Multiverse Skill System

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For ten thousand years, Yi Shuihan showed no intention of leaving, staying in the school as if he were undergoing arduous cultivation, which greatly annoyed Fu Zhan. However, he could only wait silently and dared not attract Yi Shuihan's attention.

Chapter 1282, Breakthrough Conditions: Two of the Three Gathered

In a room of the Enlightenment Pavilion, Yi Shuihan floated in mid-air, surrounded by endless lightning bolts that darted around erratically. These were top-tier lightning bolts, capable of completely annihilating anyone below the True Saint level, even if they were only the size of a hair. Even a True Saint would be injured if struck by a bolt the size of a finger.

Despite the surroundings, Yi Shuihan remained calm and serene, as if he were in paradise. What was even stranger was that no matter where the lightning bolts moved, they never touched Yi Shuihan, as if the place where Yi Shuihan was was not in the same space as them.

Suddenly, all the thunder stopped, as if space and time had frozen, transforming from extreme motion to extreme stillness. Without warning, all the thunder vanished, as if it had never appeared at all.

"Is this the 7th floor of the Tower of Thunder? I didn't expect it to take me nearly 20,000 years to break through, almost 20 times longer than expected. Well, that's not quite right. The time I actually spent breaking through from the 6th floor to the 7th floor was nearly 5,000 years, only 5 times longer. I was doing other things the rest of the time. But even so, the difficulty of going from the 6th to the 7th floor is still a bit beyond my expectations."

Yi Shuihan was reflecting on his understanding of the Way of Thunder while summarizing his own experiences.

To be honest, breaking through from the sixth to the seventh level in less than a few thousand years is already incredibly astonishing. Others take hundreds of thousands or even millions of years to make such progress, yet Yi Shuihan is still not satisfied, leaving others feeling quite inadequate.

With the breakthrough of the Thunder Path to the seventh level, Yi Shuihan has already met two of the three requirements to advance to the Chaos Emperor level. As long as the power of the realm meets the requirements, he will be able to advance completely.

Compared to his chaotic body and his comprehension of the Dao, Yi Shuihan's progress in the power of the realm has not been significant in the 20,000 years he has been in this school. He has only reached 13 realm power, which is only 3 realm power more than at the beginning. This is only because he used a lot of treasures to quickly increase his realm power.

Of course, this speed is still much faster than other True Saints. After all, in 2 years, the time he spent condensing the power of the realm only accounted for less than a third of the total time.

The power of the 13 realms is still at the early stage of True Saint, and it is far from the end. If we proceed step by step, it will still take hundreds of thousands of years.

"Even with the best environment and the best support I can currently provide, I still cannot succeed within 100,000 years. In other words, it will be at least 100,000 years before I can meet the requirements to break through to the Chaos Emperor level."

Yi Shuihan currently has no good solution to this problem; he can only wait and see. There may be a shortcut, but he is unaware of it at the moment.

"Next, I'll break through to the seventh level of the Dao of Time and cultivate the Dao of Life as well. Then my seclusion at the school can come to an end."

He did not continue to comprehend the Dao of Thunder for two reasons. Firstly, at his True Saint level, the speed of further comprehension to the 7th level was very slow; it was almost impossible to see any progress without hundreds of thousands of years. Secondly, with the breakthrough in the Dao of Thunder, comprehending the Dao of Time would be easier, as all the great Daos have commonalities.

Thus, Yi Shuihan spent another ten thousand years comprehending the Dao of Time, and successfully reached the seventh level of the Dao of Time.

"I never expected that ten thousand years would have passed. I thought it would take less time than the Path of Thunder."

Yi Shuihan himself was also surprised by the timing. Before he comprehended the Dao of Time, he thought he could succeed in at most three thousand years.

In fact, at the beginning, Yi Shuihan's comprehension speed was indeed much faster than his comprehension of the Dao of Thunder. He reached the peak of the sixth level in just two thousand years and was able to break through. However, this breakthrough took eight thousand years, and he always felt powerless during the process.

"No wonder I haven't seen anyone comprehend multiple Daos and become a Chaos Emperor. So that's why. The more Daos one comprehends, the longer it will take to break through. Breaking through to the Chaos Emperor level is already difficult enough, but comprehending multiple Daos makes it even more challenging."

After consulting some materials, Yi Shuihan learned the reason, which made him feel somewhat regretful. In fact, he had planned to comprehend a few more paths, but now it seemed that this path was not easy to walk.

The quantity and depth of one's understanding of the Dao are key factors in determining future combat strength. It's hard to say which is better. However, the common practice in the myriad realms is to understand one Dao, or at most two or three. There is no known individual who has understood more than four Daos and broken through to the Great Dao Emperor level.

After all, sticking to one path to the bitter end is much simpler than pursuing multiple paths simultaneously. Even if you comprehend more paths, it's all in vain if you can't break through them in the end.

Even if one comprehends dozens of Daos, being merely a Chaos Emperor is still insufficient to defeat a Great Dao Emperor.

Once one achieves the Great Dao through one path, one can simulate and use countless other paths, only these other paths are slightly inferior to the perfect one.

If one can break through, no one would choose to waste time comprehending other paths.

"Since that's the case, I've decided that the focus going forward won't be on comprehending the Dao. If possible, I can try to comprehend it while gathering the power of the realm. In that case, I should be able to comprehend the Dao of Life up to the 7th level."

When using the Chaos Absorption Technique, Yi Shuihan can spare some of his mind to do other things. At that time, multitasking is not a problem. However, the effect of comprehending the Dao will be reduced, but the increase of the power of the realm will not, because the speed of the power of the realm depends on the absorption speed and on Yi Shuihan's body. He can control it with part of his mind.

"What's going on? Something's off!"

Walking on campus, Yi Shuihan was surprised to find that there were many more people around him. In the past, he could only see a few hundred students on his way back to Wangzhe Peak, but now he saw hundreds of thousands of students along the way. Among these students were many experts who were clearly old students who had been in the school for hundreds of thousands or even millions of years.

"That is......"

Just as Yi Shuihan was about to inquire what had happened, she spotted a familiar face not far away.

It was indeed an acquaintance; it was Ba Tianhun, who had been pestering Yi Shuihan since the beginning of the school year, insisting that Yi Shuihan become the vice leader of his Ba Tianhun Gang.

Later, when Yi Shuihan left the group, Ba Tianhun still maintained some contact with her intermittently, unlike the other classmates who had almost lost contact.

Ba Tianhun is now much more successful than he was at the beginning. He has already achieved his dream. His Ba Tian Gang now has tens of thousands of members. Although their strength is not top-notch, it is a small organization near the school. Ordinary students dare not mess with it.

Chapter 1283, School Competition

Although Ba Tianhun's strength has not grown as dramatically as Yi Shuihan's, he is still a king-level player in the virtual battlefield. In terms of Dao comprehension, he is only at the fifth level of the Tower of Babel, but his Chaos Body has made great progress. It can be seen that he has already condensed about one-third of it. I don't know how he did it.

This rate of progress was among the top ten in Yi Shuihan's freshman class. It's no wonder he's a True Saint with a talent of 7 stars.

When Yi Shuihan saw Ba Tianhun, Ba Tianhun also felt Yi Shuihan's gaze. He immediately looked over, his eyes lit up, and then rushed over, followed by nearly a hundred followers.

"Who is he? Why does the gang leader seem so happy to see him?"

"You don't know him? He's in our gang too. You haven't been in the gang for long, so you haven't met him yet, but you must have heard of him."

"Could he be that elusive vice leader of the gang?!"

"Looks like you're not stupid after all! That's right, it's him, Yi Shuihan, the vice leader. Although he doesn't manage things and doesn't really acknowledge his own status, the people in the gang shouldn't recognize him as the vice leader either. It's only because of the leader's insistence and his strength that he's been accepted."

"I know that. He's at the same King rank as the guild leader, and he was also the third-ranked genius in the newcomer secret realm in the guild leader's year."

Ba Tianhun's followers talked about Yi Shuihan, and before long they knew almost everything about Yi Shuihan's identity.

"Brother Yi, what a coincidence! The school is so big and we still managed to meet. What does that mean? It means that the bond between us is so deep. You truly deserve to be the vice leader of my Batian Gang."

Even after all these years, Batianhun is still Batianhun, and his chuunibyou spirit is still burning.

Yi Shuihan was practically immune to Ba Tianhun's words, letting them go in one ear and out the other. If you took those words seriously, you'd be a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur).

"Do you know what big thing is going to happen recently? So many people have gone back to school."

"You do not know?"

"Will you tell me or not? If you don't, I'm leaving."

When Yi Shuihan made a move to turn and leave, Ba Tianhun finally stopped speaking in riddles and hurriedly revealed the information he knew.

"Don't go! I'll tell you! It's because the school's once-in-a-million-years intra-school competition is about to begin, so everyone has come back to participate. The school will give certain rewards for those who achieve good rankings in the intra-school competition. These rewards are so good that even quasi-emperors would be envious. It is said that they can even help in breaking through to the Chaos Emperor realm."

The school's grand competition, which happens once every million years, can only be attended a maximum of nine times by a student. Therefore, each time is extremely important, especially the rewards that can help break through to the Chaos Emperor level. These rewards are something that students cannot afford to miss, so it is normal for everyone to come at this time.

Do you know exactly what the rewards will be?

Yi Shuihan asked.

"I don't know about that, because the rewards aren't always the same. But last time, it seems like we got the Vast Expanse Fruit, the Imperial Golden Pill, the Chaos Refining Liquid, and even a high-grade Chaos Spiritual Treasure!"

Ba Tianhun then explained the purpose of these treasures.

The Vastness Fruit is used to enhance the power of realms. At the True Saint level, it is a top-tier treasure. A single Vastness Fruit can increase the power of realms by up to 30, and at least 10.

The Imperial Golden Elixir is even more precious. It is a pill refined by the Chaos Emperors, which can incorporate their Dao. After a True Saint uses it, he can feel the Dao of the Chaos Emperors, which is very helpful for comprehending the Dao.

Chaos Refining Liquid is used to help condense a Chaos Body, and its effects are equally extraordinary. As for the final high-grade Chaos Spiritual Treasure, it goes without saying that it is absolutely sought after by True Saints.

For Yi Shuihan now, the Cangmang Fruit is undoubtedly the most suitable treasure for him. With the Cangmang Fruit, he will have the qualification to break through to the Chaos Emperor within 100,000 years. Therefore, he was already somewhat interested in the school competition, but now he is even more interested.

"How about it? Aren't you envious and excited? But let's not think about any rewards. That's for the senior students. Only those who are at least quasi-emperors have a chance to get them. If we participate, it's just a formality to accumulate some experience. The next few times will be our real stage."

Ba Tianhun was very clear about his own position. He knew that with his current strength, he was insignificant in the school competition. He thought the same about Yi Shuihan. Even though he knew that Yi Shuihan was probably much stronger than him, he still did not think that Yi Shuihan was qualified to compete with the real masters in the school.

Are all students eligible to participate in this school-wide competition?

"That's right, any student from the school can participate, but the unspoken rule is that only True Saints can sign up for the competition. Even so, the number of participants each time is in the millions. Last year, there were about 1.3 million participants."

A competition with two million participants simultaneously is more like the Olympics than the Olympics, or rather, it's completely incomparable, since the participants here are all true geniuses from all the heavens and myriad realms, beings who have achieved the status of True Saints.

"The school actually has around 1.3 million True Saints, that's truly defying the heavens."

Upon hearing this number, Yi Shuihan was startled, recalling that before he came to the school, he had seen fewer than a hundred fake saints!

That's a True Saint who can only be born once in many great worlds! More than 1.3 million represents millions of great worlds. How vast is that? It's unimaginable. That's why the myriad worlds are truly too vast.

"My goal this time is to get into the top 100,000, because only the top 100,000 will be shown on the school's ranking list. As the leader of the Batian Gang, I'm sure I'll make it. If you participate too, we'll have two people on the list, and the Batian Gang will definitely shine brightly at school, hahaha..."

As if he had thought of something good, Ba Tianhun burst into laughter as if no one else was around. His underlings, who were already familiar with their leader's personality, all acted very naturally, as if it were perfectly normal.

While Ba Tianhun was laughing, Yi Shuihan quietly left. Having learned what she wanted to know, she knew that staying with Ba Tianhun any longer would only make her uncomfortable.

Chapter 1284, Live Broadcast of the Campus Competition

The influence of the school's internal competition was even greater than Yi Shuihan had imagined. In the following period, the number of students in the school continued to increase, reaching tens of millions in just a few days. The school's internal competition was still a year away from officially starting, and at this rate, it was estimated that the number of students in the school would be over 1 billion by then.

Even a small planet like Earth can hold over a hundred billion lives. The Multiverse United University is many times larger than Earth, so it can naturally accommodate them all with ease. Let alone a hundred billion, even if you put trillions of lives in the university, it would still be very spacious.

"Honey, are you going to participate in this school competition?"

Yi Ling'er hugged Yi Shuihan from behind and asked as she saw him browsing the campus competition interface.

"Of course, the prize for the school competition might be exactly what I want."

Yi Shuihan said casually as he registered.

"Honey, you're sure to shine in the school competition; your name will definitely be among the top 1,000."

Yi Ling'er knew that Yi Shuihan's strength was not as simple as it appeared, but she also assumed that Yi Shuihan had the strength of a quasi-emperor and did not think that Yi Shuihan had a chance to compete for the championship.

Yi Shuihan simply smiled at this, without saying that his actual goal was to win the championship.

A year has passed in the blink of an eye. The campus competition has attracted more than 10 billion viewers, while trillions of viewers outside the school are waiting for the broadcast of this competition.

In addition to the audience members who are eligible to come to the school to watch the competition in person, the participants from all over the world can also watch this school competition live. The school has put in a lot of effort to make this possible.

Yi Shuihan is also a contestant, so naturally, the live stream can be watched in his world as well.

Several months before the competition, someone from the school contacted him, asking if he would like his world to watch the event, and if so, he would need to provide the exact coordinates.

Finally, Yi Shuihan thought for a moment and mentioned the Primordial World. He didn't mention the other worlds. After all, he had experienced many worlds, but none of them were particularly powerful. Tens of thousands of years had passed, and most of his friends were probably dead. Only the Primordial World remembered him and had the most people who knew him.

When the school competition began, a huge phantom appeared in the sky of the prehistoric world. The phantom could be seen in any corner of the prehistoric world, and the entire prehistoric world was instantly shocked.

"what is that?"

Some people don't understand.

"Is some powerful being testing some kind of supernatural ability?"

There are misconceptions.

"My God! Those are the Angels, the Elementals, the Treants, the Shadows... It's in a book about powerful races from all the worlds that I got from the system."

Some people recognized the species of life in the picture.

“That’s Taiyi. He’s there too. This is inextricably linked to him. Could it be that what we’re seeing now is what he’s going through?”

"Am I the only one who noticed how terrifyingly strong everyone in the picture is? Although I don't know exactly how strong they are, most of them give me the feeling that they are as powerful as saints."

While everyone was speculating, the scene suddenly became completely dominated by Yi Shuihan, who seemed to see all living beings in the primordial world and said with a smile.

"Hi everyone, long time no see! I wonder how many old friends are watching me. Let me give you a brief introduction. I'm currently at the Multiverse United High School. The reason you're seeing this is because..."

Yi Shuihan tried to use concise language to explain the current situation. After all, Honghuang had been bombarded by the system, and his comprehension was much higher than before. He quickly understood what Yi Shuihan was saying.

The situation at the Multiverse United School caused a brief moment of silence throughout the entire prehistoric world. The truth was too shocking; although they could understand, they couldn't accept the existence of such a place.

A True Saint, stronger than even a Saint, is just an ordinary student? The school's grand competition is held once every million years, with over a million True Saints participating? Only Great Luo Golden Immortals are qualified to enroll! Furthermore, this is a school that cultivates Chaos Emperors, a realm higher than a True Saint, a Chaos Emperor who transcends the Heavenly Dao?

Everything was so incredible, yet everyone was certain that Yi Shuihan had no reason to deceive them, so what they saw and heard was true.

In the Anti-Invasion Alliance, a group of saints and core quasi-saints were holding a meeting to discuss arrangements for the invasion of the other two realms. After Yi Shuihan appeared and spoke, the meeting was immediately terminated, and everyone went outside, all gazing at the starry sky.

"True Saint! When will I be able to reach that level?"

Looking at the many True Saints above, each radiating a powerful aura, Tongtian felt a deep longing. The difficulty of breaking through to True Saint was far beyond his expectations. Even after tens of thousands of years, he was still stuck at the peak of Quasi-Saint, without any sign of a breakthrough.

Beside Tongtian, Yuanshi and Laozi remained silent. Over the past tens of thousands of years, seeing that Tongtian had been unable to break through, they had become somewhat relieved about possessing the power of a sage, and even thought that their initial choice was correct. But now, seeing so many true sages, they felt immense regret.

Becoming a saint means being constrained by the Heavenly Dao. How can it compare to the carefree life of becoming a true saint? If they could also become true saints, perhaps they could enter the Myriad Realms United School, a place of extraordinary existence, just like Yi Shuihan. Now, they appear in that scene in place of Yi Shuihan.

Several other sages shared similar ideas with Laozi, including Nuwa, Zhunti, and Jieyin, and their eyes all appeared quite unsettled.

"Fellow Daoist Taiyi, your background is indeed astonishing!"

Zhen Yuanzi gazed at the effects in the sky with a sense of wonder, and longed to be one of them.

What's the point of fighting for supremacy here?

Donghuang Taiyi was originally full of vigor and ambition. Over the past tens of thousands of years, he had secretly developed quite well, and now his strength had recovered to the level of a saint. However, seeing the situation of the Myriad Realms United High School, he was suddenly discouraged and disheartened.

"I thought I had broad knowledge, but now it seems I am still a frog in a well! Even a True Saint cannot reach that level on their own, let alone a Chaos Emperor above the True Saint level."

There was a great power that was extremely disappointed.

Of course, besides the initial one, there were also powerful beings who developed extraordinary ambitions because of this. Seeing more than a million True Saints, they believed that if so many beings could achieve it, they could too. Therefore, they worked hard and eventually reached a cultivation level far higher than they could have originally achieved.

Even so, it would be extremely difficult for a true saint to emerge in the primordial world, and this would not change much.

Chapter 1285, Phase One, Begins

The live stream footage is not just a simple picture; the aura within it can still be felt. However, the degree to which people at each level feel it varies. It won't cause people at lower levels to faint from being unable to withstand the aura. It's roughly the limit of aura that each person can perceive, and it will automatically adjust itself once it senses that it has exceeded that limit.