Chapter 1192 - 820: Power of the Flesh

Zhang Chen possesses a Golden Finger, and as long as a skill reaches the entry-level, upgrading it is merely a thought away for him. Especially now, after being close to the Queen Mother, Zhang Chen has picked up a large number of points from the Queen Mother and the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit (before subduing the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit). With a light tap on the skill interface, the Golden Finger interface changed:

[Name: Zhang Chen]

[Giant Heaven Opening (Four): 0/1000000000)]

In an instant, the skill upgraded to the fourth level, and Zhang Chen felt his flesh transform, as a warm flow emerged from his body, gathering in the Dantian and Sea of Qi, transforming into Divine Power.

"This is the Power of the Flesh! Pure Divine Power cultivated from the flesh, containing the Law of Power within it." Zhang Chen felt the power that emerged from his body, a trace of shock revealed in his eyes—the power in his flesh had birthed a pure Divine Power, and it was a power containing the Law of Power; this was quite remarkable.

"It’s akin to how the Fire Spirit wields Divine Power containing the Law of Fire, and the Water Spirit wields Divine Power containing the Law of Water. In contrast, when the flesh is cultivated to an extreme stage, it births Divine Power containing the Law of Power. This power is Divine Power, not Magical Power—it’s the same kind of power as the Divine Spirit!" Zhang Chen’s eyes revealed a gleam of amazement; indeed, the technique of Giant Heaven Opening was extraordinary.

Having mastered the Law of Power, his strength greatly increased. Although his flesh didn’t change, the Power of the Flesh multiplied countless times, enhancing his use of power.

For instance, previously, if Zhang Chen wanted to lift a mountain, with just the Power of the Flesh, the mountain might crumble due to its fragility. But now, having grasped the Law of Power, he can comprehend the mountain’s ’power’ structure, allowing him to lift the essence of the mountain, not just the part he grips.

Time swiftly passed, and after five years, Zhang Chen tapped the Golden Finger interface. The interface flashed, and Zhang Chen felt a warm flow through his body, undergoing some inexplicable change, with a desire to defy gravity and fly. In the next moment, the Divine Power within him circulated, and his body lightly vibrated, seemingly resonating with Heaven and Earth.

Then Zhang Chen’s body, as if devoid of gravity, slowly lifted, floating on the sacrificial altar before rapidly soaring through the void, producing a shock wave.

"Though the speed isn’t the fastest, it is absolutely not slow." Zhang Chen tested the power of Divine Power for a while, stood slowly on the altar, showing a contemplating posture toward understanding the remaining actions, continuing to comprehend the next move.

"What a wondrous technique Giant Heaven Opening is!" Zhang Chen’s heart was filled with inexpressible awe. Yet he didn’t continue upgrading because the entire Kunlun Mountain realm was under the control of the Queen Mother; Zhang Chen dared not instantly achieve Great Success with two moves—such would be too exaggerated.

As time passed slowly, in the blink of an eye, three years again flew by. One day, Divine Light suddenly flowed around Zhang Chen’s body, and his body inexplicably shrank from a ten-meter-tall Golden Armor giant to a one-meter-tall mischievous child. Then, after a tremor, it twisted and surged, transforming from one meter up to a hundred meters, drawing an endless gaze from onlookers.

"What a powerful feeling! As You Wish is not only about changing my body size, but even my strength continuously grows with my height, multiplying exponentially. As long as my Divine Power does not deplete, I can keep changing." A trace of unexplainable emotion showed in Zhang Chen’s eyes.

Then Zhang Chen slowly returned to his original size, standing and pondering: "The concept of As You Wish is a reinforced version of Heaven and Earth—Heaven and Earth can only increase size, but As You Wish can increase and decrease size."

"Moreover, As You Wish not only changes my size but can change the size of other things too—what an incredible Great Divine Technique." Zhang Chen looked toward a small mountain in the distance. In the next instant, he shot through the void, producing a shock wave, and arrived at the mountain.

That small mountain was a hundred meters tall. Zhang Chen extended a hand and grabbed the summit of the mountain.

Normally, the mountain’s peak would break off under Zhang Chen’s grip, but he applied force with both hands, beads of sweat popping from his forehead, and soon, a ground-shaking tremor ensued. Zhang Chen lifted the mountain entirely. With Divine Power circulating around him, the mountain shrank instantly into Zhang Chen’s palm, like a grain of rice.

"What an As You Wish!" Zhang Chen praised to himself; this Divine Technique is indeed marvelous.

"Lord has such a Divine Technique!"

"Lord possesses such skill!"

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In the distance, Powerful Warriors continually bragged about Zhang Chen, showering compliments upon him.

Hearing this, Zhang Chen smiled proudly, placed the mountain back to its place, concealed all his Divine Techniques, and flew back to the altar. He addressed the Powerful Warriors: "Do not get distracted, quickly finish your tasks so I may petition achievements to The Queen Mother for you."

Zhang Chen urged once, then picked up those eight copper rods and examined them closely before his eyes.

"These eight rods are not ordinary bronze, but celestial bronze, and they are refined from its essence." Zhang Chen held the rod in his hand, a gleam in his eye, as he closely examined it, seeing countless patterns and lines flowing on its surface.

Looking at those lines, Zhang Chen pondered: "This is an array, and it’s an innate array! Each rod has at least eight sets of innate arrays. Unfortunately, my Array Dao cultivation is shallow, and I can’t discern the mysteries of the array on this rod."

In his heart, he praised the Queen Mother’s unfathomable Dao practice. The Queen Mother could sacrificially refine eight sets of innate arrays onto a single bronze rod, which was simply a mastery of creation beyond Zhang Chen’s imagination.

"The Queen Mother’s strength far exceeded my expectations, it’s simply astonishing!" Zhang Chen muttered to himself and did not directly follow the Queen Mother’s instructions to seal the eight rods into the grand array, but instead held them in his hand to observe and comprehend; this was a rare opportunity for him.

In the past ten years, he used the pretext of practicing "Giant Heaven Opening" to secretly observe and comprehend the mysteries on these rods, but after ten years of insight, he only managed to obtain a sliver of essence and a glimpse of insight.

He could only say these eight rods were impressive, but what array these eight rods contained, he could not articulate, nor could he see any clear path.

"Eight rods, each rod with eight innate arrays, totaling sixty-four innate arrays. And these eight rods clearly constitute a set, so the array on these eight rods is also clearly a set, using sixty-four innate arrays to form an array. What does the Queen Mother intend to do?" Zhang Chen was somewhat puzzled, feeling that the Queen Mother seemed to be planning something big, and that the crisis on himself was also related to this matter.

"What exactly is intended to be done?" Zhang Chen pondered over and over, pondering for a long time without grasping the essentials, when a Golden Armor Divine General flew over from a distance: "Lord, what the powerful warriors below could do, has all been completed, the remaining critical parts await your personal intervention."

The Golden Armor Divine General referred to the critical nodes on the final grand altar array, where not a single error could occur; it was the most crucial part of the entire grand array.

"Such fast speed, much quicker than I anticipated." Zhang Chen praised.

The Golden Armor Divine General gave a bitter smile: "The lifespan of this batch of powerful warriors is nearing its end, if they could rush to complete early and receive the Queen Mother’s reward, perhaps everyone could hope to extend their lives."

Saying this, the Golden Armor Divine General looked at Zhang Chen eagerly; needless to say, even among the Golden Armor Divine Generals, many also had little lifespan remaining.

"I know! I will certainly complete the grand array within five years, and then request the Queen Mother to bestow rewards." Zhang Chen replied.

However, Zhang Chen felt in his heart that expecting the Queen Mother to bestow a Peach of Immortality on everyone was nearly impossible. Considering there were a hundred thousand powerful warriors here, even if the Queen Mother had a multitude of peaches, she couldn’t possibly squander them so freely, right?

However, thinking about the legendary mythical peach orchard—three thousand junior peach trees, three thousand intermediate peach trees, three thousand advanced peach trees—with each tree bearing fifty peaches, doesn’t seem much, right? It seems like the Queen Mother should have quite a plentiful supply of Peaches of Immortality, right?

Of course, myths are ultimately myths; whether there are indeed so many peach trees, Zhang Chen did not know.

"Thank you, Lord!" The Golden Armor Divine General was overjoyed upon hearing this, bowing deeply; "If you have any instructions, please tell me, we will surely assist you wholeheartedly."

Upon hearing the Golden Armor Divine General’s words, Zhang Chen’s lips curved into a smile: "The final key point is very intricate, not something you can handle. Instruct everyone to withdraw entirely, stay far from this altar, to prevent unexpected events on the day the altar is completed."

The Golden Armor Divine General heard and obeyed, thus began to drive away the powerful warriors, soon all the warriors were gone, leaving the altar deserted.

Zhang Chen held those eight copper rods, his eyes looking at the ’pillars’ standing at eight directions on the altar, those pillars standing on the thousand-mile altar, each one as thick as a hundred miles, like eight heaven-supporting pillars, seemingly piercing straight into the starry sky.

Zhang Chen came to the first pillar, looking at the innate patterns flowing on it, his eyes showed a bit of contemplation. The next moment, his divine power circulated, infusing into one of the bronze iron rods, then the bronze iron rod resonated with the pillar in some mysterious way, directly transforming into a stream of light flying onto the pillar. The next moment, the entire copper rod spread out like a liquid, quickly covering the entire pillar, then circled the whole altar.

As the liquid from the iron rod spread on the pillar, Zhang Chen already noticed something amiss. The innate grand array engraved on the iron rod was also slowly spreading on the altar, then penetrating and engraving into the pillar, merging with the entire pillar as one.

"I understand now, the altar I built is just the foundation, the true grand array setup is these eight iron rods!" Zhang Chen suddenly realized in his heart.