A new Cultivation Cheat Device (5,000 words)

"Just asking, "Old Tang looked at Tang Wulin.

"Wulin, was my predecessor Sea God Tang San, a villain?"

Upon hearing this question, Tang Wulin scratched his head, somewhat unsure how to describe it. "Old Tang, I don't know much about the Sea God himself, but I do know some things related to him."

As he spoke, he told Old Tang about some of the situations involving the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy.

The more Old Tang listened, the more his brows furrowed.

The sect that makes Hidden Weapon, the traitorous academy— the Sea God is connected to them, and even sent his own True God to protect them. One can imagine what kind of person the Sea God is.

After all, would a normal person associate with such forces and even protect them?

"Alas, it seems my past life was indeed that of a wicked and evil person."

Old Tang sighed, but then, remembering his amnesia, his mind started working again.

From now on, he will be Old Tang, and his duty is to take care of Wulin and absorb the Golden Dragon King Seal.

As for Tang San, who is he? What does he have to do with him?!

From this day forward, the sacred cutting begins!

Time flies, Sun Moon Empire.

More than two months have passed since the battle in the Undead Demigod Plane, and the registration period for the Federation selection has recently ended, with the selection process already underway.

The sun shone brightly over Mingdu.

As the capital of the Sun Moon Empire, Mingdu has always been bustling and lively, and with the start of the selection process, it has become even more lively in the past few days.

Many powerful figures, rarely seen on ordinary days, passed by on the street.

Among them were elders from prominent families, with white hair and eyebrows, yet their gait showed no signs of age. Their aura was so restrained that they resembled ordinary old men, with only the fleeting glint in their eyes occasionally revealing their true nature.

There were also military generals, broad-shouldered and thick-backed, with imposing figures. Their menacing aura had not yet been fully concealed, and they walked through the crowd like a blade sheathing itself. Though they did not speak, people involuntarily gave way.

And then there are those reclusive powerhouses, each carrying an aura that stands out from their surroundings, who quietly appear in Mingdu--

In the streets and alleys.

There are quite a few people worth noting.

Sima Jinchi, from the Southern Legion, walked down the street, looking at the powerful figures passing by with a hint of excitement on his face.

These people are all potential opponents he might face—for this battle maniac, this is even more exciting than the New Year.

"Those guys in the legion are no fun; they always avoid me. This time I can finally have some real fighting."

He muttered to himself, causing Yue Zhengyu, who was standing beside him, to twitch at the corner of his mouth.

Old Saber, don't you know why they're avoiding you?

It was you who hit him!

I really don't know why you like fighting so much----

Yue Zhengyu muttered to himself.

Sima Jinchi, the Saber Demon, possesses the Dragon Slaying Saber Martial Soul. He is thirty-seven years old, Soul Douluo, and Two-Word Battle Armor Master. His grandfather Angel Douluo Yue Zhengen, somehow managed to recruit him into the Southern Legion. He is now a Senior Colonel in the Southern Legion and the Commander of the Gale Division.

This guy is obsessed with swordsmanship, and his greatest hobby is challenging people. He even dared to wield his sword against his grandfather, a Limit Douluo, which shows just how warlike he is.

However, because of his belligerence and lack of restraint in his attacks, which often resulted in injuries, he was not well-liked. Despite reaching the level of Soul Douluo, he still had no Three-Word Battle Armor. Those he had beaten and their friends were unwilling to help him design or make Battle Armor, and his grandfather, in order to hone his skills, had no intention of helping him.

To be honest, Yue Zhengyu had mixed feelings about facing such a battle maniac.

According to his grandfather, although Sima Jinchi's cultivation speed was somewhat inferior to those of top geniuses, his combat strength was by no means weak. He could even defeat an ordinary Super Douluo without his Battle Armor. Once he broke through to the Titled Douluo, few could rival him below his Limit. At the Super Douluo stage, even without Four-Word Battle Armor, he would probably possess the strength to challenge the Limit.

Such a person is undoubtedly the future pillar of the Southern Legion. If he can take over the position of commander of the Southern Legion, he will be an even more important general to rely on.

However, the other party still doesn't think much of him.

Because Sima Jinchi doesn't care about age or talent at all. In his eyes, Soul Masters seem to be divided into three realms: the ant realm that he crushes, the fellow Daoist realm that is on par with him, and the senior realm that crushes him.

This guy doesn't care about talent or age; he only cares about the size of his fist.

Even if you're highly skilled or older and can't beat him, he'll still look down on you. If you're twenty years younger than him but can fight him to a draw, he'll give you some respect. If you can pin him to the ground and beat him up, even if he's just a teenager, he'll willingly call you "senior."

However, if it were someone like him who has potential but lacks current strength, then he would naturally fall into Sima Jinchi's category, which is why Yue Zhengyu's feelings are so complicated.

He wouldn't do something like offering a warm welcome only to be met with a cold shoulder, given his proud nature. It's fair to say that if it weren't for their connection through his grandfather, they would have long since grown to dislike each other, and he wouldn't be showing the other person around Mingdu.

Oh, by the way, he's also a student at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy now. After all, he used to be a student at the Shrek Academy, and he needs to gain prestige at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, a Federation official academy, to demonstrate his commitment.

Seeing that Sima Jinchi was pacing around and showing no intention of heading to the target location, Yue Zhengyu couldn't help but ask, "Old Saber, aren't you going to the Ming De Hall to prepare for the selection competition? It would be good for you to get used to the Simulation chamber environment beforehand."

One of Sima Jinchi's purposes in coming to Mingdu was to participate in the selection. Although the Federation selection criteria stated that people with Federation positions could not participate in the selection, there are always exceptions. With his grandfather's connections, it wouldn't be a problem to get someone in.

As long as they don't go too far in the selection process and cause a major scandal, the Federation will turn a blind eye and let it go.

However, doing so certainly wouldn't allow him to participate as a member of the military; Sima Jinchi registered under his own name this time.

Otherwise, this Saber Demon wouldn't have traveled all the way to Mingdu.

As for Sima Jinchi's reason for participating in the selection—in Yue Zhengyu's view—it should be the opportunity to create the Three-Word Battle Armor for the top Soul Douluo points competition.

To be honest, this kind of reward is quite attractive to someone without powerful backing, especially someone like Sima Jinchi.

But now it seems that Sima Jinchi has no desire for the Three-Word Battle Armor at all, and is not in a hurry at all.

Sima Jinchi glanced at Yue Zhengyu, "There's nothing to prepare. Isn't the virtual space in the Simulation pod just another form of reality? Besides, I don't think an ordinary Soul Douluo would be a match for me."

You're so awesome, okay?

However, you do have a record of defeating Three-Word Battle Armor Master ----

Yue Zhengyu secretly rolled his eyes.

"Speaking of which, it's said that the reincarnations of those two deities are also in Mingdu. Do you know where they are? I wonder if I'll have the chance to fight them this time."

Yue Zhengyu almost choked on his own saliva.

"What? What did you say? Fight? With those two?"

He stared at Sima Jinchi with wide eyes, as if he were looking at a madman.

That's a god!

Although those two haven't fully recovered and their strength is far from their peak, they are still gods! They are beings who have truly stepped into the realm of gods! Even if their current cultivation level isn't high, their combat experience, understanding of the rules, and mastery of Soul Power —aren't they all overwhelmingly superior to us?

Old Saber, are you tired of living?

"Why are you so agitated?" Sima Jinchi glanced at him, his tone indifferent. "Those two seem to be around Soul Saint right now. Although their strength far surpasses that level, their limit is only at the Limit unless they unleash God Rank power. It's not like I haven't fought them before."

I almost forgot, this guy is the kind of person who dares to challenge his grandfather.

Yue Zhengyu remained silent for a moment, then, remembering something, he spoke up, "I don't recommend you go to your death, after all—"

Before they could finish speaking, the two suddenly noticed that the sky in the distance had darkened.

I subconsciously looked up and saw that the once clear sky had suddenly darkened at a visible speed.

Dark clouds appeared out of nowhere, layer upon layer, Shrouding the Heavens.

The dark clouds were not the usual gray-black, but rather shimmered with an eerie Seven Colors luster. As the clouds churned, flashes of lightning flickered, emitting a muffled rumble.

Is it going to rain?

A newcomer muttered something and tried to hurry to the hotel, but found that the passersby around him seemed unfazed, going about their own business, and couldn't help but look puzzled.

Sima Jinchi was also drawn to this strange scene.

What's going on?

Until a streak of Seven Colors lightning fell in the distance, a knowledgeable passerby wore a thoughtful expression.

"Is this Tribulation Lightning? Could it be that the Divine Craftsman is performing Heavenly Forging?"

"Could the rumor that His Zhen Hua is the weakest Four-Word Battle Armor master be wrong? This Tribulation Lightning feels extremely dangerous to me; how dare he trigger it?"

Am I the only one worried that His Zhen Hua might not be able to withstand the pressure?

Nowadays, there are quite a few people on the Douluo Continent who have witnessed Tribulation Lightning. However, in everyone's understanding, Tribulation Lightning are divided into two categories. One is the lightning tribulation that strikes Ferocious Beast, and the other is the elemental Tribulation Lightning that appears during the Heavenly Forging process.

The distant, Seven Colors lightning resembled the Heavenly Forging scene some had witnessed, except the Tribulation Lightning was many times more powerful, transforming from a four-colored Tribulation Lightning into Seven-Colored Lightning Tribulation —could His Majesty Zhen Hua truly withstand such Tribulation Lightning?

Their Divine Craftsman won't die from the Tribulation Lightning, will he?

Upon hearing the Douluo Passerby's explanation, Sima Jinchi scratched his head and looked at Yue Zhengyu, who remained equally calm.

"Your Majesty Zhen Hua has come to Mingdu? Is the Divine Craftsman preparing for the selection reward? Can he really protect the metal from the Tribulation Lightning?"

Judging from Yue Zhengyu's expression, he must have seen this scene before.

Yue Zhengyu shook his head with a complicated expression and looked at him strangely.

"----No, this is His Highness Huo Yuhao tempering his body with Tribulation Lightning. For the past two months, he has been summoning heavenly lightning every day in secluded places."

"----What did you say?!"

Sima Jinchi's eyes widened in shock. "Use this thing to temper your body?" he exclaimed.

The oppressive feeling he experienced from the Tribulation Lightning was even greater than that of Legion Commander Yue Zhengen, who was at his Limit. You're saying someone is using this thing to temper their body?

Yue Zhengyu nodded, then gave a half-smile, "Old Saber, are you still going to challenge those two?"

Sima Jinchi looked at the distant Tribulation Lightning and felt he needed to think about it.

The mountains north of Mingdu, a place shrouded in Tribulation Lightning, were deserted within a radius of ten miles.

It's not that no one wants to get close, it's that they're afraid.

The Seven Colors lightning struck down like divine punishment, causing space to tremble and the earth to shatter. No one dared to withstand it. However, this Tribulation Lightning came quickly and went quickly, possessing only the power of a single strike.

As the power of the Tribulation Lightning dissipated, some people who had been paying attention to this place immediately approached and looked at the center of the giant crater left by the Tribulation Lightning.

There, as a figure absorbed the power of the Tribulation Lightning to temper his body, water, fire, and earth began to appear around him.

A storm composed of the four elements of wind, with flashes of lightning in four colors.

Seeing this, Gu Yuena, who had come nearby, had a look of joy in her eyes. "Yuhao has already completed the condensation of the Four Element Divine Lightning. Now, only the last step remains."

The Four Element Divine Lightning is born from the four elements. Because it possesses the power of earth, wind, water, and fire, it can break through any power that is associated with these elements. It belongs to the same category as the Tribulation Lightning faced by Heavenly Forging and Limit-Breaking God Rank beings.

The difference is that the Limit Break God Rank usually faces the most dangerous Seven Element Divine Lightning, while ordinary Heavenly Forging will trigger the baptism of Four Element Divine Lightning.

The Dragon God is known as the God of Judgment in the Divine Realm because he also wields various Elemental Divine Lightning, which he can use to punish rebels.

It's a bit embarrassing to admit, but even Gu Yuena, Element Controller, didn't master this technique, because simply using the Element Fusion to condense divine lightning wasn't the key point.

The lightning power condensed from the Element Fusion is very loose. If it is not extracted, filtered and released, its power will not be great. Therefore, it is necessary to incorporate the power of the Element Fusion into the body and condense the lightning within the body.

This is something that ordinary people obviously cannot do. If they are not careful, they will die. After all, even Limit Douluo might not be able to withstand the Four Elemental Storm that can condense Elemental Divine Lightning, let alone put such a thing into his body.

Even with Gu Yuena's Physical Fitness, she wouldn't dare to try it rashly. The inside and outside of the body are ultimately different. If there's no way to undo the mistake, severe injury after failure would be the best outcome. (Note: Douluo 4 explicitly stated that Gu Yuena hadn't mastered this move, which is somewhat far-fetched, but the explanation is that her Physical Fitness weren't sufficient.)

"However, Yuhao has a deep understanding of the Laws of Reincarnation and the principle of Extreme Misfortune Turns to Fortune. He has a greater advantage than me in balancing various forces. In case of failure, the Reincarnation Domain will be there to back him up. I think there shouldn't be any problems," Gu Yuena thought to herself.

On the other side, Huo Yuhao was immersed in cultivation, beginning to absorb the Elemental Storm in front of him into his body.

While he was in the Star Luo Empire, he had been practicing condensing the four elements of lightning using Undead Creature. Many undead helped him cultivate and sacrificed themselves for him, so his progress was quite good.

Now that he can sense the power of the Seven Elemental Heavenly Tribulation and has a better understanding of the composition of the Elemental Divine Lightning, coupled with his understanding of Creation and Destruction, it will naturally be easier for him to condense the Four Element Divine Lightning. After all, the Tribulation Lightning is both Destruction and creation.

However, the ability to condense doesn't mean he can easily contain it.

Huo Yuhao's entire body radiated golden light, Bloodline Power surged to the heavens as he exerted all his strength to suppress and control the Elemental Power entering his body.

Compared to his Divine Power and Soul Power, his physical cultivation has fallen behind considerably. However, his Body Secret Art has unknowingly entered the fourth level of the Golden Body realm in the past two months of cultivation, and has gone far ahead. Now, only the final and most difficult hurdle remains: the Immaculate Golden Body, comparable to God Rank body.

Even if he were to face A Ruheng, the Grandmaster of the Body Sect, he would not be inferior in terms of physical strength. In fact, due to the tempering of his body by the God Rank Tribulation Lightning, he would be even better.

In other words, his current physical strength is even stronger than Tang Wulin's, who has unlocked the tenth level of the Golden Dragon King Seal. However, Huo Yuhao does not know the exact extent of this strength.

But this reminded him of a joke: Huo Yuhao, with his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul, had a stronger physical body, while Tang Wulin, with his Golden Dragon King God Core, had stronger Divine Power.

Even with such Physical Fitness, Huo Yuhao still suffered when faced with the Elemental Storm entering his body. When he compressed the four elements to their Ultimate, the resulting lightning instantly became violent, raging through his meridians, roaring in his flesh and blood, and exploding in his bones.

Huo Yuhao almost exploded.

But he remained calm.

The Reincarnation Domain is reopened!

Ice Empress Avatar, blessed.

The Laws of Reincarnation, harmony.

The Power of Creation, restoration.

Self Martial Soul Fusion Technique: Reincarnation Avatar!

With the Reincarnation Domain as a safety net, Huo Yuhao kept trying and making mistakes, recovering his Divine Power and Soul Power as soon as they were exhausted, and finally mastered the Elemental Divine Lightning amidst his body being on the verge of Destruction and rebirth time and time again.

Feeling the Elemental Divine Lightning constantly tempering his body and strengthening his Soul Power, Huo Yuhao felt exhilarated.

Elemental Divine Lightning is not only a method of conquest, but also a method of cultivation and body tempering. It can be regarded as an alternative form of Fallen Heart Flame, just like the Gold of Life, both being tools for cultivation.

The difference is that the Gold of Life enhances Divine Power and Physical Fitness, while the Elemental Divine Lightning enhances Soul Power power and physical attributes.

As long as he refines divine lightning within his body, he can continue to enjoy this effect.

"The effect will be even better once I condense the Seven Element Divine Lightning. While it's good to use the power of the Heavenly Tribulation of the Douluo Continent for cultivation, I will eventually surpass the upper limit of the Douluo Continent. At that time, the elemental Tribulation Lightning of the Douluo Continent will be useless, so it's better to control it myself. Moreover, this kind of divine lightning is inherently powerful, and it will be a good combat method even at the God Rank."

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao turned his gaze to Gu Yuena and smiled, "Na'er, it's your turn."

Although Gu Yuena in the original story didn't master this move, and her body wasn't quite as sturdy as she should be, Huo Yuhao felt that it was somewhat of a stretch to elevate the Little Dragon God.

When he practiced this move, the Little Dragon God's cultivation was equivalent to Titled Douluo, but he hadn't yet broken through to the tenth level of the Douluo realm to become True God. Even if he had the Golden Dragon King Bloodline, could his physical constitution be stronger than that of Gu Yuena, First Rank God?

If that's really the case, then Huo Yuhao can only watch as Tang Wulin, whose physical body reached the level of Third Rank God before the Dragon King finale—in a word, the little Dragon God, Titled Douluo, has a physical body even stronger than Tang Wulin at the end of the series, which is terrifying.

However, the Elemental Divine Lightning is indeed dangerous. Gu Yuena is not at her peak right now, and if no one is there to back her up, it would be dangerous for it to condense within her body. But now that he is there to protect her, Gu Yuena can give it a try.

If it's all Re-Cultivation and it's not better than before, then the Re-Cultivation was a waste of time.

While Chu used the Elemental Divine Lightning more as Cultivation Cheat Device, Gu Yuena, an elemental expert, could obviously come up with many more creative ways to use it.

Perhaps through this, one can continuously improve, reach the level of control the Dragon God has over the Tribulation Lightning, and ultimately break the restriction that prevents Soul Beast from becoming gods.