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Su Wen's breakthrough was drawing to a close.
His Heavenly Power was undergoing a metamorphosis.
The reason his comprehension of the laws improved so rapidly the moment he broke through to Heavenly Dao Power was not only because it was his first time facing the laws directly, but also, most importantly, due to direct contact.
When Heavenly Power broke through, it would undergo the baptism of the laws. The characteristics of the laws would taint the Heavenly Power, granting it more of the heaven and earth's might, allowing it to better mobilize the power of nature.
Heavenly Void Power was about controlling the power of heaven and earth, whereas Heavenly Dao Power was about integrating into heaven and earth, directly taking over command.
Most Heavenly Jewel Masters might rely on a stroke of luck or a timely opportunity to break through to Heavenly Dao Power, but most of their subsequent cultivation relied on forcing their Heavenly Power to blend in rather than relying on comprehension.
Or rather, that so-called comprehension was passive.
If they could comprehend the laws they came into contact with while their Heavenly Power forced its way into the control of heaven and earth, they could continue to progress. However, if they failed to keep up with that pace, a bottleneck would appear. They would need to grind away at it, or even require a specific opportunity or sudden enlightenment to make up for these shortfalls, allowing their Heavenly Power to continue pushing deeper.
This was exactly why Long Shiya was so profoundly shocked.
Su Wen comprehended it on his own. As long as his Heavenly Power cultivated upward, he would naturally enter that state. While it couldn't quite be said that heaven and earth had been remodeled into his image, his own Heavenly Power could at least cultivate to adapt to the shape of heaven and earth.
Without needing to force his way in, he already had hope of becoming a Heavenly Deity. Furthermore, referencing the mainstream cultivation methods of current Heavenly Jewel Masters at the Heavenly Dao Power stage, if he pushed himself at the Heavenly Deity stage, there really was a chance he could cultivate to the twelfth tier of Heavenly Dao Power.
And it was precisely this possibility that gave Su Wen a genuine chance to strike for the Heavenly Change tier.
The Heavenly Power within his body mutated, advancing further from Heavenly Void Power integrating into heaven and earth to become Heavenly Dao Power.
Heavenly Power at the Heavenly Dao Power level circulated through his body.
Running the fourth layer of the Heavenly Jewel Change cultivation technique, Su Wen's internal Heavenly Power surged, and the acupoints within his body lit up one after another.
At this moment, every part of his body was glowing.
Every single point of light was an acupoint.
These acupoints interconnected and fused with one another, forming massive vortices that swept through the surrounding world, frantically devouring the origin energy of heaven and earth.
The rich Heavenly Power flowed through his body, naturally forming a torrent that gathered in his dantian, shaping into a vortex-like form.
As the Heavenly Power circulated, the vortex grew increasingly solid.
Su Wen knew that when his Heavenly Power condensed to a certain point, it would form a Heavenly Core, similar to a Soul Core from the Douluo Continent.
Only when a Heavenly Core was truly condensed could one be called a Heavenly King.
Under normal circumstances, one had a chance to condense a Heavenly Core at the first tier of Heavenly Dao Power, but most Heavenly Jewel Masters only achieved this upon reaching the fourth tier.
In other words, after becoming a High-Tier Heavenly Zong, there was actually a blank phase spanning three tiers. They couldn't truly be considered Heavenly Kings, yet their cultivation realm was already infinitely close.
Nonetheless, people generally viewed them as Heavenly Kings anyway.
It was just that this kind of Heavenly King had to be considered a pseudo-Heavenly King.
Su Wen stabilized his Heavenly Power and let out a sigh of relief.
Opening his eyes, the entire world seemed to have changed.
"So this is the realm of Heavenly Dao Power."
Su Wen admitted that he felt a massive contradiction at this moment.
It was a conflict of philosophies.
In the past, he did not believe in the existence of laws. This kind of established program, an existence like source code, did not align with his philosophy.
But now, his perception had clearly shattered his previous concepts.
Heavenly Dao Power integrated into heaven and earth, allowing him to feel heaven and earth, and the laws could also be faintly perceived.
This was heaven and earth.
All laws were orderly; everything was so perfectly disciplined.
"Perhaps my view on cultivation needs to be revised as well."
Su Wen's Dao heart did not collapse directly, it was just difficult to accept for a moment.
Actually, thinking back carefully, this error in concept had not affected his cultivation at all.
On the contrary, truly sensing the existence of the laws at this moment vastly improved the efficiency of his comprehension of heaven and earth.
"Emperor, we can proceed to the Snow Deity Mountain now."
Long Shiya took a deep breath and nodded.
"Third trial of the Red-Class Seven Trials completed. Reward: Divine Attribute."
Su Wen felt a special power flowing within his body, ultimately gathering upon his Heavenly Jewels, remodeling his physical body.
Remodeling bodily attributes out of thin air--only a deity could achieve such a feat, and not just any ordinary deity.
Su Wen grew increasingly curious and full of longing toward the realm of the deities.
Because under normal circumstances, even those at the absolute peak below the deity level could not accomplish this.
Yet after achieving deityhood, one seemingly possessed these numerous incredible abilities as a matter of course.
Not just incredible abilities, but also immortality!
How exactly did deities achieve immortality?
These were all things Su Wen was curious about.
Having awakened the Divine Attribute, Su Wen did not make a fuss about it.
They journeyed all the way north.
The further north they went, the colder the weather became, until the surroundings were a vast expanse of white.
Ahead, mountain peaks towered, exceptionally steep and perilous.
And among the numerous peaks, one mountain was incredibly dazzling.
Not a single bit inferior to the Heavenly Jewel Island, which gathered the spiritual energy of all four directions, this Snow Deity Mountain seemed to be a pole of heaven and earth, with boundless origin energy gathering atop its summit.
Memorizing the surrounding terrain, Su Wen quickly ascended the mountain alongside Long Shiya.
Each step spanned dozens of meters.
Yet even so, it still took the two of them over a minute to reach the summit.
"Long Shiya? And this is?"
Sensing two powerful auras approaching, Xue Aotian was already waiting in the main hall of the Snow Deity Mountain.
To be precise, it was an phantom image of him.
Even if it was just an phantom akin to a clone, it still possessed power at the Heavenly Deity level.
"Su Wen, Grandmaster Wen," Long Shiya introduced.
"Oh? This is the Grandmaster Wen who pioneered the Scholarly Domain and founded the Academy?" Xue Aotian's interest was piqued, and he observed Su Wen closely.
The more he observed, the more he felt Su Wen was somewhat mysterious.
At the same time, a sense of familiarity welled up in his heart.
Where did this familiarity come from?
Xue Aotian racked his brains but could not find the root of this familiarity.
However, through this observation, he also gained a basic understanding of Su Wen.
Achieving the Heavenly Deity level would not be difficult for him.
"The two of you wouldn't come to my Snow Deity Mountain without a reason, right?" Xue Aotian said calmly.
Long Shiya didn't beat around the bush either.
If it were in the past, he might have worried about his motives being exposed and would have tried to fish for information first to figure out Zhou Weiqing's whereabouts. But now, as the Supreme Elder of the Academy, he possessed a certain degree of confidence and had shed some of the rogue-like habits from his days as a rogue cultivator.
"I came to find my disciple."
"Your disciple?"
Xue Aotian was puzzled.
"Zhou Weiqing. He should be here at your Snow Deity Mountain, right?"
"You're talking about him? He's your disciple?" Xue Aotian looked at Long Shiya skeptically.
It wasn't hard to tell from Xue Aotian's expression that he didn't believe it.
He had interacted with Zhou Weiqing too.
Though the boy seemed honest, he was actually very slippery. If he had a master like this, he probably would have bragged about it long ago.
"Ahem, Su Wen helped Zhou Weiqing awaken, and Su Wen recommended him to be my disciple. So naturally, he is my disciple."
"Oh~~~" Xue Aotian came to a sudden realization.
He hadn't officially acknowledged him as master yet.