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ArabicThe Protagonists' Chat Group: Beyond the Boundaries — Chapter 340
Chapter 340: Eternal Heavenly Song, This Punch, Three Thousand Buffs
Shi Jian only emerged from seclusion after trying out the enhancement Divine Ability among the Three Thousand Divine Abilities.
He was just about to go find the Stone King to get the Remnant Immortal. But after emerging from seclusion, he found Xiao Yan and Lin Dong sparring in one of the Imperial Pass’s grand courtyards.
The air was filled with explosions. Xiao Yan, wreathed in a multi-colored Heavenly Flame, was launching ferocious fire lotuses. Lin Dong, his body crackling with the power of the Ancestral Symbols, met each one with a domineering fist or the Great Desolate Imprisoning Celestial Finger.
Seeing the two equally matched individuals, Shi Jian’s mind stirred.
Within the Eternal Heavenly Song, in addition to positive auras, there were also negative auras. He hadn’t used these negative auras yet.
[Inorin’s Note: The Eternal Heavenly Song (Yongheng Tiange) is a supreme technique from Sheng Wang (Yang Qi). It’s part of the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength (Shenxiang Zhenyu Jin) and allows the user to grant 3,000 positive buffs (auras) to allies or 3,000 negative debuffs to enemies.]
“Little chick points to whom, I’ll choose whom…”
After a very scientific selection process, Shi Jian finally decided to apply a negative aura to Lin Dong to test the waters.
“Weakness Aura!”
Shi Jian flipped his palm from his hidden vantage point. An insidious, dark aura instantly appeared above Lin Dong’s head, invisible to the naked eye.
The dark aura emitted wave after wave of seductive, whispering sounds that burrowed directly into his Sea of Consciousness.
Lin Dong, caught off guard in the midst of battle, suddenly felt his strength rapidly weakening. His head spun, his mind turning into a muddled mess.
He, who had just been about to counter a punch from Xiao Yan, suddenly lost his agility, his body feeling as heavy as a mountain. He seemed to become a dazed idiot.
He shook his head dizzily, wanting to clear his mind. But he felt as if the world had blurred, and the whispers in his head were telling him to lie down and sleep.
“Which bastard is ambushing me?!”
Lin Dong roared, exerting his full power. The Spiritual Qi within him surged out, and his Ancestral Symbols tried to cut through the Weakness Aura, but it was in vain.
This aura was a conceptual-level attack. It could not be dispelled by brute force. Only an Ancient Divine Ability of the same kind could counteract it.
Xiao Yan, seeing his friend’s sudden and bizarre state, immediately halted his attack. He looked solemn and quickly protected Lin Dong, cautiously on guard…
Neither of them had noticed Shi Jian.
Because at this time, Shi Jian had cast a Void Aura upon himself.
Once the Void Aura was applied to the body, it was equivalent to transcending the Three Realms and not being within the Five Elements. If he didn’t actively reveal himself, no one could discover him.
[Inorin’s Note: The Void Aura is another buff from the Eternal Heavenly Song, granting perfect concealment by placing the user outside the normal laws of reality.]
“Who are you cursing and grumbling at…?”
Shi Jian materialized from the void, a faint smile on his face. With a wave of his hand, he removed the Weakness Aura from Lin Dong.
Seeing him appear, Xiao Yan and Lin Dong also knew who had been ambushing them in the dark.
“What Divine Ability is this of yours?” Lin Dong asked, still feeling the lingering dizziness. He was visibly displeased. “It made my head spin… I couldn’t even exert my full strength!”
“This is the Eternal Heavenly Song, recorded in the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength,” Shi Jian explained. “It allows one to cast Ancient Divine Abilities, adding 3,000 Enhancement Auras to oneself and allies, and 3,000 Negative Auras to enemies.”
“The one I just cast on you was the Weakness Aura. It saps a person’s will and strength, making them incredibly weak…”
As he spoke, he cast another Divine Ability.
“This is the Strength Aura, an enhancement aura…”
With the golden, shimmering aura applied to him, a look of shock appeared on Lin Dong’s face. He felt a tide of pure, explosive power fill his limbs.
Without the slightest hesitation, he punched Xiao Yan!
Boom!
“What a terrifying Divine Ability… I feel like my strength has at least doubled or tripled!” Lin Dong exclaimed, looking at his fist in shock.
“Damn it… you’re testing the aura, why are you hitting me…?”
Xiao Yan, who had been sent flying by the punch, walked back, grumbling and dusting himself off.
“Shi Jian, give me a Divine Ability too, I’m going to fight this guy to the death today!”
Upon hearing this, Shi Jian immediately applied a different aura to Xiao Yan.
“Come, battle!”
With the new, bright blue aura applied to himself, Xiao Yan immediately rushed forward, intending to clash with Lin Dong.
But the next second, as Lin Dong dodged, Xiao Yan’s punch missed wildly and he stumbled, flying out again from his own momentum.
Shi Jian watched, bewildered: “I applied the Wisdom Aura to you, to increase your comprehension and tactical acumen. Why are you fighting hand-to-hand?”
Xiao Yan: …
…
The two carefully experienced Shi Jian’s Eternal Heavenly Song.
From positive auras to negative auras.
After experiencing various auras, both of them marveled at the Heaven-Defying nature of this Divine Ability.
Shi Jian tested several more on them. He applied the Slowness Aura to Xiao Yan, who watched in horror as his normally instantaneous Heavenly Flame Fire Lotus took three full seconds to form.
He then applied the Demonization Aura to Lin Dong. Lin Dong’s eyes turned red, his power surged, and his attacks became wild and unpredictable, nearly injuring Xiao Yan before Shi Jian quickly removed it.
Their current strengths were similar, and when they sparred, even if they used all their trump cards, it was difficult to determine a winner.
But if an aura was applied, regardless of the type, it could almost immediately reverse the battle. Crushing the opponent.
If one was afflicted with a negative aura—Weakness Aura, Malevolent Aura, Demonization Aura, Disorientation Aura, Annihilation Aura, Slowness Aura… any one of these applied to the body would cripple one’s entire strength.
For example, there was one called Nightmare Light.
Once applied, one would fall into an endless nightmare, unable to extricate oneself.
After Xiao Yan was hit by this aura, his body froze, his eyes went blank, and sweat poured down his face. It took him a long time to break free from its influence, shouting, “Xun’er!”
During that period, he was practically at the mercy of others.
This was also partly due to the significant difference in cultivation between him and Shi Jian. However, it was enough to show the terror of this aura.
Three Thousand Enhancement Auras applied to oneself, Three Thousand Negative Auras cast upon the enemy.
With this, Shi Jian felt that against that half-crippled Immortal, Xiao Yan and Lin Dong would also have the strength to fight. It was truly a bug.
After demonstrating the Eternal Heavenly Song to the two, Shi Jian then went to visit the Stone King.
The Stone King was bewildered after learning his purpose. “You want the Remnant Immortal? Weren’t you going to refine that other Immortal?”
“I’ve already finished refining that Immortal… Now it’s the Remnant Immortal’s turn!” Shi Jian answered honestly.
The Stone King sensed his aura upon hearing this, then was surprised: “In just a few months, your strength has actually improved so much?”
“It’s not that exaggerated…” Shi Jian rubbed his nose.
The time he spent in seclusion completing his second transformation was not just a few months in his own timeline.
He had taken on several cultivation-suitable missions in the Heaven’s Instance. And he challenged daily in the Heaven’s Projection.
Counting the time in the Heaven’s Instance and Heaven’s Projection, his second transformation took almost ten years.
Of course, the Stone King didn’t know about this. He only knew that Shi Jian’s strength had undergone earth-shattering changes within a few months of Perfect World time.
“I can’t guide your cultivation now, but if you continue to transform like this, you won’t be weaker than an Immortal…”
“I can’t imagine how strong you’ll be after Immortal Ascension!”
“I originally thought that the incomplete Laws of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands would be detrimental to your cultivation… I didn’t expect it to actually complete you!” The Stone King sighed.
If the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands had complete Laws, Shi Jian would probably have already achieved Immortal Ascension.
For ordinary people, being able to achieve Immortal Ascension but not being able to is a great sorrow. But for a genius like Shi Jian, this actually became an advantage.
The Heaven and Earth Laws were incomplete. Shi Jian could stay longer in the Supreme Realm… gaining more accumulation.
This was a good thing.
With Shi Jian’s talent, if the Laws were complete, his smooth Immortal Ascension would not necessarily be a good thing. Such a him might also be able to slay a True Immortal of the same realm, but definitely not as strong as now.
Now, even before Immortal Ascension, he could slay a True Immortal. Then how strong would he be after his breakthrough?
The incomplete Laws, for Shi Jian, actually turned into a good thing. Misfortune turned into a blessing.
Listening to the Stone King’s sigh, Shi Jian smiled: “Cultivation is like this, there’s no absolute certainty…”
The Stone King also smiled. He reached out and grabbed, and a figure imprisoned in a cage of light instantly appeared in his hand: “I look forward to the day you achieve Immortal Ascension… Perhaps on that day, we can fight side by side…”
Shi Jian took the Remnant Immortal: “It won’t be long… Oh right… give me another Immortal-Slaying Curse, the previous one has already been worn away…”
…
“We meet again…” Shi Jian greeted the Remnant Immortal in his hand.
This Remnant Immortal was an old acquaintance. It was none other than the Immortal Palace Remnant Immortal.
[Inorin’s Note: The Immortal Palace Remnant Immortal is the specific crippled immortal who terrorized the Lower Realm (Shi Hao’s homeland) for eons, seeking revenge on the Shi Clan.]
At this moment, this Remnant Immortal was completely imprisoned, unable to move an inch.
“I wish I could display my peak strength! This is not the strength of a True Immortal, a shameful death!” The Immortal Palace Remnant Immortal roared.
He felt very aggrieved. It was just to kill a descendant of the Stone Clan from the Lower Realm.
But he ended up provoking two great Immortal Kings at once. One Liu Shen. One Stone King.
Which led him to such a state. This was too ridiculous.
Who would have thought that this descendant of the Stone Clan from the Lower Realm would have such a terrifying background? This was simply too absurd.
It was like a human emperor running to a remote corner to bully a commoner, but this commoner had an emperor father. What kind of emperor? The Jade Emperor!
“Your Immortal Blood is dim, how can you still be considered a True Immortal?” Shi Jian spoke with disdain.
This Remnant Immortal’s injuries were much more severe than that Immortal’s before. The Immortal Blood within his body was almost completely consumed.
It made him anticipate for nothing. He had been somewhat overconfident originally.
With the current energy within this Remnant Immortal, it was simply impossible to support him in completing his third transformation.
“He’s really… useless…” The more Shi Jian thought about it, the more disappointed he became, and the angrier he got.
He raised his hand and pointed, his finger crimson as blood, radiating red light, incredibly sharp.
“What is this?” The Immortal Palace Remnant Immortal let out a startled cry.
Shi Jian ignored him, just kept pointing into his body, infusing the laws of the Hell Furnace.
In just an instant, the Remnant Immortal’s Primordial Spirit exploded. A generation of Remnant Immortals, thus perished.
A True Immortal fell, their Primordial Spirit exploded into a rain of light, scattering between heaven and earth. A generation of strong individuals thus perished.
“Alas…” Shi Jian unfolded the Hell Furnace, absorbing all the energy left behind by the Remnant Immortal.
He found himself in a predicament. He had originally thought of absorbing the Remnant Immortal’s power to undergo his third transformation.
Who would have thought this thing was actually so weak. There wasn’t much Immortal Blood left.
This level of energy… he would need at least four or five more to support his third transformation. These Remnant Immortals were too decayed.
“Brother, you killed that Remnant Immortal?”
After sensing the commotion of the Remnant Immortal’s demise, Shi Hao came looking for him.
Shi Hao had also been cultivating diligently during this period… Every day, he was either in an Instance or the Heaven’s Projection.
His cultivation had now also broken through to the Supreme Realm.
“Even with his life force decaying, you can defeat him… It’s this kind of guy who plagued my Stone Clan for a million years!” Shi Jian sighed.
Shi Hao also let out a soft sigh: “When I learned the truth of my Stone Clan being plagued, my heart was filled with indignation… but I didn’t expect to get my revenge so quickly!”
“I wonder how Grandpa Village Chief and the others are doing now…” Shi Hao felt a bit nostalgic for Stone Village.
They had only left Stone Village a few years ago… but if you count the time spent in other worlds, the Heaven’s Instance, and the Heaven’s Projection, that would be several decades.
Decades away from home. It was indeed a bit nostalgic for his homeland.
Moreover, Shi Hao was only six or seven years old when he left Stone Village.
“We can find a time to bring the people of Stone Village up…” Hearing Shi Hao mention Stone Village, Shi Jian also felt a bit nostalgic.
However, this was not a big deal. With their current cultivation, returning to Stone Village was not difficult.
Shi Hao nodded upon hearing this.
“Oh right… you’ve already broken through to the Supreme Realm, so it’s almost time to prepare for Immortal Ascension…”
“This is the Nine Transformations Immortal Ascension Method I’ve comprehended, you can take it as a reference…” Shi Jian transmitted the Nine Transformations Immortal Ascension Method to Shi Hao.
He also told Shi Hao some of his insights from his two transformations.
Shi Hao looked thoughtful after listening.
After the two discussed the Dao for a while, they then separated to cultivate again.
“Old Ancestor… give me an Immortal-Slaying Curse!” Shi Hao approached the Stone King and said so.
Stone King: …
…
Shi Jian, on the other hand, focused his attention on the Heaven’s Projection.
He challenged Ye Fan again. This time, he went all out and quickly killed Ye Fan’s sixth reincarnation.
Ye Fan’s sixth reincarnation dropped the Nine-Character Secret and some other cultivation insights, but these things were not of much use to Shi Jian.
[Inorin’s Note: The Nine-Character Secret (Jiu Mi) is a set of nine powerful, ancient techniques from Shrouding the Heavens (Ye Fan’s novel).]
Shi Jian’s goal was very clear, and that was Ye Fan’s seventh reincarnation.
Ye Fan’s seventh reincarnation was very special.
When he lived to his seventh life, he almost ended up dissolving into the Dao, and although he lived out his seventh life, he remained in a coma.
The Black Emperor took advantage of his coma, his “dream for eons,” and… facilitated an event.
He didn’t “create” the physique, but he brought a woman to Ye Fan’s comatose body. This woman was Yao Xi, a Holy Spirit who possessed the Innate Dao Embryo physique.
Yao Xi intended to steal Ye Fan’s Great Completion Sacred Body origin while he was helpless, hoping to merge it with her own. The Black Emperor allowed this, knowing the two physiques would clash.
Yao Xi mounted Ye Fan’s unconscious body, initiating a forced dual cultivation to plunder his essence. But she underestimated the power of the Sacred Body. Instead of her plundering him, the two supreme physiques clashed, merged, and created a new life.
She was impregnated against her will, and the result was the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo.
[Inorin’s Note: The Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo (Xiantian Shengti Daotai) is the ultimate physique in Shrouding the Heavens, born from the union of a Great Completion Sacred Body (Ye Fan) and an Innate Dao Embryo (Yao Xi).]
This incarnation of Ye Fan was very special; his physique was very unusual.
After he returned from his eons-long dream, his Sacred Body physique underwent a transformation. Perhaps not weaker than the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo itself.
If he could be killed, and drop his physique, plus the Remnant Immortal… then Shi Jian might be able to use this to complete his third transformation.
…
The seventh incarnation of Ye Fan had even more terrifying combat power.
Among his drops were Chaos Blood and Sacred Blood. These were exactly what Shi Jian wanted.
One more incarnation, and by the eighth incarnation of Ye Fan, these things would no longer be among his drops.
After all, in his eighth incarnation, Ye Fan cut off the origin of his Sacred Body and transformed into a Mortal Body.
Although it was said that the Mortal Body was the foundation, this could only be said to vary from person to person.
The seventh incarnation of Ye Fan’s combat power had already reached the True Immortal Realm.
Shi Jian could barely contend with him by relying on the Eternal Heavenly Song. But to defeat him was somewhat difficult.
In desperation, Shi Jian had no choice but to refine the Remnant Immortal essence while challenging Ye Fan.
He couldn’t directly undergo his third transformation, so he would first undergo a 2.5 transformation.
Counting both real-world time and time spent in the Heaven’s Projection and Heaven’s Instance, it took Shi Jian two and a half years to refine the Remnant Immortal essence.
Successfully undergoing a 2.5 transformation.
After refining the Remnant Immortal essence, he once again challenged Ye Fan’s seventh incarnation.
With the assistance of the Eternal Heavenly Song, he could now suppress Ye Fan’s seventh incarnation.
However, he was still a bit short of being able to defeat him and make him drop his physique.
After some time had passed, news came from Xu Que again.
His status in the Foreign Realm had become very high now.
From him, everyone also learned the reason for the Foreign Realm’s silence during this period.
They wanted to deliver a heavy blow to the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
They were going to send out a Quasi-Immortal King to sweep across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
Under circumstances where even True Immortals could not cross the Heavenly Abyss, it was naturally extremely difficult to send a Quasi-Immortal King in.
[Inorin’s Note: The Heavenly Abyss (Tianyuan) is a massive barrier in Perfect World that separates the Nine Heavens from the Foreign Realm, and it repels or kills powerful beings from the Foreign Realm.]
However, what if this Quasi-Immortal King was originally from the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands?
Over the years, not a few people had defected to the Foreign Realm. Not everyone was “Strange” (corrupted by the dark power).
If someone maintained the cultivation method of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, then he would most likely not be targeted by the Heavenly Abyss.
The Foreign Realm had been so quiet during this time precisely to cultivate a “clean” Quasi-Immortal King.