Founding a Sect and Becoming an Ancestor

"Divine Powers have categories?"

"They do and they do not. They are mostly impressions of common understanding, not fixed definitions. You have seen Octopus King and know that he possessed the art of creation. Have you noticed any common threads?"

"Common threads..."

Liang Qu fell into thought.

Octopus King's art of creation, Undying and Unextinguished, allowed any remaining flesh and blood to divide endlessly and survive. Even now, he was not completely dead, having left behind a little thing at the Spirit Monster realm. His flesh itself was capable of Myriad Transformations. Beyond the art of creation, it gave rise to lesser creation arts such as Invert Yin Yang and flesh-and-blood infection...

Having cultivated to this point, it was more accurate to call him a conscious mass of cells than an octopus king. He merely moved about in the form of an octopus in ordinary times.

"Most of them are arts of flesh and blood?"

Yang Dongxiong nodded.

"That is one so-called classification. Demon Beasts cultivate differently from humans. They wear away the boundary between 'self' and 'outside,' so studying Divine Powers of their own flesh and blood yields twice the result with half the effort. In a suitable environment, their might is peerless.

"Humans are different. We plant seeds through cultivation methods and martial arts, consume Heaven and Earth Long Qi to transform ourselves, and thus the Divine Powers we develop may be wielded at will and be capable of Myriad Transformations. Though we lack the environmental advantage of Demon Beasts, we can travel throughout the world."

Liang Qu humbly sought instruction.

"Master, could you explain in greater detail?"

"In greater detail... When I served in the army beyond the northern frontier, I encountered a True Image Great Grandmaster. Both layers of his Heavenly Palace were used to construct