Chapter 594 (2/2)
After gathering the energies of his nine stars, Xiang Shaoyun attempted to transform them into draconic aura. However, the process wasn't smooth, and he kept failing as if he was unable to find the trick of success.
Initially, he suspected that his failures were due to the fact that his Heaven Conquering Overlord Manual was incomplete. But he then recalled that the version he had should be sufficient for him to reach peak Emperor. Thus, it couldn't have been the cultivation method.
Ultimately, he concluded that the failures were due to his insufficient grasp on the powers he cultivated. At that realization, he calmed down and started studying all his powers once again, practicing his control of each, one by one. The so-called control wasn't as simple as wielding them. Instead, he needed to control the powers' every detail, using them like they were an extension of his body, fully becoming one with them.
He had the best control over the power of lightning, which was the first power he cultivated, followed by the powers of gold and flame. As for the other powers, he needed more time to improve his control over them. He spent an entire month before he was done deepening his control over all nine powers.
It was worth noting that if not for the Nether Soul Domain and filthless soul that gave his comprehension a boost, he would have taken a much longer time. However, this was only a tiny issue for one cultivating nine powers. The biggest issue was the act of fusing all nine powers together to form draconic aura. Forming his draconic aura with only one power would not work in this situation.
Xiang Shaoyun's spine was an innate lightning bone covered in dragon scales. That was why he was able to form dragon projections after he had gained control over the power of presence. But that dragon projection wasn't exactly draconic aura. The very nature of the two was different.
Xiang Shaoyun tried using his lightning power as the base for the other eight powers to work on, but he still failed, as the nine powers still separated at the end. He had no way of forming his draconic aura. Even with great control over his nine powers, he still encountered the same result, and it filled him with indignation.
If he couldn't form his own draconic aura, he wouldn't be able to transform his astral energy. In that situation, his cultivation level would be stuck. Finally, he recalled the ancient mantra. When he tried using the mantra while fusing the nine powers, something unexpected happened. The nine powers indeed fused, but something crucial still seemed to be missing, preventing a complete fusion.
However, Xiang Shaoyun had still gained some vague insight during the process, an insight that signified that he would be able to fully display the strength of the nine powers in the future. It was also closely related to whether he would be able to proceed further in his path of cultivation. After spending some time in thought, he s.h.i.+fted his focus to his astral cosmos sea.
In the records he had read, the astral cosmos sea was something a cultivator formed to serve as a special storage s.p.a.ce. However, he had not once read that the astral cosmos sea could also store life. His astral cosmos sea was obviously different from others', as he could store living beings in it. It seemed more like an independent s.p.a.ce filled with vitality.
He had never understood the reason. But now, he started having a feeling that to form his own draconic aura, he would have to do it through the astral cosmos sea because a complete fusion of the nine powers had never succeeded outside of it.
Inside the astral cosmos sea, however, the nine powers seemed capable of changing automatically, turning into the nine-colored fog that could also be considered a new power that was a perfect fusion of the nine powers. That new power represented both life and destruction. Additionally, the new power was also capable of unleas.h.i.+ng an unimaginable might.
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