Chapter 7 – Paths of Power: The Domain Awakens
The dojo bustled with energy.
In one corner, Luo Feng trained with intense focus, sweat dripping from his brow. His movements were precise — sharpened from years of grinding effort.
Instructor Wu Tong approached, holding a tablet.
"Luo Feng, your numbers are in. You've officially passed the qualifications for first-tier combat missions."
Luo Feng's eyes lit up. "Really?!"
"Don't get cocky. You'll be joining a field unit for your first patrol outside the city. Don't freeze when the monster appears."
"I won't," Luo Feng said firmly. "I've waited years for this."
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Meanwhile, deep beneath the dojo in the Elite Archive Vault, Luo Chen sat cross-legged in silence.
A glowing screen hovered before him, displaying rows of cosmic data, densely packed with mathematical laws and energy thread simulations.
> [God King Legacy – Domain Comprehension Path Unlocked]
You have accessed: Space-Time Domain Codex
■ Domain System – Overview
– Level 1: Sensory Awakening (feel the presence of space or time threads)
– Level 2: Thread Recognition (see basic laws and flow paths)
– Level 3: Thread Control (manipulate minor forces of space/time)
– Level 4: Domain Bloom (form a stable field of influence)
– Level 5: Compression Layering (condense domain energy to strengthen control)
– Level 6: Dual Force Merge (merge space & time into a linked force)
– Level 7: Reality Shift (bend reality slightly in one's domain)
– Level 8: World Rewrite (override physical laws in a localized space)
– Level 9: Sovereign Domain (form a personal law-world that overrides surrounding domains)
[Current Status:
– Space Domain: Level 1 (4%)
– Time Domain: Level 1 (2%)
– Dual Aspect Resonance: Initiated]
Luo Chen's eyes glowed.
He reached forward — his fingers brushing the edge of reality. The air around his hand shimmered faintly, like heat rising from the horizon.
> [Space Domain: Sensory Awakening – Achieved]
[New Ability Unlocked: Spatial Thread Sight – detect fluctuations in folded space]
[Time Domain: Sensory Awakening – Partial]
The air shimmered again.
For a brief moment, Luo Chen could feel the flow of time — like a gentle river, always pulling forward, yet with quiet eddies that twisted out of sync.
"I can feel it… space flows like strings tied together. Time flows like rhythm. Once I learn the tempo, I can interrupt it…"
He smiled.
"Let the world think Luo Feng is rising. I'm already walking a path beyond mortality."
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Two Days Later – Monster Zone Perimeter
Six combat trainees stood in formation, wearing light battle armor. Luo Feng among them.
Their squad leader — a scarred, veteran Fighter — pointed toward the distant hills.
"Objective: a minor nest of Axe-Faced Wolves — estimated three Class D threats. Stay sharp. This is no dojo. You bleed out here, you die."
The gates opened. The squad moved.
And so, Luo Feng stepped onto his first battlefield.
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50 km away – Civilian Zone
An Iron-Horned Flame Bull — a Class C+ mutation — was rampaging toward a rest station.
Too strong. Too fast. Untracked.
Military response: delayed.
Civilian death probability: 100%.
But high above it all, standing silently on a power tower, was Luo Chen.
> [Threat Level: Class C+ – Heat Output: 2,700°C
Movement Speed: Mach 0.6
Projected Civilian Fatalities: 50+]
[Space Domain: Level 1 Active – Thread Map Formed]
[Time Domain: Level 1 Partial – Pre-reaction Delay Reduction: 0.3s]
[Experimental Technique: Spatial Collapse Strike v0.3 – Ready]
He lifted his hand.
The monster roared, lowering its horns.
The civilians screamed, too slow to run.
Luo Chen simply whispered: "Fold."
> [Domain Strike Initiated]
The space around the monster compressed — twisting like a knot.
In less than 0.2 seconds, a perfect cube of collapsed matter remained, humming quietly as spatial residue diffused.
> [Target Eliminated – Domain Control Experience +0.5%]
[Space Domain → 5% toward Level 2]
Luo Chen turned and walked away.
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Back on the other battlefield—
Luo Feng panted, one arm bleeding, but triumphant.
His blade was red. One of the Axe-Faced Wolves twitched behind him — dead.
"Nice kill, rookie," the squad leader grinned. "You've got potential."
Luo Feng clenched his fist.
He felt it. He was on the path now. Step by step, he would become a Fighter — and eventually, a Warrior of Humanity.
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But in the shadows, his cousin had already begun to comprehend laws of the universe.
Space. Time. Domain.
And those who comprehend domains… rule the battlefield.