Choosing Was Difficult Too
The competition within the Endless Fire Domain is intense.
However, Mu Chen's Nine Divine Meridians still attracted attention, allowing him to receive relatively generous treatment.
Even looking at the entire Great Thousand World, among billions of living beings, the Nine Divine Meridians are still considered extremely rare.
But this also brought trouble to Mu Chen.
As a Spirit Array Master, Mu Chen longs to take it a step further and learn the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array, where each star is inhabited by a spirit beast, transforming the stars into battle soldiers, condensing millions of battle runes, and turning one person into an army, thus becoming a Battle Array Master.
Battle Array Master originated from Spirit Array Master, but they are from the same source but different paths. Each has its own strengths. Spirit Array Master use Formation to activate the power of heaven and earth, while Battle Array Master emphasize human strength over heaven's power.
However, in the Endless Fire Domain, there is a complete world formed by Heavenly Flames, which means that human power can overcome the power of heaven and earth, and can also drive the power of heaven and earth.
The art of Formation also includes formations such as the Heaven Refining Ancient Array, the Blood Refining Spirit Array, and the Demonic Flame Furnace Array...
All kinds of Formation are open to the public. You can learn whatever you want. If you master them, you can become Spirit Array Great Grandmaster, which is enough to rival the Heavenly Sovereign.
Aside from the art of Formation, there is also the path of physical cultivation leading to the heavens.
The power of stars tempers the Starry Sky Undying Body, making one immortal and indestructible beneath the starry sky; the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame purifies the body into Flawless Spirit Body, a crystal-clear physique that even surpasses Pills, with virtually no bottlenecks in cultivation; the Bodhi Heart combined with the Life Spirit Flame nourishes the Life-Endless Body, greatly extending lifespan and granting terrifying regenerative abilities; the Myriad Beast Divine Fire combined with the Blood-Soaked Demonic Flame forges the Myriad Beast Divine Body, a physique surpassing that of Super Divine Beast; the Immortal Great Sun forges Immortal Flesh Body, able to withstand all supernatural powers without harm...
As one of the Nine Divine Meridians, Mu Chen can choose one for free, and can add more by spending Sovereign Spirit Liquid —having cultivated the Flame Mantra, he doesn't need to worry about different Heavenly Flames rejecting each other.
The supernatural powers were equally complex. Mu Chen, who had never been wealthy before, felt his mind was in complete disarray. Looking at the more than twenty kinds of the Thirty-Six Peerless Divine Abilities of the Great Thousand World, he didn't know which one to learn.
Nine Nether was just an ordinary Divine Beast, and its treatment was not as good as Mu Chen's. However, its goal was clear: it did not care about the Formation and chose to temper the Myriad Beast Divine Body and cultivate the "Nine Revolutions Saint Ascension Art".
The "Nine Revolutions Saint Ascension Art" was originally the supreme divine power of the Phoenix Clan, and it is also one of the Thirty-Six Peerless Divine Abilities in the Great Thousand World. This divine power undergoes a rebirth with each revolution, and each rebirth requires ten years of effort. When the Nine Revolutions are completed, one can step into the Saint Grade.
In other words, under normal circumstances, it would only take ninety years for a Super Divine Beast to break through its bottleneck and reach the Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
Even for exceptionally gifted humans, it would be difficult to break through to the Saint Grade in ninety years. For beasts, whose cultivation speed is even slower than that of humans, this speed is even more terrifying.
However, this "Nine Revolutions Saint Ascension Art" is extremely difficult to cultivate. Not only does it require extremely high talent, but each revolution also requires devouring the bloodline of a Super Divine Beast.
Super Divine Beast possess bloodlines that surpass even Divine Beast. Barring unforeseen circumstances, they can generally and reliably reach the Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign. The Nine Revolutions Saint Ascension Art requires nine different Super Divine Beast bloodlines, and the sheer resource demands alone are enough to drive anyone to despair.
Of course, that was in the past.
The Phoenix Clan is now collaborating with the Endless Fire Domain. The owners of the Super Divine Beast bloodline provide the Bloodline Power, Endless Fire Domain provides the Undying Nirvana Pill. Not only can they obtain a large reward, but they can also use the power of the Pills to achieve a Nirvana breakthrough.
Since the Bloodline Power of Super Divine Beast will no longer completely dissipate, even powerful forces like the True Dragon Clan Phoenix Clan, which already hold a transcendent status, are willing to concentrate their resources to cultivate a Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
However, for others, such as Nine Nether, the only way to obtain a bloodline seed is to spend a lot of money to buy it from the inventory inside the Endless Fire Domain, or to participate in the Grand Competition and win the championship.
Even when he was at his weakest, Nine Nether harbored lofty ambitions and evolved into the Super Divine Beast Ancient Undying Bird, surpassing the True Phoenix True Phoenix, and revitalizing the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan.
Therefore, Nine Nether was fearless in the face of challenges, chose to seize the opportunity, and broke through to the Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign in the shortest possible time.
After much deliberation, Mu Chen chose the systematic Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array and the Starry Sky Undying Body. As for supernatural abilities, Mu Chen chose One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones.
He splits into two clones, one cultivating Formation and the other researching how spirit beasts reside in stars. His main body cultivates the Starry Sky Undying Body. When the three are combined, he may not be able to Cross-Tier Combat, but he is certainly invincible among those of the same level.
As for the Dharma Body, after careful consideration, Mu Chen chose the Floating Life Myriad Forms Dharma Body.
The myriad phenomena of life draw upon countless human Spiritual Veins and supernatural powers, as well as the bloodline talents of Beast God. It combines the strengths of many and contains countless variations, making it perfectly compatible with the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array.
The next Myriad Forms Unification of all things, honing the most suitable supernatural power from many strengths, and it also has a similar effect to the endless star warriors of the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array condensing into battle patterns.
As for the Primal Dharma Body Reincarnation Dharma Body, they are not within Mu Chen's target for the time being.
Although the Myriad Forms Return to One Dharma Body is only a prerequisite for the Reincarnation Dharma Body, its strength is definitely enough to rank among the top twenty. Combined with the advantages of the Formation, it is sufficient even for Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
The Reincarnation Dharma Body will be born in no more than a hundred years. And those eyeing the Reincarnation Dharma Body are a group of Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign and their subordinate forces. Even within the Endless Fire Domain, there are Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign who are interested in it. There are also enemies from the Outer Realm Evil Clan. Mu Chen believes that he cannot compete with it, so he simply does not think about it.
The man and the bird cultivated step by step, exploring the Dou Qi Continent, Mu Chen delving into the starry sky, Nine Nether stepping into the Skeleton Mountain Range.
After the two left, Mu Chen had already become a seventh-grade Sovereign, Nine Nether had even reached the peak of the Sovereign. And it was at this moment that the Divine Beast Plains were about to open.
In ancient times, there was a Super Continent in the Great Thousand World called the Divine Beast Continent. At that time, seven or eight out of ten spirit beasts and Divine Beast beasts in the entire Great Thousand World lived on this continent.
Later, when the Outer Realm Evil Clan invaded the Great Thousand World, it shattered the entire Divine Beast Continent, breaking it into several fragments.
However, even so, the Divine Beast Continent is still a Super Continent.
The Plains of Divine Beast Plains was considered a remarkable place on the original Divine Beast Continent, inhabited by many extremely powerful Divine Beast, and even some Super Divine Beast.
In that era, the power possessed by the Divine Beast Plains accounted for about 30% of the entire Divine Beast Continent.
Of course, that was in ancient times.
After the catastrophe, every few years, the Divine Beast Plains would reappear from the void. After numerous explorations, very few of the more precious bloodlines of the Super Divine Beast remained.
The remaining bloodlines often balance the difficulty of obtaining them with the high risk of danger after acquisition, making them less safe than the Divine Pool possessed by the Phoenix Clan.
In other words, what can be obtained in the Divine Beast Plains is basically just a little bit of Divine Beast Essence Blood and a huge amount of spirit beast Essence Blood.
For spirit beast races, even at the risk of death and destruction, obtaining some Divine Beast bloodline would be of great benefit, providing an opportunity for evolution. But for Divine Beasts... it's better to stay home and cultivate diligently.
It is precisely because of this that the Super Divine Beast race does not need it much, and the Divine Beast race finds it tasteless and considers it a burden, which is why the spirit beast race is able to explore and seek opportunities from it.
Mu Chen Nine Nether went together and once again shone brightly. Mu Chen used the power of the true wind in the Dragon Phoenix Scripture to activate the Ancient Undying Bird inheritance and enter the Divine Sea.
Nine Nether soared into the sky, evolving into the Super Divine Beast Ancient Undying Bird, breaking through to the Earthly Sovereign; Mu Chen also greatly enriched the spirit beasts residing in the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array, further breaking through the Dragon Phoenix Scripture, and his comprehensive combat power was enough to rival the Earthly Sovereign, benefiting immensely.
After the two left the Divine Sea, a peeking figure slipped into this space that could shatter at any moment.
The Phoenix Clan Divine Pool contains a vast amount of Essence Blood, but it is all left behind by the Heavenly Sovereign of each clan who voluntarily passed away. They have all dissipated the malevolent energy within, making it extremely peaceful. Moreover, the space is constantly maintained by Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign, which makes it even more revered.
The Divine Sea is filled with the Essence Blood and Essence Blood left behind by the Divine Beast and spirit beasts that died in battle. The mottled essence and blood contains not only countless lingering thoughts, but also malevolent energy that affects the mind. Not only is it extremely difficult to refine, but the space may also explode at any time.
Aside from the mark left on Mu Chen that allows him to re-enter the Divine Sea Space, this space will most likely never reappear in the world.
However, with that peeking figure having come by, the problem of such waste was no longer a concern.
The next day, the Divine Sea became one of the regular dungeons in the Endless Fire Domain.
Mu Chen Nine Nether naturally received a generous reward.
Besides being able to freely enter and exit the Divine Sea for a hundred years, Nine Nether obtained a Myriad Beast Divine Fire comparable to the Heavenly Sovereign, as well as the bloodline seeds of nine different Super Divine Beast. He can cultivate them by absorbing their Essence Blood, and he no longer needs to worry about resources when cultivating the Nine Revolutions Saint Ascension Art.
Mu Chen, on the other hand, obtained a Three Thousand Burning Flame comparable to the Heavenly Sovereign, as well as the materials needed for cultivating the Myriad Forms Return to One Dharma Body, and a hidden benefit—the remnants in his Divine Sea were all sent to Reincarnation.