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Speaking of Innate Law, one had to mention the Primordial Five-Element Law. The Five-Element Law could be called the most fundamental of all laws. If one cultivated laws yet knew nothing of the Five-Element Law, then one should not expect to comprehend any other laws. Even if one did comprehend them, one would not achieve much. The Five-Element Law was the cornerstone, the foundation; it could not be neglected.

Within the Primordial Wilderness, anyone who had comprehended a law basically understood the Five-Element Law to some extent. What they comprehended might not necessarily have been the Primordial Five-Element Law, but rather the Acquired Five-Element Law. Even so, the Five-Element Law was undoubtedly the most commonly comprehended law in the Primordial Wilderness, without a second.

Although countless people in the Primordial Wilderness had comprehended the Five-Element Law, not a single one had completely comprehended any one of its five branches. For anyone who completely comprehended a single Innate Law would, even if not a Sage, be little different from one.

Even a Sage could not kill someone who had completely comprehended a branch of Innate Law. Of course, such people could not possess a Sage's unparalleled power, nor could they borrow the power of the Heavenly Dao in battle. Once they fought a Sage, barring surprises, their defeat would be the inevitable outcome.

Even if they did not die, a Sage could still leave them severely wounded, forcing them to recuperate for ten thousand years or even a hundred million years. Therefore, even if they had completely comprehended the power of one branch of law, unless they possessed strength comparable to a Sage's, they would not fight a Sage—unless they were some hotheaded fool.

None of that was the most important thing. What mattered was that they were unfettered. Unlike Sages,