OBS Chapter 1885 Breakthrough, Perfection of the Three Elements
Chapter 1885 Breakthrough, Perfection of the Three Elements
Chapter 1885 Breakthrough, Perfection of the Three Elements
Standing deep within the void of the Guixu Realm, Chen Fei felt the ever-changing power of the mirrored beings, and a further thought clearly emerged in his sea of consciousness.
The most fundamental difference between extraterrestrial demons and cultivators of the Xuan Yu Realm lies in the essential difference in their core essence and life imprint. Demonic energy and primordial power are as distinct as water and fire.
While the Mirror Reflection can perfectly simulate external forms, aura fluctuations, and even some behavioral habits, it is almost inevitable that it will be exposed if it touches upon the subtle characteristics of the original demonic energy, or if it faces a Dominator Realm expert with a profound understanding of the origin of demonic energy.
If one can completely strip away and seal all the "marks" belonging to a cultivator—pure primordial energy, Dao principles and rhythms, and the characteristics of cultivation techniques—within a spatial grid, just as one would have concealed one's cultivation level in the past.
In this situation, by combining the power of reflecting all living beings, one can simulate and construct an "existence" composed of pure demonic energy.
Demonic inside and out, flawless!
This undoubtedly pushes the disguise of reflecting all living beings to its extreme!
The profound fluctuations reflecting all living beings gradually subsided, Chen Fei's eyes regained their clarity, and with a slight thought, the Void Sword within his body, symbolizing the severing of cause and effect and the secret treasure of the void, was quietly activated.
An invisible force of attraction descended, and Chen Fei's soul, like a stone thrown into water, instantly broke free from the constraints of his original body in the Void Realm and sped toward the deepest part of the Void Origin.
The scene before my eyes shifted and changed. In the hazy, chaotic light mist, five orbs of light, each with a different shape and emanating a different rhythm of destruction, floated silently like stars, chasing and rotating each other.
Chen Fei transformed into a stream of light, appearing before the first ball of light and reaching inside. A torrent of information, containing extreme sharpness and the power to sever all connections, surged into his sea of consciousness.
【The Dao Sword Leaves No Trace】
Significantly improves the efficiency and scope of severing causal relationships.
A successful strike not only severs the causal link between the target and a single magic weapon, technique, or secret treasure, but also simultaneously severs its causal link with a class of related things, such as all fire-type magic weapons, all defensive techniques, and all spatial secret treasures.
The separation of individual targets is more thorough, making them more difficult to repair or re-establish connections. The scope has expanded from single targets to categories, the effects have been strengthened, and the duration has been extended.
The original effect of the Void Dao Sword was that its attacks could sever the causal connection between the opponent and a certain magic weapon, cultivation technique, or even a secret treasure in the void, similar to the effect of forgetting the law.
This sword strike without a trace elevates the precise point-to-point severing to a point-to-area categorical separation, greatly increasing its power and strategic value.
Chen Fei withdrew his hand, his eyes flashing.
This [Sword Without a Trace] can strip a target of all their reliance in a certain "domain" with a single strike!
This has immense strategic value when facing formidable adversaries with diverse methods and deep-rooted strength, especially those who are proficient in a particular type of rule.
Imagine slashing a sword at the fire spirit within the secret realm; the fire spirit would instantly lose the blessing of fire-based secret techniques, and its combat power would inevitably plummet.
Chen Fei approached the second ball of light and reached in.
A completely different torrent of information, carrying a strong sense of "theft" and "grafting," poured in.
【Cause-and-effect grafting: transplanting one flower into another】
This extended characteristic changed the application direction of the Void Sword.
It is no longer just about destruction and deprivation, but has also added the functions of theft and exploitation.
When Chen Fei successfully severed the causal connection between his target and one of his magical treasures, techniques, or secret treasures with the Void Dao Sword, he did not allow the severed causal line to dissipate into the world.
Instead, it can use this extended characteristic to forcibly capture and imprison the severed causal line, and choose to temporarily graft and entangle one end of this "causal line" onto itself or a designated friendly target.
During the effective period of a successful graft, the grafted person will temporarily gain partial access to or benefit from the severed connection of the magical artifact, cultivation technique, and hidden characteristics.
Of course, the effect of this borrowed power is inevitably weaker than that of the original owner, and its stability is limited by the toughness of the causal line itself and Chen Fei's control over the grafting process.
Once the grafting period ends, or the causal line breaks due to external impact, the borrowed power will disappear, and the severed causal line will either automatically dissipate or return to its original owner.
Chen Fei's heart stirred slightly.
The core idea presented by this [Causal Grafting: Transplanting] is surprisingly similar to the extended characteristic of the Chaos Furnace, [Spacetime Collapse].
Both involve “exploiting” the opponent’s strength.
Spacetime Collapse is the forced refining and transformation of the attacking force acting on oneself, storing it as a time disturbance mark, and finally unleashing a counterattack in one go. It is the ultimate defensive counterattack of "using the opponent's own methods against them".
Causal grafting is a tactical plunder that involves severing causality to steal the opponent's magic weapon or power for one's own use. It is a tactical plunder that involves taking the enemy's spear and attacking the enemy's shield.
The methods differ, but the core principle is to leverage external forces, and both are full of tactical flexibility and aggression.
However, there are also fundamental differences between the two.
The spacetime collapse can only be activated when the opponent's attack actually takes effect on Chen Fei.
Its essence is a defensive counter-attack characteristic: first take the hit, then transform and utilize it. The strength of its effect depends mainly on Chen Fei's own control over the collapse of spacetime and the intensity and characteristics of the opponent's attack, and has little to do with the opponent's control over his power.
Causal grafting involves taking the initiative before the attack arrives, using the Void Sword to sever the causal link between the opponent and their power, and then grafting and stealing it.
It is more like a proactive tactical plunder, the success rate and effectiveness of which depend heavily on the opponent's control over its own power.
If the opponent has perfect control over its power and the causal lines are strong and stable, then severing them will be much more difficult, the grafting effect will be greatly reduced, and it may even be difficult to succeed.
In simple terms, spacetime collapse is a passive transformation with stable effects. Causal grafting, on the other hand, is an active theft with more fluctuating effects.
Those who can become Chen Fei's opponents all have absolute control over their own power.
Chen Fei approached the third ball of light and reached in.
A stream of information emphasizing "insight" and "analysis" flooded into my mind.
[Analysis of All Phenomena]
This extended characteristic does not directly enhance the offensive power of the Void Sword, but rather endows it with a powerful "insight" auxiliary ability.
When Chen Fei activates this characteristic, the power of the Void Dao Sword will affect his own perception level.
In Chen Fei's view, the countless causal lines on the target that were originally blurry and intertwined will become clearer than ever before.
Chen Fei can see the strength, origin, and destination of every causal line.
This characteristic is even more effective when facing complex structures such as formations, barriers, and seals!
It can help Chen Fei directly see the most critical and core nodes in the countless causal networks that make up these structures, such as the core connection of the array eye and the hub of the seal.
Chen Fei withdrew his hand. The core of the effect of this [Analysis of All Things] lies in "insight into causal relationships," which is indeed unique, especially when dealing with structures such as formations and seals that rely on causal nodes for operation.
However, Chen Fei had already cultivated the Azure Lotus Law to the limit-breaking level.
The Azure Lotus Law Imprint allows you to imprint the form and structure of an enemy's law-based moves while observing them, thus gaining an understanding of both.
Its insightful observations directly address the core structure of the rules and energy flow, revealing the flaws in techniques, energy nodes, and weak points in the connection of rules.
Although they have different focuses, they have significant overlap in their functions of identifying weaknesses and analyzing core issues.
For Chen Fei, the insight of the Azure Lotus Law Imprint was already powerful and comprehensive enough. Choosing the overlapping [Myriad Phenomena Analysis] would not maximize the value of the precious Void Treasure's extended characteristic position.
Chen Fei moved to the fourth ball of light and reached in.
A destructive and subversive torrent of information instantly assaulted his consciousness.
【The Dao Sword Asks the Heavens: The Rift of Laws】
This extended characteristic elevates the power of the Void Sword to "sever cause and effect" in another direction.
It is no longer limited to severing the cause and effect between living beings and objects and power, but instead points its sharp edge at the fundamental laws that constitute the basis of the world's operation.
Within the specific area selected by Chen Fei, one can attempt to use the power of the Void Dao Sword to forcibly sever the extremely weak yet real causal connection between the spatial flow, energy circulation, and a certain fundamental law within that area.
Once this connection is successfully severed, a temporary crack will appear in the corresponding fundamental laws within that region.
The rules have failed! The regulations are in disarray!
This is tantamount to forcibly creating a place of chaotic laws in a localized area.
The image of Lu Zijing instantly flashed into Chen Fei's mind.
Back in the tower space, when Lu Zijing faced an attack, he used the extended properties of the Void Dao Sword to forcibly tear through space and create a passage that belonged only to him, demonstrating his amazing spatial mastery.
Now it seems that the Void Dao Sword extension characteristic that Lu Zijing chose is likely similar to this [Law Rift], focusing on tearing apart rules.
The same Void Treasure can lead to drastically different characteristics depending on the cultivator's skill level and understanding of the rules.
As a Yuan Demon, Lu Zijing is well-versed in spatial demonic arts. His foundation lies in the destruction and control of spatial rules. Therefore, the extended characteristics of his Void Dao Sword naturally tend to tear apart spatial rules and create passages.
Chen Fei, possessing the Great Perfection Realm Heavenly Cause and Universe Record, has a far greater understanding of time, space, and causality than his peers. Therefore, the extended characteristic options he senses in the Void Origin are more diverse, covering different directions such as category stripping, causal grafting, and law rifts.
The potential of this [Law Rift] goes far beyond simply creating an escape route.
It endowed Chen Fei with a terrifying ability to create chaos in the rules, and its tactical value far exceeded that of a single spatial passage!
Chen Fei approached the last ball of light and reached in.
[To kill me is not to kill me]
This extended characteristic pushes the profound meaning of severing cause and effect to a more fundamental level: the concept of existence.
What it attempts to sever is part of the causal connection between the target and its own concept of existence.
Once the connection is successfully severed, the target's abilities and the damage it inflicts on the world will be partially ignored or weakened by the world's rules.
It's as if the very existence of the target has been discounted by the world, and its influence has been forcibly reduced.
Even more mysteriously, this property can also be used on oneself.
Chen Fei could try to sever some of the causal connections between himself and the concept of existence, allowing himself to remain hidden in the causal realm to a certain extent, thus reducing the probability of being perceived, deduced, or locked onto by the powerful.
Both "The Sword of No Trace" and "Severing Myself" are deepening and expansion of the "severing" ability of the Void Sword of No Trace.
The Dao Sword Without Trace expands from a single connection to a category of connections, representing an increase in breadth.
The concept of "severing the self from the other self" represents a qualitative leap in depth, moving beyond the connection between magical artifacts and power to the connection between the concept of existence.
It is no longer satisfied with severing the connection between the target and external things, but directly attacks the existence of the target itself, attempting to weaken the target's presence and influence in the world.
At the same time, severing the self from the other self can also sever part of one's sense of existence with the world, which is equivalent to a high-level means of concealment. It is different from the concealment method of the Void Shadow, but the same in purpose.
Chen Fei's gaze swept over the other four light orbs. He first ruled out the [Myriad Phenomena Analysis] because its function overlapped with the Azure Lotus Law Imprint and its cost-effectiveness was not high.
Next, Chen Fei's gaze fell on [Cause and Effect Grafting: Transplanting].
This special ability allows one to steal the opponent's power for their own use, but its core concept overlaps with the concept of spacetime collapse, both falling under the category of "borrowing power".
More importantly, its effectiveness is highly uncertain.
The success rate and effectiveness depend heavily on the opponent's control over their own power. Against top-tier powerhouses with deep foundations and well-rounded power, this characteristic may have little effect.
In comparison, the effects of [Sword Without Trace], [Rifle of Law], and [Slaying Myself] are more direct and domineering.
Both "The Sword Without a Trace" and "Slaying Myself" enhance the ability of the Void Sword to cut through, and each has its own merits. However, Chen Fei values "Slaying Myself" more for its unpredictable ability that directly points to the essence of existence and involves the hidden aspects of cause and effect.
Its layers are deeper, its potential is greater, and its effects are more difficult to prevent.
Chen Fei ruled out [Dao Sword Without Trace] as the third option.
The final choice lies between [Severing Myself from the Other] and [The Rift of Laws].
Chen Fei fell into deep thought.
Just then, an idea flashed through my mind like lightning.
Chen Fei thought of another powerful extended feature of his, [Long River Journey].
The Long River Inn can recreate historical environments or battlefields, such as the Fallen Abyss and the Dream Labyrinth.
If the Fallen Demon Abyss were to be recreated using the Long River Journey, the Fallen Demon Abyss itself would have an extremely strong power to suppress and purify demonic energy.
If, in the recreated environment of the Fallen Abyss, the [Law Rift] is used again, the weak causal connection between the demonic energy and the rules in that area can be forcibly severed.
Therefore, the effect of this recreated Demon Abyss in suppressing and purifying demonic energy will be greatly amplified.
This idea suddenly clicked!
It's not just the Abyss of Fallen Demons!
Recreating the Dream-Eating Maze and severing the connection between the rules that stabilize the mind and break illusions within the area will surely cause the power of the illusion to surge and its bewitching power to be even greater!
When Chen Fei needs to conceal himself, he can even sever the connections between the rules that enhance perception, break concealment, and strengthen tracking within the space around him, creating a natural concealment blind spot.
The combination of [Law Rift] and [Long River Journey] is simply a match made in heaven! It can push the effect of environmental enhancement to a new peak!
With a sudden realization, Chen Fei felt a sense of clarity and understanding.
Compared to the subtle weakening and concealment of the causal layer of [Slaying Myself], the synergy between [Law Rift] and [Long River Journey] can more immediately and comprehensively enhance Chen Fei's tactical choices and combat burst power.
In Chen Fei's view, its strategic value is even greater!
Without further hesitation, Chen Fei's illusory soul grasped the ball of light [Dao Sword Asks the Heavens: Law Rift] that exuded an aura of tearing apart rules and creating chaos, turned around and transformed into a stream of light, flying away along the rule passage he had come from.
In the Realm of Return to Nothingness, Chen Fei slowly opened his eyes. Within his soul, the profound ball of light containing the power to tear apart the rules floated silently.
"simplify!"
"Simplifying the Law Rift... Simplification successful... Law Rift → Void Sword!"
The vast spiritual energy of heaven and earth and the Time Pavilion enveloped Chen Fei. As the Void Dao Sword operated, a massive amount of insights into tearing apart fundamental laws, creating chaos in rules, and precisely severing the weak causal connections between laws surged into Chen Fei's sea of consciousness like a galaxy torrent.
After an unknown amount of time, in the Guixu Realm, above the sky, the normally regularly rotating Milky Way suddenly accelerated its rotation, with countless stars trailing long tails of light.
In the gaps between the shifting stars, tiny yet profound, pitch-black cracks, seemingly capable of swallowing light, silently appeared and disappeared in the void.
The appearance of each crack was accompanied by a heart-palpitating fluctuation of disordered rules, as if the spatial structure itself had been slashed by an invisible blade, and the laws had failed and become distorted here.
Deep within the earth, the spiritual veins surged and roared violently, like a giant dragon awakening.
The entire Guixu Realm seemed to have experienced a storm of laws.
Eventually, all the strange phenomena subsided, and peace returned.
Chen Fei slowly opened his eyes, his gaze seemingly filled with countless rules and runes that rose and fell before finally settling into a deep and calm state.
【Void Treasure Trove: Void Dao Sword - Law Rift (Breaking Limits)】
The law rifts after breaking the limits extend a power similar to the analysis of all phenomena, allowing for a clearer view of the rule nodes and making it easier to strike the rules.
Chen Fei focused his mind, activated the Void Sword of Nothingness within the Void Secret Treasure, and simultaneously extended the characteristic law rift to activate.
"Buzz!"
An indescribable, extremely sharp intent, seemingly capable of tearing apart the foundations of the world and overturning rules and order, suddenly rose from the deepest part of Chen Fei's soul.
At this moment, Chen Fei's senses seemed to be infinitely elevated and infinitely sharpened.
In his view, the world was no longer a simple flow of primordial energy or spatial structure, but had transformed into countless crisscrossing, intertwined lines of laws that together maintained the operation of the world.
They form the skeleton of the world, like the most intricate network.
Moreover, Chen Fei could clearly perceive that as long as he focused his mind on a certain area and a certain fundamental law within it, the power of the Void Dao Sword could transform into an invisible blade, precisely slashing at the extremely weak yet real causal connection that maintained the normal flow of the laws in that area.
Once severed, the crack in the law will naturally form.
Feeling the new power brought by the crack in the law, Chen Fei calmed his mind.
Void Shadow - Mirror Reflecting All Beings (Breaking Limits), Time Remnant - Long River Journey (Breaking Limits), Chaos Furnace - Burning Embers Tracing the Cause (Breaking Limits), Void Dao Sword - Law Rift (Breaking Limits).
The four Void Treasures and their limit-breaking extension properties have all been refined.
Chen Fei did not rush to leave. He composed himself and turned his gaze inward.
His Yuan Power cultivation has reached the peak of the late Immortal Realm, and so has his Divine Soul. Now, it is time to forcefully break through to the late Immortal Realm as well.
Chen Fei sat cross-legged, pushing the Dao Crystal Heavenly Seal Forging Divine Technique of the Great Perfection Realm to its limit.
Deep within the void of the Guixu Realm, the immense power of laws was activated, condensing into countless dazzling clusters of law crystals, each containing the essence of ultimate strength and resilience.
Under the tempering of the cultivation technique, these law crystal clusters rapidly melted into liquid, dark golden Taixu Dao Crystals.
A massive amount of Taixu Dao Crystals, like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea, were forcibly injected by Chen Fei with his will into every minute structure of his bones, meridians, flesh, and even skin.
At the same time, the boundless fortune within him once again took effect, bringing subtle guidance from the unseen world.
This guidance, combined with the Dao Crystal Heavenly Seal Forging Divine Technique of the Great Perfection Realm and a profound understanding of the mysteries of the physique, ensured that every time Chen Fei's flesh and blood collapsed and was reborn, it moved in the most correct direction.
"Crack..."
Under extreme tempering, flesh and blood constantly break down and vaporize, but are instantly repaired and reorganized with the support of abundant primordial energy and immortal origin.
Destruction and rebirth formed a brutal yet spectacular cycle within Chen Fei's body.
With each cycle, the physical structure becomes denser and more resilient, containing even more terrifying power.
The physical barrier, that invisible barrier separating the peak and late stages of the mid-stage of the Immortal Realm, finally began to tremble violently after countless impacts.
"Boom!"
A terrifying roar, as if the heavens and earth were splitting apart or the chaos was beginning to open, suddenly erupted from Chen Fei's body!
In an instant, Chen Fei's entire body radiated boundless dark golden divine light.
Its flesh and bones became crystal clear, as if carved from the finest divine jade, with a profound and unfathomable immortal Daoist charm flowing across its surface. With every gesture, it seemed capable of shaking the Milky Way.
A stream of dark golden blood energy, as condensed as a substance and as thick as a pillar of heaven, shot up from the top of Chen Fei's head and pierced the sky of the Guixu Realm, coloring a large area of the void with a dark golden hue!
Late-stage Immortal Realm Physique, achieved!
Chen Fei's eyes were sharp as lightning, without the slightest hesitation. With a thought, the massive amount of immortal mystic crystals he had stored surged out like a galaxy bursting its banks, surrounding him and forming a dazzling ocean of mystic crystals.
The Dao Crystal Heavenly Seal Forging Divine Technique, at the Great Perfection Realm, was operating at full power, like the most greedy glutton, frantically devouring and refining this vast and immortal source power.
The newly broken-through late-stage Immortal Realm physique was like parched earth receiving sweet rain, greedily absorbing every bit of power. The realm was rapidly stabilized, and it advanced unstoppably towards the peak of the late-stage Immortal Realm.
As time passed, and the torrent of immortal mystic crystals surrounding him gradually dissipated, Chen Fei slowly opened his eyes.
At this moment, his Yuan Power, physical body, and divine soul have all reached the peak of the late stage of the Immortal Realm.
With the essence, energy, and spirit perfectly balanced, and a unified aura emanating from every gesture, an invisible pressure is emanated.
Chen Fei flipped his hand and took out the Immortal Mystic Crystal Pillar, which was entirely dark gold. He then used his divine sense to delve into the interior of the crystal pillar again, attempting to break the seal and obtain the nearly ten thousand portions of pure Immortal Mystic Crystal contained within.
A moment later, Chen Fei's brows furrowed slightly.
Upon closer inspection, Chen Fei discovered that the sealing structure was somewhat beyond his expectations.
Its core seems to be closely connected to the original rules of the previous tower space, like a tentacle extending from the tower space, firmly locking the immortal matter inside the crystal pillar.
Chen Fei tried several methods to break the seal, but the seal was nested in layers, and all his attempts were in vain, like throwing a stone into the sea.
No wonder Lu Zijing couldn't break the seal back then. It wasn't just because of the limited time, but also because the seal was too complex and couldn't be broken by ordinary means.
Chen Fei frowned slightly, stopped what he was doing, and the image of that tall tower space involuntarily surfaced in his mind.
The key to unlocking the core of this seal is probably still inside that tower.
In other words, to forcibly break the seal and seize the immortal crystal within, one must return to the core space where the tower is located, activate the tower's own power, or find a special environment within the tower to break the seal.
Chen Fei's gaze became serious as he left the Realm of Return to Nothingness and looked into the distance.
There were several late-stage Immortal Realm Fire Spirits there who had achieved considerable success in their cultivation, but it was impossible to give up nearly ten thousand Immortal Mystic Crystals, and Chen Fei was different now than before.
The spatial staircase beneath his feet collapsed and folded silently. Chen Fei tore open the spatial barrier and, following the directions in his memory, headed towards the Fire Spirit Tower.
A moment later, Chen Fei broke through a spatial barrier and saw the tall tower in the distance.
(End of this chapter)