181 The Golden Invincible Force (1/2)
When Yi Ping had regained consciousness, he found himself in a cave and he was startled to see that Lord Judas was grinning at him, face to face with him!
He immediately tried to get up panicky as he shouted angrily, ”What have you done to my companions?!”
Lord Judas laughed heartily, ”I did nothing actually. They are all safe and sound. I have only one aim and that is you.”
Yi Ping looked at Lord Judas suspiciously for a while. All of a sudden he noticed that his divine swords were by his side. He muttered weakly, ”What do you want?”
Lord Judas laughed jovially, ”You are my protégé disciple now!”
Yi Ping smiled weakly, ”The duel is a draw. Since it is a draw, why should I be your protégé disciple?”
Lord Judas laughed, ”Why don't you feel your pulses first?”
Although Yi Ping was bewildered by him, he did as he was told. All of a sudden he gasped out, ”What is this?!…”
He could feel a wondrous energy pulsing through him. It was his Righteousness Essential Energy but only this time, it seemed to be more obvious and alive now!
He muttered, ”What did you do?”
Lord Judas said, ”So now you know? The Invincible Divine Force is also an absorbing skill. Because it is able to absorb, it is also capable of transferring. I have transferred my Golden Invincible Force to you.”
All of a sudden he gave a martial shout and there were nine hovering wisps of blue energy. The golden shimmering wisps of energy spheres could no longer be seen!
Lord Judas said solemnly, ”As you can see now, my Golden Invincible Force has degenerated. Try channeling your intricate energies to your life and death channels and see what happens.”
Yi Ping did as he was told and was immediately speechless when a burst of martial force warped out of his body and it had formed into six hovering golden spheres!
Because Yi Ping was still weak and could not sustain his internal strength and martial power at the same time, the golden spheres soon disappeared and he was breathless from the attempt!
Lord Judas clapped his hands, ”Excellent! It seems that your Righteousness Essential Energy has merged well with my Golden Invincible Force!”
Yi Ping said breathlessly, ”The Golden Invincible Force is even more tiring to use than my Asper Divinity…”
Lord Judas laughed aloud, ”Well, the Golden Invincible Force is slightly more difficult to use than the Invincible Divine Force but it is a good internal strength and martial power exercise too. When you have used it for ten years, you will start to see the benefit. When you have used it for a hundred years, you may be able to reach the seventh invincible rank. With some luck after a thousand years, you may be able to reach the eighth invincible rank. Maybe after ten thousand years, you will be able to reach the ninth rank.”
Yi Ping was startled, ”So long?!”
Lord Judas patted his shoulder, ”If you have started at a lower rank of the Golden Invincible Force, it is even longer and even more impossible to reach the peak of perfection of this divine skill. But a sixth level for starter is extremely good. Now all you need is to get used to it and meditate upon it. Even though you are not a true immortal yet but given your present martial strength, I can say that you will be on par with the majority of the true immortals now and even the rest of the Heavenly Kings soon enough!”
He began to examine Yi Ping wrist and put his hands on top of Yi Ping's head, ”It seems that you have just successfully overcome the Primordial Core Immortal Stage and is now at the beginning of the Divine Crisis. Excellent! When you have overcome the Divine Crisis, there is one last hurdle of the Celestial Unison. You must be extremely wary of both the Divine Crisis and the Celestial Unison. Both are extreme tribulations that will prove to be the undoing of many. The Divine Crisis, the most deadly heavenly tribulation that you will ever face. The Celestial Unison, if you fail to unify the self with the Heavens, then you will turn to dust!”
Yi Ping was startled to hear this, ”I have overcome the Primordial Core? I didn't feel it…”
Lord Judas laughed jovially, ”The crisis of the Primordial Core can take many forms to and varies from each practitioner. That is why all the celestial and immortal stages can only depend on self-enlightenment. But of course, there always a shortcut but that is only used by the dark practitioners.”
Yi Ping nodded but all of a sudden, he had a sudden realization. ”Oh no! Lele, she is at the Celestial Unison now….”
Lord Judas said, ”Is this Lele the maiden with a silver divine sword and a long scythe?”
Yi Ping nodded panicky, ”You…must help her!”
Lord Judas said solemnly, ”The whole lot of you has advanced too quickly and it is too dangerous. Your worst enemies are not the Heavenly Kings but your heavenly tribulations. As for this Lele, you don't have to worry. If I am not mistaken from our short martial exchanges, she is a practitioner of the Celestial Force and it is extremely pure…and…”
He closed to his eyes to meditate for a while.
Yi Ping called him. ”Lord Judas?….Lord Judas?”
But there was no respond from him!
And this a while was actually ten minutes!
Finally Lord Judas opened his eyes and he had a startled expression, ”She has the Universal Harmonic Chain!”
He quickly said to Yi Ping, ”You don't have to worry for her. She has the heart of the goddess and will surely attain as an immortal if nothing major happens.”
Yi Ping asked, ”The heart of the goddess?”
Lord Judas was trembling excitingly, ”That is right. The heart of the goddess, the pure heart of the Great Goddess Fantian! That is an immortal artefact of an unimaginable power and it seems that the Universal Harmonic Chain has picked her to be its mistress.”
Yi Ping was relieved to hear that.
He immediately fell to his knees as he bowed, ”I am grateful to your kindness but I really cannot acknowledge you as my protégé master! But why will you advance my martial level at the cost of your attainment?”
Lord Judas replied, ”Doesn't matter. I didn't manage to defeat you so you can choose not to be my disciple. Of course I have my reasons to aid you. Do you know that you are the Great God that the Ancient Heavenly Sage King and I have been waiting for all this while to restore the order of the heavens?”
Yi Ping asked curiously, ”You are waiting for me?”
Lord Judas nodded, ”Yes, it has been an extremely long wait.”
Yi Ping asked solemnly, ”But even then, why are you imparting your precious martial internal strength to me at the cost of your own martial attainment? I don't deserve it…”
Lord Judas said solemnly, ”My own martial attainment is nothing compared to yours! You are our only fighting chance or else we will have to wait for countless years again. Moreover this Golden Invincible Divine Force doesn't belong to me in the first place!”
Yi Ping had a puzzling look as he said, ”It doesn't belong to me either…”
Lord Judas laughed heartily, ”The reason why my Invincible Divine Force is able to advance into the Golden Invincible Force is because the Great Goddess Fantian has aided me secretly in the past. The only condition that she has imposed upon me is that I have to transfer it to the next Great God at the first opportunity!”
Yi Ping gasped, ”The Great Goddess Fantian…”
Lord Judas nodded, ”The Great Goddess Fantian is the Divine Creator of all the immortals while the Great God Pangu is the Divine Creator of the Three Known Realms. You have inherited the Pangu Intricate Energy and so naturally you are the future Great God.”
Yi Ping smiled bitterly, ”I don't even know if I am able to reach the top of the Stellar Sanctuary to become the next future Great God…”
Lord Judas clapped his hands, ”So you are aware of it already?”
Yi Ping continued to smile bitterly, ”I have made a guess.”
He quickly asked, ”Senior, you have made such a great sacrifice. Is there anything I can do for you?”
Lord Judas laughed jovially, ”No need! It is because I got a reward from the Great Goddess Fantian already!”
Yi Ping displayed a puzzled look…
Lord Judas explained as he tapped his forehead which had a sudden golden radiance, ”The day that I have transferred the Golden Invincible Force to you, is also the day that I will be able to advance my Heavenly Eyes to the Seventh Cosmos Positioning. That is already my reward! Hehe! I have been figuring this puzzle for millenniums and never knew why for Heavens' secrets are equally as forbidden to the first immortals. But now I know why!”
He grinned at Yi Ping, ”Your Thousand Memories Swords is the key! You are really something. A sword technique that is created from the Essential Righteous Energy and it has also served as bridge between my Invincible Divine Force and my Heaven Eyes. Only when I have transferred the Golden Invincible Force to you, did I attain to a new state of divinity.”
Yi Ping stared at him blankly, ”It is just a new technique that I have created at a moment notice…”
Lord Judas smiled, ”You have to believe in destiny. There are an infinite number of coincidences just waiting for things to happen at the correct time. As long as you play by the rules of destiny, you will be able to carve out the chosen destiny.”
Yi Ping muttered, ”If only the other Heavenly Kings see the same way as you then things would be more peaceful.”
Lord Judas asked, ”What? You have seen the other Heavenly Kings? Who are they?”
Yi Ping said, ”I see the Old Man Xuantian and Yun Dingzhong…”