King of Assassins
Chapter 999 - 684: Turbulent Times
"Thank you, Master Gao."
The two children, Qingfeng and Ming Yue, held the Bili in their arms with delighted expressions on their little faces.
Though they lacked much Spiritual nature, they could still display basic emotions like joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.
Bili is like Jade Marrow Golden Juice, greatly beneficial to them. Moreover, it tastes even better. Even though they are transformed by Magical Artifacts, their bodies are more human-like, possessing cravings.
After the two children Qingfeng and Ming Yue withdrew, Ripples widened her eyes and looked at Gao Xuan, asking, "Master, this Magic is amazing, I want to learn it."
Ripples regarded Gao Xuan as her father and spoke without much reservation. Witnessing the wonder of this Magic, the thought of learning it arose in her mind.
Gao Xuan smiled, "You can't learn this Magic, practice the Sword instead. Wait until you reach the Celestial Immortal level, then it will still not be too late to turn and cultivate Magic."
It's not that Gao Xuan is stingy, nor does he distrust Ripples. Ripples, transformed from the Hongyi Sword and Gao Xuan Sword Intent, is absolutely his ally, incapable of betrayal.
The key is that Ripples was born from Sword Intent, which is extremely pure, and she has a high talent in Sword Dao. Yet, when it comes to cultivating Magic, she's significantly lacking.
Moreover, cultivating Magic would instead make her Sword Intent impure. It would be harmful rather than beneficial.
Gao Xuan said, "Pure and simple is a straight road leading to the summit. Many people understand this principle, but few can achieve it. The human mind is cluttered like dust, and thoughts like the wind, so how can one exercise control? You were born standing on the pure and simple road, just move straight ahead and you will reach the peak..."
Ripples nodded obediently. Her desire to learn Magic was merely out of curiosity and fun, not out of necessity.
Gao Xuan handed the Hongyi Sword to Ripples, instructing her to go and practice the Sword.
He himself sat inside the great hall, feeling the subtle changes from casting the Magic just now.
The Hundred Transformations of Clones is self-explanatory, capable of splitting into completely separate clones. The main body can also transform. Its practicality is exceedingly strong.
The stronger the Divine Soul Power, the stronger the Clone Technique. Though this Magic seems ostentatious, its core is relatively simple.
It's merely changing the body's form. This change is achieved by a powerful Divine Soul Power that reorganizes the body. The split body is also condensed with body projections centered around Divine Soul Power.
Although Gao Xuan has not yet deciphered the core Dragon Rune of the Hundred Transformations of Clones, he has figured out the principle of transformation within it.
Understanding the principle provides a clear approach to analyzing the Rune. Completely unraveling the mysteries of the corresponding Dragon Rune is just a matter of time.
The Yin Yang Creation is much more complex.
The Bili tree planted by Gao Xuan was entirely generated by Magic, with only the seed being mapped from Baili Qingtong's memory.
The Bili tree blossoms and bears fruit, all through changes in Gao Xuan's Mana. But the Bili that resulted was genuine fruit, by no means an Illusion Technique.
Creating things out of thin air, especially Bili filled with Spiritual Qi, is indeed impressive.
Creating so many Bili consumed twenty percent of Gao Xuan's Divine Soul Power.
When he killed King Jinlin, he only used twenty percent of his power. But that was an instant output, while creating Bili required continuous expenditure and eventually consumed twenty percent of Gao Xuan's Divine Soul Power.
In this way, calculating by this method, the power Gao Xuan used to create Bili would be enough to kill fifty King Jinlins and still have excess.
The Yin Yang Creation, mastering Yin and Yang, creating things from nothing, even creating life, is indeed extraordinarily advanced.
However, there are many restrictions. First, the creation of objects or life obviously cannot surpass his power limit. Second, it must be of known existence that he can understand. Third, the more complex the creation of objects or life, the more power it consumes.
Although the Yin Yang Creation Technique is intriguing, it cannot be frequently used.
For instance, creating a bun for oneself when hungry; the power used to create it cannot be replenished by eating the bun.
The Yin Yang Creation has very broad uses, with the simplest and most effective being healing—truly capable of raising the dead and resurrecting bones.
Secondly, it can also create some very unique and scarce items.
For now, Gao Xuan can only think of this much as the scope of this Magic is too broad, making it exceedingly difficult to truly master.
Among the three Magics, the most formidable undoubtedly is the Inversion of Heaven and Earth.
The Hundred Transformations of Clones is targeted at oneself, while the Yin Yang Creation encompasses all things.
The Inversion of Heaven and Earth is Space Magic. Inversion means controlling space and changing at will.
Gao Xuan had used the Inversion of Heaven and Earth to transfer Baili Qingtong to the Celestial Master Temple.
The Inversion of Heaven and Earth Technique directly penetrated the numerous Defense Arrays of Qingxu Daoist School. This is the cleverness of the Inversion of Heaven and Earth Technique—being able to directly control space.
Simply put, when Gao Xuan employed the Inversion of Heaven and Earth, he could arbitrarily reshape and adjust space.
The void space is like a piece of clay, at Gao Xuan's disposal.
Dividing space, altering the state of space, reversing the position of space, penetrating space, and so on, the changes are endless.
From Gao Xuan's perspective, the most powerful Magic in the Emperor's Nine Transformations Scripture is the Inversion of Heaven and Earth.
By mastering the Inversion of Heaven and Earth, Gao Xuan has mastered space. In this alone, he stands invincible.
The Inversion of Heaven and Earth is so profound and complex that Gao Xuan currently does not fully comprehend the transformation within the core Dragon Rune. He can only manipulate the Dragon Rune to accomplish space control.
Gao Xuan feels that the upper limit of this Magic is extremely high; even reaching the Celestial Immortal Level might not clarify its principles.
Without understanding the principles of Magic, it cannot be considered truly mastered. Even so, the Inversion of Heaven and Earth Technique is enough to be deemed an unmatched Divine Technique.
This Magic is exceedingly esoteric; Gao Xuan has only preliminarily mastered it. He will need a long time for learning, comprehension, and experimentation.
After learning the Emperor's Nine Transformations Scripture and mastering the Divine Techniques of Qiankun (Heaven and Earth) and Creation of All Things, Gao Xuan feels that he has truly become an Immortal.