Chapter 67: Domain Lord! Domain Lord!

Chapter 67: Domain Lord! Domain Lord!

Jiang Zhe obtained the specific universe coordinates and accompanying star chart from Orianna.

After cross-referencing the star chart, Jiang Zhe furrowed his brow.

"Leaving the Qianwu Cosmic Nation, passing through Tianze, Gulun, Qingming, Sajie... fourteen Cosmic Nations in total. This is going to be far."

Orianna calculated the estimated travel time.

"Even using a Mechanical Race spacecraft to traverse a 14.3-billion-year-old wormhole to shorten the distance, we’d still need two to three years. And..."

Jiang Zhe nodded, understanding her unspoken concerns.

After 14.3 billion years, did those natural wormholes even still exist? Had their endpoints shifted? These uncertainties remained unresolved.

If they couldn’t use the wormhole and had to travel through the Dark Universe, the journey would take far too long. They’d have to wait until he became a Domain Lord or Immortal to consider this trip.

Moreover, after 143 billion years, the wormhole discovered by the Kaiming Beast’s master might no longer exist.

Jiang Zhe asked, "Anna, didn’t the Kaiming Beast’s master send anyone through the wormhole to scout ahead?"

"They did. From Stellar-class to Realm Lord ranks, they sent 276 slaves of varying strengths and species. Without exception, all died the moment they emerged from the wormhole."

"Upon witnessing the annihilation of a divine body of a great being before him, the Kaiming Beast’s master dared not act recklessly."

Could the other side of the wormhole be a hidden universe realm? Jiang Zhe pondered, glancing at Silver Robe Yuan Shen.

This was the perfect scout.

Everyone knew destroying an energy-based lifeform required shattering its life core. But who in the Primordial Universe could destroy a divine core?

Even in the vast Universe Sea, who could accomplish this? A Void God? Eternal God? Chaos Sovereign?

Additionally, items dropped from a tree retained a special connection to the Ancient Tree, allowing unique recall methods. Jiang Zhe had no concerns about losing the divine core.

After careful consideration, he decided to send Silver Robe Yuan Shen to investigate.

First, locate the wormhole. Whether to explore it could be decided later.

He led the Kaiming Beast out of the core space and handed it to Elder Jiang, transforming it into a sentient AI dedicated to the Jiang Clan.

Its core programming, altered by Orianna, retained memories of its original master but could not disclose them.

The Traditional Martial Arts Hall was also placed under the Kaiming Beast’s management.

The existence of the Traditional Martial Arts Hall remained known only to select human elites. Only Earth’s top martial artists could access the hall to study advanced striking arts.

Other martial artists could still learn complete power-release secret techniques.

Within the Limitless House, Thunder House, and other factions, Jiang Zhe had gifted three foundational power-release secret techniques.

Mastery allowed users to achieve 2x, 3x, or 6x power amplification.

Those seeking techniques beyond 6x had to apply to the Jiang Clan, enter the Martial Arts Hall, and train using Yunmo Star’s facilities.

This was a monopoly, but the Jiang Clan gained no profit.

Elder Jiang, from his rise to prominence, had never wavered from his original intent.

During family banquets, he often mentioned that once Earth grew strong enough to stand among the universe’s powers, the Traditional Martial Arts Hall would no longer be necessary.

However, during the handover between the two sentient Ais, Jiang Zhe reviewed the students’ progress and shook his head repeatedly.

Indeed, cultivation mindset and talent were unrelated.

Earthlings excelled at mental cultivation, possessing strong consciousness and willpower, unyielding courage that no failure could break...

But other physical cultivations remained bumpy.

Only after future bloodline improvements would Earth’s talents flourish like bamboo shoots after rain.

Even Lei Shen and Luo Feng, now at 16x and 15x power amplification, were considered mediocre in the universe.

Most Earthlings couldn’t reach the Yunmo Star apprentice average of 10x.

Few struggled at the 6x level.

The final Stellar-class ninth-rank geniuses in the Genius War, whether psychic amplification or power amplification, should reach 40–50x.

A normal Stellar-class fifth-rank already achieved 30x psychic amplification. Luo Feng, two centuries later, had only 78x psychic amplification when inheriting the Demon Sound Divine General legacy.

These were the universe’s norms.

Jiang Zhe’s relentless cultivation in recent years had only brought him to 37x power amplification and 42x psychic amplification.

Beyond advanced martial arts manuals, Earth saw little internal change. The once restless ocean beasts had grown quieter.

Earth’s human civilization entered a rapid development phase.

For example, Hanxia established two new large base cities, sparking hope for reclaiming lost territories. Both government and civilian martial artists united with determination.

Jiang Zhe was satisfied with this atmosphere.

If he personally eliminated the Earth Beasts... human nature would ensure internal harmony never reached this level.

After the Genius War, he planned to purchase numerous life-bearing planets, encourage foreign immigration, and secure a larger territory for the Jiang Clan.

Afterward, Jiang Zhe no longer focused on Earth’s development.

He had no intention of becoming Earth’s leader. His support for Earth was already thorough.

Jiang Zhe’s only concerns were the Jiang Clan itself and its right to reside on Earth.

After Mechanical Hound Alpha retired, it returned to the Bracelet Inner World.

As the core program of the technological weapon [Purple Heaven Domain], leaving it on Earth was a waste.

More importantly, it held the construction methods for the Purple Heaven Domain.

With sufficient resources, Alpha could assist Orianna in completing the remaining three and a half mechanical planets.

Building the [Purple Heaven Domain] required immense resources but was far from useless.

Orianna could control mechanical puppet legions like a Mechanical Race member, a crucial combat force.

Jiang Zhe already planned to visit his Mechanical Race allies more often in the future to "collect debts."

Time passed swiftly.

By the end of 2052, Jiang Zhe had deciphered 20 thunder-element mysteries and perfected his Thunder Domain to the ninth level.

Only then did he realize—why bother cultivating the Earth Domain?

His main body and Secondary Divine Spirit shared law comprehension. By focusing on Thunder Domain and Storm Origin Law, he could break through to Realm Lord Rank.

With this thought, Silver Robe Yuan Shen activated his [Origin] talent, drawing primordial energy from the law sea to elevate his lifeform.

From Cosmic Level to Realm Lord Rank required immense energy accumulation, so advancement wouldn’t be instant.

During this time, Jiang Zhe continued studying thunder and time primordial laws, ensuring Silver Robe Yuan Shen’s future breakthrough wouldn’t feel hollow.

A Domain Lord’s strength depended on their comprehension of lower and higher laws.

Additionally, the size of one’s Internal World affected combat power.

For example, the Goldhorned Beast Domain Lord’s 60-million-kilometer world projection could rival an Immortal’s law domain.

However, Silver Robe Yuan Shen faced no such limitations.

He estimated he couldn’t form an Internal World, only an Internal Cosmos.

At Domain Lord Rank, his world projection would likely be an unformed universe projection—a chaotic energy stream covering the battlefield.

By the end of 2053, the triennial Qianwu Auction convened again.

Jiang Zhe made significant purchases to prepare for Silver Robe Yuan Shen’s universe journey.

He acquired many treasures:

- A top-tier fifth-grade Primordial Force Weapon, the Void-Sundering Spear.
- Similar to the Mistshadow Shuttle, though flawed, its auction price was astronomical due to its Space Law dominance.
- Normal fifth-grade Mental Energy/Primordial Force Weapons cost 200 billion Cosmic Coins.
- The Void-Sundering Spear and Mistshadow Shuttle exceeded 1 Primordial Unit.
- A top-tier fifth-grade Primordial Force Battle Armor, shapeless like the Black God Suit, adaptable to forms like Chasm Colossus or Crowned Bud Green Toad.
- Special alien body tissues.

Though low-tier auctions rarely featured Life Genome tiers above 50x. Beings like the Demoncore Race at 10x genome strength could barely enter the final 100-item showcase.

By December, he retrieved the goods from Bailan Star.

Silver Robe Yuan Shen remained in seclusion.

Jiang Zhe reviewed his year’s progress, noticing slower Storm Origin Law comprehension.

Not due to isolation—Core World’s Cosmic-Level beasts provided ample challenges.

A minor commotion in Core World attracted thousands of Stellar-class beasts, far more thrilling than Luo Feng’s mining expeditions in the Thunder World.

Since opening Core World, Jiang Zhe entered monthly for life-or-death trials, often chased chaotically by Cosmic-Level beasts.

The slowdown occurred when deciphering the 25th mystery.

The first 24 lower law mysteries felt easier than the next 48.

Though unfamiliar with lower laws, he understood higher laws’ intricacies.

Analyzing Space/Time Laws revealed 108 foundational mysteries—9 in the first 27, 72 in the latter, with escalating difficulty.

Revisiting the Time Law Impression Plate with only 9 mysteries, Jiang Zhe now appreciated its clarity.

Though difficult, he’d deciphered 27 mysteries.

For Time Law, he hadn’t even begun the first mystery, focusing instead on broadening his understanding.

Each of the 9 Impression Plate mysteries was studied 5–60%, then replaced with the next.

He’d refine them later, avoiding the hardest path first.

2054 passed normally.

On November 22, 2055, atop Mars’ Olympus Mons volcano:

Countless deep-blue crystals nearly filled the vast crater—Cosmic Crystals that could drive a Stellar-class Cosmic mercenary mad.

The culprit was the silver-robed man seated atop a boulder—Silver Robe Yuan Shen, the Eternal Serpent.

Without warning, the silver figure disintegrated.

Only a chaotic-hued Crystal Core remained, spinning with intricate golden secret patterns.

The Core underwent metamorphosis—growing more ancient, its golden patterns finer, more complex.

Suddenly, it erupted with Chaos Energy Stream, condensing into a sky-covering serpent body.

(End of Chapter)

Chapter end