Chapter 4695: Comprehending the Rule
Again and again, it was like an endless cycle, never stopping.
Every time Lin Moyu shattered him, he would recover with a scream.
Whenever he screamed, Lin Moyu was immobilized, as if the whole world had become a prison trapping him.
Lin Moyu understood the opponent's rule: whenever the rule lifeform was shattered, it would restore itself, and during the restoration process, Lin Moyu would be unable to move and unable to stop it.
He couldn't escape either not even by choosing not to fight.
Attempts to retreat quickly struck an invisible wall; at some unknown point, the space had become isolated and he was trapped inside.
He could only break free by killing the opponent; otherwise, the battle would continue endlessly.
Lin Moyu was a bit frustrated he tried all sorts of methods, even attempted to burn the rule lifeform to death with the World Destroying Fire.
But the result never changed: the World Destroying Fire could indeed burn the enemy to death, but as soon as it was "half dead," the scream would erupt, the fire would be repelled in the scream, and Lin Moyu would once again be immobilized forced to watch as the opponent recovered to full strength.
The Primal Gem laughed, "Master, feeling helpless?"
Lin Moyu grunted, "This rule is troublesome. Got any ideas?"
The Primal Gem said, "There's a solution of course, but I think it's better if you work it out yourself. That way, you'll understand the rules more deeply."
Lin Moyu didn't press further. The Primal Gem had a point if he solved this himself, he'd have a better grasp of rules.
By understanding the rule more deeply, he could also perfect his own Primordial Technique a win all around.
He calmed down and began to observe and search for a solution during the battle.
The rule lifeform appeared irrational, but actually operated under strict logic.
It would never go beyond its rule, and rules are never perfect finding a loophole was the key to defeating it.
Endless battle set Lin Moyu thinking more deeply about rules.
The struggle became mechanical and numbing, the battle's result less important.
Again and again, he shattered the opponent, who recovered anew he'd lost track of the number of rounds.
Gradually, he noticed problems:
As soon as he met the opponent's eyes, he was locked in as a target.
In the rule lifeform's eyes, only Lin Moyu existed.
Its attacks were monotonous and direct, never changing.
That is, all its attention was on him and nothing else.
So…
During a brief lull, Lin Moyu quickly created a clone and engaged the enemy from front and back.
The rule lifeform ignored the clone and targeted only the real Lin Moyu.
When the real body shattered it, the scream sounded and the real body was frozen, but the clone could still act.
"That's it! The rule I finally know how to break it!"
Next round, as the lifeform restored and the new battle started, Lin Moyu sent out World Destroying Fire but this time into the clone's hands.
The main body wielded Death Force, battering the rule lifeform into fragments.
The scream came; the real Lin Moyu was immobilized and the lifeform began recovering.
This time, the clone attacked with the fire, interrupting the restoration directly and silencing the scream.
Burned before it could recover, the rule lifeform was reduced to ash.
Lin Moyu sensed a change space, once frozen, began to flow again.
"It's over!"
He let out a long breath, his eyes bright with insight.
This endless, repeating battle had deepened his understanding of rules.
Rules were really simple just countless basic rules woven into a complex net what cultivators see as a web, not the individual threads.
To truly understand rules, one should not look at the web, but unravel and comprehend each thread.
Primordial Technique's true intent is just that: to finely control individual rules, and the finer that control, the stronger the technique.
By fine tuning the world's rules, he couldn't change reality, but could make his world the strongest within its rank.
Even among Six Wheel worlds, strength varies, and the rules largely determine that difference.
Tweaking the rules made worlds stronger and the essence of world rules is balance.
Suddenly, Lin Moyu realized the true meaning of the Balance Gem: its real purpose was balancing world rules, not just "balancing forces or auras" in general.
He'd only ever used a fraction of its true power, missing the essence for superficial effects.
The Primal Gem asked, "Master, how does it feel?"
Lin Moyu nodded, "The gains were huge."
He now had more ideas for the Primordial Technique, and intended to adjust it after returning.
He believed that, after revision, the Primordial Technique would become stronger and nearly perfect.
He was close to creating the ideal version for his Linguistic God World.
Moreover, Lin Moyu felt he could perhaps combine the Primordial Technique and Lord Xunzhi's Surpassing Heaven Technique into a unique secret art for himself.
This impulse might actually be the right path.
As the World Destroying Fire gradually faded, a tiny crystal about the size of a fingernail appeared in the ashes, resembling a transparent gem and radiating a peculiar aura.
Lin Moyu inspected it carefully this was a Rule Crystal.
He could feel the pure rule energy within, refined by the World Destroying Fire perfect for strengthening the rules in the Linguistic God World.
"Excellent!" Lin Moyu was overjoyed Rule Crystals were rare. Even after refining world cores before, he'd never gotten one.
Most of the rules in world remnants were shattered it was hard to obtain a Rule Crystal.
Only in Seven Wheel and higher worlds could enough rules remain intact for Rule Lifeforms to emerge, and some powerful ones possessed Rule Crystals.
In the past, the Breaker of the Sky Emperor had pursued Rule Crystals by directly refining unbroken worlds, even killing many Supremes in the process.
But that left impurities, and the rules he obtained weren't pure. In the end, his world hit the Six Wheel limit, but still fell short.
His was the first world to collapse in the Forbidden Zone of Life the world's rule power had no effect.
Things were different now. If Lin Moyu wanted more Rule Crystals, he'd have to search Seven Wheel (or higher) world remnants.
He would not repeat the Breaker of the Sky's mistakes.
"Let's move on."
Stowing the Rule Crystal, Lin Moyu headed toward the world's core.