THE GOD EATER Novel Chapter 496: Mastery Of The Pathway

Chapter 496: Mastery Of The Pathway.

Hammock replied, saying, "Maybe self-sufficiency was a priority when the four pathways were created. But it is not as if other pathways can’t refine and upgrade their own Divine tacs. It just requires sothing called the mastery of the pathway."

"The mastery of a pathway is the level of understanding of the chanics of operation of a pathway. It is gained by observing the operation of the Supre tac with the Insight Stat."

"This brings

to the second option of upgrading Divine tacs. When your mastery of a pathway is high enough, not only can you use the secret recipe to upgrade a Divine tac yourself, but you can also co up with the secret recipe on your own and create more Divine tacs on your own."

"However, this thod is expensive to use because using the Insight Stat to comprehend the pathway costs lifespan. And if your Insight Stat is weak, you can send up to ten tis more lifespan to gain the sa amount of mastery compared to soone with a higher Insight."

In response, Loki nodded and said, "I see. So one is the easy thod that requires hard work, and the other one is the difficult thod that requires both hard work and a lot of lifespan to use."

But Hammock shook his head and said, "The first option also requires so lifespan to use. After all, you will still need to pay the people who will help you upgrade your Divine tac."

"It is just that there is a set amount of ti and resources that you need to spend for you to use the first thod. As for the second thod, there is no fixed amount of ti or lifespan that you have to spend before you get what you want."

"You can spend 10,000 years’ worth of lifespan and still get nothing for your effort. So, for the second thod, there is no end in sight, and it is uncertain if you will ever be able to acquire the mastery you need to upgrade your Divine tac."

"As for the first thod, it is straightforward with less uncertainty. But both of them will require a lot of resources for the final upgrade of the Divine tac. One would need a lot of spirit creatures and a lot of Branch tacs and Core tacs from the sect."

Loki couldn’t help but sigh and say, "This is so complicated. For now, I don’t see why anyone would want to use the second option if it is similar to gambling."

Hammock shook his head again and said, "Actually, the first option, where you pay others and the sect, is the shortcut. The second option, where you need to gain mastery, is the true thod, as mastery of the pathway also grants other benefits other than being able to upgrade one’s Divine tacs."

Loki was skeptical, and it showed in his voice as he said, "Benefits like what?"

Hammock imdiately said, "The mastery of a pathway will determine how a divine being can combine the Divine tacs of a pathway. Divine beings can have more than one Divine tac, but they can’t easily combine the Divine tacs the way mortals combine Branch tacs because each Divine tac represents a Divine Position, and it is difficult to make Divine Positions work together."

"In general, the Adept Level of Mastery is required to transform a mutated Life Ability into a Divine tac. The Master Level of Mastery is required to use a rank 6 Divine tac to raise one’s stat, even if that Divine tac supports that Divine tac."

"Then the Grandmaster Level of Mastery is required to use a rank 7 Divine tac to raise a stat and make two Divine tacs work together to create greater power. The Greatmaster Level of Mastery is required to use a rank 8 Divine tac to raise one’s stat and make three Divine tacs work together."

"Those last two are also the levels of mastery required to co up with the recipe for an upgrade of a Divine tac from rank 6 to rank 7 and from rank 7 to rank 8. As for a rank 9 tac, I don’t think creating one is possible. Only the Supre tac can be rank 9."

At this point, Loki was nodding in understanding. He was also smiling, and his smile was a large one.

He was smiling because he happened to be able to use a Divine tac to raise his stats without the Master Level of Mastery. He is also able to combine Divine tacs without the Grandmaster Level of Mastery.

He has the Power Shifting Ability to thank for this. But what’s even better is that the Power Shifting Ability is capable of more than this.

There is the fact that the Power Shifting Ability can even help him combine the Divine tacs of different pathways without any problem. However, this still isn’t the best that the Power Shifting Ability can do.

The more he thought about the capabilities of the Power Shifting Ability, the wider his smile beca. His physical body was the one smiling, not his avatar, so Hammock didn’t know that he was pleased with himself.

Hammock continued answering the question as he said, "So, gaining mastery is the true path. Anything else is a shortcut that will make you unable to make full use of the Divine tac."

Loki suddenly rembered the previous identity of Hammock, so he said, "When you were a divine being, what was your highest level of mastery?"

This question made Hammock sigh before saying, "I was only at the Adept Level. If I were given so ti, I would have reached the Master Level."

"Mortals can achieve the Adept Level of mastery as long as they reach rank 5 and spend a lot of ti using their Life Abilities. As for the Master Level, divine beings have no problem reaching that after living for a while. It is the Grandmaster Level and the Greatmaster Level that require a lot of active investnt."