Breakthrough

In the vast, boundless space, Yin Congyang slowly stopped his sword practice, his soul and will having reached saturation from the training load.

Withdrawing his mind from the space, he habitually closed his eyes for a moment, pushing back the feeling of vicissitude.

A longsword appeared in his hand. He floated up, slightly expanding his domain to block out the surrounding disturbances, then began to practice the first sword of Drifting Blood.

As he executed it, countless insights into the Law of Space surged like a tide. His powerful soul and will continuously absorbed and analyzed these insights, until at a certain moment, the sword technique in his hand suddenly became perfectly flawless. Deep and restrained, every slash and thrust of the longsword was profoundly mysterious—great skill seeming clumsy, returning to simplicity.

A genuine joy spread across Yin Congyang's face. With the help of the mysterious space in his dantian, he had fully comprehended the first sword of Drifting Blood. He had also completely understood the first essence of the Law of Space that the first sword interpreted, taking a significant step forward in his understanding of the Law of Space.

He stopped his sword practice and checked the time on his Optical Computer—over a year had passed.

"Lian Luo said if you don't comprehend it within 200 years in the Original Universe, you should give up. I comprehended it in just over a year," Yin Congyang couldn't help feeling a bit smug. "It seems this path was the right choice. If I had waited decades to enter the Core Layer, my law comprehension definitely wouldn't have been this fast..."

Delighted, he left the cabin to chat with Steven for a while, then returned to the cabin to resume cultivation.

Steven stared blankly at this temporary "shipmate" who had been in seclusion for over a year and was now going back into seclusion less than a day after coming out. Thinking about how he himself had cultivated for less than half a year in the past year, a trace of shame welled up in his heart: When I was at the Star Level, I seemed to cultivate just as desperately. How did I slack off after reaching the Domain Lord level... But comprehending laws is really hard. When will I ever pass the 6th floor of the Heaven-Reaching Bridge...

Yin Congyang had no idea what Steven was thinking, and even if he did, he would just laugh it off. After coming out of seclusion, he had planned to rest for two or three days, but suddenly his body and soul both sent him a message: the limit of the Star Level had been reached—he could break through...

So he hurried back to the cabin, set up warning measures, and immediately sat cross-legged to prepare for the breakthrough.

Sensing that his body and soul had both reached a perfect limit, with no further progress possible at the Star Level, he activated his intent and began the breakthrough.

In his sea of consciousness, nine colorful planets revolved along a strange trajectory, orbiting each other to form a perfect celestial structure.

As the nine celestial bodies continuously expanded and contracted, the planets that had reached their limit suddenly generated a tremendous suction force, drawing pure energy from the universe in a constant stream.

The incoming energy was absorbed by the nine planets, which began to vibrate and rapidly expand in volume.

"Rumble~~"

In his dantian, the same scene played out—nine Origin Force stars were also expanding and contracting...

Almost instantly, the Cosmic Origin Energy in the Dark Universe outside the spaceship was frantically devoured, forming a terrifying energy vortex that converged on Yin Congyang's cabin.

Steven, who had just entered a cultivation state, stared dumbfounded at the massive energy vortex. He abruptly turned his head toward Yin Congyang's location, sighed in dismay, and simply withdrew from his cultivation state.

"How am I supposed to cultivate like this? I'll wait until he's done breaking through... But what's with this huge commotion? It's even bigger than when I broke through from Universe Level to Domain Lord..."

Shaking his head, he stopped overthinking and went back to drinking.

Meanwhile, the nine planets in Yin Congyang's sea of consciousness and dantian simultaneously expanded to their limit, then exploded with a bang, turning into countless star fragments and even forming vast clouds of dust and nebulae.

The massive nebulae, star clusters, dust, and countless tiny planets formed a huge spiral galaxy. At the core of this enormous spiral galaxy, countless tiny stars were densely packed, numbering in the tens of millions. The entire spiral galaxy had eight spiral arms.

At the densest core of the spiral galaxy, there was an extremely tiny dark region.

That was the first "black hole" of the entire spiral galaxy. This tiny black hole was slowly devouring the surrounding stars, dust, and other matter, while simultaneously generating wisps of extremely pure energy in places beyond reach.

Like a thin mist, the energy seemed to appear out of nowhere around the massive vortex, shrouding the entire galaxy in a multicolored halo.

Pure energy surged out from his sea of consciousness and dantian, beginning to transform Yin Congyang's entire body. All his muscles, bones, internal organs, blood vessels... underwent a genetic-level leap under the refinement of this pure energy. From telekinetic power to Origin Force to physical fitness, everything evolved comprehensively—nearly fifteen to twenty times stronger than before at Star Level 9.

When the breakthrough of his main body settled, the breakthrough of his Clone also began. The same process repeated itself, and although it was inside the storage space, it didn't affect the breakthrough's effectiveness.

Steven, who was drinking, abruptly turned his head again, once more directing his gaze toward Yin Congyang's direction.

"What's going on? Why is it happening again? Could it be that after his Spiritual Master breakthrough, his Origin Force is also breaking through? From the commotion, this kid's foundation is extremely solid. He even entered the End-of-the-World Region through the 61st floor of the Heaven-Reaching Tower. He might even break into the Heaven and Earth Region in the future... This escort mission was originally just to earn some extra points, but I didn't expect to run into such a freak. I should get on good terms with him—maybe I can borrow some strength later..."

In the cabin.

The Clone in the storage space also completed its breakthrough. Both the main body and the Clone were carefully experiencing the difference in realm between Universe Level and Star Level.

With the breakthrough into Universe Level, the fluctuations in his dantian became denser, further increasing the speed and quality of the energy output.

On the second day after the breakthrough, suddenly there was a "boom" in his soul. His entire soul broke through an invisible bottleneck, making a tremendous leap. His soul power, which had been at the peak of Domain Lord Level, instantly broke through to World Lord Level.

Yin Congyang felt his entire soul become incomparably clear. A powerful soul and will were extremely helpful for comprehending laws. Many things that had previously required great effort to understand suddenly seemed no longer difficult.

Moreover, soul attack secret techniques like Spiritual Impact, illusions, and defense were highly dependent on powerful soul power and will. Without strong soul power and will, even the most exquisite attacks couldn't defeat an enemy.

For example, if a Planetary Level Illusionist had the heaven-defying talent to cultivate a Universe Level soul attack secret technique, but relied on Planetary Level telekinetic power to launch the attack, it might not even affect the will and consciousness of a Star Level opponent. Simply put, the power level difference was too great—like an ordinary person with exquisite swordsmanship trying to split a stone with a sword made of carrots. Of course, this refers to ordinary people, not those with profound internal energy, which itself is a form of energy.

After his soul power broke through to World Lord Level, he could cultivate two more avatars. Yin Congyang scratched his head a bit—he had just used points to exchange for enough treasures for two Clones to grow, and now he could cultivate more avatars so soon. The remaining points weren't enough.

Moreover, with his soul power strengthened, he needed to exchange for the follow-up cultivation techniques of [Shake God] as soon as possible, which also required points.

But this was a happy problem for him. Points could always be earned. Slower growth of his avatars wouldn't affect his own development. His original plan was to not let his Clones wander too far until his main body reached World Lord Level, to avoid them falling and needing to be cultivated again.

Besides, a Universe Level Clone out exploring wouldn't bring much help.

After stabilizing his realm, he began to cultivate the third volume of Drifting Blood, hoping to comprehend the essence of the Law of Space interpreted by the second sword technique as quickly as possible.

As for cultivating the fourth and fifth avatars, he needed to first cultivate a Soul Container inside his body, which could be done during spare time in his regular cultivation.

The first sword technique of Drifting Blood had taken him just over a year to fully comprehend, with the help of the mysterious space in his dantian. The second sword technique was significantly harder than the first. However, among the 108 profound essences of the Law of Space, some were easy and some difficult. The first nine were the most basic, much easier than the middle 27, and the hardest were the last 72. Fully comprehending all the mysteries would take increasingly more time.

A year and a half later, he mastered the second sword technique and fully comprehended the second profound essence of the Law of Space. This was aided not only by the dantian space but also by his soul and will breaking through to World Lord Level. Stronger soul and will were indeed immensely helpful for comprehending laws.

After mastering the second sword technique, he tried to integrate the comprehended laws into his axe technique.

The profound essences of the Law of Space didn't necessarily have to be executed through sword techniques. It was just that Lian Luo had originally practiced swordsmanship, so the Drifting Blood secret code naturally interpreted the laws through sword techniques. Once fully comprehended, they could be applied to blade techniques, axe techniques, and even spear techniques, hammer techniques, or other weapons.

In less than a month, he integrated the comprehended essence of the Law of Space into his axe technique, greatly enhancing its power. He entered the Killing Field and simulated various opponents, testing them one by one. Although he had just broken through to Universe Level, and the body in the Virtual Universe couldn't compare to reality, the simulated Universe Level 9 and even Domain Lord Level 1 opponents were no longer his match.

After exiting the Virtual Universe, he got up and left the cabin, strolling around the spaceship. Soon, he found Steven drinking in the main control room.

When Steven saw Yin Congyang appear, his eyes lit up: "Come, come, brother, have a drink with me. I have to say, your cultivation is way too intense, isn't it?"

With that, he pulled out a cup, poured Yin Congyang a glass of wine, and tossed it over. Not a single drop spilled.

Yin Congyang reached out and caught it. His telekinetic power swept over it briefly, unnoticed by Steven, before he took a gentle sip. A fiery line of liquid flowed down his throat, reaching his chest and abdomen, then transformed into a rich, mellow fragrance that spread throughout.