45: Chapter 45 Lu Sheng!

[Supreme Way Artistic Conception Inheritance Stone]

[Description: Contains the terrifying artistic conception of a Supreme Way expert. Upon use, one can obtain the Supreme Way inheritance of a Supreme Way expert.]

[Effect: Comprehending the Supreme Way Artistic Conception grants Supreme Way empowerment.]

[Saiyan Bloodline Aptitude]

[Description: Ordinary Saiyan aptitude, S-cell ratio of 0.1%, potential upper limit reaches Planet Level.]

The moment Lin Wan manifested both, the Saiyan Bloodline automatically merged into his aptitude, becoming his eighth and ninth major aptitudes, just like the newly acquired Perfect Vessel.

After casually decoding the Supreme Way Artistic Conception Inheritance Stone, Lin Wan began manifesting the spirit-grade taboo stone.

[Perfect Vessel]

[Description: You are naturally material for an Evil God's descent, capable of perfectly inheriting an Evil God's power, and are also a beloved object of many Evil Gods.]

"Wait, how did this aptitude end up here? Is Lady White this type of aptitude? It doesn't seem like it! Could it be an incidental result of decoding the Evil God system?"

Lin Wan couldn't figure it out, and he didn't want to.

He only wanted to see what this thing could upgrade into now.

He immediately swallowed a forbidden stone.

[Perfect Vessel] → [Evil Yang Sacred Artifact] → [Sacred Yang Imperial Artifact]

[Description: Your constitution's aura holds unprecedented attraction for Evil Gods and even the opposite sex. You are a supreme cauldron imperial artifact with extremely strong insight into the Great Dao of Yang. During the cultivation process, you will also gain massive harvests.]

"No way... this trash aptitude, did it get turned into a Dual Cultivation Sacred Body?"

Lin Wan felt his temperament and his entire being undergoing violent changes.

Every movement was imbued with a rich power of Yang.

And when this power of Yang was empowered onto his True Dragon Bloodline, it produced thoughts that made him feel suffocated.

He felt the urge to mate.

Once this thought arose, it was impossible to suppress.

He hardened his heart,

"Only I can control my thoughts. Does this mere aptitude think it can control me?"

He repeated his old trick, angrily smashing his fist toward Lin Wan.

However, this time, Lin Wan was completely fearless; after taking the blow head-on, he was completely unharmed.

In his current state, no one could handle Lin Wan except for Unlimited Blade Works.

"What should I do this time?"

Lin Wan was in a bit of a bind; was he really going to have to find someone?

"Master, do you need my help?"

"Your servant is willing to bear the punishment!"

Lady White's voice suddenly emerged from the handkerchief, that charming voice, which usually didn't affect him, was now interfering with his willpower.

Lin Wan's thoughts clearly stalled for a moment.

The overlapping True Dragon and Yang powers within his body erupted completely, battering his sanity.

At this moment, it was the system's turn to panic,

[Get lost! You slut!!]

She said to Lin Wan in a panic:

[Lin Wan, enter the Supreme Way Inheritance Stone! Your current state is perfect for comprehending the Supreme Way Artistic Conception.]

Hearing this, Lin Wan sobered up for an instant,

He gritted his teeth, grabbed the Supreme Way Inheritance Stone, and slammed it into his glabella.

...

The world spun.

When his vision cleared,

the heavens and earth were inverted.

Or rather, it was impossible to distinguish where the sky was and where the ground was.

Beneath his feet was a churning layer of gray rock,

and above his head was also a churning layer of gray rock.

Between heaven and earth, there were no sun, moon, or stars,

only countless black chains as thick as mountain ranges crisscrossing.

Facing such a scene, it was so oppressive that it made one unable to breathe.

Lin Wan took a deep breath.

There was no oxygen in the air here,

but it allowed Lin Wan to feel a rich, unreasonably violent power.

It was energy completely different from the ethereal fairy aura at Su Laodeng's or Ye Qingxian's place.

"Is this... power, pure to the extreme?"

"You've come?"

A voice came from ahead.

Lin Wan looked up.

A man was sitting cross-legged on a suspended black chain.

He was wearing a gray short-sleeved shirt,

trousers made of coarse cloth, bare feet, with several loops of blackened bandages wrapped around his ankles.

His hair was messy, and there was an old scar across his right eye,

but his eyes...

those eyes were filled with battle intent.

An inexhaustible battle intent.

"You knew I was coming?"

Lin Wan gritted his teeth, enduring the erosion of his desires.

The other party sized Lin Wan up, his gaze lingering on him for a moment before he grinned.

"Your state... is interesting."

"Have you been blinded by desire?"

Lin Wan's forehead veins bulged: "...Almost."

"Almost? Hahaha!"

The man jumped down from the chain; when he landed, the entire space trembled.

He walked up to Lin Wan and looked him up and down,

then reached out and poked Lin Wan's shoulder with his index finger.

"Hmm... the physical body is not bad, the foundation is solid enough, and there is still room for growth, but in your current state, you are exactly like a beast blinded by rutting."

"Is it useful?"

Lin Wan almost roared: "So how do I suppress it?"

"Suppress?"

The man withdrew his hand, stood with his arms crossed, and his smile carried a hint of amusement.

"Why suppress it?"

Lin Wan was stunned.

"I let you come here to learn my artistic conception. What do you think my artistic conception is?"

The man turned around,

walked toward a black chain, then reached out and grasped the chain, which was as thick as a giant python.

He gave it a violent yank...

Boom!!

The chain was snapped in two by him, and dark red energy gushed out from the cross-section.

"The environment here is extremely extreme, so naturally, it has also birthed extremely extreme power."

He turned to look at Lin Wan, his gaze wild.

"What is the Supreme Way?"

"All desires, all emotions, all thoughts... as long as you don't suppress them and let them go to the extreme, they can turn into power."

"Desire itself is not scary; what's scary is that you are dominated by desire, yet dare not admit it."

He let go of the chain fragment in his hand,

"Your current state is one where desire is dominating you."

"But if you can reverse it and use that desire as fuel to drive your power..."

He grinned.

"You will be able to unleash combat power far exceeding your usual levels."

Lin Wan stared at him intently.

"...Reverse it?"

"Correct."

"It is human instinct for a man to want a woman; this is the Heavenly Dao."

"The Heavenly Dao itself is not wrong. What is wrong is not the desire, but your attitude toward desire."

"The more you suppress it, the more it will backlash against you."

"But if you acknowledge it, accept it, and then harness it, letting it be used by you..."

"That is the most wonderful thing."

Having said that, he raised his hand and casually threw a punch into the void.

That punch was silent.

But Lin Wan clearly saw,

at the spot where the punch landed, the space shattered into a deep crack, and the aura leaking from the crack made his hair stand on end.

"This is the Supreme Way."

The man withdrew his fist,

"Follow the Heavenly Dao, harness instinct."

"Turn all desires, emotions, combat instincts... all into the power that drives you forward."

Lin Wan couldn't really take it in anymore,

the burning sensation in his body was still surging,

the True Dragon Bloodline and the Yang power of the Sacred Yang Imperial Artifact were still battering his sanity, and the man's words were becoming blurred.

"Forget it, I'll just beat you up."

Lin Wan came to his senses: "...Huh?"

The next second, that fist had already appeared in front of him.

...

He suddenly felt...

that the power was no longer so unbearable.

Follow the Heavenly Dao... harness instinct, easy peasy!

Regarding the matter of using it as fuel,

Lin Wan had already grasped it in the process of being beaten up.

He slowly closed his eyes.

That burning desire was churning in his body, but he no longer suppressed it,

instead, he actively guided it, leading it toward his limbs and bones, merging it as one with the power in his physical body.

It was like adding a bundle of firewood to a campfire.

The flame not only didn't spiral out of control, but instead burned brighter and more steadily.

Lin Wan opened his eyes abruptly.

His appearance, which had been beaten into a pig's head, instantly recovered to its original state, and a faint Supreme Way pressure was released from his body.

The man saw his change and nodded with satisfaction.

"Not bad."

"To be able to find the knack on the first try, you have talent in this area."

"However..."

He suddenly leaned in, staring at Lin Wan's eyes.

"Remember, the Supreme Way is not indulgence."

"Indulgence is being dominated by desire; the Supreme Way is you dominating desire."

"The difference between the two, you will slowly understand for yourself."

After he finished speaking,

he turned and walked toward the broken chain.

Lin Wan watched his back and suddenly asked: "Senior, how should I address you?"

The man didn't even turn his head, just waved his hand.

"Lu Sheng, just call me Old Lu."

"By the way, your current combat power hasn't even unleashed one percent of the Supreme Way Artistic Conception."

"With the Dragon Luck you have, when you are able to obtain the next Inheritance Stone, come find me again."

His figure moved further and further away,

eventually disappearing into the depths of those crisscrossing black chains.

Lin Wan stood there and chuckled.

"Soon!"

His consciousness began to rise.

He opened his eyes.

The real world.

The moonlight remained.

The night breeze remained.

Lin Wan looked down at his hands, then clenched his fist.

The Yang power in his body hadn't disappeared, but it no longer tried to dominate his consciousness.

It lay quietly dormant deep within his flesh and blood, like a tamed beast,

ready to be called upon at any time, but would no longer backlash against its master.

Lin Wan looked at the panel.

[Supreme Way Artistic Conception Inheritance Stone usage complete...]

[Host has obtained the Supreme Way Artistic Conception seed.]

[Current comprehension: 0.3%]

[Supreme Way Artistic Conception Bonus: Enter the "Burning Extreme" state during combat. All powers merge into the Supreme Way; all your abilities can be integrated into every inch of your body—muscles, bones, meridians, internal organs, and soul. For every minute of continuous combat, all attributes increase by 0.3%, with no upper limit.]

Lin Wan's pupils constricted slightly.

All powers merging into the Supreme Way also meant that,

his specialties, Sword Intent, and even Unlimited Blade Works could be integrated as well.

This would make his physical body unprecedentedly powerful.

And the bonus was to his attributes, his base attributes, and with no upper limit.

His four-dimensional attributes were currently 100; any further increase would mean breaking past 100, and what would follow is that the power of Unlimited Blade Works would absolutely skyrocket, and then it would merge into the Supreme Way again.

He was stepping on his left foot with his right foot.

As long as he could keep fighting, his combat power could keep stacking up!

He took a deep breath, calming his emotions.

Old Lu being able to master the Supreme Way Artistic Conception... he really was a monster.

He was also a monster,

and he was the biggest monster in this world.

"Old Lu, I've come to see you again!"