Breakthrough to Planetary Level

"Purchase three grains of Dragon Crystal Rice."

"Deducting 6 points."

After logging into the Chat Group Mall, Yue Ming searched for Dragon Crystal Rice and directly bought three grains. He had made this decision long ago. There were many treasures in the Chat Group Mall that could help one break through to Planetary level, but Dragon Crystal Rice was undoubtedly the most cost-effective.

According to the treasure's description, Dragon Crystal Rice came from the Dragon Clan World. It was a special spiritual rice created when some kind of spiritual grain became tainted with dragon blood and mutated. It contained enormous life energy, much like the Wood Tooth Crystals of the Swallowed Star world, though the energy contained in Dragon Crystal Rice was even purer.

For an ordinary person to break through to Planetary level, a single grain of Dragon Crystal Rice was actually enough. However, Yue Ming possessed a threefold Gene Multiplier. Every aspect of his physique was three times that of an ordinary person, and likewise, the energy he needed to break through to Planetary level was three times greater.

"Three grains of Dragon Crystal Rice should be enough. Let's begin the breakthrough now!"

"Rumble!"

The instant he swallowed the Dragon Crystal Rice, it transformed into a vast surge of life energy. Yue Ming felt as though his dantian had exploded like Pangu splitting open heaven and earth, while the Gene Source Energy within his body began circulating madly, constantly contracting and gathering in his dantian.

Yue Ming felt as though even his consciousness trembled. When the Gene Source Energy in his body had been compressed to its limit, a miniature planet was born within his dantian. The tiny planet spun continuously, giving off wave after wave of strange fluctuations.

In an instant, every part of Yue Ming's body—his bones, skin, membranes, meridians, internal organs, and more—underwent rapid changes. It was an ultimate transformation, as though all the bones in his body had been shattered and then condensed anew.

Yue Ming's body continued to grow stronger. Perhaps because of his threefold Gene Multiplier, his breakthrough to Planetary level was far more dramatic than that of an ordinary martial artist, and naturally, the gains from this transformation were even greater. The metamorphosis lasted a full two hours before finally ending.

"I wonder what special ability I gained after breaking through?"

When martial artists broke through to Planetary level, they would naturally develop a special ability of their own. According to the classifications of special abilities in the universe, they were mainly divided into eight categories: metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, and light.

Because everyone's physique and soul traits were different, the Cosmic Energy their bodies absorbed differed as well. The Gene Source Energy they transformed from it was also different, and thus the special abilities they developed upon breaking through to Planetary level varied too.

"It's actually a Space Element special ability—Space Control!"

The Swallowed Star world had ten great Origin Laws. Metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, and light were merely basic lower laws, while Time and Space were higher laws. These two higher laws could also give rise to special abilities, but those capable of awakening time- or space-based special abilities were one in a hundred million.

Yue Ming had not expected his luck to be so good. The special ability he awakened was actually Space Control. Among Space Element special abilities, Space Control was considered one of the finest. This would be of tremendous help to his future comprehension of the Space Origin Laws.

In truth, after obtaining the Law Fusion Device, Yue Ming had already considered his future path of cultivation. However, since he did not know which laws he would comprehend in the future, he had delayed making a decision. Now that he had awakened Space Control, barring any surprises, his future path would definitely be the path of Space Element Fusion Laws.

Moreover, with the Law Fusion Device, Yue Ming would face virtually no bottlenecks in breaking through to become a Lord of the Universe. Therefore, he would not suppress his realm. Others might remain at Universe Level for thousands or tens of thousands of years, or at World Lord level for hundreds of thousands of years, in order to build up their foundation and lay a solid base, but he definitely would not do that.

Nor would he be like Luo Feng, creating Ultimate Secret Techniques while at a low realm. Creating secret techniques beyond one's realm was too difficult. Not only did it require terrifying comprehension, but more importantly, it wasted far too much time. Rather than spending that time, it was better to break through in realm. Though that meant he would not possess the ability to fight above his level, crushing others with his realm was still quite good.

In Yue Ming's view, one should create secret techniques appropriate to one's realm. That was an extremely easy thing to do. Insisting on pursuing combat power beyond one's level was time-consuming and laborious, simply not worth the cost. The most infuriating part was that one could waste a great deal of time and still fail. Not everyone was Luo Feng.

However, Luo Feng's situation was special. Without creating an Ultimate Secret Technique, he simply could not break through his Life Core, nor could he advance to immortality. It could only be said that everyone's cultivation path was different. A path suited to Yue Ming might not necessarily suit others.

Most importantly, the universe contained countless dangers, and the Human Race was not invincible. There were several peak races that were mortal enemies. Only by growing quickly and breaking through to become a Lord of the Universe could he truly possess the ability to protect himself in the universe. Otherwise, if he were assassinated by another race before he had fully grown, dying with his grand ambitions only half fulfilled, that would be utterly tragic.

To break through to become a Lord of the Universe as quickly as possible, Yue Ming had even decided that he would not comprehend too many laws. Even though World Lord level was the stage at which laws were easiest to comprehend, he still only intended to comprehend one lower law and one higher law.

Only after breaking through to become a Lord of the Universe through the path of Fusion Laws would he consider other things. At that time, he would have plenty of time to create Ultimate Secret Techniques or comprehend other laws. Even if his speed in comprehending laws was a little slower, it would not matter.

The only difficulty before Yue Ming now was the speed at which he comprehended laws. Sometimes, he might even encounter bottlenecks. After all, if Origin Laws were so easy to comprehend, there would not be so many immortals and venerables in the universe stuck at bottlenecks for hundreds of millions of years, unable to advance.

Still, Yue Ming was confident that his comprehension was not poor. He had mastered the Blood Kill Sword Technique in less than a week. Perhaps the fusion of his two souls during transmigration had transformed his comprehension. Even if he could not be considered among the universe's elite, he was at least above average.

And Yue Ming's greatest source of confidence was still the Chat Group. The Chat Group Mall contained endless treasures. There were surely treasures that could help with comprehending laws, and there would definitely be quite a few of them. Thinking this, Yue Ming logged into the Chat Group, intending to ask the other members.

After logging into the Chat Group and opening the chat window, he found that only two people were online in the member list. Time flowed differently in every world. Only a little over a month had passed in the Swallowed Star world, so how much time had passed in the other worlds?

[A Realm of Gods] Li Shanhe · Fifth Rank: [Yue Ming is online? What have you been busy with lately? Why haven't you been online for over half a year? Come online more often when you have time and chat with me. I'm pretty bored by myself.]

[Swallowed Star] Yue Ming · First Rank: [Uh, only a month has passed on my side...]

[A Realm of Gods] Li Shanhe · Fifth Rank: [The difference in the flow of time is that huge? Logically speaking, the Myriad Realms Rank of the Swallowed Star world should be about the same as that of A Realm of Gods. Worlds of the same rank should have similar time flow...]

[Swallowed Star] Yue Ming · First Rank: [I'm not sure about that either.]

Yue Ming discovered that even though he had broken through to Planetary level, he was still only First Rank in the Chat Group. According to the Myriad Realms Rank classification, one had to possess the power to shatter a mountain with one punch or destroy a city with one sword to reach Second Rank. Yue Ming truly could not do that yet.