In this place, the Water Domain of his clone was only weakened by about twenty percent.
It was far less affected than the Fire Domain or the Earth Domain.
The clone did not linger here as he had before, searching for the Wood-Origin Beast that was likely to exist. Instead, he continued to explore deeper inside.
After one clone located the Wood Region, the remaining two clones in this direction quickly arrived there as well.
...
During this period, Luo Fan had been continuously absorbing the energy from the Water Source Crystals.
Today, he felt as though he had reached a bottleneck.
Though, for him, this so-called bottleneck was almost nonexistent.
It was like a thin sheet of paper, one poke, and it would break.
Luo Fan looked toward his own status panel.
His cultivation, both as a warrior and as a spiritual telekinetic had reached 99.99%.
Now, he was only one step away from stepping into the Stellar Level.
However, the most important thing hadn't been done yet.
How could he break through now?
He hadn't even established his missions!
[Mission: Break through to Stellar Level, Stage One, as the main body (Warrior). Reward: Mission Quota +3, Comprehension +10,000, Luck +30,000, Water Source Crystals +100,000]
[Mission: Break through to Stellar Level, Stage One, as the main body (Spiritual Telekinetic). Reward: Comprehension +10,000, Luck +30,000, Water Source Crystals +100,000]
Luo Fan glanced at the mission rewards displayed on his system panel and couldn't help but curl his lips.
These rewards felt a bit too meager.
Mainly, it was because he already had too many good things now.
If he were breaking through to the Stellar Level back on Earth, two hundred thousand Water Source Crystals would have been more than enough for him.
After all, very few people began comprehending Domains while still at the Planetary Level.
Even for geniuses, most only started comprehending them after reaching the Stellar Level.
After setting up his missions, Luo Fan didn't hesitate in the slightest before beginning his breakthrough.
He planned to first advance his Warrior cultivation.
For him now, breaking through to the Stellar Level was simply too easy.
With a tenfold genetic foundation, his current bloodline was even stronger than that of most Domain Lords.
This meant that as long as his understanding of the Laws was sufficient, he would encounter almost no bottlenecks, essentially being able to advance all the way to the peak of the World Master level without obstruction.
Luo Fan took out a Water Source Crystal that had already been drained of its special energy.
In the next instant, a massive surge of energy rushed into his dantian.
Boom—
Luo Fan seemed to hear a thunderous roar.
Within his dantian, nine constantly rotating planets began to move toward the center, drawing closer together.
Very soon, the nine planets started to collide, compress, and merge.
At the very center of Luo Fan's dantian, a collapse began.
The nine planets shattered into countless fragments and were absorbed.
In no time, a blazing star appeared at the very center of Luo Fan's dantian.
At that moment, a familiar chime echoed in his mind, the sound of the system announcing the completion of his mission.
Luo Fan didn't claim the reward right away. Instead, he continued his breakthrough.
He intended to take advantage of the momentum and advance his Spiritual Telekinetic cultivation as well.
The energy from the Water Source Crystals no longer flowed into his dantian, it surged instead toward his Sea of Consciousness.
Soon, within that vast inner sea, another star was born.
Once again, the system's notification tone rang through his mind.
Luo Fan opened his eyes and glanced at his system panel.
Sure enough, the former "Planetary Level, Ninth Rank (99.99%)" had become "Stellar Level, First Rank (0.01%)."
He took a moment to feel the power coursing through his body.
He realized that with this single breakthrough, his combat strength had increased severalfold.
At this point, he could easily kill his former self from just a few minutes ago with a single strike.
He even felt that his clones, who could slay Stellar-Level Water Source Beasts despite being only Planetary-Level, were already remarkably powerful.
After fully sensing his newfound strength, Luo Fan sat back down cross-legged and began claiming his rewards.
In the next instant, that familiar sensation descended upon him once more.
A wave of cool, refreshing energy gently nourished Luo Fan's mind.
This time, the process lasted much longer.
After all, he had just increased his Comprehension by twenty thousand in one go.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Luo Fan began reviewing the matching secret techniques for his Tier 4 weapons, Azure Sea Tide and Ice Mist Blade.
As time passed, the cool sensation gradually faded away.
By then, Luo Fan had fully mastered the third form of the secret techniques associated with Azure Sea Tide and Ice Mist Blade.
As for the fourth form, that was still beyond his current grasp.
To comprehend the fourth form, one needed to step into the threshold of Laws.
After all, both Azure Sea Tide and Ice Mist Blade were top-grade Tier 4 weapons, and their corresponding secret techniques were anything but simple.
Having just completed his breakthrough, Luo Fan stood up and stretched slightly.
Now, not only had he advanced to the Stellar Level, but he had also mastered the third form of the Tier 4 weapon techniques.
At this moment, he was at least ten times stronger than before.
He decided to test his current strength, by hunting down a First-Rank Cosmic-Level Water Source Beast.
Right now, he was feeling very inflated with confidence.
Before long, using his spaceship's detectors, Luo Fan located the position of a Cosmic-Level, First Rank Water Source Beast.
In the next instant, a wormhole opened directly in front of him.
Luo Fan stepped through it in a single stride and appeared ten kilometers away, right near the First-Rank Cosmic-Level Water Source Beast.
The moment he emerged, the beast let out a furious roar.
"ROAR!"
Even from ten kilometers away, the Water Source Beast could sense Luo Fan's aura.
To it, a mere Stellar-Level intruder daring to enter its territory was nothing more than a bug to be swiftly crushed.
Luo Fan could feel a fierce and murderous aura rapidly approaching him.
In barely a second, the Water Source Beast arrived before him.
It resembled a white-furred ape, standing upright with only two arms and two legs.
However, it had two heads, each bearing three eyes, one mouth, and two nostrils.
There were no ears on its heads, only white fur covering everything except the faces.
Its entire body was coated in the same dense, snowy fur, while its hands and feet revealed patches of bluish-gray skin.
A sharp gleam of battle intent flashed across Luo Fan's eyes.
He instantly unfolded his Eightfold Water Domain.
Mist filled the surrounding area in an instant.
Moments later, the mist condensed into countless tiny ice crystals.
Luo Fan drew his Ice Mist Blade.
The Water Domain that had enveloped the surroundings suddenly contracted and fused onto the blade's surface.
Facing the charging Water Source Beast, Luo Fan didn't hesitate for even a heartbeat, he directly unleashed the third form of the Ice Mist Blade's matching secret technique:
"Condensed Ice Blade!"
A layer of frost instantly coated the Ice Mist Blade.
As Luo Fan swung down, a razor-sharp ice blade shot forth alongside a deep-blue arc of blade light, cleaving straight toward the Water Source Beast.
At this moment, the creature was less than ten meters away from him!
The Water Source Beast showed no sign of panic. It raised its right hand and clenched it into a fist.
Then, under Luo Fan's astonished gaze, a faint light-blue domain burst forth from within the Cosmic-Level, First Rank Water Source Beast.
In an instant, that layer of domain expanded outward, enveloping the entire creature.
The next moment, the bluish-gray fist and the deep-blue blade light collided head-on.
Crack!
The deep-blue blade light shattered instantly.
The ice blade it carried within was likewise crushed to pieces beneath the beast's fist.
Without losing any momentum, the Water Source Beast's punch continued forward, driving straight toward Luo Fan.
At a distance of merely ten meters between them, for beings like these, that was already close enough to strike face-to-face.
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