Domain Lord Peak

"Back when you were cultivating the Body Refining Technique, the outer shell of the Singularity inside you..."

Bai Muye hadn't even gotten up when Xiao Si eagerly told him about the golden secret patterns that had appeared on the Singularity's outer shell.

"It should be a good thing." Bai Muye carefully sensed his Singularity. "I can feel that it's much sturdier than before. Even if it were exposed now, ordinary attacks wouldn't be able to destroy it..."

His expression suddenly changed. He remembered how, in the original story, Luo Feng's Origin Core had been so powerful that he needed to create an ultimate secret technique to break it open and become an Immortal. His brow furrowed.

"Maybe it isn't a good thing after all..." he murmured. "If I keep training like this, the Origin Bead formed from my Singularity might become so powerful that I won't be able to break it open. Wouldn't that mean I couldn't become an Immortal?"

"Can that really happen?" After learning about it, Xiao Si said thoughtfully, "It's definitely possible. You're only at a hundredfold gene level, yet your Singularity is already this powerful. Who knows how strong it'll be after you reach the World Lord stage and cultivate a few more levels..."

It suddenly had an idea. "How about you stop practicing the Body Refining Technique while you're a World Lord, then start again after you become an Immortal..."

Bai Muye considered this seriously, then slowly shook his head. "We don't know how much longer we'll be stuck here. Danger lurks everywhere on the Outer Battlefield. Whether I survive depends partly on luck, but most importantly on my own strength. If I stop practicing the Body Refining Technique while I'm a World Lord, I can't say for sure that I'll survive long enough to reach the Domain Lord Ninth Stage..."

He sighed softly, then continued, "Xiao Si, you need to understand: without absolute confidence in yourself, it's impossible to reach the higher stages of cultivation. If you don't even believe you can break through your own limits, you really will come to a standstill..."

"No matter how powerful the Origin Bead becomes in the future, I believe I can create an even more powerful secret technique to break it open and become an Immortal!"

Xiao Si seemed to be struck by the force in his voice. After a long silence, it finally said, "All right. As long as you're confident, that's what matters. Shall we keep cultivating, then?"

"How much energy do you have left in reserve?"

"Practicing the Body Refining Technique used up about seventy percent of my total reserves. And now that you're at a hundredfold gene level, reaching the Domain Lord Ninth Stage will take far more energy than before. I don't know if I have enough..."

"I hope it's enough..." Bai Muye said helplessly. "If it isn't, I'll have to spend Military Merit on treasures to help with my cultivation..."

"If I can't break through to the World Lord stage in the seventy years I have left, I'll have to join another army..."

He rested for a few days and went into the Virtual Universe to unwind before returning to reality.

But he didn't begin cultivating right away. Instead, he reviewed all the memories of the enemies Xiao Si had stored away.

The enemies he'd encountered on the Outer Battlefield had fought alongside military units, and almost none of them came from powerful backgrounds. As a result, their experiences were mostly unremarkable. The one benefit was that he'd learned countless Alien Race languages and scripts.

"If I get the chance someday, I could visit these Alien Races. With these memories, at least I wouldn't have any trouble communicating..."

He then spent a long time combining all the insights he'd gained from cultivation. But those insights were no longer much help to him. After all, he'd now comprehended all Ten Great Laws, including the Laws of Time and Space. Many World Lords might not have as much insight into cultivation as he did.

"All right, let's do this. Time to cultivate!"

Xiao Si began releasing the energy it had stored inside the Singularity. Bai Muye refined every last drop of that pure energy into his own Origin Energy.

One month later, he reached the Domain Lord Seventh Stage.

Three months later, he reached the Domain Lord Eighth Stage.

Seven months later, he reached the Domain Lord Ninth Stage—and then the energy ran out.

"Damn!" Bai Muye couldn't help swearing. The energy had run out at the worst possible moment.

He'd reached the Domain Lord Ninth Stage, but he'd only just broken through. He was still a long way from the Domain Lord Ninth Stage peak.

"How about..." Xiao Si said, sounding a little pained. "I squeeze out another drop of Golden Marrow Fat for you?"

"Forget it. That's your essence. Keep it for emergencies..." Bai Muye shook his head. "I'll see what the Military Merit treasury has to help me."

He logged into the Military Merit treasury and searched for treasures that could aid a Domain Lord's cultivation.

"This one won't do. Too slow... This one's a bit slow too... This one!"

A blood-red fruit appeared on the screen. Even its three-dimensional image gave off a sense of immense vitality and energy.

The Blood Spirit Fruit was the best treasure for those at the Domain Lord stage. It could not only aid cultivation, but also rapidly heal a Domain Lord's injuries. It served much the same purpose for Domain Lords as the Life Fruit did for World Lords.

The Blood Spirit Fruit was a tier below the Life Fruit, and its price was lower by the same margin.

"Fifty thousand Military Merit, half a Hunyuan Unit—or five trillion Cosmic Coins!" He gritted his teeth. "I'll buy it. My life gene level is a hundredfold, and I'm already at the Domain Lord Ninth Stage. One Blood Spirit Fruit should be enough to cultivate to the Domain Lord peak..."

Including the Military Merit he had left from before, he now had more than two hundred thousand. He could easily afford a Blood Spirit Fruit.

He confirmed the exchange, and after the Military Merit was deducted, a staff member from the military camp delivered the Blood Spirit Fruit to the island that same day. After receiving it, he returned to the Training Room.

The Blood Spirit Fruit was packed in a box made of white jade, carved with Law Secret Patterns to keep the fruit's vitality and energy from escaping.

When he opened the lid, a surge of astonishing vitality and energy burst out, along with an intensely rich fragrance. The pores all over his body opened automatically, greedily absorbing the energy.

Bai Muye picked up the fist-sized, blood-red fruit and popped it straight into his mouth.

Before he could even taste it, the fruit turned into a boundless rush of energy that poured into his body. Though vast, the energy wasn't violent. Instead, it was extremely gentle, as if trying to heal him.

But he wasn't injured, so the energy simply settled inside him, waiting to be refined.

Bai Muye began absorbing and refining it.

Two months later, Bai Muye reached the Domain Lord Ninth Stage peak, just as he'd hoped. Less than ten percent of the Blood Spirit Fruit's energy remained, so he simply let Xiao Si absorb it. If left alone for too long, the energy would eventually dissipate anyway, and that would be a waste.

"That tastes pretty good..." Xiao Si flicked one of its tendrils, and the remaining energy vanished. "How about buying another one?"

Bai Muye gave it a look that said, What kind of outrageous thing are you saying?

"All right..." Xiao Si said with an awkward laugh, changing the subject. "Are you going to try breaking through to the World Lord stage?"

"Going from Domain Lord to World Lord is the last major transformation of life before becoming an Immortal. The size of your Internal World determines a World Lord's strength," Bai Muye said slowly. "There are still nearly seventy years before the hundred-year deadline, so I plan to set aside twenty years to go over everything I've learned. If I can fuse it all together, I should be able to improve my strength even further—and perhaps gain a little more insight into the Laws..."

Over the years, he'd reviewed the memories of many World Lords and absorbed their cultivation insights. Breaking through from Domain Lord to World Lord wouldn't be difficult for him.

However, many of those World Lords regretted not spending longer consolidating their foundations at the Domain Lord stage. Their unstable foundations made it incredibly difficult to break through to Immortal.

After taking a day to relax, he began reviewing all the cultivation insights he'd absorbed from the beginning. He started with his first life-or-death battle after transmigrating, then went through his understanding of every kind of blade, spear, and staff technique, his insights into domains, and the process of fusing Mixed Domains...

In this relaxed environment, with no need to worry about whether he'd have to fight for his life the next moment, he gained new insights into those teachings. His comprehension had also improved considerably over the decades.

Before he knew it, the domain formed by combining his eight different domains had become even more seamless.

Then he moved on to the various Laws. He started with the Law of Lightning and gradually worked his way through the others, carefully breaking them down and examining them anew from his own perspective.

Finally, he came to the Laws of Time and Space...

By the time he'd turned all his previous insights into a part of himself, twenty-five years had passed.