TL: Etude
In the Moon God Sect, within the Moon God Temple, resided Empress Yue. Usually, Empress Yue would be alone in the temple, practicing cultivation, and even the disciples of the Moon God Sect were not allowed to enter. However, today, Ye Tian went in.
At this moment, inside the Moon God Temple, Ye Tian sat together with Empress Yue.
"Ye Tian, I'm so happy you could come!" Empress Yue expressed her long-missed smile.
These past few days had been extremely busy for her. Not only did she have to deal with the accumulated affairs of the Moon God Sect, but as one of the thirty-six Emperors, she also had to manage the relationships between various major forces. Despite being an Emperor-level powerhouse, she felt exhausted.
Seeing Ye Tian seemed to instantly dissipate her fatigue.
"Empress Yue, I'm also very happy to see you!" Ye Tian replied with a joyful smile.
"Don't call me Empress Yue, can you call me… Yue'er?" Empress Yue asked, slightly nervous, while fiddling with the corner of her clothes.
"Okay, then from now on, I'll call you Yue'er," Ye Tian agreed. He knew her real name was Xiao Yue, but no one dared to call her by her real name, let alone Yue'er.
This permission to address Empress Yue so intimately undoubtedly brought their relationship a step closer. They talked for a long time, discussing Empress Yue's recent affairs, cultivation, and past experiences.
Several hours later, Ye Tian finally revealed his purpose for the visit: "Yue'er, I plan to re-enter the Ferocious Beast World and stay there for a while."
"Ye Tian, it's too dangerous there!" Empress Yue expressed her concern.
"Don't worry, I have the talent for invisibility, and many other life-saving methods. Safety won't be an issue. As soon as I step into the Emperor level, I'll come back. With my strength, I should be able to reach the Emperor level very quickly! Once I return, I can truly protect you!" Ye Tian said sincerely.
"Alright, then I'll wait for you to come back and protect me!" Empress Yue said with a blushing face.
Unknowingly, Ye Tian held Empress Yue's hand, and she did not withdraw it, allowing him to hold it. In this moment, both sensed each other's feelings.
Not long after, Ye Tian left.
The next day, Ye Tian departed from Zhonghai Super Base, entering the five-star spatial rift leading to the Ferocious Beast World.
Upon entering the Ferocious Beast World, Ye Tian, far from being arrogant, kept a low profile, activating his top-tier invisibility talent and searching for Mystic-level talents.
The Ferocious Beast World was vast, teeming with powerful beasts, many of which possessed Mystic-level attribute talents. Soon, Ye Tian discovered an Emperor-level ferocious beast with a Mystic-level Fire Domain talent.
Species: Fire Phoenix
Bloodline Talent: Moonlight
Flying Talent: Top
Fire Domain Talent: Mystic
Defensive Talent: Top
This Fire Phoenix, despite only possessing one Mystic-level talent, was relatively powerful among Emperor-level ferocious beasts, but not quite at the level of the thirty-six Emperors.
After copying the Mystic-level Fire Domain talent from the Fire Phoenix, Ye Tian killed it, reducing one more Emperor-level ferocious beast opponent for humanity.
Afterward, Ye Tian found a place to integrate this Mystic-level Fire Domain talent. He then resumed his search for other Mystic-level talents and, after three more days, found another Emperor-level ferocious beast with a Mystic-level talent.
Species: Wind Walker Beast
Bloodline Talent: Moonlight
Strength Talent: Top
Storm Talent: Mystic
Speed Talent: Pseudo-Mystic (30%)
Defensive Talent: Basic
This Emperor-level ferocious beast was not very strong but still much more powerful than the average Emperor-level beast. Its Storm Talent was a powerful ability capable of creating storms that could destroy a super base if not hindered by other Emperor-level forces.
Ye Tian copied the Mystic-level Storm Talent from the Wind Walker Beast and swiftly killed it with a single strike, as the beast, with only basic defensive talent, could not withstand even one of his attacks.
After integrating the Mystic-level Storm Talent, Ye Tian did not seek out more Mystic-level talents as he had already used his two copying opportunities and needed to wait another half a month.
He then established a temporary cave dwelling and entered a state of cultivation to further develop his deep brain domain.
Following this pattern, every time Ye Tian copied two Mystic-level talents, he would enter a closed-door meditation for fifteen days to wait for the cooldown period of his talent copying ability to end.
In the blink of an eye, five months had passed.
By this time, Ye Tian's cultivation had significantly increased despite the time spent searching for Mystic-level talents. He had developed 90% of his deep brain domain and was not far from reaching the pinnacle of Saint level. He had also amassed many Mystic-level talents:
– Strength Talent: Mystic
– Defensive Talent: Mystic
– Extreme Speed Talent: God-level
– Water Shield Talent: Mystic
– Fire Domain Talent: Mystic
– Earth Spike Talent: Mystic
– Vine Talent: Mystic
– Storm Talent: Mystic
– Moon God Talent: Mystic
Ye Tian had now gathered nine talents above the Mystic level, including one God-level talent. Technically, this array of Mystic talents should have been sufficient. However, Ye Tian was still not satisfied; he wanted to integrate another God-level talent. But he faced a difficult choice.
"Water Shield Talent and Fire Domain Talent can be merged into a God-level talent containing the mystery of both water and fire. However, if I also combine the Water Shield, Fire Domain, Earth Spike, Vine, and a Mystic-level Metal talent, I could form a Five-Elements God-level Talent. If I choose the Water-Fire God-level Talent, I might never be able to form the Five-Elements God-level Talent," Ye Tian pondered.
He hesitated because of this dilemma. A God-level talent in water and fire would undoubtedly be inferior to a Five-Elements God-level talent. He was only one Mystic-level Metal talent away from achieving this, and it seemed a pity to give up now.
After much thought, Ye Tian decided, "I can't give up. I haven't yet stepped into the Emperor level, and even if I form the Water-Fire God-level Talent now, it won't significantly enhance my strength. So, there's no need to rush into merging the Water Shield and Fire Domain Talents!"
With this decision, Ye Tian prepared to continue searching for a Mystic-level Metal talent. Although such talents were rare and dependent on luck, he might quickly find one.
After ten days of searching, Ye Tian had not found any Mystic-level (or even top-level) Metal talents.
However, that day, he found a talent of great use:
Species: Nightmare Beast
Bloodline Talent: Top
Hypnosis Talent: Top
Speed Talent: High
Feign Death Talent: Top
Ye Tian was pleasantly surprised upon encountering the Nightmare Beast, a top-level ferocious beast. The Hypnosis and Feign Death Talents were exceedingly rare!
"Copy!" "Copy!"
Without hesitation, Ye Tian copied these two talents and then swiftly decapitated the Nightmare Beast. A beast capable of hypnotizing humans could easily extract a large amount of information from them. If it ever acquired a treasure to enhance its bloodline talent, it would undoubtedly become a nightmare for humanity, true to its name.
Therefore, he could not allow such a beast to live.