Chapter 537: First Lecture!

As Chu Yang's voice fell, the entire Chaos City suddenly fell silent.

In truth, there were not many people who came to Chu Yang to seek knowledge today; there were fewer than a thousand, and more than half of them were young core members.

It was the same old story: there were always some who could not let go of their pride or lower their status.

However, although they did not attend in person, they were all paying close attention to the situation at the Glazed Pagoda.

It was not just the Immortals; even the Universe Venerables were watching this matter.

These Universe Venerables already regarded Chu Yang as an existence on the same level as themselves. Since Chu Yang was willing to lecture publicly, they naturally wanted to listen and see if they could learn a thing or two.

Beyond that were the truly supreme powerhouses. They were not looking to steal techniques, but were simply quite concerned about Chu Yang.

In other words, 99.9% of the people in Chaos City were keeping a close eye on the Glazed Pagoda at all times.

Chu Yang chose to make his first lecture public; the Glazed Pagoda had no restrictions, and anyone could spy on it at will.

Precisely because of this, his words just now caused the entire Chaos City to fall silent.

What arrogance! This was the first thought that occurred to everyone, including the Chaos City Leader, Venerable Gui Yi, and King Zhen Yan, who had always thought highly of Chu Yang.

What was the prerequisite for leaving a Chaos Stele in Chaos City? To become a Universe Master!

Even if Chu Yang's talent was monstrous, and even if many people felt he would surely become a Universe Master in the future...

The path of a powerhouse was destined not to be smooth sailing. Beyond one's own talent, one had to consider many external factors.

Chu Yang was so confident, even bordering on arrogant, that it was inevitable for people to subconsciously harbor doubts.

Thus, throughout history, while there had been no prodigies who could compare to Chu Yang, in certain eras, geniuses hailed as "unprecedented" would occasionally appear.

After all, records and myths were there just waiting for later generations to break them! Yet, those who could ultimately reach the peak were few and far between...

At the same time, people also knew that for Chu Yang to say these words on such an occasion meant he was signaling his stance to the five major powers.

He was telling the high-level figures of the five major powers and everyone else—even the entire high-level human race—

That in the future of Universe Masters, there would certainly be a place for him! Of course, after the brief shock, people did not dwell too much on this matter.

It was the same old point: Chu Yang's talent was there for all to see; this was beyond doubt.

Regardless of whether he succeeded or not, today's events would only become fodder for people's after-dinner conversation.

Whether it was bragging about having witnessed a legend, feeling pity for Chu Yang's dim ending, or even mockery and sarcasm.

But regardless, this was not the main event of the day; the real key lay in Chu Yang's subsequent lecture.

If what he taught was useless, or did not live up to the expectations people had for him, then everyone would just treat his words as a joke.

But what they did not know was that Chu Yang was far more confident than they imagined!

Arrogant?

One had to know, Chu Yang had actually been holding back!

Because in his view, the Chaos Stele he would leave behind would surpass the Giant Axe Chaos Stele, becoming the most dazzling one, towering above the fifty-two existing Chaos Steles! Putting aside his thoughts, Chu Yang sat back down on his chair, and the eleven King-level Immortals took their seats in turn.

In the eight floors below, each floor also had anywhere from a dozen to several dozen people seated.

It is worth mentioning that on the bottom floor, which was the most spacious, there were a full several hundred people.

These people were, without exception, all below the Immortal level. Some were already in Chaos City, while others had obtained their quotas to enter the Initial Universe and audit the lecture by passing the core member assessments of the five major powers.

After Chu Yang settled in, he said softly: "The content I will speak about today concerns the Origin Law of Time and the Origin Law of Space..."

Once these words were spoken, everyone's spirits lifted.

Although they had not held much hope, feeling that Chu Yang had not yet begun to comprehend the Origin Law of Space and naturally could not provide them with guidance.

But hearing him say this now, they could not help but feel some anticipation.

Chu Yang continued: "First is the Origin Law of Time. As everyone knows, among the existing fifty-two Chaos Steles, the Wu Zhou Chaos Stele is hailed as the one with the highest upper limit on the path of time!"

"I have fully comprehended the Wu Zhou Chaos Stele, but I cannot agree with its so-called infinite upper limit..."

These words once again made people's eyes widen.

For Chu Yang to directly negate the Wu Zhou Chaos Stele right from the start was truly something no one had expected.

Chu Yang gently reached out and pressed against the void in front of him. Everyone was shocked to discover that a palm print had appeared in the space of every floor! That palm print seemed to contain infinite mysteries; staring at it for too long even made one feel as if the flow of time was slowing down.

Some even felt as if they were in a great dream, a thousand years in an instant! "This is the final diagram of the Wu Zhou Chaos Stele, which contains 100,086 mysteries of the Origin Law of Time!"

Chu Yang's voice startled everyone awake, and they all revealed expressions of shock.

Just a single palm print from across the void was enough to make them feel as if time itself were in disarray; is this truly a feat that an Immortal can possess? And furthermore...

That the other party could directly manifest the final profound truths of the Wu Zhou Chaos Stele, how was this possible?

Did this not mean...

That his mastery of the Origin Law of Time had already reached the level of the Master of Wu Zhou? Chu Yang waved his hand gently, and the nine palm prints dissipated. Then, he extended his index finger and tapped lightly on the void in front of him.

The next moment, a finger print appeared in the space of every floor.

The moment the finger print appeared, time stood still!

Everyone's consciousness was incredibly clear; they could clearly feel that time had stopped.

Chu Yang said again: "This is my understanding of time!"

"At this stage, I have comprehended and mastered 108,000 mysteries of the Origin Law of Time!"

"And this number will continue to increase!"

Sounds of gasping echoed in every corner of Chaos City.

Those making these sounds even included Universe Venerables and Universe Overlords!

The upper limit had been broken!

For a long time, in the eyes of powerhouses below the level of Universe Master, the Wu Zhou Chaos Stele represented the upper limit of the Origin Law of Time path.

That handprint diagram was something few people had been able to fully comprehend to this day.

Those who had fully comprehended it had either long since fallen, or had already become Universe Masters!

The Master of You Hou was one of them!

But now, this upper limit had been broken!

Broken by an Immortal God!

Chu Yang dissipated the finger print and said softly: "Today I establish my sect; you are the first batch of seekers, so I will leave you a 'Path Guide'!" After saying this, Chu Yang reached out again and tapped the void in front of him.

Everyone felt a buzzing in their brains, as if their souls had been touched, and finally discovered that something seemed to have been added to their minds.

Chu Yang said with a smile: "When you have fully comprehended a certain main mystery of the Origin Law of Time, you will be able to trigger this 'Path Guide'."

"Its effect will be no less than directly contemplating the first three diagrams of the Wu Zhou Chaos Stele!"

"However, once this 'Path Guide' is triggered, it will only exist for a thousand years; after a thousand years, it will naturally dissipate."

"How much you can comprehend depends on yourselves..."

Chu Yang paused, then continued: "Additionally, after today, I will not teach any content related to the Origin Law of Time."

"If anyone wishes to learn, go and fully comprehend the 3,000 mysteries of the Wu Zhou Chaos Stele handprint diagram, then come find me..."

To put it bluntly, the "Path Guide" Chu Yang gave them today was equivalent to an "opening benefit," and could also be considered a little treat for these first people to eat the peaches.

Those who hesitated, or who had previously been dismissive, were destined to have no connection to this.

After today, if they wanted to come to Chu Yang to seek knowledge, they would need to pass a threshold, and an extremely high one at that! Because the latter part of the Wu Zhou Chaos Stele was notoriously difficult; even many Universe Venerables had not been able to comprehend 3,000 mysteries.

"Next, let us talk about space..."

Chu Yang changed the subject: "As everyone knows, the Origin Law of Space possesses three major mysteries."

"At the Immortal stage, as long as one can fully comprehend one of these mysteries, one can reach the King level!"

"By fusing all three, one can break through to become a Universe Venerable."

"The content I want to speak about today is..."

A hint of a smile flashed in Chu Yang's eyes, "The fourth main mystery of the Origin Law of Space, and the fifth main mystery!"

At this, everyone was stunned, their faces blank.

This included the Universe Venerables and Universe Overlords who were watching from the shadows.

In the City Leader's Mansion, the Chaos City Leader, currently in the Chaos Ruins, frowned and then fell into deep thought.

Chu Yang said calmly: "These two mysteries are named 'Collapse' and 'Fusion' respectively. The former is somewhat similar to spatial strangulation, while the latter is similar to teleportation."

"Of course, the so-called similarity only means they share certain common points."

"But the difference is that Collapse is an ultimate offensive mystery, while Fusion is an ultimate defensive mystery."

"When the former is comprehended to the peak, one can manipulate spatial fragments!"

"When the latter is comprehended to the peak, one can make the cosmic space share the damage for you..."

In the time that followed, Chu Yang spoke for nearly an entire day, first explaining the two major mysteries, and then breaking them down one by one to explain the principles behind them.

This process was very complex, and Chu Yang did not guide them in their contemplation.

Or to be precise, this lecture had absolutely no content regarding guided contemplation.

But even so, everyone felt it was a trip well worth taking!

At first, they had thought the two new mysteries of the Origin Law of Space were just a gimmick of Chu Yang's.

But as they listened further, they felt more and more that it was not simple.

Because after mastering these two major mysteries, there were many core methods possessed that the other three major mysteries did not have.

Not only that, the principles Chu Yang spoke of were things they had never heard of before.

This was truly something no one had ever expected...

When others established a sect, they only preached and taught, but Chu Yang...

Had actually directly created a new school of thought! In fact, it was not that Chu Yang did not want to guide them in their contemplation, but that he was completely ignorant of the Origin Law of Space himself.

His understanding of the two new mysteries came entirely from Aisa and Casia.

But this was not important, because on the path of contemplating laws, pointing out the direction was far more important than directly solving puzzles.

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime! Thus, when people left the Glazed Pagoda one after another, they were all somewhat unsatisfied, and some even tentatively asked when Chu Yang would lecture again.

The final result was...

The time was unfixed, but at least once every ten years! This made many people feel pleasantly surprised, because in their view, the gains from listening to Chu Yang's lecture were even greater than listening to the teachings of a Universe Venerable!

Such an opportunity was hard to come by even once in an era, yet now they only needed to wait ten years at most.

Especially since the vast majority of people here did not have permanent residency in Chaos City and could only live here for a hundred years at most.

That is to say, for them, there would be ten opportunities to audit Chu Yang's lectures within a hundred years.

Many people had already equated Chu Yang's lectures with contemplating the Chaos Stele.

Passing the Heavenly Bridge only granted twenty-something opportunities to contemplate the Chaos Stele; now, this was equivalent to ten extra opportunities out of thin air, and anyone would be overjoyed.

But where there is joy, there is sorrow; those who did not come to listen on the first day for various reasons were all scratching their heads in frustration.

They knew that perhaps Chu Yang would not care about such things, but the eleven King-level Immortals led by King Zhen Yan would not easily let them enter the Glazed Pagoda.

To want to reap benefits without being willing to take risks—how could it be that easy?

Especially when they thought about how Chu Yang had given every seeker a "Path Guide" on the first day of his lecture, these people regretted it even more.

Although that Path Guide was of no use to them at the current stage, who could say what would happen in the future? If they could break through to become Universe Venerables, it would truly become a path guide for them to impact higher realms! But now, it was too late to say anything; these people could only start plotting how to get past King Zhen Yan and the others to enter the Glazed Pagoda.

Not only that, even some Universe Venerables were tempted and wanted to go to the Glazed Pagoda to listen to the lectures.

The temptation was truly too great! The Origin Law of Time was the key for them to impact higher realms, or even become Universe Overlords! Furthermore, the new mysteries of the Origin Law of Space were equally full of temptation.

This point could be seen just from the fact that Chu Yang's first lecture could trigger deep thought and even provide inspiration for the Chaos City Leader! After the first lecture, no one felt there was anything inappropriate about what Chu Yang had said before the lecture.

He had the strength! And he had the confidence!

Let alone waiting for the future, even if Chu Yang left behind a Chaos Stele now, I fear many people would flock to contemplate it!

Perhaps Chu Yang's mastery of the Origin Law of Time was still far inferior to a Universe Master, but his understanding and comprehension of the Origin Law of Time had definitely reached the level of a Universe Master.

Some even felt that when Chu Yang broke through to become a Universe Venerable, he would rapidly become a Universe Overlord and break through to become a Universe Master at an unimaginable speed! Because, setting everything else aside, just looking at law comprehension, Chu Yang already possessed some of the conditions to cross the threshold of a Universe Master.

As for the fact that he had not yet contemplated the Origin Law of Space? No one would believe that someone who could comprehend the Origin Law of Time to such a degree would be stumped by the Origin Law of Space! In fact, in many people's view, Chu Yang being able to propose the theory of the new mysteries of the Origin Law of Space meant he had very likely already begun to contemplate it and had a very deep understanding of the Origin Law of Space! Naturally, no one knew that these theories of Chu Yang's all originated from the newly born special life forms...

Namely, Aisa and Casia! (End of chapter)