Astral Pet Store (WN)

Time zipped by.

Three years passed in the blink of an eye.

Elder Yan saw three years as nothing more than a snap of his fingers. He simply enjoyed tea, gardening, and teaching the young beasts every day.

He barely spent any time overseeing Su Ping's cultivation.

Su Ping had been diligent as he trained in seclusion all this time, only coming out when he challenged the Divine Lord rankers. They rarely discussed any subject, except for the Thousand Rain Sword Technique and things about the original paths.

Elder Yan had learned that besides the path of time, Su Ping had grasped the path of destruction on his own.

Adding the path of vitality his master taught him, Su Ping had already learned three of the four supreme laws.

That was definitely horrifying, even among Star Lords.

Su Ping's understanding of the three supreme laws had soared as those three years passed. He also became capable of summoning his future self, although his future self had his same cultivation.

Having become an expert, Su Ping understood the future-self summoning better. He realized that the technique had its shortcomings, even though it looked terrifying.

For starters, the future self summoned didn't have any pets!

Secondly, the future selves were significantly weakened by the paradoxes that involved the laws of time. For example, they couldn't make use of the law of time on a deeper level.

Therefore, unless he lucked out and managed to summon a future self of a higher level, there would be no chance for the regularly summoned selves to be as strong as the original.

So to speak, although the two future selves that Six Lives Buddha summoned were in the Star State, they didn't represent the real combat ability he would attain in the Star State. Now that he truly advanced and became a Star State warrior, he's definitely much stronger than the two future selves he summoned in our fight...

My understanding of the path of time isn't as deep as his. He must have made significant progress in the past few years. Maybe he's now able to summon his Star Lord self... Su Ping thought.

During those three years'”

Su Ping had also made significant progress on the path of destruction, because he had often challenged the black-robed woman who was at the tenth spot of the Divine Lord Rank. He had learned a lot from how she used the path of destruction. We could say that she was a master to Su Ping.

My progress in the path of vitality is the greatest. After all, my master taught me all the knowledge I would need. I'd be able to reconstitute my body from nothingness with my current expertise; even if my body is destroyed, as long as part of my mental power remains. I'm almost as immortal as the Little Skeleton.

Also, the path of vitality doesn't just increase my ability to survive, but also strengthens me. It ensures that my astral power circulates in my body inexhaustibly!

Once he had a good grasp of the laws, Su Ping finally realized how terrifying the four supreme laws were.

Given that such law was focused on defense, the path of vitality could quickly heal him and give him an unbelievable amount of stamina. To put it simply, as long as his enemy was unable to kill him on the spot, they would definitely lose in a war of attrition!

"It's been three years..."

Inside the training room'”Su Ping slowly opened his eyes and looked at the training room with mixed feeling; he had stayed there for six years. He had only stayed for three years in the Celestial Court, but he had decelerated the flow of time in the training room. Two days inside equaled one day in the outside world.

He had cultivated for around five years in total.

Su Ping had been completely reborn in that period of time.

His level had risen from the beginning of the Star State to the advanced phase. As long as he was willing, he could become a Star Lord at any moment.

Besides the mastering of the three supreme laws, Su Ping had accumulated more and more astral power over the years. He had also made great progress on the Chaos Star Chart. He had condensed two more Astral Paintings, namely 'Divine Dimension' and 'Universal Sea'!

The two Astral Paintings had brought him new abilities related to speed and space!

The Divine Dimension Astral Painting had increased his speed in every aspect, including his mind and his transmission of astral power; all those aspects were much faster than before.

As for the fifth Astral Painting'”Universal Sea'”it perfected Su Ping's path of space.

Even though the path of space wasn't listed as one of the four supreme laws, it was also rare and precious. Su Ping could become a Star Lord at any moment with his perfect understanding of the path of space. He could now break into the seventh space with the path of time. It would be a lot harder if he had to use his physical strength, which could also end up in failure to enter.

"The sixth Astral Painting is named 'Pendulum', which is related to time. My understanding of the laws of time will become perfect if I manage to condense it; this will allow me to master the power of time. I'll even be able to reverse time briefly and return to the past..." Su Ping looked forward to the sixth Astral Painting he was going to cultivate.

At the same time, he once again realized how horrifying the Chaos Star Chart was.

He would naturally grasp the path of time as long as he condensed the sixth Astral Painting, even if he knew nothing about it!

The technique included the laws of time!

Furthermore, the seventh Astral Painting even included the laws of time!

Su Ping found it hard to imagine what kind of being could create such a horrifying technique.

"Unfortunately, it's twice as difficult to condense each new painting. I had to condense twenty-seven stars to build the third Astral Painting. The fourth required thirty-six stars, and the fifth required forty-five! The sixth Astral Painting required almost as many stars as the previous Astral Paintings combined..." Su Ping had a lot of mixed feelings.

It had taken him a tremendous amount of time, even if he currently had an inexhaustible supply of precious resources. It wasn't hard to imagine that it would have probably taken him hundreds of years to have achieved the same thing in the outside world.

It'll take me at least three years to condense the sixth Astral Painting if I continue training here. Elder Yan mentioned that I can get training resources in the outside world too, should I decide to venture outside, except that they wouldn't be as effective as the ones provided here, due to the lack of the special astral array.

Su Ping looked at the training room; he was reluctant to go, but he eventually decided to return to his store.

After all, that was where he truly belonged.

It had been a long time since he had last seen Tang Ruyan and Joanna. He wondered how they had been running the store.

He had been away from his business for more than three years. He was quite an irresponsible boss.

Furthermore, Joanna had surely been rated as Outstanding Employee many times. His promise to take her to the Archean Divinity was long overdue; it was her lifelong wish.

Su Ping shook his head and stood up as he thought about this.