Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Chapter 528 Thunder Pool Universe

In the other world, inside a group of floating, broken boulders, before a stone disc.

Lei Chi stood silently before him, the Eternal Sword lying flat, suspended in mid-air, emitting a faint green light.

[Eternal Longsword: A sacred artifact containing the power of spacetime. It can aid in cultivating and storing sword intent, opening quantum channels, observing the atomic realm, recording sword domain thresholds, and maintaining the stability of the sword realm.]

The attribute information of the 【Eternal Longsword】 was rather fancy. Even Lei Chi couldn't understand it just by looking at the description. But once he held the sword, he understood how to use it.

Simply put, this is an extremely powerful treasure, sealed with sword intent, sword domain, and sword realm. Mastering this sword allows one to easily use the sword intent within, as well as release the sword domain and enter the sword realm.

Using sword intent and releasing sword domains are ordinary means of attack, and Lei Chi doesn't care much about them. However, his entry into the sword realm seems to be somewhat extraordinary.

There was still some time before the stone slab passage cooled down, so Lei Chi had a thought and used the Eternal Longsword to escape into the Sword Realm.

Immediately, Lei Chi saw a bizarre and fantastical world.

Here, countless swords float, some large, some small, some long, some short. Each sword seems to possess extraordinary qualities, influenced by an indescribable magical power, as if they have their own thoughts and await the arrival of their master.

As soon as Lei Chi had a thought, a sword appeared from his body. It was a square longsword like an iron mace, faintly resembling the spirit of the Meteor Divine Sword, yet also exuding a sense of vicissitude and loneliness.

After a moment's thought, Lei Chi felt that if he were to cultivate diligently in this sword realm, one day the Four Directions Sword would solidify into reality, and he would obtain his own unique sword intent.

"Unfortunately, sword intent is of little use to me..."

Lei Chi shook his head, extended his finger and gently tapped the Four Directions Sword. With a ding, the Four Directions Sword shattered and then vanished into nothingness.

This indicates that Lei Chi will not cultivate sword intent here. The only thing he wants to cultivate is the [Universal Unification Divine Art]. This is the only technique that suits him best and can be called the Destiny Technique.

Lei Chi continued to experience it, and he realized that this so-called Sword Realm was indeed extraordinary.

"The Sword Realm can help cultivators develop their own unique sword intent; it seems to have some profound mysteries."

Lei Chi seemed to be able to see through the mysteries of the sword world. He suddenly flicked his sleeve, and a flash of light appeared in front of him, revealing two stone tablets and a round mirror.

The two stone tablets were exactly the same as the stone tablets carried by the giant tortoise in the Holy Temple. Inside them were the cultivation methods of [Atomic Qigong] and [Invincible Golden Body]. Moreover, the stone tablets contained special artistic conceptions. By observing the stone tablets, one could understand the true meaning of the cultivation methods more quickly, accurately and clearly.

Lei Chi didn't know whether the two stone tablets were genuine or replicas created through special means. He only felt that if he cultivated [Atomic Qi Gong] and [Invincible Golden Body] here, his progress would be very rapid and without any mistakes.

However, Lei Chi, whose mind was now focused on the [Universal Unification Divine Art], no longer cared about these two inherited techniques of the Holy Divine Palace. He simply glanced at them and then paid them no further attention.

He looked at the round mirror.

The round mirror contained the words: "Input divine will, open the quantum channel, observe the atomic realm, and display future information."

"Can't you speak like a human being?"

Lei Chi was skeptical of this written information. After all, the claim of observing the future was too astonishing. If it were true, then the Eternal Sword would be an incredible artifact.

After a moment's thought, Lei Chi had a thought that flew out of his sea of ​​consciousness, transformed into the square sword he had used before, and quickly struck into the round mirror.

Immediately, a flash of light appeared in the round mirror, and words began to appear.

"Lei Chi, a human player in the twelfth era after the restart of the Endless Divine Realm, the lord of Bliss City, obtained the status of an inner disciple of the Cowardly Sect in the Holy Divine Palace, cultivated an incomplete Meteor Sword Intent, and perished in the War of Faith Gods at the age of 266. He left behind the legacy of the Cosmic Sword God and the Spiritual Mind Master. After his death, his heroic spirit was collected by the Divine Realm System and entered the River of Time..."

"this?"

Lei Chi was taken aback.

"To perish in a war of faith? Could this be my future?"

Lei Chi sensed something was amiss, and with a thought, he opened his mouth and spat out a miniature, multicolored "Great Tiger," which flew directly into the round mirror. Ripples appeared on the surface of the mirror, and the text within it quickly disappeared, replaced by new text.

"Lei Chi, a human player in the twelfth era after the restart of the Endless Divine Realm, was the lord of Bliss City. When the War of Faith broke out, he reached the peak of his power as an upper god. After Bliss City was breached, he joined the Temple of Light, thus avoiding the War of Faith. He then diligently cultivated his divine skills in the Temple of Light, breaking through to the level of a main god at the age of 8699, and was titled the Holy God of Bliss. In the thirteenth era, he participated in the War of Faith and died in the siege of the gods at the age of 40599, with a peak level of 960. After his death, his heroic soul was recorded by the Divine Realm System, and his body was buried outside the Divine Tomb..."

Looking at the newly appeared text, Lei Chi found it somewhat amusing. He thought for a moment, then clenched his right hand, and with a crackling sound, a fist-sized ball of light appeared in his palm. The tiny specks of light inside the can slowly rotated, like a galaxy.

"go!"

Lei Chi sent the small ball of light into the round mirror, and sure enough, the text on it changed again.

"Lei Chi, a human player in the twelfth era after the restart of the Endless Divine Realm, was the lord of Bliss City. Before the outbreak of the Faith God War, his strength reached the peak of the Upper God. After Bliss City was breached, he led everyone to escape to the Other Shore World to avoid the Faith God War. He then cultivated diligently for 900 years and ascended to the level of a main god. In the thirteenth era, he descended to the main world, reopened Bliss City, and shone brightly in the Faith God War of the thirteenth era. He eventually gained the qualification to make decisions and participate in the framework of the fourteenth era. In the fourteenth era, he failed in his attempt to transcend and was buried in the Divine Tomb at the age of 82088, with a peak level of 980. After his death, his heroic spirit was remembered by the Holy Domain System, and his body was buried in the center of the Divine Tomb..."

"It's changed again! Are you sure this isn't just made up?"

Lei Chi shook his head, feeling that the so-called observation of the future was extremely unreliable. However, he did gain a lot of useful information from those written descriptions.

For example, the idea of ​​gaining decision-making authority, participating in the construction of the world, or being buried in a divine tomb evoked many associations in Lei Chi's mind.

"It seems that the observed future information is related to what was shown. I didn't use my full strength just now. The first time, I just released an ordinary thought. The second time, I used the Great Might Divine Art. The third time, I only released a model of the Starry Sky Divine Art combined with the microcosm. If I were to use my full strength and unleash the Great Cosmic Unification Divine Art, what would happen?"

Thinking of this, Lei Chi gently pressed his right index finger to his brow. After a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up. He removed his right index finger from his brow, and with a glimmer of light, suddenly touched the round mirror again.

"Universal unification!"

Lei Chi spoke calmly, using the true essence of the [Universal Unification Divine Art] he had created during his more than ten thousand years of seclusion. Within that single point, there was the power of the [Great Might Divine Art], the power of the [Great Jade Divine Body], the power of the 32nd stage of the [Starry Sky Divine Body], the power of the 32 microcosms, the power of the Turtle Flow Qi Gong, and so on.

Suddenly, the round mirror made a crackling sound, and cracks appeared on it, but new characters quickly appeared as well.

"Lei Chi, a human player from the twelfth era after the restart of the Endless Divine Realm, and the lord of Bliss City, entered the mysterious realm during the later stages of the Twelfth Era's Faith God War, stealing the power of the system? #￥%@?..."

"Huh? It's garbled text!"

Lei Chi was taken aback for a moment, then laughed.

"Does this mean my future is unobservable? Is it truly unobservable, or is the power of the round mirror insufficient?"

Lei Chi was somewhat pleased with himself. This result proved that his [Universal Unification Divine Art] was no ordinary skill. If he continued to cultivate it, he might achieve great things in the future.

"After Qixingge interrupted my 'Universal Unification Divine Art,' I now have a clear understanding of the situation and will no longer be stubbornly clinging to my old ways..."

Lei Chi couldn't help but review his [Universal Unification Divine Art].

Initially, Lei Chi's [Universal Unification Divine Art] was not merely intended to fuse the Great Jade Divine Body and the Starry Sky Divine Body, but rather to become the foundation of all laws. Once this divine art was established, it would lay the foundation for unification, allowing any cultivation method, secret technique, or supernatural power to be automatically derived and generated within the body.

Of course, even after thousands of years of arduous cultivation, Lei Chi's [Universal Unification Divine Art] is still incomplete. This time, being interrupted by Qi Xingge has also helped Lei Chi regain his senses and break free from his obsession.

He had already realized that the perfect [Universal Unification Divine Art] could not be created; it was an impossible thing, and no one could do it. What he was now pursuing was the [Universal Unification Divine Art] of the "Thunder Pool Universe".

The "Lei Chi Universe" that Lei Chi recognizes is actually his body and his soul. What Lei Chi seeks now is that the cultivation techniques, secret arts, and supernatural powers he practices can perfectly match his body, and then become perfectly unified, no longer separated, and form a whole.

Therefore, for Lei Chi, all his learned skills, such as the Great Might Divine Skill, the Burning Fire Divine Skill, and the Great Jade Divine Skill, have now been combined into a unified Divine Skill called the Universe Unification Divine Skill. With a unified cultivation method, practicing according to this method means simultaneously cultivating all the skills. His body will automatically adapt to or change the characteristics of certain skills.

The same applies when Lei Chi practices new techniques in the future; the new techniques will automatically merge into the [Universal Unification Divine Art].

Or, to put it another way, the "Thunder Pool Universe" is a giant tree. The so-called cultivation techniques, secret arts, and supernatural powers that grow on this giant tree are the branches, flowers, leaves, fruits, and so on of this giant tree. When Thunder Pool cultivates a new cultivation technique, secret art, or supernatural power, it is like making this giant tree grow a new branch, without having to cultivate a new sapling from scratch.

Specifically, Lei Chi now has more than one billion thoughts, which, according to the level classification of the [Great Mighty Divine Skill], means he has already reached the "Proficient" level of the [Great Mighty Divine Skill].

The divine images of the Free God and the Divine Image of Bliss shone brightly in his sea of ​​consciousness, guarding it. This allowed Lei Chi's divine sense to sweep across a radius of ten thousand miles. In terms of spiritual power, it was far, far stronger than it had been three years ago.

Lei Chi has opened up 51200 acupoints and stars in his body, which means he has cultivated the [Starry Sky Divine Skill] to the 32nd stage and formed 32 stars in his body.

These 32 stars are now distributed among the 32 microcosms within Lei Chi's body.

Thirty-two microcosms represent the limit of Guiyuan Qigong. However, Lei Chi is now cultivating the "Universal Unification Divine Art," and new microcosms will continue to appear, inevitably matching the number of stars and eventually reaching the limit.

As for the [Great Jade Divine Body], Lei Chi has already completed his cultivation.

His current life value was something that Yijing had noticed when he first awakened from Leichi, and the system had made adjustments to it. His current life value is 900 billion!

This value even surpasses that of the Azure Flame Incarnation, making it a true god-level being.

"My current strength has surpassed that of the Azure Flame Avatar. Even though I haven't been recognized as a main god by the system yet, I'm no longer a main god to be feared."

This ancient longsword is quite a treasure, but it's not very useful to me right now. Let's see how it affects the stone slab.

Lei Chi stopped exploring the Sword Realm. With a thought, he escaped from the Sword Realm and returned to the stone disc.

After waiting for half a day, the stone slab cooled down. Lei Chi placed the Cosmic Zither and the Eternal Longsword in front of the stone slab, and slightly pulled the Cosmic Zither down. The Eternal Longsword also emitted a sword sound, and then the passage of the stone slab opened.

Lei Chi entered and discovered that the light tunnel had doubled in length. Originally, the end of the light tunnel connected to the giant wood space, but now a new secret space appeared further behind.

This new secret realm is actually a vast grassland, inhabited by a giant beast. The beast has many crystal rods growing on its body, on its head, back, and even above its knees. These crystal rods are like horns or bone spurs, shimmering with five-colored light, making them quite beautiful.

This space is similar to the giant tree space; it is limited in size, and the only passage for entry and exit is the one that connects to the light tunnel.

Lei Chi didn't know what kind of behemoth it was, so he called this space the Behemoth Space. After exploring the Behemoth Space for a while, Lei Chi discovered a valley filled with the skeletons of behemoths. The skeletons were all intact, and the [Crystal Rod] was scattered all over the ground.

"Judging from the posture of these skeletons, these giant beasts were not hunted. There are no signs of battle here. Could it be that these giant beasts came here on their own after sensing that they were about to die? I've heard that elephants have elephant graveyards. Could this be the graveyard of those giant beasts?"

Lei Chi seemed to understand something. He examined the crystal rods scattered throughout the valley and discovered that they were not only extremely hard, but also contained a vast amount of energy.

"These crystal rods must be a high-grade material. Could it be that the purpose of this space is to collect those crystal rods? Are those giant beasts being kept here?"

A guess popped into Lei Chi's mind.

He didn't know the purpose of those crystal rods, so he didn't collect them. After a while, he left the giant beast space and quietly began to cultivate in the light tunnel.

Time passed slowly, and ten years went by. The Tunnel of Light had only shortened by half. Lei Chi was in seclusion for another ten years before the Tunnel of Light finally closed completely.

(End of this chapter)