Shrouding the Heavens World.
After gaining a vast amount of the most devout Faith Power, Qin Sheng underwent a kind of divine transformation on Douluo Continent and gained a whole new understanding of certain things in that world.
"After this period of accumulation and study, coupled with this latest harvest, I've finally made progress in adapting soul skill secret arts to the Shrouding Method."
Qin Sheng was delighted, filled with the satisfaction of a bountiful harvest.
Some soul skills on Douluo Continent had effects that defied heaven.
For example, "Void" could nullify all non-energy physical attacks and weaken any energy attack by fifty percent.
Then there was Tang San's "Unfixed Storm," an absolute-control divine skill. Once unleashed, it could restrain an enemy for several seconds with one hundred percent certainty.
These soul skills could all be called rule-based skills, subtly leveraging the laws of heaven and earth.
Naturally, Qin Sheng knew that Douluo World's level was far inferior to Shrouding the Heavens World. These soul skills had their own limits and were not omnipotent; they had to rely on Douluo World's rules to function.
But he had never intended to copy them rigidly. He wanted to use these soul skills as blueprints, retain their essence, discard their flaws, and draw inspiration and direction from them.
At its core, the Shrouding Method was the Body-as-Seed Path. Qin Sheng could likewise use the "specialties" of other worlds as seeds and reap fruits that belonged to him.
"Using the principles of soul skills as a foundation and combining them with my own insights into the Great Dao, I've created Law Secret Patterns belonging to Shrouding the Heavens World. Now, let's see whether they work."
Channeling his magical power, Qin Sheng began inscribing Law Secret Patterns onto himself, starting with his left arm.
As one profound and distinct secret pattern after another was branded onto it, Qin Sheng's body began to feel pressure.
The laws of heaven and earth were stirred by these secret patterns and reinforced his body, clashing with his flesh and turning it into a battlefield.
Bang!
Qin Sheng's arm suddenly exploded, and he frowned slightly.
"There's a problem with the fifty-eighth secret pattern. Its carrying capacity should be increased."
His flesh squirmed as the injury healed, and Qin Sheng continued experimenting.
Bang!
"After modifying the fifty-eighth secret pattern, it caused some chain reactions. I should..."
He failed many times, but Shrouding the Heavens cultivators possessed extremely tenacious vitality. For someone in the Four Extremes Secret Realm, losing flesh and blood was nothing.
As long as he had enough spiritual essence of heaven and earth and his Origin remained undamaged, many injuries could be easily healed.
A day later, Qin Sheng successfully inscribed the secret patterns on his left arm. They formed a unified whole, their Dao rhythm flowing naturally.
Qin Sheng attacked his left arm with magical power, carefully sensing every change after it was struck.
A moment later.
"Ha, I did it!" Qin Sheng was overjoyed.
After the magical-power attack landed on his arm, its might had been weakened by roughly one-fifth!
This proved that Qin Sheng's years of research were viable!
"Sure enough, the collision of systems and accumulation of knowledge from the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Worlds can spark the flames of wisdom and bring me endless benefits!" Qin Sheng was exhilarated.
Qin Sheng had always maintained this attitude:
Every world had value. The civilizations they carried were treasures, and what he needed to do was absorb the essence of the Myriad Heavens to nourish himself.
Some worlds might be weak, but certain unique things within them could still offer inspiration and direction, providing enlightenment from zero to one.
Even mundane worlds could occasionally serve to temper one's heart.
"The first set of Law Secret Patterns reduces an enemy's magical-power damage. I'll call it..."
After some thought, Qin Sheng gave it a name:
"Wushang Secret Patterns!"
"Before the Mythical Era, there was an Undying King named Wushang in the Foreign Realm. He could nullify his opponents' Divine Abilities and magical-power damage, making him an incomparably formidable existence even among Immortal Kings."
Shrouding the Heavens World already had precedents proving that special abilities such as damage reduction and damage amplification existed. Qin Sheng was not merely indulging in fantasy.
"My decision to create the Wushang Secret Patterns first was also influenced by him." Qin Sheng's heart brimmed with anticipation.
"Although these secret patterns can currently only reduce one-fifth of the magical-power damage dealt by Four Extremes cultivators, far from the level of magical-power immunity."
"As long as my insights into the Great Dao continue to improve and I keep refining the secret patterns, perhaps one day I'll surpass Wushang the Undying King."
Unfortunately, Wushang the Undying King had already been slapped to death by Shi Hao. Otherwise, when that day came, Qin Sheng would have made him understand who the true "Wushang" was!
"Still, there is a problem. Each time they withstand an attack, the Wushang Secret Patterns suffer wear, and their effect gradually diminishes until they completely fade away. Then they have to be inscribed again."
Qin Sheng began searching for flaws and considering how his secret patterns could be improved.
"Right now, the Wushang Secret Patterns are inscribed with my magical power. Magical power will eventually be consumed and cannot last forever. If I use something else to inscribe them, perhaps I can stabilize them and even increase the damage reduction."
Qin Sheng sank into thought. What would be the best material for inscribing secret patterns?
"First, I'll inscribe the other secret patterns I created and see whether they work."
Qin Sheng had currently created three sets of secret patterns: one reduced magical-power damage, one reduced Primordial Spirit damage, and one reduced purely physical damage.
As for things like absolute control and immunity to death, he could use them on Douluo Continent, but he still had no idea how to adapt them to the Shrouding Method.
Damage reduction and combat-power amplification were the easiest fields to touch upon.
Although Shrouding the Heavens World itself possessed these two types of secret arts, that did not mean Qin Sheng's research was redundant.
The secret arts of Shrouding the Heavens World were active skills, while the secret patterns Qin Sheng created were passive skills. Their significance was completely different.
With the experience of inscribing the first portion of the Wushang Secret Patterns, Qin Sheng's attempts with the other two sets went smoothly. He corrected errors and made adjustments along the way, quickly inscribing them successfully.
Their damage-reduction ratio was similar to that of the first set of secret patterns. This was the limit of what Qin Sheng could currently achieve.
But the same problem remained. Whether the secret patterns were inscribed with magical power, Divine Thought, or life essence, none could make them permanent. They would wear away after suffering attacks.
If this problem was not solved, the secret patterns might suddenly vanish during future battles.
"In this world, aside from the Immortal Elixir, perhaps only Immortal Metal can remain immortal."
But using either of those to inscribe secret patterns...
Qin Sheng shook his head at the thought alone.
It was not that those two things were bad. Qin Sheng was simply too poor.
"If I can attain Sainthood, the Saint Dao Laws should also be able to achieve an immortal effect, though that is still some distance away."
In fact, when one was in a high-level world, before reaching a sufficiently high realm, one only needed to cultivate the techniques and secret arts left behind by predecessors step by step. There was no need to consider creating one's own.
It was better to first build a solid foundation, then, after reaching a sufficient height, stand on the shoulders of one's predecessors and contemplate one's own path.
But Qin Sheng was rather special and could not be judged by common sense.
He existed in multiple worlds at once. More than one of his bodies was in a bottleneck or accumulation phase, so researching other things under such circumstances was actually the better choice.
Not only would it not delay his cultivation in Shrouding the Heavens World, it could also improve his comprehension through research.
The more one used one's brain, the sharper it became.
"All beginnings are difficult. I've already taken the first step, so there's no reason the rest should stump me. I'll take it slowly."
Qin Sheng sensed the Infinite Land. Though it was somewhat immoral, he truly looked forward to another new version of himself from a higher world appearing. That might bring him even greater gains.
Power, I command you to come forth!
Cheat ability, I command you to activate!
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