Swallowing the Stars: Reboot, The Eternal Serpent!

Chapter 40: The Second Elemental Mystic Art!

Consciousness is the general, commanding the soldiers of mental power!

Above consciousness, there is actually a higher-ranking commander...

--will!

Similarly, an analogy can be made.

Willpower is the general, commanding the soldiers of consciousness!

When discussing willpower, one cannot ignore the cultivation of the mind, and the souls nurtured by the earth are the best at this.

Sixteen years ago, a wandering spirit from another world drifted in.

Jiang Zhe watched helplessly as his soul was conceived and transformed a second time by Earth, his mind forcibly filled with many mysteries. Although he couldn't comprehend them and only remembered vague impressions, the talent created by this mutation was definitely no less than that of Earth's three giants.

Just two days ago, I had some success in my mental cultivation and gained some insights into the mysteries of a state similar to "harmony between man and nature".

But his is this: "Heaven and earth are born together with me, and all things are one with me!"

Putting everything else aside, when it comes to "integration," Jiang Zhe is the most skilled at it, so the scattered consciousness blends into the mental power as if it were water and milk.

It is the most difficult stage of the entire secret teachings of the "Mahayana Immeasurable".

The river of psychic power, like an unbridled wild horse, carries the subconscious within it, rushing about freely.

But as the secret technique was activated, the roles of master and servant began to reverse.

The wild horse is tamed and reined in—guided by a subconscious that is gradually regaining some autonomy, the river of mental energy flows, operating the "program" that was pre-set before the main consciousness was scattered.

The ocean of psychic energy in the original core space was divided into 81 surging rivers, resembling fierce dragons churning within the space.

They vied to devour the spreading psychic mist to strengthen themselves, while simultaneously protecting the purple-gold sphere at the very center.

It was as if it were a "Dragon Ball," and that swallowing it would transform one into a real dragon.

Raising Gu poison?

Jiang Zhe felt that the secret method contained this meaning.

As the secret method of "Maha Boundless" was activated, Jiang Zhe's consciousness was nourished by spiritual power, and his thinking gradually became clear, restoring his perception of his body, but only within the original core space.

I feel like I've been cut into 81 pieces, and I'm distracted by 81 different things, unable to concentrate. It's very awkward.

If it weren't awkward... it would be almost 81 times the amplitude of telekinetic energy.

Watching as the consciousness of the individual stirs up rivers of thought that surge forth.

This is the "autopilot" function set before consciousness is disrupted; now that you're awake, you need to switch to "manual driving."

However, we cannot blindly interfere.

If the control is disrupted and the two streams of mental energy collide prematurely, the operating secret technique will be interrupted, and everything will have to start from scratch.

This scene is actually exactly the same as manipulating telekinetic weapons.

Jiang Zhe, having at least a 15x amplification of mental power, waited a moment before fully controlling 15 strands of consciousness.

The remaining 66 strands were also taken over by the distraction at the same time.

Because it was impossible to fully control, the rushing river of psychic energy felt sluggish, as if it had been mixed with too much silt.

But compared to before, the 81 "dragons" seem to have been brought to life as if they had received the finishing touch.

Following the secret steps, they were controlled to circulate and intertwine around the purple-gold sphere, gradually generating a magnificent artistic conception.

carry on.

At one point, Jiang Zhefu had a sudden realization that the time had come.

In the final stage of "raising the gu", he controlled 81 rivers of psychic power to collide with each other!

The subconscious beings, nourished and radiating brilliance, devoured each other.

The disintegrating river of psychic energy poured down like a torrential rain, then recombine into a vast ocean of psychic energy beneath the surface.

Gradually, only 17 rivers of psychic energy remained.

All of these are completely under Jiang Zhe's control, which means that his psychic power amplitude has been increased to 17 times!

Continue, and they collide with a deafening roar!

In the end, only a river of psychic energy remained, with the main consciousness, which had been absorbed and coalesced, shining like a full moon, at its core.

All the discomfort caused by the distraction of his mind subsided, and Jiang Zhe returned to his best condition.

The final step in performing the secret method of "Mahayana Immeasurable" is to draw the only river of mental energy into the ocean of mental energy below!

Calmness returned to the pronuclear space.

Only a calm ocean of spiritual energy and a high-hanging purple-gold sphere.

But compared to before, the ocean of psychic power gives people a sense of abyss-like depth, desperately concealing, suppressing, and nurturing something.

Until—the bright moon rises over the sea!

The unified consciousness of the nine elements rose from the ocean of mental energy and rushed straight and swiftly toward the purple-gold sphere, merging into it.

The moon moves, the tide rises!

The ocean of psychic power surged up... no! It should be said that it poured out from all directions, engulfing the purple-gold sphere.

"Buzz~"

The entire pronuclear space began to oscillate.

An immense suction force was generated from the core of the space, where the purple-gold sphere was located.

Collapse!

The waves formed by mental energy seemed to be trapped in a black hole, swirling wildly and gathering at a single core point.

"Buzz~"

"Buzz~"

……

The primordial space trembled repeatedly, and the surging waves of psychic energy disappeared completely, leaving the surrounding area empty, like the vast and boundless void of the universe.

In the darkness and desolation, only two planets stood side by side.

Suspended above, it resembled a giant planet, its dark purple color devoid of its former brilliance, as if it had died and lost its spirit.

This is not a metaphor, but a fact.

The dark purple sphere is now merely a solid aggregate of spiritual energy; the soul hidden within it has escaped.

Where has the soul gone?

Below!

The much smaller "planet" was covered by a halo, resembling a ball of light.

This is the core of Jiang Zhe's soul!

The shimmering, sparkling sphere is essentially composed of numerous pyramid-shaped transparent crystals, which aggregate to form a planet.

An invisible, strange wave radiated out from the sphere of light.

It penetrated the primordial core, spread throughout Jiang Zhe's entire body, and then radiated outwards. Pure spiritual energy followed, dispersing throughout his body.

The once calm body suddenly began to evolve rapidly.

Incredible changes occur in body tissues such as bone marrow, bones, internal organs, blood, muscles, fascia, and skin, and genetic material rapidly decomposes and recombines.

The transformation of life!

A leap in the level of life!

Not needing to breathe, flying through the air... even in the cruel universe, being able to have citizenship and barely make ends meet.

"Congratulations, Master, you have reached the planetary level!"

Seeing Jiang Zhe stand up, Oriana bowed and congratulated him.

"Haha, it's nothing." Jiang Zhe said this, but the smile on his face betrayed his true feelings.

"Anna, what time is it now?" Jiang Zhe looked out the window; the fiery red sun had just climbed over the windowsill.

「10月19日，上午9点32分。」奥莉安娜先是报出準确日子，「您这次突破行星级用了37小时22分。」

Jiang Zhe nodded, went into the bathroom to shower, and asked halfway through, "Has anything happened at home these past two days?"

Oriana recounted everything that had happened in the past two days.

"Your grandfather and eldest uncle take turns guarding the top floor of the Chuanwu Hall, monitoring the area around the Jiang family to protect you. Right now, it's your eldest uncle guarding that spot."

Jiang Zhe said, "Send a message to the family group saying that I have completed my breakthrough and that you can lift the alert."

Orianna complied and continued, "Your father and second uncle have each consumed a plant spirit, raising their physical attributes to the peak of the High-Level War God realm. They are both waiting for an opportunity to break through to the Planetary level. Should we give them a push?"

"Both Dad and Second Uncle are capable of comprehending the essence of things; their talent is decent enough. Let them hone their consciousness gradually, and their breakthroughs will come naturally."

"The women in the manor have all consumed the medicinal wine made from herbs and trees, and their strength is gradually increasing."

"Your second brother, Jiang Wu, has withdrawn from the elite training camp and has been in close contact with the Ye family recently. It's estimated that he's about to get engaged."

At this point, Jiang Zhe laughed, "Haha, is this black bear spirit going to have some bear cubs in spring? I'll have to prepare a gift."

……

Shortly after the message was sent out, the old man and his uncle came to take a walk around the small courtyard. Jiang Zhe told them that he had broken through to the planetary level.

Seeing him float into the air, even though the two had been prepared, they were still shocked.

Keep in mind, this is a planetary-level cultivator who is only 16 years old and has been cultivating for less than three months!

That's not all.

Jiang Zhe didn't dare tell them that he could actually be recommended for a Hengxing-level position.

This is the spiritual master, the "father" in the early stages. Before the gifts in the sea of ​​consciousness are exhausted, the cultivation speed will never slow down.

I'm currently reading the error-free version! This is the first time I've published this novel.

Just like that Kataran, after his mental cultivation reached the initial level of War God, his advancement speed was as slow as a tortoise.

After Luo Feng reached the Planetary level, his martial arts cultivation surpassed that of a Spiritual Master in just one year, advancing to the third level of the Planetary level four months ahead of schedule.

This is the normal training speed for a spiritual master who has exhausted the "gifts".

Jiang Zhe left the courtyard to visit his father and mother, then went to visit his second uncle, and was then pulled by his second brother to do the God of War certification task.

Two months ago, his grandfather was protecting him and taking him to explore the wilderness. Now, he's the one acting as a caregiver for the family members.

After the five people gathered together, they looked at each other, feeling a sense of unreality.

The four members of the Jiang family across three generations, along with their aunt Jiang Chengcheng, formed a hunting team to complete their training missions and title certifications for the second half of the year.

During the journey, Jiang Zhe tested his strength after advancing to the planetary level.

—The impact force of a single throwing knife reaches a terrifying 5749 tons!

Remember that it is at the 3x gene level, so the theoretical realm is the peak of the first stage of the planetary level, and the day when it will condense the second miniature psychic "planet" is not far away.

—Propelled solely by mental power, the flight speed exceeds 2000 per second!

—Propelled by magnetic fields and mental energy, its flight speed is 2462 meters per second!

—With their feet on the Sky Shuttle and the combined force of the three parties, their flight speed immediately soared to 5048 meters per second!

This is truly the fastest speed on Earth!

……

After seven days of training in the wilderness, we returned on the evening of October 27th.

As the autumn winds rose and the weather turned cold, the servants in the house were already wearing sweaters, while Jiang Zhe, still dressed in a dark blue Taoist robe, stood in the courtyard gazing at the starry sky.

His gaze was fixed on the direction of Hercules.

The faint call, like a baby in swaddling clothes, is fragile yet full of vitality.

"Was it born because of me?"

Jiang Zhe murmured to himself, watched for a while, and then turned and went back into the house.

In the bedroom, draw the curtains tightly and instruct Oriana to be on guard.

Jiang Zhe's figure suddenly disappeared, and if you look closely, you will find a tiny, almost imperceptible stone bead left behind in his place.

Internal space.

It has now expanded to more than 90 meters in length and width.

Once one's Force cultivation breaks through to the Planetary level, the length and width of the inner world will start from 100 meters... Before the Cosmic level, there doesn't seem to be a tenfold leap when crossing major realms.

"The subsequent expansion should follow the rules of this world, right?" Jiang Zhe stroked his chin, quickly calculating in his mind.

Planetary level: Level 1 to Level 5, length and width 100 to 900 meters; Level 6 to Level 9, length and width 1 to 9 kilometers.

Constant star level: Level 1 to Level 9, 10 km to 90 km.

Once you reach the cosmic level, there will be a terrifying leap in power, increasing tenfold from the peak of the ninth rank (99.99 kilometers) to a direct expansion of 1000 kilometers.

Jiang Zhe made a few perfunctory prayers, "A-Shu, Big Brother of the Primal Universe, just keep going at this speed, otherwise I'm afraid I'll get stuck at the World Lord level if it gets too intense."

Then, he picked up the logging axe on the stone table and approached the trunk of the ancient tree, which was more than nine meters in diameter.

Near the three scars, chop them down with the axe!

The previous speculation was correct; the opportunity to cut down trees does indeed occur around the time of breaking through a realm, symbolizing the beginning and the end.

And it's calculated based on the level of one's soul?

No, it should be calculated based on the highest level of cultivation of the soul/body, right?

Well... anyway, it only counts once; a second breakthrough doesn't count.

Once a mentalist's cultivation level breaks through to the planetary level, they automatically gain an opportunity to cut down a tree.

Jiang Zhe held back for eight days, spending seven of those days working as a full-time nanny in the wilderness before finally coming in to cut down trees once there was nothing else to do.

"A-Shu, remember to give it to Golden Legend!"

Jiang Zhe roared and swung his axe down.

Doo!

A burst of golden light ejected the axe blade embedded in the tree trunk, and a golden ball of light burst out of the wound and rolled to the ground.

The weight of the logging axe in his hand suddenly increased, and as usual, he let it slip from his grasp, flying back onto the stone table.

Jiang Zhe bent down, his fingertips touching the ball of light. The golden light dissipated, revealing what was inside: a golden fold-out page just like the "Blueprint of Life".

When unfolded, a column of characters is vertically marked on the first inner page on the left.

Jiang Zhe didn't know the person, but he understood the meaning expressed above.

The Second Elemental Mystic Arts!

Jiang Zhe's eyes widened, his expression filled with surprise.

—It's not a clone technique, but it's comparable to or even superior to it!

No, wait a minute, could it be the one I'm thinking of?

That's a unique feature of the Wilderness World, it can be used for a longer time than the clone technique of this world, and may even have unexpected effects.

For example… the true protagonist of *Mang Huang Ji* doesn't appear until the eleventh chapter. (Just kidding)

Of course, in terms of survival ability, it cannot compare to the [Clone Technique] of this world.

If the second primordial spirit or the original body perishes, then it is truly dead, and there is no way to return through another cultivation.

However, there is one advantage: when breaking through to become the strongest in the universe, the second primordial spirit will not dissipate like the clone, but will be directly destroyed by returning to the origin.

As for the bonus from comprehending the laws? You can find the corresponding law's carrier.

Just like the primordial water droplet, using it as a vessel for the second primordial spirit can enhance one's understanding of the water-based heavenly way/rules.

If we're looking for a vessel in this world, one of the things mentioned in the original work would definitely be suitable.

—The Heart of Space!

The high-grade primordial treasure material contains spatial laws and is almost identical to the "Primordial Water Pearl".

However, the former should be considered more advanced.

Jiang Zhe estimated that if he were to look for a vessel, something at the immortal level or a precious material, a naturally born law-based treasure, would meet the requirements.

Just as I was pondering this, a sudden change occurred with the golden fold page!

"Wait, I haven't finished reading yet!" Jiang Zhe cried out in despair.

The characters engraved on the folded page faded rapidly, and in just a few breaths, the entire gold folded page was completely devoid of writing.

But soon, as if a carving knife were moving across the golden pages, Han Xia script that Jiang Zhe recognized appeared on the paper.

"Damn! Just to translate for me? I almost lost my mind!"

Fearing further complications, Jiang Zhe quickly focused on memorizing the contents, and gradually a look of realization appeared on his face.

It turns out it's not just about translation.

There are also improvements to make the second elemental mystic arts perfectly suited to the rules of this world.

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