chsdbacks Chapter 378 A Brand New Battle Form, the Yuan Shui River Beast
Chapter 378 A Brand New Battle Form, the Yuan Shui River Beast
Chapter 378 A Brand New Battle Form, the Yuan Shui River Beast
"That's really energy-consuming."
Ye Yang sighed.
The Dao Evolution Battle Technique consumes the least amount of energy, while the Dao Simulation Devouring World Law Battle Technique, although it can unleash its maximum power, consumes energy exponentially!
Now, there are only 0.0021 units of primordial matter left in his body.
However, Ye Yang had already had his clone bring some Tai Su matter from the main world to replenish his supplies.
After the battle at Jianhe Palace ended, Ye Yang analyzed the memories of the captured Yuan Emperor while waiting for new information to arrive.
Based on the information available, the development team's senior management is taking Chao Di's unknown scheme very seriously. After all, they've already come this far, and it seems they're about to bring this rather special advanced world under their control; they can't afford to let arrogance or negligence lead to any unforeseen events.
With the support of Ye Yang and Jili Zhenjun, the intelligence department has mobilized all available resources within the Yuanhe World to investigate the two newly occupied ancestral river basins.
In the Lingzu River and Yezu River basins, which have been operating for many years, a mature Xianmeng-style governance system has been established and is now playing a role, sending governance talents to new areas on one hand and conducting internal investigations on the other.
Soon, Ye Yang unleashed his full power to break through Jianhe Palace and grabbed the Origin Emperor Realm cultivator. All of his memories were carefully reviewed and examined.
The result was quite surprising.
"Tens of thousands of years ago, this man was one of the most loyal men under Emperor Chao. Emperor Chao—"
Indeed, he employed certain methods, not only using the guise of resisting foreign invaders to completely eliminate and control the powerful Jianhe Palace, but also gradually becoming the spiritual leader of all resistance factions!
Ye Yang couldn't help but sigh, then said to the Extreme Power True Monarch and the Star Lords in the projection, "I have compiled some important information. For specific details, you can refer to the original memory information."
The Source River World possesses a speed limit, and the laws of the world do not allow any information to exceed this speed limit!
However, within the area controlled by the Immortal Alliance, an information network connecting various important nodes was maintained using law-based field technology, enabling real-time communication. It's just that due to the high cost, it hasn't been opened for civilian use within the controlled area.
Every time an area is occupied, a construction team immediately sets up network nodes. As a result, the important nodes of the four major ancestral rivers are now all within this network.
Ye Yang continued, "Tens of thousands of years before the outbreak of the Development War, strange events occurred in the Source River World where powerful Source Emperors mysteriously disappeared. Later, a Source Emperor disappeared near the territory of the power you originally established—"
"It was this incident that completely ignited the conflict between us and the local cultivators. But only Chao Di's loyal followers knew that those missing Origin Emperor experts were very likely the work of Chao Di. However, Chao Di acted very secretly and no one knew what methods he used. In any case, he did not rely on the power of his subordinates, so even his loyal followers did not know what had happened."
After listening to Ye Yang's brief explanation, Jing Liu Xingjun sneered: "No wonder. I used to think those guys were too greedy and wanted to swallow up the special resources we displayed, so they staged their own attack, only to find themselves in a difficult situation. It was quite unwise of them."
"Tsk, I never imagined the disappearance was real, and their anger was genuine too. But we were all kept in the dark; it was all the work of this guy they revered as their 'resistance leader'!"
The True Lord of Extreme Power looked deep in thought.
Tianxian Xingjun, however, asked with a serious expression, "Senior Qingfeng, the prisoner's memories say that Emperor Chao is carrying out a plan, currently within the 'Deep Palace.' Where is that 'Deep Palace'?"
Ye Yang shook his head: "I don't know."
"When he stayed behind to guard Jianhe Palace, that guy had already severed and obliterated that part of his memory and a small part of his soul."
Emperor Chao did a very good job of keeping things secret.
Although almost all the Origin Emperor level experts in the resistance camp knew the location of the "Deep Palace" before, most of those who knew have now entered the "Deep Palace".
Now, the strong resistance fighters outside have all deliberately forgotten all of this, becoming only aware of the existence of the "deep palace" but unaware of its location.
"I know a location, a point of anomaly in the Source River World, as perceived by the Great River Spirit, before our arrival."
Jili Zhenjun suddenly spoke up, saying, "The exact location isn't certain, but we know the general direction. The only somewhat mysterious area in that direction is a body of water that is perpetually shrouded in mist."
"Previously, because that area belonged to the Jianzu River basin, it was inconvenient to send people to explore it, and I spent most of my time suppressing the river spirits, so I couldn't explore it myself, and thus it was put on hold."
"Now it seems that the most likely location for the 'deep palace' is there."
Jili Zhenjun marked the small body of water, and two Star Lords immediately realized, "When we conquered a nearby archipelago before, we heard about the existence of this Misty Forbidden Land. We never expected it to be here."
"Qingfeng, are you going to explore directly there, or send someone to scout ahead first?" True Monarch Jili asked Ye Yang. "There are quite a few traces left deep within the Great River Spiritual Will there, it might be quite extraordinary, and your current condition is not good."
Ye Yang thought for a moment, then, without trying to be brave, nodded and said, "Then let's organize a few Star Lords to go and explore first."
"If we find that deep palace, to be on the safe side, it's best to wait until I go and attack it. The supplies I've been gathering from the main world will arrive soon, and we'll be able to restore our full fighting strength in no time."
After Ye Yang finished speaking, he asked the star lords to sign up and form their own exploration teams.
Soon, eight star lords formed a team and headed to the mysterious misty waters.
At first, there was no special news, only that the misty waters were very strange and contained a power that could easily strip away the life essence of creatures in the Source River World.
Of course, the effect is much weaker for beings in the main world; even a True Immortal can wield the power of the Great Dao.
We barely managed to withstand this invisible force.
Three days passed just like that.
"It's finally here."
On this day, Ye Yang flew out of Jianhe Palace, which he had violently destroyed and was now only half intact, and gazed at the horizon.
But in my mind, I kept repeating and simulating my own ideas.
The conditions for maintaining the existence of primordial matter are very demanding, and it is also very difficult to bear and constrain the power that naturally radiates from their existence.
Therefore, the extraction and transport of terrestrial matter from the interior of supermassive neutron stars must be carried out with extreme caution.
That's why Ye Yang spent so much time, from the day he was injured by True Lord Jili, until now, to finally deliver the supplies.
However, the guidance from the True Lord of Extreme Power also had a great effect on Ye Yang. Ye Yang already had an idea on how to construct a new Tai Su Battle Body.
The ninth level of the "Extreme Power War God Body" is the technique for constructing the same Tai Su War Body as the Extreme Power True Monarch. The previous eight levels are all laying the foundation for this ultimate goal.
However, for ordinary Star Lords, the enhancement brought by the eighth level is indeed very powerful. Even if it is somewhat inconsistent with their own Great Dao and its operation is not smooth, its merits outweigh its flaws.
However, at the True Monarch level, although the Tai Su Battle Body of the ninth level of the Extreme War God Body is powerful, the loss of combat power due to its inability to fully integrate with oneself has reached an unacceptable level.
Therefore, Ye Yang must build his own new battle body!
Fortunately, his self-created Void Dragon True Body combat technique can serve as the foundation for his new battle form to some extent.
In addition, there is the divine body structure that devours the world, numerous secret techniques, the ninth-order scale armor system of the spacetime fusion law,
The many traditions that Ye Yang viewed in the Eastern Paradise Library could serve as a reference.
After his battle with the True Lord of Extreme Power, he has been devising the construction and training methods for a new battle body.
Before long, a colossal beast with an awe-inspiring presence and an immense domain of power flew rapidly from between the water and the sky.
The second clone brought 0.04 units of primordial matter.
This is thanks to Ye Yang's improved understanding of the Tai Su Battle Body and the larger size of his second clone, which allows him to carry so much Tai Su matter.
Of course, most of them still cannot be considered part of the Tai Su Battle Body. The difference is similar to the difference between "muscle" and "fat".
The Great Dao Domain enveloped everything, obscuring all view, so no one could see what Ye Yang was doing inside.
Ye Yang extracted the 0.04 unit of primordial matter and introduced it into his battle body, which then began to transform and change with a roar.
Two weeks later, this change finally stopped.
Having forged his new battle form, Ye Yang experienced his new state and nodded in satisfaction: "There was a small mistake during the modification process, and with the wear and tear, this battle form now contains 0.0418 units of primordial matter."
"Basic output has increased at least 17 times!"
However, comparing himself to his immortal divine body that devours worlds, Ye Yang shook his head and sighed, "Cultivators who devour worlds are so fortunate. The immortal divine power refined and synthesized from the origin of the universe forms an ocean, and all they need to do is diligently absorb the divine power."
"But there are far too many things to worry about when cultivating in the main world."
After ending his seclusion, Ye Yang had his second clone conceal itself once more and return to the main world.
Now, with one-third of his mental energy consumed, he can absorb up to 0.041 units of primordial matter into his battle body, and he can use it more freely and at will, increasing his combat power by more than ten times!
Even the Great Dao Domain has expanded its scope significantly, excluding all the laws of the Source River World.
"Let's go check that misty waters; more than half a month has passed and there's still no news."
After giving the order, Ye Yang left the Jianhe Palace ruins and headed towards the misty waters.
Four days later, Ye Yang saw the water surface shrouded in milky white mist.
"There is indeed a strange power, which seems to be something that transcends the laws of the world, and it is a mutated substance produced after interacting with some things in this world."
Ye Yang, being of a higher realm, could vaguely perceive part of the essence of the invisible power within the mist at a glance.
"Like the laws that mutate when certain materials are placed in a world other than their original origin —"
Reaching out, Ye Yang tried to capture the mist, only to find that it could only exist above that area of water, and would turn into ordinary colorless water vapor once it left.
Then we need to "use the Great Dao as our guide" to capture that formless and intangible unknown power.
"Huh?" Within Ye Yang's Great Dao Domain, the invisible power he captured manifested as a crystalline, jelly-like semi-fluid that swirled around his fingers.
Ye Yang attempted to analyze its properties and discovered that it seemed to be a manifestation of the "Tao".
It resembles the manifestation of the Great Dao power of some celestial cultivator.
"Wait a minute, shouldn't this misty waterway have existed for a long time?"
"How could a power similar to the Immortal Alliance's cultivation system exist?"
Noticing the similarity, Ye Yang frowned.
However, this power, while having a familiar aspect, also has a strange and unfamiliar one.
Generally speaking, when two cultivators from the Immortal Alliance come into contact with each other, they can immediately sense each other's Dao characteristics.
Fiery as fire, cold as ice, yin and yang in harmony, domineering and fierce —
If you pay close attention, you can even vaguely understand what laws or paths the other person is mainly comprehending.
However, the Dao power that Ye Yang is facing now does not carry any Dao intent, nor does it contain any sense of personal will!
"How strange! Is it possible to cultivate the power of the Great Dao without self-awareness or will?"
Ye Yang studied the material while waiting.
He had already broadcast a message to the eight star deities who had been exploring this place for many days, telling them that they would come to find him soon once they saw it.
Not long after, two star deities came looking for them.
"Senior Qingfeng, you've finally arrived."
The two said, "The eight of us have been quite exhausted by this body of water these past few days, and our exploration progress has simply stalled."
"Oh? What's going on?" Ye Yang asked curiously, having only studied the area outside the mist and not yet actually explored it.
"The fog on the water surface didn't have much of an impact. The eight of us quickly flew over it like a net and found nothing. So the cause of this strange place must be underwater."
"So we dived into the water to search. The situation below was extremely complex, with countless ravines and numerous strange river beasts that could manipulate the Heavenly Primal Water. They didn't possess much intelligence, but they had a strong sense of territory. We don't know how they formed this ability, but they could actually spew Heavenly Primal Water!"
"Yes, that's why, even though these river beasts aren't very strong, with the strongest only at the True Immortal level, they can still threaten our immortal bodies."
Ye Yang was somewhat surprised.
Generally speaking, only those at the Origin Emperor level can easily control and manipulate the Heavenly One Yuan Water.
The Primordial Water of Heaven is the original substance of the Source River World, the foundation of creation.
Just like the endless chaotic energy that fills the cosmic sea in the world-devouring universe—chaotic energy can give rise to all things and give birth to the universe!
However, even ordinary immortals could not survive under the pressure of that chaotic energy, and their divine bodies collapsed directly.
Similarly, Tianyi Yuan Water possesses powerful assimilation properties, enabling substances in the Yuanhe World to return to their original source and be assimilated into the original Tianyi Yuan Water.
Below the True Lord level, all Immortal Alliance cultivators who come to the Source River World must undergo a transformation, and the key to this transformation is refining the local substances!
Once attacked by pure Heavenly Primordial Water, their fate is only slightly better than that of the local natives. The natives will be completely dissolved into water, while the cultivators of the Immortal Alliance who have undergone the transformation will at least be left with a mangled corpse.
"I understand. You all explore carefully from now on, and I will also go down and explore myself," Ye Yang said.
He became increasingly curious about the secrets of these waters.