Chapter 948: Smelting
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

It wasn’t that Chen Fei was looked down upon; nowadays, no one within the Qiankun Mansion harbored such thoughts.

Having successfully fought beyond his rank, Chen Fei had already proven his talent, and he was certain to become a powerful cultivator in the Rule Integration Realm in the future.

However, talent also needed time to be converted. No matter how extraordinary one’s talent, some time was required for cultivation.

Compared to other prodigies, Chen Fei might have needed less time, but time was still required.

Moreover, with only about half a month left before the courtyard was changed, this period was too short.

In the cultivation room, Chen Fei had already stabilized his realm firmly in the mid-level of the Sun Moon Realm.

Powerful forces surged violently within his body, and the humming sound resembled an ocean contained within Chen Fei.

Cultivation in the mid-level of the Sun Moon Realm involved continuously refining the established Heavenly Pillar and condensing a new Divine Power Seed.

To transform the new Divine Power Seed into a complete divine power, and when the Heavenly Pillar also reached its critical point, using the second divine power to strike the Heavenly Pillar would elevate it to a higher level.

A complete Divine Power would then be generated, leading to advancement to the late stage of the Sun Moon Realm.

At that moment, as Chen Fei continuously operated the Desolate Slaughter Night Star Sword, a new point of light appeared outside the Heavenly Pillar, representing the Divine Power Seed.

Previously, the Desolate Thunder Night Star Sword had the second divine power as a recovery-type power, and the third divine power would enhance physical strength.

However, a recent conversation with Jiang Chengji in the treasure trove had caused Chen Fei to rethink his approach.

The outrageous characteristic of the Indestructible Vision allowed Chen Fei more choices.

Therefore, the new Desolate Slaughter Night Star Sword’s second and third divine powers would all focus on enhancing physical strength, preparing for the future control of the rules’ fragments.

As the light point beside the Heavenly Pillar grew brighter, the second divine power was about to condense.

Suddenly, a ripple appeared outside Chen Fei’s body. Sensing the information within the ripple, Chen Fei was momentarily stunned.

Breaking through the void, seeking divine powers!

A rare method of condensing divine powers appeared before Chen Fei.

In the Sun Moon Realm, the first divine power was formed by combining various talents from the Mountain Sea Realm.

The second and third divine powers were forcibly condensed from the world’s vital energy according to each cultivation method.

The subsequent cultivation of divine powers involved continuously perceiving their characteristics from the world’s vital energy and cultivation methods to strengthen and evolve them.

This was the most orthodox method for condensing divine powers, and nearly all Sun Moon Realm cultivators practiced this way.

Naturally, where there was orthodoxy, there were also some unorthodox methods, such as plundering others’ divine powers and planting them into one’s own body, which was one such method.

Another method was directly using rare materials as the power source for the Divine Power Seed.

Compared to the orthodox method, these unorthodox methods had many limitations and even defects, so very few Sun Moon Realm cultivators actually used them.

Aside from these methods, there was an extremely rare way to condense divine powers—breaking into the void to gather rule fragments and condense divine powers.

However, this method was rarely seen among humans and was only available to some powerful races.

The reason was simple: the resonance between humans and the void was very low.

The human race was a species with neither significant flaws nor outstanding characteristics.

Therefore, the resonance with the void had nothing to do with humans, and naturally, occurrences like breaking into the void to collect rule fragments did not happen.

Chen Fei knew about this because records of such occurrences were included in the six Emperor’s legacy texts, including the Desolate Soul Sutra.

Although humans had a very low resonance with the void, nearly nonexistent, with the large population, there were always some prodigies who differed from others.

These prodigies would encounter such situations when condensing their second and third divine powers.

Now, as Chen Fei was condensing the second divine power seed, this special situation had also emerged.

“Is it the spatial characteristic of the Indestructible Vision?”

A thought crossed Chen Fei’s mind. If there was something that set Chen Fei apart from other humans, it was probably this.

Additionally, the alien talents he had chosen, such as the Heaven’s Overlord Blood, likely played a role as well.

Chen Fei couldn’t determine the exact cause, but there was no need to delve into it. Since this opportunity had appeared, it was best to take it directly.

Compared to the traditional method of condensing divine powers, the method of directly breaking into the void to collect rule fragments for divine power was far superior in both its pioneering and growth potential.

The Desolate Slaughter Night Star Sword was incredibly strong; claiming it to be the best among the human’s fifth-tier cultivation legacies was not far off.

However, this claim was truly limited to within the human race.

The divine powers condensed in this way were powerful, but their boundaries were visible. In contrast, collecting rule fragments from the void offered limitless possibilities.

Moreover, breaking into the void and confronting various rule fragments allowed Chen Fei to clearly perceive how rules functioned even in the mid-level of the Sun Moon Realm.

Others only had such opportunities at the peak of the Sun Moon Realm.

Chen Fei’s soul began to rise, feeling somewhat reminiscent of his previous experience seeking talents in the void, though with significant differences in specifics.

In the next moment, Chen Fei’s soul dove abruptly, carrying the divine power of the Indestructible Vision, crashing into the void ripple.

Instantly, everything before Chen Fei went black.

The darkness seemed endless, with no knowledge of its duration or when it would end.

In the boundless solitude, time lost all meaning, and even the concept of self began to blur.

“Buzz!”

Chen Fei’s soul suddenly jolted, with the divine power of Indestructible Vision shining brightly, awakening his soul.

At the same time, as Indestructible Vision adapted to the void, light began to appear before Chen Fei’s eyes, and fragments like stars flashed in the distance.

These fragments, particle by particle, seemed to contain the ultimate principles of the world, making one unable to resist sinking into them upon a single glance.

Rule dust, not even considered rule fragments, was a fundamental component of rules and was just right for condensing divine powers.

Chen Fei’s figure flickered as he flew toward the rule dust ahead.

But just after flying a short distance, Chen Fei’s brow involuntarily furrowed.

Here, the consumption of his soul reached an astonishing level.

When stationary, the soul consumption was already quite dramatic, and Chen Fei thought that was the highest consumption possible.

However, as he flew, Chen Fei realized that the consumption was even greater.

“With this level of soul consumption, how could those alien races withstand it?” Chen Fei couldn’t help but feel doubtful.

Of course, it was also possible that the characteristics of other races were more attuned to the void, so the consumption might not be as extreme.

With no way to ascertain the answer, Chen Fei tried to use the Indestructible Vision to convert his vitality and spirit into his soul.

If there was any advantage he had, it was this.

Yet, it seemed that the soul faced a significant barrier in the void. Even with the Indestructible Vision as a link, only a small portion of the converted soul reached the void to replenish Chen Fei.

Nevertheless, this replenishment prevented Chen Fei’s soul from rapidly declining and instead caused it to drop at a more manageable rate.

Without wasting time, Chen Fei quickly reached the rule dust and grasped one of the particles.

The rule dust conveyed a segment of information.

The information was not complex; most of it was related to power, and besides power, a small portion contained information entangled with other elements.

Chen Fei attempted to analyze the parts he didn’t fully understand, but his soul began to deplete rapidly, forcing him to halt the analysis.

Chen Fei hadn’t anticipated that analyzing this information would require additional soul consumption.

“In the rule dust, it turns out there isn’t a single pure rule. No wonder every divine power has primary and secondary characteristics.”

Chen Fei felt a flash of realization, but his brow furrowed once again.

If such tiny rule dust contained impure information, was it any wonder that refining a complete rule in the Rule Integration Realm was so difficult?

Chen Fei recalled Jiang Chengji’s previous words and began to understand why many people stalled at a certain stage in the Rule Integration Realm and couldn’t make the next step.

Especially in the late Rule Integration Realm, where only a little remained to reach the Emperor’s Realm and control a complete rule, yet they were always unable to cross that threshold.

Previously, Chen Fei had thought there must be significant obstacles blocking these powerful cultivators.

Now it seemed that a major reason was likely that these cultivators needed to eliminate the information that didn’t belong to their rules from the rules they controlled.

In other words, they had to separate out the subtle impurities in the rules.

However, these were issues related to the Rule Integration Realm and had little to do with Chen Fei at present.

The mixed information in the rule dust didn’t affect the condensation of divine powers; Chen Fei only needed to focus on the parts predominantly related to power.

Chen Fei held the rule dust and tried to integrate it into his soul.

The method of forging divine powers in the void was to incorporate rule dust into the soul, then return to reality and use the learned techniques to condense the divine powers.

At this moment, Chen Fei integrated the dust into his soul not because he had immediately identified this particular rule dust, but to see how many rule dust particles his soul could currently accommodate.

Divine powers were manifestations of rules, so naturally, the more rule content there was, the stronger the divine power. This was a simple principle.

The reason divine powers forged in the void could be stronger was that they could accommodate more rule dust.

As this rule dust merged into Chen Fei’s soul, his soul sank heavily.

It wasn’t that the amount of soul was consumed, but rather that the essence of his soul felt weighed down.

If this heaviness prevented movement, it indicated that the rule dust exceeded his tolerance.

The Indestructible Vision was already operating to convert Chen Fei’s soul.

At this moment, with the essence of the soul feeling heavy, the speed of the Indestructible Vision’s operation increased sharply, reaching a certain peak.

The change was that Chen Fei felt his soul essence become much lighter.

Quantitatively, it was at least half lighter.