On the Five Immortal Arena, Ye Zhen half-closed his eyes as he recalled the battle just now, his heart filled with mixed emotions.
Had he not happened to break free from his misconception about strength, Ye Zhen might still have won that battle, but it would have been a grueling victory.
Exclamations rang out continuously outside the Five Immortal Arena. Tens of thousands of spectators stared at Ye Zhen standing proudly atop the arena, utterly shocked by his combat strength.
The might Ye Zhen had displayed in that battle had, for the moment, made many eager challengers somewhat timid.
In the void, the several strands of Spiritual Sense silently observing Ye Zhen also fluctuated with varying intensity.
Clearly, the power Ye Zhen had displayed had taken them by surprise.
Ye Zhen, however, kept his eyes half-closed as he recalled the various secret methods for wielding power within Earth Core Fire Marshal's martial inheritance. Now, Ye Zhen somewhat understood why Earth Core Fire Marshal had been able to intimidate so many Dao Realm experts with World King Realm cultivation back then.
If used skillfully, these secret methods could cause combat strength to surge explosively. However, every one of Earth Core Fire Marshal's secret methods had more or less to do with the formations used in artifact forging. Without mastery of artifact forging, they could not be used.
With Ye Zhen's current attainments in artifact forging and the strength of his divine soul, he could already employ most of those secret methods.
However, those secret methods alone were not enough. His cultivation had already entered the Spirit-Connecting Realm, and Ye Zhen now needed to choose a suitable divine ability to cultivate.
But Ye Zhen had no interest in commonplace Divine Abilities and Secret Arts.
Take the Heavenly Law Manifestation divine ability, which