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Chapter 525 King Overlord True Monarch - Zhou Yipeng

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Card Name: Cultivation Technique - Overbearing Aura

Card color: Black

Card Star Rating: One Star

Usage Level: None

Mana cost: 100

Note 1: Use cards to obtain powerful martial arts techniques.

Note 2: [Overbearing Aura] is a fusion technique of [The True Scripture of Overbearing Kings] and [Refining Qi into Spirit]. Please explore the specific effects on your own.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Zhou Nan checked the attribute information of the brand-new black card in his hand. It was very brief, with only two descriptions.

He used the card in his hand, and with a bang, the card turned into a stream of light and flew into his brow.

At that moment, a flood of information rushed into Zhou Nan's mind. He seemed to see two versions of himself, one on the left and one on the right, both meditating. One was practicing Zen, and the other was cultivating Qi.

The practice of Zen meditation involves closing one's mouth, closing one's eyes, and drying one's mind. Zhou Nan subconsciously felt that practicing this method of Zen was meaningless, at most it was just a way to temper one's character.

He felt there was no scientific basis to the claim that practicing these three meditation methods could cultivate an aura of dominance, and he had been skeptical from the beginning. Even now, he was only practicing them with a "let's give it a try" attitude.

But at this moment, he suddenly felt that practicing this Zen method could really cultivate an aura of dominance, as if the core had already been calculated and deduced, and it was indeed feasible.

The so-called "domineering aura" is actually a special kind of mental power that everyone possesses, but the strength varies. Ordinary people's domineering aura is insignificant, but if one truly cultivates it to a high level, it becomes formidable, similar to having superpowers. It can exert mental pressure on people invisibly, and can even directly control their minds.

Meditation can nourish this spiritual power and make it stronger.

On the other hand, Qi Refining is the process of cultivating the primordial energy of heaven and earth. It involves circulating the Haoyang Gong, absorbing the primordial energy of heaven and earth into the body to nourish the soul, temper the spirit, and change one's temperament. This is known as Qi Refining Transformation into Spirit.

As if enlightened, Zhou Nan suddenly realized that by slightly changing his method of cultivation, his own domineering aura could also be refined by the Haoyang Gong.

The essence of Qi is energy.

The primordial energy of heaven and earth is a kind of energy, and so is the aura of a king or tyrant.

The primordial energy of heaven and earth can be refined, and naturally, the aura of a king can also be refined.

The technique for refining one's own domineering aura is the [Domineering Aura] technique.

Zhou Nan suddenly realized something, he opened his eyes abruptly, and took several steps back.

"I see……"

Zhou Nan understood that by combining the [Cultivation Technique: King's Domination True Scripture] and the [Cultivation Technique: Refining Qi into Spirit], the core provided computing power to perform simulation calculations and find a point of convergence. This allowed him to fuse the two cultivation techniques into one, creating a new cultivation technique, namely [Domineering Qi].

Here, the core plays the role of a "technique synthesizer" or "technique fusion device"!

It uses powerful computing power to simulate, and in a single moment it can probably surpass the painstaking thinking of an ordinary person for countless years.

The synthesized [Cultivation Technique: Overbearing Aura] is a non-bound card that can be given to others, but those who use this card will certainly not have the same insights as Zhou Nan.

This card was designed specifically for him from the very beginning.

"Impressive, is this the core computing power?"

Upon further reflection, Zhou Nan felt even more strongly that the [Overbearing Aura] technique suited him. He just wondered what would happen if he refined [Overbearing Aura]? Would it also have the effect of refining Qi into Spirit? It seemed that the core had not been calculated or deduced, which greatly intrigued Zhou Nan.

Next, he tried to cultivate [Overbearing Aura].

A moment later, Zhou Nan had an epiphany. He realized that his domineering aura was very weak and insignificant, as if it could be scooped up with a spoon. He was just an ordinary person. A month of silent meditation had not made him much stronger.

"Let's tentatively define the unit of measurement for the aura of dominance as a spoon. I currently only have one spoonful of this aura. What will happen after I refine it?"

Zhou Nan then activated the [Overbearing Aura] technique, refining Qi into spirit, and spent nearly three hours refining that spoonful of domineering aura completely. During this time, he seemed to be able to see inwards, and vaguely felt that the spoonful of domineering aura had been refined into a small point of light, which was stored in his mind.

"This tiny point of light is a god! Refining Qi into a god, refining Qi into a god... refining domineering Qi into a god, what kind of god? The King of Hegemons?"

Suddenly, Zhou Nan had a burst of inspiration, as if he had an epiphany. He felt that if he continued with this [Domineering] technique, he might be able to cultivate something extraordinary.

This greatly fueled Zhou Nan's enthusiasm for cultivation. For a period of time afterward, he lost interest in studying the settings such as the unemployed, infinite synthesis, and infinite enhancement, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to cultivation.

Gradually, he discovered that his domineering aura had a limit, which was one spoonful, and he could automatically replenish one spoonful every day.

Meditation may seem to increase the upper limit and recovery speed of one's domineering aura, but this is a gradual process and its effects are difficult to see in a short time.

Thirty days later, Zhou Nan had refined thirty spoonfuls of the Kingly Qi, and the light spot in his mind was already the size of a walnut.

"Thirty spoonfuls, let's just call it a handful. It seems that this handful of thirty spoonfuls of Wang Ba's true energy has undergone a qualitative change from quantitative change..."

As Zhou Nan was pondering this, he suddenly heard a shattering sound, as if he could see the light in his mind cracking open.

Shortly afterward, Zhou Nan felt a jolt throughout his body.

The light in his mind disappeared, and in its place appeared a little man.

The little man looked exactly like Zhou Nan, but he was wearing a tortoise shell, sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, bald, and dressed in golden holy armor, like a warrior!

"This is... Lord Wang Ba Zhenjun!"

Zhou Nan's subconscious had already identified the tortoise-shell figure as the person in the picture.

At the very moment the little man was born, Zhou Nan suddenly had a strange feeling of being spied on, as if an eye was watching him from the shadows, seeing him very clearly, and even seeing the King Overlord True Monarch he had just refined.

"This is... the power of the core?"

Zhou Nan was a little uncertain. He frowned, and the next moment he started rubbing his palms together. As he rubbed, he suddenly produced a card.

As soon as the card was played, the image of True Monarch Wang Ba in Zhou Nan's mind disappeared.

As for the card, Zhou Nan knew without even looking that it was a one-star white card named [True Monarch of Kings - Zhou Yipeng]!

This was the name he subconsciously gave to the card.

"Dreaming of becoming a card, this is the true dream of becoming a card, I understand! [King Overlord True Lord - Zhou Yipeng], this is my card, the real card, unaffected by the core."

Zhou Nan couldn't help but burst into laughter; he saw a whole new world.

The card 【King Overlord True Lord - Zhou Yipeng】 was created by him using the miniature King Overlord True Lord in his mind. "Zhou" is his surname, and "Yipeng" represents the amount of King Overlord aura.

The moment it appeared, Zhou Nan knew that he had used the power of the core to truly materialize the illusory object.

Strictly speaking, this was not created out of thin air, because Zhou Nan spent thirty days of arduous training and a handful of domineering energy to create the little figure in his mind.

Therefore, this card is completely different from the cards created by the system; it is a card that truly belongs to Zhou Nan.

(End of this chapter)