Blast Kill Babata!!!

"Luo Feng, Babata is just an AI after all—what does she know about martial artists? You're being too hard on her..."

Before Zhou Ze could finish his sentence, Babata went completely berserk:

"Zhou Ze! You insufferable brat!"

"I'll say it again! I am the great Demon Babata! The magnificent Babata! Not just some AI of an Immortal God, but the terrifying existence who roamed the cosmos for eons alongside the master of Fallen Ink Star!"

"And you dare say I don't understand martial artists? You're infuriating me... huff... huff..."

Babata's Star Fruit chest heaved with rage, a mesmerizing sight.

"So, you're still just an AI, aren't you? What do you know about martial artists, about domains and laws? You're just parroting without understanding the essence!"

Zhou Ze spoke with an indifferent expression, but that only made Babata angrier.

Luo Feng watched this unfold and, for some reason, felt a secret satisfaction. That smug Babata always ended up crushed when she went up against his teacher.

"I don't understand? I don't understand? Then you do?" Babata puffed out her cheeks, fuming.

"Of course. Just some basic common sense, nothing remarkable." Zhou Ze brushed off his sleeve and said calmly:

"Actually, once you comprehend a domain, you'll understand..."

Looking at Luo Feng, Zhou Ze continued: "I've always told you to study the ancient texts. Haven't they said plenty about essence, energy, and spirit?"

Luo Feng nodded, lost in thought.

Seeing the master and disciple talking among themselves, ignoring her—the great little demon Babata—she was so furious she vanished from the virtual space.

"Teacher, it seems Babata is really mad at you. Is that okay?" Luo Feng said with an awkward smile.

"It's fine. Just a child who's lived over six thousand epochs. Ignore her." Zhou Ze said flatly:

"Teacher, does a domain also relate to physical condition? Hmm, the body represents essence, our Genetic Energy represents energy, and the mind—Psychic Power—represents spirit?"

Luo Feng recalled the content from the ancient texts.

"But what does that have to do with force output or attack techniques? At most, it's just a way to use physical strength, right?" Luo Feng asked, puzzled.

"Not bad, you're improving! Even with my words, you don't blindly accept everything and use it as is." Zhou Ze gave Luo Feng an approving look.

Luo Feng scratched the back of his head and chuckled: "It's all thanks to your teaching, Teacher!"

"Hmm. So-called domains are essentially a special power born from fusing consciousness with essence, energy, and spirit into a single point, using your will to resonate with the universe's space!"

Zhou Ze spoke with ease:

"Thus, the stronger your essence, energy, and spirit—meaning your physical condition, Genetic Energy, and conscious mind—the stronger your domain!"

"As for force output, its essence is activating the dormant cells in your body. The basic punch force we martial artists can unleash without any activation taps none of the body's potential."

"The higher your force output, the more dormant cells you activate. If you could activate them all, in theory, you could reach a hundred times the basic punch force!"

Luo Feng's eyes went wide: "My god, that's terrifying!"

Luo Feng was stunned. He could barely manage ten times his basic punch force now. If he could reach a hundred times, how terrifying would that be!

Babata, who had been secretly spying, also widened her eyes in disbelief!

This Zhou Ze was too outrageous! A hundred times basic force output was a prerequisite for becoming an Immortal God, and he—a mere Earthling—had deduced it!

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

He must have gotten it from some cosmic inheritance. And on this Earth, aside from her great master's legacy, where would such an inheritance exist!!

"Teacher, what about attack techniques? They can't just be about practicing more to master higher force output, right?" Luo Feng guessed.

"Of course! In fact, a hundred times force output is still just the foundation. How to combine the internal hidden forces within your body, how to apply them—that's the real key!"

"It's like solving math problems. Learning the basic concepts and theorems is just the foundation. Knowing how to use them well is the real skill—that's how you score high!"

"If force output is the basic concept and theorem, then attack techniques are the application. Of course, I think most attack techniques cover both foundation and application!"

Zhou Ze's words were simple and easy to understand. Luo Feng instantly grasped the meaning, his expression excited.

"Luo Feng, if you want to learn a domain, your state of mind is still too shallow. Hong, Thunder God, and I—we all comprehended ours through decades of life-and-death struggle since the Great Nirvana."

"You're still young. Don't reach for the stars. And a domain forced into being without understanding its essence won't take you far..."

Zhou Ze mused. Often, guiding others was also a way to summarize and reflect on oneself—a review of one's own theories and experience.

Review the old and learn the new!

"Take Babata, for example. She just copies her master's teaching materials and parrots them. Of course, that's still decent, but even as an AI lifeform, she can't escape the limitations of being an AI..." Zhou Ze teased.

Babata had been listening intently, but at the end, she suddenly snapped to.

"You bastard Zhou Ze! I'm telling you, you're finished! You have no future!!"

"How dare you look down on me, the great Demon Babata..."

Babata materialized and started laying into Zhou Ze.

Faced with Babata's close-quarters service, Zhou Ze endured both pain and pleasure.

Luo Feng, still deep in thought, watched this scene and felt something was off, but no matter how he tried, he couldn't fit it into his reasoning.

He recalled his mother once casually mentioning that many people of their generation were extremely into anime and games when they were young—some even only liked 2D handsome guys and beautiful girls, losing all interest in reality.

Especially his dad. His mom had even revealed that his dad had weird tastes back in the day, liking those trashy 2D female characters, and even...

Could his teacher be that kind of person???

But that didn't seem right either. He'd been curious about his teacher's past for a while and had secretly looked into it.

Turns out, he discovered his teacher had gone through a degenerate period, with a pretty messy private life.

Anyway, he just couldn't understand why anyone would be interested in a fictional character.

"Babata, I was wrong. You followed your master across the universe for over six thousand epochs—you've seen everything. You definitely know all this, you just didn't say it because we're too weak and knowing wouldn't mean anything..."

Zhou Ze begged for mercy.

After venting, Babata blew on her hair and snorted, "That's more like it!"

Babata glared fiercely at Luo Feng. "Luo Feng, now do you understand the importance of martial artist training?"

"The time and energy you're worried about mean nothing. You have plenty of time to learn and study!"

"Because at the Planetary-level, you have a lifespan of about a thousand years. Stellar-level, one epoch. Cosmic-level, ten epochs. Domain Lord, a hundred. Realm Lord, a thousand. And an Immortal God can live forever!"

"Also, Luo Feng, from now on just take Zhou Ze's words with a grain of salt. 'Cell potential' and all that—there's no such concept in the universe."

"What he says about his field is passable, but 'essence'? Is that something you can touch at your stage?"

"That's something you only get to at the Realm Lord level, or even Immortal level. You're still far off—don't aim too high!"

"Mm." Luo Feng nodded, but inwardly thought, Then how did Teacher manage to touch and comprehend essence?

And Teacher told me to start by understanding essence too—doesn't that mean I also have the ability to walk the path of essence comprehension?

"And Luo Feng, I followed my master across the universe for billions of years. Zhou Ze hasn't even lived a fraction of my age."

"I've seen everything! I understand everything! You have to listen to me. If you do, becoming an Immortal is highly possible!"

Babata was furious that Luo Feng had taken a master and kept roaring.

"Heh..." Zhou Ze let out an ill-timed laugh.

That laugh sealed his fate.

Because Babata immediately went berserk.