Swallowing the Stars: Analyzing All Things

half a month later.

On an inconspicuous planet in the Lanyou Universe Kingdom.

The planet's surface is covered with dense primeval forests, and the rolling mountains are partially hidden in the clouds. Several silver rivers meander through the valleys, shimmering in the sunlight.

In this primeval forest.

Occasionally, a few unidentified birds would take flight, tracing graceful arcs across the sky before disappearing into the distant mountains.

"Phew~"

"It's still best to stay within human territory!"

Inside a huge manor, Lin Yan was breathing in the fresh and moist air with his eyes closed. The manor covered hundreds of square miles and was surrounded by white stone walls, with lush green vines climbing all over the walls.

The smoke and bloodshed from the battlefields beyond our borders have long been washed away by this fresh air.

"drop--"

Suddenly, the detection instrument emitted a crisp sound, and Lin Yan opened his eyes, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"Well, it's finally here!"

He raised his head, his gaze piercing through the blue sky and white clouds, towards the direction of space, where a black spaceship broke through the clouds and slowly descended onto this ordinary planet.

The spaceship was not large, only a hundred meters long, with a simple and streamlined design and an all-black body, but the logo of Virtual Universe Company was engraved on its hull.

"Splash—"

The spaceship landed on the lawn in front of the manor, and as the hatch opened, three men dressed in dark blue uniform robes stepped out.

The middle-aged man at the head of the group had an ordinary face and was holding a silver-white metal box in his hands.

"Mr. Lin, all the goods you ordered have been delivered." The middle-aged man approached Lin Yan, his voice polite and respectful.

"Please verify."

Lin Yan nodded and took the silver box.

The lock on the box was controlled by the virtual universe system and would only open after confirming that it was him. A blue light swept over his entire body, and the lock clicked open.

Inside the box was a spatial ring. Lin Yan probed into it with his mental energy and instantly checked the contents.

Inside the spatial ring.

He spent tens of thousands of Mixed Yuan Units to purchase a large amount of resources, which was a preparation for improving his physical fitness and providing energy to the stone slab.

Tens of thousands of mixed-element units represented almost half of his fortune. If he were to do this again, he would truly go bankrupt.

"no problem!"

Lin Yan withdrew his mental energy.

The middle-aged man smiled and nodded, then turned and left with the other two people in the spaceship.

After a while.

Lin Yan also boarded a spaceship and quietly left this ordinary planet.

……

A hundred years passed in the blink of an eye during cultivation.

This is an extremely ordinary planet, located on the edge of the Lanyou Universe Kingdom, and it doesn't even have a name.

The planet's surface is mostly covered by deserts and wastelands, with only a few areas being oases where small, ordinary cities are built, where people live simple and short-lived lives.

No one knows that in some corner of this planet, a realm lord is in seclusion cultivating.

In the northern hemisphere of the planet, there lies a desolate Gobi Desert.

The Gobi Desert was deathly silent, with grayish-yellow sand swirling gently in the wind, making a rustling sound. On the distant horizon, several low hills twisted and distorted in the heat.

"boom!"

On this day, an incomparably powerful aura of law descended and enveloped this area in an instant.

Blue runes of law flowed through the void, like countless tiny rivers rushing across the sky.

They intertwine, entwine, converge...

Finally, a huge blue pillar of light descended, enveloping the entire Gobi Desert in a dazzling light. The intense fluctuations of the water's fundamental laws spread outward, causing the surrounding space to tremble slightly.

And in the middle of this Gobi Desert.

A young man sat cross-legged, his body bathed in the primordial laws.

"Boom!"

The surrounding space trembled continuously, and a blue droplet appeared out of thin air above his head. The droplet was small, but its surface was as smooth as a mirror, and it emitted a heart-palpitating ripple.

Water droplets slowly fall.

It ignored Lin Yan's physical body, penetrating his scalp, skull, and brain tissue, and fell towards his inner world.

hiss hiss hiss—

The water droplet fell into the inner world, landing precisely on the crystal-clear Origin Pearl, easily merging with it and causing a faint blue tinge to appear on its surface.

But outside the home...

A water droplet mark slowly appeared between Lin Yan's eyebrows. Then, as his thoughts drifted, the water droplet mark gradually disappeared beneath the dough.

"The law acknowledges it!"

Lin Yan opened his eyes, a hint of joy in them. This century of secluded cultivation had finally brought him to this point.

Over a century, he accumulated hundreds of units of energy, which he then used entirely on the Spirit of the Tides.

He analyzed and deduced this secret method of studying the laws of water again and again, digesting and absorbing it over and over again.

Each analysis and deduction of the stone slab deepened his understanding of the laws of water, and each contemplation of the origin of the universe further advanced his comprehension of these laws.

Finally, today.

While thoroughly analyzing this secret technique, his understanding of the laws also reached the point where he was acknowledged by the fundamental laws of water.

"Phew~"

"Continue in seclusion!"

Lin Yan let out a long breath, suppressing the joy in his heart. The recognition of the law was only the beginning, and the understanding was just that—understanding. Only by transforming the understanding into strength could it be real.

But what happens next...

Should we continue to accumulate the energy of the stone slab to analyze the "Void Instant Shadow Manual" and "Mirage Thousand Layers", or should we first prepare to upgrade the physical qualities of a second-level Realm Lord to the ninth level Realm Lord?

For the past century, Lin Yan has focused all his efforts on accumulating the energy of the stone slab, devoting all his resources and energy to analyzing and deducing the "Spirit of the Tides".

His understanding of the laws of nature has advanced by leaps and bounds, but his physical abilities remain at the level of a hundred years ago.

Second-tier Realm Lord.

"Let's focus on building up physical fitness first!" Lin Yan quickly made the decision.

The difficulty of comprehending higher-level laws is far greater than that of lower-level laws. The profoundness of the laws of space is thousands, tens of thousands, or even more times greater than that of the laws of water.

Even if we spend another hundred years analyzing the "Void Instantaneous Shadow Codex", we still cannot achieve the same level of progress as the Law of Water.

But their physical fitness improved rapidly.

Lin Yan doesn't lack nutritional supplements to improve his physical fitness; he just needs to spend some time to quickly boost it.

There's plenty of nutrient solution; the rest is just a matter of time.

"Whoosh!"

He took out a nutrient capsule from his world ring, injected nutrient solution, took off his battle suit, and lay down inside.

The blue liquid engulfed his body, and a vast life force surged into it from every pore, tempering his physique.

……