Chapter 473: The True Path to Supreme Strength

Chapter 473: The True Path to Supreme Strength

TL: Etude

“Prince of Ten Thousand Laws, this spatial ring contains your reward!”

A phantom figure arrived at Ye Tian’s cultivation tower, handed over the item to Ye Tian, and then departed.

Ye Tian opened the spatial ring and found a spatial divine artifact, a divine ability inheritance bead, and a scroll! He took out the scroll and opened it to reveal just one word.

“Metal!”

The word ‘Metal’ represented the Heavenly Dao character for metal, which was the character Ye Tian had chosen. To master the Five Elements Great Divine Ability, one needed the Heavenly Dao characters for metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Unable to obtain all five characters at once, he had chosen the character for metal as a good starting point.

Next, he only needed to collect the other four characters to begin cultivating the Five Elements Great Divine Ability.

“Unfortunately, divine abilities related to the metal element are quite rare. Although the Supreme Hall of Humanity does have inheritances for metal element divine abilities, they are very expensive, even more so than the Five Elements Great Divine Ability, because rarity increases value. Moreover, even if I were to exchange for a metal element divine ability, just one metal Heavenly Dao character would not be sufficient to cultivate it!”

Ye Tian sighed.

Although the divine ability of the metal element only required the metal Heavenly Dao character, just one character was not enough.

The metal Heavenly Dao character was a common one in the universe, but each character had a different meaning. For example, some represented sharpness and offensive power, others defense, and some the indestructibility of metal. There were simply too many variations.

To cultivate a divine ability of the metal element, at least three different metal Heavenly Dao characters were needed.

For Ye Tian, the power of the Five Elements Great Divine Ability far exceeded that of a single-element metal divine ability. Since a single metal Heavenly Dao character could not enable him to cultivate a metal-element divine ability, it would be a waste to spend so many points to exchange for one. Although collecting the characters for wood, water, fire, and earth might be slightly more complex, it was possible to gather them all eventually.

“First, I’ll inherit this metal Heavenly Dao character!”

Ye Tian’s consciousness entered the scroll, transporting him to a world of metal.

Boom! A majestic metal character appeared in Ye Tian’s consciousness.

He slowly approached the Heavenly Dao character and soon touched it.

“Absorb!”

The metal Heavenly Dao character instantly entered Ye Tian’s soul, creating a soul space within its depths. The essence of the metal character gradually converged there, making it difficult for outsiders to detect its presence.

Immersed in the essence of the metal Heavenly Dao character, Ye Tian sensed its representation of aggression. This was an offensive metal Heavenly Dao character, suitable for aggressive metal-element divine abilities.

With the metal Heavenly Dao character now within Ye Tian’s soul, the scroll became redundant. However, the material of the scroll was extraordinary, so he casually threw it into his personal Xumi Storage Realm.

Next, Ye Tian picked up the divine ability inheritance bead and immersed his consciousness in it.

This inheritance required an oath not to be shared. After making the oath, Ye Tian received the contents of the divine ability.

“Thousand Layer Realm!”

Ye Tian carefully reviewed the mysteries of the Thousand Layer Realm divine ability and was astounded by its power.

This divine ability was formidable, comparable to the Spatial Divine Form. Its utility lay not in space manipulation but in trapping enemies.

On the sixth level of the pagoda, a relatively simple book caught Ye Tian’s attention.

“The Path to Ultimate Strength!”

This wasn’t specifically about the Saber Dao, but it mentioned the path to ultimate strength, and Ye Tian was pursuing the path of the Ultimate Saber Dao.

“500 points!”

Ye Tian was shocked by the price displayed on the shelf.

Fifty points could purchase two divine ability inheritances, and even if used to buy resources, they would be enough for him to cultivate for a long time. Yet, just to look at this book, 500 points were required, which seemed excessively expensive!

“Buy!”

Ye Tian gritted his teeth and decided. If he truly gained something from it, it would be a huge win.

Immediately, Ye Tian explained his intentions to the guarding phantom spirit, Hong Ling, in the Inheritance Pagoda, and successfully retrieved the book from the screen. He opened the book.

As soon as the book was opened, Ye Tian’s consciousness was instantly pulled into a void.

Boom! A man whose face couldn’t be seen appeared, seeming both near and far.

He sat cross-legged, as if speaking to countless people about the path to ultimate strength.

“The path to ultimate strength is difficult, difficult, difficult. To walk the path of ultimate strength, one must be invincible among peers to truly step onto the path of ultimate strength, rather than just in one’s heart. Being strong in one’s heart is merely the threshold; one hasn’t truly entered the door...”

The mysterious man spoke a lot, and Ye Tian, listening to his words, was flooded with insights.

The man didn’t speak of any secret techniques but explained how to walk the path of ultimate strength, what to do, the detours, and the principles of ultimate strength.

Had an ordinary person said these words, Ye Tian might not have felt much, but coming from this person, it was like an enlightening baptism; he understood every word.

About ten minutes passed, and after the man finished speaking, Ye Tian’s consciousness was pulled back.

At that moment, he looked at the book and found that he had just finished it!

“What a marvelous technique!” Ye Tian exclaimed inwardly.

He flipped through the book again, and the content was exactly the same as what the mysterious man had said, but the imagery was gone! Ye Tian closed his eyes, immersing himself in the scenes from before, carefully contemplating the man’s words.

After a long time, Ye Tian opened his eyes, which were now filled with clarity.

He finally understood why he had been unable to create an Ultimate Saber Technique. Other saber wielders might have already created their ultimate techniques in his situation, but he hadn’t been able to because he was pursuing the path of ultimate strength in the Saber Dao.

Although his Ultimate Saber Heart had successfully condensed, he hadn’t received recognition from the heavens and earth or from other humans.

The path to ultimate strength inherently required one to be invincible among peers, and he had only defeated some newly minted Princes, far from achieving invincibility among his peers.

“My next goal is to sweep through all the Children of the Universe among humans, truly achieve invincibility among humanity, consolidate the path to ultimate strength, and create the Ultimate Saber Technique!”

Ye Tian’s eyes became clearer and clearer, and an aura of ultimate strength emanated from him.