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The Law-based system cultivated in the Law Domain was also a very distinct system.
During his time in the Holy Domain and the Blue Domain, Xu Yuan had already formed a basic impression of the cultivation system in the Law Domain.
The foundation of the Law Domain lay in the Three Great Scriptures. The cultivators' foundation rested on The Beginning of All Laws. Historical records stated that The Beginning of All Laws was condensed by the human ancestor Fa Chu, the origin of the Law Domain. It was divided into twelve codices, each with twelve pages, totaling one hundred forty-four pages, providing shelter to the humans of the Law Domain through the one hundred forty-four temples in total.
Each codex represented a specific ability: Courage, Justice, Leadership, Jurisprudence, Nature, Creation, Spirit Dissolution, Prophecy, Wisdom, Order, Truth, and Chaos.
Upon receiving recognition from the corresponding temple, one could obtain the divine codex, comprehend the associated abilities, condense holy power, and invoke the forces corresponding to the codex to release skills.
Each page of the codex possessed two-sided skills. If one managed to cultivate all twelve pages of the codex and integrate their abilities, there was even hope of condensing an entirely new scripture.
Over twenty skills working in synergy produced extraordinary effects.
Especially, many of the abilities corresponding to the codex were not directly used for combat but had special purposes, such as prophecy.
The capabilities of the Law Domain cultivators stemmed from the scriptures, which were essentially man-made laws that functioned within heaven and earth. Even across vast distances, they could bestow abilities upon the practitioner.
This was why the Law Domain was called the Order Nation—its cultivation system was constructed through these codices, an orderly system that allowed humanity to develop a corresponding social structure.
"The fortune has thickened significantly."
Sensing the change in his own fortune, Xu Yuan investigated and found that the rise of the nine-gate families had begun.
After fusing the bloodlines of three sixth-stage demons, Qian Nian left the Tianshan Mountain Range. Along the way, he encountered past enemies, exterminating all twelve of them and gaining a large amount of resources. He also learned information about his family heirloom and prepared to retrieve it.
At this point, Qian Nian had already advanced to the fourth stage, nearing the fifth. After digesting these resources, he estimated he could break through.
As for his family heirloom, it seemed related to the Sun-Devouring Divine Hound. Thus, Qian Nian was currently persuading the Devouring Sky Hound, hoping for its assistance.
The drastic change in fortune wasn't just due to Qian Nian breaking through to the fourth stage.
The true trigger of the fortune change was the trend—the rising trend of Qian Nian.
It was clearly perceivable that Qian Nian's momentum had accumulated completely. With the assistance of the Devouring Sky Hound at the peak of the ninth stage, the likelihood of success on this journey was extremely high.
The change in fortune was manifesting the future.
The changed fortune would further assist the current Qian Nian in moving toward that future.
In this process, as Qian Nian grew stronger and his opportunities became richer, his fortune would continue to rise again.
Under such a snowball effect, a massive tide would form, sweeping everything away, propelling Qian Nian to soar from being a talentless individual to achieving God King status.
Whether Qian Nian's rise accomplished the fortune of the nine gates or the nine gates' fortune accomplished Qian Nian was indistinguishable.
Law Domain.
A young man walked slowly, heading towards the Temple of Wisdom ahead.
"This is the temple corresponding to the seventh page of the Wisdom Scripture. It's said that the Wisdom Envoy Fa Hua also received the scripture's recognition here and became an Enforcer."
Xu Yuan had now manifested a body. Though it appeared fleshly, it was still energy-based.
With the Tianyuan Domain, he fused the nine elements, adding life force, and could now nurture true living beings.
They were merely energy-based life forms.
By integrating blood essence, they could be converted into true flesh, but Xu Yuan didn't want to solidify his body yet.
He intended to use his current state of will to experience various cultivation systems of Falan Star, comprehend them one by one, and then condense a new body.
This plane was particularly suitable for him.
These vastly different cultivation systems greatly enriched Xu Yuan's experiences.
After all, Xu Yuan had already witnessed the cultivation systems of the Douluo, Abyss, Sacred Heart, and Holy Demon planes.
However, arriving at Falan Star still felt like entering a treasure trove.
Xu Yuan strode towards the Temple of Wisdom.
"Halt! Unauthorized entry into the Temple of Wisdom is prohibited!"
Seeing Xu Yuan approaching nonchalantly and naturally heading into the temple, the guards immediately stopped him.
The guards on either side of the entrance crossed their spears, blocking Xu Yuan.
"It's not the Awakening Day; the temple is closed to the public. Please return the way you came," said the guard on the left.
"Your age doesn't meet the conditions for awakening either," the guard on the right spoke colder.
Xu Yuan ignored the two guards and extended his perception into the temple, activating the scripture.
Though the scripture already had an owner, Xu Yuan could still activate it.
The two guards' faces slightly changed as they looked towards the interior of the temple. A sacred page emitted golden light, casting a beam that enveloped Xu Yuan.
Watching Xu Yuan, shock surfaced in their eyes.
How was this possible?
This person looked about thirty years old. Could he still awaken and become an Enforcer?
His mindset was already set. Even if he became an Enforcer, he couldn't achieve much, right?
After all, the most important aspects of cultivating the codex were piety and understanding of order.
However, the two guards widened their eyes.
They saw the illusory codex materializing above Xu Yuan's head.
The first page exuded a familiar aura, resonating with the seventh page of the Wisdom Scripture inside the temple, clearly indicating recognition from this page of the scripture.
That wasn't all. Skills that typically required long-term effort to comprehend directly materialized on both sides of the first page of Xu Yuan's codex.
Though only intricate patterns, unable to discern the specific abilities, it was clear that Xu Yuan now possessed two skills.
This meant Xu Yuan could start condensing the second page—
Before their thoughts finished, the two guards saw Xu Yuan's codex begin to condense the second page.
The patterns of two skills slowly formed.
Then the third page.
The two guards were dumbfounded.
Ascending to the heavens in one step!
Awakening as a three-stage Enforcer, this youth was definitely extraordinary.
Perhaps, if he went to other temples now and communicated with other pages of the scriptures, he might even advance directly to the fourth stage?
Such a preposterous thought floated in both guards' minds.
They exchanged glances, the shock in their eyes unmistakable.
Xu Yuan gently closed his eyes, feeling the power of the codex and resonating with the scripture page inside the temple.
"So that's how it is. The Beginning of All Laws imprinted the innate skills of demon and spirit races and evolved based on them, in—"
Xu Yuan furrowed his brow.
The two guards saw this scene.
They had retreated a step, lowering their spears.
Seeing Xu Yuan frowning, unsure if he was dissatisfied with them, they immediately prepared to apologize.
However, Xu Yuan disappeared the next moment.
"Where did he go?"
The two guards were baffled.
A living person just vanished before their eyes?
This made them even more alarmed, realizing something was amiss.
Behind them, the scripture emitted dazzling light, drawing the guards' attention again.
An illusory figure of a young man materialized.
The young man was handsome, with bright starry eyes full of vitality, dressed in a white robe, exuding elegance with a touch of resilience.
The two guards didn't dare to be negligent and stepped forward, bowing respectfully.
"Greetings, Divine Envoy."
Divine Envoy!
The envoy wielding the Wisdom Codex, one of only two Divine Envoys in the Law Domain.
The earlier incident had alarmed him.
"What just happened here?" Fa Hua's figure looked at the two guards and inquired about the entire sequence of events.
The two guards had no choice but to inform Fa Hua about Xu Yuan coming here, receiving the scripture's recognition, and condensing the divine codex.
"Directly attained the third-stage realm? Vanished into thin air?" Fa Hua's figure frowned.
This person undoubtedly possessed cultivation.
Among the abilities corresponding to the seventh page of the Wisdom Codex, none involved space manipulation.
Moreover,
"I can't sense his presence, nor his codex through the Wisdom Codex." Fa Hua was startled.
Decisively, Fa Hua instructed the two guards to activate the scripture immediately upon seeing Xu Yuan again, then his figure dissipated.
Fa Hua's main body quickly contacted other strong individuals in the Law Domain to discuss countermeasures.
After leaving the Temple of Wisdom, Xu Yuan appeared alone in a picturesque valley.
He sat cross-legged on the ground, eyes closed, silently resisting something.
Around his body, the power of fortune manifested into a spear, seemingly battling something.
"Even if not the source, these three great scriptures are one of Tang San's major fulcrums of fortune on Falan Star!" Xu Yuan gritted his teeth internally, controlling the fortune of the nine gates to counter the fierce fortune whip.
This time was different. Xu Yuan touching Tang San's fortune didn't just get involuntarily pulled into the fortune vortex—it directly provoked the fortune's retaliation.
"The path of the codex was opened by human pioneers. Ancestor Fa Chu was the first to reach the tenth stage, condensing The Beginning of All Laws, successfully distributing the codex's abilities to others. Then he condensed the eleventh and twelfth pages, becoming the first human Celestial God."
"In the subsequent long ages, the original twenty-four abilities of The Beginning of All Laws were enriched. With Fa Chu's assistance, the original scripture took shape, gathering human fortune and condensing the true first scripture."
"Over the long accumulation of time, the scripture truly encompassed all aspects of its twelve corresponding abilities!"
The scripture was a testament to human accumulation.
However, history was altered, attributing the achievement of The Beginning of All Laws to Tang San using his devouring ability to consume numerous demon and spirit race bloodlines, integrating their innate abilities into the codex.
Xu Yuan knew that not only The Beginning of All Laws but the other two scriptures must have also had their histories altered. Achievements accumulated over long history were attributed to one person.
"Law Domain, Blue Domain, Holy Domain—originally thought that the demonic power of the Holy Domain was the last to emerge and the most reliant on external forces. Unexpectedly, demonic power was humanity's initial cultivation method. With the help of the Demon God Transformation and Heaven Essence Transformation, and coincidental opportunities, pioneers like Fa Chu explored the path of the codex. Subsequent generations practiced the codex alongside demonic power, thoroughly comprehending the innate abilities in demon bloodlines and integrating them into the codex, achieving The Beginning of All Laws."
Even the elemental power cultivation of the Blue Domain was later derived, inseparable from the foundation of demonic power. Using bloodlines corresponding to different elements, they assisted in sensing elemental properties. Under the guidance of the relatively mature codex path, concepts gradually emerged, leading to the development of the elemental path without condensing the codex or relying on demon bloodlines.
This was the history of humanity's rise, a situation created by generations of humanity enduring hardships.
But for some reason, it became Tang San's achievement.
Xu Yuan took a deep breath.
Realizing all of this was akin to reversing fortune.
His willpower was sufficient to impact fortune, so Tang San's fortune sensed the danger of being 'altered' and retaliated.
"The three great scriptures, just dealing with the fortune corresponding to the seventh page of the Wisdom Codex in The Beginning of All Laws was this difficult."
Xu Yuan took a deep breath, feeling the weight of his mission.
Of course, part of it was due to the weak fortune of the nine gates.
Currently, his means of countering fortune relied on fortune rather than other powers.
"Fortune is quite mysterious. In the confrontation, it even attracted wandering fortune."
Neither side weakened during the confrontation; instead, they absorbed wandering fortune, strengthening themselves.
There was no time to waste.
Xu Yuan controlled the fortune spear formed from the nine gates, forcefully breaking through the encirclement of Tang San's fortune.
Rows of runes enveloped his body, shielding against the fortune's retaliation.
After a long while, he finally no longer felt the faint lock-on and dismissed the runes.
"Seems I need to restrain my will a bit. Otherwise, my influence on fortune would be too significant, provoking Tang San's fortune."
Only then did Xu Yuan take the time to examine his codex.
On the codex, the fourth page had already condensed.
Then the fifth and sixth pages.
The condensation of the first six pages was very rapid, essentially summarizing Xu Yuan's abilities.
The content of the first three pages had nothing to do with the Wisdom Codex. Xu Yuan merely used the guidance of the Wisdom Codex to condense this codex.
"This codex is pretty good; I can keep it."
Xu Yuan continued to condense the seventh page.
Time passed. The next day, Xu Yuan condensed the codex to the ninth page.
For subsequent condensations, he could complete them in one step but chose not to.
If he simply poured his abilities into the codex, he could certainly obtain a new scripture and pass on his abilities, but it wouldn't significantly enhance Xu Yuan's strength in a short time.
A new scripture required long-term accumulation.
Xu Yuan's personal comprehension was far from sufficient.
Of course, leveraging the collective wisdom to fill gaps and address overlooked aspects of his cultivation was also crucial.
But this approach provided minimal immediate combat power enhancement.
"For the last three pages, I need to acquire them externally."
Xu Yuan's gaze turned to other domains.
The Divine Ripple Realm, six domains and seven seas—where to go next?
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