Chapter 4: Divine Devil Arts Scripture

Chapter 4: Divine Devil Arts Scripture

Somewhere in The Great Wildland Forest, thousands of miles away from the SunBurn Kingdom, in the depths of an unnaturally large underground cavern, a confused baby awoke next to a Huge White Wolf.

'Where am I? Who am I? Why am I here?' The little prince questioned with a confused look on his tired face.

He tried to recall what had happened to him prior to his entering a state of unconsciousness.

'Oh, that's right. I reincarnated into a world of cultivation, a world where people can fly, destroy mountains, and erase seas with a wave of their hands. A world where I can acquire all the power I want!'

The little prince regained his unusually large smile on his face as he remembered what he desired so very much. And it was through such conviction that he recalled the pain he experienced after touching the stone.

'Whatever just happened to me hurt like a mother fucker, but if what this transmitted information tells me is true, then all that pain was worth it.'

The little prince's smile only got wider as he went over the knowledge he just received.

'A Secret Cultivation Manual...' he murmured.

You guessed it right! What he had received was none other than a secret cultivation manual!

'I just knew touching that weird stone was the right call to make. Let's see, it is called the Divine Devil Arts. What a cliche name...'

The baby prince's expression morphed a little upon realizing what the name of the cultivation manual was.

However, it didn't take long before that look on his face turned into something more...

'What a glorious name to call the first key to opening up my path to power!' He exclaimed, excitement filling his heart.

The little prince's smile practically reached his ears after understanding that he had acquired his very own cheat! He just knew that you couldn't be reincarnated into a different world without obtaining your very own cheat!

Nonetheless, such elation didn't last for long, as he had to focus if he wanted to make use of his new cheat.

'Time to put this cheat to good use!'

With a new goal, he turned his attention to the contents of the secret manual that were transmitted into his mind before he pondered the matter.

'It says I have to first sit down in a lotus position to begin practicing the technique, but how do I do that with this infant body?' He began with a slightly puzzled expression.

'No one told me that being a baby would be so complicated, but I must make do with what I have, so I guess I should try wobbling myself upwards into an upright position.'

The little prince, upon understanding what he must do, started to rock back and forth as he tried to produce enough momentum to push himself upwards.

...

A few seconds later, and after the 16th try, he finally succeeded!

"...."

The Giant White Wolf looked at the little creature before it with a quizzical look in its eyes.

The Giant Wolf thought for sure that the little creature he found in the woods would die after touching that red stone, just like all the other creatures did before it.

Even the original owner of the cavern, a 30-meter-long bear—a bear many times stronger than the Giant White Wolf—died mere seconds after swallowing that red stone.

The bear first started to decay, and then it just... disintegrated. Not even ashes were left of the once mighty beast.

......

Meanwhile, as the giant wolf was going through its memories, the baby prince was attempting to begin practicing the secret manual technique.

'Now it says that I have to focus on sensing the Qi in the air. God, this is really getting me excited for what's to come!'

His countenance was emitting nothing but exhilaration as he anticipated the beginning of what he assumed would be the first step on his path of cultivation!

'Anyways, back to the matter at hand. Sensing the qi, huh? I wonder how I should go about doing that.'

He contemplated the matter for a moment before he felt like an idiot for putting so much thought into something that the Divine Devil Arts would tell him if he just read it.

And that was exactly what he did, as he spent a few seconds gleaning into the contents of his 'Secret Cultivation Manual'.

'The Divine Devil Arts says I should just think about something that calms my mind, and going about beginning to sense qi will come naturally.'

Following such a discernment of the information presented to him, he started thinking to himself again.

'Something calming, huh?'

That was an ambiguous topic for the baby prince, as he couldn't pinpoint precisely what was capable of soothing his nerves.

At least, that was the case until something was brought to mind—something that had been his reason for living since the very beginning.

'Power... I want Power!' He began with a fervently passionate look on his face.

'I want so much power that I'm capable of splitting planets in half with just a mere finger swipe!' He added with a yearning for something greater building up inside him.

'I want so much power that even the vast, starry skies above can't escape my grasp! I want so much power that even what lies BEYOND those stars is incapable of hiding from me!'

Upon reaffirming his resolve and also his only solace in life, he entered a stupor—a stupor that prevented him from realizing that something quite unusual was occurring around him...

.....

WAAA!

Qi was gathering in massive quantities and heading towards the cavern, specifically towards the little prince.

The little prince didn't even realize Qi was swarming toward him, let alone the face the he wasn't simply sensing Qi--which was the very first fundamental step on the path of cultivation--but he was also absorbing Qi into his Dantian!

Something that shouldn't even be possible mere minutes after beginning to cultivate...

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9. Late Pulse Condensation -->

10. Peak Pulse Condensation -->

11. 20% Tempering Marrow -->

12. 40% Tempering Marrow -->

13. 60% Tempering Marrow -->

14. 100% Tempering Marrow.

.......

The Divine Devil Arts also stated that there was a special 15th Minor realm where only a select few heaven-sent geniuses could unlock!

Furthermore, it was unknown whether even a single person in all of Asterion had achieved such a state.

The 15th minor realm in question was called the...

Heavenly Gate!

It was a state so grand that even the Heavenly geniuses of old craved it with every fiber of their being!

But, as for all things related to gaining power above everyone else, a sacrifice had to be made.

The sacrifice to achieve the Heavenly Gate Realm required you to temper every part of your body ten times over!

That might seem like no big deal, but spending at least ten times the amount of time progressing through the body refinement stage could mean life or death for some geniuses.

It was an amount of time where your peers could easily surpass you in realm and suppress you...

There was only a difference in power of around three times when refining each of your body parts once like everyone else or refining each body part ten times over—a meager amount like a three-time increase in power could be surpassed with a mere Mortal technique being practiced to a certain point.

It was only when you unlocked the Heavenly Gate that your combat power soared exponentially!

Most geniuses wouldn't even be given the chance to completely refine their bodies ten times and open the Heavenly Gate before they were eventually suppressed by those around them and, in more extreme cases, killed by those they called their peers.

.......

WAAaa...

The Qi storm finally started to calm down as it appeared that the little prince had reached his limit...

The Qi still had the urge to come closer and closer to the little prince to be absorbed, but it knew on some natural instinct that the baby could absorb no more—for now, that was.

'Aiii~, it looks like my limit has been reached.' The little prince began with a content smile. 'It took hours to reach this point, but that time spent will all be worth it once I begin absorbing all the Qi I just gained.'

The little prince's thoughts ended on a high note before he actively used the Qi he just acquired to temper his muscles.

......

He tried to learn how to control the Qi to go where he wanted it to, which he soon achieved after a few attempts.

Following such an accolade, he directed the Qi to go toward the muscles in his arms.

And after a few minutes of trying, it eventually worked!

HUMM!

His arm muscles started to heat up and gain a slight glow as they got stronger and stronger.

Although he couldn't test this strength just yet due to his small infant form, he could still savor the fact that he was getting stronger!

What the little prince had wanted since the earliest years of his past life was finally starting to come to fruition!

......

Following the first tempering session of his muscles, he directed the Qi he had stored to all muscles in his body to get an all-round strength gain.

He didn't want to end up like those insane gym bros with huge arms and twigs for every other part of their body...

*Shiver!*

The little prince shuddered at the mere thought of developing a build like that.

However, such thoughts faded out into the vicissitudes of time as he continued his cultivation journey.

.....

The deepest depth of a dimly lit cave in the Great Wildlands Forest had a flash of light go through it before the figure of a baby in his swaddle was seen when the light died out.

'I have managed to fully temper every muscle in my body, but one round of tempering is not enough to satisfy me, now is it?'

The little prince sported a power-hungry smile as he thought of gaining even more strength!

Following such an achievement, the little prince started to temper his muscles once again.

........

Do note that the process of tempering your body was not a painless one, nor was it a simple and easy one.

Going against the norm to achieve something more would never not come without a price, but the little prince could hardly care about the pain when he was so looking forward to the power he would gain after this experience!

The Young Prince stopped caring about the pain he had to go through to acquire more power after the 'unfortunate accident' he went through in his past life...

He was willing to pay any price!