Chapter 398: Flipping Through the Ultimate Learning

After becoming a Controller, Meng Chuan arrived at the Pavilion of Stars. Li Guan, Qin Wu, and Luo Tang also came, and they began perusing the ancient texts.

"You haven't looked at the unique arts of the Pavilion of Stars yet?" Qin Wu asked with a smile.

"Once I obtained the Canghai School's techniques, my priority was to send them back to Yuanchu Mountain as quickly as possible," Meng Chuan replied. "Studying and thoroughly comprehending these unique arts isn't something that happens overnight, so I wasn't in a rush."

"I plan to gradually open the Pavilion of Stars, the War God Tower, and the Mind Sea Palace to the King Gods and Demons of Yuanchu Mountain," Li Guan said, perusing the texts beside them. "Of course, your name on the rankings of the War God Tower and the Mind Sea Palace must first be hidden by the guardian deities. It won't be too late to make it public once you become a Creation Realm Venerable and are completely fearless of the demon race."

Qin Wu, Luo Tang, and Meng Chuan all nodded in agreement.

"If you have no objections, then we'll proceed this way," Li Guan affirmed with a nod. "As for the unique arts of the Pavilion of Stars and the primordial spirit techniques of the Mind Sea Palace, we will continue to restrict access based on strength and contributions, following the old rules from the Cangyuan Sect era."

"Understood." These were long-standing rules, and quite lenient towards their own Gods and Demons.

"Alright, it's settled then. I know your minds are set on these unique arts," Li Guan said with a smile, then also began to focus on his reading.

The four Controllers first briefly scanned the unique arts collection before specifically finding the techniques relevant to their respective lineages.

"There are six unique arts belonging to the Thunder lineage," Meng Chuan murmured. He sat in a corner of the Pavilion of Stars, holding the original texts of these six arts before him. Five of them appeared as books, while one was a palm-sized crystal jade. Human predecessors created their unique arts using 'Black Iron Heavenly Books' because 'meteorite iron' was a more accessible material in the human world. In contrast, most unique arts obtained from the River of Spacetime were in the form of books with text and illustrations, with only a few being made from unusual materials.

"One Venerable-level unique art, three Emperor-level unique arts, and two Tribulation Realm-level unique arts," Meng Chuan's eyes gleamed. Very few Venerable-level unique arts were chosen by Ancestor Cangyuan to be included among the 'Ninety-Eight Unique Arts'. This particular Venerable-level unique art was called 'Golden Lotus Descending'.

"Although it's designated as a Venerable-level unique art, according to its description, the profound concepts it embodies are merely 'Grotto-Heaven Realm perfection'," Meng Chuan mused as he flipped through the art, his consciousness delving into it to receive the inheritance. "However, its incredibly refined application methods... grant this 'Golden Lotus Descending' truly terrifying power, making it a unique art with the potential to transcend realms and slay an Emperor."

'Golden Lotus Descending.'

It was a golden lotus, purely condensed from lightning. The incomparably dazzling lotus was the most radiant in the conceptual world, carrying magnificent might and exuding world-destroying power. It rotated slowly, each petal containing power that rotated and converged into the next, continuously accumulating. The more it rotated, the more terrifying its power became. Furthermore, it had two layers of petals, which slowly rotated in interwoven patterns, embodying endless Yin-Yang mysteries.

The rotating golden lotus descended, appearing slow, yet as it spun and fell, it twisted, crushed, and pierced through everything, allowing nothing to stand in its way. Even an entire world would be pierced through by it!

Meng Chuan couldn't help but recall the 'purple lightning' that tore through the River of Spacetime, the continuously expanding and exploding lightning tree, and the power that constantly ripped through space-time. If the 'purple lightning' was a naturally formed power of the River of Spacetime, then this rotating golden lotus... was more like a lightning tree condensed into a lotus, its power fully integrated, continuously twisting, crushing, and piercing. Its power continuously accumulated. The lotus's rotation was a convergence of power. Its might seemed to increase without limit.

"What a terrifying unique art," Meng Chuan thought to himself. "If the practitioner is allowed to fully unleash it, this move's power would continuously increase until it surpasses their own control. Even if an enemy tries to suppress it, this is still a unique art capable of fighting Emperors across realms. It even holds the potential to slay Emperors across realms. This is far more formidable than Senior Guo Ke's 'Heart Intent Blade,' no wonder Ancestor Cangyuan selected it."

"However, cultivation is extremely difficult. It's far more challenging than typical Venerable-level unique arts."

"I once depicted the fifteen forms of thunder. According to this art's description, it requires the perfect fusion of five forms — 'Form of Flashing Light,' 'Form of Life's Yin-Yang,' 'Form of Endless Destruction,' 'Form of United Destruction,' and 'Form of Void Destruction' — to fully master this technique," Meng Chuan mused. "The destructive aspects of the lightning lineage clearly dominate."

Meng Chuan then examined the three Emperor-level unique arts.

"'Thunderwalk,' 'Thunderfire Body Forging Technique,' and 'Dark Lightning' – these Emperor-level unique arts are all relatively unconventional," Meng Chuan observed, also acquiring their inheritances. "'Thunderwalk' is a movement technique; once mastered, one truly transforms into lightning, possessing speed comparable to actual lightning."

Meng Chuan clearly understood how terrifying that speed was. Even across the vastness of the human world, true lightning could traverse its entirety in an instant. Emperors could typically teleport thousands of *li*, but even teleporting thousands of *li* was insignificant compared to 'true lightning'. This is why Ancestor Cangyuan highly valued 'Thunderwalk' and included it in the Pavilion of Stars.

"'Thunderfire Body Forging Technique' – it's actually for cultivating the physical body? To train the body to be like an Emperor-level weapon? If cultivated to perfection, even without reaching the Tribulation Realm, its strength and defense would be comparable to a 'physical body at the Fifth Tribulation Realm', allowing an Emperor to fight across realms against a Fifth Tribulation Realm body?" Meng Chuan mused. "I truly didn't expect the lightning lineage to be able to cultivate such a formidable physical body." However, according to the inheritance description, thunderfire body forging also required cultivating the flame lineage, and each forging session placed a significant burden on the body. Achieving perfection was thus extremely difficult.

"'Dark Lightning' – once mastered, when activated, one would seemingly vanish from space-time, making it impossible for even ordinary Tribulation Realm mighty figures to locate."

After learning these three arts, Meng Chuan felt they were all unique techniques pushed to a certain extreme. Perhaps ordinary Emperor-level unique arts no longer caught Ancestor Cangyuan's attention.

"'Tribulation Realm-level unique arts'," Meng Chuan said, feeling a sense of relief after learning them. "These are more standard unique arts."

There were two Tribulation Realm-level unique arts in total. One was named 'Thunder Realm'. This unique art was for controlling the void; when cultivated to its peak, with a single thought, a hundred thousand *li* radius around oneself would transform into a Thunder Realm! The practitioner would be the 'master' of this Thunder Realm. Within this hundred thousand *li* Thunder Realm, even those who had mastered 'Dark Lightning', 'Thunderwalk', or 'Thunderfire Body Forging Technique' would become mere ants, utterly powerless to resist, easily crushed.

This unique art was created by a mighty figure at the physical body Sixth Tribulation Realm, who traversed the River of Spacetime relying on it. Their power was close to the Seventh Tribulation Realm. According to Ancestor Cangyuan's evaluation, this was a unique art that had mastered the 'void' to perfection.

The other was named 'Three Lives Blade'. This was a unique art from the lightning lineage that manipulated time. Although its creator died before perfecting the blade art, it was still a time-based unique art capable of threatening Seventh Tribulation Realm mighty figures.

Any system – fire, lightning, water... any aspect, when comprehended to its ultimate extent, leads to space-time. This is because everything originates from the 'River of Spacetime', which is the most fundamental power.

The void is more tangible, easier to approach, and easier to master. King Gods and Demons typically begin to gradually comprehend it, though reaching the perfected stage of 'Thunder Realm' is still immensely distant. Time, however, is more ethereal and far more challenging to control. Most Tribulation Realm-level unique arts are related to time and space, differing only in their initial approach. Both of Meng Chuan's Tribulation Realm-level unique arts used the lightning lineage as their entry point to control time and space.

"'Thunder Realm' and 'Three Lives Blade' are both orthodox unique arts, representing the ultimate direction of cultivation," Meng Chuan mused. "I need to spend more time on these two Tribulation Realm-level unique arts."