Chapter 1153 What You Love
He wanted his wives to live a life of leisure, he wanted to find Amphorae, he wanted to be strong enough to help Evangeline carry her burden, he wanted to seek out revenge for all those who had wrong him and those he cared for.
In that moment, Dyon forgot all about the vision his black flames laid out for him. The feeling of control array alchemy gave him, the feeling of absolute ecstasy… It was as though his mind was yelling at itself, as though it was telling him that he fell into despair only because he forgot about what he enjoyed the most, the things he loved the most, the things he wanted the most.
Something hidden deep within Dyon fiercely stirred. He didn"t know what it was, but it faintly told him that his path was correct, to keep pushing forward.
"What I love the most, huh…"
Ever since he stepped in the martial world, array alchemy had come so easily to him that it was almost comical. It was as though it was birthed for him and no one else… Yet that thing the heaven"s gifted him, the talent that so far surpa.s.sed that of others, was somehow something he neglected for almost two decades.
He became so engrossed in his worries, so enamoured by his next step, that he truly forgot what it meant to be himself…
It was no wonder his fa?ade cracked so easily…
Dyon smiled genuinely for the second time in just as many minutes. The black cloud that seemed to shroud him for the past few months seemed to separate, allowing a ray of light in that sent ripples through his Mind"s Eye.
In that moment, the barrier at the ceiling of the comet-grade shattered, morphing the core of Dyon"s aurora flames from a beautiful vision of shooting stars, to a radiating golden moon.
"Do more of what you love."
That simple line became Dyon"s resolve as he took one of his pills.
The moment the pill settled into his mouth, it melted into a pool of delicious liquid that sent Dyon"s mind into the clouds. It was at that moment that the sleeping dragons within him stirred, it was finally time for them to be awakened.
Dyon"s body began to pulse with a silver light.
Awakening const.i.tutions didn"t usually come with overt pomp and circ.u.mstance. For example, when Madeleine awakened her G.o.ddess" Disposition, other than emitting a holy light and her features becoming more perfect, not much else changed.
However, one had to consider the type of const.i.tution Madeleine had in comparison to the ones Dyon was attempting to awaken.
Madeleine"s G.o.ddess" Disposition was almost entirely related to affinity. The most notable sign of the ability were wide, and purified meridians that were the absolute best amongst the first grade. Due to this, the time Madeleine needed to spend tempering and cleansing her meridians were next to nothing not to mention the time she needed to pa.r.s.e and purify the energy of the universe was also significantly cut.
With these factors taken into consideration, Madeleine could cultivate with the efficiency of someone with True Deity Grade meridians while only being at the first grade herself. This was the reason Madeleine had already stepped into Pseudo-Celestial realm at the just barely 30 years of age despite taking time to complete Duke, King AND Emperor trials.
Still, this wasn"t the end of it all, or else her const.i.tution wouldn"t truly be worthy of the G.o.d Grade.
Madeleine"s comprehension was off the charts. Unlike Dyon who exchanged his life force for understanding, Madeleine, under her own abilities, reached the 7th level of intent in not one, not two, but three separate wills! Music. Fire. And Celestial.
Even more pressing was the fact that this was a disingenuous summary of her abilities. Why? Because her fire will"s characteristics represented not just one will, but four.
Not only did Madeleine have the inextinguishable heat characteristic, she also had the piercing cold one as well. Learning her singular fire will was the equivalent of learning fire, ice, life and reincarnation wills, two of which were of the supreme law realm, and another two of which stood above other wills.
In any other circ.u.mstances, the equivalent difficulty of Madeleine"s feats would be learning not three, but six intents to the 7th level!
This was the true ability of G.o.ddess" Disposition. To be able to communicate with the heavens on a level surpa.s.sing even beasts, while retaining the advantages of a human. Something even the non-human race of the third quadrant couldn"t match.
Of course, Ri"s Elvin Queen"s Reign had abilities just as world-defying and devastating, however due to her spending much of her time studying her kitsune bloodline, her understanding of her const.i.tution fell far short of Madeleine.
So, why was this important now? It was because of the nature of Madeleine"s const.i.tution. Its advantages were hidden deep within the body and only manifested outward as her mind-boggling beauty. However, Dyon was different, although Eternity"s Balance was similar to Madeleine"s, both Silver Mirror and t.i.tan"s Diamond Body had striking surface effects.
The moment the pill"s effects melted into his mouth, Dyon searched within himself for his first target: The silver mirror const.i.tutions.
Ten of them floated within himself, in an odd limbo state that only the proper medicine, or a series of coincidences, could coax it out of.
"Simultaneously!" Dyon"s determination flashed in his mind. He was attempting to do something likely no one had ever done before, and unsurprisingly, it took every bit of his attention. For someone who could split his mind 200 000 ways, such a thing shouldn"t be underestimated.
The ten const.i.tutions seemed to reject each other, as though they understood they weren"t all meant to exist at the same time, but the medicinal effects of Dyon"s pill were simply too good.
In a moment, silver light gushed out of him, superimposing once, then twice, then five times, before finally, the tenth overflowing bit of light made its way to the outside world.
The light was so blinding that Dyon had completely disappeared, it was impossible to see a thing, but the twins and beast babies couldn"t turn their eyes away.
The silver mirror const.i.tution was entirely reliant on energy cultivation. It gave one"s energy the ability to use laws of reversal to deflect portions of attacks away. The more proficiency one gains with this const.i.tution, the more dexterity is possible. Some masters of this ability had even learned to apply this reversal effect to their wills and long-range attacks.
This is the very same will that Ava was born with. In her case, referring to the normal limitations of the ability, the percentages change depending on her energy cultivation.
At the saint realm, she is able to deflect 20% of all attacks given that she has enough energy. When she steps into the celestial realm, this will become 40%. Should she step into the dao formation, this will become 60%.
However, these percentages are not absolute and depend on your opponent.
Within the saint realm, for every stage above her own that she fights, she loses a single percent off of this reflection ability. Should she fight a celestial, in addition to percentages lost for every saint stage, she will also lose 10% for crossing a large barrier.
For example, if Ava was a 10th stage saint and fought a 1st stage celestial, she would be able to reflect 8% of their attacks.
Of course, this large barrier punishment is reduced by half if Ava was a pseudo-celestial, but she would still lose 5%.
Unfortunately, these penalties grew. Within the celestial realm, one loses 5% for every small stage above their own they fight. So, a 1st stage celestial fighting a 2nd stage celestial will lose 5% of this reflective ability. If it was a 1st stage dao formation expert fighting a 2nd stage dao formation expert, they would lose 20% of this reflective ability…
However… What would happen if you had ten of these const.i.tutions stacked one atop the other?