studying secret techniques and the Xihuang Formation together, my comprehension speed has significantly increased,” Luo Feng thought to himself.
Since solving the 1000th incomplete formation last time,
he had begun a new research method.
He spent 80% of his time studying the Xihuang Formation and 20% on the Ninth Abyss Secret Technique, occasionally honing his willpower…
Indeed!
As previously suspected, the secret techniques and the Xihuang Formation did share commonalities, allowing Luo Feng to gain insights and continuously improve by cross-referencing them. The first 1000 formations took 500 years, and under normal circumstances, solving the 2000th formation should take ten times longer or more.
Yet now, after spending five times 500 years, he was about to successfully solve the 2000th formation.
“Looks like Luo Feng…” the white-robed man nearby glanced over and nodded slightly. “He should be close to solving the 2000th formation. With his talent and foundation, creating a combined ultimate secret technique should not be difficult.”
“Amazing,” the white-robed man secretly praised.
Perhaps many candidates in the Passage of Life and Death were not very clear, but Yuanzu, after researching the Xihuang Formation for 3000 years (which, with ten-thousandfold acceleration, amounted to 30 million years), knew much more.
The Xihuang Formation…
required extremely high talent and extremely high analytical skills! In short, the deeper one could study the Xihuang Formation, the easier it would be to comprehend the laws, research the laws, and create secret techniques. Although those candidates seemed to be breaking through and meeting requirements one after another, it was merely because that was only the first bottleneck.
The immortal god’s bottleneck—the 500th formation!
The Cosmic Lord’s bottleneck—the 1000th formation!
The Cosmic Sovereign’s bottleneck—the 1500th formation!
The strongest Cosmic being’s bottleneck—the 2000th formation!
“As long as one has extremely high talent and spends enough time, breaking through the first bottleneck isn’t difficult. Like the strongest Cosmic beings, each can forge their own unique path and create a mini-universe. Their talent is already extremely high. Given enough time, they can all solve the 2000th formation,” the white-robed man knew this well. “But this is merely the first bottleneck… the second bottleneck will require ten or even dozens of times more time. In fact, beyond that, even with more time, one may never break through.”
For example, a Cosmic Sovereign studying the 1998th formation…
Cannot solve it!
Even after ten thousand, one hundred thousand, one million years… or even an entire samsara era, they still cannot solve it! Because that is their limit. Unless their foundation, talent, and other aspects undergo fundamental changes.
“Luo Feng easily broke through the first bottleneck and has now reached the second bottleneck,” the white-robed man nodded inwardly. “And his speed is so fast, clearly this is far from his limit.”
“Indeed!”
“He really has great potential to become the strongest Cosmic being.”
“If he obtains Dondong River’s inheritance this time, the possibility of him transcending samsara in the future would be extremely high.” A smile involuntarily appeared on the white-robed man’s face. He had been researching the Xihuang Formation here all these years, so he had seen all of Luo Feng’s progress. He knew which illusions Luo Feng often studied.
Therefore, he clearly understood how fast Luo Feng was improving.
…
Luo Feng had been receiving the inheritance for over 3000 years. The Passage of Life and Death was silent, with golden light palaces scattered everywhere, and even more candidates surrounding these light palaces. These “golden light palaces” represented those who had met the requirements.
Ding! Dong!
The familiar sound echoed in the hearts of every powerful being.
All the powerful beings looked up.
“It should be the 70th one.”
“I wonder who the 70th candidate to meet the requirements is. It should be from our Original Universe. It can’t always be the First Cycle Era and the two Holy Lands.”
“It’s our Second Cycle Era’s turn now.”
They all thought to themselves.
Clearly, the two Holy Lands and the First Cycle Era occupied the majority of the candidates who had met the requirements. The Second Cycle Era and the Original Universe were at a disadvantage, with far fewer candidates.
“I… am very happy,” Dondong River’s voice sounded.
“Huh?”
All the powerful beings were shocked in their hearts. Even those few who were distracted studying the Xihuang Formation temporarily stopped their research and looked up. Happy? Dondong River was happy? They had never seen such a thing before.
Dondong River smiled in the air, looking down at the nearly one hundred thousand beings of various races below who were eagerly waiting. He smiled and said, “The Milky Way of Humanity has broken through the second bottleneck… reaching a new level.”
Hua!
A commotion arose.
Everyone turned their heads to look at Luo Feng, the Lord of the Milky Way, who had been almost forgotten in recent years.
“Rise!” Dondong River pointed from afar.
Immediately, on the ground next to Luo Feng, a crystal column began to emerge with a clinking sound. When the crystal column fully emerged, its surface began to emit dazzling red light. The hazy red light merged with the previous golden light palaces, making the entire light palace display two colors—golden and red.
The golden-red palace enveloped Luo Feng.
Luo Feng himself was somewhat stunned… This… reaching the requirements would still be treated differently? Yes, he had just solved the 2000th formation, but…
Luo Feng was shocked.
Other factions were even more shocked and couldn’t understand. They had originally thought that once the requirements were met, everyone would be treated equally. But now it seemed… completely different.
“I have said,” Dondong River looked down at the many astonished candidates below, “the more formations you solve in the Xihuang Formation, the greater the benefits, and the greater the advantages during the inheritance.”
“Breaking through your first bottleneck means you meet my minimum requirement… of course, this is merely the minimum requirement. If you cannot even meet the minimum requirement, you naturally have no qualifications to proceed.”
“And breaking through the second bottleneck… just like the Milky Way of Humanity.”
Dondong River said, “Therefore, even among the candidates, there can be four levels. I will casually name them… Outer Candidates, Elite Candidates, Core Candidates, and Inheritors!”
“Those who met the requirements earlier can only be considered Outer Candidates.”
“Like the Milky Way of Humanity, he is an Elite.”
“One level above is Core.”
“Even higher… that is directly the Inheritor, without competition or selection, directly receiving my inheritance from Dondong River.” Dondong River looked at the seven strongest Cosmic beings, “You seven have already created your own mini-universes, your strength is greater, and naturally, your bottlenecks are higher. For you… solving up to the 6000th formation will directly grant you the inheritance.”
“Of course, I estimate that among you, the possibility of breaking through the fourth bottleneck and becoming an Inheritor within my required time, or directly solving the 6000th incomplete formation, is extremely low.”
“So you need to work harder to solve the formations.”
“The more formations you solve… the different levels, the more different your access to the inheritance will be. For example, now, the Milky Way of Humanity has a ten or even a hundred times higher chance of receiving the inheritance than you. Unless you also break through the second bottleneck.”
“Work hard.”
Silence fell.
All the powerful beings present understood…
It was like this.
The number of solved formations indeed made a fundamental difference. Even solving a certain number of formations could directly grant the inheritance. All other powerful beings were considered eliminated!
The first bottleneck… the second bottleneck… the third bottleneck… the fourth bottleneck…
If one couldn’t even break through the first bottleneck, one would be eliminated, and elimination meant being killed!
This made all factions secretly anxious.
Especially knowing that Luo Feng had already broken through the second bottleneck, their anxiety increased further.
“The second bottleneck?” Luo Feng quickly suppressed his excitement and calmly thought, “The first bottleneck is the 1000th formation, the second bottleneck is the 2000th formation. Could the third bottleneck be the 3000th formation? That means breaking through the 4000th formation would directly make one the inheritor?”
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