The trigram on the stone slab Chen Mo was currently standing on was Zhen, representing the number four. If this could be added to another stone slab to sum to seven, Chen Mo’s next step would be "Li," as "Li" represented the number three.
Chen Mo glanced around. "Sure enough, there’s a "Li" trigram," he mused.
As Chen Mo stepped forward, no punishnt descended. The Heavenly Path’s Hint sounded in his ears once more.
[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: The current sum required is ’eleven.’ Current steps taken: 1/50.]
Three plus eight equals eleven. Eight corresponds to "Kun," Chen Mo deduced.
Chen Mo glanced at the surrounding stone slabs, stepped onto one with ease, and succeeded again.
Following the hints, Chen Mo continued to advance rapidly.
In a short while, his step count reached 49.
"Is the final challenge this simple?" Chen Mo asked Cha Latu, surprised.
"Simple? Heh, the last step won’t be easy, you know." Cha Latu smiled, and as he lifted his right hand, the black stone slabs around Chen Mo suddenly flew up again. This ti, they underwent a huge transformation, completely different from before.
The stone slab beneath Chen Mo’s feet transford into an octagon. The surrounding slabs that landed also beca octagonal, fitting closely against it.
Chen Mo was now surrounded by eight stone slabs, corresponding to the eight trigrams of the Bagua: Qian, "Kun," Zhen, Gen, "Li," Kan, Dui, and Xun.
At this point, the Heavenly Path’s Hint rang out again in Chen Mo’s ears.
[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: The rule for the final square is: Five Elents mutual generation, direction within two positions, and one of the four arithtic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) must result in the number two.]
Hmph, so the final challenge uses three rules simultaneously. I’ll need to analyze this carefully, Chen Mo thought.
Chen Mo first examined the trigram beneath his feet. The trigram I’m on is "Li."
"Li" corresponds to Fire. Trigrams that generate "Li" must belong to either Wood or Earth. Wood generates Fire, and Fire generates Earth—both relationships are valid.
Chen Mo scanned the surroundings based on his mory.
The trigrams for Wood are Xun and Zhen. The trigrams for Earth are "Kun" and Gen. This ans the correct answer must be among these four.
Next, considering direction: "Li" is South. Positions within two units of South are East, Southeast, West, and Southwest—four positions.
Chen Mo scanned the surrounding trigrams again.
The trigrams corresponding to these four directions are Zhen, Xun, Dui, and "Kun." The trigrams that satisfy both the Five Elents and direction rules are now narrowed down to Zhen, Xun, and "Kun."
Chen Mo again looked at the last rule.
The final rule: any one of the four arithtic operations—addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division—must result in the number two for it to be the correct answer.
"Li" is three. Zhen is four, Xun is five, and "Kun" is eight.
Neither four (Zhen) nor eight ("Kun") can produce a result of two when combined with three ("Li") using any of the four operations.
That leaves only Xun, which is five. Five (Xun) minus three ("Li") equals two. This works via subtraction.
So, the only position that satisfies all three conditions is Xun!
After an intense bout of analysis, Chen Mo felt like his brain was about to overheat. Having successfully deduced the answer, he was still a bit thrilled, but he knew he couldn’t relax until he was absolutely certain it was correct.
As Chen Mo stepped firmly onto the Xun square, a brilliant light erupted from the ground around him. All the stone slabs vanished, and the entire space began to shimr with Golden Light. Cha Latu walked up to him, a smile on his face.
"The Dao of the Bagua from your Earth is quite fascinating," Cha Latu remarked. "Just eight trigrams, yet they can be linked to so many things, combined in myriad ways to encompass everything. I’ve always been quite interested in studying it."
"Thank you for going easy on throughout this entire trial, Senior," Chen Mo said.
"Haha, it’s rare to encounter a promising young talent like you. I couldn’t bear to see you fail to reach the end. Since you’ve successfully cleared twenty levels, allow to perform a Divine Power Infusion for you."
As Cha Latu extended a finger, covered in golden patterns, and tapped Chen Mo’s forehead, Chen Mo instantly felt a terrifying surge of Energy flood his body.
[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: You have received a Divine Power Infusion, you have gained 10 points of Divine Power!]
After receiving the Divine Power, Chen Mo chuckled and said, "The senior on the tenth floor also gave an Eternal Divine Weapon as a gift. I wonder if you have any to spare, Senior?"
"You sly little rascal," Cha Latu chuckled. "No wonder Phyllas said you were sharp. Alright, since she gave you one, I’ll give you one too. Sothing you can use at your current stage."
As he spoke, Cha Latu flipped his right hand, and a special orb appeared in his palm instantly.
"Thank you, Senior." Chen Mo respectfully reached out with both hands and took the orb to examine it.
[Myriad-Opportunity Pearl - Eternal Divine Weapon]: Upon activation, the Myriad-Opportunity Pearl integrates with your weapon. Your weapon can then transform into any weapon type. Furthermore, any abilities channeled through your weapon will receive an effect bonus equivalent to twice your Divine Power. (No duration or Cooldown).
There’s actually an Eternal Divine Weapon like this? Chen Mo was amazed.
"Well? Do you like it?" Cha Latu asked with a laugh.
This artifact is very powerful, but for right now, its effect isn’t that significant. I don’t have many abilities that need to be channeled through a weapon; at most, I rely on the Divine Replication Seal to copy others’ skills for use. Of my current skills, only the Infinite Healing Wave can truly benefit from the Divine Power enhancent. After all, Divine Power primarily boosts effects when abilities are cast on others.
So, while the imdiate applicability of this Eternal Divine Weapon is sowhat limited for , every bit of enhancent counts. With the Myriad-Opportunity Pearl’s fusion, the effect of my Infinite Healing Wave can be improved by at least 6%. My Divine Power has reached 30 points, but due to my Divine Physique, only 3% of that actually takes effect. Doubled, that’s a 6% boost, which doesn’t sound like much on its own.
However, the Infinite Healing Wave bounces infinitely. Each bounce gets that 6% increase. In one second, it can bounce 100 tis. Against a single enemy, that ans it can hit them 50 tis. Fifty instances of a 6% increase are equivalent to the additional damage of three full hits. That’s the damage boost per second! Over ten seconds, it’s an extra thirty full hits’ worth of damage!
So, while 6% might not seem like a lot on its own, a careful calculation shows it’s quite significant. Of course, compared to a proper fifth-transition Divine Power enhancent, it’s obviously far less.
Even so, I’m quite satisfied. This is a free reward; how could it not be aweso? It was a total score!
After gifting the Myriad-Opportunity Pearl, Cha Latu laughed and sent Chen Mo out of the Divine Training Tower.
The mont he erged, The Heavenly Path’s Hint notifications began to chi incessantly in Chen Mo’s ears: DING DING DING.
[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: You have completed the Legendary Trial, your Level cap has been unlocked!]
[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: Your Level has increased, current Level is 31!]
[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: Your Level has increased, current Level is 32!]
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[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: Your Level has increased, current Level is 35!]
[Experience Points]: 6,205,938/2,954,200
[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: You have reached Level 35 and the seventh-tier bottleneck. You can now choose to undertake the breakthrough trial!]
Ordinary professionals, after breaking through one bottleneck, typically need a significant amount of ti to accumulate enough experience points to level up and slowly approach the next bottleneck.
Chen Mo, however, was completely different; he always advanced at rocket speed.
He had just broken through the previous bottleneck and imdiately reached the next one.
Before Chen Mo could carefully review The Heavenly Path’s Hints, a friend ssage popped up. It was from Alina.
Chen Mo had entered the instance on Monday night. By the ti he exited, it was already Tuesday night.
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