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Xu Ming embraced the Water-attributed Chaos Stone Carving, frantically comprehending it; his entire being seemed to wander in the vast ocean, becoming one with the "Water".

In terms of "comprehension" alone!

Xu Ming's comprehension of the Water Heavenly Dao, although slightly inferior to the Fire Heavenly Dao, was stronger than the Wind Heavenly Dao!

It's just that, the Wind Heavenly Dao first "seized" Xu Ming's body, and then the Fire Heavenly Dao ran over to become the "concubine"; the pitiful Water Heavenly Dao could only be reduced to the "third concubine"…

Under the suppression of the "legal wife" and the "concubine", the Water Heavenly Dao, this "third concubine", had a very hard time!

Although Xu Ming's comprehension of the Water Heavenly Dao was excellent, his cultivation efficiency was dozens of times lower than that of the Wind Heavenly Dao! — Of course, even if it was dozens of times lower, Xu Ming's cultivation speed was still much faster than other geniuses!

Moreover—

Xu Ming could comprehend the Water-attributed Chaos Stone Carving infinitely!

Therefore, Xu Ming's speed of improvement in the Water Heavenly Dao was still astonishing!

…

Four years passed in the blink of an eye.

Xu Ming sat beside the Water-attributed Chaos Stone Carving for four years! And his understanding of the Water Heavenly Dao had also undergone earth-shattering changes.

"Almost four years…" Xu Ming still occasionally paid attention to the passage of time, "Zhan Wuwei's time to leave the God's Domain should be next month!"

Before entering the Chaos Hall for closed-door cultivation, Xu Ming had asked Zhan Wuwei to take him away from the God's Domain after four years.

"However, my understanding of the Water Heavenly Dao is still slightly lacking… Before leaving, I'm afraid I won't be able to break through to the Dao Venerate level!"

Another month passed.

"Still short of a line!"

"Only a line away, and the Water Heavenly Dao will be able to step into the Dao Venerate level!"

Xu Ming tried his best to comprehend.

However, this line stubbornly stuck him; preventing him from breaking through!

"Master," Little Guai's voice sounded deep in Xu Ming's mind, "The time you asked me to remind you has arrived! Tomorrow, Zhan Wuwei will leave the God's Domain!"

"The time has already arrived?"

Although Xu Ming still wanted to continue comprehending the Water-attributed Chaos Stone Carving until he broke through; but on second thought: "Heavenly Dao comprehension emphasizes opportunity; since I can't break through for the time being, it means the opportunity hasn't arrived! The more anxious I am to break through, the less likely I am to break through! — Forget it, forget it, I should go out first! Anyway, I'm only a line away from breaking through; even if I leave the God's Domain, there will be plenty of opportunities to break through, no need to rush."

Thinking of this, Xu Ming stood up calmly, preparing to leave.

And at the moment of getting up, Xu Ming suddenly smiled knowingly.

He understood!

By letting go of his obsession, Xu Ming suddenly understood.

…

Before leaving the God's Domain, Xu Ming went to see Palace Master Jitian.

Suddenly, Palace Master Jitian took out a jade talisman: "Take this with you!"

The jade talisman felt warm in his hand; within the jade talisman, some relatively simple Heavenly Dao patterns were also engraved.

"This is…?" Xu Ming asked with some confusion.

Palace Master Jitian said: "With this jade talisman, you can directly contact me from any corner of the Endless Continent, as long as it's not some very special place!"

So it was a communication jade talisman!

Xu Ming didn't think much about it and directly put it away.

"Right!" Palace Master Jitian added, "There's one more thing—have you ever thought about opening a Secret Realm?"

Opening a Secret Realm?

As everyone knows, once one reaches the Dao Venerate level, one possesses the strength to open a Secret Realm.

As for the size of the Secret Realm, the stability of the Secret Realm space, etc., it depends on the strength of the opener, as well as the treasures used—the stronger the strength, the better the treasures used, the better the Secret Realm opened, naturally!

Like the Dao-Seeking Demon Domain that Xu Ming had been to, among the Secret Realms opened by Dao Venerates, it could almost be called the most top-level.

Being able to open up such a Secret Realm, the opener of that Dao-Seeking Demon Domain, "Dao Venerate Tai Wu", was undoubtedly an extremely strong existence among Dao Venerates, and had great hope of becoming a Dao Lord in the future.

It's just that, that Dao Venerate Tai Wu was too unlucky! First, he was seriously injured because he went deep into the Eternal Demon Pit; later, he hid in his lair to recuperate, and kicked Xu Ming, this iron plate—a generation of top Dao Venerate powerhouses, fell here.

Xu Ming couldn't help but ask: "Is there any benefit to opening a Secret Realm?"

"The benefits are definitely not few!" Palace Master Jitian smiled and said, "First of all, opening a Secret Realm is a great test of one's control over the power of the Heavenly Dao; when the opening of the Secret Realm is completed, one's Heavenly Dao comprehension and control over the power of the Heavenly Dao can often be improved by a level! Secondly, the Secret Realm can serve as a refuge; as the controller of the Secret Realm, one's strength in the Secret Realm will be greatly improved! Moreover, even if an opponent much stronger than oneself comes to kill, one can use the 'Secret Realm rules' to prevent them from entering the Secret Realm; although the opponent can forcibly break through the Secret Realm, it can at least delay a lot of time!"

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"Hmm…" Xu Ming listened and nodded frequently.

Opening a Secret Realm, to put it bluntly, is… building a house that belongs to oneself.

"You've only just entered the Dao Venerate realm not long ago, you can first consider opening a small Secret Realm; later, you can slowly expand the Secret Realm and build it more stably!"

Opening Secret Realms is always like this, first opening a small one, and then slowly upgrading and expanding it.

"The Secret Realm can be continuously upgraded; in the end, it can even be upgraded to… a God's Domain!"

A God's Domain, to put it bluntly, is a Secret Realm opened by a God!

"Hmm…" Xu Ming understood, "However, opening a Secret Realm takes a lot of time, I'll open it when I have free time!"

"This is something you should consider yourself!" Palace Master Jitian smiled and said, "In addition, the Secret Realm is best opened in a secret place, so that no one knows where your Secret Realm is! And your relatives and friends can also be brought into the Secret Realm to live, after all, it's safer there!"

"Safe?" Hearing these two words, a sense of danger suddenly arose in Xu Ming's heart, and he couldn't help but ask vigilantly, "Could it be that there will be some grudges that will affect my family?"

Palace Master Jitian sighed helplessly: "Of course there are!—Wars between races are unscrupulous!"

Unscrupulous!

These six words were deeply imprinted in Xu Ming's heart.

…

After bidding farewell to Palace Master Jitian, Xu Ming boarded Zhan Wuwei's "old driver" warship, broke through the spatial rift, and left the God's Domain.

After ten years, traveling through the spatial rift for the second time, Xu Ming no longer hid in the warship's cabin, but stood on the deck with Zhan Wuwei.