135: Chapter 135 The Moon Split in Two

After nearly a year of continuous expansion, the volume of Blue Star had long surpassed its former state.

The distance between Blue Star and the Moon had also expanded from the original 380,000 kilometers to 1.02 million kilometers.

The Moon's diameter had even reached 11,200 kilometers, almost equivalent to Blue Star before the Spiritual Energy Revival.

That originally desolate, grayish-white satellite now had its surface craters stretched and shattered, with many wide rift valleys and newly uplifted mountain ranges appearing.

Chen Mo's Hengyuan Force circulated around his body, and he sped forward through the vacuum without any hindrance.

His current flight speed was already approaching 60,000 kilometers per second.

Starlight streaked backward rapidly beside him; the massive Blue Star gradually shrank in his field of vision, while the outline of the Moon became increasingly clear.

In just over ten seconds, Chen Mo landed steadily on a desolate plain of the Moon.

Beneath his feet was solid lunar rock; all around him was eternal silence and vacuum.

There was no atmosphere, no living beings; within a radius of hundreds of thousands of kilometers, there was only the dead, silent Universe and the stars.

"Finally, I can let loose."

Chen Mo hovered in mid-air.

The next moment, he no longer held back any suppression, and his Inner World expanded outwards without reservation.

Hum—

A pale yellow light Domain expanded from within his body, like the rising sun, instantly illuminating the pitch-black lunar surface.

One hundred kilometers, five hundred kilometers, one thousand kilometers... two thousand kilometers!

The light Domain continued to expand until it covered an area with a radius of nearly three thousand kilometers before slowly coming to a halt.

The entire three-thousand-kilometer lunar surface area was dyed in a faint pale yellow.

The rocks, dust, and craters within the range were all brought under the control of his Inner World.

Chen Mo could clearly perceive the position of every grain of sand, the direction of every crack, and could even mobilize every bit of energy within the range.

Hard rocks disintegrated and recombined under the traction of his power; rolling mountain ranges slowly rose and fell under the invisible force.

The entire lunar landscape trembled gently, as if submitting to the Dominator of this Domain.

This was the true form of a fully expanded Inner World, the embryonic form of power possessed only by the fifth-tier "Dominator" Realm.

At the same time, his combat power system panel began to jump.

99999.

Fourth-tier limit.

Just one step away from crossing the threshold of the fifth tier and stepping into a brand-new world.

Chen Mo stood at the center of the Domain, pale yellow flames of light floating slowly around him.

The frustration long suppressed in his heart, the hidden worries about unknown crises, and the urgency regarding his growth speed all shattered in this moment.

Feeling the surging, ceaseless Hengyuan Force within his body that seemed capable of destroying everything, and feeling the Domain under his complete control within three thousand kilometers.

Heroic spirit surged in Chen Mo's chest; he felt the world was vast, and there were no more shackles on the road ahead.

The next second, his mind stirred slightly.

His Inner World gave a gentle stir.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, nor was there any blinding light.

On the Moon, which lacked an atmosphere, all destruction was silent.

A massive rift spanning a full five thousand kilometers extended from one end of the lunar surface to the other, as if split open by a deity using a giant axe.

The rift was bottomless, piercing directly through the Moon's crust and revealing the dark red mantle material underneath.

The land on both sides of the rift was like broken crackers, slowly sliding apart as massive rock bodies hundreds of kilometers wide disintegrated and fell.

Merely the fluctuations of the escaping Inner World power ground the craters along the way into fine powder.

This was not even his full power.

It was just a casual strike.

Chen Mo looked at the scar beneath his feet, his expression calm.

This was the power of the fourth-tier limit; if unleashed on Blue Star, this strike would be enough to split an entire continent and trigger a global geological catastrophe.

Only on a desolate satellite like the Moon could he vent his power so wantonly.

...

Meanwhile, on Blue Star, countless people were looking up at the Moon in the night sky.

The pale yellow light of the Inner World was too dazzling; even from a million kilometers away, a clear patch of light could be seen in the night sky of Blue Star.

That massive rift spanning across the Moon was even clearly visible, as if someone had used a giant axe to split the entire Moon open.

"Holy crap... split the Moon?!"

"How big is that rift? You can see it from half the Moon's surface, right? Is this the true strength of the Speaker?"

"Oh my god... the Speaker split the Moon?!"

The footage was transmitted to the internet via the Federal Astronomical Observatory, once again causing a nationwide sensation.

If the pressure from just before was only "visceral fear," then the rift on the Moon now was the most intuitive visual impact.

That was a planet!

A Moon with a diameter of over ten thousand kilometers, and someone casually carved a five-thousand-kilometer wound into it?

What kind of concept was this? It had completely exceeded the limits of ordinary people's understanding of a "strong person."

On the city streets, countless people stopped to look up, watching the Moon with its massive rift, shock and pride intertwined in their hearts.

Young Evolvers gazed at the Moon in the night sky, their eyes filled with longing and fanaticism.

That was their goal, the ultimate direction of human evolution.

Cheng Jian stood on the high platform of the training ground, gazing at the Moon, his fists clenched, fighting spirit burning in his eyes.

He knew the gap between himself and the Speaker was worlds apart, but precisely because of that, he had even more motivation to catch up.

On the Moon, Chen Mo did not know about the uproar on Blue Star.

He had long since retracted his Inner World; the light Domain around his body shrank back into him, turning once again into a faint halo.

He sat cross-legged in the Void Realm, his mind sinking back into his Inner World, starting to compare it with Kong Ji's Domain.

The result was that whether it was the total amount of power, the energy level, or the essential dimension, it was far superior to the other's Void Domain.

Chen Mo understood clearly.

Kong Ji's Void Domain relied on his own innate ability; its essence was "covering and assimilation," like putting a layer of skin over real space.

Its advantages were eeriness and dissolution, but once it encountered a higher-level, more stable Domain, this layer of "skin" would be torn apart directly.

At that point, the trend of victory or defeat would be completely reversed.

While pondering, Chen Mo also gained a clearer understanding of the division of Realms.

From the fourth tier to the fifth tier was a great leap in the essence of life.

No matter how strong the fourth tier was, it was only planetary surface level.

But the fifth tier could shatter the planet itself with a wave of one's hand.

The gap in between was not a few times or dozens of times, but a chasm of energy levels hundreds or thousands of times greater.

Although he had touched the threshold of the fifth tier and possessed the fifth-tier ability of the Inner World, his Origin power was still stuck at the fourth tier.

The tempering of his Hengyuan Force had not yet reached its limit; to truly break through to the fifth tier, he still needed time to settle.

The road ahead was clear, yet still long.

With a thought, Chen Mo mobilized the Hengyuan Force within his body.

As the pale yellow Hengyuan Force circulated, it had already begun to precipitate strands of pure white light.

That was the next stage of Hengyuan Force, transitioning from pale yellow to pure white, representing another leap in temperature, density, and mass.

Once it completely turned pure white, the next step would be the final blue-white, which was the theoretical limit of Hengyuan Force.

By then, the path to the fifth tier would naturally be completely open.

For the next few days, Chen Mo sat cross-legged above the Moon, tempering his Hengyuan Force while conducting various tests.

He tried to exert his full strength, using his Inner World to squeeze and distort the space in front of him.

But no matter how he exerted his power, the space in front of him remained as stable as a rock.

Light could be distorted, matter could be annihilated, but space itself remained without a ripple.

"As expected, it doesn't work." Chen Mo was not surprised.

Even the fifth tier could only control its own Domain and could not shake real space; to truly touch the Law of space, one needed to be at least the sixth tier.

As days passed, the white strands in the Hengyuan Force became more numerous, and his control over the Inner World became increasingly smooth and effortless.

September 5th.

Chen Mo, sitting cross-legged in the Void Realm, slowly opened his eyes.

The pale yellow light in his eyes flashed and vanished.

From the first battle in the Trial Tower on June 7th to today, it had been exactly ninety days.

The cooldown period had arrived.

Chen Mo stood up and looked toward the direction of Blue Star, his gaze seemingly piercing through the distant starry sky and landing on that Trial Tower in the Spirit Energy Universe.

100th place, Kong Ji.

Last time he stopped here, this time, it was time to move past it.

Without the slightest hesitation, his consciousness connected directly to the Spirit Energy Universe.

The cold notification sound belonging to the Trial Tower rang in his mind.

[Challenger authority detected, the ninety-day cooldown period has ended, do you wish to immediately start the second challenge?]

Chen Mo's voice was calm.

"Start."