Chapter 273: Chapter 258: Sacred Image Wang Xu!
Law Prophet!
After reaching the level of Law Prophet, a large amount of law insights hadn’t completely faded away and continued to enhance the law
but at a much slower pace than before.
Law insights become increasingly difficult in the later stages, and the insights provided by the Great Demon’s corpse were no longer sufficient to significantly improve Wang Xu’s law.
"Stop." After a while, the enhancement in law insights became almost imperceptible, so Wang Xu simply stopped.
"Since the law has reached the Prophet stage, let’s try to condense the Sacred Image now." Wang Xu’s eyes flashed as he made the decision to begin condensing the Sacred Image.
Condensing a Sacred Image is difficult, extremely difficult, even the Immortal Saint Venerable could not achieve it, ultimately only producing a failed product.
But Wang Xu did not give up. The Immortal Saint Venerable attempted to condense the Sacred Image at the Saint Venerable Realm, trying to create a being exactly like him yet fully recognized by the Cosmic Law, the difficulty of which could be imagined.
Wang Xu’s advantage lay in his lower realm, only invincible White Hole Level.
The difficulty of condensing the Sacred Image would accordingly be much less.
"Form the seal!" Wang Xu’s hands moved swiftly, forming complex and intricate hand seals, and streams of Light Seals appeared, as a phantom identical to his figure began to manifest before him.
The prototype of the Sacred Image emerged.
Wang Xu focused and calmed his mind, abandoning all distracting thoughts, exactly as described in "Formless Sacred Image," and step by step, let the Sacred Image gradually manifest.
The phantom began to solidify, the contours of the face clearly discernible, no different from Wang Xu’s own.
Transparent phantom tubes appeared, a trickle of bright red blood flowing through them, as the flesh and bones of the Sacred Image slowly surfaced.
"Pull."
"Tug."
In Wang Xu’s hands, a great saber moved boldly, with tiny threads of energy connected to the Sacred Image on each of his five fingers, the fingers moved swiftly, sculpting the Sacred Image’s muscles.
The power of laws surged, and this time Wang Xu was more meticulous and serious than ever before, with the enhancement of law insights, deepening his understanding of "Formless Sacred Image," his methods of condensing the Sacred Image became progressively more refined.
A moment later, Wang Xu withdrew his hands.
"The creation process is over, the next step will be the most crucial one." Wang Xu’s expression turned solemn.
Endow it with spirituality, ignite the life Qi.
This is the final step in condensing the Sacred Image and also the most critical one.
The Sacred Image is different from a clone, only when it is truly recognized by the Cosmic Law and gains its own spirituality can it genuinely become a life in the cosmos.
Every attempt, Wang Xu failed at this point. This time, Wang Xu was fully committed, he could only succeed, failure was not an option!
"Life Transmission!" The power of laws surged, and having experienced a small success last time, Wang Xu now had a bit of experience.
"Indeed, the Law Prophet stage is more stable than before." Observing the changes in the Sacred Image, Wang Xu’s heart stirred.
A faint hint of life Qi seeped from within the Sacred Image, almost imperceptible, but Wang Xu, being the closest, could feel it clearly, and he couldn’t help but reveal a joyful expression.
"Now is not the time to be happy, this life Qi must be stabilized within the Sacred Image."
The reason the Sacred Image failed every time was due to the inability to stabilize the life Qi, preventing it from truly acquiring life.
The Sacred Image now resembles an empty-shell machine, a lifeless body requiring a "core" and "soul" to animate it.
What Wang Xu is doing now is helping it, using his own life Qi to activate the Sacred Image, allowing the Sacred Image to perform this process itself, to create its own life.
Wang Xu can give the Sacred Image a "core," give it a "soul," but these are for a clone, not the Sacred Image, which has no effect.
According to "Formless Sacred Image," the Sacred Image must "self-awaken" to exist in the true sense, completely separating from the master soul.
Wang Xu did not dare to be careless, carefully controlling it, preventing the Sacred Image from crumbling away.
This caution lasted five days.
Wang Xu’s face turned pale; condensing the Sacred Image is an extreme drain on spiritual power. Fortunately, Wang Xu’s spiritual consciousness is strong enough to endure for so long.
Five days passed, and there was good news from the Sacred Image.
The life Qi within the Sacred Image was constantly strengthening, gradually rising, from the initial day of condensing the Sacred Image, now the Sacred Image’s life Qi had reached the peak Star Level.
Wang Xu beamed with joy, feeling the life Qi in the Sacred Image slowly increase.
Void Level.
Upper Void Level.
Initial Black Hole Level.
Strongest Black Hole Level.
Invincible Black Hole Level.
Initial White Hole Level...
"Damn it!" Wang Xu’s expression suddenly changed, the life Qi of the Sacred Image was continuously rising, as the black hole inside slowly evolved into a white hole, with everything looking promising. However, at this time, the white hole suddenly showed signs of collapse, causing Wang Xu’s heart to tremble. He hurried to concentrate his mind, stabilizing the life Qi.
"No good."
"Can’t stop the collapse of the white hole."
"What is going on... can it not succeed?" Wang Xu’s face turned ashen; he could clearly sense the constant collapse of the white hole in the Sacred Image and was unable to stop it.
If this trend continued, the final result would be the same as before, ending with the collapse of the Sacred Image.
"What to do?"
"What should I do?"
Wang Xu, like an ant on a hot pan, was frantically thinking, with thoughts and ideas swirling incessantly, trying various rescue methods but could never stop the collapse of the white hole.
Seeing that the White Hole Level was about to collapse and the Sacred Image’s realm would directly fall to the Void Level, Wang Xu felt helpless and his heart was filled with sorrow.
Ultimately, he could not escape the path of failure.
Thinking of this, Wang Xu sighed deeply, unwillingly accepting the reality...
Suddenly—
Whoosh!
The Mysterious Flame burning within Wang Xu moved.
It suddenly burst out from Wang Xu’s body, attaching itself to the White Hole of the Sacred Image that was about to collapse. The nearly extinguished White Hole was directly ignited by the flame and wrapped up, revealing a brand new flaming vortex. At the center of the vortex, a streak of white light appeared, becoming more dazzling.
Wang Xu was stunned for a long time upon seeing this scene, then showed a look of ecstasy.
Indeed, the last time he successfully condensed the Sacred Image was just like this. It was the Mysterious Flame that stabilized the Sacred Image’s life aura and successfully condensed it.
"Merge!" Wang Xu pressed his hands together fiercely, and instantly, the Cosmic Energy, Law Insights, and Spiritual Consciousness in his body all flowed into the Sacred Image.
The life aura of the Sacred Image soared crazily, and every breakthrough seemed utterly natural.
High Class White Hole Level.
Strongest White Hole Level.
Invincible White Hole Level...
Boom!
Initial Chaos Universe Realm!
The realm of the Sacred Image suddenly broke through to the Initial Chaos Universe Realm, surpassing Wang Xu’s realm, and it was not finished yet; the realm continued to climb.
A moment later...
Void Chaos Realm!
Everything seemed to fall into place naturally, every bottleneck easily resolved, and the life aura of the Sacred Image surged even more fiercely.
The Cosmic Energy in the heaven and earth where Wang Xu was located surged forward, and the powerful absorption and pull of the Mysterious Flame, even the Cosmic Law intervened invisibly to try and stop it, but it still couldn’t halt the breakthrough trend of the Sacred Image.
Immortal Chaos Realm!
The area within a million miles around Wang Xu instantly collapsed, as if something had pressed down on it, sinking a thousand meters underground. Wang Xu’s figure was revealed, and with him as the center, the Cosmic Energy within a million mile radius formed a terrifying vortex, crazily pouring towards him!
Beasts wailed mournfully, fish and insects panicked, frantically fleeing from this area.
Rumble~
With a loud noise, all the Cosmic Energy within a million miles scattered abruptly.
...
With a clear chirp, a figure leaped up.
"Haha... I did it, finally succeeded!" Wang Xu shouted excitedly.
Whoosh!
An identical figure in a black robe appeared before him, bowing respectfully, "Master."
"Good, very good, haha..." Wang Xu laughed heartily.
Looking at the figure identical to himself before him, Wang Xu felt a sense of closeness.
This Sacred Image, though it appeared similar in age to Wang Xu, had its Cultivation reach the Immortal Chaos Realm, with immense strength, not even a match for the Demigod Chaos Realm.
But the wisdom of the Sacred Image was like a child’s, not yet enlightened.
"From now on, you will be called Wang Xu, just like me," Wang Xu said.
"Yes, Master!" the Sacred Image responded respectfully.
The Sacred Image, though independent of the clone, was ultimately created by Wang Xu, and Wang Xu was able to control all its thoughts and actions.
This is the formidable aspect of the "Formless Sacred Image".
"You share my memories and should know how to perform the Secret Techniques I possess," Wang Xu said, "Try performing ’Myriad Manifestations Clone’."
"Yes, Master!"
The Sacred Image Wang Xu moved his mind, and numerous figures flew out of him. In just a moment, sixty thousand figures stood behind the Sacred Image Wang Xu.
"Sixty thousand clones!" Wang Xu was startled in his heart, quickly placing his hand on the Sacred Image Wang Xu’s head to examine closely...
"Haha... good, excellent, wonderful!"
Wang Xu hadn’t laughed so heartily in a long time. Before the joy of the Sacred Image subsided, heaven gave him another surprise.
The Spiritual Ball of the Sacred Image was larger than his own, containing vaster Spiritual Consciousness!
In other words, in terms of Spiritual Consciousness, the talent of the Sacred Image Wang Xu surpassed that of Wang Xu.
But come to think of it, Wang Xu himself indeed had no talent in Spiritual Consciousness. What he possessed now all came from the Mysterious Flame’s devouring, not from his own Spiritual Consciousness enhancement, so his Spiritual Consciousness Attack was not strong.
"Good, take these several Secret Techniques related to Spiritual Consciousness and practice them first." Wang Xu waved his hand, and a few Secret Techniques of Spiritual Consciousness fell into the Sacred Image Wang Xu’s hands.
These were all seized by Wang Xu during a qualification battle, all merely Superior Secret Techniques, not even Celestial Secret Techniques.
"When we return, I will collect the Perfect Secret Techniques of Spiritual Consciousness for you so that you become a true Cosmic Spirit!" Wang Xu brimmed with ambition.
Now, the Sacred Image was not just a means of survival for Wang Xu but also a trump card for a decisive strike.
One Cosmic Martial Artist and one Cosmic Spirit united, their long and short range attacks were dazzling, the lineup could be called perfect.
After obtaining the Secret Techniques of Spiritual Consciousness, the Sacred Image Wang Xu eagerly sat cross-legged to practice. Wang Xu was in no hurry, feeling delighted, he also sat cross-legged beside him to continue researching the "Formless Sacred Image".
When the "Formless Sacred Image" reaches its highest level, clones can be spread throughout the universe’s corners by millions. But Wang Xu could only manage thirty thousand clones now, and the Sacred Image Wang Xu only sixty thousand, far from reaching millions.
"Hmm?" Suddenly, Wang Xu, who had just closed his eyes, jerked them open and looked at the Sacred Image Wang Xu.
"This... this is." Wang Xu’s eyes were filled with a mixture of shock and delight! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on . Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please read on .)