Chapter 938: Future Plans P9

Deity Transformation realm!

This was far beyond the realm Aksai had previously considered the pinnacle of cultivation from his current perspective.

His fingers tightened around the golden jade scroll.

"First time..."

Aksai’s voice became unusually serious.

"This is the first time I have come across anything related to the Deity Transformation realm in Dadangar World. This technique... it really goes all the way to Deity Transformation?"

[That is affirmative, My Liege.]

Nuri confirmed it.

[I have already prepared a separate volume in the database specifically for this technique. The cultivation framework recorded within the jade scroll extends from the Spirit Refining realm to the Deity Transformation realm.]

Aksai took a slow breath.

He had initially thought that obtaining Kalina’s Connate cultivation technique was an enormous stroke of luck.

Then he had discovered the Dao comprehension left behind by Nascent Soul cultivators, which had surpassed his previous expectations.

But this...

This was something else entirely.

It was a complete cultivation path.

A path that had been developed all the way to the late-stage of the Deity Transformation realm.

Aksai stared at the golden scroll. He couldn’t help but feel his heartbeat quicken.

Didn’t Kalina mention in her journal that there were only a handful of Nascent Soul realm Kings in the Shinayin Empire? And only one among them was close to breaking into the mid-stage Nascent Soul realm?

It was said that even the Kings who were supposed to be the leaders of their respective imperial factions didn’t have access to Deity Transformation resources, including the core technique of such a level. Forget about possessing such a technique; these Kings didn’t even have the necessary knowledge to become late-stage Nascent Souls.

If even the Kings themselves were far from acquiring such a technique, how did a mere late-stage Lord come to possess it? What was Varesh’s real background? Was the technique he practiced not from the imperial faction he belonged to?

There were many questions that arose in Aksai’s head, and they couldn’t be answered in a short while. Frankly, Aksai wasn’t even qualified to ask those questions, let alone find answers to them.

Eventually, the Spirit farmer put his chaotic stray thoughts to rest and carefully examined the golden jade scroll again. He needed to take one step at a time and not focus his attention on the Deity Transformation realm, which was still quite far beyond his current perspective.

The more he read the technique, the more Aksai realized its true worth. This made him even more shocked by the fact that it wasn’t encrypted. It was almost as if Varesh had never considered the possibility of someone else obtaining it.

Aksai frowned.

That was strange.

A true sword cultivator of Varesh’s caliber should have understood the value of such an inheritance.

A cultivation technique reaching the Deity Transformation realm was something that could potentially shake entire cultivation organizations. It was enough for the Big Five righteous sects and Major Three demonic sects of the subcontinent to wage an all-out war against each other.

Yet Varesh had simply carried it inside his storage ring.

And apparently, he had trusted the jade scroll itself to keep the inheritance safe.

Aksai didn’t immediately investigate further.

He carefully stored the golden jade scroll in a separate location.

His expression remained solemn.

"Deity Transformation... is it really possible for me to achieve that realm someday?"

Until now, Aksai’s understanding of the cultivation world had essentially ended at the late stage of the Lord realm. Even the fabled Nascent Soul realm was nothing more than an overreach for his current ambitions.

Aksai eventually stopped dwelling on the matter entirely.

Then he began sorting through the remaining possessions of the dead sword cultivator while simultaneously going through the Nine Heavens Sword Sutra.

He didn’t attempt to comprehend the entire technique himself. That would take far too much time.

Instead, he let Nuri handle the analysis while he oversaw the process.

[My Liege, a separate volume of database has been mapped for the Nine Heavens Sword Sutra. I will now begin to divide it as per its cultivation framework for various stages, Sword Intent requirements, physical prerequisites, Connate Spell components, and progression principles.]

"Good."

Aksai nodded.

As Nuri processed the technique, Aksai turned his attention to reorganizing his newly acquired Void Mustard Seed Ring.

He was already running short on time.

The sheer size of the ring made the task considerably easier. Varesh had kept his possessions relatively organized, but there was still plenty to sort through.

Spirit Stones went into one section.

Refined materials went into another.

Demon beast corpses, Spirit plants, alchemical ingredients, and other resources were categorized accordingly.

Then came the pills and elixirs.

Aksai’s expression quickly became a bit sour as he started to understand what they were.

"Tch. Most of these are useless to me."

He examined one of the jade bottles with his Spirit Sense.

The medicinal fragrance alone was enough to tell him that the pill inside was extraordinary.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t meant for him.

Most of Varesh’s pills had been specially refined for true sword cultivators. They nourished the body, strengthened the Sword Bone, replenished Sword Essence consumed by Sword Intent, or assisted with other aspects of sword cultivation.

The alchemy methods for crafting these special sword cultivation Spirit resources involved intent-based techniques.

To a non-sword cultivator, they could be harmful.

Aksai set the bottles aside.

"Forget it. I’ll have Nuri catalogue them later. Some might be useful for bartering."

He continued sorting.

Apart from the Nine Heavens Sword Sutra, Varesh didn’t possess another jade scroll containing a cultivation technique or inheritance. As a true sword cultivator with a complete sword cultivation inheritance solely given to him, Varesh did not have any reason to seek such alternative means.

Whatever the dead sword cultivator lacked in quantity, he made up for in quality. In the end, it was Aksai who benefited from Varesh’s inheritance.

As Nuri’s analysis progressed, Aksai gradually understood why Varesh hadn’t encrypted the golden jade scroll.

There were many reasons behind why Aksai obtained such an unencrypted form of inheritance.