Bab 49: XLVIII
Once the dust settled, Rokas placed the Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace under the shield of the Mighty Heavenly Sword Region. He then spent three months refining his Divine Heart of Gold and healing abilities, training the Great Way of the Buddha primarily. Simultaneously, he oversaw the training of Long Yinping.
After that, he visited the Mighty Heavenly Sword Region to collect what Xuanyuan Wentian had gathered.
"Although incomplete, without a doubt, a great majority of the profound arts in the Profound Sky Continent have already been collected as you requested. The finest of which are all here…"
"How much is a great majority, exactly?" Rokas raised an eyebrow.
"I would say… ninety percent. Maybe even eighty-five. The sheer amount of profound arts and skills that exist in our world is nothing to joke at."
"You got that much?" Rokas' eyes widening slightly. "Wow… that is impressive, I can't lie."
"I thought you would be disappointed." Xuanyuan Wentian lowered his head.
"No, no… you did well. Disband the search and reward everyone who gave their arts without a hassle. Even those who did, the damage caused should be repaid. After all… this request came out of my own selfishness."
"Using the Mighty Heavenly Sword Region's resources?"
"No, it shall be done using my own."
Rokas tossed a storage ring full to the brim with all types of resources created through his Essence of Creation. Given his near limitless profound energy reserves, it wasn't all that hard to create enough resources to feed a whole world. Especially one as small as the Blue Pole Star.
"This should be enough, no?"
"Ah… Lord Phoenix God, your's is a heart too kind for this world."
"Someone has to be the light in the darkness." Rokas shrugged, turning to the rings which Xuanyuan Wentian had prepared. "Now, I'll have the pleasure of reading through everything."
"Everything?" Xuanyuan Wentian chuckled. "You are a monster, my lord."
"Again, you have my thanks." Rokas smiled before turning away.
"No need to thank me, I was only doing my duty as your servant."
"You're more than just a servant to me, Xuanyuan Wentian."
The Sword Master paused, Rokas' words filling his heart with inspiration and warmth. Never had he revered a man so much… his presence alone made Xuanyuan Wentian wish to go above and beyond!
[Xuanyuan Wentian (Death XIII): 3 → 4]
[System: The atmosphere here is getting a bit sussy.]
'You're making it weird… is it wrong to see him as an important asset?'
[System: Now you sound like a Brahma Heaven God Emperor.]
'On my dick, as usual.'
Now… Rokas had no fucking idea just how many profound arts and skills existed in the Profound Sky Continent alone. He went through the trash rings first, going through entire manuals in seconds. Since Xuanyuan Wentian deemed them terrible, he realized that he may be wasting his time… then again, there could be diamonds in the rough. He kept reading through them all, rapidly memorizing each and every one of the basic profound arts.
His beyond-perfect memory and comprehension skills shined through as he mastered well over a MILLION profound arts. Through this process, he learned to split his mind into multiple halves and multi-task perfectly… allowing him to multiply the speed of the process by several times. He delved further into this technique, unlocking the true and boundless potential of his mind and soul. Eventually, he could split himself into twelve halves and multi-task just the same.
The more he read, the easier comprehension became. As he moved up from terrible to bad to good and eventually the best of the best, he saw through all the patterns and forged a 'comprehension foundation' quite unlike any other. It was like starting with kid's books and moving up to the most difficult books to read.
After that, he grabbed the arts Huan Caiyi had been gathering… and did the same.
"Damn Rocky, come on, what's the matter with you?" A muscular black man appeared next to Rokas, who had just dropped his head on his desk after days of endless comprehension… completely drained. "There is no tomorrow! There is no tomorrow!"
'Is that… Apollo fucking Creed?' Rokas raised an eyebrow, raising himself up.
"Get up you bum and read those damn manuals!"
'There is no tomorrow…' Rokas nodded, getting up.
[Now Playing Eye of the Tiger.]
'You did not just do that…'
After an entire week of mad-like focus on comprehension, Rokas then spent another three practicing the notable profound skills and seeing what was good. He took an interest in the Sword Spirit Doppelganger, improving it several times over using his newfound knowledge. He could create up to five perfect clones out of profound energy alone and without the dire consequences attached. The only problem was their low durability. To reinforce them, he practiced with the Heavenly Demon Saber and refined the Sword Spirit Doppelganger into the Sword Spirit Clone technique suited specifically for battle. Through this technique, the Heavenly Demon Saber took the brunt of the consequences… though it could perfectly handle them.
Using this, he was able to practice multiple arts at the same time.
With his comprehension already so high, he didn't need much practice to master what he took an interest in. He swiftly combined the World Ode of the Phoenix with the Golden Crow's Record of The Burning World to create the Crimson Chimaera's Record of The Chaotic World. The Triple C, he would call it.
With them combined and him creating new, superior profound skills made specifically for the Crimson Flames, the original profound arts became obsolete. After that, he went on to expand his elemental arsenal further. Using the perfectly balanced water, he mixed it with the Crimson Flames AND Heavenly Tribulation Lightning to further improve on the Poisonous Blazing Water Arts. From that, he created the Elemental Trinity God Art which featured water, fire, lightning alongside poison. The Yun Family's lighting arts helped in this process greatly.
Then… he explored his darkness profound energy which turned out to be a very effective way of giving himself a power boost. It bent to his will rather easily, making adding darkness to his profound arts rather simple.
All of this made Rokas realize just how severely Yun Che underused his supreme elemental ability. Rokas was cooking up something new everyday, expanding his already overpowered arsenal to absurd levels. To his benefit, he had the profound energy reserves to practice and experiment everything at an impossible pace.
Then, he went on to improve everything… refining and even combining what he could. He began suppressing his strength and using the various experts available to him for fighting experience. Though, he found Cang Yue to be the finest available in that regard. Her heavenly talent was nothing to joke at.
Months and months of hard-core training later…
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Name: Rokas / Long Ke
Alias: Lord Phoenix God, Brahma Heaven God Emperor's Direct Disciple, Qianye Ying'er's Fiance
Race: Chimera
Identity: Brahma Heaven God Emperor's Direct Disciple
Age: 24 → 25
Timeline: 7yr, 11 months → 8yr, 11m
Profound Strength: Divine Spirit II → Divine Spirit VI
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[Stats]
Comprehension: A++ → A+++
Strength: A → A+
Endurance: A++
Agility: B++ → A-
Profound Energy Quantity: EX- → EX
Profound Energy Control: A- → A
Luck: C —> A
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[Confidants]
The System (The World): 7
Jasmine (Fortune X): 7
Cang Yue (Lovers VI): 10 (MAX)
Murong Qianxue (Moon XVIII): 4 → 5
Xia Qingyue (Hanged Man XII): 9 → 10 (MAX)
Li Suo (Empress III): 5
Feng Xue'er (Hierophant V): 4
Xuanyuan Wentian (Death XIII): 3 → 4
Huan Caiyi (Emperor IV): 4
Qianye Ying'er (Magician I): 4
Xiao Lingxi (Star XVII): 0 → 2
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[Special Abilities]
Secret Ability: Consume
Special Ability: Divine Inner World A+
Sigma Male Grindset B+ → A-
Profound Handle B- (Orange)
Shared Growth A
Shapeshift B
Charm B
Essence of Creation A
Clothes Beam EX
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[Profound Arts / Elements / Skills]
Star God's Broken Shadow B+ (Fifth Stage) → B++ (Seventh Stage)
Great Splendorous Brahma Shadow B- (Beginner stages) → B++ (Almost perfect)
World Ode of the Phoenix B + Golden Crow's Record of a Burning World B + Illusory Devil Tome of Eternal Night B+ → Eternal Crimson Chimaera's Record of The Chaotic World A++
The Great Way of the Buddha B (Fourth Stage) → B+ (Fifth Stage)
Perfectly Balanced Blue Water B+
Poisonous Blazing Water Arts A + Crimson Flames A + Heavenly Tribulation Lightning A+ → Elemental Trinity God Art A+++
Elemental Trinity God Art A+++ + Illusory Devil Tome of Eternal Night B+ → Eternal Elemental Trinity God Art A+++
Ice Flame A+
Sword Spirit Clone B+
Divine Heart of Gold Art A-
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[Bloodlines]
Complete Bloodline: Nine-Headed Divine Chimera A+
Divine Powers: Brahma God Divine Power, Sea God Divine Power
Laws: Fire, Water, Lightning, Darkness
Misc: Berserk, Divine Authority, Poison
Complete legacies: Phoenix, Blue Dragon, Dragon God, Golden Crow
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'Only through diligence may the heavenly procrastinator grow'
The Trial of Space awaits.
Meditation/Comprehension Goal IX: Dedicate fifty thousand hours towards the Profound Way (33,257/50,000)
(Reward: Trial of Time)
Dual-Cultivation Goal VII: Seduce Qianye Ying'er
Reward: System Confidant Rank
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In Rokas' Inner World.
"Haha…" Rokas laughed, stepping back from his creation. "Now that's a sexy Gundam!"
The GN-01 Exia MK IV 'Violet Queen' featured a new colour scheme, being mostly black with vibrant violet purple as its secondary color. Unlike the MK III, this newest version was purely focused on speed and power. It featured two GN swords, each anchored to an arm. Its engine was the brand new Heretic God I core (one that features over a hundred complicated arrays and several cores working in perfect sync), allowing it to unleash a myriad of elements at once. From top to bottom, it was created using Rokas' newfound comprehension of the Laws and Profound Way.
Unlike the other Gundam models, it had several levels of Trans-Am. The first, basic Trans-Am, prevents permanent damage to the model, the second 'Trans-Am Burst' doubles the performance of the suit while damaging its very core… the third 'Full Burst' pushes the suit far beyond its very limit, allowing it to transcend all previous models at the cost of its likely destruction.
"I wish I was a Divine Master…" Rokas stroked his chin as he thought aloud. "That way, my condensing wouldn't be that chaotic and my Gundams wouldn't be comparable to glass canons at their peak performance. Imagine, a perfect Trans-Am…"
"The Laws of the Universe would collapse." Li Suo remarked. "Are you certain you would want that?"
"Ah… well, that would be a pretty big problem, yeah." Rokas chuckled. "The Universe's wimpy laws. I'll need to find a way to fix that too."
"What you need to do is rest, Rokas."
"Me? Oh no, I'm fine." Rokas turned away, dark clouds hovering around his eyes. And no… they weren't his devil energy eyeshadow. He took a deep breath. "Totally… fine."
"Come here you fool."
"Here?" Rokas raised an eyebrow.
She sat down and a heavenly emerald wave of energy swept him up from under his feet, laying his head down on her lap. He closed his eyes… relaxing as he let out another deep breath.
"I like wherever 'here' is."
"You don't need to say it, your stupid grin has already done so."
Li Suo remarked, her index finger going across his chest and ending its journey at his head. She opened her palm and actresses the side of his face. Light profound energy surged around his body, rapidly healing his internal wounds.
"I sometimes wonder if you overexert yourself intentionally…"
"Intentionally?" Rokas chuckled, opening one eye as he looked up at Li Suo's gorgeous face. "Now why would you think that? I'm a supremely hard-working man who wants to change the world. I can't do that if I sit on my ass all day."
"You can't do that if you implode from within, either."
"I've never been a person capable of balance… it's all or nothing when it comes to me. Either I do jack-shit or put my lazy ass to work. Besides, I have you to deal with all the consequences when I do go all out."
"You're hopeless."
Li Suo sighed, glancing at the fifteen Gundam prototypes littered all around the world. They were built to test various engines and array formations… leading up to the Violet Queen. Though functional, they weren't official models and their designs resembled the GN-0. The Inner World had become a paradise of primordial energy thanks to the combined efforts of Rokas and Li Suo. It was beautiful, full of unique creatures, plants and sights that couldn't be found anywhere else.
Even God-Emperors would throw away their dignity to even take breath in such a place… if they knew it existed.
"Though… I can't help but admire your raging determination. It's… infectious." Li Suo turned back to him, her emerald eyes narrowing on his face as she swiped her hand across his brown hair. "Keep pushing yourself, Rokas. Don't be afraid to reach heights which others may only dream of. Whatever the consequences may be, whatever wounds you accumulate, however tired you may be… I'll always be there for you. If you are ever tired and weak, I will give you strength. If you feel a lack of motivation or purpose, I will help you find it. If you are wounded or poisoned, I will cure you of all your ailments."
"Even if you find yourself at death's door, I will give you life."
Rokas opened his eyes and glanced away. "You know… if you keep sweet-talking me, I'll feel some type of way."
"As if you don't already."
'No way…'
"I… well-" Rokas stuttered slightly. "Uh… I do truly admire you."
"I know full well how you feel… and there's nothing wrong with your emotions."
"The fact that you know sorta changes everything…"
"I've always known." Li Suo smiled slightly, her emerald eyes glowing as they looked into his. "I can sense the emotions of others rather easily."
'F¥£K!'
"What do I do with that knowledge?" Rokas raised an eyebrow. "How do you feel about it?"
"I believe… there is beauty in love." Li Suo answered. "Though, I do not know how I truly feel. I want to take care of you, I enjoy your company, I want to see you succeed and accomplish your ambitions. I love you in that sense. I'm not certain if there is anything beyond that… the type of bond that you share with your wives, for instance."
[System: Get son-zoned, son. Oh wait… the Long Bai zone! You're like a son to me, hahajananababajajajalalalala!]
'That's a nasty way of putting it. Seriously, fuck you. Comparing me to fucking Dog Bai…'
"That's fine, you don't have to feel the same way." Rokas managed a smile… though, a deep part of him was hurting. "Honestly, I'd rather have the truth than be lied to and ultimately led on. Things change with time, though."
"Oh?" She raised an eyebrow.
"I'm not changing the way I feel, no way…" Rokas chuckled, shaking his head. "Call it stubborn, foolish or outright mad. Someone once told me that the harder it is to attain something, the more beautiful and worthwhile it is. That said… I'm gonna to win your heart!"
As Li Suo looked down at Rokas, she couldn't help but see some of the Heretic God.
"You just might."
[Li Suo (Empress III): 5 → 6]
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