Chapter 755: Chapter 755

Seeing Li Pin appear on the Supreme Ladder, Ji Shun spoke, "Cosmic Radiance."

Yan Hao also nodded in agreement. "He really became a Cosmic Radiance."

By utilizing his True Spirit, they easily sensed the brilliant radiance shining from the depths of Li Pin's inner spirit.

The radiance emanating from Li Pin's inner spirit was True Spirit Light.

Cosmic Radiance was named such for two reasons. One, because once a person achieved Cosmic Radiance, they would have fully emerged from the incubation stage of cultivation, stepping onto the ultimate lifeform stage. They would battle powerhouses of other races as true champions, embodying the glory of humanity.

Two, it referred to the radiance emitted by the True Spirit. This True Spirit Light was the specific criterion used to determine whether a cultivator had become Cosmic Radiance.

As for how his True Spirit differed from others, it was akin to confirming someone's gender but still insisting on experiencing it firsthand.

No one would go that far.

Without the other party's consent, that would no longer be mere rudeness or provocation; it would form a deep grudge of life and death.

"Cosmic Radiance, huh," Mo Xuan murmured. He sighed deeply. "So fast. He broke Humanity Sanctum's record, didn't he?" ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ NovelHub(.)net

Ji Shun glanced at Mo Xuan and smiled. "Humanity Sanctum has nurtured quite a few Cosmic Radiances over the years and earned the title of Cosmic Radiance Cradle, but within the past thousand years... there have been fewer than five. And in the past two hundred years, there likely hasn't been a single one.

"He didn't just break the record, he set it so high that it's nearly impossible for others to surpass."

Mo Xuan nodded. "He didn't just break the record for cultivation duration. He has broken countless records. Like the Supreme Ladder's record, graduating as a Cosmic Radiance in less than a hundred years before his mentors could even begin proper guidance, and his rapid climb through the Starfire List, World Glory List, Wildfire List, and so on..."

As he spoke, he seemed to recall something and chuckled. "Actually, you can't say he broke those records. Those ranking lists couldn't update fast enough in comparison to his cultivation speed. Before the rankings could be updated, he had already completed cultivation and graduated as Cosmic Radiance from Humanity Sanctum."

Ji Shun pointed out. "Speaking of the Starfire List, Wildfire List, and World Glory List lagging behind... isn't it the same with the Black List? The Divine Race only released the Black List a few decades ago, placing him ninth on the list. And now? He's no longer even suitable to be on the Black List."

Yan Hao joined in the conversation with a smile. "Who told them to be so slow in their updates?"

"Exactly. Not only are their updates slow, but the ranking is also crazily inflated. Who said Li Pin was only ninth on the Black List? Even the number one spot is rightfully his! For the Divine Race to put him at ninth... there is way too much padding," Mo Xuan chimed in as well.

Their conversation moved at lightning speed. Within moments, a great deal of information had already been exchanged.

At that moment, Li Pin had just stepped onto the eighty-first step of the Supreme Ladder.

This scene once again moved the Heavenly Emperors.

"He's still pushing for the eighty-first step? What boldness!"

If they had earlier thought that Li Pin's baseline was Tyrant level with a high chance of becoming a Sacred Monarch, then now the expectations had risen, with the baseline becoming a Sacred Monarch. The odds of him achieving Heavenly Emperor were even soaring.

Even if he had no connection to the Black Abyss Highlord, they no longer dared to underestimate him in the slightest.

"His future is limitless." Yan Hao sighed before turning to Mo Xuan. "This era of Humanity Sanctum under your leadership has handed in a perfect answer sheet."

"A perfect answer sheet..." Mo Xuan thought about these words for a moment before saying with a hint of self-mockery. "It's a pity this answer sheet had nothing to do with our efforts. On the other hand, we almost hindered his progress."

Yan Hao didn't respond, simply shifting his gaze back to the Supreme Ladder.

"If he could still break through the eighty-first step, it would prove he truly possessed the ability to take down a Tyrant with him. To achieve such a feat in such a short time... the greatness of his talent is so high that even a Sacred Monarch might pale in comparison."

Compared to a Tyrant whose strength only surged in attack, a Sacred Monarch, once mastering the power of space, would see a tremendous boost in survivability.

Among dozens of Tyrants, a single Sacred Monarch may never rise, but where three to five Sacred Monarchs gather, one is destined to become a Heavenly Emperor.

That was the difference brought by the ability to preserve one's life.

Even if the difficulty in breaking through realms wasn't significantly different.

"Sacred Monarch..." muttered Mo Xuan, turning his gaze. "Just watch. It's just a matter of a few days, a few months, or a few stellar years. We can afford the wait."

Each of them held positions akin to department heads in the Sacred Flame Hall, constantly burdened with endless matters to handle. But all matters had their priorities, and at this moment, nothing else mattered but Li Pin's results. They only wanted to know how far he could go.

Within the simulated world of the Supreme Ladder.

This time, what appeared before Li Pin was a region where the laws of the universe were almost nonexistent.

"The Abyssal Rift," Li Pin uttered. He quietly felt that sense of Oblivion. "No wonder they say only Tyrants and above among the Cosmic Radiance can hold position in the Abyssal Rift. Without mastery over cosmic evolution, even a Cosmic Radiance could only exert a tenth of their strength in such a lawless region."

No wonder there was a jest in the outside world that Cosmic Radiance in the Abyssal Rift were civilians, Tyrants were soldiers, Sacred Monarchs were armored soldiers, and Heavenly Emperors were fully equipped, battle-hardened veterans.

A Cosmic Radiance's essence of life might be the same as that of Tyrants, Sacred Monarchs, and Heavenly Emperors, but Cosmic Radiances were like soldiers who had never killed, bled, or even undergone formal training. For them, entering the Abyssal Rift was like being thrown straight onto a battlefield. They were destined to be cannon fodder.

That's also why, unless for special reasons, cultivators stepping into the Cosmic Radiance realm are often required to head to alien battlefields...

As Li Pin pondered, his spiritual perception had already been pushed to the limit. However, he sensed absolutely nothing. Even with his perception heightened to the extreme, he still couldn't detect the slightest trace of the enemy.

Soon, he realized something.

In the Abyssal Rift, no rules or mediums exist. Even spiritual perception and other abstract senses struggle to extend. The only thing that can spread... is law itself...

At that thought, Li Pin suddenly tapped out.

The power of law collapsed, forming a singularity. Then, it exploded like a cosmic big bang, evolving into a vast and radiant galaxy.

However, unlike the overwhelming destruction of past galaxy simulations, this time the brilliance was dim and arduous.

It illuminated only a radius of ten thousand meters centered around Li Pin.

The Abyssal Rift had no such concept as ten thousand meters. The very notions of all directions were muddled and blurred. Li Pin's so-called "ten thousand meters" was merely a conclusion drawn using himself as the reference point.

Just as Li Pin was evolving the cosmic transformation, ripples and fluctuations continuously spread in all directions.

Under the series of ripples, fluctuations, and illuminations, Li Pin suddenly discovered a figure had silently appeared about a hundred meters ahead of him.

When he saw this figure, it too became aware of its own disturbance.

In the next instant, the figure flowed like water along the ripples of Li Pin's evolving cosmos and surged toward him in a flash.

A sharpness that could slice everything and tear through the void engulfed Li Pin at inconceivable speed.

Li Pin instantly recognized the opponent's origin.

The Sky Clan was one of the nine Sovereign races of the universe. They were innate spatial travelers.

The Sky Clan's understanding of the void and nothingness far surpassed that of any other race. If the battlefield most suited to the Star Spirit Clan was high-energy stars and black holes, then the Abyssal Rift was the Sky Clan's home ground.

The advantage they held here was second only to Void Lifeforms.

With the support of the environment, the difficulty of this step skyrocketed to the level of the eighty-second or even the eighty-third step of the Supreme Ladder.

If it were anyone else intending on advancing to higher levels, they might have chosen to avoid this sharp edge, withdrawing from the Supreme Ladder and returning at a later time to face an opponent who was not as good a fit with the environment.

But Li Pin drew his sword and attacked.

Under the time-spanning strike of the Ruoxi Sword, the Quantum Sword Intent instantly struck out before the Sky Clan's Tyrant.

Quantum collapsed, and the universe evolved almost in one seamless flow.

Yet the moment his sword struck where the Sky Clan's Tyrant had stood, the figure vanished.

Like a fish breaching the surface, the figure disappeared without a trace with a flip.

Despite straining his senses, Li Pin couldn't detect even the slightest trace.

Recalling the Sky Clan's strength, Li Pin retreated at full speed, widening the distance between himself and the Tyrant's fleeting appearance.

At the same time, endless radiance surged from deep within his mind.

The time around him came to a standstill.

Li Pin observed all directions. He could see the collapsing singularities under the Quantum Sword Intent slowly releasing energy, constructing a universe, and then collapsing again due to an imperfect balance, unleashing destructive light.

Yet even with this, he still could not perceive the Sky Clan Tyrant's location.

The opponent seemed to have completely vanished from the world he could perceive.

Matter, energy, space, time—not a single trace of the figure could be found in anything.

"What an astonishing technique," Li Pin praised sincerely.

However, he refused to believe the gap between him and the Tyrant was that vast.

Even with time nearly frozen, he still couldn't locate that figure.

Unless the opponent's power completely overwhelmed him, this situation was nearly impossible.

But to be overwhelmingly superior, even a Sacred Monarch or Heavenly Emperor couldn't dominate him on the levels of matter, energy, time, or space, let alone a Tyrant. Not after he had comprehended the fourth layer of the Supreme Technique.

Li Pin was struck with a realization. "The Inner Spirit!"

His Inner Spirit power surged from his center in waves, spreading outward in all directions.

Once, twice, thrice. Only on the sixth wave did Li Pin finally detect a subtle flaw.

Following that flaw, the world before his eyes suddenly cleared, and a nearly transparent figure, one that seemed fused with space, appeared in his perception.