Chapter 211: Ten-Million-Fold Special Effect! Fire-Type Supreme Forbidden Spell: Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence
The next day.
Sunlight filtered through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the specially recruited villa at Nanjiang Academy, casting dappled light spots onto the smooth marble floor.
The entire villa was silent and still, save for the direction of the cultivation room, which faintly exuded a trace of elusive energy fluctuations.
Jiang Yuan sat cross-legged alone on the dark iron rush cushion in the center of the cultivation room, his eyes slightly closed, his aura steady as water, forming a wonderful echo with this cultivation room that possessed a strong sense of technology without losing its XuanhuanFoundation.
This cultivation room was far more magnificent than outsiders imagined, being the size of an ordinary banquet hall. The floor was paved with spirit jade floor tiles swirling with dark patterns, each inscribed with gathering spirit runes. The air was filled with energy currents so dense they almost turned to mist, and taking a single breath refreshed the mind.
The four walls of the cultivation room each had their own unique features.
The left wall was a huge holographic light screen, upon which a combat video of a high-tier Class Holder was currently suspended. As light and shadow flowed, the flashing blades and roaring spells seemed close to the ear, ready to be retrieved for viewing and analyzing moves at any time.
Embedded in the right wall was the phantom of a quaint jade bookshelf, which was the virtual database. Whether it was ancient spells, Demonic Beast encyclopedias, cultivation insights, or Law analyses, one only needed a thought to retrieve and consult them, making it extremely convenient.
In the corner of the cultivation room also stood a half-person-high virtual battle chamber. The chamber body was entirely silver-white, engraved with complex array patterns. Once activated, it could simulate opponents of various ranks, from low-tier Class Holders to High-Tier Experts, from wild monsters to abyss Magical Beasts, allowing for practical combat simulation and honing of combat skills.
The most enviable part, however, was the core function of this cultivation room.
Automatically gathering Spiritual Qi to increase experience, accelerating mana recovery speed, automatically repairing injuries to restore health, and so on.
Even if he just sat there without moving, the energy-gathering array inside the cultivation room would automatically operate, continuously transforming into experience points and pouring endlessly into his body.
Almost every second, it could automatically increase experience points by five points.
While five experience points per second might seem negligible, when calculated carefully, twenty-four hours a day and eighty-six thousand four hundred seconds accumulated to four hundred thirty-two thousand points of experience.
For the vast majority of ordinary students in the academy who had to desperately complete missions and earn credits to exchange for cultivation resources, this was undoubtedly a huge welfare benefit obtained for free, something they flocked to but could never attain.
After all, the public cultivation rooms within the academy, even the lowest-tier ones, required precious credits to exchange for usage time. The higher the rank of the cultivation room, the more astonishing the credits required for exchange.
However, as a specially recruited student exceptionally admitted by Nanjiang Academy, Jiang Yuan enjoyed the highest-level treatment.
This villa was exclusively equipped by the academy, and its built-in cultivation room required no credits whatsoever, available for use at any time with unlimited duration.
Of course, there were even more top-tier cultivation rooms within the academy that could provide higher experience amplification and enhancement effects.
It was just that Jiang Yuan's current rank had long reached the upper limit of his current Cultivation Realm, making these 5 experience points per second of no practical use to him.
At this moment, the aura around Jiang Yuan suddenly changed.
The originally steady Spiritual Qi began to churn violently. With a swish, streams of crimson fire burst forth from his body, like a slumbering volcano suddenly awakening.
The firelight lingered around his body, yet there was not the slightest sense of heat; instead, it exuded a restrained frenzy.
His eyes remained slightly closed, and his fingertips gently twirled as delicate fire element patterns flowed across them. It was precisely the most basic Fireball Spell, but executed at this moment, it exuded an extraordinary sense of oppression.
[Ding, used Fireball Spell once, skill power increased by double; current amplification multiplier: 9,999,998 times]
[Ding, used Fireball Spell once, skill power increased by double; current amplification multiplier: 9,999,999 times]
[Ding, used Fireball Spell once, skill power increased by double; current amplification multiplier: 10,000,000 times]
[Ding, Fireball Spell amplification multiplier reached 10,000,000 times, obtained special effect: Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence]
The System prompt tones rang out one after another. The moment the final prompt tone fell, with a muffled rumble, it came not from inside the cultivation room, but seemed to resound deep within Jiang Yuan's Divine Soul.
He only felt his vision go dark, and the firelight around his body instantly dissipated. His entire body seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, instantly breaking away from the villa's cultivation room and plunging into a completely different world.
That was a prosperous and vibrant world, with towering green mountains, murmuring clear streams, exotic flowers and rare herbs growing everywhere, and spiritual birds and exotic beasts frolicking in the forests. Heaven and earth were filled with rich vitality and Spiritual Qi, as if all the beauty in the world had gathered here.
Yet this peace lasted for only a split second before it was completely shattered by an extremely majestic voice.
"Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence!"
The voice did not come from Jiang Yuan's mouth, but resounded across heaven and earth like the whisper of a Heavenly Dao deity, carrying unquestionable majesty and a sense of annihilation, enveloping the entire world in an instant like a judgment.
Countless living beings below instantly froze, their bodies trembling uncontrollably as a terror originating from the depths of their Divine Souls swept through their entire bodies. They couldn't help wanting to prostrate themselves on the ground and submit to this voice, making even their breathing cautious.
When this voice completely faded, there was no earth-shaking roar as expected, nor dazzlingly bright flames; instead, it was a suffocating dead silence, like a tide, instantly enveloping the entire heaven and earth before the flames.
The world, which had originally been lush and green and burning with vitality, dimmed and twisted at a speed visible to the naked eye. The emerald vegetation lost its luster, and the clear sky was completely swallowed by a dead, dark red!
That red was not the scorching crimson of ordinary flames, but resembled a blood scab that had solidified for thousands of years, mixed with ink-colored nothingness, pressing heavily between heaven and earth.
Even the sunlight, starlight, and moonlight in the sky were completely swallowed by this dark red canopy of heaven, with not a single ray of light able to pierce through. Heaven and earth instantly plunged into a bizarre tranquility of "no light and no sound".
Following that, the dark red canopy of heaven began to tremble slightly as tiny cracks slowly split open across it. Countless minuscule sparks drifted down slowly from the cracks, like dust blown away by the wind, or silent fireflies, fluttering down lightly without the slightest weight.
These sparks looked completely unremarkable, colored a dull grayish-red. Falling into the air, they didn't even produce the slightest fluctuation, possessed no temperature, and looked gentle and harmless, as if a gust of wind could blow them away. Yet when they fell upon the hearts of living beings, they brought extreme coldness.
The speed at which they drifted down was extremely fast, like an invisible giant net covering every corner of heaven and earth!
Whether it was the cloud-piercing, Immortal Qi-shrouded immortal mountains, or the bottomless, gloomy and profound abysses.
Whether it was the bustling, clamorous prosperous cities filled with heavy traffic, or the inaccessible, uninhabited boundless deserts, all were silently enveloped by these dense sparks, without a single omission.
Bizarrely, these sparks did not actively burn. Only the moment they touched any "existence" would they erupt with the ultimate power of annihilation.
There were no signs of flames leaping up, no crackling sounds of burning, and not even the slightest fluctuation of aura. Objects touched by the sparks would instantly become transparent and materialize into nothingness, as if wiped away by an invisible hand.
In the end, they completely dissipated between heaven and earth, leaving not even a trace of ash or a wisp of smoke, as if they had never existed.
A delicate exotic flower was touched by a spark and instantly faded into nothingness and dissipated.
A frolicking spiritual bird had its wings grazed by a spark and vanished silently into thin air.
Even the Spiritual Qi floating between heaven and earth and the flowing energy streams, upon being touched by the sparks, would instantly return to nothingness, as if they had never appeared.
As the power of the fire-type Forbidden Spell "Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence" continued to climb, the falling sparks became denser and denser, like fine drizzle, and the dark red of the canopy of heaven grew increasingly rich, almost turning into ink-black. The cracks on the canopy continuously expanded and multiplied, with countless tiny black fissures spreading across the canopy like wounds torn open in heaven and earth!
That was the mark left after space was initially burned by the Fire of Extinction. There was no light within the cracks, only pure nothingness, resembling a bottomless abyss. Occasionally, sparks would fall into the cracks, and even the cracks themselves would be slowly melted and erased, completely returning to nothingness.
At this moment, apart from the falling sparks, there was no longer any superfluous scenery between heaven and earth. There were no wails of living beings, no sounds of vegetation withering, not even the flow of wind. It was terrifyingly quiet—so terrifying that one could clearly hear the sound of the hearts of those living beings not yet touched by the sparks stopping abruptly.
A sense of despair that "the world is about to return to nothingness" seeped along every trace of breath into the depths of all living beings' Divine Souls, making them completely lose the courage to struggle, leaving them only able to watch blankly as the sparks drifted down, awaiting the fate of being erased.
Jiang Yuan hovered in mid-air, quietly watching all this, with not the slightest fluctuation around his body, as if this world-destroying scene had nothing to do with him.
He could clearly feel the extinction rules of "Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence" and sense that power of "myriad fires return to silence", as if with just a thought in his mind, this vibrant world would completely turn into nothingness and return to Chaos.
Swish!
When Jiang Yuan opened his eyes once more, he had already returned to the villa's cultivation room.
The dark iron rush cushion remained firm, the dark patterns on the spirit jade floor tiles still flowed, the combat video on the holographic light screen was still slowly playing, and the rich Spiritual Qi in the air still lingered at the tip of his nose, as if the earth-shattering world-extinguishing scene just now was merely a fleeting, illusory dream.
However, the solemnity and burning heat in the depths of Jiang Yuan's eyes clearly indicated that this was by no means a false illusion.
The vitality and extinction of that world just now, that power of rules transcending all things, and the bizarre tranquility when the sparks drifted down were all truly engraved in the depths of his Divine Soul, refusing to fade away.
That was a scene that had truly occurred in some unknown time and space.
An invincible expert had catalyzed a world-destroying fire-type Forbidden Spell, forcefully erasing a complete world without leaving even a trace behind.
However, the destruction of that world ultimately had not much to do with Jiang Yuan.
He took a deep breath, suppressed the lingering shock in his heart, quickly calmed down, and with a thought, called up the System panel.
His gaze locked dead onto the ten-million-fold special effect of the Fireball Spell, the anticipation in the depths of his eyes almost overflowing.
He had anticipated this moment for far, far too long!
On the panel, a line of golden handwriting shone brightly, extremely clear.
This special effect was named "Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence", which was one of the fire-type supreme Forbidden Spells!
The detailed description of the System surged into Jiang Yuan's mind like a tide.
Upon usage, it would summon the Heaven-Burning Extinction Fire of the supreme Law of flames.
This was not ordinary elemental fire or Divine Soul fire, but the "Fire of Ultimate Rules" transcending countless fire-type Laws!
Its core was not "burning", but "returning to silence".
Everything in the world possessed the imprint of "existence"—whether it was tangible matter, intangible energy, the Law of Space and time trajectories that maintained the operation of the world, or even the Divine Souls, obsessions, and Karma bonds of living beings.
Under the rules of the Heaven-Burning Extinction Fire, all would be stripped of the Foundation of "existence", passing from "being" to "nothingness", rather than simply being burned into ashes.
Unlike the characteristic of ordinary fire-type Forbidden Spells which "leave traces after destruction", the essential rule of the Extinction Fire was "erasure" and "returning to silence".
It produced no pain of high-temperature scorching, left no scorch marks from flame combustion, but instead directly severed all connections between the target and the world, causing it to instantly lose all traces of having "existed", just as if it had never appeared.
What made Jiang Yuan even more alarmed was that this supreme power of rules ignored defense and resistance of any tier.
Whether it was the protective immortal light of immortals and gods, the undying demonic body of the Demon Race, the defense barrier of ancient Divine Artifacts, or the barriers of spatial rifts, in front of the rule of "myriad fires return to silence", they were as fragile as paper.
Because what it attacked was not the target's vessel, but the target's "existence itself". No matter how sturdy the vessel was, as long as the Foundation of existence was stripped away, it would instantly return to nothingness.
Even more terrifyingly, the Extinction Fire possessed rule conductivity.
Once it touched any existence, it would spread along its own Laws and energy meridians to everything associated with it.
For instance, if it touched a mountain range, it would burn the geological Laws of the entire landmass along the veins of the earth.
Touching even a trace of a Divine Soul would cause it to burn along the threads of Karma, incinerating all of its reincarnation marks and obsessions, truly achieving absolute eradication beyond redemption, leaving the opponent with not the slightest possibility of Rebirth.
Hiss!
After reading the complete description of Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence, Jiang Yuan could not help but gasp, and the energy around his body couldn't help but stir slightly.
The million-fold special effect of his previous Fireball Spellwas the Extinction Flame Dragon, which itself was an extremely terrifying and powerful supreme flame power, filled with an aura of destruction and ravaging, bearing the mission of burning all things to ashes.
Therefore, he had long guessed that the ten-million-fold special effect would definitely be even more terrifying than the Extinction Flame Dragon, and might even be a special effect at the fire-type Forbidden Spell level.
Yet he never expected that this special effect turned out to be a top-tier supreme fire-type Forbidden Spell!
Moreover, the manifestation method of Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence was completely different from World-Extinguishing Ember Flames · Extinction Flame Dragon.
The Extinction Flame Dragon was the epitome of ostentation; once it appeared, it would carry monstrous flames and dragon might, eager to let the whole world know of its existence, and then carry out a heaven-destroying calamity with the momentum of thunder.
Meanwhile, Myriad Fires Return to Silence was the epitome of restraint and eeriness, spreading silently without a sound, so that even before you could perceive its existence, you would already be erased, returning from the world to nothingness, completely extinguished as if you had never come to this world at all.
"It is simply terrifying to this extent!"
Jiang Yuan slowly clenched his fists, his eyes filled with amazement and emotion, his tone unable to hide the shock.
Previously, relying on the power of the Extinction Flame Dragon, he already possessed the strength to fight against an Eighth-Rank Emperor Level Expert.
He even had the ability to defeat and even kill some relatively ordinary Eighth-Rank Emperor Level Experts.
But all in all, against top-tier imperial-level experts, such as the Shadowy Blade Emperor and his kind, he still could not achieve absolute suppression, and a slight carelessness could plunge him into a dangerous situation.
But now, possessing Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence with its ten-million-fold special effect, everything was different.
Let alone an Eighth-turn Emperor Rank, even against a Ninth-turn Emperor Rank Expert standing at the pinnacle of the emperors, Jiang Yuan had absolute confidence to completely annihilate them without leaving a trace.
He knew clearly in his heart that a Forbidden Spell was called a Forbidden Spell because it possessed power that was difficult for a mortal to control and whose might belonged to the forbidden level—that was the powerful power of laws that only deities could truly control!
As for True God rank experts, they were few and far between in this world, countable on one's fingers.
Now, having successfully mastered this top-tier fire-type Forbidden Spell, he had leaped to become one of the absolute top-tier high-end combat powers beneath the True God in this world.
Even against those Tenth-Rank Demigods who had half-stepped into the True God Domain, he had the confidence to fight them head-on!
Yet this joy did not last long; when he carefully studied all the descriptions and explanations of Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence on the System panel and swept his gaze to the final introduction, the smile on his face froze slightly, and the elation in his heart cooled down a bit accordingly.
After all, he had still overlooked a key issue: this ten-million-fold special effect was a top-tier fire-type Forbidden Spell, not something his current strength could casually control.
However, after Jiang Yuan thoroughly understood the benefits and advantages of this Forbidden Spell, he discovered that the so-called drawbacks were actually just a small price to pay.
That was, Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence, as a fire-type Forbidden Spell in the true sense, and moreover a supreme fire-type Forbidden Spell, had a might that surpassed all things.
And Jiang Yuan himself was merely a Tier 2 Class Holder, whose strength was still weak, making it impossible for him to truly control this terrifying power originating from the Heavenly Dao and Law.
Therefore, every time he used this Forbidden Spell, he had to pay a certain price before he could urge it into action again.
This point was somewhat unexpected, yet also within reason.
Jiang Yuan thought to himself; after all, as a mage, he had long known that many high-tier mages would try to master powerful skills beyond their own strength in order to burst forth with stronger might in battle and kill more formidable opponents.
Especially Forbidden Spells—that was the super-tier power that every mage dreamed of, and the trump card for killing formidable enemies across Cultivation Realms.
Yet behind this power, there were always huge sequelae accompanying it.
Or rather, it was a price that had to be paid, so that it could conform to the balance of the Laws of heaven and earth.
He had once heard that there was a kind of mage in this world called a Forbidden Spell Mage.
Such mages were exceptionally talented, able to forcibly wield the power of a Forbidden Spell even at the low-tier Cultivation Realms of Tier 1 or 2.
Yet every time they used a Forbidden Spell, they needed to use their own life as the price.
The more times it was used, the more lifespan was consumed, which was equivalent to a desperate combat style of trading life for life.
Precisely because of this, the lifespans of the vast majority of Forbidden Spell Mages were extremely short.
Often, before they could grow to the Peak Cultivation Realm, they would perish due to the exhaustion of their lifespan, which was extremely regrettable.
Jiang Yuan knew clearly in his heart that only by truly reaching the corresponding rank capable of casting a Forbidden Spell could one control this power without any burden and without bearing any price.
For example, those few True Gods, or certain powerful Tenth-Rank Demigods who had touched the threshold of a True God.
When they cast a Forbidden Spell, it was as easy as an ordinary mage casting a Fireball Spell or Wind Blade technique, requiring no extra price to be paid, and completely mastering the power of laws behind the Forbidden Spell.
"This price to be paid doesn't seem particularly large either!"
Jiang Yuan steadied his mind and carefully studied the System's detailed explanation of the price once more. After reading it, his tense nerves couldn't help but relax, and the solemnity on his face dissipated by more than half.
The System clearly indicated that after every casting of Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence, a corresponding price must be paid before this Forbidden Spell could continue to be used.
Furthermore, there were multiple ways to pay back the price, which he could choose from freely.
The first was to deduct one million mana points from himself all at once; if he chose to deduct it in multiple installments, the mana value would double, requiring two million mana points to be deducted in total.
For Jiang Yuan, this was completely acceptable, and could even be considered the "cheapest and most affordable" kind of price.
Even though his current maximum mana limit was only a little over two hundred thousand, it was far from enough to deduct one million points all at once.
But the System allowed deductions in multiple installments; as long as he accumulated a total of two million points, he could complete the repayment of the price and unlock the permission for the next use.
"Wouldn't it work just by taking a few more bottles of High-Grade Spirit Potion?"
The corners of Jiang Yuan's mouth hooked into a relaxed smile, and he already had a plan in mind.
High-Grade Spirit Potion could rapidly restore mana points. Although the price was not low, with his special-admit student treatment, or rather holding a huge fortune of tens of billions of gold coins, he could entirely afford it.
Of course, this method also had its drawbacks.
Even though taking High-Grade Spirit Potion would rapidly restore mana points, it still required a certain amount of time.
Before paying back the two million mana points, he could not use Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence again, which was equivalent to having a vacuum period.
Yet even so, compared to the price paid by other mages for using a Forbidden Spell, this mana-deduction method was almost equivalent to a "zero" price.
After all, what was deducted was only temporary mana points, not the maximum mana limit.
As long as he rested slightly and took potions, his mana points could recover as before, without causing any permanent damage to his strength or body.
Furthermore, Jiang Yuan knew clearly in his heart that he was only at Tier 2 right now, and his mana points were only a little over two hundred thousand.
Once his Cultivation Realm improved and his rank went up, his maximum mana limit would also soar accordingly.
By then, he could completely and easily cast this fire-type Forbidden Spell just like using ordinary skills, without having to worry about the problem of mana points anymore.
He couldn't help but think of the Spirit Ruins Azure Phoenix!
Her strongest attribute wasn't even [Spirit], yet her mana points were as high as over twenty-five million.
Calculated according to this price, the Spirit Ruins Azure Phoenix's mana points could even cast Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence twenty-five times consecutively; just thinking about it was shocking.
When Jiang Yuan reached the rank of the Spirit Ruins Azure Phoenix, his mana points would probably exceed one hundred million, and by then he could casually release hundreds of Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence!
What surprised Jiang Yuan even more was that as long as the price was paid on time, this Forbidden Spell did not require any cooldown time at all.
This meant that as long as he had enough mana points, he could urge it continuously, and his burst power could be called terrifying.
As for the second repayment method, it was to pay one year of lifespan.
This was also the standard price that the vast majority of mages in the world had to pay when using a Forbidden Spell, and it was the destiny of countless Forbidden SpellMages.
"Could it be that I am also going to turn into a life-burning combat style?"
The corners of Jiang Yuan's mouth couldn't help twitching slightly, and a trace of helplessness welled up in his heart.
Consuming lifespan seemed to be an extremely heavy price; after all, lifespan was irreversible, and every bit consumed was a bit less.
But after careful thought, Jiang Yuan discovered that this was actually also a highly advantageous method.
The biggest advantage of this method was that he did not need to wait for an extremely long cooldown time like other mages, or even like those divine-mage-level experts when they used Forbidden Spells.
As long as he was willing to pay his lifespan, he could release Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence without restriction, until his lifespan was completely exhausted.
Such a terrifying attack frequency could not be matched by even the high and mighty divine mages.
If it were in a life-and-death battle, this was undoubtedly the most resolute and most powerful trump card.
Jiang Yuan lightly twisted his fingertips, quickly weighing the pros and cons of the two prices in his heart.
Mana points could be recovered, but lifespan was irreversible.
However, mana point recovery required a certain amount of time. At critical moments, the unrestricted release of Forbidden Spells exchanged for lifespan could save lives and even reverse the battle situation.
"Both methods have their own pros and cons, so I can flexibly choose according to the combat situation."
He secretly made up his mind in his heart, and a confident look once again emerged on his face.
Even if a price needed to be paid, the leap in strength brought by this Forbidden Spell was enough to make up for everything.
"However, in times of crisis, who cares about lifespan anymore!"
Jiang Yuan lowered his eyes and pondered, his fingertips unconsciously tapping on the dark iron meditation mat, a flash of resoluteness crossing the depths of his eyes.
In his view, this so-called "life-burning combat style" was never a helpless move under desperate circumstances.
But rather a hidden, powerful trump card sufficient to reverse life and death.
When truly encountering an unmatched formidable enemy and falling into a life crisis, let alone consuming one year of lifespan, even if it meant consuming ten or a hundred years, as long as one could kill the enemy and protect oneself, it would be worth it.
At worst, perish together with the enemy.
But upon second thought, Jiang Yuan couldn't help the corners of his mouth curving upward, a trace of a smile flashing in his eyes.
No, perhaps there was no need to perish together at all.
The might of Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence was right there; once cast, the enemy would definitely die without a doubt.
And as long as he paid back the price in time, he himself would not face any threat to his life, at most only consuming some lifespan or mana.
Just as he was pondering, his gaze swept across the System panel once more.
In addition to deducting mana and paying lifespan, there was a third way to pay back the price.
Consume one point of Divine Power!
"Divine Power?"
Jiang Yuan's eyebrows couldn't help but raise, his eyes full of confusion and curiosity.
These two words, he had never seen in any cultivation classics or materials, completely touching upon his unknown Domain.
Judging by the rank of the Forbidden Spell, this Divine Power should be an extremely rare, extremely high-rankhigh-end item, by no means comparable to ordinary cultivation resources.
Fortunately, the cultivation room Jiang Yuan was currently in was already connected to Nanjiang Academy's virtual database, making it extremely convenient to look up all kinds of materials.
With a movement of his mind, the phantom of the jade bookshelf on the right wall instantly lit up, and countless information streams surged into his mind like a tide.
In a short moment, he thoroughly understood what Divine Power was.
In short, Divine Power was the exclusive power controlled by God-level experts, the top-tier power carrier surpassing all energies, and also one of the essential core powers for Class Holders who wanted to break through shackles and step into the True God Realm.
Moreover, Divine Power was not just of one kind; they were diverse and each had their own emphasis.
Some were the power of the Heavenly Dao that controlled the operation of heaven and earth, some were the power of laws that surpassed all things, and others were the extremely domineering power of ultimate extremes.
It's just that ordinary Class Holders had never even heard of these high-end Divine Powers, and even if some high-tier Class Holders exhausted their entire lives, it would be hard for them to encounter them, let alone control them.
Besides this, there was another relatively common Divine Power, which was the power of faith and incense.
This Divine Power did not come directly from the deities themselves.
On the contrary, it originated from the beliefs of countless mortals.
When mortals generated faith and awe towards deities, faith and incense would be produced.
Gathering these powers of incense together allowed deities to absorb them, nourish themselves, and enhance their strength.
Precisely because of this, there was a method of becoming a deity in this world, called becoming a deity through faith.
It relied on gathering the faith and incense of hundreds of millions of mortals to break through the shackles and ascend to the position of a True God.
Seeing this, a sharp light suddenly flashed in Jiang Yuan's eyes, and a wave of wild joy surged in his heart.
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He just happened to possess a power similar to faith incense.
That was the Guardian Willpower he had obtained after clearing the Dongque Dungeon earlier!
"According to the information, although Guardian Willpower is not directly equivalent to Divine Power, consuming ten thousand points of Guardian Willpower can convert it into one point of Divine Power!"
Jiang Yuan quickly calculated, unable to hide the excitement in his heart.
"I currently have 1.36 million points of Guardian Willpower. Converting that, it's equivalent to 136 points of Divine Power, which means I can cast Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence 136 times!"
This number was enough to drive any Class Holder crazy.
To think, casting a supreme fire-element Forbidden Spelljust once already unleashed a world-destroying, terrifying power, enough to instantly kill the vast majority of Class Holders.
Even an Eighth-Rank Emperor Level Expert would have no chance of survival.
As for a Ninth-Turn Emperor rank, they would only have a chance of surviving if they possessed extremely powerful life-saving means.
Even a Tenth-Rank Demigod could be injured or even heavily wounded, and with the slightest carelessness, they too would face mortal danger.
What's more, Jiang Yuan could actually cast it a whopping 136 times in succession.
If he also factored in the life-sacrificing method, not hesitating to consume a hundred years of his lifespan, he could cast it another hundred times.
Adding the two together, that made 236 times!
Jiang Yuan slowly stood up. The elemental energy in the cultivation room began to fluctuate restlessly of its own accord, his eyes filled with a confidence that looked down upon the world.
"Below the True God level, who can withstand me casting a supreme fire-element Forbidden Spell over two hundred times?"
"Even if a True God descends in person, over two hundred blasts of Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence would give him a run for his money. Even if it can't kill him, it will heavily wound him!"
Jiang Yuan murmured softly, a wild and arrogant curve hooking the corner of his mouth.
He was also reminded of an enduringly popular maxim.
"Below the True God level, I am invincible! If a True Godcomes, we trade one for one?"
Using it to describe him at this moment was actually incredibly fitting.
"It seems that if I get the chance, I'll have to go to Dongque City to reap some benefits!"
Jiang Yuan stroked his chin, pondering silently in his heart.
He knew clearly that the sole source of Guardian Willpower was the citizens of Dongque City.
As long as the citizens of Dongque City felt positive emotions toward him—such as gratitude, faith, worship, affection, or awe—they would continuously provide him with a steady stream of Guardian Willpower.
To his pleasant surprise, Guardian Willpower could not only be converted into Divine Power to cast Forbidden Spells, but it could also nourish his body, helping him comprehend the Dao of the True God and laying a solid Foundation for entering the True God Realm in the future. It was truly killing two birds with one stone.
Even after his strength reached the True God Realm, Guardian Willpower would still be able to make him even stronger!
Jiang Yuan did not stop. He continued to study the Systempanel and soon discovered a fourth way to pay the cost.
Sacrificing the spark energy of ten different Law (Heavenly Dao) level top-tier flames!
Seeing this, the smile on his face faded slightly, and he fell into deep thought.
Currently, he only controlled two types of fire-element power of laws:
One was the power of the World-Extinguishing Ember Flames contained within the Fireball Spell's million-fold special effect, 'World-Extinguishing Ember Flames: Extinction Flame Dragon'.
The other was the Heaven-Burning Extinction Fire from the current ten-million-fold special effect, 'Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence'.
In other words, if he wanted to pay the cost this way, he would still need to gather the spark energy of eight other Law-level top-tier flames.
To be honest, the difficulty of obtaining fire-element power of laws was quite a bit higher than that of Guardian Willpower.
Each type of Law-level top-tier flame was extremely rare. They either originated from some top-tier class Legacies, were hidden in perilous lands of heaven and earth, or were tightly controlled by top-tier forces. Attempting to obtain their spark energy was undoubtedly as difficult as reaching the heavens.
Fortunately, the System did not require him to obtain the complete flame; only the corresponding spark energy was needed. Even if he only took a tiny speck of fire-element Law energy, it would satisfy the requirement. This undoubtedly lowered the difficulty significantly.
In addition to this, Jiang Yuan also noticed a crucial detail.
Every time he mastered a type of fire-element power of laws, all costs to be repaid would be reduced by ten percent!
This discovery made Jiang Yuan's eyes light up once again.
He had already mastered two types of fire-element power of laws.
This meant that to pay the cost of a Forbidden Spell now, he only needed to pay 800,000 Mana points, 0.8 years of lifespan, or 0.8 points of Divine Power (which was 8,000 points of Guardian Willpower)—a full twenty percent reduction from the original cost!
Calculated this way, as long as he mastered the other eight types of fire-element power of laws and gathered all ten, he would be able to use Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence completely without cost!
By then, the cooldown of this Forbidden Spell would be just like a normal Fireball Spell—one blast every 0.1 seconds, infinite and endless.
Thinking of this, an intense light burst from Jiang Yuan's eyes, his heart filled with anticipation.
One supreme fire-element Forbidden Spell every 0.1 seconds—that would be true world destruction, true silence of all things!
No matter how powerful the enemy, no matter how many opponents there were, in the face of the endless flames of extinction, they would only be silently erased, returning to nothingness without leaving even a single trace.
Jiang Yuan slowly closed his eyes, sinking his mind into his body, already having a new goal in mind.
On one hand, accumulate Guardian Willpower.
On the other hand, search for the other eight types of Law-level top-tier flames to gather all ten as soon as possible, completely mastering Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence and truly becoming invincible below the True God level!
"It seems I must find a way to master other fire-element Law powers!"
Jiang Yuan opened his eyes, pinching a wisp of crimson flame between his fingertips, murmuring softly as a trace of contemplation flashed deep in his eyes.
He knew very well that, up to now, Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence remained his strongest offensive method, the trump card that allowed him to cross Cultivation Realms and crush powerful enemies.
However, the cost repayment mechanism of this Forbidden Spell was not entirely bad; rather, it could be said to have both pros and cons.
The con was obvious: after each use, he had to pay the corresponding cost. Whether it was Mana points, lifespan, Divine Power, or Law-level flame sparks, it would consume his resources or Foundation.
But the pro was equally prominent.
As long as he could pay any one of these costs, he could use Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence without limit, without having to wait for a long cooldown.
In a life-and-death battle, this was undoubtedly a lethal advantage.
What satisfied him even more was that those various costs did not all need to be paid; he only needed to choose and complete any single one of them to unlock the authorization for the next use.
In addition, Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence also adopted a 'use first, pay later' method, which was different from the vast majority of Forbidden Spells in the world.
Other Forbidden Spells either required paying the cost before use or deducted it instantly upon use, and the slightest carelessness could lead to backlash due to insufficient payment.
Yet, the first use of Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence had no prerequisites whatsoever and could be cast directly without paying any cost.
Only when he wanted to use it again would he need to complete the repayment for the previous use.
In other words, if Jiang Yuan only used it once and never touched it again, this cost could be 'owed' indefinitely. It would neither consume anything of his nor cause him any backlash, which was extremely convenient.
But suddenly, Jiang Yuan's thoughts shifted, and an even brighter light shone in his eyes.
"However, the fastest way to increase my strength, rather than searching for those elusive fire-element powers of Laws, is to increase the amplification multiplier of the Fireball Spell and trigger the next tier's hundred-million-fold special effect!"
"Given the Infinite Amplification System's typical style, the hundred-million-fold effect of the Fireball Spell will definitely be more terrifying than the ten-million-fold effect!"
"When that time comes, maybe I won't even need to use Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silencein battles anymore!"
Jiang Yuan stood with his hands behind his back, thinking carefully in his heart.
A knowing smile played on his lips; he couldn't be more familiar with his Infinite Amplification System.
"The issue regarding the cost of the Forbidden Spell is not the most urgent priority to consider or resolve right now!"
Jiang Yuan stopped in his tracks, looking firmly at the battle video on the holographic screen, his tone resolute.
"It would be better to continuously increase the multiplier of the Fireball Spell as quickly as possible!"
"Moreover, even without casting Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence, a ten-million-fold Fireball Spell is already enough to obliterate the vast majority of enemies!"
"If I can increase it to twenty million or fifty million times, wouldn't the power be even more terrifying? I might even be able to instantly kill a Ninth-turn Emperor Rank Expertwith a single hit!"
Thinking of this, Jiang Yuan began to pace around, and the elemental energy around him became restless once more.
Only this time, it was no longer the cold chill of extinction, but rather filled with the desire and urgency to become stronger.
Since the Fireball Spell had already been amplified to ten million times, and he had already mastered the terrifying supreme fire-element Forbidden Spell, Burning Heaven Ash Path: Myriad Fires Return to Silence...
Then the next step, naturally, was to consider the matter of Class Advancement.
He knew in his heart that once he successfully completed his Class Advancement, obtained the mutated version of the Holy Spirit Law, and mastered the talent ability of the Polyphonic Casting, his frequency of casting skills would undoubtedly speed up several times over.
By then, the speed of the Fireball Spell's amplification would also skyrocket. Reaching a hundred-million-fold amplification and triggering the hundred-million-fold special effect would be just around the corner, wouldn't it?
In fact, as early as last night, Jiang Yuan had already found information through Nanjiang Academy's intranet regarding the mentor who controlled the mutated version of the Demon Spirit Mage.
The records clearly stated that there was indeed a lineage of Sheng Huai Xu that had migrated over from Dongque Academy.
Back then, after Sheng Huai Xu's lineage migrated to Nanjiang Academy, they were not subjected to any restrictions. Instead, relying on their deep Foundation, they showed a trend of gradual prosperity, once becoming one of the top Legacies within the academy.
But fortunes can change in an instant; an unexpected incident fifty years ago completely destroyed the prosperity of this lineage.
During that incident, Sheng Huai Xu's lineage suffered a heavy blow. The disciples under the master's gate suffered severe casualties—some died, some were injured... some betrayed the master's gate and severed ties, while others left Nanjiang entirely.
The once glorious Inheritance was fractured just like that, never to recover.
In the end, only a single successor of Sheng Huai Xu's lineage remained in Nanjiang Academy, named Sheng Chiyan.
It was said that he was Sheng Huai Xu's great-grandson, considered the last spark of this lineage.
And Sheng Chiyan's identity was not simple either. Not only was he the current head of the Sheng Family, but the records also mentioned that since the Sheng Familyfollowed Sheng Huai Xu from Dongque to Nanjiang, they had gone through fifty years of turmoil. Their strength and influence had long since deteriorated, and they were now merely a declined Inheritance Clan.
In addition, Sheng Chiyan also held the position of an Advanced mentor in Nanjiang Academy. His own strength had even reached the Eighth-turn Emperor Rank, making him a powerhouse in his own right.
Yet strangely, for the past few decades, he had lived in seclusion, never appearing in public, nor had he ever accepted any disciples or taught Sheng Huai Xu's lineage's class Inheritance to any students, leading this lineage's Inheritance to be nearly severed.
"Under normal circumstances, an Eighth-turn Emperor Rank powerhouse who is also the last successor of Sheng Huai Xu's lineage, and who hasn't passed on the class Inheritance for decades—trying to obtain the mutated version of the Holy Spirit Law needed for Class Advancement from him would probably be as difficult as reaching the heavens."
"Fortunately, I have the privilege of being a specially recruited student of the academy. I can obtain a class Inheritance from any mentor in the name of the academy!"
"It seems there shouldn't be any issues with this trip!"
Jiang Yuan stroked his chin, a trace of contemplation flashing in his eyes.
This was precisely why he chose Nanjiang Academy.
Without the special status of a specially recruited student, it wouldn't have been so simple for Jiang Yuan to obtain the class Inheritance.
But whether it would succeed or how difficult it would be, he still needed to make a personal trip.
In any case, Sheng Chiyan had always lived inside Nanjiang Academy.