Dripping Water Sutra, What Kind of Domain Secret Art Is This?

Life Planet No. 3, blanketed in an earthy yellow hue.

On the clearing outside the temple, where the mountain peaks had been leveled.

Jiang Luo brandished an iron sword, swinging it with wild abandon; it was as if the rain drifting from the sky had turned into a torrential downpour with every strike.

He performed the first eight forms in succession: Drizzling Rain, Rainstorm Curtain, Water Curtain Sky, Endless Trickle, Impenetrable Drop, Silk Rain Thread, Flowing Water Never Stagnates, and Heartless Flow.

This set of sword techniques was the Dripping Water Sutra, a cultivation method he had manifested over the past ten years!

It was the very sword art that Ji Ning had studied in his youth in Desolate Era.

Previously, he had been stuck at the Heartless Flow stage; every time he drew his sword, it was like a flash of lightning, ethereal and unpredictable!

Yet, he had been unable to break through to the final move—Dripping Water Pierces Stone!

He knew he had hit a bottleneck that would not be easily overcome, so he had set the sword art aside for three years to cultivate his state of mind.

It was not until he had just manifested the Nuwa Map that his soul was constantly nourished, allowing him to catch a glimpse of the true essence of the Origin Law of Water.

After contemplating the Nuwa Map for half a day, Jiang Luo had an epiphany and picked up the Dripping Water Sutra he had shelved for three years.

Jiang Luo did not rush to force the ninth form; instead, he practiced the first eight forms in a continuous, repeating loop.

When he reached the ninth repetition, as the sword moves progressed from Flowing Water Never Stagnates to Heartless Flow, a sudden flash of inspiration struck him.

The sword in his hand seemed to take on a life of its own, evolving naturally from the Heartless Flow stance.

As the sword moves shifted, he drew upon a sliver of the Origin Law of Water from the void, and the sword qi, which had been like rain filling the sky, suddenly converged into a single point.

It condensed into a single, crystal-clear drop of water!

A water drop formed from the condensation of ten thousand strands of sword qi!

The ninth form: Dripping Water Pierces Stone.

The water drop shot out like an arrow released from a bow, silently piercing through the massive boulder at the edge of the cliff.

Jiang Luo revealed a smile.

This was the true meaning of the Dao within the Dripping Water Sutra: transforming the gentle, ethereal flow of water into a piercing droplet.

Using the Origin Law of Water to unleash an attack with indestructible power!

"A three-year bottleneck broken in an instant; hard work really doesn't compare to having a cheat code!" Jiang Luo sighed.

Without the visualization and contemplation of the Nuwa Map, he likely would have needed massive amounts of combat and decades or even centuries of grinding to bridge this bottleneck and touch upon a sliver of the Origin Law.

That was the plight of all the geniuses trapped at the ninth level of the Domain, just a hair's breadth away from the Origin Law.

When it came down to it, even if he practiced the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map to the fifth level, he still couldn't compare to a life form with a peak bloodline like the Golden Horned Beast.

Their very life level was ten times that of a human.

And while the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map made his physical strength exceptionally powerful, it currently provided little improvement to his genetic level.

After completing the fifth level, his current life level was roughly 1.5 times that of a human.

He estimated he would need to reach the seventh level to see a significant improvement.

I have mastered the ninth form, Dripping Water Pierces Stone, and touched upon a sliver of the true meaning of the dripping water. At this rate, I should be able to cross the threshold of the Origin Law of Water in at most another month of cultivation.

Jiang Luo pondered to himself. Although he could perceive both the Origin Laws of Water and Fire, it was definitely better to focus on one for now. Once he crossed the threshold in one law, he could break through to the Star Level and enter the ranks of the peerless geniuses of the Gulun Universe Kingdom.

Even in the oldest universe kingdoms, there were only a few hundred Star Level cultivators who could cross the threshold of the laws.

"Hm?" Jiang Luo was just about to practice the Dripping Water Sutra again when he paused.

Someone had sent an email urging him to log into the Virtual Universe immediately.

Virtual Universe, Gulun Sacred Island.

As Jiang Luo stepped out of his villa, he saw nearly a hundred geniuses from the Hall of Myriad Laws, all hailing from the Huanming Star Sector, gathered by the lakeside.

"Jiang Luo?" Suo Bu, who had a long tail trailing behind him, spotted him and waved him over. "Hurry up, Lord Bu Li is here."

Over the past ten years on Gulun Sacred Island, Jiang Luo had made a few friends, mostly geniuses from the Huanming Star Sector like himself.

Most geniuses on the Sacred Island lived in groups based on their home regions; such was human nature.

Bu Li? Jiang Luo saw the familiar figure standing on the surface of the lake.

It was the silver-skinned elder who had guided him to join the Sacred Hall at the Huanming Branch back then.

Of course, over the last ten years, he had learned quite a bit of information from his friends.

This Bu Li was indeed a World Lord, and a subordinate of Marquis Huanming, the Lord of the Huanming Star Sector. He held a prestigious position and was specifically responsible for overseeing the geniuses from the Huanming Star Sector who had joined the Huanming Branch and the Gulun Sacred Hall.

Every few years, he would come to the Sacred Island to inspect and urge the geniuses from the Huanming Star Sector in their cultivation progress.

"Five years have passed. I have come today to see what you have gained in your cultivation over these years, so that I may report back to the Lord."

Bu Li's cold gaze swept over the nearly one hundred Star Level and Universe Level geniuses from the Hall of Myriad Laws present. When he saw Jiang Luo, he frowned slightly.

Jiang Luo was the only Planet Level member on the Sacred Island, so naturally, he had been keeping an eye on him.

The Gulun Kingdom Lord places immense importance on the cultivation of geniuses, which is why the lords of every direct-controlled star sector and the rulers of affiliated kingdoms are all highly attentive to nurturing the talent within their respective domains.

The Huanming Star Sector has always been one of the star sectors that contributes a significant number of geniuses to the Ancient Wheel Sacred Hall; among the 200,000 geniuses in the Hall of Myriad Laws, 95 hail from the Huanming Star Sector, accounting for five out of every ten thousand.

It has consistently ranked among the top of the 15,000 star sectors in the Gulun Universe Kingdom.

This has always been the pride of the Huanming Star Sector.

It would be quite shameful if someone were to be eliminated from the Sacred Hall.

And in his view, Jiang Luo is the genius most likely to be eliminated.

Joining the Sacred Hall at the Planetary level, one must break through to the Stellar level within 50 years.

Furthermore, for a Stellar-level genius to remain in the Hall of Myriad Laws, they require at least the strength of the seventh level of Domain.

"Jiang Luo, you have barely challenged the Myriad Laws River in these past ten years, nor have you attended many lectures given by the various World Lord teachers. Do you truly have the confidence not to be eliminated in forty years' time?"

Bu Li's voice was laced with a hint of anger; he truly felt that the young man was failing to live up to his potential.

It is indeed difficult for a Planetary-level entrant to reach the seventh level of Domain within 50 years of entering the Hall of Myriad Laws, and many do not hold high hopes for this Jiang Luo.

However, failing after putting in the effort is not the same as simply giving up and letting oneself go.

The other geniuses also looked on with cold indifference.

Jiang Luo, a Planetary-level being, is indeed an anomaly here; in the eyes of most geniuses, he is merely a lucky soul who stumbled into the Sacred Hall by chance and will be expelled before long.

Jiang Luo himself, however, does not care much.

He has spent most of his time over these past ten years busy establishing his faith on those five life-bearing planets, and he has indeed neglected his cultivation.

Even when he did cultivate, his primary energy was focused on the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map.

Compared to spreading his faith, all other matters are unimportant!

"Show me your Domain," Bu Li said coldly. "Let me see what progress you have made in these ten years."

Jiang Luo's expression remained calm as a thought stirred in his mind.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

A massive fire dragon and a massive water dragon manifested out of thin air.

They coiled around his body.

"Water-Fire Lotus!" Jiang Luo's gaze sharpened.

Following his command, the fire dragon transformed into a lotus leaf of flame, and the water dragon transformed into a lotus leaf of flowing water.

The flowing water leaf sat below, while the flame leaf sat above.

They seemed to form a millstone, rotating slowly and emitting an aura that made one's heart tremble.

"What kind of Domain secret technique is this?" Bu Li was startled.

He was not shocked that the other party's Domains had both reached the third level, but rather that this dual water-fire Domain could actually manifest such a Domain secret technique.

Although it was only the third level of Domain, its power was no less than that of a fifth-level Domain!