Blood Luo Crystals increased affinity for the laws by altering the body's genes, while Sky Dome Crystals were more like a direct doorway to the Origin of Laws.
"Sky Dome Crystals are restricted items in the Sky Dome Realm. Only the geniuses who join Sky Dome Palace receive them, but some of the people stationed outside also have Sky Dome Crystals."
Yan Ning thought it over, planning to get his hands on a few Sky Dome Crystals and test them out.
Yan Ning stood before the Moon Wheel Palace's entrance, his gaze fixed on the towering city below: Mystic Sky City.
The city lord was a ninth-level Domain Lord and one of Sky Dome Palace's stewards stationed outside. He was certain to have Sky Dome Crystals.
"Xiao Yan, locate the city lord."
"Master, the city lord's manor is at the center of the city, where the energy readings are strongest."
Yan Ning nodded slightly. His figure flashed, and he vanished from Moon Wheel Palace in an instant.
The streets of Mystic Sky City were bustling, crowded with passersby.
Yan Ning strolled through them, surrounded by an invisible veil of illusion.
With the Thousand Illusion Pearl and the concealment of a Soul-type Supreme Treasure, those mere Planetary and Star Level fellows could never detect him.
At that moment, to everyone around him, Yan Ning was like a passing breeze, barely noticeable.
He headed straight for the city lord's manor. The guards paid him no mind, letting him walk right inside.
After passing through a succession of halls, Yan Ning finally arrived before a grand chamber.
Inside, a middle-aged man in a purple-and-gold robe sat cross-legged, faint ripples of laws surrounding him.
The Mystic Sky City Lord, a ninth-level Domain Lord and an outside steward of Sky Dome Palace.
Yan Ning's lips curled slightly as he pushed open the door and entered.
"Who's there?!"
The city lord's eyes snapped open, gleaming with cold light.
But the next instant—
Yan Ning's eyes narrowed, and the Thousand Illusion Pearl's power erupted!
Boom!
An invisible soul shock surged into the city lord's sea of consciousness like a tidal wave. His eyes went vacant, then quickly cleared, but the way he looked at Yan Ning had changed completely.
"M-Master."
The city lord dropped to one knee and bowed respectfully.
Yan Ning nodded in satisfaction, walked straight over to the main seat, and sat down.
"Give me the Sky Dome Crystals."
Without hesitation, the city lord produced a translucent silver crystal and offered it with both hands.
"Master, this is a lower-grade Sky Dome Crystal from my personal collection."
Yan Ning took it and gently rubbed it between his fingers, sensing the strange energy within.
"Only a lower-grade one?"
The city lord hurriedly explained, "Sky Dome Crystals come in lower, middle, and upper grades. My authority is limited, so I can only keep lower-grade ones."
Yan Ning narrowed his eyes.
"Where are the upper-grade Sky Dome Crystals?"
"At Sky Dome Palace headquarters. The palace master, Sky Dome Venerable, keeps them under his personal control."
Yan Ning chuckled.
"Looks like I'll have to pay Sky Dome Palace a visit. For now, though, I'll try out this lower-grade Sky Dome Crystal first."
Yan Ning sat cross-legged and lightly supported the silver crystal with his fingertips.
The Sky Dome Crystal slowly hovered over his palm. Mysterious Law Secret Patterns flowed across its surface, and it quivered faintly like a living thing.
He closed his eyes. With a thought, divine power flowed from within him like a gentle stream, slowly entering the crystal.
Hum!
The Sky Dome Crystal suddenly lit up. Silver radiance rippled across it like water, and its surface began to soften and melt like snow, turning into strands of sparkling liquid.
The liquid didn't drip. Instead, it slithered like a spirit snake up Yan Ning's arm and gathered at the center of his forehead.
Sss—
A thin silver mark appeared there, like a third eye slowly opening.
The moment the silver liquid formed from the Sky Dome Crystal touched his skin, it seeped into his flesh without the slightest resistance, like spring rain soaking into parched earth, and flowed straight to the depths of his soul.
Yan Ning's brow relaxed.
Comforting and cool! This feeling...
He clearly felt a strange force flow from his forehead into his sea of consciousness, like countless delicate threads gently yet firmly winding around his soul.
"This is..."
His soul seemed to be immersed in a warm spiritual spring, every wisp greedily drawing in the Sky Dome Crystal's energy.
His soul, once vast as a sea of stars, now showed signs of growing, thread by thread!
The growth was tiny, but to a powerhouse like Yan Ning, even the slightest improvement to his soul was an unbelievable opportunity!
"It can actually nourish the soul directly?"
Yan Ning was shaken.
In the outside universe, treasures capable of strengthening the soul were exceedingly rare, and most came with severe side effects.
But the Sky Dome Crystal not only caused no rejection, it fused perfectly with his soul, as naturally as a fish in water!
He calmed himself and carefully examined the sensation.
In his sea of consciousness, silver Flowing Light wove itself into a web, each thread containing the most fundamental aura of the laws.
The Law of Fire, the Law of Space, and even a faint ripple of the Time Law were all faintly visible within it.
"So that's how it works..."
Yan Ning understood.
The Sky Dome Crystal didn't forcibly improve one's Law Comprehension. Instead, it temporarily connected the user's soul to the Origin of Laws, like a drop of water joining the sea and experiencing the vastness of the laws firsthand.
"No wonder even those Star Level youngsters can stir the laws."
His lips curled slightly.
"But to me, its value goes far beyond that..."
As a member of the Yan God Clan, he needed no explanation of his physical gifts. They were unquestionably top-tier, for his race had been specially cultivated and created by Sitting Mountain Guest.
Their bodies had the potential to reach beyond the True God level.
But the Yan God Clan had a major weakness when it came to the soul.
That was why Sitting Mountain Guest had forged the Original Soul, a Treasure, for Emperor Yan.
It was meant to make up for the weakness in the soul.
But because of Emperor Yan's actions—
Sitting Mountain Guest had been deeply dissatisfied.
But now, if he could get enough Sky Dome Crystals—
His soul would surely transform!
If he absorbed all the Sky Dome Crystals in the entire Sky Dome Realm—
He turned to look at the Mystic Sky City Lord beside him.
"Do you have any more of these?"
The city lord nodded, then walked out. A short while later, he returned.
He had two more Sky Dome Crystals in his hand.
"Master, these are all I have."
Yan Ning nodded.
Then he absorbed the other two Sky Dome Crystals as well.
The improvement was still far too slight.
He needed many more.
And higher-grade ones, too!
Yan Ning lightly tapped a finger, and a wisp of soul power quietly slipped into the Mystic Sky City Lord's forehead.
"Forget about it."
The city lord's eyes glazed over, then returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.
He looked around in confusion, frowned, then sat cross-legged again and resumed cultivating.
Inside Moon Wheel Palace, Yan Ning stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze profound.
"Xiao Yan, bring up all known groups in the Sky Dome Realm who might possess Sky Dome Crystals."
"Yes, Master."
A screen appeared, displaying a dense list of information: 1. Sky Dome Palace headquarters—stocks of upper-grade Sky Dome Crystals, quantity unknown, controlled by Sky Dome Venerable.
2. The royal families of the Nine Great Dynasties, each with many Sky Dome Crystals in their possession, quantities unknown, but none of the higher-grade crystals.
3. The Three Hundred Sixty Sects.
4. Sky Dome Academy.
Yan Ning's lips curled slightly.
"Looks like I'll have to visit them one by one."
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