Chapter 389: Riftsplitting Blade
(TL/N: Changed Rift-Cleaving Blade > Riftsplitting Blade. Also this is a long chapter. Enjoy :D )
Luo Fan chatted with the Ice Peak Master for a while longer.
The Ice Peak Master shared some of his insights from when he created secret techniques.
After that, Luo Fan left and entered the body of his Original Universe clone.
He planned to go into seclusion there and create the strongest secret technique at the Universe Master level.
Soon, Luo Fan arrived at the Source Land of his Original Universe clone.
He directly claimed the mission reward he had previously obtained for the Netherworld Blade.
In the next moment, an additional blade appeared within the system space.
At the same time, some information about the Riftsplitting Blade surfaced in Luo Fan's mind.
The Riftsplitting Blade contained the Ten Great Origin Laws.
Of course, its core secret patterns were primarily related to the Space Origin Law.
The Riftsplitting Blade was a top-grade True God supreme treasure.
There were seven layers of secret patterns inscribed upon the blade.
The first layer was equivalent to the strongest secret technique of a Universe Master.
The second layer was equivalent to the strongest fused secret technique of a Universe Master.
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Very quickly, Luo Fan finished receiving all the information about the Riftsplitting Blade.
He could not wait to take it out from the system space.
It was the type of blade Luo Fan was most accustomed to using.
The Riftsplitting Blade was composed of silver and black.
Silver was the dominant color.
There were numerous engravings on the blade.
Layer upon layer of mysterious engravings formed the seven layers of secret patterns.
Looking at the Riftsplitting Blade, a trace of excitement appeared on Luo Fan's face.
This was his first offensive-type pinnacle supreme treasure.
Although possessing other pinnacle supreme treasures could also allow him to unleash greater power,
in terms of direct combat enhancement, offensive treasures were still the strongest.
Domain-type treasures were mainly used to restrain opponents and enhance oneself.
Palace-type treasures were used for self-preservation.
They were also the treasures that provided the least enhancement to combat power.
Even though palace-type treasures were extremely precious.
For example, the Insect Queen herself only had strength close to the eighth tier.
Even with a palace-type pinnacle supreme treasure, her overall strength was not considered very strong.
Her survivability was simply extremely high.
As for armor-type treasures, they mainly increased defensive power.
Soul-type treasures were relatively excellent treasures.
They not only provided a certain enhancement to soul attacks, but also protected the soul.
Of course, to enhance soul attacks, one needed a soul treasure specifically designed for offense.
Soul treasures were generally divided into two categories.
One type had offensive secret patterns inscribed upon them.
They were similar to weapon-type treasures. By activating the secret patterns, one could unleash the corresponding level of power.
For example, with a top-grade True God soul attack supreme treasure, activating the seventh layer of secret patterns could unleash a tenth-tier soul attack.
That was equivalent to the level of soul attack of the Original Ancestor.
It might also provide some assistance in soul defense, but certainly not as strong as a dedicated soul defense treasure.
At best, it could weaken soul attacks to one ten-thousandth of their original power, at most to one hundred-thousandth.
That was roughly equivalent to the effect of a top-tier or peak-tier soul defense supreme treasure.
As for a top-grade True God soul defense supreme treasure, by activating its secret patterns, it could reduce soul attacks to one millionth of their original power.
It also provided a certain degree of enhancement to soul attacks.
However, at most, it could increase their power by half a tier.
Of course, there were also extremely powerful top-grade True God soul treasures.
Such soul treasures could be used for both defense and offense.
One treasure was equivalent to two.
Such treasures were extremely rare and extremely precious.
Moreover, the difficulty of refining them was exceptionally high.
One could say that such a treasure was equivalent to a Void True God supreme treasure.
Even a grandmaster refiner capable of forging Void True God supreme treasures might not necessarily have the confidence to forge such a soul treasure.
In reality, many powerful supreme treasures did not have only a single function.
For example, certain True God armor supreme treasures might also carry a domain effect.
When combined with a domain-type treasure, they could unleash even greater power.
However, generally speaking, such additional functions were usually equivalent to a treasure one tier lower.
For instance, a True God armor supreme treasure with a domain function attached would at most have a domain effect equivalent to a peak supreme treasure.
If combined with a top-grade peak domain supreme treasure, it might rival a True God domain supreme treasure.
If one wanted a single treasure to combine multiple functions at the same tier,
then one had to mention mechanical-type supreme treasures.
Mechanical-type supreme treasures were extremely special.
Mechanical Race treasures did not place as much emphasis on comprehension of laws.
To activate a Mechanical Race treasure, the most important requirement was divine power.
For example, Luo Feng's Tribulation Armor.
As long as one's divine power intensity was sufficient or one's will met the standard, it could be activated.
The secret patterns only required sufficient divine power intensity from the user, not comprehension of laws.
Unlike traditional supreme treasures, which required mastering the secret patterns inscribed upon them in order to activate them.
And to master those secret patterns, one needed sufficient law comprehension.
Luo Fan also wanted mechanical-type supreme treasures.
Mechanical Race treasures were extremely powerful and could grant immense strength to the user.
Why was it that in the original story, Luo Feng, relying only on Venerable-level divine power, could contend against a Universe Master?
One had to know that the divine power level between a Venerable and a Universe Master differed by a hundredfold.
Even Luo Fan could only barely raise his divine power level close to that of a Universe Master by relying on enhancement secret techniques.
So how did Luo Feng accomplish it?
It was by relying on the strength granted by the Tribulation Armor.
This alone demonstrated the power of mechanical-type supreme treasures.
However, although mechanical-type supreme treasures were powerful, the difficulty of refining them was also extremely high.
At present, Luo Fan was basically unable to refine any mechanical-type supreme treasures.
The only thing he could refine was a heavy treasure mechanical puppet.
Looking at the Riftsplitting Blade before him, Luo Fan no longer thought about other matters and directly bound it as his master.
He began comprehending the secret patterns inscribed upon it.
At this moment, his original body and three clones stopped all other activities and focused entirely on comprehending the secret patterns.
As for his incarnations, they continued refining supreme treasures.
In order to shorten the time required to comprehend the secret patterns, Luo Fan's original body, Mechanical Race clone, and Space Worm clone directly entered the Cosmic Extreme Tower and activated a hundredfold time acceleration.
The Original Universe clone also directly accelerated the time flow within the Source Land to a hundred times that of the Original Universe.
In other words, the time flow experienced by Luo Fan's original body, Mechanical Race clone, and Space Worm clone was equivalent to ten thousand times that of the Original Universe.
This was the most cost-effective method Luo Fan had discovered.
If he directly had the Original Universe clone adjust the time flow of the Source Land to ten thousand times, the consumption would increase significantly.
By stacking the two effects, the consumption was slightly reduced.
Unfortunately, the Original Universe clone itself could not benefit from the time acceleration.
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Soon, less than a year passed in the Original Universe, and Luo Fan had already mastered the first layer of secret patterns on the Riftsplitting Blade.
After all, this layer of secret patterns was only equivalent to the strongest secret technique of a Universe Master.
For Luo Fan, who had already created an ultimate secret technique at the Universe Master level, mastering it was not particularly difficult.
After mastering it, Luo Fan began using that layer of secret patterns as a reference to create his own strongest secret technique at the Universe Master level.
Within the Source Land of the Original Universe clone, powerful fluctuations of laws appeared from time to time.
This was Luo Fan testing the secret techniques he was creating.
Within the Source Land, he could perfectly control these energies.
There was absolutely no consumption at all.
At first, he intended to try improving his previous secret technique, Whale Fin Slash.
However, Luo Fan quickly realized something.
Although his fusion of the Water and Space Laws had improved,
he had not fully comprehended it.
Therefore, using it to create the strongest secret technique at the Universe Master level would still be quite difficult.
It was like trying to carve a blade sharper than an iron sword out of wood.
The difficulty was extremely high.
Thus, Luo Fan began using the Space Origin Law as the core, combining it with other Origin Laws.
This was also the line of thought behind the Riftsplitting Blade's secret patterns.
Although the Riftsplitting Blade primarily focused on the Space Origin Law,
it also incorporated the other nine great Origin Laws.
Each time Luo Fan further refined his secret technique, he would proactively enter the Virtual Universe to spar with other Human Universe Masters or with the Giant Axe.
Through this, he could identify the weaknesses in his secret technique.
The other Human experts had no intention of holding anything back.
They shared their experiences in creating secret techniques, as well as useful inspirations.
Whenever they discovered flaws in Luo Fan's techniques, they would actively inform him.
Everyone hoped that Luo Fan's strength could increase once again.
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Time flowed on, and soon, a hundred years had passed.
Luo Fan had already been in seclusion within the Cosmic Extreme Tower for a million years.
During this long period, Luo Fan created three new ultimate secret techniques at the Universe Master level.
All three techniques were developed with reference to the Riftsplitting Blade.
Their power was already extremely close to the strongest secret technique of a Universe Master.
Luo Fan began continuously experimenting.
Unlike Luo Feng, who could comprehend the Secret Pattern Diagram Stream inheritance,
Luo Fan did not possess the complete set of the Eight Great Beast God statues.
Therefore, he did not have the full Secret Pattern Diagram Stream inheritance.
The reason Luo Feng was able to create secret techniques at the Universe Master level while still at the Venerable stage was mainly due to the Secret Pattern Diagram Stream.
If one was fortunate enough, the Secret Pattern Diagram Stream could allow one to create secret techniques far surpassing one's own realm.
However, secret techniques created through conventional law comprehension could not achieve such results.
With secret techniques created through the Secret Pattern Diagram Stream, one might not even understand the underlying principles.
But with techniques created through law comprehension, one had to fully understand the principles in order to create them.
Of course, both methods had their advantages and disadvantages.
However, if one could master both, that would naturally be the best.
Unfortunately, Luo Fan did not currently possess the complete Beast God statues.
He had previously placed those Beast God statues within the body of his Original Universe clone.
To grasp even part of the secret patterns would require a long period of comprehension.
In the original story, Luo Feng also spent a very long time mastering those secret patterns.
Although Luo Fan's comprehension was extraordinary, he still could not master even a portion of the Secret Pattern Diagram Stream inheritance within a short time.
Just as he was creating secret techniques, one of his incarnations suddenly received a message.
Luo Feng had come out of seclusion.
Previously, because he needed to bind the Star Tower as his master, Luo Feng had remained in seclusion.
Because the Star Tower involved willpower,
not only Luo Feng's clone, but all of his other incarnations had entered seclusion together.
It had only been a little over a hundred years since Luo Feng went to bind the Star Tower.
Luo Fan had not expected him to succeed so quickly.
Although Luo Feng's willpower had already reached the Venerable level,
the Star Tower was, after all, a God King–level supreme treasure.
Luo Feng was only a World Master.
Even if he met the requirements, it should not have been possible to bind it in a short time.
Luo Fan had not expected him to succeed in just over a hundred years.
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Earth, Luo Family Villa living room.
At this moment, the two brothers, Luo Fan and Luo Feng, were sitting in the living room drinking tea.
"I didn't expect you to obtain this opportunity so quickly."
A trace of emotion appeared on Luo Fan's face.
Upon hearing this, a look of reminiscence appeared on Luo Feng's face.
Immediately after, Luo Fan clearly saw a trace of relief and lingering fear in Luo Feng's eyes.
"Big Brother, although I already met the requirements,"
"I still nearly failed."
As he spoke, Luo Feng revealed a faint bitter smile.
"The opportunity I obtained this time was binding the Star Tower as my master."
"It's the Star Tower on the Seventh Battlefield of the Extraterritorial Battlefield."
"Do you know? That Star Tower was actually forged by a mighty expert."
"Even our Earth was created by that mighty being."
Hearing this, Luo Fan took a sip of tea and looked at the somewhat excited Luo Feng as he spoke slowly.
"I know. It was Mountain Guest."
"This… Big Brother, how do you know?"
Luo Feng looked at Luo Fan in shock.
He had not expected Luo Fan to know this matter.
"You don't know. In fact, within our Milky Way right now, there is a passage leading to another universe."
"So my teacher, the Ice Peak Master, is currently stationed in the Milky Way."
"Back then, the Giant Axe also came to Earth."
"He reversed time and learned that Earth was transformed by Mountain Guest."
"As long as a lifeform is born on Earth, their mental fortitude and willpower talent are naturally stronger."
"In fact, if it were not because my status within the Human race is high, once this matter was discovered, Earth would have already been flooded with members from other Human branches."
"However, I did not expect that the Star Tower was also created by Mountain Guest."
Luo Fan could not say that he knew the Star Tower was forged by Mountain Guest from the beginning.
After all, only very few beings in the universe knew this matter.
Upon hearing this, shock also appeared on Luo Feng's face.
"Fortunately, Big Brother told us to conceal our place of origin back then."
"Otherwise, if the relationship among the four of us had been exposed at that time, Earth might have already been discovered."
"Previously, two geniuses from Earth, or rather from Source Star and Mountain Sea Realm, also tried to bind the Star Tower."
"But they both failed."
"The difficulty of binding the Star Tower is extremely high."
"If it were not for the Reincarnation Fruit you gave me back then, which helped my willpower break through to the Venerable level,"
"I might have failed this time."
As he spoke, gratitude and relief once again appeared on Luo Feng's face.
"However, my current strength is insufficient, so I still cannot activate the Star Tower."
Luo Fan nodded and spoke.
"Since you successfully bound the Star Tower this time, what are your plans next?"
A trace of contemplation flashed in Luo Feng's eyes.
After a moment, he spoke.
"I plan to make a trip to Ice Prison and obtain the latter portion of the Nameless Secret Codex."
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