Chapter Thirty-Four: The Realm of the Divine Lord

The divine hand of white jade belonging to Nan Luo passed through the protective barrier of the Creation Jade Disc and slowly picked it up. At this moment, Nan Luo's gaze was no longer wavering or uncertain, but resolute, decisive, and as firm as iron. Had Nan Luo never touched the Creation Jade Disc, nor perceived the mysteries within its laws, perhaps he would still hesitate. On the contrary, Nan Luo was now utterly and completely enchanted by the Creation Jade Disc, unable to extricate himself.

His eyes lingered with fascination on the disc in his hand, and he began to refine it with his divine consciousness. The divine power sealed by Buzhou Divine Mountain burst free the instant it touched the Creation Jade Disc, breaking through the seal and regaining its liberty. Golden divine consciousness surged toward the Creation Jade Disc like an unstoppable tide.

Receiving Nan Luo's divine consciousness, the Creation Jade Disc began to radiate infinite, sacred golden light of majestic authority. The Creation Jade Disc possessed three levels.

In its primordial state, it released peaceful white light, passively displaying the mysteries of laws, but unable to be comprehended or absorbed. In its sacred state, it emitted holy golden light, automatically revealing the mysteries of laws for beings to comprehend, and allowing one to invoke certain powers of those laws. In its supreme state, it burst forth with ultimate purple light, displaying three thousand laws, granting the power to manipulate them, change heaven and earth, and do the impossible.

Alas, only the complete Creation Jade Disc could attain the supreme state. The disc could never be fully restored, meaning it was limited to the primordial and sacred states. As Nan Luo refined the disc with his divine consciousness, its sacred golden light enveloped him, revealing the profound mysteries within.

"Indeed, the Creation Jade Disc is worthy of being a primordial treasure of chaos. Even in its incomplete form, it possesses forty-nine innate divine seals, rivaling the innate supreme treasures," Nan Luo grew more awed by the disc's power the deeper he refined it.

In this world, treasures are generally divided into two types: divine artifacts and magical implements. Divine artifacts can only be wielded by beings above the True God realm, while magical implements are driven by mortals. The distinction lies in whether they possess divine seals. Having divine seals marks them as divine artifacts; having restrictions marks them as magical implements.

Innate divine artifacts possess innate divine seals; acquired divine artifacts have acquired divine seals; magical implements have acquired restrictions. Innate divine seals are manifestations of law; acquired divine seals are marks of power; acquired restrictions are echoes of law's resonance.

Heaven evolves forty-nine, with one hidden away. Thus, at most, divine artifacts and magical implements can possess forty-nine divine seals or restrictions.

One to ten innate divine seals marks a lower-grade innate spiritual treasure.

Eleven to twenty marks medium-grade; twenty-one to thirty marks upper-grade; thirty-one to forty marks top-grade; forty-one to forty-nine marks the supreme innate treasure.

Acquired spiritual treasures and magical implements follow the same pattern.

Among supreme treasures with forty-nine innate divine seals, only the Pangu Banner, Taiji Diagram, and Chaos Bell forged from the Heaven-Opening Axe exist. Now, the incomplete Creation Jade Disc must be added to that list.

No wonder Hongjun could confidently bestow the Pangu Banner, Taiji Diagram, and the Sword Formation of Immortal Slaughter upon the Three Pure Ones without fearing their rebellion. Not only could Hongjun, by virtue of his unrivaled Dao, suppress the Three Pure Ones single-handedly; but with most fragments of the Creation Jade Disc in his possession, he could easily overpower the Three Pure Ones and their three supreme treasures.

Nan Luo's golden divine consciousness surged like a cataclysmic flood, irresistibly rushing toward the forty-nine innate divine seals of the Creation Jade Disc.

Time flew by; bathed in the endless golden light, Nan Luo sat cross-legged in the void, eyes shut tight, refining the Creation Jade Disc with solemn reverence.

"No, I can only refine up to the thirtieth innate divine seal," Nan Luo reluctantly opened his eyes, looking at the endlessly radiant disc before him, filled with regret.

As a supreme innate treasure, strictly speaking, only a Divine Emperor could fully refine and wield the Creation Jade Disc. Nan Luo, at the peak of Divine King, could manage only up to the thirtieth innate divine seal.

"It seems I must first break through to the Divine Lord realm," Nan Luo gazed at the Creation Jade Disc, his mind awash with emotions, finally murmuring, "With the aid of the Creation Jade Disc, my foundation for the Divine Lord realm will be perfect."

Ever since Nan Luo obtained the fortune of the divine race, he had been capable of breaking through to the Divine Lord realm. Yet, in pursuit of greater strength, he had suppressed his advancement, refusing to break through prematurely.

It was only after surviving the Solitude Divine Tribulation arranged by heaven and earth that he truly qualified to ascend. Still, Nan Luo continued to restrain his breakthrough, seeking his own fate. He firmly believed that, upon gaining his opportunity, breaking through would make him even stronger.

Heaven rewards those with heart and spirit.

Nan Luo had obtained an incomparable opportunity—the incomplete Creation Jade Disc—thus gaining the qualification and power to grow stronger. With the disc's aid and his persistent efforts over the years, the day Nan Luo broke through would be his moment of nirvana and rebirth.

"Begin the breakthrough!" Nan Luo growled inwardly, as his mysterious and pure blue eyes suddenly transformed into a pair of sacred, majestic golden eyes.

A faint "boom" echoed in Nan Luo's mind as an unseen barrier blocking his cultivation shattered and gradually faded away.

Endless spiritual energy became countless white jade spirit dragons, rushing into Nan Luo's divine body, vying to enter. A mysterious power from heaven and earth descended, pouring into every limb and bone.

Within Nan Luo's body, his divine power boiled and exploded under the nourishment of this force, constantly purifying itself. His divine body, bathed in this mysterious energy, began to radiate an unprecedented brilliance.

The divine core of water law within him, under the influence of heaven and earth's power, suddenly manifested countless runes of water law. This was the power granted by heaven and earth to those who passed the Solitude Divine Tribulation.

A blue water law divine core suspended high in the center of his sea of consciousness suddenly ignited, slowly transforming into a pure stream of water law, flowing to Nan Luo's divine right hand.

Nan Luo's right hand became enveloped in blue water law, gradually law-imbued, transforming into a hand of pure law.

The divine path is divided into five realms: True God, Lord God, Divine King, Divine Lord, and Divine Emperor.

True Gods ignite the divine flame and condense their law core. Lord Gods imprint the runes of law they comprehend onto their core, transforming it into a rune-imbued core. Divine Kings use their core to devour the divine flame, merging the two; from then on, the core is synonymous with the Divine King. Divine Lords refine their law core into pure law, law-imbuing parts of their body. When the entire body is law-imbued, possessing a body of law, the Divine Lord ascends to the Divine Emperor.

"Roar!"

Having smoothly and naturally completed his breakthrough, Nan Luo felt the unprecedented power within, his spirit surging, unable to resist raising his head and letting out a jubilant roar.

Endless white jade spirit dragons, following the sound, poured into Nan Luo's newly reborn divine body.

In the Water Cavern, all the waters danced to the sound, emitting joyful cries.

From Divine King to Divine Lord, one can traverse the vast wilderness as a sovereign.

After countless years of arduous cultivation, Nan Luo had at last broken through to the Divine Lord realm; henceforth, he would roam the boundless seas, commanding storms and clouds.