Innate Divine Ability

"Is this a divine body?"

Feeling his newly formed destruction divine body, Leian could not help but smile happily.

However, just as he was about to merge his original body with the divine body, his original body suddenly began transforming into beast form again beyond his control.

In the blink of an eye, a purple-black divine beast resembling a Qilin, majestic and imposing, replaced his original body and stood suspended in the air.

At the same time, a piece of information appeared out of nowhere in Leian's mind.

But before Leian could focus and examine it carefully, numerous uninvited guests began entering the range covered by his divine sense.

Most of them were Saint Realm magical beasts, along with several human Saint Realm experts, including Colin, the Undead Saint Archmage he had met not long ago, and others...

Leian had only just become a god and still had much to figure out. He had initially planned to drive them away directly, but abandoned the thought as soon as it arose.

Judging from the commotion caused by the descent of the Laws of the universe, not to mention farther places, every Saint Realm expert within a thousand kilometers had surely sensed it. Even if he drove away this group of visitors, more would keep arriving afterward. If he wanted to avoid disturbance, the best choice was to relocate.

With that in mind, Leian immediately controlled his Saint Realm original body to revert to human form, then merged it with his divine clone and prepared to leave.

The instant he stepped out of the cave chamber, a thought struck him, and he dissolved the master-servant contract between himself and Kals, the Saint Realm Black Dragon.

He had only subdued Kals as a temporary guard. Now that he had become a god, Kals's middling-to-low Saint Realm strength was no longer particularly useful. He might as well grant him freedom.

The moment the contract was destroyed, Kals immediately sensed it. In an instant, he understood the reason—Leian had abandoned him.

His heart skipped a beat, and panic seized him involuntarily.

Just moments ago, he had still been secretly thrilled at being able to follow a god-level expert.

To Saint Realm magical beasts, freedom was incomparably precious, but if the one they followed was a god-level expert, it was no longer such a great sacrifice.

Seeing Leian emerge from the cave entrance, Kals gritted his teeth, pretended to know nothing, and shouted in a fawning yet slightly aggrieved tone:

"Master, wait for me!"

As he spoke, his enormous body rapidly shrank. In the blink of an eye, he became a strip no longer than a finger. Then, with a sudden burst forward, he landed with a smack, clinging tightly to Leian's robe.

Leian lowered his gaze and glanced at Kals, who resembled a black gecko. He smiled but did not tell him to leave again. With a flash, he vanished from the valley.

Some time later, Leian rapidly approached a seaside cliff at the southwestern corner of Youquan Continent before finally landing atop it.

The place faced the ocean and backed onto a forest. It was rarely visited by people, so there was no need to worry about being disturbed.

Leian gazed out over the boundless sea, then sat down cross-legged and began to contemplate the changes within himself.

After becoming a god, the sea of souls deep within his mind expanded once more. Above the endless sea floated not only a smaller spherical soul, but beneath that spherical soul sat a cross-legged figure—the Destruction God Clone.

"This soul space is truly extraordinary. It can directly contain a divine clone. If I remember correctly, the Fate Rule cultivates the soul space. I wonder what mysteries it holds."

Leian pondered silently. Shortly afterward, a thought stirred in his mind, and he switched between his original body and divine clone. His Saint Realm original body, previously clad in a cyan robe, was instantly replaced by the Destruction God Clone.

After the Destruction God Clone appeared in the outside world, it too possessed a sea of souls deep in its mind. However, what floated above it was no longer a spherical soul, but a divine spark radiating a hazy seven-colored glow.

Below the divine spark sat Leian's cross-legged Saint Realm original body.

"This body switching is rather simple and swift!"

As he marveled, Leian used the divine spark to sense the elemental sea once more. His consciousness passed through the surging elemental tides, beneath which lay seawater formed from Destruction Divine Power. Continuing downward, he soon sensed a point ten meters below.

Leian tried drawing in Destruction Divine Power, and as expected, the speed was incomparably slow.

Next, he tried sensing the Destruction Rule and found it to be thousands of times clearer than before he became a god.

However, sensing it clearly was one thing; comprehending it was another.

After experimenting for a long while and gradually familiarizing himself with the characteristics of the divine clone, Leian switched back to his original body and began examining the message that had appeared out of nowhere earlier.

The message was brief. Once Leian understood its meaning, an emotional expression involuntarily appeared on his face, and he became incomparably excited.

Because this message told Leian that he had awakened an innate divine ability!

"Many people throughout history have fused magical beast crystal cores, but no one seems to have awakened an innate divine ability as a result..."

Leian frowned slightly. Over the years, he had also investigated information related to fusion secret techniques, but none of the records mentioned gaining a magical beast's abilities after fusing its crystal core, let alone awakening an innate divine ability.

Even the elves could only transform completely into magical beasts; they could not gain the magical beasts' innate abilities.

"Could the magical beast crystal core I fused back then really have come from a divine beast?"

Leian secretly speculated, but after considering it for a while, he found it unlikely. If fusing a divine beast's crystal core could grant its innate divine ability, then divine beasts in the Panlong Universe would absolutely never be able to reach adulthood.

"Perhaps this is simply an unpredictable mutation, like a soul mutation!"

Having decided this was the possibility closest to the truth, Leian stopped dwelling on it and instead began studying the specific capabilities of his innate divine ability.

The innate divine ability was quite simple in principle. If it had to be summarized in one word, it would be—Copy!

Copying the innate divine abilities of other divine beasts!

It was a miraculous, heaven-defying ability!

Naturally, it also had limitations. He could not copy innate divine abilities without limit; rather, each divine clone could copy only one.

In other words, if Leian possessed only a talent for the Destruction Rule, then he could only Copy one innate divine ability for his Destruction God Clone.

Furthermore, when copying another divine beast's innate divine ability, he had to obtain a drop of the corresponding essence blood!

Upon learning of his own innate divine ability, the first thing Leian thought of was the innate divine ability of the God-Eater Rat.

Throughout the entire Panlong Universe, the number of divine beast species was impossible to count. Yet only a few possessed top-tier innate divine abilities, and two were particularly emphasized: the God-Eater Rat and the Four Divine Beasts, along with their fused innate divine ability.

Leian did not know whether he had four divine clones, but even if he did, he had no idea how long he would have to wait to obtain the essence blood of the Four Divine Beasts. The essence blood of a God-Eater Rat, on the other hand, was more likely to be obtainable.

After all, according to the information he had received earlier, Beirut had yet to become a Chief God. If he could befriend him, he might be able to request a drop of essence blood.

After pondering for a while, Leian gradually set aside such thoughts. No matter which innate divine ability he intended to Copy, it was impossible at this stage. There was no point overthinking it. He would be better off continuing to cultivate and improve his strength.

Next, Leian first absorbed divine power to strengthen his Saint Realm original body, then took out several pieces of ore obtained from Kals and reforged his sword.

Looking at the black longsword, unchanged in design and entirely dark, Leian nodded with satisfaction. He would not be going to a Supreme Plane anytime soon. From now on, he would nurture this longsword with Destruction Divine Power and use it as his weapon in the future.

"The end of destruction is the return of all things to Guixu. You shall be called 'Guixu.'"

As he spoke, the two small purple characters "Guixu" slowly emerged on the surface of the blade near the guard.