1382: Instead

Instead

However, there was one very important caveat to the use of this technique. It could only be used by those with the Rebirth Flame. If one attempted to use it without those unique flames, all that awaited you was death! 2

It was likely because they knew this that the Fire Phoenix Clan didn't keep a tight lid on this technique. Dyon laughed as he read about how Orcus got swindled into trading his comprehension of the Death Dao for this technique, only to realize he couldn't use it even if he wanted to.

At the time, Orcus was worried the Elves would interfere with his Higher Existence tribulation, so he wanted to skip the tribulation entirely if he could. He had always heard that the Fire Phoenix Clan had an exaggeratedly high success rate, so he went to them with some offerings. Since they were both Flame Bird Clans, they had a fairly good relationship to begin with.

Still, none of this mattered now. Madeleine ended up benefitting greatly!

Those with weaker talents in the Fire Phoenix Clan usually used this technique after entering the celestial realm. With one use, they could jump from the Lower Celestial Realm to the Peak Celestial Realm. With a second use they could enter the dao realm. And with their last use they could enter the middle dao realm!

Essentially, you were practically guaranteed to become a decent dao expert as long as you entered the celestial realm.

For those who were slightly more talented, they would wait until they became dao experts first, then enter the peak dao realm with their three attempts.

In the end, only the most talented cultivated to the peak dao realm under their own power before entering the Half-Step Transcendent realm in one step!

The best part about this technique was that there were no side effects. There was no drop off in strength or a penalty of cultivation. The only thing that would be lacking was comprehension, but that could be slowly fixed over time.

However, even that wasn't a big deal. Reason being was that after using this technique, a person's comprehension of Rebirth would skyrocket and they would grasp a key understanding of the cycle of life and Samsara. If one held back and entered the Half-Step dao realm in one swoop, there was even an incredibly small chance they could advance their Reincarnation Dao into a Law!

The only limitations Dyon hadn't spoken of was the comprehension of Reincarnation that was necessary. In order to advance into the Higher Existence realm in one fell swoop, a 7th ranked Reincarnation Dao was needed.

Dyon smiled in excitement, not for himself, but for Madeleine. Because the Fire Phoenix Clan felt bad about swindling Orcus, they left their comprehension of reincarnation as well. Since Orcus' lineage was connected to the Sovereign Flame, they thought he had a chance of one day finding an unclaimed rebirth flame. With this, both of Madeleine's problems had been solved.

Finally, there were only four techniques left.

One was [Shadow Escape], a fused movement and defensive technique of the middle divine grade. The next was [Lord Creator], a mystical grade corpse refinement technique. The third was a high divine grade cultivation technique, [Demonic Lore]. And the last was a technique that intrigued Dyon. It was a Dual Cultivation technique titled [Death's Melody].

Unfortunately, even after going through all of the techniques, Dyon didn't find what he was looking for. He was hoping that the remaining portions of [Soul Aid] were hidden away here, but unfortunately, they weren't. Dyon could only hope to find some clues in the future.

[Shadow Escape] wasn't a technique Dyon was very interested in, but he planned to give it to his clone to learn. This technique was the first of what could be considered Orcus' true legacy. The rest had been the remnants of either his or another clan, but this was the first technique that relied on his uniqueness as the wielder of the Death God Body.

This technique allowed the body to turn ethereal like a shadow. Once that happened, a large percentage of an opponent's damage would fail to land properly.

The second aspect of this movement technique was its movement. As a middle divine grade technique, it obviously provided incredibly swift movement. By using the same concepts that its defensive aspect did, it turned the body into a shadow. By doing this, one's movement would become far light and more flexible.

[Lord Creator] was the third mystical grade technique here. The first being [Sun God Body] and the second being [Reincarnation of Heaven's Staircase].

Dyon couldn't help but sigh as he read through the technique. Despite having such a technique, Orcus was still unable to form a Higher Existence puppet. The difficulty could be seen.

This [Lord Creator] technique actually had an ironic name. While the entities many worshipped as God turned inanimate objects into flesh, this technique's greatest ability was the exact opposite: to turn flesh into an inanimate object.

A wielder of this technique could refine fleshly vitality into hard, black bones that explosively increased the strength of their puppets. This also meant that the more a corpse killed, the stronger they became as they could absorb the vitality of those they slaughtered to grow stronger.

This made Dyon wonder… Just why hadn't Orcus slayed some Higher Existences for his puppets to consume. That would have surely broken the bottleneck.

But after he thought this, he laughed at himself for having such a stupid idea. How could killing a higher existence be so easy? To make matters worse, Orcus was injured during his trial, so he was somewhat weaker than the peak-most higher existences were. Even if he picked on those weaker than himself, since when were individuals who had lived for millions of years so easy to fool?

Dyon suddenly thought of the corpses of Elder Daiyu and Ancestor Daiyu. Ancestor Daiyu had burned his soul and infused it all into his flesh, giving him an aura very close to the Higher Existence realm. At first, Dyon wanted to wait to grow more powerful himself before using them, but it seemed like a better idea to hand them over to his clone instead…

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