Deepening Doubts

Within the Scripture Pavilion, this treasury of knowledge, Lin Tian felt as though he had found a priceless treasure. He discovered numerous cultivation notes left behind by Saint Domain experts and fire-element deities. The pages were densely filled with their insights into Profound Mysteries gained during cultivation, brimming with imaginative ideas and ingenious developments of cultivation methods. Since Leo I was a fire-element Mid-God, most of the material revolved around cultivating the fire-element laws and mysteries. To Lin Tian, this was undoubtedly an excellent place to broaden his horizons and deepen his understanding.

Lin Tian eagerly pored over one set of notes after another. Combining them with the descriptions of the fire element from the original Coiling Dragon novel in his mind, his understanding of the Profound Mysteries of the Laws of fire steadily deepened. The unique insights and novel ideas of those predecessors were like lamps illuminating his path through the fog of cultivation, giving him tremendous inspiration.

One set of notes mentioned using the Fire Body Technique Mystery to transform one's entire body into a form of flame elements, thereby increasing one's speed. This idea instantly stirred up a storm in Lin Tian's heart. He could not help thinking, Isn't this similar to certain principles of earthwalking?

Both relied on merging into an element to achieve greater speed. Drawing upon the laws of physics he had learned in his previous life, Lin Tian quickly understood why: merging into an element could greatly reduce external resistance. Just like an object traveling through the air, the smoother its surface, the less resistance it encountered, and the faster it naturally moved. He could not help imagining himself turning into a blazing flame and streaking across heaven and earth like a meteor, his heart filled with longing for such a marvelous ability.

Then, the contents described in another book made Lin Tian chuckle. It introduced a method of using the Explosion Mystery of fire to increase one's speed: creating a fiery explosion behind oneself and relying on its powerful thrust to propel oneself forward.

Lin Tian was genuinely startled when he saw this. In this fantastical Coiling Dragon World, he had actually encountered such a familiar means of acceleration. Was this not the very principle behind how airplanes flew in his previous life? By using the powerful thrust generated by flames, one could achieve rapid flight. He seemed to see a Saint Domain expert with blazing flames jetting from behind him, shooting into the sky like a rocket at a breathtaking speed.

When Lin Tian opened a set of notes written by a fire-element deity who had achieved Internal Deification, he was even more deeply shaken by its contents. This deity explained in detail the applications of the Fire Body Technique Mystery and also mentioned that, based on his observations of those who achieved Internal Deification and External Deification, using the Fire Body Technique to strengthen one's physical body produced far more significant results for the former.

Under identical conditions, the physical strength of one who achieved Internal Deification would far surpass that of one who achieved External Deification. Moreover, in terms of physical attacks, a person with greater bodily strength could unleash far more physical power than someone with weaker bodily strength under the same circumstances. This deity even proposed a hypothesis: the stronger one's Divine Body, the greater one's physical attack power. If one focused on increasing the strength of the Divine Body, could that increase one's strength to a certain extent and compensate for insufficient comprehension of the Profound Mysteries of the Laws?

Having read the original Coiling Dragon novel, Lin Tian naturally knew that Heimos was the clearest example. His innate physical strength was born at the absolute limit. Even without fusing any Profound Mysteries of the Laws, his strength surpassed that of a Seven Star Demon and approached the Asura level. Thus, from the moment he was born, he had been taken in by the Earth Sovereign as an Overgod Envoy. This was precisely an example of how a powerful Divine Body could greatly compensate for inadequate comprehension of the Profound Mysteries of the Laws.

Seeing this, Lin Tian's mind became filled with doubts. Leo I was merely a fire-element Mid-God and seemed never to have set foot in the Seven Divine Planes or the Four Supreme Planes. Where, then, had he obtained these precious books?

Furthermore, this deity claimed to have made extensive observations, and observation clearly implied research. Research required sufficient samples. The limited number of deities on the Maya Continent was obviously nowhere near enough to meet such needs. Therefore, it was highly likely that the owner of these notes had not conducted this research on the Maya Continent.

From the descriptions in the original Coiling Dragon novel, knowledge related to developing and applying the Profound Mysteries of the Laws was priceless even in Hell. Yet here, it could be found with ease.

Still full of doubts, Lin Tian continued reading the other notes. He discovered many more manuals related to cultivating mysteries. The Saint Domain manuals offered relatively superficial descriptions, but any cultivation manual written by a deity contained extraordinarily profound research into the Profound Mysteries of the Laws—so profound that it did not seem like something a Lower God could attain. Stranger still, Saint Domain manuals were usually signed, while the deities' manuals bore no signatures at all. Any references to locations or names had been obscured.

As he read further, Lin Tian increasingly felt that something was wrong. Quite a few books even involved the fusion of mysteries. For example, one set of notes discussed fusing the Fire Element Mystery with the Fire Body Technique Mystery. It stated that under the fusion of the Fire Body Technique Mystery and the Fire Element Mystery, one's entire body could transform into flame form and thereby become immune to some physical attacks. The moment Lin Tian read this, images of Logia-type ability users from the One Piece he had watched in his previous life flashed through his mind. The two were surprisingly similar. This wondrous resemblance gave him a more intuitive sense of the marvels of fused mysteries.

Another book described in detail the effects of fusing the Fire Space Mystery with the Scorching Mystery: through this fusion, one could enhance the extreme heat of the Scorching Mystery to a certain extent within a fiery space.

Specifically, within a designated space, the scorching heat could not only directly burn enemies but also create a distillation-like effect on enemies at the edges. As the temperature rose, the high-temperature vapor produced would inflict additional damage, causing enemies to suffer the assault of extreme heat without realizing it.

Such a complex and exquisite fusion of mysteries was clearly beyond the scope of a Mid-God, for it involved the fusion of three or four mysteries. Leo I was merely a Mid-God, so why did such profound material appear here?

Lin Tian was utterly perplexed and repeatedly pondered the matter. How had Leo I acquired this knowledge? Could it be that Leo I only presented himself through a Mid-God Divine Clone, while his true strength far exceeded that of a Mid-God? But if that were the case, why would he conceal his strength?

Lin Tian racked his brains but still could not find an answer. Then he reconsidered. As a member of the Leo Family, the knowledge in these cultivation manuals provided enormous inspiration for his own cultivation. For now, it was more important to focus on improving his comprehension of the Fire Element Mysteries.

Thus, he temporarily cast those questions aside and continued immersing himself in the world of the notes. He compared the contents of the books one by one with his memories of the original novel, striving to deepen his understanding and insight into the Fire Element Mysteries. He continued advancing along the path of cultivation, and every book was like a lamp lit within his heart, illuminating Lin Tian's path of cultivating the fire-element Profound Mysteries of the Laws.