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Chapter 524: I love you
"Unscathed."
Gu Jinlai stood within the void, flames raging behind him.
A massive atmospheric ring, with him at its center, dissipated as it expanded outward.
He withstood the release of nuclear fusion energy equivalent to thousands of tons of TNT without a scratch.
But it wasn’t quite "without a scratch."
To maintain the intensity of the magnetic field rotation, his cells operated at high speed and sustained considerable damage, draining some of his Primordial Energy.
However, such injury, given the strong self-healing ability of an Innate Divine Beast, would take not long to recover from.
"Indeed, the power of a True Immortal in this world is simply inhuman," Gu Jinlai couldn’t help but exclaim sincerely.
And now...
He had finally stepped into this realm himself.
He focused his attention on the spiritual world.
With the Perfection of the Chaotic Star Light Body, the power of the Eternal Furnace was no longer uncontrollable.
But...
It was no longer the only option.
He felt that in terms of explosive power and attack potency, the magnetic field derived from the Chaotic Star Light Body was stronger.
The only downside was that if he pushed the magnetic field rotation to its limit, the load and damage to his cells would be tremendous, and he wouldn’t be able to sustain the effort for very long.
On the other hand, the Eternal Furnace...
Though its output left something to be desired, its advantage lay in its stability, its endless nature, with almost no consumption.
Furthermore, if there were a powerful carrier accumulating energy, the destructive force released by the Eternal Furnace at full charge could potentially surpass that of the Chaotic Star Light Body.
From this point of view, each had its pros and cons.
It was like a person struck by lightning.
An instantaneous temperature of tens of thousands of degrees, but...
There was a chance of survival.
Yet, if a person were placed at the center of flames, even if the temperature of the fire was only three to four hundred degrees, as long as the exposure lasted a minute or two, there wouldn’t be the slightest chance of survival.
"One is explosive; the other is stable," Gu Jinlai thought of the path of the "Derivation of the Constant Star" that he had previously envisioned.
Using the Eternal Furnace as the Star Core, with the Chaotic Star Light Body as the magnetic field.
Next, he just needed to continuously fill himself with material to grow in strength.
At this point, this path did indeed have the foundation for success.
It’s just...
He was worried that his body wouldn’t hold up. 𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓅𝓊𝒷.𝓬𝓸𝓂
When he activated the magnetic field rotation, he distinctly felt the strain of this power on his body.
"I must fortify my body," Gu Jinlai realized.
And this enhancement clearly couldn’t follow the path of True Immortals by increasing the strength of the energy body.
Since the power of magnetic field rotation came from the traits of the Child of the Stars and cellular friction, then...
He could only work on his physical size.
The reason he could manifest the colossal body of an Innate Divine Beast was that his cellular spaces were filled with tremendous energy, but the total number of cells, their size, and resilience hadn’t changed much.
At most, in his Innate Divine Beast form, his cells emitted stronger electric currents.
To further enhance and strengthen himself, he would have to work on these aspects.
"In other words, I can’t escape the limitations of a flesh and blood body," Gu Jinlai said.
Flesh and blood bodies have significant disadvantages compared to energy bodies.
But...
They also possess many advantages not found in energy bodies.
To say that flesh and blood are wholly inferior to energy bodies isn’t necessarily true.
"With both the Chaotic Star Light Body and Eternal Furnace at Perfection, my strength is undeniably that of a True Immortal living in this world. Such power, if unleashed on Blue Star, could effortlessly dominate the globe, and even in this world, I stand at the pinnacle of existence, but..."
Gu Jinlai thought of the True Immortals’ greatest enemies.
Ruins Beasts.
Spirit Realm Life.
And Demon Spirits...
These creatures directly targeted the souls of cultivators.
If he continued to enhance himself in this manner, he would inevitably end up like the True Immortals and Innate Divine Beasts, utterly devastated by Ruins Beasts, Spirit Realm Life, and Demon Spirits.
Even if he eventually achieved power comparable to an Immortal Lord, it would be useless.
Immortal Lord against Demon Lord...
No, wait!
It’s not just the Demon Lord; even an Upper Spirit Venerable could destroy an Immortal Lord.
It would just take some time.
Therefore...
His gaze fell upon the "Three Realms."
"This is the path I must take next," Gu Jinlai resolved in his heart.
To cultivate the "Three Realms," what he needed next was the Spirit Awakening Technique and to choose one Creator’s Inheritance to max out, fully developing the "Three Realms" as an Orange trait.
"Two golden skills," Gu Jinlai took a deep breath.
A long way to go.
He "looked" at the remaining Qingguang, then shifted his gaze to the South Fire Divine Light.
Because he couldn’t perfectly control the power of the Eternal Furnace, he hadn’t maxed out this long-range attack skill, but now, well...
Qingguang infusion complete.
This Great Divine Power was directly elevated to the Perfect Level.
Looking at these gold-colored Skills, now filled to the brim and shining brilliantly.
Gu Jinlai nodded in satisfaction.
With this, aside from his defensive Divine Skills, he had effectively shored up all his weaknesses.
For a moment, his gaze settled on the stubborn gold-colored Skill—Void Projection Technique.
It was a gold-colored Skill he had acquired a long time ago, but...
It seemed rather useless, so he hadn’t bothered to pay attention to it.
Next, he would shift his focus to the Spirit Mechanism Technique and the Creator’s Inheritance.
"Two gold-colored Skills from zero to Perfection, that’s a starting point of at least a thousand Qingguang, plus an orange Skill..."
Gu Jinlai pondered.
Unless he could sweep through the Holy Dynasty, it would not be easy to gather that number.
"Holy Dynasty..."
Gu Jinlai looked up in the direction of the Imperial Capital.
After a moment, however, he fell silent.
Defeating the Holy Dynasty...
It wasn’t just something to be said idly.
He had to carefully consider the consequences of doing so.
If he were to overrun the Holy Dynasty, he would have to purge all the evils within it. As a result, the number of people he would personally judge would certainly be in the thousands.
If he truly executed thousands of the higher-ups of the Holy Dynasty, it would inevitably incite panic throughout the entire dynasty. Even if he could suppress the Holy Dynasty, it would surely collapse, leading to chaos across the land.
Countless people would seize the opportunity to rise up, leading to widespread suffering.
Who knows how many would end up separated from their spouses and children, their families destroyed.
"I have too few people at my disposal."
Gu Jinlai understood the crux of the problem.
"I don’t have a strong enough base to take over the Holy Dynasty directly. So, if I now crush the Holy Dynasty and the Six Great Cave Heavens behind them, the chaos that results will be like the unrest in Qiantian during Emperor Tian Ji’s insurrection..."
Gu Jinlai realized clearly in his heart.
What did Emperor Tian Ji’s unrest bring to Qiantian?
A hundred years of war and darkness!
If not for his timely arrival, it wouldn’t take decades, perhaps even just a few years, for the entire Qiantian to fall into decay after Master Wushi’s death and become a hunting ground for Devils.
Therefore...
"I should return to Qiantian first! I’ll raise sufficient manpower there and when the time is right, I’ll lead a complete team from Qiantian back to the Holy Dynasty to take over."
Gu Jinlai said.
This was the correct approach.
Destroying without consideration of the consequences of destruction, what’s the difference between that and Demons or the Out-of-Control?
"Before returning to Qiantian, I must also establish stability here."
Gu Jinlai thought of the yet-to-be-dealt-with Star Trace Demon God and the menacing Six Great Cave Heavens of the Holy Dynasty.
If previously he could only act on the fact that they weren’t willing to engage in mutual destruction with him, now...
He had enough confidence to stand up to the Six Great Cave Heavens.
In a blur of movement, Gu Jinlai had already transformed into a beam of light, facing the wind as he returned to Liuhuo City.
...
In a vast wilderness 60,000 li away from the Holy Dynasty’s Outer Ring cities, there lay a large human kingdom.
There were billions of people in this human kingdom.
Among them, the number of cultivators was not small.
But since the Cultivator System had been harvested more than once, the Primordial Spirits that the Primordial Spirit True Monarchs condensed were the weakest. After breaking through to the Devas, the control over the Heaven and Earth Power was limited to merely a hundred meters around the body, and even if they managed to build the Saint Body, it was the weakest of its kind.
In such circumstances, the strong among the human kingdom had to embark on the path of Demon Martial Artists to withstand the Devils.
To fight Devils with the power of Devils.
Over decades, although the human kingdom has produced Martial Saints, they were never able to completely break out of the blockades formed by the Demons.
In desperation, the human elites had to pool their wisdom and devise ways to come up with a more robust Martial Artist System.
In recent times, the "Human Immortal" Realm, touted as the crystallization of human Martial Artists’ wisdom, emerged in response to the situation. Those humans lurking in the shadows seemed to see the dawn of victory.
However...
What these trapped members of the Human Clan didn’t know was that the Human Immortal Realm was actually shaped under the guidance of Devils.
Every Human Immortal inevitably pointed toward the Innate Divine Beasts and Heaven and Earth Demigods.
These forms of Innate Divine Beasts and Heaven and Earth Demigods, after being guided and modified by Devils, in reality became forms closer and more attuned to Demon Spirits.
In the future, when Spirit Venerables descend, they could completely bypass the weaker stages of Devils, Great Demons, Demon Kings, and Demon Emperors, directly acquiring the body of a "Human Immortal" and then unleashing the power of a Demon Emperor.
Just as the strongest Upper Spirit Venerables would shape mighty Demon God Bodies to walk the world, so too would the Human Immortal become the new vessel for those Upper Demon Spirits.
But at this moment, Star Trace Demon God, one of the main responsibles for experimenting with the "Human Immortal" vessels, no longer had the luxury to observe the human’s refinement of the "Human Immortal" Realm.
It considered the report of Dragon Tears Demon Emperor’s fall and the whispers coming from within the Holy Dynasty, its ferocious face filled with solemnity.
After a long while, it finally spoke, "Jin Que."
"Venerable."
A creature no larger than an average person, but with three pairs of arms and a pair of wings, flew in from outside
and kneeled halfway in front of Star Trace Demon God, greeting, "May I ask for your commands?"
"How is the casting of my second Demon God Body progressing?"
"We have reduced the intensity of the war with the Holy Dynasty recently, leading to a decrease in captured resources. Your second Demon God Body... I’m afraid it will still require three more years to complete."
"Three years."
Star Trace Demon God knew there wouldn’t be enough time.
"The progress at Blood Moat Demon Abyss is nearly complete, and the Demon Lord will soon issue a new round of conscription orders, in order to concentrate all forces to occupy the Blood Moat Demon Abyss..."
Star Trace Demon God understood that at this point, it must make sacrifices.
"Transmit my orders, abandon all territories within 10,000 li around the Holy Dynasty cities, and retract the defensive line."
