Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Steel of the Heart

The Five Elements Water Method

The cultivation and comprehension secrets created during the reign of the Marquis of Wu Sui were later improved upon after the Marquis of Wu Sui entered the immortal stage.

Looking at the records in this manual, Xiang Bei felt enlightened even from just a small section of annotations on the first level.

However, mastering this secret manual is not easy.

In the world of Swallowed Star, there are many profound secrets that are not entirely expressed in written form.

Many secret manuals are recorded in the form of special patterns or incantations.

The most representative of these are naturally the Chaos Monuments of the Virtual Universe Company's Chaos City.

Each Chaos Stele is engraved with numerous diagrams of laws, which cultivators can view and comprehend.

While the Five Elements Water Method is far from comparable to the Chaos Stele, it has its own unique features. This secret realm is also explained by combining illustrations with textual annotations.

This book, "The Five Elements Water Technique," has five levels, each corresponding to a different transformation. Mastering each transformation will greatly enhance Xiang Bei's power when wielding his domain.

To master the first level, the practitioner's water domain must reach at least the first level; to master the second level, the water domain must reach the third level.

The third level requires reaching the fifth level in the realm of water.

The fourth level is a qualitative change, which requires the cultivator to comprehend a unit of law.

As for the fifth level, the secret realm didn't reveal it at all; it would only appear after Xiang Bei mastered the first four levels of the "Five Elements Yuan Water Technique." This forced Xiang Bei to suppress his curiosity.

Xiang Bei then opened "Shattered Peak". Compared to "Five Elements Water Technique", "Shattered Peak" is a purely offensive manual, known for its absolutely domineering attacks.

The Broken Peak is divided into eight layers.

Each level is incredibly powerful. Even though Xiang Bei hasn't cultivated it yet, just by comparing them, he knows that even if he only cultivates the first level of "Shattered Peak," his combat power will far surpass his current level.

However, it is not easy to cultivate, and mastering the power of the water domain is essential.

Without mastering the field, you're not even qualified to get started.

Fortunately, Xiang Bei barely met the requirements for cultivation.

Upon exiting the virtual universe, Xiang Bei immediately attempted to cultivate the "Five Elements Yuan Water Method".

According to the description in "The Five Elements Water Method", Xiang Bei needs to combine the diagrams in the secret manual to develop his field of comprehension and develop the changes in his own power of understanding.

However, the first picture in the "Five Waters Method" is quite abstract.

It's like a simple line drawing of a river, but with only a lot of lines.

However, upon closer inspection, these lines are actually a combination of various secret patterns, intertwined, combined, and influenced by each other, ultimately forming this complete picture.

Although Xiang Bei had memorized the entire picture thanks to his excellent memory, memorizing it did not mean he understood it, nor did he understand the underlying principles.

He could only see these secret patterns intertwined with each other, and he didn't even know what the result of such intertwining would be.

I don't even know where to begin to understand this picture.

This catalog may seem simple, scattered, and even somewhat abstract, but it is in fact a cohesive whole.

Xiang Bei recalled the picture in his mind for a long time, but even following the text annotations, he still couldn't figure it out.

However, Xiang Bei eventually came up with a solution.

Xiang Bei directly unleashed his own domain and then began to condense the illustration with his own primal energy, while attempting to integrate his own domain into it.

I don't know if it will work, but it can't hurt to give it a try.

then……

boom

A loud bang

The energy diagram that Xiang Bei had condensed in the void exploded instantly.

Fortunately, he only wanted to draw one himself based on that picture, and he didn't use much energy.

Therefore, the force of the explosion only caused Xiang Bei's clothes and hair to flutter.

"It exploded right at the beginning! I don't believe it!" Xiang Bei snorted and continued to use his energy to draw those secret patterns, still somewhat skeptical.

however

Boom boom boom

Several explosions rang out in succession, and Xiang Bei, who had just sketched out one corner of the picture, was hit by another explosion.

However, at this moment, Xiang Bei no longer felt discouraged.

Rather, it inspired a competitive spirit within them.

Or perhaps, even though he only made a few strokes, one could clearly feel that this method was effective.

Perhaps when he is able to completely sketch the whole picture, he can formally begin practicing the first level of the "Five Elements Water Method".

Time flies

Five days passed in the blink of an eye. When the E9-class spaceship of the Virtual Universe Company left the dark universe, a huge planet surrounded by a white, blue and green halo appeared in front of Xiang Bei.

"This is the Iris Star." Xiang Bei gazed at the enormous object not far from the spaceship.

Compared to Earth, Iris is at least ten times larger, making Earth appear much smaller.

In fact, the planet Kitelight is not only more than ten times the size of Earth, but its gravity is also nearly a hundred times that of Earth.

It can be said that as long as you are on the planet Yuanguang, it is naturally equivalent to cultivating in a gravity chamber with a gravity of 100 times.

It also has good training effects for planetary-level practitioners.

While the level of the Hengxing realm is somewhat lower, once you reach the Hengxing realm, the virtual universe company has already begun to arrange many cultivation tasks, so you won't be on Yuanguang Star very often.

Guided by signals from the Iris Star, the spaceship gradually passed through the atmosphere of the Iris Star and landed at the spaceship docking port on the Iris Star.

"Hey! Brother Xiang Bei!" As soon as the spaceship's hatch opened, a burly man with a rugged figure greeted them with a joyful expression.

"Xu Lai, what are you doing here?" Xiang Bei asked Sa Yan Xu Lai with some surprise.

"I figured you'd be arriving soon, and since I've been free lately, I thought I'd come pick you up!" Sa Yanxu laughed heartily. "I promised to treat you to the most famous Yanhe wine from my hometown!"

"Of course, no problem. It's just a pity I didn't bring any local specialties from my hometown this time, otherwise I could have treated you to some of the delicacies from my hometown," Xiang Bei replied.

Xiang Bei had a good impression of Sa Yanxu.

"Haha, I'll definitely try it if I get the chance!" Sa Yanxu said.

"Brother Xiang Bei, you must have a lot to do since you've just arrived on Yuanguang Star, so I'll take my leave now. I'll host a banquet for you tonight to welcome you back!"

The two chatted for a few more minutes before Sa Yanxu took his leave, seemingly having come specifically to invite Xiang Bei to the welcome banquet.

He did not refuse this offer. He was new to the place and unfamiliar with the people, so it would be good to have a friend to help him. It's always better to have a friend than an enemy!