I Can Copy the Talents of All Creatures

With this in mind, he connected to the anchor point and teleported into the Golden Stone Gang Realm.

Yu Fei planned to load his new talent, break down some others for Stardust, and upgrade his existing talents before returning to the Geometric Pyramid Realm.

The changes this time were enormous; it was best to handle everything before heading back.

He needed a quiet and safe place.

The Golden Stone Gang Realm was desolate and rarely visited, making it the perfect spot.

If he were to return to the Geometric Pyramid Realm, Yu Fei recalled his sister’s softness and snow-white...

The Void Clearing Mirror swept over him, suppressing the endless stream of distracting thoughts.

The primordial qi of this realm was explosive and deathly still, completely different from the Beastfallen Forest Sea.

The primordial qi of the Beastfallen Forest Sea was full of life. However, this vitality, while rich, was impure and contained a rotten, twisted aura. This was especially true during the Green Sea Qi Tide, when the dense primordial qi was saturated with malice.

The natural primordial energy of each of these border-realms had its own unique characteristics.

From what Yu Fei had experienced so far, the primordial energy of the Primordial Sea and Sky Realm, controlled by the Shenhan, was the most refined and easiest to absorb.

He first gave himself a thorough cleaning in the safe house he had built.

He used Sword Qi to trim his wild, overgrown hair into a neat style, then took a long, hot bath and cooked himself a meal using ingredients from his storage space.

After that, he had a good night’s sleep.

When he woke up the next day, he focused solely on comprehending the perfectly integrated Returning Ruins Realm Sword.

Within his spiritual source, the sword thrummed, seemingly on the verge of breaking through its confines. Yu Fei knew this was called the "fetal movement of divine will," a sign that he could now advance to the Gang Qi Realm.

However, he focused only on comprehending it, deliberately holding back from taking that final step.

After a week of quiet meditation, he finally began to manage the numerous talents within the Fate-Defying Pearl.

He had 38 Stardust remaining and no empty talent slots.

Yu Fei first dismantled eight silver-quality [Sound of Godslaying] talents, gaining 4,000 Stardust.

Countless points of light drifted around the Fate-Defying Pearl like a nebula—a truly spectacular sight.

After admiring the sight for a moment, he created a new talent slot. The cost to do so was now 90 Stardust. The price for each new slot increased by 10 Stardust, which wasn’t very much.

Yu Fei opened two blank slots, spending 190 Stardust. He then loaded one [Sound of Godslaying] talent, keeping the other slot as a spare.

He didn’t fall unconscious while loading the [Sound of Godslaying]. Instead, he only felt a mental daze as an imperious will that looked down on all creation surged from within him, turning the vast world into his personal hunting ground.

Once the process was complete, Yu Fei let out an involuntary roar. The shout carried tangible power, wrecking the inside of his safe house.

’I’ll need to hone the power of this talent before I can use it properly.’

’I should find a sonic-type martial technique to cultivate,’ Yu Fei mused. ’Preferably one related to Shocking Divine Soul. A perfect match like that should yield some impressive results.’

’Talents with active abilities like this require a lot of practice.’

’When the time comes, I can combine it with the Pupil Technique of Soul Capturing. I’ll just have to glare at my enemy and roar to instantly seal my victory!’

He now had 3,848 Stardust left.

It seemed like a lot. Yu Fei focused his consciousness on the Fate-Defying Pearl and began to consider which talents to upgrade next.

To date, he possessed two gold-quality talents.

First was his fundamental cultivation talent, [Shenxiao Divine Body]. He had achieved this gold-quality talent by fusing numerous cultivation talents. It was his most valuable one and the very foundation of his power.

The other was [Invincible Will], a gold-quality talent obtained from Lu Bufan. He had relied on it to defeat the giant tiger. Though powerful, he couldn’t depend on it too heavily. [Invincible Will] required snowballing momentum bonuses; a single defeat would slash its effects in half.

Gold-quality talents couldn’t be upgraded further, limited by his current life level. ’According to the information from the Fate-Defying Pearl,’ he guessed, ’maybe I can upgrade them again after I reach the Martial Saint realm?’

Further down, there were also two silver-quality talents.

The first was [Infinite Sword Soul]. He had acquired this talent by a stroke of luck. When he was advancing to the Inner Qi Realm, the old thief Sima Hong had left a hidden trap. This forced Yu Fei to swallow the Primordial Qi Sword Lotus, which in turn granted him this talent.

To this day, his Infinite Sword Qi remained his most powerful offensive technique.

The other was the newly acquired [Sound of Godslaying]. Its abilities needed to be actively developed, so he decided not to upgrade it for the time being.

Further down, there were four red-quality talents.

[Spiritual Insight], which was related to his Spiritual Power and soul-rank. This was a perk of his past-life memories and a candidate for upgrading.

[Divine Que Longevity Body]. It increased his lifespan, enhanced his physical vitality, and slowed aging. It was an incredibly important talent, but for Yu Fei, who was only twenty, it was currently his lowest priority.

[Primary Space Controller]. This spatial talent was unique. It was currently red-quality. ’If I upgrade it to gold,’ Yu Fei guessed, ’it’ll probably become [Advanced Space Controller]. But judging by the name, that doesn’t sound like the final form. It’s just "Advanced." Will there be a "Superior" or even "Ultimate" level after that?’

Yu Fei knew he had to upgrade the spatial talent to gold. A deep-seated martial intuition told him that it was extremely important for his future.

He had a theory about it. ’Grandmaster Martial Artists have to form their own Domains. Perhaps that’s where a spatial talent comes into play?’

He didn’t know for sure, but he made upgrading the spatial talent his top priority.

[Fleeting Grace], which came from Feng Hua, a female upperclassman who was said to have very low wind resistance.

At his current stage, the returns from this speed-enhancing talent were relatively low. As one’s realm advanced, especially upon reaching the Grandmaster threshold, the leap in a Martial Artist’s power was so immense that a mere two-fold speed increase couldn’t compare. He could put off upgrading this one.

He had only one orange-quality talent: the perception-related [Illusory Cicada Star Pupil]. Having already cultivated numerous perception-based Secret Techniques, Yu Fei was in a state of sensory overload. Upgrading this talent wouldn’t bring about any fundamental changes.

There were also four purple-quality talents.

According to his plan, if he had any Stardust left over, he would upgrade [A Moment in a Floating Life] and [Glimpse of the Nether]. [Electric Arm] and [Silent Hunter] were lower priorities. This was especially true for [Silent Hunter], whose effects were now almost useless to him.

With the [Silent Shadow Body], [Silent Hunter]’s stealth bonus was merely a nice-to-have, and only at night. Against the enemies he currently faced, if they could detect him, this extra talent wouldn’t make a difference. If they couldn’t detect him, [Silent Shadow Body] was already more than enough.

Two blue-quality talents.

[Super Strong Cervical Vertebrae]... ’Skip!’

[Void Realm Servant]. ’This talent from the Primordial Demon Race has to be upgraded to the highest level eventually, but for now... I’d better just shelve it.’

Exploring the secrets of other races wasn’t a priority right now.

At this point, Yu Fei made up his mind.

His talent upgrade priority would be [Primary Space Controller] first. After that, [Infinite Sword Soul] and [Spiritual Insight] were equally important.

One determined the upper limit of his combat power, while the other was crucial for his cultivation after the Grandmaster realm.

On a Grandmaster’s path, the divine soul was of paramount importance. As a Martial Artist entered that mysterious and profound stage, [Spiritual Insight] was one of the few talents that could enhance the very essence of the divine soul, making it vital for his future cultivation.

After that were [A Moment in a Floating Life] and [Glimpse of the Nether].

When facing a Tier-7 desolate beast, even a fifteen-fold increase in his reaction speed sometimes wasn’t enough. High-tier beasts could change their attacks instinctively in the blink of an eye, a natural reaction speed that still surpassed his own.

As for [Glimpse of the Nether], Yu Fei valued its danger perception. He was hoping the ability might evolve in some way, so it was worth upgrading to find out.

Having made his decision, Yu Fei decisively invested Stardust into the red-quality [Primary Space Controller] twice in a row!

Stardust! 1,000 Stardust!

"So expensive!" he exclaimed, just before he was suddenly pulled into a deep sleep.

The exalted spatial talent was truly in a class of its own.

At a microscopic level, Yu Fei’s divine soul and body were undergoing some extremely subtle changes, gaining certain ineffable qualities.

In a trance, a groggy Yu Fei felt himself falling into... numerous spaces.

He seemed to have gained a tangible, physical perception of space, as if he could grasp and manipulate it. It was a bizarre understanding, as if the invisible, untouchable void had become like building blocks he could control. After an unknown amount of time, Yu Fei suddenly became lucid and awoke from the peculiar dream.