Chapter 155: Perfection

In a mysterious space atop a mountain peak, Zhou Yang has been silently seated in meditation for nearly four thousand years.

The World Master Level is already the stage where grasping the universe's laws is the easiest.

Moreover, with the Three Souls Nine Refinements, Chaos Stone, countless doppelgangers, and that incomparably subtle law diagram among other augmentations, Zhou Yang's law perception speed soars like a flying arrow.

After four thousand years, his perception of the eight lower laws—Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Thunder, and Light—has already hit a bottleneck.

As soon as he arbitrarily chooses one law and takes that final step, he can instantly achieve an immortal body with eternal lifespan! With that subtle secret pattern diagram as a reference, his progress on the Law Fusion Path is also advancing in giant strides.

In the past, he could only fuse a tiny portion of the profound principles of the eight lower laws, barely coaxing out the level of Space‑Time Force.

Now, he can already re‑fuse Space‑Time, giving birth to a true embryonic form of Chaos!

Perhaps only at this point does Zhou Yang truly step onto the Multi‑Law Fusion Path! In fact, whether it was reaching the bottleneck in perceiving the eight lower laws or completing the final fusion of the Space‑Time Law, both were accomplished three thousand years before he entered this space.

And unlike Luo Feng, he does not have the trouble of spawning doppelgangers, so he could naturally have begun breaking through to immortality long ago.

The reason for the delay until now is that he has been waiting for a crucial transformation to complete.

"Almost there, almost there."

Zhou Yang watches silently.

At this moment, within his body, thirty‑six enigmatic Meridian Diagrams etched with World Force are radiating dazzling light.

Thread by thread, cosmic energy continuously pours into his body, then travels along these thirty‑six meridians, ultimately transforming into a wondrous energy that permeates each of his genes.

Under the nourishment of this wondrous energy, his Life Gene Level begins to rise steadily.

After the Life Gene Level surpasses 9,000, the rate of increase becomes extremely slow, as if trapped in shackles, each incremental advance consuming more time.

9,500… 9,600…

At this moment his Life Gene Level already surpasses many extraordinary beings! Many unique special lives have not crossed the 9,000 threshold; even the Zhu Chong King, treasured by the Ancestor God Sect in the original work, is only over five thousand times! "990010000"

The progress becomes ever more arduous; the Life Gene Level forces desperate, minute increments, each increase minuscule, yet it keeps rising: "100301006010080"

Finally, finally! With the extremely arduous final leap, Zhou Yang's Life Gene Level finally crosses that barrier—

"10,081 times! Perfect Gene Level of the Original Universe!"

At this point, the elevation of Zhou Yang's Life Gene Level throughout his body comes to a complete halt.

In his perception, every inch of his skin, every muscle and bone now reaches a perfect state, as if they are the universe's most flawless creations! The Life Gene seems to have attained absolute perfection, unable to improve further.

"Pa pa pa pa, crackle crackle~~~"

Yet at this moment, his body begins to change rapidly.

Within his internal world, a violent storm seems to erupt, endless World Force raging wildly, swiftly merging into his flesh and blood.

As this massive influx of World Force integrates, his stature begins to balloon rapidly! 5,000 km tall, 10,000 km tall, 20,000 km tall, 50,000 km tall…

The World Force continues to merge, and this swelling persists.

Finally—

Only when his entire body swells to over 90,000 km tall does the growth finally cease.

"Perfect."

Although Zhou Yang does not understand why he senses this, he inexplicably knows that such a height… is the true perfect state within the Original Universe! And at the instant his height surge stops, an incomprehensible mysterious force traverses endless space‑time and descends instantly! "Boom!" Zhou Yang's entire internal world freezes in an instant.

In the internal world, the doppelgangers seated around the Chaos Stone, as well as the Blood Gu King and two other Demon Race immortals already bound as Soul Slaves by Zhou Yang, all instantly become immobilized.

On the boundless Dalu, the wind‑blown weeds still lie low, the rolling waves of the distant endless ocean halt, the drifting droplets hang suspended, and even the flames on Fire Mountain and the snowflakes falling in the Black Ancient City freeze in an instant.

During this process, a mysterious force pours directly into his life core, causing his life core to undergo rapid transformation.

The core's color constantly shifts: fiery red, emerald green, sky blue, earthy yellow, dazzling gold, and finally it turns into a hazy Chaos.

This seemingly ordinary Primordial Core appears to contain endless mysteries!

And as Zhou Yang's life core is reshaped by this force, his consciousness is drawn by an inexplicable power, instantly arriving at a mysterious place! "Is this the Core Land of the Universe Origin?"

Zhou Yang does not panic; instead, he quietly surveys his surroundings.

It is a slightly dim space, filled with countless densely floating specks of light.

Each speck seems to contain inconceivable power, filling him with awe.

"These specks each represent a different strongest Talent Secret Art? I wonder what secret art I will obtain later."

As he ponders this—

Whoosh! One speck suddenly transforms into a streak of light, shooting toward his consciousness at a speed far surpassing light speed, as if light speed is no longer the limit here.

"Shhh!"

Before Zhou Yang can react, the speck already contacts his consciousness.

"Boom~~~"

Images flash rapidly into Zhou Yang's consciousness! He seems to witness the birth of the universe, the emergence of endless life, then the universe's destruction—a cataclysmic scene, countless frames flickering, followed by endless information merging into his mind.

"Humm!"

Once this information transmission ends, Zhou Yang's consciousness is instantly expelled from this space.

In the depths of the Temporal‑Spatial Abyss's mysterious space, Zhou Yang's consciousness instantly returns.

His towering body, over 90,000 km tall, stands upon the boundless Dalu, while his consciousness whirls rapidly, digesting the extra mysterious information.

It is a set of extraordinarily over‑godlike Talent Secret Arts bestowed by the Universe Core Will of the Original Universe! The art is directly imprinted onto his consciousness; he need not comprehend its principles nor its creation—once his mind triggers it, he can cast it outright! The technique is called "Light of Annihilation," and its power is immensely formidable.

When activated, divine power burns, forming a terrifying beam capable of annihilating all matter and souls in this world! The more divine power burned, the stronger the "Light of Annihilation" becomes! In theory, if enough divine power is burned, a single shot could even destroy a Small Universe! Of course, such an over‑godlike Talent Secret Art demands extremely high requirements to wield.

According to the detailed briefing of the transmitted information, the minimum threshold to employ the Talent Secret Art "Light of Annihilation" is to have broken through to immortality via the Perfect Gene Level! Additionally, igniting this Light requires burning a massive amount of immortal divine power!

Taking Zhou Yang's god‑body at a Perfect Gene Level of over 90,000 km as an example, even the lowest grade "Light of Annihilation" would consume at least about 5% of his divine power to cast! In other words, even after attaining immortality, he could only unleash the lowest‑grade Light a dozen or so times before his divine power is exhausted.

As for achieving a single strike that can destroy a Small Universe, that's likely only a fantasy; yet such massive consumption would yield terrifying power! If Zhou Yang, after becoming immortal, burns divine power to cast this "Light of Annihilation," most Universe Venerables would be unable to withstand it! "After I break through to immortality, I'll have the Qian Kun Secret Technique for AOE and the Light of Annihilation for single‑target; the combination will bring my combat to an unimaginable level!"

Divine light flickers in Zhou Yang's eyes.

"Law Perception, Fusion Secret Method, Perfect Gene—all the goals of the Realm Master Phase are complete; it's time to break through."

(End of Chapter)