Threshold of Dual Origin Laws

Inside the Virtual Universe, Jiang Yao was stunned by the sheer power of the Nine Styles of Lanfeng, while simultaneously looking forward to his next opponent.

Unexpectedly, the entire scene suddenly shattered into pieces. When he regained his senses, he found himself standing in the massive square in front of the Elder Hall in Jiuyuan City within the Virtual Universe, surrounded by Lingtong Race geniuses looking at him with strange expressions.

That was it?

Jiang Yao struggled to suppress his regret that his desire for battle had not been satisfied.

"Jiang Yao!"

Duomeng hurried over, his expression filled with unprecedented excitement: "What secret technique did you just use? How could you kill your tenth-round opponent in a single strike? Why did you come out so suddenly? Do you have any idea that, other than you, the best performance only made it through the sixth round!"

Prose, Kuman, and the others followed close behind.

"Did you actually clear the entire thing?"

"You hid your strength from us quite well! Are you walking the path of a Martial Artist or a Controller? I've heard that many Domain Lord Martial Artists in our race can't even master that Heavenly Cage Domain Seal."

Jiang Yao scratched his head; he couldn't exactly say that he had only discovered his potential for the Martial Artist path during the heat of battle.

"Jiang Yao!"

The voice came from the World Lord in black robes who had been presiding over the event; he had emerged from the Elder Hall at some point.

The black-robed World Lord, who had radiated such terrifying pressure while explaining the rules before the competition that it made people tremble, now looked at Jiang Yao with a gentle smile, leaving the geniuses in the square somewhat astonished.

"Come with me, the Ancestor wants to see you."

Jiang Yao was not surprised and said respectfully: "Yes, my lord."

"No need to call me my lord," the black-robed World Lord laughed: "Just call me Kasa."

The youth before him was already the Ancestor's personal disciple, holding a status equal to a World Lord Elder—one could say he was now beneath only one person and above all others. Coupled with his shocking talent, Kasa was currently cheering inwardly at his own wise and decisive choice to invest early.

Behind Jiang Yao, Duomeng's jaw dropped, his face a mask of utter shock.

He had never seen his teacher display such an expression before.

As World Lord Kasa led Jiang Yao toward the Elder Hall, he glanced at Duomeng. He didn't say anything, but the look was enough to snap Duomeng out of his stupor, and he understood the implication perfectly.

Duomeng laughed heartily and threw his arms around Prose and Kuman: "The selection battle is over, and we certainly aren't getting any prizes. Let's go, I'll treat you all to a feast. We don't need to worry about Jiang Yao; he's clearly the apple of the Ancestor's eye now. Gaichen, you come too."

Gaichen looked with complex emotions at the three men walking away with their arms around each other, and at the other geniuses who were still arguing endlessly and marveling at the move Jiang Yao used to kill his tenth-round opponent, and sighed in his heart.

If he had still harbored thoughts of competing with Jiang Yao before the selection battle, those thoughts had now vanished into thin air.

Even the other geniuses, including Bancha, who had been sullen ever since his elimination—this once-prominent Stellar Level genius with a seventh-level domain—now looked much better and had even joined the discussion about Jiang Yao's final move.

Because from this day forward, that youth would become a topic of conversation for them, much like Yanchen from over five hundred epochs ago, rather than an object of comparison.

Being born in the same era as such a monster was a misfortune, but in truth, it was also a stroke of luck.

After Jiang Yao entered the Elder Hall, World Lord Kasa left, leaving the vast space of the hall to the pillar of the Jiuyuan Holy Land and the peerless genius of the Lingtong Race.

This was his first time seeing the master of the Jiuyuan Holy Land, and the first time he had seen an Undying God since transmigrating into this world.

The deepest impression this Undying God left on him was not his ancient, simple face that seemed both youthful and middle-aged, but the bottomless blue ocean that seemed to reside within his eyes.

"Jiang Yao pays his respects to the Ancestor."

Jiuyuan looked at Jiang Yao and laughed heartily: "Don't call me Ancestor, call me Teacher!"

Jiang Yao was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening. Bajie, who looked like a small sprite on his shoulder, was shouting repeatedly in his consciousness: "Good, this is great! It wasn't in vain that you revealed the Origin Laws. Undying Gods must have quite a lot of treasures. Since he's your teacher, hurry up and ask him for secret techniques or insights involving the four Origin Laws of wood, light, wind, and time later."

Jiang Yao's Xu Yuan Space was close to reaching the second level, but he still lacked perfection in the four Origin Laws of wood, light, wind, and time.

Jiang Yao did not act coy; he knelt down cleanly and said respectfully: "Disciple pays respects to Teacher!"

After Jiuyuan let him rise, he looked at his disciple with satisfaction, which reminded him of Yanchen from over five hundred epochs ago. After collecting his thoughts, he smiled: "You have already stepped across the threshold of the Origin Law of Fire?"

Although it was a question, his tone was quite certain.

Jiang Yao nodded: "Ever since I possessed a domain, I have been able to vaguely sense the fluctuations of the Origin Laws."

After all, normally one had to reach the eighth or ninth level of a domain to sense the fluctuations of the Origin Laws; he had to find a plausible reason for why he could cross the threshold so early.

As for why he was so special, being able to sense law fluctuations as soon as his domain awakened—well, that was naturally due to his gifted domain talent. In short, he wanted to minimize speculation that he had obtained some kind of fortuitous encounter, a treasure, or had possessed some other life form.

Jiuyuan nodded. He was aware of Jiang Yao's anomalies. Having the willpower of a Stellar Level at the first level of the Planetary Level, and possessing a domain at the Planetary Level—none of this followed common sense. Perhaps the domain possessed at the Planetary Level was special? Or perhaps it was related to his willpower?

Whether it was his astonishing willpower or the fact that he possessed a domain at the Planetary Level, both were too rare. The sample size was too small; even though Jiuyuan had lived for endless years, he had heard of very few such cases, let alone understood the patterns behind them.

However, Jiuyuan soon straightened his face, his smile fading: "What else are you hiding, you brat? Tell me everything at once! I suspect you were treating the selection battle as your own personal performance, weren't you?"

Ever since Jiang Yao used the first style of the Nine Styles of Lanfeng to kill his tenth-round opponent, Jiuyuan had ordered the competition to end immediately.

Since he had already demonstrated his insight into the Origin Laws, what was the point of the remaining matches? This was a selection battle within the race, not the pinnacle genius battle.

Jiang Yao hesitated, but thinking that he would need this cheap teacher of his to bleed a little later, he naturally wanted to deepen his importance in the teacher's mind. Therefore, he said respectfully: "Besides the fluctuations of the Origin Law of Fire, my domain can also sense the fluctuations of the Origin Law of Light."

"What do you mean?" Jiuyuan was stunned for a moment: "Sense the fluctuations of the Origin Law of Light?"

Jiang Yao said loudly: "Therefore, in addition to the Origin Law of Fire, I have also stepped across the threshold of the Origin Law of Light."

Jiuyuan stared at the youth before him with wide eyes, speechless for a long time.

The reason he told Jiang Yao to confess everything he was hiding was actually to see if the brat had been practicing any other secret techniques on Yuluo Island.

More importantly, he suspected that Jiang Yao might have downplayed his domain level; perhaps the kid was already at the seventh or eighth level of a domain and had deliberately reported it as the fourth.

But he had absolutely not expected to receive such an answer.

I told you to stop hiding things, and you really went and hid a big one, didn't you?