Joining Yunmo Star

"I lost, Second Brother."

Although he had defeated Shen Mu, Thunder God still felt immense pressure.

"I only won because my realm is higher. If you were at the third level of Planet-Level now, it'd probably be hard to determine a winner."

Thunder God was also envious that Shen Mu had managed to develop a domain.

"Ah Mu, tell your Second Brother how you comprehended your domain?"

Thunder God slung an arm around Shen Mu's neck, switching back to his usual playful grin.

"When I first began comprehending the artistic conception of water, I was moved by ocean waves and tides. So I kept my focus on understanding the flow of water. Second Brother could try comprehending a particular characteristic of lightning. With a clear goal, you might have a better chance."

"Comprehending a particular characteristic of lightning... That makes sense."

Thunder God fell into thought. Hong had comprehended the shadow within light, while Shen Mu had comprehended the flow of water. Both had clear goals.

Yet all these years, his understanding of lightning had been entirely natural, without deliberately focusing on any one characteristic.

Thunder God had originally thought that this approach better matched the principle of effortless action in China's ancient texts. But now that he thought about it, perhaps he had been aiming too high.

While Shen Mu and Thunder God were sparring, Luo Feng, far away in Jiangnan Base City, was greatly surprised after receiving a stack of documents.

"Brother Shen... is actually the fiancé of my grandaunt Luo Hongqin's granddaughter. That makes him my... cousin-in-law?"

After Luo Feng emerged from Ancient Civilization Ruin No. 9, he had immediately learned from the relevant authorities that some of his family members were still alive.

However, Luo Feng's father had still been ill at the time, making it impossible to visit relatives. Soon after, he had inherited Babata's legacy and spent this entire period cultivating in seclusion, temporarily setting aside the matter of reconnecting with his relatives.

"Babata, Babata, I found an opportunity. Maybe I can use this to bring Brother Shen into Yunmo Star as well."

In the virtual space, Babata, who had been idling around, suddenly perked up and said excitedly, "Tell me, tell me! What happened?"

After Luo Feng explained everything to Babata in full detail, Babata nodded in approval. "Not bad. This is a good opportunity."

"First, reveal to Shen Mu that you inherited an ancient civilization's legacy. Then I'll step in."

"Alright. I'll first tell my parents about Grandaunt Luo Hongqin. We'll leave today."

A moment later, an astonished cry came from the Luo family villa.

"What? Little Aunt is still alive!?"

"Xiaofeng, do you know where your grandaunt is? I want to see her right now." Luo Hongguo hurriedly said.

Luo Feng replied, "No problem. We can leave right away. Dad, you don't need to worry. Grandaunt and her family have been living much better than we have these past few years."

Four o'clock that afternoon, Kyoto Base City.

On a rooftop, Shen Mu sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion, his eyes half-closed. Faint phantoms of water surfaces could vaguely be seen around him.

He appeared to be comprehending the mysteries of his domain, but in truth, most of Shen Mu's focus and attention rested on the Azure Dragon Avatar.

In the calm Bohai Bay, dozens of meters beneath the water's surface, an Azure Dragon could faintly be seen coiling about.

Vast Mental Power fluctuations boiled within the Azure Dragon's sea of consciousness. Six dazzling Mental Power stars radiated brilliant starlight while rapidly shrinking.

The starlight formed from endless Mental Power intertwined, and within mere breaths, a seventh Mental Power star condensed.

"I've finally broken through to the seventh level of Planet-Level. It's much faster than I imagined."

On the rooftop, Shen Mu's consciousness returned, and he opened his eyes.

Previously, Shen Mu had only considered the enormous energy foundation required for the seventh level of Planet-Level, but he had forgotten that as his realm rose, the efficiency of his energy absorption also increased.

Shen Mu had originally estimated that it would take half a year to advance from the fifth level of Planet-Level to the seventh, but he had done it in just over four months.

"It's still early May. The Golden Horned Beast will be born in at most half a year, so it absolutely can't have reached Star-Level. Even if it's at the ninth level of Planet-Level, factoring in the genetic multiplier of its peak bloodline, its energy foundation should only be around forty times mine."

Unlike Thunder God, the Golden Horned Beast's combat techniques were atrocious. There was basically no need to consider force amplification. At most, there was the enhancement from its innate secret technique, which merely doubled its power.

Even if the Azure Dragon Avatar couldn't defeat it then, it should be able to hold it back with the advantages of the domain and the ocean. Then, together with Hong, they could surround and attack it. There was still hope of defeating it.

"To be safer, once we find the Golden Horned Beast's whereabouts, we'll first use technological weapons to heavily injure it, just like in the original story. Then Hong and I will join forces to besiege it."

Buzz, buzz!

Just as Shen Mu was deep in thought, the communications watch on his right wrist suddenly began vibrating repeatedly.

"Hello, Sister Yongqing."

Tang Yongqing's voice came from the watch. "Ah Mu, there's something you might not believe..."

Tang Yongqing then told him about Luo Feng bringing his family to visit Luo Hongqin.

"This Luo Feng is also a Councilor-level expert. Do you want to come meet him?"

"Alright, I'll be right there."

A short while later, Shen Mu's King-Class Fighter slowly landed in the plaza before the Tang family villa. Beside it stood another King-Class Fighter of the exact same Limit Martial Hall design.

As soon as Shen Mu got off the aircraft, he saw Tang Yongqing and her younger brother waiting for him, with Luo Feng and Luo Hua standing nearby.

"Ah Mu!"

"Brother-in-law!"

After smiling and nodding, Shen Mu turned to Luo Feng. "Luo Feng... No, should I call you Cousin?"

Luo Feng said with a wry smile, "Forget it, Brother Shen. You're an expert with a domain just like the Hall Master. Let's address each other as we always have."

"Fine." Shen Mu nodded slightly, then looked at Luo Hua beside him. "This is your younger brother?"

"Hello, Brother Shen. I'm Luo Hua."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Shen Mu and the others entered the Tang family villa together.

In the living room, Shen Mu was introduced to Luo Feng's parents. By seniority, he should address them as Uncle Cousin and Aunt Cousin.

During the conversation, Luo Feng specifically mentioned that Shen Mu had personally killed Li Yao and his wife, avenging the Luo family.

Luo Hongguo and his wife were immediately extremely grateful to Shen Mu. If Shen Mu had not personally killed Li Yao and his wife, their son would likely have faced questioning from the War God Palace.

Once the pleasantries were nearly over, Luo Feng suddenly said, "Brother Shen, I have some questions about martial arts. Shall we find somewhere to talk?"

Seeing that the two Councilor-level experts wanted to discuss martial cultivation, the others naturally did not ask any questions.

"Alright. Let's go to my fighter."

Shen Mu and Luo Feng then left the villa and entered Shen Mu's King-Class Fighter.

"Go ahead. What questions do you have? Are they about Mentalists or martial artists?"

Faced with Shen Mu's question, Luo Feng first communicated with Babata. Only after confirming that they could not be eavesdropped on did he speak.

"Brother Shen, you know about how I was trapped in the ancient civilization ruin. The truth is, I inherited a Mentalist legacy."

"Oh, a Mentalist legacy. What level is it? Star-Level or Cosmic-Level?"

Shen Mu had already guessed that Luo Feng wanted to come clean. After all, he didn't believe Babata would not covet a Planet-Level Mentalist with a domain.

"It's far stronger than Cosmic-Level. As for the specifics, let my intelligent lifeform explain them to you."

As Luo Feng's words fell, the holographic projection system in Shen Mu's fighter automatically activated, condensing into Babata's phantom.

"Hello, Shen Mu. My name is Babata..."

Babata then spoke for more than twenty minutes about the powers in the universe.

It went from the Silverblue Empire to the higher-tier Black Dragon Mountain Empire, then to the Qianwu High-Level Universe Country.

Before Shen Mu agreed to join Yunmo Star, Babata did not reveal everything. It only said that its master had been a fallen immortal expert.

As long as Shen Mu was willing to join that immortal expert's lineage, he could directly become a personal disciple and share all the inheritances and assets with Luo Feng.

"So, Shen Mu, have you made your decision?"

Babata looked at Shen Mu at last.

Of course Shen Mu would not refuse. "I agree. Can you tell me my teacher's true identity now?"

"Of course. Shen Mu, Luo Feng's and your teacher is the master of Yunmo Star, a supreme existence among immortal experts..."

Babata immediately began gesturing excitedly as it told Shen Mu about Yunmo Star. Finally, it cautioned, "Remember, you must never mention Yunmo Star in the outside world. Once your identities are exposed, you may face pursuit that you have no way of resisting."

"Don't worry, I understand. Before receiving your permission, Babata, I won't tell anyone anything about Yunmo Star."

Babata was immediately satisfied, then looked toward Luo Feng.

Seeing this, Luo Feng took out a spatial ring.

"This is a spatial ring. Inside is an intelligent optical computer that can log into the same virtual space as Luo Feng's optical computer. From now on, I'll teach you through the virtual space."

"Besides the intelligent optical computer, there's also a Mental Power Weapon, the Arc Blade Disc. Its power is no weaker than Luo Feng's Sky Shuttle. As for the other secret manuals, you can study them in the virtual space."

"However, before that, you must first cultivate the Fallen God secret technique."

Shen Mu was somewhat surprised. He did not recall Luo Feng learning any Fallen God secret technique in the original story.

"The Fallen God secret technique is a technique for transforming Mental Power. Once cultivated, your Mental Power will transform into the unique Mental Power of Yunmo Star's lineage, allowing you to improve your Mental Power talent to a certain extent.

"And without the unique Mental Power of Yunmo Star's lineage, you won't be able to cultivate any of your teacher's powerful, exclusive secret techniques."