Swallowed Star: Splitting the Heavens
Chapter 44

Wind Tablet, Councilman Luo Feng

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The human race uses the Chaos Stele as a medium for inheritance, while the Star Behemoth race uses the Beast God Statue.

The Zerg race, however, uses stone tablets as their medium.

"How does it feel?"

Isabella stood outside the stone chamber, smiling as she welcomed Cai Yi, who was walking out from within.

"Every law is perfectly carved into a single entity. As the practitioner gains deeper insights, they can perceive even more. It perfectly interprets the path of the Law of Wind..."

Cai Yi's eyes shone as she spoke.

The gains from this session of enlightenment were truly immense for her!

"It's a pity, though. Why didn't you choose the Time Tablet back then?"

At the mention of this, Isabella sighed, and Evangeline felt a heaviness in her heart as well.

Compared to the two supreme laws of time and space, the lower law of wind was clearly inferior by more than just a notch.

Just like the human race, the Zerg can only choose one tablet for enlightenment, and barring special circumstances, it cannot be changed.

And the one Cai Yi had chosen was this tablet that interpreted the origin of the Law of Wind.

"I just felt that the Law of Wind suited me better."

Cai Yi spoke the truth.

The reason she chose the Law of Wind was not because she didn't want to choose the Law of Time, but because after comparing the two, her intuition for the Law of Wind was significantly deeper than for the Law of Time.

Since her talent was limited, there was no need to force it; what suited her best was the best.

Cai Yi couldn't be certain of the future, so she could only grasp the present, and thus, she chose the Law of Wind.

"But, the achievements possible with the Law of Time are far greater..."

Evangeline sighed.

In the current common understanding of the Primal Universe, the Law of Time and the Law of Space are the only paths to the heavens.

The lower laws—gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, and light—can only be considered supplementary. Not many King Level Immortals have risen to prominence based solely on these eight laws.

As for Universe Masters, it goes without saying that the mainstream path requires mastering the Law of Time or the Law of Space to break through; others must rely on fusion laws to do so.

Whether anyone on the Origin Continent has broken through to become a Universe Master using only a lower law, Cai Yi didn't know, but in the Primal Universe, there certainly isn't one yet.

"I just felt the Law of Wind suited me better."

"But, even if you master the Law of Wind to the end, you won't be able to break through to become an Immortal."

Evangeline shook her head.

Once a Zerg Mother Empress breaks through to become an Immortal, she immediately reaches the peak of the King Level, which makes their breakthrough extremely difficult!

It is impossible to break through using only secret techniques based on lower laws!

"Moreover, those powerful peak King Level Immortals are mostly famous for secret techniques based on the Law of Time and the Law of Space. A small minority use fusion law techniques, but I've never seen one based on lower laws..."

Don't be fooled by the fact that this Wind Tablet was created by a Universe Master; it merely expounds on the 'Dao' they are currently walking. That is a realm beyond a Universe Master, so one shouldn't take it too literally...

Although a Zerg Mother Empress can rival the combat power of a limit King Level once she breaks through to become an Immortal by investing resources and using the Zerg swarm tactic, she still has to pass the hurdle of the supreme laws!

"Don't worry. Once the Law of Wind is mastered, I will eventually come into contact with the Law of Time."

Cai Yi smiled. Since she was more adept at the Law of Wind, she would study the Law of Wind.

When she has more clones in the future, there will surely be some suited for the Law of Time. When that time comes, she will let them study it, and with her foundation in the lower laws, their breakthroughs will be even simpler.

"Mother, after looking at the Wind Tablet, I've gained quite a few insights. I'm going into seclusion now."

Cai Yi smiled as she said this to Isabella and Evangeline, then vanished.

The Law of Space has 108 essences, while the Law of Time has 72.

The Law of Wind, as a lower law of the Law of Time, has 324 essences.

With so many essences, it might seem like the difficulty of enlightenment is high, but in reality, it actually lowers the barrier to entry.

In just a few months, Cai Yi had already comprehended 24 essences!

Now that she had contemplated the Wind Tablet once more, the 25th essence had come naturally!

Although this might have something to do with the enlightenment bonus from Hen Ren, it was undeniable that the difficulty was indeed much lower compared to the Law of Space and the Law of Time.

"Star Level nine, 25 essences of the Law of Wind, and having stepped into the threshold of the Law of Time—compared to the vast majority of top-tier Star Level geniuses, I am more than a notch stronger."

Cai Yi said with satisfaction.

If nothing else, these 25 essences of the Law of Wind were already comparable to one essence of the Law of Time.

The vast majority of top-tier Star Level geniuses might not even be able to comprehend a single law essence, like Luo Feng...

She then took out several secret manuals analyzing the Wind Tablet and began to continue her enlightenment.

Cultivation knows no time, though this only applied to Cai Yi, who possessed abundant resources and heritage.

For Xu Ai and Hen Ren, simply accumulating energy would waste a significant amount of their time.

"That's why I must get into the Virtual Universe Company as soon as possible..."

Xu Ai sighed.

Having finished today's lessons, the nine levels of the Fire Domain were complete, the threshold for the Laws of Fire Origin was complete, and the threshold for the Laws of Space Origin was complete...

Hmm, and yet she was only at the third stage of the Planetary Level...

It was dragging her down too much!!!

Although she was cultivating the latest version of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art from Hen Ren, she had only managed to advance two levels.

Xu Ai opened the Gravity Chamber, and outside, Liu Ting, Janet, and Jiang Fang had already been waiting for a long time...

These three were just here to freeload off the Gravity Chamber!

"Where is my sister?"

Xu Ai glanced at the three of them; Xu Xin was not among them.

"She went to the restroom, she should be here in a moment."

Janet said, then made a move to enter the Gravity Chamber.

Xu Ai slapped her palm against the doorway.

"Wasn't it agreed that you can only use the Gravity Chamber for cultivation if my sister is here to accompany you?"

"Fine, then I'll go find her and bring her over."

Liu Ting nodded and hurriedly ran toward the restroom.

Before long, Liu Ting came running back in a panic.

"It's bad, Sister Xin is gone!"

"What!?"

Janet and Jiang Fang were shocked and hurriedly ran out to look for her.

According to their agreement with Xu Ai, they could only use the Gravity Chamber for cultivation if Xu Xin was there to accompany them!

Therefore, with Xu Xin missing, they could not enter the Gravity Chamber.

Watching the three of them run out in a panic, Xu Ai nodded with satisfaction.

Yes, this was exactly the effect she wanted.

On one hand, it allowed Liu Ting, Jiang Fang, and Janet to cultivate, and on the other, Xu Xin would be supervised by them to cultivate as well!

A great win-win situation!

Xu Ai leaned back comfortably on the sofa.

It had been two months since Hong swept through Mist Island.

Yes, that's right, it had been over a month since Luo Feng received the inheritance from Babata.

During this past month, several major events had occurred.

The first major event was that Hong had stepped down from the title of the world's strongest fighter, along with his position as the First Speaker.

Hen Ren had taken that throne.

No one objected; after all, Hen Ren was simply too strong. She had single-handedly defeated all the monsters on Earth, regardless of their strength!

Because of Hen Ren, humanity had reclaimed its position as the masters of the Earth, so they naturally held her in high esteem.

Even though Hong had been so absorbed in his cultivation due to the Wood Bud Crystals that he had forgotten about worldly affairs, they had gone over to subtly remind him, which was how he finally vacated the position.

Beyond that, the second thing was that several people had broken through to the Planetary Level.

It was worth mentioning that these individuals were all high-level War Gods from the Extreme Martial Arts Hall.

Yes, Luo Feng was one of them.

About a month ago, he had broken through as a Planetary Level Spirit Reader.

Hmm, that was right when he had just received the inheritance from Hu Yanbo; calculating the time, the Nine-Nine God Forging breakthrough method took about that long.

As for the others, they had broken through just within the last few days.

Calculating the time, it was enough for them to have absorbed the Wood Bud Crystals...

In short, breaking through to the Planetary Level was a massive joyous occasion on Earth, worthy of celebration by the entire population.

And so, the Extreme Martial Arts Hall was holding a ceremony to celebrate the emergence of these new council members!

Wait...

"Ha! I knew it, so that's where my sister ran off to!"

Xu Ai flipped herself up, put on her coat, and rushed over.

The destination: the global headquarters of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall!

The celebration ceremony for those new council members was being held right there!

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