Crossing the Law Threshold!

The Star-level and Planetary-level personnel also spread out, guiding the three billion citizens through their breakthroughs.

The three billion people did not hesitate in the slightest. In perfect unison, they tipped back their heads and drank the pale-red potion in one gulp.

Immediately afterward, everyone assumed their stances and began performing the series of strange movements that had been taught to them.

These movements were a secret method for breaking through to the Planetary-level. Though bizarre, they could effectively mobilize the Gene Force within their bodies.

The potion entered their stomachs and instantly transformed into a scorching torrent that rushed through their limbs and bones!

"Mm!"

"Ah..."

A wave of muffled groans and low roars immediately rang out across the plaza.

Everyone felt the scorching torrent merge with their own Gene Force, wildly scouring and transforming their bodies. The powerful force created by that fusion seemed to shatter some kind of barrier, allowing them to follow the secret method and condense miniature planets within their bodies.

Although the three billion people selected were all Apprentice Grade 9th Order, their bloodline grades were simply too low, and their most fundamental genes were far too poor. Even after being taught the breakthrough secret method, it would have been immensely difficult for them to break through the shackles of life and reach the Planetary-level on their own. The odds were extremely low!

If they relied on their native inheritance alone, perhaps two Planetary-level beings would emerge from every hundred million apprentices.

With the breakthrough secret method, at most one out of every ten thousand Apprentice Grade 9th Order cultivators could successfully break through to the Planetary-level.

But with the aid of Evolution Potions, the outcome was completely different!

Driven by the potion's powerful evolutionary energy, even if their genes were poor, they could still complete the breakthrough without difficulty. Everything fell naturally into place!

The three billion apprentices broke through one after another, their auras fluctuating violently as if countless miniature volcanoes were erupting at once!

Although any single aura was extremely weak, and a Planetary-level 1st Order being was insignificant in the universe, three billion auras gathering together at once...

The sight still made people turn their heads!

Such an enormous number carried a majestic momentum. It might not threaten true experts, but it was enough to make ordinary Star-level beings face it solemnly!

Inside the palace.

Mentor Yoda looked toward the plaza in astonishment.

The spiritual power of experts was incredibly potent. A Domain Lord Level expert's mental power could easily cover an entire massive planet. Although Mentor Yoda was inferior to that, he could still sweep his thoughts across half a planet at once, naturally allowing him to easily sense everything happening in the plaza.

"You... you gave Evolution Potions to all three billion apprentices? You forcibly made them break through to the Planetary-level?" The mentor stared at Wang Yu in shock.

"What are you doing? What's the point?"

"A Planetary Evolution Potion costs ten thousand White Dragon Coins per bottle. Three billion bottles would cost several million Universe Coins!"

"You spent several million Universe Coins just to rapidly produce a group of Planetary-level 1st Order beings!?"

Mentor Yoda was truly shocked and utterly bewildered, looking at Wang Yu as if he were insane!

Even if there were hundreds of millions of Planetary-level beings, what use would they have?

Could one expect them to fight?

In the Humanity 996 Universe Country, the true Universe Armies that went to fight on the Extraterritorial Battlefield only accepted Universe-level beings as soldiers, and even then, they were merely the most ordinary soldiers.

Even the armies of lower-tier nations only recruited Planetary-level 7th Order cultivators at minimum. Such Planetary-level soldiers were not particularly useful either; they could only serve as guards on resource planets or livestock planets.

True battles could not rely on Planetary-level beings. No matter how many there were, it was useless!

That was why Mentor Yoda truly could not understand the point of rapidly creating three billion Planetary-level 1st Order beings.

To have them fight the Blood Fang Star Bandits?

Three billion might sound like a lot, but in reality, a few rounds of B-grade or C-grade laser cannon fire would wipe them all out in an instant!

Facing Mentor Yoda's uncertain, suspicious gaze, Wang Yu merely smiled faintly. "Mentor, many things... cannot be judged only by their surface!"

"..."

"Ah???"

Mentor Yoda stared at him with a blank expression.

Wang Yu merely smiled and said nothing further.

Many things did not need to be explained to others, nor did they require others' understanding.

As long as he himself knew what the benefits were, that was enough.

[Three billion citizens have broken through to the Planetary-level. Reward: three billion Origin Energy.]

"Done! Three billion points in hand!"

Wang Yu looked at the system message, feeling immensely satisfied.

He originally had 7.9 billion Lord Points. With another three billion coming in, that made 10.9 billion.

Without another word, he allocated points to the Origin Laws!

"System! Add points!"

Just like before, a vast amount of insight into the Water Origin Law instantly surfaced in his mind.

This immense comprehension was like pushing open a tightly shut door.

Everything suddenly became clear!

"So this is the Origin Law..." Wang Yu felt it in shock.

"So that's how it is. I understood too little before, and I was wrong about too many things..."

"Only after comprehending it to this extent could one be said to have crossed the Law Threshold."

"The gap is truly enormous! When reflected in one's strength, it really is a tremendous qualitative transformation!"

In the original work, Luo Feng had once watched a Universe-level Giant Axe Life-and-Death Battle.

Both combatants were Universe-level 6th Order. One had reached Domain Fifth Layer, while the other was at Domain Fourth Layer.

Since their basic strength was equal, the one with the higher Domain layer would naturally suppress the weaker one.

At the beginning, the battle had indeed gone that way.

But in the end, the Domain Fourth Layer combatant unleashed his potential amid a life-and-death crisis, achieving sudden enlightenment and crossing the Law Threshold in one stroke!

That breakthrough immediately reversed the situation. In just a few moves, he easily killed the opponent who had originally suppressed him!

That was how vast the gap was between Domain and crossing the Law Threshold!

At this moment, Wang Yu personally experienced that gap as well.

"With such a massive difference, ordinary Universe-level 5th or 6th Order cultivators with only Domain Second or Third Layer probably wouldn't be a match for me, a Second-Order Universe Level cultivator. Even a larger gap in basic strength would be useless."

"However, Blood Fang's three captains are all at least Universe-level 7th Order, and their Domains have reached Seventh Layer. I'll probably need to reach Universe-level 4th Order before I can confidently take them down."

"Luckily, I invited Mentor Yoda. There's no need for me to fight them head-on myself."

"If many experts come, the mentor can step forward and scare them away."

"But if they don't send many people, I'll keep them here. Aside from establishing my authority, I can also show off the powerful strength I gained from crossing the Law Threshold!"

Wang Yu planned with satisfaction.

He had money and strength. Many matters could be resolved; it was merely a question of how to resolve them.

Then, he looked at the system's point-allocation panel again.

[Origin Laws: Water 2% (10 billion)]

Before 1%, he could add points once for every one billion. But going from 0.9% to 1% meant crossing the Law Threshold, requiring ten billion. After that, every point allocation also cost ten billion.

It was not exactly expensive. Ten billion could raise it by 1%.

Still, that was probably only at the beginning. The deeper his comprehension of the Origin Laws became, the more expensive it would surely become.

Otherwise, if ten billion could raise it by 1% all the way until he completely comprehended a Lower Law, it would cost only ten trillion Universe Coins, merely one Chaos Yuan Unit.

There was no way it could be that cheap.

"Having crossed the Law Threshold, I have nine hundred million points left now." Wang Yu pondered.

"There's too little to allocate anywhere else. I can only put it into energy accumulation, but unless I encounter a life-and-death crisis, there's no need to add it immediately. I should stretch out the time and let it rise bit by bit."

"No matter what, having crossed the Law Threshold means I'm now someone significant even among Universe-level cultivators. Ordinary Giant Axe Warriors are only at Domain Eighth or Ninth Layer."

"Giant Axe Warriors have a 50% chance of breaking through to the Domain Lord Level, but once one has crossed the Law Threshold, success is guaranteed. That is enough for major factions to value me."

"Blood Fang had better come soon and give me a chance to establish my authority..."

Within the Dark Universe.

The Blood Fang Star Bandits Wang Yu had been thinking about were currently raiding a small convoy.

The convoy's strongest members were only two Ninth-Order Star Level cultivators. They were not too weak, but before a powerful Universe-level cultivator, they could only be suppressed by a Domain and captured alive on the spot.

Less than half of the convoy's people were killed immediately, while most were captured alive. The three spacecraft, along with their passengers and cargo, all became Blood Fang's spoils.

Universe-level 7th Order, Domain Seventh Layer—such strength made one a formidable expert even among Universe-level cultivators. Within the territory of certain lower-tier nations, he could run rampant.

After robbing the convoy and flying through the Dark Universe for over ten days, the Blood Fang fleet led by Harold exited the Dark Universe.

The fleet appeared out of thin air in the original universe, in a remote and desolate region within the Blue Silver Empire's territory.

Slave trader Sha Luo, along with ten trusted Ninth-Order Star Level subordinates, had already been waiting there.

The moment they saw the Blood Fang fleet appear, they immediately stepped forward.

After entering the ship's cabin, two Ninth-Order Star Level bandits wearing blood-red armor led Sha Luo toward the main control command hall.

The command hall was immensely vast and spacious. "Bone Crusher" Harold sat high in the main seat, his gaze sweeping over the approaching Sha Luo.

"Greetings, Lord Harold!" Sha Luo stepped forward with a smile plastered across his face.

"Mm." Harold answered casually, then said,

"On the way here, we handled a few jobs and made some gains. Have your people receive the goods."

"Yes! I'll arrange it immediately!" Sha Luo answered respectfully. He then sent orders to his subordinates, and before long, people went to receive the captives and goods Harold had seized, taking them to their hidden base nearby.

"Has there been any movement over there? That kid hasn't noticed anything, has he?" Harold asked again.

"Absolutely not!" Sha Luo hurriedly replied.

"I've been personally keeping watch the whole time. That Lord Wang Yu hasn't done anything at all. He's just stayed on his main planet, and the defense and detection systems around the planet are all ordinary goods. We can easily block them. He definitely won't detect us!"

"When we appear at his planet, he won't even be able to run!"