Chapter 234: Dragon Heritage
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Chapter 234: Dragon Heritage
While the experimentation with his third meridian system seemed to be successful, it was still untried and reliant on the new meridian system being tough enough to handle the energies he tried to channel through it. Even if the mouth structure of the Warp Worm could handle an attack, it didnt mean that it wouldnt destroy the meridians. Ñ00v€l--ß1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.
Ill need to figure out a way to strengthen the meridians without a cultivation technique.
The dragon bloodline didnt just provide him with a higher quality body, there was also an ancestral technique carried along with them. The problem with ancestral memories was that they became corrupted with each generation. With a parent around to explain the intricacies, it wasnt even an issue for direct inheritors. The problem came when the children werent acknowledged or lost. If they couldnt repair the problems in their inherited memories through their own trial and error, their only other option was to try and reach a higher level of power. Every time they had a breakthrough there was a chance to rebuild some of the memories. Over time and many generations, the remaining memories and techniques would be quite thin.
Even the Breach Hawk, a very powerful creature, was far removed from the original dragon bloodline that made it so famous. It didnt even have any of the memories of its dragon kin. Its only remaining memories were a strong body and a single technique from its other line. The Breach Hawk was a descendant of the Void Wyrm. Most thought of it at a true dragon, given how powerful it was. Sage found that in actuality, it was a half dragon. Its other ancestor was a creature called the Space Worm. It somewhat resembled the Warp Worm in appearance, but was absolutely immense. Sage had once seen it mentioned in a book as one of the creatures that lived among the stars.
The lone ancestral technique that the Breach Hawk had was its main claim to fame: Cosmic Traction. Sage found the name extremely lofty, but the ability was quite fitting. It was the main attack that King had been using upon him. Cosmic Traction was the ability to affect space as if it were a physical object. Kings talons didnt need to puncture through armor or tough hides, he could pierce through space and stab directly into a creatures flesh. He could ignore the resistance of the wind by forcing his body through a gap in space like a fish swimming in the water. That along with the ability to send out blades of space with a flap of his wings were merely aspects of the Cosmic Traction technique, skilled applications of the core technique.
The spiritual root was the source of talent. The skill of a person to perceive and control energy. Some theorized it was related to the soul, as those with weak souls would have weak talents. On the other hand, there were also those with very powerful souls that did not have great talent. It was a constant mystery. Sage found the answer in a throw away line of the Soul Fragment technique, something it barely gave a mention to. The spiritual root was the strength of the binding and compatibility of the soul and the body. Essentially it was a limiter on the soul. If a persons soul was powerful, it did not matter if the spiritual root wasnt enough to keep up. It still didnt teach him how to fix his problem, but now he knew where to start looking.
Soul Fragments efficiency could be heavily influenced by the qualities of the item to be imbued. It was actually similar to the description of Necromancy that he once saw. Sage saw a description of zombies and found out that it wasnt just a joke. It was a book in the Timeless Masters library, and said that Necromancers had a way to create a fake soul. Then they put the fake soul into a corpse and it could animate the body to move and act on its own. The fake soul was pretty pathetic, but it was enough to move a body and act out crude commands. They theorized that greater forms of undead were created with more powerful fake souls and required more skilled necromancers to control.
The biggest disadvantage of the Soul Fragment technique was the strength of the soul. Weakening the self to create helpers. There was also the decision on how much to split apart. The technique mentioned the dangers of splitting off too much. It certainly wasnt a new idea, splitting the soul in half and putting that half into a puppet or golem. With such a strong fragment it was similar to an avatar technique. It was heavily warned against, because it was far too easy to commit too much to such a fragment and cripple ones talent. Once fragmented it could no longer be combined. The soul was a hard thing to train and most only improved it by breaking through into new ranks. If they impacted their talent they would train slower and if they went too far it might become impossible to advance further.
All of this was odd to see in a technique for beasts, but it confirmed what hed heard long ago. The truly powerful beasts didnt just passively improve by eating to improve their beast core, they had cultivation techniques of their own. While Sage had the body of a beast, fundamentally, he wasnt one of them and had a dantian instead of a beast core. Even if he figured out how to, he wouldnt want to be one of them completely. Not only would he have no suitable cultivation technique, who wanted to face such a crisis of identity?
I may have the body of a monster, but Im still human on the inside!
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Chapter 234: Dragon Heritage
While the experimentation with his third meridian system seemed to be successful, it was still untried and reliant on the new meridian system being tough enough to handle the energies he tried to channel through it. Even if the mouth structure of the Warp Worm could handle an attack, it didnt mean that it wouldnt destroy the meridians. Ñ00v€l--ß1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.
Ill need to figure out a way to strengthen the meridians without a cultivation technique.
The dragon bloodline didnt just provide him with a higher quality body, there was also an ancestral technique carried along with them. The problem with ancestral memories was that they became corrupted with each generation. With a parent around to explain the intricacies, it wasnt even an issue for direct inheritors. The problem came when the children werent acknowledged or lost. If they couldnt repair the problems in their inherited memories through their own trial and error, their only other option was to try and reach a higher level of power. Every time they had a breakthrough there was a chance to rebuild some of the memories. Over time and many generations, the remaining memories and techniques would be quite thin.
Even the Breach Hawk, a very powerful creature, was far removed from the original dragon bloodline that made it so famous. It didnt even have any of the memories of its dragon kin. Its only remaining memories were a strong body and a single technique from its other line. The Breach Hawk was a descendant of the Void Wyrm. Most thought of it at a true dragon, given how powerful it was. Sage found that in actuality, it was a half dragon. Its other ancestor was a creature called the Space Worm. It somewhat resembled the Warp Worm in appearance, but was absolutely immense. Sage had once seen it mentioned in a book as one of the creatures that lived among the stars.
The lone ancestral technique that the Breach Hawk had was its main claim to fame: Cosmic Traction. Sage found the name extremely lofty, but the ability was quite fitting. It was the main attack that King had been using upon him. Cosmic Traction was the ability to affect space as if it were a physical object. Kings talons didnt need to puncture through armor or tough hides, he could pierce through space and stab directly into a creatures flesh. He could ignore the resistance of the wind by forcing his body through a gap in space like a fish swimming in the water. That along with the ability to send out blades of space with a flap of his wings were merely aspects of the Cosmic Traction technique, skilled applications of the core technique.
The spiritual root was the source of talent. The skill of a person to perceive and control energy. Some theorized it was related to the soul, as those with weak souls would have weak talents. On the other hand, there were also those with very powerful souls that did not have great talent. It was a constant mystery. Sage found the answer in a throw away line of the Soul Fragment technique, something it barely gave a mention to. The spiritual root was the strength of the binding and compatibility of the soul and the body. Essentially it was a limiter on the soul. If a persons soul was powerful, it did not matter if the spiritual root wasnt enough to keep up. It still didnt teach him how to fix his problem, but now he knew where to start looking.
Soul Fragments efficiency could be heavily influenced by the qualities of the item to be imbued. It was actually similar to the description of Necromancy that he once saw. Sage saw a description of zombies and found out that it wasnt just a joke. It was a book in the Timeless Masters library, and said that Necromancers had a way to create a fake soul. Then they put the fake soul into a corpse and it could animate the body to move and act on its own. The fake soul was pretty pathetic, but it was enough to move a body and act out crude commands. They theorized that greater forms of undead were created with more powerful fake souls and required more skilled necromancers to control.
The biggest disadvantage of the Soul Fragment technique was the strength of the soul. Weakening the self to create helpers. There was also the decision on how much to split apart. The technique mentioned the dangers of splitting off too much. It certainly wasnt a new idea, splitting the soul in half and putting that half into a puppet or golem. With such a strong fragment it was similar to an avatar technique. It was heavily warned against, because it was far too easy to commit too much to such a fragment and cripple ones talent. Once fragmented it could no longer be combined. The soul was a hard thing to train and most only improved it by breaking through into new ranks. If they impacted their talent they would train slower and if they went too far it might become impossible to advance further.
All of this was odd to see in a technique for beasts, but it confirmed what hed heard long ago. The truly powerful beasts didnt just passively improve by eating to improve their beast core, they had cultivation techniques of their own. While Sage had the body of a beast, fundamentally, he wasnt one of them and had a dantian instead of a beast core. Even if he figured out how to, he wouldnt want to be one of them completely. Not only would he have no suitable cultivation technique, who wanted to face such a crisis of identity?
I may have the body of a monster, but Im still human on the inside!
Chapter 234: Dragon HeritageWhile the experimentation with his third meridian system seemed to be successful, it was still untried and reliant on the new meridian system being tough enough to handle the energies he tried to channel through it. Even if the mouth structure of the Warp Worm could handle an attack, it didnt mean that it wouldnt destroy the meridians. N00vl--1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.Ill need to figure out a way to strengthen the meridians without a cultivation technique.The dragon bloodline didnt just provide him with a higher quality body, there was also an ancestral technique carried along with them. The problem with ancestral memories was that they became corrupted with each generation. With a parent around to explain the intricacies, it wasnt even an issue for direct inheritors. The problem came when the children werent acknowledged or lost. If they couldnt repair the problems in their inherited memories through their own trial and error, their only other option was to try and reach a higher level of power. Every time they had a breakthrough there was a chance to rebuild some of the memories. Over time and many generations, the remaining memories and techniques would be quite thin. Even the Breach Hawk, a very powerful creature, was far removed from the original dragon bloodline that made it so famous. It didnt even have any of the memories of its dragon kin. Its only remaining memories were a strong body and a single technique from its other line. The Breach Hawk was a descendant of the Void Wyrm. Most thought of it at a true dragon, given how powerful it was. Sage found that in actuality, it was a half dragon. Its other ancestor was a creature called the Space Worm. It somewhat resembled the Warp Worm in appearance, but was absolutely immense. Sage had once seen it mentioned in a book as one of the creatures that lived among the stars. The lone ancestral technique that the Breach Hawk had was its main claim to fame: Cosmic Traction. Sage found the name extremely lofty, but the ability was quite fitting. It was the main attack that King had been using upon him. Cosmic Traction was the ability to affect space as if it were a physical object. Kings talons didnt need to puncture through armor or tough hides, he could pierce through space and stab directly into a creatures flesh. He could ignore the resistance of the wind by forcing his body through a gap in space like a fish swimming in the water. That along with the ability to send out blades of space with a flap of his wings were merely aspects of the Cosmic Traction technique, skilled applications of the core technique. The spiritual root was the source of talent. The skill of a person to perceive and control energy. Some theorized it was related to the soul, as those with weak souls would have weak talents. On the other hand, there were also those with very powerful souls that did not have great talent. It was a constant mystery. Sage found the answer in a throw away line of the Soul Fragment technique, something it barely gave a mention to. The spiritual root was the strength of the binding and compatibility of the soul and the body. Essentially it was a limiter on the soul. If a persons soul was powerful, it did not matter if the spiritual root wasnt enough to keep up. It still didnt teach him how to fix his problem, but now he knew where to start looking.Soul Fragments efficiency could be heavily influenced by the qualities of the item to be imbued. It was actually similar to the description of Necromancy that he once saw. Sage saw a description of zombies and found out that it wasnt just a joke. It was a book in the Timeless Masters library, and said that Necromancers had a way to create a fake soul. Then they put the fake soul into a corpse and it could animate the body to move and act on its own. The fake soul was pretty pathetic, but it was enough to move a body and act out crude commands. They theorized that greater forms of undead were created with more powerful fake souls and required more skilled necromancers to control. The biggest disadvantage of the Soul Fragment technique was the strength of the soul. Weakening the self to create helpers. There was also the decision on how much to split apart. The technique mentioned the dangers of splitting off too much. It certainly wasnt a new idea, splitting the soul in half and putting that half into a puppet or golem. With such a strong fragment it was similar to an avatar technique. It was heavily warned against, because it was far too easy to commit too much to such a fragment and cripple ones talent. Once fragmented it could no longer be combined. The soul was a hard thing to train and most only improved it by breaking through into new ranks. If they impacted their talent they would train slower and if they went too far it might become impossible to advance further. All of this was odd to see in a technique for beasts, but it confirmed what hed heard long ago. The truly powerful beasts didnt just passively improve by eating to improve their beast core, they had cultivation techniques of their own. While Sage had the body of a beast, fundamentally, he wasnt one of them and had a dantian instead of a beast core. Even if he figured out how to, he wouldnt want to be one of them completely. Not only would he have no suitable cultivation technique, who wanted to face such a crisis of identity?I may have the body of a monster, but Im still human on the inside!
