Particle Talent

Whoosh!

Zhou Zheng put on the Black Fiend Dao Wind Robe and the Extreme Shadow Dragon Pattern Boots. At once, his aura changed.

Though he was only a sixteen-year-old youth, the black robe made him seem far more composed.

Then, Zhou Zheng picked up a Jade Bottle that looked no bigger than his palm.

"This is Tian Cong Poison!"

Zhou Zheng examined the Jade Bottle and soon noticed instructions for use around its mouth.

"Best taken orally; may also be used for soaking in a medicinal bath!"

After reading the instructions, Zhou Zheng did not hesitate. He uncorked the bottle and drained it in one gulp.

The liquid inside was somewhat viscous, yet it melted as soon as it entered his mouth.

At first, Zhou Zheng felt nothing after swallowing it. But after more than ten breaths, he suddenly felt a terrifying pressure in his chest.

Boom!

A sudden explosion rang out in Zhou Zheng's mind. The next moment, incomparable agony surged up from the depths of his body.

Bang!

Zhou Zheng dropped to one knee. In the blink of an eye, his entire body swelled red like a boiled crayfish, while vast amounts of heat continuously rose from him.

Soon, countless wisps of steam rose around Zhou Zheng, completely enveloping him.

Pain! Pain! Pain!

This was pain at the very limit!

Zhou Zheng's body had already become Transcendental, yet at that moment, he was utterly unable to control his sense of pain. He only felt endless agony pouring from the depths of his body, wave after wave battering his soul.

At that moment, Zhou Zheng finally understood why Tian Cong Poison was meant to stimulate the body's potential, yet still bore the word "poison" in its name.

This stuff was definitely poison.

The extreme pain lasted for roughly half an hour. Then, Zhou Zheng, who had been gritting his teeth and enduring it all along, suddenly felt the pain recede like a rapidly withdrawing tide.

At the same time, he suddenly felt that everything around him had changed.

Whoosh!

Zhou Zheng rose to his feet, stirring a gust of air.

Yet in his eyes, it was the movement of countless Particles.

Drawing the longsword from his back with a backhand motion, Zhou Zheng could clearly sense the countless Particles within the blade, packed together in an incomparably dense arrangement.

"Particles!"

Zhou Zheng fell into thought, then suddenly threw a punch.

Boom, crack!

The power of Battle Qi erupted. Countless Particles were directly destroyed by the strike, and an invisible wind instantly swept through the air.

Though the wind was invisible, it could kill without being seen.

"Particle Talent!"

Zhou Zheng understood. This Talent was vastly inferior to the Time Talent he had hoped for, but it was not weak either.

A complete Particle True Meaning was a Third-grade True Meaning.

And the Talent he had now awakened was precisely one related to Particles.

Such a Talent allowed Zhou Zheng to destroy certain Particles to some extent. Of course, he could only do it; he had no idea how he did it.

It was like an innate instinct. Whenever he wanted to do it, he did so subconsciously. As for the principle behind it? He knew nothing at all!

Still, awakening this Particle Talent is not bad. With this Talent, it will be much easier for me to comprehend Particle Profound Mystery. Through it, I can master another Profound Mystery!

As a transmigrator, Zhou Zheng knew very well that aside from First-grade True Meanings, every other True Meaning had more or less some weakness.

Mastering only one True Meaning made it easy to be countered.

For instance, when Zhou Zheng's Time Deceleration Profound Mystery evolved into a True Meaning in the future, dealing with ordinary Transcendentals would naturally pose no problem. But what if he encountered a Transcendental who possessed an Immortal Body?

If his attack power was insufficient, then even if the other party stood still and let Zhou Zheng kill them, he would be unable to kill them.

Particle True Meaning, however, was an exceptionally offensive True Meaning. It could greatly compensate for Zhou Zheng's lack of attack power.

Furthermore, high-grade True Meanings were often born through the fusion of several low-grade True Meanings. Therefore, if he wanted to go further in the future, mastering more low-level Profound Mysteries could not possibly be wrong.

Previously, it would have been rather difficult for Zhou Zheng to comprehend Particle True Meaning for no reason, because comprehending the Profound Mysteries of laws was not something one could accomplish simply by wanting to.

Before, Zhou Zheng could barely even notice the existence of Particles. How could he speak of comprehending them?

But now, Zhou Zheng had awakened this type of Talent. Not only could he clearly sense the existence of Particles, but he could also shatter them. Under such conditions, even an ordinary person might be able to comprehend Particle Profound Mystery, let alone Zhou Zheng, whose Talent had constantly been influenced by the Gate of Time and Space.

He had a great chance of comprehending Particle Profound Mystery.

In a place like the Temporal Temple, Zhou Zheng naturally did not dare to relax. He had to do everything he could to improve his strength before the next mission.

After drinking Tian Cong Poison and awakening his Bloodline Talent, Zhou Zheng officially began cultivating within the Temporal Temple.

Every day, Zhou Zheng absorbed the pure power of heaven and earth from Origin Stones, nourishing the Battle Qi and soul within his body.

At the same time, he practiced his swordsmanship.

This was how Zhou Zheng comprehended Profound Mysteries. There were countless Profound Mysteries within the laws of heaven and earth, but in battle, they ultimately still had to be realized through a single sword.

He integrated the Mystery of Wind and Thunder into his swordsmanship.

He likewise integrated the Mystery of Light into his swordsmanship.

Even the Particle Talent he had awakened earlier was something Zhou Zheng tried to integrate into his swordsmanship.

As for the Time Deceleration Profound Mystery, Zhou Zheng was in no hurry to comprehend it.

He had comprehended the Mystery of Time from the combination of Wind Thunder, so he would naturally first comprehend and improve his Mystery of Wind and Thunder before comprehending the Time Deceleration Profound Mystery.

Of course, Zhou Zheng did not simply remain in his Private Space and cultivate bitterly. This Private Space was too small for him. Staying there for a short time was fine, but if he remained for too long, his cultivation efficiency would likely drop significantly.

Besides, comprehending the mysteries of heaven and earth also required contact with nature itself.

Therefore, every so often, Zhou Zheng would leave his Private Space and stroll around Time-Space Island No. 954.

As he cultivated, time slowly passed. Thanks to the greatly increased speed of his thoughts after becoming Transcendental, as well as his ever-growing Talent, Zhou Zheng's progress was indeed extremely rapid at first.

Just over a month after awakening his Particle Talent, Zhou Zheng had gained an initial grasp of Particle Profound Mystery.

Afterward, Zhou Zheng discovered that his Talent in Particles was clearly extraordinarily high. Though the Mystery of Light had been the first to reach the entry level, he was the first to raise Particle Profound Mystery to the Second Level of the Myriad Realms.

Of course, although the Mystery of Light was slower, it was not much slower. Just over three months after Particle Profound Mystery reached the Second Level of the Myriad Realms, Zhou Zheng's Mystery of Light also reached the Second Level.

More than three years later, Zhou Zheng's Mystery of Wind and Thunder, Particle Profound Mystery, and Time Deceleration Profound Mystery all successively reached the Third Level of the Myriad Realms.

This period was also the time when Zhou Zheng improved the fastest. He was like a sponge, madly absorbing every bit of nourishment related to the Profound Mysteries of laws to fill himself.

But afterward, as time passed, Zhou Zheng's cultivation slowed.

For three consecutive years, aside from the Mystery of Light breaking through to the Third Level of the Myriad Realms, which counted as a considerable improvement, Zhou Zheng's other Profound Mysteries showed no major progress.

This stagnation had made Zhou Zheng anxious. After all, in a place like the Temporal Temple, stagnating in strength was not good news.

But gradually, Zhou Zheng calmed down.

He understood very clearly that anxiety was useless. Comprehending the Profound Mysteries of laws was not something that could be forced through impatience. He could only accumulate slowly and wait for the day they truly transformed.