Chapter 974

The five of them exchanged insights on martial cultivation and their understanding of spatial laws in the Primordial World.

The atmosphere was harmonious; no one withheld their realizations—whatever they understood, they shared.

Among them, Yi Ang had the strongest grasp of spatial law—he had already mastered four True Meanings.

According to him, fully comprehending the fifth True Meaning was extremely difficult.

During his cultivation, he felt every tiny advancement was agonizingly hard.

It was slower than a tortoise crawling.

Even a tortoise could slowly move forward, but he felt even making progress had become a struggle.

To master the fifth True Meaning, it would take millennia—measured in units of ten thousand years.

Even observing Chaotic Treasures offered drastically diminished results.

Therefore, for his own safety, he decided to break through.

After reaching the fifth cosmic realm, both status and power would rise dramatically.

He could also more easily acquire resources to cultivate slowly and steadily.

In fact, many beings at the fourth cosmic realm held this same thought.

Spatial law differed from other laws.

Its difficulty kept increasing.

Even legendary geniuses, though finding spatial law easier than others,

still found it difficult.

For other laws, if one progressed smoothly, they could advance a thousand li in a day.

But with spatial law, everything changed.

Yet even so, Yi Ang’s understanding of spatial law remained the highest.

Lin Qi gained considerable insight from listening to his sharing.

He now had a preliminary grasp of the fourth True Meaning.

Many potential pitfalls could be avoided in advance.

He saved considerable time.

…

Several hours later, Yi Ang, Lai Wen, and Mi Jia departed.

Only Qin Ling and Lin Qi remained.

Qin Ling, clad in a crimson robe, shook his head: “I’m ashamed—I couldn’t even join your martial exchange.”

“My current strength is still too weak.”

“From now on, I must deepen my understanding of spatial law.”

“The Abyssal Secret Realm opens in two thousand years.”

Lin Qi nodded: “Keep pushing.”

“I believe you’ll achieve outstanding results.”

“In the future, Yi Ang, Lai Wen, and Mi Jia won’t be your match.”

He raised his teacup.

Qin Ling smiled and said:

“I’ll take your words as an omen.”

He clinked his cup against Lin Qi’s, then drained it in one gulp.

…

Moments later, Qin Ling left.

Lin Qi also logged out, opening his eyes in the training ground.

He didn’t rise—he recalled his battle with Yi Ang.

The opponent was a legendary genius, immensely powerful, with mastery over four True Meanings of spatial law.

His strength had reached a top-tier level.

Then, did the intelligent life in the second trial possess such power?

If so, Lin Qi felt he could challenge it now.

But he suspected it wouldn’t be that easy.

After all, the Deep Space Academy Director’s standards were extremely high.

If Yi Ang were the benchmark, it would be too easy.

He didn’t look down on Yi Ang, but the man had merely met the standard of a legendary genius.

He had cultivated for a long time, yet still hadn’t passed—enough to prove the point.

So his current strength was still insufficient.

When he mastered the fourth True Meaning, passing the second trial would be no problem.

After all, he could already defeat Yi Ang effortlessly.

And adding one more True Meaning would greatly enhance his power.

Beyond that, there was the World Leaf.

Over the years, he hadn’t fully refined the World Leaf.

Thus, his refinement efficiency was low, but he was still absorbing it gradually—the golden continent within him continued expanding.

It had now reached a size of 120,000 kilometers.

He had previously exchanged for five World Leaves, then defeated five other race geniuses and seized ten more.

So he possessed ten in total.

Other geniuses reached their limit after absorbing just a few, but he was different.

He had absorbed seven and still hadn’t hit his limit.

He felt he could absorb them all completely.

Not just him—Tian Xing, the Star-Swallowing Beast, was the same.

It had absorbed several World Leaves but had already reached its limit.

Yet he could still absorb more.

Once fully absorbed, his physical strength would grow even stronger.

Thinking of this, Lin Qi retrieved his Book of Void, Volume Four.

He couldn’t help but marvel—he had unknowingly reached Volume Four.

Volume Four spoke of the True Meaning of Creation.

The concept of Creation was simple: the ability to forge an independent small space.

This ability was tied to space rings.

A space ring was made by creating a small space and embedding it into a wristband.

Once he mastered this True Meaning, he could craft space wristbands by hand.

But generally, he could only make small ones—larger ones wouldn’t work.

To make larger ones, he’d need to master the sixth True Meaning—Compression—which was even harder.

So once he mastered five True Meanings, he could freely craft space wristbands.

Then he could sell them—though the profit per item was small, if he made enough, the total earnings would be substantial.

But mastering the sixth True Meaning remained extremely difficult—mostly achieved by beings of the fifth cosmic realm.

He continued reading.

The True Meaning of Creation required understanding the mechanism of space creation and its energy support system.

As Lin Qi read the content, it grew even more abstract.

He needed to comprehend various spatial geometries and physical principles.

He felt he’d have to study mathematics and physics to truly grasp it.

Fortunately, his comprehension was high enough—though the content was extremely complex,

as he read, he gradually understood.

The True Meaning of Creation required mastering eighty subtle principles—double the previous number.

And the difficulty of comprehension appeared even greater.