Chapter 90: Half-Step Divine King

Use the currently most needed treasure chest!

Bai Yuan whispered silently in his heart.

Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained the Yin‑Yang Creation Scripture*1, the Nine Yuan Jue*1, Profound One Mirror*1, and the Method of Cultivating the Chaotic Azure Lotus*1.

【Yin‑Yang Creation Scripture】: a dual‑cultivation technique; those who practice it will see rapid cultivation when dual‑cultivating with the opposite sex, and the higher the partner's cultivation, the faster the boost.

【Nine Yuan Jue】: this "nine" is not nine; nine is the ultimate number, meaning the utmost in the world. To practice the Nine Yuan Jue, one must comprehend many rules during the Foundation Establishment stage; the more rules understood, the more Golden Cores one can condense in the Golden Core stage.

【Profound One Mirror】: a person looks into the mirror, swapping with the reflection; the reflection inherits all the person's karmic causes, and the person can super‑control the reflection within the mirror.

【Method of Cultivating the Chaotic Azure Lotus】: give it to a practitioner of the Azure Lotus Heavenly Heart Technique, and it can increase the chance of attaining the Chaotic Azure Lotus form.

Bai Yuan looked at the four items he had received, feeling both delighted and disappointed, and even a little speechless.

He was delighted because all four items were very useful.

He was disappointed that he hadn't unlocked the Five Elements Array foundation.

As for the speechlessness, it was because the system wanted him to feign death.

It gave him a Profound One Mirror.

It wasn't because of the Yin‑Yang Creation Scripture.

And the Method of Cultivating the Chaotic Azure Lotus was probably given because Bai Yuan was anxious about Bai Yu's talent, and the system deliberately provided it.

Focusing his attention on reality, Bai Yuan saw Gu Yue Na had somehow appeared in front of him, carefully scrutinizing his face.

Seeing Bai Yuan's gaze, Gu Yue Na said, "What were you thinking about just now? You seemed so absorbed."

Bai Yuan smiled, "Give me a kiss and I'll tell you."

Gu Yue Na let out a light "hum" and said, "Who cares to know?"

Bai Yuan said, "If you don't care, fine, but I intend to give you two gifts. Do you want them?"

Gu Yue Na raised an eyebrow slightly, "Forget the gifts. You should first consider whether to feign death, and how to do it properly."

Gu Yue Na doesn't want any gifts now; she only wants the safest way to get Bai Yuan out of the board.

Otherwise, if an Asura God targets him, trouble will eventually arise.

Bai Yuan replied arrogantly, "As for gifts, if you want them you must have them; if you don't, you need them even more."

Gu Yue Na was a bit stunned, and Bai Yuan transmitted the Nine Yuan Jue to her.

Having the Nine Yuan Jue infused, Gu Yue Na felt she entered an endless sea of information, filled with cosmic rules beyond description.

Bai Yuan watched quietly, seeing Gu Yue Na fully immersed in the information sea, her eyes dim, motionless, like a stone statue; he couldn't help reaching out to pinch her face.

"Hmm, the feel is good," Bai Yuan said with a smiling grin.

Then he lowered his gaze and muttered, "These long, straight, fair legs—should they wear white silk, black silk, or perhaps flesh‑colored silk?"

Bai Yuan had no opportunistic intent; he was merely admiring his future wife, her perfect mature lady figure, and that flawless maiden face.

After a long while, Gu Yue Na came to her senses.

"What a profound technique," Gu Yue Na remarked subconsciously.

But when she looked, almost burying her face into Bai Yuan's body, her delicate frame froze for a moment, then she hurriedly stepped back, cheeks flushed with anger, "Bai Yuan, what did you intend to do to me?"

Bai Yuan smiled at Gu Yue Na, "Did nothing; I was just admiring your beauty up close."

"You dare!" Gu Yue Na shouted angrily.

Bai Yuan's panda eyes deepened even more.

Bai Yuan was at a loss for words.

He truly hadn't done anything!

Had he known earlier, he should have taken the chance to do something.

Sighing, Bai Yuan said helplessly, "Alright, Na'er, you can cultivate this technique whenever you wish; it should change your aura, and even if you walk out openly, the Divine Realm won't know it's you."

Switching cultivation systems will naturally alter one's aura as well.

After venting the anger born of shame, Gu Yue Na calmed down and said, "Thank you; this Nine Yuan Jue is very useful to me, it should let me break the bloodline defect and the curse that prevents me from ascending to Divine King."

The Gold Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King were both First‑rank Gods at their peaks, and at their utmost they could match the power of a Divine King.

After thirty thousand years, they could not contend with the Crimson Mother of the Half‑Step Divine King, solely because she had not truly returned to her peak.

It's like a High‑Transformation being whose spiritual power is completely exhausted, yet there is nowhere in the world to replenish it, so all divine abilities become unusable.

This is the Dragon Swimming in Shallow Waters.

Now Gu Yue Na, though her injuries have mostly healed, still hasn't reached her peak because she has nowhere to replenish her divine power.

But after cultivating the Nine Yuan Jue, Gu Yue Na discovered an energy identical to that of the Five Elements Array spontaneously appearing within her body.

Bai Yuan grinned wickedly, "True gratitude shouldn't be expressed merely in words, but through one's own actions."

Gu Yue Na gave Bai Yuan a speechless glance.

She, her face flushed again, restrained Bai Yuan, and, like a chick pecking at rice, gently tapped his cheek.

Bai Yuan complained, "Not enough, not enough!"

Perhaps recalling the previous experience, Gu Yue Na this time didn't let Bai Yuan make a request, but with an even redder face she lightly tapped his lips.

"Not enough, not enough, still not enough," Bai Yuan said, never satisfied.

Gu Yue Na stopped indulging him, saying, "If it's not enough, then that's that."

Seeing Gu Yue Na's resolve this time, Bai Yuan said, "Release the restraint; I need to feign death."

Gu Yue Na lifted the restraint.

Bai Yuan took out the Profound One Mirror and reflected it onto himself.

In an instant, he found the world before his eyes changed; he entered the mirror world, yet could still see and feel the outside world.

It was as if he had gained a duplicate as handy as an arm or a finger.

Meanwhile, Gu Yue Na beside him noticed nothing unusual.

"Gu Yue Na, help me secure this thing; my true body is inside it, I'm now going to prepare a second gift for you." Bai Yuan's mirror-image duplicate handed the Profound One Mirror to Gu Yue Na, and a piece of crystal stone appeared on his hand.

The crystal stone was yellow, its overall shape a very regular rhombus, somewhat elongated, glittering and translucent; it was not something else—it was the Earth Base of the Five Elements Array.

Gu Yue Na could only feel disbelief upon hearing it.

Can a person run into a mirror?

She clearly hadn't felt anything just now!

But before Gu Yue Na could recover her senses, she suddenly felt—or rather, every Soul Master on the Douluo Continent felt.

Earlier, the soul power that permeated heaven and earth was rapidly vanishing, replaced by a force that the vast majority of people had never sensed.

However, the Title Douluo who had once hunted Bai Yuan immediately learned the source of all this.

At that moment, with the fourth base of the Five Elements Array appearing, the array's range enveloped the entire Douluo Star, and Bai Yuan also obtained the power of a Half-step Divine King, or rather the Half-step God Transformation Stage.

(End of Chapter)