Chapter 64
Zwoosh! Zwoosh! Zwoosh!
Due to the legendary genius Alvis attempting to cross the Yanshan Skybridge, numerous powerful Immortals who were rarely seen appeared one after another in the Skybridge Dimension.
“Hahaha!” A burly man clad in black armor looked around at the crowd and laughed: “Today is rare—we’ve gathered so many King Immortals!”
A King Immortal with four arms smiled and said: “King Fengyin, Alvis’s talent isn’t far behind that of Rosa from back then. Today he’s attempting the eighth level of this Skybridge—we all must come to witness it!”
“Indeed! Rosa belonged to the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, and our Virtual Universe Corporation hasn’t produced a genius of this caliber in ages!”
“I remember Rosa crossed the eighth level of the Skybridge before leaving Chaos City. Do you think Alvis can make it through?”
“I think it’s unlikely! Though Alvis became a disciple of the Lord of Zhongshan, Rosa was directly taken in by the Lord of Huangjian!”
A group of powerful Immortals, who rarely gathered together, now stood side by side, chatting and laughing.
Just then, Lu Qing also greeted the guardian Bafen before flying toward the Thunder Skybridge.
Although most here were watching Alvis’s battle, besides Lu Qing, a few other strong experts were also attempting other Skybridges, so Lu Qing’s action wasn’t unusual.
But when Lei Huanwang noticed his disciple, he suddenly froze: “Qingshan?”
“Lei Huanwang, what’s wrong?” Another King Immortal beside him noticed the surprise in Lei Huanwang’s eyes and asked.
“That young man who just entered the Thunder Skybridge is my newly accepted disciple!”
Coming to his senses, Lei Huanwang smiled: “He’s attempting the thirteenth level of the Thunder Skybridge—I wonder if he has any chance of succeeding?”
“Why not just watch together?” A King Immortal said casually, then waved his hand—immediately, a screen appeared midair showing Lu Qing’s trial.
Seeing the additional screen before Lei Huanwang and the others, the surrounding King Immortals were slightly surprised but paid it no mind, continuing to watch Alvis’s battle on the giant screen.
…
The thirteenth level of the Thunder Skybridge lay upon the surface of a massive star, the bridge extending from the endless cosmos.
Hssss…
Endless flames surrounded him.
When Lu Qing’s figure appeared, a deep voice echoed from within the star: “Choose your opponent: Warrior, Controller, or Illusionist. Defeat one to pass the thirteenth level.”
Lu Qing immediately replied: “I choose Warrior!”
Boom!
The moment he spoke, clusters of flames burning on the star’s surface converged, forming a burly man wearing a crimson mask and crimson battle armor.
“Little one, I haven’t seen you in thousands of years!”
The red-clad figure regarded Lu Qing with interest: “Have you come now with confidence you can pass my trial?”
“Of course,” Lu Qing smiled.
“Good!” The blue-clad figure, seeing the confidence in Lu Qing’s eyes, laughed: “Let me see how much you’ve improved over these years!”
Boom!
No sooner had the red-clad guardian spoken than golden light erupted from his sword, brilliant purple runes appearing one by one, linking the Lightning Primordial Law with the Time Primordial Law.
Then, with a swift swing, the red-clad guardian sent a dazzling blade of light hurtling toward Lu Qing.
“Child’s play!”
Lu Qing’s eyes flickered with threads of lightning; his body instantly moved, weaving through the void in erratic, ghostlike trajectories, evading the guardian’s deadly strike in an instant.
Simultaneously, brilliant purple light flared around Lu Qing’s body—thunderbolts flashed around him, converging entirely onto the blade in his hand.
“What?”
Seeing the intense fluctuations of Time Primordial Law around Lu Qing, the red-clad guardian was utterly astonished.
And just then…
Splash!
Lu Qing swung his sword sharply—a concentrated, dazzling blade of light shot toward the guardian.
“How is this possible!”
The red-clad guardian’s eyes widened—Lu Qing’s attack was far stronger than his own.
Zzzt!
He tried to dodge with his movement technique, but the blade clung to him like a venomous parasite, relentlessly pursuing.
Pfft!
The brilliant blade struck the guardian squarely, slicing him clean in half.
Blood sprayed everywhere; the guardian’s severed, mangled corpse crashed heavily onto the bridge.
Thirteenth level of the Skybridge—passed!
Lu Qing didn’t pause—he swiftly flew toward the fourteenth level of the Thunder Skybridge.
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In the Skybridge Dimension, on the central island.
While most were still stunned by the legendary genius Alvis having crossed the seventh level of the Yanshan Skybridge, the King Immortals beside Lei Huanwang were astonished by Lu Qing’s passage of the thirteenth level.
In truth, Lu Qing had already become an Immortal, and as a disciple of Lei Huanwang, a master of the Thunder Lineage, passing the thirteenth level was merely adequate.
Their astonishment stemmed from having witnessed, during Lu Qing’s trial, that he had fully comprehended the essence of the Time Primordial Law.
“I never expected this young man had already grasped the essence of the Time Primordial Law!”
“Truly remarkable!”
“Exactly! Alvis, a genius of the ages, pursuing the path of Spatial Primordial Law is understandable—but now we meet another who has fully comprehended the essence of Time Primordial Law!”
All the King Immortals beside Lei Huanwang wore expressions of astonishment.
Understanding the essence of Time or Space Primordial Law was extremely difficult—yet it was one of the prerequisites for becoming a King Immortal through Law comprehension.
Most strong experts in the vast universe began their cultivation by directly comprehending Primordial Laws—this path was easier at first, but slowed drastically later on.
Especially after becoming a Marquis Immortal, to grow stronger, one must not only refine combat techniques but also fully comprehend the essence of a higher Primordial Law!
If one began cultivation by gradually analyzing the essence of cosmic laws, their eventual attainment would be far greater!
“Truly remarkable!”
Thunder King, standing beside Lei Huanwang, couldn’t help but sigh: “Lei Huanwang, your disciple’s foundation is incredibly solid. Though his current strength is still lacking, given time, he has a real chance of becoming a King Immortal!”
Hearing this, Lei Huanwang felt a surge of pride: “Thunder King, how does my disciple compare to your former pupil, Rogen?”
Originally, Lei Huanwang had taken notice of Lu Qing because Rogen, a legendary genius of the Thunder Lineage, had become Thunder King’s disciple.
“Rogen?” Thunder King paused, then continued: “Hard to say. Under my guidance, Rogen has indeed begun the path of analyzing the Time Primordial Law.”
“If he continues, his future achievements won’t fall short of your disciple’s.”
“But you all know—the path of analyzing Primordial Law essence is unbearably difficult. Even geniuses, unless they’re like Alvis—once in eons—require immense time.”
“Rogen was originally in the Original Secret Realm, but because he was analyzing Time Primordial Law essence, he’s now been demoted to the Tai Chu Secret Realm. Watching once-inferior geniuses surpass him—his pressure must be crushing. Over a century ago, Rogen mentioned abandoning the path of analyzing Time Primordial Law. Though I advised him to persist, I’m not sure he’ll hold out until the end.”
“Indeed!”
Another King Immortal beside them sighed: “This method of analyzing cosmic law essence demands not only extreme insight but also immense mental fortitude.”
“In every generation’s Genius War and Champion War, the top contenders—if they chose direct Primordial Law comprehension—might cross the fifteenth level of the Skybridge in tens of thousands of years. But if they choose the path of analyzing essence, even after a million years of cultivation, they may still not fully comprehend all the Law’s essence. Such a vast gap in power makes it nearly impossible to persist.”
“And during this endless analysis, if one grows restless, all effort collapses. I once had a disciple who reached halfway through analyzing Time Primordial Law, then abandoned it. Now he’s stuck at the peak of Marquis Immortal, unable to fully comprehend the sixth mural of the Thunder Chaos Stele after countless eons!”
…
As Lei Huanwang and the others marveled at Lu Qing’s potential, Lu Qing had reached the end of the fourteenth level of the Thunder Skybridge.
“Choose your opponent: Warrior, Controller, or Illusionist. Defeat one to pass the fourteenth level.” The deep voice echoed again from within the star.
“Illusionist!” Lu Qing replied swiftly.
In truth, by Law comprehension alone, Lu Qing’s current strength was insufficient to pass the fourteenth level.
After all, if one could pass the fourteenth level through Law comprehension alone, their divine force could be restructured to eight hundred times the power of a Lord.
Lu Qing’s divine force was only six hundred times that of a Lord.
He chose the Illusionist precisely because he relied on his immense willpower.
Boom!
Clusters of blazing flames on the star’s surface instantly coalesced into a lean man wearing a crimson mask and crimson battle armor, standing atop a flying shuttle.
“Human Immortal, I’ve never seen one like you before!”
The fourteenth level guardian’s voice was ancient: “I hope you pass my trial—let my existence gain one more purpose.”
“I will,” Lu Qing smiled.
“Human Immortal, you strike first.”
The guardian said casually: “If I strike first, you won’t have a chance to act.”
“Then take this!”
Lu Qing didn’t underestimate—he was far too cautious facing the fourteenth level guardian.
Boom!
His purple crystal sword erupted in blinding light; countless intricate Law runes intertwined, forming a terrifying blade of thunderous energy before him.
“Go!”
Lu Qing flicked his sword lightly—the terrifying blade shot toward the lean man atop the shuttle.
Where the blade passed, space twisted violently.
“Perish!”
Facing this terrifying blade, the lean man showed no panic—he simply raised a finger and pointed at Lu Qing.
Hum!
With that gesture, an invisible, intangible soul force instantly descended into Lu Qing’s mind.
Instantly, Lu Qing’s thoughts grew sluggish—even the blade hurtling toward the guardian began to stall.
The illusionary attack of the 14th-level guardian is indeed extraordinarily powerful—among those below Immortal Marquis, it stands at the pinnacle!
“Mortal Immortal, my strength is far beyond what you can handle now!”
The lean man smiled faintly: “To pass my trial, you’d better return and cultivate for a while longer… what!”
The guardian stared at Lu Qing in utter shock.
Lu Qing’s expression was calm and unruffled, as if he had never been touched by any illusionary attack.
“Compared to the illusions on the seventeenth island of the Illusion Sea, this is utterly weak!”
“Even without activating any soul-defense technique, it couldn’t affect me in the slightest!”
Lu Qing carefully sensed the power of the guardian’s illusion, and couldn’t help but feel disappointed.
Hum!
The terrifying sword light, which had previously slowed, suddenly accelerated again toward the lean man.
“Kill!”
With the illusionary attack nullified, the lean man—who had appeared so composed moments ago—suddenly unleashed a lethal killing intent from his eyes!
Behind him, a longsword instantly transformed into a purple streak of light, hurtling toward Lu Qing; where it passed, the cosmic space continuously collapsed.
Seeing this, Lu Qing swiftly directed his own sword light to block it.
Pfft!
Though blocked by the sword light, the lean man’s longsword ultimately pierced straight through the entire blade, shattering it, then surged forward at maximum speed once more.
“Come on!”
Lu Qing roared, his entire body instantly becoming a streak of light as he charged forward.
In combat between a martial artist and a mentalist, the key lies in rapidly closing the distance—only then can one fully exploit their advantage.
“Incredible speed!”
Seeing Lu Qing suddenly unleash such astonishing speed, the lean man reacted swiftly.
He simultaneously directed his mental weapon to attack Lu Qing while stepping on a long shuttle, swiftly retreating with elegant ease, dodging Lu Qing’s advances.
“Mortal Immortal, though you resisted my illusion, your comprehension of cosmic laws is still far too weak—return and cultivate longer!”
Watching Lu Qing fall into disadvantage, the lean man called out a warning.
“Not necessarily!” Lu Qing replied immediately.
Though the Skybridge primarily tests law comprehension, it also influences the outcome through willpower, bodily amplitude, soul amplitude, and secret techniques.
Lu Qing dared to challenge this level not only due to his formidable will, but also because he possessed other trump cards.
Namely, during this period, he had successfully cultivated an invaluable bodily amplitude secret technique: “Thunder Illusion Body!”
Soul has soul amplitude strength!
Body has bodily amplitude strength!
Secret techniques like “Doom” and “Ninefold Thunder Blade,” created by Hong and Thunder God on Earth, are countless throughout the vast universe.
Yet techniques like “Ninefold Thunder Blade,” though called amplitude techniques, are merely bodily power-expansion methods—purely focused on developing physical strength.
Generally, when bodily power reaches 100, one perfectly controls every ounce of their physical strength.
And reaching 100 in bodily power is the normal limit.
The same applies.
Mental amplitude strength—the ability to simultaneously control a hundred flying knives while maintaining each at maximum attack power—is also a normal limit.
But this only refers to normal conditions.
Perfectly utilizing one’s body and soul is something every Immortal can achieve.
Even many Peak World Lord cultivators can accomplish this.
After all, only by perfectly mastering one’s body and soul can one break through to Immortality!
Yet in the vast universe, many supreme experts can exceed these normal limits and unleash amplified power!
For instance, doubling, tripling, or even more…
To truly surpass the normal limit, one requires extremely rare secret techniques—or even special artifacts!
Such techniques and artifacts are extraordinarily expensive even in the vast universe, enough to make countless ordinary alien Immortal Kings envious.
For example, the demonic sound general’s legacy Luo Feng obtained, or his cultivated techniques like “True Body Universe” and “Beast God Transformation…”
Using 100% perfect utilization of one’s power as the standard of “1,” the maximum amplitude limit for body and soul in the universe is 100 times.
No matter how precious the technique, no matter how many amplitude techniques one cultivates—the absolute upper limit is 100 times.
Of course, in most races of the vast universe, amplitude techniques reaching the 100x limit are exceedingly rare—even 10x is uncommon!
As a peak race, the human race boasts thousands of Cosmic Sovereigns and over a dozen Cosmic Masters, naturally possessing numerous amplitude techniques.
The technique Lu Qing cultivates, “Thunder Illusion Body,” is one of them, priced at ten billion points in the Virtual Universe Corporation’s treasury.
“Thunder Illusion Body” was created by a Cosmic Sovereign of the Heavenly Thunder Line, divided into six levels.
Level One: 2x amplitude, price: 100,000 points;
Level Two: 4x amplitude, price: 1 million points;
Level Three: 8x amplitude, price: 10 million points;
Level Four: 16x amplitude, price: 100 million points;
Level Five: 32x amplitude, price: 1 billion points;
Level Six: 64x amplitude, price: 10 billion points.
It is said the creator of “Thunder Illusion Body” is researching its seventh level—if successful, it would rank among the absolute pinnacle of all human amplitude techniques!
Yet as an invaluable amplitude technique, the cultivation requirements for “Thunder Illusion Body” are extraordinarily strict!
Even Level One requires complete comprehension of the essence of the Time Primordial Law!
Level Two demands full mastery of the fifth diagram of the Heavenly Thunder Chaos Stele!
Though Lu Qing previously spent one million points to purchase the first two levels, he had only successfully cultivated Level One.
Thinking of this, Lu Qing activated his will, instantly unleashing “Thunder Illusion Body!”
Hum!
The thunder field surrounding Lu Qing contracted, while a faint dark-purple aura spread across his bones and skin, as if he had donned a dark-purple battle armor.
Simultaneously, his combat boots emitted boundless light, instantly propelling his speed to its peak.
…
“What is this?”
Seeing Lu Qing’s speed surge again, the lean man’s face filled with shock.
Yet his reaction was swift—he continued directing his mental weapon while pouring divine energy frantically into the shuttle beneath his feet.
But unfortunately, after activating “Thunder Illusion Body,” Lu Qing’s speed had skyrocketed—he had no time to evade in such a short span.
“Die!”
As Lu Qing reached the lean man’s side, his purple crystal longsword shot forth, instantly piercing through the man’s forehead.
The guardian’s corpse crashed heavily onto the Skybridge’s surface.
Skybridge Level 14, passed!
…
“Finally won!”
Lu Qing smiled, then flew toward Skybridge Level 15.
Though he knew he could hardly pass Level 15, experiencing the guardian’s strength there was still worthwhile.
Facing the Level 15 guardian, Lu Qing chose a martial artist as his opponent.
Against this Immortal Marquis-level power, even with full amplification, Lu Qing couldn’t withstand a single strike!
In the end, Lu Qing fell without surprise, halted at Level 15!
Slept from 7 PM yesterday until 10 AM today, got two more shots today, finally no more fever—will check if I can write another chapter later.
Also, I saw a reader say I’m padding—this is utterly unfair. To avoid repetition from my last Skybridge arc and prevent reader fatigue, I specifically introduced a genius like Yarvis—I’ve done my best, please see!
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