Chapter 188: Space Law

Chu Yuan looked at Yin Luozi, his tone calm: "I will give you five days to consolidate all the combat power of the Yin Luo Sect. I am leaving in five days, and you will accompany me then."

Yin Luozi bowed and replied: "As you command."

He did not ask further; since it was Chu Yuan's order, he would carry it out. Now that he had been planted with a Slave Seal by Chu Yuan, his life was destined to be tied to Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan gestured with his hand, and Yin Luozi turned into a stream of light, speeding towards the direction of Yin Luo Planet, soon disappearing into the depths of the star curtain.

Chu Yuan withdrew his gaze; it was time for him to leave as well.

"Roar!"

The Moon-Gazing Beast let out a low roar. Chu Yuan smiled and raised his hand to retract it into his body.

The Moon-Gazing Beast usually stayed within the Ancient God's body, absorbing Ancient God Power and growing with the blood of the Ancient God.

Now that he had achieved a Breakthrough, the Moon-Gazing Beast could also become stronger.

He lifted his foot and stepped down gently. The space beneath his feet twisted slightly, like a pebble thrown into a water surface, with ripples spreading outwards.

His figure faded within the ripples, and with one step, he was already billions of miles away!

The Star Domain flowed beneath his feet.

Chu Yuan was not in a hurry to travel, nor did he have a fixed direction; he simply walked through the Void Realm unhurriedly, step by step…

With every step he took, the space beneath his feet folded and extended silently, like a scroll being slowly unrolled, compressing the road ahead into a single step's distance.

He closed his eyes, sensing the tactile sensation of that folding.

Space was no longer a hard barrier beneath his feet, but a material that could be touched and bent, like a piece of silk held in his hand, which could be kneaded, pulled, and shaped.

His pace became steadier and steadier, and each step was more composed than the last.

The ripples under his feet no longer spread out but were absorbed and guided by his power, turning into new support points that pushed him further away.

Long ago, his main body had already begun to comprehend the Laws of space!

It was a slow and subtle accumulation, like a stream leaving a slender water mark on the surface of a stone.

Now that his main body had reached the Peak of the Six-Star Ancient God, the System had also strengthened his space Laws. Although he had not been directly granted an Origin like he had with time, the comprehension of space within him was deepening, like a string being tightened, emitting an increasingly clear hum.

He stopped, suspended in the Void Realm, looking down at his palm.

Between his five fingers, a faint ripple flowed, as if space itself was flowing in his palm.

With a gentle grip, the ripple contracted, and as he opened his hand, the ripple stretched out again, returning to its original state.

He felt that touch, as if he were touching an artifact that was taking shape; it was not yet fully set, but the outline was already clearly visible.

He continued to walk forward. His pace remained unhurried, yet every step landed in just the right position. His fingers slightly clenched and relaxed at his side, and the space beneath his feet would gently bend with each step, returning to its original state as he left.

He thought of the Time Origin the System had granted him.

Time and space were originally one body, like light and shadow, interdependent yet independent of each other.

The deeper his understanding of space, the clearer his perception of time became.

It was a lock that had not yet been fully opened, and he already held the outline of the key in his hand.

Space was like a tide, rising and falling.

Chu Yuan walked through the void. With each step, a circle of ripples spread out beneath his feet—the traces of space being bent and springing back. He kept his eyes closed, walking very slowly, as if he no longer needed to look for direction with his eyes, but instead perceived the texture of the Void Realm itself with his Physical Body.

"The essence of space is nothing more than distance."

Chu Yuan muttered to himself.

"But distance is not a fixed constant."

He lifted his foot and took a step, and the billions of miles ahead shrank to beneath his feet.

"Ordinary people call it teleportation, but I feel it is more like a piece of paper being folded."

He pressed his hand into the void, and the space before him slightly indented. Where his fingertips passed, a trace as pale as mist remained—the mark of folding.

He had seen many Cultivators use space Divine Abilities; most would merge themselves into the Void Realm, forcibly tearing open cracks to pass through.

That method was crude and direct, like smashing a hole in a wall.

But the path he was walking now was more delicate; he did not smash the wall; he simply let the wall make way for him.

"If teleportation is breaking through, then this is… borrowing."

He stopped and looked down at his hand.

There were no great phenomena in that hand, nor was there any flowing brilliance, but if one looked closely, one could see that the light in his palm seemed slightly curved, as if it had passed through a medium of different density.

"Space is like paper. If I walk on it, the paper will indent, but if I let the paper know that I belong on it, it will not resist, and space will be entirely in my hands!"

At this moment, his comprehension of space was deepening, and he even had an intuitive feeling of being able to control the Void Realm himself.

He raised his hand and wiped gently in front of him, and a thin ripple appeared before him, like a thin curtain being pulled open.

He stepped through, and when he emerged, he was already tens of millions of miles away.

"The body is the star universe, and the step is the Law."

This was space.

Of course, his comprehension of space went far beyond this.

Folding was only the shallowest layer. Beneath folding, there was compression and condensation, and further down, there was distortion, cutting, and sealing.

Each layer was a threshold, and with each one crossed, his control over the Void Realm deepened by a level.

What he could do now was only make space give way to him; he had not yet reached the point where he could make space completely serve him.

However, it was enough.

He needed to go find his main body.

After the Breakthrough to Six-Star, the energy consumption within his body was enormous, and he needed to replenish his Chaos Qi.

He did not have the chaos bead on him, nor did he carry chaos liquid, so he could only enter the chaos bead to replenish after reuniting with his main body.

A Six-Star Ancient God had a massive demand for energy; if not for the inexhaustible energy within the chaos bead, he would likely have to go into seclusion for a period of time just relying on external absorption.

After reuniting with his main body, he could set off for the Zhaohe Star System as soon as Yin Luozi arrived.

The current Zhaohe Star System was the weakest of the four Star Domains, without a unifying force like the Cultivation Alliance, nor a behemoth like the Thunder Immortal Hall; it was completely scattered.

The resources would not be much worse; with his current strength, unifying the Zhaohe Star System would not be difficult.

With the Ancient God main body's control over the space Laws, returning to Suzaku Planet would only take a moment.

The other Chu Yuan Clone also happened to return at the same time.

The two met in the Void Realm, and without much talk, the main body turned into a stream of light and merged into the chaos bead.

Chu Yuan looked at the group behind him: "Next, we will stay in this realm for a while longer, then it will be time to leave."

"To another Star Domain?"

Shuo Leng asked.

Her tone was casual.

Chu Yuan nodded: "Of the four Star Domains in the Inner Realm, we have already visited two. The next one is the third—the Zhaohe Star System. The Zhaohe Star System is currently the weakest among the four, and with our strength, it is completely enough to unify it."

Shuo Leng narrowed her eyes slightly: "You want to unify a Star Domain and then Cultivate using the resources of an entire Star Domain?"

Chu Yuan nodded: "Exactly. The Zhaohe Star System does not have any very strong forces, so we can act as we please. After unification, we will gather the resources of the Star Domain, which will be of great benefit to all of us."