152: Acknowledge the Lord!

With the Divine Weapon in hand, he immediately felt a difference.

Ye Su felt a sense of intertwined Bloodlines.

Or rather, this was the first time the Divine Weapon had truly been activated.

Its original integration into his body and transformation into a blade were merely the Divine Weapon's instincts.

Once activated, the Divine Weapon would hide nothing from Ye Su.

Its true information was recorded on its panel;

[swallowing heaven blade]

[Type: Active Equipment]

[Rank: Awakening Realm (Growable)]

[Attribute: Heaven-Swallowing]

[Heaven-Swallowing: Possesses autonomous breathing; can devour all Primordial Energy in the surrounding space to repair itself, increase its Rank, and provide feedback to the host.]

[Ownership: Master Recognized]

[Integrity: 100%]

[Growth: 1%]

The panel was clear and explicit.

It could even be said that only at this moment had the swallowing heaven blade truly recognized its master.

In the past, once a Divine Weapon left the body, it could easily be wielded by others.

But after recognizing a master, there would be a period of loyalty.

Only after the loyalty period passed could it recognize a next master.

As for the duration of the loyalty period, it depended on the extent to which the previous owner had nurtured it.

Ye Su's swallowing heaven blade had only been nurtured to 1% of the Awakening Realm, so the loyalty period was estimated to be only a few minutes—which was normal, since it had just recognized its master.

'Active Equipment... this thing really isn't a normal weapon.'

Ye Su looked at the panel in astonishment.

What kind of normal weapon could merge into the body to strengthen one's own defense?

It felt as if this thing was some kind of reinforced structural component for the body.

Being called a Divine Weapon was likely because there was no more suitable name for it.

However...

This also proved that once this thing was nurtured, the boost to combat power would be immense.

It wasn't just attack power, but a comprehensive improvement in defense and even endurance!

'As for Rank nurturing, it's easy to understand; after the Awakening Realm comes the Light Rain Realm.'

'And that Heaven-Swallowing attribute—'

'Did Future think this attribute was very suitable for me? Why?'

Ye Su was somewhat puzzled.

Autonomous breathing, then providing feedback.

Did he have some special ability that required this kind of support?

Pondering this,

Ye Su tried to activate the Heaven-Swallowing ability of the swallowing heaven blade.

The next second.

Immense pain!

This was his own Sea of Consciousness.

Once the swallowing heaven blade started devouring, it was eating his own consciousness or Mental Energy.

Ye Su's Soul had only recently manifested.

He hadn't nurtured much Mental Energy at all.

A bite from Heaven-Swallowing felt like it was biting directly into Ye Su's Soul; it was incredibly painful.

Subconsciously, Ye Su wanted to stop it.

But a second later, a cool sensation flowed directly from the hilt of the swallowing heaven blade into his hand.

Holy crap.

Feedback!

It was eating him while simultaneously replenishing him.

This behavior was pure self-torture.

"Am I just looking for trouble?"

Ye Su laughed at his own stupidity.

He was about to shut down this nonsensical cycle.

But as he looked up, his heart suddenly stirred as he saw the heart ape and the Running Horse.

"Wait... you two... couldn't be getting sucked dry by me, could you!"

The heart ape and the Running Horse were already very nervous and were enduring their discomfort.

At this moment, Ye Su looked at them with suspicion.

Instantly.

The two could no longer hold back.

They stampeded, roared, and howled in the Sea of Consciousness—Help! Help! Help! Something is eating us! (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻!

Ye Su's eyes lit up.

Good grief.

It really was like that.

The heart ape and the Running Horse were also being affected by the swallowing heaven blade, being drained bit by bit.

But they themselves were Martial Arts True Intents, the rules of the Professional Martial Arts world.

In other words.

This meant that in the Sea of Consciousness, the swallowing heaven blade was constantly absorbing the power of Martial Arts rules to provide feedback to himself.

Damn, isn't this a cheat code?

Sensing carefully,

Sure enough, besides his own tiny amount of Mental Energy being fed back, there was also a blended power replenishing his body, strengthening his Soul at a minute rate.

What a treasure!

As expected of something certified by Future.

The rules of Martial Arts True Intent were being fed back to strengthen the Soul.

This was power from an unknown Domain.

Although the improvement wasn't obvious for now, this was clear-cut foundation-building.

In the Future, once the Soul attribute was developed, he would be steps ahead of everyone else.

This was the internal manifestation; there was also an external effect.

That was, when the Divine Weapon was manifested as a long saber, this devouring would begin to act on the outside.

As for its function—Ye Su's eyes snapped open, leaving the state of Soul introspection.

He stood up, gripped his hand, and the swallowing heaven blade manifested. Simultaneously, he activated Heaven-Swallowing and sensed carefully.

Everyone watched Ye Su, but seeing him stand up and then remain motionless, they didn't know what to say for a moment.

However, they didn't dare to make a noise, as Ye Su's current state looked like he had gained some insight.

But as time passed.

Finally, someone noticed something was wrong.

Cui Hu said;

"I feel the flow of Spiritual Qi in the air has accelerated, as if someone is gulping down the Spiritual Qi."

Spiritual Qi was something that only appeared during the Awakening of Insects; currently, there were no Cultivation Techniques that could adapt to it, let alone self-absorption.

At most, it would enter the body with breathing and be refined by those Professionals who had cultivated Spiritual Power.

But now, someone was actively absorbing Spiritual Qi.

This was clearly incredible.

"Not only that."

Li Qing looked at the panel in his hand and said;

"Monitoring shows that the oxygen content in this hall is slightly decreasing."

"It indicates that someone is massively absorbing oxygen to supply themselves, which clearly exceeds what your current activity level requires!"

Strange.

But all these strange phenomena pointed toward Ye Su.

And Ye Su also opened his eyes at the right time and said;

"Perhaps I have already explored the direction for using the Divine Weapon."

Everyone was pleasantly surprised, and Li Qing stared even harder at Ye Su.

He was extremely interested in such unknown things.

Ye Su paused for a moment.

Divine Weapon.

That is, Active Equipment.

There were too few of them, and their effects were too powerful.

There weren't enough for everyone in Great Xia.

"Everyone, I'll speak plainly," Ye Su said after a moment's deliberation;

"Divine Weapons are very useful, even extremely powerful."

"But compatibility is also very important."

"Therefore, the remaining Divine Weapons should not be kept in the Research Institute."

"They need to find their true masters."

"I can only say... there is some element of destiny involved here."

Leaving a Divine Weapon in the Research Institute was a waste; it needed to grow.

They needed to be equipped as much as possible.

But the requirement was that it wasn't the person choosing the Divine Weapon, but the Divine Weapon choosing the person.

So, it wasn't that the one who contributed the most would be the most suitable for a Divine Weapon.

This was hard to explain clearly.

Cui Hu's gaze dimmed.

His heart sank halfway.

As the only Second Stage Spell-type.

There were almost no Divine Weapons suitable for him.

At least, among the Divine Weapons that had appeared globally so far, none had externally manifested as a staff, a jade plate, or anything resembling a Spell-type—so in terms of compatibility, it would be hard for him to find a suitable Divine Weapon.

If it wasn't suitable, there was really no point in fighting for it.

Merging it into the body would only increase the burden.

Constantly consuming blood qi was something hard to endure—after a battle, the opponent might be dead, but one might also be drained dry themselves.