novelraw Chapter 1116 - 816: Four Ability Types
Chapter 1116 - 816: Four Ability Types
Yan Jinjin explained to Li Zheng the wonders of the Formless Body and also mentioned a few other extraordinary physiques that were slightly less magical.
For instance, Zhan Zhouzhou’s Celestial Sword Dao Body, which is renowned alongside the Overlord Blade Body. Both of these enhance one’s understanding of a particular Dao, and as long as cultivation proceeds without mishap, these individuals are unmatched among their peers.
"My lord, through extensive research over these days, I discovered some things that even Professor Renae hadn’t noticed," Yan Jinjin whispered. "Currently, all the known and recorded Genetic Abilities are nearly all related to physics, chemistry, and mathematics. Based on these characteristics, I have roughly classified Genetic Abilities into several categories."
Yan Jinjin sorted out his wording, trying to free his mind from the concepts of Immortal Cultivation: "The first type is called the ’Elemental System’. This ability encompasses a wide range, including the manipulation of fire, water, ice, and even lightning, light, and shadow."
"The second is called the ’Materialization System’. The abilities in this category often require the use of known materials to be effective, such as controlling rocks to strike or metal to kill, similar to the Artifact Cultivators from my hometown. Their combat ability is directly proportional to the strength of the objects they control, the stronger the object, the stronger the battle power."
"The third is the ’Specialization System’. These abilities are quite special, with a variety much broader than the Elemental System. Though they offer little direct combat enhancement, they possess all sorts of wondrous effects that can even affect... fate."
"The fourth is the ’Enhancement System’. Abilities in this category rarely manifest externally, primarily strengthening oneself. This could mean becoming stronger, or more robust, and so on."
"The abilities you currently possess mostly belong to the first category, the ’Elemental System’, related to fire, ice, electricity, and such. There are also two abilities that should count as ’Specialization System’ and ’Enhancement System’, though I haven’t specifically researched their effects so it’s unclear what these abilities are."
Yan Jinjin spoke eloquently, showing no trace of being an ignorant cultivator just a short time ago. For those who didn’t know him, they might think this was a researcher with at least thirty years’ experience in a laboratory.
"I know about the Elemental System, Ice and Fire Attachment, Explosion, and Shaping. The Specialization System should be Extreme Isolation, but what is the ability of the Enhancement System?" Li Zheng tilted his head, wondering when he had acquired an ability purely for strengthening his body.
His Spiritual Power delved inward, carefully counting, and indeed there was an additional pattern, resembling a strange human figure with exaggerated horns.
"Hmm, looks familiar." Li Zheng thought carefully and remembered.
Wasn’t this the long-unused Frenzied Power Demon Incarnation?
Due to its inconvenience in movement after transformation, he’d grown too lazy to use it.
After all, with his enhanced physique, the difference it made wasn’t significant.
In certain environments, it even reduced his combat effectiveness.
Even in his "entering the Dao" state, this ability was of no value.
Thinking about it, it seemed this Abyss Demon Race-derived ability had no future potential, so Li Zheng simply erased it, freeing up a Level base for installing other abilities.
"According to the terminal, the ability linked with the Middle Dantian is the ’Source’, now that the Source is established, has this new system become fully formed?" Li Zheng asked Yan Jinjin, "Compared to your Immortal Cultivation Technique, is anything still missing?"
"To answer my lord," Yan Jinjin replied, "It’s only half-formed. The path to advancement in the way of Immortal Cultivation involves qualitative change, but this Genetic path seems to focus solely on refining Genetic Abilities. Perhaps the more complete the Genetic Base within, the more unified and pure the types of abilities, eventually mastering a path of Heavenly Dao."
"Heavenly Dao?" Li Zheng wasn’t quite sure about this concept: "For example?"
"For instance, gathering all branches of fire’s characteristics, merging the essence of fire in the universe within oneself," Yan Jinjin said, "by then, with a wave of your hand, you could annihilate worlds!"
Annihilate worlds with a wave of a hand?
Li Zheng thought something seemed exaggerated about Yan Jinjin’s words.
Even with such power, his Genetic Force would not sustain it. With his current strength at Level sixty-four, he’d be lucky to use his Explosive Ability to blow up a small mountain.
Even this was Li Zheng being optimistic.
Seeing Li Zheng’s disbelief, Yan Jinjin asked, "My lord, how many complete Genetic Bases do you think you can accommodate within your body?"
Li Zheng estimated silently, "A hundred thousand?"
The genetic patterns distributed between cells weren’t much larger than the cells themselves.
"No," Yan Jinjin said, "at least a million!"
A million?
Li Zheng was stunned: "If my body could accommodate that many, why didn’t I fill it engravings after entering the Dao... wait!"
A thought flashed in his mind: "Though there’s space in the body, the limit for accommodating complete bases is determined by body strength. The stronger the body, the more it can accommodate?"
"Precisely!" Yan Jinjin nodded, saying, "As long as my lord finds a way to continuously increase body strength, one day you can fill your entire body with complete bases, leading to a potential qualitative change!"
"But one thing is certain, by that step, your strength would be world-ending, and the Genetic path would be more of an embellishment."
This was akin to the Body Refining from Yan Jinjin’s world, which combined Body Refining and Qi Refining.
Body Refining involved infinitely enhancing body strength, facing Qi Cultivators’ Magical Treasures head-on, and attaining sanctity of the flesh to prove the Dao with power.
A Body Cultivator relied solely on the body in battle, unlike Qi Cultivators, who could use various Divine Techniques and Techniques or control Magical Treasures.
So initially, Body Cultivators were weak.
But the higher the realm, the stronger the Body Cultivators became.
When everyone was in the Primordial Spirit Realm, a Body Cultivator could take down several Qi Cultivators, remaining unscathed afterward.
Yes, Body Cultivators also have a Primordial Spirit.
For in Yan Jinjin’s world, both Body Cultivators and Qi Cultivators ultimately refined the spirit, just using different methods.
The Genetic path Yan Jinjin and his peers developed combined features of Body Cultivators and Qi Cultivators, lacking a means for spirit refinement, requiring synchronization with Li Zheng’s method of condensing Spiritual Power Nodes for cultivation.
Li Zheng pondered for a moment, then said, "Help me filter out all the patterns related to Ice and Fire, I want to try out the method you said."
"Yes!"
Yan Jinjin bowed and turned, passing through the Spiritual Barrier to transcribe the related patterns from the central repository holding all the patterns.
Actually, there was a simpler method, by using external measures to directly infuse patterns into Li Zheng’s body, avoiding the hassle of self-engraving.
However, with Li Zheng’s Formless Body providing "entering the Dao" assistance, engraving himself led directly to the optimal state, while external engraving required another "entering the Dao" for optimization.