Chapter 91: Cultivating a divine technique

Arthur took a deep breath and slowly calmed his racing heart. The Divine Asura Body was currently his highest priority. According to the technique’s description, once he successfully cultivated all nine levels and became a complete Asura, he would not only transform into an incredibly powerful entity but also gain the ability to open the hell and summon demonic minion’s from there which varied in levels according to his own strength.

That alone was enough to make the technique worth cultivating. However, there was another reason Arthur considered it extremely important. According to the sect’s records, certain hidden treasuries could only be opened by cultivators who had successfully cultivated a divine body passed down by the sect’s techniques. Without achieving the required level of mastery, even the strongest cultivator would be unable to enter those places.

"Let’s see what I will need to achieve the nine levels of this technique first," Arthur muttered as he began examining the requirements in his mind. Although the technique was extraordinarily powerful, cultivating it would undoubtedly require an enormous amount of resources. Fortunately, he had the system shop, which could provide him with many rare treasures that would otherwise be almost impossible to obtain.

The first level required three different types of resources. He needed a thousand-year-old Blood Ginseng, a drop of blood from an Ancient Dragon Beast, and six Blood Crystals. These materials were listed according to the laws and resources of the current world, meaning they were the ingredients required to cultivate the technique in his present environment.

Arthur considered the requirements for a moment before deciding to consult the game system.

"Scan this technique and tell me whether the system shop has everything I need or not," Arthur ordered.

[Ding! The nine levels of the Divine Asura Body Technique require a total of 99 different types of items. Among them, 90 items can be purchased directly from the system shop. The total price for these items is 1 trillion Divine Gold. The remaining nine items cannot be purchased from the system shop and must be obtained through other means.]

Arthur nodded after hearing the system’s response. Although one trillion Divine Gold was certainly an enormous amount, he did not feel particularly troubled by the price. Considering the terrifying potential of the Divine Asura Body Technique, he believed those resources were worth acquiring.

Moreover, the nine remaining items gave him a clear objective. He did not need to waste time searching randomly across the world when he could use the Heavenly Mirror of Fate to locate the treasures he needed. Once he had gathered enough information, he could plan his journey and obtain those materials one by one.

"Good. Sell me the materials required for the first three levels," Arthur said without hesitation.

[Ding! Purchasing the resources required for the first three levels will cost 100 million Divine Gold.]

"Do it," Arthur immediately agreed.

The next moment, the purchased resources appeared inside his space ring. Arthur examined them carefully, confirming that the system had delivered everything he needed. After checking the contents, he nodded in satisfaction. His next task was to find an alchemist capable of combining these precious materials into the pills required for cultivation.

Fortunately, Arthur already knew where he could find such a person. The capital city’s Alchemist Guild in the Sun Kingdom possessed an expert capable of refining even God Grade pills, provided that the customer supplied the necessary ingredients and paid the required fee. Although the refining cost might be substantial, Arthur was confident that he could afford it.

However, reaching the capital would not be easy. He would have to cross two dangerous zones, and the danger level of one of them had reached the Red Grade, only one rank below Black. Even with his current strength, rushing into such places without preparation would be foolish. He needed to improve himself further before making the journey.

"I’ll go there after cultivating the Thousand Worlds Technique," Arthur decided.

The Thousand Worlds Technique was another divine technique belonging to the sect, and unlike the Divine Asura Body, its primary purpose was to strengthen the physical body through the creation of miniature worlds. According to its description, the human body contained 360,000 acupoints, and this technique allowed a cultivator to transform each of those acupoints into an independent small world.

Every successfully formed world would provide feedback to the cultivator’s physical body, dramatically increasing strength and defence. The more worlds a cultivator created, the greater the benefits would become. In theory, if someone managed to transform every acupoint into a small world, they might eventually be able to evolve those miniature worlds into genuine worlds of their own.

However, that final stage remained nothing more than a speculation. No cultivator in the sect’s recorded history had ever achieved such a feat, and there was no reliable evidence proving that it was possible.

Even so, the results achieved by previous cultivators were already astonishing. According to the sect’s records, creating a thousand small worlds could strengthen the physical body to a level comparable to a top-grade Heaven Rank artifact. Such a body would possess enough destructive power to destroy a small star system through pure physical strength alone.

The technique was also considered the most difficult cultivation method in the entire sect. Even its most successful practitioner had managed to create only 1,032 small worlds despite living for millions of years. His achievement demonstrated both the terrifying potential of the technique and the enormous difficulty involved in mastering it.

The problem was not merely the scarcity of resources. Each small world required a different type of comprehension, and a cultivator had to understand the principles necessary to form it successfully. Without sufficient comprehension, no amount of resources could guarantee success. Finding the right materials for hundreds or thousands of worlds was another enormous obstacle.

Arthur, however, possessed advantages that ordinary cultivators could only dream of. As a holder of a Primordial Class, he believed that comprehending the technique would not be an insurmountable challenge. Furthermore, his access to the system shop allowed him to purchase many of the resources that other cultivators would spend centuries searching for.

"If I can form all 360,000 small worlds and eventually evolve them into genuine worlds, killing that enemy should no longer be impossible. Perhaps, by that point, even a Big Bang wouldn’t be enough to kill me," Arthur thought excitedly.

Although he understood that he was getting ahead of himself, the possibility was simply too tempting to ignore. He had already seen how dramatically his strength could increase through special techniques, and the Thousand Worlds Technique promised benefits on an entirely different scale.

Without wasting any more time, Arthur closed his eyes and began examining his body with his divine sense. He carefully searched for the acupoints described in the technique, paying attention to their positions and the faint energy fluctuations surrounding them. After a short while, he successfully located the first acupoint in his right leg.

Arthur immediately took out the resources he had purchased from the system shop for one million Divine Gold. After arranging the materials according to the technique’s instructions, he took a deep breath and began his cultivation.

The moment he activated the technique, the resources started releasing their energy. A faint glow emerged from the acupoint in his right leg, gradually growing brighter as the surrounding energy gathered toward it. The materials slowly dissolved, transforming into streams of energy that flowed directly into the acupoint.

Under Arthur’s control, the energy began forming a miniature space within the acupoint. The process was slow and required considerable concentration, but his comprehension proved sufficient to guide the transformation without encountering any major obstacles.

One hour later, the first small world was successfully formed.

Arthur examined the miniature space with his divine sense. It was approximately the size of a small bedroom, and although it was still extremely primitive, he could already sense its connection to his physical body. He even felt that he could store certain items inside it, although he would need to experiment further to understand its full capabilities.

Suddenly, an immense surge of strength erupted throughout his body. The feedback from the newly formed world spread through his flesh, reinforcing his physique and defence.

Arthur immediately checked his attributes and discovered that he had not received any additional attribute points. Instead, his physique and defence had directly increased by 10,000 points each.

"Damn! Twenty thousand attribute points from creating just one small world?" Arthur exclaimed in disbelief. Although the improvement had been directly added to his physique and defence rather than appearing as unallocated attribute points, it was still an astonishing increase. With his Atomic Body Control, he could manipulate his physical attributes in ways that ordinary cultivators could never imagine.

His excitement grew as he realized that this was only the beginning. If every small world provided such benefits, the Thousand Worlds Technique could transform him into an absolute monster.

Arthur immediately continued cultivating, determined to create as many worlds as possible.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

Arthur finally opened his eyes and examined the results of his efforts. In just two days, he had successfully formed twenty small worlds within his body, consuming more than 200 million Divine Gold in the process. His treasury had once again been emptied, leaving him with practically nothing.

However, the results were worth the expense. His physique and defence had increased by approximately 500,000 attribute points combined, giving him a tremendous boost in overall strength.

What surprised Arthur most was that the improvement provided by each world was not fixed. The feedback became greater as he continued forming additional worlds, meaning that every new world could potentially provide more benefits than the previous one.