The Path of Arcane Arts

Under the personal guidance of the Lord of Luhai, Li Che's five-hundred-year cultivation journey in the Chaos City of the Initial Universe officially began.

Lord Luhai paid considerable attention to Li Che, a young realm master who had a very high chance of becoming the 19th personal disciple of the Lord of Void Gold, and provided him with a lot of advice.

To help Li Che's self-created secret techniques advance further, this cosmic overlord, after carefully studying Li Che's Guixu series of secret techniques, personally designed 1000 opponents in the virtual universe, specifically to fill the loopholes in Li Che's self-created secret techniques.

According to Lord Liuhai, this is a self-created advanced course of secret techniques specially established by the great beings of the human race to cultivate future generations, constantly honing the secret techniques through practical combat.

In theory, this advanced course requires powerful beings to painstakingly design opponents, with a maximum of 2000 opponents. Their understanding of laws and the depth of their secret techniques increase progressively, and only after defeating one opponent can one fight the next.

Once Li Che has defeated the first 500 opponents in succession, the secret technique he created will be considered to have reached the level of a top-tier secret technique.

This level of secret technique is theoretically the standard equipment for peerless geniuses among realm lords and immortal kings. For example, the third disciple of Venerable Erosion Fire, King Yongbo, and other immortal kings all created top-level secret techniques.

After Li Che defeated the first 1000 opponents with his self-created secret technique, the technique he created was considered the pinnacle of secret techniques.

Within the human race, such a level of secret technique is already considered extremely high. The immortal gods who can create such secret techniques are generally powerful beings at the level of being invincible kings. For example, powerful cosmic venerables often use peak secret techniques.

Disciples of the Void Gold Lords, such as Lord of Luhai and Venerable of Erosion Fire, were all figures who created peak secret techniques at the Realm Lord level.

After Li Che defeated 2000 opponents with his self-created secret technique, the technique he created deserved the title of the ultimate secret technique.

That level of secret technique is extremely rare, even within the human race.

Even the secret arts created by Herodo, the ruler of the universe, are only at the pinnacle level, not yet reaching the ultimate level.

When Li Che began to challenge the many opponents designed for him by the Lord of Luhai, he also realized how difficult this trial would be.

His first opponent was an immortal plant life form he had never seen before. Its genetic level was not higher than that of humans, but its size was exaggerated. Its trunk was over 120 kilometers high, and its dark blue branches and leaves were dense and as lush as a forest.

When Li Che fought against him, he discovered that although the opponent's divine body was enormous, he was extremely skilled at precise attacks. In addition, his basic strength far exceeded Li Che's, making it very difficult for him to fight.

In the virtual universe, Li Che, with only one-time the standard peak world lord power, relied on his understanding of the laws and his self-created secret techniques to spend a full seven days annihilating more than 50% of this immortal plant-life divine body, forcing it into hibernation before he could be considered victorious.

The second opponent that Lord Luhai arranged for Li Che was equally disgusting. It was a giant interstellar planktonic creature that had long been extinct in the universe, with tens of thousands of flexible and slender tentacles, carrying unparalleled strangulation power.

This time, it took Li Che a full ten days to annihilate the divine body of this immortal creature and achieve victory.

After that, Li Che did not rush to challenge the third opponent. Instead, he sat cross-legged on the rooftop of his residence in the initial universe, reviewing the battles with the two opponents he had just fought.

Those were all adversaries specifically chosen by the Lord of Luhai for Li Che. Although their attack methods were completely different, they were all very effective against Li Che's current self-created secret techniques and were very suitable for the further development of his self-created secret techniques.

After making minor improvements to his secret technique, Li Che went to the Lord's Mansion of Chaos City to study the Giant Axe Chaos Stele. Then, in his residence in the initial universe, he observed and analyzed the visible rules of the universe.

Five years later, Li Che re-entered the virtual universe and chose to challenge the third opponent selected for him by the Lord of Luhai...

After that, Li Che's life gradually became more regular.

He challenges the path of secret techniques, perfects his own creations, comprehends the mysteries of the rules, studies the Chaos Stele, and occasionally meets with the Lord of Luhai to ask him for answers to his questions...

During that time, Li Che also took some time to go outside Chaos City and hunted down a group of Chaos Beasts unique to the Initial Universe. He also acquired a considerable number of Chaos True Spirits, which greatly accelerated his comprehension of the Origin Laws.

It must be said that the initial universe truly deserves to be called a renowned sacred place for cultivation within the human race. There are so many things there that are helpful for cultivation. As a novice like Li Che who has just joined, he spends almost every day in a very fulfilling and busy manner.

Of course, Li Che's progress during this period was also quite remarkable.

In terms of understanding the laws, thanks to the unique environment of the initial universe, the guidance of the giant axe Chaos Stele, and the instruction of the Lord of Luhai, by the time Li Che entered the initial universe about 300 years ago, he had already mastered most of the minor branches of spatial strangulation, and his attack power rapidly increased.

Many ancient beings of the Void Gold lineage, even the proud and rare genius like Venerable Fire Erosion, were very satisfied with Li Che's rate of progress.

In terms of creating secret techniques, Li Che's progress is even faster than imagined.

The opponents chosen by the Lord of Luhai were indeed very suitable for him. Each opponent had their own unique combat system, and a large part of them were quite targeted at Li Che.

For example, Li Che's 300th opponent was an immortal god of the Energy Life Demon Slayer Clan, known as the darling of the spatial laws. That god himself had mastered several small branches of the spatial laws of strangulation and teleportation, making him extremely lethal and highly mobile. It took Li Che more than two months to kill him.

Li Che's 400th opponent was an immortal god of the demon royal family, the Time-Space Nightmare Beast. This was a race that was proficient in both the laws of time and space. Their divine bodies were far larger than those of humans. Although their innate secret techniques were not rules like time freezing or teleportation, they were still very troublesome.

Faced with these complex and all-around capable opponents, Li Che had to go all out in almost every battle, or he would be crushed if he wasn't careful.

Under such immense pressure, Li Che's progress was astonishing. With his deepening understanding of the fundamental laws, Li Che's self-created secret techniques became increasingly perfect.

Around three hundred years after Li Che entered the initial universe, he successfully defeated the 500th opponent chosen for him by the Lord of Luhai, and his self-created secret technique brought about a transformative improvement.

But Li Che did not stop.

He didn't rush to challenge the Bridge to Heaven again, but continued his cultivation at his own pace, comprehending the laws, studying the Chaos Stele, and challenging opponents...

It wasn't until about 480 years after Li Che entered the initial universe that he finally finished his cultivation and entered the Tongtian Bridge plane.

By the time Li Che challenged the Bridge to Heaven, he had defeated 720 opponents on the Path of Mystic Arts.