Mind, Body, Technique

"You say my strength is too low, so what level of strength do I need to cultivate the profound techniques you mentioned?"

Luoluobai Muye was somewhat unwilling to give up. After merging with the memories, he clearly understood that what Luoluobai Muye had been cultivating was merely a stick technique widely circulated throughout the universe, which was already the highest-level technique available in that training camp.

As for other aspects like movement techniques or soul defense methods, they were all discovered through self-exploration during training and combat.

Xiao Si said leisurely, "In my view, the paths of cultivation boil down to nothing more than three things: mind, body, and technique! The reason the strong are strong is that they are powerful in every aspect, with no weaknesses..."

Mind refers to the heart, soul, will, consciousness, and so on. If you aren't strong enough in this area, no matter how formidable you are, a single glance from someone else might turn you into their soul slave...

Body is the physique, power, physical strength, and the manifestation of life genes. Simply put, in the early stages of cultivation, it is your gene multiplier. The universe is unfair; if we take your current genes as a baseline of one, some life forms are born dozens or hundreds of times stronger, and some are even born with perfect genes in the universe. If you are at one and they are at ten, even at the same rank, they are ten times stronger than you at the foundation. How can you fight that?

Technique is a collective term for skills, domains, and insights into laws. Whether it is mind or body, both exist to help you survive better, but technique is the foundation for your continuous upward breakthroughs. Without a domain, you will only ever reach the Universe Rank at best; without crossing the threshold of laws, becoming a World Lord is incredibly difficult; without fully comprehending a lower law, you cannot become an Immortal; even if you become an Immortal, if you fail to comprehend an upper law, you will still be trapped and eventually annihilated along with the reincarnation of the Primitive Universe..."

This long, detailed summary made Luoluobai Muye feel that it made a lot of sense.

"I have survived for an infinitely long time in the Infinite Hunyuan Space and naturally collected countless profound techniques, but you must at least cultivate to the Immortal level before you have a chance to practice even the most basic ones... Hmm, wait!"

Xiao Si seemed to recall something: "There is actually one technique regarding the 'body' that you could theoretically practice at the Universe Rank, but if this technique has even the slightest error, it will lead to the collapse of your soul and genes, resulting in certain death!"

Luoluobai Muye secretly thought, isn't this just the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual?

He couldn't help but retort: "You wouldn't happen to be telling me that I need to achieve an Undying Body before I can cultivate it, would you?"

"Oh, you actually know about the Undying Body? Not bad!" Xiao Si offered a sarcastic compliment. "Cultivating it with an Undying Body is certainly the safest way, but this secret technique can also be practiced once you reach the Domain Lord Rank..."

"I can practice it at the Domain Lord Rank?" Luoluobai Muye's spirits lifted.

"You can, but you must prepare sufficient energy..."

Xiao Si explained: "At the Domain Lord Rank, you will possess a Singularity. As long as the Singularity is not destroyed, you can use energy to restore your physical body..."

"Didn't you say that if an error occurs, both the soul and genes will collapse? Can the Singularity protect the soul?"

"On your own, of course not!" Xiao Si said proudly. "But I can! As long as I am here, while I can't do much for the body, keeping your Singularity from being destroyed is no problem at all!"

"Xiao Si, you know about the Virtual Universe, right? Can this technique be attempted within the Virtual Universe?" Luoluobai Muye thought of the wonders of the Virtual Universe and asked with some anticipation.

"Call me Fourth Master." It habitually corrected him, then added with a hint of admiration, "The person who created the Virtual Universe is truly a genius. To be able to permeate the entire Primitive Universe and form another universe of consciousness, even allowing you all to cultivate and comprehend laws within it—most importantly, to enable real-time communication across the entire Primitive Universe..."

"The Virtual Universe is remarkable, but you cannot cultivate this technique inside it," Xiao Si poured cold water on him. "You must understand that the secret technique I collected transcends dimensions and violates the operation of the Primitive Universe. Without me, you wouldn't even be able to cultivate it in reality, let alone that—you wouldn't even be able to remember the content of the secret technique..."

"So, since it cannot be cultivated in the real world, it is the same in the Virtual Universe—and I cannot enter the Virtual Universe anyway. Even if I could, it would be useless; the Virtual Universe is, after all, not the real Primitive Universe..."

Luoluobai Muye understood. This was similar to the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual, which Mountain Sitting Guest could only record using a Heaven Soul Crystal for others to cultivate, and only one person could cultivate it at a time.

Xiao Si, however, did not need a Heaven Soul Crystal; it was an existence far beyond the level of such crystals, so it could naturally allow Luoluobai Muye to cultivate easily.

Shaking his head, Luoluobai Muye connected a sliver of his consciousness to the Virtual Universe. He still had over three days to train in the Killing Field, and he wanted to test his current strength once more.

On the lush green grassland, facing himself—who also held a Tier 3 Force Weapon Thunder Staff, possessed incredibly rich combat experience, and had high combat talent—Luoluobai Muye couldn't help but recall the history of being smashed into a pulp countless times.

As the battle began, both sides immediately deployed their domains and stepped forward to attack.

Between the clashes and blocks of the two staffs, the sound of clang, clang rang out incessantly.

Luoluobai Muye had a strange feeling; he knew exactly what his opponent's move was intended to do and what the next strike aimed to achieve—it was all perfectly clear to him.

But at the same time, whatever he wanted to do and where his next strike would land, his opponent knew just as well!

It was a complete stalemate.

This battle lasted for a full hour, and both sides had consumed thirty percent of their force energy before a winner was finally decided.

The only advantage Luoluobai Muye had over his opponent was his mindset—he possessed sufficient optimism and patience!

This stemmed from the qualities forged by the suffering of his past life, where he endured the torture of a terminal illness in a mortal body for several years, resulting in an extremely resilient spirit and will.

Coupled with the calmness and perseverance honed by Luoluobai Muye through hundreds of life-and-death battles, he possessed an incomparably powerful willpower.

As his virtual opponent grew impatient from the prolonged fight, Luoluobai Muye seized an opportunity: one strike for a light wound, two for a heavy wound, and the third for the kill!

"Finally, I've smashed you into a pulp too..." Luoluobai Muye let out a fierce breath, finally feeling his thoughts clear.

Anyone who had been smashed into a pulp by the same opponent thousands of times in a short period would surely feel as refreshed as he did after finally turning the tables.

"Let's try another opponent..." Constantly facing that same face, Luoluobai Muye felt like he was going to vomit.

Unfortunately, the stingy merchant gave him too little time; there were only five days in total, and before the final battle could conclude, Luoluobai Muye was forcibly kicked out of the Virtual Universe.

Time flew by, and two months after fully merging with the memories, Bastian came knocking.

Looking at Luoluobai Muye, who was as calm and composed as ever, Bastian nodded with satisfaction:

"It seems you have recovered well. Let's go; the time for the next life-and-death battle has been set for ten days from now. The location is quite far from here, so we need to set off as soon as possible."

After speaking, Bastian turned and left, not worried in the slightest that Luoluobai Muye would not follow.

Luoluobai Muye followed silently. It wasn't that he hadn't considered killing this man at close range to seize the controller for the chip in his brain, but after long deliberation, he ultimately gave up.

Firstly, Bastian himself was a Universe Rank 8 powerhouse. He didn't know if he had a domain, but with his own Universe Rank 5 strength, trying to kill him instantly seemed unrealistic.

Especially without a suitable weapon—the weapons in the training room were the same size and weight as the Thunder Staff, but the materials were worlds apart.

Secondly, he wasn't sure if the controller was even on Bastian's person.

Thirdly, he was even less certain if there was only one controller.

If he took the risk to kill this man, only for someone else to easily press a button and make his head explode, wouldn't that be the height of absurdity?

Supposedly, with the Bio-chip, if he harbored thoughts detrimental to Bastian, it would be detected and countered, but he had been fine while thinking about it.

Perhaps it was because his soul had transmigrated, or perhaps it was because of Xiao Si. In any case, the result was good; at the very least, he wouldn't be like other slaves who didn't even dare to harbor thoughts against their masters.