Chapter 553 - 509: Shi Ming’s Spiritual Power Value
Purple. All purple.
An endless expanse of purple filled Shi Ming’s vision.
It was the external manifestation of his Spiritual Power stat—a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand times greater than any of his other stats!
The Sword in the Stone couldn’t display a specific attribute number, but Shi Ming could extrapolate the value of his Spiritual Power by comparing the size of the light orb to his existing data!
For example:
A red dot of light the size of a fist (ten centimeters in diameter), representing his Attack Power, had a value of 5,481.
Therefore, the value of the purple orb of light—slightly larger than his body’s diameter (190 centimeters)—representing his Spiritual Power could easily be calculated...
37,594,179!
His Spiritual Power, his vast and boundless Sea of Spirit, manifested as a concrete number: 37,594,179! It was a figure so terrifying that Shi Ming himself could hardly believe it. But then he remembered the endless, unused space still remaining within his Sea of Spirit, and the number didn’t seem so exaggerated after all.
He let out a slow breath.
Holding the Sword in the Stone, Shi Ming felt the surging power within it.
This sword could manifest the most suitable weapon form based on its wielder’s five-dimensional attributes. When activated by Shi Ming, it would become a Spirit Special Attack Sword. A single swing, backed by a stat of thirty million, would unleash a terrifying might. The sheer magnitude of that number alone was a dreadful pressure capable of suffocating any living creature.
[BEEP BEEP~]
[Congratulations! You have completed the quest: "Discover Your True Self"!"]
[The Sea of Spirit is infinite, yet it has its shores. You have glimpsed your own endless potential, ascertained the precise value of your Spiritual Power, and found your untapped strength.]
[Reward: The right to study "Nameless"]
Shi Ming blinked.
The prompt that had appeared before him also confirmed that his Spiritual Power was truly 37,594,179 points!
Of the three quests issued by the Eye of the Divine, he had finally completed one. He now had the right to study the "Nameless" secret manual he had obtained from the great stone stele!
The "Nameless" secret manual was incredibly precious. The mere chance to read a copy just once was ranked 19th on the price list in the Divine Treasure Vault. Any creature who wished to study it had to pass a trial. For Shi Ming, "Discover Your True Self" was not just a quest from the Eye of the Divine, but also a trial from the "Nameless" secret manual itself.
Gathering his power.
He aimed the Stone Sword at the starry sky and swung it at an angle.
A terrifying Spirit Blade tore through space with a world-rending shriek. The night sky above Primordial Star shattered like broken glass, cracking like a sky split by lightning. The fissures spiderwebbed out, spreading to the very edge of his vision!
And this was with Shi Ming holding back.
The Tomb Star Realm had no Dark Cosmos.
If it did, this single slash could have probably ripped the Dark Cosmos right out of reality and torn it to shreds.
Powerful! Terrifying!
The only downside was the massive amount of Spiritual Power it consumed.
Based on his current usable reserves of Spiritual Power, two swings would likely drain him completely. If he pushed himself to the limit, he could manage three swings at most. However, overdrawing too much might affect the stability of the Hundred-Floor Celestial Tower, giving the Colorful Insect sealed inside a chance to escape.
Even when using a lever to move a mountain, power still comes at a price.
’It’s a shame. "Soul-Burning Poem" can only convert max Stamina, Endurance, and Defense Power into max Spiritual Power and Attack Power. It can’t convert max Spiritual Power back into Stamina, Endurance, or Defense Power. Otherwise, with "Soul-Burning Poem," I could already freely reallocate my stats and suppress an entire era.’
’No, I shouldn’t be greedy.’
’With the Sword in the Stone and "Nameless," I have two more trump cards up my sleeve.’
’My top priority now is to turn in my previous commissions, get the three million Civilization Stones, and convert them into personal strength. The five pseudo-gods already know I exist, and they’re aware of the newborn Cosmic Country’s consciousness. They will definitely launch a swift and brutal campaign. The 130-day safety window is just a conservative estimate. I must acquire the power to rival a pseudo-god as quickly as possible and maximize my use of the resources here before the First Civilization Cosmic Country re-emerges.’
With his goal set, Shi Ming quickly arrived before a [Mercenary Terminal].
Submit! [W-Rank Commission: Reach the End]!
Received three million Civilization Stones!
Submit! [Z-Rank Commission: Resonance of Will]!
Received the Living Beings Title [Regent of the First Civilization Cosmic Country]!
Submit! [A-Rank Commission: Resonance of Will]!
Received the Living Beings Title [Braveheart in the Stone] (Already evolved and granted in advance), and 20 Civilization Stones!
The clinking of Civilization Stones was the most beautiful sound Shi Ming had ever heard; the shimmering light of the Civilization Stones was the most beautiful color he had ever seen!
Three million and twenty Civilization Stones, plus the nearly 400,000 he had left over, was enough for him to redeem quite a few good items from the [Divine Treasure Vault] at a 70% discount!
Including the most precious treasure of all, the "Apocalypse Divine Artifact"!
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Candela left New God Star and strode into the river of time. With a single step, he crossed several timelines and arrived in another Star Domain.
This was a method of teleportation unique to Time Giants.
Time-jumping.
By crossing timelines, he could return to a location he had occupied at a specific point in the past. Upon arrival, he could reset the timeline and return to the normal axis of time, thereby achieving instantaneous movement. This time-jumping was extremely efficient, could cover immense distances, required no supreme treasures, consumed very little energy, and was impossible to track.
It was arguably one of the best travel skills in existence.
He took another step.
He left the physical Star Domain and entered his own Divine Country.
When a [Pillar Stone] ascends to become a [New God], they not only seize an authority from the gods but can also create their own Divine Country. For example, Bertutan’s Divine Country is named the [Civilization Stele Forest], and Huang Ji’s is named the [Great Expansion Womb].
Candela’s Divine Country was named the [Gold and Silver Island].
It was a massive, isolated island floating in chaos. The left side of the island was gold, representing time, which moves ever forward and never backward. The right side was silver, representing fate, which cycles endlessly, its beginning connected to its end.
Candela transformed into a three-thousand-meter-tall Time Giant.
He sat cross-legged on the border between the island’s gold and silver halves.
He closed his eyes and began to meditate. The patterns on his skin rippled as if being gradually awakened, spreading out like waves in water. They flowed from his brow, down his throat, across his torso, arms, and legs. Gold and silver intertwined, responding to each other without merging, streaming along their separate paths yet miraculously creating a resonant frequency.
TICK, TOCK.
The interweaving of time and fate.
Finally, the favorite of the world, the one-and-only Time Giant, saw a few hints emerge from the ethereal strands of fate and the endless river of time:
[Abandon the body of the Time Giant]
[Seize the lost eye of the god]
Possession?
Candela opened his eyes. His left eye seemed to pierce through time, and his right eye seemed to see through fate.