Fusion, a Dramatic Surge in Strength!

The sixteen Dao Treasury Hall of the Void Holy City are each equipped with profound magical arrays, and the space is extremely vast.

Rows of bookshelves stood neatly, displaying countless classic books, as vast as the sea.

After all, it was collected by the Starry Sky Holy Lord over nearly 100,000 Chaos Eras, as well as after he occupied a region of Eternal Realm. It was many times more than all the books in the entire Three Realms combined!

Over the past five years, Zhou Hao has had more than ten clones constantly flipping through the pages, but he has only seen less than one millionth of them.

Dao Treasury Hall, number sixteen in sequence.

One of Zhou Hao's clones quickly found a book about the mental power system, titled "Overview of the Mental Power System," and immediately picked it up and began to read it.

"Godslayer." Zhou Hao's eyes lit up as he carefully examined the book in his hand.

' Godslayer ' is a peculiar offensive method among the mysterious 'Mental Power Cultivators'.

Those who are proficient in this art of mental cultivation can fuse divine power and mental power into a unique ' Godslayer Power'.

By attaching ' Godslayer Power' to weapons for attack, any contact between the weapon and the enemy's divine power will cause them to consume each other, much like a battle of attrition.

Those who cultivate mental strength consume their own divine power, while their enemies also consume divine power, and even more. It is a case of killing a thousand enemies while losing eight hundred of your own.

Because it only requires contact with the enemy's divine power to determine the balance of power, ignoring the divine body's defenses, ' Godslayer ' is an extremely terrifying and rare method among mental power cultivators. Once a mental power cultivator uses such a method, they are almost invincible among those of the same level.

However, similarly, when killing an enemy, the cultivator of mental strength will also be severely injured and rendered powerless. Therefore, unless truly in dire straits, they generally will not resort to such methods...

"Kill a thousand enemies, but lose eight hundred of your own?" Zhou Hao nodded slightly and continued reading.

There are countless methods for utilizing mental power.

This book, "An Overview of the Mental Power System," introduces almost all common methods of using mental power, such as detection, illusion, charm, enslavement, illusion and reality, intimidation, mental defense, and many other wonderful uses that combine with divine and immortal power.

"As expected of the third cultivation system that can be compared with the Divine Demon Path and the Qi Refining Path, the Heart Path is indeed miraculous," Zhou Hao sighed softly.

Having read countless books over the past five years, Zhou Hao has gained a deeper understanding of the cultivation paths within the endless chaos.

Depending on the cultivation path and direction, the cultivation system in the endless chaos is divided into the God and Demon path, which was created based on the divine and demonic bodies born from chaos; the Qi Refining path, which was created by the continuous breakthroughs of mortal life; and the ethereal Heart path.

The path of cultivating Qi is called 'Qi Refining Cultivator'. They cultivate immortal power, first condensing a golden core within their body, and then transforming into Dao Tree when they reach the World Realm. The higher their immortal power, the larger the Dao Tree becomes.

Those who cultivate the path of gods and demons are called 'god and demon cultivators'. They cultivate divine power, transforming chaotic power into divine power to strengthen their divine bodies. At the World Realm, divine power condenses into God Crystal. The stronger the God Crystal, the stronger the divine bodies become.

The path of cultivating the mind is called 'Mind Power Cultivator'. It cultivates the mind, and the stronger the mind, the stronger the mind power. When the World Realm is reached, one can build Heart World within the mind. The more perfect the mystery of the path of mind power becomes, the more real and powerful the Heart World becomes, influencing reality with illusion.

Reaching the pinnacle of cultivation, one can even transform illusory objects within the Heart World directly into real objects. This is the most wondrous and also the most difficult of the three cultivation systems.

At least in the books about the mental power system that Zhou Hao had read, most mental power practitioners would be stuck at the fifth level of mental power, and would never be able to break through to the sixth level, the ' World Realm,' and open up the realm of the ' Heart World.'

"Although Jin Ten is World Realm puppet, his mental strength should still be at the fifth level." Although it was a guess, Zhou Hao was already certain in his heart.

Otherwise, if Jin Ten had opened up the ' Heart World ', he would have already reached the pinnacle of the World Realm.

The third trial left behind by the Starry Sky Holy Lord doesn't need twelve puppets working together. As long as you can defeat Jin Ten, the one who comes here is already the most heaven-defying genius in the World Realm.

Even so, Zhou Hao was well aware that World Realm Puppet with the fifth level of mental power was not so easy to deal with.

While all are at the fifth level of mental power, some techniques are not particularly threatening, while others are enough to make countless World God tremble at the mere mention of them!

Jin Ten's ' Godslayer ' secret technique... is a secret technique that even the World God fear.

After all, it involves directly consuming divine power, so it's a contest of who has the more abundant divine power.

Although he himself relied on the special nature of the Force, making him no less powerful than an ordinary World God in terms of strength and depth, he still couldn't withstand Jin Ten's attrition.

"Two options," Zhou Hao pondered.

"The first method is for me to break through from True God to Ancestor God. At that time, the primal force within my body will inevitably surge, at least dozens of times that before the breakthrough. With twelve clones casting a combined attack formation, it should be enough to withstand the clash of Jin Ten's ' Godslayer Power'."

"The second method is to master the third level of the <Twelve Dutian Gods and Devils>, allowing my twelve clones to merge back into my main body, resulting in an astonishing surge in the main body's strength."

"Even if the Force is still not as powerful as Jin Ten's World God power, the original body after the twelve clones merge will not only have a surge in Force, but its speed, strength, and soul will also increase twelvefold. The speed at which it absorbs chaotic power to recover will also increase dramatically. At that time, it can use stronger attacks to suppress Jin One and the others, and then use a recovery speed far exceeding that of divine power to wear down Jin Ten..."

Thinking of this, Zhou Hao scanned the Storage Bracelet with his mind and shook his head helplessly.

Compared to the first method of achieving a divine body breakthrough, the second method is simpler, but unfortunately, there isn't enough Chaos Spirit Liquid.

He was at the Ancestor Immortal realm, and his previous cultivation of the second level of the Blue Flower Avatar consumed one hundred cubic units of Chaos Spirit Liquid.

To cultivate the third level of the Twelve Dutian Gods and Devils, the required Chaos Spirit Liquid is now a hundred times more expensive than cultivating all twelve clones... That's a whopping 120,000 cubic meters of Chaos Spirit Liquid!

Even if World God at the peak of his power sold all his treasures and weapons, he probably wouldn't be able to gather that much Chaos Spirit Liquid, let alone a 'native' who has never left the Three Realms.

no way.

We can only hope that the first method will lead to a breakthrough in divine body.

"To break through from a True God to Ancestor God, one must be able to sense a glimmer of spiritual light in the transformation of the divine body, and reshape the core of divine power with the laws of Heavenly Dao... This cannot be rushed." Zhou Hao immediately decided to have one clone cultivate and comprehend the divine body in the meditation room, while the other clones would search for supernatural abilities and secret techniques that could enhance their strength in the Dao Treasury Hall.

"Thanks to the wonders of the Force, I can now travel 800,000 miles in an instant. Although my attacks are even faster, 900,000 miles in an instant is my current limit."

Zhou Hao walked in front of the antique bookshelves, flipping through the volumes of ancient books.

Jin One and his group's maximum speed is twice the speed of light, covering 1.2 million miles in an instant. Jin Yi's attack speed cannot keep up with their movement speed, so he can only passively take hits.

Therefore, Zhou Hao wanted to find a way to increase speed, at least a fist or palm technique that could make his attacks faster.

Even if he couldn't catch up with the Jin One World Realm puppet that had used the combined magic array, his attack speed would be comparable, allowing him to leverage his superior strength.

Zhou Hao opened the volumes of ancient books, and with each page he turned, a wealth of information was directly transmitted into his mind.

Some of these ancient texts were written by ordinary World Realm, while others were profound texts left behind by peak World Realm or even Dao Lord.

According to the rarity of the classics, the more precious the classics, the further back they are placed on the bookshelf, and the fewer classics are on the bookshelf.

Later, Zhou Hao simply flew to the deepest part of a Dao Treasury Hall and then searched it from the inside out.

Each book is the crystallization of the wisdom of countless predecessors in cultivation. Every time Zhou Hao flips through a book, his mind seems to travel through endless time and communicate directly with countless predecessors in cultivation, making him unable to help but immerse himself in the fascination.

Gradually, he forgot that he had originally only been looking for a useful supernatural power.

Time flies like Flowing Water.

Zhou Hao read with great patience and comprehended the text with humility and diligence, almost as if he were possessed, and quietly spent fifteen years on it.

This day.

Zhou Hao, who was sitting cross-legged in the corner with a wine pot beside him, casually tossed a book in his hand back onto the bookshelf using his primal force. Then another book with a black cover flew over and he caught it.

"Floodstorm Torrent?" Zhou Hao picked up the wine jug beside him with a contented air, took a sip, and then opened the black book in his hand.

Instantly.

The words and images in the ancient books transformed into beams of light that flew towards Zhou Hao, constantly penetrating his mind.

<Floodstorm Torrent> was created by the exceptionally talented and powerful ' Floodstorm World God ', a peak World Realm expert.

This ' Floodstorm World God ' was an Ancestor God born from chaos. He was born with the understanding of the ' Heavenly Dao of Earth'. After breaking through to become World God in his Chaos Great World, the Floodstorm World God ventured into the endless chaos to adventure everywhere.

Because of his wild nature and innate madness, the Floodstorm World God most enjoys venturing into all sorts of strange and dangerous places in the endless chaos.

What seemed like a reckless and insane act to ordinary cultivators was actually a result of the Floodstorm World God's many perils and fortuitous encounters in the chaos. He refined his divine body to a level comparable to a top-grade ' Dao Divine Weapon ' and his strength reached the peak of the World God level.

After his power surged, the Floodstorm World God became even more frenzied. When he encountered a spatial storm, he actually rushed into it, trying to go against the current and traverse the spatial storm that swept across countless billions of miles.

This spatial storm is a dangerous environment naturally born from endless chaos. The larger the area it sweeps across, the stronger its power. The one that the Floodstorm World God rushed into is one that even an ordinary Dao Lord would avoid from afar.

If it's truly unavoidable, one will go with the flow, trying to escape at the tail end of the spatial storm.

After all, such a naturally formed, dangerous environment offers no chance for unexpected opportunities or adventures; how could anyone, like the Floodstorm World God, go against the current?

But the Floodstorm World God did just that, and it took him nearly 80 million years to complete it.

Over these eighty million years of going against the current, the Floodstorm World God single-mindedly fought against the raging spatial storms, and finally created a divine power, which is the book <Floodstorm Torrent> in Zhou Hao's hands.

"The Floodstorm Torrent combines the profound mysteries of earth with the principles of wind and space. A single strike can easily surpass the limits of the Heavenly Dao. When mastered, it can even reach eight times the speed of light, like a chaotic torrent sweeping away everything?" Zhou Hao's eyes grew brighter and brighter as he marveled at the mad Floodstorm World God.

"What a pity." Zhou Hao looked at the end of the book, where a close friend of the Floodstorm World God had added a section, which was also the part the Floodstorm World God left to his friend with his life experiences and strongest techniques.

'Hong Bao lived a life of madness and tyranny, once single-handedly killing all six Dao Lord Dao Lord were besieging him, making him a pinnacle of the World Realm. He ultimately perished in the ruins of an ancient Emperor's mansion. Alas, a pity!'

"If you walk by the river often enough, you're bound to get your shoes wet. If you risk your life every day, no matter how monstrous or extraordinary you are, you'll only end up killing yourself." Zhou Hao browsed through the records of his 'great achievements' in the Floodstorm World God Records.

Among them were some minor techniques and secret arts, which were not particularly profound, but each had its own unique characteristics. After being obtained by the Floodstorm World God, they were recorded together along with his life experiences.

"Huh." Zhou Hao's eyes narrowed. "The Sole True Self?"

This is a secret technique, and it is also the key to why the Floodstorm World God was able to refine his divine body to a level comparable to the top-grade ' Dao Divine Weapon '. Therefore, he wrote it down in great detail.

"It can gather and fuse all completely identical clones into one..." Zhou Hao muttered to himself, "Isn't this the effect that only those who have mastered the third level of the ' Twelve Dutian Gods and Devils ' can achieve?"

certainly.

By using the secret technique <The Sole True Self>, all the clones merge and become one, and then they cannot be separated again. Unlike the third level of ' Twelve Dutian Gods and Devils ', which allows the twelve clones to merge into one and then disperse again.

Once the many clones merge into one, the soul, magic power, divine power, mental power, and divine body can all undergo a great leap forward, and the strength can increase dramatically. Why would one need to separate them again?

In particular, the fact that the secret technique <The Sole True Self> does not require any Chaos Spirit Liquid is a godsend for Zhou Hao at his current state!

Whew! Whew! Whew!...

Zhou Hao's clones all left the Dao Treasury Hall.

soon.

The twelve clones gathered on the black stone platform in the quiet room.

"Begin casting the ' Sole True Self ' spell."

Zhou Hao's twelve clones all sat cross-legged, and gradually, two of them began to emit a hazy white light.

Divine body, soul, Blue Flower... everything within the clone began to emit a hazy white light.

This white light faintly contained mysterious Divine Pattern, created by a powerful being from the primordial chaos. Its profound mystery was beyond Zhou Hao's current comprehension.

But he doesn't need to understand; he can simply follow the example and apply the method accordingly.

"Buzz buzz buzz~~~"

As Zhou Hao's two clones gradually approached each other, one of them even flew directly into the other clone's body. The white light emitted by the new original body after the two clones merged into one suddenly intensified.

"Call."

The new entity, which now houses the original two clones, opened its eyes.

"How wondrous." Zhou Hao sensed carefully, "The 'Force Crystal' island within the Blue Flower Space has expanded by nearly ten percent, and the blue mist of Force has become even purer."

"My soul has become stronger... even my divine body has become much stronger." Zhou Hao was overjoyed. "It really works!"

"Reintegration."

Wow.

Another clone merged into the body of the original.

The new entity's strength continued to increase, with its divine body, Blue Flower Space, soul, and primal force all undergoing transformation.

The "Sole True Self" method is a method that can only be performed by utilizing the fact that many of the incarnations originate from the same source.

The more clones you merge with, the stronger the clones become, and naturally, the stronger your original self will be.

One by one, the already incredibly powerful Blue Flower clones merged, and with each clone merged, the original body underwent a transformation.

As each clone merged and disappeared.

finally.

The eleven clones completely merged into one, becoming Zhou Hao himself.

On the black stone platform, only Zhou Hao himself and his last Blue Flower clone remained.

"What a peculiar feeling." After merging with ten Blue Flower clones, the newly formed Zhou Hao's true self sensed his surroundings.

His spiritual energy is much stronger than before, and even his comprehension of the 'Tao' is significantly faster.

Even if the original twelve clones plus the twelve clones of the Second Primordial Spirit, a total of twenty-four clones, comprehended the truth at the same time, it would still be far slower than the new original body's comprehension speed after fusing with ten Blue Flower -and-white porcelain clones.

This is a qualitative change; it's no longer a gap that can be bridged simply by increasing quantity.

"I am a first-class Ancestor Immortal because the Origin Power Cultivation System of Blue Flower is higher than that of gods and demons or Qi Refining. This originally made each of my Blue Flower clones reach a point where they are about to touch the threshold of Chaos Immortal."

"Now that the eleven Blue Flower porcelain clones have merged, a qualitative change has occurred... My primal force should be sufficient to reach the level of a true Chaos Immortal."

He was able to easily defeat Jin Twelve because of the combined attack formation formed by his twelve clones.

Even the most perfect combined attack formation will have some wasted and depleted primal force, since maintaining the formation's operation requires a continuous output of primal force.

But now.

The new original form had its internal Blue Flower Space expanded to twice its original size, and the abundance of primal force it contained had increased by more than a hundredfold.

Moreover, it also possesses a divine body.

brush.

A Darklight Swords, at the level of a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, appeared in Zhou Hao's hand.

"Clang~~~"

He used almost no force; with just a gentle swipe, he smoothed the blade of the Darklight Swords in his palm, then crumpled it into a ball like mud.

"A divine body at the level of a superior-grade Dao Divine Weapon." Zhou Hao smiled.

This was originally a divine body level that could only be achieved when one had nearly mastered the middle section of the <Chaos Cavern Tribulation Stone Body> technique. Now, the fusion of eleven clones has enabled one to achieve this divine body level.

"Merging into another clone would only have a limited impact on my strength. Leaving one as a seed means that even if my main body perishes, I can still cultivate back to strength using this clone." Zhou Hao looked at the only remaining Blue Flower clone in front of him and pondered silently.

Floodstorm World God initially cultivated the clone technique and then obtained the secret technique of <Sole True Self> through a fortuitous encounter, which caused his strength to surge and his divine body to reach the level of Dao Divine Weapon.

But he was too reckless and too confident. If he had left even one clone behind, he wouldn't have ended up with such a regrettable and lamentable fate.

call.

The last remaining Blue Flower porcelain clone left the meditation room and went to the Dao Treasury Hall to peruse the classics.

Having discovered the miraculous secret technique of "The Sole True Self," who knows what other seemingly insignificant yet extremely beneficial methods might be hidden among those countless ancient texts?

Even if nothing else is as helpful as the <Sole True Self>, simply reading through the hard-earned wisdom of these predecessors is a valuable accumulation that will help one go further and reach higher levels on the path of cultivation in the future.

Zhou Hao was well aware of this.

"Begin cultivating ' Floodstorm Torrent '." Zhou Hao's eyes were filled with fighting spirit. "Once I master this divine ability, I will defeat twelve World Realm puppets honorably, complete the third trial, and obtain the final inheritance!"

The Longevity Realm.

Outside Five Village Temple.

Yu Wei stood anxiously outside the main hall of the Daoist temple, with a large, snow-white dog beside her and a small, green snake coiled around her arm.

"Two celestial attendants," Yu Wei pleaded with Clear Wind Mingyue, who were guarding the palace entrance, "I truly have urgent business to discuss with the Ancestor of Changsheng. Please, two celestial attendants, go and inform him."

"No." Clear Wind shook his head. "The Dao Ancestor instructed before he went into seclusion that he must not be disturbed in any way."

"But I have been waiting here for twelve years. When will the Ancestor of Changsheng emerge from seclusion?" Yu Wei looked at the tightly closed main hall, her voice trembling slightly.

"The Dao Ancestor's power is profound. A single seclusion can last for ten or eight years, or even a thousand or ten thousand years. How can we possibly fathom it?" Mingyue sighed. "Yu Wei, it's not that we are being unreasonable, but since the Dao Ancestor went into seclusion fifteen years ago, even his children have not been allowed to enter the hall to disturb him. We really cannot disturb him."

Yu Wei was disheartened.

yes.

The fact that he wouldn't even see his own children suggests that this seclusion Changsheng Master Changsheng must be extremely important.

I can't see Master Changsheng...

What should we do about Ji Ning Ji Ning?

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