Chapter 36: Chance Encounter 7000×

The inheritance of the Kongguang Divine General lies in a semi-open secret realm within the human heartland, jointly controlled by the five major powers, and also allows other human powerhouses to enter and explore.

After leaving the extraterritorial battlefield, Zhou Yu first exchanged some soul-aiding treasures from the Virtual Universe Company's treasury, then immediately took a starship into the secret realm.

However, Zhou Yu did not go directly to the inheritance site; instead, he entered a floating city built in the safe zone.

This city mainly provides rest and lodging for adventurers exploring the secret realm, and also conducts many transactions.

Although this place is actually far from the Kongguang Divine General's inheritance site, for Zhou Yu it's just a few teleportations away.

He arrived ten years early, and after checking the map, he planned to stay here for ten years, waiting for the inheritance to begin.

"Just taking a break." Zhou Yu rented a manor of about a hundred li in the city's most prosperous area and settled there.

Powerhouses who fight in the extraterritorial battlefield also occasionally return to the military camp base to rest and resupply, for staying vigilant outside is necessary, and over time it also pressures the mind.

Even with Zhou Yu's strength, he didn't dare be too careless in the Dark Continent, for a passing powerhouse might have a detector stronger than him and then launch a sudden ambush.

Of course, Zhou Yu has always been diligent; even when resting, he merely takes time to stroll and have a drink, spending most of his time still contemplating the laws.

"My progress in spatial law is indeed fast." Zhou Yu contemplated spatial law while resting, yet his progress remains astonishingly swift.

In the simulation, he eventually mastered teleportation, but that doesn't mean those tens of thousands of years were spent only on comprehending teleportation in one direction; to create his peak secret art, he also explored the other two major directions, accumulating considerable insight in each.

Now Zhou Yu's talents keep stacking, making his comprehension of spatial law as easy as a fish in water.

Not long ago he just mastered spatial seal; the final move, spatial strangling, should also be fully understood soon.

Of course, in comprehending spatial law, the hardest part is still the final step.

If the difficulty of grasping teleportation, spatial seal, and spatial strangling—the three directions—is one, then combining them into complete spatial law is at least ten times harder, or even more.

"With my own talent, mastering complete spatial law is already promising, and I also have the talent 'Celestial Dao Rewards Diligence,' so grasping complete spatial law is merely a matter of time." Zhou Yu felt very confident.

This is the terrifying aspect of the talent 'Celestial Dao Rewards Diligence'.

No matter how great the bottleneck, persistently grinding time offers hope to overcome it; let alone, with Zhou Yu's own talent, the hope of comprehending complete spatial law is already substantial.

In the blink of an eye, Zhou Yu had been in this city for six years; that day, he went to a tavern in the city that specially receives immortal powerhouses to drink.

"Haha, Zhou Yu, over here."

A tall, slim figure with brown skin waved at Zhou Yu.

"Qingmu Wang, what a coincidence? Running into you again?" Zhou Yu greeted him and walked over.

Qingmu Wang, also a powerhouse come to receive the Kongguang Divine General's inheritance, after arriving early, also temporarily resides in this city.

"This isn't a coincidence; I've never left! I've already stayed three years in this tavern, and I plan to keep drinking until the inheritance begins." Qingmu Wang laughed heartily.

"Impressive." Zhou Yu sighed in admiration.

"Are you Yuzhen Wang?" After sitting down, Zhou Yu also looked at the slender female figure with wings on her back beside him.

Yuzhen Wang is a king-level powerhouse of the Giant Axe Combat Arena, renowned for her skill in soul illusion techniques.

"Yuzhen Wang is also here to receive the Kongguang Divine General's inheritance." Qingmu Wang explained; at that moment, Yuzhen Wang's mouth also curled into a faint smile.

"Underworld Realm King Zhou Yu, a ten-million-era-level genius of humanity, I've long admired your name!" Yuzhen Wang chuckled lightly.

Hearing this, Zhou Yu's face showed a hint of surprise.

"Underworld Realm King? What's your epithet?" Qingmu Wang looked at Zhou Yu with some doubt, having never heard of it.

"I stayed a while in the Dark Continent of the 11th Extraterritorial Battlefield; I don't know when this title started to spread." Zhou Yu shook his head and said:

"I don't like this title."

"I see, Yuzhen Wang also just returned from the Dark Continent." Qingmu Wang said with a smile.

"I've heard your techniques are extremely special, Zhou Yu; at peak king level, without mastering teleportation, one trapped in it finds it hard to escape; is your ultimate move perhaps a peak secret art?" Yuzhen Wang asked curiously.

"Fortuitously created." Zhou Yu smiled; at this moment, his time-space formation obviously cannot be escaped even with teleportation mastery.

"Really a peak secret art?" Yuzhen Wang exclaimed, "Your talent truly makes people envious—you can create a peak secret art this quickly."

"My talent still falls far short compared to those who have created ultimate secret arts." Zhou Yu said.

"How long have you been immortal? Never mind, let's not talk about that—come, drink, drink."

Qingmu Wang poured Zhou Yu a full cup of wine and said: "This is the finest wine here; although a bottle costs only ten Chaos Yuan units, it's not bad—give it a try."

"Then I won't be polite." Zhou Yu said, picking up his cup to taste.

With their strength, wine worth ten Chaos Yuan units is only mediocre, so there's no need to be polite now.

While the three were drinking, there were also some other immortals present in the tavern at that time.

They had come to adventure in this secret realm and were resting here; these immortals were merely ordinary immortals.

At this moment, these immortals kept a low profile, not daring to speak loudly.

Even if they didn't know the three, the aura of a king-level immortal far surpasses that of an ordinary immortal; they wouldn't be so foolish as to fail to recognize them.

And in a corner, several immortals were also sitting there.

"Another terrifying existence."

"What's wrong with this secret realm? Suddenly so many powerhouses have arrived; master, should we first avoid them?"

"It does seem a bit off."

A handsome figure clad in black robes, with two soft antennae on his forehead, pondered and then said:

"Once things here are settled, we'll return to Yunmo Star."

"Haha, finally going back?"

"Sigh, it's been so long since we left; it's time to go back and have a look."

They said this, then quickly rose, settled the bill, and left the tavern.

Their departure also attracted no notice.

As for Zhou Yu?

After drinking with Qingmu Wang and the others for half a day, he also quickly rose and left.

He doesn't have Qingmu Wang's leisurely habit of drinking until the inheritance begins; with this time, his study of spatial law could advance by leaps and bounds.

In the blink of an eye, several more years passed.

Zhou Yu received the news that the inheritance had been opened, and he, together with Qingmu King, Feizhen King, and the others, instantly teleported over.

Nothing unexpected happened; after verifying their identities at the inheritance site, they proceeded directly into the inheritance's interior and began receiving the 'Kong Light Divine General' inheritance.

Light!

Five-colored variegated light!

Zhou Yu now stood before a staircase, on which various colored lights radiated.

These lights shone on Zhou Yu's body, making him feel a burning sensation all over.

This light shines directly onto the soul; closing one's eyes is useless.

Before coming, Zhou Yu naturally had already learned about the inheritance information of the 'Kong Light Divine General'; these lights are the means of selecting inheritors.

When life steps onto the long bridge, the soul will gradually be tempered and transformed by these mysterious lights; in this process, mental power amplitude will naturally increase.

However, this tempering is not easily endured; first, one must see if the soul is strong enough; second, whether the soul is 'compatible' with this inheritance.

That's right, the Divine General inheritance—although generally the stronger one's strength, the farther one can go, compatibility is equally important.

Some powerful king-level experts who come to receive the inheritance may not get very far in the end, but it's also possible that a weak lifeform could go very far.

Those who can ultimately receive the complete 'Kong Light Divine General' inheritance must be those whose souls are most compatible with this inheritance.

"I don't know how far I can go."

Zhou Yu pondered in his heart, and he also lifted his foot and stepped onto the staircase.

Before receiving the inheritance, Zhou Yu's mental power amplitude was 300—that is, a base of 100 plus an additional amplitude secret technique that provided threefold amplitude.

Thus, at the outset, accepting the inheritance was still quite smooth; the first 300 steps of the staircase posed little pressure.

But after the 300th step, Zhou Yu began to feel pressure, though initially this pressure was entirely within his capacity to endure.

Step by step, without realizing it, Zhou Yu had already advanced 3,333 steps on the staircase bathed in endless light.

"The first stage has ended."

Zhou Yu then stepped into a hall, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

At this moment his mental power amplitude had reached 3,333 times, more than ten times stronger than before!

Those immortals who come to receive the Kong Light Divine General inheritance, if they can pass the first stage, that's already quite good; many king-level experts cannot even reach this point.

"Inheritor, congratulations on passing the first stage of the 'Kong Light Divine General' inheritance and becoming a preliminary candidate!"

A voice suddenly sounded in the hall, followed by two streams of mist appearing; after the mist condensed, two treasures manifested.

One fruit and a top-tier mental power weapon.

Whoosh!

Zhou Yu waved his hand and put away the two treasures; that fruit is beneficial to the soul, very precious and rare, while the mental power weapon is nothing much—although it is also a weapon used by king-level experts, it pales in comparison to the 'Ju Kong Wan Ren Pan' that Zhou Yu purchased for fifty billion points.

"Continue."

Zhou Yu had no hesitation and immediately stepped onto the staircase beyond this palace, beginning the second stage of the inheritance.

In the second stage, the inheritance's light is even more dazzling; Zhou Yu stood on the staircase, feeling a burning sensation in his soul, and with each step forward this sensation multiplied many times over.

Zhou Yu rushed forward to the 4,531st step, at which point he felt he could barely hold on.

"I didn't expect I'd be unable to hold on this quickly; it seems this inheritance isn't highly compatible with me." Zhou Yu realized in his heart.

He possesses the 'Cultivation Genius' all-around talent enhancement, yet in this situation he only made it to the 4,531st step?

"Let's eat some treasures." Zhou Yu thought, and he promptly took out the treasure he had received upon becoming a preliminary candidate.

It is a fruit of gold and silver colors, one side scorching hot, the other icy cold.

After Zhou Yu ate this fruit, two different forces immediately surged into his soul, letting him truly experience the sensation of ice and fire.

Yet in this ice‑fire tempering, Zhou Yu also felt his soul undergo a certain transformation; standing on the 4,531st step, he was no longer as miserable as before.

"Indeed, it works."

Zhou Yu smiled, then promptly took out an ice‑blue fruit and swallowed it in one gulp.

This is the 'Blue Ice Soul Fruit', a soul treasure he exchanged for several billion points from the Virtual Universe Company's vault; its effect is far superior to the reward he received for becoming a preliminary candidate.

Indeed, as soon as the Blue Ice Soul Fruit entered his belly, Zhou Yu felt his soul tremble as if wrapped in a layer of ice film, and the scorching sensation from the inheritance's light vanished outright.

"One really has to be willing to spend money."

Zhou Yu felt with emotion that all his gains from the extraterritorial battlefield during this period had been poured into this 'Blue Ice Soul Fruit'; looking back, it truly was not a waste.

In fact, many strong experts purchase suitable treasures before receiving an inheritance, trying to advance as far as possible, after all this inheritance opportunity is still rare.

"Continue forward."

Zhou Yu didn't hesitate either, he continued forward.

As time passed, Zhou Yu unknowingly reached the 6121st floor; at that moment he again felt a fierce burning sensation in his soul, as if taking another step would injure him.

"At least I need to reach the 6666th floor to get the second-stage reward," Zhou Yu did not withdraw but persisted here.

Actually, whether or not there is a suitable treasure to help when one reaches their limit, continuing to persist loses much meaning.

These remaining few hundred floors are absolutely a heavenly chasm.

But Zhou Yu is still different.

All one could see was him enduring the pain, constantly carefully trying to go upward; although he would quickly retreat back, he kept making attempt after attempt.

Finally, Zhou Yu successfully stepped onto that floor.

"Haha, it really worked."

Zhou Yu silently nodded in his heart.

This is the "Celestial Dao rewards diligence"; each little bit of progress makes any bottleneck or obstacle no problem.

"But I also need to be careful, not to exceed my limit all at once; otherwise, before the Celestial Dao rewards diligence can take effect, I would collapse myself." Zhou Yu thought silently, and he also continued carefully to the next floor.

Just a few hundred steps of stairs, Zhou Yu walked for a full thirty-five years.

When he stepped out of the 6666th level and entered the second palace, his heart also let out a sigh of relief.

"Finally, I've come up."

Zhou Yu also felt moved in his heart.

"The 16579th inheritor, congratulations on completing the second stage of inheritance and becoming a senior inheritor!"

The previous voice sounded again, but this time the voice obviously had more emotion, containing a hint of a smile.

"These treasures belong to you!"

As the voice sounded again, mist once more condensed from this divine hall.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two treasures appeared from within.

One is a grayish-brown triangular fruit emitting a special fragrance.

The other is a set of interlocking circular weapons, each circular surface engraved with spatial law secret patterns; the entire set of weapons, when combined, contains the three major directions of seal, kill, and instant in spatial law.

"Scorching Heart Fruit, in terms of value it's higher than the Blue Ice Soul Fruit; the psychic power weapon 'Thousand Yuan Ring' is of the same level as my 'Square Space Myriad Ren Disk' weapons."

Zhou Yu nodded in his heart, speaking frankly, these two treasures are still very valuable, at least hundreds of billions of primordial chaos units.

But he was still somewhat disappointed; he currently lacks no weapons of this level, only true great treasures or supreme treasures could move him.

"It seems to obtain a great treasure, one must pass the third stage trial to have hope." Zhou Yu thought, then directly ate that Scorching Heart Fruit and entered the third stage.

After spending twenty-eight years, Zhou Yu stepped onto the seven-thousandth level.

After thinking, he no longer persisted and directly withdrew from the inheritance.

"Although relying on 'Celestial Dao rewards diligence,' Zhou Yu has a complete hope of passing the third stage trial, but the required time is too long."

After entering the third stage trial, at first Zhou Yu, while the Scorching Heart Fruit's effect was still useful, progressed relatively quickly; but later, each level he raised required a great amount of time, and the further he went, the greater the bottleneck, the more time it took.

In this situation, Zhou Yu immediately determined that, if he wanted to complete the entire inheritance, he might need at least a billion years to gradually grind through.

Not to mention whether this inheritance could last that long, Zhou Yu himself could not possibly waste that much time on this inheritance.

With that time, he could go comprehend the laws, and his achievements would already be extremely high.

So, after Zhou Yu determined that it was hard to pass in a short time, he decisively left.

Finally, Zhou Yu's psychic power amplitude remained at 7000 times!

(End of chapter)