Swallow the starry sky, grind to become the strongest in the universe

Chapter 105 The Fifteenth Floor of the Sky-Reaching Bridge
"I have now gained some understanding of the fourth level of the Pause Technique."

"Even if I focus on studying the laws and comprehending them for the next twenty years, it will be difficult to make significant progress. It's better to fill the progress bar as soon as possible."

Yu Duan's entire consciousness was completely focused, causing his clone to temporarily fall into a deep sleep, allowing him to concentrate entirely on the progress bar.

……

In the blink of an eye, about 20 years have passed.

In the Fallen Gods' Secret Realm, endless despair rages.

"Om..."

A tremor emanating from the depths of his mind startled Yu Duan, who had been working on his progress for twenty years.

Within the inner world, the Book of Cause and Effect, which had been dormant for nearly eight hundred years, was revived once again.

A dazzling, shimmering sunset spread out, and lines of ancient handwriting emerged from the pages of the book, arranged into various options for advance payment.

[The Fundamental Law of Time] Comprehension Progress: Thirteenth level of the Bridge to Heaven. Advance access to the comprehension of the Fourteenth level of the Bridge to Heaven is possible, with a cost of 207.4 years to comprehend the Fundamental Law of Time.

[Time Sword Technique] Top-tier basic secret technique, level: initial ninth level, can pre-claim the achievement of 'self-created tenth level'. Cost: 9.47 million full-power executions of this sword technique.

[Time Stop Technique] Level: Initial entry into the fourth level, can receive advance insights into the fifth level, the cost of which is: 14.3 years to comprehend the mysteries of 'time stop' type of changes.

【…】

"Huh? Only 14.3 years!"

"It seems that my previous insights are not far from mastering the fifth level."

Yu Duan's attention was instantly drawn to the option of pausing the secret technique.

The Time-Pause Technique has twenty-four levels, with each three levels forming a major level, corresponding to the thirteenth to twentieth levels of the Sky Bridge.

"Insights into the fifth level of the Time-Pause Secret Technique."

As soon as Yu Duan had a thought, a dazzling, shimmering light rippled across the Book of Cause and Effect.

Various understandings of time stopping came to mind, and all the previous doubts were now answered.

A moment later, Yu Duan opened his eyes, a variety of feelings settling in his heart.

"Now I have even more doubts."

After gaining insights from the fifth level of 'Time Stop' in advance, the doubts I had previously encountered were naturally answered.

However, as his understanding of the laws of time deepened, more numerous, mysterious, and complex questions naturally arose before Yu Duan.

However, he now happens to be protected by a cosmic overlord, who has mastered the three fundamental laws of light, lightning, and time.

When encountering doubts, one should naturally seek guidance.

"Senior Putuo, I've encountered some difficulties in my understanding of the fundamental laws of time..."

"Hmm? The Third Prince has such a profound understanding of the laws of time?"

After listening to Yu Duan recount his doubts, Venerable Putuo was greatly surprised.

The fact that Yu Duan could encounter such doubts means that his understanding of the laws of time is so profound that he could probably easily pass through the fourteenth level of the Bridge to Heaven.

"Your Highness, take a good look. This is the change you don't understand..."

Venerable Putuo raised his hand, and a wisp of purple divine power rippled out, like an arc of electricity flashing and changing, causing violent fluctuations in the power of the laws of time.

As a cosmic overlord, he was able to create a secret technique at the peak level of a cosmic overlord, and his understanding of the fundamental laws of time far surpasses that of ordinary cosmic venerables.

Such an existence personally demonstrates to Yu Duan the mysteries of the changing laws of time, naturally making it seem effortless and insightful.

……

In the blink of an eye, nearly ten years have passed.

The progress bar for the Book of Cause and Effect is now fully loaded.

It's not that the environment within the Divine Fall Secret Realm is particularly good, but rather that each time I receive guidance from Venerable Putuo and understand some of my doubts, the progress bar increases slightly.

The progress bar of the Book of Cause and Effect is calculated according to the speed at which Yu Duan works alone behind closed doors.

The same thing happened when he first understood the essence of the laws of time. According to the progress bar of the Book of Cause and Effect, Yu Duan could only receive an advance payment once every ten years or so.

In the end, it only took about four hundred years to comprehend all 72 laws, and the actual time spent grinding to fill the progress bar was not too long.

"Understanding and insights into the sixth level of the Pre-Pause Secret Technique."

As soon as Yu Duan had a thought, a series of profound insights into the laws of time welled up within him.

As Yu Duan became engrossed in the experience and grasped its profound meaning, intense fluctuations of the fundamental laws of time emanated from his body, vaguely forming some strange phenomena that caused transparent ripples to spread throughout the surrounding space-time.

This change naturally alarmed Venerable Putuo, who had been paying close attention to the situation.

"This... is another epiphany?"

Venerable Putuo looked at Yu Duan with surprise and doubt.

Such an opportunity for sudden enlightenment is truly rare and hard to come by.

Countless powerful individuals at the peak of the King-level have been stuck at this realm for hundreds of millions of years. They are only one enlightenment away from mastering the complete superior origin laws.

Before long, Yu Duan emerged from this mysterious state, feeling somewhat unsatisfied.

"It takes 145.6 years of grinding to gain insights at the sixth level in advance. Sure enough, the time required will only increase later on."

This is only because Yu Duan has been studying the secret technique of stopping time over the years and has come to understand many of its mysteries. Otherwise, the time he would have spent on the sixth level of enlightenment would have been even longer.

"Let's see if we can get through the fifteenth level of the Bridge to Heaven by relying solely on our understanding of the laws, without using the Illusion Stream technique."

With a thought, Yu Duan logged into the virtual universe.

……

Virtual universe, Tongtianqiao plane.

"Shh!"

Yu Duan's figure suddenly appeared, instantly attracting the attention of the watcher, Baffin.

The last time Yu Duan came to cross the Tongtian Bridge was about eight hundred years ago.

"Your Highness Yu Duan!"

Baffin quickly came forward, a warm smile on his face.

Yu Duan nodded and said, "Senior Baffin, is there no one on the Myriad Universe Sky Bridge?"

"No one, no one. I'll escort Your Highness to the Myriad Universe Sky Bridge." There's been a rumor circulating within the Virtual Universe Company for the past few years.

That is, Yu Duan has become the personal disciple of the Chaos City Lord, and the Chaos City Lord even specially granted Yu Duan a year to study the Chaos Stele.

However, some say that he became a disciple of the Dragon Lord or the Ice Peak Lord.

Regardless of which universe master Yu Duan was a disciple of, it was enough to make Baffin's attitude even more enthusiastic.

A moment later, on the thirteenth level of the Universe Sky Bridge, a battlefield on the scorching surface of a star.

"Boom!"

A mass of magma-like solar prominence erupted and coalesced into a ferocious and imposing fire warrior.

"Young man, eight hundred years have passed. It seems you are confident that you can pass my test."

The Flame Warrior, wielding the Sword of Time, had his aura soar to its peak, his gaze fixed on Duan.

"Sorry, my target this time is the fifteenth floor."

As soon as Yu Duan finished speaking, he transformed into a dazzling radiance, his figure instantly blurring.

Endless starlight spread out, forming one after another Yu Duan's figure, each figure seemingly real, almost like a spatial illusion.

"Boom!"

In an instant, thousands of Yu Duan simultaneously unleashed the ninth level of the Time Sword, a feat even the immortals could contend with.

"All true? Impossible!"

The Flame Warrior could not believe his eyes; in his perception, these figures were real.

In reality, this is of course impossible; it's just a trick Yu Duan came up with for creating illusions.

In the blink of an eye, thousands of dazzling silver sword marks ripped through the void, containing the power of purification and annihilation, instantly obliterating the figure of the Flame Warrior.

The bridge to heaven is on its thirteenth level. Pass!
……

The fourteenth level of the Skybridge is located in the very central region of this star.

call out!
The dazzling streak of light moved swiftly before being blocked by the core of the star.

"Please choose your opponent: Warrior, Controller, Illusionist."

"Musha!"

As Yu Duan finished speaking, the blazing star core suddenly collapsed and then condensed into an even more imposing fire warrior.

"In this stage, I will also unleash the ninth level of the Time Sword, only it will be even more powerful!"

As the Flame Warrior finished speaking, the Time Sword in his palm became illusory.

Compared to his opponent on the thirteenth level of the Sky Bridge, this Flame Warrior unleashed his power, and the Time Sword in his palm almost completely disappeared.

At the same time, the intense fluctuations of the law became faint and difficult to detect.

"You still have a long way to go before you have mastered the ninth level of swordsmanship, while I have already barely reached the level of mastery."

Yu Duan's voice rang out, and at the same time, the Time Sword in his palm became completely transparent, and the aura of purification and annihilation disappeared directly.

The opponents on the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth levels of the Bridge to Heaven all used the ninth level of the Time Sword technique, which even immortals could defeat.

The thirteenth level could only be considered a barely adequate display.

The guardian of the fourteenth level is already at a minor level of mastery, able to conceal the Time Sword, making it difficult to detect.

As for the guardian of the fifteenth floor, that is when one truly achieves mastery, becoming truly formless and invisible, appearing suddenly and almost imperceptibly.

If a realm lord were to master the ninth level of the Time Sword, he would be able to severely injure an immortal with a single strike.

Whoosh!
In an instant, Yu Duan's figure shot out, leaving a dazzling streak of starlight in mid-air.

The Flame Warrior's expression changed drastically; Yu Duan was even faster than him.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a dazzling sword light burst forth almost on the face of the Flame Warrior.

That terrifying power annihilated the flame warrior almost instantly.

This sword strike seemed to appear out of thin air, without any trace or warning, making it impossible to defend against.

……

The fifteenth level of the Skybridge leads to the very back of the star, where the bridge's surface completely passes through it.

Amidst the boiling inferno, intense auras of law rippled, coalescing into the opponent of the 15th level.

"You haven't completely integrated your sword into the changes of time, so it will still be noticeable. That doesn't mean you've truly achieved mastery."

The gatekeeper of the fifteenth level spoke, his eyes looking down at Yu Duan, clearly very confident.

Yu Duan brandished his longsword, and a dreamlike, ethereal glow rippled outwards with an inexplicable meaning.

"Enough with the nonsense, take this sword."

The next instant, Yu Duan's figure shot out, heading straight for the gatekeeper.

The gatekeeper's eyes, hidden beneath his crimson mask, remained unmoved, and his figure instantly transformed into a beam of dark light, shooting straight out.

"Qiang!"

A dazzling sword light suddenly rippled out from the fluctuations of time, instantly annihilating Yu Duan's figure.

"Young man, you are very talented, but you still have a lot to learn."

The gatekeeper looked at Yu Duan's corpse and made a pointing gesture.

"Pfft!"

Suddenly, a sword light pierced through the guard's back, and the 10081-centimeter-long starlight sword beam instantly raged out, annihilating the guard in an instant.

Almost at the same time the anomaly occurred, Yu Duan's 'corpse' also disappeared.

"I've been slashing at thin air for ages. It seems my illusion technique is enough to make the gatekeeper of the fifteenth floor fall into my trap without him even noticing."

Behind the Flame Warrior, Yu Duan drew the Time Sword expressionlessly.

As the flame warrior vanished into flames, the fifteenth level was successfully passed.

(End of this chapter)