194: Chapter 194 Mastery of the Laws

Hun Feng was not idle either. Every morning, he stepped into the forbidden area in the back mountain, specifically designated by Hun Qian, to begin comprehending the Law of Time and the Law of Space. Before the system left, it had increased his comprehension, talent, combat techniques, and physical attributes by tenfold. The threshold for comprehending these two laws was far beyond Dou Qi cultivation; without the tenfold talent boost, just reaching the entry threshold would have taken him decades. Under the tenfold talent, those obscure laws appeared in his consciousness like dismantled runes.

At first, he only practiced the basic applications of time and space—time acceleration on himself, time deceleration on opponents, spatial folding for displacement, and spatial locking for imprisonment. These basic skills had already shown their power in the battle of the two Emperors against Xiao Yan, but Hun Feng knew very well that there was a chasm between basic application and true mastery. To make these two laws his trump cards for standing firm in the Great Thousand World, he had to push them to the limit. It took him three full months to evolve the Law of Time from 'self-acceleration' to 'time freeze'—initially, he could only suspend a single water droplet; four months later, he could freeze a falling leaf mid-air; half a year later, with a wave of his hand, he could freeze the wind, clouds, and light of the entire back mountain. The first true law skill he developed this year was 'Time Stop: Momentary Eternity'—freezing time in a designated area for up to ten breaths. Within these ten breaths, the frozen target completely lost consciousness and the ability to act, leaving them at his mercy. This was not speed suppression, nor was it a soul attack; it was the deprivation of time itself.

After mastering time stop, he pushed the Law of Time toward 'precognition.' Future possibilities were like countless branching rivers, each existing in the dimension of time. His Emperor Realm Soul, under the blessing of the Law of Time, could glimpse these branches—'Precognition: Heavenly Secret Omen,' which allowed him to see everything that might happen in the next three to ten breaths, perfectly avoiding all attacks and predicting opponent moves, making him invincible in battle. This move required an extremely massive amount of mental energy; even with his current mid-stage Emperor Realm Soul, he could only use it a few times in a row before needing to rest.

The third branch of the Law of Time was the time loop—'Imprisonment: Infinite Cycle,' which trapped the enemy in an independent time loop, forever repeating a certain action and pain, unable to escape unless broken. This move was extremely vicious, a fate truly worse than death. The final time-series skill was 'Time Splitting: Myriad Self Manifestation'—summoning himself from different time points in the past and future to fight together. This was not a clone, nor was it a small trick of hiding dozens of spear shadows in spatial folds, but truly pulling another self from the timeline, each possessing the full strength of the original body. A year ago, he could only maintain dozens of afterimages simultaneously for a few breaths; now, he could summon over a hundred time clones to fight at once.

The deduction of the Law of Space also did not lag behind. 'Void Slash: Dimensional Severing'—creating spatial rifts, the cutting power ignoring any physical and energy defenses; even the strongest armor or protective cultivation techniques would be directly cut open, and even the protective Emperor Qi of Emperor Realm powerhouses was useless before the Dimensional Slash. 'Locking Space: World-Locking Cage'—sealing the space in a designated area, preventing the enemy from teleporting or escaping, even energy could not flow, equivalent to trapping them in a drawn circle. 'Swapping Space: Universe Shift'—instantly swapping the spatial positions of two objects, which could transfer enemy attacks back, swap enemies in front of him, or rescue teammates from fatal blows. 'Shrinking Space: Inch-Long Horizon'—folding space, turning ten thousand miles into a single step, or using it reversely to infinitely compress the space around an enemy.

One year later, one morning! Hun Feng stood in the center of the back mountain forbidden area and slowly opened his eyes. He raised his right hand and gently clenched his five fingers in the void; the space within a radius of several hundred zhang was folded into dozens of layers, each layer precise to a hair's breadth. He formed seals with his left hand, and the Law of Time spread silently, shrouding the entire back mountain—a bird at the edge of the forbidden area hovered with flapping wings, a falling leaf froze on its trajectory, and even the breeze was locked in the gaps of time. In this area, only he could move freely. He released his hand, and time began to flow again; the bird continued to flap its wings, the leaf continued to fall, and everything was as if it had never happened. The two great laws were mastered. He now had absolute confidence—with these two great laws, he would be invincible among his peers in the Great Thousand World, and even killing those of higher levels was not impossible. Coupled with the nine source powers of the Heaven-Slaying Flame, even against an Immortal Grade Heavenly Supreme, he had the confidence to fight head-on.

When he returned to the East Courtyard, his six daughters were having breakfast around the stone table. Hun Mulan was the first to see him, waving her half-eaten meat bun at him and shouting, "Daddy, come quickly and eat a bun!" Hun Muxian unhurriedly served him a bowl of porridge. Hun Muling chirped, reporting that she had finally broken through the one-star bottleneck yesterday. Hun Muqing was still sitting quietly on the side, wiping her sword, occasionally looking up at the lively scene. He took the porridge bowl and sat down on the stone stool, listening to his daughters chattering about their cultivation progress, a faint smile appearing at the corners of his mouth. It had been a year, and they had grown up quite a bit. Next, it was time to prepare for going to the Great Thousand World.