Half a Year, a Sudden Summons

At that moment, Qi Yuan felt as though an unparalleled master were imparting power directly into him.

A vast amount of unfamiliar yet profoundly mysterious Special Knowledge continuously flooded into his mind, then directly merged with his memories.

The instant this insight emerged, it was as if a layer of fog had been blown away from Qi Yuan's heart. A sudden sense of clarity surged through him.

It was an understanding of the Laws!

"So this is a domain."

Qi Yuan's fingertips unconsciously swept through the air before him.

"Crackle~~~"

Strands of purple lightning sprang from his fingertips, rapidly spreading and flowing outward.

Lightning serpents danced, and thunderbolts scattered in every direction!

In moments, the entire cultivation cave became a Thunder Domain filled with an aura of destruction!

Standing at the center of the Thunder Domain, Qi Yuan opened his eyes. Faint purple arcs flickered within them.

"Retract!"

The next second, he clenched his five fingers tightly.

The lightning filling the sky abruptly contracted as though swallowed by a black hole, vanishing in an instant.

Only traces of Residual Light remained, dancing across his hair and making the purple glow deep within his pupils appear and disappear.

"I never expected it, never expected it! The system can even return a 'domain'!"

Qi Yuan felt as if an enormous windfall had landed on his head. The corners of his lips curled upward despite himself.

He had merely wanted to test another function of the system, yet it had given him such a tremendous surprise!

Most of what he had previously taught Cang Fan had been ordinary material that should be mastered at the Planetary level.

As for Laws and domains, he had only covered a few common concepts that were widely known throughout the universe, without going into anything in depth.

Yet under the 400-fold return multiplier, those things had directly become cultivation experience related to the Thunder Domain!

It would not be an exaggeration to say, "He ate grass but gave milk!"

"Now this makes sense! If teaching experience only returned the things I already knew, then this option would be far too useless!"

Qi Yuan's gaze shifted. From the results of these two returns, he had gained a slight understanding of the system's return patterns.

For example, the first gift had been Earth Soul Liquid, yet what was returned had been a higher-quality resource like Wood Sap Crystal.

Most of the second lesson had been Planetary-level cultivation experience, yet it had directly returned profound knowledge like the Thunder Domain, something that even many Star Traveller geniuses might not possess.

It seemed that the system's returns were not merely increases in quantity, but also involved improvements in quality.

If that was truly the case, then compared to giving items, the option of "teaching cultivation experience" might be more worthy of attention.

Perhaps it was not obvious yet.

But once his realm rose in the future, when he was stuck at the bottleneck of becoming a Lord of the Universe, or even the Universe's Strongest—

If he merely preached to a disciple once and suddenly gained enlightenment, easily breaking through a cultivation barrier that might otherwise trap him for countless eras, the benefits would be enough to drive anyone mad just thinking about them!

"Whether it's really as I think, I'll find out after trying it a few more times."

"For now, I should focus on my own cultivation!"

Qi Yuan sat quietly in the cave for a long time before finally calming the excitement and restlessness in his heart.

Then, without wasting any more time, he threw himself back into arduous cultivation.

What delighted him was that with the support of a domain, his control over his body experienced a tremendous leap!

As a result, when cultivating the Nine Radiance Sky Blade again, both the number of hidden-force bursts and his control over the resonance of multiple forces improved greatly.

His progress in the Nine Radiance Sky Blade also became increasingly rapid.

In just one month, he completely mastered the exertion technique of the seventh layer of the Nine Radiance Sky Blade, directly raising his force amplification to twenty-one times!

When the next month's return opportunity arrived, he still chose "teaching cultivation experience" as the gift for the return.

However, this return left him somewhat disappointed.

Perhaps the interval had been too short. Cang Fan had yet to fully absorb his gains from last time and did not raise any particularly novel questions.

Qi Yuan painstakingly explained things for half the day, but in the end, he did not even trigger a critical reward.

With only the basic eightfold return multiplier, he received merely a portion of "proficient Planetary-level cultivation insights," which only deepened his understanding of Planetary-level cultivation somewhat.

Compared with the huge surprises of the previous two times, this gain was like heaven and earth apart!

However, this experience also made Qi Yuan realize that the system's critical rewards did not seem so easy to trigger.

The reason he had triggered critical rewards the first two times was that both gifts had brought Cang Fan an immense sense of freshness.

After all, whether it was Earth Soul Liquid or cultivation concepts concerning domains and Laws, they were unfamiliar things Cang Fan had never encountered before.

Naturally, that made it easier to stir him deeply.

But when the same content was offered as a gift again, the other party had already experienced the initial impact and would find it difficult to have much of a reaction again.

It seemed that if he wanted to trigger critical rewards as often as possible, he either needed to constantly switch to different gifts and keep the other party feeling surprised.

Or he needed to switch disciples, allowing each disciple to go through a period of disappointment so they would understand that every bit of their teacher's care was hard-won.

"Looks like the system's two return options need to be used in balance."

Over the following days, Qi Yuan continued cultivating while further testing the system's functions.

He slashed with his blade, tempered his body, and absorbed Wood Sap Crystals to recover.

His days were tedious yet orderly.

Whenever the next month's return opportunity refreshed, he would try using different gifts to obtain the greatest possible benefits.

When the fourth month arrived, Qi Yuan used the Wood Sap Crystal bestowed by the Lord of Lei Bao Star as a gift. At last, he triggered another critical reward and obtained a Dragon Vein Fruit.

After consuming it in secret, his realm broke through once more, directly reaching the Fourth Stage of Star Traveller.

In the fifth month, he used the three kilograms of Earth Soul Liquid he had saved up as a gift, barely triggering a tenfold critical reward and obtaining 480 Wood Sap Crystals.

In the sixth month, after an interval of three months, he once again chose "teaching cultivation experience" to trigger a return.

This time, under Qi Yuan's careful instruction, Cang Fan seemed to gain quite a bit. It directly triggered a fiftyfold critical reward, allowing Qi Yuan to obtain another portion of cultivation insights related to the Thunder Domain.

After merging with it, Qi Yuan's understanding of the Thunder Domain deepened further. He was only a step away from reaching the second level of the domain.

And it was at this moment that his peaceful cultivation life was interrupted.

Before the magnificent Castle where the Lord of Lei Bao Star resided.

Having just disembarked from the spacecraft, Qi Yuan curiously transmitted his voice to Old Wu beside him.

"Lord Wu, has the master summoned us this time because there's a mission?"

"It hardly counts as a mission."

Old Wu transmitted back as well. "The master is returning to the family soon, and most of the Guard Team will be accompanying him."

"The family?"

Qi Yuan was startled. "We're leaving Lei Bao Star?"

"That's right."

Old Wu nodded, an expression of immense reverence appearing in his eyes.

"The master's family ancestral home is on Lanka Star. More than half of the Ortega Family's elites reside there, including more than one Domain Lord-level member. It is an extremely famous and prosperous planet throughout the Eternal Starfield!"

As he listened to Old Wu's introduction, a strange gleam flashed through Qi Yuan's eyes.

I wonder if Lanka Star will offer any opportunities.

A new book is setting sail. I humbly ask all readers to please add it to your collections and keep reading. Deepest thanks~~~