Swallowing the Stars: Ten Thousand Times Return for Taking on Disciples

Chapter 185 The Huge Gap

The 17th floor of the Cosmic Sky Bridge.

Lu Qingshan entered and found that it was different from before. The 17th-floor sky bridge was no longer the white, misty world it had been before.

On the contrary, above a giant planet, you only need to look down to see the vast landmass beneath your feet.

"It seems we've been in the void all this time. Every time we cross a bridge to heaven, we fall downwards. We're getting close to this huge planet now. If we cross the 17th and enter the 18th, we'll probably land directly on the land below."

Lu Qingshan had a vague guess in his heart.

Directly opposite him.

Countless rays of light converged, and a figure dressed in a silver-gray robe slowly emerged.

Upon seeing Lu Qingshan, a hint of surprise flashed in the man's eyes.

"At the Realm Lord level, you've already reached the 17th level of the Heavenly Bridge, which is the most difficult Cosmic Heavenly Bridge. You should be considered the most talented one in the last ten thousand epochs."

"Oh, so it sounds like there were people in the Cosmic School who were stronger than me at the World Lord stage ten thousand epochs ago?"

Lu Qingshan spoke with a smile.

Although the mechanism of the guardians of this bridge to heaven is unknown, they clearly possess intelligence and emotions, just like a highly intelligent life form.

"Hehe, the universe is so vast, and there are so many geniuses. The Bridge to Heaven has existed for billions of epochs, so naturally there are countless top geniuses... Don't even mention a World Lord reaching the 17th floor; there have been World Lords who have even reached the 20th floor!"

The gray-robed man snorted.

"Now that you mention it, 17 floors really isn't much. However, I'm determined to conquer all 17 floors today. I wonder what the guardian of the 18th floor's Heavenly Bridge will say?"

Lu Qingshan smiled slightly, and a dark brown immortal weapon appeared in his hand.

"Hmph! Getting past me won't be that easy. You'd better go back and spend another tens of thousands of years settling down."

A cold glint flashed in the eyes of the man in the silver-gray robe.

"seal up!"

He made the first move, intending to eliminate Lu Qingshan directly!

"The blockade within the spatial laws... no, it only blocks the smaller branches below."

After all, it's just a 17-story sky bridge; it's impossible for the three major branches of the true superior laws to appear there, otherwise there would be no chance of passing through at all.

After the 'seal' move was used.

Lu Qingshan felt as if the space around him had become as sticky as paste, which greatly reduced his ability to teleport, making it difficult for him to effectively counterattack the opponent's attack.

He knew that the other side was about to attack!
……

Outside the Tongtian Bridge, a group of grandmasters summoned by Baffin's email were watching Lu Qingshan attempt to pass the challenge.

“Lu Qingshan was too careless. His understanding of the laws of the 17th Heavenly Bridge is equivalent to the peak of the Marquis level. His use of the law branches is far beyond what the previous gatekeepers could do. He did not dodge the blockade in time... and lost the initiative. I'm afraid this time it will be very difficult for him to pass the test.”

The speaker was Sword King Jianhuang. As one of the grandmasters of the Nine Universes School, his understanding of the fundamental laws of space was unparalleled. The moment the gatekeeper made his move, he saw the problem. It would be incredibly difficult for Lu Qingshan to pass this test!
"Hard to say."

A burly ape-man wearing golden armor shook his head, stroking his golden beard as he spoke.

"Hmm? True King Yan, you have a different opinion?"

True King Yan is also a grandmaster of the Nine Universes School, but his strength is much greater than that of Sword King Huang. He is truly invincible among the kings! He has the strength to escape from the hands of the Universe Venerable.

"We'll see... I feel that Lu Qingshan shouldn't be so careless; perhaps he has his own trump card."

King Zhenyan's gaze was fixed on the scene of the battle.

"Hehe! That's hard to say. Maybe he just wanted to experience the power of the 17th level guardian before leaving Chaos City?"

After all, it's only a thousand years. Going from the 16th to the 17th level is practically impossible. Even Lian Luo and Kodi took far longer than a thousand years to go from the 16th to the 17th level. Besides, this is the Cosmic Chaos Monument!

As grandmasters who had cultivated in seclusion in Chaos City for many years, all the kings present knew the difficulty of the Cosmic Chaos Stele.

In the later stages of the Cosmic Chaos Stele, progress is primarily achieved through the simultaneous cultivation of spacetime and time, advancing two superior laws in parallel. This makes advancement twice as difficult compared to other Chaos Steles…

The difficulty of passing through the 17th level of the Cosmic Bridge is comparable to the difficulty of passing through the 18th level of other schools' bridges.

High difficulty does not necessarily mean strong understanding of the laws.

The insights into the laws of the other Chaos Monuments' 18-layer Heavenly Bridge can still crush the insights into the laws of the 17-layer Cosmic Chaos Heavenly Bridge.

This is why, apart from those revered ones, very few people choose to study the Cosmic Chaos Stele.

In the eyes of many grandmasters, the Cosmic Chaos Stele was not prepared for geniuses at all. Unless they were geniuses comparable to Tian Shi, Ke Di, and Shi Huo, the Cosmic Chaos Stele was more of a reference for venerables who walked the path of time and space.

Don't be fooled by the fact that these grandmasters have been talking for a long time; it's all just a mental exchange, which only lasts for a moment.

Above the enormous planet, just as the gray-robed gatekeeper cleaved through the air with a single strike, Lu Qingshan's original figure slowly vanished from the spot, leaving behind only an illusion.

His true form had already appeared thousands of miles away.

"Space travel?"

The gatekeeper in the silver-gray robe showed a hint of surprise in his eyes. After learning that Lu Qingshan had mastered spatial travel, he knew that his seal was no longer meaningful.

"kill!"

He decisively used his second move.

Strangling!

Along with the blockade came a terrifying killing intent. If the blockade lasted even for a moment, that terrifying killing intent could annihilate it!
However, Lu Qingshan's figure on the opposite side vanished again. What remained was still just an illusion.

"What! How could it be so fast!"

The gatekeeper in the silver-gray robe was astonished.

Logically speaking, most geniuses who reach this level only need to use the "block" skill to eliminate their opponents. Very few opponents would make him use his "kill" skill. Unexpectedly, both of his moves missed!
"Your agility is quite good, but is all you can do is run away? If so, you won't be able to get past me at all."

The gatekeeper's expression turned serious, and he no longer held back.

The two were blocked in a coordinated manner.

Lu Qingshan's illusory body darted through the sky above the planet at an almost extreme speed.

This change greatly surprised the Grandmaster Feng Wang who was observing from the outside. "What King Zhenyan said earlier was correct. This Lu Qingshan really does have a trump card. He can actually use spatial teleportation!"

"Not only that, if it were space travel, it would be impossible to evade the gatekeeper so many times. The gatekeeper's sealing technique, even with space travel, could only allow him to evade a few times at most. To be able to do it so easily, he must have other trump cards."

King Anju, dressed in a white robe, smiled slightly: "King Qianhuan is right. This Prince Lu Qingshan uses not only space travel, but also the extreme speed of time according to the law of time. The combination of the two can increase the power of space travel countless times. The gatekeeper's sealing is almost no threat to him."

"I see. It seems I suffered from not understanding the laws of time. But even so, Lu Qingshan can only dodge at most. It won't be easy for him to get through this."

"That's right. If Lu Qingshan can't come up with any other means, the best they can hope for is a draw!"

"Even so, Lu Qingshan should not be underestimated. It is already terrifying that he can remain undefeated in front of the gatekeeper. Don't forget, it has only been a thousand years since he crossed the 16th level of the Heavenly Bridge."

"Yes, a thousand years. I took a nap a while ago, and it took several thousand years!"

"I really don't know how he comprehended the laws. A thousand years of comprehension is equivalent to hundreds of thousands of years for a world lord like me."

……

In the Tongtian Bridge dimension, the guardian of the 17th floor has used the blockade hundreds of times!

But each time, it was dodged...

A real opponent would probably be getting impatient by now.

"If you just keep dodging, you'll never get past me."

After yet another failed attempt to blockade, the gatekeeper said coldly.

"You're absolutely right, so it's my turn to make my move now!"

The next moment, Lu Qingshan's figure darted behind the gatekeeper.

"Aoyama One Style!"

With a single slash, the azure blade light resembled an endless galaxy.

The gatekeeper's expression changed slightly. He didn't know how to teleport, but he could still easily dodge this attack.

However, in the instant he dodged...

"Time freezes!!"

In an instant, time seemed to freeze around the gatekeeper in the silver-gray robe.

Time freeze, as an important sub-branch of time stop, can even be called 'mini-time stop'.

This was the first branch that Lu Qingshan mastered, and it is now the branch he is most proficient in.

"How can it be!"

The powerful constraints of the laws of time made it difficult for the gatekeeper to even move.

Although the freeze lasts for only about 0.1 seconds.

But in that mere 0.1 seconds, the unmatched blade of light had already struck him.

"Block!"

The gatekeeper raised his sword to resist.

Boom boom boom! ! !
With a single strike, the defense was shattered, and Lu Qingshan followed up with countless more strikes!

Although its power cannot compare to Aoyama's First Style, after Aoyama's First Style breaks through the opponent's defense, his countless swords are enough to annihilate the opponent's body.

With a series of deafening roars, the gatekeeper's body was torn apart by overwhelming forces, turning into countless tiny specks of light that disappeared into the Tongtian Bridge dimension.

As Lu Qingshan's opponent, although he had some understanding of the laws of the peak of the Marquis Immortal realm, his body was still at the Realm Lord level, and Realm Lords do not have immortal bodies!

"You've made it to the 17th level of the Sky Bridge!"

pity!

Lu Qingshan looked at the eighteenth floor ahead and did not continue to advance. In this battle, he seemed to be handling everything with ease, but in reality, he had already exposed his weaknesses.

He has plenty of agility, but lacks offensive power!
Under the gatekeeper's control of time stagnation, his Aoyama Style barely broke through the defense, and it was only after countless follow-up strikes that he finally annihilated the opponent.

If it were the guardian of the 18th floor, not to mention whether time freezing could control the opponent, even if they had that ability, I simply wouldn't be able to break through their defenses!

The best outcome would be the same as at the beginning: dodging several attacks from the opponent, only to be eliminated in the end.

There wasn't even a chance to dodge.

Because the transition from the 17th to the 18th floor is also a huge bottleneck.

If the guardian of the 18th floor hadn't been playing around from the start, he would most likely have been killed instantly.

Since there are countless opportunities to cross the overpass, there's no need to humiliate yourself!

After Lu Qingshan crossed the 17th-level Heavenly Bridge, the Grandmasters outside were shocked.

King Zhenyan stroked his golden beard, a smile spreading across his face: "A genius! It's a pity he's not from our Nine Universes School, otherwise our Nine Universes School would have produced another grandmaster!"

Even Jianhuang Wang, who was also from the Nine Realms faction, did not refute this statement.

Lu Qingshan's speed in cultivating both time and space is already so fast. If he were to choose the Nine Universes Sect and specialize in cultivating the laws of space, he would surely make rapid progress every day. It probably wouldn't be long before he could cross the 18th level of the Heavenly Bridge!

"Great!"

King Jianhuang left behind a single sentence and then vanished.

Only King Anju remained cheerful, as if everything was none of his concern.

"That kid Jin Jian is lucky. Although he hasn't formally become a disciple, he can still be considered a disciple of this prince. With Lu Qingshan as his backer in the future, he might actually be able to get revenge."

King Anju heard his disciples complain more than once.

The disciple is the domain lord of the Primordial Secret Realm. The missions sent out are just a few king-level assignments. Jin Jian has now successfully followed the path of analyzing the essence of the fundamental laws of space. He has comprehended all 108 essences and has a high probability of becoming a king-level immortal in the future.

Until then...

King Anju chuckled, seemingly quite looking forward to it!

(End of this chapter)