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The reason it took so long was that, besides the fact that the overlapping fragments of spacetime in the Time-Space Ruins were easy to get lost in, Ultraman's clone couldn't help but linger when he encountered some spacetime fragments with a large time flow rate, wanting to break through his realm.
Unfortunately, Ultraman's clone, who had almost no bottlenecks in his cultivation, also truly experienced the difficulty that cultivation should have when he broke through to the level of the Universe Venerable.
Ultraman's clones have already reached the pinnacle of their understanding of the fundamental laws of time, and are only one step away from fully comprehending them.
However, this final step took him a full million years to complete.
Using the flow of time within the spacetime fragments, Ultraman's clone cultivated for a full million years over several hundred years, but unfortunately, he was still stuck at the last step.
The emergence of this cultivation bottleneck also made Ultraman realize that he was indeed cultivating in a fantasy world, rather than using the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow modifier.
Of course, a million years of cultivation was not without its rewards. Although his understanding of the laws was not fully realized, he had still managed to amplify his divine body to the limit of a hundredfold.
At the same time, his cultivation of secret techniques has also been very effective, pushing his peak secret techniques to the ultimate level.
Of course, the difference between peak secret techniques is enormous, and the difference between ultimate secret techniques is also quite large.
According to the description in Devouring, the ultimate secret technique created by Ultraman's clone should be called the Ultimate Secret Technique of the Universe Sovereign.
However, it is still an ultimate secret technique, and it can be considered to have entered the ranks, equivalent to a first-rank secret technique.
Ultraman's clones, combining their own understanding, also categorized the secret techniques.
First-tier secret technique: Ultimate secret technique of the Universe Venerable. Second-tier secret technique: Ultimate secret technique of the Universe Overlord. Third-tier secret technique: Ultimate secret technique of the Universe Lord.
Then there's the strongest secret technique of the fourth-order universe master, and the strongest fusion secret technique of the fifth-order universe master. As for the sixth-order secret technique, it should soon be classified as a true god level, or a true god transition level.
Of course, these are just classifications of secret techniques, not classifications of actual combat strength.
"What exactly is in this void of time and space?"
Ultraman's clones traversed fragments of spacetime, weaving through the misty spacetime.
He didn't know why, but the thing that was emitting the attraction seemed to be calling to him from afar, like a little girl. However, as he gradually got closer, the attraction became faint.
"It's this calling that's been keeping me restless and preventing me from focusing on my cultivation!"
Ultraman's clone realized that he seemed to have found the reason why he couldn't break through; it must be the power of that call.
hum!
Just as Ultraman's clone was flying, the spacetime mist ahead suddenly began to distort, forming a spacetime vortex with a diameter of tens of thousands of kilometers.
The massive spacetime vortex continuously stirred the surrounding mist, even affecting spacetime fragments further away, some of which collided directly, resulting in massive explosions.
"Stone Wings!"
The Stone Wings on Ultraman's back unfurled, and a hundred million times the power of a World Lord merged into the treasure, unlocking its second form.
The unfolded stone wings emitted streaks of silver light, constantly resisting the devouring power of the spacetime vortex.
Just as Ultraman's clone was about to flap his Stone Wings to break free from the entanglement of the spacetime vortex, an attraction emanated from the deepest part of the vortex, causing him to hesitate.
Is that thing in here?
After thinking for a moment, Ultraman's clone recalled his own strength, which was comparable to that of a cosmic sovereign, and the golden token with a city pattern that his main body had given him before he left.
He then gave up resisting and rushed directly into the spacetime vortex.
Bang!
Ultraman's clones traversed the space-time wormhole and quickly crossed to the other side.
After crossing the wormhole, a beautiful world unfolds before your eyes, with various flowers, plants, and trees swaying in colorful light. In the distance, a vast landmass floats in mid-air, like a sky island.
However, the entire world's sky and earth are shrouded in a layer of spacetime mist, completely isolated from the outside world.
Ultraman's clone tried, but was completely unable to break through the thick spacetime fog and sense the outside world; it seemed that time and space were isolated.
"Is this the deepest part of the Time-Space Ruins? I thought it would be a chaotic spacetime energy, but I didn't expect it to be a small world."
Ultraman's clone was somewhat surprised, but he was on high alert.
Wherever treasures exist, there are bound to be dangers. Although this small world is hidden, he doesn't believe that no one has ever arrived here in all these years.
"Caution comes first!"
Ultraman's clone hid directly inside the Stone Wing, then shrank the Stone Wing to the size of a speck of dust, and then controlled it to fly towards the continent in the sky.
When they arrived, Ultraman's clone only glanced around and found nothing special except for the continent in the sky.
Whoohoo!
Transforming into a stone wing the size of a speck of dust, it rode the wind and quickly landed on the continent in the sky.
"That is!"
Through the Stone Wings, Ultraman's clone could directly see the scene on the continent.
On the flat land, there are a total of 10081 tall mountain peaks.
These mountains seem to be arranged according to some three-dimensional pattern. If they were completely connected, they would form a cube with a total of 10081 facets.
Among these 30,000 mountain peaks, there are also two huge lakes and pools.
The lake on the left is divided into three small pools, each with a different color of water and a different powerful aura.
Dazzling lightning, sharp winds, and blinding light...
The lake on the right is divided into five pools, each with the aura of fire, water, and earth... Above the five-colored pools, there are countless spatial rifts that appear and disappear at times.
The two pools appear to be independent, yet they seem to be intertwined, each containing elements of the other.
Above the pool, each of them is suspended by a spherical crystal, a strange sphere with 10081 facets.
The crystal on the left shimmered with lightning and rippled with air currents, while on the right, parts of its surface sometimes flowed like water, sometimes appeared to have transparent flames rising, and sometimes resembled plants growing…
The two crystals would occasionally collide, seemingly trying to separate, yet also appearing to merge together under the influence of another mysterious force.
"So that's what it is!"
Looking at the scenery in the mountains, Ultraman's clone seemed to be deep in thought. He then connected to the virtual universe network to check its relevant information.
The eight-colored pool is called the Primordial Divine Pool. It looks like a pool, but that's just a visual illusion. The pool doesn't actually contain water; in fact, it consists of eight abyssal passages that connect to the origin of the universe.
It absorbs the inexhaustible power of wind, thunder, and light, as well as the primordial power of the five elements, continuously gathering, nurturing, and cultivating them to create a Heart of Time and a Heart of Space.
Then, during the cultivation process, the Heart of Time and the Heart of Space gradually merge to form a Heart of Time and Space, which is the core material for constructing the Primordial Treasure.
"The origin treasure!"
Ultraman's clone was no stranger to this; his Stone Wings, due to their special origin, also possessed some of the functions of the Primal Treasure.
Primal Treasures: refers to 'primal treasures', which is a general term for a certain type of treasures!
Only when a powerful being in the universe steps into immortality from the realm master stage, and awakens the sea of laws at the origin of the universe, can they have that one chance in their lifetime to be infused with endless energy from the origin of the universe, transforming their body into a 'divine body'. Instantly gaining enormous divine power, this opportunity only comes once.
As they cultivate and their strength increases, the powerful will also draw upon the 'Sea of Laws,' the origin of the universe, to slowly absorb its energy.
Unfortunately, perhaps due to the immortality of the divine body, the recovery speed of the powerful beings in the Devouring Realm is extremely slow once their divine bodies are damaged.
Once a powerful being in the universe burns 30% or 50% of their divine body, it will take hundreds of thousands or even tens of millions of years to recover.
Time is completely worthless in the Devouring Realm, so even if the recovery speed is pitifully low, the impact is not significant.
In addition, what is even more worrying is that if a cosmic venerable wants to restore his damaged divine body as soon as possible, the price he has to pay is so high that he might not even be able to afford it if he were to go bankrupt.
Therefore, for the cosmic sovereigns and even the cosmic lords, the primordial treasures become extremely important.
The Primal Treasure is not for defense or attack, but for enabling the powerful to draw upon the Sea of Laws of the Origin of the Universe. Once one possesses the Primal Treasure, the energy drawn upon the Sea of Laws of the Origin of the Universe can be drawn upon a thousand times, ten thousand times, a million times... As for how much the efficiency is improved, it depends entirely on the level of the Primal Treasure.
For example, if a divine body is damaged and needs millions of years to recover, but has a primordial treasure that can increase energy absorption by 100,000 times, then it can recover in just 10 years, with efficiency skyrocketing.
The Stone Wings of Ultra's clone are like this; they can absorb energy from the origin of the universe to accelerate the recovery of the divine body.
The core materials of this primordial treasure are divided into eight categories: low-level (metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, and light), high-level (single time, single space), top-level (metal and space fusion), wood and space fusion, and many other fusion types, as well as the pinnacle "space-time fusion"...
"The spacetime core here is practically perfect for refining top-tier primordial treasures."
Ultraman's clone was incredibly excited; this was the core that could be used to forge a supreme treasure.
That's a supreme treasure. Some of the poorest beings in the universe might only be able to use a supreme treasure, like the strongest axe user...
The strongest treasure that the entire human race can currently use is only a peak treasure.
"However, it will probably be a long time before the Heart of Space-Time is fully formed."
The Ultra clone was speechless as it watched the Heart of Space-Time, which was still continuously devouring the primordial energy of the universe and slowly merging with it.
At this rate of formation, it would probably take hundreds of thousands of epochs to fully take shape.
A mere few hundred thousand epochs is but a blink of an eye for other powerful beings in the universe.
Even if it takes ten or a hundred times longer, obtaining the core of a top-tier primordial treasure would be extremely worthwhile.
However, whether Ultraman's clone will still be interested in top-tier treasures hundreds of thousands of epochs later is another matter.
Chapter 261 Intruding into the Land of Origin
"The gradual deterioration of this cosmic secret realm is probably related to the formation of this Heart of Spacetime!"
Ultraman's clone lay in the Stone Wing, quietly observing the Heart of Time and Space.
In this situation, the only option is to notify the cosmic lord of the race to come and guard the area. However, this might cause quite a stir and easily attract the attention of the other races, thus triggering another battle for the treasure.
Alternatively, one could take the Heart of Time and Space before it was fully utilized, but by then it might only be able to be refined into an ordinary primordial treasure.
As for moving the entire Primordial Divine Pool, this pool of water is merely a channel connecting to the origin of the universe; it simply cannot be moved.
"What should we do?"
Ultraman's clone frowned, realizing that having him stay here for hundreds of thousands of epochs was not worthwhile.
However, if one were to find an immortal king outside and control him with their soul to guard the place, it would also be extremely unsafe, as people might frequently break in.
"Uh, it seems someone really did break in!"
Just as Ultraman's clone was pondering, he suddenly sensed a spatial fluctuation, as if someone else had also arrived.
"Space fragments I've never encountered before?"
The one who broke in was an immortal king of the Skyfeather Clan. He had also encountered a spacetime vortex by accident and was then teleported here.
"A continent in the sky!"