Qin Hao’s battle with the gatekeeper proceeded very quickly. Qin Hao did not drag his feet at all, fully unleashing his strength after a brief probing.
Behind him, golden and silver miniature swords rapidly converged. Every 108 golden and silver miniature swords formed a river of stars, and eight such rivers of stars formed a massive galaxy.
The eight long rivers, controlled by Qin Hao’s will, swiftly charged towards his opponent.
He was given no chance to resist; in an instant, the rivers passed through his body, directly pulverizing him into nothingness, scattering into streams of cosmic energy.
After the silver figure vanished, a beam of light appeared in the center of the Nine Heavens Palace, directly enveloping Qin Hao.
The surrounding environment rapidly changed, and when Qin Hao reappeared, he was already in an unfamiliar world.
In this strange world, Qin Hao looked up to see the Nine Heavens Palace suspended at the very center of the sky.
Furthermore, Qin Hao could feel that in this layer of the world, the Time Law and Space Law became even clearer, with a clarity about 1.5 times that of the first layer.
Moreover, the rules of the Second Layer were not much different from the first, though the restriction of at least one battle every seven days was removed.
However, if the number of comprehension attempts reached zero, one would still be forcibly expelled from the Ancestral God Tomb.
Additionally, the comprehension attempts from the first layer could not be directly used; they could only be exchanged for Second Layer comprehension attempts at a 10:1 ratio.
The tens of thousands of comprehension attempts accumulated in the first layer were directly reduced to just over 1,000.
However, this did not affect Qin Hao; it was entirely sufficient to complete the comprehension of the Second Layer.
Instead of directly exploring the Second Layer, Qin Hao immediately found a hidden spot to perform his Territory Lord Rank check-in.
On the rudimentary interface within his Sea of Consciousness, the check-in button lit up again.
Qin Hao did not hesitate and pressed it directly.
“Check-in successful. Territory Lord Rank check-in. Obtained: One drop of Destroyer’s essence blood.”
Subsequently, a stream of light entered Qin Hao’s Sea of Consciousness.
“What is a Destroyer?” Qin Hao was filled with doubt; he had no impression of such a name as Destroyer.
However, Qin Hao quickly sensed something different from the blood within his Sea of Consciousness.
The power was not immense; compared to the essence blood of Kong Xuan, Zhu Jiuyin, and Dijiang he had previously obtained, the Destroyer’s essence blood contained very limited energy.
However, the aura emanating from the essence blood pleasantly surprised Qin Hao.
“Wind Law, Thunder Law, Law of Light, Time Law.” The aura of these four laws meant that the creature from which this drop of essence blood came was a special life form possessing these three laws.
Furthermore, comparing it with his Second Clone, this special life form’s genetic level was not low; it was even slightly higher than his Second Clone.
“It seems the choice for my Third Clone has been made,” Qin Hao decided.
He had always lacked good ideas for his Third Clone.
Within the Virtual Universe Corporation, he had searched for information on many special life forms, but very few possessed four powerful talents and strong genetics.
Even within the Virtual Universe Corporation, there were no materials for these creatures, leaving Qin Hao at a loss for his Third Clone.
He had originally been waiting to see if check-ins would yield suitable clone materials, and now it had appeared at the Territory Lord Rank.
However, this drop of essence blood could not be used immediately.
The Third Clone could only be nurtured at the World Lord Rank, so he still had to wait.
Fortunately, Qin Hao did not plan to stay at the Territory Lord Rank for too long; moving forward, besides comprehending laws, all his time would be dedicated to increasing his cultivation.
After the check-in, Qin Hao directly flew rapidly towards the Nine Heavens Palace suspended in the center.
Since he had reached the Second Layer, he would first go to comprehend once, resolve the doubts in his mind, and convert his accumulation into law comprehension.
Entering the Second Layer of the Nine Heavens Palace, it was very similar to the first layer: a void world with two massive nebulae constantly rotating within it.
Qin Hao did not hesitate, quickly took out the Bodhi Fruit and the enlightenment futon, and swiftly entered a state of comprehension.
However, this process did not last too long; after one day, Qin Hao was directly repelled from the Nine Heavens Palace.
Outside the Nine Heavens Palace, looking down, a massive gathering area appeared before Qin Hao.
It covered an area of hundreds of thousands of kilometers around, with many divine temples standing in the central region, each occupying over a hundred square kilometers.
The further one went to the periphery, the smaller the area occupied by residences.
Furthermore, the entire area was divided into multiple modules. The very center was like a huge city, bustling with constant pedestrian traffic and various transactions.
With the market as the center, the surrounding area was fan-shaped and divided into three parts.
Moreover, each part was further divided into three regions: Undying at the core, World Lord in the middle, and Territory Lord Rank at the outermost periphery.
The styles of the three regions also differed greatly: one was very fervent and filled with a beast-like aura, one was very ancient and similar to the architectural features of Viska Star’s human cities, and one was very complex, with a sense of technology mixed with various different styles.
Qin Hao immediately distinguished the forces represented by these three parts: the native demon beasts, the native human race, and the human outsiders.
Although the forces were different, the class distinctions were very similar.
“What a strict hierarchy,” Qin Hao couldn’t help but sigh.
However, he paid no attention to the current situation.
After exiting the Nine Heavens Palace, Qin Hao flew directly from the sky towards the area representing the cosmic human race’s power, stopping at the outermost edge and beginning to construct his own cultivation grounds.
At a location hundreds of kilometers from his nearest neighbor, Qin Hao completed the construction of his house.
A small garden with the style of a Jiangnan water town was quickly built by Qin Hao.
At the same time, Qin Hao also set up formations around the small courtyard.
Although he hadn’t spent much time researching formations, for the comprehension and application of laws, Qin Hao had never neglected his understanding of formations, and he was still able to set up some relatively basic ones.
The formations around the small courtyard now were a simple illusion array, a trapping array, a warning array, and a defensive array.
Inside, there was also a more complex Little Zhou Tian Array. The Little Zhou Tian Array was a formation Qin Hao learned through the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation, integrating 108 spatial law essences and temporal law essences into it.
Within the Ancestral God Tomb, the strength that could be unleashed was still very powerful.
Additionally, the formation flags Qin Hao refined were not made of ordinary materials; they could even withstand the attacks of an Undying for a period of time.
