Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 309 The Secret Technique of Will, the Mysterious Realm of Truth and Illusion

"Meteor, keep going along this passage. If you pass His Majesty the God King's final test, an unimaginable, heaven-defying opportunity awaits you."

Before Wuqi Tower, at the entrance of a deep, dark staircase, the leader of the Divine King Valley, who resembled a cloud of black mist, solemnly spoke.

"Yes, Meteor, go!"

"We have persevered for countless epochs, and this is the moment we have been waiting for!"

"Go ahead, we'll be waiting for your good news!"

The other commanders and the army's four generals also offered encouragement.

"Thank you everyone, I'm on my way."

Qi Yuan smiled and nodded at the four commanders of the Divine King Valley and the four generals of the army, and then solemnly stepped into the passage ahead!

One step in, and time and space shift!

Qi Yuan felt as if he had entered an endless, vast, dark void. All around him was darkness and nothingness, except for the long staircase beneath his feet that seemed to stretch to an unknown distance.

"Such exquisite time-space manipulation techniques! I wasn't even aware of the transition process."

Qi Yuan sighed inwardly, but then stopped and started walking up the steps.

The entire staircase path is long and seems to have no end. All the steps are made of huge, long stone slabs, each with different carvings.

No two carvings are alike; each one is perfect. Even Qi Yuan couldn't help but be drawn to them when he looked down.

What appears to be a stone slab or carving seems to conceal endless mysteries.

hum~
The moment Qi Yuan stepped onto the stone steps, a faint, insignificant shock of will suddenly erupted within him.

However, over the past eight million years, Qi Yuan has also focused on honing his will, and now his will has almost reached the limit of a Void True God.

Faced with such a powerful will, this was at most a faint impact of the will equivalent to the limit of the Lord of Laws, and naturally could not have any effect on him at all.

As Qi Yuan climbed the steps one by one, stepping onto the long stone steps, waves of willpower continuously surged forth, relentlessly impacting him.

Moreover, as he continued to climb upwards, the intensity of this willpower impact gradually increased. Although the increase was extremely limited for Qi Yuan, the steps beneath his feet seemed to have no end in sight, and he had no idea how long they would eventually be.

"A test of willpower? This staircase is the trial those commanders spoke of? Let me see where this staircase ultimately leads!"

Qi Yuan smiled faintly, and then his figure suddenly burst forth, transforming into a blurry stream of light that shot rapidly forward along the stone steps beneath his feet. This initial stage of the will-shaking impact posed no difficulty for him, so he naturally wouldn't waste too much time here.

brush!brush!brush!
Qi Yuan's figure flashed forward continuously on the stone steps, each flash covering an extremely long distance.

As he continued to move forward, the ever-increasing surge of his willpower gradually grew stronger.

Initially, he was only at the limit of the Lord of Laws, but quickly reached the level of a True God. He then reached the mid-to-late stage of True God. (True God Limit)
Qi Yuan had no idea how far he had gone, but at the very moment when the intensity of his will surged to the limit of a true god, an unexpected situation suddenly occurred.

A faint golden light burst forth from the stone slab beneath his feet. Rays of golden light twisted and converged in the void, transforming into ancient characters—the characters of an ancient civilization. The densely packed characters filled the vast void before him.

The meaning of the text at the very top is—The Secret Technique of the Divine Eye, Volume One!
Then comes the detailed content.

"The Divine Eye Technique?"

Upon seeing this line of text, Qi Yuan couldn't help but smile faintly.

"It was this!"

In the original novel, Luo Feng received the "Divine Eye Secret Technique" as a reward on the seventh floor of Wuqi Tower. Before his cultivation level was high enough to use the "Lieyuan Technique", this secret technique was always one of Luo Feng's trump cards.

Secret arts and secret techniques are different.

Secret techniques at the level of a Cosmic Venerable are meaningless to a Cosmic Lord. The stronger one is, the more secret techniques one must create that suit one's own strength, while low-level secret techniques are meaningless.

However, the secret techniques are different.

Techniques like the divine power burning secret technique "Burning Spirit" that Qi Yuan obtained from the Ten Directions Sect's inheritance, and the combined attack secret technique "Twelve Yuan Chen Formation," belong to the category of secret techniques.

Secret techniques are useful to the weak, but they are equally useful to the super strong.

A powerful secret technique can completely boost one's strength. For example, the "Burning Spirit" secret technique, although only the first three volumes can be seen due to the influence of the original source will.

However, once one reaches the level of a true god of the void, one will naturally be able to see the content of "Burning Spirit".

At the stages of the Lord of the Universe and True God, "Burning Spirit" was already ahead of many secret techniques for burning divine power, and naturally it became even more ahead later on.

A lead at one step leads to a lead at every step, and it becomes more and more valuable as time goes on.

Among all the secret arts, the art of willpower is the rarest and most precious!

Willpower is too ethereal, a very abstract concept.

How to use it?

Only a few extraordinary beings can experience and create it.

Unlike the Burning Divine Power Secret Technique, the most basic first level of the Burning Divine Power Secret Technique can be comprehended even by some powerful Void True Gods.

The secret art of willpower is something even the eternal true gods cannot comprehend; only by mastering the laws of chaos can one gradually gain some understanding of it.

Although Qi Yuan inherited the entire Ten Directions Sect's legacy, which included several secret techniques of willpower, the Ten Directions Sect's strength mainly lies in three aspects: 'arrays', 'weapon crafting', and 'mechanics'. The predecessors of previous generations were not particularly skilled in secret techniques of willpower, and the strongest secret technique of willpower was only created in five volumes.

For a major power or lineage, having only the first few volumes is of little significance.

Only complete, even peak, series of secret techniques that can rival ancient civilizations are worthy of pride. According to the original text, the "Divine Eye Secret Technique" is a powerful secret technique created by the God King of Jin. Not only is the entry level extremely high, requiring a willpower level of a Void True God to even begin, but it also consists of nine volumes, enough to support cultivation to an extremely high level.

Among the many secret techniques of willpower, the Divine Eye Technique is definitely one of the more powerful ones.

Furthermore, if Qi Yuan could obtain the complete "Divine Eye Secret Technique" and pass it on to his disciple through the system's return, he would surely be able to return to him an even more powerful and profound secret technique of will!

With the system's current return rate of thousands of times, the willpower secret technique returned, even if it is not as good as the "Lieyuan Technique" that Luo Feng eventually obtained, will not be too far behind. In fact, if he is lucky enough to trigger a perfect critical hit, the final gain will be beyond his imagination!
Qi Yuan stared intently at the golden characters floating in the void, carefully memorizing them deep within his consciousness.

"The original text seems to have mentioned that this Divine Eye Secret Technique has a total of nine volumes. I wonder if I will be able to persevere and obtain all nine volumes of the secret technique's inheritance!"

After completing his memory, Qi Yuan continued to move forward.

As he continued to advance, the intensity of the bursting willpower surged, quickly reaching the level of a Void True God.

Just then, golden light appeared again, and the second level of the "Divine Eye Secret Technique" was revealed to Qi Yuan.

At this moment, the intensity of this impact on will was still within Qi Yuan's tolerance range, and he easily received the inheritance information of the second volume.

"keep going!"

brush!brush!brush!
Qi Yuan continued to advance at an extremely fast pace, only pausing briefly to memorize new textual information about the follow-up content of the Divine Eye Secret Technique when it appeared.

As they continued to advance, the intensity of the impact on their will continued to increase, and more and more details about the Divine Eye Secret Technique emerged.

Volume 3. Volume 4. Volume 5. Volume 6!
When the golden characters recording the contents of the sixth volume of the Divine Eye Secret Technique appeared, even Qi Yuan's will, which had now almost reached the limit of the Void True God, felt immense pressure.

"continue!"

Qi Yuan gritted his teeth slightly, but continued to walk forward.

At this moment, under the immense pressure of that powerful will, he could no longer move forward as quickly as before. With each step he took, he had to bear unimaginable pressure. It was not physical fatigue, but a heavy pressure from the level of will!
As they moved forward step by step, the intensity of the impact on their will seemed to increase at an even faster pace.

At a certain moment, when Qi Yuan's foot landed again, the invisible impact of his will broke through a certain bottleneck and instantly caused a huge surge!

boom!
An extremely powerful impact of will descended upon Qi Yuan, causing his consciousness to reel and almost causing him to faint!
At the same time, a faint golden light shone again, and the contents of the seventh volume of "The Secret Technique of the Divine Eye" began to appear!

"Don't faint, don't faint! This is only the seventh volume. This is a rare opportunity. If we miss this chance, it won't be so easy to obtain this level of inheritance again!"

Qi Yuan was quickly memorizing the newly revealed inheritance while secretly gritting his teeth and persevering.

However, a faint sense of anxiety rose in his heart. This was only the seventh volume of the inheritance, and he had already almost reached his limit. Could he still hold on until he received the last two volumes of the inheritance?
"No, with the pressure on my will I'm feeling right now, I might not even last until the eighth volume appears before my will collapses and I fall into a coma."

Qi Yuan was somewhat unwilling, after all, a powerful inheritance was right in front of him, and if he could not learn it all, it would definitely become a great regret for him.

"Is there any way to temporarily boost willpower, or to resist or weaken an attack on willpower? Weakening willpower...hmm, maybe this is possible!"

Qi Yuan's consciousness stirred slightly. He suddenly remembered when he received the inheritance of the Ten Directions Sect. In order to break through the consciousness suppression method used by the previous sect master, Zhu Yongzi, he combined the principles of the virtual universe with a trace of the 'opening' conception he comprehended from the original star map and created the magical secret technique of the True and False Realms.

The Realm of Truth and Illusion is a mysterious world that exists between the formless and the real, formed by combining will as its vessel and reality and illusion.

He used this secret technique to break through Zhu Yongzi's suppression of consciousness. If it were slightly improved, I wonder if it could withstand such a powerful impact of will?

For example, could one enter such an illusory state? Or could one directly utilize the illusory power of the Real and Illusory Realms to shield or weaken the impact of that will?

"Give it a try!"

After receiving the information about the seventh level of the "Divine Eye Secret Technique", Qi Yuan immediately took action.

call--

A faint dark radiance spread out, enveloping his body and seemingly isolating the entire space-time.

however--

Boom~~~
The powerful impact of will actually broke through the faint dark light barrier and continued to penetrate, descending upon Qi Yuan once again, causing his face to turn pale.

"No effect? ​​The impact of will is invisible and traceless, it's impossible to resist it so easily! Wait, no, it seems to have been weakened by a very slight force!"

"Is the Realm of Truth and Illusion effective? Or is the power of this secret technique not strong enough yet?"

Qi Yuan's mind raced as he considered possible solutions.

"If so, what if we use the secret technique of unleashing willpower from the Realm of Truth and Illusion to counteract this impact of willpower? I wonder if that could weaken the impact of willpower? Let's give it a try!"

With a thought, he began to rapidly vibrate at a special frequency, drawing upon the powerful will that had already spread throughout the True and False Realms. An extremely powerful shockwave of will swept wildly across the entire area covered by the True and False Realms, directly stirring up an incomparably powerful storm of will shockwaves!

Although the level of the willpower secret technique inherited by the Ten Directions Sect was limited, after he gave it to his disciples as a gift, he received a powerful willpower secret technique from the system that should be no weaker than the "Divine Eye Secret Technique".

At this moment, he is using the special properties of the Realm of Truth and Illusion to unleash this powerful secret technique!

Qi Yuan's will has now almost reached the limit of a Void True God. With such a powerful will, and by using the True Void Realm to fully unleash the secret technique of will, its power is naturally incredibly terrifying!

whoosh whoosh~~~
Within the area enveloped by the Realm of Truth and Illusion, a powerful storm of will swept wildly in all directions, destroying everything!
The powerful impact of that relentless onslaught of will, upon entering the realm of the True and False Realms, was like a ship entering a raging, turbulent ocean, constantly being pushed back and weakened by the violent and chaotic storm.
Although the powerful will still surged forward relentlessly, continuing its assault on Qi Yuan's location, it had been greatly weakened in the process!

"It worked! The impact on willpower has been weakened to less than one-tenth!"

Qi Yuan's eyes couldn't help but reveal an expression of unparalleled joy.

A sudden feeling of relief washed over him.

"Great! I didn't expect it to actually work! It actually weakened the invisible and traceless impact of will to less than one-tenth of its original level. That means I should be able to hold on until the last two volumes of content appear!"

"Let's seize this opportunity and move forward!"

Qi Yuan's speed suddenly exploded, and he began to rush upwards on the steps at top speed!
(End of this chapter)