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The Heavenly General-Earthly Destroyer Divine Power, so powerful in manifesting all techniques through the Great Tao Manifestation, still couldn’t achieve what Shen Yuan had previously envisioned— the integration of all Divine Skill powers.
At this stage, when Shen Yuan employed the Great Tao Manifestation, to use other Divine Skills he could only switch between different manifestations, unable to achieve an effortless and unified application.
Although it was sufficiently powerful, it was difficult to call it Dao.
This realization made Shen Yuan understand that to integrate the power of the Heavenly General-Earthly Destroyer Divine Power, he must take the Great Tao Manifestation even further.
In the cultivation chamber, the stars shifted in the depths of Shen Yuan’s eyes, and the phantom of the Great Tao Manifestation behind him changed, manifesting a Taoist figure formed by the convergence of starlight, with a huge chessboard in front of him.
The chessboard was arrayed with stars, with trajectories of stars interweaving between the chess pieces.
With his thoughts flowing, the Rebounding Wind Returning Fire Great Divine Power was activated, combining the Stars Deduction Technique with the Time Major Path.
It was as if the timeline split at that moment, with every deduction on that celestial chessboard acting out countless possibilities of the future for Shen Yuan.
After a full three days, the stellar deduction finally ceased, and the Great Tao Manifestation faded into a dim glow behind Shen Yuan.
Yet in Shen Yuan’s eyes, there was not the slightest hint of weariness but rather a sense of elation.
With the aid of the Star Astrology Divine Power and the Rebounding Wind Returning Fire Great Divine Power, Shen Yuan vaguely had an answer in mind on how to advance the Great Tao Manifestation further.
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"Respected guest, regarding the Earthly Destroyer Divine Power Cultivation Method you seek, it is indeed exceedingly rare, and our association has no such record.
However, within our trade association, there are still three volumes of incomplete Profound Divine Power. Might the guest be interested?"
"Earthly Destroyer Divine Power Cultivation Method? Indeed, those systematically inherited Earthly Destroyer Divine Powers do have some cultivation methods circulating in the outside world, but their prices are not just high, nobody can replicate the essence within them.
This leads to the scarcity of these Earthly Destroyer Divine Power Cultivation Methods, which hold little actual value yet are sold at exorbitant prices, and even risk attracting resentment from those grotto heavens sacred grounds with inheritances, with few trade associations daring to sell them."
"Only those established trade associations backed by the grotto heavens sacred grounds would have the capability to sell such items."
"Chuyang City is but a medium-sized Immortal City and is likely unable to find the item the guest is searching for.
Perhaps the guest might consider heading to the main city of You Province, where there could be a chance of finding what you seek."
Since the day he completed the deduction of the Great Tao Manifestation, Shen Yuan momentarily set aside his cultivation and began to wander through the various trade associations in Chuyang City.
As one of the major cities within You Province, with even a Void Refining True Monarch presiding, it boasted many trade associations and treasure houses, with an endless supply of rare treasures.
But Shen Yuan’s goal was not the treasures that are hard to come by even after tens of thousands of years in these associations; it was the Earthly Destroyer Divine Power Cultivation Method from tens of thousands of years ago.
Shen Yuan hadn’t forgotten that his greatest gain from the last journey through tens of thousands of years was two Earthly Destroyer Divine Powers suitable for cultivation.
Shen Yuan had already entered the Third Realm in Star Astrology Divine Power, which greatly helped him by deducing the celestial patterns to unravel Tianji, saving him from trouble multiple times.
As for the other, the Moon Extraction God’s Ability, Shen Yuan was worried about biting off more than he could chew and instead passed it to his disciple who received his personal coaching, Gong Buyu.
Gong Buyu did not disappoint Shen Yuan’s expectations, stepping onto the Taiyin Path with the help of the Moon Extraction God’s Ability.
However, the attempt to replicate the previous harvest met with repeated setbacks within Chuyang City.
In the vast Chuyang City, no trade association or treasure house possessed the Earthly Destroyer Divine Power Cultivation Method, much to Shen Yuan’s disappointment.
Even when he inquired about the All-Things Trade Association, he was told it was not located in You Province.
In the current stage, with the first two Earthly Destroyer Divine Powers and several Heavenly General Great Divine Powers, Shen Yuan’s foundation already surpassed that of most Immortal Realm powerful experts.
Acquiring a few more Earthly Destroyer Divine Powers might not seem to aid Shen Yuan significantly, but the reality was quite the contrary.
Because from his deductions of the Great Tao Manifestation, Shen Yuan found the method to advance it further, which was to infuse even more Earthly Destroyer Divine Powers into the Great Tao Manifestation.
Shen Yuan’s Great Tao Manifestation comprised two parts; one was the three-and-a-half Heavenly General Great Divine Powers, with their unique characteristics dominating absolutely.
The other part included five Earthly Destroyer Divine Powers such as Unimpeded Netherworld, Gods Purging, Pot’s Heaven, Sword Techniques, and Star Astrology, which might appear scarce but contained two with Major Tao Origins, the first two Earthly Destroyer Divine Powers.
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The two prior Divine Skills of the Earthly Destroyer were cast and forged into the Great Tao Manifestation, and then combined with Pot’s Heaven, Sword Techniques, and the Star Astrology, the three Earthly Destroyer Divine Skills, Shen Yuan vaguely sensed that many Earthly Destroyer Divine Skills had formed some kind of mysterious connection within the Great Tao Manifestation.
This situation has never been recorded in any ancient texts, and through the ages, there has never been a person who simultaneously held the Unimpeded Netherworld and Gods Purging, the two great Earthly Destroyer Divine Skills.
After Shen Yuan deduced the connections between these several Earthly Destroyer Divine Skills with the Star Astrology Divine Power and the Rebounding Wind Returning Fire, he began to understand the essence of the celestial 72 Earthly Destroyers Divine Power that these Divine Skills vaguely pointed toward.
If one could collect a certain extent of Earthly Destroyer Divine Skills, it would bring about an unprecedented metamorphosis to the Great Tao Manifestation.
Such is the case with Earthly Destroyer Divine Skills, and so too with the Heavenly General Divine Skills.
It’s just that the Heavenly General Divine Skills are unique throughout the worlds, and even by unlocking hidden achievements, they are difficult to obtain, utterly without a trace.
On the other hand, for Earthly Destroyer Divine Skills, Shen Yuan had ways to acquire them beyond the hidden achievements, which was to bring the Earthly Destroyer Divine Power Cultivation Method to the future generations.
With the Great Schism lasting for ten thousand years, the lengthy span of time caused many traditions to sever, and numerous Earthly Destroyer Divine Skills went from having owners to being ownerless.
The changes brought about by the discrepancy in time allowed Shen Yuan to learn the Earthly Destroyer Divine Skills whose inheritances had been severed from the ownerless Earthly Destroyer Divine Power Cultivation Methods.
Therefore, searching for the Earthly Destroyer Divine Power Cultivation Methods from ten thousand years ago is the simplest way to obtain the Earthly Destroyer Divine Skills.
Walking on the wide streets of the market in Chuyang City, Shen Yuan’s eyebrows furrowed as he pondered in concentration.
"Currently, I possess five Earthly Destroyer Divine Skills, and at this level, I can only vaguely sense the connection between the Great Tao Manifestation and the Earthly Destroyer Divine Skills.
Following this progress, to truly allow the Great Tao Manifestation to undergo Earthly Destroyer Metamorphosis, at least more than twelve Earthly Destroyer Divine Skills are needed, and they must include the first and second Earthly Destroyer Divine Skills.
Disregarding the Moon-taking Divine Power taught to Gong Buyu for now, including the River Ji Crown Prince’s Rain Conjuring Divine Power, and the Discarnation Divine Power which can be cultivated after the fall of the Master of North Mang Mountain, there are only seven Divine Skills."
"There’s still a gap of five Earthly Destroyer Divine Skills, and to complete this number by triggering hidden achievements is extremely difficult.
Only by relying on the discontinued inheritances brought by the changes over ten thousand years can there be hope to gather the remaining five Earthly Destroyer Divine Skills."
Shen Yuan looked somewhat solemn; this was no small number, considering that last time he brought back five Earthly Destroyer Divine Power Cultivation Methods, only two could be cultivated.
If going by this ratio, at least more than ten Earthly Destroyer Divine Power Cultivation Methods need to be collected.
One must know that Earthly Destroyer Divine Skills are not solely unique to the Primal Chaos Realm; other realms also have the Earthly Destroyer Divine Skills. More than ten Divine Skills would account for nearly half of the Earthly Destroyer inheritances within the Primal Chaos Realm.
"It seems I really need to search through the main cities of various provinces."
As he spoke, Shen Yuan suddenly stopped, turned around, and looked towards a small alley behind him.
His expression returned to one of indifference, and he slowly said:
"Having followed for so long, it’s time to come out."
As he spoke, the space behind Shen Yuan slightly distorted, followed by the appearance of a middle-aged man dressed in brocade.
Remarkably, the man was a Spirit Refining True Being, an extraordinary cultivator. Now, with his hands forming a Taoist seal, he respectfully bowed his head to Shen Yuan.
"I am Xu Guan, and I pay my respects to Falling Clouds Taoist!"
Shen Yuan glanced at the brocade robe on Xu Guan, adorned with the exquisite pattern of nine birds, and said with some surprise:
"The Nine Phoenix Guard of Great Yin doesn’t stay in the Imperial City to protect the imperial family; what brings them to me?
Or could it be that the Great Yin imperial family also wants to make a deal with the Eastern Glory Divine Monarch?"
Shen Yuan was not surprised that the Nine Phoenix Guard, who protect the imperial family of Great Xia, had found him.
For the royal family of Great Xia, there were no secrets within Jiu Province, and it was even less likely since Shen Yuan had not intentionally concealed his movements.
"Falling Clouds Taoist jests." Xu Guan reverently took another look at the distinguished-looking young man in front of him.
Before this young man, who had twice slain Void Refining powerful experts, he naturally did not dare show any negligence and promptly began to explain:
"My visit this time is by the command of the Third Imperial Prince, to invite the Taoist to the Imperial Capital for a meeting."
