Swallowing the Stars: The Rise of Emperor Wei

Chapter 156 Rapid Progress

Gao Sheng went up to the rooftop of his residence again.

This rooftop... is the place for cultivation, because one can directly see the evolving threads of laws within the spatial rifts on the horizon.

Therefore, no one cultivates inside their residence; all the cultivators in Chaos City sit on the rooftop.

Gao Sheng closed his eyes and concentrated.

"Space... I've mastered the Nine Lines Flow technique for many years, and now, when I unleash my full power, I can create over fifty illusory bodies. Yet, those nine lines can still evolve into many new realms of meaning..."

"These are the nine most fundamental and profound mysteries of the laws of space."

Gao Sheng had long been able to comprehend and distinguish these nine mysteries. It was precisely when he comprehended the ninth one that his movement technique reached the Nine-Line Flow level.

He later came to realize even more profound mysteries.

However, the movement technique is merely the most basic application of the laws of space. Using the laws on oneself is the most basic and instinctive way of applying them.

"I have been practicing the Void Sword for so many years, but I have never been able to truly master any of the techniques or moves."

"The more I practice, the more I feel the infinite mysteries, and I always gain new insights... I always thought I was not far from achieving mastery."

Previously, in the secret chamber of the Chaos Stele, the spatial laws that had evolved within my consciousness were rapidly replayed in my mind.

"So, of these nine basic mysteries, I can't even pass the test, let alone master them. I'm afraid only the first three can barely be considered passable."

Lucky Island, in a villa in Gaosheng.

Gao Sheng left the study and entered the cultivation room.

The cultivation room was not large. At one end, thick black mist filled the air. Gao Sheng walked into the black mist, and the world changed, and he appeared in another virtual space.

Radiant and Glorious level members have their own exclusive training grounds, but those who advance to higher levels do not have rooms; they can only enter exclusive training spaces similar to killing spaces.

In terms of actual function, there is not much difference. After all, it is a virtual universe. Such distinctions based on external conditions mostly only serve to stimulate the competitiveness of core members.

Behind Gao Sheng, the Ember God Weapon unleashed countless double-edged blades, their edges strung together by threads of psychic energy, drawing upon the laws of fire and space to form nine tangible throwing knives.

"rise!"

Within the red domain surrounding Gao Sheng's body, strands of red threads burst forth, connecting with the nine throwing knives, instantly forming a spherical space between the nine knives.

The third level of the Ember God Weapon: Heavenly Blade Style!

This move was not available to Gao Sheng when he first entered the Kukan Continent. It was only after several years that he was able to use it after his domains were unified. However, that was only by forcibly combining his understanding of the domains and the high amplitude of his mental power. It was difficult to use it at will.

"combine!"

Of the nine throwing knives that formed the domain, three began to approach each other, combining into a larger throwing knife, while a large amount of domain power also condensed at the same time.

"No! It shouldn't be like this."

Gao Sheng frowned, and the Heavenly Blade Style disintegrated, retrieving three of the nine flying knives.

Gao Sheng manipulated the remaining six throwing knives to approach each other, testing various combination attacks.

"Yes, that should be it."

"wrong!"

On the rooftop of his residence in Chaos City, Gao Sheng would sometimes ponder and recall the various scenes that had evolved from the Mother Ancestor Diagram in the secret chamber of the Chaos Stele, and at other times he would look at the ever-changing threads of law on the horizon.

……

In the virtual space, all six throwing knives disintegrated. Then, more blades flew up, connected by fiery red threads, and in an instant, a fire dragon appeared in the air.

The second level of the Serpentfire Realm, the ultimate Fire Dragon Style!

Whoosh... The fire dragon coiled and danced, trying to recreate the scene that unfolded in the secret chamber of the Chaos Stele.

That's right, Gao Sheng didn't use the Serpentfire Realm; instead, he used the blade components of the Ember God Weapon to directly assemble a fire dragon.

The runes engraved on the telekinetic weapon only make it easier for the user. Gao Sheng does not use the runes of the Ash God Weapon and directly controls his telekinesis, so of course he can use the Fire Dragon Style.

Advanced Guidance Technique, the first level has nine stages. It starts very fast, but then gets slower and slower. In more than two years, Gao Sheng cultivated to the middle of the sixth stage, with an amplitude of more than six times. According to common sense, his mental power amplitude has reached 662 times!

However, now that he has arrived in Chaos City, Gao Sheng must temporarily stop cultivating his mental power amplitude. Cultivation time in Chaos City is precious, so he should use it all for comprehending the laws.

With a psychic amplitude of 662, even without using the pre-engraved runes on the weapon, one can easily combine the Fire Dragon Style and the Heavenly Blade Style.

Therefore, Gao Sheng can now use the Ember Divine Weapon to unleash the Fire Dragon, or use the Serpent Fire Realm to unleash the Heavenly Blade Style. It's just that it's quite strenuous and unwise to use it for combat, but it doesn't affect his cultivation. In fact, it can even give him more mental pressure, which is more beneficial.

"I've always tried to incorporate the laws of space and my understanding of the Void Sword into my telekinetic weapons, and I even thought I had done a good job. Now I realize how wrong I was. Just the nine most basic mysteries of the laws of space alone have so many aspects that I haven't grasped..."

The fire dragon suddenly disintegrated, turning into basic double-edged blades that flew back behind Gao Sheng.

Dozens of strands of psychic energy intertwined and combined, and without using any psychic weapons, a fire serpent appeared out of thin air in front of Gao Sheng.

Gao Sheng can use the short needles of the Serpent Fire Realm. With only a basic understanding of the laws of fire, he can easily create a fire serpent by activating specific secret patterns within the 12 short needles through mental power.

However, it is possible to do so without using the internal secret patterns.

You can use 8 single crochet needles, 3 single crochet needles, or 1 single crochet needle; the fewer the parts, the more difficult it will be.

It is possible to combine them out of thin air without using any telekinetic weapons.

Not using weapons only makes the combination more difficult and less powerful, but it does not affect the combination of secret techniques.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh, the fire snakes transformed into red lights and darted around wildly.

After a while, Gao Sheng stopped, and most of his consciousness returned to the rooftop of his residence in Chaos City, gazing at the spatial rifts in the distant sky.

……

three days later.

On the rooftop, Gao Sheng looked at the intertwined threads of law appearing and disappearing in the cracks in the sky, a hint of joy in his eyes.

"The Chaos Stele is truly amazing. In just three days, it has clarified many of my previous doubts... The progress is too fast... Not only has it progressed, but I also completely understand how to cultivate from now on..."

"I've also gained a lot from the Fire Law. Of the four fundamental mysteries, I've completely mastered one of them this time, without any doubts or room for improvement," Gao Sheng smiled. "It truly lives up to its reputation as the Chaos Stele, and it's worth all these years of hard work."

"There are three more fundamental mysteries, and even deeper mysteries that require understanding their essence..."

Gao Sheng understood very well that comprehending the laws of nature cannot be done superficially. It's enough to just use what you can; you must understand them thoroughly and lay a solid foundation!

If you only pursue usability and know how but not why, you may seem to make rapid progress at first, but the further you go, the more it feels like looking at flowers through a fog, and you will eventually stop at a certain level and hardly make any progress!

Only by fully comprehending the foundations of a certain law can one understand that even deeper changes in the law are ultimately just combinations of various foundations. Although difficult, thorough analysis will only be a matter of time, and one will not encounter insurmountable bottlenecks.

In fact, Gao Sheng was unaware that after completing his final evolution, his ability to understand and analyze consciousness had undergone a fundamental improvement!

This is what is called enlightenment!

The rapid progress is not solely due to comprehending the Chaos Monument and the initial cosmic environment.

In the past two years, Gao Sheng has focused all his energy on cultivating the guiding technique and the primordial spirit, and has hardly comprehended any laws, so he has not realized that his comprehension is different from before.

Ten days later, in Chaos City, Gao Sheng stared blankly at the spatial rift in the sky from the rooftop.

"This is too difficult! I need a secret technique!"

With just two sword techniques, one movement technique, and the psychic weapon techniques engraved in two fifth-tier weapons, plus the Void Sword, this is all the secret techniques Gao Sheng is currently cultivating! Other basic secret techniques are no longer of any help to Gao Sheng, and as for soul illusion techniques, they are of no help in comprehending the laws.

However, apart from the Void Sword, all of these secret techniques are combat-related.

Promotion requires secret techniques, techniques of a single law that need to be learned and are helpful for understanding the Mother Ancestor's Chaos Stele!

……

In the study of the villa on Lucky Island, Gao Sheng opened the treasure vault and searched through the secret archives.

"Xiao Ai, find the basic secret techniques of the Mother Ancestor Chaos Stele school and learn them."

"There's plenty." Little Ai, no bigger than a palm, immediately opened her treasure trove. "Let's look at them one by one."

Gao Sheng looked at them one by one.

Too much!

Melee combat, movement-based combat, including knives, swords, axes, hammers, spears, fists, claws...

There are also secret techniques for using telekinesis to create weapons.

There are also things that aren't considered secret techniques, such as insights and summaries from the Mother Ancestor's Chaos Stele, etc.

One person, one intelligent life form; I watched for a long time.

"These secret techniques are mostly not available to my internal staff, and most of them are not sold separately."

Gao Sheng watched and pondered.

Which one should we choose?

"Xiao Ai, give me some advice."

"Okay." Xiao Ai tapped the light screen.

"I suggest you focus on the fire element law; this one is sufficient, and you don't need any other secret techniques."

Gao Sheng looked at the light screen.

"The Hundred Explanations of Fire: A complete analysis of the laws of fire, suitable for cultivators of the Mother Ancestor Chaos Stele, as well as cultivators of any law of fire."

Exchange price: 2000 points.

2000 points? Gao Sheng was taken aback.

He remembered that Luo Feng bought "Bloodstained" for only 800 points, which contained a complete analysis of 108 spatial essences. Understanding the 108 essences of spatial laws was enough to pass the 12th level of the Bridge to Heaven.

Even with all seven levels of the Falling Leaf Sword Technique, including the movement technique, Gao Sheng only has 10000 points. According to Gao Sheng's guess, if he were to master all of them, he would be at the level of the 13th or 14th level of the Heavenly Bridge.

Gao Sheng read the introduction to "Falling Leaf Sword Technique". The first three levels are only considered basic and progress step by step. Starting from the fourth level, the gap widens. The final seventh level requires a thorough understanding of the Law of Wood, and the required Law of Space is even more profound than the Law of Wood. Why isn't it thirteen levels?

As for "Seven Kills of Blazing Fire" with all nine levels, the complete set costs 12000 points, which should be close to the level of becoming a Marquis.

"Bloodstained" only costs 800 points. Firstly, even if you fully master it, you'll only reach the level of the 12th level of the Heavenly Bridge. Secondly, because it's a learning-type secret technique, its combat power is not strong. The technique is only at the 12th level of the Heavenly Bridge. To truly fight, you need to cultivate other secret techniques.

"The Empty Sword" also has 800 points and is an analysis of 108 profound mysteries based on the fundamental laws of space.

This "Hundred Explanations of Fire" is just a basic law. Even if you comprehend the laws of fire, you're only at the level of the 10th floor of the Bridge to Heaven. How can it be more expensive than "Bloodstained"?

No, that's not how it's calculated!

Gao Sheng suddenly remembered that the Nine Universe Chaos Stele also had a corresponding secret technique: "Time and Space Notes". The first three volumes also corresponded to the profound mysteries of 108 spatial laws, but they cost 100,000 points.

Clearly, the price of this secret technique is not only related to the level of its application, but also to its effectiveness.

Gao Sheng carefully read the detailed explanations at the back of "The Hundred Solutions to Fire," nodding more and more as he read.

The pricing of the five major factions is certainly not a problem; the fact that it can sell like this means that "Fire's Hundred Solutions" must have something extraordinary about it.

"Okay, I've bought the book. What about the laws of space?"

"The Kongming Little Sword is fine, there's no need to change it," Xiao Ai said.

With a flick of Xiao Ai's finger, the light screen changes.

"The Empty Sword"

This set of four books covers the basic spatial laws, including techniques for learning psychic weapons. It is suitable for practitioners of the Cosmic Chaos Monument and other mentalists who cultivate spatial laws.

The complete set of "Kongming Xiaojian" consists of four volumes and requires 800 points.

The first three volumes of "Kongming Xiaojian" require 80 points.

The first two volumes of "Kongming Xiaojian" require 8 points.

The first volume of "The Empty Sword" requires 8000 Glory.

……

The Cosmic Chaos Card? Gao Sheng was taken aback.

There's an extra explanation.

"This originally belonged to the Chaos Stele school of thought. Does it also have a Mother Ancestor Chaos Stele?"

"Yes, but you don't need to change it," Xiao Ai said.

"No need to change?" Gao Sheng asked, puzzled. "Fine, but those are just telekinetic weapons. Do you have a sword technique based on the pure spatial laws of the Primordial Chaos Token?"

"Yes, there are, but they're not for learning purposes. I think this is more suitable for you," Xiao Ai said, pointing with her little hand.

Gao Sheng was taken aback when he saw it.

"Bloodstained Swordplay": A basic spatial law learning sword technique, suitable for cultivators of the Nine Universe Chaos Stele, as well as other martial artists who cultivate spatial laws.

Exchange price: 800 points.

"Xiao Ai, this isn't from the Mother Ancestor Chaos Stele school." Gao Sheng said, both amused and exasperated.

"No," Xiao Ai shook her head, "This is also a learning secret method to analyze the 108 essential aspects of the laws of space. The Mother Ancestor Chaos Stele also has complete guidance on the laws of space, which can be completely matched one by one. Moreover, this is a sword technique, which is more suitable for you."

"I've looked at them all. The close combat learning secrets of the Mother Ancestor Chaos Stele School don't have sword techniques that analyze the basic spatial laws. Axe techniques and saber techniques are not as suitable. The sword techniques of the Mother Ancestor School are all combat secrets that combine two laws."

Indeed, Gao Sheng pondered deeply.

There is only one law of space. Different Chaos Monuments are just different ways of showing and guiding, but they are essentially the same.

"But this secret technique belongs to the Nine Universes School, and the Void Sword belongs to the Universe School. Is it really alright?"

Xiao Ai smiled and said, "These secret techniques are all essentially the same. They are just explained using the corresponding Chaos Stele. If you can't comprehend the corresponding Chaos Stele, there is a difference. It's not as direct to cultivate and it's more difficult to understand. How much the difference is depends on your comprehension. But you are different, Gao Sheng."

Different? What's different? The system, or the mind?

That's true. Not to mention that he has the Chaos Stele to study when he gets promoted, there are many cultivators in the Universe Kingdom who have never been to the Initial Universe and do not have the Chaos Stele to study. They can become strong just by learning secret methods.

"Alright, I'll buy this one too."

Gao Sheng reached out and closed the light curtain.

"Master, is that enough? What about the Law of Wood?" Xiao Ai asked.

"The Law of Wood?" Gao Sheng was taken aback. "Xiao Ai, I think we should focus our main efforts on the Law of Space right now. As for the Law of Fire, my comprehension is already high, so I can spare some energy for it. Let's put the others aside for now."

"Oh, okay, whatever you want," Xiao Ai said. "But you don't have enough points."

"Not enough? Let's cross the sky bridge, let's go, let's go now." Gao Sheng laughed.

Gao Sheng hadn't even entered the Sky Bridge yet, and Xiao Ai didn't know where the points came from, but Gao Sheng knew perfectly well.

"Oh? The Sky Bridge? I do have that teleportation point here." Xiao Ai sent out the request directly.

A voice quickly echoed in Gao Sheng's mind: "Identity confirmed, Gao Sheng. You have permanently gained the qualification to enter the Bridge to Heaven. We hope you will strive to reach the end of the Bridge to Heaven. Teleporting now!"

With a whoosh, Gao Sheng disappeared from the study.