Marshal Mengba

Lei Mo stayed with Marshal Mengba Erich for a long time, and they talked about many things, including some of Lei Mo's insights into cultivation. He held nothing back. Mengba was certain to become one of his own in the future.

Unfortunately, this was a military camp, and Lei Mo wasn't sure how much commotion Franklin's Innate Divine Ability would cause. If it was anything like those divine beasts, the noise would be enormous.

He didn't dare try it. Lei Mo still had to make his way in the Keaton Kingdom, and he couldn't do anything he wouldn't be able to explain.

After they had discussed many insights into cultivation, Mengba Erich looked at Lei Mo differently.

Lei Mo couldn't offer Mengba specific guidance on his cultivation, nor was it possible to do so. Their battle qi was different, and their cultivation methods varied greatly.

For example, Bloodhoof Battle Qi clearly had fire attributes, whereas the battle qi Mengba Erich cultivated was unmistakably of the Earth Element.

But as a transmigrator, Lei Mo had a clear advantage. The Earth Element was what he understood best. He explained its six branches without directly calling them Mysteries.

After listening to Marshal Mengba describe his battle qi cultivation, Lei Mo asked him to demonstrate it. Then he fell into deep thought.

"Your battle qi will clearly point toward Gravity Space once you cultivate it to its limit. As it happens, I have a little trinket with abilities in that area. You can have it as a reference."

"But your path is one of the more difficult ones within the Earth Element. You should be prepared for arduous cultivation."

Lei Mo spoke honestly. Gravity Space was a High-level Profound Mystery, encompassing three smaller branches: positive gravity, negative gravity, and space. None of them was easy. But Mengba was lucky to have met Lei Mo.

After saying this, Lei Mo took his leave and returned to his own tent. He took a cube-shaped metal block from his Space Ring and inscribed one Rune on each of its six faces.

They were the Gravity Rune, with positive and negative gravity each occupying one face; the Sturdiness Rune, which Lei Mo now knew corresponded to the Earth Element; the Strength Rune; the Image Rune; and the Illusion Rune. Of the seven Runes Lei Mo had mastered, he had inscribed five.

Although these Runes couldn't make someone truly comprehend the Laws, they could still deeply affect anyone with an affinity for the corresponding elements.

The Image Rune and Illusion Rune corresponded to the Water Element's Image Profound Truth and the Mist Illusion Profound Truth.

The two remaining Runes Lei Mo had mastered were the Burning Rune and the Light Rune. One helped things burn, and the other provided illumination. They were useful, but offered no help with strength.

After inscribing the Runes, he activated them one by one with special soul fluctuations. A little trinket containing five Mysteries of the Earth and Water Elements was complete.

Lei Mo had never put this much effort into anything for himself. He had gone all out for Mengba Erich.

At the very least, this cube could test whether Mengba had an affinity for the five Mysteries of the Earth and Water Elements.

If he didn't, next time Lei Mo returned to Bloodhoof, he would have other Rune Engravers make more little trinkets for different Laws.

Lei Mo had tried. No matter how long he pondered, he couldn't master any more Runes.

According to Franklin, being able to comprehend a Rune meant that a person had some potential in that area. Even if it was slight, there was at least a trace of it.

That gave Lei Mo a little hope. Otherwise, having only a Destruction talent would be too embarrassing.

He personally delivered the little trinket to the marshal's tent. This time, he didn't spend long talking with Mengba Erich before returning to his own tent.

He began thinking over the information he had learned from Mengba. This continent was called the Seraph Continent.

The entire continent had once belonged to the Elves. Back then, the Elf Queen, Seraph, had effectively unified the whole continent. Later, for some unknown reason, she gave up her rule and retreated to the Elf Forest.

There was another piece of news that shocked Lei Mo to his core: Marshal Mengba had never heard of the Material Plane, nor did he know about the Supreme Plane or the Divine Plane.

Lei Mo's thoughts were in turmoil. He had no interest at all in Saint Realm powerhouses. Was Marshal Mengba simply ignorant, or was something else going on? He had no way of knowing!

After gathering his thoughts, he had Bill stand guard at the entrance. Then Lei Mo began his experiment. He took Franklin and thrust him into the ground. Franklin quickly grew until he pressed against the top of the tent.

Lei Mo sat cross-legged, attuning himself to the fluctuations of the Edicts as he stared at the intricate, profound Runes covering Franklin.

They were scattered densely across his body, yet on closer inspection, they were interwoven. It was impossible to say which part came first, and yet Lei Mo felt that every endpoint of every Rune could be a beginning—or perhaps they were all endings.

No wonder they say the Edicts have no distinct Mysteries. How could you tell the Mysteries apart? All these Destruction Runes look wildly scattered, yet they're entangled with one another. Lei Mo thought in silence.

How did those who cultivated the Law of Destruction and reached Paragon do it? They didn't have a Franklin! Lei Mo couldn't help sighing.

The Edicts were simply too difficult. Franklin's Initial Rune laid all the Edicts' wondrous intricacies bare before Lei Mo. Only today, with the slaughter on the battlefield as his aid, had he touched the edge of cultivating the Edicts.

Putting everything else aside, Lei Mo stared at the chaotic yet orderly Runes and followed the fluctuations of the Edicts, continuously working them out in his mind.

He lost track of time and forgot how difficult it was to cultivate the Edicts. Then, at a certain moment—buzz—his soul trembled slightly, as if he were bathing in a hot spring. The feeling was indescribably soothing!

Lei Mo suddenly felt that the Edicts of Heaven and Earth revolved around him. All the energy around him seemed to lend him its strength, as if the shackles on his soul had opened and he was ready to embrace the world.

Lei Mo opened his eyes. Even without looking at the Runes on Franklin's body, he could now sense the interweaving and entanglement of the Edict energy and the Runes.

"My body and mental strength have both reached the Saint Realm. The fluctuations of the Edicts in the world are so clear!"

Lei Mo nearly cried. He had never felt so moved before. This feeling—this wonderful, comfortable feeling. It was incredible!

I'm finally not a poor wretch with no talent for cultivation. Lei Mo reached up and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.

He spread his arms as if to embrace the whole world!

"Comfortable. So comfortable!" Lei Mo murmured to himself.

He stood up and stretched. Without channeling his mental strength, he hovered steadily in the air on the power of his body alone.

That was enough for now. From here on, he only needed to keep comprehending the Edicts. As things stood, he could make progress even without fighting and killing.

He only wondered whether this would be enough to carry him to God Rank. Without God Rank, everyone was an ant!

Now I should go meet the powerhouses and learn about the Saint Realm experts on this continent! Lei Mo thought.

Lei Mo flew straight to the main camp of the Magic Beast Knights. When the guards at the entrance saw him, they hurried off to report to the deputy commander. Divine Wind Bear Bill gazed after his departing master with adoration.

"Amazing! Absolutely amazing! How long has it even been? How long? He went from Level Eight to the Saint Realm! I, Bill Cleveland, really do have extraordinary foresight!"

Divine Wind Bear Bill tilted his eyes forty-five degrees toward the sky, striking a pose of disdain for all beneath him. Somehow, though, the sight only made him look cuter.