His main body focused on deducing various ultimate techniques suited to his current state, including material defense techniques, soul defense techniques, and soul attack techniques.
As for speed?
Simon smiled. Having become a god through the Profound Mystery of Speed, speed was his greatest strength.
After long periods of in-depth research, Simon discovered that the Mist Illusion Profound Mystery was primarily reflected in the soul through the word "illusion." After countless experiments and deductions, he had developed his own soul defense technique—the Wall of Illusion.
Once activated, Simon's immense soul power followed the profound fluctuations of Mist Illusion to form a protective barrier that completely enveloped his soul.
After some preliminary testing, Simon was quite satisfied with its defensive power. Ordinary Lowgods would never be able to break through this defense. Even against ordinary Midgods, Simon was confident he could withstand them. After all, he had undergone Soul Mutation, and the Laws of Water were no joke when it came to defense.
Likewise, Simon developed a soul attack technique—the Phantom Spear.
It was a spear formed entirely from soul power based on the Mist Illusion Profound Mystery. Once thrust out, it could bewilder an enemy's soul. If they failed to resist it, their soul defense would automatically dissipate, allowing the spear to naturally pierce their Soul Ocean.
Even if they managed to withstand it, it could still partially weaken their soul defense. Then, with his immense soul power, Simon could unleash the Phantom Spear in a frenzied barrage. He believed very few Lowgods could endure that.
As for material defense, Simon used the mostly fused Mist Illusion Profound Mystery and Water Element Essence Profound Mystery, along with fused divine power, to develop a defensive technique—the Ice Mist Battle Armor. Its defense was exceptionally impressive.
Simon used his Wind Element Divine Clone to unleash the ultimate technique Sigh of the Wind with fused divine power at full force, and the Ice Mist Battle Armor could still withstand several strikes.
Without fused divine power, it could even avoid being breached entirely. This showed just how formidable the defensive capabilities of the Laws of Water combined with fused divine power were.
The still-improving ultimate technique Sigh of the Wind had also continued growing more powerful as the fusion progress of the Profound Mystery of Speed and Profound Mystery of Slow increased.
With Simon attacking at full strength now, his attack speed, boosted by the Profound Mystery of Speed, allowed him to strike at full force over a thousand times per second. Every strike was powerful enough to tear open space several meters long.
Of course, that was in a Material Plane.
And during his tests, Simon always released Sigh of the Wind into the distance. Otherwise, the spatial rifts he tore open would be quite troublesome for him at his current level.
However, if he maintained such a high frequency of attacks, the divine power stored within him would only last a few minutes at most.
Still, given the reaction speed of god-level experts, life and death could be decided in less than a second in one-on-one close combat. Only if he were forced into a melee would things become somewhat more dangerous.
Well, only somewhat.
The shameless part about Wind Element experts was that even if they could not beat you, they could still outrun you.
But Simon would not lower his guard. The battles he faced in the future would all be struggles between god-level experts, and everyone had their own trump cards. If carelessness cost him a divine clone, Simon would regret it to death.
Overall, Simon's ultimate techniques were like a spear and a shield. It only depended on whether the Wind Element spear was sharper or the Water Element shield was sturdier.
Judging from their current performance, Sigh of the Wind, developed from the fusion of the Profound Mystery of Speed and Profound Mystery of Slow, held a slight edge.
Of course, that was also because Wind Element was simply too adept at material attacks, while the Mist Illusion Profound Mystery currently comprehended and fused by Water Element performed rather ordinarily in material defense.
Otherwise, it would be hard to say which of the spear and shield was stronger.
Ice Wind Space
Another ten years passed. The souls of Simon's main body and Water Element Divine Clone had long since recovered to their peak condition. The swords he carried with him had all been nurtured into Lowgod Artifacts, including three Wind-Annihilation Longswords nurtured with fused divine power and three swords nurtured with single-type divine power.
The reason he had nurtured so many weapons was, first, to prepare one for each body, and second, because he intended to leave one or two behind for the family as a foundation.
Inside the cave, Simon played with the Wind-Annihilation Divine Sword in his hand, which emitted a cyan-blue glow, while carefully reviewing the results of his cultivation over the past several decades. With the ultimate techniques he had developed so far, Simon was now fully capable of establishing himself among Lowgods.
Even if he encountered a Midgod, so long as it was not someone cheating like Linley, Simon was confident he could handle them.
As for Highgods, he definitely could not defeat them yet. Even a Highgod who had fused with a Godhead was not someone Simon could contend against right now. But Simon believed that even if Highgods still existed on the Rayast Plane, they most likely would not spare a glance for a small fry like him.
After all, Highgods capable of living in seclusion on a Material Plane would not be simple figures. Even if there were any, they would likely have come from Supreme Planes or Divine Planes, with horizons and strength at least on the level of Six-Star Fiends.
Such experts did not take Lowgods or Midgods seriously at all.
After all, the consensus in the Coiling Dragon World was that experts had to have style—the so-called bearing of the strong.
Experts of that level generally could not be bothered to act against opponents far weaker than themselves.
Just as Simon himself would generally no longer act against Saint Realm experts.
And judging by the environment and number of experts currently displayed by the Rayast Plane, it was nearly impossible for a native of a Material Plane to remain hidden here without going to a Supreme Plane and still cultivate to the Highgod level.
After all, whether in the clarity of laws, the cultivation environment, the number of experts, or the number of treasures, Material Planes could not compare with Supreme Planes.
In the Coiling Dragon World, Supreme Planes were the paradise of the strong and, naturally, the hell of the weak. Material Planes were more suitable as places of rest for powerful experts who wished to live in seclusion.
Even with talent as monstrous as Simon's, he had begun to feel some difficulty in cultivation. If he wanted to reach the Highgod level in the future, he would most likely have to go to a Supreme Plane, broaden his horizons, and experience slaughter.
Simon had previously searched through the continent's history. In the past several hundred thousand years, there had been no records of Highgods taking action, and even instances of Midgods acting were rare.
This also matched Simon's speculation. There were still very few experts in ordinary Material Planes, and the occasional birth of a Lowgod was already no easy feat.
Simon's future plan was to remain hidden until both his Wind Element and Water Element became Midgods before venturing into a Supreme Plane. By then, both his divine power and soul would be comparable to those of the most ordinary Highgods, giving him at least the most basic guarantee of safety.
Reining in his scattered thoughts, Simon decided to travel around a little longer before returning to the family. He would tell the clan leader and the others about becoming a god, while leaving behind divine artifacts.
Now that Simon possessed ultimate techniques in every aspect and no longer had any obvious shortcomings, blindly cultivating in seclusion no longer held much meaning.
Afterward, Simon packed his things. The moment he emerged from the cave, he transformed into an afterimage and vanished into the horizon.
Along the way, Simon spread his Divine Sense to its fullest. All that entered his mind was a world of ice and snow.
Ancient cold winds swept across the earth, while ice and snow raged throughout the sky.
The world was vast and desolate.
After flying for some distance, Simon descended to the ground and opened his mind, carefully experiencing this rare sight.
Watching the wondrous scene of ice, snow, and freezing wind seemingly merge into one, Simon suddenly gained an insight. He stood motionless amid the blizzard.
At that moment, monstrous waves surged through Simon's Soul Ocean.
That's right. I'm a dual-element Soul Mutant of Water and Wind. Water Element Essence can manifest ice and snow, while Wind Element can form hurricanes. Doesn't the scene before me perfectly combine Water Element Essence and Wind Element?
Just like that, Simon immersed himself in enlightenment.
Several months later, Simon, who had already been frozen into an ice sculpture by the wind and snow, moved.
Centered on him, pale cyan Wind Element and deep blue Water Element Essence began fluctuating violently. When the fluctuations reached their limit, the two elements suddenly began colliding.
Yet the expected explosion did not occur. Instead, the two elements naturally began to fuse together as though water and milk had mingled.
The fused element was cyan-blue in color, and Simon was soon enveloped by cyan-blue radiance that filled the sky.
I never expected Wind Element and Water Element Essence to become compatible on a whim! Looks like I really need to get out more. Being a shut-in really has no future.
Simon thought happily.
Then, under Simon's control, the cyan-blue elements filling the sky exploded outward. At the same time, 365 Cyan-Blue Fused Divine Power Threads followed special trajectories to form a domain centered on Simon with a radius of ten li.
Within this domain, hurricanes and snow formed from cyan-blue elements whirled freely. Countless ice blades and wind blades appeared and vanished, tearing open one spatial rift after another.
When I read the original novel, I was always envious of protagonist Linley's bug-like Blackstone Space. I never expected that I, Simon, would also be lucky enough to gain a similar technique. This domain space was comprehended from Icewind Canyon, so I'll call it the Ice Wind Space.
With a wave of Simon's hand, the relatively calm Ice Wind Space instantly became violent. Within a radius of ten li, everything was covered by cyan-blue ice blades and wind blades moving at Extreme Speed. Every mountain and patch of ice and snow vanished in an instant.
During those past few months, Simon had continuously fused Water Element Essence and Wind Element. As he delved deeper into Wind Element, he discovered that this basic elemental profound mystery actually contained secrets regarding Spatial Binding.
Then, while fusing the profound mysteries of the two elements, Simon had miraculously gained a further understanding of a special method for using Spatial Binding. Once activated, it could exert immense binding force upon the space within the domain.
The strength of this binding force shocked Simon.
After roughly sensing it, he found that it had fully reached the level of a Midgod Godhead Domain!
Seeing the wide-scale destructive power and immense binding force created by the domain, Ice Wind Space, Simon was overjoyed.
This was only because the Water Element Essence and Wind Element profound mysteries had just become compatible. As the fusion progress of these two Heterogeneous Profound Mysteries increased, and as he further developed their special method of use—
The binding force of Ice Wind Space would definitely become even stronger.
Especially once Simon thought about comprehending Wind Space in the future and then fusing it with these two profound mysteries, the binding force of Ice Wind Space would become unimaginably great...
I have another thing to rely on in the future. But this Ice Wind Space is still only a prototype. There are many areas that need improvement.
The beginning was always the hardest. Having successfully taken the most difficult first step, all that remained was patient grinding.
Simon was not impatient. After all, one had to eat one bite at a time, and profound mysteries had to be comprehended bit by bit. Haste would not cook rice.
At present, Wind Element in the Law of Wind was nearing major accomplishment, but it had yet to become compatible with the Profound Mystery of Speed and Profound Mystery of Slow. Yet through a fortunate coincidence, it had become compatible with Water Element Essence, developing the domain ultimate technique Ice Wind Space.
Sure enough, cultivation had to follow its natural course.
Dismissing the Ice Wind Space, Simon continued walking through the wind and snow.
His heart was tranquil at that moment. The fear he once felt toward the future had completely vanished with the perfection of his ultimate techniques and his comprehension of Ice Wind Space.
As long as he kept cultivating, he would at minimum possess the combat power of a Seven-Star Fiend. If he worked a little harder, becoming an Asura-level figure would not be difficult either.
Simon even developed the ambition to reach the Paragon level...
After calming the surging ambition in his heart, Simon continued heading due north.
Strangely, although Simon appeared to be walking slowly, every step actually carried him several li.
I'll go take a look at the rarely recorded Arctic Ice Plains, then return to the family.
Thus, Simon did not fly. Instead, he spent several months walking beyond the boundaries of Icewind Canyon. During this process, his understanding of Ice Wind Space grew increasingly profound.
Finally, one afternoon, Simon arrived at the legendary Arctic Ice Plains.
As far as the eye could see, the environment here was even harsher than Icewind Canyon. Other than ice and snow, there was only more ice and snow.
Simon spread out his Divine Sense. There were no signs of life within tens of thousands of li. Extending his Divine Sense farther, he finally discovered a Saint-level Ice Lion over a hundred thousand li away.
Other than that, Simon found no other life.
Flying into the sky, Simon unleashed Extreme Speed.
Several more days later, he arrived at the end of the Arctic Ice Plains.
Along the way, Simon gradually discovered some magical beasts living here. The weakest were all Saint Realm level, and he even found several Ascetics.
Returning Home
Deeper within the Ice Plain, the temperature had already approached what his previous life called absolute zero. At least a Peak Saint Realm expert cultivating the Laws of Water could survive here, and Simon also discovered traces of human presence.
It seems someone once cultivated in seclusion here, but the place appears to have been abandoned for a long time. Simon inspected the area and found the cave completely empty, so he lost interest.
At last, Simon arrived at the Plane Membrane and stared blankly at the Spatial Turbulence outside.
Simon watched for a long time and thought about many things.
And in his heart, he secretly swore that one day, he would rely on his own strength to face this Spatial Turbulence without fear.
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