"The power of faith?"
Elder Yan was slightly dazed. He immediately realized that Su Ping had probably lost the battle because of the overwhelming gap in the power of faith. He chuckled and said, "Of course, the power of faith can be obtained from mental power. To be more precise, the power of faith comes from other people's mental power, but it can only be given to you by other people.
"Of course, nothing is absolute. There were some special techniques in the ancient times that could rob other people of their faith, but the results weren't as optimistic. Such techniques can be learned quickly, but I don't recommend them. They're forbidden in the Federation right now. You don't have to consider them, considering your talent."
"Rob …"
Su Ping was suddenly worried after hearing that.
The power of faith that emerged from his Force Field was too weird. Was he robbing it unconsciously?
"Elder Yan, what's the mechanism of a Force Field?" asked Su Ping quickly.
Elder Yan found it odd that Su Ping would change the topic so abruptly, but he still explained, "A Force Field is a manifestation of mental power. It's the manifestation of one's aura, which is one's spirit. Without a strong mental power, one's aura will wither, and it will be difficult to intimidate the enemy.
"When one's mental power reaches a certain level, they can form a Force Field. If I have to describe it, it's similar to a field of laws. It's like a mental domain."
"A mental domain?"
Su Ping's eyes glittered as he asked, "Can the creatures inside a Force Field provide the power of faith?"
"Huh?" Elder Yan was stunned and looked at him in surprise. That was a rather profound question. He said, "An authoritative scholar in the Federation once proposed the same question. After repeated experiments, the answer was no. Whatever is manifested in a Force Field is only a mental fabrication.
"Imaginary things, on the other hand, can't transmit the power of faith without a physical body.
"The power of faith can only be provided by living creatures!
"However …"
Elder Yan paused for a moment and said with a weird expression, "The result of the experiment isn't absolute. There's a theoretical possibility, which is that the beings in the Force Field are super creatures that ignore time and space through mental concretization. Such creatures can sense you even if you're billions of lightyears away, and they can give you the power of faith as long as you sense them."
Su Ping was dazed.
Ignoring the existence of time and space?
So … the power of faith in his Force Field was provided to him by those beings?
Why?
He was a little stunned and felt that an even bigger question had appeared.
He only glanced at these creatures and remembered their appearance in his mind. That was all. How could they provide him with the power of faith?
After all, one had to maintain a favorable impression of him in order to provide him with the power of faith!
As for those creatures, Su Ping only glanced at them from afar. They might not even notice an ant like him. Even if they did, how could they have a good impression of him?
Seeing Su Ping frowning in deep thought, Elder Yan smiled and said, "You've only just come into contact with the power of faith, yet you're already able to come up with such a strange idea. As expected of a genius. Geniuses always have many ideas that are beyond the reach of foolish mortals."
Su Ping came back to his senses and looked at Elder Yan. All of a sudden, he realized that he couldn't tell others about the strange scenes in his Force Field. After all, Elder Yan was only talking about hypotheticals, and he had actually done it. That would be even more shocking than winning the championship, or even condensing a small world at the Fate State.
Some people would definitely peep at him and study him carefully.
Why would those horrifying creatures be willing to give me the power of faith? Su Ping mumbled to himself, unable to figure it out.
After a long time, Su Ping suddenly thought of something and asked, "Senior Yan, what's the level of those beings that ignore time and space?"
Elder Yan wasn't surprised; it was perfectly normal for Su Ping to be curious. He chuckled and said, "You'll be fine as long as you reach the Celestial State. Even time can't erase you once you become an eternal true god. You'll be immortal as long as you don't want to die."
The Celestial State …
Su Ping was slightly stunned, but he wasn't surprised.
However, having seen the Chaotic Realm of the Undead and the Golden Crows' nest, Su Ping knew that there were higher levels above the Celestial State. The Celestial State was only the beginning.
Su Ping had seen some of the horrifying creatures in the Chaotic Realm of the Undead. Su Ping felt that some of them were even more horrifying than the Celestial State.
Su Ping shook his head and stopped thinking about it. He couldn't figure out why the beings projected in his Force Field would give him the power of faith.
However, one thing was for sure: Su Ping's power of faith would reach a horrifying level if he received their power of faith.
Maybe I'll just have to see the real bodies of those beings, but I'll have to go to the Chaotic Realm of the Undead again. Also, I ran into them by chance before I died. Considering the vastness of the Chaotic Realm of the Undead, I might not run into them again …
Su Ping's eyes flashed as he kept the matter to himself for the time being.
His top priority at the moment was to challenge the top ten of the Divine Lord Rank so that he could regain his freedom and return to his shop.
He thanked Elder Yan and returned to his training room to consolidate his astral power in the Star State. He also perfected the small world, filling it with laws like pillars.
Su Ping released his Force Field while he cultivated and overlapped it with the small world. He immediately sensed a horrifying aura spreading out from the depths of the small world. At the same time, thick and dense power of faith slowly drifted out.
Even though the power of faith was only a tiny bit, it was as heavy as a mountain. Su Ping felt that his small world was about to collapse.
It's really giving me the power of faith.
Su Ping was quite surprised. The scene in the virtual world was reproduced in reality. He quickly absorbed the power of faith without hesitation, only to discover that the power of faith seemed to be as light as a mist, but it was actually terrifyingly heavy.
One wisp of the power of faith there was equal to the sum of all the power of faith Su Ping had absorbed earlier!
Su Ping was a celebrity in the universe at the moment. Countless people knew and worshipped him, but none of them, including Su Ping's pets, had as much power as one wisp of the power floating out of the Force Field!
Su Ping struggled to refine the power of faith, consuming almost half of his astral power. It was quite unbelievable. He probably wouldn't have been able to refine it even if he had used up all his astral power if he hadn't broken through to the Star State.
Su Ping grabbed a lot of Astral Stones to replenish his astral power. The astral array in the room was also pouring astral power into Su Ping's body. The effect of such a top astral array was quite horrifying. Even an ordinary person would be filled with astral power and be transformed by it, allowing them to embark on the path of cultivation.
However, such a method could only bring limited aptitude.
Time flew.
Su Ping consumed Astral Stones and refined the power of faith. Half a month later, Su Ping finally finished refining all the twenty-three wisps of power of faith floating out of the Force Field.
The power of faith floated in his small world like clouds and looked soft and peaceful.
I wonder how my power of faith compares to the Star Lords' … Su Ping opened his eyes, which glittered. He was eager to fight Clowe again.
He was about to take action when he suddenly remembered the materials for the Solar Bulwark he had been looking for. He wondered if he had collected all of them.
Su Ping left the palace and saw Elder Yan teasing a few kids. The kids whined and turned into little beasts when they saw Su Ping.
Su Ping was quite surprised, as those little beasts were all in the Star State, but they were able to transform.
"You want to challenge him again?"
Elder Yan turned around and smiled at Su Ping. Although they hadn't known each other for long, he seemed to have figured out Su Ping's personality.
If he was not cultivating, he would be challenging others. He was a complete battle maniac. He liked this kind of personality. As a beast, although he had lived with the Divine Lord in the Federation for countless years, he still believed in primitive power. Only by constantly strengthening himself could he survive to the end.
"I'll go later."
Su Ping cupped his hands and asked, "Sir, I wonder if you have found all the cultivation materials I mentioned before?"
"Oh?"
Elder Yan instantly remembered that. Su Ping had mentioned it before, so he had asked his men to collect the materials according to the highest standards. As long as they weren't too rare, they could be found very quickly.
"Let me ask," said Elder Yan.
He then closed his eyes. A few minutes later, he opened his eyes and said, "You're quite lucky. You've already found them. I remember that two of the materials are very rare and on the verge of extinction. Thankfully, Supreme God is a powerful man. Nobody else, or you, would have been able to find them for the rest of your life."
Su Ping's eyes glittered. He said in delight, "Thank you, senior."
"You want them now?"
"Yes!"
Elder Yan didn't say anything else and closed his eyes again. A few minutes later, he opened his hand, and a couple of boxes appeared in his palm. Each box contained a rare treasure.
They were all materials for the fourth level of the Solar Bulwark!
Once he reached the fourth level, his body would be as strong as a Star Lord's, and he would be able to awaken the Golden Crows' Destiny skill!
Su Ping couldn't wait any longer. He quickly opened the boxes. Rays of light burst out one after another. Some of the boxes had just been opened, when a rainbow-like light rushed out and went straight to the sky. Inside the boxes was a glowing treasure that looked like a Ganoderma, but also like a heart.
Su Ping knew that it was called a Blood Phoenix Crystal, which could only be condensed after the death of ancient Blood Phoenixes. Blood Phoenixes alone were extremely rare, not to mention that they had died under special circumstances.
Su Ping looked at the boxes and found that they were indeed the materials he needed.
As expected of a Supreme God. Su Ping had asked Su Jin 'er to help him find the materials, but she had only found one or two of them, and the rest had been gathered in such a short time.
It had to be noted that Su Jin 'er was an Ascendant State expert herself.
Su Ping took a deep breath and put away the materials. He thanked Elder Yan again. Then, he suddenly thought of something and took out the materials for the fifth level of the Solar Bulwark. He engraved them and gave them to Elder Yan. "Senior, I'll have to trouble you to find these materials for me."
Elder Yan raised his eyebrows and glanced at the materials. The more he looked, the more surprised he became. He said solemnly, "These materials are very rare. Even an Ascendant State expert would have a hard time finding them. Even though my master has a lot of forces under his command, he isn't confident that he can find all of them for you."
"I know. I'll try my best to find as many as I can," said Su Ping.
The materials for the fifth level were even rarer. Su Ping was only hoping that he could find as many as he could; he would figure out the rest later.
After all, his body would be as strong as that of an Ascendant State expert once he gathered all the materials and reached the fifth level.
"Okay." Elder Yan accepted his request.
Su Ping didn't stay any longer; he returned to his training room.
He took out the materials he had obtained earlier and placed them in front of him excitedly. After calming himself down, he began to refine and absorb the materials.
Half a day later —
Inside the Cultivation Room, a dull sound rang out. The entire Cultivation Room turned red at this moment, as if a flame was burning. The temperature inside the Cultivation Room had also reached an extremely terrifying level. If it weren't for the fact that this was a top-level Star Array, the entire palace would have been burned into magma and ashes under this high temperature.
Even so, the astral array was showing signs of damage.
The red light in the training room came from Su Ping's body.
His body was crimson at the moment; he was soaked in a blood-red sweat.
In his body, the sounds of bones cracking could be heard. His body was in an upheaval, and his cells were constantly being torn apart and reorganized, becoming even stronger. In the process of tearing apart and reorganizing, special powers were awakened.
All of a sudden, Su Ping opened his eyes. A beam of golden light was shot out of his eyes with a terrifying sharpness. His eyes were as sharp as an eagle's; he seemed to be able to see through the void.
Flames danced in his pupils, but they were soon restrained.
Then, Su Ping's skin gradually turned from red to light. The high temperature in the training room seemed to have been vented; it quickly dropped and was absorbed by Su Ping.
"Divine Flames of the Void!"
A ring of flames appeared on Su Ping's skin, burning close to his skin and twisting the air.
It was the Divine Flames of the Golden Crows, which could burn through everything, including space. Most terrifyingly, it could even burn the laws of time, which were rendered ineffective where the flames were burning!
If someone tried to imprison Su Ping with the laws of time, the Divine Flames of the Void could erase them and restore his freedom, even if Su Ping hadn't mastered the laws of time.
Whoosh!
Su Ping left the training room and went outside. He saw Elder Yan resting on the swing in the courtyard with his eyes closed.
Elder Yan opened his eyes as Su Ping flew closer. His calm eyes flashed when he saw Su Ping, and he said, "You seem to have become stronger."
Su Ping smiled and said, "It's all thanks to the cultivation materials you found for me."
Elder Yan observed him carefully and said, "There's an intimidating aura in your body. My master told me that your bloodline belongs to the Golden Crows of the primordial era. As expected of an ancient creature. Even with your current cultivation, I instinctively feel repulsed by you. "
(End of Chapter)
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