Chapter 85: One Day on a Planet

Haha, I never expected to appear consecutively for two chapters.

Cough.

As a ball, a day is quite fun and exciting.

Ordinary life counts by breaths, a moment is a unit of time. When the wind passes, when thunder rumbles, when light appears, time ticks—these three laws serve as the measure.

However, for Chén Chén, wind does not affect his body, thunder does not disturb his ears, and all day he cannot measure this sunlight.

To me, violent wind is like a breath, thunder like a snore; the two lower laws pose no bottleneck for Chén Chén—only time is needed to gradually comprehend them.

Only sunlight—Chén Chén can only gaze at it from afar.

The more I look, the angrier I get; sooner or later I'll swallow it!

Chén Chén's cultivation of his true form also differs from ordinary life.

Just as the Virtual Universe Company nurtures geniuses—never caring about bodily realm, only about comprehension of laws; the so-called realm can be broken through directly with nutrient fluid, leaving no hidden dangers and harming no foundation.

On the Immortal Path, realm depends entirely on law comprehension; though energy accumulation is also a necessary road, it is the lowest‑threshold step forward—if resources are ample, one can simply brute‑force it.

In the Universe, top‑tier bloodlines not only have unimpeded primal energy flow, but must also embody the laws, aligning with one or even many laws. When one's body aligns with the laws, Cosmic Level brings a self‑formed domain; Domain Lord Level grants recognition, and reaching World Lord opens the way unimpeded.

This is also why Chén Chén is confident in his bloodline.

Not yet a Domain Lord, Chén Chén has already begun to comprehend the Eight Lower Laws and has earned recognition for seven Source Laws.

Such talent is far beyond ordinary life; even at the peak of the Human Race, over millions of years only a single decent genius could appear—matching Chén Chén's current achievement would still be only that.

In the primordial universe, time and space are the two supreme laws, while metal, wood, water, fire, earth, thunder, wind, and light are the eight lower laws.

Earth is the center of the Five Elements; Earth's source is mostly earth, making it the earliest of Chén Chén's laws to advance and the first to gain source‑law recognition.

Northern Water cycles continuously; its progress was once on par with other laws, but because the Sea Beast Clan collectively performed Mending Heaven, Chén Chén's grasp of water's source nearly surpassed that of earth's source.

Eastern Wood, life and origin, should naturally align well with Chén Chén's source talent; perhaps because when Chén Chén activated Jian Mu, its own foundation was insufficient, and of course Chén Chén didn't yet know, he added part of his life‑base to it, so it ranks just below earth and water.

Although there is sacrifice, Jian Mu holds special significance for Chén Chén, and this loss is only temporary.

The remaining fire, metal, wind, and thunder advance in tandem.

Free of many distractions, Chén Chén on Earth rarely plans to spend all his time comprehending laws and cultivating.

Star Spirit perception: inwardly inspecting one's own mind, outwardly sensing the stillness and motion of the surroundings.

Gazing far, the entire Solar System lies within his sight.

Revolving toward the sun, one circuit per year, aids Chén Chén in comprehending the sources of fire and light.

Fire is heat; amidst the myriad fires of the universe, Chén Chén's understanding of earth's fire suffices for source recognition, and though the sun's fire adds only a slight boost to his grasp of fire law, it is already something countless beings in the cosmos envy.

As for the source of light, Chén Chén's talent carries no boost therein; that is why his comprehension of light is the weakest, relying solely on revolution to contemplate it—after five years a nascent domain forms, which among humans is not even top‑tier talent.

Light belongs to the foremost of the time‑system lower laws and is the most distinctive among the eight lower laws; comprehending the source of light is also very important for Chén Chén.

Thus, within one celestial cycle, he devotes a quarter of his time to earnestly comprehending the source of light, which shows great emphasis.

Excluding the source of light, other laws are gradually grasped through personal experience; steady progress is best, occupying only half a portion of time.

Besides that time, he practices the Nameless secret art.

Nameless, the origin of all things.

Chén Chén now feels unworthy of such a title, yet it does not hinder his ambition.

Moreover, Chén Chén cannot casually name his own source secret art, especially since his source secret art can indeed perceive the Nameless Way.

In the universe, countless secret arts and techniques exist, yet all variations stem from the same source—they are merely patterns for probing laws, borrowing their convenience.

Whether the Eight Lower Laws or spacetime laws, if you can comprehend you can see (xian), if you can see you can use; myriad secret arts are like a blind man feeling an elephant—using one's 'hand' to touch a corner of the elephant, taking that corner as a weapon, either displaying divine abilities or reflecting back on the laws.

But the Nameless art aims directly at the true source grand path.

Nameless is nothing; the nothingness of all things is chaos.

Therefore Chén Chén must cultivate the eight laws in parallel, advancing time and space together.

The first layer of the Nameless Way: from nothing perceive something.

Seeing light to know shadow; light not yet arrived is darkness, light passed is shadow—thus darkness gives birth to light, which is the meaning darkness bestows upon light.

Near fire brings cold; heaven and earth take fire as heat—fire near means cold far, fire far means cold near; fire arises toward cold, and when cold is exhausted fire is born.

Knowing wood brings awareness of withering; this points to the way of life and death—life is for death, death is for life; wood is the root of life yet also its end; viewing life through death is death imparting purpose to life.

Sharp metal yields hardness; seeing hardness knows softness……

Skill with water knows its flow; lack of flow knows its stillness……

……

To comprehend laws, the best method is to immerse oneself in them.

A person standing by the lake sees its color and knows its appearance.

Touching the water nearby, one sees its state and knows its shape.

Immersed in it, one sees its flow and knows its essence.

But this is merely ordinary perception, the limit of sensation; to grasp artistic conception and probe laws, one must go deeper—become water itself to know its true meaning.

This is why Chén Chén's seven laws flow unimpeded: although Earth is small, it possesses the form of heaven and earth, and though Chén Chén is presently weak, he harbors the potential of the Nameless.

Revolution is Chén Chén's great celestial circuit, rotation his small celestial circuit; the cycling within is cultivation.

This is my plain, unadorned…… and boring day.

Upon reflection, the human clone is still the most comfortable; one should say that the comfortable part lies in the human clone, and this too is part of the Way.

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At the start of the revolutionary cycle, two great circuits have passed; Chén Chén's true self knows no time, yet on Earth it is already the Gregorian year 2062.

Another two years have passed; aside from more cities and more martial artists on Earth, there has been no earth‑shaking change like the first two years.

The populace esteems martial prowess; research probes the universe.

In 2062, the Dragon Gate New Record's proud sons are many times more numerous than before; though the top‑tier quality falls far short of Chén Chén's generation's golden era, the shift in numbers increasingly shows the flourishing of the martial way.

As for scientific research, the cosmic exploration led by the World Tree Scientific Research Institute can now easily reach Venus and Jupiter, manned aviation has made dozens of round trips to the Moon, and tens of millions of tons of meteorites or soil have been brought back from the Moon; space exploration has taken a big step forward.

And the secretly implemented 【Devour Moon】 plan has also taken an extremely important step thanks to these tens of millions of tons of lunar soil and rock.

Besides that, it is the cultivation of the currently most advanced human martial artists.

While cultivating oneself, I also teach at Longmen, and can also enjoy some of Longmen's cultivation resources.

In the virtual duel arena, Ji Heng once again regrettably lost to Jiāng Jiāng.

"As expected of you, whenever I am overconfident and arise with arrogance, you always manage to give me a heavy blow."

Ji Heng had no resentment in his heart, because in the past two years he had already lost to Jiang Jiang five times; since Ji Heng achieved Star Ascension and Source Establishment, he felt that his talent had truly improved by another level.

Over these two years, his realm improved day by day, but whenever he felt confident and challenged Jiang Jiang again, he always ended up regrettably defeated.

"I also used all my strength." Jiang Jiang replied.

"I know, so I am even more unwilling." Ji Heng replied.

"I will come again."

After saying that, Ji Heng hurriedly left, because the brief chat just now had already wasted a lot of time.

Jiang Jiang was speechless, wondering how to get rid of this crazy woman.

Jiang Jiang didn't actually want to accept Ji Heng's challenge; rather, if he didn't accept, this guy would cling even more stubbornly, disturbing his and Chen Chen's private world.

Damn, I always feel like I'm being held by my weakness; this guy hasn't looked for Chen Chen these years, always pesters me, and keeps showing strange expressions—could it be…

Looks like I need to think of a solution.

As for saying just now that I used all my strength, that's obviously impossible.

Regarding the fact that I am a spiritual psychic, which only Chen Chen and Luofeng know, Jiang Jiang has never intended to reveal it.

As for the full strength mentioned by Jiang Jiang, it naturally refers to his martial arts full strength.

And the reason Jiang Jiang can rely on his martial arts strength to firmly suppress Ji Heng is, of course, because he is backed by Earth's biggest tycoon.

Ji Heng is indeed capable in combat, but when navigating the world, one must talk about power and background.

Of course, his own effort is also indispensable; in terms of effort, Jiang Jiang believes he is not inferior to Ji Heng in the slightest, and when it comes to involution, Jiang Jiang will never lose.

After several years of arduous training, plus cultivation with the Mu Ya crystal, Jiang Jiang's martial arts strength has successfully broken through to Stellar Stage Two, and his spiritual psychic ability has reached Stellar Stage Three, a speed that cannot be called slow.

Among Earth's top martial artists, Jiang Jiang's progress speed is second only to Chen Chen and Luofeng.

The realms of primal energy and mental power can only be progressed step by step; the accumulations on Earth added together still aren't as much as Babata's own little treasury, and Chen Chen couldn't possibly waste a lot of time condensing cultivation resources for Earth people, so this aspect isn't considered fast.

As for the law realm, Chen Chen has attached great importance to it from the beginning; at the planetary level he can use the Longmen Enlightenment Field in Longmen to comprehend the Dao.

The law realm can roughly be divided into four levels.

Foundation — artistic conception — domain — world, and above that, world perfection, which makes one an immortal powerhouse.

With the Longmen Enlightenment Field as aid, Earth's martial artists can easily enter the realm of the essence of things to comprehend the world; entering the enlightenment field allows one to establish the foundation, and a slight comprehension enables reaching the second level of sensing the law's artistic conception.

And talents like Hong, who rely solely on themselves, can comprehend the domain at the planetary level; with these years of effort, Hong's martial arts strength catches up to Lei Shen, reaching Planetary Stage Three, and his domain has reached four layers.

Lei Shen is still stuck at Stellar Stage Three, lacking sufficient resources; wanting to break through to Stellar Stage Four would take ten or twenty years, which is not a short time. Although Lei Shen's talent is not low, he is already about to be caught up.

Fortunately, with the support of the Longmen Enlightenment Field, he has also reached the second level of domain realm; although still somewhat inferior to Hong, he can barely suppress the juniors other than Chen Chen and Luofeng.

Luofeng delayed a whole year due to the devouring beast incident, but relying on the talent of the Golden Horn Beast, he gradually surpassed, and his martial arts stage equals that of Ji Heng, Jiang Jiang, Chen Yang, and Cang Yue Er— all at Stellar Stage Two, first layer of domain.

Of course, Ji Heng and others, as genuine earthly talents, have no cheats and no relatives with cheats, so the strength they show is their full strength.

Moreover, Luofeng still has the unrevealed true form of the Golden Horn Beast, and Jiang Jiang's spiritual psychic ability has already reached Stellar Stage Three.

Jiang Jiang's aptitude in the law aspect is not strong, but the advancement speed of primal energy and spiritual psychic is of the same type as Lei Shen's.

Besides that, in just two years on Earth, four or five Stellar-stage beings have emerged consecutively; this development speed even makes Babata click his tongue in wonder.

Although Babata largely acknowledges Earth's potential, he is still surprised by Earth's such rapid development.

Although the Stellar stage is nothing special, for an ordinary, unadorned planet to give birth to several Stellar beings within a year is already considered a top-notch planet in the whole universe, and just a few years ago, Babata knew exactly what level this planet was at.

After these years of precipitation, Earth's overall strength has increased manifold.

The long-dormant 【Explorer Plan】 also, together with Babata's notification, is finally about to be unveiled.

"Luofeng, the auxiliary power system is fixed; from now on, the Black Dragon Mountain X81 spaceship is in perfect condition. As long as one more day passes, after I finish installing the auxiliary power system, then…… you will be able to board the Black Dragon spaceship, travel through the universe, roam the vast cosmos, and witness the countless races in the universe."

"【Explorer】 plan, can be launched."

Likewise, the team that received the message also includes Lei Shen and Hong; the repair of their two spaceships has been entrusted to Babata, one completed independently by Babata, and the other to be tested by Xiu Bi, with Babata giving guidance from the side.

As an intelligent life, Babata still serves the first command left by Huyan Bo; this command will only be dispelled when Luofeng reaches immortality and truly fulfills Huyan Bo's inherited wish, but Babata's connection and feelings toward Earth have now changed.

Chen Chen and A Yun's mysterious and unparalleled talent astonishes Babata; mastery of the Heartnet alarms Babata; the transaction of the Golden Horn Beast dispels Babata's concerns about Luofeng.

Last but most importantly, after Babata sent the core backup data to Xiu Bi, Babata and Xiu Bi gained an ineffable bond, like that of siblings.

Although this sister seems rather cold toward Babata.

"Big brother, this day has finally come." Lei Shen, via Heartnet communication, first made contact with Hong.

"Four years of tempering the heart, not only honing strength, but also good for your state of mind."

Compared to the urgency of four years ago, Lei Shen's now balanced attitude finally seems capable of undertaking this important plan.

"Indeed." Lei Shen replied sincerely.

"But I am still very much looking forward to it."

Hong smiled with relief: "That's natural."