Ch: 120-127
Chapter 120 Another Earth in War
Leon exited his inner World.
He looked at the black giant egg beside him.
"It looks like an egg from the Starry Sky Torch Beast race, but this race seems a bit weak."
Leon only wanted special life forms.
But a penny… no, it was a minute of time for a minute of goods.
More than two years of stay time for a Torch Beast clone seemed not a loss.
Leon tapped the eggshell with his right hand, and his psychic power silently penetrated it.
Through mental imaging, he "saw" a developing embryo inside the eggshell.
This embryo had golden horns, golden eyes, sharp scales covering its body like pages of a sharp knife, and a pair of terrifying, iron-like wings on its back.
"Jinjiao Torch Beast?" Leon was stunned, "Why is it this thing?"
The creature inside the shell was precisely the monster that Luo Feng was supposed to possess—the Jinjiao Torch Beast.
But Leon already had the Jinjiao Torch Beast's most useful talent, "clone," and the clone talent was based on the inner World and could not be stacked.
So what did he need this thing for?
"No wonder they only charged me two and a half years' 'money'; they just accelerated the Jinjiao Torch Beast that was already going to drift to Earth, right?"
Leon had no intention of nurturing the Jinjiao Torch Beast into a second clone.
"It's a chicken rib, too much of a chicken rib; can I exchange it?" He tried to bargain with the Source Will.
"No." The Source Will refused.
Leon called out a few more times but received no response.
He sighed and casually put the giant egg into his inner World.
Anyway, it was obtained for free, and having it was better than not having it.
"I'll keep it for now, but it's really useless; using it as a clone would be a waste of a slot."
"It's better to go to other Worlds and use Godzilla or Ultraman or something as a clone."
Leon turned and flew towards Earth, "I'll go to Earth first and see; if not, I'll give it to Luo Feng, just to build some good karma."
Luo Feng would be a lord-level super existence in the future anyway.
The small Jinjiao Torch Beast could only serve as a souvenir.
Another two hours later.
Leon flew from Saturn into Earth's atmosphere.
Super hearing activated, and the sounds of the entire Earth entered his ears.
Leon's expression was strange: "Again, it's the screams, wails, and gunshots from all over the World; this doesn't sound like Luo Feng's era."
"Also, why is it that wherever I transmigrate, that place is in deep trouble?"
Above the clouds.
He stopped and activated his super vision to scan the entire globe.
During the previous transformation.
Super vision was imbued with spatial attributes by the Source Will.
Now, when encountering lead, his vision could directly penetrate it under the effect of spatial power.
The weakness of being unable to see through lead layers was gone.
Leon's gaze swept across every corner of Earth.
First, he was attracted by four mysterious locations.
—A tower-shaped spaceship under the Bermuda Sea.
A Universe battleship at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
A Zerg hive under the misty atmosphere of Shennongjia.
And a damaged silver-White spaceship on Fog Island, Australia.
Then his gaze shifted to the land.
At this time, the five continents of the global land were all shrouded in the shadow of war.
The opponents of humans were not other humans.
But boundless monsters.
Leon did not see scattered human settlements on land.
There were only 23 large urban settlements.
Those monsters roaring from the mountains, crawling from the shallows, and soaring down from the sky.
Were attacking these 23 settlements.
Leon heard some people speak the date—
June 16, 2018.
This point in time was still 20 years away from 2038, when Luo Feng was born.
Leon arrived several decades too early.
This should be the Great Cataclysm period of the Starry Sky World Earth.
A few years ago, a virus called RR swept across the globe, causing a large number of Deaths while also initiating global evolution.
However, in this evolution.
Beasts living under primitive laws got ahead of humans.
Starting in 2015, rapidly evolving Beasts began to gather in large numbers and attack human cities.
Monsters that were invulnerable to weapons and could evolve in the aftermath of nuclear explosions caused human forces to retreat steadily.
It was not until the entire World formed an alliance and jointly established 23 gathering places that the front line was barely held.
And areas outside the gathering places were completely abandoned.
But even so, humans still frequently suffered setbacks in the monster attacks.
What Leon saw at this time was the scene of the arduous daily battle against monsters that the people of this World were experiencing.
"It seems… I can save the World again?"
"That's not right either; the theme of the Starry Sky World is evolution through struggle; saving them would be going against natural laws."
Leon flew to the ground, "Then I'll eliminate all monsters above Apprentice 7th rank, and leave the rest to them."
A Bio-field silently enveloped him.
Leon's speed instantly broke through tens of thousands of Mach.
Silently shuttling between the continents.
Above China, two crimson beams of light descended like rain, continuously striking the ground.
Wherever they went, a terrifying monster would perish.
On the European continent, all monsters with power above one hundred tons were suddenly grabbed by an invisible force and crushed in mid-air.
America, Africa…
Leon flew around the globe, eliminating all leading monsters within half a minute.
The remaining monsters had relatively low intelligence; after losing their leaders, their cohesion decreased, and their combat power plummeted.
The situation on the human front line visibly improved.
Soon, the Beast tide retreated.
Leon deliberately left a few planetary-level "King" monsters.
They realized the situation was wrong and immediately ordered a temporary retreat of the front line.
The human front line temporarily gained a respite.
Leon then stopped by the Yangtze River.
Just now, there was a person with over twenty tons of strength here.
To protect the one hundred thousand people behind him who were evacuating to the Jiangnan Base.
He was fighting to the Death with a monster that looked like a tiger and a dragon.
It looked like they were about to perish together.
Leon happened to pass by and saved that person, so he stayed there.
He watched as that person continued to escort the one hundred thousand people away.
Then he landed on the river surface.
Occasionally, he would casually eliminate a monster emerging from the river.
Half an hour later.
More than a dozen fighter jets flew in from all directions, crisscrossing.
And simultaneously hovered by the riverbank.
Dozens of people above Apprentice 7th rank, with power exceeding one hundred tons, jumped off the fighter jets.
Among them were even two at the peak of Apprentice 9th rank, with power reaching five hundred tons, about to break through to the planetary level.
Leon stood silently in place, his expression calm.
But when those dozens of people saw him, they all huddled together, not daring to speak a word or step forward to inquire.
The pressure constantly emanating from Leon was simply too terrifying.
They just looked into his dark eyes.
It was as if the sky had collapsed and the Earth had split apart.
As if they saw a giant Beast roaring and devouring them.
In the Starry Sky World, this was fear caused by the difference in life levels.
Even if their will was as firm as iron, they could not escape.
Because their bodies and souls were telling them in a trembling way.
—To them, the person in front of them was a God! Even a single glance could easily kill them!
It wasn't until Leon enveloped himself with his Bio-field, becoming "unremarkable."
That everyone present collectively breathed a sigh of relief.
They looked at each other.
Finally, a cold-faced man with a buzz cut and black clothes, and a rough bald man in a tight suit, stepped forward.
"This… respected strong one, thank you for your earlier intervention!"
Chapter 121: Spiritual Realm
The two clasped their fists together and performed an ancient salute.
"I was just passing by and lent a hand," Mr. Lyon said, turning his head. "What are your names?"
"I am Hong!"
"I am Lei Shen!"
Both of them had experienced the overwhelming pressure emanating from Mr. Lyon just moments ago.
But at this moment, they were neither humble nor arrogant.
These were Hong and Lei Shen, who would later become the strongest on Earth, and then among the few True Gods and Law Masters in the entire Universe.
As ordinary Earthlings, their physical talent was actually at the bottom of the entire Universe.
However, their spiritual realm was so profound that even True God powerhouses would admit inferiority.
While Mr. Lyon highly recognized them, he also developed the idea of learning from them.
"Big Brother, may I ask, are you Chinese?" Lei Shen asked in Chinese at this moment.
His eyes were full of curiosity, like a brown bear scratching its head, watching a bird fly across the sky.
"Chinese? Of course I am, but not from this XX China, but from another XX."
After Mr. Lyon finished speaking, he was dumbfounded himself.
Why was his speech censored automatically?
In less than a second, he reacted.
The Source Will would never allow anyone to speak information from outside the World within the Universe Sea.
This was already considered preferential treatment for him.
If those True Gods came and wanted to say something taboo, they would immediately be warned by the Source Will with thunder.
On the other side, two consecutive censored ramblings left Hong and Lei Shen utterly confused.
Mr. Lyon thought for a moment and, for once, chose to lie.
"I was originally a wild man from the mountains, never having left them since childhood."
"After the virus outbreak, I awakened a good talent and encountered an ancient inheritance, so I went into seclusion for a few years."
"Now that I've come out of seclusion, my strength seems to be acceptable, so I just dealt with some monsters along the way."
Lei Shen's eyes lit up as he listened: "Big Brother is awesome! What is your esteemed surname, Big Brother?"
"Li Ang."
"So it's Big Brother Li Ang!" Lei Shen clapped his hands, "Brother Ang, your emergence from seclusion has saved all of humanity!"
A smile also appeared on Hong's stern face: "Mr. Li Ang, thank you for everything you've done. How about we go now to…"
"What are you saying?!" Lei Shen kicked Hong, "Why Mr. Li Ang? Brother Ang saved us, you should call him Brother!"
Hong was stunned for a moment, seeing Lei Shen's constant winks.
He hesitated, then changed his address: "Brother Ang… Brother Ang, why don't you come with us for some tea first?"
The mindsets of these two were one of pure innocence and one of all-encompassing tolerance.
Although from their appearance, they were at least ten to twenty years older than Mr. Lyon.
But calling him "Brother Ang" came out without any awkwardness.
Staying together, they were like the cartoon characters Xiong Da and Xiong Er running into reality.
This made Mr. Lyon unable to help but laugh: "Alright, you lead the way. I happen to want to borrow some things from you."
"What things? As long as you ask, Brother Ang, I'll even get you the head of that giant octopus in the sea!"
The octopus Lei Shen spoke of was a king-level monster in the sea.
He definitely couldn't defeat it now, but that didn't stop him from using it to praise Mr. Lyon.
"I'd like to borrow the various secret manuals and ancient texts you've collected. Would that be possible?" Mr. Lyon looked at Lei Shen.
Current Earth had not yet recovered from the great cataclysm.
Various forces still maintained an attitude of refusing to share their secret manuals.
But Lei Shen only paused for a moment, then immediately patted his chest: "No problem! My collection of books and the secret manuals I created myself, Brother Ang, you can read them all freely!"
Hong also nodded: "Mine too."
And the dozens of people on the other side exchanged glances without a word, all pretending not to hear.
Mr. Lyon smiled: "Alright then, lead the way!"
Time passed quickly.
When Mr. Lyon said he wanted to borrow, he truly meant to borrow.
On the first day, he finished reading all of Lei Shen's and Hong's collections.
He learned all the parts about exertion methods and even helped the two innovate.
In the Starry Sky World.
There are two special combat techniques: exertion and amplitude.
Exertion refers to the method of exerting force.
It is a technique that allows a person to exert several times the power from one unit of force.
The maximum limit of exertion is one hundred times.
Amplitude, on the other hand, refers to multiplying the force exerted by the body by several times.
The maximum limit of amplitude is also one hundred times.
When the two are combined, it results in ten thousand times the exertion amplitude.
Among them, one hundred times exertion is one of the prerequisites for becoming Immortal.
And ten thousand times exertion amplitude is the standard for almost all Law Masters.
Lei Shen and Hong were indeed prodigies.
Without any inheritance to guide their way.
They actually created two-times and three-times exertion techniques respectively, in less than three years after embarking on the path of transcendence.
Lei Shen's was a saber exertion technique, and Hong's was a spear exertion technique.
Both shared their painstakingly created secret manuals with Mr. Lyon.
Then Mr. Lyon learned their hard work in one minute.
And ten minutes later, he deduced their exertion manuals to fifteen times exertion.
His advantage in a higher realm allowed him to be far ahead in the exploration of techniques.
But he did not continue to deduce further.
Because Lei Shen and Hong's exertion techniques had taken a wrong path from the very beginning.
The exertion amplitude in the Starry Sky World is an all-around amplitude of strength, speed, and defense.
However, Hong and Lei Shen's exertion methods only affected the power of attacks.
In the eyes of the two, who were amazed, Mr. Lyon turned to studying movement techniques.
Micro-level, perfect, artistic conception… His movement techniques rapidly improved, and his mastery of his own power became increasingly refined.
Then he began to browse various ancient texts.
"Analects," "Tao Te Ching," "Spring and Autumn Annals"...
These ancient texts were no different from those in other Worlds.
But reading them at this moment, Mr. Lyon felt as if his soul was being cleansed.
He realized that not only his body, but even his soul had been transformed by the Source Will.
The greatest characteristic of Earthlings in the Starry Sky World is their extraordinarily high state of mind.
Because the Earth beneath their feet was transformed by a great existence that was once a UniverseGod-level being.
Humans born on this Planet have exceptionally high spiritual talent.
Now Mr. Lyon's soul had also received such a transformation.
As he recited the classics, his mind was like a stubborn stone being irrigated and struck by dewdrops.
Each strike made the stubborn stone more transparent, until it was cleansed of its impurities, becoming as clear as jade.
He read for three full days.
When Mr. Lyon walked out of the room again.
Hong exclaimed: "Returning to simplicity, thoroughly comprehending one's true nature!"
"Brother Ang, you actually reached the first stage of the state of mind in three days!"
Mr. Lyon smiled: "There's no first stage or second stage. When it comes to the state of mind, only what aligns with one's inner self is best. The only difference is how far we've walked on our respective paths."
Hong was stunned by the words, his eyes shifted slightly, and he suddenly stood rooted to the spot, lost in thought.
"Brother Hong has comprehended it already?" Lei Shen, who was beside him, was stunned, "Brother Ang, why don't you give me some pointers too, so I can comprehend something?"
"Get lost! You just need to be yourself, that's the most suitable path. What else do you need to comprehend!" Mr. Lyon kicked him playfully.
However, Lei Shen was startled, and actually stood rooted to the spot, comprehending on the spot!
"What the heck, this works too?!"
Now it was Mr. Lyon's turn to be at a loss.
Although what he said was consistent with their mindsets, this was too exaggerated.
This was truly the first time he had witnessed an epiphany with his own eyes.
A few hours later.
Hong and Lei Shen regained consciousness almost simultaneously.
One of them exuded an aura of vastness and all-encompassing tolerance.
The other became simpler and more like a rough man.
This was the "all-encompassing tolerance" of the third stage of the state of mind.
And the "pure innocence" of the second stage.
Thump!
As soon as Hong regained consciousness, he immediately knelt on one knee.
"Brother Ang! First, the exertion techniques, then the enlightenment of the state of mind. I will never forget the grace of your teachings!"
Lei Shen, whose eyes widened, kicked Hong away.
"Still calling him Brother Ang!?"
He fell to his knees with a thud, prostrating himself: "Master! Thank you for the grace of your teachings!"
Hong's eyes widened. He reacted for three seconds, then also prostrated himself: "Please accept me as your disciple, Master Ang!"
Mr. Lyon's face darkened: "What are you doing? I only said a few words, both of you get up!"
However, Lei Shen was incredibly serious this time: "Master, I am serious. I want to become your disciple! Not only because of your kindness, but also because I want to become stronger by following you!"
Hong also had a serious expression: "Me too! If Master wants to leave monsters for us to train with, then I need to become stronger to protect humanity!"
Now it was Mr. Lyon's turn to hesitate.
In the Starry Sky World.
Because powerhouses all experience incredibly long lifespans.
Therefore, the relationship between master and disciple is often closer than that of family.
Hong and Lei Shen's talents were undoubtedly good.
Even with only the ninth-grade bloodline of Earthlings—slow cultivation and difficulty in comprehending laws.
They eventually became great existences.
If they were to find suitable hosts for transmigration again.
Mr. Lyon couldn't even imagine how strong these two would become.
Chapter 122 Heritage Fortress
Lyon finally agreed to take Lei Shen and the other as his disciples.
Although he could only stay for another three months.
However, a cultivator in the Starry Sky World would not have only one teacher.
After he left, Hong and Lei Shen could still go into the Universe and seek stronger teachers.
He didn't need to worry about them constantly.
What Lyon could currently impart was only the experience of cultivation advancement and his understanding of the Starry Sky World.
After the two of them sincerely offered tea and bowed as disciples according to the customs of ancient Huaxia cultivators,
he began by explaining how to break through to the Planetary level, covering domains, laws, and amplification of power.
Thus, Lei Shen and Hong, having understood their path forward, immediately began their closed-door cultivation for breakthrough.
It was estimated that it would take at least two or three days for them to finish.
Lyon only had three months, so of course, he couldn't stay and watch the two of them break through.
He instructed Hong and Lei Shen's several guards to be vigilant, and then he flew out of the Base City.
"There are many small ruins on Earth, mostly legacies from the Meteorite Star. I can sweep them first."
Lyon's gaze swept across, pinpointing hundreds of ruins, large and small.
"First, I'll go to the ruins in South America to get a battlesuit and cultivation methods for a Psychic."
He found his target but didn't set off immediately; instead, he connected to the Source Will.
"Will Boss? Do you have any cultivation inheritances? Give me one!"
The Source Will had already gotten used to Lyon's harassment these past few days.
"Insufficient time, unable to exchange." It was concise and increasingly resembled a Main God.
Lyon used the entangle (Chán) character technique he learned from Lei Shen: "Don't say that. Inheritances are just some information, there's no loss."
"Besides, I want this inheritance not for myself, but for you!"
"For me?" The Source Will questioned for the first time.
Lyon felt there was a chance: "That's right! As the saying goes, 'more friends, more paths.' There was originally no path in the World, but with more friends, paths emerge!"
"You giving me an inheritance now seems like you're guiding my way forward and helping me become stronger."
"But in reality, you're not helping me, you're helping yourself!"
"Helping myself?"
"Of course, you've helped me so much, we're already friends."
"Why do I need this inheritance? It's all so I can better help you!"
"My friend is in danger, I truly wish I could become a True God right now to ascertain the truth for you!"
"Brother Will, from now on, I will be a path for you. The more help you give me, the wider and easier this path will be!"
Lyon didn't care if the Source Will could understand, using both metaphors and rhetorical questions.
It was as if he were a loyal old minister, eager to serve with all his might.
His words directly silenced the Source Will.
"Brother Will? Will Boss? Are you still there?" Lyon asked several times but received no reply.
He waited for a while, then shook his head helplessly: "It seems the fourth attempt to persuade also failed."
In fact, from the first day he arrived on Earth, he had been trying to get a cultivation inheritance from the World Consciousness.
Today was the fourth day, and it was his fourth "lobbying" attempt.
But the effect was still not ideal.
Lyon felt that when he returned to Marvel,
he definitely had to change his university major to negotiation studies.
He needed to thoroughly research how to negotiate.
Next time he transmigrated to a World, he would surely make every World Consciousness dizzy with his persuasion.
"Let's go find the ruins in Amazon instead."
Lyon flew towards South America.
Half a day later.
When Lyon, dressed in a pitch-black suit, and having mastered the basic techniques of a Psychic to perfection, rushed out of the ruins,
he looked deep into the sky, lost in thought.
In the high heavens, which should have been boundless blue, an dazzling Sun had appeared.
Crimson-white light streamed down from beyond the Starry Sky directly to the surface, like colossal pillars reaching the sky.
At this moment, hundreds of fighter jets were leaving the atmosphere, heading towards the source of the light.
Lyon activated his super vision, tracing the light back to its origin.
It was actually a majestic fortress.
The fortress stood on the Moon, towering over a thousand kilometers high, its Base deeply embedded in the surface.
It was as if someone had violently hurled it down from space.
The white light came from the top of the fortress.
Billions of cosmic energy rays, capable of annihilating space, hung down from there, revolving around the fortress.
As if it were the center of the World.
Even the light of the stars became distorted there.
It could only pass around the indestructible outer layer of the fortress.
The distorted light made the Moon at this moment look like a mirage.
Lyon had not read about this fortress in the original work.
He realized: "This is... the inheritance fed by the Source Will has arrived?"
He didn't expect that after the Source Will went silent, it wasn't to express refusal, but to quietly deliver something grand.
Lyon's Bio-field covered his entire body.
Dozens of seconds later, he crossed the long void between Earth and the Moon.
He hovered in front of the fortress.
And many of the Earth fighter jets that had departed before him were left behind, some not even having completed one-tenth of the journey.
After Lyon appeared,
the crimson-white light source above the fortress suddenly swept over.
The white light enveloped Lyon's entire body, as if penetrating every cell within him.
"Cosmic level, gene multiple 100 times, brain domain width 100%, granting core inheritance assessment qualification."
A certain ancient and solemn voice sounded, and the crimson-white light immediately transformed from light into a bridge, projecting a pulling force.
Lyon offered no resistance and was sucked into the top of the fortress along the bridge.
After a burst of intense light, he opened his eyes.
He was now in a place similar to the Starry Sky of the Universe.
All around was a deep darkness.
Only starlight-like points of light cast a faint glow.
Those countless stars extended from beneath his feet, above his head, all the way to the infinitely distant horizon.
The interior of the fortress was actually much larger than its exterior.
At least this space, whose limits Lyon couldn't see even with his super vision, had a diameter of over ten billion kilometers.
Lyon tentatively took a step forward.
The next moment, the points of light beneath his feet suddenly extended lines, connecting with other points of light.
The connected points of light continued to derive more lines.
After a few breaths, all the stars connected, forming huge dot-line diagrams.
It was like the Big Dipper being photographed by a satellite and then connected by someone with a pen to form a constellation map.
"This is... a Secret Pattern Diagram?"
A complex and profound Secret Pattern Diagram; Lyon's mind seemed to fall into it with just one glance, and countless insights surged into his heart.
"And it's a Secret Pattern Diagram that fuses light and time!"
Lyon was horrified. The preciousness of this type of Secret Pattern Diagram was no less than the Chaos Stele of the Human Race in the Starry Sky World.
And now, it was openly displayed before him, for him to comprehend.
Generous! The Source Will was too generous!
Lyon was now filled with an unbearable excitement.
He almost forgot that a voice had just said he only had the qualification to participate in the assessment.
"You still know about Secret Pattern Diagrams? Interesting." Suddenly, that ancient and solemn voice appeared behind Lyon.
Lyon's entranced eyes instantly cleared.
He turned around and saw a huge, platinum-white, single-horned lizard phantom.
The phantom was tens of thousands of meters tall, and the illusory gas it exhaled with each breath was a thousand zhang in size.
This appearance immediately brought to mind the Starry Sky Beast.
Or perhaps the most top-tier special life forms of the Original Universe—
—The Innate Beast God.
Chapter 123 The First Round of Assessment
"How many years has it been? I finally see a life form from the Original Universe again."
The enormous phantom approached Lyon Stark, its eyes, as large as a skyscraper, filled with a sigh.
"How long has it been since I was buried in the original star? It's probably been nearly a hundred trillion epochs…"
The phantom's deep sigh left Lyon Stark stunned.
"Are you a life form from the previous cycle era?" Lyon Stark pondered, a hundred trillion epochs was almost an entire cycle.
"Life form? No, I am merely an intelligent program."
The phantom said, "In the middle to late period of the last cycle era, the supreme expert, the Time Beast God 'Zhou', fell, leaving behind me and this fortress."
"After the Original Universe entered its cycle, the fortress was buried within the original star, and only now has it reappeared."
"Little fellow, are you the one conveyed by the great Source Will, the one with the potential to pass the assessment and obtain all the legacy left by 'Zhou'?"
"I must warn you, this assessment carries a risk to your life."
Lyon Stark nodded: "Regardless of whether I succeed, I want to try!"
"Hmm… alright, a special life form with a hundred times the genes, in a way, you and 'Zhou' are of the same kind. You are qualified to try," the phantom exhaled.
"But your foundation seems very poor. Throw a punch, let me see."
"Yes!" Lyon Stark took a stance and unleashed a punch using the flawed force exertion technique he had deduced to fifteen times.
The phantom's brows immediately furrowed.
Its voice boomed like thunder: "What in the World is this? Have you never had formal training?"
"Not yet, I've been exploring on my own," Lyon Stark nodded.
"A blank slate? That works too. I'll give you thirty days to fully grasp this secret manual and achieve one hundred times correct force exertion."
A translucent secret manual materialized before Lyon Stark and fell to the ground.
"If you can't learn it in thirty days, there's no need to proceed with the later inheritances."
The phantom lumbered away on its four pillar-like legs, lay down in the distance, and closed its eyes.
Lyon Stark picked up the manual, his fighting spirit high: "Time waits for no one. One hundred times force exertion, I must master it quickly!"
One day later.
Lyon Stark woke the phantom.
"What? You've mastered hundred times force exertion? That fast… Throw another punch, let me see."
"Alright!" Lyon Stark stood straight and threw a punch without warning, the force of it palpable.
"This, he really did master it. It's not bad, but still far inferior to how I was back then… *cough*."
The phantom turned its head and coughed lightly.
"Then let the assessment begin."
"You are favored by the Source Will, and 'Zhou' once served the Source Will, so I won't make things difficult for you."
"The assessment will test you on three aspects—law comprehension ability, mental state, and willpower."
"Law comprehension is the foundation for becoming stronger, and mental state and willpower are necessary conditions for becoming an expert."
"Which one do you want to be assessed on first?"
"Mental state, I suppose." Lyon Stark's mental state had just made a breakthrough, making it suitable for a challenge to consolidate it.
"Very well, it begins now."
As the phantom's voice faded.
A hazy light enveloped Lyon Stark.
He waited calmly.
As time passed, he seemed to go through one trial after another.
However, half an hour later, the phantom suddenly spoke: "You failed, you did not pass. Leave this place now!"
Lyon Stark was startled and before he could speak, he was swept by a white light and sent flying out of the fortress.
The fortress was quickly sucked into a black hole.
Clearly, the Source Will would not give him another chance.
Lyon Stark returned to Earth in frustration, and reluctantly settled for the next best thing, finding the Meteorite Star spacecraft and joining it to learn secret techniques.
Three months later.
Lyon Stark left a large number of secret manuals for Hong and Lei Shen.
He himself returned to the Marvel Universe with the strength of a Domain Lord peak.
He first bid farewell to Ancient One, then returned home and shared the technology he had obtained from the Starry Sky World with Tony.
Then, amidst Tony's repeated exclamations of disbelief, he flew towards the Sun once more.
He wanted to become an immortal in the shortest possible time!
Lyon Stark plunged into the Sun and stayed there for a year.
Originally, time should have continued to flow peacefully like this.
However, one day when Tony was studying the Tesseract, its fluctuations spread beyond the World.
A spatial rift, following the fluctuations, cut open the World's portal.
A purple-skinned Eternal Titan, clad in flowing armor and wearing a six-Infinity Stones Uru metal gauntlet, emerged from it.
"I am Thanos, come to send you back to the embrace of the goddess Death. Mortals, you may begin to feel honored," he said.
As soon as Thanos appeared, he prepared to use the six Infinity Stones gauntlet to clear the field.
But Lyon Stark returned from the star almost instantly and stopped him.
However, just as Lyon Stark, at the peak of the World Lord level, sent Thanos flying out of Earth.
The opponent used the power of the six Infinity Stones, instantly teleported back, and blew up Lyon Stark's body. This Thanos was from the comic Universe!
Amidst the rain of blood, a small spatial gate secretly sucked away Lyon Stark's Original Nucleus, unnoticed by Thanos.
But after that, no one on Earth could stop Thanos.
Tony turned to ash, Natasha's heart was pierced.
Even Ancient One was beheaded by Thanos.
Ten days later, Thanos, having killed all life in the Universe, left this World.
A hundred days later, Lyon Stark's Original Nucleus regenerated a new body in the Sun.
It was Ancient One who saved him with a teleportation portal at the crucial moment.
"Thanos!"
Lyon Stark roared out.
His peak World Lord level energy was unleashed.
Under his scarlet gaze, the entire Starry Sky trembled.
"I will definitely kill you!!"
He did not immediately seek revenge on Thanos but plunged into the Sun.
One hundred thousand years later.
Lyon Stark, his body surging with golden light, emerged from the star.
In his hand, he held a boundless Universe.
He casually absorbed the Sun into it.
That was a miniature Universe transformed from his inner World, spanning a hundred billion light-years in size.
Lyon Stark was now an Eternal God-level existence.
With every movement, power capable of collapsing a Universe flowed.
He easily tore open the Universe crystal wall and slapped away a large bald man who flew over to ask what was happening.
Between the crystal walls of countless Universes.
He locked onto a Universe, activated his Crossing (transversal) ability, and traveled to that World's past.
Sure enough, when he entered it, Thanos stood upon a pile of Superheroes' corpses on Earth.
Among them were the bodies of Tony, Captain America, Thor, and other Avengers members.
"Thanos!!"
Lyon Stark roared and shrieked as he descended from the sky.
All the winds, rains, and clouds of the World made way for him, and everything within his sight bowed before him.
He took a step, unleashing a fifteen-stage secret technique, and effortlessly took Thanos's head.
Amidst the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, he stood at the very top, holding Thanos's dripping head, laughing wildly, a madman's laughter.
"Thanos, die! Die! Tony, do you see? I've avenged you!!"
His laughter continuously grew, until it echoed throughout the entire Earth.
But as he laughed, his expression turned cold again.
"It's not enough, I still need to revive Tony!"
Lyon Stark returned to his own World, found the Time Stone, leveraged the World's authority, and rewound time.
However, just as he was about to save Tony.
The four abstract entities appeared to stop him.
"You cannot revive him. That is an absolute fixed point in time. Without that fixed point, there would be no you in the present. Reviving him will destroy this World!" Eternity said.
"Heh, now you come out acting all righteous? Where were you when Thanos came?!"
Lyon Stark sneered: "Today, Tony must be revived, I say so! Don't tell me you're just avatars, even if your true bodies came, you couldn't stop me!"
"A World without Tony has no reason to exist!"
The two opposing sides immediately began a great battle.
Every punch, kick, and sword strike was the surging of supreme laws.
This battle lasted for nearly a year, its aftershocks shaking the entire Universe to the brink of collapse.
Finally, Lyon Stark, holding the gradually dissipating heads of Eternity and Infinite, stood at the end of the Universe, having lived to the very end.
He stepped on piles of white bones, used the Time Stone to rewind the past, and successfully revived Tony.
Almost the instant Tony was revived, the World began to collapse completely.
"This, where is this? Didn't I die… Lyon Stark! It's great that you're not dead!" Tony was overjoyed to see Lyon Stark.
But he looked around in confusion, "But why does it feel a bit off? It seems like this place is about to collapse?"
"It's nothing, don't mind it. You go in here first, and we'll go to another World!"
Lyon Stark took Tony into his own Universe and brought him along to another World.
However, as soon as Lyon Stark entered the new Earth.
Before he could release Tony.
A group of Celestials appeared outside Earth.
The shortest of them were hundreds of meters tall, and the tallest even exceeded hundreds of thousands of meters.
"Outsider, Lyon Stark!" Their majestic shouts reached the azure sky above and the deep sea below.
Chapter 124: The Heart is Like a Mirror, Understanding the Nature
"Outsider, you carry endless sins. Kneel now and accept our judgment!" said the tallest Celestial.
"By yourselves?"
Lyon Stark sneered, his body suddenly expanding infinitely, surpassing 12 light-years in an instant.
He stood in the Universe, as vast as a galaxy, with the power to collapse the void with every movement.
He crushed the Celestials with one palm, endless energy flowing and laws surging, directly washing away and annihilating the Celestials.
However, as soon as the Celestials died,
another group of four abstract entities also arrived on the battlefield...
Lyon Stark rose again to meet them.
Countless years passed.
Lyon Stark changed World after World, eliminating one group of Gods after another who maintained the order of the Universe.
He had once devoured an entire Universe.
He had also directly faced all the Superheroes.
He grew stronger and stronger in battle after battle, constantly fighting.
But he was tired.
He sat wearily on the Earth of a certain Universe, gazing at the stars dancing across the Starry Sky.
In the long struggle,
he had already broken through to God King, possessing power above the Multiverse level.
And the corpses behind him were enough to fill an entire Universe.
Yet, wherever he went, he was met with attacks from those Guardian of order.
It was as if the vast Marvel had no place for him to reside.
Suddenly, thunder rumbled in space.
Countless stars surrounding Lyon Stark exploded one after another.
"Enough!" a grand voice penetrated the Universe crystal wall.
Lyon Stark abruptly looked outside the World, his expression more solemn than ever before.
In his eyes, the crystal wall respectfully parted on both sides as if encountering a superior being.
A figure even taller than his current self descended.
It was a great existence with three faces and a humanoid physique.
Lyon Stark recognized the person before him; it was the Life Tribunal, responsible for maintaining the balance of the All-Powerful Universe in the Marvel Universe.
"Lyon Stark, you have committed enough mistakes and still show no remorse!"
"Now, in the name of the All-Powerful Universe, I shall judge you!"
The Life Tribunal descended, brilliant golden light spreading throughout all space, and the power of judgment instantly sealed the entire Universe.
Even with Lyon Stark's current power level, he was bound in place by the power of judgment, unable to move an inch.
"Do you know your sins!" the Life Tribunal roared.
Lyon Stark stared at the Life Tribunal: "I only regret that my strength is not enough to defeat you."
The Life Tribunal was noncommittal to Lyon Stark's words.
"The judgment officially begins!"
The Face of Justice of the Life Tribunal spoke first: "You have slaughtered the Gods of the Universe, disrupted the order of the Multiverse, and committed unforgivable sins. You should perish from the Universe!"
The Face of Vengeance said: "You began on the path of vengeance, and you should end with the Universe's vengeance upon you. You should be imprisoned for billions of years!"
The Face of Necessity said: "Your crimes were committed out of helplessness.
Because there was no place for you in your original Universe.
You resisted in desperation.
It is understandable.
But the Universe you destroyed needs you to repair it.
You should serve the Multiverse eternally, maintaining the order of the Universe!"
The three faces spoke simultaneously: "I sentence you to be stripped of all your power to repair the Universe, and to be imprisoned in the Multiverse for a hundred years until Death!"
Lyon Stark remained calm throughout.
He had long been prepared for his own Death.
The long period of slaughter had not destroyed his mind.
Instead, it made him question himself every time he threw a punch.
Questioning himself where this path was truly leading.
Questioning himself whether he regretted his initial act of resurrecting Tony.
He always failed to find an answer, because his ending seemed to have been predetermined since he began slaughtering the Multiverse.
"Do you have anything to say?"
The Life Tribunal asked before executing the judgment.
"Lyon Stark, I want to tell you that the reason Thanos traveled to your World was not due to a spatial Stone fluctuation leakage, but because he was attracted by the energy you released while cultivating in the stars."
"Now, having understood all the reasons, if you were given another chance, would you still choose to become stronger, choose to seek revenge?"
The Life Tribunal's question seemed to strike at Lyon Stark's heart.
Just like the question he had asked himself thousands of times.
Had he really done wrong?
Was becoming stronger wrong?
Was resurrecting Tony also a mistake?
Lyon Stark looked at the Life Tribunal's solemn and stern face.
Suddenly, he had an answer.
Nonsense about it being because of him, nonsense about choosing again.
If he cowered out of fear, he would only become a weakling living at the mercy of others.
From the moment he transmigrated to this World, he was destined not to be ordinary!
All the disadvantages, all the hardships, were only because he was not strong enough!
Though seemingly on the verge of ruin, Lyon Stark's eyes were brighter than ever.
"I will not regret it. Next time, I will only become stronger, strong enough to defeat even you!"
Lyon Stark's heart had never been as resolute as it was at this moment.
Like a polished steel blade vowing to cut through all obstacles.
And everything it cut.
Either it would break the blade, or it would be chopped, chopped, and chopped again!
Having thoroughly understood his true heart and nature.
Lyon Stark's deepest desire was to become stronger, and the purpose of becoming stronger was to ensure that no one could ever threaten anything related to him again.
Lyon Stark's state of mind, having seen his true self, ascended to another level.
As his state of mind climbed, the scene before his eyes suddenly became unreal, like a clumsy Shadow play.
"This is... an illusion? So I was still in an illusion! So that's it, I'm still in the Starry Sky World!"
Lyon Stark laughed up to the sky, "An illusion, dares to make me give up becoming stronger? All of this ends here!"
The Life Tribunal's body froze in the air.
The power binding Lyon Stark inexplicably dissipated.
The entire World shattered like a silver mirror falling to the ground.
Before Lyon Stark's eyes, the gigantic beast-like Shadow in the Legacy Fortress reappeared.
"You broke the illusion!? How is this possible!"
The Shadow exclaimed in surprise.
"Your state of mind... is very strong!" It looked at Lyon Stark with shocked eyes, "Stronger than many Immortals I've seen."
"The illusion just now was a combination of the Illusionist's secret art and the Law of Time."
"I don't know what you saw, but it must have been shaped from your subconscious, incredibly real and capable of comprehensively testing your state of mind."
"My expectation for you was to last a month in it, but you broke through it in just one day."
"Congratulations, you've passed the first assessment!"
The Shadow's attitude towards Lyon Stark improved several times: "Do you want to rest for a while now, or continue with the remaining two assessments?"
"Continue!" Lyon Stark sighed with emotion.
It was as if the hundreds of thousands of years he had seemingly experienced were merely a reflection of his mental weaknesses.
Yet, the illusion and the Law of Time within it prevented him from detecting any abnormality.
Now, thinking back, those experiences in the illusion were clearly just fragmented scenes.
The illusion arts of the Starry Sky World truly had their unique qualities.
"I choose Law Comprehension!" Lyon Stark said with certainty, letting go of everything in the illusion.
Chapter 125 Second Round of Assessment
"Good!"
"Special lives are extremely close to the Law, and you just happen to match the attribute of 'Zero', so this stage should be the easiest for you."
The Shadow stomped its foot.
A ring tens of thousands of kilometers long and wide appeared in front of the two.
"This ring is a creation of the Dream-Eating Race from the previous reincarnation era."
"It is based on illusion secret techniques and has two modes."
"The first mode is for the user to enter the ring with mental power, and the ring will simulate two phantoms with identical physical qualities."
"The user's consciousness takes over one phantom, and killing the other counts as victory."
"The second mode is only applicable to Universe Master-level and below life forms with one-time genes."
"In this mode, the user's physical body enters the ring."
"The ring will consume the cosmic energy it has automatically absorbed in the past to simulate entities with the same physical level as you, but with different Law comprehension levels."
"In both of these modes, your opponent will only use the most basic Law methods for attack."
"And your assessment is to defeat the first opponent within one month."
The Shadow then pointed to the dome and the ground.
"Those secret technique patterns include everything from the most basic Light Speed fusion Law to fifth-order Law Master-level fusion secret techniques."
"You can use those patterns for comprehension, and your speed will be much faster."
Leon was a little surprised this time: "Only need to defeat the first opponent?"
"Just the first one," the Shadow said.
"Don't underestimate this ring!"
The Shadow emphasized, "The people it simulates have at least Universe Master-level Law comprehension, the tenth one already has Immortal-level comprehension, the twenty-first is Venerable-level, and the twenty-sixth is even Law Master-level."
"The reason you only need to defeat the first one is because you have clearly just stepped into the threshold of the Law."
"But I suggest you use the second mode; life-and-Death battles are easier for progress, and besides, you have an Original Nucleus and won't die easily."
Leon nodded.
"I understand, let me try it once first."
He leaped onto the ring, and a certain fluctuation immediately swept over his body.
A few seconds later, a large amount of cosmic energy suddenly surged a hundred meters in front of him, condensing into a person identical to him.
"It's actually a mirror copy?"
Leon activated his Bio-field, simultaneously using his time acceleration talent and Light Law.
"Then let's go!"
Boom!
He charged at the mirror person at Light Speed, throwing a full-strength punch that even tore through his Bio-field with its force.
However, when he got close, he realized that the mirror image he hit was just an afterimage!
Leon's punch missed, hitting the ring.
But a punch powerful enough to destroy the surface didn't even stir up a speck of dust.
He retreated without hesitation, wanting to create distance.
However, before he could act, his head suddenly exploded.
Behind him, the mirror person slowly retracted his punch.
The entire battle took less than one ten-thousandth of a second.
"As expected, it failed."
The huge Shadow stepped forward, picked Leon up from the ground, pulled a ring from the depths of space, and placed it on his hand.
A few seconds later, Leon's head regenerated, and he "revived" on the spot.
"I just died, no, my head was blown up..."
"The power of the Time Law is indeed strong!"
"Wait, why do I feel like I'm basking in the Sun right now!?"
He touched his body and looked around, "There's no Sun here."
The giant beast Shadow pointed to the ring on Leon's right middle finger: "Look inside the ring."
"A ring? Did you give it to me...? Is this the World Ring?" Leon rotated the ring, and his consciousness sank into it.
Inside was a World with a length, width, and height of a trillion kilometers.
Such a large World Ring.
For a Law Master who lived until the mid-to-late reincarnation era, it was not even a drop in the ocean.
But for Leon, it was an absolutely unattainable treasure.
But now, none of that mattered!
The most important thing was that this World was actually packed with 100,000 Suns!
And they were all yellow stars!
Leon's eyes widened, looking at the giant beast Shadow in disbelief.
The Shadow smiled proudly: "I knew this thing would be useful to you. Those Suns were collected by 'Zero' while wandering the Universe; they are his usual snacks, and he still has seven or eight such rings left over."
One meal is a ring full of stars?
Seven or eight left over?
That means a total of seven or eight hundred thousand stars?
Leon suddenly felt he had another reason to complete the inheritance assessment.
The Shadow understood Leon's thoughts very well: "Don't think about it; no matter how much you think, they are not yours. This ring is temporarily lent to you; it will only fully belong to you when you complete all the assessments."
"Your mirror image just now used a time afterimage, which is an extension of the Time Acceleration Law."
"If your comprehension of the Time Law is not enough, you will definitely not be able to defeat him."
"My suggestion is that you prioritize comprehending the Time Law."
Leon clenched his fist and tapped his knuckles with high spirits: "Good! Then I'll focus on improving my comprehension of the Time Law first!"
He immediately sat down cross-legged and, following the Shadow's instructions, began to comprehend the secret pattern map.
Although the secret pattern map was huge, the number of patterns was actually not many.
There were only 18 in total.
From the 1st to the 9th pattern were figures of light and the Sun, illustrating the fusion Law of Time and Light.
From the 10th to the 18th, there were fists and claws, recording countless secret techniques.
Leon started looking at the first pattern and was immediately captivated.
He felt as if he was staring into the Laws of the Universe.
Every stroke in the secret pattern map outlined a magnificent Law.
Those Law lines infinitely derived in Leon's mind, constructing countless possibilities.
His hands involuntarily gestured, light swirling around his fingertips, and Time leaving traces in the air.
Time passed imperceptibly.
A few days went by.
Leon would fight after comprehending, and if his head was blown up, he would grasp the fleeting inspiration and continue comprehending.
His head was blown up dozens of times.
From being completely helpless at first to later fighting to a draw.
After the last exchange.
He suddenly fell into an epiphany, sitting cross-legged beside the Shadow, staring deeply at the secret pattern map without even blinking.
"Wake up, wake up!"
After an unknown amount of time.
The voice of the giant beast Shadow, like a grand bell, echoed in Leon's mind, waking him up.
Comprehending the Law was like merging with the Universe, making it impossible to stop.
"A month has passed, if you don't stop now, you will be overtime," the Shadow said.
Leon nodded and stood up: "Has it really been a month? Thank you for the reminder."
"How is your comprehension? Do you have confidence?" The Shadow seemed even more nervous than Leon.
"I think I can defeat the third person!"
Leon wore a confident smile and leaped onto the ring.
A few seconds later, his mirror image appeared.
Leon tapped his foot, the Light Speed Law fused, and tens of thousands of his figures appeared simultaneously in the air.
Tens of thousands of Leons attacked at the same time.
The next moment, the mirror image's head exploded, and its figure gradually disappeared.
"Does this count as revenge?" Leon squeezed his fist where the mirror image disappeared, and all the afterimages behind him vanished simultaneously.
He turned back and asked, "I want to continue challenging the next person, is that okay?"
"Of course, no problem!" The Shadow laughed heartily.
It was hard to imagine a gigantic creature like a lizard grinning and laughing.
But Leon was already used to it.
After the second mirror image appeared, it was easily defeated by him in the same manner.
It wasn't until the third mirror image that the two sides fought back and forth.
Finally, Leon was slightly inferior and had his heart pierced.
He jumped off the ring and quickly recovered from his injuries with the help of the 100,000 stars in the World Ring.
"You reached the level of the third person in one epiphany, very good!" the Shadow praised.
"So now only the willpower assessment is left, right?" Leon looked at the Shadow.
"That's right, do you plan to start now?"
"Let's start, there's nothing more to prepare."
Chapter 126 The Miracle of Idealism
"Alright then."
The giant Beast God Shadow rumbled, striking the ground.
The two instantly vanished from the top floor of the fortress.
Their vision shifted.
They reappeared at the base of a massive staircase.
The staircase stood alone in space.
It had four sides, all leading to a single platform at the top, resembling a pyramid.
Each step below the platform was crafted from a high-grade material,
appearing like flawless White jade.
But Leon estimated that even if he used all his strength, he wouldn't be able to damage it in the slightest.
"The Beast God Inheritance Staircase has a total of ten thousand steps. A Cosmic level individual can obtain the inheritance qualification by reaching eight hundred steps."
The Shadow introduced, "This place was originally used for the God General inheritance, but it was later modified by 'Zhou' before his Death, becoming his inheritance."
"After the hundredth step, as you continue to ascend, the steps will assist you in cultivating your Divine Body Amplitude and Soul Amplitude."
"And for every thousand steps you climb, there will be a treasure left by 'Zhou' as a reward."
"Because in other screenings, your race, talent, and state of mind have already been tested."
"So, on these steps, only your willpower will be tested!"
"Once you are ready, you can begin the challenge yourself. I will wait for you here."
After the Shadow finished speaking, he spread his limbs and lay down on the ground, watching Leon as if waiting for a movie to start.
"A thousand steps? Doesn't sound too difficult."
Leon didn't hesitate, walking step by step towards the staircase and stepping onto it.
On the first step, he felt no pressure.
Just as he was about to take another step,
a dazzling White light suddenly projected from the top of the staircase.
The White light flashed and disappeared, merging into Leon's forehead.
A piece of information immediately appeared in his mind.
This information was identical to the force exertion secret manual given by the giant Beast God Shadow earlier.
The voice of the giant Beast God Shadow then sounded, "These first hundred steps are for assisting in the cultivation of force exertion techniques."
"I originally planned to bring you here when you encountered difficulties in cultivating force exertion, but now you no longer need it."
Leon retorted, "You clearly said at the time that if I couldn't master it in a month, I'd be eliminated, right? Would you really have brought me?"
"Hmm, did I say that? I never said that…" The Shadow said, then suddenly began to snore like muffled thunder, seemingly having fallen asleep.
Leon shook his head helplessly and continued onto the second step.
As the giant Beast God Shadow had said, there was still no pressure.
He walked a few more steps.
He simply began to climb with large strides.
It wasn't until he reached the 101st step that he felt his heart sink, as if something had fallen onto his soul.
At the same time, two more White lights shot out from the top of the staircase.
One entered Leon's mind.
The other transformed into a mysterious jade box in front of Leon.
The White light received in his mind was an amplitude secret art called "Zhou's Divine Body," divided into 10 layers.
The introduction stated that
the secret art could be cultivated with the help of the steps.
Each layer corresponded to a thousand steps.
Upon successful cultivation, one could achieve a force exertion amplitude of ten thousand times.
However, now was clearly not the time for cultivation.
Leon then opened the box in front of him, and inside was a set of pitch-black battle armor.
The battle armor appeared seamless, as if naturally formed.
Even as it lay quietly in the box, it seemed to possess life, exuding an aura as heavy as a mountain.
The moment Leon saw the battle armor, he felt a sharp pain in his eyeballs, as if they had been pricked, which showed how powerful it was.
"This is an ordinary supreme treasure-level battle armor, considered an encouragement before the formal challenge begins… Hmm, you might not know what a supreme treasure is."
The giant Beast God Shadow, who had just been feigning sleep, walked over, lowered his massive head, and leaned in to explain.
"A so-called supreme treasure is an item that even Law Master would covet and desire."
"Like this battle armor, it can immunize against any attack below the ordinary Venerable level, and it can reduce damage below the Overlord-level Venerable to one ten-thousandth, making it incredibly mystical."
"However, for you, it might have a slight flaw." The giant Beast God Shadow scratched his large head.
Leon looked up, "What flaw?"
The Shadow thought for a moment, "To bind it, you need at least the willpower of a peak King."
"After binding, to activate it, you also need ten thousand times the power of a World Master to provide enough energy."
The so-called power of a World Master is the basic strength possessed by a peak World Master with 1x genetic factor.
Leon closed the box, "So, I won't be able to use it until much later?"
The giant Beast God Shadow explained with some embarrassment.
"After all, this fortress was originally meant to be buried in the Primitive Star, and those you can meet in that place are basically Venerables."
"Even if 'Zhou' was a Law Master, he couldn't have imagined before his Death that his fortress would encounter a Cosmic level inheritor."
"Even the first hundred steps used for cultivating force exertion were originally just for decoration, to make the inheritance seem more complete."
"However, there are still dozens of heavy treasures in the fortress that serve as decorations."
"Once you pass the inheritance, perhaps you can try them out!"
Heavy treasures are items below supreme treasures, generally used by the strongest Immortals and low-level Venerable figures.
Leon smacked his tongue, "Even heavy treasures are just decorations. As expected of a Law Master."
"But you said this supreme treasure in my hand is an encouragement prize, so even if I fail the assessment, I can still take it, right?"
The giant Beast God Shadow's eyes became strange, "You haven't even officially started the challenge, and you already think you'll fail?"
Leon put the jade box into his World Ring, "Of course not. What I mean is, I will succeed, and the encouragement prize is just redundant."
After speaking, he stepped onto the 102nd step.
Seeing this, the giant Beast God Shadow retreated and sat down again, watching Leon's challenge.
103rd step, 104th step…
As the number of steps increased, the impact on Leon's mind gradually grew stronger.
But between the hundredth and six hundredth steps, his expression remained normal, and he moved swiftly without any sense of sluggishness.
It wasn't until the 601st step that his relaxed expression began to turn serious.
The giant Beast God Shadow beside him even held his breath, although he didn't actually have a need to breathe.
He murmured in a low voice, "After six hundred steps, it's Domain Lord level willpower, and eight hundred steps is the Domain Lord limit, but he's only Cosmic level 9. It's too difficult, too difficult…"
The willpower attribute in the Starry Sky World generally increases with realm advancement to the same level as one's strength realm.
And Leon had the blessing of his Clear Mind and Insight state of mind, as well as a hundredfold genetic factor amplification.
His willpower had actually already reached the mid-to-high level of a Domain Lord.
As he continued to climb,
fine beads of sweat gradually appeared on Leon's face.
His body was not tired.
But wave after wave of mental impact, like a tide, made his spirit extremely exhausted.
701st step, 702nd step…
It was as if a giant hammer was striking his mind. Leon gritted his teeth and pushed forward, climbing.
As he stepped onto another step, the giant Beast God Shadow behind him exclaimed, "751 steps! Well done!"
But Leon's vision had already begun to blur.
Large beads of cold sweat dripped from his eyelashes, falling into his eyes.
But that wasn't the reason for his blurred vision.
The true reason was that his spirit was so taut that he had to abandon all attention to the outside World.
The continuous mental impact was like countless blades slicing his soul.
The feeling of his soul being torn apart made him wish for Death.
With every step he took upwards, the blade striking his mental World became sharper.
789th step, 790th step…
Leon was already in so much pain that he was sprawled on the steps.
This was almost his limit.
But he was still moving slowly.
This round of testing was willpower.
The so-called pain was actually the pain in his consciousness.
At this moment, the person who could endure the pain better would be able to go further.
But Leon's true desire was to become stronger, and he would never tolerate the pain that stood in the way of his path to strength.
His heart held only the goal of eight hundred steps.
All the pain that came his way was cut down by him in his heart!
His vision was completely dark, but his eyes were still sharp, still fixed on the steps above!
798th step!
Blood gurgled from the corners of Leon's mouth.
His teeth were biting into his own flesh, using physical pain to counter mental pain!
He imagined himself throwing a punch in his darkened consciousness.
The enemy was the pain that came at him.
Punch! Punch again!
799th step!
Leon was trembling all over. The sunlight flowing from his World Ring continuously healed his body, but it couldn't heal the terrible pain in his consciousness.
His consciousness had reached its limit.
The difference in a major realm in the Starry Sky World was thousands of times.
Even with various physical and mental state blessings, for Leon, there was still a gap of dozens of times.
But he had overcome this dozens of times gap with his willpower.
Now, only one last step remained.
But he could barely control his arm, his raised right hand trembling in the air as if it were about to fall apart.
"Alas… as expected, it's still not enough. Never mind, at most, I'll just go back to that gloomy place and sleep for a few hundred million epochs."
The voice of the giant Beast God Shadow sounded beside Leon's ear, filled with deep regret.
"Little fellow, don't push yourself anymore. That World Ring and the supreme treasure are yours. If you push further, your soul will be damaged."
The giant Beast God Shadow could see that Leon's consciousness and spirit had reached their limit.
This little fellow's early life had perhaps never experienced such hardship.
To have come this far relying on his talent and state of mind was already commendable.
However, Leon showed no reaction to the Shadow's approval.
He no longer had the extra willpower to speak, only shouting in his heart.
"No! I can't stop here!"
"I must go further, I must go further! I must succeed!"
He wanted to become stronger! From the day he gained the Kryptonian Bloodline, he had never retreated on the path to becoming stronger!
"Just the willpower of a Domain Lord peak!!"
"How could it stop me?!"
Leon roared and bellowed in his heart.
He hadn't experienced many hardships.
But his Death and transmigration in his previous life, and his cautious life before the age of sixteen in this life,
made his desire to become stronger unshakeable.
All his beliefs twisted into an indestructible rope, blocking the mental impact from the steps.
Just as the shouts in his heart were at their loudest,
something seemed to shatter within the sound.
Deep within his genes, a golden light suddenly ignited, rapidly spreading throughout his body.
His genetic factor soared like a rocket.
101 times, 102 times… 200 times!
His willpower also surged as if undergoing a transformation.
The heart-wrenching, bone-piercing pain of the previous moment suddenly became insignificant.
He staggered to his feet and took the final step with a thud.
800th step!
"Eh? How, how is this possible? Genetic factor doubled, willpower advanced to World Master level!?"
Amidst the giant Beast God Shadow's incredulous exclamation,
Leon stood on the steps, looking at his hands, equally astonished.
"Was that just… Superman's… idealistic ability!? How is this possible?"
Chapter 127: Speculations about Kryptonian Bloodline
"Do you know what just happened?" the Beast God Shadow asked, leaning in.
Leon was equally puzzled: "I'm not sure either; something like this has never happened before."
"Let me think… Perhaps it's your hidden talent. Some special life forms have hidden talents that need to be activated later."
The Shadow had just made a guess but immediately denied it: "No, that's not right. Even if it's a talent, it's too exaggerated. Before becoming a Law Master, a gene increase of more than 100 times couldn't be achieved through later enhancement."
The Shadow suggested: "Why don't you try again? Recall the feeling you had just now and try once more."
Leon recalled as instructed: "That feeling was like my genes were responding to my will."
This sounds a bit like the setting for Superman in the DC Main Universe.
That is, the magnitude of power is determined by the mind.
But he had never had this feeling before.
"It happened… at the moment my will was about to collapse, yet it was incredibly firm, and I was thinking that I absolutely had to reach the eight hundredth step."
The Beast God Shadow urgently pressed: "Yes, yes! That's it! Quickly recall the state of mind and feeling of that moment!"
Leon closed his eyes and began to search for the feeling of his will breaking through.
He tried to twist his consciousness into a single rope again.
And quickly walked up the steps.
Step 801… Step 999.
Once again, the pain of reaching the limit.
"Ugh ahhh!!" Leon cried out in pain, forcing himself to move forward.
However, this time, even though he was in so much pain he almost lost consciousness, no miracle occurred.
The Beast God Shadow brought Leon back to the bottom of the steps.
After Leon recovered, it said: "It seems your talent is more complex than imagined!"
Leon lay on the ground, his willpower completely exhausted and incredibly fatigued: "I wish it were simpler."
He suddenly missed Tony.
Leon himself was in the midst of it and couldn't find a thread to untangle his thoughts for a moment.
If Tony were here, he would definitely be able to analyze it thoroughly for him.
"Perhaps you can tell me about your birth process. I've lived longer, so maybe I can give you some advice," the Beast God Shadow said.
"Birth process…" Leon hesitated for a moment, then vaguely described the origin of his Kryptonian Bloodline.
A few minutes later.
The Shadow frowned, looking at Leon as if he were a little monster.
"You're saying your Kryptonian Bloodline comes from another existence similar to the Source Will, but it has an upper limit, and it only became a hundredfold gene after being modified by the Source Will?"
"That's impossible!"
The Shadow paced back and forth a few times, exhaling substantial streams of air from its nose.
"Not to mention how great the Source Will is; It wouldn't stoop to help a Cosmic level being modify his body."
"Even if the existence you spoke of is real and not inferior to the Source Will."
"Then It couldn't possibly give you a Kryptonian Bloodline with such a low upper limit!"
"You must have something still unclear."
The Beast God Shadow was still muttering various denials.
But its words were like a key, clicking open the shackles of Leon's thoughts.
Leon stood frozen in place.
Right!
How could the original World send out a Kryptonian Bloodline with a very low upper limit!
Since he simultaneously gained the Kryptonian Bloodline and the ability to traverse.
And the traversing ability was so powerful.
Then the Kryptonian Bloodline couldn't be something so ordinary, with an upper limit of only two million tons!
Even people in a certain hydrogen continent know that — things born as twins cannot have a heaven and earth difference.
Leon's thoughts were like a vast power grid in a city, rapidly spreading and extending.
He thought of the characteristics displayed by the traversing ability when traversing two Worlds.
He thought of how smoothly the Kryptonian Bloodline underwent modification, without any unexpected occurrences.
And then he thought of the simultaneous metamorphosis of his genes and will at the moment he reached the limit.
"It's evolution and inclusivity!"
Leon's tone was resolute, "My Kryptonian Bloodline's true characteristics are evolution after reaching the limit, and powerful inclusivity!"
"Facing factors and systems that can strengthen itself, it encompasses and integrates them."
"When it reaches its limit, it transforms and evolves!"
"I've been thinking wrong all this time."
"Just as I can reach the pinnacle with my traversing ability."
"Even with only the Kryptonian Bloodline, I can become stronger through repeated breakthroughs of my limits!"
Leon's troubled expression cleared.
His thoughts became clearer and clearer.
"However, among the two characteristics, fusion is very simple."
"Just like in the Resident Evil World, even if I was immune to the S-virus infection, my cells could still integrate the virus's mutation characteristics."
"But evolution is very difficult."
"Judging from that one evolution on the steps just now, it probably requires my mind and will to undergo a metamorphosis, then the Kryptonian Bloodline will promote this process, and then it will also evolve itself."
Leon rubbed his chin: "This is very much in line with the U.S. comic style, where in despair, shouting things like 'save the World' or 'never give up,' you suddenly turn the tables and defeat the supervillain."
"But one thing is undeniable: as long as my genes keep evolving."
"A thousand times, ten thousand times, even a hundred thousand times, I will one day become a Silver Superman, a Golden Superman, or even a Supreme Superman!"
The Beast God Shadow listened to Leon's muttering from the side, becoming more and more confused.
"It seems you've figured out what you are?" It scratched its head.
"The adjectives you used… but it's pretty close. I've never been so clear as I am now." Leon stood up from the ground.
He looked at the Beast God Shadow: "I think I should have passed all the assessments?"
The Beast God Shadow scrutinized Leon, looking him over.
It really wanted to understand Leon's situation.
But in the end, it nodded: "You've passed the assessment. Congratulations, you've received the inheritance of the Light Time Beast God."
It wriggled its body, shaking its scale-covered tail, clearly in a good mood.
"Come on, let me first introduce you to this fortress."
The Beast God Shadow stomped its foot.
The two were then transported to a vast World.
There were mountains and Water, White clouds floating in the sky, a lake flowing beneath their feet, and a courtyard on the mountaintop.
However, the mountains were a bit high, the clouds were a bit long, and the Water was a bit wide.
Leon estimated that everything here was basically measured in millions of kilometers.
"This is the bottom layer of the fortress. When 'Shadow' traveled in the Universe, he would rest here."
"Everything you see here, like the clouds, Water, earth, and so on, are all treasures, and you can take them as you please."
Upon hearing this, Leon's eyes began to gleam.
But the Beast God Shadow's introduction was not over yet.
It pointed to the courtyard on the mountaintop.
"The World Ring containing the star is in that courtyard. You can go find it yourself later."
After saying that, it waved its thick forelimb, and the two moved to another place.