Chapter 162: Seed of the Supreme Divine Ability

Lu Yan remained unaware of the chaos erupting in the outside world. At this moment, he had already returned to Phoenix Manor from the Beimang Spirit Vein.

Now that the spiritual energy revival had been completed and the Supreme Dao Foundation forged, Lu Yan no longer had any use for the artificial spirit vein he had created. He casually left it behind for the various factions to fight over as they pleased.

Sitting calmly in the living room, Lu Yan quietly contemplated the changes that had followed the forging of his Supreme Dao Foundation.

The most obvious transformation was the ten-layer Dao Foundation now seated within his dantian.

This ten-layer foundation reflected the myriad phenomena of Heaven and Earth. Layer upon layer, it stretched through his entire dantian like the mythological Buzhou Mountain that supported the heavens.

Lu Yan’s Qi Refining Twelfth Layer cultivation already gave him peerless mana compared to others of the same realm. After breaking through to Foundation Establishment, his mana had surged several times over—more than five times stronger than ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators. Yet even so, it had only just barely filled the first layer of his Dao Foundation.

Next came the transformation of his physical body. When he merged with Heaven and Earth, his body underwent a baptism. His flesh was now translucent like colored glaze, his posture tall and perfect, exuding an air of solemnity like a thousand-year-old bodhi tree.

Even without cultivating any body-refining techniques, he now bore the traits of a Glazed Body of the Buddha. His physical strength was no weaker than a cultivator who had undergone body cultivation at the Foundation Establishment stage.

As for the transformation of his divine soul, the Supreme Dao Foundation brought about an even greater evolution.

Within his newly opened Sea of Consciousness, his soul radiated brilliance like a blazing sun hanging high above. His spiritual perception had completely fused into his divine soul, allowing his spiritual sense to extend over a radius of twenty li.

To put that in perspective, ordinary early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators had spiritual sense ranges of only a few hundred meters. Even those with a Human Dao Foundation would only reach one or two kilometers at best.

This tenfold difference meant that even if Lu Yan controlled a flying sword with a single thought and slaughtered all his enemies, ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators wouldn’t even be able to locate him.

Mana, body, and divine soul—these three foundations had all evolved to their pinnacle through the forging of the Supreme Dao Foundation.

But that wasn’t all. During the brief moment of replacing Heaven with man, Lu Yan had taken advantage of the opportunity to comprehend spells by tapping into the perspective of the Heavenly Dao and using its authority to perform miraculous feats.

Before this, Lu Yan only knew some basic first-grade spells. He wasn’t strong in direct magical combat and mostly relied on his Soul Banner as his primary method.

Yet after that fleeting enlightenment through the Heavenly Dao, Lu Yan returned to his physical body to find he had already comprehended all first- and second-grade spells beneath divine abilities.

Even for spells he hadn’t known the names of before, they now came naturally to him. In the perspective of the Heavenly Dao, deducing lower-level spells was no more difficult than lifting a finger.

Aside from the few top-tier second-grade spells that were close to divine abilities, the rest were now at Lu Yan’s fingertips.

His former shortcomings in spellcasting were now completely covered. With his newfound strength in mana, body, and divine soul, he had finally shed the burden of having to rely solely on the Soul Banner.

Now, Lu Yan was confident that even against an ordinary peak Foundation Establishment cultivator, he could not only fight—but win.

Of course, if that were all, it wouldn’t be worthy of the name Supreme Dao Foundation.

After all, mana, the physical body, and the divine soul could still be bolstered with vast resources. If someone were to burn through enough top-tier resources, they might still achieve foundations similar to Lu Yan’s current level.

The true core of the Supreme Dao Foundation was this:

Within it, Lu Yan had begun to sense the germination of his Innate Divine Ability.

For cultivators with exceptional talent, it was possible to nurture a divine ability seed within the Dao Foundation after advancing to Foundation Establishment.

When one formed their Golden Core, this seed would hatch, giving birth to a unique Innate Divine Ability.

Such abilities were not spells that could be learned through manuals—they were unique to each cultivator and served as their ultimate trump card.

In fact, many divine abilities that circulated in the Immortal Cultivation Version were just modified versions of ancient cultivators’ innate abilities, turned into general-use techniques.

Innate Divine Abilities were generally 30% more powerful than learned ones—a significant difference at the Golden Core stage.

Furthermore, the quality of the divine ability depended on the grade of one’s Dao Foundation.

Human Dao Foundations usually birthed standard divine abilities.

Earth Dao Foundations could potentially produce Earth Fiend Divine Abilities.

Heaven Dao Foundations even had a chance to produce the legendary Heavenly Gang Divine Abilities.

But the Supreme Dao Foundation—a path Lu Yan had created himself through his insights from the Treatise on the Heavenly Dao, altering Heaven’s cycle and replacing it with man—was beyond all conventional paths.

And within it, Lu Yan could already feel it…

A Supreme Divine Ability Seed was quietly taking form.

Its grade: Supreme Divine Ability!

Lu Yan didn’t yet know what tier such an ability truly occupied, but at the very least, it had to surpass the Heavenly Gang Divine Abilities.

Those were techniques said to be wielded by immortals in legends. Even in the Immortal Cultivation Version, only a few such stories had been preserved.

If Supreme Divine Abilities surpassed even those—then how high could they truly reach?

Just the thought made Lu Yan’s heart stir with excitement.

The only unfortunate part was that for now, the Supreme Divine Ability was still only a seed—not even a nascent form—and Lu Yan had no way of witnessing its power yet.

After sorting through all the benefits brought by the Supreme Dao Foundation, Lu Yan finally let out a long breath.

The original objectives he had set for the Urban Version were now mostly complete.

Although five months remained until the next version update, he had no interest in causing further upheaval.

Instead, he planned to use this time to enter closed-door cultivation, to reflect on the transformation of the Supreme Dao Foundation and to further refine his Foundation Establishment realm techniques.

With a wave of his right hand, he placed the Soul Banner into the courtyard. A host of ghost soldiers and ghost gods emerged to maintain the manor’s daily operations.

Lu Yan ascended to the second floor, seated himself in the cultivation chamber, and began his retreat.

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While Lu Yan was in closed-door cultivation, a storm was brewing beyond Phoenix Mountain.

After the Lord of the Underworld took away the forbidden zone of Mount Beimang, the true spirit vein of Mount Beimang was finally revealed to the world.

Among the entire Spiritual Revival Version, all other regions were still in the research and development phase of cultivating spirit veins. The only fully formed one was the Mount Beimang Spirit Vein.

Not to mention, Lu Yan had planted over a hundred spiritual herbs along its banks, making it a true blessed land in the context of the Urban Version.

This instantly triggered a frenzy among the various factions, all eager to stake their claim. Everyone knew that seizing control of the Mount Beimang Spirit Vein was the key to riding the wave of spiritual revival.

Some factions even began using underhanded tactics, spreading false rumors to tank the stock prices of rival companies.

While the struggle reached a boiling point, Li Hao stepped forward.

“This spirit vein was left behind by Lord Blood God. If he hasn’t spoken, do you all dare to claim it so freely? Aren’t you afraid of invoking his wrath?”

Everyone knew Li Hao was just waving the tiger’s skin as a banner, but no one dared to refute his words.

The ghost soldiers, the ghost gods, the Lord of the Underworld… That mysterious Underworld had shocked them too deeply. Even the slightest chance of provoking the Blood God was a risk none of them were willing to take.

In the end, after much deliberation, the factions agreed:

The Mount Beimang Spirit Vein would be entrusted to Li Hao as a proxy for the Blood God, and development would proceed under his oversight.

(End of Chapter)