Chapter Twenty-Six: The Simple Spiral Force

Thunder rumbled...

After absorbing enough star energy, Yang Ye’s star sea began to shake. The celestial body at the center of the star sea slowly contracted amidst the tremors. When its size was reduced to half of its original volume, it turned completely black, resembling a massive lump of coal.

At that moment, the shaking in the star sea finally ceased. Yang Ye had successfully advanced to the late planetary stage!

Yang Ye’s spiritual sense gazed at the black sphere within the star sea, filled with surprise. He wondered, “Why does this celestial body look so different from what Master described?”

Normally, as one’s realm increased, the celestial body in the star sea would grow larger. Only upon breaking through to the stellar stage would it shrink and transform into a burning star. Yet, Yang Ye's celestial body had already shrunk before reaching the stellar stage!

The only explanation Yang Ye could think of was the dragon energy. His star energy contained dragon energy. Ever since the dragon energy fused with his star energy, it had undergone a permanent transformation, and the proportion of dragon energy had not diminished as his star energy grew.

Yang Ye opened his eyes, puzzled.

“Congratulations, Young Master, on advancing to the late planetary stage. In the history of cultivation on Earth, you are the first to reach the late planetary stage at the age of eighteen,” Butler Mu said calmly.

If the Guinness World Records still existed, Yang Ye’s realm would surely be recorded.

Yang Ye stood up and said to Butler Mu, “Butler Mu, the celestial body inside me seems different from others…”

He explained his situation in detail.

Butler Mu was silent for a moment before replying, “In this regard, this old servant has no experience. You may be the first human cultivator in history to accommodate dragon energy.”

Yang Ye’s eyes widened in astonishment.

Butler Mu continued, “Not everyone’s body can contain dragon energy. When the master injected a strand of dragon energy into you, it was intended as a safeguard for your life in critical moments. But the fusion of dragon energy with your star energy was unexpected, even for the master.

Perhaps it is due to the relationship between you and Miss. The changes to come, not even the master can predict, so you’ll have to take things step by step. For now, this change is beneficial to you.”

Yang Ye nodded. Since nothing could be resolved now, he could only follow Butler Mu’s advice and adapt as things unfolded.

Butler Mu sized up Yang Ye and said, “Young Master, tomorrow you may begin training at a depth of two thousand five hundred meters beneath the sea.”

Yang Ye was not surprised, for this breakthrough had greatly strengthened his physical body.

Even without using star energy, relying solely on his physical strength now, Yang Ye could withstand the attacks of cultivators in the Mist Star realm.

“Tomorrow, you’ll need to train in a different way,” Butler Mu added.

“What way?” Yang Ye asked.

Butler Mu replied calmly, “You can return to your room and rest now. You’ll find out tomorrow.”

Although Yang Ye was curious, he could do nothing since Butler Mu refused to elaborate.

...

The next day.

At a depth of over two thousand five hundred meters beneath the sea.

A massive shark, over twenty meters long, with furious eyes, charged straight at Yang Ye.

This was a planetary stage star beast, and Yang Ye had deliberately provoked it.

From now on, Yang Ye’s training was to evade the attacks of sea beasts.

At this depth, without using star energy, Yang Ye still could not defeat a planetary realm shark with his current strength. So he could only dodge.

Moreover, at this depth, the darkness was absolute. Yang Ye’s eyes had already changed—at depths over a thousand meters, he could clearly see things fifty meters away. But here, everything before him was blurred.

Evading a shark with keen senses and extraordinary speed was no easy task.

Butler Mu’s training method was much like setting dogs loose on land...

The giant shark swiftly closed in, jaws snapping, its speed blinding as lightning.

Yang Ye pushed off the seabed with his feet, slicing through the water in a white streak, dodging to the side.

Missing its target, the shark’s head slammed hard against the ocean floor.

With a thunderous crash, the sand and mud were thrown up, clouding the surrounding water.

The shark was enormous, so after missing its strike, it immediately swam away and then rushed at Yang Ye again.

This process gave Yang Ye plenty of time to react.

“Butler Mu, will my husband be alright? It looks so dangerous!” Long Xiaoqing asked anxiously, watching Yang Ye narrowly evade the shark’s attacks time and again.

Several times, she was tempted to rush over and kill the shark with a single swipe—no, with one palm.

Butler Mu said calmly, “Miss, rest assured. This old servant will not let Young Master come to harm. This is the quickest training method. At Young Master’s rate of progress, he should be able to master the Spiral Force within a week.”

Long Xiaoqing nodded.

After more than ten minutes, Yang Ye could no longer keep up.

Butler Mu immediately stepped forward and struck the shark’s head with his palm, stunning it.

Yang Ye took the opportunity to regulate his breathing using star energy.

About half an hour later, the shark slowly woke up. Upon seeing Yang Ye, it became even angrier and attacked once more.

When Yang Ye was again unable to continue, Butler Mu stepped up and knocked the shark unconscious...

At the end of the day's training, the shark, knocked out more than a dozen times, perhaps suffering from a concussion, crashed headfirst into a huge rock on the seabed.

Yang Ye did not hesitate—he used a short blade to slice open the beast’s head and extracted a planetary stage beast core.

With so many sharks in the sea, he could simply find another tomorrow.

After soaking in medicinal water and resting overnight, Yang Ye was surprised to find that Butler Mu brought two sharks the next day!

On the third day, three sharks!

Yang Ye progressed rapidly, but soon reached his limit.

For five days, he endured the onslaught of three sharks.

“Young Master, that’s enough! Your physical body has been strengthened to the limit of the planetary realm. Unless you advance to the stellar stage, your body’s strength cannot improve further.”

After soaking in medicinal water, Butler Mu addressed Yang Ye.

Yang Ye nodded—he could clearly feel it today.

“Now, this old servant will teach you how to use the Spiral Force. Listen closely...” Butler Mu explained the method in detail.

“So—it’s that simple!” Yang Ye exclaimed in surprise after hearing the explanation.

Butler Mu said calmly, “The Spiral Force is essentially accelerating the flow of star energy within your body, compressing it with your will, and releasing it in the manner of firing a bullet. Young Master, you should be quite familiar with how bullets are fired!”

Yang Ye nodded, fully understanding Butler Mu’s meaning.