Listening to Cao Ya and the others' words, the High Priest seemed to understand something. What she cultivated was the Life Rule, one of the Four Great Rules.
After Desri's independent godhood was destroyed, the divine spark he refined was also a lower-level godhood under the rules of death.
They knew this was absolutely true; there was no fixed path to cultivating the rules.
There are six profound laws, and nine profound laws in the wind system. You either comprehend them or you don't. A slight difference can make all the difference.
"The laws I cultivate are exemplified by their profound mysteries."
Cao Ya laughed:
"Comprehending one profound law makes one a lower-level god, two makes one a middle-level god, and comprehending all six profound laws makes one an upper-level god. Well, the wind element is a slight exception; a middle-level god requires three profound laws, while an upper-level god comprehends all nine."
Linley, Tarosa, Dilin, and the others nodded. Having all become gods, they had some understanding of the fundamental mysteries of the laws.
Cao Ya looked around and saw that everyone was looking at him with serious expressions, listening attentively.
He said:
"Becoming a high god is not the end. Leaving aside the main gods, do you know how the strongest among the high gods—the Great Perfection High God—advances?"
“Integrating all the mysteries of the laws,” Tarosa replied.
“Indeed, the fusion of the profound mysteries of the laws.” Cao Ya nodded. “Since I’ve become a high-level god, why do I still need to fuse the profound mysteries of the laws? Why don’t I start fusing earlier when I’m at the mid-level god stage?”
"By comprehending the profound mysteries of the laws while fusing them with the mysteries of the same system, even if I am a mid-level god, I may reach the combat power of an upper-level god. In fact, when I have fully comprehended all the mysteries of a system and advanced to an upper-level god, I will be only one step away from the Great Perfection."
Everyone was taken aback.
"This...this works too?" Di Lin asked in astonishment.
"Can you fuse two profound mysteries even if you haven't fully grasped them?" Lin Lei pressed.
“Of course! However, the speed of fusion will definitely be slower than the speed of comprehending the mysteries of a single law,” Cao Ya said. This was his plan: if he didn’t become a High God, so be it; but if he did become a High God, he would at least be an Asura!
Only then will he go to Hell, the Underworld, or some supreme plane or divine plane.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. They really didn't know that the cultivation of mid-level gods and high-level gods involved such special circumstances.
“Don’t all think about trying it,” Hart warned. “The fusion of the profound mysteries of the laws is far more difficult than pure comprehension. This can be seen from the fact that throughout history, the number of Great Perfection High Gods has been even rarer than that of the Main Gods.”
“We can give it a try, but if we can advance to the rank of High God first, then we’ll talk about that later.” Harvey spread his hands and smiled. “In any case, we must comprehend and eventually integrate the mysteries of a system. However, whether we can do it or not is another matter.”
With a sigh, Harvey also wanted to integrate the profound mysteries of the laws, but he couldn't find the way at all. As for comprehending all the mysteries of a particular law, his progress had been slow for millions of years.
Understanding and integrating the profound mysteries is purely a matter of comprehension.
"By the way, can the profound mysteries of laws with different attributes be fused together?" Olivia suddenly asked.
Looking at Olivia, Cao Ya remembered that he and Lin Lei were both soul mutants, but Lin Lei's soul mutated on the plane battlefield, while Olivia had forgotten when her soul mutated.
“Ordinary people can’t do it; they can only fuse with mystical elements of the same attribute. But there is one exception,” Cao Ya said. “That is, the soul mutant.”
“Soul mutants…” Hart shook his head and said, “Those are extremely rare. There’s probably not even one in billions of gods.”
“Many who started their soul mutations didn’t survive and eventually died, which is even more regrettable,” Harvey lamented.
Soul mutants are far rarer than divine beasts.
Everyone who heard this was deeply moved.
Whether it's comprehending a single profound law, fusing profound laws of the same attribute, or even undergoing a soul mutation to be qualified to fuse profound laws of different attributes... each of these is an extremely difficult task!
"Haha, soul mutation is too difficult and too dangerous. Let's be honest and try to understand and fuse the mysteries of each attribute separately," Lin Lei laughed.
Cao Ya, however, was unwilling to have his soul mutate. He was currently a god with three attributes: darkness, wind, and water, and all of them were mid-level gods.
Leaving aside the four major rules for the time being, Cao Ya plans to slowly comprehend the remaining four of the seven laws one by one, in order to achieve the Seven Laws Divine Avatar.
If he remembered correctly, the most common soul mutations so far have been three-elemental mutants. Lin Lei will break this record in the future and become a four-elemental soul mutant.
But the Seventh Series... has never existed before!
Lin Lei, the future controller of Hongmeng, has only just passed the halfway point of the Seven Elements.
If his soul had truly mutated, Cao Ya didn't think he could survive it.
I should focus on cultivating and comprehending the profound mysteries of the three elemental laws: darkness, wind, and water. Later, I'll delve into the mysteries of the earth, fire, lightning, and light laws... Hmm, if I have the chance, I should also try the four great laws...
As for the soul mutation... sigh, never mind, that doesn't fit my cultivation plan... As Linley said, it's indeed too dangerous. With so many attribute mutations, I definitely wouldn't be able to survive...
Cao Ya shook his head inwardly; the soul had mutated, which was incompatible with his path.
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In the Dark Forest, inside the Metal Castle.
"This Dungeon has quite the ambition..."
Beirut lay back in his chair, leisurely sipping his tea with a smile on his face.
"Judging from his performance, he's probably at the level of a six-star demon, which is quite impressive. If he becomes a high-level god, he'll likely be a seven-star demon. If he remains at the mid-level god stage, he could fuse with more profound mysteries..."
"Asura! Ascending to the rank of High God is Asura! Only one step away from the Great Perfection!"
Even Beirut couldn't help but marvel at Cao Ya's performance.
He became a supreme god, but in terms of the profound mysteries of the laws, he was equivalent to an Asura.
When he was still a high-ranking god, he was so strong that he was no less than a Great Perfection God. This was entirely because Beirut was the number one God-Devouring Rat in the world, with terrifying innate divine abilities that could devour a god's spark!
His body is a divine body, a body of perfect perfection, and it is very difficult to break through.
This is how Beirut achieved its renowned reputation.
As for what happened later—snatching food from the tiger's mouth, stealing the corpses of the four divine beasts, Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise, and taking away their lower-level divine status—that's another matter entirely.
If he can truly reach the Great Perfection... hehe, what harm is there in giving you a Water-type Godhood?
Beirut spread his divine sense, enveloping the Magnolia Plane, without anyone noticing.
Just kidding, it would be strange if lower-level gods, middle-level gods, and higher-level gods could perceive the divine consciousness of the main god.
Of the four lower-level godhoods he had initially seized, he refined the wind-type lower-level godhood himself, and for the fire-type lower-level godhood, he set his sights on the Azure Flame.
Beirut has his eye on Linley and Cao Ya, who are both lower-level deities of the Earth and Water systems, respectively.
Forget about the Great Perfection; if you can become an Asura, then those two main godheads are yours...
Beirut accepted the food his wife offered, ate it with relish, and smiled so broadly that his eyes narrowed.
Suddenly, he stopped moving and froze.
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