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

Chapter 187 Repairing the Treasure Gap in the River of Life: A New Method for Honing Comprehension

Did the founder of the giant axe accompany him to hone his will?

Yu Duan was somewhat surprised, then quickly stood up and said, "Giant Axe... Thank you!"

Aside from his own teacher, the founder of the Giant Axe was one of the people who valued Yu Duan the most.

The Giant Axe Founder waved his hand and said, "100 eras is nothing, just a blink of an eye... Since you need to hone your will for eternity, I'll take this opportunity to cultivate in seclusion as well."

"It just so happens that I've been deeply moved over the past few hundred million epochs, so I'm going to study the secret patterns on that black-patterned stone pillar to verify my own understanding and see if I can create the fifteenth axe."

The founder of the giant axe was publicly wielding the twelfth axe for the first time.

But long before the beginning of time, the creator of the giant axe had already created the fourteenth axe, reaching the pinnacle of the eighth tier.

If the fifteenth axe is truly created, then among the true gods of the primordial universe, besides the suppressed progenitors (and the hidden mountain dwellers), he would be the strongest.

A top-tier eighth-order cultivator achieved through profound understanding of realms is stronger than someone who possesses top-tier eighth-order combat power through supreme treasures.

"The fifteenth axe blow?"

The Lord of Chaos City was startled, and a look of joy appeared on his face: "Giant Axe, have you reached that level?"

The founder of the giant axe nodded slightly: "I have vaguely sensed the higher level of mystery that the original ancestor spoke of, which transcends the fundamental laws."

"However, such profound principles are difficult to comprehend."

"If I'm lucky, I can create the fifteenth axe within a few hundred million epochs. If I'm unlucky... I don't know how many years it will take."

These words stirred excitement among the many cosmic lords of the human race.

The original ancestor once said that there are even higher and more mysterious existences above the fundamental laws.

According to the original ancestor's estimation, if one could comprehend such profound principles, one might be able to transcend reincarnation and establish a sacred land.

The primordial prophets may not be correct, but in the eyes of the human universe's master, they are authority and truth.

"The principle that transcends the fundamental laws?"

"Has the giant axe already sensed the existence of the Primal Dao?"

Yu Duan made a rough guess just from hearing what the giant axe said.

It should be noted that both the original and future giant axes are referred to as having 'touched that level' by the Mountain-Sitting Guest.

That level should be the origin of the Great Dao and the source of the laws.

"The giant axe at present should only have sensed the existence of such fundamental mysteries. If it wants to comprehend even a trace of it, it will probably have to wait for the inspiration of the supreme treasure's secret runes."

Such a powerful and precious treasure is too difficult to obtain.

Yu Duan only needs one supreme treasure to transform the River of Life.

However, this is too difficult, and it is far easier to simply pile up a large number of top-tier or peak-level treasures.

……

The Cosmic Sea, a miniature universe created by the Giant Axe Founder.

"Shh!"

A streak of light flashed, and Yu Duan's figure appeared in front of the Giant Axe Founder.

The chaotic airflow within a small universe is very thin, completely incomparable to that of a cosmic ocean.

"Big axe!"

Yu Duan's gaze fell on the burly, wild man in front of him, and he bowed slightly.

The Giant Axe Founder nodded, then waved his fan-like hand and said, "Eternity, the clan has gained a great deal this time, and your contribution is immense."

"But in front of the other universe lords, I cannot bestow anything upon you. After all, people are not concerned about scarcity but about inequality. Even if this is what you deserve, others will inevitably feel resentful."

"This Lord of Mixiu himself possesses two top-tier treasures of exceptional quality, as well as a top-grade domain that is no less than a top-tier treasure."

"There will be three more palace and domain-level supreme treasures to be acquired later. Would you like me to give you one of these treasures after everything settles down, or would you like me to exchange them for treasure points and transfer them to you now?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Duan did not hesitate: "The acquisition of the next three treasures has little to do with me; it is thanks to the clan and you, Giant Axe."

"If possible... Giant Axe, please grant me 3000 Treasure Points."

"I urgently need a longsword of the highest level of treasure, and there happens to be one in the clan's treasury."

"I can save the remaining Treasure Points and use them to purchase resources to enhance my divine body after I advance to the level of the Universe Lord."

The clan's treasure trove contains many weapons of the highest level.

However, if it is limited to swords, there are only four pieces, and the treasure's secret pattern does not match Yu Duan's.

This is also a dilemma for most universe masters: they not only need supreme treasures, but they also need them to be compatible with their own secret techniques.

However, for Duan, as long as he is thrown into the River of Life to be swallowed, there is no problem with it.

"Hahaha……"

The Giant Axe Founder couldn't help but laugh heartily, saying, "Eternity, you're quite confident. How easy is it for a Universe Lord to break through?"

"Whether one can break through the bottleneck depends not only on comprehension, but also on a spiritual awakening in order to gain true understanding."

"3000 Treasure Points, that's a bit unfair to your contribution."

"But after becoming the master of the universe, you also need to contribute to your race. I am very happy that you have this awareness."

The founder of the Giant Axe didn't say much and directly transferred 3000 Treasure Points to Yu Duan.

Immediately, Yu Duan thanked the creator of the giant axe, and then returned to the primordial universe, preparing to make another trip to Chaos City.

Only after Yu Duan left did a hint of fatigue appear in the eyes of the founder of the giant axe.

This is not fatigue at the energy level, but fatigue at the emotional and mental level.

"Eternity... and Chaos, I hope you can both advance soon."

The savage giant relaxed his posture and then walked into his empty temple, sitting on the endlessly majestic throne.

……

On that day, in the primordial universe, in the city of chaos.

Inside the city lord's mansion, Yu Duan walked towards the inner courtyard.

The guards standing on either side of the inner palace gate trembled and immediately bowed respectfully: "Greetings, Lord of Eternity."

Yu Duan nodded slightly, then entered the inner palace and came to the treasure hall again.

"Boom..."

The doors to the treasure hall opened, and Yu Duan stepped inside.

"Honorable Lord of Eternity, what do you need?"

The gentle voice rang out again. At this moment, Yu Duan knew that this voice was the core intelligence of the virtual universe, the original intelligent life, and a mechanical universe master.

"Exchange for the ultimate treasure weapon, the Gale Void Yin Sword."

As soon as Yu Duan finished speaking, the stone slab in front of him suddenly cracked open.

"Qiang!"

A sword cry rang out first, followed by an endless, scorching, and violent surge of high-temperature airflow. The airflow was extremely fast, and countless sword energies rippled outwards.

Then, an ancient longsword with interwoven blue and red colors appeared, its blade shrinking to only about 3 meters in length.

On the cyan-red sword blade, intricate and mysterious black and white patterns intertwine, and the faint light emanating from it blends with the surrounding space and time.

"Exchange successful. 1260 Arcana Points deducted. Current balance: 1824 Arcana Points."

Is there anything else you need?

Yu Duan's gaze fell on the resources for enhancing the divine body's genes.

Once I break through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe, the size of my human body will also increase, thus requiring an exceptionally large amount of resources.

According to the virtual universe system's estimate, upgrading to over 9000 times the gene level would require approximately 1500 Treasure Points.

The vast majority of fourth-tier universe masters actually only have around nine thousand times the life gene level, and very few have reached the ten-thousand-fold limit. The higher the gene level, the greater the cost of improvement, and the increase in combat power is not significant.

Only a very small number of fifth-order universe lords, such as the Chaos City Lord, can raise the genetic level of their main war god body to ten thousand times.

"He Ling, if my gene level reaches ten thousand times, how much will it increase?"

“Master, the two layers of secret runes are very important to the Universe Venerables, but they have little effect on the Universe Lords.”

"To possess some of the might of the strongest, or even a divine body comparable to the strongest (in an unsuppressed state), one needs to condense the third secret rune."

River of Life explained for a moment, then quickly added, "However, if Master advances to the realm of the Lord of the Universe, he only needs to increase his genes by a thousand times to possess the ultimate divine power at the gene level of 10081 times."

"The third secret rune... let's take it slow."

Yu Duan is bound to follow the divine power school and will need to stay at the realm of the Lord of the Universe for a very long time.

At that time, with an even stronger divine body and the amplification from the River of Life, it will be invincible in the cosmic sea.

Whether it is the true god of the primordial universe or the true god of the various cycles of reincarnation.

Its divine body strength is only at the level of 'ten thousand times the genes of the Lord of the Universe', which is a limitation of the rules governing the operation of the universe.

Therefore, there are only two differences between the Lord of the Universe and the True God.

One is that there is no miniature universe to replenish divine power, and divine power is finite.

Another difference is the level of secret techniques. The weakest secret technique of a True God is at the top of the sixth rank, and there is no lower.

Aside from that, there's the difference in the treasures they possess.

"Exchange for the ultimate treasure, the Eternal Armor."

"Exchange successful. 1800 Treasure Points deducted, 24 Treasure Points remaining."

Boom!

A suit of armor, entirely black and exuding an aura of antiquity and wildness, emerged.

The battle armor was covered with countless complex black patterns, layer upon layer, which were extremely mysterious.

In terms of weapons, armor, domain, and soul, he is at the pinnacle level.

Regarding the palace, there is the Flame Palace of the Lord of the Nine Stars, which Yu Duan can retrieve when the Lord of Darkness returns to Chaos City.

Top-tier palace-type treasures are sufficient.

This time, with the Giant Axe Founder protecting us on our journey to the Cosmic Sea, there's no need to worry about safety.

In the primordial universe, the supreme treasure palace was an invincible defense, and no one could break it.

……

After exchanging for the treasure, Yu Duan left the Treasure Hall and went directly into another inner courtyard.

The courtyard does not appear grand or luxurious from the outside; in fact, it is rather simple.

Outside the courtyard, there is a stone tablet engraved with three complex and ancient characters that are not in any language or script.

But any intelligent life form can understand the meaning of these three characters: eternal dwelling.

"River Spirit, you should devour these two treasures first."

After Yu Duan imprinted the two supreme treasures with his own mark, he directly absorbed them into his body.

Instantly, the divine body formed by the River of Life boiled, and the two supreme treasures were silently and completely decomposed within Yu Duan's body.

"Thank you, Master! I've become stronger again!"

He Ling's childish voice rang out, filled with excitement.

Previously, it had only devoured one supreme treasure at the peak level. The source stored in the River of Life was at most equivalent to a humanoid god body 10 kilometers high.

After absorbing several top-tier treasures, the energy storage limit increased slightly, but not significantly.

With the two ultimate treasures in hand, the energy storage limit skyrockets to about three to four times the previous level.

This is related to the size of the River of Life; the more treasures it devours, the larger the River of Life becomes.

"It seems that special treasures such as soul-type and domain-type treasures do not affect your recovery; it only depends on the size of the treasure."

Soul-type treasures are far more valuable than realm-type or palace-type treasures of the same level.

However, in restoring the River of Life, everyone is treated equally, depending entirely on the quantity and quality of the precious materials used.

The reason why palace-type treasures offer such a significant boost is entirely due to the fact that the materials required to craft palace-type treasures are far more abundant than those required for defensive armor of the same level.

"That's good news. We can exchange palaces and domain-type treasures for a large number of weapons of the same level."

"If I could refine top-tier treasures myself, that would be much more convenient."

The value difference between a supreme material and a top-tier supreme treasure is immeasurable.

However, even if Yu Duan wanted to learn how to refine supreme treasures, he didn't have the means to do so.

Among the human race, only Master Peng Gong can refine ordinary treasures, and he cannot even refine special types like palaces.

"In the primordial universe, only the Mountain-Sitting Guest was capable of refining supreme treasures."

"The Master of Crafts, the Master of Celestial Crafts, and the Master of Divine Crafts can only refine top-tier treasures."

In the primordial universe, besides the Mountain-Sitting Guest, there are three other treasure-refining masters who can all refine top-tier treasures.

Among them, only the master craftsman who has been instructed by the mountain dweller can refine top-tier palace-type treasures.

“It’s not impossible to learn weapon crafting on your own. Master Peng said that using weapon crafting as an auxiliary means to verify one’s own understanding is also a kind of cultivation.”

Long ago, when Master Peng Gong integrated his insights into the two strongest secret techniques he had created into the runes within the treasure, he suddenly realized the mystery of the fifth-order fusion of the strongest secret techniques.

Yu Duan decided to give it a try first, and if it worked, she could start a side business.

"Master Peng..."

Yu Duan's consciousness connects with Master Peng through the virtual universe.

……

Not long after, in a magnificent palace in the virtual universe.

Yu Duan and Peng Gongzhi sat facing each other, with various delicacies and fine wines laid out on the long table in front of them.

"Eternal, you want to learn how to refine treasures?"

Master Peng was somewhat taken aback, then explained, "Eternal, you don't know this, but refining treasures is my hobby."

"When I am refining treasures, I feel very peaceful and joyful. By engraving the secret patterns of the treasures, I can sort out my own insights. So it will not delay my own cultivation. On the contrary, it will help me."

"If you take treasure crafting as a path of cultivation, you will inevitably become like the God of Crafts and the Master of Divine Crafts, dragging yourself down."

Upon hearing this, Yu Duan smiled and said, "I understand, Engineer Peng, don't worry, I will weigh the pros and cons."

"I plan to use a single lower-level fundamental law as the basis for the secret runes to refine a true treasure."

"If I can achieve this, my level of skill will definitely improve significantly."

"Therefore, for me, refining treasures is a way to hone my comprehension, so how could it be a delay?"

Previously, I had used my understanding of lower realms to create secret techniques for higher realms, thereby honing my comprehension.

Lord Luo of the Origin Continent cultivated using this method.

Now, by using lower-level laws to refine higher-level treasures, one can still hone their comprehension, achieving two goals at once.

Yu Duan's words piqued the interest of Peng Gongzhi.

"Based on a single, lower-level fundamental law, condense supreme treasure runes to hone one's comprehension?"

Peng Gongzhi pondered for a moment, his eyes gradually brightening: "Hahaha, you are still young and quick-witted, Eternal."

"This is indeed a good way to hone one's comprehension. If one can achieve this, it's comparable to creating a cosmic overlord-level secret technique based on lower-level laws."

(End of this chapter)