Swallowing the starry sky, my clones can evolve infinitely.

Chapter 84 A Strange Light That Fleetingly Appears!

Hundreds of figures rose into the air from various areas of Chaos City, each transforming into a streak of light and flying towards the city gate.

Above the reception platform outside the gates of Chaos City, a large, dark blue, fish-shaped spaceship was floating.

hum!

A terrifying pressure that sent shivers down one's spine emanated from the giant fish-shaped spaceship.

click!

The invisible hatch on the belly of the giant fish opened, and more than ten figures flew out one after another, the leader of whom was the Nine Swords Venerable, who was wearing a blue battle robe.

At this moment, Shen Mu and nearly seven hundred other geniuses had all appeared in front of the Nine Swords Venerable.

"Greetings, Venerable One!"

Shen Mu and many other geniuses bowed respectfully.

"snort!"

The Nine Swords Venerable let out a cold snort, as if a heavy hammer had struck everyone's soul, causing their faces to turn pale.

He coldly swept his gaze across everyone suspended below. Wherever his gaze fell, everyone felt as if their bodies were no longer under their control, frozen in place.

Silence reigned all around; no one dared to utter a sound.

"I am very disappointed in you."

The Nine Swords Venerable finally spoke: "Chaos City was the safest place for you for the long years to come! But unexpectedly, at the end of the thirty years in Chaos City, more than 30% of your thousand so-called geniuses have perished!"

"In terms of mortality rate, you are among the top in thousands of genius battles. If this continues, a thousand years from now, probably no more than 100 of you will still be alive."

The Nine Swords Venerable's gaze swept over the many geniuses, and they all lowered their heads and remained silent.

"You will be leaving Chaos City in 10 days. I hope you will still be alive a thousand years from now."

"Make the most of this last bit of time. If you need to ponder something, do something; if you need to overcome a challenge, then everyone can leave now."

Everyone respectfully replied, "Yes!"

As the Nine Swords Venerable and numerous immortal figures disappeared from the spot, the more than 600 geniuses breathed a sigh of relief, and then either left alone or in groups of three or five to say their final farewell.

……

Near the City Lord's Mansion, Shen Mu's cultivation residence.

As soon as Shen Mu returned to his residence, he found a stunningly beautiful figure dressed in emerald green armor waiting at the door.

"teacher?"

Shen Mu was slightly taken aback, then bowed slightly to Longyu King, and invited Longyu King into the living room on the first floor of his cultivation residence.

On the living room sofa, Longyu Wang sat upright, then looked at Shen Mu and smiled, "Twenty years have passed. You should be confident you can pass the eighth level of the Bridge to Heaven now, right?"

Over the past twenty years, Shen Mu has been making progress according to his own plan, with each of his three bodies performing its own function.

Shen Mu had basically grasped the technique of combining the laws in the third picture of the Frozen Chaos Stele ten years ago, but his understanding of the two major laws of water and space was still somewhat superficial.

At that time, King Longyu expressed his hope that Shen Mu would spend the last ten years of his life comprehending the mysteries of the laws.

Because starting from the fourth image of the Frozen Chaos Stele, the ultimate mystery it contains is no longer the combination of two major laws, but the fusion of laws into a unified artistic conception.

Even the most basic and rudimentary integration of laws and concepts is an exponential increase in difficulty compared to combining laws and techniques.

Given Shen Mu's current mastery of the laws, prematurely engaging in the fusion of laws would at least result in setbacks, and he might even go down the wrong path, wasting a great deal of time.

Therefore, in the past ten years, Shen Mu has devoted himself to comprehending the laws. When he encountered many doubts, he would consult the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom. As a result, King Longyu was not sure how much progress Shen Mu had made.

"The students are absolutely confident they can cross the eighth level of the Bridge to Heaven!"

A smile appeared on Shen Mu's face; his goal was not just the eighth floor of the Sky Bridge.

Thirty years in Chaos City, passing the eighth level of the Heavenly Bridge is a bottleneck.

For example, Kodi and Venerable Fiery both passed the eighth level of the Bridge to Heaven within thirty years in Chaos City. Once they achieved this goal, they could be called peerless geniuses who appear once every trillion years.

"Alright, once you've adjusted your state, go and challenge the Heavenly Bridge. Oh, and before leaving Chaos City, it would be best to study the Chaos Stele one more time."

"Otherwise, you might not be able to come here again until you've broken through to the Domain Lord level!"

Faced with Longyu Wang's advice based on his experience, Shen Mu mainly listened to his advice.

After respectfully seeing off King Longyu, Shen Mu connected a wisp of his consciousness to the virtual universe and began practicing various combat techniques to adjust his combat state.

After nearly twenty years of silence, Shen Mu needs a few days to get himself back to peak condition.

At this moment, in the plane of the Sky Bridge.

Many geniuses wanted to try one last time before leaving Chaos City, hoping to make further progress.

After all, within the past thirty years in Chaos City, the points earned from crossing the Bridge to Heaven will be multiplied tenfold—a special reward for newcomers. This benefit disappears once they leave the Initial Universe.

However, the vast majority of geniuses did not go any further, including Bolan and Luo Feng.

More than two years ago, Berlan had just overcome the major bottleneck of the sixth and seventh levels, and the eighth level was still a long way off.

Luo Feng's current mastery of the laws has just reached the peak of the sixth level. If he can continue to stay in Chaos City for another two or three years, he might be able to cross this threshold.

……

Two days later, in the virtual universe, the Bridge to Heaven dimension.

On the central island, Shen Mu's figure appeared out of thin air, and with a glance, he saw several other familiar figures around him.

They were all other newcomers from the same batch as me.

"It's Shen Mu."

"Shen Mu is indeed going to attempt to cross the Heavenly Bridge!"

"He passed the seventh level in his tenth year. I wonder how strong he is now, and whether he can pass the eighth level?"

Some people even mustered up their courage and approached Shen Mu, whispering to him if he was confident he could pass the eighth level.

Shen Mu simply smiled and nodded slightly, then walked up to the guard, Baffin.

"Lord Guardian."

Seeing Shen Mu approach, the guardian Baffin, dressed in a black star-patterned robe, smiled and said, "Shen Mu, the Frozen Sky Bridge is empty right now, you can just walk through."

"Thank you, Guardian."

Shen Mu's figure vanished from the spot, streaking across the air like a streak of light as he flew directly towards the distant, frozen Sky Bridge.

The surrounding geniuses exchanged glances, and then sent the news that Shen Mu was attempting to cross the Tongtian Bridge to many of their close friends.

In just a short while, the news spread like wildfire, and almost all the geniuses of this year knew that Shen Mu had begun to cross the bridge.

brush!brush!brush!

In the central square of the island, the figures of Luo Feng, Bo Lan, Rong Jun, Wu Ka, and others appeared one after another.

In just a few minutes, almost all of the less than seven hundred surviving newcomers arrived, except for a few who were studying the Chaos Stele.

The group gathered together and began to discuss whether Shen Mu could pass the eighth level.

"Crazy, Luo Feng, my brother, tell me about your senior brother's progress!"

Uka chuckled, moved closer to Luo Feng, and familiarly draped his arm over Luo Feng's shoulder.

People including Bo Lanrongjun also turned their attention to Luo Feng.

Luo Feng pushed Uka's arm away helplessly and said, "My senior brother and I have been cultivating separately for more than 20 years and rarely contact each other. How would I know how strong my senior brother is now? However..."

At this point, Luo Feng changed the subject, saying, "My senior brother has a steady personality. Over the years, I have never seen him do anything he was not confident about."

In addition to the geniuses of the same period, powerful figures of gods also appeared one after another in the central square.

A woman with silver eyes and misty wings on her back, Silver Moon King, chuckled, "Longyu, I heard you're now Shen Mu's instructor in the Primal Zone?"

Immediately, many immortal gods also turned their gazes to King Longyu.

"Longyu, tell me, how strong is Shen Mu now?"

The many immortal gods began to chat and laugh.

The many geniuses watching from afar were quite surprised to see Shen Mu receiving such attention from so many Immortal Grandmasters. Most of these figures had given public lectures in Chaos City.

When Luo Feng saw that his teacher, Zhenyan Wang, was among them, he immediately went over to pay his respects and then stayed by Zhenyan Wang's side, refusing to leave.

If these immortals want to watch their senior brother's live stream later, I guess I can get a free pass.

……

The frozen Tongtian Bridge.

The eighth level of the Sky Bridge leads to the vast starry sky.

Shen Mu's figure arrived at the end of the eighth level of the Tongtian Bridge. Here, a meteorite still blocked the way, only it was larger than the one on the seventh level.

"Choose your opponent...defeat him to pass the eighth level." A deep voice came from the meteorite.

"Spiritualist".

As Shen Mu finished speaking, the figure of another familiar old man in blue appeared.

"Twenty years have passed, young man, we meet again. I hope you can overcome this hurdle."

The man in blue stood on a dark cloud shuttle, a hint of a smile in his eyes beneath his mask. "Take this."

boom!

The icy spear behind the man in blue instantly shot out thousands of blue lights, and countless tiny ice needles shot out in all directions, instantly triggering the two fundamental laws of space and water, forming a world ravaged by a blizzard.

It's still the sixth level—the world of ice!

Shen Mu remained calm and said, "I hope you can withstand one of my moves!"

As soon as he finished speaking, endless ripples spread around Shen Mu, and his figure seemed to melt into the illusory ripples of space.

In the next instant, countless figures of Shen Mu appeared almost simultaneously in every void of the Tongtian Bridge space, densely packed together.

call out!

A series of dazzling spear beams burst forth, converging into one as they shot directly at the man in blue, transforming into an incomparably brilliant red light.

boom!

The pale blue spear tip shattered the entire ice world, and the figure of the blue-clad man exploded into a cloud of blood mist, spreading three feet around Shen Mu.

Eighth level of the Sky Bridge, passed!

Shen Mu did not linger and flew towards the ninth level of the Sky Bridge.

……

On the central island, the group of geniuses felt a sense of loss because Shen Mu had passed the eighth level. In just thirty years, Shen Mu had already entered a different world from them.

Even the many immortal gods were quite astonished. They had received information from King Longyu that Shen Mu should have no problem passing the eighth level, but they did not expect it to be so easy, almost a one-hit kill.

"Among the current universe-level members of the Primordial Secret Realm, only the youngest disciple of the God of the Universe possesses the strength of the eighth level of the Bridge to Heaven, right?"

"That's right, but that child also cultivated for thousands of years before barely passing the level. Shen Mu, on the other hand, faced the controller in close combat and killed his opponent with just one move. It's simply... unbelievable."

"I have a feeling that Shen Mu is about to clear the ninth level!"

In just thirty years, they have witnessed Shen Mu create miracles more than once, and this time may be no exception.

……

The end of the ninth level of the Sky Bridge.

"Within the first thirty years of the initial universe, I was able to attempt the ninth level. It would be my honor to have the opportunity to fight you."

This time, the old man in blue became very humble. Even though he was just an AI in a virtual universe, he knew what passing the eighth level meant.

"However, none of the current core members of the Virtual Universe Company are capable of overcoming this hurdle. I hope you can create a miracle."

A smile appeared on Shen Mu's face, and the Frost God Weapon behind him lit up with complex blue and silver patterns, which intertwined and evolved, and the fluctuations of the two laws were perfectly intertwined.

"Please make your move," Shen Mu said with a smile.

The old man in blue nodded slightly, and his figure, stepping on the Dark Cloud Shuttle, instantly blurred as he traversed the void.

Endless blue threads burst forth, connecting the two great laws of water and space in the universe, still coalescing into a vast world of ice and snow.

Among the nine levels of the Frost God Weapon, the sixth and ninth levels have the largest spans, corresponding to the 7th to 9th levels and the 12th to 15th levels of the Sky Bridge, respectively.

The guardian of the seventh level of the Sky Bridge only knows how to crudely manipulate the entire ice world to smash people.

The guardian of the eighth level of the Bridge to Heaven can control the endless wind and snow within the world, forming endless and terrifying attacks, each of which easily surpasses the peak of the fifth level of the Frost God Weapon.

Boom!

A violent tremor resounded, and the enormous icy world suddenly began to shrink, eventually transforming into a dazzling shuttle of the world, about ten meters long.

A deep blue glow surged across the shuttle of the world, as if reflecting a vast world, where the power of the entire world was completely integrated into one, entering a state of extreme concentration.

"go!"

The blue-clad man's aged voice echoed throughout the world. The enormous World Shuttle transformed into a sharp streak of light, carrying spatial pressure that completely locked onto Shen Mu before shooting straight towards him.

Suddenly, Shen Mu's figure flickered continuously, leaving behind 36 strange phantom images in the void, exuding 36 completely different spatial essences.

At the same time, each flash of a figure created ripples in the void, faintly forming a strange formation!

These are all the mysteries of the laws contained in the first three images of the Frozen Chaos Monument, including the essence of the first 36 spatial laws, as well as all the mysteries of the foundational part of the law of water.

Going a step further, one can comprehend the changes in a certain law of water and gain recognition from the fundamental law.

However, Shen Mu only thoroughly understood the spatial aspect, and only roughly understood the part about the laws of water. But he did understand the most difficult part of the third picture, the perfect combination of laws and techniques.

This level of mastery of the laws is sufficient to unleash the full power of the sixth level of the Frost God Weapon!

Boom!

Another crystal shuttle, also over ten meters long, materialized.

"combine!"

Shen Mu's voice seemed to emanate from each illusory figure. With a hundredfold increase in mental power, the world shuttle, which was more than ten meters long, shrank several times over once again, and the brilliant dark blue glow and law fluctuations were all contained within.

call out!

The World Shuttle transformed into a strange beam of light, which shot out along the most exquisite curve in the universe, as if it had swept across the most precise gap in the spatial ripples, at an incredible speed.

The strange light flashed and disappeared in an instant, and the universe seemed to freeze for a moment.

The giant shuttle controlled by the old man in blue was easily shattered by Shen Mu. The strange stream of light, undiminished in its momentum, instantly passed through the old man's body, leaving him no time to react.

Click, click!

A thick layer of solid ice instantly spread from the old man in blue's small wound to his entire body, instantly turning him into a crystal-clear ice sculpture, completely extinguishing all life.

The ninth floor!

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(End of this chapter)