According to the results of Shen Yan's test, Chi You formulated a total of three sets of cultivation methods for him. In fact, these three sets of cultivation methods are to put it bluntly, that is, to cultivate the body, the spiritual mind, and the understanding of the law separately.

The body relies on the one-element formula, and cooperates with various trainings as if to improve; Spiritual power uses the Nine Divine Refining to cultivate each layer of the nine layers separately, as long as you don't fuse the nine layers at once, you can continue to improve your spiritual power, knowing that the progress is slow to reach the bottleneck; Finally, it is to use the power of the Five Elements Secret Diagram to perceive the law.

According to Chi You's statement at the beginning, there are two ways for cosmic martial artists to improve, one is pure physical improvement, and the other is to improve the perception of the law. The former's ascension may be relatively faster than the law comprehension in the early stage, but after reaching the peak realm of the star lord, he will be limited by the bottleneck and cannot be promoted to the star god. It is not possible unless it is understood with certain laws.

As for the latter, although the speed of cultivation in the early stage will be relatively slow, after reaching the peak realm of the Star Lord, he only needs to complete the comprehension of a complete law to directly break through the Star God. Moreover, the martial artists who perceive the law are much stronger than the former in the later stage.

But no matter what kind of martial artist it is, there is a key point, that is, star energy modification.

The so-called star energy modification is the first transformation of the body of the cosmic star energy from the moment the apprentice officially breaks through to the star warrior in the cultivation, if there is no such transformation, then this martial artist is a pseudo-martial artist, just like Guan Feng and their beings with star warrior abilities belong to this ranks. Of course, there are many such existences in the universe, but because the degree of perfection of their genes is higher than that of earthlings, the proportion of their pseudo-warriors is much higher than that of earth.

It's not that the pseudo-martial artists can't continue to improve their strength, in fact, they can still take either of the two routes, and when each major realm is improved in the later stage. There is also a chance to get the opportunity to change the star energy, and the most critical issue is the perfection of their genes. But because they lost the first opportunity to transform, with the subsequent improvement, the gap between them and the martial artists who have undergone star energy transformation will also get bigger and bigger.

The universe is fair to all life, and human beings have a high level of understanding. But their flesh is weak, and the perception of the demon clan side is low, but their flesh is strong. There are also many special races, their comprehension is extremely compatible with the universe, they can perceive on their own, their bodies are also extremely powerful, and they are born terrifying existences, but the number of such beings is often very small, in the boundless universe. Their numbers could be counted on one hand.

Therefore, although the human side is naturally weak, it can rely on the ability to perceive and perceive the laws of the universe to take the high-end route, and at the same time, the reproductive ability of the human side is also extremely strong.

Regarding the three sets of cultivation methods summed up by Chi You, Shen Yan is familiar with the first two. Because it's a compulsory lesson for him every day. But the latter, the so-called use of the Five Elements Secret Map. He is a little ignorant when he perceives the laws of the universe!

Seeing that Shen Yan's eyes were a little hesitant, Chi You continued: "Well, the theory of the five elements has actually been passed down in your earth China for a long time, and as for who left behind, I don't think you know. The so-called five elements, you should also know. It is the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, which are not only everywhere on the earth, but also in the universe, and the five elements are interdependent, and you can perceive any of them. can make it easier to perceive the other lines. The law of the five elements is a medium law in the universe, and after mastering it, whether it is backward or postponed, you can use it as a basis to understand more laws. ”

In Chi You's narration, the beginning of the universe was born from chaos, and chaos is the law of origin. After the birth of the universe, there was a boundary, and then there was space, and after the birth, there was a difference between before and after, history, and time. Chaos was the beginning, and its laws contained creation and destruction, and then all life was born, and then there were the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, as well as different laws such as wind, rain, thunder and lightning, and finally formed the current status quo of the universe.

But no matter how many laws there are in the universe, the ultimate starting point is chaos, and the two biggest laws below are space and time, and then there are the laws of the next level such as the Five Elements, and more branch laws. The laws of the universe evolve from top to bottom, and various laws also have their fundamental connection with each other, space is composed of matter, and the five elements are included in it, so it can not only evolve from top to bottom, but also reverse from bottom to top.

The Five Elements Secret Diagram prepared by Chi You for Shen Yan was actually the law used by Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor to cultivate and finally break through the Star God, and the entire secret diagram was obtained by his comprehension. Now with the help of Chi You, this secret map has been transferred to Shen Yan's hands.

The Five Elements Secret Diagram is not a paper picture, but a virtual image, which was directly imprinted into Shen Yan's mind by Chi You, and when Shen Yan was immersed in this image, he found that this image was actually a world, a "real" world that existed in the virtual. There are mountains, water, earth, sky, volcanoes, and mines in this world, and the mine is a mountain made entirely of metal.

At first, when Shen Yan was immersed in this virtual world, he didn't have the slightest feeling, he only felt that this was a world, a world with mountains and rivers like reality. But it didn't take long for him to find something different in it, and he immersed himself in it.

"Human perception is indeed powerful, and I have it as soon as I come into contact with it!" As Shen Yan's servant, Chi You had already figured out his consciousness, so he sensed Shen Yan's state for the first time, and he couldn't help but let out a sigh.

The automaton are also a life form, but their cultivation path is more in the spiritual aspect, and the body is completely made of metal. The main reason for choosing metal is that the autombs are naturally good at calculation and manipulation, and the metal body allows them to fight better. Unlike the Zerg, they are just as strong in spirit, but their strength lies in control, using numbers to fight.

Shen Yan, who was immersed in the virtual world in his mind, was completely attracted by the scene in this space at the moment, and the first thing that attracted him was a stream, a stream that existed in the middle of the mountain peaks. Snow melts water, water catches streams, streams flow into rivers, and rivers return to the sea.

The sea was hot. There are huge volcanoes there, and the water that falls into the ocean, under the action of the hot volcanoes, evaporates into steam, and finally rises into the sky to form rain clouds. The rain watered the earth, and the plants and trees flourished in the moisture. In the end, the grass and trees experienced a round of life and death. Silent in the earth, it has evolved and precipitated into a combustible source......

Shen Yan found in his continuous perception that no matter which single representative of the five elements he observed, he could eventually go through a cycle and return to the starting point. In the whole world, the circular evolution of the five elements is vividly expressed. At the same time, he can also observe one of the five elements from it, ignoring the others, and can also perceive the transformation of the strength and weakness of this single five elements.

"One of the five elements alone represents a law. However, the five elements are inherently interdependent, one ring is one ring, and one ring gives birth to one ring, if they are separated to comprehend, it is more difficult than the whole five elements to comprehend. Although there is no understanding at all, the difficulty of the beginning is greater in the early stage, but as long as you understand the principle of its cycle, the follow-up should be much easier! ”

Shen Yan thought silently in his heart. Chi You gave him the secret map of the five elements, not to let him completely comprehend the law of the five elements right now. Rather, let him understand first, feel from it, and finally achieve control, so that he can fully control it.

Star Warrior Breakthrough Star General, according to Shen Yan's current level, as long as the Nine Divine Refining Method is continuously completed from the first layer to the ninth layer. Complete a cycle and he will be able to break through the star generals. But according to what Chi You said, since Shen Yan's basic conditions are so good, he can use the law of perception to make a breakthrough when he breaks through. In this way, after breaking through, not only is the strength much higher than that of a martial artist of the same level. At the same time, it also lays a solid foundation for breaking through the star god in the future. To put it bluntly, Shen Yan's starting point is high, since it is high, it will increase the five elements in the process of improving each realm, and finally make his improved strength one level higher.

Chi You's approach is actually very "greedy" for most martial artists in the universe. But after Shen Yan felt the secret plot of the five elements, he had an even greater greed, that is, all the five elements were all comprehended, not one of them.

"It's amazing, before I heard the five elements of the secret map, I thought it was a landscape painting like the existence of the general, I didn't expect the teacher to save the five elements of the secret map, it turned out to be a world constructed of the five elements, whether it is a single one, or all the five elements have a clear demonstration, especially the whole five elements of the cycle, immersed in it only to find that the whole world, all such cycles exist, they are endless, endless......"

Shen Yan finally returned to reality from immersion and expressed his feelings!

"In terms of understanding the laws of the universe, human beings are indeed not comparable to other races! I didn't expect you to be able to realize so many things from it in just one month! When Chi You heard Shen Yan's words, he couldn't help but sigh again.

"It's a lot, huh? Wait, what did you just say, I was immersed in that secret map for a month? Shen Yan exclaimed.

"Okay, don't look so surprised, the more you perceive the law, the longer it takes to get to the end, some peak star lords break through the star god in order to comprehend the law, a retreat realm is thousands of years, tens of thousands of years, you are only a month, what is there to be surprised." Chi You immediately gave Shen Yan a roll of his eyes, and then said: "But then again, the first time you comprehend the secret map, you can take up to a month, and at the same time, you can also feel the cyclic changes of the five elements, which is already very good among martial artists!" It seems that the original idea was right! ”

"Well, I can understand a lot of things from it, and I can also go through a cycle in the evolution of the five elements, but in the process, there are still many things that I can't understand!" Shen Yan said thoughtfully: "Chi You, do you say that I have all five elements at the same time, will there be any problems?" ”

"All Five Elements!" After hearing this, Chi You was surprised and said, "You are crazy, how much time does it take for all the five elements to comprehend." The first time you feel that you can have such a gain, it is that you have never done this before, but in fact, you have been exposed to it every day in your previous life, so there is such a harvest. But you can try it now and see that it is not as easy as before. ”

Hearing Chi You's words, Shen Yan once again immersed his consciousness in the Five Elements Secret Diagram in his mind, and sure enough, just like what Chi You said, after he entered this time, he dealt with the things he had realized before, but it became difficult to go further, and it was useless to even start over.

"It seems that I was indeed confused by the previous harvest and a little greedy!" Exiting the Five Elements Secret Map, Shen Yan couldn't help but say decadently.

"You don't have to be like this, it's already a very good state to be able to feel that level for the first time." Chi You shook his head and said: "All five elements can't be comprehended at the same time, but I still hope that you can focus on comprehending one of them, and then attach the fourth, one of which will comprehend the other four after reaching the bottleneck, and get influenced by it, so that it is still all five elements, but the focus is different!" ”

Shen Yan nodded, and said with a sense of realization: "Well, my perception started with water before, and I feel that my perception of water is also deeper!" But if I don't understand it thoroughly, won't I be able to advance to the Star General? ”

"You still don't understand what I mean, before I said that you should comprehend a cosmic law and then improve your power, mainly because your starting foundation is stronger than many martial artists. And all this done in the early stage, to put it bluntly, is just to lay the foundation for breaking through the star god after reaching the peak of the star lord in the later stage. After all, if the star lord breaks through the star god, he must understand a law. You now directly comprehend all the five elements, and at the beginning of the gain, presumably when you break through the star general, the perception of the law of the five elements can also reach a certain foundation, and when the time comes to break through and advance, maybe you can also induce some changes, you can get opportunities......"

"Opportunity?" Shen Yan interrupted.

"Of course, do you think that every breakthrough in the Great Realm is just the transformation of the body by Star Energy? If you think so, you're wrong! In fact, the biggest benefit of every breakthrough in the great realm is the perception of the laws of the universe, because at this time, the laws of the universe will have a chance to come, and this is the best time for you to comprehend and confirm. This is also one of the reasons why I want you to comprehend the Dharma at the same time in the process of cultivation. After all, most martial artists are limited by their qualifications on the way to cultivation, and the first thing they have to do is to improve their realm in order to prolong their lifespan, and then they have more time to participate in enlightenment. And you are different, your qualifications and foundation are very high, and you can cultivate in multiple directions, understand? ”

After Chi You said this, Shen Yan understood the intention of Chi You to formulate those sets of cultivation methods for himself. (To be continued......)