Chapter 234: The True Strength of the Zifeng Zunzhe

"Lu Qingshan!"

Venerable Yao Guang quickly explained, "For a Zifeng Zunzhe to cultivate to the Lord Realm, the most common path is to cultivate the two supreme source laws of time and space. Most Zifeng Zunzhe in the universe follow this path!"

"Once one fully masters the time source law and the space source law, one can cross into the Lord Realm and become a supreme existence in the vast universe!"

As he spoke these words, a trace of longing flashed in Venerable Yao Guang's eyes: "Any Lord is sufficient to lead a race to stand among the myriad races of the universe, possessing incredible abilities such as controlling a region of space-time, reversing space-time to resurrect the fallen, and more!"

"However, as you know, once one has mastered one supreme source law, it is naturally extremely difficult to continue comprehending another supreme source law!"

"If one is still at the World Lord stage, using the power of the world to connect with the source of the universe, cultivation is relatively simple!"

"But once one breaks through to the Immortal God realm, the power of the world completely transforms into Immortal Divine Power. Naturally, one can no longer use the power of the world to connect with the source of the universe. Coupled with the influence of one's own divine power attribute, continuing to cultivate is naturally extremely difficult!"

"This is one of the fundamental reasons why many geniuses can make rapid progress at the World Lord stage, breaking through the seventeenth layer, or even the eighteenth layer of the Heaven-Connecting Bridge over millions of years, yet find it very difficult to improve after breaking through to become an Immortal God!"

Hearing Venerable Yao Guang's words, Lu Qingshan nodded silently in his heart.

Just like his thirteenth senior sister, Fatty Ye Wang, who had already broken through the seventeenth layer of the Heaven-Connecting Bridge when she first broke through to become an Immortal God. Yet, having cultivated for over hundreds of millions of years since then, she had only just broken through the eighteenth layer of the Heaven-Connecting Bridge!

Apart from the fact that comprehending laws becomes increasingly difficult the further one goes, this is also greatly related to the transformation of the power of the world into special divine power after breaking through to Immortality.

At this moment, Venerable Yao Guang continued, "After a Hei Fengwang breaks through to the Venerable Realm, taking you, Lu Qingshan, as an example, your lightning attribute divine power completely transforms into time attribute divine power. At this point, if you go to comprehend the wind source law or the light source law, it will naturally be relatively simple. Although not as easy as at the World Lord stage, it won't be much slower!"

"If you wish to comprehend the five lower source laws beneath the space source law, although you will be affected by your own divine power attribute, it is still relatively easy, and there is a chance to cultivate it to perfection!"

"But if you go to comprehend the space source law itself, it will be much more difficult. Although not as stagnant as at the Immortal stage, the speed is still pitifully slow. Even obtaining the acknowledgment of the space source law is an incredibly difficult task, let alone fully mastering the complete space source law!"

"Currently, there are over three thousand four hundred Zifeng Zunzhe in our Human Race, but there are only a dozen or so Lords who truly master two supreme source laws!"

Hearing Venerable Yao Guang's words, Lu Qingshan nodded repeatedly.

How difficult it is to become a Lord, he had naturally been prepared for this in his heart.

In the original work, Luo Feng had already created a supreme combat secret technique at the Venerable Realm, yet in the end, he was only moved while watching the 'Universe in the Palm' created by the Ancestral Origin, and only then did he cross into the Lord Realm;

And in the original work, after Luo Feng rose, the Human Race occupied most of the territory in the Primordial Universe. Yet, after the development of one cycle era, guided by the Ancient Civilization, only over a thousand Lords were ultimately born!

It must be known that at that time, only tens of thousands of epochs had passed since the inheritance was received, and the Human Race already had over fifty thousand Zifeng Zunzhe. Let alone the number of Zifeng Zunzhe at the end of the universe; over a million is possible.

From this, it can be seen that breaking through from the Venerable Realm to the Lord Realm is absolutely an incredibly difficult task, even with the guidance of an inheritance, let alone now without any inheritance guidance.

However, Lu Qingshan has the opportunity of the Myriad Heavens Chat Group, and can activate the Dao-Elder Gan Wu Support function. As long as he has enough points to activate the Dao-Elder Gan Wu Support function, he can naturally continue to progress. Breaking through to the Lord Realm in the future will naturally not be a difficult matter; it will just take a bit longer.

"Precisely because cultivation at the Zifeng Zunzhe stage is extremely difficult, the Zifeng Zunzhe stage is also divided into several levels!"

Looking at Lu Qingshan, who was listening intently, Venerable Yao Guang quickly continued to explain, "Under normal circumstances, Zifeng Zunzhe are divided into three levels in terms of law comprehension!"

"Those who have just crossed into the Venerable Realm are generally at the Lower Venerable Realm; if one can master one of the three branches of another supreme source law, it is the Middle Venerable Realm; mastering all three branches is the Upper Venerable Realm!"

"Of course, what I am talking about refers solely to law comprehension. As for specific combat power, one must also consider various other aspects!"

"Just like you, Lu Qingshan. Although you have just broken through and might be weak in law comprehension, your life gene level, body amplification, and so on are very high, so you can possess Middle Venerable combat power..."

After hearing Venerable Yao Guang's explanation, Lu Qingshan, combining it with some of Luo Feng's experiences in the original work, finally gained a certain understanding of the Venerable Realm.

The Zifeng Zunzhe level, like the Immortal God, has both a division based on law comprehension and a division based on combat power.

Law comprehension is mainly divided into Lower, Middle, and Upper levels;

As for combat power, it is divided into five levels: Lower, Middle, Upper, Universe Hegemon, and Top-tier Universe Hegemon.

Among them, Upper Venerable, Universe Hegemon, and Top-tier Universe Hegemon generally have no difference in law comprehension.

Of course, one cannot rule out someone who has only the law comprehension of a Middle Venerable yet possesses the strength of an Upper Venerable!

And under normal circumstances...

A Zifeng Zunzhe who has just broken through belongs to the Lower Venerable.

The limit combat power of a Lower Venerable is roughly equivalent to a life gene level of ten times, an amplification secret technique of fifteen times, and the fourth form at the peak level of a combat secret technique created with a complete supreme source law;

In addition, equipped with one top-tier heavy treasure weapon and one ordinary heavy treasure armor!

At the Venerable Realm, it is quite simple to cultivate for a period after breaking through and create a suitable amplification secret technique and a peak-level combat secret technique. This is roughly equivalent to the fourth layer of the 'Seven Transformations of the Divine Origin' in the original work!

And with the strength of a Zifeng Zunzhe, obtaining treasures to raise the life gene level to about ten times, as well as a top-tier heavy treasure weapon and an ordinary heavy treasure armor, is not too difficult.

Especially for a peak race like the Human Race, any Zifeng Zunzhe who has just broken through can receive a reward of one hundred heavy treasure points.

So even for a Hei Fengwang like Venerable Meng Yue, who had no deep accumulation, after breaking through to the Venerable Realm, as long as these one hundred heavy treasure points are used properly, one can quite easily raise one's own strength to the limit of Lower Venerable combat power!

Once strength breaks through the limit of Lower Venerable combat power, one naturally possesses the combat power of the Middle Venerable level.

As for the limit of Middle Venerable combat power, it is roughly equivalent to a life gene level of twenty times, an amplification secret technique of thirty times, and the fifth form at the peak level of a combat secret technique created with the law comprehension of a Middle Venerable.

In addition, equipped with one top-tier heavy treasure weapon, one top-tier heavy treasure armor, and some auxiliary ordinary heavy treasures!

For any Zifeng Zunzhe, after breaking through in law comprehension, creating a combat secret technique and an amplification secret technique similar to the fifth layer of the 'Seven Transformations of the Divine Origin' is quite simple;

And after creating secret techniques of this level, once strength has improved, as long as one is careful, there is still a chance to obtain treasures to raise the life gene level and various protective heavy treasures.

Similarly, once one breaks through the combat power limit of the Middle Venerable, one naturally possesses the combat power of the Upper Venerable level.

The combat power limit of an Upper Venerable is roughly equivalent to a life gene level of forty times, an amplification secret technique of sixty to seventy times, and the sixth form at the peak level of a combat secret technique created with the law comprehension of an Upper Venerable.

In addition, equipped with one ordinary supreme treasure weapon, one top-tier heavy treasure armor, and some auxiliary ordinary heavy treasures!

For a Zifeng Zunzhe, after breaking through in law comprehension to the Upper Venerable level, creating a combat secret technique and an amplification secret technique similar to the sixth layer of the 'Seven Transformations of the Divine Origin' is still relatively easy and simple;

But raising the life gene level to forty times that of ordinary life in the universe, and obtaining a precious supreme treasure, is extremely difficult. Therefore, a general Upper Venerable finds it very hard to reach the combat power limit of an Upper Venerable. This is true even for Zifeng Zunzhe of a peak race like the Human Race.

And once one breaks through the combat power limit of an Upper Venerable, one naturally possesses the strength of a Universe Hegemon.

However, among the many Universe Hegemons, there is a shocking gap in strength. A powerful Universe Hegemon can even easily kill a weaker Universe Hegemon.

As for the combat power limit of a Universe Hegemon, it is naturally a life gene level of one hundred times, an amplification secret technique of one hundred times, and the sixth form ultimate secret technique created with the law comprehension of an Upper Venerable, which is the Universe Hegemon Ultimate Secret Technique spoken of by many strong ones!

Actually, the Universe Hegemon Ultimate Secret Technique and the peak secret technique created by an Upper Venerable are the same in terms of law comprehension. The only difference is that one is at the peak level and the other is at the ultimate level, so there is naturally a huge gap in power.

In addition, the top-tier Universe Hegemons are also equipped with top-tier supreme treasure weapons, high-tier supreme treasure armor, and various auxiliary supreme treasures.

This is already the extreme that countless Zifeng Zunzhe in the universe can reach. After reaching this level of strength, one can already rival some newly broken-through First-Rank Lords with ordinary life gene levels, who have not yet created an ultimate secret technique, and whose supreme treasures are also very ordinary (equivalent to a general Upper Venerable breaking through).

Of course, any Lord, after breaking through, will cultivate in seclusion for a period to create a Lord Ultimate Secret Technique. At that time, one can naturally overpower a Universe Hegemon.

And above the top-tier Universe Hegemons, there are some most heaven-defying Top-tier Universe Hegemons. They are all the most heaven-defying special lifeforms, or have nurtured special lifeform avatars, reaching life gene levels of thousands of times, which allows them to unleash even more powerful strength.

Even when facing a general Lord, they have sufficient means to withdraw safely!

Of course, what was mentioned above covers ordinary cases, yet there are also exceptions within the universe.

For certain special lifeforms, even if they have just broken through and their law comprehension is merely equivalent to a low-level Universe Venerable, their life gene level is thousands of times that of ordinary life in the universe; they also possess extremely heaven-defying innate secret techniques. If combined with suitable treasures, even immediately after breaking through, they have the chance to unleash combat power at the level of a Universe Dominator!

Of course, this requires an extremely heaven-defying special lifeform; their life gene level must reach at least several thousand times, and they must also possess extremely powerful innate secret techniques!

Apart from this, for an invincible King-level powerhouse like Lu Qingshan, after breaking through to the Universe Venerable realm, because his life gene level and body (soul) amplification are very high, plus he possesses protective heavy treasures, he can generally reach the combat power of a mid-level Universe Venerable.

Furthermore, when the universe speaks of low-level Venerables, mid-level Venerables, high-level Venerables, and so on, most of the time it refers to levels of combat power.

It is just that for a low-level Venerable, raising law comprehension to reach mid-level Venerable combat power is relatively simple, but for a mid-level Venerable, raising law comprehension to reach high-level Venerable combat power is quite difficult;

as for a high-level Venerable's law comprehension, reaching Universe Dominator combat power is even more arduous.

After all, the stronger the strength, the fewer one's own shortcomings; naturally, continuing to improve strength becomes even more difficult!

For a Universe Venerable who has just broken through, even if they never cultivated amplification secret techniques before, their body (soul) amplification can be easily raised to over ten times through self-created amplification secret techniques.

Originally, there was a thirty-fold gap between him and a Universe Venerable with thirty times body amplification, but after his own amplification increased, the gap was reduced to just two times.

By the same logic, the more powerful the Universe Venerable, the smaller the gap in these fundamental aspects: body amplification, soul amplification, and life gene level.

In this way, whether combat power is strong or not depends on law comprehension, the level of combat secret techniques, and various protective treasures, and so on.

Among these three, law comprehension is the most important, as it relates to the improvement of one's own realm and the ability to create more powerful combat secret techniques;

as for treasures, they are also very important.

Even if a most ordinary Universe Venerable possesses a supreme treasure like the Star Tower, even a Universe Supreme cannot do anything to them!

Of course, powerful supreme treasures are often in the hands of true super-powerhouses.

If not bestowed by a powerhouse, for a weakling to obtain a super supreme treasure is no different than a fool dreaming!

In short, the strength of the Universe Venerable level must consider many aspects; some have higher life gene levels, some have higher amplification secret techniques, some have more powerful secret techniques, and some possess powerful supreme treasures, and so on...

Precisely because of this, among the Universe Venerable level, to confirm an enemy's strength, one can only determine it after personally engaging in combat.

Even if there was previously information on the opponent's strength, their strength may very well have improved over the past period.

Just as in the original work, after Luo Feng decided to kill the Meng Yao Zu's Tian Hua Zifeng Zunzhe, Tian Hua Zifeng Zunzhe suddenly produced a high-level palace-type supreme treasure that Luo Feng knew nothing about!

Moreover, what Venerable Yao Guang said represents the best-case scenario.

But in reality, the cultivation of every Universe Venerable cannot be smooth sailing.

Just like Universe Venerables of the Human Race, even if they have just broken through, they can use the Human Race's bestowals to raise their own strength to the limit of low-level Venerable combat power.

According to logic, these low-level Venerables only need to put in a little effort in other aspects to possess mid-level Venerable combat power.

But in reality, it is not so.

Just like Meng Yue Zifeng Zunzhe who broke through not long ago; among the one hundred heavy treasure points bestowed by the Human Race, a large portion was used by him to exchange for precious treasures allowing those close to him to break through to Immortality. In this way, for him to possess mid-level Venerable combat power is naturally extremely arduous;

apart from this, some low-level Venerables accidentally perished while adventuring in the universe. After being resurrected by the Human Race's high-level reversing of time and space, their life gene levels, amplification secret techniques, law comprehension, combat secret techniques, and so on would not weaken, but the heavy treasures on their persons were all lost. Moreover, because they owed the Race a huge amount of resources for resurrection, in this way, for them to possess mid-level Universe Venerable combat power is even more far-off.

And this is precisely the fundamental reason why the Human Race still possesses many low-level Universe Venerables.

Even Universe Venerables of a peak Race like the Human Race are like this, let alone Universe Venerables of powerful Races or even ordinary Races.

Just like the Jinjiao Race that Lu Qingshan visited before; after their King-level Immortals broke through to the Universe Venerable realm, let alone receiving bestowals from the Race, they probably would have to contribute for free to the Race.

Especially the leader of the Jinjiao Race, Xiluo Duo, who single-handedly supported the entire Jinjiao Race.

In the original work, as soon as Xiluo Duo perished, the Jinjiao Race immediately faced threats from other forces surrounding their territory; if they had not chosen to become a vassal Race of the Human Race, they would have been exterminated long ago.

"Compared to other low-level Universe Venerables, my greatest advantage right now is my life gene level and amplification secret techniques!"

Lu Qingshan thought silently in his heart: "My life gene level has reached twenty times, enough to rival high-level Venerables with relatively weak life gene levels; my body amplification has even reached eighty-six times (soul amplification eighty-eight times), which is very good even among high-level Venerables!"

"As for protective treasures, after receiving the bestowal from my teacher, Master Bingfeng Zhi, I estimate I can at least rival, or even surpass, high-level Venerables! My greatest weakness right now is undoubtedly my law comprehension and the level of my combat secret techniques!"

"My current law comprehension is merely at the low-level Venerable level, and my combat secret techniques are even one level lower than those of an average low-level Venerable!"

"After dealing with the upcoming trivial matters, I must enter seclusion as soon as possible. Based on the complete Time Origin Law, I will create a fourth form of peak-level sword technique, body movement technique, and soul attack method!"

(End of this chapter)