Refining Destiny Clusters

The first stage of Daoist Arts cultivation: Refining Destiny Clusters.

The process is very simple: sense the Destiny Clusters, activate them, and then illuminate them.

Of course, this simplicity is relative to a reborn top-tier psionic cultivator like Lan Yi. With his pre-rebirth cultivation experience, sensing Destiny Clusters was essentially skipped.

Activating Destiny Clusters is even simpler.

With psionic energy assistance, this step is just a matter of following a procedure, allowing the dormant, fragile Destiny Clusters to gradually accept the nourishment of psionic energy. Most psionic organs are very fragile when activated; if they accept overly violent psionic energy from nature, cultivation is akin to suicide.

The only part with some difficulty is illuminating the Destiny Clusters.

For psionic cultivators, this is where the true refining of Destiny Clusters begins.

As psionic energy is absorbed and activation is promoted, the Destiny Clusters will continuously spread out from their initial positions until they cover the entire body, inside and out, forming a vast network.

This is the perfected stage of Refining Destiny Clusters, a minor realm cultivators call "leak-proof."

Before the Destiny Clusters reach the leak-proof stage, the psionic energy contained within the body is too weak. All Daoist Arts must be enhanced by external forces before they can be used. Only after Refining Destiny Clusters reaches the leak-proof realm can Daoist Arts be performed out of thin air.

In other words.

Before reaching the leak-proof stage, a cultivator's combat power is very limited if they face an unexpected encounter. Even after reaching leak-proof, psionic energy reserves and Destiny Cluster overload issues will still deeply trouble cultivators.

Lan Yi is an exception.

He was reborn with the most basic psionic furnace from the Nine Heavens Responding Primordial Treasury.

Therefore, even without reaching the leak-proof realm, he can still unleash sustained and powerful Daoist Arts by relying on his relatively abundant psionic energy and rich Daoist Arts knowledge. The Nine Heavens Responding Primordial Treasury is a typical example of a destiny map that borrows power from heaven and earth, integrating with mountains, rivers, sun, and moon. It belongs to a type that becomes more abundant in psionic energy as combat unfolds.

Cang Hua has an advantage in constructing the leak-proof state.

It allows him to lay the foundation first and then quickly build, rather than building while laying the path.

With the mutual stimulation of Destiny Clusters brought by the transplanted Prison Suppression, Cang Hua, under Lan Yi's intentional control, followed the paving track that was continuously unfolding within these forty-eight hours, reaching the leak-proof realm at the fastest possible speed!

At this very moment, on the rooftop of the Western-style building at the International Journalists' Club.

A faint ivory light emanated from Lan Yi's body. This was Cang Hua, covering his entire body. After successfully reaching the leak-proof realm, the psionic light was no longer in scattered strands but was outwardly released in an orderly halo. However, this halo flickered unstably, like a candle in the wind, threatening to extinguish at any moment.

Upon reaching the leak-proof realm, any part of the body can freely absorb and release psionic energy that was previously only absorbable by specific Destiny Cluster locations. This also makes one susceptible to external demonic invasions from natural psionic energy interference like light, fire, electricity, magnetism, and sound waves. In Daoist scriptures, this is also known as a heavenly tribulation.

Lan Yi's improvement speed was extremely fast. If he couldn't quickly stabilize the internal and external psionic energy balance.

The rampant psionic energy within his body would transform into uncontrollable electromagnetic Daoist Arts, enough to turn him into a delicious roasted duck!

'To be safe, I should use Prison Suppression.'

Lan Yi calmly and rationally dealt with the heavenly tribulation and activated the recently transplanted Prison Suppression.

Subdue the restless mind! Harmonize with the divine!

The previously flickering and slightly unstable psionic halo instantly stabilized.

The bizarre and colorful phenomena of external demonic invasion in his mind, and the discomfort and imbalance caused by the violent natural psionic energy, were suppressed by a machine-like, ruthless, and cold will. He also rapidly adapted to the violent external psionic energy, and soon passed through this wave of heavenly tribulation safely.

Lan Yi exhaled a breath of turbid air.

It was done.

His progress, even among the prodigies of reborn individuals, was terrifying. Although theoretically, Daoist Arts could be rapidly improved as long as resources and knowledge kept up, in practice, without unwavering execution and the will to advance at all costs, one would definitely be slowed down by external demonic heavenly tribulations and life-or-death crises.

Before his rebirth, there was a common jibe about Lan Yi within the Jianghe civilization: if eating shit could make one stronger, Lan Yi would definitely devour it greedily.

Lan Yi at this moment.

In terms of Daoist Arts, he had reached the perfection of Refining Destiny Clusters.

In terms of Martial Arts, he was slightly behind, currently at the Human Form stage of Spirit Cultivation.

And there was still plenty of time for his first Artificial Divine Realm to improve.

However, as mentioned before.

Realm does not necessarily equate to combat power, especially for reborn individuals. Except for a few idiots, almost every reborn individual possesses a large amount of practical combat experience and Daoist Arts reserves. These psionic cultivators who have experienced countless Artificial Divine Realms and fought against all sorts of monsters and demons cannot have their strength summarized by their realm.

He successfully reached the leak-proof realm.

Lan Yi felt no joy.

Everything was as it should be; he was supposed to be this strong.

He took stock of his current state.

His psionic furnace had 42% reserve. He had no weapons worth mentioning. His spellcasting materials included Cang Hua. His Martial Arts served as support and were meaningless before the Dharma Aspect stage, unable to interfere with combat between psionic cultivators.

In terms of Daoist Arts, besides Colorless Eyes.

There were two usable Daoist Arts from the Nansheng Sect: Steel Armor Divine Thunder and Gengjin Sword Qi.

There were three usable Daoist Arts from Shenxiao Peak: Palm Thunder, Demon Subduing Rope, and Lightning Pool Downpour.

Lan Yi directly skipped Steel Armor Divine Thunder and Palm Thunder, as these two Daoist Arts were too familiar to him.

Gengjin Sword Qi, which uses magnetic energy to control and manipulate the Gengjin Qi extracted from iron veins, can change and fly according to the caster's will. It not only cuts through iron like mud and is impossible to defend against but also has the ability to conduct magnetic sha and transform into iron filings. It is hailed as one of the two great "can-opening" divine arts along with Steel Armor Divine Thunder!

Lan Yi's comment: An enhanced version of a steel needle armor-piercing projectile.

Demon Subduing Rope: It kills demons, ghosts, and monsters on contact. Essentially, it controls current and voltage to create two waves with the same frequency but opposite transmission directions, forming a standing wave, ultimately creating an instantaneous high-killing electric arc rope. A particularly insidious aspect of this Daoist Art is that it can destroy other people's Daoist Arts.

Lan Yi's commentary: The initial setup is easy for cultivators to detect, but if you get hit, you'll most likely die instantly.

Lightning Pool Downpour, the pool pours down like divine punishment. This is a high-power Daoist Art that unleashes a barrage on a target area through pre-charged energy and the creation of ionized pathways. Even if you hide in an underground bunker, you'll be locked onto by the lightning, forcefully killed through the inescapable ionized pathways.

Lan Yi's commentary: A map-wide attack with built-in targeting.

The two Daoist Arts, Steel Armor Divine Thunder and Palm Thunder, were enough for Lan Yi to dominate the Artificial Divine Realm in 1909.

And now he had mastered three more Daoist Arts.

These three Daoist Arts gave him the confidence to probe deeper, and more dangerous, secrets of this world. Lan Yi knew very well that this world wasn't as simple as it appeared; this was the Artificial Divine Realm, after all.

The village Huo Yuanjia had stumbled into during his travels.

Everything about it exuded an eerie aura.