Reaper of the Martial World

Book 12: Chapter 6: Determined (3)

Dyon didn’t know what to say for a moment.

Maybe to Saru and Lilith, Junior was just him with a few extra memories. However, to Dyon himself, Junior was a brother he had come to know for over a hundred years. Watching him disappear just like that for the sake of perfecting his body left Dyon at such a loss that he didn’t react immediately to the change.

It was only after a moment, when the barriers to Junior’s mind almost perfectly fused with his own, did he understand that Junior had never been another person to begin with. But, had always been him…

Still, the bitter taste in his mouth remained.

Dyon didn’t spend much time philosophizing. However he couldn’t help but think… was every version of him really the same person? Was it different to get to know a ten year old version of himself versus a hundred year old version of himself? What about if this version of himself had more than a hundred years worth of memories and experiences that were completely separate to his own?

Unfortunately, Dyon didn’t have a chance to brood on this matter for very long, because he could immediately feel that his skeleton was being reforged by a dense black qi.

Death God Body had always been one of the top three defensive constitutions. However, unlike Titan Diamond Body which relied on flesh and diamond skin, or the Silver Mirror Constitution which relied on qi, the Death God Body reforged the bone into a deep black that made steel seem comparatively malleable.

This was precisely the reason why Orcus’ skeleton remained even so many trillions of years beyond his death, and why it was the perfect catalyst for Junior’s birth.

Now that Dyon’s body was changing once more, he had to take hold of this opportunity. Ironically, he would be using the Heaven’s help to break away from its existence.

In a state of awakening like this, Dyon’s body broke down into its most elementary pieces. It was now that his chance became the most optimal. It was simply impossible for him to continue thinking of Junior in such a state. If he wanted to honor Junior’s memory… Then he could only maximize this gift he left behind.

During this past half month, Dyon’s comprehension of fundamental runes had reached an astronomical level. He already believed that he could perfectly control every fundamental rune that constructed the mortal plane. In fact, if he had the time, he could rebuild a much better Inner World for himself.

However, at this moment, he turned all of that knowledge toward himself. What he wanted wasn’t the perfect refined body. That was impossible with his current strength and knowledge. But, what he could do was lay a malleable foundation that he could build upon in the future.

Dyon already had the perfect blue print: [Inner World: Sanctuary].

What made this the best technique of their world wasn’t only its great qi reserves or even its godly domain. Rather, it was its ability to improve a foundation one had already laid!

Dyon latched onto his small one-meter world, undergoing countless calculations a second.

Junior’s words hadn’t fallen on deaf ears. He had a constitution for his soul, his qi, and two for his body. At the same time, his mortal body was the perfect fusion of the three paths.

Thinking to this point, Dyon didn’t hesitate to make his Sovereign Flame infused Perfect Fusion Meridians as the foundation of it all.

He realized that his Titan Diamond Body was powerful, but it lacked versatility. Aside from crude power, it didn’t provide much else. However, Dyon remembered that before he reclaimed his energy cultivation talent, his Titan Diamond Body had been able to improve the robustness of his meridians. It was only after Luna helped him take back his talent that this effect disappeared. What if he combined his energy cultivation talent with the great defense of his Titan Diamond Body?

Dyon quickly broke down the fundamental runes, taking hold of his meridians and reconstructing them cell by cell to the point they shimmered like diamonds.

In these moments, Dyon inadvertently broke into the Fate Silk Realm. But, he was so focused on his task that he didn’t notice this subtle shift, nor the fact that when his body was once again fully constructed, that he would regain his normal appearance…

Dyon had no idea that the smoothness of this process was precisely related to the Fate stealing abilities of his Titan Diamond Body. His constitution was far from just the crude muscle brain he thought it was.

In his defense, Dyon had no idea that such a watershed moment could possibly cause such a small change. In addition, he had already shifted all of his focus to his Silver Mirror Constitution.

Not only did this constitution thicken his qi, but it also thickened the walls of his meridians.

This function may have seemed useless since Dyon already fused his Titan Diamond Body with his meridians, but this was far from the truth.

The Silver Mirror constitution required the movement of large amounts of qi in a short amount of time. By extension, thickening the walls of the meridians was only one part of what it did. Its true function was to widen the meridians.

Dyon homed in on his Titan Diamond Body to strengthen his meridians. But, in order to widen them to the extreme, only his Silver Mirror Constitution could do this.

Though Dyon’s inner world could store qi, not to mention the fact it was much smaller now than it had been in the past, his meridians ultimately acted as a bottleneck. He could swap qi from his inner world into his meridians, but it was ultimately his meridians that sustained his attack strength.

As such, the thicker his meridians, the stronger his attacks would be. If his meridians were on the thinner side, it didn’t matter how much qi he had in his inner world, there would be a limit to his strength.

However, there was an even deeper reason for all of this. Dyon didn’t just want to widen his meridians, but he also wanted to widen his blood vessels!

Unlike qi, there was no such thing as atmospheric vital qi. All of Dyon’s bodily strength came from within his body. His Titan Diamond Body helped in part, but it was called Titan Diamond Body for a reason. It was ultimately a defense constitution first and foremost.

Though this was also the case for his Silver Mirror Constitution, its widening of meridians had greater applicability as an auxiliary talent!

Like this, Dyon became to break down the fundamental runes of his Silver Mirror Constitution and apply the laws that should have only fused with his meridians to his blood vessels. He was determined to create a body that could one day surpass even those lucky bastards who were born directly into the Immortal Law Realm.