Mythical Era: My Evolution into a Celestial Beast-Chapter 393: Comprehension Genius Chen Chu, The Changing Times (I)

Chapter 393: Comprehension Genius Chen Chu, The Changing Times (I)

In the dead of the night, as the great battle concluded on the side of the Thunder Fiery Dragon Emperor, Chen Chu entered a dimly lit room and gazed down at his palm.

Within his hand, arcs of blue lightning danced and crackled, gradually gathering and condensing into a wisp of blue-black thunderbolt that exuded an aura of destructive energy.

Bang!

The forcibly condensed blue-black thunderbolt exploded, instantly illuminating the room. Sparking arcs of electricity spread out and pierced through the air, leaving behind a scorched odor.

Chen Chu frowned slightly. "This definitely isn’t easy."

The core runes of his War God Body originated from the Thunder Fiery Dragon Emperor. They had inherited their power from the beast.

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As the Thunder Fiery Dragon Emperor’s several innate abilities were fully enhanced, the theoretical potential of the battle phantom also grew to the same level.

Since Chen Chu himself was the Thunder Fiery Dragon Emperor, his mastery over the five top-level abilities came naturally.

However, just like cultivating arts, even though many people practiced the same true martial art, the outcomes of successful cultivation differed slightly for each individual.

Humans and colossal beasts also had many differences. Their core runes aside, the sequence chains that formed their overall power were worlds apart. The number of innate ability sequence chains enveloping the Thunder Fiery Dragon Emperor alone easily reached millions.

Chen Chu had spent several hours contemplating earlier, yet he still only managed to produce a wisp of Destructive True Lightning. Worse, its energy was so unstable that it exploded as soon as it was condensed.

In the past, Chen Chu would have given up by now. After all, comprehension had never been his strong suit, and he didn’t have much time to waste.

Now, instead of backing down, he summoned the attribute page and looked at his unspent 5,682 attribute points. Instantly, a line of translucent text appeared before his eyes.

"Burning attribute points will trigger the epiphany state, which greatly enhances the user’s understanding of the world and its forces. Each activation of the epiphany state consumes 1,000 attribute points and lasts until the user is exhausted or manually exits from the state."

When Chen Chu broke through to the Seventh Heavenly Realm, his attribute page started allowing him to enter an epiphany state by burning attribute points. This compensated for his weakness in comprehension.

By the time he reached the Seventh Heavenly Realm, the function of attribute points to enhance arts had already become irrelevant to Chen Chu.

At this level, cultivation involved gradually reflecting upon oneself, optimizing the structure of the battle phantom, and transforming the virtual into reality.

When Chen Chu’s cultivation reached the peak of the Seventh Heavenly Realm, his battle phantom and body would achieve perfect harmony, naturally leading to a breakthrough into the Eighth Heavenly Realm.

The same principle applied to the Ninth Heavenly Realm—the Eighth involved reshaping the physical body, constructing a domain using innate abilities, and stepping into the Ninth.

Therefore, at higher levels, the concept of specific arts no longer existed. This was why there were no universities for martial cultivation—there was nothing left to teach.

The so-called top-level secret scriptures were merely records of the paths that their predecessors had taken. They were only meant to guide those who would come after.

Thus, at advanced stages, talent was valued even more highly. Even with the aid of secret scriptures, ordinary individuals could struggle to advance beyond the initial stages of the Seventh Heavenly Realm.

Becoming a king-level powerhouse was even more challenging.

Everyone at that level was already perfecting their own laws, making talent even more crucial. Those with poor talent could not ascend to the level of kings.

The cost of this new epiphany feature was steep; it required 1,000 attribute points per use. However, Chen Chu doubted using those points to enhance his soul ability would improve his comprehension anyway.

As long as his soul remained split, this issue could never be resolved.

Even if his soul ability were enhanced to its limit and beyond, Chen Chu believed it would likely only strengthen the connection or improve feedback between his main body and avatar.

With that in mind, Chen Chu finally made a decision.

Initiate the epiphany state.

Boom!

As 1,000 attribute points burned away, a profound force enveloped Chen Chu. A roar resounded within his consciousness afterward, making his mind incomparably clear and sharp.

With a single thought, tens of thousands of ideas flashed through his mind. In an instant, he understood many problems that had previously eluded him.

In this state, Chen Chu’s thoughts moved at a terrifying speed. He also gained a special intuition that allowed him to grasp insights with ease, which was the most crucial aspect of this function.

The astonishing effects of the epiphany left him a little shocked.

Not daring to waste any time, he immediately visualized the War God Body’s battle phantom. The phantom expanded, transforming into hundreds of thousands of rune sequence chains.

Next, the rune sequence chains were further subdivided, revealing the core structures of Strength, Defense, Agility, Thunderbolt, and Golden Flames abilities.

Chen Chu first looked at the Thunderbolt.

Following a faint glimmer of insight, the core rune of the Thunderbolt began to evolve at an incredible pace, becoming increasingly complex and powerful.

The efficiency was so astounding that even Chen Chu was slightly taken aback.

In essence, this extraordinary effect was closely related to Chen Chu’s mastery of the Destructive True Lightning. This so-called comprehension analyzed and restructured the power that he had already grasped.

After all, epiphanies did not just come out of thin air.

For instance, watching a heavy downpour wouldn’t lead to an understanding of the power of fire, and practicing swordsmanship wouldn’t result in the comprehension of the essence of a staff.

Even An Fuqing, who was born with an innate ability to comprehend, had to observe spatial rifts to grasp the sword will that could tear through everything.

As Chen Chu fell into a state of deep comprehension, the transcendent energy within a kilometer radius began to surge wildly. It converged on his location, forming a vortex that funneled downward from above the roof.

Boom!

Golden flames erupted from Chen Chu as he began to cultivate at an astonishing speed. The power of the heavens and earth condensed into streams, merging into the runic phantom within his sea of consciousness.

Such a massive commotion immediately drew the attention of those nearby.

A woman surnamed Dai from the next apartment woke from her sleep and stared at Chen Chu’s place in amazement. "Is this what they call a top-level genius? Even their cultivation can cause such extreme commotion.”

From her perspective, Chen Chu’s apartment looked like a black hole that was frantically devouring transcendent energy ten times faster than an ordinary Seventh Heavenly Realm cultivator.

***

The next morning, after a night of cultivation, Chen Chu slowly opened his eyes.

In his gaze, black-blue thunderbolts crackled, and golden flames burned, consuming everything in sight.

However, these phenomena quickly faded, revealing a hint of awe in his eyes. "I made so much cultivation progress that it’s actually frightening. No wonder An Fuqing became so extraordinary after reaching the Fourth Heavenly Realm."

In just one night, he had completed restructuring the runes of his Destructive True Lightning, Sky-Scorching Golden Flames, and Strength ability. With one more session, he could make all his top-level abilities transcend.

All he had done was change the structure of the core runes, though. It would not make the battle phantom undergo a qualitative transformation.

By the time he broke through to the Seventh Heavenly Realm, the interaction between heaven and earth had already shaped the True Martial Phantom, preventing further optimizations or modifications from gaining their approval.

Chen Chu had been so intent on transcending the core runes—even going as far as sacrificing 1,000 attribute points for an epiphany—simply because he had to prepare for the Eighth Heavenly Realm.

Upon reaching the Eighth Heavenly Realm, his physique would be reshaped, and his core runes would serve as the seeds of innate abilities. He would essentially gain five top-level powers comparable to innate awakenings.

Combined with his formidable physique, that factor would make him so powerful that he’d be able to suppress the Ninth Heavenly Realm’s top-level powerhouses with his Eighth Heavenly Realm cultivation.

To top it all off, thanks to the epiphany function, Chen Chu was now confident in comprehending the time aspect of the Space-Time Altar.

Due to his lack of understanding of the power of time, he had been holding off on his final attempt to comprehend the Space-Time Altar. After all, failure would come at a great cost.

Chen Chu smiled faintly.

"Bro, come down for breakfast,” Chen Hu called from downstairs.

"Coming."

Chen Chu, who hadn’t slept all night, reined in his aura and headed downstairs.

There, he saw Chen Hu already seated and waiting for him at the dining table. On the table was a tall pile of over twenty large meat buns, several cups of soy milk, and more than a dozen fried youtiao[1].

Ever since getting promoted and receiving a salary increase, Zhang Xiaolan and Chen Hu had seldom prepared breakfast at home.

After all, Chen Hu had an enormous appetite, and if Zhang Xiaolan wanted to fill him up, she’d have to spend the entire morning in the kitchen. Hence, they had been buying breakfast outside instead.

"Bro, hurry up. I’m starving."

"You can start without me, you know. No need to wait for me," Chen Chu said as he sat down at the table.

"Hehe! That wouldn’t be right."

Chen Hu then grabbed one of the large buns, which would be enough to fill a normal person, and devoured it in two bites.

"Mhmm! Delicious."

With his mouth full, Chen Hu took another bun and finished it off in two bites again. Right after, he downed a cup of soy milk in one gulp while stuffing a youtiao into his mouth with the other hand.

He chewed the youtiao twice before swallowing it and then quickly polished off two more large buns.

This guy didn’t just have a huge appetite; he also ate incredibly fast. Before Chen Chu could finish two buns, the soy milk, youtiao, and most of the meat buns on the table were already gone.

Chen Hu let out a satisfied burp. "I’m full."

Chen Chu shook his head. "These ordinary foods can no longer meet your daily needs. I’ll have someone send you some high-energy mutated beast jerky next."

Since Chen Hu hadn’t started cultivating yet, he couldn’t absorb transcendent energy to sustain his body’s consumption and growth, which was why he had always had such a large appetite. Now that he had awakened, it had become even bigger.

Chen Hu chuckled, showing no embarrassment at all.

1. Youtiao, known in Southern China as Yu Char Kway, is a long, golden-brown, deep-fried strip of wheat flour dough of Chinese origin. It is also popular in other East and Southeast Asian cuisines, though its name varies per culture. ☜