Chapter 396 153: Complete Destiny

As Sophie fell into an evolutionary slumber, Chen Yu turned his gaze to the pure gold box.

He opened the box, and a dazzling Divine Spirit Pearl met his eyes.

A supreme-grade Divine Spirit Pearl.

Compared to ordinary Divine Spirit Pearls, a supreme-grade one possessed not only more powerful energy but also another crucial element.

Divine Material!

The most important thing in advancing from a Ninth Level to a True God was Divine Material.

Divine Material was the key to ascending to godhood.

The more Divine Material one absorbed, the closer one came to godhood.

Divine Material was also essential for condensing a Divine Origin.

Even for a True God, Divine Spirit Pearls were a precious resource.

Ordinary Divine Spirit Pearls contained less Divine Material, and the amount varied between different grades.

It wasn't just the Human Race that used Divine Spirit Pearls for cultivation in the vast universe.

All of the Ten Thousand Races in the universe used them.

Even True Gods still needed Divine Spirit Pearls.

When a True God's Divine Origin was depleted, it could only be restored with the Divine Material from Divine Spirit Pearls.

Divine Spirit Pearls were also a form of "currency" among the Ten Thousand Races of the universe!

Anywhere among the Ten Thousand Races, Divine Spirit Pearls were universally accepted.

They were the only irreplaceable currency!

After taking inventory of the Divine Spirit Pearls, Chen Yu sorted them and put them away.

He then took out a Divine Spirit Pearl to absorb.

Once a Martial Artist reached the Ninth Level, they could absorb Divine Spirit Pearls, and this wasn't his first time.

After swallowing a Divine Spirit Pearl, Chen Yu's gaze landed on a book inside the gold box.

This was the complete version of the Celestial Destiny Skill!

Profound and extraordinary!

Only after reaching the ninth level of the skill could one cultivate its next stage.

Chen Yu picked up the book on the Celestial Destiny Skill and began to flip through it.

The complete Celestial Destiny Skill was composed of thirty-six layers.

With each of the thirty-six layers, the changes were immense.

The higher one's level in the Celestial Destiny Skill, the faster one's cultivation. More importantly, it also increased the speed at which one could absorb Divine Material.

'...This... I can't understand it at all.'

After reading through it once, Chen Yu discovered a major problem.

He couldn't make heads or tails of this thing.

At his current level, he could only comprehend up to the eighteenth layer of the Celestial Destiny Skill. Anything beyond that was completely incomprehensible, like reading a celestial script.

He recognized the individual words, but he couldn't understand them when they were strung together.

'In other words, to understand anything past the eighteenth layer, I'd probably have to become a True God...'

The thought flashed through Chen Yu's mind.

'Eighteen layers it is, then. It's still a long way off, anyway.'

Settling his mind, Chen Yu focused on studying the first eighteen layers.

He studied it for several hours.

By the time Chen Yu snapped out of his focus, the sky outside had already grown dark.

Night had fallen, and a river of stars hung suspended in the sky.

'If you don't have the talent, you won't understand it even if it's handed to you...'

At that moment, Chen Yu understood why the higher-ups didn't release the complete Celestial Destiny Skill to the students at the Superpower Academy.

He had cultivated the Celestial Destiny Skill to the ninth layer, and even then, he could barely comprehend the first eighteen.

If this were given to a new student, it would be completely indecipherable.

If your level wasn't high enough, it was useless to even look at it.

You could understand the words, but grasping the profound mysteries within them was another matter entirely.

KNOCK KNOCK!

Just then, a knock sounded at his door.

"Brother Yu."

A voice called from outside. Chen Yu gazed toward the entrance.

His Force Field sense told him Dongfang Yao was standing right outside.

Chen Yu immediately stood up, walked over, and opened the door.

Standing at the door was Dongfang Yao, dressed in a youthful short-sleeved shirt and a pair of jeans that accentuated her perfect figure.

She carried a faint, pleasant fragrance, as if she had just gotten out of the shower.

"What's up? Is something the matter?" Chen Yu asked, looking at Dongfang Yao.

Dongfang Yao said with a radiant smile, "A few of us were talking about going out for a walk. Want to come with? The nights in the Ancient City are much more relaxing than on Ancestor Star."

"...Alright."

Chen Yu nodded, not seeing any reason to refuse.

After all, he had spent the last half-year on the Stellar Battlefield with his nerves stretched taut, never daring to relax for even a moment.

Now that he was back in the Ancient City, he could afford to unwind.

It was all about a healthy work-life balance!

When it was time to relax, you had to relax.

He had nothing else planned for the next few days anyway.

Besides, he wanted to see the sights of the Ancient City.

——

The group gathered in the villa's main hall, then headed out of the manor.

"By the way, let me ask you something," Chen Yu said as they walked. "How much of the Celestial Destiny Skill can you guys understand?"

"That thing's a bit complicated. I can only understand the first thirty layers. I really can't make sense of what comes after," Jiang Can said as they walked.

"I'm about the same. I can understand thirty-two layers," Nangong Ba added with a nod.

Dongfang Yao said, "Same here. I can only understand up to layer thirty."

"Brother Yu, you're so incredible. You must have understood all of it, right?" Dongfang Yao asked with a radiant smile.

Nangong Ba and Jiang Can also turned to look at him.

Chen Yu: "..."

"Ahem, well, I'm about the same. I didn't get all of it either," Chen Yu said after a slight cough.

"If you understood all thirty-six layers, you'd probably already be a True God," Jiang Can lamented.

"Sigh, we still have a long way to go," Nangong Ba sighed as well.

Chen Yu: "..."

'You guys can understand thirty f*cking layers and you're still sighing? What the hell is there to sigh about!'

Chen Yu said nothing.

He didn't want to talk anymore.

These guys were absolute monsters.

'I thought understanding eighteen layers would put me at the top.'

'But now, compared to them... damn. Turns out I'm the clown here...'

However, Chen Yu wasn't discouraged.

His cultivation level was still quite a bit lower than theirs.

He had only just reached Mid-level Nine.

Meanwhile, Dongfang Yao was already Late-stage Nine, and even nearing the peak.

As for Nangong Ba and Jiang Can, they had stepped into the Ninth Level Peak long ago.

They had likely already started their push toward the True God realm.

It wasn't strange that they could comprehend more of the Celestial Destiny Skill, given their higher cultivation levels.

After all, the higher one's cultivation level, the more deeply one could comprehend the Celestial Destiny Skill.

——

The group chatted as they walked, and soon they had left the manor.

Although the rules advised them not to leave the manor, it was fine as long as they didn't leave the Starry Sky Ancient City.

Walking down the street, they saw many people strolling and chatting on both sides of the road.

The Starry Sky Ancient City didn't actually look that different from the cities in the Human Race World.

The only difference was its location on the Stellar Battlefield.

Unlike other places, there was no such thing as absolute safety on the Stellar Battlefield. Even the main base could come under attack.

Of course, the probability of that was much lower.

After walking for a while, the group arrived at the nearest river.

This was no ordinary river—it was a river of stars!

In the darkness of night, it bloomed with starlight, a breathtakingly beautiful sight!

It was an artificial river of stars that ran through the entire Starry Sky Ancient City.

Viewed from the sky above, it looked like a band of life encircling the Starry Sky Ancient City.

At night, many people flocked to the banks of the stellar river, and a bustling commercial district had formed around it.

The group found a spot, ordered cups of the Ancient City's specialty Star Tea, and sat down to enjoy the cool breeze and admire the beautiful stellar river.

"Do you guys know the origin of this stellar river?" Jiang Can asked, taking a sip of his Star Tea.

The others shook their heads. Jiang Can smiled. "I do."

"This river was created by a True God who crushed a star and forged the resulting stardust into a river. That's why it looks like it's made of starlight."

"Unfortunately, that True God met with a mishap. He was bewitched by the Succubus Demon Emperor of the Succubus Race."

"Hm?"

Hearing this, Chen Yu was instantly reminded of the group from the Succubus Race he had encountered before.