170: Promote destiny, use cheating methods to improve cultivation

Watching Elder Bai's figure slowly disappear, Mo Fan seemed lost in thought.

After a moment of contemplation, he turned to Liu Xiyan and asked with a puzzled expression, "Now that the power of the demonic and magical laws has dissipated, those two corpses are no longer a threat. Aren't we keeping them as specimens?"

Hearing this, Liu Xiyan shook her head with a smile and said, "There's no need."

"Why?" Mo Fan was confused.

After all, they were once beings beyond the Strongest. He thought they might have some research value.

"Let's go. There's nothing for us here. Back to the Sword Pavilion." Liu Xiyan turned and walked towards the Sword Pavilion.

Mo Fan composed himself and followed.

As they walked, Liu Xiyan said, "You might think that the demonic and magical corpses of beings beyond the Strongest are precious, but that's not actually the case."

She paused, then continued, "In fact, over the years, humanity has discovered quite a few ancient corpses in various ruins, from humans, demons, and devils alike."

"From all theDetection data, these corpses, without exception, were all beings beyond the Strongest when they were alive."

"Perhaps only beings beyond the Strongest can have their bodies remain uncorrupted for tens of thousands of years after death."

As she spoke, a hint of longing flashed in Liu Xiyan's eyes.

She not only wanted to become the Strongest.

She also wanted to become a being beyond the Strongest.

The path of cultivation has no end.

She would not stop her steps.

Composing herself, Liu Xiyan continued, "The two demonic and magical corpses in our Hidden Sword Peak's sealed space, which still retained the power of the laws, were actually the first time such a thing occurred."

"Otherwise, the higher-ups wouldn't have agreed to send the Strongest over."

"It's a pity that both the power of the Sword Dao laws and the power of the demonic and magical laws eventually dissipated."

At this point, Liu Xiyan stopped, turned around, and looked at Mo Fan seriously.

"What's wrong, Elder? Is there something on my face?" Mo Fan scratched his head, his heart involuntarily quickening a few beats.

He had a feeling Liu Xiyan might have guessed something.

"Nothing." Liu Xiyan smiled, turned, and continued walking, saying, "Humanity has done a lot of research on those corpses, but unfortunately, there haven't been many discoveries."

"Over time, they stopped paying attention, as the higher-ups deemed them not to have much value."

"I see—" Mo Fan suddenly understood.

After thinking for a moment, he added, "But this time, the corpses retained the power of the laws. Could it be different?"

"There is indeed that possibility."

At this point, Liu Xiyan hesitated, then after a moment of thought, said, "Actually, considering the potential risks, these two corpses would have to be destroyed no matter what."

"Of course, before that, they would also be studied to see if there was anything special."

"This was also one of the purposes of the Strongest coming here."

After thinking for a moment, Liu Xiyan continued, "Now that the power of the laws has dissipated, the attraction of the demonic and magical corpses to the higher-ups has diminished, so they naturally won't invite the Strongest again."

At this point, Liu Xiyan stopped speaking aloud and instead transmitted her thoughts: "However, the academy has still decided to take a portion of the demonic and magical corpses and send them to the Imperial Capital Life Evolution Research Institute."

"This matter is handled by Ancestor Uncle Bai and is confidential. Only a few of us elders know about it."

Smiling, Liu Xiyan continued to transmit her thoughts: "It's not really a secret, though. Considering your contributions to the academy, there's no harm in telling you this."

"Uh?" Mo Fan scratched his head, feeling a bit like complaining.

If it wasn't a secret, why transmit her thoughts instead of just saying it directly?

As if seeing what Mo Fan was thinking, Liu Xiyan explained, "This is research on beings beyond the Strongest, so it is indeed confidential. It's better to be careful, and you shouldn't mention it to anyone else."

"I see, I understand." Mo Fan nodded in agreement.

"That's good."

Liu Xiyan smiled brightly, looked up at the azure sky, and said with a joyful expression, "The weather is good today, and it's a good day. How about we complete the apprenticeship ceremony?"

As she spoke, Liu Xiyan turned to look at Mo Fan, blinking her eyes.

"Uh—" Mo Fan scratched his head and said awkwardly, "Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

"What's inappropriate? Haven't you decided to join the Sword Pavilion?" Liu Xiyan asked, puzzled.

"Ah, this—" Mo Fan was dumbfounded.

When did I decide to join the Sword Pavilion?

I just stayed in the Sword Pavilion for one night... "Could it be that you want to go back on your word?" Liu Xiyan frowned.

"Elder, that—" Mo Fan hesitated to speak.

"Speak." Liu Xiyan was concise and to the point.

"I think this matter needs to be discussed with my master, don't you think?" Mo Fan said cautiously.

"I don't think we need to discuss it. As long as your intention is firm, I'll take care of the rest." At this, Liu Xiyan had a determined expression, as if facing death.

"Hiss—" Mo Fan gasped.

Could Elder Liu be planning to duel Master Xu?

No way, no way!

Thinking of this, Mo Fan quickly said, "Elder, I still think this matter needs to be considered in the long run. We can't let it affect the unity of the peaks because of me!

"So, I'll temporarily stay on Scarlet Cloud Peak and make plans after my master returns!

"I have something else to do, so I'll be leaving first. Goodbye, Elder!"

Mo Fan finished speaking quickly, not even having time to summon his flying sword. He directly used Wind Manipulation and shot into the sky.

"Uh...?" Watching Mo Fan's figure disappear into the horizon, Liu Xiyan's face darkened.

Finally, she shook her head helplessly: "This guy, uses me and then runs off—"

"Five boxes of matcha mini cakes!" She focused her spiritual energy into a beam and transmitted her thoughts towards the direction Mo Fan had disappeared.

"No problem!" A faint spiritual fluctuation came from the sky.

"Hmph, that's more like it." Liu Xiyan smiled happily, no longer returning to the Sword Pavilion. She turned and walked towards the edge of the cliff.

"Continue nurturing the sword!"

...Scarlet Cloud Peak.

Mo Fan's cave dwelling.

Half a month had passed since the commotion in the sealed space.

During this half-month, Mo Fan had been preparing for his advancement to the Heavenly Mandate realm.

To advance to the Heavenly Mandate realm, one needed to comprehend 'momentum' (Momentum).

Because his advancement was too fast and he had been too busy during that period, Mo Fan hadn't had time to comprehend momentum.

Now that he had some free time, he seriously contemplated it and realized that comprehending momentum wasn't that difficult after all.

Mo Yingying had traveled far and wide to comprehend momentum, observing mountains, seas, and stars.

She even went to the Myriad Worlds Mountain.

But she still couldn't comprehend momentum.

In the end, it was her invincible physique that granted her a cheat, directly resonating with the power of the laws between heaven and earth, allowing her to comprehend momentum and successfully advance to the Transcendent realm.

For Mo Fan, however, it wasn't that troublesome at all.

In the past half-month, he had simply wandered around the academy, looked at the various peaks, had some drinks with Han Tang and Wang Yang, and visited Gu Shuiyue on Flowing Light Peak. Then, he had an epiphany.

Before, it was still quite vague.

But this morning, when Mo Fan woke up and saw the sparkling, glass-like Brilliant Sun Peak.

And then recalled the Scarlet Cloud Peak, enveloped in red glow every evening, across the entire Jade Void Academy.

He suddenly understood.

What was it to comprehend momentum?

He had actually consulted a lot of information.

He had also asked the peak masters of various peaks.

The answers he received were all consistent: it's an indescribable, elusive feeling. When you comprehend it, it will naturally come to you. If you haven't comprehended it yet, you simply haven't, and there's no shortcut to take; you can only let nature take its course.

Mo Fan had always been annoyed by this answer, which was as good as saying nothing.

Only now did he realize that this statement was very accurate.

It truly was an indescribable state.

Naturally, Mo Fan comprehended momentum.

With a thought, an invisible and intangible energy appeared at his fingertips.

With a gentle flick, space vibrated, ripples appeared, spreading out like waves.

As his fingertip moved forward, space parted like flowing water.

At this moment, Mo Fan's Martial Dao Embryo automatically manifested, rapidly circulating, and instantly became a bit more solid.

The Martial Dao Embryo rumbled, slowly appearing under Mo Fan's control, reflecting into the present world, emitting a hazy starlight.

In this instant, through the Martial Dao Embryo, Mo Fan perceived the most primordial and smallest energy structure in heaven and earth.

All things in heaven and earth, when broken down step by step until they can no longer be divided, will present this energy structure.

When you can perceive such an energy structure, you can attempt to communicate with the most unadorned power between heaven and earth, which is the so-called momentum.

Mountains have mountain momentum, water has water momentum, wind has wind momentum, fire has fire momentum; all things in heaven and earth have momentum.

Volcanic eruption is momentum.

Tsunamis surging is momentum.

The annihilation of stars and the wilting of all things are all momentum.

Human power is very small in the face of nature.

Only by perceiving the most primordial energy in heaven and earth, communicating with the momentum between heaven and earth, and utilizing the momentum between heaven and earth, can human power break through its limitations.

"Hoo—"

As thoughts flashed through his mind, Mo Fan also quickly mobilized the most primordial energy of heaven and earth to transform himself and elevate his life level.

In an instant, Mo Fan's flesh, bones, organs, and cells were frantically absorbing the most primordial energy of heaven and earth, evolving madly.

At this moment, Mo Fan glowed with golden light, exuding terrifying pressure, like a god of war descending from the nine heavens.

In an instant, Mo Fan's bones and blood began to approach a golden hue, seemingly evolving into golden bones and golden blood.

This was also one of the characteristics of Heavenly Mandate beings.

After the appearance of golden bones and golden blood, the life level would greatly increase.

At this point, the life strength could reach an incredible degree.

A Heaven-Destined Being who has completely undergone Golden Bone Transformation, even if only a small section of a finger bone remains, can regrow flesh and blood, constructing a new, complete body.

Therefore, to completely eliminate a Heaven-Destined Being who has fully undergone Golden Bone Transformation, one must obliterate them until not even a speck remains.

Of course, complete Golden Bone Transformation also signifies the culmination of the Heaven-Destined path, corresponding to the Heaven-Destined Peak realm.

Below the Heaven-Destined Peak, such miraculous abilities do not exist.

Time slowly passed, and the evolution quickly reached saturation.

With a whoosh, Mo Fan's martial arts foundation behind him slowly disappeared.

At the same time, the golden light on his body dimmed.

Aside from a faint golden hue still flowing in his blood and bone marrow, he appeared no different from an ordinary person in other aspects.

Clenching his fists and carefully sensing the changes in his body, Mo Fan felt that his physique was more than ten times stronger than before.

Moreover, in addition to his body, Mo Fan's spiritual power had also been refined by the primordial energy of heaven and earth, its quality almost doubling.

"Such a powerful physique, incomparably refined spiritual power, plus the ability to slightly manipulate the power of heaven and earth—"

"The combat power unleashed by a Heaven-Destined Being far surpasses that of a Transcendent."

Mo Fan couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

At this moment, he finally understood why it was said that all beneath Heaven's Mandate were mere ants.

Because they were simply not on the same level of existence.

Composing himself, Mo Fan used his mind to connect to the azure virtual panel, checking his attribute information.

"Name: Mo Fan (+)"

"Cultivation: Heaven-Destined First Level (+)"

"Cultivation Methods: Innate Art · Foundation Building Chapter, Breath Concealment Technique, Sword Nurturing Art (Third Layer), Origin Returning Sword Canon (Third Layer), Purple Jade Smoke (Third Layer)"

"Martial Skills: Vajra Fist · Foundation Building Chapter, Wind Manipulation, Golden Body Art (Third Layer)"

"Special Abilities: Alchemy (Minor Accomplishment), Array Formations (Grandmaster), Domain (Grandmaster)"

"Storage Space: Unlimited"

"Available Attribute Points: 1.723 million"

His cultivation had successfully broken through to the Heaven-Destined First Level.

His available attribute points had not decreased at all.

As Mo Fan expected, the peerless secret techniques he had cultivated had also collectively broken through to the third layer, greatly increasing his combat power.

Mo Fan estimated that with all these bonuses, even though he had just entered the Heaven-Destined realm, he could probably contend with a Heaven-Destined Peak expert.

It was worth noting.

After comprehending 'momentum,' the 'intent' he had previously comprehended no longer appeared in the special abilities column.

Mo Fan speculated that this might be because 'momentum' was a more advanced manifestation of 'intent.'

As for why 'momentum' wasn't displayed?

It was because the advancement in the Heaven-Destined realm relied on comprehending 'momentum.'

The deeper one's comprehension of 'momentum,' the more primordial power of heaven and earth one controlled, and the higher one's cultivation realm would be.

Therefore, 'momentum' was reflected in the cultivation column.

"Currently, I've only just begun to comprehend 'momentum,' and the primordial energy I can communicate with is too little—"

"Once I comprehend 'momentum' more deeply, and communicate with more primordial energy, my cultivation will naturally break through."

"Based on my speed of comprehending 'momentum,' it will probably take about a month for my cultivation to break through to the Heaven-Destined Second Level."

"Even if it gets a little harder later, the difference won't be too great—"

After a quick estimation, Mo Fan frowned slightly: "In that case, it will probably take me a year to break through to the Origin Returning realm."

"Hiss, that's too slow!"

Thinking of this, Mo Fan gasped.

It would take a year from Heaven-Destined to Origin Returning.

Origin Returning to Supreme would be even harder, probably two, or even three years.

Mo Fan's face darkened: "So, by that calculation, I still need three or four years to break through to Supreme?"

Mo Fan was dumbfounded: "That's too slow! In three or four years, the yellow flower dishes would have long gone cold!"

"No, I still have to add points!"

Mo Fan felt mentally exhausted.

He had originally thought that after reaching the Heaven-Destined realm, the limiting factor for becoming stronger would no longer be psionic energy.

Then, with his unparalleled comprehension, he could become stronger without restraint, no longer needing to use attribute points to upgrade.

But he hadn't expected—

"Adding points is still more comfortable!"

Mo Fan sighed with emotion, fixing his gaze on the plus sign next to the cultivation column.

With a whoosh, the azure virtual panel flickered, and a prompt box popped up.

"Cultivation: Heaven-Destined First Level (+) (1.723 million / 1 million)"

Mo Fan: "?"

Looking at the prompt, Mo Fan's face instantly darkened.

"It's outrageous! Adding points after Heaven-Destined is terrifying!"

But terrifying or not, Mo Fan still chose to add points without any hesitation.

Becoming stronger as quickly as possible was the ultimate goal!

He had thought it through.

Attribute points couldn't be eaten if kept.

The world was so dangerous; one could be sitting at home and still be crushed by a giant palm flying from outside the sky.

If he died tragically one day due to bad luck, and still had millions of unused attribute points, that would be the true tragedy.

Since that was the case, it was better to use as many attribute points as he had.

Trying to save attribute points and relying on himself to break through, wasting time, was truly unwise.

Becoming stronger as quickly as possible would provide more self-preservation capabilities when danger arrived.

At the same time, becoming stronger would also lead to more opportunities to earn attribute points, which was a virtuous cycle.

Of course, he couldn't just blindly add points.

At the very least, he needed to match his own body to the corresponding realm and fully control his own power before proceeding with the next point allocation, otherwise, problems could easily arise.

And the sign of adapting to his own body matching the corresponding realm and fully mastering his own power was to defeat the red-clad female ghost.

This process wasn't long; after each breakthrough, Mo Fan would usually be able to turn the tide and win in about ten days.

While thinking, Mo Fan concentrated his mind and gently tapped the plus sign next to the cultivation column.

With a rumble, Mo Fan's body immediately trembled, and his martial arts foundation automatically appeared, rapidly solidifying.

This time, no energy converged from an unknown space.

Instead, some insights from the ethereal suddenly appeared in Mo Fan's mind.

Those insights were precisely about 'momentum.'

Carefully accepting and understanding the sudden insights in his mind, Mo Fan began to complain.

"This state seems not much different from Yingying using her invincible physique to resonate with the Great Dao—"

Mo Fan sighed with emotion.

"I never thought that I, with unparalleled comprehension, would also have to use such a cheating method to improve my cultivation after reaching Heaven-Destined," "It's too difficult, what a sin—"

Of course, despite his grumbling, the effect of adding points was still very good.

In just half an hour.

Mo Fan's comprehension of 'momentum' had deepened considerably.

The golden hue in his bones and blood also became more concentrated, and his spiritual power became more active and refined.

His cultivation had quietly advanced.

Sensing the changes in himself, Mo Fan focused slightly and looked at his attribute information again.

"Name: Mo Fan (+)"

"Cultivation: Heaven-Destined Second Level (+)"

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"Available Attribute Points: 723,000"

"Hiss—"

Mo Fan took a deep breath.

"A huge amount of attribute points instantly vanished by more than half, it's terrifying!"

"No, I have to find a way to go to the secret realm again!"

"I can't live without attribute points—"

Mo Fan wanted to cry without tears, feeling that he was destined to work hard, and quietly cultivating to become stronger was simply impossible.

He had originally earned over 30,000 primeval stones, thinking he would have attribute point freedom, but he didn't expect to use them all up in just a few attempts.

"This consumption is too terrifying—"

Thinking this, Mo Fan used his mind to connect to the system space and found the pile of primeval stones that had not yet been absorbed and converted.

He had originally thought he had many attribute points and wouldn't run out for a while, so he had temporarily stored these primeval stones.

But he hadn't expected to run out of attribute points so quickly again.

"I should convert them into attribute points after all."

Taking a deep breath, Mo Fan cast an appraisal spell on the pile of primeval stones.

"Discovered Low-Grade Primeval Stone * 13274, can be absorbed and converted into attribute points. Absorb?"

Mo Fan separated 74 primeval stones for backup and absorbed the rest.

With a whoosh, the pile of primeval stones instantly disappeared, and his attribute information changed again.

"Available Attribute Points: 2.043 million"

The available attribute points increased from the original 723,000 to the current 2.043 million, instantly becoming abundant again.

Quickly scanning the attribute information, Mo Fan finally fixed his gaze on the plus sign next to the cultivation column.

"How many attribute points will I need for the next upgrade?"

Soon, a prompt popped up.

"Cultivation: Heaven-Destined Second Level (+) (2.043 million / 1 million)"

It was still one million, the same consumption as the previous upgrade.

Seeing this result, Mo Fan breathed a sigh of relief.

It was pretty much what he had expected.

Breakthroughs in the Heaven-Destined realm relied on comprehending 'momentum.'

Although it would become more difficult later on.

However, the amount of comprehension needed for each breakthrough was the same.

And adding points referred to quantity, not the difficulty of comprehension.

Therefore, Mo Fan guessed that all ten levels of the Heaven-Destined realm would each cost one million attribute points per upgrade.

"This is a bottomless pit; I have to find a way to enter the secret realm again and go to the military camp to scavenge for primeval stones!"