For the next period, Qin Hao dedicated all his time to the Fighting Arena. Although entering the Third Layer meant the number of comprehension opportunities from the Second Layer Fighting Arena would shrink to one-tenth, with Qin Hao's current strength, fighting in the Second Layer was a very easy task.
For ten days, Qin Hao was constantly engaged in battles. Each battle was swift and decisive, quickly eliminating opponents, with over a thousand battles fought daily. In ten days, Qin Hao had already fought 20,000 battles.
After accumulating 20,000 victories, Qin Hao did not continue to stay on the Second Layer. He entered the Nine Heavens Palace's Second Layer, directly challenged the guardian, and after quickly defeating the opponent, Qin Hao's figure appeared on the Third Layer.
The Third Layer was still a massive world, and the clarity of the Time Law and Space Law within it had significantly increased compared to the Second Layer. Qin Hao could clearly feel the fluctuations of the Time Law and Space Law, as if they were real and tangible.
"Indeed, the clarity of the Time Law and Space Law increases with each layer. It truly is a holy land for comprehending the Time Law and Space Law," Qin Hao's figure appeared in the air, scanning the world below. Within the vast world, numerous divine halls stood tall.
Each divine hall exuded an extremely rich aura of law, divine power, and the majesty belonging to an Undying powerhouse.
Almost everyone who could enter the Third Layer was an Eternal Level powerhouse. Upon entering the Third Layer, their comprehension of superior law had progressed significantly in one direction, even nearing the point of fully comprehending one of them.
Corresponding to the Virtual Universe Corporation's Heavenly Bridge, each individual had to have passed at least 15 layers, reaching the level of Undying Marquis, and were considered powerhouse-level existences in various factions.
Qin Hao also noticed that after entering the Third Layer, the number of native powerhouses from Viska Star decreased. On each divine hall, besides the aura and insignia representing each Undying themselves, there were also insignias of various factions. Among them, the Virtual Universe Corporation had the most, followed by other human factions, and finally, the native Undying powerhouses.
Qin Hao did not intend to bother with these. He directly moved quickly towards the most desolate area. Qin Hao stopped only when he was tens of thousands of kilometers away from the nearest divine hall.
Although he could directly hide in the Jiang Lan Realm, Qin Hao couldn't spend all his time there. After all, for Qin Hao, the Jiang Lan Realm was just a world for saving time for accumulation and research. To more clearly comprehend the Time Law and Space Law, he still needed to be within the Ancestral God Tomb.
After pinpointing his location, Qin Hao quickly established his residence, which was still a Jiangnan-style courtyard. This time, Qin Hao had experience. While setting up arrays around it, besides arrays like the Maze Array and Little Zhou Tian Array, Qin Hao also set up a large number of concealment arrays.
He completely hid the small courtyard, and at the same time, mimicking the arrays of Wu Chen Space-time, he mobilized the power of the Time Law and Space Law to conceal everything around it.
After completing everything, Qin Hao looked from a distance and nodded with satisfaction. Whether it was the perception of Space-Time Law or the sensing of soul power, it would be difficult to discover this place. Qin Hao believed that even a top powerhouse on the Third Layer would need to spend some effort to find it.
Entering the small courtyard, Qin Hao began to cultivate. The primary task upon entering the Third Layer was to raise his cultivation to the peak of World Lord Rank Nine. At the same time, Qin Hao also contacted his Second Clone to meet with him.
The Second Clone truly lived up to its reputation as a favored child of the Time Law and Space Law. When Qin Hao entered the Second Layer, the Second Clone had already entered the Third Layer.
Even without the enhancement of the Jiang Lan Realm, being able to grow so quickly, the Second Clone's talent in Time Law and Space Law made Qin Hao quite envious.
This meeting was, on one hand, to accelerate the Second Clone's growth, allowing him to break through to World Lord Rank within a short period. On the other hand, it was also to research the function of the divine crystal together with the Second Clone.
Qin Hao spent a month in intense cultivation, and the Second Clone successfully met with Qin Hao. The two entered the Jiang Lan Realm together, simultaneously elevating their cultivation and researching the divine crystal. Their comprehension of the Time Law and Space Law also continuously exchanged.
One year passed in the outside world, while a thousand years passed within the Jiang Lan Realm. In a thousand years, Qin Hao had reached the peak of World Lord Rank Nine, and the Second Clone had also broken through to the World Lord Rank.
At the same time, their research into the divine crystal also made significant progress.
"This divine crystal is truly peculiar. The condensation of Time Law and Space Law power has a similar effect to the blood river crystal, but the difficulty of application far exceeds imagination."
"Indeed, I didn't expect the divine crystal could actually improve the genetic level and accelerate the comprehension of Time Law and Space Law."
"It requires a significant comprehension of both Time Law and Space Law, and also a Venerable-Level will."
Qin Hao and his Second Clone were exchanging ideas within the Jiang Lan Realm. Although they were the same person, such a conversation was very peculiar. However, Qin Hao's clone was more akin to the legendary three corpses, possessing its own will. Although it was subject to the main body's control, it was also an independent existence, a very peculiar existence.
During the thousand years of research, they made multiple attempts with the divine crystal, trying various methods, and even learning a lot of related research knowledge and secret method in the Virtual Universe.
Finally, by chance, they discovered that by simultaneously activating the divine crystal with the power of Time Law and Space Law, they could draw out a trace of the divine crystal's power.
However, to fuse with the divine crystal, a powerful will was still required, a Venerable-Level will to be precise. And only after entering the World Lord Rank did Qin Hao's will barely reach the Venerable-Level.
This also greatly surprised Qin Hao, as he was originally a bit short of a Venerable-Level will. When his soul power transformed to the Undying level, his will also reached its limit.
However, a single line of difference meant a world of difference, and the transformation process was very long. Yet, under the opportune moment of breakthrough, this process was completed, saving Qin Hao a lot of time.
It should be known that in the original work, Luo Feng spent thousands of years undergoing trials in the Star Tower before his will transformed to the Venerable-Level, gaining initial recognition from the Star Tower.
Under Qin Hao's powerful will, the divine crystal transformed into silver and golden threads, entering Qin Hao's body. After the threads entered his body, they began to spread rapidly, forming patterns that appeared on the surface of his body, gradually forming a strange design.