With Venerable Ripple's assistance, Han Jue swiftly departed from the Eternal Lake Secret Realm and returned to the Original Universe.
Afterward, he made his way back to Primal Chaos City.
Though his absence from Primal Chaos City had been brief, the acquisition of his clone fundamentally altered Han Jue's priorities. The exploration of the Eternal Lake Secret Realm, which had once captivated his interest, now seemed far less urgent compared to what lay ahead.
Upon this return to Primal Chaos City, Han Jue had set himself three major objectives.
First, he would nurture his newly acquired clone until its birth. Second, he would gain recognition from all Ten Great Origin Laws. Third, he would completely master the "Ice Sword Qi" technique and forge his own ultimate secret technique based upon it.
Han Jue understood one critical truth about himself: his current strength was hollow, a façade built on temporary advantages rather than solid foundations.
On the surface, he could briefly contend with a low-level Universe Venerable. At least, he had managed to do so against that ferocious beast, though whether it had been holding back remained unclear.
In reality, Han Jue would only dare claim invincibility among Immortal Kings, not Universe Venerables.
The Origin Fire Seeds that granted him such overwhelming power at his current level would lose much of their effectiveness once he broke through to Immortality. Upon reaching the Immortal Realm, genetic energy and mental power would both merge into the Immortal Divine Body and Immortal Divine Power, fundamentally changing the nature of his strength.
Han Jue had come to realize that the power generated by fusing eight Origin Fire Seeds was essentially a trace of extremely weak chaotic law power. It was this understanding that drove his determination to first gain recognition from all ten Origin Laws.
In the future, Han Jue refused to walk only one path. He wanted both, the Divine Power Path and the Law Path would both be his to master.
A perfect divine body. Chaotic laws. Both would be his.
But the most pressing matter was gaining recognition from the Ten Origin Laws.
Han Jue entered seclusion within Primal Chaos City.
One thousand years in Primal Chaos City equaled more than three thousand years in the Original Universe.
During this extended period, Han Jue successively gained recognition from seven lower-tier Origin Laws: Fire, Metal, Earth, Wood, Light, Wind, and Lightning.
Furthermore, in the 600th year of his stay in Primal Chaos City, Han Jue achieved recognition from the Space Origin Law and mastered the technique of teleportation.
This milestone marked a significant turning point. Han Jue's comprehension of the Space Origin Law now rivaled that of a peak Immortal King. His understanding of the laws had finally caught up with his combat strength.
The "Ice Sword Qi," a secret technique created specifically for Han Jue by the Lord of Ice Peak, had been completely mastered. The next step was to forge his own pinnacle secret technique based on this foundation, a technique worthy of a Universe Overlord.
Creating a secret technique proved far more difficult than simply learning one.
This was nothing like the Cloud Sea Sword Technique he had created back on Earth, which had been merely a technique bridging the gap between Intent level and Domain level, a minor accomplishment in the grand scheme.
The Lord of Ice Peak had helped Han Jue establish a specialized training ground within the Virtual Universe, where countless opponents awaited his challenge.
Defeating 500 opponents signified mastery of a top-tier technique.
Defeating 1,000 opponents represented mastery of a pinnacle technique.
In the Virtual Universe, Han Jue no longer possessed his monstrous physical body. He could only rely on his comprehension of the laws and the body amplification provided by the "Frost Secret Manual."
It took 82 years.
In the 682nd year of his time in Primal Chaos City, Han Jue defeated his 500th opponent.
The prototype of his combat secret technique had emerged, the beginnings of his own "Ice Sword Qi."
From there, he continued refining and perfecting it.
In the 832nd year, Han Jue created his pinnacle-level secret technique, his personal version of the "Ice Sword Qi."
In the 880th year, Han Jue gained recognition from the Time Origin Law and mastered time acceleration.
In the 997th year, Han Jue's Star Stream Sea clone was finally born.
Crack... crack... crack...
The enormous oval-shaped golden egg, stretching tens of millions of kilometers in height, gradually developed fissures across its surface.
With a final resounding snap, the eggshell shattered completely. A massive sphere of water with a diameter of nine million kilometers materialized within Han Jue's inner world.
The Star Stream Sea clone had been born.
The newly born Star Stream Sea clone already possessed the cultivation level of a ninth-level World Master, with a life gene level 3,000 times that of a baseline human.
Of course, this wasn't a clone born directly from the Star Stream Lord's original body, but rather a World Master-level Star Stream Sea created through the Star Stream Lord's innate secret technique. There would be opportunities to improve the life gene level in the future.
Han Jue immediately began examining the Star Stream Sea clone's innate secret techniques.
The Star Stream Sea clone possessed three major innate abilities.
The first was the splitting technique he had utilized to create this clone in the first place.
[Split]: The Star Stream Sea clone could separate a portion of itself, which could then move independently in the outside world. This was similar to the water giant form that the original Star Stream Lord had created. The split "body," aside from differences in divine body size, shared the same genetic multiplier and other characteristics as the original, functioning identically. As long as the split body didn't perish, even if the main body died, the clone would survive. The split body would then become the new Star Stream Sea itself, though this transformation required paying an unbearable price to make the "split body" become the true original.
This "split body" was an energy-based clone.
What made this innate secret technique particularly special was its ability to "customize" the strength of the split body. For example, the Star Stream Lord could split off a World Master-level clone, which Han Jue had used to nurture this very clone.
The other two innate secret techniques were: Star Sea and Star Stream.
[Star Sea]: This innate secret technique was the source of the Star Stream Sea's fearsome reputation. It allowed the clone to continuously devour cosmic energy, even entire planets, converting them into part of itself, strengthening its power. It truly made every drop of water in its body comparable to a star. It could even enhance the clone's life gene level, though this improvement only affected Star Stream Sea clones, with an upper limit of 10,081 times the baseline life gene level.
[Star Stream]: Star Stream Sea clones used this technique as their most powerful burst attack, directly transforming the main body into a shooting star to attack enemies. It could destroy opponents instantly without sustaining much damage to itself. The technique could also alter the size of the body, ranging from a hundred times larger to a hundred times smaller than its base form.
However, the Star Stream Lord's inherited memories indicated that using this innate secret technique in actual combat was nearly impossible. Its primary purpose was travel.
Yes, travel.
With its enormous size, conventional travel would be extremely inconvenient for Star Stream Sea clones.
It was manageable now, but what would happen when it reached a diameter of 900 million kilometers like the original Star Stream Lord, or even larger?
Without a palace-type treasure like the Star Tower, Star Stream was the optimal method of travel.
By transforming into a meteor, a World Master-level Star Stream Sea could reach ten times the speed of light. At the Immortal level, it could reach a hundred times the speed of light, exceeding the maximum speed of an F9-class spaceship.
However, the true danger of the Star Stream Sea actually stemmed from this very ability.
[Star Stream] caused the water droplets within the Star Stream Sea, each comparable to a star, to reach near-light speed, inflicting catastrophic damage upon impact.
After reviewing the Star Stream Sea clone's innate secret techniques, Han Jue decided to proceed with his next plan.
With a thought, the Star Stream Sea clone merged into the vast ocean within his inner world, blending seamlessly with the ordinary seawater.
Then, split.
A water giant clone tens of thousands of kilometers tall materialized before Han Jue.
As more water continued to gather, the water giant gradually took on a more defined form, resembling Han Jue in appearance, though with softer features and a less aggressive presence.
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