Chapter 139: [Divine Kingdom in the Palm]!
Jiang Zhe's eyes sparkled with anticipation.
If he could successfully reach the World Lord level as planned…
Then he would have a lifespan of tens of millions of eras. Within that time, he must break the shackles of his original core—only then would all his efforts not be as fleeting as moonlight on water.
Setting aside comprehending the origin laws for now, even in terms of creating secret techniques...
Would it take something akin to an ultimate secret technique of a Universe Master?
Jiang Zhe's eyes flickered as he pondered.
"Luo Feng stayed in the Beast God Realm for 180 million years to create a Universe Master-level ultimate secret technique—about 18,000 eras. That's roughly the same as my current lifespan limit at the peak of the Universe Level."
"He relied on the strongest innate secret technique and the 64 beast god secret pattern diagrams. By then, I'll have even more resources than Luo Feng!"
"And I'm a little smarter, so it should be fine, right?"
Jiang Zhe shook his head, clearing away these daydreams.
"Anna, I was just joking. Four bodies at the perfect life gene level? That's wishful thinking, haha…"
"I'm already worried about how to push my main body to perfect life gene level."
Oriana suggested,
"Master, why not ask your teacher about which force controls the corpse of the Thunder Beast God?
If we capture their core geniuses and use the [Enlightener] to convert them, we could get the Thunder Beast God's blood through them."
Jiang Zhe: "..."
He quietly gave Oriana a thumbs-up.
He had to admit—Oriana was a very competent secretary, always full of clever ideas.
"Cough… We'll leave that for later. Let's revisit it when I become a World Lord."
Jiang Zhe waved his hand, then closed his eyes to recall the newly obtained secret technique imprinted in his consciousness.
In the scenes of birth and death within the original universe, the method to activate this supreme innate secret technique was revealed.
He didn't need to understand its profound mysteries or the principles of its creation…
Though extremely complex to execute, it had already been engraved into his consciousness, becoming an instinct.
Most innate secret techniques had law imprints carved into the skin or life crystal core.
For example, the [Conqueror] at his brow, [Divine Power] and [Ascendancy] at his chest…
But this secret technique was imprinted directly into his consciousness.
This meant—just like Luo Feng's [I Am the Universe]—it wasn't limited to clones with perfect life gene levels. Any clone or his true body could use it once reaching the requirements.
Jiang Zhe's face was filled with anticipation.
After all, his cousin had given him a backdoor gift—a light point different from others.
So what if he had been cautious of his cousin earlier?
If he could redo it all… he'd still be cautious of being stabbed in the back.
But don't worry—when I sanctify my will in the future, I'll never think of seizing your body.
Innate Secret Technique – Divine Kingdom in the Palm
"'Divine Kingdom' doesn't sound as impressive as 'Universe', but…"
Once this secret technique was activated, divine power would burn, erupting with endless radiance spreading outward. This light could extend up to a radius of 0.5 light-years, forming a micro-universe up to 1 light-year in diameter.
Moreover, this micro-universe could shrink to the size of a trinket, resting in the caster's palm. Everything originally within that 1 light-year area—including enemies—would be contained within it.
Literally, the Buddha's palm!
Read as "Divine Kingdom," written as "Universe," huh?
Jiang Zhe joked in his heart, then suddenly realized something, drawing a sharp breath:
"Wait, this is… forming a universe with a thought? A natural ability of Eternal True Gods? Cousin, you've really outdone yourself!"
As far as he knew, besides Eternal True Gods, only Luo Feng's fourth-level secret pattern of the Slayer Wings and Chaos City Lord's treasure "Palm Universe" could achieve a similar effect.
And this was just the surface form. Once the micro-universe was formed, there were three main uses.
First Use
Enemies within the micro-universe could be restrained and weakened by the universe's power. The micro-universe could even self-destruct, annihilating enemies with the terrifying might of a collapsing universe.
Second Use
Within the micro-universe, a Law Spirit could be born—a sovereign of that universe capable of unleashing devastating attacks on enemies trapped inside.
Jiang Zhe keenly sensed this was the essence of the technique, and why it was called a "Divine Kingdom" rather than simply a "Universe."
The Law Spirit to the micro-universe was like an Undying to its divine kingdom, like a True God to his small universe.
The key was in the word "Divine"!
Third Use
You could simply wield the micro-universe in your palm and smash it down!
A universe crashing down would cause cataclysms, collapsing space-time with unimaginable destructive force.
In short, once a micro-universe was formed in his palm, it opened endless tactical possibilities.
Jiang Zhe flipped through the technique's description again and again, increasingly satisfied.
Carefully pondering it, he fixated on the "Law Spirit" from the second use. His intuition told him there was something profound to explore here.
Connecting this to Luo Feng's "I Am the Universe" technique, recalling Zuo Shan Ke's description of supreme innate secret techniques, then comparing it to his own "Divine Kingdom in the Palm"...
Jiang Zhe suddenly understood.
"Law Spirit? A natural Beast God!"
"If I channel the Thunder-Time laws within the micro-universe to create a Law Spirit embodying the fusion of Thunder-Time, wouldn't that be the Thunder Beast God?"
This would be a huge aid to his path of the Beast God and mastering fusion laws!
But that wasn't all.
"If I invoke the laws of time and space to form a Law Spirit, isn't that the advanced path of space-time law fusion?"
Jiang Zhe's eyes seemed to burn with flames.
"And if the technique's level allows, merging all space-type laws to form one Law Spirit, and all time-type laws to form another… wouldn't that recreate the two Law Spirits representing life and destruction?"
"Just like Luo Feng, I could dissect their law secret patterns—there'd be immense gains!"
His earlier joke—**"crossing the river by feeling out Luo Feng's stones"—**he truly meant it.
Jiang Zhe was itching to try out this secret technique immediately to advance his law comprehension.
But he also knew that was unrealistic.
The words "divine power burning" locked the minimum level for activating the technique: Undying God!
Given his current pace, who knew how long it would take to reach that?
This innate secret technique might have to sit unused for hundreds or thousands of years.
The Requirements
Still, Jiang Zhe checked the conditions for use.
Minimum requirements:
Perfect life gene level
Reached Undying (Immortal)
Divine body amplification at 30x
Then burn divine power
Divine Kingdom in the Palm—each use lasted at least 10 seconds.
To burn the minimum energy for the shortest time required consuming about 10,000 km of divine body.
Jiang Zhe: "..."
His roughly 90,000+ km perfect divine body could only afford about 9 uses.
But with these minimum standards, he couldn't produce a micro-universe anywhere near 1 light-year in diameter.
That was the extreme limit—requiring vast divine power and a divine body amplification of over 90x.
The more divine power burned, and the stronger the amplification, the larger the micro-universe.
Afterthoughts
After fully understanding it, Jiang Zhe felt a bit regretful but decided it was time to shelve [Divine Kingdom in the Palm] for now.
Jiang Zhe happily left the umbrella space and appeared on the Blood Luo Continent.
Feeling the long-missed sunlight, he stretched.
"Anna, how long has it been?"
"Master, nearly six months. It's now January 2253 by the Hanxia calendar."
Oriana took the chance to ask:
"By the way, Master, will you spend New Year's Eve in the Virtual Universe with your family again this year?"
"No, send my father an email to let him know.
Then get ready—we're going to seize the Beast God statues."
"Huh? Oh… alright."
Oriana nodded without pressing further and began preparations.
First, send his tens of thousands of Domain Lords to lure a few temple envoys. Once controlled by the [Enlightener], they could be used to gradually infiltrate the Immortal Temple.
The Master also said—no one truly recognized the significance of the Beast God statues. In the Immortal Temple, they were just ceremonial objects of symbolic importance… so approaching them wouldn't be hard.
Oriana already had a plan in mind.
The New Goal
Jiang Zhe's decision to seize the Beast God statues was an impulsive one, inspired by the "Law Spirit" in his Divine Kingdom in the Palm technique.
Yes, he wouldn't need the gold-space fusion path for a very long time.
At least not until becoming a Universe Master.
But someday, he absolutely would!
True Gods had already comprehended all ten origin laws and were starting to fuse them.
The future path was all about deepening the fusion of the ten laws—
—until complete fusion into the Chaos Law.
Also, his silver-clad soul would cultivate the [Primal Evolution] technique. After advancing through earth, fire, water, and wind stages, he would still need to master gold, wood, and light.
Then the Gold Beast God statues would become essential.
Jiang Zhe planned to do it all in one go—
To collect a full set of 8 Gold Beast God secret pattern diagrams from the 15 statues in the Immortal Temple!
Even Luo Feng's small Beast God statue was extraordinary.
In the original text (Chapter 1085, "The Only Possibility"):
"After studying the Gold Beast God, Luo Feng examined the Thunder Beast God, Light Beast God, and so on… These statues possessed a pressure far beyond the statues left by Xi Luoduo. They even made Luo Feng feel they were already very close in essence to the small Beast God statue he owned."
Key point—
"Already very close!"
Luo Feng's small Beast God statue was even stronger, because it came from the lair of the Gold Beast God.
It's all right there in the original work.
(End of the chapter)
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