Another Challenge

Recording the corridor is no simple task either.

This corridor merely records the most superficial layer of the world within it.

To delve deeper into the corridor, one must open the altar, which may hold the secrets to a more mysterious place.

Xiao Yu immediately transferred his energy to Xingmang, replenishing Xingmang's energy consumption and allowing him to maintain the ultimate burning main battle clone effect.

With Xiao Yu's ability to replenish energy, the effect was significantly better. In just a short while, it was equivalent to burning the energy of thousands of main battle clones. After the energy was consumed, Xingmang finally opened the altar.

The moment the altar's illusory image separated, Xiao Yu saw a book floating in the center of the altar.

"call!"

The starlight immediately split into a clone and entered the altar. Xiao Yu could see that the starlight clone was absorbed into the book after approaching it.

The altar then returned to its closed state, shrouded in numerous illusory shadows.

“My clone has entered the core of the altar and can stay there for a long time until I pass all the trials.” Starlight smiled at Xiao Yu. “Thanks.”

"Those books?" Xiao Yu looked at Xingmang.

“That is the manifestation of the origin of the mysterious ‘Record Corridor’,” Starlight laughed. “I didn’t expect to find the origin of the Record Corridor so easily.”

"You just mentioned a trial?" Xiao Yu asked.

“After my clone entered the manifested origin of the Record Corridor, I understood that to refine the Record Corridor, one needs to pass five trials. Passing the five trials will allow one to wield all the power of the Record Corridor,” Starlight said. “The Record Corridor is different from the Abyss of Destruction. The Abyss of Destruction is the embodiment of the endless destruction of the Eternal Origin Heaven Realm, containing all the destruction of the entire Eternal Origin Heaven Realm.”

“But the Recording Corridor contains all the highest-level time power in the entire Hengyuan Heavenly Realm, a total of thirty-eight kinds of time power,” Xingmang continued. “Of the thirty-eight highest-level time power, eighteen are a fusion of time, causality and other powers.”

“It can be said that the Recording Corridor is a fusion of time, causality, and other forces, with time and causality being the most important,” Starlight said. “But the Recording Corridor did not evolve into a world; all forces are contained within the origin, forming the five trials.”

"Five levels of trials?" Xiao Yu asked.

“Once I entered, I understood that the refining conditions of the recording corridor were as described. I also sensed the contents of the first trial. The contents of the second trial can only be known after passing the first trial.” Starlight did not hide anything.

After all, without Xiao Yu's help, he wouldn't have been able to enter the source at all.

"The first trial is: to enter the trial world, transform into an ordinary life form, and within ten thousand epochs, become an immortal and indestructible eternal ancestral god," Starlight continued.

"Ten thousand epochs to go from mortal to eternal ancestral god is indeed very difficult." Xiao Yu was slightly taken aback. Even with the system, he couldn't guarantee that he could complete such a trial.

“This is incredibly difficult,” Xingmang said. “My clone has just started the trial and entered the first level of the trial world.”

"What kind of trial world is it?" Xiao Yu was also very curious.

“It’s a semi-closed world, with an energy level comparable to the source world. The main combat clone can observe the experiences of this clone, but the clones within the trial world cannot share information from other clones,” Starlight said. “In other words, my clone can only complete this trial alone, and other clones cannot provide any assistance.”

"What if it doesn't pass?" Xiao Yu asked.

“Fortunately, if I do not become an Eternal Ancestral God within ten thousand epochs, the Trial World will restart, and my avatar will return to the mortal realm to continue participating in the Trial,” Starlight said. “Of course, if I fail the Trial, I can also choose to interrupt the Trial and leave the Land of Origin.”

“We are all lords, so for us, this is equivalent to retracing our cultivation path,” Xiao Yu said.

“It’s about retracing the path of cultivation, but it’s not easy. Before I entered the trial, I analyzed it. According to the trial instructions, I cannot comprehend the Hunyuan Time-Space Dao that I have already mastered within the trial world,” Xingmang said. “To enter the trial world, one needs to comprehend a new Hunyuan Dao or Hunyuan power to complete the trial. If one comprehends the highest level of Hunyuan power, one must record the highest level of time power that is not present in the corridor (i.e., it cannot be this kind of time power), and only one highest level power is required.”

Even if one only masters one of the highest levels of primordial power, as long as the body and the power merge, one can become immortal and indestructible, that is, become an eternal ancestral god.

“Over countless eons, it would be difficult for even an Eternal Ancestral God to recreate a new Chaos Origin Dao,” Xiao Yu said.

Although he has already created fifteen kinds of Hunyuan Dao, if he were to create a completely new Hunyuan Dao, even the Thunder Dao, which he has already comprehended to some extent, he would not be able to complete it within a million epochs, let alone ten thousand epochs.

Moreover, this is in an environment comparable to the source world.

Even the most basic level of power is relatively easy to comprehend, but creating it is only slightly less difficult than creating a completely new Hunyuan Dao.

Even within ten thousand years, it would still be very difficult to complete.

“It’s not easy, but I want to try,” Xingmang said. He knew the difficulty of creation, but he could also sense that this was a rare opportunity.

His future lies in this mysterious place, the 'Record Corridor'.

"Hmm." Xiao Yu nodded. He had no interest in the Record Corridor; an Abyss of Destruction was enough to satisfy his needs.

It's already incredibly difficult to refine even one of the highest-level mysterious places, let alone a second one.

Moreover, he could also sense that this recording corridor was not suitable for him.

"I can't see myself on the altar's illusory image in this recording corridor," Xiao Yu said, looking at the altar. "Have you ever seen me?"

“Of course I’ve seen it,” Xingmang laughed. “In the future, you will be a super being who can transcend the Chaos Origin Space.”

Xiao Yu smiled.

Transcending the primordial space?

Xiao Yu hadn't thought about it yet.

He knew the difficulty of transcending the primordial space.

Only those who reach the level of a Ninth-Step Eternal Ancestral God can transcend the Primordial Chaos Space.

He hasn't even reached the threshold of leaving the Hunyuan Space and surviving within the River of Time—the Seven-Step Eternal Ancestral God—let alone surpassing the Nine-Step Eternal Ancestral God.

Even if it succeeds, it will be a very, very long time from now.

"Xiao Yu." Xingmang looked up.

He could see a scene flash by among the layers of illusory images outside the altar. It was a majestic figure, dressed in black with white hair, whose aura was enough to make the entire Hengyuan Heaven Realm tremble.

The white-haired figure's body was more majestic than a world cluster, and his entire body was brimming with surging energy.

He traversed endless time and space, actually leaving the Hengyuan Heaven Realm directly. His entire towering body vanished into nothingness and disappeared.

"Oh?" Xiao Yu looked at Xingmang with a puzzled expression.

“I just saw it again. I thought you could see it too,” Xingmang said. “I didn’t see anything,” Xiao Yu shook his head.

"Just as I thought," Xingmang thought to himself.

The recording corridor is mysterious; even when Xiao Yu and Xing Mang watch it at the same time, the images they see are different.

“Why don’t you give it a try and take the challenge? If I can’t succeed, but you can, Brother Xiao Yu, it would be good for our cultivation camp.” Xingmang smiled. “With Brother Xiao Yu’s mastery of space and time, he should be able to open the altar and enter the core area on his own.”

“That’s right, I can open the altar and enter the core.” Xiao Yu nodded. “But right now my main focus is on the Abyss of Destruction. Once I truly control the Abyss of Destruction, my chances of completing the mission will be much greater. Even if I encounter some powerful Devouring Beasts, I will have a chance to destroy them with the power of the Abyss of Destruction. I will not participate in this Record Corridor.”

"The purpose of this trip has been achieved," Xingmang said with a smile. "To refine the Record Corridor, we need to keep trying, but leaving behind an avatar is enough."

"Then let's leave now." Xiao Yu nodded.

Starlight has found the core of the altar and entered the trial world. Although the scene presented on the altar's phantom belongs to a more distant future, it is too far in the future and contains more variables, so the chances of it becoming reality are not high.

Both Xiao Yu and Xing Mang can glimpse the near future, so there's not much point in staying here to watch.

"Let's go." The spacetime power of the starlight enveloped Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu did not resist. The two beings left the altar together, turning into a stream of light and disappearing into the distorted spacetime above the altar.

As the starlight carried Xiao Yu upwards, the distortion of spacetime around them gradually decreased. Soon, the two lords returned to normal spacetime and reappeared in the void of Hengyuan Heaven Realm.

Near the Abyss of Destruction, Xiao Yu and Xing Mang parted ways. Xiao Yu was to enter the core of the Abyss of Destruction to accept the final challenge, while Xing Mang was to return to the territory of the cultivation camp, where he would explore the mysterious lands and the ordinary world, while also continuing to build the space-time teleportation channel.

Upon entering the Abyss of Destruction, Xiao Yu appeared at the Mountain of Destruction in an instant.

Looking at the seven sculptures not far away, Xiao Yu's gaze fell on the seventh sculpture, which was the purpose of his trip.

"I failed in the last challenge. But now, I am a fourth-step Eternal Ancestral God, and I possess the Heavenly Abyss Armor and a brand-new weapon, the Shattering Realm Blade." Xiao Yu was very confident. "This time, I will definitely succeed."

Xiao Yu walked over, and when he got close enough to the seventh sculpture, the 'Miniature Abyss of Destruction' began to slowly awaken. Miniature sculptures of powerful figures inside flew out and eventually transformed into thirty-one figures.

Luo Feng, Yuan, Minghuang, Shazhou, Ice Peak Ancestor, Hermit, Mo Xing, Black Flame Dance, Light Ancestor God, and a total of thirty-one beings, each with a blank expression, exuded a terrifying aura of destruction.

These thirty-one beings are all beings who once occupied and destroyed the world.

In this era of annihilation and reincarnation, there were a total of thirty-two beings who occupied and destroyed the world. All thirty-one of them, except for Xiao Yu, appeared here.

They are not the real entity, but projections of the Abyss of Destruction, yet their power is far more terrifying than that of the real entity.

Each of these beings possessed the strength of a fourth-step Eternal Ancestral God. Moreover, because their power all originated from the Abyss of Destruction, these thirty-one beings could naturally combine to form a battle formation. With their power perfectly fused, the power they could unleash was even more terrifying.

"These projections are all so powerful." Xiao Yu's expression changed slightly. After becoming a fourth-step Eternal Ancestral God, his feeling was even stronger.

"boom!"

Thirty-one figures, each expressionless, attacked simultaneously.

These thirty-one individuals all wielded the same destructive power, and although they were all at the fourth-step Eternal Ancestral God level, their techniques showed a subtle tendency to perfectly merge.

“Even without Elder Brother Yuan’s command of the formation, the combined attack is already so terrifying. If their enhanced true forms were to arrive, they would only be stronger.” Xiao Yu was well aware of this.

The combined power of these thirty-one beings, attacking simultaneously and perfectly, was even slightly greater than that of a typical five-step Eternal Ancestral God at the limit.

With a thought, a layer of blood-red phantom appeared on the surface of Xiao Yu's towering body. This was the Heavenly Abyss Armor. He had already refined the Heavenly Abyss Armor he had exchanged while cultivating in the Time Corridor.

"Boom~"

As if the heavens and earth were collapsing, the power unleashed by the thirty-one figures poured down recklessly, all locking onto Xiao Yu, who had no way to dodge.

All the power was poured onto Xiao Yu, but it was blocked by a layer of blood-red phantom. The perfect combined attack of the thirty-one figures was enough to melt the entire Mountain of Destruction into a terrifying energy flow, but it was blocked by this layer of blood-red phantom.

Thirty-one terrifying attacks failed to shake the blood-red phantom in the slightest; this layer of blood-red phantom did not even tremble.

"Truly worthy of the Heavenly Abyss Armor! It withstood this terrifying power without requiring any effort to deflect it. The ninety million merits were definitely worth it." Xiao Yu was very happy; the Heavenly Abyss Armor gave him even more confidence.

Endless vitality and indestructibility are just two of the many characteristics of the Heavenly Abyss Armor.

"Boom~"

Thirty-one figures unleashed terrifying destructive power once again, all locking onto Xiao Yu and enveloping him.

Xiao Yu neither dodged nor used any defensive moves, but instead endured their attacks head-on, feeling their power and strength.

"Boom boom boom!"

Xiao Yu could clearly feel that the Heavenly Abyss Armor on his body was indestructible and omnipresent, and any attack on Xiao Yu was blocked.

"call!"

A figure transformed into a black stream of light, about to pierce through layers of space and time to descend into Xiao Yu's body. Suddenly, a blood-red phantom appeared and descended in front of the black stream of light, blocking his way.

"boom!"

The black light unleashed terrifying power.

All the terrifying destructive power was blocked by the blood-red phantom.

"Haha, the Heavenly Abyss Armor provides comprehensive protection." Xiao Yu was very satisfied. He had been worried that other powerful individuals might take advantage of his weaknesses and suddenly attack his body.

Although at his level, his body has no distinction between internal and external, possessing terrifying defenses, he can only withstand the power of an enemy unleashing within him.

Now, the Heavenly Abyss Armor can actually withstand this kind of attack from other dimensions.

Xiao Yu gained a deeper understanding of the Heavenly Abyss Armor and felt more at ease using it.

The thirty-one figures either joined together to unleash destructive power or separated to unleash terrifying power, each displaying their unique skills, yet all were blocked by the Heavenly Abyss Armor.

About an hour later, Xiao Yu's energy consumption was negligible, not even as much as the vast amount of energy he could instantly recover.

"I'm done playing." Xiao Yu held the Shattering Realm Blade and casually swung it, unleashing a purple-gold blade of light.

After becoming a fourth-step Eternal Ancestral God, he reorganized the power he possessed and created combat techniques suitable for himself, especially targeting this seventh sculpture. (End of Chapter)