Five faint purplish-golden clouds floated above Xiao Chen's head, as well as a blood-red dragon formed from the smoke of vitality. All of this demonstrated the toughness of Xiao Chen's body.
The Godking's Platform was where the first Godking resided. It was extremely wondrous, or why else would it be split into five parts and placed in the five Marquis palaces of the human world as a gift for the new Marquis.
The Godking's Platform was not just used to test a cultivator's talent. It could also help cultivators comprehend the mysteries. It also had another name, the Platform of Comprehension. It allowed cultivators to understand their own hearts and find their own path.
"It's a pity that this kid's starting point is too low. His bloodline is too weak, so he's naturally restricted. However, if he can comprehend his own heart on the Godking's Platform and find his own path, it's not impossible for him to stand shoulder to shoulder with the true first generation descendants. He might even be able to soar through the heavens."
Old Man Bi Xue's voice rang out once again. He squinted his eyes. He had lived for far too long, so long that some things had already been erased. In the long years, he had seen far too many descendants of kings, the first generation royal bloodline.
He had even seen the descendants of human emperors. The descendants of the first generation kings or even the direct descendants of human emperors could be said to be the true prodigies of the human world. They inherited great fortune and were born with the legacy of their ancestors. Their talent would shake up the world and their future would be immeasurable.
"Old man Bi, didn't you and I both start from insignificant origins and reach where we are today while bathed in blood? Even in the emperor clans, the first emperor did not start from insignificant origins either. He established the world with an ordinary body and watched over the human world. The noble bloodline in his body is only a foundation. Even among the natural descendants of emperors, how many have reached the heights of our ancestors?"
"Pursuing the path left behind by our predecessors and finding our own path is the true heart."
Old Man Bi Xue was surprised by the shadow's words, but he shook his head. He did not completely agree with the shadow's words.
After all, there were far too few experts who could shake up the heavens. Compared to the descendants of the royal bloodline, it was very easy for them to become venerables, legends, or even supreme kings. Their chances of becoming a supreme king far surpassed regular cultivators.
Buzz!
Just as the Jade Blood Old Man and the shadow spoke, the mysterious phenomenon around Xiao Chen, who was seated on the God King Platform, changed again.
Above the five purplish-gold auspicious clouds, purplish-gold lotuses appeared and slowly revolved.
Fate Golden Lotus!
This was something derived from the Godking Altar, representing the talent and bloodline of a cultivator. However, Xiao Chen's bloodline was too low, extremely ordinary. If it weren't for him cultivating the battle physique and walking on the ancient path of the fleshly body, he might not even be able to condense five violet-gold lotuses.
Elder Bi Xue's eyes narrowed. At this moment, the disadvantage of Xiao Chen's bloodline became apparent.
Some descendants of rulers could condense seven or eight Fated Lotuses with just their bloodline when they first ascended the Godking's Altar. Combined with their talent, it was easy for them to condense nine Fated Lotuses, and even more profound phenomenons would appear.
Buzz!
Buzz!
Buzz!
However, the phenomenon on Xiao Chen didn't end there. His entire body was enveloped by this special aura. It felt like it was dissecting his entire body to determine his potential.
Boom!
Within his soul sea, strands of spiritual light appeared, illuminating his soul sea. The spiritual light was like a sunset, flickering with a myriad of colors.
Without any warning, Xiao Chen's soul sea flourished with divine light. The mysteries of the great dao manifested.
The pitch-black Profound Mystery of Slaughter, the scarlet Profound Mystery of Raging Fire, the purple and silver lightning Profound Mystery of Destruction Thunder, the mysterious yellow Profound Mystery of Heavy Earth, the illusory cyan Profound Mystery of Wind, the sharp golden Profound Mystery of Metal, the vibrant cyan Profound Mystery of Wood Vitality, and the translucent light blue Profound Mystery of Extreme Softness of Water.
They all manifested at this moment. Of course, aside from the mysteries of massacre, fire, and destruction, he hadn't comprehended the other mysteries to perfection. They were just mysteries that Xiao Chen had comprehended in a hurry to break through to the Battle Qi realm.
Mysterious trajectories interwove in his soul sea as streaks of light. Xiao Chen could clearly sense the mysteries condensing.
Buzz!
At this moment, Xiao Chen's mind was clear. A purplish-golden illusion appeared on his body again. It gradually solidified and rose into the air, turning into the sixth purplish-golden cloud. In the blink of an eye, a purplish-golden Fate Golden Lotus was born.
Buzz!
Soon after, the seventh violet-gold cloud appeared. There were now seven lotuses of Fated Lotus above Xiao Chen's head.
At the same time, wind and clouds surged in Xiao Chen's sea of qi. Azure Battle Qi roared in his sea of qi. The Zhou Tian's sea of qi was the source of Battle Qi.
The sea of qi gave birth to Battle Qi, and the building shook the sea of qi.
Within Xiao Chen's body, the azure sea of qi was vast and boundless. It swept up azure waves of air that slapped against the martial path's floors.
The Nine-Story White Jade Building was also known as the Heaven Ascension Stairway. At this moment, Xiao Chen's martial path's floors were not only filled with clear radiance, but also with all kinds of mysterious colors.
When a martial artist broke through to the Heavenly Building realm, every level of the martial path would mark their martial path's magical power. Naturally, this was the case for Xiao Chen. Now that he had reached the eighth level of the martial path, apart from the still dim ninth level of the martial path, the remaining eight levels were already filled with flowing lights.
Purple lightning and silver light. That was Chong Lou, which was branded with the Profound Mystery of Thunder. Crimson flames were like a tide. That was Chong Lou, which was branded with the Profound Mystery of Fire. Black as ink, it even dyed the surroundings black. That was Chong Lou, which was the Profound Mystery of Slaughter.
In addition to these three mysteries of great perfection, Xiao Chen also comprehended the mysteries of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, and wind. Of course, he didn't comprehend all of them. Instead, he chose to comprehend one of the mysteries of a great dao. However, he didn't reach the state of perfection. In fact, he just barely reached the entry level.
All of them were the embryonic forms of the mysteries that he hurriedly imprinted in order to break through to the Battle Qi realm. In fact, for a long time, Xiao Chen had discovered a problem. If he had to forge a martial path magical power for each level of the martial path, then there would be nine martial path magical powers at the ninth level of the martial path.
When he reached the ninth level of the martial path, he would have nine martial path magical powers, which required him to comprehend nine kinds of mysteries.
Under such circumstances, it was very difficult for a martial artist to have enough time to comprehend these mysteries and reach the state of perfection.
Now, although Xiao Chen had comprehended the mysteries of slaughter, destruction, and flames to the state of perfection due to various fortuitous encounters, he hadn't comprehended much of the other five mysteries of metal, wood, water, earth, and wind.
And when a martial artist stepped onto the King's Path and wanted to become a King, the final step was to derive the mysteries of the mysteries to perfection and infuse the soul with it, forming the Undying Martial Soul.
After comprehending nine kinds of mysteries and becoming a King, one would need to completely derive the nine mysteries into laws. In other words, one would have to undergo nine injections of laws into the soul to truly become a Supreme King.
Originally, the five steps of This King's Path were already extremely difficult. After undergoing nine injections of laws into the soul, it would increase the difficulty of becoming a King once again.
Of course, if one experienced nine injections of laws into the soul to form the Undying Martial Soul and became a Supreme King, their strength would be much stronger than a King derived from a single law.
Buzz!
At this moment, an illusory purple-gold cloud floated out of Xiao Chen's body once again, giving birth to a Fate Golden Lotus.
Eight Fate Golden Lotuses!
Each Fate Golden Lotus was the size of a millstone, sparkling and resplendent. Purple-gold light swirled around them, and there was even a faint fragrance that made one feel intoxicated.
Unfortunately, apart from Old Man Bi Xue and the Shadow, no one else could discover this miraculous scene.
"Eight Fate Golden Lotuses is not bad. With an ordinary bloodline and an ordinary physique, it's already not easy to produce eight," Old Man Bi Xue said softly.
"It's a pity that the profound mysteries he condensed are far too diverse. If he was born in a large clan, he would know that the more profound mysteries you comprehend, the better it is. This is a problem of one's vision." A regretful voice sounded from Old Man Bi Xue's mouth.
"If he could cut his losses and focus solely on one of the mysteries, he would still have a chance!"
The descendants of experts had a high starting point, so naturally, their vision far surpassed that of ordinary people. They were born to stand at a higher position than most. From the start of cultivation, they had absolute talent as a foundation. With all sorts of rich resources gathered, their cultivation would naturally improve by leaps and bounds.
This was also why the descendants of experts mostly only comprehended one mystery. Even if they comprehended many mysteries, they would choose one as the main one and the others as support.
As for the divine abilities imprinted on the Martial Path, one only needed to choose other Spiritual Treasures to transform into divine abilities. In other words, only one of the nine Martial Paths could be used.
"The Martial Path is a process of tempering one's body and constantly strengthening oneself. It's not too late now. At least, his path of cultivation hasn't gone wrong."
The Shadow spoke again. It was impossible to detect any fluctuations in his mind, but he didn't express any opinion towards Xiao Chen comprehending so many mysteries.
Soon, the Shadow calmed down and looked at Xiao Chen again. At this moment, eight purplish-gold Golden Lotuses the size of millstones surrounded him. Xiao Chen's mind was clear and his thoughts were as fast as lightning. He was incomparably clear about the mysteries of the world around him.
At this moment, he didn't even need to deliberately comprehend the mysteries. The mysteries of the world were constantly gathering in his body.
However, at this moment, Xiao Chen couldn't care less about comprehending the mysteries because he had encountered the biggest problem in his path of cultivation.
He had cultivated the Nine Levels Pavilion to the Eighth Heavenly Layer and had already comprehended eight mysteries.
In reality, although Xiao Chen was not very clear about some of the secrets of cultivation due to his own eyes, he did not choose to comprehend the profound mysteries casually.
Metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, lightning, slaughter. Eight mysteries. Apart from thunder and slaughter, the remaining mysteries were the most basic mysteries of the Desolate Land.