Man is devouring, waves are traveling through the universe

Black Dragon Mountain Starfield, Ancient Origin Star.

In a secluded manor, Ye Xingkong sat cross-legged facing a vast, misty lake.

"Phew! I've finally broken through to the third level of the Primordial Body Refining Technique!"

"Judging by the time, it took about ten thousand years to cultivate the Primordial Body Refining Technique from the second to the third level. The efficiency is not bad!"

"Now, the life gene level of the main body and the five elemental avatars has reached a thousand times."

Ye Xingkong slowly opened his eyes, a slight smile appearing on his lips.

Three months have passed since he left the extraterrestrial battlefield and returned to the Black Dragon Mountain Starfield.

During this period, Ye Xingkong mainly focused on familiarizing himself with the Fire Lord's several supreme treasures and important artifacts, and also broke through to the third level of the Primordial Body Refining Technique.

"With my current status as a realm lord, it's still too much of a strain to activate those top-tier treasures."

"As expected of a treasure used by a Universe Venerable!"

Ye Xingkong sighed softly.

This has nothing to do with one's own comprehension or talent; it's purely because the realm master's level is too low and the energy foundation is too poor.

Even though Ye Xingkong has now reached the level of a thousand times the life gene, his own strength is only equivalent to a primary Marquis Immortal. Forcibly activating a top-tier treasure is like a small horse pulling a large cart.

Of course, even if it only unleashes one-thousandth of the power of a great treasure, it is still far stronger than so-called immortal divine weapons or pseudo-great treasures.

Because this is a top-tier treasure!
Not to mention the title of King of Immortality, even the Supreme Beings of the Universe would frantically vie for it.

[Name: Ye Xingkong]

[Genetic Energy: Peak of Realm Lord]

[Mental Power: Peak Realm Lord]

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[Primordial Body Refinement Technique: 892/1000 (Second Level)]

[Primordial Soul Refining Technique: 781/1000 (Second Level)]

[Primordial Body Refining Technique: 31/10000 (Third Level)]

[Golden Soul Technique: Eighth Level (32451/60000)]

[Fire-Air Fusion Law: 10000/200000]

[Space Law: 70000/100000]

[Time Rule: 20000/100000]

[Fire Law: 10000/10000 (Perfect)]

[The Law of Water: 10000/10000 (Perfect)]

The Golden Rule: 10000/10000 (Perfect)

[The Law of Wood: 3000/10000]

[Earth Law: 3000/10000]

[Divine power amplitude: 1 times]

[Soul Amplitude: 72 times]

[Life gene level (original body): 1000 times]

[Life Gene Level (Five Elements Clone): 1000 times]

Ye Xingkong glanced at the proficiency panel.

During the more than 10,000 years of trials as the Lord of Fire, although he focused on creating two ultimate-level techniques, he also made considerable progress in other secret arts.

The Primordial Body Refining Technique has been cultivated to the third level;
Although the Primordial Soul Refining Technique and the Primordial Body Refining Technique are only at the second level, they are not far from the third level.

When the Golden Soul Technique is cultivated to the eighth level, the soul amplitude is 72 times.
As for the Fire-Void Fusion Law, it was obtained by Ye Xingkong from comprehending the Nine Luminaries Chaos Stele in order to create his own "Starry Sky Nine Heavens".

Since it was only for creating secret techniques, I didn't study it in depth, and my proficiency level is only about 10,000 points.

In addition, the secret techniques such as "Yuan Shen Lian Bao Jue" and "Zhen Hun" have been cultivated to perfection.

With Ye Xingkong's current skill level in weapon crafting, crafting ordinary heavy treasures shouldn't be a big problem. He could find some time to pick out a few pieces from the Fire Lord's collection of weapon crafting materials and try crafting a heavy treasure.

As for the refining techniques for creating top-tier treasures and supreme artifacts, Ye Xingkong's original plan was to go to the Craftsman God Star and become a disciple of the Craftsman God Master.

However, now that we have the weapon-forging inheritance of the Lord of Fire, there is no need for that anymore.

"It seems that the master of the God of Crafts also received guidance from the Mountain-Sitting Guest, and he is not even a disciple of the Mountain-Sitting Guest."

"I, a dignified senior disciple, am not even a disciple of that old fellow, the Mountain-Sitting Guest. This is too embarrassing."

Ye Xingkong shook his head.

brush~
Just as Ye Xingkong was pondering, a figure suddenly appeared beside him.

The figure appeared in an extremely strange way. Although it appeared by teleportation, it did not cause any spatial fluctuations. It was even more sophisticated than the teleportation of the Lord of the Universe.

However, upon seeing the visitor, Ye Xingkong was not surprised; instead, a smile appeared on his face.

This person was none other than Ye Xingkong himself, the Five Elements Avatar!
"This deity."

"Clone."

He greeted himself and then casually found a place to sit down.

Now that Ye Xingkong has created his own ultimate-level martial arts technique, breaking through to immortality should not be a big problem.

Continuing to remain at the Realm Lord stage would allow him to comprehend the laws more quickly, but Ye Xingkong's comprehension and willpower have already reached the level of the Universe Lord. Breaking through to Immortality would simply mean spending more time comprehending the laws.

Once everything becomes immortal, time loses much of its meaning.

However, it is definitely impossible for the Five Elements Avatar to break through to immortality under the nose of the Chaos City Lord of the Initial Universe.

Fortunately, the Five Elements Avatar has always kept a low profile over the years. Apart from a few close friends, his departure from Chaos City did not attract much attention.

As for his boss at the Virtual Universe Company, Venerable Youhuo, he was someone who didn't care about anything else.

Moreover, weapon refiners are a very free profession. As long as they complete the weapon refining tasks assigned by their superiors on a regular basis, there are not many trivial matters.

Ye Xingkong casually made up an excuse about "going out to gather inspiration" and slipped out of headquarters openly.

"In order to break through to immortality, I have accumulated so much in many areas that I can say I have reached my limit!"

"His will has reached the level of a cosmic master!"

"A soul amplitude of 72 times, comparable to some cosmic overlords!"

"His self-created unique skills have reached the ultimate level!"

"Even I can't break through to immortality, this is outrageous!"

A glint of light flashed in Ye Xingkong's eyes, and he chuckled self-deprecatingly.

However, although everything was ready, he did not rush to break through immediately. Instead, he began to drink and make merry all day long to adjust his condition to the best.

Every breakthrough requires a "timing".

Although Ye Xingkong's accumulated experience makes it possible to force a breakthrough, only if he can do it in accordance with his own wishes and his mind is filled with happiness can it be considered a perfect breakthrough.

In any case, for Ye Xingkong, it was just a matter of a few hundred years earlier or later.

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at the same time.

The battlefield outside the territory, the ninth battlefield.

The former Cold Flame Lake area.

The endless sea of ​​fire has vanished, replaced by a silent, cold void.

However, compared to the Cold Flame Lake before the sea of ​​fire disappeared, it is now undoubtedly a gathering place for many more powerful individuals.

Many of the Immortal Kings who had been venturing into other areas of the Ninth Battlefield rushed over to find out what was going on. Even some Immortal Kings from other battlefields came over as soon as they heard the news.

"I never imagined that the legend of Cold Flame Lake was actually true!"

A powerful, alien king-level immortal, whose body was crackling with lightning and who had four pairs of blood-red fleshy wings on his back and was over twenty meters tall, sighed.

"Hehe! Of course it's true."

"It's just that you're not qualified to know."

A powerful, immortal king-level expert, born into the royal family of the demon race and exuding a bloodthirsty and terrifying aura, said with a cold laugh.

The secrets of Cold Flame Lake are known primarily to the strongest members of the four top clans.

As for the other weak and ordinary races' strong individuals who went to the outer battlefields for training, none of their races had a universe master, so they knew virtually nothing about the ancient secrets of these universes.

"The Trial of the Lord of Fire... I once heard my master mention it, but the difficulty of the trial is ridiculously high, and my mechanical race is forbidden from entering, so I didn't pay much attention to it."

"A massive mechanical race king, an immortal being covered in bronze-colored metal, spoke indifferently."

Today, the Cold Flame Lake region is home to the largest number and most outstanding King-level Immortal powerhouses in the outer battlefield.

Moreover, instead of fighting when they met, these people chatted back and forth.

It seems... the Lord of Fire's trial was so sensational that many powerful figures were too preoccupied with fighting.

"Look, it's King Li Gu."

"Oh, the human king has also arrived."

Several powerful Kings noticed a ripple in the surrounding space, followed by the appearance of a human warrior clad in bone armor and carrying two swords on his back. Since the disappearance of Cold Flame Lake, this part of the starry sky had become a place where one could freely teleport.

"Hehe, King Ligu, you human race's powerful figures dare to show yourselves at Cold Flame Lake, you are truly brave!"

"Yes! Now everyone knows that your human race has taken the Fire Lord's treasure, and everyone is searching for the whereabouts of those powerful human kings in the Ninth Battlefield!"

"Hmm~ those are treasures left behind by the great Lord of the Universe. There must be several important treasures, and even some treasures more precious than important treasures!"

"If we join forces and kill the Human King, and if we can discover the Fire Lord's treasure, we'll have struck it rich!"

Many of those who were granted the title of King and Immortal had a glint of greed in their eyes.

These treasures... were extremely precious items to these immortal kings.

The appearance of any precious treasure on the battlefield beyond the realm will inevitably cause a bloodbath and lead to the fall of many kings and immortals.

"Humph!"

King Ligu's expression was icy, his white bone armor was extremely ferocious, and layers of blood-red energy emanated from it, exuding a terrifying killing intent.

He glanced indifferently at the restless group of immortal kings and said calmly, "The treasure of Cold Flame Lake was not obtained by our human race."

"If you want to take action, you can."

"However, be prepared to pay the price with your life!"

Li Gu Wang gripped his twin blades, his icy gaze sweeping over the immortal kings, seemingly freezing the very space around him.

The magnificent sound, amplified by the power of immortality, continued to echo across the starry sky.

Of the hundreds of immortal kings present, not one dared to speak at this moment, and those immortal kings who had been secretly instigating the situation dared not look directly into King Ligu's eyes.

After all, a person's name is like a tree's shadow!

King Ligu is one of the most terrifying Immortal Kings on the battlefield outside the realm. Although he has not yet reached the level of being invincible among Immortal Kings, he is not far from it.

"So...he's not human?"

"Judging from King Ligu's appearance, he should be unaware of it."

"It cannot be ruled out that the human race is hiding things too well, and they haven't even informed King Ligu."

In the starry sky, several immortal kings from the Zerg, Demon, and Mechanical races exchanged glances and communicated through divine power.

Unfortunately, the strongest members of their three races were all forbidden from participating in the Fire Lord's trial.

From a probabilistic standpoint, it is indeed more likely that a powerful human will inherit the Fire Lord's legacy.

After all, the immortal kings on the battlefields beyond the realms are not fools.

Even if it's just spreading rumors, no one will believe it if it doesn't have some basis in fact.

As for other races on the battlefield outside the region who inherit the legacy?

While there is a possibility, the likelihood of an exceptional genius emerging from these weak and ordinary groups is extremely low.

"Forget it! If someone really obtained the inheritance, as long as they weren't stupid, they would have left the extraterritorial battlefield by now."

"What a pity! Such a precious inheritance, why didn't it go to me, Baturu!"

"Just wait and see. Anyone who can pass the Fire Lord's Trial is definitely not some nobody. Can they hide for a while, or for a lifetime?"

……

Just as these immortal kings were on the verge of exchanging blows, a great being from the universe descended upon a region that even they could not perceive.

"It seems you all arrived before me."

A towering figure, tens of thousands of kilometers high, treads upon the waves of a golden river, wielding a massive stone club, and strolls towards us.

"Lord of Chaos City!"

"I didn't expect that you would personally come from the human side?"

"Humanity, chaos..."

Three great cosmic lords descended upon this starry sky.

Clearly, the high-ranking members of the demon race, the insect race, and the mechanical race also considered using time travel to find the person who took the Fire Lord's treasure.

"The Lord of Chaos City has come too? Could it be that I guessed wrong before, and he's not a human?"

The demon race sent out the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf, who stared at the Lord of Chaos City with a pair of bright green eyes, looking somewhat bewildered.

“If it were a human, the Lord of Chaos City wouldn’t need to make this extra trip.”

"It seems he doesn't know the truth either."

The Bronze Lord of the Machine Race thought to himself.

"Since everyone is here, I'll make the move."

At this moment, the Zerg leader Banf said with a smile.

"Can!"

"agree!"

"it is good!"

The Lord of Chaos City and other rulers of the universe nodded.

It's just a time reversal anyway, and it doesn't affect what has already happened, so it doesn't matter to any of the universe's rulers.

brush!
The Lord of Banff's expression turned solemn, and a monstrous power emanated from his massive body, causing the surrounding space and time to tremble.

Rumble~
A faint rumbling sound rang out, and the surrounding scene began to rapidly rewind, quickly reaching the point where Cold Flame Lake disappeared.

only……

The enormous Nine Luminaries Glazed Palace, as large as a star, silently floated in the void, and then suddenly disappeared.

"Ok?"

The head of Banff suddenly widened his eyes in utter shock: "Impossible! How could this be!"

In the rewinding scene, no living being was seen entering the Nine Luminaries Glazed Palace, nor were there any spatial fluctuations from teleportation; the Cold Flame Lake simply vanished on its own.

As for any scenes involving Ye Xingkong, they never appeared!
This is the power of the Primordial Mirror.

By obscuring the secrets of heaven and concealing all cause and effect, even if the Lord of the Universe were to travel back in time, he would have no chance of finding Ye Xingkong.

"How could this happen?"

"Cold Flame Lake just disappeared on its own?"

"This is unreasonable!"

Both the Lord of Sirius and the Lord of Gold and Bronze showed surprise on their faces.

"I'll try!"

At this moment, the Lord of Sirius spoke in a low voice.

He extended a huge silver wolf claw and gently touched the calm void in front of him.

The void rippled like water, and then time rewinded rapidly.

However, the scene that appeared this time was exactly the same as before, without any changes.

"This, how is this possible!"

"If it hasn't been bound to a master, how can a treasure just disappear on its own?"

"Lord of Chaos City, why don't you give it a try?"

The Lord of Banff looked at the Lord of Chaos City and said solemnly.

Among the many universe lords present, the Chaos City Lord is the strongest. If even he is not strong enough, then that is probably the truth.

"If neither of you can do it, I'm afraid it will be the same if I do."

The Lord of Chaos City shook his head.

"The truth of the matter is now clear."

"In that case, I shall take my leave."

The Lord of Chaos City glanced at the crowd, spoke calmly, and then departed across the Thousand Treasures River.

The Lord of Sirius, the Lord of Banff, and the others exchanged glances and then went back to report.

"It seems that it was not the Zerg, the Demon Clan, or the Machine Clan that inherited the Fire Lord's legacy."

"In that case... it's a stroke of luck amidst misfortune."

"As for whether it is through inheritance by a strong member of my human race, it is my fortune to obtain it, and my fate to lose it."

The Lord of Chaos City remained largely unmoved.

However, the mysterious disappearance of the Lord of Fire's treasure will likely become a major unsolved mystery in the universe in the future!
"Could it be... that the Lord of Fire had other plans he had up his sleeve back then?"

"It's not that bad. If that brute had such cunning, he wouldn't have been the first of the eight beast gods to fall."

The Lord of Chaos City shook his head, then sighed softly. (End of Chapter)