Green Pouch Secret Realm

A pitch-black expanse of space, with only distant starlight dotting the void, appearing mysterious and serene.

After executing Buluo Nolan Mountain and his squad members, Yin Congyang, along with Hong and Thunder God, flew Buluo's ship back to Earth, waiting for Luo Feng to return after becoming Earth's lord.

Having resolved the Nolan Mountain family affair so easily, Yin Congyang breathed a huge sigh of relief, glad that his planning from over a year ago hadn't been in vain.

"Brother Hong, Brother Lei, I know you're eager to venture into the universe," Yin Congyang said to them. "Although the Nolan Mountain family fleet has withdrawn, Nolan Mountain has lived for over eighty thousand years—calling him cunning and treacherous wouldn't be an exaggeration. Who knows if he secretly left some forces behind... So, I suggest you stay on Earth a while longer. With the Planetary Defense System in place, after three months we can at least confirm whether Nolan Mountain's people have all left!"

Hong and Thunder God felt Yin Congyang's words made sense, and besides, they currently had no ship of their own. Yin Congyang insisted on keeping them for three extra months to ensure they didn't miss the World within a World in Thunder World—that was crucial to whether Luo Feng could acquire the Yan God Weapon and a Mo Sha Race clone. If they missed it, it was uncertain whether Luo Feng could still enter the Primordial Secret Realm.

This was also Yin Congyang's last interference in their decisions; from then on, their development depended on their own fortunes.

He even planned not to intervene in future events—Luo Feng's assassination attempt on the garbage planet, Hong's breakthrough to the 20th island in the Giant Axe Dojo's Illusion Sea drawing the Undying Venerable's attention, or the Virtual Universe Company later purchasing half of Earth's ownership. After all, even if the sea territory was bought, humanity on Earth would merely live a bit stifled; they could emigrate if they couldn't stand it. But from another angle, it increased Earth's safety. Besides, once Luo Feng or his own strength reached the pinnacle of the human race, they could reclaim it.

Luo Feng soon returned to Earth. This incident was resolved entirely beyond Earth, unknown to the people of Earth, including its nations—which was for the best.

A few days later, Luo Feng used the Black Dragon Spaceship to send Yin Congyang to Bailan Planet. Yin Congyang stayed behind alone, waiting for the ship Ming Yu had arranged, while the others returned to Earth. After exchanging farewells, the ship lifted off and departed.

After waiting less than a day on Bailan Planet, an E9-class ship arranged by Ming Yu arrived. Boarding it, the ship's AI scanned Yin Congyang. "Beep~, Yin Congyang confirmed. Ready to depart."

The ship shot into the sky, and within minutes, it space-jumped into the Dark Universe.

"Beep."

The ship's screen lit up, showing Ming Yu.

"Yin Congyang, this ship will take you to the Green Pouch Secret Realm, three million light-years from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, under the Ganwu Universe Kingdom. The Virtual Universe Company's Ganwu branch Elite Training Camp is located there. As an External Deacon, I don't even have access to that place, so I know little about the Green Pouch Secret Realm. The journey will take about seventy-five days. The ship is directly controlled by the Virtual Universe Company's AI, and someone will meet you upon arrival."

Ming Yu added with a meaningful tone, "Every elite trainee receives the best and strictest training and life-or-death trials. How high you can rise depends on you..."

"Yes, thank you, Lord Ming Yu. Congyang will remember," Yin Congyang said resolutely. "I will not disappoint your expectations!"

"Hahaha..." Ming Yu laughed heartily. "I believe that! From your eyes, I can see you're someone with schemes as deep as mountains and rivers. As long as you don't fall midway, your future achievements are promising! One final piece of advice: competition in the training camp is fierce. Never be soft-hearted... And also, improve your strength as quickly as possible!"

"Thank you for the guidance, Lord!" Yin Congyang said solemnly.

After the call ended, the ship sped through the Dark Universe at over ten times the speed of light. The ship's AI told Yin Congyang that he was the only passenger; aside from not affecting the ship's flight, he could do whatever he wanted. The ship was fully equipped with all kinds of facilities—food, drink, and entertainment galore.

Yin Congyang ignored the AI, sitting in the largest cabin, deep in thought. "My current strength is close to Planetary-Level Stage 3. I should reach Stage 3 before arriving at the camp. Compared to my apprentice-stage evolution speed, it'll probably take five or six years to reach Planetary-Level Stage 9, and then at least another five or six years to hit the Planetary-Level limit!"

That was for his physical strength; his Spiritual Force progress was similar. Although the fluctuation in his dantian constantly evolved his body and Spiritual Force, the speed increased with his physical quality—a gradual process, not instantaneous. However, this fluctuation enhanced his soul power noticeably faster than his body and Spiritual Force. Yin Congyang could feel his soul and will continuously strengthening, which was a significant boost to his Illusion Technique. Unfortunately, he hadn't yet obtained any Illusion Technique manuals. The Black Ink Star's Spiritual Master inheritance could only be cultivated by Luo Feng, and Babata couldn't help.

Recently, his Gold-Water Mutual Generation domain had nearly reached the first major stage. But when he tried to push it to the second layer, he hit an obstacle—an invisible barrier he couldn't break through.

He had a theory: the principles and relationships of the Five Elements were a crystallization of ancient Chinese wisdom, but they could also apply to laws and domains. The Law of Space was a higher law, which he hadn't yet touched, but the Five Elements were its lower laws. Why five elements? Why could the Domain of Gold give rise to the Domain of Water? To break through from domain level one to level two, did he need to derive all five elemental domains, forming a perfect Five Elements Domain, before advancing further?

This theory could be tested. Metal generates Water, Water generates Wood. If he cultivated more in the Domain of Wood and entered the Strange Light Point in his dantian, he might see if he could develop the Domain of Wood.

He acted on it. Over the past few months, he had borrowed many ancient texts from Hong. With his current soul strength, although the texts recorded profound and obscure things that couldn't be copied directly, he could still gain some insights.

He took out the Heaven-Opening Axe and began practicing axe techniques in the cabin, expanding his Gold-Water Mutual Generation domain in a small area, repeatedly executing the Thirty-Six Heaven-Opening Axes. For Yin Congyang, as long as his stamina held out, he never tired of practicing axe techniques—after all, in his past life, chopping trees for twenty years meant only a true love for the axe could keep him going.

Immersed in his axe techniques, Yin Congyang didn't notice that within the Gold-Water Mutual Generation domain, faint green patterns occasionally appeared among the gold-blue runes, only to be suppressed by the gold-blue each time they emerged.

In truth, Yin Congyang was very familiar with trees—second only to the axe in his hand. But the Five Elements involved both generation and restraint. Metal generates Water, Water generates Wood, Wood generates Fire; conversely, Fire restrains Metal, Metal restrains Wood.

His current domain consisted of the Domain of Gold and the Domain of Water. To truly comprehend the Domain of Wood, he needed to find a balance between Water's generation and Metal's restraint.

After practicing for an unknown time, Yin Congyang felt tired. He had the ship's AI prepare some food, ate quickly, washed up, and too lazy to find a bed, lay down on the cabin floor to sleep.

Waking up refreshed, he stretched a little, then sat cross-legged on the floor, sinking his entire mind into the Strange Light Point in his dantian.

Back in this mysterious space, Yin Congyang wasted no time. He materialized the Heaven-Opening Axe and began practicing axe techniques directly. Practicing in this space made it easier for him to lose himself; as he trained unconsciously, many wondrous scenes and profound images flashed by and vanished—none of which he noticed.

When he naturally stopped, he exited the space. The familiar sense of vicissitude quickly faded.

Unconcerned, he stood up, took out the Heaven-Opening Axe, and began practicing his axe techniques and domain. This time, the domain showed something different: a hint of green light slowly extended from the blue, growing to a certain extent before being worn down by the gold light, while the blue replenished the green's consumption. The three gradually reached a balance.

When the gold, blue, and green achieved perfect equilibrium, they began to operate on their own, greatly increasing the domain's power. Yin Congyang sensed it and felt it was significantly stronger than Hong's third-level domain.

Looking at the three-colored domain, Yin Congyang laughed heartily. This proved his reasoning was correct. Following this path, he would soon cultivate the Five Elements Domain, and breaking through to the second level would be a natural progression.

While Yin Congyang rejoiced in developing the Domain of Wood, in the distant Green Pouch Secret Realm, a spacious room held several experts of varying heights and expressions, all staring wide-eyed at a floating screen showing Yin Congyang—among hundreds of such screens.

"Is this kid a freak? He gets on the ship and does nothing but train, train, train—doesn't even enjoy himself. And now he's cultivated a Domain of Wood? This..." A burly man with short golden hair like steel needles, eyes wide, stared at the screen. "His talent isn't bad, but why is his domain expanding horizontally instead of vertically?"

"Mainly, it doesn't look weak—surpassing a single third-level domain, no less," an old man with white brows, about normal human height, chimed in, his tone carrying a hint of curiosity.

"Let's study him when he arrives. From these past ten-plus days, he shows firm resolve, hard training, and exceptional talent, meeting the Elite Training Camp's standards. If he passes the A9-Level Assessment upon arrival, let him into Planetary-Level Class A. Report that to the higher-ups. Any objections?" A cold voice came from a woman with purple hair and a purple robe beside them. Her features were delicate, even her eyebrows purple.

"Agreed."

"Agreed."

"Fine, I agree too." A lazy voice sounded. A figure in green robes, less than a meter tall with wings on his back, looking like an eight- or nine-year-old child, looked up at the purple-robed woman. "If there's nothing else, I'm going back to train."

The purple-robed woman said coldly, "Stay put. There are still a few days left!"