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

Chapter 181 Forces Back a Fourth-Order Universe Lord
Illusionist martial artists have a slight advantage when fusing secret techniques.

After all, from the very beginning when the Illusionary Realm Martial Artists created their own secret techniques, they had already begun to combine and fuse these techniques.

Of course, this only has certain advantages; otherwise, there wouldn't be so few fifth-order universe masters.

"Derivation and return to nothingness, origin and end... the cycle repeats itself, that is reincarnation!"

The reincarnation technique that Yu Duan created earlier perfectly embodies the true meaning of combining these two techniques.

"Haha, such a perfect match, it saves a lot of effort."

The Annihilation Star Sword and the Demon Heart Eye, which Yu Duan condensed from the River of Life, were an even more perfect match.

Ultimately, to be precise, this is just one rare item, equivalent to a rare item set.

In this way, when Yu Duan creates combined secret techniques, he does not need to consider the conflicting issue of simultaneously activating two supreme treasures.

……

In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred years have passed in the primordial universe.

In a virtual universe, within a unique dimension, Yu Duan is attempting to practice a newly created secret technique.

"Buzz!"

Under the endless starry sky, the vertical pupil between Yu Duan's eyebrows shone brightly, and the power of the Demon Heart Eye was brought to its limit, with a dreamlike purple light staining the entire starry sky.

The Annihilation Star Sword blazed in Yu Duan's palm, blue starlight bloomed, and a dazzling, dark blue sword light condensed.

The blue and purple radiance intertwined at this moment, and a vast universe was born under this sword, only to be annihilated in an instant, repeating endlessly and sweeping outwards.

"After combining the two, the power was indeed greatly enhanced. I wonder if it can be considered a fifth-order secret technique."

With a sudden thought, Yu Duan contacted his teacher, the Lord of Darkness, and asked for his guidance.

"The secret of fusion?"

In a vast expanse of space swept by endless storms, the Lord of Darkness stood atop a grotesque palace shrouded in endless demonic clouds, his expression momentarily stunned.

Has my little disciple already begun to explore and integrate the strongest secret technique?
This is too fast!
The Lord of Darkness knew that Yu Duan's avatar was cultivating under the accelerated conditions of the Black Pattern Stone Pillar area.

Even with a speedup of ten thousand times, it has only been a little over two hundred epochs so far.

Which of the universe's supreme beings hasn't accumulated hundreds of billions of epochs of experience before they can make any progress?
If we can even make some progress, that would be a stroke of good fortune.

It is normal and the mainstream that there has been no significant improvement throughout the endless eras.

Swish!
In the virtual universe, the figure of the Lord of Darkness suddenly appeared, simulating a divine body of the same level as Yu Duan.

"Come on, let's give it a try, master and apprentice."

Behind the Lord of Darkness, nine ancient wheels of different colors emerged, each covered with endless, complex, and intricate patterns.

The Soul-Destroying Heavenly Wheel is a top-tier, supreme soul treasure, far more powerful than Yu Duan's Demon Heart Eye.

Of all the cosmic lords of the human race, only the Lord of Darkness can unleash the boundless power of this precious wheel.

"it is good!"

In an instant, Yu Duan unleashed his movement technique, his figure transforming into an endless river of time that spread outwards.

Upon seeing this, the Lord of Darkness conjured up a spear that resembled both a lance and a gun.

In the next instant, the spear suddenly transformed into a colossal object spanning millions of miles, resembling a divine artifact capable of splitting the heavens and earth.

The Soul-Destroying Heavenly Wheel was pushed to its limit, and the endless ethereal divine power and the thrusting spear intertwined perfectly.

"Boom!"

An endless realm of darkness rippled outwards.

Without holding back at all, the Lord of Darkness unleashed his strongest technique, Cosmic Heat Death.

Yu Duan also saw a hint of a virtual universe in the Dark Lord's secret technique.

The boundless black domain pressed down on Yu Duan, and everything in its path—energy, matter, and fluctuations—decayed and eventually vanished.

"Teacher, this sword strike of mine is called the Cosmic Cycle."

Yu Duan's figure echoed repeatedly from every corner of this universe.

Immediately following, thousands of blue-purple sword lights burst forth.

Beneath the sword light, countless universes were born and destroyed, endlessly cycling, and in an instant they expanded together with that heat-dead universe.

Boom——

A series of dull energy fluctuations rippled outwards, and wherever the heat-dead universe passed, everything rapidly decayed until it completely rotted away.

However, Yu Duan's sword light contained a special power.

Recovering from decay, emerging from destruction... immortal and indestructible, an endless cycle.

However, this confrontation lasted for less than a ten-thousandth of a second before the immortal sword light was completely swallowed up by the vast heat death domain, and then instantly spread out over a range of tens of light-years.

The master and apprentice exchanged pointers, stopping short of reaching a point of contention.

With just a touch, the Lord of Darkness clearly judged the level of the secret technique that Yu Duan had reached.

"Teacher, does my secret technique count as fifth-order?" Yu Duan asked the Lord of Darkness.

The Lord of Darkness frowned slightly: "In my eyes, or in the eyes of other fifth-order universe lords, your ultimate technique is still far from sufficient."

"However, it is already more than a level above the strongest secret technique, and it is not much different from the Star River Lord of the Northern Frontier Alliance. If you have a divine body of the same level as him, remaining undefeated will not be a problem."

Lord of the Star River, one of the three fifth-order universe lords of the Northern Frontier Alliance.

He created three unique skills: Night, River, and River Under the Night.

The river under the night sky could barely be considered a fifth-order fusion secret technique, but it was very rigid, belonging to the level of a fifth-order secret technique gatekeeper.

"I'm not afraid of being short. I may lack many things, but I have plenty of time."

"After further refinement and polishing, I am confident that when I break through to the Universe Lord realm, I will directly achieve the top level of the fifth rank!"

To be honest, since Yu Duan achieved the level of a universe master, he has not yet truly fought against an existence of the same level.

After all, the time since their breakthrough was too short, and there hasn't been a suitable opportunity for them to face off.

Yu Duan can't be so bored as to pick a fight with others, right? What Yu Duan needs most is peace and quiet to get through this period of grinding progress.

"Very well, I'll be waiting for the day you surpass your teacher!"

The perfected "Primordial Spirit" and the means to break through the limit of the genetic divine body by ten thousand times are enough to make a fifth-order peak existence look down on his peers.

Moreover, the two are completely combined in one person.

The Lord of Darkness believed that as long as Yu Duan was given enough time, he would surely surpass the Lord of Chaos City and become the number one person below the True God!
……

The Cosmic Sea, the region of black-veined stone pillars.

The river of life surges and roars, constantly devouring the chaotic currents of the outside world, repairing itself at an extremely slow, even negligible, pace.

According to He Ling himself, even without a supreme treasure, absorbing and attracting extremely high-level chaotic energy from the cosmic sea can still have a certain repairing effect.

Even if Yu Duan doesn't provide treasures to the River of Life, as long as he can urge the River of Life to devour the chaotic energy in the Cosmic Sea, he will eventually be able to condense the third secret rune.

However, the duration of this time is probably astonishing.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, more than 100,000 years have passed since Yu Duan entered the cosmic sea.

For Duan, this is a very long time, equivalent to more than 9 epochs of cultivation in the Black-Patterned Stone Pillar region.

At first, Yu Duan had considered how to deal with an attack if someone were to attack him.

There are probably only three cosmic lords who can enter the region with a time flow rate of ten thousand times, and they are scattered in different regions.

They couldn't gauge Yu Duan's abilities and dared not make a move rashly.

Yu Duan was also happy to have some free time, so he could study the secret patterns, hone his will, and perfect the secret techniques without neglecting any of them.

"Ask for help!"

"I have obtained a top-grade weapon treasure and am currently being hunted down by the Lord of the Nine Stars of the Purple Moon Holy Land in the Arc Light Domain of the Cosmic Ship. I request your assistance!"

A message from the virtual universe startled Yu Duan, who had been silent for a long time.

Near the area of ​​the black-patterned stone pillar, within a time flow rate of 1.2 times, on a huge planetary rock, Yu Duan suddenly opened his eyes.

"The Arc Light Domain? It's so close to me, I can get there in no time."

Over the past 100,000 years, Yu Duan has also seen universe lords seeking help through the virtual universe. Among them, the eldest brother, Lord Youhou, is more likely to seek help than other universe lords of the human race.

However, most of these requests were sent from the Peak Realm area. Occasionally, a distress call would be sent from the Space Ark, but it was always too far from Yu Duan.

Before the horse was even unleashed, Master Peng Gong had already rushed over. "Master Zhenma? He's only a notch stronger than Senior Brother. No wonder he's been targeted after only a few thousand years on the Cosmic Ship."

This Lord Zhenma has a genetic level that is more than six thousand times higher.

The most precious weapon is the finest among the top-tier weapons, perfectly suited to the user.

The secret techniques are extremely powerful at the ultimate level, but none of them have reached a higher level, so their overall strength is considered to be at the bottom of the third tier.

This is the case for most third-order universe masters; very few people are weak in two other aspects but extremely strong in one.

"Zhenma, I'll be there soon, in about half a day."

Yu Duan sent a message to the Lord of Zhenma through the virtual universe.

The Arc Light Domain is filled with countless white arcs of light, each tens of thousands of light-years long. Each arc can easily annihilate a cosmic lord, and even a supreme treasure palace would be damaged if it collided with it.

However, the arc of light here ripples very slowly and regularly, and it is not disturbed by external forces. As long as you don't have an attack, you won't touch it at all, so it is considered a relatively safe area.

Boom——!
Divine power surged as a colossal Zhenma beast, resembling an elephant, frantically fled for its life. Its large ears were fused with the treasured wings, and it ran incredibly fast.

Beside the Lord of Zhenma, an invisible domain spread out over a radius of 3 light-years, preventing the figures chasing him from teleporting directly over.

Following closely behind the Lord of Zhenma was a brilliant purple glow.

Through the purple glow, one could see a towering figure with eight faces and twenty-four arms chasing after the pursuer.

"The Lord of Eternity will come to my aid?"

A look of joy appeared in the eyes of the Lord of Zhenma, not because he thought Yu Duan was so powerful that he could rival a fourth-order universe lord.

It's because if Yu Duan comes over, then Peng Gongzhi and the others will have to arrive at top speed.

"Thank you. I am willing to donate this top-tier treasure weapon to the Alliance at the lowest possible price!"

The Lord of Zhenma turned to look at the Lord of Jiuchen who was chasing him, and couldn't help but curse, "Lord of Jiuchen, it's just a top-tier treasure weapon. What does it mean to you? Is it really necessary to keep chasing after it like this?"

"Zhenma, blame it on the fact that you're a member of the Hongmeng!"

The Lord of the Nine Stars snorted coldly, then burned a little more divine power to maximize his movement speed.

179 million years ago, the Lord of the Wilderness of the human race had just snatched a top-level domain-type treasure from him.

That's a top-tier domain-level treasure; even the lowest grade is no less valuable than a supreme treasure.

To acquire even one of these treasures over hundreds of millions of epochs is considered quite lucky.

Humanity now possesses many supreme treasures (including top-tier palaces and other special artifacts), most of which are the legacy left by the original ancestors, with a small portion contributed by the giant axe.

The combined contributions of all other universe lords are not many.

In the era when the progenitor traversed the cosmic sea.

Whenever a treasure appears in the Cosmic Sea, the Primordial Ancestor rushes over to plunder it like a madman, and more than ten True Gods have died at his hands.

His rampage once chilled the entire universe, and all the gods of all races avoided the white-robed warrior!

Therefore, within a short period of one or two hundred million epochs, the human race became wealthy.

"Rumble..."

Terrifying blades of light slashed out from behind the Lord of Zhenma from time to time.

If you manage to dodge it, you're fine; if you don't, you'll suffer some injuries. If it weren't for the fact that Lord Zhenma's divine body is large, he probably wouldn't have lasted much longer.

"Damn it, Jiu Chen is even stronger than before."

"Even if Engineer Peng and his team can get here, it will take them several years. Even if they can't hold out by then, at worst they will lose their main combat units."

"But what if it implicates the Eternal Lord..."

The Lord of Zhenma felt a chill run down his spine and quickly sent an email: "Eternal, don't come any closer. The Lord of Nine Stars is extremely powerful. Even if we join forces, we probably won't be able to hold out for long."

"I've already arrived!"

Yu Duan's reply had just been delivered, in just two or three seconds.

Then a blue-purple light flashed countless times rapidly from hundreds of thousands of light-years away, appearing directly in front of the Lord of Zhenma.

"Boom..."

The roar of the great river shook space and time, echoing throughout the arc of light.

Then they saw the boundless nebula ripple outwards; this was the Nebula Realm, a high-level treasure that Yu Duan had exchanged for.

Initially, he planned to let the River of Life devour him, but the River Spirit said that he did not need to devour domain-type treasures, as he himself was the strongest domain-type treasure.

The vast and surging chaotic river domain instantly spread out to a total of 80 light-years, combined with the endless and dazzling nebula domain, and then suddenly collapsed to a range of 1 light-year!

The Lord of Nine Stars' expression changed. This cosmic ship was clearly a place that the human race rarely explored, so why did the powerful figures who came to support them arrive so quickly, in less than a day?

"Buzz!"

A blue moon emerged behind him, its faint light attempting to form a domain to break free, but it was completely unable to exert its power.

A supreme treasure of the realm!
The Lord of Nine Stars' expression darkened. Only such a treasure could suppress the Blue Moon Domain bestowed by the Ancestor.

"Break it for me!"

Sixteen identical longswords shone brightly in the hands of the Lord of the Nine Stars.

Each knife, taken alone, is only of ordinary level, but when used as a set, its power becomes that of a weapon of the highest level!
"cut!"

Yu Duan let out a soft shout, and the demonic sound echoed back and forth.

Almost simultaneously, Yu Duan's figure appeared out of thin air behind the Lord of the Nine Stars.

Within the Holy River Domain, Yu Duan can ignore all blockades and appear silently in a certain spacetime location, unless the opponent has an extremely powerful treasure that can suppress the Holy River Domain.

The Lord of the Nine Stars was horrified and reacted immediately, but it was too late.

"Boom——"

As the Annihilation Star Sword thrust out, the entire Holy River Domain collapsed and was suppressed at that moment!
Endless sword light rippled, each ray reflecting a universe, in creation and annihilation, in an endless cycle.

puff!

In an instant, thousands of arc-shaped sword lights pierced towards the Lord of the Nine Stars from different angles.

"Ahhh!"

The Lord of the Nine Stars trembled, and could even sense that his divine aura had weakened almost imperceptibly.

Keep in mind that this was just one sword strike.

"Zhenma, unleash your domain and join forces to suppress them!"

The Lord of Zhenma was utterly shocked. He had thought that Yu Duan was just a newly promoted Lord of the Universe, at most a second-tier Lord.

Judging from the power of this sword strike, it must have reached the fourth level. Coupled with this terrifying peak treasure domain, it actually suppressed the Lord of the Nine Stars.

"Boom!"

A huge black star emerged, and instantly countless black mists spread out, forming another realm.

This realm isn't considered particularly strong; it's only on par with the Nebula Realm, belonging to the most ordinary among high-grade treasures.

However, when combined with the suppression from the Sacred River Domain and the Nebula Realm, it became the last straw that broke the camel's back, making it impossible for the Lord of the Nine Stars to move an inch.

"The Chaos River Domain, the mysterious cosmic lord who cultivated in a region with ten thousand times the time flow rate, is actually a member of the human race!"

The Lord of the Nine Stars looked grim, and then his whole body was engulfed in red flames, and a magnificent palace appeared.

Boom! ! !

Endless crimson flames swirled around the palace, forming a pyramid shape, majestic and awe-inspiring.

The figure of the Lord of the Nine Stars was also sheltered within this fiery palace.

"A palace of extremely high quality... nothing can do to him."

Boom!

The flying palace-type treasures were pushed to their limits, and their flight speed increased rapidly!
Yu Duan's divine power foundation was very poor. Even though the Holy River Domain was slightly stronger than a top-grade supreme treasure, he could not unleash its terrifying power.

It was difficult to suppress the supreme palace that the Lord of the Nine Stars was fully activating.

"boom!"

The fiery palace forcefully shattered the suppression of the Chaos River Domain, transforming into a streak of continuously flashing sparks as it quickly fled.

(End of this chapter)