Several Cosmic Months passed in the blink of an eye.
In a vast room of the Star Spirit Flower spaceship, a figure flickered violently. It radiated a silvery-white light, randomly appearing in the corners of the room. Sometimes, it would leave countless silvery-white afterimages in the room. The entire room appeared distorted. It was as if countless transparent substances had been accidentally spilled in the air, giving it an incredibly viscous feel. Finally, the figure in the room stopped, revealing was a handsome and imposing young man, Lu Sheng.
"Four Cosmic Months have passed."
Lu Sheng raised his hand, checking the time displayed on his wrist communicator, silently pondering. The cataclysm destined to engulf the entire Celestial Billow Star Domain was about to begin…
Less than four years remained. Time was increasingly pressing.
"Before the Dark Side Universe, using the blue planet as a breach, completely knocks open the door to this universe, I have less than four Cosmic Years to improve myself. And right now, I'm only level 12… Is that enough time?"
Lu Sheng's expression became complex. He didn't know the answer. The countdown to the cataclysm was like a death knell, constantly urging him to accelerate forward. Although his improvement speed was already fast enough to leave anyone speechless, Lu Sheng still felt like… it was not enough! He needed to be faster.
Faster.
"Four Cosmic Months have allowed me to basically master the application of the power of the Space Law. I can now skillfully use it in actual combat."
During these four months, Lu Sheng primarily practiced his ability to perform single-space teleportation using the power of the Law of Space. Integrating this into combat, it would become his movement technique.
"Now, below level 14, no one should be able to directly strike me, catch my shadow, or match my speed. As for those above level 14..."
Having never directly confronted one, he didn't understand the true strength of a level 14 expert, so he couldn't confirm. There were indeed level 14 zombie experts within the Dream Space universe. However, the higher the martial arts prowess, the more severe the loss of strength after death. The higher their level was, the less reliable their strength was.
The most crucial point is... within the Dream Space universe, if he were determined to escape, the zombie experts wouldn't even bother chasing him. Therefore, Lu Sheng didn't know the exact level of his current "escaping" abilities.
But he had a fairly thorough understanding of the strength of level 13 martial artists. He was absolutely confident that no martial arts expert at level 13 could possibly keep up with his speed. What speed could be faster than teleportation? Unless the opponent also wielded the power of the Space Law.
As for offensive methods, through the origin's power Sheng deduced powerful killing moves centered on the power of the Law of Space and the Laws of the Five Elements. He tested them within the Dream Space universe, and they possessed tremendous destructive power. Just as Lu Sheng had predicted: his 'Final Ice Blazing Sun' hadn't even been shown to the world before it was surpassed and replaced.
"Especially that move based on the Five Elements Laws, its power is so much stronger than the Space Law..."
Lu Sheng recalled that attack he had tried, and even now, it still stirred waves of shock within him.
"No wonder these five Laws are considered a foundation. The power of a single Five Elements Law is only average, but when combined, it creates a qualitative leap!"
This almost completely overturned Lu Sheng's understanding of level 13. Of course, that power had a cost. After unleashing that attack, it also nearly drained the power of all 5.5 million Immortal Cells in his body. The consumption was terrifying.
"I won't use it lightly unless absolutely necessary."
Most importantly, this ultimate killing move was fueled by the power of the Five Elements Laws. This meant that the stronger the five core Laws, the greater the power of the killing move will be.
During these four cosmic months, Sheng hunted down and inherited four more branch Laws under the Five Elements Laws category, along with the Ice Law he already possessed. He added them to the Five Elements Laws. The power of the five basic Laws—Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth—exploded. This made this ultimate killing move's power, encompassing ten Laws, directly rise to another level.
"If I keep adding them like this... even if my martial arts strength doesn't reach level 15, or even Level 14, in four years... with this move, I might still have a chance to turn the tide!"
Lu Sheng's eyes shone brightly, as if a person walking in the dark had suddenly grasped a torch, making their steps firmer.
"The only pity is that there are no clues about the power of the Law of Time."
A faint regret appeared on Lu Sheng's face. He snapped his fingers lightly, relaxing his body. Instantly, skyscrapers rose from the ground in the vast space. A bustling scene of cars and people appeared around him.
If his friends from planet Azure had been present, they would have definitely recognized it. This scene was almost identical to Baihe City in Dongning Province, eastern part of the Dragon Kingdom of planet Azure. Right across from Lu Sheng stood a school.
The words "Baihe City Third High School" hung at the school gate, and students dressed in blue and white clothes poured out of the school, laughing and playing. They walked straight towards Lu Sheng, but just before touching him, they hesitated... They walked around him on either side.
He stood in the middle of the crowd, like a rock against the current. He seemed out of place with everything around him, as if he belonged to a different world. Because everything before him was fake. It was a scene conjured up by the room based on Lu Sheng's memories.
During these four cosmic months, whenever Lu Sheng was exhausted from cultivation, he would contemplate scenes from his memories of Baihe City on planet Azure, his home planet, a planet destined to be the first to be destroyed in the cataclysm.
With each passing second, its lifespan decreased. Lu Sheng could not stay. He was only taking a quick look in this way to prevent his memories of it from fading too soon. He followed the flow of people into a coffee shop opposite Baihe City Third Middle School, ordered a coffee and sat quietly, continuing his incomplete thoughts.
"The Dream Space universe is dead. Time has long since stopped flowing. Even if the power of the Time law once existed in that universe, it has now completely vanished..."
Lu Sheng had found a relatively reasonable explanation. In fact, he hadn't held much hope for the power of the Time Law to begin with. Because the power of time was too profound and immense. Space was still somewhat tangible. Time, however, was completely intangible and imperceptible.
"Beep beep beep..."
The communicator on Lu Sheng's wrist emitted a series of notification sounds. He raised his hand and glanced at it, then his face lit up with immense joy.
"Four cosmic months... we've finally made contact."
He immediately answered the call.
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Translation notes by dhoo
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No really new vocabulary in this chapter. There was a time skip between chapters #599 and #600, four Cosmic Months have passed, and we learned what Sheng has been working on. And in the next chapter, there should be a phone call :)
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A long time ago, in the early arcs, we met the strongest martial artists in Baihe City where Sheng was born and raised, where he went to school and was a weak student (Solo Leveling style), then the strongest in Dongning Province, with the army recruitment test where Sheng met his wife Qingxue, then in the Dragon Kingdom with famous universities Sheng didn't spend much time in, and then the best of planet Azure: the level 9 Martial Saints, a few of which were from the Dragon Kingdom.