CHAPTER 553: CHAPTER 440: DIVINE SKILL: AVATAR TECHNIQUE!

The Chongming World spanned 144,000 years.

In the real world, 360 years had also passed.

That year—

Chen Jichuan was 450 years old.

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Panlong Mountain.

Seven Mysterious Sect.

Chen Jichuan and Chen Shaohu, the two brothers, still hid within this small sect. Over the course of several hundred years, both Chen Jichuan and Chen Shaohu had blended into the sect and become senior figures. Chen Jichuan had long since become the Supreme Elder, while Chen Shaohu had successfully taken over the Alchemy Hall, becoming a Hall Master and genuinely a part of the sect’s high-ranking leadership.

A great hermit hides among the bustling world.

The two brothers concealed themselves within this small sect, neither revealing their strength nor attracting attention.

But in truth—

This was very different from when they had first joined the Seven Mysterious Sect.

After hundreds of years, Chen Jichuan had already reached Fourth-order Peak in the Dao Fruit World. Meanwhile, Chen Shaohu had, in the real world, reached Second-order Tenth Level as early as three or four centuries ago.

That year, Chen Shaohu was only 139 years old.

He lingered at the True Person Ten Realms for sixty years. At the age of 200, he faced the ’Six-nine Heavenly Tribulation’ and successfully ascended to Third-order, gaining a lifespan of 5,000 years and earning the title of an Immortal.

Now, in the blink of an eye, 250 years had passed since Chen Shaohu’s ascension to Third-order Divinity Transformation.

The years flowed by.

Chen Jichuan had also reached Third-order Peak.

"Third-order Fourth Realm."

"Divinity Transformation."

"If not for the damage to my Divine Separation, I should have long since achieved this realm."

With experience from the Dao Fruit World, Chen Jichuan had the advantage of being one Great Realm ahead, thus making swift progress in the real world. In just a few short centuries, he had reached Third-order Peak, poised to step into Fourth-order at any moment.

This was already beyond the scope of what could be called genius.

And this, despite setbacks caused by damage to his Primordial Spirit. Years ago, he had sent his third Divine Separation into the Mysterious Realm, seeking to reach the ’Hanging Mirror Sea.’ Unexpectedly, he fell into peril, and the Divine Separation was destroyed. Since that separation contained a portion of Chen Jichuan’s Primordial Spirit Origin, its destruction also injured his main body. It took significant time and resources to fully recover.

This injury pushed Chen Jichuan to redouble his efforts. Using the foundation of his original ’Divine Splitting and Thought Transformation’ technique, he integrated and absorbed various Divine Splitting, Avatar, and Thought Transformation techniques found in the Chongming Realm, eventually deducing a brand-new Divine Skill, called ’Avatar Technique.’

[Divine Skill: Avatar Technique]

[Level: Common]

[Description: This technique allows one to split their Primordial Spirit to cultivate avatars. It has eight levels. The first level can produce nine avatars; the second level, eighty-one; the third level, 729; the fourth level, 6,561; and so on. At the eighth level, one can cultivate 43,046,721 avatars. As long as one avatar remains, the practitioner is undying.]

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This Divine Skill was on an entirely different level compared to the original ’Divine Splitting and Thought Transformation’ technique; the transformation was nothing short of revolutionary.

In terms of quantity—

In terms of quality—

In terms of minimizing risks—

In terms of eliminating side effects—

The ’Avatar Technique,’ compared to the super-level technique ’Divine Splitting and Thought Transformation,’ was a comprehensive improvement and transformation. It was currently Chen Jichuan’s most prized and exciting Divine Skill.

"Avatar Technique."

Chen Jichuan resided on Seven Mysterious Mountain, in Red Maple Valley. With a single thought, an avatar stepped out from his body, took one step, and arrived in Chen Shaohu’s cave abode.

"Fourth Brother."

Chen Shaohu was in the middle of cultivating. Seeing his fourth brother arrive, he immediately broke into a smile.

"How’s your progress with the ’Avatar Technique’?"

Having ascended to Third-order for over 200 years, Chen Shaohu’s cultivation continued to advance rapidly. He was now already at Divinity Transformation Second Realm. The ’Avatar Technique’ was a first-class life-preserving Divine Skill, and Chen Jichuan had taught it to Chen Shaohu soon after creating it.

Divine Skills were difficult to cultivate.

But with Chen Jichuan’s guidance, starting out had not been hard for Chen Shaohu.

After calculating the time—

He judged that Chen Shaohu should now be capable of producing his first avatars.

"I’ve already completed the first level."

Just as expected—

Chen Shaohu’s face lit up with joy, and his eyes sparkled with excitement. As he took a few steps within his cave abode, avatars began emerging from his body one after another.

"Fourth Brother."

The avatars all grinned at Chen Jichuan.

Upon a quick count, there were nine avatars, each indistinguishable from the real Chen Shaohu. Each could transform into the main body at any moment.

The first level of the Avatar Technique allowed the simultaneous maintenance of nine avatars. However, the strength of these avatars was limited—each was one realm lower than the main body’s.

But, if eight avatars were merely maintained without regard for their combat strength, the ninth avatar could possess all the cultivation and mana of the main body, achieving perfect combat power.

The first level of the Avatar Technique allowed for nine avatars in total, with the option for one of them to have perfect combat power. If a perfect combat power avatar was maintained, the other eight avatars would become too weak to fight. Conversely, if perfect combat power was not pursued, each of the nine avatars would only be one realm lower than the main body.

The second level of the Avatar Technique allowed for two perfect combat power avatars simultaneously. If two such avatars were maintained, the remaining avatars would lose all combat power. Otherwise, each of the 81 avatars would only be one realm below the main body’s level.

Perfect combat power.

One realm lower.

At first glance, the gap seemed small, but at higher levels of cultivation, the disparity became stark.

Take Wang Yan from the Chongming Realm as an example. When she was at the peak of Fourth-order Fourth Realm, she could dominate the Nine Heavens.

But if she were only at the peak of Fourth-order Third Realm Dharma Body Realm, her combat power would, at best, suppress someone like the Golden Light Immortal Venerable; killing them would be virtually impossible. Even against figures like Wanying Venerable, it would take significant effort.

The difference in combat strength was no small matter.

In conclusion—

The Avatar Technique could provide a boost in combat strength. However, expecting it to multiply one’s strength ninefold or eighty-onefold was unrealistic.