Stellar Transformation-Chapter 496 - 15 episodes, - 5: Infinite Deduction

Having fully refined the ’God-locking Tower,’ Qin Yu came to understand the true power of the ’God-locking Tower.’ The God-locking Tower sucked in the target, one aspect being soul attacks and the other being physically swallowing.

Ordinary Soul Realm beings, if too weak, would face a grim fate against the God-locking Tower.

"In the Divine World, strength is directly proportional to the Soul Realm. Those heavenly experts, none of their souls haven’t reached the ’Nascent Soul’ level. Soul attacks? Far from enough," Qin Yu pondered to himself, understanding that this so-called ’soul attack’ simply caused the target to become mentally muddled, seizing the chance to devour them.

"Even though I’ve completely refined it, my own Soul Realm is still too weak. If I were to rely solely on the ’God-locking Tower,’ I could probably only handle Upper Level Divine Beings," Qin Yu estimated in his mind.

Soul attacks are essentially Divine Sense attacks, and his own Divine Sense, with the help of Meteor Tear, had reached the threshold of Lower Heavenly God. He was wholly capable of subduing Upper Level Divine Beings now.

"Big Brother."

The voices of Hou Fei and Hei Yu came from outside, along with Uncle Fu’s voice, "Master, I have brought Hou Fei and Hei Yu. I have also prepared the three installments of 3600 Low Grade Divine Spiritual Stones."

Only then did Qin Yu walk out of his room.

"Feifei, Little Black, how is your Hongmeng Spiritual Treasure refinement coming along?" Qin Yu asked with a smile, noting that Hou Fei and Hei Yu now had more confidence than before.

Hou Fei chuckled, "I’ve only refined about thirty percent of the Flying Divine Ship, but its speed is already very fast. In the Jiang Lan Realm, if I don’t use Instantaneous Great Teleportation, in the blink of an eye, I can leave the Mixed Feathered Bird far behind."

Hei Yu replied with a light smile, "I’ve also refined about thirty percent of the ’Snow Silk Gloves,’ and yet, my strength has increased tenfold. Now, the monkey can only flee when facing me."

"That powerful?"

Qin Yu was slightly surprised in his heart.

Just thirty percent refined and yet such a significant increase in strength. However, Qin Yu understood that because Hei Yu’s own strength had been weak, this made the increase seem much more considerable.

"The Mixed Feathered Bird is powerful indeed. Those Snow Silk Gloves are perverted, not only increasing his attack several times but also allowing him to conjure several invisible silk threads to attack the opponent," Hou Fei commented, somewhat helplessly.

Hei Yu confidently proclaimed, "Not just shooting out snow silks to attack, but it can also form a Heaven and Earth Net from the snow silks. These Snow Silk Gloves are indeed powerful in attack. However, I still can’t execute the true ’Heaven and Earth Net’ since the refinement isn’t enough."

Hou Fei and Hei Yu’s strength had improved a lot, but the gap between them and Qin Yu was still clearly wide.

Qin Yu could even refrain from employing the ’Residual Snow’ Divine Spear and just use the God-locking Tower alone to capture both of them, who had just formed their ’Soul Golden Cores.’ They simply weren’t on the same level.

"Spiritual Treasures are important, but your own cultivation is more crucial. You two also need to seriously cultivate," Qin Yu advised, then with a smile added, "Alright, let’s go pay these Low Grade Divine Spiritual Stones."

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First, Qin Yu used his Divine Sense to briefly observe the surroundings outside through the Jiang Lan Realm, then quietly the trio appeared at the end of the deep tunnel of the mine.

"Let’s go."

Each holding a few blocks of Low Grade Divine Spirit Stones in hand, Qin Yu and the two brothers serenely walked outside, as they could no longer simply carry a huge pile of Divine Spirit Stones around.

Navigating through the various tunnels, Qin Yu continuously moved forward. Fortunately, Divine Beings had particularly good memories. Although it was only their first time entering, the trio still remembered the route clearly. Passing through the tunnels, Qin Yu also spotted many miners.

"Ah, Big Brother, see?" Hou Fei quietly said, noticing that each miner had tools in their hands.

Looking, Qin Yu saw that indeed, each miner held a small bag which contained a tool. Some miners were just holding this tool, which looked like a type of shovel.

"For mining?" Qin Yu frowned.

He then remembered that initially upon arriving in the Divine World, the squad leader ’Huang Xu’ had mentioned that newcomers who had just ascended were unable to physically split the stones of the Divine World. At that time, Huang Xu demonstrated using a war saber.

"For mining, hands won’t work; there are tools for that. But why don’t we three have any?" Qin Yu inwardly puzzled.

"Big Brother, there’s a place we haven’t been yet."

Hou Fei took out an object; it was the room key they were given on arrival!

"Hopefully, no one noticed that we never entered our dwelling," the trio quickly sped up, swiftly passing through the underground mine tunnels, and emerged on the surface, heading directly towards their living quarters.

The residential area was vast, with numerous rooms neatly scattered about, each marked with a numeral on the door.

Qin Yu and his brothers easily found their rooms, which were next to each other. The doors had hexagonal sockets, and they each inserted their hexagonal keys into the sockets.

"Click!" Immediately, all three room doors opened.

Inside each room, there was a bed, a square cushion, and also, a large bag, a small bag, and a shovel. Qin Yu and the others entered the same room.

"This shovel is a Low Grade Divine Artifact," Qin Yu pointed out, "In the Divine World, the status of Low Grade Divine Artifacts is similar to the most common iron weapons seen everywhere on the Hidden Dragon Continent of my homeland. The status of Middle Grade Divine Artifacts is equivalent to fine iron weapons on the Hidden Dragon Continent, much more precious. And the status of Upper Grade Divine Artifacts is similar to the Xuantie weapons in the Mortal World."

With those words from Qin Yu, Hou Fei and Hei Yu easily understood the three tiers of Divine Artifacts.

The knowledge regarding Divine Artifacts and Heavenly Divine Artifacts was all taken from some Golden Scrolls detailing basic knowledge about Artifact Refining that Qin Yu had read while in the Immortal-Demon-Demon World.

"Big Brother, it seems that in the Divine World, Low Grade Divine Artifacts are the most common type, and even ordinary Divine Beings can use them. But in the Immortal-Demon-Demon World, they are highly regarded," Hou Fei remarked.

Qin Yu smiled lightly, "Yes, in the Divine World, anyone who can refine can casually produce Low Grade Divine Artifacts, those with some proficiency can produce Middle Grade Divine Artifacts, and the more skilled ones can produce Upper Grade Divine Artifacts. Only some master Artifact Refiners can produce Heavenly Divine Artifacts."

"Ordinary Divine Beings use ’Divine Artifacts,’ and the higher the status, the more powerful the Divine Artifacts used. Heavenly God level experts mostly use Heavenly Divine Artifacts. Perhaps some destitute Heavenly Gods would also use Upper Grade Divine Artifacts," Qin Yu said with a chuckle.

Even Heavenly Gods differ, and less fortunate Lower Heavenly Gods may not fare better than those esteemed ’Upper Level Divine Beings’ with good connections and backing.

Then there’s the likes of Qin Yu, at the Divine Realm, yet possessing a Hongmeng Spiritual Treasure.

******* 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

The mining shovels were in the hands of Qin Yu and his two companions, as they had to put on a show. As for the two bags, one large and one small, the three brothers now understood their purpose. The small bag was for storing Divine Spirit Stones during regular mining. The large bag, on the other hand, was used to hold Divine Spirit Stones when submitting the yearly collection.

"Look, there’s a Jade Scroll inside this bag," Hou Fei said in surprise, pointing inside the large bag.

Jade Scrolls, the primary tool for storing information in realms like the Immortal, Demon, and Mortal Worlds, are inexpensive in the Divine World. Unlike the capacious and more durable ’golden scrolls’ that are used by those of status and wealth.

With a sweep of his Divine Sense, Qin Yu understood the contents of the Jade Scroll.

It turned out that the scroll detailed the precautions necessary for mining in the Divine Spirit Stone Mine, and it specifically mentioned that the two bags, along with the mining shovel and this Jade Scroll, were only lent for miners to use and must not be damaged, as they needed to be passed on to the next miner.

"Quite frugal," Qin Yu couldn’t help but laugh and cry.

Hou Fei also checked with his Divine Sense, "Damn, they even require us to split the large Divine Spirit Stones into standardized sizes, what a hassle," Hou Fei remarked, looking at the Divine Spirit Stones in his hand, "Luckily, the ones Uncle Fu gave us are of the standard size."

In the Divine World, Divine Spirit Stones are measured in ’blocks.’

However, ’blocks’ can be large or small, and there is a specific standard for the size of a Low Grade Divine Spirit Stone across the entire Divine World. While mining, the Divine Spirit Stones are to be divided. Luckily, the stones have low hardness, making them dividable with a mining shovel.

blocks of Divine Spirit Stones filled half of the large bag.

Hou Fei and Hei Yu also returned to their respective dwellings, fetched their large bags, and filled them with 3600 blocks of Low Grade Divine Spirit Stones. Then, each carrying a large bag, Qin Yu and his companions headed to the ’submission site.’

Upon reaching the submission site, Qin Yu and his companions encountered some of the soldiers responsible for this area.

"Submitting Divine Spirit Stones? Oh, follow me," a leader-like figure indifferently said.

...

Time passed...

The first time submitting Low Grade Divine Spirit Stones, Qin Yu and his brothers were somewhat interested, but subsequent submissions felt more like a routine and boring obligation.

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In the second layer of space in the Jiang Lan Realm.

Qin Yu had been focusing on studying the 900 volumes of Array Dao, not casually browsing, but meticulously studying each array example in the scrolls.

After nearly sixty thousand years.

Qin Yu finally read through the Array Dao from start to finish, not merely glossing over but fully understanding every Array Formation Restriction presented.

"Phew!"

Qin Yu put away the last golden scroll and let out a long breath of relief.

Qin Yu felt as if he was wading through an endless ocean, where every single droplet of water represented an array. He was studying each droplet in this ocean of arrays.

Yet Qin Yu felt that the array examples illustrated in the 900 volumes of Array Dao were just a tiny fraction of this vast ocean of arrays.

The Array Dao was too complex and extensive; full comprehension and control seemed overly challenging.

"Master," Uncle Fu appeared at the door, "I heard Master’s voice, so you must have finished the Array Dao volumes."

"Indeed," Qin Yu’s eyes brightened. Knowing Uncle Fu had some insights into the Array Dao, he immediately asked, "Uncle Fu, is there anything you can teach me about the Array Dao?"

Uncle Fu smiled and said, "Master, let me repeat what the old master used to say. The Array Dao is like an ocean, each array is just one droplet, and the examples in these 900 volumes represent just a tiny corner of this ocean. According to the old master, to grasp the Array Dao is to extrapolate from this known small corner to a larger domain and then organize and deduce to understand the essence of the entire ocean of arrays."

Qin Yu nodded in agreement.

Arrays progress from simple to complex, becoming increasingly difficult and obscure...

Regarding how profound and complex they can get, Qin Yu himself could hardly imagine. It was like superimposing arrays, where the complexity seemed endlessly expandable, as long as one could perfectly coordinate and control the overlapping methods.

"The old master once said that the array examples presented in the 900 volumes of Array Dao range from the most basic to slightly more challenging ones. To grasp the First Realm of Array Dao, follow the arrays presented in these 900 volumes and keep extrapolating to more complex iterations. The more you deduce, the more precisely you grasp the First Realm of Array Dao," Uncle Fu solemnly said.

Qin Yu pondered.

Uncle Fu had mentioned that the Artisan God, Che Hou Yuan, initially spent one million years to grasp the First Realm of Array Dao and then ten million years for the Second Realm. However, upon revisiting his studies, Che Hou Yuan spent a billion years to understand a new version of the First Realm and then merely an hour to grasp the new Second Realm.

"Perhaps, I understand the correct method to study the Array Dao," Qin Yu nodded decisively.

Now, having only taken the first step, the task ahead was to continuously extrapolate, branching the arrays further...

"Master, there is another matter to inform you about; another 100 years have passed, and it’s time to submit the Low Grade Divine Spirit Stones," Uncle Fu said with a smile.

(End of Chapter two, Chapter three to follow today~~~~)

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