Simulation of the Heavens: Starting from the Age of Desolation

Chapter 204 The Three Billion Years of Resource Struggle
"This Xia Yuzhou actually exchanged for the 'Three Lifetimes Law' and 'Insight into Heaven and Earth,' he's too greedy." Xia Fengjie, who was guarding outside the Book Realm, quickly learned about the books Zhou Yu had exchanged, and he couldn't help but shake his head inwardly.

The second level of the Book Realm means that any book there would be considered a top-tier inheritance in the outside world. In the Chaos Realm, as long as one makes progress, there is a chance to reach the tenth level of the Chaos Realm in the future.

However, even top-tier classics vary in strength. Classics like the "Three Worlds Law" and "Insight into Heaven and Earth" are simply beyond the reach of ordinary Chaos Realm cultivators.

Even experts at the tenth level of the Chaos Realm mostly only get to the beginning and have no chance of mastering it.

However, Xia Fengjie did not remind Zhou Yu, because these classic texts were very famous, and Zhou Yu couldn't possibly be unaware of them. If he was aware of them and still chose to exchange them, then that was his own choice.

the other side--

Zhou Yu, having left the world of books, did not return to Tianyu City. Instead, he went directly to the Time Tower, another treasure trove of the Xia Clan Academy.

"Maintaining the Chaos Realm's acceleration by ten thousand times for ten thousand years only requires one achievement."

Zhou Yu sat cross-legged in a quiet room in the Time Tower. He nodded to himself. After exchanging for two books, he still had more than three thousand merits left, which he could fully afford.

"Let me see just how difficult these legendary texts really are." Zhou Yu then began to study the two texts he had just acquired.

The first book, "The Law of the Three Worlds," is divided into three volumes, from easiest to hardest: the Past Volume, the Future Volume, and the Present Volume.

The reason why the present volume is the most difficult is that it actually combines the past, present, and future, while the first two volumes simply require cultivating the past or future.

"My experience is not yet sufficient."

After a little contemplation, Zhou Yu realized that he had only mastered less than 10% of the mysteries of each of the three major branches of the Dao of Time.

The reason he was able to create a level nine ultimate move in the chaotic void was because he fused space and time.

The fusion of paths, depending on the method of fusion, can unleash power that surpasses the ordinary path by one or two levels.

"I will try my best to comprehend as much of the mysteries of time as possible. Once I have accumulated enough, I will be able to cultivate the Three Lifetimes Method more effectively." Zhou Yu nodded to himself.

He also read a large number of classic texts on the Way of Time in the first layer of the book world, and through studying them, his knowledge naturally continued to improve.

For Zhou Yu, accumulating the Dao of Time and the Dao of Void was only a matter of time; the difficulty lay in how to merge the two Daos.

"The two directions I fused in the chaotic void should also work on the Realm Heart Continent," Zhou Yu pondered.

The Boundary-Breaking Teleportation Technique also exists on the Boundary Heart Continent. Zhou Yu's first branch of the Time-Space Dao was formed by integrating the mysteries of the Time Dao's current branch with the Boundary-Breaking Teleportation Technique.

The second branch of the Time-Space Dao that Zhou Yu mastered was based on his self-created move "Shattering the Void," and incorporated the mysteries of the past and future branches.

Of course, these two branches are only in their initial stages and are not yet perfect.

If Zhou Yu could perfectly comprehend both branches, he would already be a cosmic god.

"Let's merge these two branches first." Zhou Yu didn't think much of it and quickly immersed himself in it.

Having experience in fusion in the chaotic void, Zhou Yu didn't spend too much effort. In the outside world, a hundred years would be about a million years under the time acceleration, and he had already perfected the two branches of the Time-Space Dao.

After that, Zhou Yu didn't rush to continue his comprehension, but instead began to study the second classic he had exchanged, "Insight into Heaven and Earth".

"To gain insight into the universe and to pursue the mysteries of all things." Zhou Yu understood this after contemplating it.

This is a legacy similar to that of the Chaos Void Witch Cultivator, but also different.

The sorcerer primarily utilizes all things.

While "Insight into Heaven and Earth" also studies the mysteries of all things, its main purpose is to absorb these mysteries into various magic arrays, thereby forming its own array principles.

Based on the different mysteries absorbed, the Dao of Arrays was also divided into the material lineage, the energy lineage, and the rule lineage by the founder of "Insight into Heaven and Earth".

"By using the Dao of Arrays to refine my body, I am combining the two channels of matter and energy," Zhou Yu realized.

He refined his body without incorporating other profound mysteries; he simply used the mysteries of array formations to temper his physical body.

If we combine this with the "one lineage of rules," we can also introduce other mysteries, such as the mysteries of the spacetime path, or the mysteries of the fire path.
“Once my body refinement is combined with ‘spacetime,’ its strength will probably skyrocket, but the difficulty will be astonishing.” Zhou Yu understood that his top priority was to perfect the Dao of Spacetime before considering integrating the mysteries of spacetime into his body refinement.

. . .

Time is passing by.

Unbeknownst to us, 300,000 years have passed in normal time, and even with time acceleration, it would be a full 3 billion years.

Over these three billion years, Zhou Yu has primarily focused on accumulating wealth.

With access to numerous classic texts from the first level of the Xia Clan Academy's academic world, Zhou Yu's accumulation and improvement were extremely rapid. He had already comprehended over 90% of the branches of the three paths: Array Dao, Time, and Void, and even those that progressed more slowly had reached about 50%.

At this moment, even if Zhou Yu casually created some ordinary moves, they would still be at the level of the eighth level of the Chaos Realm.

Meanwhile, after much contemplation, Zhou Yu finally figured out the third move of the Time-Space Dao. This move is a fusion of the Void Dao's mysteries of illusory transformation and the Time Dao's mysteries of escaping to the past and future. It is a purely life-saving move.

However, this move is too difficult. Although Zhou Yu has a direction, he is still far from complete success. At present, he can only be said to have just entered the basics.

However, Zhou Yu could roughly estimate the power of this move. If it were fully mastered, there probably wouldn't be many in the Origin World who could threaten him.

"I'm afraid even I would find it difficult to fully perfect this move in the Chaos Realm," Zhou Yu thought to himself, shaking his head.

Three hundred thousand years later, Zhou Yu was still cultivating and comprehending within the Time Tower. Since obtaining the avatar of the Realm Heart Continent, Zhou Yu had been making rapid progress, and he certainly couldn't bear to stop now.

However, at this moment, Zhou Yu suddenly received a message.

"Slots in the Land of Eternity".

After reading the message, Zhou Yu quickly understood.

This is the Xia family's resource for cultivating core Chaos Realm cultivators.

The Xia clan has multiplied to the present day, with hundreds of millions of members, but the vast majority are just ordinary people like the father of Zhou Yu's clone. The Xia clan naturally lets them do as they please.

However, for geniuses, the Xia family has a four-tiered training program, A, B, C, and D. Zhou Yu's clone grew up by consuming resources along the way.

However, for those in the Chaos Realm, even Grade A resources are only the most basic. Any member of the Xia Clan in the Chaos Realm, even if they did not pass the Grade A assessment before, can still enjoy Grade A resources.

What the Xia clan's Chaos Realm members truly crave are the rare resources that occasionally appear.

For example, the Xia clan offered one spot in the Eternal Land this time, allowing those at the Chaos Realm to compete for it.

"The Eternal Land is not the most dangerous place, but it is still quite rare. The method of entering it is in the hands of the six ancient kingdoms of the Realm Heart Continent, and it is opened once every trillion years on average."

"The Ancient Land has two advantages: first, it contains an ancient aura that is beneficial to cultivation; second, it may contain some rare treasures." After reading the introduction to the Ancient Land, Zhou Yu quickly decided to compete for this spot.

"However, before we fight, let's try to master the clone technique first," Zhou Yu thought to himself. He quickly went to the second level of the Book Realm again.

The "Clone Technique," a top-tier life-saving secret technique, is difficult for ordinary people to learn, but within the Xia Clan, it is directly open to core disciples.

Even the "Clone Technique," originally priced at 30,000 merits, was exchanged by Zhou Yu for only 3,000 merits.

"However, after exchanging for this 'Clone Technique,' my contribution is almost gone, reduced to a mere fraction." Zhou Yu returned to the Time Tower with a sigh.

To learn the clone technique, Zhou Yu's previous accumulation of Void Dao was insufficient. Over the years, he continuously studied and improved his foundation. Now, with a little understanding, Zhou Yu realized that he could master the clone technique.

Even if it's only the first level, and you can only create one clone, that's enough.

Since becoming the God of the Void, he has no more clones, which is why he acts with great caution.

Having clones means a significant increase in survivability, which is indeed a qualitative change.

The clone technique that Zhou Yu is currently cultivating should have been created by Xia Huang, an ultimate expert of the Void Dao. It is extremely sophisticated. Although the later levels still require the use of the primordial power outside the cage, the first level only requires normal cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, an identical Zhou Yu flew out.

"It's done."

Zhou Yu nodded inwardly. With a clone now, he could finally venture into the Ancient Land.

Of course, the prerequisite is that you can win that one and only spot.

“The treasure-refining techniques on the Realm Heart Continent are advanced, and many secret treasures can instantly elevate the strength of a Chaos Realm cultivator to a higher level,” Zhou Yu understood.

In the chaotic void, the strongest Chaos Realm is only at the ninth level.

However, in the Realm Heart Continent, there are countless experts at the tenth level of the Chaos Realm.

Even among experts at the tenth level, there are differences; a strong tenth-level expert can instantly annihilate a weaker one.

"My ultimate move, Shattering Time and Space, should now have ten levels of power, but unfortunately I don't have a suitable treasure," Zhou Yu thought to himself, shaking his head.

Back in the chaotic void, his understanding of the various branches of the void and time was just over one percent, yet his spacetime killing move "Shattering Spacetime" had nine layers of power.

Now that his understanding of his various branches has advanced by leaps and bounds, and they have been combined to form a spacetime killing move, its power has naturally increased. It is likely that it has ten layers of power even when he is empty-handed.

However, the drawback is that this branch was all figured out by Zhou Yu himself, and there is no corresponding secret treasure to be found in the Realm Heart Continent.

Moreover, even if he did have one, Zhou Yu had already used up all the merits he had accumulated, so he couldn't afford to buy the secret treasure.

In truth, Zhou Yu wasn't particularly eager for the secret treasure. After all, he had clones in multiple worlds, and only by relying on his own strength could he truly unleash his full potential. Relying on the secret treasure would only make him powerful within the Realm Heart Continent.

"Fortunately, this Eternal Land opens relatively frequently, on average once every trillion years. Many powerful Chaos Realm experts have already been there, so the competition shouldn't be as fierce as I thought."

As Zhou Yu pondered this, he left one clone behind to continue his study within the Time Tower, while his other clone went directly to the assessment grounds.

PS: That's all for today. Also, let me mention "Fusion Path". This is actually a setting from Devouring 2, and it conflicts with many things in the Realm Heart Continent.

But since Tomato wrote it, I just used it.

In addition, there is the concept of "creating one's own Great Dao," which means that the original world did not exist, but it was created by drawing on the existing mysteries.

After all, different paths have commonalities, such as the path of life having a branch of the soul, and overlapping aspects of light and radiance, etc.

Furthermore, according to the setting of Devouring 2, some paths may only have the same name but different content, since names are given by people.

(End of this chapter)