Chapter 292: Law Baptism, Five‑Element Resonance

Beside the Myriad Laws Pool, all was silent.

Only the sea of law light flowed silently, giving off a vast undulation that made the heart tremble and intoxicated.

The fifteen or sixteen prodigies who had arrived early were scattered at the edge of the sea of light, with no one taking the lead.

Not out of fear, but they were observing, adjusting their condition, and weighing.

Although the Myriad Laws Pool offered great opportunity, its law source was violent and chaotic; rash entry would yield nothing at best, and at worst suffer backlash from clashing laws, damaging one's Dao foundation.

Void Clan Shade moved first. His form flickered, as if merging into space, he silently approached the edge of the light sea, choosing a region where gold‑white light was dense and sharp‑edged energy shot up.

He seemed to be sensing something; after a moment, his whole body sank like a droplet into the sea, gradually entering that light region, his figure swallowed by the sharp gold‑white halo, his aura quickly becoming ethereal and sharp.

Ancient God Clan's Mu Lan walked toward the verdant, vibrant light region; the wooden key in his hand even emitted a cheerful hum.

He sat cross‑legged, not immediately sinking in, but first communicated with the light region using his own life force and spiritual power; only after their breaths mingled did he, like a plant taking root, slowly be absorbed by the green light sea.

Fallen Immortal Clan's Holy Maiden Yu Liuli, meanwhile, chose an area where crimson and seven‑colored immortal light intertwined.

Her posture was graceful, immortal light shielding her body; like a flying immortal entering a painting, she floated lightly inside, her immortal spirit and fire‑law coexisting in harmony.

The other prodigies also employed various means, selecting zones matching their main cultivation or attributes, cautiously attempting to enter. Cang Xuan stepped into a region of brilliant silver light dotted with stars.

Ming Xian strangely merged into a dim, dead‑still shadow light domain that hid a hint of odd vitality; Yan Jin roared and charged straight into the most intense crimson flame light sea.

Lei Zhen's body crackled with lightning as he burst into a purple light domain where lightning snakes danced wildly and electric light intertwined……

Wang Ping did not rush to choose. He stood at the pool's edge, closed his eyes, fully extended his divine sense and spiritual perception, and simultaneously communicated with the five‑colored divine light in his dantian.

In his perception, the Myriad Laws Pool's light sea was no longer merely a splendid sight, but an extremely complex three‑dimensional network formed of countless law 'strings' and 'nodes'; each light band and each light cluster manifested a certain law source, attracting, repelling, resonating with, and generating one another.

And his inner five‑element spiritual roots, together with the already awakened earth, wood, and fire three‑element dao arts, were like bright lamps in the night, strongly attracting and resonating with the corresponding law sources in the light sea!

Especially the heavy dark‑yellow light mountain representing earth, the verdant light tree representing wood, and the crimson light band representing fire sent him a clear summons.

But this was not enough!

His goal was five‑element perfection! Using this peerless environment of law source, he would in one go push the unawakened metal element 'White Tiger Slaying God Sword Gang' and water element 'Taiyin Extinction Cold Tide' into the awakened state!

At the same time, he would further consolidate the foundation of the already awakened three dao, enabling the five‑element mutual‑generation cycle to reach a higher level of harmonious unity!

"Five elements turn, all laws return to the source! Lead!" Wang Ping silently recited the essence of his core art, the Five‑Element Divine Light; his inner five‑element golden core spun at unprecedented speed and rhythm, the five‑colored divine light no longer confined within, but transformed into five hazy halos that pierced his body, faintly forming a five‑colored ring behind him!

This phenomenon immediately drew the attention of several prodigies still outside the pool and of some who had already sunk inside.

"Five‑element spiritual roots? Someone actually cultivates all five elements and has come this far! No! It seems acquired, yet carries a hint of innate qi—strange!" someone whispered.

"That halo… seems like an embryonic form of some five‑element divine ability? How marvelously mysterious!"

"What is he trying to do? Attracting multiple laws at once—isn't he afraid of conflict?"

Amid the doubtful gazes of the crowd, Wang Ping moved.

He stepped forward, not choosing any single‑attribute light zone, but walked straight to the center of the light sea, where the laws were most mixed, the colors most brilliant, and seemingly the most violent!

"He's crazy?!" someone exclaimed. In that region, law fragments collided violently; an ordinary cultivator entering would be torn apart in an instant!

Yet the five‑colored light ring around Wang Ping now worked wonders. It slowly rotated, exuding an inclusive, harmonious, ever‑flowing ambience. The violent, chaotic law fragments that neared him, upon touching the five‑colored ring, seemed to be combed and soothed by an invisible hand; though still active, they lost their aggressiveness, instead being drawn and diverted by the ring like rivers into the sea, each merging into its corresponding colored light!

The heavy earth‑yellow law fragments merged into the yellow halo, making it more substantial.

The verdant vitality law fragments merged into the cyan halo, making it more vigorous.

The blazing crimson law fragments merged into the red halo, making it more overbearing.

At the same time, the originally weakly attractive gold‑element white‑gold sharp fragments and water‑element deep‑blue ice‑cold fragments, guided by the marvelous five‑element mutual‑generation, were drawn to the five‑colored ring and began to slowly merge into the white and blue halos!

Wang Ping was like a walking five‑element vortex; wherever he passed, the law fragments in the light sea were orderly guided, diverted, and absorbed!

Step by step he entered the light sea's center; ultimately, under countless shocked gazes, he sat cross‑legged and slowly sank into that most chaotic yet most primal core light region!

Boom—!!!

At the instant he was fully submerged, centered on him, the entire Myriad Laws Pool light sea seemed as if a massive stone had been thrown in, stirring up heaven‑shaking waves!

Five enormous, dazzling light pillars—yellow, green, red, white, and blue—rose like five heaven‑supporting divine pillars from where Wang Ping sank, shooting straight up to the chaotic firmament of this space!

Within the pillars, faintly visible were illusory mountains and rivers, towering ancient trees, soaring golden crows, howling white tigers, and diving black tortoises, among other marvels!

What was even more shocking was that within the green pillar representing wood, a azure dragon formed entirely of Yi Wood Divine Thunder coiled and roared, emanating a terrifying aura of purification and life‑death intertwined!

In the red pillar representing fire, a golden‑red sun phantom hovered, surrounded by flying three‑legged golden crow phantoms, with true solar fire blazing fiercely! In the yellow pillar representing earth, the phantom of the Heaven‑Overturning Seal suppressed the four directions, drawing vast gravity, as if it could still the earth, fire, water, and wind!

Although the gold and blue pillars showed weaker phenomena, their sharp and icy‑cold law essences also condensed and grew at astonishing speed!

The five‑colored light pillars were not isolated; they drew near, wove together, and resonated, faintly forming a vaster, more complex five‑element circulation phantom that completely enveloped Wang Ping's area! Vast amounts of corresponding five‑element law source fragments, like subjects summoned by an emperor, surged madly from every corner of the light sea toward those five‑colored pillars and merged into them!

The entire Myriad Laws Pool's law flow underwent a noticeable change due to Wang Ping's entry! Other prodigies undergoing baptism felt that their efficiency in attracting corresponding law fragments seemed affected, as if a portion of the source had been forcibly sucked away by the central five‑colored vortex!

"Five‑element resonance! Foundation of the Great Dao!" Ancient God Clan's Mu Lan exclaimed from the green light region, his voice trembling with undisguised shock.

"This person… actually possesses such a portent!" The silver‑light region where Cang Xuan resided saw its stars fall into disarray.

"Five‑element Dao Son… the reputation is not undeserved." Yu Liuli's immortal voice carried a hint of complexity.

"Damn it! What gives him the right?" Yan Jin roared in the flame sea, yet could do nothing.

"Hahaha! Good! Brother Wang, suck hard! Drain this broken pool!" Lei Zhen laughed wildly in the lightning domain, feeling no envy, only excitement.

The other prodigies in the pool felt even more complex emotions—shock, jealousy, horror, disbelief… all intertwined. They had never seen anyone cause such an astonishing phenomenon in the Myriad Laws Pool! This was no mere baptism; it was more like… plundering, proclaiming, establishing a supreme Dao foundation!

Wang Ping was oblivious to the outside world's reaction. At this moment, all of his mind and spirit were immersed in an unprecedented, marvelous state.

His body seemed to turn into an invisible black hole, frantically devouring pure five‑element law source. This source power did not directly raise his cultivation, but acted like the finest carving knife and the most primordial nourishment, cleansing his flesh, meridians, golden core, and even his soul!

Under the law's scouring, impurities were further expelled; every cell rejoiced, becoming tougher and more vital, subtly attuning to the five‑element laws.

Meridians were expanded and reinforced, spiritual power flowed faster and with greater capacity.

Within his dantian, five golden cores blazed with immeasurable light; their surface patterns wildly proliferated, intertwined, and perfected, becoming round and flawless, emitting a faint law‑light. Especially the two golden cores of metal and water, whose patterns were originally simple, now, under the infusion and comprehension of the corresponding law sources, grew intricate and profound at a visible speed!

And the five‑colored divine light received tremendous benefit!

The true meaning of the Gravity Technique fused in the yellow divine light deepened and sublimated rapidly under the vast, heavy earth that was imbibing the law source!

The will of the Earth Pulse, born after awakening, now seemed to link with the true earth source, becoming heavier, broader, and immovable. The phantom of the Heaven‑Overturning Seal drifted within the divine light; on its surface naturally appeared the patterns of earth's veins, and its suppressing power surged!

The true intent of the Yi Wood Divine Thunder fused in the blue divine light, together with the imprint of the Lightning Drawing Technique, nurtured by pure life and thunder law source, achieved a perfect balance of vitality and annihilation. The thunder‑dragon phantom became more solid and agile, as if endowed with true life spirit, its power to restrain evil demons and yin maladies reaching an astonishing degree!

Red Divine Light (Fire): "True Solar Fire" embryo greedily absorbs the utmost yang and utmost fierce fire origin; that round of golden-red great sun illusory image becomes increasingly solid, the golden crow cries long, the temperature and purifying power of the true fire increase geometrically. The imprint of "Golden Yang Scorches Heaven" is deeply engraved into the core of the divine light; once erupted, its power is hard to estimate.

And at this moment, the true transformation occurs in the White Divine Light (Metal) and the Blue Divine Light (Water).

Within the White Divine Light, the sharp essence of "White Tiger Slays Metal" and the dao imprint of "White Tiger Slays God Sword Gang" are wrapped, scoured, and tempered by endless white-gold sharpness law fragments! Those fragments are like swords, like knives, like needles, without exception, all containing the law truth of "sever", "destruction", and "sharpness".

Wang Ping's divine sense sank into it, as if entering a world formed of countless blades. He "saw" the birth of metal, forging, the condensation of sharpness, the blossoming of slaughter, and even the ultimate cycle of rust returning to dust. His understanding of "metal" is no longer limited to the sharpness of weapons, but also includes the decisiveness of transformation, the stern killing of rules, and the eternal toughness.

"Metal originates from change, brings stern killing, and is firm and sharp. It can sever all things and also bear heavy responsibility. The White Tiger governs slaughter and also guards the west..."

Enlightenment surged like a spring. The White Divine Light violently trembled; the thread of "spirituality" that had never been fully ignited, stimulated by this vast sharpness origin and guided by Wang Ping's enlightenment, suddenly awakened!

Buzz—!

A sound like the roar of an ancient white tiger echoed from the depths of the divine light! A strand of white-gold "spirituality", condensed to the extreme and purely formed from the will of killing and sharpness, like a sword drawn from its sheath, suddenly burst forth! It is unmatched in sharpness, yet also carries an upright and righteous stern killing aura, intimately connected with Wang Ping's divine soul.

Metal-Element Dao Technique—"White Tiger Slays God Sword Gang"—has now entered the Fourth Realm, Point Spirit Realm! The nature of point spirit is the ultimate sharpness of "nothing uncut, all souls slain".

At the same time, within the Blue Divine Light (Water), earth-shaking changes are also occurring.

The icy-cold essence of "True Yin Water" and the dao imprint of "Great Yin Extinction Cold Tide" are submerged in the vast, pure deep-blue water element and ice-cold law fragments. These fragments are gentle like spring water, icy like mysterious ice, profound like the cold abyss, and dead silent like the Return to the Ruins.

Wang Ping comprehended water's utmost softness and utmost hardness, the bitter cold that freezes all things, the moisture that nourishes life, and……the true meaning of "Great Yin Extinction" whereby all things end and return to silence.

"Water moistens below, is utmost soft and also utmost cold. It can nourish all things and also freeze everything, ultimately ending in the Return to the Ruins Desert. The Great Yin governs stillness, harboring birth and destruction..."

The Blue Divine Light rippled with deep waves; the seed of the dormant "spirituality" within, nourished by the combined sources of Great Yin, ice-cold, and Return to the Ruins laws, and by Wang Ping's profound comprehension of the water dao, quietly broke its shell!

A thread of ice-blue to the extreme, as if able to freeze the soul and also bearing the atmosphere of all things returning to silence, the "spirituality" slowly emerged like eyes opening in the deep sea abyss! It is icy and silent, yet contains an inconceivable power of "stillness", resonating with Wang Ping's heart and mind.

Water-Element Dao Technique—"Great Yin Extinction Cold Tide"—has also achieved point spirit at this moment! The nature of point spirit is the eternal stillness of "freezing the divine soul and returning to extinction".

Thus, Wang Ping's cultivated five major five-element core dao techniques—Gravity Technique (Earth), Summon Thunder Technique (Wood), Golden Yang Scorches Heaven (Fire), White Tiger Slays God Sword Gang (Metal), Great Yin Extinction Cold Tide (Water)—have all entered the Fourth Realm, Point Spirit Realm! Five Elements Point Spirit, perfectly achieved!

After the five point spirits, the technique spiritualities interweave within the Five-Colored Divine Light; through the wondrous link of five-element mutual generation, they produce deeper resonance and circulation! The Five-Colored Divine Light itself thus undergoes a qualitative leap! Its radiance becomes more inwardly condensed and rich; in its flow, it forms a miniature illusory image of the five-element world, the conceptions of inclusion, transformation, birth and death blending seamlessly, its power and potential elevated to an entirely new level.

At the moment when the Five Elements Point Spirit reached perfection, Wang Ping's aura surged violently! Although his cultivation remained at the late Golden Core stage and had not broken through to Golden Core Perfection, the purity of his spiritual power, his affinity and control over laws, and the weight and vastness derived from the perfected five-element dao foundation have already caused his true combat power to undergo a complete transformation! Even when facing top-tier heavenly pride cultivators of Golden Core Perfection, he is absolutely not inferior, and may even surpass them.

The baptism of the Myriad Laws Pool continues. After the Five Elements Point Spirit reached perfection, Wang Ping's speed of absorbing law origins not only did not slow down, but became even faster due to smoother and more efficient five-element circulation! More law fragments, even some rare laws not purely of the five elements (such as a ripple of space, a shard of time), are attracted by the inclusiveness of the Five-Colored Divine Light and merge into his dao foundation, laying a firmer foundation.

His flesh, golden core, and divine soul, under this ceaseless high-intensity law-origin scouring and nourishment, continue to transform toward perfection. To lay the foundation for condensing a supreme-quality "Five Elements Nascent Soul" in the future, an unshakable, most perfect base has been established.

Time, in this sea of law-light, seems to lose its meaning.

After an unknown period, when Wang Ping felt that his flesh, golden core, and divine soul had reached the saturation level that his current realm could bear, and further absorption would bring little benefit or even become a burden, he gradually ceased active intake.

The five-colored light pillars gradually retracted and dissipated. The astonishing phenomena around him slowly subsided.

When he reopened his eyes, his pupils flickered with the illusion of the sun and moon turning and the five elements birthing and dying, then finally settled into a warm, deep tranquility, like ancient earth washed by ages, and like a vast ocean teeming with endless life.

He lightly clenched his fist, feeling the surging spiritual power within his body, many times stronger than before, as well as the perfectly integrated, ceaselessly flowing Five-Colored Divine Light, and the five dao-pattern-perfect, radiant golden cores in his dantian; the corner of his mouth involuntarily curled into a genuine smile.

The Myriad Laws Pool baptism, the Five Elements Point Spirit perfected—one of the major goals of this trip has already been achieved!

He lifted his gaze; the light sea of the Myriad Laws Pool remained splendid, but the law-origin aura within seemed slightly thinned by his previous frantic absorption. The light domains where other heavenly pride cultivators reside also dimmed considerably, indicating their gains were not small; many people's auras showed significant improvement, and some even vaguely touched the threshold of Golden Core Perfection, or deepened their understanding of their own cultivation methods.

Opportunity is about to run out.