Chapter 305: Chapter 295: Dragon God Incense Body, Great Emperor Level Talent

At the moment the dust settled from the battle, the ancient elders hidden within the Demon Court were all immediately apprised of the situation.

With the aid of record stones and other means, they swiftly scrutinized every change on the battlefield.

Yet, when they witnessed Hong Yuan’s actual performance, they all remained silent. However, their hearts were anything but calm.

Most immediately noticeable was how the Abyssal Ocean suddenly churned with terrifying waves and surged with a tumultuous tide of vitality.

"This Xuan Guangqiao truly embodies the grace of the Great Moon Saint. I seem to see in him the invincible stature of an Ancient Emperor in his youth, sweeping everything before him..."

A will as cold as eternal frost conveyed these words, its tone even, yet the content was nothing short of astonishing.

In the history of the Demon Clan, the Great Moon Saint left behind a particularly brilliant legacy.

Though his ultimate achievement was merely an unorthodox Tao Achievement, he was even more adored by the younger generations of the Demon Clan than many Demon Emperors who had controlled the Heaven Heart Imprint.

He sheltered the entire Demon Clan, preventing the Soul Killing Demon Emperor of the Human Race—one who possessed the greatest inclination for slaughter—from annihilating the Demon Clan’s heritage.

He even drove the Soul Killing Demon Emperor to madness in his later years.

He forced the Soul Killing Demon Emperor to attempt the impossible: to create the Killing Tao from nothingness. The Demon Emperor sought to use slaughter to attain eternal life, a pursuit that ultimately consumed the Great Moon Saint’s own life force.

Ultimately, the Great Moon Saint compelled the Soul Killing Demon Emperor to use the Human Race to refine his Killing Tao, thereby causing him to accumulate boundless sin.

Legend has it that on that day, the Soul Killing Demon Emperor’s hair turned white overnight...

"The grace of the Great Moon Saint? There indeed is a hint of that."

"In my view, this child has the talent of a Great Emperor."

"Yes, in all likelihood, he is the Son of Fortune of our clan in this era. He possesses Destiny!"

"Destiny... But wasn’t our previous prediction of Destiny focused on Li Jianqiu?"

At this point, the myriad terrifying wills fell silent.

Indeed, according to the prediction, the Destiny of the Demon Clan in this era should have fallen upon Li Jianqiu. The strategy involved using Luck Tao to evade disasters and Blood Tao to cling to survival.

The general strategy was outlined as: abandon the majority of the Demon Clan, flee with a small contingent of elites to preserve the Demon Clan’s heritage, and then, after the Great Dream Emperor’s passing, re-establish Demon Clan civilization.

"Heaven’s will can be fathomed but not fixed. Who can declare destiny with a single word?"

"Precisely, precisely."

"Then decree that the Dragon God Sacred Land must not give up on Xuan Guangqiao until they reach a point of absolute desperation. If necessary, they may sacrifice the Dragon God Incense Body to protect Xuan Guangqiao."

"That is acceptable." "That is acceptable."

The Dragon God Incense Body was the ultimate trump card left behind by the Great Moon Saint, a supreme Divine Power formed by a combination of various schools.

By leveraging the power of collective will and incense, it could briefly awaken the imprint of the Great Moon Saint from the river of time, reprising the power of an unorthodox Tao Achievement to protect the Demon Clan.

However, each awakening required the Demon Clan to accumulate tens of thousands of years’ worth of this power of collective will once again.

Back when Hong Yuan was dispatched to Spirit Fox Island, one pretext he used to extort the Fox Cultivators was that their newly constructed Dragon God sacrificial altar did not meet the required specifications.

For the top ten Heavenly Talents on the Heavenly Rankings, the beings of the Demon Clan generally bestowed upon them the honorific "possessing Great Emperor aptitude." This was to highlight their transcendent and extraordinary qualities.

But in reality, it was just a complimentary title, a kind of beautiful wishful thinking.

Demon Clan Heavenly Talents who truly possessed Great Emperor aptitude and Great Emperor-level talent were incredibly scarce, with typically only two or three appearing in a grand era.

In recent ancient times, according to the definitive records of Demon Clan history, there were only a few legendary figures like Tianli and Han Jiuming.

Among them, Tianli met with disaster midway, possessing talent but lacking fortune.

At this moment, Hong Yuan had truly reached Great Emperor aptitude, elevating his own talent to the Great Emperor Level.

[Name: Hong Yuan]

[Life Span: 2,564/2,130,034]

[Talent: 90]

[...]

[Avatar: Ice Armor Python (Cold Moon Dragon 81%)]

[Level: Fifth Order High Level]

[Talents: Cold Moon Seal Divine Power, Ten Thousand Heavy Water Divine Power, Myriad Silence Realm Divine Power, Destiny Lamp High Illumination Divine Power, Cold Wind Frozen Rain Divine Power, Frost Armor Divine Power, Seven Star Beads Divine Power...]

Gazing at the various columns of data on the proficiency panel, especially the talent column, Hong Yuan felt a tremendous sense of achievement.

Great Emperor aptitude... I’ve finally achieved it, Hong Yuan’s voice trembled slightly.

It was not easy, not at all.

Initially, due to his inferior talent, he suffered untold hardships; the practice of the Five Tiger Breaking Gate Sword even became a nightmare for him.

Keep in mind, the Five Tiger Breaking Gate Sword was merely an unranked, mundane martial art, not even tiered!

But now, let alone mundane martial arts; Hong Yuan could now shape even the prototypes of Divine Powers with his own talent.

What a wonderful beginning this is... Hong Yuan let out a comfortable groan and closed his eyes.

He had not activated the Wisdom Tao Divine Power "Seven Star Beads," but his brain was extremely active.

At this moment, he felt unbelievably relaxed and comfortable, a sensation almost indistinguishable from the enlightenment experienced when Asking Heaven and Earth for guidance.

This peculiar pleasure was hundreds, thousands of times more exhilarating than listening to beautiful music or tasting fine food!

Each thought flickered like starlight, succeeding one another as swiftly as sparks struck from flint.

Whenever he wished, he could create a Divine Power that suited his needs based on his own foundation.

WHIRRR—

The Demon Essence within Hong Yuan’s body rapidly depleted, emitting a vibrating hum as it fueled his intensive thought process.

To put it another way:

After his talent reached 90 points, attaining Great Emperor aptitude, it was as if he had previously only been able to "pay to use" a supercomputer’s processing power during breakthroughs. Now, he could "pay to use" that power anytime, anywhere.

Create a Divine Power that temporarily boosts combat power by consuming Life Span!

Hong Yuan began to contemplate.

From Wisdom Tao, there was the "Harm of Seven Emotions and Six Desires."

From Soul Tao, the Heavenly Demon Dismantling Skill.

From Blood Tao, the Blood Burning Disintegration Skill.

In an instant, three Great Taoisms and several derivative paths surfaced in Hong Yuan’s mind.

Hong Yuan briefly compared his expertise in various schools and then chose the Soul Tao’s Heavenly Demon Dismantling Skill.

Since this state of enlightenment could be activated at almost any time, comprehending this Divine Power and Demon Skill was a much more relaxed affair for Hong Yuan this time.

He was calm and composed, without any of the usual urgency to grasp every moment of understanding.

"The Tao of Heaven dictates: ’Reduce the excessive to supplement the deficient, thus the void overcomes the solid, and deficiency overcomes surfeit.’

The Demon Tao posits: ’Life has its limits, yet destruction is boundless; thus, life and death reach their end, and the finite transforms into the infinite.’

The Demonic Path models itself on the Heavenly Tao; when it is deficient..."

A faint, ethereal melody drifted by as the Demon Essence within Hong Yuan spontaneously circulated in a specific pattern.

Before long, a phantom, deep shadowy black Divine Skill Talisman emerged.

As Hong Yuan grasped the fundamentals of the Heavenly Demon Dismantling Divine Power, the thousands of Food Tao Marks within him converged upon the deep shadowy black Divine Skill Talisman, transforming it into a deep shadowy black Immortal Cave.

The Immortal Cave Phenomenon re-emerged behind Hong Yuan, but at this moment, there were eleven of them!

CRACK! SNAP!

Hong Yuan actively disengaged from the state of enlightenment. Feeling greatly drained, he hurriedly absorbed the swirling Vitality Storm to replenish the Demon Essence within his body.

Two hours later, he finally stopped his meditative practice.

Eleven Immortal Caves...

Hong Yuan stroked his chin, observing the Immortal Cave Phenomenon.

The diffused power from these Divine Powers is substantial. It would be excellent if I could unify them all.

He couldn’t help but shift his gaze toward the Immortal Cave representing the Myriad Silence Realm Divine Power.

The Myriad Silence Realm Divine Power was a Divine Power his Original Body had refined by cultivating the Myriad Silence Origin Skill to the Transformation Realm.

This was a domain-type Divine Power, related to the changes of the seasons and the passage of time, vaguely touching upon the realm of Temporal Tao.

Perhaps he could draw analogies from it and comprehend the most mysterious Temporal Tao.

The Myriad Silence Realm Divine Power... there is unquestionably immense potential to be unearthed from it!