Chapter 814: Chapter 538: The Four Major Types of Divine Skills
After a while, the weirdo finally woke up.
He spat out a mouthful of bloody foam, his gaze returning to normal.
"My lord, I failed."
"He was a genius from the start, shrouded in fortune. With your Demon Venerable cultivation casting Star Touch, a thirty percent success rate is already not bad. To kill him in one strike is indeed difficult."
"That’s how I see it too."
The toad-faced weirdo was unwilling in his heart.
He had prepared for so long, only to start off poorly.
"How much did this curse cost you?"
"Not too bad, it cost me a hundred years of lifespan. I still have a thousand years left. Next time, I’ll increase the power and use three hundred years of lifespan. I don’t believe it’ll still fail."
The toad-faced weirdo was not one to admit defeat easily.
Lord Toad said mildly:
"Then carry on. Our Way of Curse may be powerful, but is deeply restricted as well. Try as many times as needed—for as long as you succeed once, you’ll establish immortal merit.
What a pity. Now, I’m trapped in the Forbidden Zone, my divine power no longer at its peak. Otherwise, if I entered personally, even crossing endless worlds, I could curse him to death with but a thought."
"Indeed, it’s all because my cultivation is shallow."
"Take this High Grade Primordial Stone to recover."
"Many thanks, My Lord."
Watching Lord Toad depart,
the toad-faced weirdo’s eyes ignited with fighting spirit.
"I just don’t believe it!"
...
Eye of Truth.
"Did it succeed?"
The Old Mother looked at Lord Toad, smiling faintly.
Lord Toad’s expression was calm.
"Underestimated him. But Youtong didn’t go all out. Let’s wait for a while and see. If I succeed in one attempt, wouldn’t all your efforts these years be pointless?"
The Old Mother smiled and said nothing.
She truly did not want Lord Toad to awaken.
Because for certain reasons, deep within the Great Wilderness, several Evil Gods are still sleeping, and the Witch, too, has not been awakened.
Awakening Lord Toad was a last resort.
Lord Toad gazed into the distance, musing inwardly.
"With the great curtain shattered, the protective law left by the Star Lord of Destiny no longer exists. Now is the day I can spread my wings."
...
Another Nameless Planet.
A red-haired woman was deep in thought. She had heard that the You Tong Demon Emperor was using curses against Lu Chenzhou, which made her think of herself.
"From the information at hand, Po Suo’s side also has some profound Curse legacies. Could the Wanbang Council want Emperor Hanu to learn the Curse to deal with me?
Hiding out in this godforsaken place, the curse is the only method that could use the causality line between my clone and true self to kill me from afar. I was too careless before.
I’ll need to be cautious going forward.
However, the curse involves the Law of Causality—easy to learn, hard to master. Lesser curses mean nothing to me. As for the true Grand Dao of Curse, as far as I know, only the descendants of Lord Toad, who walks the Way of Causality, have control over it. Rushing to learn it last minute to kill me with a curse just isn’t realistic.
By the time they master it, I’ll have already advanced to Demon Venerable. To curse-kill a Demon Venerable is harder than ascending to the heavens."
...
Su City.
Myriad Phenomena Dao.
Lu Chenzhou’s figure appeared in Bai Miaomiao’s bedroom.
The young woman’s face was pale, her body convulsing.
It seemed she was having a nightmare.
He sensed her condition—she wasn’t dead.
He activated the Eye of Calamity.
Between him and Bai Miaomiao, a causality line stretched—from their very first encounter, to building friendship, becoming colleagues, working together for decades, all sorts of karma entangled, making Bai Miaomiao no different from family to him.
"Someone used the karma between Bai Miaomiao and me to curse me from afar. Such a killing curse is indeed clever—definitely not the work of an ordinary ghost. It must be that You Tong Demon Emperor, right? But my cultivation is high, I carry my own fortune, and I have the blessing of the Hanhai World’s will, so the curse failed this time."
That was truly a close call.
Lu Chenzhou had been curious.
All these years since returning to the Xia Realm, the You Tong Demon Emperor had never cursed him—not until now.
He took out a drop of Earth Immortal Dew,
pried open Bai Miaomiao’s mouth and administered it to her.
Soon, Bai Miaomiao woke up.
Her old face flushed bright red.
"Lu-ge, why are you at my house?"
"Have you encountered anything bad recently?"
Bai Miaomiao looked puzzled.
She recounted her recent experiences to Lu Chenzhou.
Until she mentioned being attacked and wounded by a strange Demon resembling a [slug].
Lu Chenzhou understood.
He recalled the mucus on the causality line.
"Open your mind completely and let me in."
Bai Miaomiao hesitated a moment, then whispered:
"Alright, Lu-ge, go ahead... but if you see any, um, private things, don’t tell me."
Lu Chenzhou activated his Heart Eye, gathered his spirit, entered the unguarded inner world of Bai Miaomiao. Countless of her memories flashed like a slideshow, including plenty of fantasies about himself—no wonder she was embarrassed.
Eventually, he found a pool of mucus.
Exactly the same as on the causality line.
He used his spiritual power to vaporize it to nothingness.
After a moment, Lu Chenzhou returned to reality.
Bai Miaomiao clenched her hands, her head hung low.
"It’s all fine now. Be careful in the future. If you’re ever attacked by an unknown Demon, come to me for treatment."
Lu Chenzhou finished, then left.
Bai Miaomiao stood there, stunned.
She usually didn’t like to trouble Lu Chenzhou.
"I didn’t expect Lu-ge to care for me so much."
...
Within his mind,
the Martial Arts Tree was slowly absorbing Dao Essence.
Soon, the causality line returned to normal.
[Way of Causality: Third Rank (35%)]
Lu Chenzhou’s gaze was surprised.
The Way of Causality had increased by 20%.
"Even being cursed counts as leeching wool?"
This was an unexpected bonus.
Still, he felt a trace of worry inside.
The enemy failed this time.
But next time, who could say?
He had to find a way to counter it soon.
...
Time flowed on.
War burned endless.
Myriad Phenomena Dao.
That day.
Lu Chenzhou was leafing through "Eternal Immortal’s Sketchbook."
"So that’s it. To condense a Divine Power Seed, the first step is to train a supreme Martial Arts to the limit—it can be a Combat Skill, Inner Strength, or a Secret Technique.
The second step, acupoints connect throughout the body. At this point, acupoints become Divine Storage, a wondrous organ transformed from false to real within the human body, used to nurture Divine Abilities.
One takes the body as silk, heart as brush, True Gang or other energies as ink, and draws Divine Patterns in the Divine Storage.
The simpler the Divine Power, the fewer the Divine Patterns; the more complex the Divine Power, the more numerous the patterns—generally, the more patterns, the greater the Divine Power’s potential. The number of patterns also depends on the Martial Arts and Dao’s difficulty. Even two Seventh Rank Martial Arts, created by different people, may vary greatly in power.
The power of Divine Abilities depends on Martial Arts.
Divine Abilities are the quintessence condensed from Martial Arts, yet their power far surpasses the source. Take Bai Feng’s Heavenly Escape Mysterious Light, for example: it’s a Divine Ability he evolved from his self-created Phoenix Form Fist, able to traverse ninety thousand miles in an instant.
Of course, Divine Abilities also consume more than Martial Arts, and like the Law Realm, are trump cards—hardly used lightly.
The types of Divine Abilities are myriad, but can be divided into four main categories: Escape Skill Divine Power, Transformation Divine Ability, Military Dao Divine Ability, and Secret Technique Divine Power. Depending on different Daos, they can also be called Time Divine Power, Space Divine Power, and so on—but they never stray from these four categories."
Though his cultivation was still Middle Realm, the level of his Dao was close to Fifth Rank. Soon, he would be able to create his own Divine Skill.
His Divine Skill, upon creation, would be at Perfection, needing no special cultivation like many Heavenly Kings.
Condensing the Divine Power Seed would need to be raised on the agenda.
"My Myriad Phenomena Dao’s Divine Ability should be a Transformation Divine Ability: this kind can transform itself into all things in heaven and earth, imitate mighty True Spirits, and acquire boosts to battle power. At higher levels, one can even display the talents of True Spirits.
Additionally, Transformation Divine Abilities can summon mighty existences. But now, with the Dragon and Phoenix annihilated, and True Spirits vanished, I can only just barely summon some will and residual souls."
Lu Chenzhou looked toward the Martial Arts Tree.
"Martial God Spear, Four Symbols Fist, Withering and Flourishing Undying Technique... barring surprises, when I break through Seven, my first Divine Power will be one of these three. The first innate Divine Ability is the foundation of the path after entering Heavenly Realm—supremely important."
He recalled Bai Feng’s admonition.
The first Divine Ability must follow one’s inner choice.
"What is my choice, then?"
Lu Chenzhou interrogated himself.
No answer.
He headed to the Primordial Mountain Cave Heaven.
Mr. Turtle was playing chess with the Ape.
"Senior brother, how did you choose your first Immortal Law when you entered Heavenly Realm?" Lu Chenzhou asked from the side.
"You’re already thinking about this?"
"I’m used to being prepared ahead of time."
"It depends on temperament. I’m laid-back and not good at fighting, so I chose a survival method."
"I see."
Lu Chenzhou temporarily set the question aside.
He began practicing spear skills at the Dao Field.
Practicing spear, recalling the past.
From his first self-created move, Black Cloud Pressing a City, to Water Drops Can Wear Stones, and the latest Heaven and Earth Piercing Strike—the power of his spear skills grew ever greater.
The long spear whirled like a dragon.
His white robe snapped in the wind.
Lu Chenzhou gained an epiphany.
"The meaning of Martial Arts is to break all limits, ever higher and stronger—Fist Technique, Spear Skill, Body Technique...
No matter the Cultivation Method, so long as it aligns with the principles of World Dao, they can all serve as my first Divine Power. No matter how difficult the future, I can climb to the top one step at a time!
The spirit can become a True Saint, the body can also become a saint; why can’t the way of skill become a saint as well? Anything I use that strengthens me is the martial way! If there’s no road when I reach the mountain, I’ll carve one out by force.
Inadvertently, I still constrained myself too much. Why fuss over Martial Arts so much? I should be like the Dragon King, possessing that unrivaled spirit and courage to be the first!"
With these thoughts, Lu Chenzhou once more entered Heart to Wisdom, beginning the deduction of Martial God Spear. He stabbed out, dreamlike and illusory, boundless spiritual power sweeping from the long spear, spirit, energy and essence united, condensing into a dazzling and resplendent strike.
Strands of Great Dream Dao Essence and Law burst forth, and at the spear tip, a bubble nearly a hundred kilometers wide appeared.
Looking closely, this was unmistakably a complete world, mountains and rivers, myriad living beings—everything existed within.
A flying insect strayed into the bubble.
In just an instant, it lived out an entire fleeting life.
Mr. Turtle said:
"Good spear technique. Never thought you’d fuse Combat Skills with the illusion technique of heart cultivation—a fresh new path."
His realm was high.
He saw Lu Chenzhou’s intentions at a glance.
This strike would generate an Illusion Realm—those with weak wills would be trapped in a dream crafted by Lu Chenzhou, within which they would live an entire lifetime in the domain.
Time itself did not accelerate.
But the victim’s consciousness would be sped up by the illusion realm.
Even if they broke free of the domain,
they’d feel as if a lifetime had passed in a moment.
Unable to distinguish reality from the dream.
At that moment—they’d be like fish on a chopping board.
"Marvelous."
The ape clapped its hands in praise as well.
Lu Chenzhou retracted his spear and stood still.
Hummmm—
The Martial Arts Tree surged once more.
Until it reached 960,000 zhang.
[Martial God Spear: Ninth Rank, Spear Skill Second Transformation.]