Chapter 136: The Chaos City Lord's Summons

Hoo hoo hoo~~~

The Black-White Millstone that enveloped the whole Heaven and Earth turned into streams of air and thunderously dissipated, and 288 Silver Stars swooped in, quickly returning to the Derivation Disk.

Zhou Yang's figure flickered, quickly collecting the scattered treasures after the three Alien Immortal Noble Princes' Yun Luo.

Hurry up and go, the battle's commotion is too great; a team is already rushing toward this spot.

Babata has already used the probe to detect several Alien Immortal squads entering within a 1‑billion‑kilometer range.

Zhou Yang directly took out the Yunmo Star and plunged into it.

Go!

After merging with metallic life, the Yunmo Star's agility and instantaneous acceleration were greatly enhanced.

With his single command, the Yunmo Star quickly increased speed, reaching Sub‑light Speed in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, Zhou Yang finally let out a slight sigh of relief.

Thinking of his recent achievements, a smile inevitably spread across his face.

Even just the First Stage 'Array Space' illusion, its strongest power can directly annihilate the Marquis Peak Immortal!

He felt rather pleased within himself.

Others create Secret Techniques as first form, second form; I am different. As long as I continuously integrate newly comprehended Law Essence into the 'Array Space', this move's power will keep growing, the spatial illusion will become denser, until I truly master a region of space‑time!

That would be the method of the Universe Master!

Zhou Yang's heart brimmed with boundless yearning.

However, just thinking of having to deduce all derivations of the Eight Lower Laws—over eighty‑thousand Law Essences, tens of billions of basic combinatory methods—gave him a headache.

That amount of deduction is many trillions of times more complex and arduous than the just‑completed First Stage, and he had no idea how much time it would consume.

But I have the perverse trump card 'Three Souls Nine Refinements', so perhaps this path will be smoother.

He stopped overthinking and began reviewing this haul.

First, regarding Military Merit, he single‑handedly killed two High Marquises and one Marquis Peak.

Killing the two High Marquises earned 200 billion Military Merit, while slaying the strongest Marquis Peak's ferocious Immortal beast directly yielded 10 trillion Military Merit!

Adding his previous accumulation, his total Military Merit now exceeds 1.37 trillion, making a huge stride toward the 10 trillion threshold of the life‑and‑death trial mission.

Secondly, the scattered treasures and materials obtained from killing three Alien Immortal Noble Princes amounted to nearly 600‑700 million Hunyuan Units, a pleasant windfall.

Now that 'Heaven and Earth' is at one percent, I also have a means to deal with the 'Undying Body', so I should go to the top‑ten ranked main continent to take a look.

At that moment, Babata's voice suddenly rang out.

Zhou Yang, you've received an Email from the Chaos City Lord!

Chaos City Lord?

Zhou Yang curiously opened the Email.

Inside was only a brief line: 'After safety, meet me on Thunder Island.'

Summoned by the Chaos City Lord teacher?

Zhou Yang couldn't help but be puzzled.

The Chaos City Lord sits in the Initial Universe and ordinarily oversees countless decisions of the Human Race; unless under special circumstances, he would not summon him alone.

He dared not delay, instructing Babata to follow the plan toward the main continent, then immediately entered Virtual Universe consciousness and teleported to the outside of the Chaos City Lord's palace on Thunder Island.

Virtual Universe Thunder Island.

At the highest point of Thunder Island, within the hazy Chaos Airflow, stood a temple—the highest temple on the entire island.

Zhou Yang stepped forward into it.

Teacher!

He stood respectfully in the main hall and called out.

Arrived.

A figure clad in a Gold Robe emerged from the Chaos Airflow, its faint yet powerful aura made Zhou Yang hold his breath.

The Chaos City Lord's eyes, like endless Xingkong, quietly surveyed Zhou Yang.

After a moment, the imposing voice continued.

In these five hundred years, have you been distracted studying other Fundamental Laws?

No joy or anger could be discerned in the Chaos City Lord's voice.

Yes, teacher.

Zhou Yang answered honestly.

You should understand that scattered study is inferior to specialization.

The Chaos City Lord's eyebrows slightly furrowed.

With your aptitude, focusing on the Space Law and Wood Law should soon let you transcend Immortal, and comprehending Space Law to surpass the Venerable is also hopeful.

When the time comes, you may try to fuse the Wood and Space Laws; once successful, you could become the Universe Master. Your practice of the Yandao Secret Manual suggests you have great talent in this area— even if you fail, you can continue specializing in the Space‑Time Dao and still achieve notable results, but now you are distracted by other laws.

His voice was low:

Indeed, you are a genius, but even geniuses have limits; can a World Master Level genius ever surpass a Venerable who fully masters the Space Law or the Time Law?

An Immortal Level genius, no matter how strong, is no different from an ant before a Universe Master who controls a region of space‑time; versatility is inferior to specialization, and realm is the foundation of all. Do you understand what I say?

Yes, disciple understands!

Zhou Yang respectfully replied.

He couldn't help but feel moved.

The usually imposing Chaos City Lord personally summons him now, even wasting words and patience to counsel him, clearly valuing this junior disciple.

However, he possesses a forward‑looking perspective that transcends this world, understanding that his current path, though arduous, is unquestionably correct, and thus he could not easily give up.

He bowed toward the Chaos City Lord and respectfully said:

"Thank you, Teacher, for your care, but I feel the current path suits me very well, and studying other laws hasn't affected my original cultivation speed."

"I've seen the footage transmitted by the Military Merit system; the move you created by fusing part of the Eight Great Origin Law Essences is indeed tremendously powerful, even qualifying as a 'Pseudo‑Ultimate Supreme Art'."

The Chaos City Lord boomed in a low voice, his sound rumbling, directly shaking Zhou Yang's spirit:

"But you must understand, every Universe Law Perception, once reached, is extremely complex and profound; you now, with the technique of extending the Dao, have only managed to fuse a mere fragment of the Eight Major Fundamental Laws, but what about later? As your Law Perception deepens and you comprehend more, can you still fuse all the laws you have grasped together so perfectly?"

"If you cannot achieve that, or only manage to fuse this tiny portion, the boost to combat power is very limited; then what is the point of your actions?"

"Moreover, if you take this path, you have no experience to draw upon; even the Eight Beast God Dao that can lead straight to the Universe Master merely fuses two laws."

The Chaos City Lord spoke in a solemn tone.

"Teacher, I still insist on my own idea."

Zhou Yang felt moved in his heart, yet his resolve was extremely firm.

"Moreover, aren't the various cultivation paths of the Human Race today also forged step by step by strong individuals from nothing? Since no one has walked this road, I, the disciple, am willing to be its pioneer."

He looked at the Chaos City Lord, his gaze showing no hint of retreat, "Success will be complete naturally; to verify a viable path for my Human Race, even failure leaves no regret—I've at least witnessed the brilliance along this road."

"Oh?"

The Chaos City Lord stared at him calmly, his deep eyes seemingly containing the evolving Xingkong.

After a long while, he finally sighed helplessly and said,

"I know you little ones all have the arrogance of being geniuses; since you are steadfast in your idea, go ahead, I'll give you a chance to err."

"Thank you, Teacher!"

Zhou Yang bowed respectfully.

(End of Chapter)