Reaper of the Martial World

Chapter Book 7: 287: Core Teachings (1)

Book 7: Chapter 287: Core Teachings (1)

Dyon flipped through the booklet, sighing in relief when he saw its contents. At first, he thought that this refinement technique might follow some sort of evil path due to the dense death qi that surrounded them. But, luckily, it didn’t. It seemed that the death qi that covered these books were just a product of Orcus using his constitution’s world as his personal spatial ring, so much of his items were pervaded by this death qi.

‘So that’s how it works…’ Dyon was enraptured.

He had always wondered how body cultivation evolved from body refinement, but it seemed that the two paths not only shared the same root, but weren’t very much different either.

Techniques of body refinement relied on the vitality within the blood to speed up the process of healing and strengthening. By forcing your blood along certain paths, it would be similar to completing an array within your body that can siphon this vitality away for your benefit.

It seemed that not only were the meridian pathways hidden magic circles, but blood veins were similar in the fashion as well. In reality, Dyon knew this already. After all, what was Runic Vein theory if not a practice that took advantage of this truth?

In addition, there were blood manipulation techniques that followed this same path as well. Dyon had learned many such techniques due to him following his Master’s teachings.

Dyon rarely used these blood manipulation techniques, but that wasn’t because they were useless. Rather, they stemmed from mere common grade techniques, so not all of them ended up as powerful as his [Vanishing Fists].

There were blood manipulation techniques that increased speed, some increased strength, and still other could harden bone. Blood manipulation techniques could be considered a branch of Runic Vein theory that was much less permanent, essentially.

Judging by the contents of this body refinement technique – titled [False God Body] – such techniques drew from concepts of blood manipulation, runic vein theory, and body cultivation.

[False God Body] worked in units of Vital Essence or Vital Qi. The more vital qi you could accumulate in your blood, the stronger your refinement would be. But, as one might expect, the requirements for even starting to use this technique were incredibly high. Luckily, Dyon wasn’t far from meeting them. Once he reached 500 000 000 jin from his current 200 000 000 jin weight, he would be qualified.

Placing [False God Body] aside, Dyon picked up the next booklet. This time, he didn’t find a cultivation technique, but rather a portion of the legacy left behind by the Golden Crow Clan, an existence the current Golden Crow Sect couldn’t even match 1% of.

One had to understand that Orcus might have been born with the Death God Body, but that was simply a product of fate and chance. His base abilities were tied to his golden crow bloodline. A bloodline that could rival angels at its peak.

This technique was known as the [Nine Suns of Armageddon]. It was a Peak Divine Grade technique that was half a step into the Mystical Grade. This technique was the most powerful attacking technique of the Golden Crow Clan of era’s past. In its full form, it was a true Mystical Grade technique. Unfortunately, as years passed, the will of the technique deteriorated to its current state.

The concept of will deterioration is a bit novel, but easy to understand. When a technique is created, it’s infused with the will of the one who created it. It’s because of this that Dyon can read books without even opening the front page.

Over time, however, this will can weaken. After all, no will is eternal, even those that follow the legendary Immortal Path like Lilith’s sword will cannot possibly accomplish such a feat.

Normally, a Clan or Sect is able to sustain this will for extended periods of time by utilizing Faith. This enigmatic concept allows the will of a Clan’s ancestors to survive long past their base ability.

Unfortunately, as the Golden Crow Clan withered away in time, they obviously lost the ability to sustain something as powerful as a Mystical Grade technique. As a result, although the [Nine Suns of Armageddon] was complete and without flaw, it was missing a certain quintessence that once made it unspeakably powerful.

There was a chance Dyon could reclaim this quintessence by comprehending the technique. But, he would have to reach the One with Self realm to do so… One can imagine just how difficult it was to do such a thing with a divine grade technique that was once of the mystical grade.

As things stood now, though, Dyon couldn’t even call upon a single sun. The minimum requirement of comprehension to use this technique was a 3^rd stage Fire Dao, something Dyon was far from. Dyon assumed that those with unique flames could lower these requirements, but he wasn’t prepared to break through just yet to test it out. He would set it aside for now and come back to it in the future.

Following this logic, it’s easy to understand why Soul Rending Peak’s mystical grade technique still survived to this day. Not enough time had passed since the Peak’s destruction for the will to deteriorate.

The next technique was yet another Core Teaching of the Golden Crow Clan. It was titled [Sun God Body]. At first, Dyon had planned to set it aside after reading its title and feeling a bit of its will. After all, it seemed like a defensive type technique, but Dyon had constitutions that served this purpose. There was no need to set aside more time to learn such a technique, he couldn’t split his focus too much.

However, something caught the attention of his senses.

‘This could be interesting…’ Dyon muttered.