Cultivation: Start From Simplifying Martial Arts Techniques

Chapter 1005: 976 Slaying God

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The wind passes leaving whisper, the geese pass leaving a trace.

In this vast world, any divine power that has appeared will leave its mark in the void.

Normally, these divine power marks are completely invisible, and only under extremely special circumstances can these marks be seen.

If your power is great enough, you can even find the traces of martial arts used by the strong in the void, and deduce the cultivation methods from these traces.

However, just as there are those who seek traces, there are also those who conceal them. The truly supreme top-tier martial arts, even if they existed in the void, would have been forcibly erased by the strong.

This is a process of mutual strategizing, and some powerhouses may even deliberately leave incorrect martial arts information there. If you learn it, you might plunge into an irredeemable abyss.

All of the above were not mentioned in the human race’s legacy; these were the insights Chen Fei gained from Celestial Suppression.

The prodigies of the human race, at best, only tap into the void to collect rule particles when condensing divine powers, as Chen Fei did when refining Pillar Mountain.

Seeing various divine power templates like this is absolutely unique.

Even the dozens of races surrounding the human race have not encountered such a situation among the alien races.

Among other powerful races, there are certainly prodigies who have experienced this, but the strongest being only at the peak of the Rule Integration Realm, the human race does not have the qualification to hear such news.

When you are not strong enough, even access to news is limited.

Chen Fei’s soul flew forward, and in just a moment, he arrived in front of those rule particles and divine power templates.

That the condensation of divine powers triggered such changes upon entering the void, Chen Fei did not know whether it was due to Celestial Suppression or the new martial art Desolate Night God Slaying Sword, or perhaps both.

Chen Fei touched one of the templates in front of him and to his surprise, found that the template already contained rule particles, and the combination of these particles was incredibly balanced and perfect.

A divine power cultivated by who knows how many in the Sun Moon Realm; those that could remain in the void might be the strongest configurations.

In other words, Chen Fei could drag this divine power back with him and won’t need to select rule particles himself; he could use it immediately.

Chen Fei scanned his surroundings and realized that there was no template divine power that resonated uniquely with him. Clearly, the third divine power that Chen Fei wanted to condense did not exist in the void.

Just like Chen Fei’s first divine power, Indestructible Vision, it could be considered that Chen Fei uniquely condensed it under certain conditions which other cultivators simply did not have.

Chen Fei began to operate the Desolate Night God Slaying Sword, and ripples spread through the void. The surrounding rule particles, drawn by Chen Fei’s breath, gradually gathered.

The next moment, a sword-shaped divine power appeared before Chen Fei.

The sword was entirely black, but its blade was not smooth; rather, it bore some unique patterns engraved upon it.

With Chen Fei’s current perception, he could see that these patterns were the manifestations of certain rules.

Chen Fei reached out to grasp the hilt, and the information of the divine power flowed into his mind.

[God Slaying: One Sword Slaying God]

It cuts through the rule particles contained in the enemy’s divine power. It does not annihilate the rule particles — the Sun Moon Realm does not have that power, and even the Rule Integration Realm cannot annihilate rule particles.

Sometimes, what seems to be destroyed is actually just made smaller, and after a period of time, rule particles will reconvene.

According to Celestial Suppression, rule particles are the smallest units of rules that the Sun Moon Realm can perceive, but the components that make up the rules are actually even smaller than rule particles.

Upon reaching the Rule Integration Realm, it becomes apparent that rule particles contain other components as well, but even at the Rule Integration Realm, further division is impossible.

Sometimes, Chen Fei feels that Celestial Suppression is an extremely meticulous martial art.

Other martial arts legacies are naturally meticulous as well, but they are not the same as Celestial Suppression.

Most of the martial arts Chen Fei has encountered talk more about how to better utilize the vital energy of heaven and earth, to use rules, to control rules.

However, Celestial Suppression sometimes discusses why cultivators can control these rules.

This is a fundamentally different philosophy, which has led to the inconceivable battle strength of Celestial Suppression.

The God Slaying Sword can shatter the rule particles within an enemy’s divine power, directly causing an effect similar to the Forget Technique.

This means if an enemy strikes you with a technique, and you use the God Slaying Sword to break it, the next moment, the enemy’s divine power cannot be used again. They will have to re-condense the rule particles before they can do so.

A smile spread across Chen Fei’s face. This God Slaying Sword could be considered as presenting the most profound part of the Desolate Night God Slaying Sword martial art in the form of a divine power.

After scanning the other divine power templates around him, Chen Fei’s interest in other divine powers had significantly lessened compared to the God Slaying Sword.

Nevertheless, Chen Fei decided to look a little longer, not because he thought he could pick up a bargain, but because he wanted to replace Pillar Mountain, or if that was not possible, then at least strengthen it further.

Compared to Indestructible Vision and the God Slaying Sword, Pillar Mountain seemed somewhat mediocre.

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Of course, this is only in comparison to the two previously mentioned Divine Powers; if compared with other Divine Powers of the Sun Moon Realm, Pillar Mountain is actually quite exceptional.

It is suitable for both offense and defense. When used to replace a Divine Power in exchange for battle strength, it also provides very good support.

But now that there are other Divine Power templates available here, and since Chen Fei’s soul can support it, it’s worth taking a look at more options.

Replacing the second Divine Power while condensing the third one is actually a very dangerous thing to do.

Because Divine Powers are the anchor points stabilizing the internal space of the body, temporarily replacing them can destabilize the space, and even cause it to collapse. In the best-case scenario, cultivation regresses, the origin is seriously injured, and the Cultivation Realm stagnates for life.

However, Chen Fei doesn’t need to worry about this. Indestructible Vision can support Chen Fei for a long enough time, allowing him to cultivate the replacement second Divine Power and restabilize his internal space.

[Invincible Golden Body] [Calling Forth Wind and Rain] [Heng Skill]

Invincible Golden Body and Calling Forth Wind and Rain are quite common among the human race and both are quite formidable. As for this Heng Skill, it’s Chen Fei’s first encounter with it.

According to the description of the Divine Power, it severely affects both the physical body refinement and the soul, with immense power, capable of both group and single attacks.

Chen Fei checked the prerequisites for the Heng Skill Divine Power and found he actually met them, so he could directly absorb it.

The many Divine Power templates in the void are not something you can just see and drag away to use for yourself; condensing a Divine Power has conditions.

Chen Fei refined fifty-seven sets of Emperor inheritances from the human race, and although he chose selectively what to refine, it still resulted in the Desolate Night God Slaying Sword containing many methods of cultivating secondary rule particles.

Therefore, many of the prerequisites for Divine Powers are not a big deal for Chen Fei.

Chen Fei continued to search for suitable Divine Power templates. These three, for Chen Fei, were not as effective as Pillar Mountain.

After wandering for a while, Chen Fei delved deeper into the void.

[Create Soldiers from Beans] [Possession Technique] [Charming Technique] [Summoning Technique] [Point Soldiers into Generals] [Incense Fire Resurrection]

The variety of Divine Power templates was simply dazzling, and many caught Chen Fei’s interest.

Chen Fei had seen Create Soldiers from Beans before. It condenses many Mirage Projection Techniques, and even if they are captured, there’s no need to worry about being deduced and targeted.

The strength of Mirage Projection Techniques is generally not strong, but as long as the soul can support it, the number can be sufficiently large.

For other cultivators in the Sun Moon Realm, this Divine Power would be considered quite good, but for Chen Fei, if each Mirage Projection Technique could share the benefit of Indestructible Vision and wield a God-slaying Sword, the power would increase drastically in an instant.

However, even with Chen Fei’s strong soul, combined with constantly drawing upon the vital energy of heaven and earth for transformation, if every Mirage Projection Technique were to share two Divine Powers, Chen Fei doubts he could summon many.

Still, this method of combat was indeed a direction that tempted Chen Fei.

Possession is something that martial artists of the Aperture Tempering Realm can achieve, but that kind of possession has disadvantages.

This Possession Technique, however, minimizes those disadvantages and can even perfectly match the taken physical body with one’s own soul.

The Charming Technique doesn’t need to be actively engaged, it can make any creature that sees you lower their hostility, and over time, even gradually develop a fondness for you.

This applies regardless of gender or age.

The Summoning Technique is quite magical as well. It designates one cultivator of the same rank and two cultivators just one small rank below as summoning targets. Once the targets consent, they can be summoned from within a hundred thousand li radius right to one’s side.

Seeing this, Chen Fei suspects that within the Sixth Stage Emperor Realm human cultivators, there might be some who possess this Divine Power.

In the Emperor Realm, perhaps the distance for this summoning could even be extended further.

This Divine Power must be related to Space Rules to be able to summon other cultivators to one’s side like this.

However, this Divine Power is not very useful to Chen Fei, who has always fought alone against opponents.

But for other cultivators, this Summoning Technique is a very good option.

Point Soldiers into Generals is an augmentative Divine Power, reminiscent of the Summoning Technique; it can also enhance the battle strength of one cultivator of the same rank and two a small rank lower.

It’s just like what the name suggests, turning a soldier into a general.

Chen Fei feels it’s to be paired with the Summoning Technique—first summon, then strengthen, and then start the fight.

Incense Fire Rebirth is a resurrection-type Divine Power, somewhat similar to the message point that Chen Fei left in the void.

However, looking at the introduction of Incense Fire Rebirth, this Divine Power has a downside—upon coming back to life, the soul is incomplete.

That is to say, you seem to be resurrected, but ultimately, how much of the soul can be condensed back depends on the specific operation, and on how brutally you were killed at the time.

The more gruesome your death, the more of the soul will be missing after the Incense Fire Rebirth, possibly to the point of making resurrection impossible.

These are the Divine Powers that Chen Fei found appealing, especially Create Soldiers from Beans—with which Chen Fei is considering replacing Pillar Mountain.