tkworld Chapter 424 The Three Great Inheritances and the Dissipation of the Broken East River
Chapter 424 The Three Great Inheritances and the Dissipation of the Broken East River
Chapter 424 The Three Great Inheritances and the Dissipation of the Broken East River
The island in the middle of the lake is where the legacy of the Duan Dong River is passed down.
The surrounding area is an endless lake, with the only island in the middle. On the island is a wooden house, and in front of the house is a pond.
The two arrived at the pond. Chen Yuan looked down at the pond and saw three black pebbles floating on the surface of the water.
Based on the information he obtained from the original work, he knew clearly that these three stones were the core inheritance of Duan Donghe, containing the contents of the inheritance secrets.
As expected, Duan Donghe explained the effects of the "Memory Stone" to Chen Yuan. Simply put, it is a tool for storing information, somewhat similar to the Heavenly Soul Crystal that carried the Nine Tribulations Secret Scripture back then.
The three memory stones floating on the pond contain the three core inheritances of the Broken East River: Broken, East, and River, which are the Destruction, East Flower, and Undying River.
"Severance": A secret technique that burns divine power, which can make power burst out a hundred times, a thousand times or even ten thousand times in a short period of time.
"Donghua": A secret flying technique, extremely fast and capable of penetrating layers of space, making it an excellent means of survival.
"River of Immortality": A rebirth-type secret technique. This technique has little effect on those below the True God level, but mainly enhances the survival ability of those above the True God level.
These three core inheritances, which is the origin of the name of the Duan Donghe lineage, can be used from the Lord of the Universe all the way to the God King realm. They are undoubtedly three God King-level inheritances.
Of course, the higher Chen Yuan's realm, the smaller the advantage brought by the Duan Donghe inheritance becomes. Before the Chaos Dominator, these three inheritances were exceptionally powerful, but at the Chaos level, they became somewhat ordinary.
As for reaching the God-King level? It's nothing special. After all, the strongest third-generation patriarch of Duan Donghe was only at the first level of God-King, which was comparable to the strength of Master Zuoshanke in his previous life.
However, in the Cosmic Sea, the Broken East River inheritance is an absolutely top-tier inheritance. After all, even the Lord of the Universe and the True God don't need such a good secret technique. The power of the three secret techniques, Broken, East, and River, is definitely sufficient.
Half a day later, with the help of Irene's computing power, Chen Yuan finally fully absorbed the contents of the three secret techniques. However, he could only recall up to the True God limit stage, and he could not recall anything beyond the True God stage.
Chen Yuan was not surprised, after all, there were supreme rules restricting the disclosure of details above the level of a true god within the scope of the universe sea.
But he wasn't disappointed, because there was an optimization system that allowed him to bypass the rules and obtain subsequent information.
Even if he can't recall the subsequent inheritance, the knowledge is actually all in his mind, just blocked out.
In fact, the information in his mind has been collected into the database by the system and can be optimized at any time.
With the system's intervention, Chen Yuan was able to bypass the rules and obtain the subsequent content.
After all, the rules can only block information he gets from the outside world.
Otherwise, he would never have been able to recall any information about the Origin Continent, and neither would Master Zuoshanke and Duan Donghe have remembered anything about the Origin Continent.
This shows that rules do not actively block information that is already in one's memory; they simply prohibit its disclosure.
Therefore, after he optimizes the Duan Donghe inheritance through the system, the secret techniques he extracts will be complete because the system is not affected by the supreme rules.
Just like the Eternal True God-level Virtual Universe Secret Technique that he optimized.
Back to the topic.
After Chen Yuan absorbed the information from the three core inheritances, although he could not see the content after True God for the time being, just looking at the part below True God was enough to prove Duan Donghe's power.
For example, "Severance" is a secret technique for burning divine power. It should be noted that burning divine power is not particularly rare; almost everyone, from immortals to true gods, knows how to do it.
However, although both involve burning divine power, the method described in "Severance" is far more intense than the normal one.
For ordinary cultivators, the time it takes to burn divine power varies depending on the size of their divine body, but there is a general range, usually between tens of seconds and a few minutes.
However, if one cultivates the explosive method of "Severance", then the time for burning divine power will be shortened to three seconds!
If the power of tens or even minutes is concentrated and unleashed within three seconds, then the upper limit of its explosive power will be increased tenfold or a hundredfold—and this is relative to the normal burning of divine power.
Compared to normal conditions, within three seconds of using "Severance", one's basic strength will instantly increase by more than a hundred times!
Moreover, the more proficient one is in this secret technique, the greater the power that can be unleashed.
In fact, the first three volumes of "Severance" that Chen Yuan saw alone recorded that if a True God or below mastered the first volume, their divine power could be increased a hundredfold.
The second volume grants a thousandfold increase in power, while the third volume grants a ten-thousandfold increase!
In other words, as long as Chen Yuan masters the first volume of "Severance", the power he unleashes will be comparable to that of a fully-fledged True God.
In the cosmic sea where everyone limits their highest level of divine power, Chen Yuan's basic strength will be ten times stronger than others when burning divine power, because the increase from burning divine power is only ten times.
If he were to master the second or even third volume on this basis, he would be absolutely invincible in the Cosmic Sea. Even a World Beast King, as long as he had not entered the growth stage, would not be his match.
Apart from "Severance", the other two inheritances do not enhance direct combat capabilities.
Among them, "Donghua" represents absolute speed and ignoring spatial blockade, but it is more inclined to escape.
To be honest, this secret technique wasn't that useful for Chen Yuan, because escaping was always Chen Yuan's strongest advantage due to the optimized spatial teleportation.
Therefore, although Chen Yuan also practiced the Donghua Secret Technique, he tended to study the secret runes within it more.
He discovered that it contained many spacetime-related runes, and that these two attributes accounted for a significant proportion of the total.
If he could apply it to other areas, his "Time-Space Blast" technique might be able to advance further, breaking through the shackles of true godhood and reaching the void level.
Aside from "Severance" and "Eastern Flower," this last secret technique, "River of Immortality," is purely for survival.
After breaking through to the True God realm, divine power returns to its original state, and one not only reverts to a physical body, but also completely loses the ability to create clones. Therefore, the death of the main body is the true death!
However, after cultivating the River of Immortality, not only does the body's regenerative ability increase, making it difficult for the main body to die, but it also allows parts of the body to separate, such as allowing a drop of blood to leave the main body and hide it in a safe place.
In this way, even if the main body perishes, the cultivator can still use these separated bodies to rebuild their physical body.
This ability even works on beings below the level of a true god, because although beings below the level of a true god have avatars, the souls of all avatars are connected.
If one of the clones is destroyed by the soul, then all the other clones will die at the same time.
However, if one cultivates the "River of Immortality," it's different. The separated physical matter can shield the soul from annihilation, greatly enhancing survivability.
To kill a powerful cultivator who has mastered the River of Immortality, one can either destroy their physical body or use causal methods to find and kill their hidden resurrection substances one by one, or simply use a secret technique of will to instantly annihilate their will.
Of course, both causal methods and willpower techniques can only be encountered after arriving on the Origin Continent.
In the Cosmic Sea region, the only way for everyone to eliminate clones is through the Soul Secret Technique.
Therefore, after cultivating the "River of Immortality", it can be said that it is almost impossible to die completely in the cosmic sea. At most, all the clones will be destroyed, and they can still be resurrected by separating matter.
Therefore, Chen Yuan, who always cared most about his life, also valued the "River of Immortality" secret technique. Although the possibility was very low, the universe was so vast that no one knew whether the dangers were only those described in the original work.
Of the three forbidden lands, the original work only describes the Inclined Peak Realm and the Universe Ship, while the Flowing Mountain is rarely mentioned.
If he were to fall on hard times and actually encounter danger, the existence of "The River of Immortality" would still give him a chance to make a comeback.
After browsing through the three core inheritances, Chen Yuan finally opened his eyes and exclaimed, "As expected of a core inheritance, it is indeed powerful."
"Of course."
A hint of arrogance flashed in Duan Donghe's eyes, "After all, at my peak, I was—"
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly paused, then sighed, "Forget it. You'll know about these glorious past events once you've passed through reincarnation. There's no point in bringing them up now."
"Besides, it can't be mentioned."
He shook his head helplessly.
"Is it a restriction imposed by the highest rules?" Chen Yuan asked directly.
"Huh." Duan Donghe was taken aback. "You actually know about the supreme rules. It seems your previous experiences were quite extraordinary."
"More or less." Chen Yuan smiled. He had nothing to hide about this soon-to-dissipate virtual consciousness. "Anyway, I've learned some information, such as the situation of ancient civilizations."
"Based on my understanding, the Third Ancestor should be an existence that has surpassed the level of a Saint."
The so-called Saint-level powerhouse is actually the Chaos Ruler. The words "Chaos Ruler" cannot be uttered in the Cosmic Sea, but there are no restrictions on the titles corresponding to the realm.
"It seems you know quite a lot."
Duan Donghe nodded, a smile appearing on his face: "That's good. You're a smart person. The more you know, the easier it is to guard against risks, and the lower the probability of your demise."
"Alright, now that you've finished reading the core inheritance..."
Duan Donghe pointed to the pond, "Inside this pond, there are 12002 memory stones, which contain the core inheritance of my Duan Donghe lineage."
"However, this represents many different styles, such as melee, ranged, treasure-crafting, and mechanical styles, and so on."
"You don't need to cultivate all of these inheritances; just choose the parts you like." Duan Donghe paused, then added, "Of course, this part of the inheritance also cannot be passed on to outsiders."
"Understood." Chen Yuan nodded slightly, a hint of anticipation in his expression, and asked, "Is the method of advancing to True God through divine power also included here?"
"Yes, I am." Duan Donghe nodded, a smile appearing on his face: "Since you know about the divine power route, there are some things I don't need to explain further."
"In fact, the methods of advancement along the divine power path are not only recorded in the core inheritance, but also in the ordinary inheritance."
"However, to achieve the 'Infinite Divine Body,' the only way is to study the core inheritance."
Chen Yuan nodded: "That's good."
In reality, he just wanted to know how to improve his divine power, and he might not necessarily follow the method recorded in the inheritance completely.
After all, what he was pursuing was not the so-called "infinite divine body", but a "perfect divine body with 100,000 times the genetic potential".
In this respect, the legacy of Duan Donghe can only serve as guidance for him at most. If he wants to break through his limits, he still has to rely on his own research.
"In addition to these inheritances, there are also over a hundred million memory stones scattered in the endless ocean. These are all basic inheritances, which were constantly collected by the strong members of my Duan Donghe lineage when they ventured out into the world."
Duan Donghe smiled and said, "Although this part of the inheritance is basic, it is not restricted from being spread to others. You can teach it to others at will."
"Moreover, this part is of great importance to your Cosmic Sea civilization, because it encompasses a complete system from the most basic cultivation stage to the true god."
"Although your Cosmic Sea Civilization has a relatively complete basic cultivation system, once you reach the stage of Cosmic Lord or True God, you start to go your own way and cultivate haphazardly. Therefore, not many of you are able to reach the end and break through the cycle of reincarnation."
"With these systematic inheritances, the probability of your civilization producing strong individuals will increase, and with more strong individuals, the probability of passing through reincarnation will also increase."
Duan Donghe smiled slightly: "Slowly, your clan will truly become powerful."
Chen Yuan nodded slightly. He certainly knew the importance of these fundamental inheritances. It could be said that these fundamental inheritances were indispensable for the future human race's strongmen to break through the cycle of reincarnation.
"Thank you very much," Chen Yuan said sincerely.
"Haha, no need." Duan Donghe waved his hand with a smile. "You just need to continue cultivating diligently and carry forward the Duan Donghe lineage, that would be the best reward for me."
"Don't worry, I definitely will." Chen Yuan nodded firmly.
"Yes, I believe you."
Duan Donghe nodded, his gaze towards Chen Yuan filled with satisfaction.
"Alright, now that we've seen the inheritance, let me show you the other parts of the inheritance space."
Duan Donghe said with a hint of regret, "Once you've finished understanding, I should leave too."
Chen Yuan knew that Duan Donghe was just a virtual consciousness, and his real body had long since died! So when the other party said he was leaving, he was actually just disappearing.
But he didn't say anything, he just nodded silently.
Then Duan Donghe reached out and drew a spatial gate. The two entered one after the other. Behind the gate was a cultivation space for acceleration.
After Duan Donghe finished explaining the situation of the cultivation space, the two continued walking and entered one space after another.
Cultivation space, battle space, space for creating secret techniques, space specifically for refining treasures —
The two walked through one space after another, and Duan Donghe carefully explained the specific functions of each space to him.
Finally, the two returned to the original island in the middle of the lake.
"That's all." Duan Donghe looked at Chen Yuan: "Is there anything else you don't understand?"
Chen Yuan shook his head.
"Ha, that's good."
Duan Donghe laughed nonchalantly, "Even if you don't understand, I'm too lazy to explain."
He suddenly reached out and tossed a pebble, which flew in an arc and landed in Chen Yuan's hand.
"I have stored everything I know into this memory stone. If there are any questions I don't understand in the future, I can find the answers here."
Duan Donghe bent down, gently picked up a handful of soil, smelled it, and then smiled, "I am long dead. Now I am just a walking memory, fulfilling the mission of inheritance."
"Now that my mission is accomplished, it's time for me to leave."
As he spoke, Duan Donghe's figure gradually became illusory.
Chen Yuan held the Memory Stone in his hand, quietly watching the other person's body slowly disappear until it completely vanished.
puff!
As the Duan Dong River disappeared, the soil he was holding in his hand fell completely to the ground.
Goodbye, Broken East River.
At this moment, Chen Yuancai quietly said goodbye.
He understood that from this moment on, in the entire cosmic sea, and even in this source world, he was the only one left of the Duan Donghe lineage.
193rd generation successor!