Chapter 99: Heaven-Defying Divine Ability

Generally speaking, as long as one opens a secret aperture, it counts as breaking through the Third Realm.

For martial cultivators of the Third Realm, their main task is to open secret apertures one by one, making themselves stronger.

After each secret aperture is opened, besides gaining the corresponding ability, one can also obtain a certain degree of bodily enhancement.

Qi and blood, tendon and bone strength, nerve reflexes, and most crucially lifespan can all be increased.

For each aperture opened, lifespan increases by anywhere from a few months to several years, depending on the effect of opening the aperture.

As for martial divine abilities, what kind one awakens also depends on the effect of opening the aperture and luck.

Some people awaken rather ordinary martial divine abilities, which can only be counted as abilities, not true divine abilities.

Many Third Realm martial artists consider it good enough to have a martial divine ability they can name.

Having two makes one an outstanding talent among people.

Getting back to the point,

The first secret aperture Lu Xun opened was the Heavenly Eye Aperture.

After opening the Heavenly Eye Aperture, one can obtain the 'divine ability' of Hundred Steps Observation Pattern, i. e., far-sight.

The returning heat flow came in an endless stream, repeatedly impacting the Heavenly Eye Aperture after it was cleared, continually strengthening it.

Finally, the heat flow was exhausted.

Lu Xun suddenly discovered his eyes had directly evolved into a '24K titanium alloy dog eye ProMax version', able to see a mosquito three hundred meters away clearly.

No, not just three hundred meters.

With a thought, Lu Xun saw even farther.

For example, at the edge of a floating island more than ten li away, a couple was kissing in a small grove.

"Thousand Mile Eye! This is a divine ability!"

Lu Xun knew he had obtained a martial divine ability, the Thousand Mile Eye!

This divine ability is extremely rare; very few martial artists possess it.

Lu Xun, however, awakened it when he opened his first eye aperture.

"System, I admit this divine ability is powerful, but what about the returns you previously accumulated?"

Lu Xun complained.

This return was indeed powerful, but not as much as Lu Xun imagined.

Especially, earlier Murong Wan broke through five layers in succession, and the system had accumulated a large amount of returns there.

Soon, Lu Xun knew the reason.

Because Lu Xun achieved another breakthrough in the Qi Sea Realm, breaking through to the thirty-fourth layer of the Qi Sea.

【The difference between the Martial Dao Second Realm and Third Realm is considerable; the returns from the Qi Sea Realm cannot be applied to the Aperture-Opening Realm.】

The system gave an explanation.

"The returns from the Qi Sea Realm cannot be used for the Third Realm?"

Lu Xun somewhat understood.

Martial Dao is different from Immortal Dao.

The main reason is that each realm of Martial Dao cultivates entirely different things.

Therefore, the returns accumulated in the Qi Sea Realm still cannot be used in the Third Realm; they will only let Lu Xun's Qi Sea continue breaking through its limits.

After opening the Heavenly Eye Aperture, Lu Xun's body also grew stronger, so the limit he could withstand increased again, allowing his Qi Sea Realm to continue breaking through.

"Alright."

That's not bad either, because true qi remains one of the core aspects of a martial cultivator.

For example, when on the stage, even though Lu Xun is still at the Second Realm, the quality of his true qi is already comparable to that of a Fourth Realm master.

Even late-stage Third Realm monstrous geniuses dare not clash head-on with Lu Xun.

【Murong Wan awakened the divine ability Thousand Mile Eye; you gain thirty times her harvest.】

【You obtain Ten-Thousand Mile Eye.】

Suddenly, the returns came again.

After Murong Wan opened the Heavenly Eye Aperture, she actually awakened a martial divine ability.

This divine ability is also the Thousand Mile Eye.

Now it's good.

Lu Xun's Thousand Mile Eye was directly strengthened, becoming the Ten-Thousand Mile Eye.

Meaning he can see even farther.

"Not bad."

Lu Xun revealed a smile.

Although the Thousand Mile Eye divine ability seems to add little to combat power, it is actually very useful.

Especially when on the Starry Sky Ancient Road, at cosmic-scale distances, the Thousand Mile Eye is incredibly useful.

His Ten-Thousand Mile Eye is even more awesome than the Thousand Mile Eye!

【Murong Wan opened the Cavern Dark Aperture; you gain thirty times her harvest.】

Not long after Murong Wan awakened the Thousand Mile Eye, the second return arrived.

Murong Wan opened another eye aperture.

"She intends to open all nine apertures in succession."

Lu Xun knew Murong Wan's plan.

To awaken more martial divine abilities, the simplest method is to open all secret apertures of a body part in one go.

Just like the eye apertures, there are nine in total; if they can all be opened at once, the probability of awakening a martial divine ability will greatly increase.

This is also why Lu Xun gave the Saint-rank Secret Aperture Pill to Murong Wan.

That could help Murong Wan open nine apertures in a row.

The return came again.

"Hum~"

Lu Xun's Deep Cavern Aperture opened.

Once the Deep Cavern Aperture is opened, one can obtain the "divine ability" of Faint Candle Discernment, i. e., night vision, enabling one to see objects in darkness.

The specific effect also depends on the aperture-opening effect.

Under a thirtyfold return, Lu Xun's aperture-opening effect is unsurpassed.

After this aperture was opened, Lu Xun failed to awaken a new martial divine ability.

Mainly because this aperture itself has no divine ability.

【Murong Wan opened the Illusion-breaking Aperture, you gain thirty times Murong Wan's harvest.】

Murong Wan continues to constantly open new secret apertures.

"Little Wan, after opening the Illusion-breaking Aperture, then open the Bright Light, Soul-chasing, Candle Dragon, and Heaven-peeping apertures, it may be possible to awaken the Heavenly Eye."

On the other side, in the cultivation chamber, Fu Yue was guiding Murong Wan.

Since opening apertures is so important, Fu Yue naturally stayed by Murong Wan's side without leaving.

For martial cultivators, the risk of opening apertures is still not small; failure results in temporary blindness.

If the failures accumulate, permanent blindness may result.

The Illusion-breaking Aperture mainly counters illusion techniques.

It allows the eyes to see through illusions.

But it cannot see through all illusions; how powerful it is depends first on the aperture-opening effect, and second on the opponent's illusion skill level.

After the Illusion-breaking Aperture comes the Bright Light Aperture.

Once opened, it allows martial cultivators to ignore strong light; even staring directly at the sun will not injure the eyes.

Next is the Soul-chasing Aperture.

Opening this aperture grants crucial dynamic vision.

Dynamic vision plays a not-so-small role in combat.

Martial cultivators need dynamic vision when dealing with Immortal Cultivators' flying swords, or when battling cultivators whose speed is off the charts.

Like when Lu Xun previously fought Xia Yu, if he had dynamic vision, that battle would have been much easier.

Immediately after comes the Candle Dragon Aperture.

This aperture allows the eyes to fear no fire.

"Opening the Candle Dragon Aperture has an extremely small chance to awaken Fiery Eyes Golden Pupils, but the probability is minuscule—one in a hundred million; if it cannot be awakened, there's no need to force it, and after breaking through the nine apertures there is still an opportunity."

Fu Yue feared Murong Wan would stubbornly insist on this aperture.

After all, the name Fiery Eyes Golden Pupils comes from a mythic martial divine ability, and it's truly overpowered.

"Is this Fiery Eyes Golden Pupils?"

In the dormitory, after Lu Xun opened the Candle Dragon Aperture, he successfully awakened Fiery Eyes Golden Pupils.

The function and effect of Fiery Eyes Golden Pupils are somewhat similar to those of the mythical Monkey King.

First, it can see through illusions and discern the truth; even the most exquisite illusions struggle to take effect before Fiery Eyes Golden Pupils.

Second, the eyes can emit golden-light attacks, whose specific power depends on the martial cultivator's own strength.

Even powerful martial cultivators without Fiery Eyes Golden Pupils can still emit attacks from their eyes if they train eye-related martial techniques.

But they are far less effective than Fiery Eyes Golden Pupils.

On the other side, after Murong Wan broke through the Candle Dragon Aperture, she failed to awaken Fiery Eyes Golden Pupils.

She did not stubbornly insist, but continued to push upward.

Soon, she opened the Heaven-peeping Aperture.

This aperture allows martial cultivators to anticipate the enemy and possess a certain predictive ability.

"Success!"

Upon opening the Heaven-peeping Aperture, Murong Wan, relying on the accumulation of the previous apertures, successfully awakened the Heavenly Eye Divine Ability.

The Heavenly Eye Divine Ability is also called the Heavenly Eye.

Its most important function is actually to see through the essence; when one later receives the laws of heaven and earth, it will be extraordinarily effective.

With it, Murong Wan's progress will be extremely fast after breaking through the Seventh Realm.

Because starting from the Martial Way Seventh Realm, martial cultivators must master the laws of heaven and earth, a step that has stumped many martial cultivators.

The Heavenly Eye allows martial cultivators to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

【Murong Wan awakened the Heavenly Eye Divine Ability, you gain thirty times Murong Wan's harvest.】

【You obtained the Heavenly Dao Pupil.】

Lu Xun's side also welcomed a harvest.

This harvest's name alone is incredibly awesome.

Heavenly Dao Pupil.