stjorthotic Chapter 166 Journey to the Initial Universe
Chapter 166 Journey to the Initial Universe
Chapter 166 Journey to the Initial Universe
"Optimize the upper limit by 1?"
Chen Yuan's heart skipped a beat, "Could it be—"
I immediately checked with the system and quickly received an encouraging reply.
The system's optimization capabilities have indeed been improved; now he can directly optimize items that surpass his own three major realms.
This means that he can optimize to create a Tier 6 item without needing to optimize to a higher tier!
Chen Yuan immediately tried, "System, optimize the Primordial Palace, improve its defense and mobility, and add the function to adjust the flow of time."
Since this was a customized optimization, the system quickly listed various materials. Chen Yuan looked at them and found that although the required materials were precious, since only a small sample of each was needed, the total cost was not high, only 980 Mixed Yuan Units.
In addition, there is the required source energy. Since it is not an upgrade beyond the required level, the system charges according to the standard for fifth-tier items.
Although it's charged based on the maximum cost of Tier 5, it only requires 10 points of Origin Energy, a world of difference compared to the previous costs of thousands of points.
Since the primordial energy was plentiful, Chen Yuan no longer hesitated and, in addition to the Primordial Palace, also chose to optimize his battle armor and weapons.
The optimization of these two pieces of equipment requires a total of 760 Mixed Yuan Units of materials and 15 points of Primal Energy.
It's worth mentioning that Chen Yuan also found fragments of "armor" in the treasure vault, and even complete armor sets, priced at 5000 Chaos Units, comparable to the wealth of an Immortal.
However, the fragments of armor are worthless; you can buy a whole bunch for just 1 Chaos Unit.
According to the description in the treasure vault, the full name of this armor is "Fire God Clan Armor," which contains the unique technology of the Fire God Clan and can only be used by Fire God Clan warriors.
If the power of the armor can be fully unleashed, one can obtain a thousand times the power of a peak world lord, comparable to the basic power of a marquis-level immortal.
Therefore, the company is also researching this type of armor, hoping to analyze the technology behind it.
For this reason, complete armor is very expensive, but fragments of armor are very cheap because the secret patterns on them have disappeared and they have no research value.
Chen Yuan did not waste money buying complete sets of armor.
Although he was an Earthling, he was not a successor of the "Mountain Dweller" lineage and had not cultivated the Nine Tribulations Secret Scripture.
Even if you obtain the armor, you cannot use it.
So he only used 1 Mixed Yuan Unit to buy a large number of armor fragments as system optimization materials, and ordered them together with other materials, also scheduled to be collected from headquarters a year later.
After completing these steps, Chen Yuan returned to reality and continued, "System, optimize 'Chenguang'. Optimization direction:"
Lowering the barriers to research principles, improving research efficiency, and abandoning universality to perfectly suit my personal circumstances.
[Establish an optimization task; optimization goal: "Chenguang"; optimization direction: lower the threshold, improve efficiency]
And it abandons universality, focusing instead on the host.
[Estimated energy cost for this optimization: 0.1. Optimize?]
"0.1 units of primordial energy, which means the normal consumption is 10 units of primordial energy?"
Chen Yuan blinked: "The system's evaluation of 'Chenguang' is a peak-level secret technique of the Realm Lord?"
Although it feels a bit low, considering that the author of Chenguang, "Nine True Kings," was only at the Realm Lord level when he created this secret technique, it does meet the system's evaluation standards.
Since that's the case, Chen Yuan had no reason to hesitate and immediately decided to optimize.
[Optimization task has been created, estimated completion time: 90 days]
"Three months? I can't wait that long."
Chen Yuan chose to shorten the time, shortening it four times in a row. After spending 0.8 units of primordial energy, he directly reduced the 90-day construction period to five and a half days.
That's fine.
Although it could be shortened further, the cost-effectiveness was too low, so Chen Yuan decided to cultivate while waiting for the optimization to be completed.
Five days later, the optimization of "Chenguang" was completed.
Chenguang: Evaluated as a fifth-tier peak secret technique, a composite type that combines combat and research. It analyzes the essence of the laws of time through swordsmanship, enhancing the understanding of the laws of time. Its effect is even better when paired with the Primordial Chaos Stele.
Chen Yuan extracted the contents of "Chen Guang" and found that this secret technique was similar to "Kuang Lan" from before, and was also optimized by the system to nine levels.
However, the 108 essential laws contained in "Chenguang" are not evenly distributed across all levels.
According to the instructions, the first three levels of this secret technique correspond to the first image of the Primordial Chaos Stele, the fourth to sixth levels correspond to the second image, and the seventh to ninth levels correspond to the third image.
The first image of the Primordial Chaos Stele only had 9 essential laws, the second image added 27 more, and the third image added 72 more.
In other words, the first three layers of "Chenguang" each have only three kinds of essence, while the middle three layers each have nine kinds of essence.
The last three layers each contain 24 different essences!
If Chen Yuan were to cultivate all nine levels to perfection, his comprehension of the laws of time would be at least comparable to that of the twelfth level of the Bridge to Heaven!
"Unfortunately, this secret technique is based on the Primordial Chaos Stele and requires a corresponding Chaos Stele to achieve the best effect."
Chen Yuan thought to himself, "However, although I can't go to Chaos City to choose the Chaos Stele right now, I do have insights into the laws related to Marquis Shang!"
"The Marquis of Shang has fully comprehended the 108 essential aspects of the laws of time. If I compare my understanding with his, the effect should be no less than that of watching the Chaos Stele, right?"
With this in mind, Chen Yuan immediately began to cultivate the first level of "Chen Guang", practicing the sword techniques corresponding to the essence of the first law.
Since his living space in Yuxiang Mountain was limited, he chose to return to the virtual plane of Wufeng Realm to cultivate. After all, he had not officially left the Qianwu Branch and still retained his authority over Wufeng Realm.
And immediately after Chen Yuan began his first cultivation, he became completely absorbed in it.
"So that's how it is—"
"I see!"
"Haha, we went the wrong way before, this is how it should be!"
It must be said that comprehending the laws of time is indeed extremely difficult.
Even though Chen Yuan has increased his understanding of the laws to 12% over the past few years, and even with Shang Hou's understanding of the laws as a reference, he still has not been able to comprehend any of the essences.
This is actually normal. You should know that even Luo Feng spent a full ten years in Chaos City studying diligently before he finally grasped the essence of the first spatial law.
The efficiency of cultivation in Chaos City is ten times that of the outside world. In other words, under normal circumstances, being able to comprehend the first essence within a hundred years is already considered extremely genius-level.
Chen Yuan has only received guidance from the Law of Time for a little over two years. In such a short time, without any accompanying secret techniques, it is naturally difficult for him to comprehend the essence of the law.
But now the situation is completely different.
Now he not only has the laws of Shanghou to guide him, but also a secret technique that perfectly matches it. More importantly, this is an exclusive secret technique that has been optimized by the system and is 100% compatible with him!
Therefore, cultivation became incredibly easier, as if divinely aided, and the speed of comprehension was many times faster than before.
In fact, even when Chen Yuan saw the original "Chenguang" secret manual in the virtual universe, he was already vaguely moved.
After officially starting the practice, this feeling became dozens of times stronger, with inspiration flowing in almost every minute and every second.
In addition, Chen Yuan's own mastery of the laws was already quite high. When he was comprehending the essence of the laws, many of his previous insights were transformed into nutrients for his breakthrough.
On the panel, the proficiency level of the first layer of "Chenguang" is increasing at a visible rate.
Thus, Chen Yuan became completely immersed in cultivation, even shutting down all communications and leaving all trivial matters to Irene.
In the blink of an eye, more than twenty days have passed, and the agreed-upon departure day has arrived.
At this moment, Hei Yanhou's spaceship had arrived at Qianfeng Star, ready to pick up Chen Yuan and take him to the initial universe.
Since the journey could not be delayed, Chen Yuan had no choice but to separate a wisp of his consciousness to control his physical body and board Hei Yanhou's spaceship.
Moreover, once inside the spaceship, he locked himself in his private room. Hei Hou noticed that Chen Yuan seemed to be at a critical moment of enlightenment, so he didn't say anything.
Afterwards, the spaceship picked up several other geniuses from the Qianwu branch before officially setting off for the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company.
The journey was extremely boring because Chen Yuan stayed in his room the whole time, and Irene usually took care of things.
Although Hei Yanhou felt that Chen Yuan's enlightenment this time seemed to take a bit too long, since nothing seemed wrong with him,
She stopped asking about it.
Time flies, and eleven months have passed in the blink of an eye. The spaceship is about to arrive at the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company.
On that very day, the door to the room, which had been closed for eleven months, was finally opened.
Nolan and the others were chatting in the spaceship's lobby when they heard the commotion and immediately gathered around.
"My God, you finally came out!"
Upon seeing Chen Yuan, Nuolan couldn't help but exclaim, "Eleven whole months! If Lord Heiyan hadn't said you were alright, we would have all thought something had happened to you!"
"I'm fine." Chen Yuan smiled and shook his head. "I just had a feeling, and I wanted to grasp this glimmer of inspiration and fully digest what I had learned."
"Fortunately, the hard work during this period has not been in vain, and my understanding of the laws has improved a lot."
Hearing Chen Yuan say this, everyone present became curious, and Nuolan couldn't help but ask, "It seems you've improved a lot? What level are you at in terms of your Laws now?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Yuan glanced at the panel, which displayed:
Chenguang: First level (100%, perfect)
Fundamental Laws: Wind (58.3%), Time (15.6%)
Then he smiled mysteriously: "You'll find out soon enough."