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

Chapter 167 The Giant Axe Conference, the Dark Lord's Overbearing Power
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"Shh!"

At the central starport of the mainland, a silvery-white light flashed, and Yu Duan's figure appeared directly there.

Before the staff of the spaceport could even come up to greet him, they saw Yu Duan raise his hand and press it into the void.

The power of the complete fundamental laws of time spread out, surging into the void and connecting the spacetime channels.

"Boom!"

With a deafening roar, a distorted spacetime vortex appeared before Duan's eyes. Through this spacetime vortex, one could see the primordial universe where endless chaotic energy intertwined.

The next moment, Yu Duan's figure transformed into a stream of light and entered the interior of the primordial universe.

This scene left many of the Immortal staff members looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Lord Yu Duan... how is it possible that you opened a cosmic passage without using the secret runes of the starport?"

One of the staff members stared blankly at his colleague next to him.

Isn't it said that only by mastering the complete laws of time or space can one achieve this?
Moreover, unless in an emergency, the Cosmic Venerable will not use his divine power to open a cosmic passage, as this would truly deplete the essence of his divine power, and would consume far more than the power required for teleportation to a divine kingdom.

"How is it impossible? Lord Yu Duan broke through to the Immortal God realm more than ten thousand years ago." The leading Immortal King spoke with a shocked look in his eyes.

As a King-level Immortal, he knew far more information than other Immortal Gods: "More than ten million years ago, the peerless Venerable of the Giant Axe Arena cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years during the Realm Lord era. After breaking through to Immortality, he only took a few hundred thousand years to become a Universe Venerable."

"Lord Yu Duan spent ten times less time cultivating during his time as a Realm Lord than that person, and more than ten thousand years have passed since Lord Yu Duan became an Immortal... exactly ten times less!"

When Yu Duan returned to Chaos City, deep within the City Lord's Mansion, in the Chaos Ruins.

With his eyes half-closed and his figure suspended in mid-air, the Chaos City Lord sensed something and opened his eyes in surprise.

"The fundamental law of complete time?"

The Lord of Chaos City felt somewhat incredulous. How long had Yu Duancai been cultivating? Did he not encounter any bottlenecks?

All things considered, if we start counting from the time Yu Duan was born, Yu Duan is only a little over 30,000 years old.

Aside from those extraordinary beings who are born at the level of Cosmic Venerables, Yu Duan is the youngest Cosmic Venerable that the Chaos City Lord has ever seen, without exception.

How difficult is it to fully comprehend the fundamental laws of time?
Even Luo Feng, the chosen one, who appears to be 100,000 years old, has become a cosmic venerable.

Ke Luofeng accelerated through more than 100 million years in the small universe of the Starry Sky Beast Ancestor. Although creating the secret method was not about comprehending the laws, it was still a sorting out and verification of his own understanding of the laws.

"Looks like I'm going to lose to my junior brother again."

The Lord of Chaos City shook his head with a helpless smile, recalling how the Lord of Darkness had calmly boasted about his disciple to him.

……

A moment later, in a special, exclusive dimension within the virtual universe.

The entire plane was a pitch-black, deep space, with only two or three faint points of starlight appearing in the distance.

In the center of this deep space, a rather simple rock palace floats, as if it were carved directly from a large block of rock, and is quite rugged.

In the open space extending from the temple, there is a long stone table.

On either side of the stone table are simple stone chairs, which blend seamlessly with the entire palace.

At this moment, a towering, savage-like man sat upright at the head of the stone table.

At the same time, figures were teleported out within two or three seconds, each radiating an endless, pure, and majestic aura, as if each of them were an embodiment of time and space.

"Big axe!"

"Giant Axe, what happened? Is there a meeting to be held?"

"..."

Moments later, all the universe lords of the human race had arrived.

"Gentlemen, this meeting was convened at the request of the Dark Ones to exchange for the Soul Illusion Treasure, the Eye of the Demon Heart."

The Eye of the Demonic Heart is a top-tier treasure, but its value is only 8000 treasure points.

These 8000 Treasure Points are an absolute bargain; any lower and they would be on par with the best of the top-tier Soul Treasures.

Normally, a top-tier soul-type treasure requires around 3000 to 6000 treasure points.

These 8000 Treasure Points are the exchange price for a Human Universe Lord. There are only a dozen or so Human Universe Lords, and only they can unleash the power of such treasures, hence the price.

The starting price for the exchange, which is the price of 2 Treasure Points, is nearly three times higher than the original price.

"The Eye of the Demonic Heart?"

A powerful figure covered in complex scales and with three sharp horns on his head asked in astonishment, "Darkness, this treasure was originally contributed by you. It's far inferior to your own Soul-Destroying Heavenly Wheel. What are you going to do with it?"

This is the Lord of the Wilderness, the leader of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, second only to the fifth-order Cosmic Lord.

At this moment, the Lord of the Desolate Mirror was also somewhat puzzled. This Eye of the Demonic Heart was originally contributed by the Lord of Darkness, but it was useless.

The Dark Lord's own Soul-Destroying Heavenly Wheel is a supreme treasure with even more powerful soul attacks and defenses.

Even the super discounted price of 8000 Arcana Points was set by the Dark Lord.

The Dark Lord, who contributed the treasures accordingly, only received about 5000 treasure points, which was his contribution to the race. Beside the Chaos City Lord, a figure shrouded in dark energy spoke: "My disciple, Yu Duan, has achieved the realm of a Universe Venerable in less than four epochs of cultivation."

"Furthermore, my disciple possesses a clone of the Undead Demon Banyan, which can seize a special life clone that defies the heavens."

"During the cosmic era, I cultivated the 'Primordial Spirit' left by my teacher to perfection, gaining a tenfold amplification of illusion magic."

"During the Realm Lord level, he created the Ultimate Illusionary Realm Close Combat Technique in just over ten thousand years."

"Upon entering the realm of immortal gods, one's will rivals that of a cosmic lord, greatly enhancing the power of illusion-based arcane arts..."

The Lord of Darkness did not state his purpose directly, but instead laid out a long and detailed explanation.

The various lords of the universe have all lived for countless years, and upon hearing the Lord of Darkness say this, they already knew what he was thinking.

What kind of genius hasn't seen these great beings?
Even so, I was still shocked by this long list of achievements; it was truly astonishing.

The true ancestor of the virtual universe lineage is the Lord of Darkness.

Only the Lord of Darkness, who cultivated the Primal Spirit to a minor level, was the most skilled in soul illusion among all the fifth-order universe lords in the entire universe sea, without exception.

After laying the groundwork, the Lord of Darkness spoke: "With Yu Duan's talent, as long as he has three or four thousand times the genetic level, he will be equivalent to a top-tier cosmic overlord level soul master."

"If this Demon Heart Eye is activated, it can rival a second-tier Universe Lord and also a Soul Master."

"When I first contributed this treasure, it was priced at 8000 Treasure Points. Now I am willing to buy it for 2 Treasure Points and bestow it upon my disciple, Yu Duan!"

"I do not expect any further comments from you all."

As soon as the Lord of Darkness finished speaking, the atmosphere of the meeting became somewhat oppressive.

Faced with the domineering Lord of Darkness, the founder of the Giant Axe and the Lord of Chaos City remained silent, and no one else dared to say anything more.

The Lord of Darkness is fighting alone in the cosmic sea, and the human race cannot come to his aid.

Therefore, he decides whether to offer the treasures he obtains as tribute and how to price them. Now that he wants to buy them back to bestow upon his disciples, others don't have much say.

After a moment, the Lord of Chaos City said, "I know that it is not appropriate to bestow such a precious treasure upon a cosmic venerable."

"Let alone being comparable to a second-order universe master, even a true universe master should not receive such treatment."

"But Yu Duan's situation is special. Junior Brother Dark is willing to use 2 Treasure Points to buy back the Treasure he contributed himself, so I will not comment."

The tense atmosphere eased only after the Lord of Chaos City spoke.

At the head of the table, the founder of the giant axe raised his hand and placed it on the stone table: "I have met Yu Duan once. He is a very amazing young man. I hope that he can go further in the future and even help me share the pressure."

"Since darkness is willing to pay many times the price, then I have no objection."

"After all, this treasure was originally contributed by the Dark Ones. Even if it is lost, let's just pretend we never got it in the first place. The only one who loses is the Dark Ones themselves."

Contributing the treasure only earned 5,000 Treasure Points, but buying it back cost 20,000 Treasure Points.

If it is lost, it would be equivalent to the Dark Lord losing more than 10,000 Treasure Points for nothing, and he would have to bear the consequences himself.

"In that case, I agree!" The Lord of the Desolate Mirror, who resembled a ferocious humanoid beast, nodded.

"I agree too."

"..."

The fact that the founder of the giant axe did not object can be considered a final decision.

The cosmic rulers and strongest beings within the human race do not have the same absolute hierarchical distinctions as other major powers.

Even without additional hierarchical divisions, the cosmic rulers would not oppose the ideas of the Giant Axe Founder.

After the formal meeting ended, the Lords of the Universe relaxed and started talking about Yu Duan again.

"That little guy, has he really mastered the Primal Spirit?"

"Lord You, I remember you also cultivated back then, didn't you?"

Lord Youhou coughed twice, slightly ashamed, and said, "I'm not even a beginner, so my amplification of the illusion is very weak and can be basically ignored."

"The teacher is willing to bestow such a treasure upon my junior brother, while I do not have it. The reason I am not jealous is that I know how difficult it is to cultivate this primordial spirit."

……

After the meeting, the Lord of Darkness contacted Yu Duan, only to find that Yu Duan was in seclusion.

"To hone one's willpower... isn't that a bit too extreme?"

With the authority of the Lord of Darkness, he was able to directly access the footage of Yu Duan's will-tempering space.

Within the endless, blazing flames, Yu Duan sat cross-legged, his eyes half-closed, his expression serene.

The Lord of Darkness saw the values ​​set by Yu Duan, which increased his pain sensitivity countless times. Even with the will of a Lord of the Universe, enduring this level of pain would likely cause him to faint.

"Come see me after you pass through the pass."

The Lord of Darkness left Yu Duan a final message.

(End of this chapter)