362: Chapter 362 Nine Great Divine Abilities, Increased Combat Power

["Cheat! Come to me!"]

[You sit cross-legged on the simple wooden bed in your dormitory, eyes slightly closed, as your mind sinks into the deepest part of your Sea of Consciousness.]

[Then, your talent power transforms into an invisible, intangible stream, slowly seeping into the conceptual Bottleneck that lies between the Flawless Body and the Innate Body.]

[Soon, six hours pass. Within your Sea of Consciousness, a crisp sound like shattering glass—perceptible only to you—rings out. The conceptual Bottleneck has completely collapsed!]

[The moment the Bottleneck shatters, the Flawless Body within you evolves naturally, as if following a predetermined path.]

[Directly skipping all theoretical Breakthrough processes, you step into the Domain of the Innate Body in a single bound!]

[Lacking a Breakthrough method doesn't mean you can't break through; your talent is just that unreasonable.]

[In a sense, you've boarded the train before buying the ticket. Once you've cultivated the Innate Body, you will naturally understand the method to achieve it.]

[Of course, all of this is predicated on the fact that you had already constructed a complete theoretical framework for the "Innate Body" Realm.]

[If you had no concept of this Realm, your talent power could still push your Evolution, but what form you would ultimately take would be left entirely to fate.]

[The instant you achieve the Innate Body, you feel as if you've been cast into a warm ocean.]

[You develop an unprecedented harmonic resonance with your surroundings—this is the "Unity of Heaven and Man"!]

[Inside your body, the last traces of stubborn Acquired impurities are completely dissolved and expelled under the washing of the power of heaven and earth.]

[Your body becomes light and transparent, your skin crystalline like jade, your bones faintly glowing with a clear light, and the flow of your blood sounds like the murmuring of the Dao.]

[From this moment on, you are no longer a mortal. You have shed your mortal coil and achieved a pure, undefiled Innate Dao Body.]

[Simultaneously, the majestic inner qi you accumulated through hard cultivation begins a fundamental transformation.]

[It is purified and sublimated from its original Acquired energy form into a higher-level innate true qi.]

[During this process, your body involuntarily floats up three feet from the bed, suspended silently in mid-air.]

[Wisps of milky-white Innate Qi steam out from your pores, swirling around you and making you look like a banished immortal descended to the world!]

[After a full two hours, the last trace of inner qi has finished its transformation.]

[The radiance around you withdraws as you slowly descend back to the bed. When you open your eyes, the sun, moon, and stars seem to revolve within your pupils before fading away.]

["As expected of a theoretical Half-Immortal Body..."]

[Feeling the surging, unprecedented power within you, you sigh inwardly with emotion.]

["The gap between this and the previous stages is like heaven and earth. I feel... like I'm going to be invincible."]

[Of course, the feeling of invincibility is just a momentary fancy, but the explosion in your strength is very real. Your current power is more than a level higher than before the Breakthrough.]

[First, regarding your Physical Body, after achieving the Innate Body, your pure physical strength alone has reached a staggering ten million catties!]

[A simple gesture can crack the earth; a punch or palm strike can sever rivers.]

[More importantly, the characteristics of the Innate Body itself allow your physical form to begin merging with heaven and earth, forming a layer of natural protection.]

[Your intuition tells you that even if the world's most powerful nuclear weapon detonated directly in front of you, it would likely fail to shake this Dao Body in the slightest.]

[On the energy level, innate true qi is a completely different existence compared to the inner qi of the past.]

[Its energy level is more than ten or a hundred times higher. The power a single wisp of True Qi can mobilize is comparable to the sum of all your previous inner qi.]

[Furthermore, True Qi is self-sustaining and resonates with heaven and earth. As long as you don't overextend yourself, there is almost no risk of it running dry.]

[The most pleasant surprise of this Breakthrough is undoubtedly the Awakening of Divine Abilities.]

[A Breakthrough achieved using your talent is, naturally, as perfect as a Breakthrough can possibly be.]

[In one fell swoop, you have awakened all nine Divine Abilities that the Innate Body can theoretically support!]

[This is the limit of this Realm, unattainable for anyone without great Opportunity, great perseverance, and a great foundation.]

[Thousand-Mile Eye: Your vision can reach a thousand miles away.]

[Not only can you see through darkness, but you can also perceive energy flows and the colors of Luck, and even briefly see through common obstacles.]

[If cultivated to a profound level, it is not impossible to reach the Realm of observing the Thirty-Three Heavens above and the Nine Serenities of the Yellow Springs below.]

[Clairaudience: You can hear from all directions; even the sounds of insects and ants within a thousand miles are clearly discernible.]

[You can filter out noise to focus on specific sound sources, and even listen to the fluctuations of heartbeats, the vibrations of energy, and even catch vague omens of warning.]

[Divine Strength: Not only does it increase the strength of an Innate expert, but it also contains a hint of the flavor of 'one strength breaking ten thousand Laws.']

[Using this Divine Ability to drive an attack allows you to ignore an opponent's protective energy or bizarre techniques to a certain extent, crushing them with absolute power.]

[Flight: Greatly enhances the Flight capabilities that an Innate expert already possesses.]

[Flight speed, flexibility, and endurance are all increased by one to two times. Maneuvering and pivoting in the air becomes even more fluid and natural, like a fish in water.]

[Mountain Moving: This Divine Ability grants you extremely high authority over powers related to 'mountains' and the 'earth.']

[When mobilizing innate true qi, you can easily tap into the power of ley lines, condensing the phantom of a mountain out of thin air to suppress enemies, or moving earth and stone to change the terrain.]

[Sea Toppling: Corresponding to 'Mountain Moving,' this specializes in the control of 'water' and the power of 'rivers, lakes, and seas.']

[You can call for wind and rain, stir up giant waves, and even trigger underground currents. All water-related powers will be as easy to use as your own limbs.]

[True Fire: You can manifest the most Yang and rigid Innate True Fire from within your body.]

[This is no ordinary fire; it can melt gold and iron, incinerate demons and evil, purify filth, and even has a powerful burning effect on Souls and energy bodies.]

[It is also a supreme aid for Alchemy and Artifact Refining.]

[Soul Seizing: Specifically for the Realm of Souls. It can capture the Souls of living beings, suppress ghosts and spirits, and even perform 'Soul Searching' on living creatures to read their memories. For spirit-type enemies, this Divine Ability is their natural bane.]

[Divination: Enhances deduction and precognition abilities.]

[With a single thought, you can perform vague Divinations regarding matters related to yourself, seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster.]

[The speed at which you comprehend Cultivation Techniques and battle skills will also increase.]

[Though you cannot fully know the Mandate of Heaven, it can significantly improve your survival and decision-making abilities in complex environments.]

[These nine Divine Abilities cover multiple dimensions such as perception, strength, movement, elements, Soul, and destiny, almost constituting a perfect ability matrix for an Innate expert.]

[It's not that you didn't want to design more or stronger Divine Abilities, but rather that the Law imprints that the "Innate Body" Realm itself can carry have an upper limit.]

[These nine Divine Abilities are the limit you have tested. Adding one more, or making the Divine Abilities any stronger, would lead to an unstable foundation for the Realm, or even its collapse.]

[Even with your Heaven-Defying talent power, you currently cannot break through this fundamental framework limitation.]

[However, this is enough. A normal Innate expert can only possess any three of these nine Divine Abilities at most; going beyond that requires many specific demands of the practitioner.]

[All of these factors combined have pushed your strength to a shocking level.]

[If your strength before the Breakthrough was at the 'ultra-street-level,' then after breaking through to the Innate Body, your strength can be said to have reached the level of being able to scour the surface of the earth, and you're not far from being able to blow up a continent.]

[At the very least, you feel that with your current cultivation, combined with the power of heaven and earth and the Sea Toppling Divine Ability, you could stir up a massive tsunami capable of washing over the entire surface of the planet.]

["Is this what they call power creep? I like it."]