Transformation Diagram: Starting as a Skinny Dog

Chapter 782

Even Emperor Yankang within the mystical rivers of time expressed his astonishment:

"Yin Yang separates dawn and dusk, at the moment when the body's yin yang is clearly divided, the ability to slice through the river of time emerges. This lad's qualifications are astonishing to this old man. This spell is easily comprehensible upon introduction, progressing significantly daily. Such a qualification placed in ancient times would compel this old man to accept him as a true disciple, imparting all my wisdom, possibly even inheriting my throne."

Yang Pan was surprised. He hadn't expected Emperor Yankang's evaluation of Chen Ku to be so high, but upon reflection, it made sense. At such a young age, achieving such feats; not only hadn't Ji Country seen this since its founding, but it was a rarity even looking back thousands of years.

As for their Founding Ancestor of Ji Dynasty, fame only began to show in his forties or fifties, achieving peace at sixty.

As these thoughts crossed Yang Pan's mind.

Buzz~~

Suddenly, from Chen Ku's body, at the dividing line clearly separating black and white as two realms, emerged a sharp and cutting Qi mechanism.

It was as if a blade light naturally emerged at the boundary of yin and yang.

"It's done! A month and the Yin Yang Divine Blade is mastered; such qualifications, truly monstrous!"

Emperor Yankang gave a high praise:

"Now comes the hardest part; you need to try to extract a droplet from the river of time using this Sword Gang. The danger doesn't lie elsewhere, but rather in the peril of the river of time flooding back if you're careless. However, if your bladesmanship is good, much of the danger can be mitigated."

Chen Ku didn't open his eyes, still contemplating the blade light birthed from within his incarnation.

The whole cultivation process completed with the support of his Tyrant Body, leaving him incredulous; the scriptures seemed tailor-made for his Tyrant Body. Cultivating within the Tyrant Body, this Divine Blade could very well be the opportunity to step into the Fourteen Realms.

Splitting the internal chaos with the Yin Yang Divine Blade, one slice and yin and yang are clear, purity and turbidity are born, purity ascends to heaven, and turbidity sinks to earth.

This was precisely a blade light that opened Cave Heaven in the Fourteen Realms.

However, Chen Ku had other intentions, which had to wait until he left here.

Sigh~~

Chen Ku slowly stood up, appearing as a Yin Yang Daoist Venerable, with a halo behind him like that of mythical deities and saints, divided into black and white, condensing into a blade light.

According to Emperor Yankang's words, extracting time water from the river of time tests bladesmanship, likened to a Martial Practitioner picking teeth with a knife tip, a metaphor for the difficulty of extracting a drop of time water from the perilous river of time.

Fortunately, Chen Ku, though not specializing in bladesmanship—mostly using a staff to strike surreptitiously—wasn't devoid of blade skills.

With the Transformation Diagram's enhancement, along the journey, various martial arts and bladesmanship were absorbed, naturally becoming instinct.

Now, Chen Ku suddenly drew his blade, slashing out a gray blade light from the yin yang halo behind his head.

It seemed to emerge from the after-dusk, yet simultaneously from just before dawn.

As soon as this blade appeared, it conveyed to Yang Pan the sense of time's cyclical turnings between light and dark.

The blade cleaved into the river of time.

Yang Pan was tense, aware that Emperor Yankang had warned about being cautious extracting water with this blade, yet Chen Ku seemed heedless, recklessly executing a dominant slash, causing him anxiety.

However, witnessing the blade fall upon the river of time stunned Yang Pan into exclaiming, "Excellent bladesmanship!"

This heavy blow landed stably on the river of time, appearing to sever the river almost entirely, yet it halted there.

Yang Pan, being a bladesmanship expert, recognized that the standard of this slash matched his own, not lacking in the least.

Chen Ku extended his index finger, lightly pressing down—a subtle move hardly noticeable.

Just this gentle press,

immediately,

at the blade's tip appeared a glistening droplet, instantly conveying the essence of vast eras and timelessness.

"Well done, you succeeded! Seize this moment, refine this droplet, and with its timeless true intent, comprehend the True Word of Halting." Emperor Yankang instructed.

A brush-like retraction of the blade.

Chen Ku brought the droplet of time water into his body, immediately invoking the True Word of Halting to enwrap the droplet.

Suddenly, a surge of accelerated temporal flow erupted from Chen Ku's body, followed by the sudden halt reminiscent of stopped time.

In his body, Chen Ku simultaneously perceived the two manifestations of the path of time, and the Origin Talent brought by True Dragon Scale elevated his understanding to extraordinary levels.

In his mind, he perceived clearly the operation laws of Tao Rhythm, transforming into countless runes absorbed by his spirit.

Indeed, Emperor Yankang spoke truthfully.

Under the accelerated law of time water, comprehending the True Word of Halting capable of pausing everything, the mutual validation intertwined, his comprehension surged at an unprecedented pace...

Three years, in a flash, flowed by inside the hall.

Yang Pan was pleased, as throughout these three years, varying forms of the True Word of Halting floated over Chen Ku's body, each differing in true intent.

They resembled those true words left behind by the Grand Ancestor Emperor inside the Martial Arts Truth Hall.

This indicated, within three years, Chen Ku had approached the realm of the Martial Arts Truth once peered into by the Grand Ancestor Emperor.

Continuously deducing true intent more akin to the legendary perfect alignment with the Martial Ancestor's Martial Arts Truth Halting True Word.

"Almost there, almost there, I've seen the Martial Ancestor's Halting True Word; after three years, this Tyrant Body junior progresses remarkably swift; under the validation of time water, each day brings a new transformation; the previous true word has already condensed 90% of the true intent..." Even Emperor Yankang's voice carried a hint of excitement.

Another half year passed.

One day, Chen Ku suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze radiating the essence of time's enduring journey, as if during three and a half years his spirit had been profoundly cleansed by that droplet of time water, and finally, reaching this moment...

He calmly reached out, opened the palm of his left hand, and using his right hand began writing a character into his palm.

Finally, the hundredth font of the True Word of Halting appeared.

A golden font.

This "Stop" was almost completely unlike the written form of any modern nation's language, it looked like an ancient, primitive animal's claw print left in snowy ground.

Upon appearing,

immediately dissonance surged within the hall to a peak, Chen Ku's body felt the exclusion by the entire Dragon Han Divine Mansion.

"It's it! This is the genuine intent! This is the essence of the True Word of Halting; it's the claw print of Zhu Yin suppressed by the True Dragon among the Nine Great Totem Divine Beasts. As the chief of the Nine Great Totem Divine Beasts, it commands the rotation of day and night. Martial Ancestor comprehended this 'Stop' at Zhong Mountain!" Emperor Yankang exclaimed in joy, also sensing Chen Ku's Qi mechanism was on the brink of being expelled from the Divine Mansion, he kindly softened his tone, "Enough, you can try to apply the True Word of Halting upon the river of time; whether we can escape this Divine Mansion depends on this."

"Alright."

Chen Ku didn't refuse, nodded, then reached out his left hand, folding three fingers, gripping the thumb, with the remaining index finger rapidly pointed towards the river of time.

Emperor Yankang within the river of time suddenly reached a peak of excitement.

However, what he immediately witnessed wasn't the True Word of Halting falling from Chen Ku's gesture capable that could pause everything, but:

"Dragon Scale! Suppression!"

A pattern of bright red dragon scale emerged from Chen Ku's finger, like a tattoo, suppressing the entire river of time.

[Diagram Master using the Fifteenth Realm True Dragon Scale is suppressing the river of time...]