Chapter 2369: Reset to Zero!

"Leaving talent aside, this child's tenacity of mind is no less than mine!" the old man exclaimed inwardly.

Just as the Holy Ancestor High Priest had said back then, mental fortitude is the key to becoming a supreme powerhouse.

The old man had attained the position of Supreme, mastering two supreme laws simultaneously, so his mental strength needed no elaboration.

But he never expected that Ye Yuan would possess such terrifying perseverance!

He understood that the pain of being cut into a thousand pieces was simply unbearable for ordinary people.

Especially those so-called geniuses, whose ambitions soared to the heavens—how could they endure such inhuman torment?

And not just once!

It was time and again!

Ye Yuan was clearly terrified to the extreme, so much so that he couldn't even walk properly.

Yet, he still forced himself, again and again, to jump down!

Here, there was no true death.

But this pain was even a thousand, ten thousand times more terrifying than death!

The most terrifying thing was not death itself, but knowing that the process of dying was extremely dreadful and having to face it nonetheless.

Could Ye Yuan choose not to face it?

Of course he could!

However, he resolutely chose to face it!

Could death numb him?

No!

Every time he entered the spacetime vortex, the pain of each cut reminded Ye Yuan that this was another cycle!

He could not become numb.

Not only did he not become numb, but the fear grew with each passing time.

Ye Yuan's body, which had started with a slight tremor, later convulsed as if with cramps.

He didn't want to tremble, but he couldn't control himself.

Each time he jumped, he had to muster all his strength.

But as soon as he jumped, he died.

Then, another cycle began.

"Kid, what is it that supports you to this point?" After three days, the old man finally couldn't help asking Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan stood at the edge of the vortex, turned to the old man, and smiled: "I have reasons to become stronger! There are people waiting for me to save them. And of course, I won't stand by and watch humanity be annihilated!"

The old man was moved and said, "Those people must be very important to you."

Ye Yuan nodded: "The love of my life!"

The old man sighed: "Ask the world what love is, that it teaches life and death to promise! Kid, you have great perseverance, but a thousand years is too short! With your talent, I'm afraid you won't be able to comprehend the spacetime inheritance!"

It wasn't that the time was too short, but that the spacetime laws were too difficult.

How could such a supreme inheritance be comprehended in just a thousand years?

Let alone comprehension, even standing in the vortex for half an hour was harder than reaching the heavens.

Ye Yuan paid no heed to the old man's lament and leaped again, jumping down.

Of course, the outcome was always strikingly similar.

As time passed, the time Ye Yuan stood outside the vortex grew longer and longer.

For him, taking that final step required immense courage.

In the blink of an eye, thirty years had passed!

In these thirty years, Ye Yuan had lost count of how many times he had died.

But inside the vortex, he never managed to last long.

In other words, he hadn't even gotten started.

Spending thirty years on futile efforts might seem foolish to others, but Ye Yuan didn't think so.

He believed that with enough effort, an iron rod could be ground into a needle.

"Kid, do you really want to persist? If you keep this up, your spirit will collapse under the strain! By then, your body may not die, but you'll be an idiot! Young man, why be so stubborn?" The old man couldn't help advising again.

Ye Yuan smiled: "There's no such thing as smooth sailing in this world. Wanting to obtain a supreme inheritance without taking risks—where in the world is such a good deal? Senior, please don't persuade me further!"

With that, he turned to jump.

But just as his foot stepped forward, he withdrew it.

Seeing this, the old man laughed: "Kid, finally giving up? It's not that I look down on you, but you really don't have the ability."

Ye Yuan, however, beamed: "I think I understand something! Thank you, Senior!"

The old man's expression changed, but he saw Ye Yuan leap again, entering the vortex once more.

But this time, Ye Yuan did not use his spacetime laws!

He simply jumped into the vortex without any protection.

When Ye Yuan returned to the shore, the old man looked bewildered: "What did you understand?"

He had thought Ye Yuan had realized something, but it seemed nothing had changed.

Was this kid just putting on an act?

Ye Yuan smiled: "Senior said I was too stubborn, and indeed I was. I kept thinking of using my own spacetime laws to resist the spacetime vortex here. The two are on completely different levels of power; how could there be any comprehension? Moreover, Senior once said that my space law was born from the way of the sword, deviating from the original source. How could I succeed in comprehending the true path by following a deviant path? So, I decided to reset my spacetime laws to zero, to feel the torrential force of the vortex without any barrier—perhaps it will yield miraculous results."

With that, Ye Yuan walked toward the vortex again.

Although he was still trembling this time.

The old man was stunned; he also felt that Ye Yuan seemed to have found the right path!

Even he hadn't expected that the reason Ye Yuan couldn't comprehend the spacetime laws was precisely this.

His casual words had given Ye Yuan great inspiration.

But the shock in the old man's heart grew even stronger.

After all, Ye Yuan's space law had already reached the eighth level.

People have a habitual way of thinking: at the eighth level, one naturally seeks to go further and comprehend the source.

But Ye Yuan could let go of his obsession and think of resetting to zero—this was truly rare in the world!

"Could this kid really be a genius?" the old man marveled.

Thus, Ye Yuan set out anew, once again plunging into endless cycles of life and death.

Finally, after a hundred years, Ye Yuan stepped into the spacetime vortex for the first time!

But if the law force at the periphery was already so terrifying, what about inside the vortex?

As soon as Ye Yuan entered the vortex, he was torn to pieces by the terrifying spacetime turbulence.

The old man's mouth fell open, as if he had seen something incredible.

"He actually made it in! This... this only took a hundred years!" the old man exclaimed in shock.

Revived and back on the shore, Ye Yuan's face was full of excitement.

A hundred years of cycles, dying countless times each day!

Just thinking about it was terrifying.

But he had made it through!

This endless pain, this boundless sacrifice, was worth it!

"Hahaha... I finally got in! Senior, I really have to thank you! Without you, I might never have been able to enter the spacetime vortex in my lifetime!" Ye Yuan said excitedly to the old man.

But the old man's expression was somewhat unpleasant.

What did I do?

I didn't do anything!

This kid isn't deliberately mocking me, is he?