Chapter 1115: High-Level Explosion Theory

His second true body remained in the Yuan Mansion world.

Under his junior sister's persistent pestering, Xu Xiaoshou brought her out of the Yuan Mansion as well, to Void Island.

Of course, for safety, Xu Xiaoshou specifically prepared three drops of Saint Blood for his junior sister—the side-effect-free Saint Blood from Elder Sang's Radiance Lineage.

He didn't give her too much, fearing she might cause trouble everywhere with the Saint Blood; she was certainly capable of it!

He didn't give her too little, fearing that if she truly got into trouble, one drop of Saint Blood wouldn't be enough.

After all, this was a descendant of the former Tear Family, carrying the Divine Demonic Child. Even if she didn't seek trouble, she would likely encounter a heap of problems that would find her after leaving the Yuan Mansion.

Xu Xiaoshou had already prepared himself mentally to clean up after his junior sister; he wouldn't let her out of his sight now.

"Buzz."

The spatial channel closed. Xu Xiaoshou saw Mr. Ji Ren and Xiao Kongtong waiting in place and greeted them, "Sorry to keep you waiting, Teacher, Senior Brother."

He had invited both of them to enter the Yuan Mansion, but they had refused.

The reason was simple: Mei Ji Ren feared that his presence in an unstable miniature Yuan Mansion world would bring disaster to that realm.

After all, his true strength could fell a Demigod, and the "momentum" in his every move could even influence or alter the "Dao" of a nascent miniature world, which would be detrimental to the Yuan Mansion world's development.

Although Xu Xiaoshou believed his Yuan Mansion world could withstand a Demigod, Mei Ji Ren didn't want to take the risk.

He couldn't afford to lose.

As for Xiao Kongtong...

He was quite interested in the Yuan Mansion world, as he hadn't even acquired one himself.

He had collected abandoned Yuan Mansions for research, but the crucial point was that without the two prerequisites, they simply couldn't be activated.

Grandmasters of Spiritual Arrays could be found, but Grandmasters of Spiritual Arrays proficient in spatial arts were as rare as Spatial Attribute Spirit Cultivators.

As for Spatial Attribute Spirit Cultivators... across the entire world, Xiao Kongtong only knew three names.

Originally very interested, Xiao Kongtong wanted to enter Xu Xiaoshou's Yuan Mansion world to broaden his horizons.

However, after a glance from Mei Ji Ren, he explicitly refused. Indeed, what if something went wrong?

Better to avoid extra trouble, so he obediently waited outside with Mr. Ji Ren until now.

"Are you the Senior Brother of Canyue Immortal City?"

The two waiting outside were slightly surprised that Xu Xiaoshou brought out such a young girl from the Yuan Mansion world. Before they could even ask, Mu Zixi was already curiously scrutinizing Xiao Kongtong, full of zeal and questions:

"I heard you're Bazun An's... uh, that Eighth Sword Immortal's registered disciple, or was it unregistered? Never mind, but you're the only one, right?"

"How did you two meet? Have you seen him? I have!"

"What's in your sack? This sack isn't very nice. I'll weave you one, from flexible twigs, and in exchange, can I see what's inside?"

"Oh, do you know Sword Will? Like the 'Through-God Will' type, it's very advanced, you must know about it, right?"

"Canyue Immortal City... hmm, do you all worship a moon there? Sounds cool."

"I read in a book that Canyue Immortal City has tens of thousands of ancient sword cultivators, all very powerful. But aren't ancient sword cultivators extinct?"

"Is your entire commandery city called 'Canyue Immortal City' as big as a realm? Like the Eastern Heavenly Realm? Is it really that exaggerated?"

"The Eastern Heavenly Realm, even just one Eastern Heavenly Imperial City has so many people... Is the Eastern Moon Realm really ruled by just one person? And renamed 'Canyue Immortal City'?"

Xiao Kongtong was stunned.

Where did this little girl come from, with so many questions?

He didn't respond, his gaze shifting to Xu Xiaoshou with a hint of bewilderment.

"Uh..."

Xu Xiaoshou rubbed his forehead. My fault...

In the Yuan Mansion world, he had given his junior sister a general overview of the outside, naturally emphasizing Mei Ji Ren and Xiao Kongtong.

However, his perception of Xiao Kongtong was no longer that of an unfathomable senior, but rather the talkative one from Canyue Immortal City he had seen when he transformed into a water ghost beneath the deep sea.

As a result, Mu Zixi's sense of awe seemed to vanish from that point onward.

Because her curiosity about "Senior Brother of Canyue Immortal City," a grand figure who, still alive in this era, could be written into books and become the protagonist of various stories and legends, turned Mu Zixi into a veritable "why-girl" as soon as it appeared.

Moreover, most of the questions she asked were also ones Xu Xiaoshou was curious about.

"This is Mr. Ji Ren, you've met him, also known as Elder Mei." But Xu Xiaoshou had already realized something was amiss and quickly pulled his junior sister, introducing her to the other person.

"Greetings, Elder Mei." Only then did the little girl obediently bow.

Towards this guest elder of the First Pavilion in Heaven, one of the Seven Sword Immortals recognized across the Five Domains of the continent, and a grand figure who Xu Xiaoshou said had even slain Demigod Jiang Buyi, she dared not act rashly.

"Mu Xiaogong?" Mei Ji Ren smiled, clearly remembering this adorable girl.

"Hmm..." Mu Zixi shrank her head, timidly looking at Xu Xiaoshou, a bit embarrassed to speak.

"Actually, her name is Mu Zixi, Mu Xiaogong was just an alias," Xu Xiaoshou said with a smile, not finding anything wrong with it.

Mu Zixi... As Xiao Kongtong said the name, it seemed like he remembered something. "Are you Senior Wuxiu's second disciple?"

Wuxiu?

Mu Zixi was momentarily stunned before realizing, "Yes, that's me."

Xiao Kongtong nodded, joined two fingers, infused them with Sword Will, and before anyone could react, he decisively tapped Mu Zixi's glabella.

"Om—"

A sword hum arose, shaking the surroundings.

The little girl was startled, repeatedly stepping back and shrinking behind Xu Xiaoshou. She touched her glabella with a panicked expression but found no blood.

Wh-what was that?

Did he just try to kill me?

It couldn't be, right? Just a few questions...

"I do know 'Sword Will,' and this is my 'Sword Will.'"

Xiao Kongtong smiled kindly, lowered his finger, and explained, "This 'Sword Will' is now residing within you. If anything happens, you can activate it and use it. As long as I sense it and am nearby, I will come over to help you resolve the trouble."

Is this a welcoming gift?

Mu Zixi held her forehead, her large eyes blinking, the fear in them disappearing, replaced by a sweet smile: "Thank... thank you, Senior Brother."

"It's nothing," Xiao Kongtong waved his hand. As Senior Wuxiu's disciple, he should naturally look out for her.

"Your Sword Will can summon you?" Xu Xiaoshou, standing by, was puzzled. "Can I use it to contact you?"

Xiao Kongtong's eyebrow twitched sharply, and he said with slight disdain, "Don't you have a way to contact Teacher? If something happens to you, don't look for me, go directly to my Teacher! After all, your problems might be beyond my ability to solve."

"Received disdain, Passive Point, +1."

Xu Xiaoshou: "..."

Don't underestimate yourself, Senior Brother. You are the master of Canyue Immortal City, a grand figure who rules an entire realm!

Xiao Kongtong, however, didn't think that way at all.

When he mentioned this, all that flashed through his mind were images of Xu Xiaoshou provoking Demigod Jiang Buyi.

If Mr. Ji Ren hadn't come over first to slay a Demigod's avatar then, how things would have ended would have been a problem. At the very least, Xiao Kongtong didn't believe he could slay a Demigod.

He could only last ten breaths... ten breaths under a Demigod.

"Are things all settled?" At this point, Mei Ji Ren saw that the group had finally quieted down and asked Xu Xiaoshou.

"Yes." Xu Xiaoshou had already told Mr. Ji Ren about his plan to return to the Yuan Mansion to consume the Dragon Apricot after slaying Elder Xie and Ghost Granny.

Now, when asked, he replied, "No major issues. My cultivation realm has also stabilized, and I should be able to break through to the Throne Dao Realm in a few days."

Mu Zixi whipped her head around at the sound. That fast?

Xu Xiaoshou's cultivation fluctuations had become indiscernible to outsiders at some unknown point, so she hadn't known this before.

But she also remembered that before she fell into slumber, Xu Xiaoshou had only recently broken through to the Grandmaster realm, right?

Now she had slept and become a Throne Dao Realm cultivator, and upon waking, Xu Xiaoshou was also about to step into this realm?

"How do you cultivate?" Mu Zixi's eyes were full of curiosity, and a sense of crisis already welled within her. How could Xu Xiaoshou's cultivation progress be so fast? She was about to be caught up to again!

"Harder than you," Xu Xiaoshou snapped, glancing at his junior sister. He didn't want to answer. Was this girl doing it on purpose? Probably! Just to annoy him...

"The Throne Dao Realm is a threshold. Ancient sword cultivators don't have this threshold, or rather, they do, but it's not as obvious as for Spirit Cultivators. To enter the Throne Dao Realm through spirit cultivation, you must decide in advance which path you want to major in. You can't bite off more than you can chew," Mei Ji Ren pointed out.

He knew Xu Xiaoshou had mastered multiple abilities.

Before the Throne, combining various abilities might lead to unpredictable combat styles and achieve a result greater than the sum of its parts.

But upon entering the Throne, truly stepping into the cultivation of the Great Dao, this approach was no longer advisable.

Looking across the Five Domains, how many geniuses were there?

Yet, Spirit Cultivators who mastered a single path and comprehended its profundity were already few and far between; if one cultivated multiple paths simultaneously, their energy would inevitably be dispersed.

In such a situation, if the goal was still to "master profundity," then the time cost of cultivating multiple paths simultaneously would truly be too high, too high.

Therefore, one must choose a primary path and supplementary ones, clearly distinguishing between main and secondary, to make continuous progress. Otherwise, a genius like Xu Xiaoshou, in Mei Ji Ren's eyes, would likely be trapped in the Throne Dao Realm for decades.

Decades...

This might even be a conservative estimate.

Once Xu Xiaoshou got bogged down, dispersing his efforts across spirit cultivation, sword arts, and body cultivation, he might not achieve mastery in any of them for centuries.

"That's exactly what I wanted to ask," Xu Xiaoshou nodded in deep agreement, not seeing himself as a peerless prodigy who could break all established rules of the world.

He was already a Sword Dao Throne, and practicing sword arts with Mr. Ji Ren was one path.

But the Throne Dao Realm had to be mastered, as it concerned another wave of upgrades for his Passive System, allowing him to perform subsequent point allocation and enhancements.

As for the path of spirit cultivation, how to choose a primary one seemed to be another challenge.

"I've seen some Spirit Cultivators whose domains, mastered after reaching the Throne Dao Realm, are very special?" Xu Xiaoshou voiced his confusion.

Even though Mei Ji Ren and Xiao Kongtong were both ancient sword cultivators, born in the age of spirit cultivation and having reached such a high realm, how could they have only a superficial understanding of spirit cultivation methods?

Before Mei Ji Ren could speak, Xiao Kongtong, who had slain countless Spirit Cultivators during his campaigns in the Eastern Moon Realm, already spoke:

"The Throne Domain is a special rule-based area. Generally, whoever opens the domain dominates. Whoever's domain is stronger can shatter the opponent's domain. It's simple and crude."

"The deeper one's comprehension of the power of rules and the Great Dao, the more apparent the advantageous terrain gained from expanding such a domain becomes."

Pausing, Xiao Kongtong looked over and continued to elaborate:

"I know the special domains you're talking about... I've slain many Thrones and experienced various different special domains. Sometimes I've also been restrained by some strange abilities, so I've conducted in-depth research."

"To summarize, there are no more than three ways to cultivate such a special domain."

Xu Xiaoshou glanced at his junior sister, finding her listening with a face full of curiosity, and immediately asked, "Which three?"

"First, a normal domain naturally forms after reaching the Throne Dao Realm, but then transforms into a special domain upon comprehending the power of profundity at the peak of the Dao Realm... This type of domain is almost invincible; ordinary domains are as fragile as paper before them. This is the strongest domain!"

Xu Xiaoshou immediately thought of the Dean's "Master of Myriad Worlds."

Before Ye Xiaotian's spatial attribute, ordinary domains were riddled with flaws.

And when his domain "Master of Myriad Worlds," formed by perfectly condensed spatial profundity, opened, it could even shatter hundreds of Thrones, whether they were Dao Realm, Dao Severing, or even Void Supremes' stacked domains.

This had already been experienced at Solitary Sound Cliff.

Truly terrifying!

Mei Ji Ren also nodded, clearly endorsing Xiao Kongtong's words.

His life's primary focus was teaching swordsmanship, with combat being secondary. In this regard, he didn't have as much authority to speak as Xiao Kongtong.

"Second, when cultivating the Throne Dao Realm and comprehending the power of domains, one can voluntarily incorporate special items to form a special domain."

"The strength of such a domain is related to the grade of the incorporated treasures, and even to special connections between different treasures. For instance, it's best to avoid incompatible elements like water and fire, or intertwined yin and yang..."

Xiao Kongtong paused, then chuckled, "As you can imagine, even if two Saint-grade water and fire elemental treasures were simultaneously integrated into a domain, the result would only be a massive explosion, not the formation of a special domain."

Xu Xiaoshou's eyes lit up immediately. He felt enlightened, as if some blockage in his mind had been cleared.

— "Advanced Explosion Theory?"

"I can indeed foresee it..." Xu Xiaoshou nodded thoughtfully. The door to a new world had suddenly opened.

Mei Ji Ren and Xiao Kongtong both nodded slightly, but only Mu Zixi felt that something was amiss.

No...

What Xu Xiaoshou foresaw was probably different from what the two of them imagined. He was most likely starting to consider the feasibility of this "explosion"!

You two shouldn't be nodding now; you should be stopping him!

The little girl's eyes widened, staring intently at her senior brother, seemingly trying to force him with her gaze to reveal his true thoughts, but ultimately to no avail.

"Received curse, Passive Point, +1, +1, +1, +1..."

Xu Xiaoshou inexplicably turned his head and glanced at his junior sister, thinking that her White Cave miniature world likely fell under the second category.

While cultivating the Throne Domain, she integrated an entire interdimensional spatial world into it.

Even looking across the Five Domains of the continent, this was probably a rare occurrence.

It was just a pity that such an extremely high-level ability ended up with this foolish girl who seemed to have wisdom in her eyes—a complete waste of a natural treasure!

"What if it's the second situation combined with the first?" Xu Xiaoshou asked, feeling as if he could already envision a special domain from the start, then exploding and transforming after comprehending profundity.

Xiao Kongtong, however, shook his head and gave a different answer: "It might be stronger, but it might also be weaker. In the most severe cases, it could even lead to the domain collapsing and the Dao foundation being damaged."

Xu Xiaoshou was startled: "Why?"

Xiao Kongtong chuckled and said, "If the special supreme treasure you previously incorporated seemed consistent with your own spirit cultivation path, but after ultimately comprehending the power of profundity, you discover a fundamental difference between the two, wouldn't the consequences of such a situation be an even worse case of incompatible water and fire, or intertwined yin and yang?"

"I see..." Xu Xiaoshou felt his mind expand again. Such a concept existed? It was advanced beyond advanced!

Seeing Xu Xiaoshou's realization, Mei Ji Ren and Xiao Kongtong both nodded with satisfaction.

To guide a junior towards the right path was a deed of great merit for them.

Only Mu Zixi, after listening blankly, suddenly glanced at her senior brother again and indeed saw him musing, thinking, his eyes secretly gleaming...

No!

Why give this guy so much input on "explosion knowledge"?

His threat to this world was already significant enough; he couldn't be given such advanced demolition knowledge anymore. This was already at the Throne level!

A Throne-level battle could casually cause heaven and earth to tremble and space to fracture.

Summoning domains was originally meant to ensure that battles didn't affect outsiders, wasn't it? If the essence of summoning a domain was for a bigger explosion...

Mu Zixi shivered, feeling a chill run down her spine.

She dared not let Xu Xiaoshou ask any further and forcibly changed the subject for her senior brother.

"Then what's the third situation?"