Simulation of the Heavens: Starting from the Age of Desolation

Chapter 206 Annihilating the God of the Universe

Zhou Yu did not rush to deal with the second prisoner. He first left Zhenmo Valley and returned to the capital of Xiafeng Kingdom.

As the largest city on the Realm Heart Continent, Xiafeng Ancient Kingdom naturally has many shops.

Zhou Yu quickly sold the Five Thunder God Cone and exchanged it for a secret treasure of array formations called the "Heavenly Array Ring".

This is a secret treasure of the "Energy Lineage" of the Array Dao. Most of the techniques of the Energy Lineage can be enhanced and strengthened through this treasure.

"With the Heavenly Array Ring, my strength has increased significantly." Zhou Yu nodded to himself.

The array inheritance he had previously exchanged, "Insight into Heaven and Earth," contained the strongest array formation called "Primordial Array."

This grand formation is a perfect combination of a matter formation, an energy formation, and a rule formation.

At this moment, Zhou Yu's deepest understanding of the Dao of Arrays lies in the energy lineage. He has grasped more than 90% of its mysteries. He has learned and improved the energy array, creating an array suitable for himself.

A simple energy array can only be considered as having the power of the ninth level of the Chaos Realm, but when combined with a secret treasure, it becomes a tenth-level technique.

Most people at the tenth level of the Chaos Realm only master one level-ten technique. Each additional technique they acquire will increase their strength by three points.

With the Heavenly Array Ring, Zhou Yu's strength naturally increased as well.

After becoming familiar with and adapting to the Heavenly Array Ring, Zhou Yu quickly returned to the Demon Suppression Valley.

"Who should I choose as my second opponent?" Zhou Yu pondered.

Choosing who to kill is also part of the assessment. If you choose someone but can't kill them, then it's a wasted choice. In other words, unless you have overwhelming strength, there is always a possibility of failure in this assessment.

"It's him, Blackfire Ancestor."

Zhou Yu quickly arrived at a stone tablet, but when he tried to enter the cage, he found that someone had already gone in.

"I didn't expect to be a step too late." Zhou Yu shook his head inwardly, but he wasn't in a hurry to leave. It was hard to say whether those who entered had succeeded or failed.

Zhou Yu didn't have to wait long, about half an hour, when suddenly a vortex appeared above the stone tablet.

Whoosh!
A woman with a pale face flew out from it.

“It’s her, Xia Jingzhi.” Zhou Yu naturally recognized her. Even among the Xia family’s Chaos Realm cultivators, only a few could reach the tenth level of the Chaos Realm.

"Hmm?" Zhou Yu looked behind the vortex, where an aura was desperately trying to squeeze out, but it was being blocked by another force.

"A cosmic god?" Zhou Yu understood.

The Black Flame Ancestor, who was imprisoned here, actually broke through to a higher level.

"This Blackfire Ancestor broke through from another branch of the Flame Path, and with his secret treasure, the Blackfire Prison Robe, his strength is formidable. Not to mention, he has cultivated the 'Flame Body,' making his survival ability quite strong. You should carefully consider whether you want to go." The woman's voice echoed in Zhou Yu's mind.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu was slightly taken aback. He said, "Thank you."

"It's nothing, you can guess even if I don't tell you." The woman didn't say much more and quickly left.

Zhou Yu, gazing at the stone tablet, also fell into deep thought.

Indeed, even if Xia Jingzhi hadn't said it, she could have guessed that the Blackfire Ancestor must have broken through from another branch of the Flame Dao.

If it's a breakthrough in the branch corresponding to his Flame Dao Secret Treasure, then it won't be of much help to the Black Flame Ancestor.

The secret treasure can help the Chaos Realm make up for the gap in both basic power and the mysteries of the rules.

If a cosmic god breaks through a corresponding branch, then unless it is a more powerful secret treasure, the original secret treasure will indeed be of little use, with a negligible boost. At most, it will make it easier to use the secret treasure to perform techniques.

However, breakthroughs in different branches of the meridian will yield different results.

When the branch of the breakthrough is combined with the branch represented by the secret treasure, it can indeed enhance one's strength.

"Should we still go?" Zhou Yu hesitated.

This seems like a good opportunity.

Although Blackfire Ancestor broke through, he did so within the Demon Suppression Valley, making him an extremely rare blank-level cosmic god.

The other party also fought with Xia Jingzhi, and may have suffered injuries as well.

The key point is that the rewards for killing a cosmic god are far greater.

"Try it."

Zhou Yu quickly made up his mind; the opportunity was too good to pass up.

hum!
As the token in Zhou Yu's hand emitted light once more and shot into the stone tablet, another vortex passage appeared.

"It seems that Xia Jingzhi's entry earlier had already made the Blackfire Ancestor take precautions."

Zhou Yu could already sense the towering black flames burning in the space opposite him, even through the passage.

“Then let’s fight head-on.” Zhou Yu said calmly.

The Blackfire Ancestor's "Flame Body" was far more effective at preserving his life than the Five Thunder City Lord, and Zhou Yu had not originally intended to deal with him through assassination.

call!
Zhou Yu's figure blurred as he stepped through the vortex passage and directly entered the space shrouded in towering black flames.

It was still a small space of less than a hundred miles. At this moment, an old man dressed in a black flame robe was staring coldly at Zhou Yu.

“One just escaped, and another one comes.” The Blackfire Ancestor said coldly, “It seems that the Xiafeng Ancient Kingdom is using me as a touchstone for you.”

"Since you know this, I might as well let you die, so you won't have to suffer the pain of the years," Zhou Yu said.

“This cage can’t hold me. Sooner or later, I will get out.” Old Ancestor Blackfire shook his head.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu understood that the Black Flame Ancestor was clearly much stronger than the Five Thunder City Lord.

“That makes sense, otherwise he wouldn’t have been able to break through in a place like this.” Zhou Yu understood.

"As for you lackeys of the Xiafeng Ancient Kingdom, you'll die under my flames first," the Blackfire Ancestor roared.

Suddenly, a tiny red light appeared amidst the black flames that had enveloped everything.

"Incinerate the void!"

Blackfire Ancestor snorted.

laugh!laugh!laugh!
The terrifying flames easily burned through the surface void, and the terrifying heat made this small space resemble hell.

However, Zhou Yu remained standing there, unaffected.

"What?" Old Ancestor Blackfire frowned slightly. Just now, Zhou Yu was standing there, and he judged that Zhou Yu must have used a "phantomization" technique to resist his "black fire".

The "Black Flame" is activated by the secret treasure "Black Flame Prison Robe," and if the ability to etherealize is powerful enough, it can indeed be resisted.

However, the "Incinerate the Void" he followed up with not only relied on the power of black fire, but also contained the incineration mystery that he used to become a cosmic god.

The woman almost died from his move, yet this man remained completely unfazed.

"It's making me feel hot!"

At this moment, Zhou Yu raised his hand, and an antique silver bracelet on his wrist lit up.

Boom!

Suddenly, a vast blue lotus formation condensed in the void, and as soon as the formation appeared, it began to compete with the countless flames for control of this small space.

"You think you can fight me with your magic array?"

Blackfire Ancestor sneered. He could sense the power of this formation. If it were before he became a Cosmic God, he really wouldn't be able to defeat it. He would probably only be able to save his life by relying on his flame body.

But now.
"Break!" the Blackfire Ancestor roared, instantly unleashing a furious burst of flames combining the mysteries of two cosmic god levels, causing the azure lotus formation to tremble precariously.

"Hmph!" Zhou Yu snorted coldly and activated the bracelet repeatedly.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
Eight more magic arrays descended in succession, layering upon each other, instantly suppressing the raging flames and forcing them to retreat to within a hundred meters of the Black Flame Ancestor.

"What? This is impossible!!"

The Blackfire Ancestor was shocked. He sensed clearly that each of these formations was ten levels of power and extremely mysterious. Logically speaking, they should consume a lot of mental energy, and it should be very difficult to control even one formation.

How could the other party control nine seats simultaneously?
If it were done with the help of pre-arranged formations, not to mention nine, even a thousand or ten thousand, it wouldn't be surprising to Blackfire Ancestor.

Because almost all the strongholds of the powerful in the Realm Heart Continent are set up in this way.

The same magic array, when set up in advance, greatly reduces the difficulty of control. When facing an enemy, thousands of magic arrays can unleash their power simultaneously, naturally generating strength far exceeding that of ordinary arrays.

Some overlord-level cosmic gods on the Realm Heart Continent relied on their strongholds to withstand invincible beings like Emperor Xia, who wielded supreme treasures, and this was the method they used.

But now, this is a temporary magic array, and each one is extremely powerful. To control nine arrays at the same time is, of course, incredible.

"Nothing is impossible!" Zhou Yu said calmly.

Three hundred thousand years ago, he possessed the will of an ordinary bloodline reaching the ultimate realm. Although this clone of his had not consumed any soul-type treasures, thanks to his talent "Soul Amplification," his soul was among the best in its level.

This naturally made Zhou Yu's mental strength extremely strong, and the moves he could use far surpassed those of other experts at the same level.

"Shatter spacetime!"

Zhou Yu then unleashed another move from the tenth level of the Chaos Realm.

Boom!

A terrifying power erupted instantly, and the Blackfire Ancestor was severely suppressed, unable to resist or dodge it at all.

In an instant, the Blackfire Ancestor disappeared, merging into the surrounding flames.

However, these flames could not spread out completely; all the flames were confined to a small space within a hundred meters. When the terrifying power was unleashed, the Black Flame Ancestor fully withstood the force.

"I'm injured." Old Ancestor Blackfire panicked.

Zhou Yu felt a surge of joy as he sensed the weakening of the flames.

boom! boom! boom!
Zhou Yu didn't hold back and launched a series of attacks.

“If this were outside, I wouldn’t be able to kill the Blackfire Ancestor, but unfortunately, he has nowhere to run here!” Zhou Yu stared at the ever-weakening flames.

A space of about a hundred miles is far too small for a cosmic god. Even if the Blackfire Ancestor sacrificed his life force to use a forbidden technique to temporarily break through Zhou Yu's nine-fold magic array suppression, it would be useless.

With the opponent having nowhere to run, Zhou Yu was able to set up another magic array to suppress them in the blink of an eye.

It can be said that the moment Zhou Yu easily withstood Blackfire Ancestor's strongest move and was injured, his death was sealed.

Three months later.

The last trace of Black Flame Ancestor's power within this space was extinguished, and he died completely.

"Finally killed him," Zhou Yu thought with relief.

He completely wore down the Blackfire Ancestor to death by grinding him down little by little.

After absorbing the primordial energy and putting away the "Blackfire Prison Robe," a secret treasure left behind by the Blackfire Ancestor, Zhou Yu temporarily left.

After three months of intense combat, even Zhou Yu was feeling somewhat fatigued.

"Go back first."

Zhou Yu made a decision.

This assessment lasted for a full 100,000 years. For others, 100,000 years might be a short time, but for Zhou Yu, it was still a long time, enough for him to make further progress.

Zhou Yu chose two opponents now because he wanted to pick some "easy targets," otherwise, if the game dragged on, the easy opponents would be easily snatched away.

But Zhou Yu wasn't in a hurry for his last opponent, because he had originally planned to choose a difficult opponent to raise his evaluation. He could wait until 100,000 years later.

. . .

Zhou Yu quickly returned to the Xia Family Academy in the capital of Xiafeng Kingdom.

Both of his clones entered the Time Tower and began their seclusion.

However, unlike before, Zhou Yu's main focus was on comprehending the fundamental mysteries of various Daos and improving his own accumulation.

This seclusion is actually for the purpose of enhancing strength.

"The fastest way to improve your strength is to master the 'Three Lifetimes Technique' or the 'Primordial Array'," Zhou Yu pondered.

Once Zhou Yu masters techniques like the 'Three Lifetimes Technique' and the 'Primordial Array,' he won't need to buy any more secret treasures himself; the Xia family will immediately provide him with suitable ones.

At that time, Zhou Yu's strength will immediately soar to a level that is almost invincible among the first level of the Cosmic God, and he will be able to pick most of the opponents in the Demon Suppression Valley at will.

"Unfortunately, it would be too difficult to fully master it in 100,000 years." Zhou Yu couldn't help but shake his head.

If one masters techniques like the Three Lifetimes Method and the Primordial Array, then becoming a cosmic god wouldn't be too difficult.

"Let's study the Three Lifetimes Method," Zhou Yu quickly decided.

He has already mastered the energy array of the Primordial Array. Even if he mastered the remaining material array and rule array, as long as he could not perfectly combine them to form the Primordial Array, the improvement to his strength would not be significant.

The Three Lifetimes Method is different. The Past Scroll is relatively ordinary, but once you learn the Future Scroll, it will greatly improve your strength.

In addition, Zhou Yu's strongest move, "Shattering Time and Space," is closely related to the mysteries of the past and future, which he needs to focus on comprehending.

"However, the Future Scroll is also very difficult, and there is even the danger of getting lost." Zhou Yu understood that the Future Scroll requires consciousness to constantly travel to countless futures.

If you can't withstand the chaotic memories, you'll go insane.

Therefore, many people in the Chaos Realm do not dare to cultivate the Future Scroll. Only when they reach the Cosmic God level or even the second level do they dare to touch this scroll.

“When cultivating the Future Scroll, willpower is very important. With a strong will, one will not easily lose one’s way.” Zhou Yu was naturally confident in this.

His mental will at this moment is much stronger than that of many second-level cosmic gods.

Time is passing, and in the blink of an eye, 53,000 years have passed, or 530 million years if time were accelerated.

At this moment, in a quiet room in the Time Tower, Zhou Yu's two clones, who were sitting cross-legged, opened their eyes.

Countless scenes flashed through his eyes, all of which were things Zhou Yu had witnessed during his cultivation.

Of course, all of this was fake and didn't happen. With Zhou Yu's mental fortitude, he quickly regained his senses.

“Cultivate the Past Scroll to master the power of the past, cultivate the Future Scroll to master the power of the future.” Zhou Yu understood that the two powers had not yet combined, so it was not yet a qualitative change.

"Now, how about we roll it up?"

Zhou Yu then tried to comprehend the present volume.

While the current branch is the easiest of the three branches of the Time Path, the current scroll requires a combination of past, present, and future, making it the most difficult.

"Simultaneously drawing upon the power of three lifetimes to greatly increase one's strength is understandable, but how can one be neither in the past, nor in the present, nor in the future?" Zhou Yu felt puzzled, and this comprehension took him hundreds of millions of years.

Zhou Yu had a vague idea, but he knew that it was impossible to figure it out in the remaining time.

"Let me refine my Time-Space Dao techniques," Zhou Yu quickly focused his energy on his ultimate move.

P.S.: That's all for today.

(End of this chapter)