Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 491: Chapter 300: Another Heist_2

“The remnants of Tianshu Sect seem to have vanished in these past few years, haven’t they?”

“This…”

As they looked at the Tribulation clouds accumulating over Fish and Dragon Island, everyone communicated telepathically and took action, stirring shock and awe in all directions in an instant.

In a stretch of wilderness, Xiao Miao stood on a mountain peak, gazing at the terrifying celestial phenomena tens of thousands of miles away, yet still clearly visible, she too was surprised, “Is someone condensing their Nascent Soul and Crossing the Tribulation?”

“Nascent Soul?”

“Nonsense about Nascent Soul!”

In her mind, Elder Zhen Xuan Zhen’s voice came through, with a cold laugh he said, “Look at this setup, does it look like the array for a Nascent Soul Tribulation?”

Xiao Miao was startled, then realized, “If not Nascent Soul, then is it…”

“Deity Transformation!”

Xuan Zhen’s voice was heavy, “That person has reached the Deity Transformation realm!”

“That person?”

“King Shifa?”

Xiao Miao’s pupils constricted, crying out in shock, “He has achieved Deity Transformation?”

“Making a fuss over nothing!”

Xuan Zhen spoke with disdain, “With that person’s capabilities, it isn’t surprising that he has achieved Deity Transformation, let alone breaking through to Return to Void. It is only natural.”

Xiao Miao looked bewildered, “But just fifty years ago he had just advanced to Nascent Soul, and now he has completed the cultivation of Deity Transformation so quickly. Could it be that he has a Superior Grade Heavenly Spiritual Root, or even a Spiritual Body beyond the Spiritual Root, to cultivate at such a fast pace?”

“Who knows!”

Xuan Zhen shook his head and sighed, “Fifty years is not a short time. Look at the Sacred Places in the Northern Domain and the Saint Heirs of the Immortal Sect and Brahma Sect. Which of them are not prodigies, establishing their Foundation in a hundred days, forming Core in their childhood, and condensing their Nascent Soul in their youth? This person’s talents are no less than theirs. It’s only logical that he has achieved Deity Transformation now. It’s just that I don’t know…”

His voice trailed off, making Xiao Miao curious, “Don’t know what?”

Xuan Zhen let out a long sigh, “It’s just that I don’t know what method he used to overcome this difficult pass. Once the Void Spirit Cave Heaven opens, not to mention Deity Transformation, even those at Return to Void or even the Integration Great Powers face the risk of disaster and the peril of falling. Now that he has revealed himself, when the Mahayana descends, he will certainly be the first to be impacted…”

“Boom!”

Before the sentences were finished, a resounding explosion of thunder came from afar, shaking heaven and earth.

In the booming sound, the Tribulation clouds churned and lightning splintered.

The lightning was of five colors, and the thunder showed five lights; one was a pure green light, one an incisive golden light, one an intense red light, one an enigmatic black light, and one a profound yellow light.

These were none other than…

“Jia Wood Thunder!”

“Gengjin Thunder!”

“Bing Fire Thunder!”

“Ren Water Thunder!”

“Wutu Thunder!”

“Innate Five Elements Tribulation Thunder!”

In Xiao Miao’s mind, Xuan Zhen’s voice sank with astonishment, “This person also possesses the Five Elements Physique, can it really be that they have no connection with Void Spirit Monarch and the Five Elements Immortal Mansion?”

As doubt arose, the sound of thunder overwhelmed all else.

The Power of the Innate Five Elements converged in the lightning, like pillars of five colors fiercely descending upon the earth.

At that moment, a figure flew up from below, facing the Innate Five Thunders head-on, and charged into the vast expanse of Tribulation clouds.

“Boom!”

The thunder roared, and electric currents surged. Five Elements Divine Thunder shook the heavens, turning the dark Tribulation clouds into a spectacle of five colors, so terrifying even from ten thousand miles away that it made people feel an urge to kneel and submit to the majesty of heaven.

“Is this the Innate Five Elements?”

Xiao Miao, though also terrified, still forced herself to stand straight, raising her head high, looking at the multicolored Tribulation clouds and the roaring thunder. Fear flickered in her eyes, accompanied by longing.

What the spectators felt, we’ll leave aside for now!

On Fish and Dragon Island, amidst the thunderous Tribulation.

The Five Elements Divine Thunder boomed, and a man sat alone, engulfing the might of all five thunders and sensing the mysteries of heaven and earth.

Asking Heaven Tribulation.

Asking what Way?

The Dao of the Five Elements, the Dao of the Void, the Way of Heavenly Craftsman’s creations and transformations!

There was one thing Xu Yang had to admit, and that was that his innate talents were really quite average.

This mediocrity was not only in terms of Spiritual Root, but also in intellectual capability. His comprehension was also quite average.

To say it was average was an understatement—it was actually very poor, very low.

Compared with a prodigy like Leng Aotian, a gifted individual blessed by heaven, even compared with ordinary cultivators, there was a huge gap. He couldn’t even touch the threshold of cultivation.

With such inferior innate talents, to have come this far, not only advancing in cultivation to Deity Transformation but also mastering Elixir Skills, Talisman, Artifact Skills, and Formation, becoming an all-around Sixth Rank Grandmaster—what was he relying on?

Cheating!

Xu Yang never shied away from acknowledging the fact that he was a “cheater.” His accomplishments and expertise today were half due to the attribute panel and skill characteristics, and half because of the accumulation of time and collective wisdom.

Diligence Makes Up Sabotage and harnessing the power of everyone, combined with the help of skill characteristics, centuries of arduous practice, and millennia of accumulation, had resulted in his achievements today.

But even with skill characteristics as an “external support,” and despite cultivating for over two thousand years in the Temple of War God, taking advantage of the time dilation provided by Zhuanzhou Mengdie and Divine Travel Through Worlds, Xu Yang was still unable to fully comprehend the Void Stele of Broken Void.

This shows how poor his talents and comprehension were. Were it Leng Aotian with such external support, he would likely have already grasped the mysteries of breaking the void and stepped into the realm of Divine Martial Mahayana, taking the Temple of War God into his hands.

One’s innate qualities are a result of fate, and Xu Yang had no way to change that. He could only compensate through other means, such as diligent practice and the power of sentient beings, or else…

Cheating!

Skill characteristics not enough?

Collective wisdom insufficient?

Then add another layer—taking nature as the teacher, and seeking answers in the Tribulation!

If innate qualities are lacking, make up for them later.

If talents are insufficient, fill the gap with cheating.

Amidst the Tribulation clouds and thunder, Xu Yang sat alone, embracing the assault of five thunders, entering again the state of Unity of Heaven and Man, and questioning the Way in the midst of Tribulation, completely oblivious to himself.