Blind Spot
Chapter 706 - 649 basis points one

Chapter 706: 649 basis points one

In the territory of the Gong Shan Clan, there was a separate residence for distinguished foreign guests.

Han Zongdi, with her long hair draped over her shoulders and not even half the height of an adult, was walking in the courtyard. Yet, there was an indescribable ancient and mystical aura about her.

At that moment, faint white halos were spreading in the air around her, resembling soap bubbles that continuously burst open,

and slight sounds quietly penetrated her ears.

"Your Highness, your recent move seems to have attracted attention again, perhaps someone inside has leaked secrets."

"Isn’t Lei Jiu here as well? He has Nine Phoenix True Blood. Although his paternal family is common, as long as one inherits more than half of the true blood, it is considered a Divine Demon bloodline. With him here taking the heat, what do I have to fear?" Han Zongdi said unconcernedly.

Her mother was from the Han Zong Family, but her father was the Demon Emperor Nayun who ruled an entire realm. Though she was born from one of the Demon Emperor’s avatars, she still carried the Demon Emperor’s bloodline—true Divine Demon blood, not something those ordinary noble families around could compare with.

"Perhaps the Han Zong Family sensed something and quickly found an excuse to send you here. Could it be that there is someone here powerful enough to suppress your identity?" The voice expressed doubt.

"Lei Jiu is hiding here as well. When the Nine Phoenix clan comes looking, they’ll find him first since he makes a larger target. With such cover, what’s the rush?" Han Zongdi said nonchalantly.

At just ten years of age, her mentality had already reached that of many adults. Such was the formidable nature of a Divine Demon bloodline.

"Just you wait. Once my demonic powers are fully cultivated, I will surely leave this embryonic stage behind and return to seek retribution from those wretched beings!"

If it weren’t for the assassins lurking within her father’s ranks, she wouldn’t have needed to disguise her bloodline and pretend to be a fool whose bloodline hadn’t awakened, leading others to believe her main lineage was from the Han Zong Family.

But what no one could have imagined was that her true main bloodline was that of the Demon Emperor Nayun, comprising a staggering 60%—far surpassing any of her other kin!

This meant that from the very beginning of her cultivation, she started with innate Gold Jade, a level that only top masters could possess.

The hierarchy in the Jianghu Martial World was roughly divided according to the True Yuan within one’s body into categories: novelties, third-rate, second-rate, first-rate, Gold Jade, unparalleled, and Divine Demon.

The difference between first-rate and the levels below lay in the innate Gold Jade; ordinary people had to first cultivate their internal and external skills and then combine them to cultivate True Yuan to reach the third-rate level.

After True Yuan is merged into Divine Intention, one could be considered second-rate, and only when Divine Intention and True Yuan are transformed into innate Gold Jade can one be first-rate.

This is the fundamental minimum for first-rate, and although there are various names for cultivation methods, all cultivated True Yuan meet a unified standard when purely released—easily slicing gold and breaking jade. By gold here, we mean not ordinary gold but the hardest metal in the world—Primordial Gold. Jade also refers not to common jade but to Primal Chaos Treasure Jade that contains tremendous energy.

This is the sole criterion for innate Gold Jade.

Once the innate Gold Jade is fully developed, one may be called a Gold Jade master. Then, the strongest among the Gold Jade masters are known as unparalleled masters.

Finally, the transformation of innate Gold Jade into Divine Essence and Devil Essence signifies the Divine Demon realm.

It is despairing that the offspring of the Divine Demon bloodline begin their cultivation with innate Gold Jade, bypassing the decades of arduous work typical people go through, and even many talents might not be able to cultivate innate Gold Jade in their lifetimes.

But this is only the starting point for those with Divine Demon bloodlines.

Such is the qualitative difference.

Apart from this, Han Zongdi is exceptionally strong even among those with Divine Demon bloodlines.

The average person only needs to contain 10% of such a bloodline to claim the Divine Demon lineage and cultivate far beyond ordinary humans.

But she has a full 60% of her father’s bloodline, which gives her an extraordinarily strong aptitude, well above the ordinary.

"Just wait, in at most ten years, I will be able to return to Nayun Realm and devour that disgusting nine-headed serpent!" Han Zongdi’s eyes flickered with a lingering black light, and her body inadvertently emanated waves of terrifying power.

As for the intentions of the Han Zong Family, she understood them clearly—they simply did not want to and did not dare to get involved in this maelstrom.

For a maelstrom involving Divine Demon families, a slight misstep could lead to death and the destruction of the entire family.

While top families might have the confidence to intervene, they were far from capable. Hence, they used the pretext of engagement to send her here.

This was because they took advantage of the fact that the Gong Shan Family was a new and rising family with insufficient heritage and intelligence, nowhere near able to grasp the full situation.

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On the shore of the Emerald Sea.

A beach more than a hundred miles away from the Gong Shan Family.

The golden sandy beach bathed in sunshine, with the temperature soaring high.

Waves lapped the shore, one after another constantly washing over.

Li Chengyi stood alone at the edge of the beach, followed by a servant and martial expert, Uncle Ning.

Uncle Ning, Aunt Yuan, and Uncle Dongyun, who only liked to sweep the floors, were the only three servants in their household.

But all three possessed exceptional skills and were retired martial experts of the Jianghu. Li Chengyi didn’t know why they had retired, but it didn’t stop him from knowing they were strong.

Even though he had never really seen them take action, the vast energies that they emitted, albeit elusive, made them seem like three walking hydrogen bombs—an incredible exaggeration.

Uncle Ning appeared to be a middle-aged man with a small mustache and black hair, looking over forty.

He resembled a down-and-out saber-wielding wanderer of the Jianghu, always carrying a black-handled curved saber wrapped in numerous cloth strips on his back.

His eyes were always gloomy, with a profound depth that suggested many untold stories.

But at this moment, those storytelling eyes were firmly fixed on Li Chengyi as he made his way towards the sea.

"Young master, even though the nearby sea kingdom dares not attack openly due to the Family Head’s reputation, we must beware of any who slip through the net," he couldn’t help but caution.

"It’s fine. After all, I’m just a seven- or eight-year-old child. No one will pay any attention." Li Chengyi carried a black true sword in his hand and stopped where the sea water reached his knees.

Raising his sword, he pointed it straight ahead.

Although it seemed as if he was practicing a basic thrusting technique called White Line Threading, in his mind, he was actually confirming the concept of dimensional pivot points.

After some time of contemplation and hesitation, he had finally decided on his future dimension’s pivot point.

The pivot point wouldn’t be life force but rather the single thread of vitality present in all things!

Where Uncle Ning couldn’t see, a faint golden light flickered deep within Li Chengyi’s eyes.

In the depths of his mind, within the vast and perfected Mind Image World he had once created.

A golden meteor fell from the sky, plunging abruptly into the very center of this imaginary world.

It was like the central point of a Go game board, Tianyuan.

This was the beginning of planting a foundation in the Holy Heart, and also the first step in establishing the concept of dimensions.

’With vitality as the foundation, next comes scale.’

Would it measure the vitality of the tiniest particles, of common living beings, or of massive entities?

All of these needed to be determined.

’According to the forbidden knowledge, at first I can only ascertain an approximate range based on the strength of my Consciousness Power.’

Li Chengyi pondered for a moment, then suddenly closed his eyes.

Everything before him turned pitch black.

In this darkness, a faint red line slowly lit up.

That was the vitality of the waves he had filtered out after blocking other sensations.

They shattered and reformed incessantly, and within this cycle of repetition, the vitality appeared and disappeared.

’This is my definition; it is not only life that possesses vitality. Everything has a cycle of creation and destruction. All things may perish at any moment; the denser the vitality, the longer the lifespan. Both innate destiny and extrinsic calamities will affect the density of vitality.’

Li Chengyi settled the scale in his heart. Meanwhile, his Consciousness Power began to adjust the sensitivity, reach, and frequency of his perceptions.

Consciousness Power transformed by the Holy Heart naturally was not something Uncle Ning could sense later on.

However, during the adjustment of his perception, something caused Li Chengyi some confusion.

His Consciousness Power could now be considered standard for the Realm of Saints. Logically, entering this world should naturally form a powerful Holy Body corresponding to the Holy Heart.

But there was no reaction whatsoever.

This unusual situation was one of the reasons he suspected that he might not be in the Black Sea.

He soon determined the scale.

Instantly, in his eyes, everything began to reveal outlines of faint red threads.

Waves, sandy beaches, crabs on them, shells, little fish and shrimp, starfish, and so on.

Even the reefs and sand had flickers of red lines of vitality appearing and disappearing with aggregation and dispersement.

’Next, I’ll attempt to touch and integrate my own will within this dimension.’ Observing dimensions isn’t difficult; the real challenge is knowing what the base concept of a Dimensional Demon God is.

Once the base concept is known, one can adjust perception to observe the other’s dimension.

What follows then is to proceed methodically; through the Eternal Vitality System, to contact and take control of this determined yet unknown dimension.

Li Chengyi suspected that the reason the predecessors failed was because they had chosen the wrong direction.

The forbidden knowledge system contained a unique approach that allowed him to come into contact and integrate his will within it.

But this approach was a one-time exclusive utility, only he could use it, fully reflecting the uniqueness of the forbidden knowledge.

Li Chengyi stood in the sea, and in the deepest part of his eyes, countless gold lights gathered and dispersed, rapidly transforming into red light spots.

Then, those red light spots vanished just as swiftly, becoming invisible and returning to their usual black.

This signified the completion of the first Consciousness Power integration.

This was the first time, and he had integrated about one-tenth of his Consciousness Power before he could no longer continue. The mental strain was too great; he needed to rest.

Only by integrating the full Consciousness Power, transforming its essence completely, and merging it with the dimension, could he truly become a Dimensional Demon God.

This would require an immensely large total amount of Consciousness Power.

This was also why many Saints took tens of thousands of years to become Dimensional Demon Gods—most of that time was spent enhancing their own Consciousness Power.

A dimension is enormously vast; the size of individual Consciousness Power determines the scale of the dimension that can be observed.

It is based on all things in the universe.

The most supreme Dimensional Demon Gods are those terrifying existences that have perfectly merged their Consciousness Power with the known regions of the Black Sea.

And this is the path Li Chengyi must continuously climb in the future.

Swipe.

He gripped his sword and began practicing the most fundamental reception of white lines from the Emerald Sea Sword Technique.

One after another.

This was considered a temporary rest after cultivation since this move was far too simple for him.

His movements were initially quite unstandardized when he first began learning, but after a month and a half of adjustments, he could now execute the sword technique that Gong Shanqinyang had demonstrated.

But Li Chengyi wasn’t satisfied with just that.

Because in this move, he sensed a hint of discord.

As an otherworldly person who had also practiced a multitude of techniques, coupled with the threefold comprehension brought by the Flower Language Technique.

Li Chengyi began to adjust the details of receiving white lines bit by bit, aiming to make it what he considered perfect.

This was his first time practicing the sword outdoors; as time went by.

Gradually, Li Chengyi’s sword began to show distinct pure white lines.

These lines surfaced briefly before slowly fading away, just like the undulating waves below.

In the instant he completed the reception of white lines, a special power from the sea began to infiltrate Li Chengyi’s body.