Cultivation: But Not a Game

Yes, it means that these Immortal Foundations do indeed use one of the power systems as the core, then cover other power systems.

No, it means there are other choices; he can choose between fusion coverage and non-fusion coverage.

Non-fusion coverage needs no explanation, using one power system as the core, combining with and coexisting alongside other power systems.

Fusion coverage is using one power system as the core, then absorbing and refining other power systems, using them as nutrients to strengthen the primary core power system.

Of course, this choice is very flexible; you can choose one core, two cores, or even all systems if desired.

So....

Su Yu immediately transmitted his voice to the ancestral teacher, detailing the current issue he faced thoroughly.

Master Xuanwei spoke almost without thinking:

"Fusion. You have five core systems now, which is too many. You should select at most two, and refine the others as nutrients to strengthen the core."

"Which two does the ancestral teacher think are best to retain?"

"That depends on you. These systems all have high potential and strong power, hard to distinguish which is superior. Reflect on which two best align with yourself."

"Hmmm..."

Su Yu reviewed the five Immortal Foundations apart from the Heart Skill, the most handy being the Battle Immortal Foundation, which excels in combat.

The strongest is the Time Immortal Foundation; the Law of Time is the strongest law, without exception.

Yet, beyond these, at present, the strongest is the Ancient Dragon Immortal Foundation, transforming into a level 258 mythical template true dragon, a super trump card, capable of protecting the Dao until one’s true self ascends to an Earth Immortal.

Apart from these three, the space and reincarnation systems seemed slightly superfluous.

Of course, this slight superfluity is relative; in reality, these are all top-tier power systems, any other cultivator besides him could take them as core systems.

But with too many systems, he did not have the time or energy to master them all.

Laws and power systems aren’t the more the better; even immortals typically specialize in one or two. There may be all-rounders, but they are seasoned immortals with long lifespans, having pushed their primary cultivation laws to the limit yet unable to go further, thus studying other systems for inspiration.

And if he can only choose a few, Su Yu must choose Battle and Time.

Yes, then add Ancient Dragon.

Space and the Power of Reincarnation can be refined as nutrients to strengthen the Law of Time.

"Let’s do it this way."

"With Time as the core, Battle Immortal Foundation and Ancient Dragon Immortal Foundation as support."

As he decided, Su Yu felt something vaguely and quickly opened the panel to see the Great Divine Skill of Sky Splitting burning, and the Supreme Sword Formulas of Destiny Reincarnation Sword Scripture also burning.

He knew in his heart, once these powers burned out and transformed into nutrients, the power of reincarnation within this Divine Technique and the Supreme Sword Formulas of Destiny Reincarnation will vanish.

This meant that he could no longer use Sky Splitting to break through restrictions and the Sect Defense Array; Su Yu felt somewhat regretful.

But there’s no choice; he doesn’t have the effort to delve deeply into the Law of Space.

As time passed, about twelve seconds later, the Power of Space and Reincarnation completely burned out and disappeared, the Void-Splitting Great Divine Skill vanished, the word ’reincarnation’ in the Destiny Reincarnation Sword Scripture disappeared, turning the Supreme Sword Formulas into the Destiny Sword Scripture.

Then....

"Condense the Immortal Foundation!"

The Power of Heavenly Dao descended, and all powers within Su Yu’s body merged into one at this moment, forming an Immortal Foundation with the Nine Heavens Battle Immortal Body as the base, Time Power as the core, supplemented by Dragon Race Power.

Time Battle Immortal Foundation: Immune to attacks and possession by Primordial Spirits below Celestial Immortal, immune to slowing, imprisonment, immobilization, and defense breaking below Celestial Immortal, all spell damage and area +200%, all resistances and damage reduction +70%, all speeds +200%, Qi and Blood +4 million, Mana +400,000, Physique +40,000, Strength +40,000, Speed +40,000, Spell Damage +80,000, Qi and Blood Recovery +1,000, Mana Recovery +200 points/second.

Flying Sword Damage +60,000, Attack Speed +40,000, Sword Control Speed +40,000 km/hour.

Divine Techniques: Realm Suppression (Loose Immortal), Crimson Dragon Arts, Five Elements as One, Dragon Transformation, Primordial Magnet Radiant Escape, Battle True Form, Law of Time.

Realm Suppression (Loose Immortal): Reduce damage from Qi Cultivation Cultivators by 50%.

Crimson Dragon Arts: Human form possesses all kinds of magic and divine techniques of the Crimson Dragon transformation.

Five Elements as One: Able to master Five Elements Skill simultaneously.

Dragon Transformation: Transform into a crimson dragon, lasts for 59 minutes, cooldown 1 month.

Primordial Magnet Radiant Escape: Utilize Primordial Magnet Power to communicate with the gravitational forces of heaven and earth, using their power for quick flight.

Law of Time: You have mastered the Law of Time.

Battle True Form: Transform into the Battle True Form with four heads and six arms, Qi and Blood +200%, Mana +200%, Physique +200%, Strength +200%, Speed +200%, Traits: Fast Casting, Celestial God Power, Diamond Invulnerability, Immune to All Skill, Immovable as a Mountain, Law of Heaven and Earth (Great Divine Techniques), Four Heads Eight Arms.

Lasts 120 minutes, cooldown 24 hours.

Fast Casting: Common trait of the Dharmakaya, can cast spells at extremely fast speeds, Mana consumption -50%.

Celestial God Power: Celestial God’s power deals +200% additional damage to demons and monsters.

Diamond Invulnerability: Immune to damage equal to Physique, greatly enhances armor-penetration resistance.

Immune to All Skill: Immune to all worldly magic below Celestial Immortal.

Immovable as a Mountain: The true form standing between heaven and earth will not fall.

Law of Heaven and Earth: Transform your body into heaven and earth, possessing immense power, all attributes *10, lasts 60 seconds.

Four Heads and Eight Arms: A unique trait of the Battle True Body, capable of simultaneously casting four types of Dao techniques and wielding eight weapons and magic treasures. General magic treasure slots +8.

"Tip: You have successfully condensed the Time Battle Immortal Foundation, super-grade Immortal Foundation reward: Power of Heavenly Dao +5, randomly enhance derived Divine Techniques or traits from the Immortal Foundation."

"Tip: Law of Time +1, Primordial Magnet Radiant Escape +1, Dragon Transformation +2, Five Elements Merge into One +1."

Five Elements Merge into One +1: Able to simultaneously master the Five Elements Skill.

Dragon Transformation +2: Transform into a Red Dragon, maximum Red Dragon level +20, lasts 79 minutes, cooldown 1 month.

Primordial Magnet Radiant Escape +1: Second Layer: Base escape speed is 1500% of own Qi Flying speed, mana consumption 1000 points/second.

Law of Time +1: The power and effect of the mastered Law of Time increases.

"Tip: You have successfully condensed the Dao Foundation, flying sword slots +1, magic treasure slots +2, item slot limit 60."

"Tip: You have successfully condensed the Dao Foundation, your main Qi Refining Heart Skill has been converted to a Dao Foundation Heart Skill, adjusting attributes..."

"Tip: You have successfully condensed the Dao Foundation, your main basic Sword Formulas have been converted to Dao Foundation Cultivation Skill, adjusting attributes..."

"Tip: You have successfully condensed the Dao Foundation, certain Dao technique limits have increased."

"Tip: You have successfully condensed a super-grade Immortal Foundation, received a Heavenly Dao reward, please select one reward from the list below within 60 seconds, or a random reward will be chosen."

"Wow!"

A series of tips flooded in, offering various benefits that dazzled Su Yu.

First is the Profound Court Manual, converting into a Dao Foundation Heart Skill, which means the Qi Refining Heart Skill will be fixed, and switching to another Heart Skill in the future will be impossible.

This is not a big issue; the Profound Court Manual is already a supreme Heart Skill. There might be stronger ones, but not by much, and with a double talent bonus, there’s nothing stronger.

Profound Court Manual (Supreme): Profound Sect’s highest Dao Foundation Heart Skill, can achieve the Golden Immortal level.

Each level increases Qi and Blood +1000, mana +2000, magic power +1000, mana recovery +3 points/second.

Derived Dao techniques: Protective Qi Shield, Qi Flight, Profound Court Immortal Finger, Thousand-Mile Sound Transmission, Innate Qi Capturing Skill, Primordial Qi of Ten Thousand Transformations Divine Thunder (Supreme), Thousand-Mile Projection, Profound Court Spiritual Light Escape Skill (Supreme), Spiritual Light Reflection Technique, Primordial Qi of Ten Thousand Transformations Thunder Net, Primordial Qi of a Thousand Tribulations Transformation Thunder Ban (Supreme), Primordial Divine Gang.

The attributes enhanced by the original Heart Skill have been consolidated into the Dao Foundation.

Not only the Heart Skill but the Sword Formulas too.

Destiny Reincarnation Sword Scripture (Supreme): Xuan Sect Supreme Sword Formulas, cut off time, sever lifespan.

Each level increases flying sword damage +600, attack speed +400, Sword Control speed +400 km/hour.

Derived swordsmanship: Sword Light, Sword Qi, Sword Control Technique, Light-Splitting Sword Qi, Time Sword Shield, Sword Qi Protection, Time Sword Net, Time Sword, Time Sword—Overdraft Future, Time Sword—Time Wanes, Time Sword—Flicking Time.

The Dao techniques derived from the Qi Refining Heart Skill and the swordsmanship derived from the basic Sword Formulas have different enhancements as Su Yu establishes the Dao Foundation.

After reviewing the cultivation skill enhancements, Su Yu’s gaze turned to the Heavenly Dao reward from condensing the super-grade Immortal Foundation.

Only super-grade Immortal Foundation has this; the first-grade Dao Foundation does not.

"Reward One: Randomly gain a Great Divine Technique."

"Reward Two: Randomly greatly increase one magic level."

"Reward Three: Power of Heavenly Dao +3."

"Reward Four: Power of Law +30."

"Reward Five: Designate one magic level +1. Note: Includes Thunder Skill Forbidden Techniques."

"Reward Six: Qi Refining Heart Skill and basic Sword Formulas levels +10."

"Reward Seven: All innate attributes +5."

"Reward Eight: Physique +30000, Strength +30000, Qi and Blood +300000, mana +30000."

"Reward Nine: Upgrade one magic treasure by one major grade, note: limited to below ninth grade."

There are a total of nine rewards, only two can be chosen.

Su Yu rubbed his face, quickly scanning through the rewards, and soon made a decision.

"Choose Reward Three and Reward Five."

Despite the many rewards, only a few were suitable for him.

The random options were immediately dismissed.

No need to choose improvements to innate and acquired attributes; these can be enhanced through other means.

Besides these, the possible choices were Reward Three, Four, and Five.

Choosing two of the three, the most easily obtainable Power of Law was excluded.

The Power of Heavenly Dao needs no explanation; its effects have been previously demonstrated. It enhances the level of Divine Techniques and traits, but not just that, it is essentially a stronger version of the Power of Law, with broader and more potent effects.

The previous 5 points came from the Immortal Foundation reward and can only be used to enhance Divine Techniques derived from the Dao Foundation, which is rather wasteful.

The 3 points obtained now can be freely used, with decisions on how to apply them pending, while the fifth reward requires an immediate decision.

He can enhance quite a number of skills now, but excluding auxiliary spells like Jiezhi Concealment Skill, Invisibility Technique, Wind Escape, and Sword Palace Sword Nurturing Skill, the ones offering the greatest return besides Innate Water Thunder include several Divine Techniques derived from the Immortal Foundation.

Five Elements Merge into One, Dragon Transformation, Primordial Magnet Radiant Escape, Law of Time.