Chapter 133: Inscription Realm

Chapter 133: Inscription Realm

Lin Fan opened his eyes. Golden runes flickered within his pupils, incredibly deep, as if they could pierce through a person's heart, mysterious and powerful.

This was the initial manifestation of advancing to the Inscription Realm. His essence, Qi, and spirit had improved significantly, his strength skyrocketing as he entered another Domain.

However, he had only just begun, and the road ahead was still very long.

The Inscription Realm was the stage where one truly began to touch the primitive Profound Truths of Bone Texts. After embarking on this path, one would no longer completely copy the runes of other races and could instead engrave their own symbols within their body.

It could be said that this was the initial stage of creation, comprehending various rules and Profound Truths to form one's own power, which carried immense significance.

Of course, at present, it was impossible for him to truly create runes. That was far too difficult and was a method reserved only for the ultimate powerhouses; for now, he could only perform simple combinations.

At the same time, cultivating in this Realm was incredibly difficult, divided into four minor Realms: Initial, Middle, Late, and Perfection. Every step required engraving runes onto one's body.

This was no simple feat, requiring years of accumulation and a massive amount of time spent on cultivation, and even then, success was not guaranteed.

Predecessors had once said that taking a single step forward in each minor Realm of the Inscription Realm was equivalent to the cultivation time of an entire major Realm in the past, showing just how difficult it was.

However, this was not absolute. With the support of abundant resources, those with supreme talent could accelerate this process, though it still wouldn't be too fast.

This was also why those in the Inscription Realm could be enfeoffed as marquises in certain small countries. By the time most people crossed this hurdle, they had already reached adulthood and could go out to carve out territories.

Even with Lin Fan's extraordinary and peerless talent, if he wanted to complete this Realm and continue to break through the extreme limit, under normal circumstances, the time required would not be short, likely taking at least two years.

However, he was in no hurry. He was only nearly eleven years old now and had plenty of time to cultivate.

"I can make up for the unfinished path," Lin Fan murmured to himself.

When he broke through the extreme limit in the Spirit Transformation Realm, he had once used Shenxi to evolve Dao traces, combining them into giant symbols to borrow the power of heaven and earth against his enemies.

This had given him an additional method of attack, temporarily making up for the deficiency of not being able to use offensive Precious Techniques, but that path was not yet complete and was only the beginning.

The evolution and combination of Shenxi should not stop there; they ought to be ever-changing. For instance, weapons like bells, cauldrons, pagodas, and swords, as well as all tangible things in the universe.

Or even, taking a deeper step, creating his own runes.

At this thought, Lin Fan felt a sudden flash of realization and muttered, "Perhaps this is the way to solve the problem of the Supreme Bone."

What he could not do in the Spirit Transformation Realm might be possible in the Inscription Realm.

This was because the Inscription Realm was not just about the permutation and combination of runes; it involved deeper levels of change, comprehending the rules of heaven and earth, and pioneering creation.

Next, after stabilizing his cultivation, he fell into a Dao Comprehension State again. Merging with nature, he observed flowers, birds, insects, fish, and the changes of the four seasons, using Shenxi to manifest all things.

"Buzz!"

Vaguely, the world changed. A landscape of mountains and rivers emerged—lofty peaks towering, silver waterfalls cascading, ancient trees reaching for the sky, and surging rivers rushing forward, incredibly magnificent.

This was a majestic and beautiful landscape of mountains and rivers, where the vegetation grew vigorously as if it were real, even carrying the fragrance of soil.

"Chih!"

The next moment, the Void Realm trembled, and the stars of the heavens emerged between heaven and earth. Above Lin Fan's head, they played out the Profound Truths of the creation of the world, as if an extra layer of heaven had appeared.

Next, one green lotus after another emerged in the sky, accompanied by Chaos mist. A full ten thousand lotuses bloomed, presenting an astonishing scene.

"To actually be able to reach this step, how truly remarkable!" Not far away, Qing Yao could not help but praise upon seeing this.

With her vision, she naturally saw that those anomalies were extraordinary, possessing vast and unfathomable power rather than being mere showy displays.

"Qiang! Qiang!"

The beautiful landscape of mountains and rivers changed once more. Metallic Qi surged, and various weapons such as sabers, swords, spears, and mirrors appeared together, carrying a monstrous aura of slaughter.

Then, a colossal figure filled the sky and earth, sitting high in the Nine Heavens, surrounded by white mist. Solemn and dignified, he was like an Immortal King looking down upon all living beings.

Around this "Immortal King," a True Phoenix danced and soared through the Nine Heavens, a True Dragon coiled, its dragon roars shaking all directions, and a Nine-Leafed Grass took root by his side, its Sword Qi majestic…

Divine birds and Auspicious Beasts appeared one after another, the sound of the Great Dao shaking the world.

This was not just the power of the anomalies, but also the Divine Might of the Precious Techniques he had learned.

This did not seem like mere phantoms and anomalies; it was more like summoning the true bodies of those creatures. They all possessed offensive power and resonated together.

Striking upward to the Nine Heavens, probing downward to the Nine Netherworld!

However, Lin Fan did not unleash those Precious Techniques; he merely used another method, using Shenxi to outline the Dao traces of heaven and earth to borrow a portion of their power.

In addition, he was also evolving all other living spirits, constructing an almost real world, making it more vivid and flexible, looking lifelike.

"Puff!"

Lin Fan coughed up a mouthful of blood. All the anomalies vanished instantly, his face turning pale and a wave of weakness washing over him.

Clearly, he had failed, stuck at this step. What he imitated was ultimately a dead thing, possessing only a shell but lacking spirit, devoid of the Profound Truths of life and death.

But he was not discouraged. This was merely an attempt to verify some of his ideas, which was naturally bound to be incredibly difficult.

As for gains, it wasn't that there were none. His various anomalies had reached Major Achievement, their Divine Might even greater than before, possessing incredible power.

"What is life? What is death?" Lin Fan pondered. This was both a philosophical question and a practical one.

What meets the eye is life, the existence of all things is life, and living beings being alive is life; closing one's eyes is death, the destruction of all things returning to Chaos is death, and the decay of living beings is also death.

Analyzing it from the physics Lin Fan had learned in his past life, when molecules and atoms stop moving and no longer release energy, that is death; otherwise, it is life.

He touched the Supreme Bone in his chest. The green divine light generated when it erupted was also a kind of life, a pure and majestic energy.

"Runes can perhaps be viewed as chemical equations, and the Shenxi that composes them is equivalent to molecules and atoms," Lin Fan thought to himself.

If he could master the laws within them, controlling the amount of various energy transfers, creating runes would no longer be a difficult task.

But how difficult was it to achieve all this? It involved the most fundamental Origin secrets of heaven and earth. With his current Realm, it was simply too low, making it completely impossible.

Finally, he emerged from seclusion and earnestly sought guidance from Qing Yao, voicing some of his doubts.

To be honest, to have a sect master give a one-on-one sermon was a treatment that no one else in the Heaven Mending Sect enjoyed; Lin Fan was the sole exception.

Later on, Lin Fan spoke of his ideas, comparing runes to aggregates of various elemental energies, formed by the interaction and collision of Shenxi to produce reactions.

But he could not grasp the proper balance within, making it difficult to put into practice, and could only blindly borrow existing runes.

Hearing this, Qing Yao's beautiful eyes stared blankly at him, seemingly dumbfounded. Such an idea was simply unheard of, like a fantasy tale.

Daring to play around like this in the Inscription Realm to create his own runes was truly courting death!

The danger involved was immense. With the slightest carelessness, his own body would explode first, destroying both his body and soul.

Only after a long while did Qing Yao reply, "You… stop cultivating for now. Take a break for a while. If you keep going like this, you will suffer Qi Deviation."

"Ah… but I feel great!" Lin Fan was stunned, blinking his clear, large eyes and scratching his head.