Top-Tier Perception Starts From Basic Fist Techniques

Chapter 188.1: Incredible Perception Transformation. The Fire Principle Seed Finally Reaches Perfection! (I)

Lu Changsheng had already contemplated more than one drop of fire-attribute Heavenly Demon Essence Blood. Hence, he had long since grown familiar with the process.

Moreover, his current Perception had already surpassed the 10,000-threshold. By the evaluation of his Status Panel, he was a genius.

As Lu Changsheng contemplated the fire-attribute Heavenly Demon Essence Blood, the progress of his Fire Principle seed rose extremely quickly.

Seventy percent, eighty, ninety, ninety-eight... Just as the Fire Principle surged at one hundred percent...

Boom.

Lu Changsheng felt his Mind Space tremble, and at the same time, inspiration struck him. In that instant, all sorts of mysteries regarding the Fire Principle became clear to him.

With a single thought, blazing flames instantly rose within his Mind Space and covered the entire space, emitting tremendous heat. He could even manipulate the flames into various shapes, such as a divine dragon made of fire, or even a great mountain of fire. He could do so effortlessly.

However, there was one issue. Principles and the Mind Space complemented each other, so if he did not activate his Mind Space, then he would have no way to use the Fire Principle. However, that did not mean the Principles of Dao Foundation martial artists had limitations. On the contrary, this perfectly explained the essence of martial artists.

Martial artists did not contemplate heaven and earth, nor did they borrow the power of heaven and earth. Instead, they worked hard to cultivate themselves, turning their own bodies into a small world, which would eventually grow strong enough to contend against heaven and earth itself.

The Fire Principle was attached to the Mind Space and was closely connected to it, while the Mind Space itself was part of a martial artist.

No one had ever heard of a Dao Foundation martial artist being unable to use their Mind Space. Even if one's mental strength was shaken, as long as it had not completely collapsed, they could still use their Mind Space.

"The Fire Principle..." Lu Changsheng muttered as he watched the Fire Principle manifest within his Mind Space.

This was somewhat different from the Fire Principle he had seen in the outside world. Compared to the Fire Principle between heaven and earth, the Fire Principle within his Mind Space was still far too weak. In essence, however, there was no difference. Lu Changsheng's Mind Space was simply too weak, so the Fire Principle attached to it was naturally weak as well.

Regardless, a Principle was still a Principle, no matter how weak. Once someone mastered one, any Dao Foundation martial artist who had not comprehended a Principle of their own would have no way to fight back. You could only fight back against a Principle with one of your own.

Even for Dao Lords, Principles were equivalent to a martial artist's enchanted treasure. Thus, only enchanted treasures could withstand Principles. As for which one was stronger, that naturally depended on the wielder. Principles also required proper application, and learning how to bring more out of a Principle was a skill in itself.

As far as Lu Changsheng was concerned, he had finally mastered a Principle and could be considered to have gained a firm foothold at the Dao Foundation Realm. Next, all he had to do was continue searching for Heavenly Demon Essence Blood of other attributes and keep contemplating a second, third, or even more Principles.

My grasp of Principles is still quite shallow. Even with the same Fire Principle, its power still comes down to the strength of my Mind Space. Though the power is already on par with any Dao Foundation expert, I'm still not that good at actually using them.

Combat methods that use Principles are called divine techniques. In truth, divine techniques are somewhat similar to the structure of divine abilities. They push the use of Principles to the limit, allowing one to unleash tremendous combat power. Although they are far inferior to true divine abilities, if divine techniques are cultivated properly, they will help with condensing divine abilities in the future.

Lu Changsheng had long since learned some of the basic knowledge regarding Principles. "Divine technique" sounded lofty, but in reality, it was similar to a martial technique. Martial techniques brought out the advantages of one’s body while divine techniques brought out the power of Principles. In the end, both functioned on the same logic.

Practicing martial techniques can increase Perception points. I wonder if practicing divine techniques also increases Perception points?

Lu Changsheng's eyes lit up as the thought occurred to him. In actuality, his Perception was already increasing at a terrifying rate. However, he would eventually complete all the martial techniques he practiced, whether of the sixth tier, seventh tier, or even above the tenth tier.

After all, once one reached the Divine Fortification Realm, martial techniques were rarely used, and that tendency was even more apparent for the Divine Treasury Realm. At that stage, everything revolved around Domains.

As for the Dao Foundation Realm, martial techniques were all but irrelevant. In that realm, martial artists dealt with divine techniques, which were essentially higher forms of martial techniques, superior in every aspect. By the Immortal Dao system, they were seen as spells—but not much stronger than ordinary spells.

Even when Dao Lords cast spells, they were far weaker than the divine techniques unleashed by Dao Foundation martial artists. Only enchanted treasures could rival the terrifying might of divine techniques.

Guess I might need to take a look at divine techniques.

The Ancient Region Heavenly Sect had texts on divine techniques in its stronghold. Of course, they were all transcribed versions, but even those were extremely precious.

Lu Changsheng arrived at the Divine Technique Hall. Stored inside were all divine techniques. Naturally, one needed contribution points to acquire a divine technique—a lot of contribution points.

Of course, a Dao Foundation expert would not be lacking contribution points. They could easily gain a lot of contribution points by capturing some demons or procuring rare natural treasures.

Lu Changsheng guessed that the Ancient Region Heavenly Sect had also been using divine techniques and other items to "recycle" rare natural treasures and all kinds of resources. Otherwise, why would Dao Foundation experts voluntarily hand over resources to the sect?

Lu Changsheng casually took a manual on a fire-attribute divine technique.

Heavenly Incineration...

The name itself sounded formidable, but in reality, it was only an ordinary divine technique. However, even such techniques required a tremendous amount of contribution points.

Lu Changsheng had no shortage of contribution points. For the most powerful technique here in the sect's hall, he was willing to pay any price. He was not concerned about the difficulty of practicing it either. After all, his Perception had already exceeded 10,000.

Indeed, Lu Changsheng had utmost confidence in himself, or rather, in his Perception.

There's so many techniques here...

In truth, powerful divine techniques were compound divine techniques—a fusion of several Principles that resulted in a technique of tremendous power. One strike with such a technique would be earth-shattering.

If I ever fuse eight Principles... I wonder how powerful that divine technique would be?

Of course, he had no idea whether fusing eight Principles into a technique was even feasible. Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. In any case, he chose not to linger on such questions, since he was still very far away from mastering that many Principles.

For now, he had only mastered the Fire Principle, and divine techniques derived purely from this principle varied in strength.

Lu Changsheng searched through the texts one by one and after several hours, he finally came across a fire divine technique that seemed powerful.

Void Incineration, huh?

As the name suggested, this divine technique was supposed to burn even the void itself. In other words, the technique promised to burn all things.

That sounded like an exaggeration to Lu Changsheng, but regardless, among divine techniques derived from just one Principle, Void Incineration certainly seemed to be a supreme offensive technique.

There were a multitude of divine techniques derived from a single Principle here in the hall, and there were also plenty of compound divine techniques, each extremely powerful. However, Lu Changsheng currently only had the Fire Principle, so naturally he could not practice any compound techniques.

Divine techniques were also divided according to their function: offensive, defensive, control, and so on. In any case, there were plenty of divine techniques to choose from. After all, Dao Foundation experts possessed long lifespans.

Most Dao Foundation experts were unable to advance to the Divine Ability Realm, the Dao Foundation Realm being the end of the road. Being able to live up to three hundred years, they would certainly have many battles against both humans and demons, so naturally, they required many offensive techniques. The more versatile the arsenal, the better.

Naturally, Fire Principle itself was very suited for offense. Most divine techniques based on it were offensive; there were almost no defensive fire divine techniques out there.

Let's go with Void Incineration, then. Lu Changsheng made up his mind as he glanced at the price.

This divine technique cost 100,000 contribution points. To many, exchanging ten Dao Comprehension Pills for one technique would be absurd.

I get that divine techniques would naturally be expensive, but this kind of pricing is just ridiculous. The other Martial Dao sects are probably the same. Otherwise, how could the many resources obtained by so many Dao Foundation experts possibly feed back into the sect?

From the Divine Fortification Realm to the Divine Treasury Realm, the disciples of the Ancient Region Heavenly Sect had basically received all sorts of resource subsidies from the sect.

Now that they had finally reached the Dao Foundation Realm, it was time for them to repay the sect. That was how the sect was getting back its investment, by overpricing divine techniques.

Naturally, they could not outright demand that every Dao Foundation expert hand over thirty percent of their gains to the sect, could they? If they tried something like that, the entire sect would fall into chaos.

By adjusting the exchange prices of divine techniques instead, both sides acted willingly, and before anyone realized it, the Dao Foundation experts had completed their reimbursement to the sect. Indeed, it was an efficient tactic, as every Dao Foundation expert had to use divine techniques.