Chapter 479 – Lord Mu's Life-Saving Methods

Shattered Isle Warzone, temporary resting area.

Mu Yuan picked up his pen and recorded his observations on a blank sheet of hardcover paper.

“Some Conjectures Regarding Conceptual Power”

These past few days, the Arrow Sword Master had made several moves.

Twice, he sparred with Uta.

Once, he repelled the probing experts from Dragon’s Slumber Valley.

And once, during the earliest assault team’s offensive campaign.

When the Arrow Sword Master had previously led a surprise attack squad deep into the Land of Red Mist to advance, Mu Yuan had also witnessed the spectacular battle from afar through the Black Crow’s vision. But at that time, what he saw was merely surface-level manifestations and the residual might of the combat.

Now he could perceive the essence.

When the Arrow Sword Master engaged in battle, the concept of slaughter enveloped the sky like tens of thousands of fine threads, blotting out the sun.

Within this slaughter, concepts of blood and indestructibility were fused.

“Three interwoven concepts,”

Mu Yuan pondered, “Typically, those in the Legendary Law Realm can only wield one type of conceptual power.”

They might have begun to comprehend multiple laws and can produce different conceptual effects, but they can only utilize one at a time.

Concepts are mutually exclusive.

If a giant wave possesses the concept of ‘resilience,’ even if struck by energy several times or dozens of times stronger, the wave can still maintain its form and surge forward.

If a giant wave possesses the concept of ‘continuity,’ it will be endless, never ceasing.

“Experts in the Law Realm can only use one conceptual power at a time and primarily cultivate one concept, but there are exceptions. If two or three concepts can be fused together, they can simultaneously wield multiple powers.”

Undoubtedly, the latter is stronger.

Currently, Deadbone and Dolai also only use a single conceptual power.

This is likely because their current realm is insufficient.

After thinking for a moment, Mu Yuan wrote: “The strength of conceptual power is influenced by multiple factors. Multiple concepts are extremely rare; typically, it depends on: …”

The magnitude of the concept;

The carrier of the concept;

Magnitude is self-explanatory—strong is strong.

Like Asun and Sario, these Tianyuan Experts have awakened third Epic Skills that carry conceptual properties, but this conceptual power is very weak, merely a trace or a few strands.

This power, when used against enemies without conceptual power, is like a higher-dimensional strike.

But if they were to confront a Legendary Third Realm expert head-on, this power would be like throwing a stone into a lake, creating barely any ripples.

They also lack the ability to enhance their conceptual power.

Legendary beings like Deadbone, Dolai, Isloria, and Lu Liu can glimpse the essence of heaven and earth, analyze and master conceptual power, rather than using it instinctively. They can enhance their conceptual power by observing the world or through special means.

“Deadbone and Dolai’s conceptual power is increasing at a decent pace, but they are ultimately only in the Heaven-Earth Realm. They lack a refined and perfected Divine Soul to resonate with heaven and earth; otherwise, their progress could be many times faster.”

Without data or direct comparisons, Mu Yuan wasn’t sure about the progress speed of other Law Realm experts.

But he had witnessed the conceptual power unleashed by the Arrow Sword Master. Just from what he had glimpsed, it was already stronger than that of Deadbone and Dolai.”If we take the conceptual power contained in Asun’s Wind God’s Sigh as a unit of measurement, the magnitude displayed by the Arrow Sword Master is approximately ten thousand times greater.”

The difference between a single strand and ten thousand strands.

It is also twice that of Deadbone and six times that of Dolai.

And this is not the Arrow Sword Master’s limit. After all, he is a powerhouse standing at the peak even among Legendary Law Realm experts.

Despite enduring the erosion of the Crimson Mist and the suppression of flesh, he can single-handedly suppress three Law Realm powerhouses from Dragon’s Slumber Valley, along with dozens or even hundreds of Soul Realm and Heaven-Earth Realm experts joining forces—a truly unparalleled master.

“The vessel of concepts is also skills and abilities.”

“The more advanced the skill, the greater its power. When infused with conceptual power, the strength it can unleash naturally becomes stronger.”

Mu Yuan pondered, “Moreover, it is related to compatibility. To fully unleash the ‘burning’ conceptual power, one must use fire-type skills.”

In this regard, the Tianyuan General holds some advantage.

Asun’s Wind God’s Sigh inherently carries the ‘cleaving’ concept, while Dolai’s Space-Tearing Seal inherently carries the ‘tearing’ concept—these are the most suitable skills.

Legendary powers even come with their own ‘path of advancement.’

However, Lord Mu believes that the top-tier powerhouses of the Eternal World often possess high bloodline ranks as well.

“We only have a slight advantage, which is hardly even a minor exploit.”

…

Somewhere in the Shattered Isle Region, the Crimson Mist spread, and Deadbone walked alone within it.

It measured the land of the island domain, following the path from which the Crimson Mist originated, exploring as it advanced.

It was searching for the connection point between the Shattered Isle Region and the Land of Red Mist.

It was a skeleton.

Yet,

it was far more than just a skeleton.

Beyond it, spanning tens, hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of miles, one undead creature after another marched across the land and tides, pressing forward relentlessly.

At times, they perished under the onslaught of monsters, turning into withered bones buried in the earth, only to revive and return not long after.

Life and death;

Death and life;

This process was both exploration and a form of self-cultivation.

It subtly aligned with its ‘Death · Rebirth’ conceptual Dao.

Around Deadbone, an arcane spectacle imperceptible to outsiders shimmered.

Strands of conceptual patterns symbolizing ‘Death · Rebirth’ coiled and drifted. They pointed directly to Death, encompassing all the deceased within. Yet, they did not merely symbolize death—they also symbolized the rebirth that follows death.

Death is Rebirth.

Just like now, around the vast conceptual power of Death, a slender thread of conceptual energy visibly grew inch by inch.

Soon, this thread of conceptual energy fully formed and merged into the surrounding conceptual power, which billowed like mist and surged like tides.

This speed of cultivation was dozens of times faster than merely observing the patterns of heaven and earth to enhance conceptual power.

Deadbone felt no pride.

This was not its own achievement.

It had merely researched a path that aligned with itself based on the Calamity of the Undead. What was strong was not it, but the Calamity of the Undead.

As it walked, Deadbone also observed the heavens and earth from time to time.

Different realms possessed different patterns of laws, and it often gained insights.

However, it had to restrain such gains to avoid accidentally immersing itself too deeply.

During its spare time, it mostly focused on researching methods of utilizing power.

For instance, studying the ‘sharpness’ and ‘annihilation’ concepts inherently carried by the Desolate Kingbone. Deadbone quickly developed a method to fuse the ‘sharpness’ and ‘annihilation’ concepts into one, allowing them to be used together.Drawing from this model, it developed several dual-concept combinations.

However, this still wasn’t particularly remarkable.

It was merely standing on the shoulders of the Desolate Kingbone.

The combination of several ordinary concepts couldn’t yield significant results either.

Moreover, concepts like Sharpness and Annihilation still had considerable limitations.

In a way, the ‘Death·Life’ concept was also a combination of death and birth, yet it transcended mere combination.

…

Shattered Isle Warzone.

Over these past few days, Lu Liu had led a group of Tianyuan elites, with the assistance of other Pioneer Lord warriors and the Taixuan infrastructure team, to completely construct the entire warzone’s defense line.

The city walls stood majestic, enveloping the entire fortress base within a massive barrier.

This barrier incorporated several sophisticated detection methods, making it impossible for even legendary monsters like the Faceless One to infiltrate the fortress base.

Of course, no matter how advanced the barrier, it still required personnel to maintain.

The warzone housed a considerable number of troops, and the daily flow of people in and out of the fortress was no small figure.

With soldiers coming and going, the barrier had to open passages. Even though the entire fortress gate guard squad consisted of the elite among elites, equipped with extensive detection methods, vulnerabilities still existed.

In recent days, infiltrators like the Faceless One and Soul Devourers had indeed appeared in the warzone.

They were subsequently rooted out by Rakshasa.

Rakshasa now served as the captain of the warzone’s special patrol squad, holding a status equivalent to a warzone General, second only to the Deputy Commander.

Lu Liu, representing the Tianyuan commander-in-chief, exercised command authority, overseeing the construction of defense lines and the arrangement of defensive sectors.

Uta was also one of the Generals in the Shattered Isle Warzone, his combat prowess having earned recognition from the strong. In certain extreme situations, Uta could even demonstrate strategic value surpassing that of the Divine Soul Realm.

Together with Sario, Asun, Seventeen, Red Robe, Xiliu, and Dolai, they were known to the outside world as the Nine Divine Generals of Tianyuan.

Nine legendary Divine Generals!

Each capable of holding their own.

Among them, public opinion widely held that the strongest powerhouse in Tianyuan City was either Uta or Dolai. Dolai gained fame early and was personally acknowledged by the Tianyuan Lord as a peerless expert with a Domain radius exceeding ten thousand meters.

Uta’s combat strength had earned the affirmation and astonishment of powerhouses like Green Mountain, Yuchen, and the Celestial River Sword Saint.

The debate among warzone Lords and powerful professionals, however, centered on whether Dolai or Uta was stronger.

The other Tianyuan Divine Generals were each unparalleled champions of their time.

The Frost Dragon Sario possessed an immense physique, his majesty evident at a glance.

The Wind King’s Wings Asun boasted the warzone’s ultimate speed. Setting aside the Arrow Sword Master, no current powerhouse dared claim their speed surpassed Tianyuan Asun.

Even Lu Liu, who lacked notable combat achievements, earned the recognition of many commanders and Lords through his meticulous approach and extensive experience in defensive battle formations and deployments.

After all, for a powerful Lord, having subordinates who were merely strong fighters wasn’t sufficient; they needed trusted commanders capable of handling other affairs, which saved the Lord considerable effort, allowing them to focus on more critical matters.

The commanders under the Tianyuan Lord were remarkably versatile.

By this point, the Taixuan Lord had realized that Tianyuan’s path was entirely different from that of the Cold Moon City Lord and the Arrow Sword Master.

The other two possessed extraordinary personal combat strength but had very few trusted powerhouses under their command.The Tianyuan Lord has many direct lineage experts under his command, but as a trade-off, he is likely extremely unskilled in combat himself.

To this day, the Tianyuan Lord has indeed never had any publicly known battle records—not even once.

…

Dragon’s Slumber Valley, the vanguard army headquarters.

“The commander of the human warzone is only at the Heaven-Earth Realm? And he’s not skilled in combat?”

“Correct, but this Heaven-Earth Realm expert is not simple… His subordinate commanders are extraordinary, with some even possessing the potential to reach the Law Realm.”

The Ice Burial Grand Duke stroked his chin.

“The weakness of the human defense line probably lies with this warzone commander.”

“But as long as he remains within the warzone, we can do nothing against him.”

A Soul Realm expert from Dragon’s Slumber Valley tactfully stated, “And currently… it’s very difficult for us to directly assault the human warzone.”

Taixuan’s Blood Sword Saint Flowing Arrow is stationed there.

Top-tier experts like the Ice Burial Grand Duke cannot leave the headquarters.

With these advantages and disadvantages, they stand no chance of victory.

The Ice Burial Grand Duke was well aware of this; otherwise, he wouldn’t have tolerated the existence of the human warzone.

He was waiting.

Waiting for Taixuan’s Flowing Arrow to leave. The Blood Sword Saint wouldn’t remain here forever—he knew this very well.

After all, he had dealt with Taixuan for many years.

However,

He couldn’t just wait idly.

“Though the human warzone has the Blood Sword Saint Flowing Arrow guarding it, he can only protect that single area.”

“We’ll attack other regions instead, establishing our Filth Veins footholds across more areas of this island domain.”

This way, his power could extend further.

He hadn’t done this earlier because he wanted to erode the entire island domain in one go.

The Ice Burial Grand Duke paused, then added, “Additionally, prioritize gathering intelligence on this Taixuan Tianyuan. If warranted, I can dispatch a Soul Realm expert skilled in infiltration and assassination to eliminate this Taixuan Tianyuan.”

Since it was a weakness, he wouldn’t let it slip away.

If there was no immediate opportunity to target this Tianyuan Lord, then he would focus on the highly potential elite creatures under his command.

…

Meanwhile, the true body of Lord Mu, whom countless humans and monsters were discussing, was not in the warzone but within his own territory.

He stood in a cultivation treasure land filled with heavenly flames, completely naked, enduring the tempering of extreme fire.

His muscles were like cast high-grade ironstone;

His will was honed repeatedly, resembling an unbreakable sword;

His bones appeared jade-like and crystalline, beautiful yet supremely resilient;

Tempering, continuous tempering!

Mu Yuan was fully aware of his shortcomings in combat experience.

He also clearly understood his current situation.

He couldn’t remain within his territory forever. Moreover, as the Tianyuan Territory gained renown in the future, various dangers would follow one after another.

But Mu Someone had a clear understanding of his own role.

Did he need to be highly skilled in combat? No.

What he needed was survival capability.

“If I temper my body through Heaven Rewards Diligence; forge my bones with Desolate Kingbone; sharpen my will using it as a sword; and combine these with skills like ‘War Intent Armament,’ ‘Undying Golden Body,’ ‘Nethercrow Avatar,’ ‘Fiendish Sea,’ and ‘Soaring to the Ninth Heaven’—wouldn’t my survival capability be considered at least decent?”

While cultivating and pondering, Mu Yuan received a message from Lu Liu.

Soon after,

He had already donned his armor and arrived at the command center of the Shattered Isle Warzone.”Young Miss Sophia, and several scouting teams in the wild have all sent back intelligence reports. In several areas, the Crimson Mist has become dense and viscous, like clusters of crimson clouds.”

Lu Liu said, “Based on the experience of some veteran Pioneer Lords in the command center, the enemy is establishing Filth branches. Dragon’s Slumber Valley has officially launched a new round of attacks.”

Mu Yuan was well aware of what Filth branches were.

Like branches spreading out from a large tree.

He spoke, “There might be traps in this, but we have no choice but to face the battle.”

However, he was not without countermeasures.

Mu Yuan extended his hand.

In his palm appeared one after another mysterious objects resembling seeds. These were the materialized Mind Seeds he had spent considerable time and effort to condense.

(End of Chapter)