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--- Chapter 399 ---
Han Yuan slowly opened his eyes in the Samsara Isle of Paradise and saw a purple bead on his palm. He lifted his gaze to the two system panels and said amusingly, "Well, this is just a lazy challenge."
[The First Trial of Ten Cries Phoenix God's Trials: Absorb a 7th Spirit Ring for your 1st Martial Soul, its quality cannot be lower than 500,000 years old. Construct your first Spirit Core, Absorb Two External Divine Spirit Bones, and Study the Spirit Skills granted by Lady Fenghuang!]
[Reward: All Spirit Rings' Age Increased by 10,000 years, 3 Drops of Phoenix God's True Blood, and Fourth Martial Soul's 2nd Awakening.]
[The Second Trial of Nine Thunder God's Trials: Absorb a 7th Spirit Ring for your Purple Silver Grass martial soul, its quality cannot be lower than 700,000 years old. Construct your first Spirit Core, Forge Thunder God's Divine Body!]
[Reward: All Spirit Rings' Age Increased by 15,000 years, the Purple Silver Grass martial soul bestowed with Innate Divine Skills from random Divine Plants within the Divine Realm, and Thunder God's Token.]
The difference between the Phoenix God's Trial and the Thunder God's Trial wasn't that far off.
Besides absorbing a seventh spirit ring that was older than 500,000 years and forming his first Spirit Core, Lady Fenhuang wanted Han Yuan to comprehend the spirit skills she had left behind.
However, the God of Destruction raised the bar, requiring a minimum of a 700,000-year-old seventh spirit ring and a truly Divine Body forged in Nine-Colored Divine Lightnings.
Han Yuan found no difficulty in completing the Phoenix God's trials as he had nearly mastered the spirit skills left by Lady Fenhuang. However, the Thunder God's Divine Body was something entirely different.
According to the God of Destruction, the Thunder God's Divine Body is one of the most powerful physiques in the Divine Realm.
This physique, forged by the late Thunder God, not only boasted immense offense and defense but was also capable of shattering Godking's laws with Heavenly Lightning.
Unfortunately, the Thunder God was too naive and distracted by trivial matters, which prevented him from fully developing this powerful physique.
The God of Destruction was extremely frustrated by the Thunder God's shortcomings, but also mourned his downfall.
The Thunder God had immense potential—a prospective Godking—but his foolishness led to his demise.
"Still, this Body Refining method is too crude..." Han Yuan sighed as he analyzed the Thunder God's Divine Body forging method, which was given to him by the God of Destruction.
The Thunder God was not a very meticulous man. All his heaven-defying achievements stemmed from his overwhelming talent and a survival instinct, which was also 'naturally' bolstered by his boldness.
In simpler terms, the Thunder God was a man of potential and luck. Strictly speaking, he had extraordinary plot armor.
Han Yuan rubbed his chin and muttered, "I can improve this Body Refining method. But I don't have much time left."
"I can only deduce a better version based on the many physiques I've refined myself. It should count as paving my own path, right?"
After considering the possibilities, Han Yuan immediately sat down and began to meditate, concentrating and ignoring his surroundings.
The Nine Phoenix Lords exchanged confused glances, wondering, "What is the Young Lord planning to do?"
They knew he intended to challenge a 1,000,000-year-old spirit ring for his seventh spirit ring, but they were unaware of his grander scheme. Meanwhile, Han Yuan continued to gaze intently at his status panel.
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[Name: Han Yuan]
[Age: Eleven (Almost)]
[Talent: Eyes of Truth, Monarch of All Plants, Immortal Alchemist, Body Refining Maniac, Child of Lightning and Thunder, Pioneer, Master of Souls, Scholar of Destruction, Martial Art Prodigy (Acquired), Immortal Refiner (False)]
[Martial Soul: Purple Silver Grass (6+), Clear Sky Ant King (1+), Heavenly Demon Body (1+), Formless Clouds (1+)]
[Spirit Soul: 500,000-year-old Heavenly-Horned Ant (Neru), 999,999-year-old Fallen Abyssal Winged Dragon (Di Yating), Phoenix God's Wisp Soul (Lady Fenghuang)]
[Physique: Dustless Physique, Thunder Saint Life Physique, Ice and Fire Alchemy Body, 10,000 Great Poisons Body, Life Dragon Body, Great Sun Thunder Body (Peak)]
[Physical Strength: Quasi-God (Level 99.9)]
[Mental Power: Spirit Domain Realm (49,999 points)]
[Spirit Rank: Level 70 (Quasi Spirit Saint)]
[Bound Artifact: Sky Poison Pearl (Divine/Incomplete), Life Gold Severing Knife (Quasi-Divine), Life Gold Hammers (Quasi-Divine), Howling Dragon Arms (Ultra Divine Tool), Storm's Belt (Locked), Dragon-Binding Chains (2nd Class True Divine Tools)]
[Spirit Bone: 499,999-year-old Fallen Finger Bone (Finger), 399,999-year-old Dark Blue Silver Emperor's Mask (Face Mask) 800,000-year-old Fallen Dragon's Right Protection (Right Hand), 1,000,000-year-old Empyrean Plume of Divine Phoenix Scapula-Wings), 1,000,000-year-old Phoenix-Crested Divine Eye (Third Eye)]
[Divine Inheritance: Thunder God's Nine Trials (1st Class God), Phoenix God's Ten Trials (Godking)]
[Divine Art: Thunder God's Divine Art, Thunder Wood Molding Method, True Life Mimicry Art, Heavenly Silver Creations, Inner Pulse of Divine Roots]
[Authority: Dream]
[Profound Veins: Rootless Dream Source Veins]
[Immortal Legacy: Sage Spirit Immortal Legacy]
[Heavenly Flame: Ten Thousand Beast Flame (Enma), Wind and Thunder Fury Flame (Typhon), Green Lotus Core Flame (Terra), Ocean Heart Flame (Leviathan/Levya), Heavenly Cloud Flame (Phoenix God's Origins)]
[Martial Technique: Dance of Wind and Thunder Gods (Simplified Dou Techniques)]
[Self-Created Skill: Rasengan (+), Ten-fold Spirit Burst, Dust-like World, Sovereign's Descent, Atomic Dismantling, Elemental Bonding, False Darkness, Infinity]
[Cultivation Technique: Breath of Cicada, True Spirituality Art, Nature Nourishment Sutra, Secret of Soul, World Shaking Profound Art, Twin Cores of Heavenly Principle (True Cultivation Art)]
[Description: A heaven-defying monster, who could fight dragon and phoenix alike, and is already the strongest creature under heaven! One step away from breaking the mortal boundary]
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"Quasi-God Physical Strength. All that lightning tempering from forging the Divine Artifacts wasn't useless, after all," Han Yuan thought, gazing at his stats with a faint smile. "However, this isn't enough."
"My base Spiritual Power is also nearing the limit of Wild God." Han Yuan noticed that his status panel showed that he had maximized his stats.
Unfortunately, Han Yuan also realized that practicing the Dou Technique modified into Divine Arts had its limitations.
To enhance his abilities, Han Yuan had reworked his cultivation technique by practicing the Twin Cores of Heavenly Principle.
Twin Cores of Heavenly Principle is a profound method that allowed him to wield various laws using his Life-Lightning Laws.
This technique not only made Han Yuan's spirit energy more powerful, denser, and purer than any Ultimate-Attributed spirit energy, but it also brought him closer to the realm of Divine Energy.
This great progress led Han Yuan to create new martial arts, specifically the Dance of Wind and Thunder Gods, a comprehensive close-combat technique designed for dealing with troublesome opponents.
Additionally, he gets the Martial Art Prodigy talent because he needed to analyze over ten thousand Dou techniques to develop numerous Divine Arts, including the Dance of Wind and Thunder Gods.
As for the Immortal Refiner (False), well, it was self-explanatory with how many Divine Artifacts Han Yuan made and owned.
It is worth noting that Han Yuan's spirit bones and Spirit Souls had also undergone significant changes recently.
His finger, facemask, and right-hand spirit bones had aged considerably, reaching 499,999 years, 399,999 years, and 800,000 years old, respectively.
However, these changes were merely aftereffects of Han Yuan forging the Divine Artifact, in which he absorbed the energy of heaven and earth from the Heavenly Tribulation Lightning and transformed it into super-pure and compressed life energy.
If Han Yuan hadn't focused so much on tempering his body, his external spirit bones could have reached 1,000,000 years old.
While the spirit bones experienced some changes, the Spirit Souls got the most substantial growth from Han Yuan's improvements.
Neru had already reached 500,000 years old, and Di Yating was just one step away from being 1,000,000 years old, lacking only the Divine Beast Tribulations.
Han Yuan examined the 'Physique' section of his stats briefly and sighed, "The Great Sun Thunder Body has reached perfection. I can no longer drastically increase my physical strength."
"As expected, I need another breakthrough. Thunder God's Divine Body. Break the limits and surpass the predecessors, huh?"
He closed his status panel and looked up at the sky. He could see the faint outline of laws left behind by the Phoenix God, shaped like a true phoenix.
"Dragon, the apex of all beasts. Phoenix, rebirth from ashes. Combine both, and you will get an Undying Berserker."
He smiled and declared, "Alright, let's do this!"