Chapter 2040: Martial Intent Deduction

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A long time ago, before they ran into the Blizzard Pirates...

After Shang Xia had advanced his cultivation to the seventh star and created the seventh form of his Seven Star Mace Technique, the only thing standing between his breakthrough was comprehension of his martial intent that would enable him to enter the grand completion stage.

Originally, at lower cultivation realms, all he had to do was to pour world origin into the Crimson Soul Tablet for it to deduce his martial intent. This time... It seemed extremely sluggish.

That suddenly made Shang Xia realize that as his cultivation continued to rise, the Crimson Soul Tablet might already be reaching its limit.

Thankfully, it was still working at the moment. Although it was slow, ever so often, a character or two would appear on its surface. Eventually, the complete cultivation path would appear.

What truly worried Shang Xia was what would happen after the deduction of his seventh martial intent. When he prepared to advance to the next level, would the deduction of his advancement formula be even slower, or fail entirely?

The Crimson Soul Tablet was already struggling this much to deduce his Seven Star Realm’s martial intent... The difficulty of deducing the advancement formula to the Eighth Order would be a qualitative leap beyond.

From the Crimson Soul Tablet’s current performance, deducing the advancement formula seemed almost impossible.

Still, it was not hopeless. Shang Xia knew the Crimson Soul Tablet was not yet fully repaired.

Though in his mind the Crimson Soul Tablet appeared flawless, his soul and will, which could feel every inch of it thoroughly, told him that inside there was still a barely perceptible crack that had never healed.

Over the years, Shang Xia had seized world origin from multiple worlds, but that had almost no effect in repairing the Crimson Soul Tablet.

It was only in the Nebula Forbidden Region, the Spatial Vortex, and the Void Mirage that the origin qi he had absorbed showed a faint sign of restoring the tablet.

At first, Shang Xia thought it was simply because the energy in those forbidden regions was of higher quality, superior even to that from Essence Worlds.

But after he discovered the secret art of refining and solidifying origin qi. He had used it during the collapse of the Essence Xing World and the Essence Du World.

Even so, the solidified origin qi barely helped the Crimson Soul Tablet. The restorative ability was weaker than that of energy absorbed in those forbidden regions.

Shang Xia realized it was not just a matter of quality. More likely, the key was that the energy in those forbidden regions did not come from the Chaotic Sea of Stars at all, but from other Star Fields.

"In other words, once the deduction of my martial intent is complete, I will probably have to visit the forbidden regions in the other five Star Regions in our Chaotic Sea of Stars..."

He muttered to himself, "Of course, if the foreign Star Fields launches a full-scale invasion by then, perhaps I can find a way to obtain energy from them directly.”

While contemplating his next steps, Shang Xia again turned his attention to the Crimson Soul Tablet in his mind.

At that moment, two faces were filled with writing. Vague characters could be seen on the other two.

Martial Intent: Star Shifting Constellation Transformation

Prerequisite Martial Art: Seven Star Mace Technique

Essential Medium: Origin Light of the Dipper Star Formation

Auxiliary Medium: Stellar Wind

Auxiliary Treasure: Blood of a Sun

Prerequisite Secret Art: -

Success Rate: 55%

Looking at the clearly displayed text, Shang Xia sighed softly. He knew it was impossible to advance the deduction much further in a short time.

That was already with him actively experimenting based on the Crimson Soul Tablet’s hints. Otherwise, the content revealed would have been much more vague.

Back when he had created the seventh form of his Seven Star Mace Technique, the Crimson Soul Tablet had already revealed the name of his martial intent, Star Shifting Constellation Transformation. The cultivation method and martial intent were naturally ready. As for the essential medium, the deduction had not taken long, quickly filling the Crimson Soul Tablet’s front and most of its left side.

That was because he already had them all. His cultivation had reached the peak of the Seven Star Realm, and his martial arts reached the limit of what he could achieve.

Even the origin light he required had long been collected. Even if he hadn’t, he would be able to collect as many of them as he wanted. He collected a lot of them in the past, and it should be more than enough for him to attempt to comprehend his martial intent.

As such, the Crimson Soul Tablet didn’t take too much time to list them all out. After all, its deductions were based on Shang Xia’s cultivation path, ensuring the most compatible martial intent.

But when it came to deducing the Auxiliary Treasure and Auxiliary Medium required, it seemed to be lagging. Only a portion appeared even after a long time.

Initially, Shang Xia thought it was a matter of lacking world origin. However, when he unleashed the seventh form of his Seven Star Mace Technique for the first time and drew on the power of the Dipper Star Formation, he discovered a strange current that came from the stars.

Because of that wisp he detected, faint words flickered on the Crimson Soul Tablet’s surface, information him the Auxiliary Medium required.

Once that happened, Shang Xia realized he could not simply wait for the Crimson Soul Tablet to come up with his path forward. He had to actively push for comprehension!

More importantly, if it worked, it could save him an immense amount of world origin.

That energy stored within the Crimson Soul Tablet had been painstakingly gathered over countless adventures. Though plentiful, the Crimson Soul Tablet’s earlier consumption rate was painful to bear.

This was also why when he halted the fleet at the edge of the Chaotic Sea of Stars, he had attempted to merge his Seven Star Mace Technique to form his martial intent.

Unfortunately, that attempt had failed. The Crimson Soul Tablet had not revealed new content, but it had not been entirely fruitless either.

New writing had appeared, not on the main faces, but at the end, where the final details belonged. The success rate of his comprehension of his martial intent was finally revealed!