The Mystery of Domains

When Shen Mu brought Tang Yongqing back home, Chen Wen and the Tang Cheng couple were chatting quite happily.

However, with Shen Mu's arrival, the atmosphere, which had been somewhat natural, became a little constrained again, though it was much better than the previous awkwardness.

"A'Mu, come over here," Chen Wen called out to Shen Mu.

Shen Mu sat down beside Chen Wen, and after chatting with the elders of the Tang family for a while, Chen Wen took Shen Mu to say their goodbyes.

Above the base city, a deep blue King-Class Fighter pierced the sky like a stream of light.

The three-dimensional virtual projection was activated, allowing a direct view of the outside scenery.

"A'Mu, what do you think of Xiao Qing?" Chen Wen withdrew her gaze from the wilderness and looked at her son.

Shen Mu nodded lightly, "Sister Yongqing is very good, focused on her ideals. I think we can respect each other like guests in the future."

Having experienced true life and death, Shen Mu no longer had the idea of pursuing love. He just wanted to live well, see farther landscapes, and reach the end of the universe.

Originally, Shen Mu didn't even plan to get married, but he happened to meet Tang Yongqing, who was top-notch in both appearance and temperament, and also had a connection with Luo Feng.

"Since you feel she's alright, then get married. Mom will take care of the arrangements for you."

"Thank you, Mom."

Chen Wen looked at Shen Mu, feeling a bit emotional, "I suddenly feel like you've grown up. Originally, your dad and I wanted you to work hard at martial arts, but you were always unwilling."

"People, after all, have to grow."

With the King-Class Fighter's speed exceeding Mach 10, it only took a minute to get from one end of the base city to the other.

After returning home, Shen Mu decided to go into seclusion, and instructed his mother, Chen Wen, not to let anyone disturb him.

Inside the underground quiet room, Shen Mu sat cross-legged on a futon.

Invisible Mental Force filled the entire quiet room, surging at a special frequency. The Genetic Force within Shen Mu's body was also surging, resonating with the Mental Force.

The soul and body were also becoming more harmonious and unified in this process.

Whoosh!

Faintly, the sound of waves seemed to echo within the quiet room. This was the sound made by the Mental Force stirring the air when evolving its Intent.

The entire seclusion process lasted for three full days. When Shen Mu opened his eyes again, a look of disappointment appeared in their depths.

"I didn't expect that entering the Harmony of Man and Nature realm wouldn't allow me to break through to Planet-Level in one go."

Now, Shen Mu's physical fitness and Mental Force had reached the limit below Planet-Level. Even if he cultivated more diligently and absorbed cosmic energy, there wouldn't be the slightest improvement.

"It's already August now, and there are still 14 months until January of '60."

Shen Mu exhaled a mouthful of stale air and took out his phone to dial a number.

Beep, beep—

"Hello."

The steady and deep voice of Hall Master Hong sounded as the call connected.

"Hall Master, I've broken through to the Harmony of Man and Nature realm, but I still can't directly break through to Planet-Level."

After returning to the Martial Hall from hunting the Mountain Giant Ape, Shen Mu learned about the division of realms such as Apprentice-Level and Planet-Level from Hong and Thunder God during their exchanges.

Hong even said directly that if Shen Mu could one day reach the Harmony of Man and Nature realm like Thunder God, he could guide him on the mysteries of that domain.

"You've reached the Harmony of Man and Nature?"

Shen Mu could actually hear emotional fluctuations in Hong's voice, which was rare.

"I was fortunate enough to make a breakthrough. After reaching the Harmony of Man and Nature, it feels like I'm always in a state of cultivating with my five hearts facing the sky, able to vaguely sense the outside world and cosmic energy."

"I'm at the Martial Hall. Come over."

Hong hung up the phone after speaking, gazing at the bustling base city outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, recalling Shen Mu's journey so far.

In just three months, his spearmanship and footwork had entered the realm of perfection and completion.

If the first three levels belonged to techniques that could be compensated for with effort, then the Intent level had nothing to do with effort. If one couldn't comprehend the mysteries of heaven, earth, and nature, it was impossible to step into the Intent level.

In just one month, Shen Mu's footwork and spearmanship had reached the Great Accomplishment of Intent.

And now, in such a short period, he had reached the level of Intent Completion, Harmony of Man and Nature, which made Hong a little curious about how deep Shen Mu's understanding of the ocean was.

A faint smile suddenly appeared on Hong's face, and he directly left a message for Thunder God using the light computer on his wrist.

"Thunder Baldy, that little guy Shen Mu has already reached the Harmony of Man and Nature realm. Look at his talent, then look at you, you're so dumb."

Who knows what Thunder God's reaction would be to being called dumb by Hong for no reason.

Before long, a deep blue King-Class Fighter arrived at Hongning Base City. Shen Mu came to Hongning Base City again.

Limit Martial Hall Global Headquarters, inside the giant spaceship building.

In the empty room on the top floor, which was Hong's training room, Shen Mu was the second person to enter the training room besides Thunder God.

Beside the small table by the window, Shen Mu and Hong sat facing each other.

"You must have a lot of questions right now?" Hong said with a smile, his eyes filled with undisguised appreciation as he looked at Shen Mu.

Shen Mu nodded and said, "Sovereign, I've already reached the limit of the War God level. What methods are there to break through to the Planet-Level realm?"

Hong shook his head slightly. "I thought you would directly ask about the mysteries of the domain. Actually, breaking through to the Planet-Level shouldn't be too difficult for you."

"Not difficult?"

Hong hummed and then said, "There are actually three ways to break through to the Planet-Level."

"The first is to wait for an opportunity to arise, or encounter a certain situation, and you might break through directly. Of course, it's also possible to wait three to five years without breaking through."

"The second is to use a powerful consciousness to push your mental power or Genetic Force to the limit, breaking through to the Planet-Level in one fell swoop."

"As for the third, that requires a special breakthrough secret method. This is just information I obtained from ancient civilization ruins. There are no similar secret methods on Earth."

After explaining the three methods of breaking through to the Planet-Level, Hong looked into Shen Mu's eyes and said, "And your consciousness is already incredibly powerful, even no weaker than the Planet-Level Mentalist, Fourth Speaker Ister."

Pushing mental power to the limit?

I can try that later.

Then Shen Mu asked again, "Then Sovereign, what is a domain?"

"You should feel what a domain is first."

As Hong's words fell, a black domain rapidly spread, like the territory of a god, instantly covering the entire room.

Immediately, Shen Mu felt a powerful pressure, as if an ordinary person had entered a space with 10 times the gravity, or as if he had fallen to the bottom of the sea and all his limbs were entangled by countless tough seaweed.

Within this domain, Hong seemed to receive some kind of blessing, his aura as deep and vast as a prison, like a celestial being dominating all living beings.

"This is the power of the domain."

After Hong finished speaking, he withdrew the domain and looked at Shen Mu, asking, "Did you feel the difference just now?"

Shen Mu nodded slightly. "I did feel a change. It seems that the entire space was controlled by Sovereign."

"Good, in fact, the so-called domain is essentially the body, soul, will, and energy entering an incomparably wonderful state of Harmony of Man and Nature under the impetus of artistic conception.

In this state, one's own power will fuse and stimulate a kind of force field, and this force field is used to control the surrounding universe space. This is the domain."

As expected, it's not different from what I predicted. Although the original work doesn't have many descriptions of the domain, and Shen Mu has almost forgotten it, he can also deduce that the domain is control through his own situation.

"In other words, from the perfection of artistic conception to possessing a domain, the only hurdle is to elevate one's soul, body, will, and energy from a state of resonance to a state of perfect harmony, and then one can unleash a domain."

Hong nodded approvingly. "A promising child. As for how to break through the bottleneck of the domain, this can only be understood implicitly and cannot be expressed in words. I can only let you feel the power of the domain more and comprehend it yourself."

"Thank you, Sovereign."

Shen Mu got up, intending to take his leave. The primary task for the next step is to first break through to the Planet-Level.

Seeing that Shen Mu intended to leave, Hong said, "Go ahead. If you have any insights, you can come to me at any time to experience the domain."

Not stingy with his own insights, this is probably the courage and vision of Earth's number one person. Their sights are already set on the stars.

After leaving the Limit Martial Hall, Shen Mu piloted a King-Class Fighter straight towards the Kyoto Base City.

Next, it's time to break through to the Planet-Level.