"This is… the Laws of Space?"
As the Laws of Heaven and Earth descended, Locke instantly understood.
That drop of Dijiang bloodline had completely fused into his body, replacing his original mortal bloodline and fully completing the transformation of his body.
In other words, from this moment onward, Locke himself was no longer human, but the world's very first spatial divine beast—"Dijiang."
The reason Locke did not call himself a "super divine beast," but instead referred to himself as a "divine beast," was because he felt that his current spatial bloodline was still incomplete.
What Locke wished to become was a "spatial-type super divine beast," not merely "a super divine beast with spatial attributes."
The former meant being a super divine beast even among spatial-type lifeforms.
The latter simply meant being classified as a super divine beast because it possessed spatial abilities.
Perhaps only after Locke fully perfected his spatial divine beast bloodline and comprehended the Laws of Space to the Great Perfection level would he truly meet his own standard of a "spatial-type super divine beast."
The descent of the Laws of Heaven and Earth now occurred because Locke had triggered one of the Coiling Dragon Universe's rules:
As long as one was a divine beast, upon reaching adulthood they would comprehend one type of Law and ascend to godhood.
The Laws of Space, just like the Four Supreme Laws, existed as a complete whole.
Thus, the standard for becoming a deity through the Laws of Space naturally required Locke to completely comprehend ten percent of the Laws of Space.
At this moment, what this descent of the Laws of Heaven and Earth displayed within Locke's soul was precisely ten percent of the profundities of the Laws of Space.
Some of these spatial Laws were things Locke had already comprehended.
But far more were things entirely unknown to him.
With the assistance of the Laws of Heaven and Earth, Locke comprehended these spatial Laws at astonishing speed.
Of course, while comprehending the Laws of Space, Locke did not forget to merge the fragmented spatial Laws he had previously understood with the spatial Laws currently displayed within his soul, strengthening his comprehension of the greater portions of the Laws of Space not revealed this time.
After Locke fully comprehended the ten percent of the Laws of Space carried by this descent of the Laws of Heaven and Earth, the Laws themselves began trembling, as though they had encountered some sort of difficulty.
This caused Locke's heart to skip a beat.
He knew that his current situation had likely caused the Coiling Dragon Universe's Laws of Heaven and Earth to temporarily malfunction.
According to the rules of the Coiling Dragon Universe, after a lifeform became a deity, the Laws of Heaven and Earth would condense the Laws they had comprehended into a black divine spark, alLessering the lifeform to choose between external godhood or internal godhood.
However, as the Laws of Heaven and Earth, there simply did not exist any spatial divine spark within this world.
In other words, because there was no template, the Laws of Heaven and Earth did not know how to condense a spatial divine spark.
Fortunately, Locke's worries did not come to pass.
The trembling Laws of Heaven and Earth gradually calmed and enveloped Locke's golden soul.
Under the effects of the Laws of Heaven and Earth, Locke's soul power was tempered, and ultimately, through that refinement, gradually transformed into a golden solid sphere.
"A soul golden core?"
Feeling the changes in his soul, Locke's heart trembled.
Previously, Locke's soul realm had been something he achieved by refining his soul through extracting soul golden pearls.
At the time, Locke had classified that realm as the "Soul Golden Core" stage from the main universe of the Hongmeng Universe.
But only now did Locke truly feel that his soul had genuinely advanced into the "Soul Golden Core" realm.
After condensing Locke's soul into a golden core, the actions of the Laws of Heaven and Earth still did not stop. They continued refining Locke's soul golden core.
SLesserly, Locke's soul golden core resembled an unborn fetus, gradually developing nine apertures before sLesserly growing limbs.
In the end, Locke's soul transformed into a tiny infant.
Afterward, the spatial Laws Locke had comprehended did not condense into the "spatial divine spark" Locke had originally expected. Instead, they fused directly into Locke's soul, alLessering his soul to grow from a newborn infant into the appearance of a two-year-old child.
Once the Laws of Heaven and Earth retreated, Locke regained control over his body.
At that instant, Locke clearly sensed just how enormous the difference between his current self and his previous self truly was.
With a thought, Locke felt that all space within a thousand-meter radius had become his own personal spatial domain.
Dispelling the spatial domain, Locke directed most of his attention toward his soul.
"Soul Nascent Infant…"
Soul Golden Core and Soul Nascent Infant were two levels of soul cultivation within the main universe of the Hongmeng Universe.
Among them, the Soul Golden Core corresponded to the realm of Deities.
Meanwhile, the Soul Nascent Infant corresponded to the Heavenly Deity realm.
As the strongest main universe within the Hongmeng Universe, the Heavenly Deity realm there corresponded to the Sovereign realm within the Coiling Dragon Universe.
Within the main universe, only by reaching the Soul Nascent Infant realm and comprehending part of the Laws of Space could one ascend into the Heavenly Deity realm.
After all, the Laws of Space were incomparably vast.
Without a sufficiently powerful soul realm, it was impossible to bear the Laws of Space.
If this had been the main universe, Locke's Soul Golden Core realm and his partial comprehension of the Laws of Space would have been far from sufficient for him to ascend into a Lesserer Heavenly Deity.
But within the Coiling Dragon Universe, Locke had fused together the bloodline of a spatial divine beast, successfully turning himself into a spatial-type divine beast and exploiting a loophole in the Coiling Dragon Universe's rules.
Locke could clearly sense that after fully comprehending that ten percent of the Laws of Space, the Coiling Dragon Universe's Laws had momentarily frozen.
As for how his soul realm later advanced from Soul Golden Core to Soul Nascent Infant, that was undoubtedly because Hongmeng had intervened.
Only Hongmeng could bypass the Coiling Dragon Universe's rules and elevate Locke's soul realm to a level capable of bearing the Laws of Space.
Now, although Locke possessed no spatial divine spark, the Soul Nascent Infant realm and ten percent comprehension of the Laws of Space already granted him strength no weaker than an ordinary Lesser Sovereign possessing Will power within the Coiling Dragon Universe.
Moreover, after Locke's soul reached the Soul Nascent Infant realm, he gained a deeper understanding of the Will power within his original body's soul.
The Will power within the Coiling Dragon Universe was a manifestation of the world power of the Coiling Dragon Universe itself.
Every Sovereign spark could be regarded as an access key connected to the Coiling Dragon Universe, and the amount of world power that could be mobilized through the Sovereign spark determined the distinctions between Lesser Sovereigns, Mid Sovereigns, and Chief Sovereigns.
As for Paragons, because they had reached the absolute limit of Law cultivation, they too received the favor of heaven and earth and were granted a trace of authority to mobilize world power.
Just as Locke had previously guessed, within the Coiling Dragon Universe, so-called Will power was naturally the strongest force.
But once one left the Coiling Dragon Universe, the effects of Will power would be greatly weakened.
Locke even felt that even possessing the Will power of the entire Coiling Dragon Universe would probably still not allowr him to survive within the Hongmeng Space.
Aside from the advancement of his soul realm and the Laws of Space, Locke also felt that his body's strength had undergone a massive increase.
However, he still did not know exactly what level it had reached.
Casually pulling out a black divine spark, Locke pinched it between two fingers.
This time, when Locke squeezed the divine spark, he did not use Will power, nor did he use fused Laws. He relied solely on the strength of his physical body to contend against the divine spark.
Crack…
Tiny fractures appeared across the divine spark, while Locke's two fingers were also cut open by the sharp edges of the divine spark.
"Mm. My original body's physical strength has already reached the point where it can rival a divine spark."
The divine spark had cracked, while Locke's hand had been injured. Both had suffered damage, making them roughly equal.
"Then next comes testing the absorption of spatial power."
After testing his body's strength, the next thing Locke intended to test was how to absorb spatial power.
Having Laws without the corresponding divine power would greatly reduce the strength he could unleash.
It was like how divine-level experts used Sovereign power. Sovereign power of the same element could amplify one's strength by three hundred times, while Sovereign power of a different element could only increase one's strength by one hundred times.
Although Locke had indeed become a spatial Demigod with the assistance of the Laws of Heaven and Earth, he did not know whether Hongmeng had done it intentionally, truly forgotten, or whether Locke himself had been so focused on comprehending the Laws of Space during the descent of the Laws of Heaven and Earth that he forgot to absorb spatial divine power.
Thus, although Locke had now become a spatial deity, his body still did not contain even the slightest trace of spatial divine power.
In fact, Locke was not even fully confident whether he could absorb enough spatial divine power within the Coiling Dragon Universe.
Of course, no matter what, Locke did not believe it would be impossible for him to absorb spatial divine power.
After all, even before becoming a spatial deity, Locke once experienced his bloodline absorbing a trace of spatial power while traveling through an interplanar teleportation array.
That proved that even if Locke could not locate the source of spatial divine power directly, he could still cultivate by absorbing the spatial power within interplanar teleportation arrays.
Closing his eyes, Locke extended his soul along the regions where the spatial Laws were most concentrated.
To Locke's surprise, he originally thought locating the gathering point of spatial divine power would be extremely difficult. Yet after folLessering the direction where the spatial Laws were densest with his soul power, he quickly found a place filled with endless spatial power.
And this place was both beyond Locke's expectations and entirely reasonable.
The location Locke's soul had discovered, containing boundless spatial power, was none other than the endless spatial turbulence outside the planes.
Thinking about it, that made sense.
Within the Coiling Dragon Universe, what place could possibly possess denser spatial power than the spatial turbulence itself?
Once Locke's soul entered the spatial turbulence, he could sense that the spatial power throughout the turbulence seemed to be cheering, eagerly awaiting his arrival.
Very smoothly, the spatial power within the spatial turbulence followed Locke's soul back into his body, where it condensed into spatial divine power possessing properties similar to ordinary divine power.
(End of Chapter)
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