Immortal Diamond Body

Inside an E9-class spaceship in the Dark Universe.

Bai Luoyan's expression was grim. He had never expected Bai Yuan to be so perceptive and see through the trap he had set.

Everything was just as Uncle and Nephew Bai Tianning had suspected: he had indeed intended to kill Bai Yuan.

In another cabin, Bai Xingyun sat silently, reflecting on everything that had happened. Gradually, he, too, began to sense that something was amiss.

"If I'd known, I shouldn't have agreed to become his disciple so quickly."

"Alas, what a bitter mess."

What was done was done. All he could do now was take things one step at a time.

--

The Blade Clan's God Temple was as renowned as the Holy Temple.

The Holy Temple bore the names of countless Blade Clan powerhouses throughout history and was a symbol of honor.

The God Temple, meanwhile, was where the Blade Clan's true powerhouses gathered. Meetings of all sizes were held there, and anyone below the Domain Lord level wasn't even qualified to enter.

At that very moment, Bai Yuan stood outside the God Temple's gates, while Bai Tianning continued to remind him:

"Once you're inside, watch more and speak less. We can't afford to offend anyone in there, so be extremely careful."

Bai Tianning was only at the ninth tier of the Universe Realm and had no right to enter.

The reason the higher-ups had summoned Bai Yuan was unclear, but the fact that they had chosen the God Temple as the meeting place showed how important this was.

"I understand. Uncle, you should head back. I'm going in."

With that, Bai Yuan entered the God Temple.

The scene that greeted him after he passed through the entrance left him utterly stunned.

There were no magnificent, golden buildings inside, only an endless wilderness. The air was thick with blade aura, so dense it seemed almost tangible, and it stung his skin.

"A small world!"

Bai Yuan was utterly shocked.

He had never imagined that the legendary God Temple was merely an empty shell on the outside, with a vast small world within.

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud...

Heavy footsteps approached from afar, making the ground tremble.

Bai Yuan turned toward the sound, and his heart gave a sudden leap.

"Whoa! He's huge!"

The figure was a giant nearly sixty meters tall. He looked much like an ordinary member of the Blade Clan, except for the golden mark on his brow.

Both the Blade Clan and Earthlings belonged to the Human Race.

Normally, a member of the Human Race was considered enormous if they stood seven or eight meters tall.

The giant before him had clearly cultivated some kind of special secret technique, strengthening his body to its absolute limit.

Within seconds, he had reached Bai Yuan and looked down at him.

After sizing him up, he slowly spoke. "You're a little on the frail side, but your willpower is decent. You pass. You're qualified to inherit my Sharp Metal Thirty-Three Slash."

His words revealed the newcomer's identity: Bai Kuangren, the creator of the secret technique.

The next moment, two books shimmering with golden light descended from the sky. Bai Yuan hurriedly reached out to catch them.

One was the complete version of Sharp Metal Thirty-Three Slash; the other was Immortal Diamond Body.

"All right, I've given you the books. You can leave now."

Before Bai Yuan could say a word, he suddenly found himself at the entrance. He hadn't been given the slightest chance to resist.

Bai Tianning, who had just walked a short distance away, sensed the disturbance and immediately turned around.

When he saw Bai Yuan come out, he couldn't help but stare in surprise.

"Why are you back already?"

"I'm not sure either." Bai Yuan looked helpless. "As soon as I went in, Senior Bai Kuangren appeared in front of me. He glanced at me, tossed me two books, and sent me back out."

From beginning to end, he hadn't managed to say a single word or take a single step.

"Shh! We'll talk when we get back!"

Bai Tianning hurriedly lowered his voice and warily surveyed their surroundings.

--

Deep within the small world inside the God Temple.

Bai Kuangren had returned to his normal height of just over two meters and entered a house built from living plants.

Someone was already waiting inside, watching him with a smile.

"Old Kuang, you must think highly of that kid. You passed down your secret technique to him, and even gave him Immortal Diamond Body, an Immortal Realm secret technique."

"Hmph, that's only because our descendants are so disappointing." Bai Kuangren snorted. "They can't even reach a Force Amplitude of ten times, yet they call themselves geniuses? This kid is the only one who's barely worth a second look."

Hearing this, the clan leader gave a wry smile. "Don't compare us to you. A twelvefold Force Amplitude at the Apprentice Realm? You're a freak!"

Bai Kuangren's voice turned low. "You have some nerve. You and Bai Luoyan both had good talent, but one of you was held back by the position of clan leader, while the other couldn't let go of his obsession with claiming it."

"If you could put all that aside and travel around the universe more, you'd see that reaching a Force Amplitude of ten times isn't difficult at all."

Indeed, a tenfold Force Amplitude was nothing rare across the vast universe.

Take Meteor Ink Star, for example. Its ninth-tier Apprentice Realm disciples had an average Force Amplitude of ten times.

Of course, Meteor Ink Star had more than ten Immortal Realm powerhouses at the time, including a Marquis Realm powerhouse, so it was only natural that it set such high standards for selecting disciples.

In other words, even Bai Yuan's current performance would only just meet the threshold of those powerful Immortal factions.

The clan leader's expression shifted. It was true. After inheriting the position of clan leader, his desire to grow stronger had gradually lost its purity.

But it was easier said than done.

Once he had truly taken a position second only to one person and above countless others, wielding authority that affected the entire clan, giving it up was no longer something he could accomplish with a few words.

Ultimately, he simply couldn't bear to relinquish that power.

Otherwise, with his talent, he should have at least reached the fourth tier of the World Lord level, instead of remaining stuck at the second tier.

Seeing this, Bai Kuangren knew there was no point trying to persuade him.

"Forget it." He sighed softly.

"Sometimes I still think of what you were like when you were young. Even when the two of you joined forces, you couldn't beat me, but you never knew the meaning of giving up. You made surpassing me your goal and kept moving forward."

The clan leader lowered his head and smiled bitterly. "Yes. Back then, we feared nothing. Now that we're older, we've lost that ambition."

While the two of them talked, Bai Yuan was busy elsewhere.

In his courtyard, Bai Yuan sat cross-legged, immersing his mind in cultivation.

After the clan competition ended, he had sensed that his comprehension seemed to have improved slightly. He could indeed perceive and understand concepts more clearly than before.

Even so, comprehending the twelfth form of Sharp Metal Thirty-Three Slash remained harder than reaching the heavens.

After all, throughout the history of the Blade Clan, no one had ever mastered twelve forms at the Apprentice Realm. Even most exceptionally talented clan members needed years of hard work at the Planet Realm to achieve that.

So Bai Yuan didn't rush to practice the blade technique. Instead, he temporarily focused on the Guidance Technique Hurricane Gold and the movement technique Gilded Gold.

According to the complete inheritance Bai Kuangren had passed down, the three techniques were originally one.

Hurricane Gold guided the flow of Origin Force and laid the foundation for sharp metal; Gilded Gold made each step follow the body, darting about like a stream of molten gold and shifting unpredictably.

Only when combined with the blade technique could they bring the power of the path of sharp metal to its fullest.

As for the Epiphany Points granted by the system, Bai Yuan thought it over carefully and decided to save them for now.

His Apprentice Realm was too low. Using a precious chance for epiphany at this stage would be a waste.

He planned to wait until he broke through to the Planet Realm and underwent a leap in his life level before using an Epiphany Point.