"The World Power has actually increased again."
Feeling the Coiling Dragon in his mind, Fang Yun couldn't help feeling a little surprised. Now, the World Power had suddenly risen from 2 to 3. For some reason, its growth seemed to have become steady.
In other words, whatever the reason for the increase in World Power, the arrival of Blue Star life on the Yulan Continent had actually been the right move.
Moreover, what interested Fang Yun most was that after the World Power reached 3, he had regained one use of Manifestation.
What exactly was World Power? Why did reaching 3 grant him one use of Manifestation? How much would he need to reach next time?
His ability to manifest things had essentially put his cultivation at a standstill, so Fang Yun took it very seriously.
No matter how much World Power he would need to meet the requirements for Manifestation next time, getting one use now at least gave him a chance to become a god.
Although he was a Highgod Sovereign, his Highgod Sovereign Clone still couldn't descend into the Coiling Dragon World. Not having a Divine Clone would be a serious problem.
Fang Yun carefully reviewed the original story in his mind and ultimately chose to manifest the talent of Bayer, the Wind Law Paragon.
Among the Seven Laws and Four Edicts, each had its strengths and weaknesses in attack, defense, and speed. The Wind Laws ranked among the very best in both attack and speed.
And Bayer was the only Wind Law Paragon ever mentioned in the original story.
With talent for the Wind Laws comparable to Bayer's, even without his cultivation experience, Fang Yun could slowly cultivate on his own and eventually reach the peak of Asura. The only likely drawback was that it would take longer.
As for whether he could reach Paragon, Fang Yun wasn't sure.
Even his Light God Clone, which had manifested not only Clementin's talent but also his cultivation experience, hadn't immediately become a Paragon. That showed just how difficult it was.
Now he had only manifested Bayer's talent, not even his cultivation experience, so the chances of reaching Paragon were naturally even slimmer.
After deciding what to manifest, Fang Yun used one of his chances and manifested Bayer's talent for the Wind Laws.
In an instant, Fang Yun's mind became much clearer. He could almost feel countless blue-green Wind Elements leaping and dancing around him.
He stretched out his hand and seemed to see the Wind Elements settling on his fingertips.
For a moment, Fang Yun felt as if he had become a spirit of the wind.
Though he had experienced something similar before, he still couldn't help marveling at how terrifying this talent was.
In such a short time, the rhythm of the wind that he had felt while carving in the valley surged back into his mind.
The wind was formless, yet it had form.
It could be as swift as a blade, carving into mountains, or as gentle as a hand, brushing against one's cheek.
Some of the stone sculptures of magical beasts stood amid a soft breeze, while others were caught in a hurricane.
These were parts of the Mysteries of Speed and Mysteries of Slowness within the Wind Laws.
Fang Yun didn't stop. He continued immersing himself in his perception of the wind.
That same rhythm encompassed more than just speed and slowness.
Where there was wind, there were Wind Elements.
The wind guided his carving, reaching in from every direction. There were elements of space—the Wind Space.
The ability to cut through anything at will: Dimension.
From just one rhythm of the wind, Fang Yun could now vaguely sense five of the nine Mysteries of the Wind Laws!
Of course, sensing them didn't mean he had comprehended them.
Even so, he could understand just how terrifying Bayer's talent for the Wind Laws was.
Slowly, Fang Yun opened his eyes.
To become a god, one only needed to fully comprehend one Mystery, or fuse two Mysteries by ten percent.
In terms of speed, comprehending one Mystery was definitely the fastest. But in terms of potential and future strength, fusing two Mysteries was naturally better.
With his talent now, Fang Yun would naturally choose the second option.
But which two Mysteries should he fuse?
Mysteries varied in rank. For example, Wind Element, Mysteries of Speed, and Mysteries of Slowness were all low-level Mysteries on their own. But Dimension and Wind Space were high-level Mysteries.
Among experts at the same level, the rank of the Mysteries they comprehended could also affect the difference in their strength.
The best choice would be to fuse Wind Space and Dimension.
Dimension in particular ranked among the very best in terms of the increase it gave to attack power, even among all the Law Mysteries.
However, fusing two high-level Mysteries was terrifyingly difficult. Even with Bayer's talent, Fang Yun wasn't confident he could fuse the two while still at the Saint-level.
The best choice would actually be to use Wind Element as the foundation and fuse it with one high-level Mystery.
But he would have to consider which high-level Mystery to choose...
After deciding on his approach, Fang Yun prepared to return to the Stone Sculpture Valley and cultivate in seclusion.
The best method would still be to perform his own unique carvings, using them to enter that special rhythm of the wind again. Then he could use that rhythm to deepen his understanding.
As for the reason behind the increase in World Power, he could investigate it carefully after becoming a god.
Soon after returning to the Stone Sculpture Valley, Fang Yun immediately told Prequet and the two Doham brothers to seal off the valley.
He didn't even have time to hear from the two Doham brothers that Linley had visited.
After giving them his instructions, Fang Yun went straight to the deepest part of the valley and began carving again.
This was the first time the two Doham brothers and Prequet had seen Fang Yun in such a state. Before this, no matter what happened, Fang Yun had never shown the slightest impatience.
So they took his request very seriously.
"What's wrong with the lord?"
Dohar couldn't help asking.
"We shouldn't ask about the lord's affairs," Doham said. Then he added, "Since the lord told us to seal off the valley, we'll stay here from now on. No one is allowed inside to disturb him until he comes out."
Although there were fewer magical beasts in the area since Prequet arrived, the valley was still on the outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and adventurers often came by.
Some assassin organizations even came to train their members.
"I'll go to the other side of the valley," Prequet said, then flew away.
The two Doham brothers didn't mind. They exchanged a glance, and Doham said, "Let's stay here. But we should hurry up and cultivate the Tiger-striped Secret Manual, too."
The lord was a Saint-level expert. If they wanted to be of any help to him, they at least had to reach the Saint-level themselves.
Dohar nodded as well.
The Tiger-striped Secret Manual could only be cultivated by those with the bloodline of a Tiger-striped Warrior; no one else could practice it. But for Tiger-striped Warriors, cultivating the manual produced twice the results with half the effort.
Besides, the two of them already had the bodies of seventh-level warriors, so at first they only needed to keep accumulating battle qi. Though their levels hadn't advanced yet, their strength had improved considerably.
Cultivation knew no time.
Two years passed in the blink of an eye.
Linley visited once during that time, but because of Fang Yun's orders, he wasn't able to enter the valley.
Apart from that, some adventurers and members of assassin organizations came by. But with the two Doham brothers there, no one could take a single step into the valley. After all, the two brothers had reached the level of eighth-level warriors by then. Once transformed into Tiger-striped Warriors, they possessed the strength of ninth-level warriors!
Clayde, king of the Fenlai Kingdom, was only a ninth-level warrior himself.
In the valley.
Fang Yun remained immersed in the artistic conception of carving. Recently, he hadn't even opened his eyes while carving many of the stone sculptures. Miraculously, the carvings were still flawless, despite his eyes being closed.
It was as if Fang Yun's hands carved on their own, following the movements of the wind.
"Wind Element."
Fang Yun's mind grew clearer and clearer.
Choosing Wind Element was a great help to Fang Yun, because it was the foundation of the Wind Laws. Without Wind Element, the other Mysteries would lose their meaning.
It was also by comprehending Wind Element that Fang Yun could move more naturally within the rhythm of the wind.
"Space... Dimension..."
These were both high-level Mysteries of the Wind Laws.
However, since the Laws of Space were not prominent in the Coiling Dragon World, Wind Space wasn't truly a Mystery of Space. Put simply, it was more like a description of the area the wind passed through, or a kind of concept belonging to the wind itself.
For instance, if someone was surrounded by a gentle breeze, that state of being surrounded could be considered part of Wind Space. It was a form of the wind controlling what lay within itself.
That was also why Fang Yun could now carve stones into specific shapes even with his eyes closed and without using his spiritual power to probe them. The stone was surrounded by the wind, and therefore under his control.
As for Dimension, although it was also a high-level Mystery and possessed tremendous offensive power, its concept wasn't difficult to understand. It was simply harder to comprehend.
Without comprehending Wind Element, directly comprehending Dimension would be very difficult.
So for now, Fang Yun chose to use Wind Element and Wind Space as his breakthrough point.
His understanding of Wind Space was currently deeper than his understanding of Dimension. Fusing Wind Element and Wind Space wouldn't be too difficult.
Moreover, over the past two years, Fang Yun had repeatedly used carving to enter that rhythm of the wind. His understanding of the wind had grown deeper and deeper, and along the way, he had gradually gained a special insight.
The five Mysteries of the Wind Laws that he sensed in the rhythm of the wind would probably pose few bottlenecks before he tried fusing them all together.
So even if he didn't choose to fuse Dimension now, comprehending and fusing it later wouldn't make the process much harder.
Because of this, Fang Yun was all the more impressed by Bayer's talent.
A heaven-blessed genius wasn't just an expression.
As for his earlier experience with the Light God Clone, although it had also manifested the talent of a Paragon, he had used another chance to manifest Clementin's cultivation experience as well. Otherwise, he couldn't have become a High-level God within ten years.
For this reason, the Light God Clone's cultivation couldn't really be considered Fang Yun's own. It was more like he had gained an extra set of special memories.
Now, as he cultivated with the manifested talent for the Wind Laws, he was truly beginning to understand just how powerful those Paragons' talents were.
A life with such talent might not appear even once in tens of billions of years.
Before you continue