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Times flowed by, changing seasons . Trees shed leaves, and snow covered the earth before it melted away , making the way to New life. And, though the time passed, Hong didn't change his lifestyle.
After he guided the people of the battle realm towards the glory city, he didn't move back into it. Instead he choose to remain in the battle realm.
The heaven and earth energy present in that realm saturated with the law of battle. And as a combat based martial artist, that energy had proved to be massively beneficial to him.
This had proven to be the right choice because Hong had managed to breakthrough to the peak of black gold realm and the peak of body reforming level in a record time of six months.
At that time he had not only managed to increase the quality of his qi to the point it was almost solid, He had also managed to sense the power of laws. And so he moved back into the tiny world, hoping to sense the laws better.
It was simply a matter of talent. Before his reincarnation, Hong had asked for a body with absurd amounts of talent. And only because of this talent, was Hong able to keep up with Nei Li and the others in terms of cultivation while practicing martial arts at the same time. This talent was also the reason for Hong to practice a martial art that was an amalgamation of all attributes. If Hong's talent was any less in the direction of martial arts, he would've opted for a single attribute martial art.
There was knowledge involved too. Just like Nei Li, who began cultivating Law energy at the black gold rank due to his intensive knowledge of runes, Hong was able to sense the power of Law because of his Knowledge in martial arts. Or more accurately the energy arts.
Martial artists try the best to mimic nature to be closer to it. They called the way of nature Tao. And many orthodox martial artist were based on the Tao.Not just orthodox, even the unorthodox demonic martial artists followed a path. Though their path was of the nature of a demon. And as their practice progressed, they got closer and closer to their nature, ultimately being able to draw power from the Tao they pursued.
Only instead of a strict energy flow known as Tao, the tiny world had the artificially created power of laws. So when Hong practiced energy techniques of all attributes, he was laying a foundation to touch upon the power of the laws in the future.
But this created another problem. The conflict between the different powers. Though Nei Li was able to handle different Law powers at the same time, he was only able to do it because of his godly cultivation technique. The heavenly god cultivation technique allowed him to not only have seven different demon spirits, it also allowed him to cultivate different types of laws. Hell, he even partially gained access power of the law of time with the inheritance in the page of his cheat book. But Hong had no such luck, which left him with a chaotic soul realm.
"Boom"
Deflecting a lightning bolt that raced towards him for the hundredth time in this hour with a effortless slap, Hong released a sigh.
'I'm never gonna get this done at this rate'
He observed the spherical furnace floating infront of him. Within it several demon beast spirits roared in indignation as they got refined, but they fell upon deaf ears.
After creating his saint garden, he choose the support class system just for this reason. Since he had no income worth speaking of, Hong knew he was not fated to recive the blessing of the nightmare demon pot. He could've stolen it, but the thought left a bitter taste in his mouth.
'Besides, Nei Li would need it if he wants to become the sucessor of the divine feather sect' Hong had no intention of engaging in political matters. He only asked for a talented body. And his sole focus was his martial arts. So Hong would gladly leave the matters of dealing with such issues to the heavens chosen. At least that was how he consoled himself.
So instead of making a super strong demon beast spirit, Hong choosed the path of the body of tumultuous gold. Using the changes of the body to change the soul, and to change the body by changing the soul.
Lightning flashed once more, striking the furnace while fire blazed inside. This had been going on for hours. The entire soul realm had been in chaos. Storms raged, wild fires ensued, earthquakes occurred every ten minutes, all because Hong had yet to balance the power of the laws.
Hong had thought for a long time on how to achive that even before his reincarnation, and he found an answer back then. They just need a common origin. Just like how snow wind law, Which itself is a combination of ice and wind. Yet someone was still able to reach the level of a spiritual god with that very law.
Hong had already decided what his origin should be, but he needed the demon beast spirits to be refined before he choose to breakthrough the next realm. He was after all trying to bring several laws together to create one single law. So he needed a massive amount of energy and an abnormally strong soul to survive the fusion.
Time passed and the refinement ended sucessfully leaving behind several different parts of demon beast spirits. When looking over without any focus, it might seem like an illegal organ shop basement. But if subjected to closer inspection, anyone with decent spiritual energy would be in for a shock.
Tendons of a titan battle ape, eyes of a heaven viewing sky roc, scales of a jade scaled river snake, bones of a high wood bone quill porcupine, marrow of a green water axolotl,Iron teeth of a saw toothed Marsh crocodile and so on.
Hong had collected demon beast spirits with special skills and stored them in his soul realm for a long time. And now, he had refined them all till the beast body was burned away leaving only their special spiritual arment.
The moment it was released from the furnace, he felt it mutating his soul. Trying to overwrite his own existence. Which was what he needed.
He had achived the requirements of his body cultivation technique a long time ago, right after his ritual. So the next step was to create a spiritual imprint that can change the entire nature of the qi. And by utilising the special soul arments of the demon beasts, Hong was certain on creating a spiritual imprint.
Before moving into the battle realm, he intended to fuse different demon beast spirits into one using his furnance, but he found a different path in the battle realm.
Feeling the changes in his body, Hong began cultivating once more. This time with the soul energy refined from the demon beast spirits, which was incomparably purer and qualitatively superior to the power gained by cultivating the energy of heaven and earth.
As the furnace opened, the thick and viscous energy flowed towards Hong in a snail pace. Taking its time as it moved, almost like thick, transparent syrup. The special arments floated around Hong, supported by his soul force as he began absorbing its power.
'Heavenly demon god. The peak of what can be, what will be . The one beyond God, beyond demon, beyond nature and beyond beast. The true peak, the invincible. The one I yearn to be ' Hong chanted mentally while he circulated his soul force. The chaotic soul realm began to calm down for a moment before the soul realm began boiling in a literal sense as the energy of the entire realm flowed into Hong's soul before it came back .
'The Lord, the king, the god, the demon, to embody all that exist, yet never depend. The strongest of all '
The arments melded with the soul power before it enveloped Hongs soul, along with soul force of every attribute, changing the very shape and structure of the soul. And soon all the different attributed soul force gained a red hinted bronze hue.
Hong opened his eyes, each glowing in a different light, then began moving his qi. The heaven and earth energy around him began trembling, even the energy of the law thrumming in a beat that managed to rouse the spiritual gods of the realm.
From Hong's body, a massive ten foot energy form made completely of the red bronze law energy formed. And opened its gold and silver eyes the same moment Hong did before they spoke in unison.
"From today on, I declare myself, the HEAVENLY DEMON GOD!!"
The thrumming law energy began dancing wildly, simply boiling alerting every spiritual god , even one particular fire spiritual godess. The heaven and earth energy bellowed, forming a massive pillar of red bronze energy that connected them both as the tiny world itself trembled. Animals fled in fear while demon beasts cowered in fear. That day the world welcomed the birth of the strongest spiritual god.
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