“Jiansui, are you sure that the cultivators of Chaturdasha-loka are capable of only reaching the battle prowess of 4th Boundary cultivators? Isn’t that too weak?” The Pure Yang Emperor couldn’t help but ask once more.
“…I know what you mean. In the cultivation path of this era, the first three boundaries refine a complete body of laws, the next three boundaries refine a complete system of laws and the final three boundaries refine a small dimensional realm where these laws come together to stabilize it. Looking at it this way, the Chaturdasha-loka cultivators certainly appear weak.” But after saying this, Heifeng Jiansui’s expression turned fierce.
“However, don’t forget that their true cultivation path begins from gathering faith energy. After 9th Rank Kundalini Serpent, further cultivation requires gathering faith energy! This is a new cultivation path called the Godpath, Devmarg!
The Devmarg has three steps: Door to Deityhood, True Deity and Great Deity!
“The first boundary of Door to Deityhood contains five steps, at the end of which the cultivator gains power of a Perennial Lord!
The five steps are:
Prarthanavachaya (Gathering Prayers)
Anahitayajna (Heart Sacred Fire)
Chakrasarah (Chakra Core)
Atmamoksha (Spirit Release)
Devadwaram (Divine Gate)
The second boundary of True Deity grants the power of an Immortal King!
The third boundary of Great Deity grants the power of a Perpetual Emperor!” Hearing Heifeng Jiansui’s words, the two Supreme Emperors saw that he wanted to speak more.
“I said this before… They have billions of apex cultivators who are at the Door to Deityhood yet incapable of breakthrough, all with the strength of Perennial Lords. 330 million or so Deities who are equivalent to Immortal Kings, a thousand or so Great Deities who are Perpetual Emperor equivalents! Thankfully, the Trimurti appears to be unique with their battle prowess of a Chaos Sovereign, but the World Spirit Bramhin’s power exceeds even that!” Saying this, Heifeng Jiansui huffed for a moment.
“Both in quantity and quality, the experts of Chaturdasha-loka surpass our imaginations! Chaturdasha-loka is an Eternal World formed from 14 worlds, I am sure it has many hidden experts as well as hidden techniques. A secret cultivation path that relies on refining laws might exist as well!” Heifeng Jiansui fell silent after saying this.
The Pure Yang Emperor appeared to be suitably chastened. He once again asked, “The Calamity hailed from the Chaturdasha-loka didn’t she? Was she a Great Deity as well?”
“Yes. That woman’s cultivation path could reap faith by slaughter, so she slaughtered through worlds with her Avatar. Most worlds do not have a Chaos Sovereign and she could battle against a group of Perpetual Emperors. Only my breakthrough kept our Chaosworld from bolstering her gathered faith energy.” Nakshatra Shivaputra was scheming something to rise to the level of the Trimurti, gaining the power of a Chaos Sovereign. She orchestrated Heifeng Jiansui’s rise to become the Mahasura, granting him the fate to destroy Chaturdasha-loka for an unknown reason.
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But the Supreme Couple didn’t need to know that, so Heifeng Jiansui kept mum.
“So since most cultivators of Chaturdasha-loka are comparable to 4th Boundary cultivators, what makes you strong enough to rival Immortal Kings?” The Pure Yang Emperor broke through the silence with this question.
“The Daoscripts on this Avatar’s body are complete and form a system of their own. You see, Immortal Kings may refine such a complete system after millions of years but it was simply handed to me with this body. So I can display the battle prowess of a Immortal King.” Heifeng Jiansui answered after some thought.
“So the mysterious system your avatar cultivates in is…” The Extreme Yin Empress couldn’t hold back her curiosity.
“The system is of Peerless Desolation. I formed the cultivation law after referring to it. It fuses many evil laws like corruption of human desires like the seven emotions and six passion but the main principles are three… Destruction, Desolation and Entropy. It isn’t too bad, isn’t it?” Heifeng Jiansui grinned as he asked.
The Perpetual Emperors were tongue-tied. Not too bad? It was exceptional! Who the hell would complain after being handed such a exquisite system of laws for free?
“…So what are you planning to do for now, then? You will be sent to Chaturdasha-loka after 3 million years, so before that…” Extreme Yin Empress asked this.
“The soulshard I gained from Shiva had many mysterious weapon refining arts. I suppose I will forge a weapon for myself then.” Heifeng Jiansui was understating things. Shiva had a ridiculous number of weapons. His main weapon was a trident called Trishula, but other than that he had a veritable armory of godslaying weaponry.
Shiva’s skill in forging weapons was relatively unknown, but if he proclaimed himself the 2nd forging master of Chaturdasha-loka, no one would dare claim themselves as 1st!
Divine swords, spears, bows and arrows. Peerless arrows called ‘astra’ capable to breaking worlds, and quivers containing an endless amount of them. He went around handing them out like candy to his subordinates. His avatars ran out handing them like candy to mortals that pleased them.
Nakshatra Shivaputra had an astra arrow, but ended up using it to destroy a Perpetual Emperor that overpowered her. Thankfully, she didn’t have any more godly weapons to use against him.
“Shiva is the God of Destruction, so his weapon refining techniques will be useful to me as well. I will need to figure out the methods of adding Entropy, Desolation and Endless Curses to the weapon I shall forge…” Saying this, Heifeng Jiansui sighed.
“What kind of sword are you thinking of forging?” Pure Yang Emperor asked interestedly.
“No swords, I need to suppress every hint of karma between the Mahasura Avatar and my true body. I will be refining a Talismanic Seal instead.” Heifeng Jiansui’s words were calm but the content was shocking. The two Emperors were momentarily left speechless.
“Are you sure? While a Talismanic Seal might be the best for infusing your Avatar’s innate laws into, your Sword Dao… isn’t it the most suitable for you?” The Pure Yang Emperor asked again.
“While the Sword Dao is most suited to the Quintessence Sword Saint, a Talismanic Seal will be the weapon that allows Mahasura to display the power of a Perpetual Emperor. That’s all I can say.” Heifeng Jiansui ended the conversation with these words.
The Perpetual Emperors pledged to help Heifeng Jiansui gather the materials for refinement. He didn’t refuse either. Even though his Ninelight Stellar Circuits should have most of the required materials, some materials could only be extracted by Perpetual Emperors.
After some small talk, Heifeng Jiansui parted from the Supreme Couple. They had to escort him when he was a mortal, but the Mahasura Avatar was strong enough to return on his own. As for Heifeng Jiansui’s true body, it had been entrusted with a teleportation seal. With a flash of light, he returned to the Nineyuan Heavenly Gate, straight to the Sect Master’s Hall.
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“So you sent away your avatar to raid some worlds and gather materials on the Chaosworld’s outskirts, huh. I have suppressed the Heavenly Dao’s vigilance to that Avatar, though your preparations are enough to safeguard it.” After returning to his Sect, Nineorigin and him shared a conversation.
“Thanks for your consideration. I will have to request my Master to teach me something. That damn Divine Legacy doesn’t count as it was an attempt to destroy my soul.” Heifeng Jiansui didn’t hold back and straightforwardly asked.
“What do you want to learn then, dear disciple?” Nineorigin looked too happy to fulfill her duty as a Master.
“The same thing you promised to teach me. The Dao of World, Fate and Devouring, along with the cultivation path of the era.” Heifeng Jiansui repeated his words.
“I would have taught you already, but my dear disciple was running around everywhere. We still have two months or so for your Black Phoenix Ancestral Trial to begin, so you’ll have to work hard! Of course, if you are too dumb I’ll freeze time for you to catch up!” Nineorigin seemed especially cheery as she patted him on the head.