"Although Juelei Thirteen Halberds was a secret technique created to complement a Bloodline Divine Ability, its level of Law Comprehension seems quite high."
After Jiang Yao's thoughts inscribed the final Yan Script on the membrane of Xu Yuan Space, he felt the entire space tremble slightly. This wasn't the first time he'd encountered something like this, and Jiang Yao was delighted.
It meant that the analysis of one Origin Law had reached the required level to advance Xu Yuan Space to the second realm.
The analysis of three Origin Laws—Space, Water, and Earth—had already reached the required level.
Jiang Yao sighed. "No wonder the World Lord who created this secret technique claimed that any Lingtong Race World Lord who comprehended the Law of Thunder could become invincible among World Lords by using the Bloodline Divine Ability 'Leishan Seal' together with a perfected Juelei Thirteen Halberds."
"Cry!"
A cry carrying a savage, violent aura cut short Jiang Yao's delight.
At the center of the hazy Xu Yuan Space, a crane with alternating red and white feathers thrashed and writhed. Every so often, it let out a savage cry that seemed capable of annihilating all things, making the whole space resonate and tremble.
But the full might of Xu Yuan Space had taken the form of chains that reached out from every direction and pierced the vicious bird's body, binding it and keeping it from breaking free.
This vicious bird was none other than the will of Desolate God Bizhang, imprisoned in Xu Yuan Space.
Jiang Yao only glanced at it before looking away. He could sense Bizhang's will growing stronger bit by bit. The change was nearly imperceptible, but as the master of Xu Yuan Space, he could read even the slightest shift as clearly as lines on his palm.
The feeling of mortal danger slowly drawing nearer was deeply unsettling, so he felt an even greater urgency to strengthen Xu Yuan Space.
Although Xu Yuan Opening hadn't yet reached the second realm, as one secret technique, peerless art, and insight after another—each involving an Origin Law—was converted into Yan Script and inscribed in Xu Yuan Space, Jiang Yao could clearly feel the power it granted him growing stronger.
Jiang Yao withdrew from Xu Yuan Space and once more focused his thoughts on the Taihuan Token. Bajie was half-closing his little eyes as he continuously sketched seemingly simple but actually intricate three-dimensional designs in the void—Yan Script.
"This peerless art called Huntian Arrow should be enough, and there are also some insights into the Origin Law of Metal left by its creator on the scales."
Jiang Yao was pleased. "That means the Origin Law of Metal is covered too. As expected of the greatest genius in Lingtong Race history."
By now, Jiang Yao and Bajie had settled into a clear division of labor. Bajie handled the translation, converting any text or secret patterns involving Origin Laws—whether from secret techniques, peerless arts, or insights—into Yan Script. Jiang Yao then memorized the script and inscribed it in Xu Yuan Space.
Because of the Supreme Rule, Yan Script in the outside world was distorted into vast amounts of meaningless information. Only when Jiang Yao inscribed the script in Xu Yuan Space could the correct information be deciphered.
The instant he saw a Yan Script, an endless stream of information about Law Secret Patterns poured out of it.
Jiang Yao felt that Yan Script was a kind of converter, encryption method, or perhaps compression format. It could faithfully convert and compress any information he might not yet understand—or even be unable to remember—and then let him read it in Xu Yuan Space without any prerequisites.
The process of inscribing Yan Script was also a process of learning it. Although it was quite difficult, his soul had already been utterly transformed after cultivating Xu Yuan Opening. He was confident that before long, he wouldn't need Bajie as an intermediary translator.
Jiang Yao had been on Yulu Island for nine years. Aside from occasionally releasing a trace of Bizhang's will to transform his body and improve his genes, he had spent almost all his time inscribing one peerless art, secret technique, and insight after another in Xu Yuan Space.
To advance Xu Yuan Space to the second realm, all ten Origin Laws had to be analyzed to the point where they acknowledged him. In other words, he needed at least a peerless art or insight left behind by a Peak World Lord for each one.
Quite a few Peak World Lords had emerged throughout Lingtong Race history—over twenty of them. But not every Peak World Lord created a peerless art, and those two dozen or so were not evenly distributed among the Ten Great Laws.
The greatest number of Peak World Lords had comprehended the Origin Law of Water: five in all. That was because the Lingtong Race's Immortal had become a god through the Law of Water.
In fact, this Immortal of the Lingtong Race had left behind many peerless arts and insights on Yulu Island, all far beyond the Peak World Lord level. Once Jiang Yao had converted these into Yan Script and inscribed them in Xu Yuan Space, the Origin Law of Water was essentially taken care of.
Next came the Origin Law of Space. Although one Peak World Lord in Lingtong Race history had comprehended it, the peerless art he left behind focused mainly on the Origin Law of Earth, with the Origin Law of Space as a supporting element.
Fortunately, Jiang Yao and Bajie had gone straight to the scales that recorded secret techniques and peerless arts. The scales, like stone walls, had come from the body of an ancient, unknown Alien Race Immortal. Their surface grooves and patterns contained extremely profound insights into the Origin Law of Space.
In addition, two Peak World Lords who had cultivated the Law of Earth had each left behind a peerless art and insights, which was enough to cover the Origin Law of Earth as well.
After that, Jiang Yao found a peerless art involving the Lightning Origin Law, Juelei Thirteen Halberds, left behind by a Peak World Lord. That single art was enough for Xu Yuan Space's analysis of the Lightning Origin Law to reach the required level.
At that moment, Jiang Yao was sitting cross-legged in front of a stone wall nearly a thousand meters tall. It bore the peerless art created by Yanchen, the most dazzling genius in Lingtong Race history: Huntian Arrow, a peerless art of the Origin Law of Metal.
"This art was created specifically for the Immortal Divine Weapon Huntian Arrow I plan to forge after becoming an Immortal. Only the first three levels are complete; the final five are still to come."
The brief preface at the start of the inscription displayed the genius's pride, confidence, and lofty ambitions to the fullest. There wasn't a trace of doubt in his words that he would become an Immortal.
Jiang Yao felt conflicted when he thought that a genius so absolutely confident in himself had suddenly fallen in an instant. In Jiang Yao's eyes, Lingtong Race's most dazzling genius in history might have fallen short of the talents who could enter the Core Layer of the Five Great Powers, but there was no denying that anyone who placed in the top five hundred of their Universe Country in the Genius Tournament would be considered a peerless genius by the vast majority of its powers.
After he converted Huntian Arrow into Yan Script and inscribed it in Xu Yuan Space, the space trembled slightly again, proving that the analysis of the Origin Law of Metal had reached the required level too.
Though Jiang Yao was little more than a Yan Script inscription machine, unable to understand most of the recorded peerless arts and insights at his current level—after all, he couldn't even sense the fluctuations of any lower law other than Fire and Light, let alone comprehend or cultivate them—Xu Yuan Space was the most sensitive feedback mechanism of all. From the peerless arts alone, he could tell that the creators of Huntian Arrow and Juelei Thirteen Halberds had surely been among the strongest World Lords in Lingtong Race history.
As soon as he finished inscribing Huntian Arrow, Jiang Yao left the towering stone wall. He had now visited almost every stone wall on the island that recorded peerless arts and insights into Laws. Only one corner of the island remained unexplored.
Jiang Yao sighed. "The Origin Laws of Fire, Wood, Light, Wind, and Time still haven't reached the point where they acknowledge me. This is the full extent of Lingtong Race's resources. Once I leave Yulu Island, it looks like I can't stay with the race any longer. I'll have to go out and search."
Bajie encouraged him. "Don't forget your old ancestor. He's an Immortal God, and he's spent all these years on the Outer-Region Battlefield. He shouldn't be short on treasures or secret techniques. When the selection tournament comes, just show him your Origin Laws of Fire and Light. Heh, whatever you ask him for, he'll have to give it to you!"
Jiang Yao nodded, his spirits renewed. Although he had devoted most of his energy to advancing Xu Yuan Space, he had still set aside some time to comprehend the Origin Laws.
Perhaps his body had been subtly transformed through each struggle against Bizhang's will, making it more compatible with the Origin Laws of Fire and Light. He had crossed the threshold of the Origin Law of Light without spending much time or effort.
Now, he had crossed the thresholds of both the Law of Fire and the Law of Light.
When Jiang Yao reached the last corner of the island, he suddenly looked toward a stone wall, his face lighting up.
"It's a peerless art of the Origin Law of Fire!"
Earlier, Jiang Yao had also found insights carved into a stone wall by a Peak World Lord who had comprehended the Origin Law of Fire. But they were only insights, far inferior to a peerless art.
He hadn't expected to find what he most wanted just as he was nearly finished exploring Yulu Island.
Unlike the other Laws, peerless arts and insights involving the Origin Law of Fire were not only raw material for advancing Xu Yuan Space; they were also things Jiang Yao could comprehend and cultivate.
"I'll translate this peerless art into Yan Script myself."
Jiang Yao decided to try cultivating it as he studied the art.
After all, comprehending an Origin Law was one thing; bringing even a sliver of that comprehension to bear in actual combat was another.
Bajie said, "Hmph. If you could grasp the profound mysteries of the Law that Bizhang's will used against the Moyun Vine last time, you could create a peerless art of the Origin Law of Fire yourself—and it would absolutely be the finest art below the Immortal level!"
Jiang Yao recalled that thrilling battle. Apart from burning his soul to hold back Bizhang's will as it battered the Moyun Vine, what had left the deepest impression on him was how effortlessly Bizhang's will wielded the Origin Laws of Fire and Light.
"My comprehension of the Origin Law of Fire is still nowhere near that level. Crossing the threshold of a Law is only the tiniest beginning. I shouldn't get ahead of myself. I'll learn this art first. Then, even if I leave the Sacred Land one day, I'll be able to protect myself!"
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