Northern Waters Royal Palace, Overlord's Palace.

The Overlord was the most unique existence in the Northern Waters Kingdom. He had no family, no descendants, and was solely devoted to martial arts. Thus, the founding monarch of the Northern Waters Kingdom, in gratitude for his contributions, specially built a palace within the royal palace, symbolizing the highest status of the kingdom, for the Overlord to live and cultivate.

When the Overlord passed away, the Overlord's Palace was preserved, though no one ever resided there, but there were always people assigned to clean and maintain it.

Luo Lie was arranged to live in the Overlord's Palace.

After settling him in, Liu Hongyan and Xue Bingning hurriedly left.

According to the two women, they wanted to leverage the momentum of Luo Lie's successive victories in the Overlord's Trial to seize the Overlord's Command Token, and use the enduring prestige of the old King Nanli in the military to seize the opportunity to strike hard at Chong Houhu. As for how to do it, Luo Lie didn't ask, as he wasn't interested in these matters.

What intrigued him was the mysterious bead he had obtained.

The bead was as large as a baby's fist, smooth all over, with a mist seemingly swirling inside.

Every time he held it, Luo Lie felt a strange sensation, as if some martial mystery was hidden within the bead.

Luo Lie's knowledge was quite limited, so he began searching through various books for information related to the bead.

His efforts paid off! He finally discovered the origin of the bead in a book that uniquely introduced the Universal Momentum in martial arts.

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The bead was called the Pearl of Grand Momentum.

It contained the mysteries of the Universal Momentum comprehended by its owner during their lifetime. Before dying, the owner sealed their insights into the Universal Momentum within it, leaving it for future generations, so that the one who obtained it could more easily comprehend and even master the Universal Momentum.

This discovery made Luo Lie's heart race.

Universal Momentum! From the beginning, he knew that the Celestial Dragon-Elephant Scripture was hailed as the top technique in the Body Refining Realm, but it wasn't necessarily the best in combat within the same realm, and the reason lay in the Universal Momentum.

To speak of it, there was no technique that could rival the Celestial Dragon-Elephant Scripture! That's right, none could compete with it. Before the Celestial Dragon-Elephant Scripture emerged, there was the saying that the Ten Supreme Body Refining Techniques were the most revered, followed by the top hundred techniques.

But once the Celestial Dragon-Elephant Scripture appeared, it was recognized by the Saints as far surpassing the Ten Supreme Techniques, reaching two to three times their power.

Two to three times! What kind of concept is that? It's on a completely different level.

However, combat involves many aspects. Techniques are just the foundation, along with the strength of martial techniques, the power of weapons, the richness of experience, the use of the environment, and many other factors.

But even if those who practice the Celestial Dragon-Elephant Scripture are at a disadvantage in all other aspects, they rarely lose in battles of the same realm. The gap of two to three times is nearly insurmountable, especially as the realm gets higher, the disparity becomes more pronounced.

This doesn't mean that practitioners of the Ten Supreme Techniques have no chance to challenge those of the Celestial Dragon-Elephant Scripture.

The only hope lies in the Universal Momentum.

Comprehending the Universal Momentum brings an inner and outer transformation, enhancing a person's combat power by three to four times.

Therefore, a practitioner of the Celestial Dragon-Elephant Scripture who hasn't comprehended the Universal Momentum could be defeated by a practitioner of the Ten Supreme Techniques who has.

How to prevent such a failure? Also comprehend the Universal Momentum.

But is the Universal Momentum so easy to comprehend?

According to Xue Bingning, if one in a hundred thousand can comprehend the Universal Momentum, it's already a high probability.

Relying purely on personal insight to comprehend the Universal Momentum requires extraordinary perception and considerable opportunity. However, with the Pearl of Grand Momentum, everything becomes much easier.

Naturally, "easier" is relative to purely personal comprehension.

Even with the support of the Pearl of Grand Momentum, perhaps only one or two in seventy to eighty thousand might comprehend it.

"Pearl of Grand Momentum!" "Universal Momentum!" "Looks like breaking through the fourth stage of the Overlord's Trial was worth it after all."

Originally, Luo Lie was quite displeased with the fourth stage of the Overlord's Trial. He gave up the Overlord's Legacy and only obtained three items. The Overlord's Command Token held little personal significance for him, the Demon Ring was merely for capturing demonic beasts, and there was an unknown treasure bead. To be honest, he was quite unhappy at that time.

Now he should be grateful.

He wants to comprehend the Universal Momentum through the Pearl of Grand Momentum.

He aims to elevate himself to a truly invincible level within the same realm, leaving others without even the qualification to challenge him.

Luo Lie immediately sat down alone in the side hall of the Overlord's Palace to meditate on the Pearl of Grand Momentum.

This side hall was where the Overlord used to cultivate after advancing to the Fate Palace Realm. According to Liu Hongyan when she settled him in, the hall had been imbued with the Overlord's Martial Intent over the years, providing great assistance for cultivation.

The side hall was large, over three hundred square meters.

Apart from a smooth, undecorated pillar over a meter in diameter in the center, there was nothing else.

The floor and walls were very smooth.

Luo Lie sat down next to the pillar.

He took out the Pearl of Grand Momentum, calmed his mind, cleared his thoughts, and focused his gaze intently on the bead.

Looking was the first step.

Only by seeing through the swirling mist within the Pearl of Grand Momentum to the hidden Universal Momentum could he begin the second step, which was to comprehend it.

As Luo Lie gazed at it, at first his eyes took in the Pearl of Grand Momentum and a corner of the side hall, but gradually, his field of vision narrowed until only the Pearl of Grand Momentum remained.

It was as if, in the entire world, there was nothing but the Pearl of Grand Momentum.

He continued to look.

The mist inside the Pearl of Grand Momentum swirled, and as he watched, it continuously parted to the sides.

Time and again it parted, yet he could never see the truth.

Still, he continued to look.

Time passed as he watched.

Outside, Liu Hongyan and Chong Houhu were leveraging Luo Lie's momentum, constantly clashing.

Inside, Luo Lie was pursuing the momentum left by the Overlord.

Two days later, Luo Lie's eyes were sore and tired, yet he felt no disturbance, completely immersed, unaffected by any physical discomfort.

"Swish!" After two days of the mist continuously parting to the sides, a scene suddenly appeared as it parted once more.

It was a mountain, an insurmountable Divine Mountain, piercing the clouds, as if this mountain alone divided the heavens and the earth, the sole pillar supporting the sky.

This was the Universal Momentum comprehended by the Overlord.

Mountain Momentum! With the majesty of a mountain, the peril of a mountain, it displayed the fierce dominance of martial arts.

Perhaps due to the initial "looking," when this true symbol of momentum appeared, Luo Lie felt a mystical sensation, as if his soul had left his body, entering the Pearl of Grand Momentum, landing at the foot of the mountain.

Looking up at the seemingly endless Divine Mountain, Luo Lie began to climb. He needed to reach the summit, for only by reaching the summit could he comprehend the Mountain Momentum of the Universal Momentum.

Thus, he began to climb ceaselessly, never stopping.

Regardless of sunrise or sunset, moonrise or moonset.

No matter how time wore on, it couldn't erode his determination to climb.