Above the continuous mountain range, not far from the Beast God Canyon.
Ender flew out of an F-class Universe Spaceship, looking at the huge canyon not far away.
"Thank you, King Furnace."
Seeing the other six people emerge from the spaceship, Ender thanked one of the four King Immortal of the Gold Horn Race.
Because of King Furnace, who could Space Teleport, their travel time from Sacred City to Beast God Canyon was significantly shortened, allowing them to leisurely travel by spaceship at sub-light speed for a period.
"Your Highness is too polite." King Furnace, a middle-aged man with dark red skin, appearing as if cast from metal, smiled and pointed to the huge canyon, saying, "That's the Beast God Canyon."
"Mm." Ender nodded slightly and said, "Let's go, we'll head over."
The group of seven flew quickly, soon reaching the sky above the Beast God Canyon. Looking down, they could see the Gold Horn Race members Cultivating in the cave dwellings along the canyon walls, and the gigantic beast god statue in a sleeping posture.
"Your Highness." Elder Rient pointed to the gigantic beast god statue below and introduced, "This gigantic beast god statue, lying here in a sleeping posture, has a body length, including its tail, of approximately 10,000 kilometers."
"Because Doyen Xi Luo Duo once said that anyone who can fully comprehend this gigantic beast god statue will possess strength comparable to his, countless powerhouses of our Gold Horn Race gather here."
Elder Rient then pointed to a palace not far from the head of the gigantic beast god statue and said, "That palace, approximately three thousand kilometers high, is an Elder Palace, specifically stationed here to protect the beast god statue."
Ender nodded slightly. It would be strange if such a Cultivation treasure as the gigantic beast god statue didn't have strong protectors.
"The Doyen has granted Your Highness one hundred years of comprehension time." Elder Rient pointed to a King Immortal sitting cross-legged in front of the palace and said, "Before comprehending the beast god statue, Your Highness needs to register there. Once the comprehension time runs out, the guardian will wake you up."
"There's even a time limit for comprehending the beast god statue…" Ender shook his head inwardly and said, "Let's go, first register."
The group flew towards the palace in the canyon to register with the guardian. Due to Ender's special status, Elder Rient and Mullie, who were not Gold Horn Race King Immortal, were permitted to accompany him.
"Such strong pressure!"
Upon arriving in front of the gigantic beast god statue, Ender felt a terrifying pressure, its intensity no less than that of the many Universe Venerable he had seen.
"Your Highness, the pressure from this beast god statue is so strong that even our race's Doyens cannot probe its interior." Elder Rient sighed, "Therefore, it has been here for countless years, and no one has been able to discover its mysteries."
"If I remember correctly, the most peculiar aspect of this gigantic beast god statue lies in its scales." Ender nodded slightly, then slowly flew around the gigantic beast god statue, thinking, "This time, I've used three years of comprehension time, which should be enough for me to record all the scales."
"Before reviving my Elder brother and becoming a Domain Master, I focused on comprehending and Cultivating the Space Origin Law. Now that I have time to comprehend the Gold Horn Race's Sacred Tablet and the gigantic beast god statue, I can try to comprehend and Cultivate Fusion Laws."
It took several days for Ender to record all the scales of the gigantic beast god statue. He then found a relatively large cave on the canyon wall to reside in, preparing to make imitations.
"My memory is flawed; I only remember that the mystery of the gigantic beast god statue lies in its scales." He looked down at the huge beast god statue and thought, "This gigantic beast god statue has a total of 90,729 scales, which is 9 times the Universe's perfect number 10,081. This is definitely not a coincidence."
"I haven't mastered the first chapter of Beast God Seven Kills, the Scale Armor Chapter. For now, I can only rely on imitation carving to explore the mysteries of the gigantic beast god statue."
Ender's avatar looked down at the gigantic beast god statue below, while his human main body was in the World Ring, using mountains and huge rocks for imitation carving.
…
In the World Ring.
Stone debris flew. Ender's human main body stood before a tall mountain, using a blade-type Force Weapons as a carving tool to carve and imitate the gigantic beast god statue.
Soon.
A hundred-meter-tall Beast God, lying in a sleeping posture, was carved out. However, this beast god statue had a significant problem.
Although it was lifelike, it lacked the Artistic Conception of the Grey jade statue and the pressure of the gigantic beast god statue.
Ender felt puzzled, "What exactly went wrong?"
He stared at the newly carved beast god statue, unable to figure out the problem. He then turned his head to look at the Beast God image floating in the air, displayed as a holographic simulation, which possessed a sense of pressure.
Taking out the Grey jade statue, Ender carefully observed it. "The newly carved beast god statue has no pressure, and the Grey jade statue in my hand also has no pressure. What it has is a sharp and fierce Artistic Conception."
"Artistic Conception, pressure…" Ender gazed at the 'tiny', less than one-meter-tall Grey jade statue in front of him, muttering, "If this Grey jade statue were complete, would it also have pressure?"
"Even if its currently incomplete front left hoof were restored, it was still incomplete. Could the incompleteness have led to incomplete scales, which is why it lost that unique pressure?"
"Perhaps, I can try to imitate and carve this Grey jade statue."
With a guess, Ender attempted to imitate the Grey jade statue. First, the body was quickly carved, followed by the complex scales.
One by one, the scales, including their textures, were carved by him. When he carved the fourteenth scale, he felt an inexplicable pressure, and a slight pain arose from the depths of his Soul.
The more he carved, the more intense the pain became!
Enduring the pain from his Soul, Ender stubbornly finished carving the texture of the fourteenth scale. When he carved the texture on the fifteenth scale...
It was as if an invisible restraint and pressure directly pressed down on his entire body, and that invisible pressure even directly pressed upon his Soul.
"Ah!"
Blood flowed from Ender's seven orifices. The pain from the depths of his Soul made him scream. His 100-meter-plus body trembled violently, and soon he could no longer maintain the shrinking effect of his Yuan Heavy Ru Yi Body.
Whoosh!
His body, originally only a hundred meters tall, instantly soared to just over 10 kilometers. Fortunately, the fifth-order Force Armor he wore was specially made; even when he revealed his full body, it wouldn't disintegrate, though its defense would be much weaker in the full-body state.
"Ah!"
Blood flowed like a small stream. After Ender recovered to 10 kilometers tall, his body was still trembling violently.
Given his physical constitution, the invisible pressure caused limited damage to his body. What truly made him unbearable was the pain from the depths of his Soul.
…
Beast God Canyon.
Ender, who was looking down at the gigantic beast god statue, suddenly frowned. This highly realistic avatar was also attached to a trace of his Soul, which meant that the pain from the depths of his Soul also affected this trace of Soul.
The highly realistic avatar also had touch and pain sensations, but it was, after all, an avatar and could not feel the pressure. However, the pain from the depths of his Soul made him frown deeply.
Seeing the drastic change in Ender's expression, Mullie, who was sitting cross-legged behind him, immediately asked with concern, "Your Highness! Are you alright?"
"I'm fine." Ender frowned and shook his head, saying, "I just can't comprehend the mysteries of this beast god statue."
"Your Highness." Elder Rient comforted, "Even our race's Elders cannot comprehend the mysteries within this beast god statue. Your Highness has only just arrived here to comprehend it, so it's normal not to comprehend its mysteries. Perhaps after comprehending for a bit longer, you will succeed." Ender nodded slightly, as if he had taken their words to heart, and continued to look down at the gigantic beast god statue below.
…
World Ring.
Ender's 10-kilometer-tall human main body sat cross-legged. His body had now recovered, and even the bloodstains had been cleaned away. The descent of that invisible oppressive force just now made him realize that the mystery of the beast god statue lay in its scales!
"The mystery of the beast god statue is indeed in its scales." He had a few guesses in his mind. "There are still some questions here. Why did I encounter this problem when carving the Grey jade statue, but not with the gigantic beast god statue?"
"Is it because of the Artistic Conception on the Grey jade statue?"
He understood that the invisible pressure that severely injured him originated from the operating Laws of the Original Universe.
If he was not mistaken, that Artistic Conception should be an embodiment of extremely high-level Fusion Laws and Beast God Artistic Conception. For him, who had only comprehended a trace of Beast God Artistic Conception and Fusion Laws, daring to carve such a high level of Fusion Laws and Beast God Artistic Conception had clearly touched upon the operating Laws of the Original Universe.
"It seems I cannot rashly attempt to imitate the Grey jade statue."
Ender pondered, using virtual simulation to create two beast god statues, and began to carefully try and adjust the scale textures and quantities of the two beast god statues. The result was obvious: as the number and texture of the scales changed, the beast god statue would also lose its Artistic Conception and pressure.
He continuously simulated and researched, and from time to time performed imitation carving. After a large amount of practice time, he gradually became proficient in carving the gigantic beast god statue, and also continuously imitated the Artistic Conception on the Grey jade statue.
Finally.
After dozens of carvings, he finally carved a beast god statue with pressure. At that very moment, he seemed to see the fluctuations of the Universe Origin Law.
"So that's how it is. To comprehend the mysteries within the beast god statue, one needs to carve a complete beast god statue with 90,729 scales in one go."
Ender suddenly realized, "Once successful, it can trigger the Universe fluctuations of any of the Laws of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Lightning, Light, Time, and Space."
With the second branch tree by his side, he also knew the result of a successful carving. And with this success, it made his subsequent successful carvings even easier.
…
Time flowed, and six years passed.
After the three years of comprehension time ended, Ender added another five years of comprehension time.
World Ring.
On the boundless earth, there were countless beast god statues carved from stone. As Stone fragments flew, another beast god statue was soon successfully carved.
Gazing at the newly carved beast god statue, Ender frowned slightly, "Such carving is certainly good, but it's not enough…"
"Mere pressure does not truly qualify as a Beast God."
He turned his gaze to the 'tiny' Grey jade statue in front of the second branch tree, muttering to himself, "Only when pressure and Artistic Conception are combined can it be considered a true beast god statue."
"I still need to continue working hard. If I can combine the two…"
Debris flew as he imitated and carved the gigantic beast god statue while observing the Grey jade statue at the second branch tree.
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Beast God Canyon, inside a cave on the other side of the canyon wall.
A young man with purplish-black skin and dark red patterns, appearing as if his entire body was cast from metal, radiating a faint Immortal pressure, while observing the gigantic beast god statue, his gaze seemed to inadvertently sweep towards Ender on the opposite side.
"Damn it! Damn it!!"
The purplish-black-skinned young man's face was expressionless, like a normal Cultivator, but his heart was raging with frustration.
"King Furnace, King Piao Chi…"
The purplish-black-skinned young man cursed inwardly, "The Gold Horn Race is truly cowardly! They actually have four King Immortal guarding a human Genius, and they are even King Immortal who have comprehended one of the three great mysteries of Space or Time!"
The four King Immortal guarding Ender in the cave were all quite renowned within the Gold Horn Race, each possessing at least Pinnacle stage King-Level strength.
Moreover, the mysteries comprehended by these four King Immortal were different, consisting of Space Teleportation, Space Lockdown, Time Slowdown, and Time Stop, the four great mysteries.
With King Immortal who had comprehended these four great mysteries protecting him, unless a Universe Venerable-level powerhouse made a move, it would be very, very difficult to successfully assassinate Ender.
However…
Although Ender's talent was good now, he was not yet worth having the three Pinnacle races use Universe Venerable-level powerhouses to assassinate him, not even Invincible King.
"No chance! No chance!"
The purplish-black-skinned young man was tormented by self-reproach, "With my High Stage King-Level strength, I simply cannot successfully assassinate NO.2. Master, I have disappointed you…"
…
Time flowed, and over seventy years passed.
Ender had been in the Gold Horn Race's Laos World for 82 years. During these 82 years, he spent the first forty-plus years comprehending at the beast god statue, and the rest of the time comprehending the Sacred Tablet and Cultivating in seclusion in Sacred City.
After 82 years of comprehension and Cultivation, he had made significant progress in the Origin Law of Metal, estimated to have reached the level of the Tongtian Bridge Fifth or Sixth Layer, and his Space Origin Law had also made considerable progress.
According to the estimation made by his Seventh Senior Brother, Venerable Lingtu, when guiding him, his Space Origin Law level might have reached the Tongtian Bridge Thirteenth Layer; even if he couldn't pass it, he wouldn't be far off.
In addition, his long-term carving of the beast god statue had also improved his Beast God Artistic Conception; he no longer only comprehended a trace of Beast God Artistic Conception.
As for Fusion Laws, the Wood-Space Fusion Laws had made no progress because he hadn't comprehended or Cultivated them.
He had comprehended a trace of Metal-Space Fusion Laws, but to master the first chapter of Beast God Seven Kills, the Scale Armor Chapter, this level was still far from enough; it would probably take hundreds or thousands more years to master it.
On this day, Ender walked out of his Cultivation quiet room. He still had half a year of Sacred Tablet comprehension time left, so he prepared to go and comprehend it.
Just then, he received a notification from his intelligent light brain, Little Dawn, that there was an email from his teacher, Ice Summit Master.
And the content of the email was—
"Your path has gone astray."