Not having become the strongest being in the universe, yet attempting to create secret techniques at the level of the strongest? It was as if a vast chasm blocked the path for Luo Feng, Master Luchong, Master Youzan, Venerable Bixue, and many other powerful experts. In the Cosmic Sea, this was practically unsolvable—even Luo Feng’s teacher, the Chaos City Lord, couldn’t achieve it. Yet now, Dandonghe was clearly forcing them to accomplish the impossible.
Time passed, and thirty more years swiftly went by.
In the Virtual Universe,
“Founder Puhuo,” Luo Feng sat cross-legged, surrounded by numerous three-dimensional illusions of the Xihuang Bureau. He frowned, gazing at the wild-looking giant before him. “After much contemplation, I still cannot find a stronger sword technique. I humbly request your guidance—how should I proceed?”
Founder Puhuo sat cross-legged and replied, “The inheritance of the Dandonghe lineage was an extremely powerful tradition even in ancient civilizations. It has high demands on its inheritors, and if it imposes such a requirement, there must be a possibility.”
Luo Feng nodded.
He also knew there was a possibility… but how could he find that possibility?
Despite his painstaking research and contemplation, he had made not the slightest progress. This feeling was extremely painful. Moreover, the “Golden Universe” had already reached the theoretical perfection of the Gold-Space Dao. How could it possibly be surpassed? He could no longer find even the slightest flaw, and had no way to improve it further.
“This sword inheritance grants you 360 sword secret manuals and bestows upon you the three sword mountains for a reason,” Founder Puhuo mused.
“I understand that to break through, I must draw from these 360 sword manuals and the sword mountains. But I can’t even find the slightest path forward,” Luo Feng said helplessly. Though it seemed like only thirty years had passed since he created the “Golden Universe,” in reality, it had been thirty eons. Thirty eons without the slightest breakthrough—how could one not feel disheartened?
Founder Puhuo nodded. “I once asked Yuanzu.”
“Yuanzu?” Luo Feng’s eyes lit up.
“Yes,” Puhuo nodded slowly, “Yuanzu said… the key to breaking through lies in the three sword mountains!”
Luo Feng furrowed his brow, silently repeating those words in his heart…
The key lies in the three sword mountains?
Founder Puhuo continued, “Only the three sword mountains, which contain the ultimate mysteries, might enable you—despite your mastery of secret pattern techniques being limited to the peak of a Cosmic Sovereign—to create secret techniques at the level of the strongest being in the universe. As the saying goes… what one displays and creates is not necessarily what one truly understands.”
Luo Feng nodded slightly. “What Yuanzu said makes sense.”
“I was able to create the ‘Golden Light’ back then; today, I can create something even stronger,” Luo Feng murmured.
In truth, according to the experiences of countless experts throughout the Cosmic Sea, creating secret techniques at the level of the strongest being in the universe was absolutely impossible!
But the three sword mountains gave a glimmer of hope to this seemingly hopeless endeavor.
…
It was difficult!
Too difficult!
It wasn’t only Luo Feng who was stuck at this stage. Many powerful experts from the Eastern Emperor Holy Land were also stuck here. Even Venerable Bixue, who had spent twenty years creating a secret technique at the Cosmic Sovereign level that was considered perfect, was also stuck at this stage.
“Ancestor, there’s absolutely no hope,” Venerable Bixue sat on a giant leaf, troubled and anxious. “I’ve searched desperately, but I can’t even sense the slightest clue.”
“Ancestor,” Master Youzan also looked anxious. “Our Eastern Emperor Holy Land has existed for an immeasurable duration, and never has a Cosmic Sovereign created a secret technique at the level of the strongest being in the universe. How can we break through? Please guide us, Ancestor!”
Other candidates sat cross-legged on giant leaves nearby, listening.
This was a spatial realm within the Eastern Emperor Holy Land, where time flowed a thousand times faster. The entire realm mainly consisted of an ancient tree with countless leaves. At this moment, all these experts—including the Eastern Emperor Ancestor himself—were sitting on the leaves.
“That’s because you’ve never seen the Law Patterns before,” the Eastern Emperor Ancestor, faintly glowing with green light, sat in the distance and slowly said, “The Law Patterns contain the ultimate mysteries of all laws. With guidance from the Law Patterns… you have been given the door to advancement!”
The group of experts looked at each other in astonishment.
The door to advancement?
“Study diligently without the slightest slack. When one of you finally comprehends the secret technique of the strongest being in the universe, it will be the time when all other candidates perish,” the Eastern Emperor Ancestor said directly.
“Yes,” dozens of candidates respectfully replied in unison.
…
In the Zhiyue Holy Land,
Zhiyue Ancestor smiled slightly, looking down at the many candidates. “Since Dandonghe has given you each a sword mountain, the profound mysteries naturally lie within those Law Patterns. Study them carefully, and you will surely gain something. Abandon your previous notions and explore the Law Patterns from all angles.”
“Yes.”
Master Luchong and others responded in unison.
…
The strongest beings in other factions across the vast Cosmic Sea, when asked by their own candidates, were somewhat at a loss. None of them had ever seen the ‘Law Patterns’ themselves. They could only say: “Since there is only one sword mountain, the path must naturally lie within it. Study it carefully.”
…
The strong individuals who entered the inheritance space indeed reaped immense benefits, particularly the Cosmic Sovereigns. Originally, each of them already possessed power at the fourth or even fifth tier level. With the guidance from the Law Patterns… after varying periods of time, they all succeeded in creating the most perfect and ultimate fusion secret techniques at the Cosmic Sovereign level!
If they could survive and return, they would naturally become the most supreme fifth-tier beings!
Unfortunately, it was destined that only one of them could survive.
…
Year after year passed.
Luo Feng had long studied the 360 sword secret manuals thoroughly, memorizing them completely. He devoted himself entirely to studying the three sword mountains—the Law Patterns…
“Just a single Law Pattern.” Luo Feng’s gaze followed a meteor-like beam of light. This beam sometimes soared, sometimes fell, tracing arcs that were simple yet contained infinite meaning.
As he watched…
That beam of light seemed to grow larger and thicker, like an enormous rainbow. Along the edges of the rainbow were countless sword shadows—some as gentle as water, some as steady as mountains, some as fierce as fire. Each sword shadow was an incredibly complex secret pattern, far more intricate than the strongest techniques Luo Feng had seen in the Ninth Abyss. So complex were they that Luo Feng couldn’t even begin to comprehend them. Countless sword shadows perfectly interlocked to form this massive rainbow…
This single rainbow was the seemingly simple meteor-like beam of light…
“Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Light, Thunder, Time, Space, Gold-Space, Water-Space, Wood-Space… even Water-Time, Gold-Time… countless mysteries, seemingly fully merged, yet also partially merged.” Luo Feng was captivated.
The Law Patterns transcended any single law.
Because they contained all laws, all mysteries.
“Hmm?” Luo Feng kept his left eye fixed on one meteor-like beam, while his right eye simultaneously observed the three sword mountains. The countless meteor-like beams intertwining formed a magnificent and mysterious sword technique…
Left eye and right eye—one observing a single line, one observing the three sword mountains.
They complemented each other.
Each revealing a unique mystery…
…
Luo Feng was most proficient in the Gold Law, Spatial Law, and Gold-Space Law!
As for other laws, although he had touched upon them while studying secret patterns, his understanding was not deep, though he had some grasp.
Therefore, what Luo Feng saw with both eyes were sword shadows primarily based on Gold-Space.
As he watched, Luo Feng’s mind also recalled all the sword techniques from the 360 sword manuals, one by one. Naturally, he began creating new sword techniques—each one attempting to capture the feeling he experienced while observing the Law Patterns, striving to recreate that same essence. However, these techniques were either too weak or inherently incomplete… Yet Luo Feng continued creating without hesitation.
He didn’t know how long he had been at it.
Luo Feng was immersed in creation…
Unconsciously, he had already dissected the Spatial Law, and even mastered the applications of Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth Laws. Although he hadn’t specifically cultivated these four fundamental laws, due to his deep contemplation, the secret applications of these four laws naturally became clear to him. If Luo Feng had deliberately focused on cultivating these four laws, he might have completely understood them in just a few days.
“Gold… Space…”
“Space… yet composed of Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth…”
“Annihilation…”
“Gold…”
He didn’t know how long he had been contemplating.
Space itself was divided into five types: Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. These five elements and space had become so familiar to Luo Feng through long contemplation that they were second nature. Observing the sword mountains with both eyes—one looking inward, one outward—he pursued the ultimate mystery, and faintly sensed a new path emerging…
“This is the slash!”
Luo Feng silently stood up, holding the Absolute Battle Blade, standing on the chaotic currents.
He swung the blade!
The blade light flashed, instantly tearing across the sky. Then the light suddenly surged, converging into a massive dark sphere, with countless blade lights compressed inside the black sphere… This blade light instantly transformed into the dark sphere, which expanded to hundreds of millions of kilometers in diameter.
Boom!
A sudden crack erupted from the center of the black sphere, and a brilliant golden light flashed by—an incandescent golden light! The entire inheritance realm showed a visible scar, lingering for a long time without fading.
“I see it.”
“Rebirth.” Luo Feng closed his eyes, tears flowing involuntarily—tears of deep, heartfelt emotion. This move had brought him to an entirely new realm.
“Candidate Luo Feng has created the third sword technique!”
“A successor to the inheritance has been determined!”
“All other candidates… Eliminate them!”
…
All the candidates, long lost in a trance-like state over the sword mountains, were suddenly struck by an invisible force descending from the stars above, instantly affecting each candidate.
“No!” Venerable Bixue’s eyes widened, his face contorted in terror. “No! It should be me! It should be me who succeeds!!!” Then he froze, his divine body still intact, but his soul extinguished.
“What is this—” Master Luchong, deep in contemplation, changed expression, then also froze motionless.
One by one, the powerful experts suddenly froze like ice.
Each one perished, their divine bodies remaining.
At the same time, the clones of these powerhouses in other minor universes—and even in the Prime Universe—collapsed simultaneously.
…
When the inheritor was born, all others perished, as a celebration.
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