Chapter 256: Chapter 255: Thunder Sound Soul Refining! Cosmic Stars

He liked this Cultivation Technique.

Thunder Sound Divine Refining. It used sound waves to stimulate the Divine Soul, causing it to constantly vibrate, reorganize, and condense.

The cultivation process was excruciatingly painful, but the results were significant.

This had similarities to his Great Sun Glaze Body technique; both used external stimuli to temper the self.

He tried to circulate it according to the Cultivation Technique.

A wisp of thunderous sound exploded in his Dantian, sending a tremor through his entire body.

The thunderous sound shot up his meridians straight toward his Upper Yuan Palace, like someone had struck a gong inside his head.

Zhu Ge let out a muffled grunt, the veins on his forehead bulging.

Pain!

’But... it’s still within my limits?’

He gritted his teeth and continued to circulate the technique.

One thunderous sound followed another, reverberating through his meridians, each one slamming against the invisible barrier of his Upper Yuan Palace.

’Even though my Divine Sense hasn’t condensed, I can already vaguely perceive the existence of the Upper Yuan Palace?’

It was a chaotic space, enveloped by a tough, thin membrane.

After an unknown amount of time, the thunderous sound finally stopped.

Zhu Ge opened his eyes and let out a long breath.

His hair looked normal, yet he had the sensation that it was slightly singed and emitting a faint, burnt smell.

This was a reflection of his soul.

His hair was incredibly tough and impossible to burn, but the sensation from his soul made it feel as if it had been scorched.

"Not bad." Zhu Ge’s eyes, however, were filled with excitement.

The Thunder Sound Divine Refining Technique—he could practice this.

On to the next one!

He continued to look through the third, fourth, and fifth techniques...

Of the remaining six Cultivation Techniques, there was one for the Sword Dao, one for the Alchemy Dao, one for talismans, and another for the Array Dao.

The Sword Dao Cultivation Technique, the Cyan Willow Sword Technique, nourished the Divine Soul with Sword Qi. It was sharp and deadly—cool, for sure—but unfortunately, he was more comfortable with a staff.

The Alchemy Dao Cultivation Technique, the Nine-Turn Golden Core Technique, involved entering the Dao through Alchemy. It required a vast amount of Spirit Medicine and time, both of which he currently lacked.

The talisman Cultivation Technique, the Taiqing Divine Talisman Record, used talismans to communicate with heaven and earth. Its power was impressive, but the cultivation threshold was extremely high, and his aptitude was quite ordinary.

Only the Array Dao Cultivation Technique, the All Heaven Star Battle Array Map, made his eyes light up.

He was very interested in this Array Dao. It used one’s own body as the array foundation and the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi as the Array Patterns, allowing one to lay down a great array with a single thought.

He had created the Book of Changes and grasped the True Meaning of Divination. If he could combine them with the Array Dao, wouldn’t they complement each other perfectly?

But the Array Dao required a massive accumulation of knowledge about Arrays and materials, making it difficult to see results in a short time.

Zhu Ge placed the All Heaven Star Battle Array Map in the "potential candidates" pile and continued to the last two techniques.

The sixth: the Five Elements Escape Technique.

Cultivating this Five Elements Escape Technique allowed one to travel through earth, water, and wood, melt into metal, and transform into fire. It was a first-class method for escaping, but it lacked offensive power.

The seventh: the Supreme Sensing Chapter.

It involved using one’s heart to sense heaven and earth and one’s will to communicate with all things. Cultivated to its peak, it could predict fortune and misfortune, allowing one to seek good fortune and avoid disaster—it overlapped with his True Meaning of Divination, but was even more profound.

"Supreme Sensing..." Zhu Ge murmured these two words, his heart suddenly stirring.

He opened the preface of the Supreme Sensing Chapter, and lines of archaic text came into view.

"The Supreme One says: ’Fortune and misfortune have no fixed gate; they are summoned by people themselves. The rewards for good and evil follow one like a shadow.’"

"Thus, in Heaven and Earth, there are spirits who record transgressions. They reduce a person’s lifespan according to the severity of their offenses. With a reduced lifespan comes poverty and loss, and one will often encounter sorrow and hardship. Everyone detests them, punishments and calamities follow them, and auspicious blessings avoid them..."

The more Zhu Ge read, the more engrossed he became.

This wasn’t a simple Immortal Dao Technique, but a Heart Cultivation Technique, which was very special.

However, it wasn’t the Cultivation Technique Zhu Ge was looking for. Moreover, this technique already seemed to contain the rudiments of divination and seeking good fortune while avoiding disaster.

It was a pity. Since the world already had the Yi Dao, any new Path of Divination and Celestial Secret Calculation could only develop upon the foundations of the Yi Dao.

"What a magnificent gift!"

Zhu Ge’s eyes were filled with emotion.

Every Cultivation Technique True Monarch Minmian had given him had its own unique strengths.

For now, however, he hadn’t made a final choice and decided to reconsider later.

If not for the fear of biting off more than he could chew, he would have wanted to learn them all.

For now, he decided to temporarily learn the thunder sound soul refining and the Array Dao.

He had plenty of methods for dealing with enemies, but a branch of the Immortal Dao like the Array Dao was truly useful.

Whether for arranging troops in military formations or for an Array like the Fungus God Destruction Array, it had its own advantages.

This kind of auxiliary method, combined with his advantage as the creator of the Yi Dao, would surely create some sparks.

The thunder sound technique to refine his soul.

The Array Dao for support.

’When I have time, I’ll learn some talismans or Escape Techniques. Life will be good.’

Zhu Ge opened the All Heaven Star Battle Array Map. The first page was a vast star chart.

The chart was marked with 365 main stars and 14,800 auxiliary stars, packed so densely they looked like the night sky reflected on the page.

A subtle stream of Spiritual Qi flowed from each star, connecting them to one another and weaving a giant net that enveloped heaven and earth.

"The All-Heaven Stars form the basis for all phenomena. Use the body as the array’s eye and spirit as the stellar threads. With a single thought, the stars respond."

Zhu Ge murmured the opening principles, his heart shaking with shock.

The concept behind this Array was to leverage the Power of Heaven and Earth by following a certain set of laws.

Divination was about deducing these laws; the Array Dao was about giving them form.

He sat cross-legged by the rice paddy, committed the star chart to memory, then closed his eyes and attempted to sketch the first star inside his body.

According to the Cultivation Technique, the first step in cultivating the All Heaven Star Battle Array Map was to condense the first "Array Star" in one’s Dantian.

This star didn’t require Spiritual Qi or materials, only willpower.

Use the heart as a brush and the spirit as ink to draw the Array Pattern in the void.

Zhu Ge sank his Heart Spirit into his Dantian.

Inside his Lower Yuan Palace, Blood Qi surged like a tide, Literary Energy flowed like silk, and Witch Power burned like fire.

The three powers each followed their own path, not interfering with one another.

He avoided them and, in a corner of his Dantian, used pure willpower to sketch an arc.

The Array Pattern was not a simple shape, but a symbol that contained the rules of heaven and earth.

As the first stroke fell, his Dantian trembled slightly. The arc lit up with a faint glow, but it vanished in an instant.

Failure.

Zhu Ge didn’t lose heart. He lifted his ’brush’ again.

The second stroke, the third, the fourth... Each time, the Array Pattern would collapse just before completion, as if it couldn’t withstand that profound power.

Until the seventeenth attempt.

He took a deep breath, focused his Heart Spirit to its absolute limit, and drew each stroke slowly and firmly.

This time, he wasn’t rushing for success. Instead, he silently recited hexagram judgments from the Book of Changes as he drew.

"Heaven moves with vigor; the noble man ceaselessly improves himself."

The first stroke: the first nine of the Qian Trigram, Hidden Dragon, do not act.

The arc lit up, its light stable.

"The earth’s nature is receptive; the noble man supports the world with his great virtue."

The second stroke: the first six of the Kun Trigram, Treading on frost, solid ice is near.

The second arc connected with the first, forming a semicircle.

"Like the wind, the noble man spreads his decrees and carries on his business."

The third stroke: the first six of the Xun Trigram, Advancing and retreating.

The three arcs intertwined, and the faint sound of wind and thunder echoed in his Dantian.

"Like a mountain’s stillness, the noble man’s thoughts do not leave his place."

As the final stroke fell, the four arcs connected head to tail, transforming into a pale golden point of light that floated in his Dantian.

The Array Star was formed!

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