Night Ends, Day Breaks

Yan Lin Star is about two hundred thousand light-years away from Earth, so a round trip takes nearly half a month.

"Babata, why don't we sell this Black Dragon Mountain Spaceship and get a D-class ship? This flying speed is too slow."

Generally, C-class spaceships can only fly a little over one times the speed of light, but D-class ships can travel at least three times the speed of light.

If they were in the Dark Universe, it would only take about three days to travel from Earth to Qiulong Star.

Babata naturally had no objections: "Alright, we'll buy a D-class spaceship when we have money."

Half a month later, at Shen Mu's home in Kyoto Base City.

Crack!

As the Nutrient Pod opened, Shen Mu's figure leaped out, his incredibly condensed Mental Power and Origin Force rippling outwards.

Within Shen Mu's sea of consciousness and dantian, nine stars, each emitting a faint glow, revolved in a profound trajectory.

Shen Mu sent a wisp of his consciousness into his Inner World. Ripples spread across the tranquil lake, and faintly, a dragon silhouette could be seen swimming beneath the surface.

Splash!

As the Azure Dragon Avatar moved, waves of Source Law fluctuations emanated, causing ripples to surge on the water's surface.

"As expected, both my Earthling body and the Azure Dragon Avatar are considered my Main Body, so my cultivation isn't restricted in any way."

Unlike Luo Feng, who had body-snatched the Golden Horned Beast, if the Golden Horned Beast didn't advance, Luo Feng couldn't improve even if he stayed in a Nutrient Pod.

However, the advancement of his Earthling body couldn't bring his Inner World along. Currently, Shen Mu's Inner World was still over 4,000 meters in diameter, roughly at the level of someone who had just entered Planet-Level Stage Seven.

"With the feedback from my Earthling body, the evolution speed of my Azure Dragon Avatar has also greatly increased. At the current pace, it should reach Planet-Level Stage Nine in about two months."

Just as Shen Mu was familiarizing himself with his rapidly growing strength, Babata suddenly appeared.

"A'mu, A'mu, Luo Feng's Earthling body has been gestated!"

"So soon?"

Shen Mu was a little surprised. He remembered Luo Feng saying it would take some more time for the Earthling body to be born.

Babata explained, "It should be because the Golden Horned Beast has advanced to Star-Level. Gestating an avatar mainly relies on the Golden Horned Beast's Inner World. The larger the Inner World, the faster the avatar can be gestated."

"I see."

Shen Mu pondered for a moment and understood the reason.

In the original story, it took Luo Feng over a year to gestate his Earthling body because he was already a Planet-Level Stage Six Mentalist at the time.

But now, Luo Feng's cultivation was only just reaching Planet-Level Stage Three. The energy difference between the two was eightfold, so the gestation time would naturally be faster.

"Another piece of good news is that Thunder God has also successfully comprehended a Domain!"

That night, on the rooftop of the Limit Building in Hongning Base City.

Shen Mu, Hong, Thunder God, and Luo Feng sat around a table laden with drinks.

"I'm not afraid to admit it, but two years ago, the starry sky above was the thing that scared me and Thunder God the most," Hong said, his voice carrying a sense of relief and nonchalance.

Thunder God also sighed with emotion, "Indeed. After Brother Hong and I learned that there were countless powerful civilizations in the universe, we didn't relax for a single moment for decades."

Shen Mu and Luo Feng listened quietly as Hong and Thunder God chatted about their experiences and interesting anecdotes over the past few decades.

However, beneath their casual tone, Shen Mu and Luo Feng could feel an indescribable pressure.

After they finished recounting the storms and changes of the past few decades, Shen Mu didn't say much, merely raising his glass in a silent toast.

"Brother Hong, Brother Lei, and A'feng, the future of Earth's civilization rests on us four from now on. Cheers!"

"Alright, cheers!"

After putting down his glass, Shen Mu looked at Luo Feng and said, "A'feng, want to have a competition to see who breaks through to Star-Level first?"

Luo Feng laughed heartily, "Brother Shen, you probably won't win this time. My Main Body is the Golden Horned Beast, so there's no bottleneck for me in breaking through to Star-Level."

"We'll see about that," Shen Mu replied with a smile.

The four of them drank all night, only ending their gathering at dawn the next day.

After relaxing, they immediately returned to even more rigorous training.

In the virtual space, by the shore of a picturesque lake, stood a blood-red castle.

The entire castle stored countless precious ancient texts collected by the Yunmo Star lineage over tens of millions of years.

"A'mu, your Mental Power has now been completely converted into the unique Mental Power of our Yunmo Star lineage, and you can now cultivate many Secret Techniques," Babata said from the second floor of the castle, gesturing towards the surrounding bookshelves, which were densely packed with tens of thousands of Secret Techniques.

"Are these all the inheritances of our Yunmo Star lineage?" Shen Mu asked Babata.

Babata put her hands on her hips and huffed proudly, "How could that be? These are all top-tier secret manuals. Ordinary ones wouldn't be placed on the second floor of the castle."

As she spoke, Babata pointed to the golden secret manuals at the very top of the bookshelves. "These golden Secret Techniques are the most important, and some of them you must cultivate."

With that, three golden secret manuals floated out and landed in front of Shen Mu. They were the Secret Techniques titled "Soul Imprint," "Void Tower," and "Body Snatch."

"Body snatching secret techniques aren't urgent for now. It won't be too late to cultivate them after you find a suitable target later. However, you must cultivate 'Soul Imprint' and 'Void Tower'."

"These two major secret techniques are your teacher's signature skills. As his direct disciple, you must master them. Besides these, I've also prepared two more secret techniques for you."

Babata waved its hand again, and two silver secret manuals flew off the bookshelf, landing in front of Shen Mu.

"'Horizon's End,' an offensive secret technique for Mentalists, and 'Myriad Threads Stream,' a flight secret technique. Both are very suitable for you."

Shen Mu opened the introductions to the two law-based secret manuals with great interest.

The offensive secret technique 'Horizon's End' was divided into four levels.

The first level, 'Ripples,' could only be cultivated with a Water Domain.

The second level, 'Surging Waves,' required an introductory understanding of the Water Source Law.

The third level, 'Crashing Waves,' demanded profound comprehension of the Water Source Law.

As for the final level, 'Horizon's End,' it could only be cultivated upon receiving acknowledgment from the Water Source Law. If a World Lord-level cultivator could master this ultimate move, they would be ranked within the top 100 among all World Lord-level powerhouses in the Qianwu Universe Country.

"This secret technique is indeed very suitable for me."

After reading the introduction, Shen Mu's gaze shifted to the flight secret manual, 'Myriad Threads Stream.'

There wasn't much to say about this secret technique; Luo Feng cultivated this set of secret techniques as his primary focus in the original work.

"Your main goal from now on is to cultivate these four secret techniques. Ask me anytime if you don't understand something."

"Okay."

From then on, Shen Mu spent most of his time in the virtual network, diligently cultivating the four major secret techniques.

In just one month, Shen Mu successfully mastered the second level of the 'Horizon's End' secret technique. Although his Law Attainment didn't improve significantly, his combat power increased by at least threefold.

I'm really struggling with writer's block and feeling unwell with a cold. I'll have to write the second update tomorrow. Please bear with me, everyone.