A Sword Drifts Blood

Luo Feng gently clicked, exchanging for the 'Drifting Blood' Secret Art.

"Transaction successful!"

"640 points deducted. Balance: 360 points."

"Please wait. The secret art will be delivered shortly."

A series of prompt messages appeared on the screen.

Unlike purchasing weapons or Life Fruits, which require physical delivery, secret arts are obtained directly within the Virtual Universe! After all, secret arts are a form of knowledge dissemination, and the Virtual Universe, being a 100% simulation, is the most efficient, fastest, and safest channel for knowledge transfer.

In the real universe, physical delivery would require identity verification.

However, in the Virtual Universe, everything is under the supervision of the 'Virtual Universe System'. The secret art is sold by the Virtual Universe System itself! Delivery is, of course, incredibly secure.

"Incoming call request," Babata announced.

"Accept."

With a thought, a screen appeared before Luo Feng, displaying a beautiful woman. It was Mrs. Fusi, the Sector Lord who managed various affairs in the Taichu District of Yuxiang Mountain. Mrs. Fusi on the screen smiled and said, "Your Highness Luo Feng, the secret art codex has just arrived. We require Your Highness to receive it."

"Alright, I'll be right there," Luo Feng replied with a smile.

Truly fast!

In reality, physical delivery would take an extremely long time just for the cosmic journey.

...

*Whoosh!*

Luo Feng flew out of his manor, his Dark Cloud Shuttle transforming into a streak of light as he rapidly soared towards the building at the entrance of the Taichu District. He arrived in the blink of an eye, immediately spotting Mrs. Fusi, the Sector Lord, by the entrance, looking up and waiting.

Luo Feng swooped down.

"Your Highness Luo Feng," Mrs. Fusi greeted with a smile.

"Mrs. Fusi, where is it?" Luo Feng looked around.

"One moment," Mrs. Fusi said, looking towards the nearby building. Just then, a maid ran out, holding a silver briefcase, and respectfully handed it to Mrs. Fusi.

"Your Highness Luo Feng, this is the secret art codex our Taichu District just received. It's the one Your Highness purchased," Mrs. Fusi said, handing it over.

"Thank you," Luo Feng accepted it with anticipation.

Indeed.

Secret arts were truly important; he had genuinely experienced that recently. Before, he had the Yunmo Star legacy and the Golden Horn Behemoth legacy, so he had never worried about secret arts. But when studying the 'Ninefold Chaos Tablet', neither the Yunmo Star legacy nor the Golden Horn Behemoth legacy memories could help him.

Annoyingly, he had completely exhausted his points at the beginning. In the past eight months, his research into the first set of sword techniques had only yielded superficial understanding.

"Points are extremely precious, and earning them is difficult. The initial gifted points... were meant to help us lay a solid foundation. Babata, it was truly foolish of you to tempt me into buying secret arts back then," Luo Feng grumbled, flying high above the Taichu District on his way back, speaking to Babata perched on his shoulder, clearly disgruntled.

"Don't blame me!" Babata's small face looked innocent. "How was I supposed to know about Chaos City? I only knew one principle: the sooner you spend points on secret arts, the sooner you improve your strength."

"Stop making excuses."

"Having learned my lesson this time, I absolutely cannot easily use up items of unknown value in the future. Good steel must be used on the blade's edge! The initial gifted points were meant for laying a foundation, yet I directly bought a set of 'Shadow Secret Codex' for my Demon Killer Clan clone," Luo Feng shook his head.

Fortunately, he had cleared the first level, and because it was his first time entering Chaos City as a newcomer, the points for clearing the Sky-Reaching Bridge during his 30 years in Chaos City were awarded tenfold, which was how he obtained 1000 points.

Otherwise!

If he weren't a newcomer, the first level would only grant 100 points, the second 200, the third 400... and so on. It was clear how difficult it was to earn points!

...

Sitting at his desk, he set his laptop aside, then placed the silver briefcase on the desk. With a *click*, he opened it.

"Oh!"

Luo Feng's eyes lit up.

Inside the briefcase, countless black-covered books were neatly arranged. Each book bore the golden universal cosmic language characters for 'Jiuyu' and 'Drifting Blood', along with a number: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3... up to Volume 110!

"There are actually 110 volumes," Luo Feng exclaimed in surprise. Various cultivation secret arts were inherently profound, so their textual descriptions tended to be very long. For instance, when Luo Feng studied the 'Soul Imprint' secret manual, the foundational preparations alone, prior to cultivating the Soul Imprint, filled an entire first volume.

In his inherited memories, many of the Golden Horn Behemoth's secret arts, when translated into universal cosmic language, amounted to tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of characters.

"'Drifting Blood' is a foundational secret manual, and it's 110 volumes long." Luo Feng's heart stirred with excitement as he immediately picked up the topmost Volume 1!

At the center of the black cover were the prominent characters 'Jiuyu', with the slightly smaller 'Drifting Blood' beside them. In the bottom left corner was the name 'Lian Luo'.

Opening the secret art, Luo Feng began to read immediately.

"'Ninefold Chaos Tablet' Overview?"

"Insights into the Spatial Origin Laws?"

"Cultivation of 'Drifting Blood'?"

Luo Feng glanced at the table of contents and was surprised to find that this first volume, hundreds of thousands of words long, did not describe the 108 sets of sword techniques. Instead, it contained the author 'Lian Luo's' own understanding of the Ninefold Chaos Tablet, the Spatial Origin Laws, and some information regarding the cultivation of his self-created secret art, 'Drifting Blood'.

In summary.

This first volume of 'Drifting Blood' served as the general outline for the entire secret codex!

"Understanding his thoughts and his cultivation path will make studying these 108 sets of sword techniques much more effective," Luo Feng mused, then buried himself in reading.

The Spatial Origin Laws of the universe were vast and profound.

To fully comprehend them was almost impossible. Just consider the countless, incalculable number of humans across innumerable planets, generation after generation born, growing, dying... an endless cycle of reincarnation, a thousand years, ten thousand years, ten million years... after billions of years of cycles.

Only then, in the infinitely vast starfields, would a single Cosmic Nation Lord finally emerge!

To become a Cosmic Nation Lord, one must be either a Time Venerable or a Spatial Venerable! This clearly showed how incredibly difficult it was to thoroughly research and fully comprehend the Spatial Origin Laws!

The 'Ninefold Chaos Tablet' was the supreme cultivation path that allowed one to become a 'Spatial Venerable'!

The 'Ninefold Chaos Tablet' was unfathomably profound. Its corresponding Sky-Reaching Bridge had a total of 27 levels. Simply reaching the 21st level was enough to achieve the rank of 'Spatial Venerable' and become a Cosmic Nation Lord! And the Ninefold Chaos Tablet ultimately reached 27 levels; if one truly comprehended the entire Ninefold Chaos Tablet, they would truly stand at the pinnacle of countless races in the vast universe.

The Ninefold Chaos Tablet consisted of nine diagrams!

According to the description in the first volume of 'Drifting Blood', comprehending just seven of these diagrams would allow one to become a Spatial Venerable and a Cosmic Nation Lord!

The first diagram, 'Raindrop Diagram'; the second, 'Drizzle Diagram'; the third, 'Downpour Diagram'. These three diagrams represented a continuous, deep-level, detailed study of the 'Spatial Origin Laws'. It was like the complex computer language coding on Earth, but if one analyzed its most fundamental essence—

It was simply binary code, 0s and 1s.

The essence was very simple: binary!

Or take 'Chinese'. Chinese characters are complex, but in reality, they are just square characters formed by various strokes like 'piě' and 'nà'. These strokes are the most basic elements.

Or 'English'. No matter how complex, when analyzed to its deepest level, it's merely composed of letters like A, B, C, D...

The same principle applies!

Although the cosmic origin laws are incredibly profound, their most fundamental and essential aspects are still quite simple. These first three diagrams dissect the cosmic origin laws, breaking them down into 108 distinct profound mysteries. If Chinese characters are formed by strokes, and English by letters.

Then the cosmic origin laws are composed of these 108 most basic profound mysteries, constantly undergoing various complex combinations to ultimately form a vast law!

The first three diagrams delve into the deepest analysis.

While the fourth to sixth diagrams—are a systematic combination!

The fourth diagram is the Star Diagram, the fifth is the Stellar System Diagram, and the sixth is the Galaxy Diagram.

Whether it's binary, strokes, or simple letters like A, B, C, D... merely knowing these alone cannot create vast computer coding languages or a fantastical cyber world. Nor can strokes alone produce a multitude of Chinese characters and the awe-inspiring Chinese civilization. Nor can simple letters alone create a vast English system.

To combine these most basic elements into an immensely vast and rich cyber world, Chinese world, or English world.

Requires extensive combinations, numerous grammatical rules, and so on...

The same principle applies!

The 108 profound mysteries are the 108 most fundamental components after the cosmic origin laws have been dissected into fragments.

The first to third diagrams—are a dissection!

While the fourth to sixth diagrams—are a systematic combination!

Allowing these most fundamental elements to continuously combine, expand, gradually perfect, and constantly grow... until they finally form the perfect Spatial Origin Laws of the universe.

The seventh diagram—that incredibly strange beast—represents the most complete Spatial Origin Laws of the universe.

Comprehending the first seven diagrams allows one to become a 'Spatial Venerable' and a Cosmic Nation Lord!

"So that's the principle."

"I understand now," Luo Feng exclaimed, a little excited after reading the first two sections of Volume 1, 'Ninefold Chaos Tablet Overview' and 'Insights into the Spatial Origin Laws'. "Ordinary powerhouses comprehend laws and cultivate... it's like learning English by directly memorizing individual words, learning some today, some tomorrow, accumulating over time, and gradually growing stronger. But learning without a system is ultimately complex and inefficient!"

"But first dissect, then combine."

"It's like first learning the basic letters, then various grammatical rules, and then systematically learning words, forming sentences, and so on," Luo Feng chuckled.

The principle was simple.

Yet, the cosmic origin laws were billions of times more complex than Chinese or computer languages. Even Undying beings, whose soul calculation speed was no less than that of an AI, still found many unable to break through to become Venerables even after billions of years! This was precisely because it was too complex; after all, these were the Spatial Origin Laws of the universe, encompassing an immense breadth.

Binary code alone could form a cyber world.

These 108 profound mysteries could be interpreted as a base-108 system. How terrifyingly complex would the cosmic origin laws formed by their combination be?

What's more, each of these 108 profound mysteries was tens of millions of times vaster than the entirety of Chinese, English, or computer languages. Let alone the laws themselves.