He had discovered a new region!
Adjacent to the Fire Region on the other side was the Earth Region.
In the Earth Region, the gravity was extremely strong, roughly tens of thousands of times stronger than that of Earth.
When his incarnation entered, he instantly felt uncomfortable.
After all, the incarnation had taken the form of Luo Fan's Earthling appearance.
It wasn't until the incarnation reverted to its true form that the discomfort disappeared.
After all, a Space Worm, even if merely an incarnation, was a creature capable of existing within spatial rifts.
Its ability to survive was extraordinarily strong.
Now that it had taken its true form, the incarnation immediately felt much better.
Without lingering, the incarnation continued deeper into the Earth Region to explore.
Before long, guided by this incarnation, the other two incarnations also arrived in the Earth Region.
As the incarnation continued advancing within the Earth Region, it began keeping watch for the possible presence of Earth Source Beasts.
Before long, the incarnation found one.
However, it was a cosmic-level Earth Source Beast.
The incarnation didn't even dare take another look, it immediately opened a wormhole and escaped once more.
The Earth Source Beasts looked different from the Water Source Beasts and Fire Source Beasts.
The Earth Source Beast the incarnation saw looked somewhat like a turtle.
However, it had eight legs, all short and touching the ground.
Its body, like that of a turtle, was somewhat flattened. Seen from above, it would appear oval-shaped.
Its entire body was covered not in fur, but in a layer of brown scales and armor.
What covered its back wasn't a turtle shell, it seemed that its flesh itself naturally formed this armor-like body.
Luo Fan felt that these Earth Source Beasts had been shaped by the terrifying gravity of the Earth Region.
In such an environment, to withstand that immense gravity, their bodies had to lower their center of mass.
At the same time, they needed more legs for support.
Unfortunately, Luo Fan couldn't kill it.
A cosmic-level Earth Source Beast was far beyond what his incarnation could handle.
Even if a Space Worm avatar entered the Earth Region, it might still not be able to deal with an Earth Source Beast.
After all, in this kind of environment, a cosmic-level Earth Source Beast had likely mastered the Earth Domain.
In its native region, mastering a domain was much easier than in the vast universe.
Moreover, the energy density within the secret realm was several times higher than that of the universe outside.
Not long after, the three incarnations exploring the Earth Region found another Earth Source Beast.
This time, the beast was only Stellar Level, Third Stage.
The incarnation did not hesitate, he immediately took out his new weapon.
[Mission: Use a Space Worm incarnation to kill a Stellar Level, Third Stage Earth Source Beast. Reward: Earth Source Crystal +80, Comprehension of the Earth's Origin Law +6.]
When he had killed a Fire Source Beast before, that beast had only been Planetary Level, so no mission could be established at that time.
However, this Earth Source Beast had reached Stellar Level, Third Stage, which was enough to trigger a mission.
The incarnation drew his new weapon and directly unleashed the Domain of Water.
Here in the Earth Region, the power of the Domain of Water would be weakened by about thirty percent.
If it were used in the Fire Region, its power would be reduced by forty to fifty percent instead.
Even so, facing a Stellar Level, Third Stage Earth Source Beast here was still troublesome.
Because if he took on his true body's form in this region, he would feel uncomfortable.
Thus, the incarnation could only fight in his original Space Worm body.
However, he still reduced the size of that body, otherwise, with its full size, he would be nothing but an easy target.
The Earth Source Beast's fighting style was quite distinctive, it mainly relied on charging attacks.
The incarnation discovered that the scales and armor covering its body had extremely high defense.
If he hadn't used Azure Sea Tide, then with the Wave-Piercing Shuttle alone, he might have only been able to break through its defense—barely.
Azure Sea Tide was composed of 1,008 water-drop-shaped spiritual weapons crafted for a mental force user.
The incarnation immediately unleashed the second form of the Azure Sea Tide's accompanying secret technique—Overturning Sea.
However, since he had only just learned it, the incarnation's control was still somewhat unskilled.
With one strike, he managed to shatter the Earth Source Beast's scales and armor.
It looked severe, but to the Earth Source Beast, it was nothing more than a superficial wound.
The incarnation noticed that the beast showed no real sign of weakened strength.
It was still brimming with vitality, only now, it had become even more enraged.
Moreover, the injuries on its body were slowly healing.
At that moment, the incarnation couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.
Its defense was simply too strong.
There was no other choice, he had to call for reinforcements.
Soon, the other two incarnations arrived as well.
All three incarnations had only recently entered the Earth Region, so the distance between them wasn't far.
A few wormholes were enough to bring them together.
In the end, under the combined assault of all three incarnations, the Earth Source Beast withstood the siege for over an hour before finally being slain.
At that moment, Luo Fan couldn't help but marvel at just how terrifyingly strong the Earth Source Beast's defense truly was.
The main reason, of course, was that the incarnations were weakened in the Earth Region.
If Luo Fan himself were to enter the Earth Region, his combat power might not even reach half of what it was in the Water Region.
On one side his strength was being suppressed, and on the other, the enemies were empowered.
The difference in combat ability was therefore immense.
After returning to his spaceship, Luo Fan first created a new mission.
[Mission: Comprehend the Earth Domain. Reward: Earth Source Crystal +10,000, Comprehension of the Earth Domain +100, Comprehension +1,000.]
With his current experience in mastering the Domain of Water, and the added six points of insight into the Earth's Origin Law, grasping the Earth Domain would not be a problem for him.
If he hadn't happened to encounter a Stellar Level, Third Stage Earth Source Beast that offered such generous rewards.
Luo Fan wouldn't have bothered to study the Earth Domain at all.
He hadn't planned to continue delving into it anyway.
In his view, if there were insight rewards, he would take the opportunity to comprehend; if not, he would simply leave it aside.
Luo Fan directly claimed the reward.
In the next instant, his mind was filled with insights into the Earth's Origin Law.
He felt as though he had become the earth itself.
That profound sensation of solidity and life force, so vast and grounding, made Luo Fan feel deeply entranced.
He continued to absorb and integrate those insights unceasingly.
Soon, that feeling faded away.
After all, it was only six points of comprehension in the Earth's Origin Law.
However, Luo Fan had already grasped the Essence of Thick Earth to a deeply mastered level.
He now felt that he was only one step away from comprehending the Earth Domain.
Picking up the eighty pieces of Earth Source Crystals he had just obtained, he used his Domain of Water to probe for abnormalities within them, then began absorbing the special energy contained inside.
As expected, after absorbing the special energy from sixty-eight of the Earth Source Crystals, a faint light-brown domain appeared around him.
At the same time, a notification sound echoed in his mind, the mission had been completed.
Luo Fan immediately claimed the reward.
After that, he continued to absorb all the remaining special energy from the Earth Source Crystals.
However, he still did not break through to the Second Layer of Domain.
He didn't continue hunting Earth Source Beasts either.
His incarnations proceeded as usual, continuing their journey.
Without deliberately searching for them, the chances of encountering Earth Source Beasts remained quite low.
Luo Fan's true body, meanwhile, continued leading most of the incarnations to hunt Water Source Beasts in the Water Region, gathering Water Source Crystals.
In this way, several more days passed.
One of the incarnations exploring deeper into the Water Region arrived at an area surrounded by plants, a place brimming with vibrant life force.
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