Greatly Increased Comprehension

"Shall we strike while the iron is hot and continue cultivating the second level?" Xiao Si asked expectantly.

"I'm afraid not." Bai Muye shook his head. "After finishing the first level, my genes were enhanced tenfold, but this is already the limit for such a short period. If I continue to cultivate, my genes will exceed their threshold, and the possibility of a collapse will increase drastically..."

Having just completed the first level, his control over his own body was at its absolute peak. After sensing his condition, he added, "I need at least ten years of interval before I can continue, and besides..."

"Besides what?"

"Time might not allow it." After completing the first level, Bai Muye had immediately calculated how long it took him. "The first level took about three years. The time required for the second level is at least ten times that of the first, which means thirty years... I don't think Dongluo will give us thirty years to rest and regroup."

"Alright, then what's next?"

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"Continue cultivating, of course," Bai Muye smiled. "You still have twenty percent of the energy left, wouldn't it be a waste not to use it?"

"That's true. I'll absorb more during the battles after you use it up..."

During that battle with the Tiger Armor Zerg a few years ago, he had already broken through to the second stage of the Domain Lord Rank. If he had started absorbing energy and cultivating immediately upon returning, he might have already reached the ninth stage of the Domain Lord Rank by now.

However, it was worth it. Energy could be replenished in future battles, but cultivating the Hunyuan Body Refining Technique was what truly laid his foundation.

A tenfold increase in life genes brought more than just a tenfold increase in strength; his soul and consciousness had also surged tenfold. If he were to face that Tiger Armor Zerg from a few years ago now, dealing with it would definitely be much easier.

Xiao Si released the pure energy, and Bai Muye began to absorb and refine it.

A month later, he had exhausted the energy, only reaching the peak of the third stage of the Domain Lord Rank, just shy of the fourth stage.

He did not continue; cultivation required a balance of tension and relaxation. He rose and left the cultivation room to meet up with Zhan Qiu and his other comrades. After wandering around for a few days, he returned to continue his cultivation.

During his small gathering with his comrades, he didn't go out of his way to pry, but thanks to the big-mouthed Feng Yi, he still managed to learn most of the interesting events and gossip from the past few years.

Other than one Domain Lord in their legion breaking through to the World Lord level, there was nothing else worth noting.

Returning to the cultivation room, he sat cross-legged and sank his consciousness into the Singularity.

"You've absorbed so many souls over the years, including quite a few World Lords. Have any of them been recognized by the laws?"

"None have been recognized by the laws, but all World Lords have at least stepped across the threshold of the laws..."

"The usual rules: I'll look through the memories first, and then I'll fuse them after you purify them. I've only been browsing for the past ten years or so, I haven't had time to fuse them yet..."

When he was at the Universe Rank, every time he fused those cultivation insights, it took a considerable amount of time. Since the intervals between his rest periods were never long, he had only been browsing them until now, without actually fusing the cultivation insights within.

He spent a few days browsing through the memories of those deceased World Lords.

"With your current soul will, the time required for fusion will be greatly shortened," Xiao Si said while purifying those memories. "And now, some of the cultivation insights from the Universe Rank are completely useless to you. You can quickly filter them out while fusing..."

"Alright, let's start with the Universe Rank ones then."

Xiao Si flicked its roots, tossing a massive cluster of memories into his soul crystal—it had actually kneaded all the Universe Rank cultivation insights into one ball.

However, that didn't matter to Bai Muye; these were all insights regarding cultivation, and there wasn't a shred of emotional memory left in them.

Three days later, Bai Muye opened his eyes. With his current strength, he easily absorbed and melted the essence of all the Universe Rank cultivation insights, while the dross was discarded and directly "recycled" by Xiao Si.

"Don't be so rough with the Domain Lord level ones next time, take them one by one..." Bai Muye instructed.

After cultivating the Hunyuan Body Refining Technique, his soul power had increased significantly, and his fusion speed had accelerated greatly. Maintaining a pace of fusing one every three to five days, he finished fusing all the Domain Lord cultivation insights in less than half a year.

When it came to the World Lord cultivation insights, Bai Muye slowed down. Every World Lord possessed World Power. The common classification for techniques in the universe was: Foundation—Conception—Domain—World.

Every World Lord had to reach the peak of their Domain before their Singularity could evolve into a World, so the cultivation process and insights of every World Lord were of some reference value to Bai Muye, who was still a Domain Lord.

He started with the ordinary World Lords, spending ten days to a month on each one to fuse them.

The memories of World Lords were indeed different from those of Domain Lords; a longer lifespan naturally brought richer combat experience and more cultivation insights.

Just by fusing the cultivation insights of these ordinary World Lords, Bai Muye felt that he had improved in every aspect. Even in his Mixed Domain, he had gained many inspirations and directions he had never had before.

"There are seven who have stepped across the threshold of the laws: two Fire, one Water, two Wind, one Earth, and one Gold. Which one should I start with?"

"The Wind Law and the Lightning Law both belong to the lower laws of the Time Law. Let's start with Wind..."

Xiao Si complied, tossing the cultivation insights of a World Lord who had stepped across the threshold of the Wind Law to him.

More than a month later, Bai Muye opened his eyes and shook his head slightly, thinking to himself, "Other than stepping across the threshold of the Wind Law, there is nothing else worth mentioning..."

Looking at the wall of the cultivation room, he flicked his finger. As his finger moved, a cyan wind blade flew from his fingertip at an incomparable speed, striking the wall and causing the protective shield to fluctuate violently.

He continued to fuse the insights of another World Lord who had stepped across the threshold of the Wind Law. This one was clearly stronger than the previous one and had more insights into the laws, making his comprehension of the Wind Law no less than that of the Lightning Law.

Then he continued to fuse the cultivation insights of the other World Lords. In less than a year, he had finished fusing all the remaining ones.

Although he was currently at the third stage of the Domain Lord Rank, he had already stepped across the thresholds of six laws: Lightning, Wind, Gold, Water, Fire, and Earth. Of the eight lower laws, only Light and Wood remained.

His comprehension of the Lightning, Wind, and Gold laws was about the same, while his comprehension of Water, Fire, and Earth was slightly inferior.

"No matter how many laws I comprehend, I must ultimately manifest them into strength..." Bai Muye sighed softly.

"That is inevitable," Xiao Si said leisurely. "The so-called 'Dao is the foundation of technique, and technique is the application of Dao.' To have technique without Dao is to stop at technique; to have Dao without technique is to be able to create technique..."

"To have Dao without technique is to be able to create technique? Are you trying to tell me to create my own secret techniques?"

"It is indeed a bit early to create secret techniques at the Domain Lord stage. But haven't you fused all those cultivation insights? There must be some secret techniques that complement the laws. Since they aren't suitable, you can improve them, make them suitable for you..."

"Can I try to fuse two laws, just like a domain?" Bai Muye knew about the Path of the Beast God, but that was the fusion of an Upper Law and a Lower Law; once fully fused, one would directly become a Lord of the Universe.

He just didn't know if two lower laws could be fused together, and what kind of achievement could be reached after such a fusion.

"Theoretically, of course it's possible, but without guidance, even if you exhausted your entire lifespan, you might not gain anything at all. It would be a complete waste of effort..."

Bai Muye nodded silently.

He projected the majority of his consciousness into the Virtual Universe, constantly experimenting within the Martial Arena to refine the secret techniques he had derived from his previous insights. To his surprise, the process went unexpectedly smoothly, allowing him to extract the essence of the staff, spear, halberd, and blade techniques he had previously practiced and fuse them into a single furnace.

Bai Muye was somewhat astonished by this ease; he had assumed it would take at least several decades or even centuries to achieve any results.

The two discussed it for a while, and Xiao Si concluded: "Perhaps it is because you have practiced the Hunyuan Body Refining Technique, which has greatly increased your comprehension, or perhaps it is because you have integrated so many insights. It is even more likely that several factors are working together to cause this..."

Bai Muye nodded, unable to help but imagine in his heart: Perhaps one day, I too can reach the pinnacle and take a look?