Published: February 20, 2025
Chapter 492: Eight-Armed True Body, Time Void
As the Great Sun True Body reached the ninth layer of great perfection, Chen Chu discovered that his body had gained a new ability: the absorption of sunlight.
This "sunlight" not only referred to the light emitted by the star of the solar system but also included the sun suspended in the mythical world and the sunlight of this world.
This ability came from the Great Sun True Body technique.
Starting from the second layer, one could absorb sunlight energy to strengthen the body; by the fourth layer, one could ignite the blood fire to temper the flesh; and by the seventh layer, one formed the true sun fire.
Step by step, the body was tempered, the constitution was altered, and the talent for absorbing solar energy was obtained, similar to the dark star runes that absorb heavy metal elements.
Clearly, once the body refinement technique was cultivated to great perfection, the innate characteristics gained were not solely unique to the dark star body refinement technique but were the essence of all ancient body refinement techniques.
In contrast to the cultivation of true energy to the ninth tier and mastering the laws, ancient body refinement techniques took the route of innate divine abilities, focusing on body refinement rather than energy refinement.
Additionally, unlike the techniques from ancient civilizations, the true martial arts of Blue Star combined both paths.
Before the seventh level, greater emphasis was placed on body refinement; after the seventh level, the true martial phantom was condensed, and the eighth level unified the phantom to reshape the true body into the realm of the ninth level—true laws.
In this situation, the kings of the Human Race possess powerful laws and true bodies, but they are also not extreme or pure enough to cultivate divine abilities.
Chen Chu's mastery of strength, defense, and speed came from the innate runes of the Destruction Emperor Dragon.
Of course, there was no superiority or inferiority between the techniques from ancient civilizations and those of the Human Race of Blue Star; it was merely that both chose different paths, with true martial techniques being better suited to the Human Race of Blue Star.
Moreover, those with genetic true martial abilities and the beast-human fusion path, when cultivated to later stages, would also acquire the talent to master giant beasts, similar to the ancient body refinement techniques.
However, none of this was of great importance; what mattered was that Chen Chu discovered he could leverage these body refinement techniques to acquire several innate abilities with special capabilities.
Under normal circumstances, these talents offered little help to Chen Chu at present.
For instance, the talent for absorbing sunlight gained this time only transformed energy at a rate of one-thousandth compared to the energy absorbed by the demon god's body from the chaotic void.
Including the fully perfected Great Sun True Body, it only slightly enhanced Chen Chu's overall power, equivalent to the "strength" of a ninth level peak cultivator—barely beneficial.
However, if Chen Chu could push it to its limits, transform it into innate runes, and then integrate it into the fight war god body evolving into divine abilities, it would significantly boost his combat prowess.
Especially during the melting path, the attribute-compatible divine abilities and laws could blend, yielding even more terrifying laws' essence divine abilities.
For example, the sun true fire divine ability and the higher-level law of Great Sun Heavenly Flame are both fires; combined with the shared attribute of "sun," they might elevate to supreme power.
Breath! Chen Chu slowly exhaled, suppressing his excitement, and his gaze fell on the remaining five complete ancient techniques.
The Mystic Light Saint Body has nine layers in total, inherited from a mythical peak ancient warrior, which could grant the innate protective mystic light upon reaching great perfection, providing unparalleled defense.