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

Chapter 253 Continuous Breakthroughs: A Small Universe a Hundred Billion Light-Years Across the World
"I can't understand it at all, I can't see through it at all!"

In a miniature cosmic plane spanning a billion light-years, Yu Duan's vertical pupils opened and closed, revealing boundless eyes that locked onto the Book of Cause and Effect before him.

The Boundless Eyes, a rare and powerful treasure, resembles a dark, two-dimensional rift in spacetime, with endless depth.

Even with the blessing of the Boundless Eyes, Yu Duan could not see through the interior of the Book of Cause and Effect, nor could he discern the structure of the mysterious power of cause and effect.

The Great Dao of Cause and Effect, as one of the nine Great Daos of the Origin Continent, has very few practitioners.

Even within the Wu Kingdom's lineage, there is only one lineage at the Chaos level, which explains the mysteries of cause and effect.

As for those lineages at the level of eternal true gods, none of them comprehended the source of cause and effect.

"The Boundless Eyes are already a rare treasure, enough to make even an Emperor-level figure envious. I don't know how much stronger my Book of Cause and Effect is than the Boundless Eyes; what level of treasure is it?"

The ability to directly anticipate the future is simply incredible; it's just unknown what the upper limit is.

Yu Duan did not expect to be able to directly obtain the Primordial Chaos Dao through the Book of Cause and Effect.

However, pre-drawing upon the ultimate level of the Great Dao should be a piece of cake for them.

"Let's study this Book of Cause and Effect after we become God-Kings or God-Emperors."

Even the Boundless Eyes couldn't see through it; Yu Duan probably didn't have the ultimate realm of a God-King and couldn't possibly figure out any of its mysteries.

With a thought, the Boundless Eye between Yu Duan's brows disappeared, transforming back into Yu Duan's own vertical pupil.

"The insights into the origin of life and the origin of destruction can all serve as the foundation for my future research into the Great Dao of Boundless Origin and the Great Dao of the Origin of the World."

"With my current level of cultivation, it shouldn't be a problem for me to catch a glimpse of the Great Dao of the Origin of Life from afar."

With a thought, Yu Duan's divine power avatar in the primordial universe revived, and his will receded from the entire primordial universe.

hum-

An invisible wave of thought emanated from Yu Duan's divine avatar, communicating with the primordial will of the universe.

"As agreed, I will open the core so that you can comprehend it."

A surge of colorful, chaotic light emerged, conveying the will of the primordial universe.

At this moment, at the core of the origin of the universe, the mist that had shrouded that place dissipated.

An indescribable sense of majesty and grandeur rippled outwards.

Yu Duan did not approach directly, nor did he investigate; he simply looked into the distance.

An endless, brilliant silver light rippled there, each ray of light a manifestation of the Tao.

Within that endless radiance, there was an endless, winding dragon with twenty-four claws, each claw containing terrifying information far exceeding the laws of chaos.

Its vastness and weight defy definition in language; it is so immense that it seems endless, and the concepts of size and size become meaningless.

If the primordial universe is a life form, then the universe is its body, and the primordial dragon is its soul.

This is fundamentally different from viewing the boundless primordial Dao through the Boundless Eyes.

Yu Duan can actively adjust the clarity of his view of the Primordial Dao through the Boundless Eyes without any side effects.

Facing the very core of the primordial universe, at this moment, Yu Duan seems to see an endless river of life that has existed since time immemorial, which remains even as time and space perish, and is unharmed even as all things collapse.

Even when the Beast of the Realm devours the origin of a small universe, it only absorbs some of the original power and cannot harm this life dragon in the slightest.

"Boom!"

In an instant, an endless barrage of information crashed into Yu Duan's mind.

At this moment, Yu Duan's own insights seemed to become blurred, about to be rewritten and gathered by this endless information.

"Buzz!"

Suddenly, a peculiar fluctuation emanated from Yu Duan's body.

A deep, illusory eye could be vaguely seen emerging behind Yu Duan's divine avatar, radiating a power that protected Yu Duan's will.

In just two or three seconds, Yu Duan withdrew his gaze and stopped looking at the Great Dao of the Origin of Life.

The will of a being who is called a saint has the potential to seize control of the original universe, and will not be completely transformed into a demon or a disintegrated will when facing the fundamental Dao.

But that doesn't mean it won't be 'contaminated'.

Even the will of a God-King level, when facing the fundamental Dao for a long time, may be corrupted, and its own understanding may be distorted. It may seem that the understanding has greatly increased, but in reality, it is not its true understanding.

"As the king of the Beast Realm, Mohe should also be able to manifest some of the mysteries of the Destruction Source. Let's go and take a look, and counteract it."

……

In the core hall of the spaceship, Yu Duan had a sudden thought.

With the profound power of the Boundless Eyes, he completely transformed himself into a special life form formed from the power of a World Beast.

"Buzz!"

A wisp of black energy rippled out and then condensed into a pitch-black dome.

This is the ability of the Beast of the Realm to split its body, which is slightly stronger than the Divine Power Incarnation, but it is not a true clone technique. Once the true god's heart of the original body is destroyed, it will still perish.

"call out!"

A spacetime vortex appeared and directly engulfed Yu Duan's beast avatar.

In less than a minute, Yu Duan traversed billions of light-years and arrived at the entrance to the Jin world.

Mohe was still lying on the huge wound, desperately sucking up the drop of blood that had already surfaced.

That drop of blood was much larger than a star, a brilliant crimson, dazzlingly bright.

Although only a small portion can be seen, Yu Duan estimates that this drop of blood must be tens of thousands of light-years in diameter.

The oppressive aura emanating from it was exceptionally terrifying, but it had lost some of its activity; the terrifying energy was almost completely dormant, with no fluctuations or diffusion.

"Owner!"

Mohe noticed Yu Duan's arrival and quickly created an avatar to bow to Yu Duan.

Yu Duan nodded and said, "I wish to comprehend the origin of the Great Dao of Destruction within your inner world. You should directly absorb this avatar of mine into your inner world."

"Yes, Master!"

Mohe hurriedly followed Yu Duan's instructions and swallowed Yu Duan into his inner world.

The inner world of Mohe is vast, with a diameter of approximately hundreds of millions of light-years, comparable to a miniature universe of a true god.

Generally speaking, only the Lord of Chaos can create a vast world within his body.

However, the Beast race is special. They do not have a small universe, but they are born with their own internal universe, although its scale cannot compare with the small universe of a true god at the same level.

“Master, I will now manifest my true nature, and you may study it at will.”

"But my essence is very fragile. If my master attacks me, I will perish."

As he spoke, Mohe's mind stirred, and endless dark primordial power surged forth, eventually transforming into a dark red object that, at first glance, resembled a terrifying behemoth that devoured everything.

Although the origin of the Beast King is said to be that it is born with the complete and profound Dao of Destruction.

However, Mohe's realm was too low, and it could only reveal some of its mysteries for Yu Duan to comprehend.

However, this is actually the most convenient thing for Yu Duan, who is still at the True God level.

“Brutality, extremes…the complete opposite of the feeling one gets from the origin of life.”

With a thought, Yu Duan felt a faint glow condense behind him, forming the phantom of the Boundless Eye, which directly revealed the workings within this dark red source.

"The Boundless Eyes are indeed heaven-defying. This energy vision greatly enhances my research into various mysteries."

……

The three fundamental principles of the Great Way—immeasurable, life, and destruction—can all be studied at their very end.

Normally, only beings at the God-King level can reveal a portion of the fundamental Dao, allowing future generations to comprehend it.

Yu Duan, however, was able to directly comprehend three kinds of Dao, and even had the opportunity to directly face two complete and original Daos.

Previously, Yu Duan thought that it would be difficult to create a true fourteenth-order secret technique in 7 epochs.

And now...

Fourteenth-order secret technique? Yu Duan planned to break through after Mohe 'ate his fill'.

It will take at least several hundred thousand epochs by then, and Yu Duan even plans to try to reach the fifteenth level.

The fourteen levels represent those who have just entered the realm of eternal true gods, and those who are weak eternal true gods.

Unless one is an eternal true god who breaks through through bloodline, after accumulating for a long time, they can basically break free from this level.

The next fifteen levels are considered to be at the ordinary level of an eternal true god.

The sixteenth tier represents the pinnacle of the Eternal True God.

The next seventeenth level is the peak of the Eternal True God.

As for those who created eighteenth-order secret techniques—that is, Chaos Realm moves—they are extremely rare even among Eternal True Gods.

Because only a very few exceptional geniuses can create Chaos Realm techniques based on their profound understanding of the source of the laws before they have fully comprehended the laws of chaos.

……

The shifting of galaxies, the evolution of the universe.

Within the cosmic ocean, everything that seems eternal is illusory, even the universe itself.

Ten thousand years is indeed a long time for planetary-level or even apprentice-level life forms.

But in the eyes of the strong, this is nothing more than an era.

In the old days of humankind, it was difficult to produce even one cosmic sovereign in hundreds of thousands of epochs.

In this golden age, over billions of years, countless powerful figures have emerged.

Yu Duan's teachers, the Lord of Darkness and the Lord of Penggong, also broke through to the True God realm one after another. As for the number of Universe Lords, it doubled in just billions of epochs.

Of course, this situation is not the norm.

Over countless ages, there have been many powerful individuals in the human race who have reached the ultimate level of enlightenment, especially the 1008 ancient rulers of the past, almost all of whom were just one step away from becoming the ruler of the universe.

The inheritance obtained by Yu Duan contains detailed laws and guidance from the cosmic venerables who broke through to become cosmic masters, which led to this grand occasion.

Of course, the one who has made the most progress is Yu Duan, who has a complete lineage and is not limited by information.

In each era, Yu Duan would confront the fundamental Dao once through the primordial universe and the Boundless Eye.

As for destroying the original Dao, Mohe's abilities can only manifest a portion of its mysteries, which Yu Duan can continue to comprehend without contaminating his own understanding.

Aside from Yu Duan, the ones who made the most progress were Luo Feng, the Lord of Chaos City, and the Lord of Darkness.

As the former strongest being in the Cosmic Sea, the Primordial Ancestor's progress was relatively slow.

Because the original ancestor's realm had already reached the eleventh level.

The inheritance of the tenth-order limit is not yet restricted by the original universe.

However, the eleventh level is already considered a proper Void True God level, which is beyond the primordial ancestor's ability to study.

……

Within the inner realm of Mohe, a heroic young man with prominent features and horns on his forehead emerged.

At this time, Mohe's inner world had reached a diameter of one billion light-years, achieving the stage of becoming an eternal true god, ten times larger than its original diameter.

Above the realm within the body, countless crimson stars, tens of thousands of light-years in diameter, hung high, exceptionally dazzling, billions of times more radiant than a supernova explosion.

One can vaguely see that inside each of those blood-red stars lies an endlessly mysterious and complex structure, seemingly containing the evolutionary characteristics of all matter, making it exceptionally intricate.

These more than one hundred blood-red stars revolve around a dark red primordial energy.

Faint, almost imperceptible crimson threads emanated from those drops of crimson starlight, only to be swallowed by that dark red primordial energy.

Beneath this dark red primordial source, Yu Duan's divine power avatar sat cross-legged, constantly studying the mysteries of this dark red primordial source.

"Owner!"

The dashing young man quickly bowed to Yu Duan's avatar.

This heroic young man is a typical life form in Mohe.

The true form of the Beast King was too conspicuous, so long ago, Yu Duan had Mohe simulate the appearance of the life form in the Cosmic Sea.

"Master, my inner world can no longer absorb the 113th drop of God-King's blood. I have come to ask for your permission!"

Neither the Beast King nor Yu Duan are restricted by information; they can freely use titles like Chaos Ruler or God King.

"More than a hundred drops of God King's blood, if you can completely digest them, will be enough for you to break through to the peak of the Chaos Realm."

Although the Mountain Dweller's divine body is exceptionally powerful, it has not yet reached the point where the energy contained in a single drop of blood is comparable to that of the Chaos Realm.

However, if Mohe were to fully digest these hundred-odd drops of blood, he would still have a certain chance of breaking through to the Chaos Realm.

"Master's prediction should be about right, but it's unknown how many years it will take to completely digest all the blood of the God-Kings."

Mohe looked at Yu Duan with great gratitude.

If he hadn't encountered a master, he probably would have had to go through countless life-threatening ordeals to obtain the resources to directly ascend to the peak of the Chaos Realm.

"Then let's break through. I'll communicate with the original ancestor."

With Yu Duan breaking through two realms in succession, the time required for the evolution of his miniature universe will definitely be longer.

After you've made a significant breakthrough, then let the original ancestor make the breakthrough.

……

Virtual universe, supreme temple.

"A breakthrough?"

Giant Axe, Chaos, Darkness, and the others all rose excitedly from their thrones.

The other True Gods of the Hong Alliance also became excited.

Especially for those true gods of the first reincarnation era, their future rests on Duan and the original ancestor.

Even the First True Lord of the Divine Eye Clan is currently stuck at the top level of the ninth rank.

Creating a tenth-order secret technique is extremely difficult. Even if one obtains the inheritance in the world of Jin, it is not certain that one can break through to the realm of Void True God in this cycle of reincarnation.

As for the others, including the founder of the Giant Axe, none of them have created a true ninth-order secret technique, and there is little hope for them.

"Ancestor, I will break through two realms in succession."

Yu Duan looked at the Primordial Ancestor beside him and explained, "To break through to the True God realm, one needs to transcend reincarnation within a year."

Yuan Zu laughed and, before Duan could finish speaking, said, "I understand. It's not too late for me to break through after you've almost finished your breakthrough."

Then Yu Duan turned to look at the other alien true gods of the Hong Alliance and said, "In the future, you can all entrust yourselves to my small universe. As long as you are a member of my Hong Alliance, you are all qualified."

"Thank you, Alliance Leader!"

The powerful figures from the first cycle era, including the Divine Eye True Lord and the Star Lord of Bechi, bowed and paid their respects to Yu Duan with great excitement.

Yu Duan nodded and smiled, "I have arrived in the miniature universe, and my breakthrough is about to begin. Everyone is welcome to come and witness the ceremony."

……

The Cosmic Sea is a region not far from the primordial universe, where the miniature universes of several true gods of the human race are distributed.

Among them, the most eye-catching massive universe is Yu Duan's miniature universe.

"Buzz!"

From the origin of the universe, a ripple spread out, and Yu Duan's figure appeared directly.

"break!"

As soon as Yu Duan had a thought, the entire primordial plane suddenly trembled!

Boom!

The ten fundamental laws coalesced into the void, and under the natural evolution of the rules, a void passage suddenly appeared.

Then, as if triggering a chain reaction, one after another, void passages appeared, connecting the myriad heavens and endless space.

Endless chaotic energy surged forth from numerous void channels, and the membrane of the small universe at the end began to expand instantly.

Outside, a miniature universe with a diameter of one billion light-years is expanding rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

1.1 billion light-years, 1.2 billion light-years...

The cosmic membrane is expanding rapidly, devouring all matter and energy in its path, attracting the attention of countless powerful beings.

Not long after, Yu Duan's small universe expanded to more than 3 billion light-years, easily surpassing the small universe of the Eastern Emperor Ancestor.

Three billion light-years, four billion light-years...

Under the watchful eyes of countless powerful figures, Yu Duan's miniature universe quickly expanded to a scale of tens of billions of light-years.

"This is too big!"

"A hundred billion light-years, nearly three times larger than the small universe of the Eastern Emperor Ancestor."

"Look, the Eternal Progenitor's miniature universe is expanding again!"

Countless powerful figures stared in shock at this scene, showing none of the demeanor of true gods.

Even the mountain dweller showed a hint of amazement in his eyes.

Just as he predicted, the Void God could possess a small universe with a diameter of hundreds of billions of light-years, which was a theoretical limit on the Origin Continent.

With another breakthrough, more void channels emerged, and the efficiency of the surging chaotic energy increased a hundredfold.

The expansion speed of Yu Duan's miniature universe also increased dramatically.

10.1 billion light-years... 20 billion light-years, 30 billion light-years...

As time went by, Yu Duan's miniature universe grew larger and larger.

This breakthrough only ended after it expanded to a scale of hundreds of billions of light-years.

"A diameter of hundreds of billions of light-years... is this still a small universe?"

"How many miniature universes of the Eastern Emperor Ancestor could be contained within the miniature universe of the Eternal Ancestor?"

Based on volume, Yu Duan's miniature universe is about 3.7 times the size of the Eastern Emperor's Holy Land universe.

However, the spacetime structure inside the universe is different, and other true gods certainly do not know exactly how many small universes it can contain.

……

Within the primordial plane of the universe at Yu Duan, an endless ocean of divine power boiled.

This is the divine power that Yu Duan has accumulated over the years. It is not only the divine power absorbed and transformed from small universes, but also a large amount of divine power transformed from digesting cosmic sand.

If we calculate based on a divine body 12 light-years away, even if the density of divine power increases ten thousand times, this storage of divine power would still be sufficient.

However, the limit of the eternal true god's divine body is no longer 12 light-years.

But this is only temporary. Once they arrive at the Origin Continent, their divine body's height will be suppressed and reduced by a million times.

"Om..."

A message rippled out from the primordial universe.

According to the rules, once a being in the Cosmic Sea breaks through to the level of a True God, they must transcend the cycle of reincarnation within one year.

(End of this chapter)