Thunder Drake sighed and said, "It is miraculous that he managed to create a cultivation technique the first time. It is unlikely that he will be able to do so a second and a third time."
"Even if his path his not a dead end, it doesn't change the fact that he has wasted a lot of time and effort. Even if he eventually advances, it won't change that fact that he has gene delayed."
"If he had stuck with what had been tried and tested, he would have achieved more quickly. He would have soared beyond his current state."
"So don't be like him. If you have a chance to take a better, faster, and safer route, do so. Don't risk your life when you have a chance not to. Instead, spend your genius on making the path that others took better and take it to the next level."
After advising Arthur, Thunder Drake ended his tirade by saying, "Good luck on your endeavors from now on. And if you have the urge to suddenly pursue a great truth, don't do so."
Then he said, "Goodbye."
And he left, leaving Arthur looking around to make sure that he was really gone and it wasn't his eyes playing tricks on him.
After Patriarch Thunder Drake left, Roar finally had the confidence to return. He rushed over to Arthur and crashed into him for a hug.
Roar's eyes teared up as he said, "Don't do that anymore. Please don't die."
He was crying and snuggling up to Arthur like a giant golden puppy. Arthur found it adorable.
After consoling Roar, the two of them went over to the only building on the floating island. This building is a large tower. It holds the reason why the island can float.
There is a large formation and artifact at the bottom of the tower. This artifact is within the grounds of the tower. Its job is to serve as the engine that makes the island float and roam the sky.
Arthur can build around the tower. But the tower and the engine that it is protecting must not be tampered with, or he will risk losing the floating island.
He spent some time examining the engine and the formation. Then he went up the tower to settle down.
After entering his new cultivation room, he finally relaxed and had time to check what he had gained during his short pursuit of a higher truth. He did that by checking his status with the Mountain Sitting Dao.
-MOUNTAIN SITTING DAO
State of Existence: Fourth Mortal Coil (First Transformation of the Golden Core)
Life Span: 54/(400 + 500)
-DIVINE ABILITIES
1. Mountain Karma: Level 5 (542,763,343,386/10,000,000,000,000)
2. Mountain Foundation: Level 4 (64,435,178,532/100,000,000,000)
3. Fate Identification: Level 5.
4. Fate Binding: Level 4.
5. ????: ------
-POWER.
1. Power (Body Refining) = 20 (Body) × (20+20) (Armament Power) × 1,024 (Golden Core Power) × 5 (Mountain Karma) = 4,096,000 (409.6D/4.096C).
2. Power (Energy Refining) = 20 (Mind) × (20 + 20) (Armament Power) × 1,024 (Life Seed Power) × 5 (Mountain Karma) = 4,096,000 (409.6D/4.096C).
-ATTRIBUTES.
1. Mind: 20. Mental Energy: 2,000.
2. Internal Energy (Quantity): 1,024,000. Internal Energy (Quality): 20.
3. Body: 20. Life Force: 20.
4. Golden Core Power: 1,024.
5. Armament Power: 20 (Life Force) + 20 (Internal Energy QLTY) = 40.
-TECHNIQUES.
C: RANK 3.
1. Unification of Hearts, Mind, and Body Weapon Technique: 100% Mastery.
2. Wood Element Host: 100% Mastery.
3. Lightning Element Host: 100% Mastery.
4. Beast Link.
5. Life and Death Lightning Art: 100% Mastery.
6. Lightning Angel Spell: 100%.
7. Lightning Wood Spell: 100%.
8. Wood Burial Spell: 100%.
9. Wood Army Spell: 100%.
D: RANK 6.
1. Lightning Vessel Sigil Technique: 1% Learning.
2. Wood Vessel Sigil Technique: 0% Learning.
3. Life and Death Lightning Vessel Sigil Technique: 0% Learning.
4. Space Blink Spell: 6% Learning.
-TALENTS.
1. Plant Affinity and Communication.
2. Lightning Call.
3. Wood to Lightning Conversion.
4. Lightning to Wood Conversion.
5. Lightning Resistance.
6. Overclock Mode.
7. Magnetic Field Manipulation.
Since he became a golden core cultivator a week ago, the main changes that he has experienced are the reforging of his hammer and his attempts at learning rank 6 spells.
He began learning the vessel sigil techniques a month ago, and he is still learning them. What he has accomplished is still in the learning phase. He has not learned the techniques enough to use them.
Only when he is done learning the spells can he activate and use them. And only when he can use them can he begin the journey of mastering them.
This learning phase is something that is relatively new to him because he didn't have to go through this stage for weaker spells of rank 3 and lower. Or maybe he went through this phase with those weaker spells, but he didn't notice it because the learning phase was very short and insignificant.
For rank 3 spells, it never took him a long time to learn them and be able to activate them. His activation of the spells might be faulty or lacking in many ways, but he was always able to easily activate them.
But that is not the case for these rank 6 spells and techniques. He has to spend a lot of time learning them before he can attempt activating them at all.
Everyone has to go through this stage before they can use these powerful spells. In fact, most golden core cultivators never complete the learning phase at all.
The difficulty of these spells is why Lady Evergreen had told him back when he just advanced to the third mortal coil that he would need to reach the fourth mortal coil before he could attempt learning them.
Now that he has reached the fourth mortal coil and has tried the vessel sigil techniques, he has to agree with her.