Ender went to challenge the Tongtian Bridge again.
Last time, his Law comprehension was a bit lacking. He's challenging the Tongtian Bridge again after only ten years. Does he have the confidence to pass?
Hard to say. He didn't pass last time, so he might not pass this time either.
That's right. The tenth level represents Law comprehension comparable to an ordinary Immortal. How could it be so easy to pass?
One by one, the Immortals who received the email looked up at the light screen in the plaza's sky, discussing at the same time.
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Divine Tree Tongtian Bridge, tenth level.
Ender, who had turned into a stream of light, flew, "I failed the Divine Tree Tongtian Bridge's tenth level the previous two times. This time, after cultivating in seclusion for ten years after exchanging for the fourth volume of 'Divine Tree True Solution,' I will definitely pass!"
While he was thinking, he arrived at the end of the Tongtian Bridge's tenth level. He saw the yellow metal beneath the bridge body vibrate slightly, and at the same time, a rumbling sound came out: "Choose your opponent: Warrior, Controller, or Illusionist. Defeat him to pass the tenth level."
"Warrior," Ender said.
Rumble...
The golden-yellow metal vibrated, and countless earthy-yellow lights flew out from all over the ground, quickly gathering in mid-air.
In an instant, it transformed into a yellow-clad man with yellow claw-like weapons and arm shields on his hands, and a mask covering his face.
As soon as he appeared, the yellow-clad man said in a low voice, "You're here again. It's only been ten years since you last challenged the Tongtian Bridge."
"Stop babbling." Ender's eyes were filled with Battle Intent. "Let's fight."
The yellow-clad man nodded slightly, "Good."
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
The two moved in unison, transforming into two flashes of lightning and lunging at each other. Real figures appeared during their maneuvers and then dissipated like bubbles during their clashes.
Clang, clang...
Amidst continuous metallic collision sounds, black or golden-yellow claw shadows appeared, containing considerable Space Law power, as if to tear the surrounding space apart.
Invisible Space Law fluctuations vibrated all around, like ripples on a lake, layer upon layer, destroying all seemingly real figures around them.
The two were similar in strength. After more than ten exchanges, they both knew that neither could gain the upper hand for a while.
"Your progress is very good, but this level of strength still cannot defeat me!" The yellow-clad man's low voice rang out.
Ender's somewhat frantic voice rang out, "Other secret techniques might not work, but what about this move!"
He used his Space Origin Law comprehension from the Tongtian Bridge's tenth level to activate the third form of 'Fivefold Extinction Claw,' and powerful Law fluctuations shone on his ferocious gauntlet.
Extinction Three!
A claw shadow, only slightly larger than the ferocious gauntlet, appeared, as black as a silent night, enveloping everything.
Annihilate the Earth!
At this moment, Ender's eyes held a hint of madness. He fiercely swung a claw downwards, as if he were a Ferocious beast that loved slaughter, about to see its most beloved blood!
"Not good!" The yellow-clad man's face showed a shocked expression. Ender's form in his eyes seemed to have changed. "This move..."
The not-so-large black claw shadow firmly enveloped him, making him unable to break free!
Chirp!
A sharp, high-pitched roar sounded. Ender seemed like an ancient Ferocious beast reappearing, unleashing this incomparably fierce claw at him!
"Block it for me!"
Facing this unavoidable attack, the yellow-clad man raised his arms and activated the secret patterns on his arm shields, intending to forcefully block this strike!
Boom!
Space Origin Law fluctuations vibrated, with a hint of killing Artistic Conception permeating within. This strike, which seemed to destroy the earth, slammed into the yellow-clad man's arms.
Rip!
A strike containing powerful Space Origin Law power and a trace of Beast God Artistic Conception tore the yellow-clad man's arms apart.
"How could this be!"
The yellow-clad man's face showed shock. Without his arms, he could no longer resist Ender's attack. The next moment, his head was shattered by a claw.
The deceased yellow-clad man transformed into countless earthy-yellow light spots, rapidly falling downwards and merging into the yellow metal beneath the Tongtian Bridge.
Rumble!
The end of the Tongtian Bridge's tenth level vibrated. The environment, which was originally a yellow metal star core, changed. Red, glowing, high-temperature magma, causing the air to distort, appeared, clearly separated from the yellow metal star core.
Ender's face broke into a smile, "The Tongtian Bridge's tenth level has been passed!"
He had accomplished the first of his teacher Ice Summit Master's three trials: passing the Tongtian Bridge's tenth level within five hundred years!
And completing his teacher's trial made him feel incredibly relaxed. The pressure in his heart vanished completely at this moment, and his spirit was purified as never before.
"Time to go back and wait for teacher's email!" Ender instantly went offline and left.
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"Ender has passed the Tongtian Bridge's tenth level. Now he's on the same level as Kedi."
Guardian Bevin looked at the light screen in the sky, and with a thought, he sent a mass email to notify the Powerhouses and Geniuses who were paying attention to this news.
"This... This is!"
"What secret technique is this? Why does it give me a sense of ancient ferocity?!"
"No way! Did Ender really comprehend that kind of Artistic Conception?!"
"He's gone even further than me on the Beast God Path. This kind of talent is truly terrifying! Horrifying!"
Upon seeing Ender's sudden burst, using a rare and terrifying secret technique to kill the yellow-clad gatekeeper, the King-level Immortals who knew or Cultivated the Beast God Path were amazed and shocked!
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Thunder Island, in a palace on the mountainside of the Central Mountain Range.
Venerable Ling Tu, with smooth, hairless skin, sat on the throne in the palace, looking down slightly at the light screen not far away.
"Junior Brother, you truly surprise me." He murmured softly, "You've already comprehended a trace of Beast God Artistic Conception even before going to Taas World."
"Whether it's your progress speed or your talent in the Beast God Path, you are extremely outstanding."
Venerable Ling Tu was a bit puzzled, and also a bit envious, "Compared to us Senior Brothers, your trial to become teacher's Personal Disciple seems a bit too easy."
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Central Mountain Range, in another palace on the mountainside.
Venerable Gu Lun's fingers tapped lightly on the table. The image of Ender's outburst on the screen in front of him replayed twice.
"The Fusion Law of the Beast God Path is easy to get started with, but comprehending the Beast God's Artistic Conception is very, very difficult."
As a Universe Venerable of the Human Race, Venerable Gu Lun naturally had the authority to access information on the Beast God Path. His talent in Time Law was not very high, so he was also trying to walk the Fire-Space Fusion Beast God Path.
"With such talent in the Beast God Path, it's no wonder Venerable Ling Tu took him as a Disciple even before his talent was truly displayed."
Venerable Gu Lun was a bit confused, "But how did Venerable Ling Tu discover his talent?"
He had once humbly studied, intending to understand the trick behind Venerable Ling Tu taking Ender as a Disciple, but after much research, he still couldn't find the key, thus leading to many doubts and confusions.
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Seeing Ender leave the Tongtian Bridge, the spectators felt a bit strange.
"Hmm, Ender isn't challenging the Tongtian Bridge anymore?!"
"That's right, why doesn't he try the eleventh level?"
According to common sense, after passing the Tongtian Bridge, one should try higher levels to experience the strength of the higher-level gatekeepers, but Ender did not do so and left directly.
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Virtual Universe Company, Universe Headquarters.
A giant figure emerged from the Beginning Universe passage, returned to the Original Universe, and then instantly teleported away.
In just a few seconds, this giant figure arrived in the Ganwu Universe Country, within the Molten Rock Empire's territory.
"Thirty years in Primal Chaos City, one hundred and ten years of Cultivation in the Primal Secret Realm, and he's completed the first of the three trials I set."
The giant figure was a silver-haired man wearing ancient, blood-stained battle armor, carrying a battle sword on his back, and with temples streaked with white. It was Ender's teacher, Ice Summit Master.
"The trials I set back then were too simple. His ability to birth a Clone was beyond my expectation."
Beside Ice Summit Master's giant figure, countless scenes were rewinding. In this bustling navigation route, Universe spacecraft were seen leaving in reverse.
Soon, the scene stopped rewinding. A Universe spacecraft with severely damaged power was moored in space. Hundreds of Stellar Rank individuals were fighting inside this spacecraft, interspersed with a few Universe Level individuals.
Suddenly, one Universe Level individual, caught other Universe Level individuals off guard, and charged into the Stellar Rank battle group.
"It's a Universe Level Powerhouse! Isha, run!"
A handsome, mature-looking man, bearing an eight-tenths resemblance to Ender's elder brother Eric, shouted loudly while flying forward, intending to intercept that Universe Level individual.
And just then, the scene stopped!
"Ron Royce, Isha Planton."
Ice Summit Master's consciousness instantly locked onto the two. Then he allowed time to rewind automatically, as if a compressed spring was released, but the two locked individuals seemed to be pulled out of the rewinding scene by an invisible hand.
Time Reversal was a privilege granted by the Original Universe to Universe Masters and above. They could retrieve people or objects from the reversed flow of time in the Original Universe.
If one only reversed time without taking anything out of it, then after stopping the Time Reversal, time would automatically rewind like a compressed spring, and the one who performed the Time Reversal would not have to pay any price.
However, if one took people or objects out of it, then one would have to bear the cost of Time Reversal, and the cost would be proportional to the strength of the person or object being retrieved.
According to the rules, this cost should have been borne by the resurrected person or the retrieved item, but they could not bear the cost of Time Reversal. Therefore, the cost was transferred to the one who performed the Time Reversal.
For example, resurrecting an ordinary Universe Venerable could be borne even by the most ordinary Universe Master, but resurrecting a Universe Overlord-level Powerhouse would require a True God (True God) because a Universe Master could not bear the cost of resurrection!
"There's another one."
Carrying the two resurrected by Time Reversal, Ice Summit Master instantly teleported outside Ender's home planet Kuka Planet, looking down at this expanded and modified planet.
Kuka Planet now had undergone immense changes compared to two hundred years ago. Several intergalactic fortresses had been added to the planet's periphery, along with a self-defense System capable of resisting Immortals.
Buzz!
Scene after scene rapidly rewound. The scene of Kuka Planet's outer defense System being built reappeared, the grasslands replaced by cities reverted to their original appearance, and a damaged, burning base, built in the center of the grassland and attacked by Demon Beasts, emerged.
The scene stopped rewinding.
Inside the damaged base, Eric, dragging a greatsword with one hand and holding the faintly breathing Niya with the other, flashed into a room.
"Hmm?"
Seeing this scene, Ice Summit Master's consciousness moved, and the scene rewound again.
Subsequently, he locked onto the two individuals in good condition, allowed time to rewind automatically, and pulled the two out of the rewinding time.
Rewinding to normal time, Ice Summit Master sent the four to the Royce Family's ancestral land, then instantly teleported away from Kuka Planet.
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Kuka Planet, outside the Royce Family's ancestral land.
"I remember... I already died, died in the siege of Demon Beasts."
On the verdant grassland, Eric stood in the knee-high green grass. In front of him was the incomparably familiar valley, leaving him momentarily bewildered.
Looking at the valley in front of him, he lowered his head and glanced at the greatsword in his hand, feeling very confused. "But why am I home?!"
"Eric."
Suddenly, a familiar female voice sounded behind him. The appearance of this voice shocked Eric immensely. He thought he would never hear this pleasant voice again.
"Dahlia!"
Eric's voice trembled. He could hardly believe his ears, and he dared not turn around to check, fearing it was an illusion!
Whoosh!
Eric was suddenly embraced around the waist by the person behind him. That familiar feeling surged into his heart: warmth and beauty!
"It's Dahlia, it's definitely Dahlia!" He affirmed in his heart, but still asked tremblingly, "Dahlia, is that you?"
"Eric!"
Dahlia's eyes welled with tears as she held Eric's waist, murmuring softly and gently, "Though I don't know why, we're both still alive, and we're together."
At this moment, another mature male voice sounded, "You are... Eric, Eric Ron Royce?"
Hearing this voice, Eric felt it was very familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look.
Not far to his left, a man and a woman stood there. They wore black Force Armor, and there was still some residual blood on them, as if they had just experienced a life-and-death struggle.
When Eric saw their faces clearly, his pupils suddenly widened slightly, and he couldn't help but call out in a low voice, "Father, Mother, you..."
Ron Royce looked at his son, who had grown much older and already had a lover, and said with some emotion, "Though I don't quite understand, we are still alive, even though I remember I died in battle, at the hands of a Universe Level Powerhouse."
"Eric, you've grown up." Isha Planton looked at her grown son, a gentle smile on her face, and tears of excitement in her eyes. "Before I died in battle, I had many regrets, regretting that I couldn't see you grow up, and couldn't see you grow up and start a Family, but now I have."
"Mother."
Eric's already moist eyes immediately flowed with tears. The gentle mother in front of him was exactly the same as in his memories, without any change.
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The four resurrected individuals recognized each other. After a tearful conversation, they understood that they had all died, but for some unknown reason, they were now alive again, and met at the same time and place.
Eric looked at the Family's ancestral land, which hadn't changed much, and said to his father, mother, and lover Dahlia, "If we want to know what exactly happened, perhaps we need to return to the Family to find out the reason."