Endless Horde: Through the Eyes of a Godking

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Body, Mind, and Spirit...

These are the three main components that make up living beings and are the aspects that need to be improved and elevated to achieve Life Evolution.

Prime Earth had no idea what Life Evolution is, but it does have a way to elevate a person's strength, the goal of which is to, of course, eliminate demonic threats.

Compared to the combined effort of the entire alliance's research about gaining real strength, Prime Earth wouldn't even reach the standards.

The Six Leading Races, as well as the countless other races and clans that joined the alliance, delegated a mind-blowing amount of brainpower in pursuit of Life Evolution. The true goal of pursuing Life Evolution still escapes Cedric, but it isn't that important to him now.

The Nine Suns Empyrean Codex, Fiendgod Celestial Scripture, and the Astral Sovereign Mantra were cultivation techniques that refined a person's Mind, Body, and Spirit, respectively.

Out of the nine Extreme Sun Apertures, Cedric has opened three so far, putting him at the intermediate stage of mastery over the Nine Suns Empyrean Codex. It took a surprising amount of energy to excavate and fill out these apertures, but the results were astonishing.

Currently, if Cedric were to go into a Hell Dive again, he just needs to release pulses of his energy once every ten minutes to eradicate all of the undead creatures around him. The sheer density and heat of his energy were enough to reduce everything around him to ashes.

Practicing the Fiendgod Celestial Scripture, which refines his physique, was admittedly painful. Not as bad as the torture of the Trial of Spirit, but still pretty bad.

This practice requires inviting the presence of Baleful Astral Qi to temper his body. The Baleful Astral Qi was a dense mass of energy; a basketball-sized clump of this was heavy enough to create a dent that could expose the core of Prime Earth and possibly destroy it.

Additionally, the Baleful Astral Qi was extremely volatile. It does contain surprising amounts of vitality, but it's berserk. Only those who had incomparably strong willpower could endure the pain and burden of using this energy to refine their physique.

But as much as this technique seems primitive to the eyes of most alliance members, none could doubt its effectiveness. Practitioners of this body-refining technique, especially those who achieved great success in the practice, could withstand the explosion of a solar system with just their physique alone.

Cedric, with his intermediate-stage mastery over this cultivation technique, will survive the impact of Prime Earth exploding right under his feet. In fact, just his sheer raw strength could sink continents if he really tried to. It is even possible to multiply the strength he possesses, so long as he has enough control over his raw power.

Among the numerous body-refining techniques at the Grand Solar level, the Fiendgod Celestial Scripture remains in the top 10 despite not having many practitioners willing to learn it.

The same applies to the Astral Soverign Mantra as well.

What causes people to refrain from choosing this technique is the induced psychosis it causes during practice. There had been many occasions where practitioners of this technique went mad, destroying everything around them due to sheer insanity.

To others, the gain isn't worth the risk. But the only reason why this happens is because the victims of the psychosis ate more than they could chew. Hubris and arrogance are also factors in that.

The creator of this technique left sufficient warnings and tips to follow when practicing it. It's the practitioners themselves who couldn't resist temptation and ignored the warnings, believing that they could do something others couldn't.

Cedric did not have this kind of mentality. Being exposed to the sheer immensity of this cosmic realm humbled him enough. Any idea that he might be better than some people in the alliance was instantly dashed by his exposure to other races.

This, in addition to the fact that he couldn't afford to die just yet, made him extremely cautious in his practice. The moment he feels something is wrong, he will stop chanting the mantra as per the instructions of the creator.

The Astral Sovereign Mantra tempered his spirit, allowing his thoughts to flow smoother, greatly increasing his comprehension, extending the range of his perception, and reducing the burden of using the visual prowess of the godking's eyes.

And thanks to his recent dives into the Trial of Spirit, which tempered and accelerated the sublimation of his soul even further, his sensitivity to danger increased even more. Now, his soul has practically tripled in size. It's now as big as his entire head, and its growth doesn't show any signs of slowing down anytime soon, according to his observations.

Aside from occasionally chatting with Howler and Backpack Fatty, Cedric threw himself into his training relentlessly. He followed the schedule he created for himself faithfully, barely delegating time for rest and relaxation.

Cedric wasn't sure if he's already considered the strongest on Prime Earth just yet, but he should be pretty close.

But even if he was, Cedric couldn't stop there. He still remembered what he was up against.

Admittedly, the Demon Race didn't seem as formidable to him as before. In the eyes of the Divine Council, the Demon Race were filthy space pirates. They weren't threats, just mere pests. These creatures wouldn't even dare get close to the alliance's territories.

Demon Lords, Demon Kings, Demon Emperors, Demon God—whatever they call themselves—they don't scare Cedric anymore.

Don't be mistaken, though. Just because he's not scared of them doesn't mean that they're no longer threatening. It's precisely because they're strong that Cedric couldn't afford to slack off.

Cedric knew that being the strongest human didn't mean that he could eliminate demons right away. He needed to see just how strong this so-called Demon God was and adjust his plans from there.

He can't do that right now, though, because he's still in seclusion.

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"Ah, I see. I understand now." Cedric muttered to himself as his eyes sparkled in wonder.

Suddenly, he stood up, and with a slight clench of his hand, space warped around him. He waved his hand, and a wormhole appeared before him. He stepped inside and came out several hundred miles away from his hut.

Taking a deep breath, he summoned a sword from the sword case and began practicing the Myriad Sword Catalogue, more specifically, the Sword Master Chapter.

In the middle of his practice, however, his body froze. At the very next second, his actions became extremely strange. His body was moving in reverse. Jj

It's as if time was being rewound at this very moment.

That isn't strange, because that's precisely what's happening right now. In fact, it wasn't just that. If you look closely, the speed of the rewind varies, and it's all under Cedric's control.

Of course, his skills aren't just limited to rewinding time. He could also fast-forward his actions.

Cedric was now powerful enough to influence the flow of time itself, and his mastery over it increased even further just now.

Stopping his actions, Cedric released a somewhat exahausted smile and said, "I finally reached the intermediate stage of mastery over this damn Spacetime Concept Diagram."

It took him a long time to reach this level—longer than he anticipated. If it weren't for the recent improvements in his perception, this would probably take longer to reach.

In Prime Earth, mastering Concept Laws means comprehending their different traits. Take, for example, the Fire Laws...

At the beginner stage, one would comprehend the burning heat trait. At the intermediate stage, there's the true fire trait, and so on.

The Divine Council doesn't use the same scaling, mostly because the presence of concept laws here is more raw and complete, unlike on Prime Earth.

They pay more attention to the application of concept laws, and this depends on what the practitioner comprehends on their own. They don't put labels on them.

This was the reason why Cedric had to re-learn everything from scratch after coming here. Sure, the insights he learned on Prime Earth helped him, but they didn't make a huge difference. At most, he could use them as references.

And since Cedric hasn't made any contact with Time Laws before, of course it would be more challenging for him. That's why it took him longer to grasp it.

That said, his Five Elements Concept Diagram has reached the advanced stage of mastery, and the Spacetime Concept Diagram has just now reached the intermediate stage.

Truthfully, he's not doing badly. He still had plenty of time left in this seclusion of his.

Cedric then looked at the training sword on his hand and muttered, "I've neglected you a bit, huh?"

The sword in his hand hummed in response to his words.

Neglect is a strong word. Cedric tried his best to train each skill he learned equally. However, it is inevitable that his progress on his other skills will fall off because of this.

"Don't worry, I'll put more focus on you now."

"I'm going to try to reach the sword heart realm again and, if possible, form a sword spirit as soon as I can."