The Laws of Metal, Water, Earth, Wind, and Fire. The five most common and representative Laws of the universe's cornerstone power naturally merged into Lu Sheng's body. This was a gift from his mentor, Willow Keel.
Lu Sheng absorbed and integrated them without the slightest resistance. With the fusion of these five fundamental laws, the Golden Core Planet within his dantian rapidly became stable, perfect, and lifelike.
Previously, Lu Sheng had inscribed his entire martial arts onto this Immortal Golden Core. Calling it a "planet" was, in reality, merely a model. But now, this "model" seemed to be infused with a strange vitality, beginning to completely "come alive."
Based on the five Laws of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, the entire planet became vibrant. It even began to evolve four seasons!
Lu Sheng looked at the changes on the planet, feeling the foundation of his Five Elements Dao completely laid, and murmured to himself, "So... my master had prepared everything all along."
Willow Keel had first showed him the essence and framework of his Four Extremes Dao. After sharing a deeper understanding of Sheng's Five Elements Dao, he had dissected and broken down the framework of his Four Extremes Dao, laying the foundation for Sheng's Five Elements Dao. Patiently guiding him. Dedicated and painstaking.
"Then how is the power of space generated?"
Lu Sheng suddenly realized this. He had almost forgotten what the opportunity, the starting point, was for him to unlock this treasure belonging to his master.
Perhaps sensing his thoughts, the five fundamental laws on the Golden Core Planet began to intertwine and merge. Soon, a brand new and strange power was born from it. It was a silvery-white point of light, like a silvery-white seed. Lu Sheng tried to touch the seed with his spiritual power. The moment he touched it, the seed emitted a vast expanse of silvery-white light. Under this light, Lu Sheng's dantian began to expand outwards with a rumbling sound. In just a few breaths, it expanded to an unbelievably vast area. Lu Sheng was startled, almost blurting out.
"A star... a starry sky?"
While looking at the golden core planet within his dantian, and then at this starry sky evolved from the power of space within his dantian, a strange, inexplicable thought arose in Lu Sheng's mind:
'My goodness, if this continues, will my dantian give birth to... an entire universe?!'
Of course, this thought was still far from being realized. The golden core planet, based on the Five Elements Laws, had evolved four seasons, but it still had a long way to go before evolving into a true planet.
"Whether it's the Four Extremes Dao or the Five Elements Dao, both can generate spatial power."
Lu Sheng gently touched the silver-white seed, representing the power of spatial laws. He still found it somewhat unbelievable.
The power of space... Haiji Dao had said it was so rare it was difficult to find even in a whole Star Domain; it was more precious than a Sovereign-level Extraordinary Physique… had he actually mastered it so easily?
"It's entirely because of my teacher…"
Lu Sheng's eyes were filled with complex emotions. Within the Dream Space universe, Willow Keel's figure had already vanished. His appearance seemed solely to guide Lu Sheng to take this step, helping him formally lay the foundation for the Five Elements Dao.
"The teacher's gift is not yet complete; this is only the first step. But I wonder when the next stage of inheritance will begin."
A sense of realization dawned on Lu Sheng. The benefits for him of establishing the foundation of the Five Elements Dao were obvious. At the very least, he would no longer need to worry about receiving too much inheritance of the power of laws, which could destabilize his foundation and cause a situation similar to the previous clash between the power of the Ice Law and the Stellar Dao. On the contrary, the next step in cultivating the Five Elements Dao was to comprehend as many laws of power as possible.
It's like building a house. The five fundamental Laws of the Five Elements form the foundation. Lu Sheng's foundation was now solidly laid. What remained was to continuously reinforce and compact this foundation, then build upon it with bricks and stones. The materials for reinforcing and compacting the foundation, and the bricks and stones needed for construction, are the various Powers of Laws.
Lu Sheng counted the Law Powers he currently possessed. He hadn't realized until he counted and the number nearly startled him.
"Five basic fundamental Laws of the Five Elements, the Law of Thunder, the Law of Ice, the Law of Space, and the two emotional Laws of Anger and Surprise..."
He had barely reached level 12, yet he possessed a full ten Law Powers! If he added the Law of the Stellar Dao, which he was just one step away from comprehending, that would even be eleven! A staggering number.
If we follow the standard that Haiji Dao once explained, the classification of extraordinary life forms is based on the amount of power they control over laws. Then Lu Sheng's bloodline has far surpassed the standard of the Monarch-level Blood, and might even reach the level of a Sovereign!
"Too many trump cards, it even feels like I can't handle them all..."
Lu Sheng savored the Law Powers within him, his expression slightly complicated with emotion. How long has the Final Ice Blazing Sun been his trump card? He hasn't even used it once in the real world, and now it seems to be relinquishing its position.
After all, Lu Sheng was now a man who had mastered the power of the Law of Space.
'Let's try it.'
Lu Sheng's eyes brightened slightly, like a child who had just received a new toy, eager to test the power of this law. He activated this power, and a faint silver light began to coat the edges of his imposing body. Under this layer of silver light, Lu Sheng discovered that he could now detect the omnipresent "transparent" matter in the void.
With a thought, he silently merged into it. It was as if he had melted into the void. Then, the next moment, he reappeared several light-years away.
"Really?!"
Lu Sheng was pleasantly surprised, looking at his hands with excitement. Just now, he hadn't used the power of the universe's origin for teleportation, but relied entirely on the profound mysteries of the Law of Space. Just like the Space Jump technology of an Immortal-level spaceship that Haiji Dao had told him about.
Lu Sheng had just performed a brief "Space Jump." Physical penetration through a Star Gate! Thus achieving a journey across several light-years in an instant!
"This distance isn't the limit; there's still room for improvement!"
Lu Sheng found his next direction for cultivation and quickly immersed himself in exploring the Law of Space.
"Physical penetration through a Star Gate, a single-person Space Jump. If used in combat, what opponent could catch up with my speed?! It seems that from now on, I won't need to rely on spaceships for travel within several star sectors!" Within the Dream Space universe, Lu Sheng's figure seemed to flicker, rapidly appearing and disappearing in various corners of the starry sky.
He was having a great time. His mastery of the Space Law's power was also advancing by leaps and bounds.
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Translation notes by dhoo
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Metal, Water, Earth, Wind, and Fire
I like this word order. The original version says "Earth, Wind, Water, Fire, and Metal" and then a few paragraphs later "Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth".
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Willow Keel aka Yang Yizhou: Lu Sheng's master, level 17, see chapter #597 or my Glossary