Swallowing the Stars: Analyzing All Things

Virtual universe, Ningxuan Island.

Lin Yan, who had just left, was unaware of the gossip about the two students. He had just returned to the villa and was preparing to enter the killing space as usual for today's practical training.

Suddenly, his expression changed.

Deep within his consciousness, the broken stone slab that had been silent for twenty-five years suddenly trembled slightly, and its originally dim patterns emitted a soft, warm, milky-white light.

The patterns flowed slowly in the light, as if they came alive, wandering, intertwining, and recombinating on the surface of the stone slab.

"Finally, I've saved enough!"

Lin Yan opened his eyes, his eyes filled with undisguised surprise. Putting aside the accident of being swept in by the wind last time, this was the second time he had accumulated a full unit of energy.

The first time.

It took him nearly two hundred years.

By pouring in all the accumulated resources, plus the unknown amount of energy left when the stone slab awakened, it was barely enough to make up a single unit.

"25 years?"

"That's enough, it's already way too fast!"

Lin Yan pondered in his heart that over the past twenty-five years, he had consumed nearly two units of nutrient solution to push his physical fitness from the first level of Domain Lord to the seventh level, while also allowing the stone slab to accumulate enough energy.

This charging speed has far exceeded his expectation of fifty years.

As for the energy loss during the process.

He knew about it a long time ago.

A nutrient solution worth one unit of mixed energy contains an energy that is actually less than one unit of mixed energy.

For a slab to have one unit of energy, it needs to be completely absorbed by a cosmic crystal. However, the key is complete absorption, as there will inevitably be losses during the absorption process.

Under normal circumstances.

Being able to convert 50% is already quite good. After absorbing the nutrient solution through the nutrient tank and converting it through his body, he can only convert 70% for the stone slab to absorb.

……

The second floor of the villa.

Lin Yan sat cross-legged, his consciousness sinking back into his sea of ​​consciousness, facing the glowing, broken stone slab.

He now has two choices.

Firstly, he continued to analyze and deduce the secret technique "Mirage of a Thousand Layers". This secret technique, combined with the mirage feathers he controlled, was his greatest killing move at the moment, and it seemed to be the best choice.

but……

Lin Yan couldn't help but look at the second option.

The Void Instantaneous Shadow Manual!

Even though he had only mastered a portion of this spatial technique obtained from the Lord of the Wind Scale Realm, it was enough to elevate his survival ability to a new level.

In the primordial universe, survival was the primary concern.

When you die, you lose everything. No matter how precious your treasures, how much wealth you have, or how talented you are, they are all meaningless in the face of death. Only by living can you have infinite possibilities.

Only by living can one produce results.

Moreover, the "Void Instant Shadow Manual" directly points to the laws of space. Although it is only a small category of the laws of space, it is one of the most basic and profound fundamental laws in the universe.

Once something is accomplished, one's ability to survive naturally increases significantly.

While "Mirage of a Thousand Layers" is indeed powerful, it is a secret technique that can only be used to its fullest potential once one has a certain level of self-protection.

"Phew~"

Lin Yan opened her eyes.

I already have the answer in my heart.

He took out the jade containing the "Secret Manual of Void Instant Shadow" and probed it with his mental power. The familiar flow of information once again flooded into his sea of ​​consciousness.

The entire secret manual is divided into seven levels. The first level does not have too many requirements, but the second level requires crossing the threshold of the laws of space. The third, fourth, and even the final seventh level is "object transformation".

Each level has certain entry requirements, and the final seventh level, "Transformation of Matter," requires the cultivator to have a very profound understanding of the laws of space.

However, that is precisely the value of this secret method.

The process of cultivating according to the secret method is itself a process of comprehending the laws of space. Each level of cultivation is a process of promoting comprehension through practice and achieving the secret method through the laws.

Following the insights left behind by the Lord of the Wind Scale Realm, Lin Yan began cultivating the first level.

The analysis and deduction of the broken stone slab are conditional.

The stone slab can help him analyze and optimize his path, deduce the most suitable cultivation method for him, and even provide an opportunity for a breakthrough.

But all of this is predicated on the fact that one must first master the secret method, and the broken stone slab has not yet reached the point where it can be analyzed out of thin air.

……

Five years later.

Lin Yan introduced the first level of the "Secret Manual of Void Instant Shadow".

With a thought, the milky-white energy light on the surface of the broken stone slab deep in his consciousness suddenly went out, and the stone slab turned back into that gray, broken rock.

"Whoosh~"

The energy glow of the stone slab disappeared.

Instead, a small figure of light and shadow emerged from the depths of the stone slab. The figure had only a human-shaped outline and was entirely composed of milky-white light.

It floated quietly in Lin Yan's sea of ​​consciousness, like a lamp, emitting a soft and warm light.

"Whoosh~"

But the next moment.

The illusory figure stretched out its illusory arm and gently touched his consciousness. Lin Yan immediately felt a gentle force pulling his consciousness out of his body.

Like an invisible hand, it gently lifted him from the cage of his physical body and placed him in another dimension.

His consciousness drifted in this dimension, without direction, without goal, without weight, like a fallen leaf blown by the wind, swirling in the air, not knowing where it would drift to.

This feeling is strange—

Lin Yan could sense that his body was still lying in the nutrient tank, covered by blue nutrient solution. He could feel the empty, simple, and secluded room, and even the mountains outside.

But these perceptions are like looking at the world through a thin membrane—blurred, distant, and unreal.

"Phew~"

The little figures of light and shadow guided his consciousness, making him not to perceive tangible objects, but to perceive intangible things.

space.

It is everywhere, yet nowhere to be found.

Like a vast ocean, with tides, undercurrents, whirlpools, and all known and unknown life forms, what cultivators need to do is find their place in this ocean.

Lin Yan tried to feel it.

But I can't feel anything.

There was only blankness, nothingness, an empty void devoid of any content. His consciousness at this moment was like that of a blind person thrown into a completely dark room.

half an hour.

It lasted a full half hour.

In this void dimension, Lin Yan's consciousness struggled for half an hour. He tried every method he could think of, but still couldn't perceive anything.

"Bang!"

The little figure in the light and shadow disappeared.

It disappeared silently from Lin Yan's sea of ​​consciousness.

At the same time, Lin Yan's withdrawn consciousness suddenly sank, as if falling from a great height, experiencing a strong sense of weightlessness for a moment, before returning to his body.

Nothing has changed.

But he still didn't feel anything.

……