Secret Breakthrough

The two avatars began their separate comprehension sessions, while the main body began to comprehend the Dao of Fire and Void Fusion. Coupled with the Star Prison Chaos Stele, its speed soared. In a thousand years, it had already exhausted its twenty attempts at comprehension, achieving remarkable results. It was on the verge of breaking through to the level of a Universe Venerable, and had successfully comprehended the first layer of secret runes on the top-tier treasure armor. The second layer of secret runes required the comprehension of a peak-level secret technique.

However, Wu Qingfeng still had no clue about comprehending the Heart of the Beast God. He knew that the Heart of the Beast God required merging with the intent of the Beast God and comprehending the way of the Beast God. It could not be broken through simply by relying on comprehension. It seemed that he still needed to go to the Ancestral God Sect and take advantage of the opportunity in the Ancestral God's secret realm in order to touch the threshold of the Heart of the Beast God.

Shi Heng's clone comprehended the Law of Light and Time Fusion in order to better utilize the top-tier psychic weapon—the Wheel of Time—obtained through a fortuitous encounter on the extraterrestrial battlefield. This weapon possesses two layers of secret runes. The first layer can be comprehended with a top-tier level of secret technique, while the second layer requires a peak level of secret technique, meaning only a Cosmic Venerable can comprehend it. The secret runes within the weapon require comprehension of the Law of Light and Time Fusion.

With his extraordinary comprehension, Shi Heng's clone managed to comprehend the Law of Light and Time Fusion within a thousand years, while simultaneously studying the first layer of the weapon's runes. Although his progress was far behind that of the Path of Fire and Space Fusion due to the lack of inherited guidance, he was still able to control this top-tier treasure as a Realm Lord! His combat power had officially reached the level of an invincible King.

During the last five thousand years of waiting for the birth of his second avatar, he used the time to create his own secret techniques and cultivate the top-level body and soul amplification techniques from the Dark Codex.

Once again, Wu Qingfeng sought his teacher's help regarding the creation of the secret method.

The Lord of Darkness's gentle yet majestic voice resounded: "Qingfeng, the creation of secret techniques requires the complementary interplay of practical combat and the deduction of these techniques. I have opened a space for the creation of secret techniques for you in the virtual universe. You can enter with Shi Heng's clone. Pass 500 levels to master a top-tier secret technique. Pass 1000 levels to master a peak secret technique. Pass 2000 levels to master an ultimate secret technique. You mentioned that your original core is too large and too solid, requiring a peak secret technique from the Lord of the Universe to break through and achieve immortality. Passing the 3000th level will grant you a peak secret technique at the Lord of the Universe level. At that time, you can easily achieve immortality. Of course, if you find it difficult to progress, you will need practical combat experience."

With a wave of his hand, a dark golden mark merged into his sea of ​​consciousness and simultaneously entered the consciousness of Shi Heng's clone—this mark was the key to entering the secret creation space, which only he and Shi Heng's clone could enter.

With a thought, Wu Qingfeng's main body and Shi Heng's clone simultaneously entered the virtual universe. In a flash of light, they found themselves in a vast and boundless space. This was the secret space created by the Dark Lord.

Within the space, the challenges progress in layers, each corresponding to a different secret technique test, from basic law combinations to complex and profound fusions, and then to the tempering of secret technique power, with the difficulty increasing step by step.

Wu Qingfeng and Shi Heng's two clones were in perfect harmony, one controlling the laws of the fusion of space and fire, and the other manipulating the power of the fusion of time and light. Together, they deduced secret techniques, and their progress far exceeded expectations. With their comprehension at the limits of the primordial universe, coupled with the guidance of the Dark Codex and the coordinated efforts of their two clones, they made rapid progress in less than a century, each reaching the 1000th level!

Countless insights into secret techniques surged forth like a tidal wave. A flash of inspiration struck Wu Qingfeng, and he seamlessly combined the Fire-Void Fusion Law with his own understanding of the Spacetime Law, thus creating the pinnacle secret technique of a Universe Venerable—"Flaming Void Incineration." This secret technique perfectly fuses the ferocity of the Fire Law with the sharpness of the Space Law, condensing a fiery Void blade capable of scorching the heavens and splitting the earth. Its power is sufficient to severely injure an ordinary Universe Venerable. This is not a single technique, but a complete set. It includes a mental attack technique, a soul attack technique, and a movement technique for teleportation during combat. Although the creation speed is slower, a complete set of secret techniques is far superior to a single technique. Wu Qingfeng's combat power soared accordingly, directly reaching the threshold of the Middle Venerable level.

Shi Heng's clone created another pinnacle secret technique, "Tracing Light and Dark Blade." This is a secret technique that fuses light and time. Compared to the ferocity and sharpness of Yan Kong Fen Ji, this secret technique is mysterious and dark, killing without leaving a trace.

However, the difficulty of the levels increases dramatically as you progress. Each level presents a far greater challenge than the last, requiring not only an extreme understanding of the laws but also precise deduction of secret techniques and adaptability in actual combat. After passing 1000 levels, the time required for each level increases exponentially. What used to be a few levels a day can now take a month, a year, or even several years to complete. The intensity of the backlash from the laws also grows stronger, and several times Wu Qingfeng and Shi Heng's clones have been severely injured by the backlash from the power of the laws due to deduction errors.

Wu Qingfeng devoted himself to deducing the flaws in the secret technique and refining its power. While combining the challenges of each level, he continuously improved "Flaming Sky Burning Silence" and deduced the prototype of a new secret technique. Shi Heng's clone, relying on the power of the Wheel of Time, constantly tempered the law of light and time fusion during the trials. The main body and the clone cooperated with each other and made steady progress.

Time flies, and four thousand years have passed quietly. In these four thousand years, after countless failures and summaries, Wu Qingfeng finally passed the 2000th level. He combined his understanding of the laws of fire and space fusion, light and time fusion, and spacetime to create the third secret technique - "Spacetime Flame Shadow Kill".

This ultimate secret technique of the cosmic overlord possesses the power of the four laws of time, space, fire, and light. It can tear space apart, distort time, incinerate everything with fire, and pierce everything with light. Its power far surpasses that of "Flame Sky Burning Silence" and "Tracing Light Dark Blade". Wu Qingfeng's combat power has also officially broken through to the level of a high-level Venerable. Even when facing the cosmic overlord, he has the power to fight.

Meanwhile, as his comprehension of the secret techniques deepened, Wu Qingfeng's understanding of the runes of the top-tier treasure weapon, the Wheel of Time, and the battle armor also reached new heights. He completely comprehended the second layer of runes on both treasures. Once the Wheel of Time unlocked its full power, it was enough to severely injure a high-level Venerable; the battle armor perfectly complemented his Undying Body talent, further enhancing his physical defense, allowing him to withstand attacks from even a top-tier universe overlord unscathed. However, it was not a supreme treasure after all; even a top-tier universe lord would shatter it after a few attacks.

He has comprehended two of the three secret runes of the Dark Magic Crystal. The third level requires the peak secret technique level of a universe master to comprehend, so it's not something he can hope to do in a short time.

This high-grade, supreme-quality soul treasure truly lives up to its name. Having only comprehended two levels, Wu Qingfeng, with his top-tier cosmic overlord will, can easily ignore the soul attacks of a peak cosmic master, and even the strongest secret technique-level soul attacks would struggle to severely injure him! Moreover, regardless of its level, a supreme-quality soul treasure invariably comes with the effect of enhancing soul attacks! This treasure is intended for his Void Flame clone. Once the clone is born, although world lords cannot use offensive talent secret techniques, soul-type techniques are not subject to this restriction. After all, they don't require divine power. However, talent secret techniques consume a huge amount of energy; a world lord can only use them once or twice at most. Combined with the amplification of a supreme-quality soul treasure, it will definitely be a threat to cosmic overlords without soul treasures!

After successfully passing 2200 levels, Wu Qingfeng and Shi Heng's clones exited the secret creation space, their consciousness returning to their main bodies. Instead of rushing to continue, he chose to enter seclusion to cultivate the top-tier Body Amplification Technique and Soul Amplification Technique from the Dark Codex to a higher level. These two amplification techniques are the core inheritance of the Dark Lord, divided into seven levels: level one, 2x; level two, 4x; level three, 8x; level four, 16x; level five, 32x; level six, 64x; and level seven, 100x the original universe limit.

During his seclusion, Wu Qingfeng used his accumulated treasure points to exchange for a large amount of primordial power and soul nourishing treasures needed to cultivate the Amplification Secret Technique, and devoted himself to breaking through the Amplification Secret Technique. With the talent of his perfect genes and his superb comprehension, coupled with the assistance of the Dark Magic Crystal, he successfully cultivated both the Body Amplification Secret Technique and the Soul Amplification Secret Technique to the fifth level in just one thousand years, achieving an amplification of 32 times.

With the double amplification boost of 32 times, Wu Qingfeng's divine body strength, soul power, and secret technique power all experienced a qualitative leap. His combat strength as a high-level Venerable became increasingly stable, and he could even barely contend with top-tier cosmic overlords. Unfortunately, after cultivating to the fifth level, the required resources were extremely vast. The precious treasure points he had accumulated had been completely exhausted, and he could no longer continue to break through to higher levels, so he had to temporarily stop cultivating.