The Witch Hunter System

Chapter 1129: Galevyr’s Shock

Once the order of the three steps was established, Vaan began focusing on the first: the fusion of the Body Path and Spirits Path.

Of these two cultivation paths, he naturally had a comprehensive understanding of the Body Path, having forged the Astral God Divine Body, which defied the laws of the current heaven.

Although Vaan considered body cultivation heaven-defying, it was only relative to the current era. Back in the first primal chaos era, such physical strength at his level should have been rather common.

However, if he could successfully fuse the Body Path and Spirits Path and establish the Spiritual Body Path, his physical strength might truly reach the heaven-defying level of the primal chaos era.

Unfortunately, compared to the Body Path, Vaan had to admit that his understanding of the Spirits Path was truly lacking.

Of course, the Spirits Path was not about the cultivation of spiritual energy. No, the Spirits Path referred to the cultivation of spirits. On the other hand, the cultivation of spiritual energy was under the Energy Path.

Presently, he possessed the Earth Spirit Body, Fire Spirit Body, Wood Spirit Body, and Water Spirit Body, and hosted four spirits. The strength of these spirits was directly tied to how much power he could wield in the Spirits Path.

Individually, none of the spirits could compare to the physical power of his Body Path, nor could they elevate it.

If there were to be any possibility of fusion between the Body Path and Spirits Path, these two paths had to be balanced. Without the harmony of balanced powers, it wouldn’t be an equal fusion but an assimilation!

Under such circumstances, the contracted spirits would be harmed or even perish in the process!

Such an outcome was unacceptable to him.

After all, these innocent pure souls born of heaven and earth were like his children. How could he sacrifice them for cultivation?

Moreover, if he solely focused on the Spirits Path, it would greatly delay the progress of his Body Path, which was rather inefficient. Ideally, both paths should reach the peak of the divine before any possibility of fusion should be considered.

Although these goals were distant, he could begin planning the steps ahead in order to reach them.

’The Spirits Path is the cultivation of spiritual worlds within the body to accommodate spirits and draw upon their powers... On the other hand, the Body Path is the cultivation of the fleshly body to wield unimaginable physical strength...’

’How can these two paths converge and fuse into a single path once they reach the peak divine level?’

After pondering for a while, Vaan decided to put the matter aside temporarily. It was not easy to simulate solutions when his knowledge of the Spirits Path was so lacking. It wouldn’t be too late to tackle the problem once he did his homework.

’The Myriad Sea God Palace has an extremely long history and rich heritage. Its libraries should have a wealth of information on the Spirits Path,’ Vaan thought, making a mental note of the places to visit.

After arriving at the Core Palace’s Divine Arts Depository, Vaan immediately buried himself in the sea of knowledge.

Ding!

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As Vaan scoured through book after book, scroll after scroll, and memory capsule after memory capsule, he learned various new mana cultivation techniques, battle skills, and divine aura arts.

Meanwhile, Galevyr, who followed him to protect him, frowned upon noticing Vaan’s inaction and dazed look.

’Didn’t you want to visit the Divine Arts Depository to touch up on some new knowledge? Why are you just standing there, looking dazed?’ Galevyr wanted to ask these questions but held back, thinking they would seem rude and condescending.

After all, Vaan’s current action didn’t seem much different from a country bumpkin seeing the imperial library for the first time.

’Isn’t the composure of this newly ascended True Sage lacking?’ Galevyr thought, feeling baffled and somewhat frustrated by the idle silence.

’Is this the rumored mental thing some disciples spoke?’ Galevyr suddenly recalled before shaking off the idea just as quickly. ’No, that’s not right. How could a True Sage have a mental problem?’

Upon more careful observation, Galevyr soon realized that Vaan was using his divine sense to peruse the various cultivation techniques, battle skills, and divine aura arts!

It was easily overlooked because Vaan’s divine sense had not been focused on a single item. Instead, it had been thinly spread throughout the Divine Arts Depository, covering as much ground as his divine sense could extend!

’What...!’ Galevyr mentally exclaimed, eyes widening in disbelief.

Such a realization had left him dumbfounded and shocked. He found the situation rather surreal and unbelievable.

Divine sense could naturally perceive information more quickly. However, there was a limit to how much information one could absorb at once with divine sense.

If one looked at the information with divine sense and immediately forgot about it, then what was the point of using divine sense?

Normally, most beings would concentrate their divine senses on a limited number of items at a time to ensure both speed and quality of learning.

Yet, given how scattered Vaan’s divine sense seemed, he was likely looking at several hundred, or even thousands, of books, scrolls, and memory capsules at once! Such memorization and learning speed was truly horrific!

’So this is the mental capability of a True Sage? Even Empyrean Gods couldn’t possibly boast such impressive means! This is truly an eye-opener!’ Galevyr exclaimed, feeling both envious and awed.

At the same time, he realized how Vaan could become an accomplished True Sage at such a young age.

With such a powerful learning ability, how could he possibly stay ordinary?