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Chapter 463: Chapter 459: Fusion
Over the course of half a month, Gu Jinlai had already cleared out the North City District, the Northwest City District, and the Northeast City District, amassing a total of one hundred and thirty-five streaks of Qingguang.
That was already a considerable number, considering many people fled with their belongings upon sensing his killing intent and determination, otherwise reaching one hundred and eighty or even two hundred streaks was not without hope.
But even so, with one hundred and thirty-five streaks...
As long as he was willing, he could immediately bring his Chaotic Star Light Body to the Mahayana realm.
However...
After glancing at the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light, Starlight Realm, Thunder World, and Heavenly Dragon Walk, as well as other Divine Powers like Yang Flame Burst that he still needed to cultivate in the future, he suppressed that thought.
"The transaction location for the Quasi-Dao Artifact is in Hai Feng City. As a large city within the Inner Ring, its economy is more developed due to its higher safety compared to Outer Ring cities. Although I can’t enjoy the price of six million per unit of Thunder Magnetic Elemental Gold, if I’m willing to buy at the price of ten million per unit, obtaining enough to cultivate my Chaotic Star Light Body to the Mahayana Realm wouldn’t be an issue," he mused.
Gu Jinlai’s gaze turned to those Divine Powers.
He always believed that only the resources used were good resources.
Therefore, he didn’t have the habit of storing these streaks of Qingguang.
Instantly, streaks of Qingguang were directly infused into the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light.
In that moment, various comprehensions related to this Divine Power flooded his mind.
In just a few minutes...
Primordial Magnetic Divine Light: Small Achievement→Perfection.
After realizing the various changes brought by the perfection of Primordial Magnetic Divine Light, he looked at the hundred or so remaining streaks of Qingguang.
"Continue."
This time, he was cultivating the Starlight Realm.
Over a hundred streaks of Qingguang made him unprecedentedly wealthy in the realm of Divine Power cultivation.
With just thirty-two streaks of Qingguang, the Starlight Realm was also elevated to Perfection.
This consumption surprised Gu Jinlai.
"I thought it would take around forty streaks, but only thirty-two?"
After some contemplation, he quickly understood the reason.
As he mastered more and more Thunder Based Divine Powers, the difficulty of cultivating other Divine Powers of the same attribute also considerably decreased through analogy.
"I’ve read some ancient records that mention some Saints who formed their own Dao, but feared the might of the Heavenly Tribulation for achieving the Dao. They would seek to cultivate similar Divine Powers, to increase the matching degree between their own Dao and the Heavenly Dao, thereby reducing the damage caused by the Heavenly Tribulation. For example, those with a fierce and resolute Dao would cultivate Thunder Fire System Divine Powers; those who are detached like Venerable Daoist Forget Love, transcendental would cultivate Ice and Wind System Divine Abilities; and those who embrace all and contain the world would cultivate Earth Element, Wood Element, Life-related Divine Abilities, and so on..." Gu Jinlai pondered.
Before, he couldn’t understand why these Saints, who clearly had access to top Divine Powers, would instead practice ordinary ones.
Now, it seems, it was due to this very reason.
While thinking, he turned his attention to the Thunder World.
Compared to Primordial Magnetic Divine Light and Starlight Realm, the top-grade Divine Power of Thunder World required much more to reach Perfection.
Gu Jinlai originally thought that around fifty streaks of Qingguang would suffice by referencing the Thunder Sword, yet even after perfecting three Thunder Based Divine Powers, it still took a full fifty-four streaks.
When he finally understood this Divine Power, he only had twenty streaks of Qingguang left.
"The difficulty of cultivating top-grade Divine Powers is significantly higher than ordinary ones," said Gu Jinlai, looking at the Heavenly Dragon Walk.
Even with the lowered difficulty, this top-grade Divine Power still took fifty-four streaks of his Qingguang, and this top Divine Power... would likely require around seventy to eighty streaks!
"No wonder many Saints, despite having the capability to obtain top Divine Powers, still choose not to expend the vast amount of time and effort to comprehend them; mainly, they can’t afford it," Gu Jinlai thought.
With the challenges of cultivating Divine Powers for Demon God Warriors magnified several times, a seven to eighty streaks consumption for Saints would likely necessitate two to three hundred years of dedicated effort and spirit to see success.
Of course, if he or those Saints could acquire more Thunder Based Divine Powers for reference, the difficulty could be reduced, but the time required would still be hefty, amounting to one to two hundred years.
"For most Saints, having one or two Divine Powers is sufficient."
Those who can simultaneously possess both offensive and defensive Divine Powers, and cultivate them to Perfection, are essentially Peak Saints.
Lacking the courage to resonate with the Great Dao of the world and weather the Heavenly Tribulation, they can only stack Divine Powers to strengthen their combat capability.
According to the Sanjiu Ascension List in the World Building, newly advanced Martial Saints belong to the First Rank of Saints, and new Saints climb directly to the Saint Rank Second Stage.
And the Saint Rank Second Stage is assumed to possess one perfected Divine Power and have a Dao Artifact.
Thereafter, reaching Saint Body Perfection can elevate one Rank, Undying Will Perfection can further add one Rank, and in preparation for the Tribulation, perfecting one defensive or auxiliary top-grade Divine Power can also add one Rank.
Fifth Rank Saint, the theoretical pinnacle that a Saint can achieve.
The further one goes, the more difficult it is to climb.
At the Devas Stage, equipping a top-grade Taoist Device can strengthen one Rank in combat capability, but at the Saint Stage, one such device is simply not enough.
One must either possess a set of top-grade Taoist Devices for attack, defense, and support, or hold a Supreme Taoist Device.
Following the Supreme Taoist Device comes the Divine Weapon.
For instance, City Lord Zhao Hua, known as the National Guardian Saint, was considered for Saint Body Perfection as an additional factor, but his Undying Will had yet to reach Perfection, and the top-grade Divine Power he cultivated had not achieved the Mahayana Realm. Combining these two factors, they barely counted as an additional Rank.
If not for the Divine Weapon, he would only be barely considered as a fourth Rank top Saint.
Compared to Gold Fantian, a Fifth-Rank Peak Saint who had achieved Saint Body Perfection, perfected top-grade Divine Power, reached the Mahayana Realm of Undying Will, and possessed a top-grade Taoist Device, Zhao Hua was lacking slightly.
However, with the Divine Weapon’s enhancement, his combat power soared by two Ranks, reaching that of a Sixth Rank National Guardian Saint, enabling him to overpower Gold Fantian, the Peak Saint, and firmly secure his position as the Lord of Wind and Rain City.
"Theoretically, a Peak Saint wielding a Divine Weapon can amplify their strength to the Seventh Rank, and if they possess and perfect a top Divine Power, it’s not inferior to the Eighth Rank in combat capability. Once they comprehend their own Dao, their combat power can step into the Ninth Rank..." Gu Jinlai mused, suddenly becoming curious.
What rank would those people be, who possess several top divine powers?
Gu Jinlai’s gaze swept over the Thunder Sword, Primordial Magnetic Divine Light, Starlight Realm, and Thunder World -- the four divine skills.
None of the four divine skills was considered top-notch yet; however, as he continues to increase the divine skills he cultivated, there would come a day when he would possess several, or even more than a dozen, top divine powers.
By that time...
How should his combat power be calculated?
Shaking his head, Gu Jinlai quickly converged his divine sense.
"Next..."
In his mind flowed the conception of the pathway to derive a constant star.
The unification of these four divine skills and the subsequent comprehension of the star magnetic field cultivated from the Chaotic Star Light Body would be the first step.
At that thought, the remaining Qingguang abruptly flowed into the consciousness of the tiny figure that was Gu Jinlai’s self-awareness.
Suddenly, the light orbs representing the four divine skills seemed to resonate, gradually merging together.
Initially, upon merging, the light from the divine skills turned from purple to light purple, but soon it climbed back up to purple, and eventually transformed into the deep purple color akin to the top divine powers.
A flood of comprehension surged into his mind at this moment.
However...
"Not enough!"
Gu Jinlai declared, and new Qingguang was infused once more.
This time, the light orb representing the Chaotic Star Light Body also began to flicker, subtly interacting with the nascent light orb. The already deep purple light orb received an overlay of gold.
The Chaotic Star Light Body had already achieved a linkage with the Eternal Furnace.
The addition of the Chaotic Star Light Body hence summoned the luminance of the Eternal Furnace.
The convergence of the three glows caused the purple luminance on this orb to continuously fade, gradually transforming completely into gold.
Just as the light orb was about to undergo a complete transformation to gold...
The light of the Chaotic Star Light Body dimmed.
This scene slightly startled Gu Jinlai, but he then realized with clarity.
"The Chaotic Star Light Body, which has not yet reached its Great Achievement, cannot support the transformation of this divine skill into the golden level equivalent to a great divine power."
Just like Gu Jinlai’s Eternal Furnace.
Although it was immensely powerful, there was nothing, no artifact, that could bear its force.
Anyone who used it would die.
Gu Jinlai was no exception.
With this thought, Gu Jinlai stopped further deriving the light orb.
Using the remaining Qingguang, Gu Jinlai brought this divine skill to a Small Achievement and meditated on the various mysteries contained within this newly born divine skill with a touch of gold.
After a long time, a domain imbued with Thunder Power emerged from him as the center, rapidly extending in all directions, quickly covering a radius of a thousand kilometers.
Within this kilometer, Gu Jinlai could unleash the Thunder Sword with just a thought.
Moreover, since the divine skill had integrated domain powers like Thunder World and Starlight Realm, Thunder Sword was comprehensively enhanced, and even discounting its paralyzing effect, the sheer offensive might alone had reached the level of a top-grade divine power.
Not only that.
With a light wave of his hand, all spiritual artifacts within a thousand kilometers seemed to be suppressed by the domain power.
This was the application of the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light.
It was the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light that had been amplified by the effects of Thunder World and Starlight Realm.
He had a feeling that unless the artifact could actively resonate with the heavens and earth like a Dao Artifact, ordinary spiritual artifacts and even Quasi-Dao Artifacts would be directly suppressed and stripped away upon entering his thousand-kilometer domain, which carried the effects of the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light.
Even the power of Dao Artifacts would be greatly diminished within his domain.
All these effects...
"Something’s not right."
At this moment, Gu Jinlai seemed to sense something.
Suddenly, he activated the Eternal Furnace.
After briefly operating it, he could clearly sense that his control over the Eternal Furnace had significantly improved.
Although it was still far from precise control,...
He cautiously guided a thread of fierce, wild energy that resembled the Great Sun True Fire directly from the Eternal Furnace, using its transmission trait, and through this newly established domain, he catapulted it a thousand kilometers away.
Before this wild and fierce energy could be released, the domain power was fully activated, the fire was crushed with a boom, turning into fierce flames that burned the void and scattered in every direction.
This change attracted the attention of the guards at the Zone Master Mansion.
However, since it was just a thread of power from the Eternal Furnace and Gu Jinlai actively obliterated it, after he issued orders, the guards quickly quieted down.
But Gu Jinlai...
Looking at his hands, he was filled with emotion.
"Finally..."
He took a deep breath and exhaled, "Finally, I can harness the power of the Eternal Furnace. Although the method is a bit different from what I had imagined, it’s not about precisely controlling the output energy of the Eternal Furnace. It’s merely akin to... expanding the vessel for the Eternal Furnace’s energy from my body to this domain centered around me, which can extend up to a thousand kilometers at most, but..."
This was tantamount to giving him a thousand kilometers as a buffer.
It was a milestone-like progress.
