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Chapter 103 The Effects of the Three Major Changes in the Law of Time

The Mysterious Realm of Fallen Gods is located on a mountain peak about 1 million kilometers away from the Central Mountain Range.

This place has been transformed into a temporary residence, where Yu Duan will hone his skills for thousands of years to come.

"No!"

"No!"

"..."

Within Yu Duan's consciousness, desperate roars echoed.

That desperate will within it can plunge the vast majority of those who have attained the highest rank of immortal into despair, even leading them to self-destruct.

For Duan, this impact of pure will was actually much easier to bear than the pressure of consciousness (soul) in the illusory sea.

"Part of my consciousness will log back into the virtual universe, and both will be tempered simultaneously to see if the effect will improve."

Yu Duan connected his consciousness to the virtual universe and entered his own private training ground.

As the illusionary training ground activated, waves of pain emanated from the soul level.

After a short while, Yu Duan realized that he had reached his limit.

If it continues to improve, it may directly lead to a breakdown of will, making it unable to resist the impact of external will.

Outside, Yu Duan, pale-faced, opened his eyes and forcibly sensed the situation within his body.

On the Book of Cause and Effect, the ancient characters were rapidly moving, their efficiency noticeably improved.

"It will probably take... 800 years of honing!"

Yu Duan felt a slight turmoil in his heart, and waves of despair surged into his mind, causing his will to waver.

"town!"

Yu Duan focused his mind, and his soul essence instantly shone brightly. His powerful will swept away all the waves of despair.

After a short while, Yu Duan finally calmed down.

"Third Prince, how are you feeling? Can you withstand the impact of this level of despair for an extended period of time?"

Beside him, Venerable Putuo was always guarding Yu Duan.

As a being without a soul, Venerable Putuo can ignore attacks on the soul level, but he cannot ignore such an invasion on the level of will.

No living, thinking being is immune to clashes of will.

However, this impact of will that barely touched the level of a Cosmic Venerable was not a burden for Venerable Putuo.

"It's not a big problem, but I'll need to trouble Senior Putuo to stay with me in this Godfall Secret Realm."

"Haha, this is my master's order, and naturally it is also my duty."

Yu Duan seemed to remember something, and forced a smile onto his pale face: "Senior Pu Tuo, I want to comprehend a secret technique that purely aids in the perception of time, preferably with a detailed breakdown..."

Once this advance payment of the Book of Cause and Effect is completed, Yu Duan can then continue to advance his understanding of the laws.

However, without a detailed guide and classification, Yu Duan could only rely on various combat-related secret techniques to gain insights in advance.

Repaying the level of combat-related secret techniques in advance is similar to Yu Duan's previous experience with the Time Sword Technique—both are relatively slow and inefficient.

"His Highness should have already purchased 'The Principles of Space and Time,' which is an ultimate secret manual that actually contains many secret methods to help comprehend the laws of time."

Venerable Putuo did not quite understand Yu Duan's thoughts.

The ultimate secret manual, the Principles of the Universe, is the most compatible manual with the Chaos Monument of the Myriad Universes. Other secret techniques can only serve as auxiliary tools and references.

"Senior Putuo, my idea is this: I want to find a more systematic secret method that explains the three major changes of the fundamental law of time."

"The principles of space are excellent, but this secret manual is too profound and complex. Some secret techniques are hidden within it, and I cannot even detect them..."

Yu Duan quickly explained his thoughts in detail.

A moment later, Venerable Putuo understood Yu Duan's request.

"I understand what Your Highness means, let me think about it..."

In Venerable Putuo's amethyst-like eyes, countless streams of light surged, as if billions of data streams were flashing by rapidly every minute and every second.

A moment later, the crystal in the center of Venerable Putuo's forehead lit up, projecting an illusory screen of light.

"Your Highness, this book, 'Eternal Cycle,' should best meet your requirements."

"The Eternal Cycle is divided into three parts, corresponding to the three ultimate moves: pause, acceleration, and deceleration..."

Yu Duan looked at the projection screen.

The creator of this book, "The Eternal Cycle," is also a cosmic venerable of the Myriad Universes School.

After fully comprehending the fundamental laws of time, this cosmic sage, based on his understanding of the "Principles of Space," compiled a more systematic "Eternal Cycle."

Of course, this "Eternal Cycle" is far inferior to the "Principles of Space".

Even if one comprehends the entire "Eternal Cycle," it only means mastering the three highest changes of the laws of time.

As for whether one can become a cosmic supreme being, these three changes still need to be integrated.

Not to mention that even the Supreme Being of the Universe cannot explain the mysteries within, even the Lord of the Universe and the strongest being in the universe cannot do so.

"The Eternal Cycle, worth 6 million points, is slightly cheaper than the first 7 volumes of 'The Principles of Space and Space,' and enjoys the discount for members of the Primal Secret Realm, which is very suitable for the current Third Prince."

While being introduced to the secret method by Venerable Putuo, Yu Duan also searched for this secret method through the virtual universe and then placed an order to buy it directly.

"Thank you, senior."

Yu Duan first thanked Venerable Putuo before beginning to study the book "The Eternal Cycle".

Within the Ancient Cycle Codex, there are three major secret techniques and a foundational chapter.

The Basic Chapter essentially explains the 108 natures of time and the profound meaning derived from the most fundamental nature of time. Mastering the entire Basic Chapter is equivalent to understanding the first four diagrams of the Chaos Stele, representing the pinnacle of the 12th level of the Bridge to Heaven.

The three secret techniques are simply called time stop, time acceleration, and time deceleration.

Each secret technique is divided into 24 levels, which clearly delineate the various difficulties in comprehending the three major changes of the law of time.

Every three floors correspond to one skybridge.

Once you understand the first three levels of any secret technique, you can pass the thirteenth level of the Heavenly Bridge.

If one can fully master one of the three secret techniques, there is hope of passing the 20th level of the Heavenly Bridge.

If one fully masters all three secret techniques, that is the peak level of the 20th level of the Bridge to Heaven, just one step away from comprehending the final and complete law of time.

"So this is the secret of time acceleration and time deceleration. It's completely different from what I imagined."

Yu Duan glanced at the general outlines of the three secret techniques, which explained the three major changes in the laws of time.

Among them, 'Time Stop' is more for survival and has the most obvious effect, which is to create a time stop field.

As a time traveler, Yu Duan knew about the effect of time stopping, but he didn't understand time acceleration or deceleration.

In this book, "The Eternal Cycle," the effects of time acceleration and time deceleration are explained very clearly.

Time acceleration excels at attacking, while time deceleration enhances defense.

For example, mastering time acceleration allows one to create time acceleration domains.

However, simply creating a time acceleration field has little practical use in actual combat.

For those whose lives are beyond immortality, perhaps a time acceleration would allow them to die of old age directly.

But for immortal gods, this has little significance.

Even if you apply it to your own movement techniques, the highest speed limit in the universe is the speed of light, and you can't go any faster than the speed of light.

For a peak-level King who has mastered time acceleration, even without using this transformation, they can still achieve the ability to fly at the speed of light.

Therefore, if you really want to improve your combat power, you must apply this change to your own secret techniques, which will increase the power of your secret techniques exponentially.

In the general outline of "The Eternal Cycle," a simple example is given to explain the effect of time acceleration.

Stars have a lifespan of 100 billion years and can release an immeasurable amount of energy, but the destructive power of this energy is not great. In fact, it has given birth to life-bearing planets and become the source of life.

But if a star were to instantly pass through 100 billion years, releasing all its total energy in a single moment, the power would be devastating. It could even affect the environment of planets tens of millions of light-years away.

Of course, this is a rather exaggerated example. However, the underlying principle and logic are the same.

By incorporating the 'time acceleration' effect into arcane arts, the actual destructive power will be greatly enhanced.

Time slowing down is exactly the opposite, so it greatly increases defense.

As for time reversal... to be precise, it's called 'spacetime reversal', but time itself cannot be reversed.

However, time reversal is something that even a cosmic being cannot do.

"The 'time stop' is still the most comprehensive and the best at saving lives."

The Time Stop ability freezes everything in time, allowing the user to flee for their life. It's essentially akin to teleportation, and is highly effective at dodging attacks and escaping.

Yu Duan decided to first understand the change of 'time stop'.

"With my current understanding, passing through the thirteen levels of the Heavenly Bridge is not a problem, so the first three levels of the secret technique only require a little comprehension to comprehend."

Yu Duan's will was almost completely concentrated as he focused on resisting the impact of the will and the influence of the illusion.

Therefore, it is difficult to delve into secret techniques or comprehend the laws in this state.

Even if it could be done with great difficulty, the efficiency would be extremely worrying.

"It's just 800 years. I lack everything except time."

Yu Duan sat cross-legged in meditation, bearing a burden of will that even a ninety-nine percent immortal king could not bear.

During this process, it was even able to separate a portion of its consciousness to maintain the daily activities of the Ice Colossus clone, and occasionally delve into secret techniques.

And so, hundreds of years passed in the blink of an eye.

……

On the other side, in the Northern Miasma Universe Kingdom, on the Star of Light Source.

This once ordinary planet, now, after thousands of years, has been transformed into a young political and financial center.

The Light Source Corporation has brought control over nearly a hundred surrounding star systems, which it operates and develops.

As the home of the Light Source Star People, this ordinary life-bearing planet has been transformed into a top-level SSS-class life-bearing planet.

At this moment, on the highest peak of the snow-capped mountain on the star of light.

Here, layers of snow pile up, and an immortal, god-like Taichang Tree Spirit takes root here, standing proudly against the cold wind.

Meanwhile, countless branches spread out from the jade-green tree trunk, intertwining to form a quiet wooden house and courtyard.

This courtyard has been the residence of the avatars of the Icefield Colossus in Yuduan for hundreds of years.

"Master, your highest score mission deadline has passed, and the Virtual Universe Company has determined that you have abandoned the mission."

"In addition, the qualification battle for the Domain Lord level in the Primal Secret Realm is about to begin, and there are still about half a month to go."

Inside the wooden cabin, Tianran reported all the major recent events to Yu Duan.

The only one that is mandatory to participate in is the Primal Secret Realm Domain Lord Level Qualification Battle.

"A Domain Lord-level qualification battle? Among the 10 Domain Lords in the Primordial Secret Realm besides myself, what level is the strongest?"

Faced with Duan's question, Tianran quickly replied, "The strongest person besides the master is called Moteng. More than 2600 years ago, he passed through the 11th level of the Dragon Travel Bridge."

(End of this chapter)