After Wu Suowei left, Tang Rao's mood became much heavier.
He calmed his mind and felt that hot cluster on his Dantian.
This flow of heat, which Tang Rao had spent so much effort accumulating, was about to be abandoned, leaving him feeling somewhat dejected.
"I'm giving it my all this time."
Tang Rao's thoughts sank; he placed his hands on his abdomen, focusing all his Immortal Energy between his palms. With a bang, he heard the Dantian emit a shaking sound.
Tang Rao knew that this was the energy inside the Dantian being released, causing the shaking; only because too much energy was compressed did the shaking become violent.
Due to the pain, Tang Rao fell to the ground, his face turning pale, yet he did not take a single Elixir Pill.
He reminded himself of his previous mistakes—relying on pills had left his body unsteady, and now, unless absolutely necessary in the Great Realm, he would avoid relying on Elixir Pills.
He didn't know how long it took before he slowly woke up again, and upon waking, he found he had become one of those lower deities in the Divine Realm that anyone could casually catch.
In the lower phase, anyone could easily crush Tang Rao.
It's over, everything is gone, and now even regret is useless.
"I'm completely finished. People might look at me differently now; how am I supposed to handle this?"
Want to cry?
Yes!
But Tang Rao didn't have time to cry; all he could do now was cultivate, cultivate, cultivate.
"Supreme Power, I'm finished!"
Tang Rao complained to the Supreme Power through the Illusion City, who, knowing that Tang Rao had given up his strength, was initially shocked, but then comforted Tang Rao to move on.
After asking where Tang Rao was, the Supreme Power hurried over,
"Supreme Power, I've fallen to the lowest level in the Divine Realm, to the lower deity's lower phase."
As Tang Rao spoke to the Supreme Power, his feelings remained conflicted.
"Even being in the lower deity's lower phase is better than you were before. Now, I ask you, what is your Heart Method Mantra? What Martial Arts do you plan to choose?"
The Supreme Power was already exasperated while thinking of Tang Rao's predicament.
"Dragon Taming Technique, Martial Arts... I have no Martial Arts. I used to learn some Martial Arts from the Kao Shan Sect and the Ten Thousand Buddha Temple, imitated others, and that was it..."
In terms of specialized learning, Tang Rao truly hadn't thought much about it.
"That's just how it is."
"Yes."
The Supreme Power wondered how Tang Rao had survived all these years?
"The Heart Method Mantra is good, but without Martial Arts, surviving until now indicates heaven is favoring you!"
Is it really that serious?
Before the Supreme Power spoke, Tang Rao never thought there was a problem with his Heart Method and Martial Arts.
"So what do I do now?"
He had an idea but wanted to hear the Supreme Power's opinion before saying it.
"Diligently practice the Heart Method, and search for Martial Arts."
A short eight-word suggestion, honest advice from the Supreme Power.
"The Dragon Taming Technique is a very potent Heart Method, but Martial Arts, I haven't found suitable ones."
Tang Rao had imitated so many Martial Arts; there were many he could use, but truly excellent ones were rare gems for him.
"I have a book here; see if you can use it. These Martial Arts have disappeared now, and I haven't seen anyone succeed in practicing them throughout my years."
No one has ever mastered it?
Then what is there to say?
Claiming it's a benefit to Tang Rao, yet the Martial Art is so impractical, leaving it as of no use to Tang Rao.
"So you think highly of me, assuming I can achieve everything?"
The Supreme Power handed the Martial Arts to Tang Rao, who a moment ago thought the Supreme Power's Martial Art must be useless; receiving it, he realized he wanted to slap himself.
Blame his rash words earlier, nearly making a grave mistake.
"Supreme Power, I think your Martial Art is pretty good. I find it quite nice, so thank you."
Tang Rao smiled sheepishly at the Supreme Power.
"I don't know the technique of mastering this Martial Art; you'll have to explore slowly on your own, no one can assist you."
The Supreme Power had mentioned earlier that no one had succeeded, thus no one could train Tang Rao.
During the exploration of the Martial Art, if Tang Rao encountered issues, the responsibility was solely his to bear.
"No problem, I'm smart; I'll take my time to try. If you trust me, just give me all the time I need to digest it, ok?"
Tang Rao only speaks English when he's particularly happy, but unfortunately, the Supreme Power didn't understand, so he merely gave Tang Rao a mystifying smile and left.
Seeing no one around, Tang Rao took out the Martial Arts given by the Supreme Power. One book was fire-attributed, Quenching Hand, and the other wind-attributed, Feng Qingyang.
Tang Rao roughly flipped through these two Martial Arts books and finally understood why the Supreme Power hadn't witnessed anyone practicing them and why, knowing no one could master them, he still passed them to Tang Rao.
The requirements for these two Martial Arts are surprisingly peculiar and leaping; without today's incident, Tang Rao would find it hard to utilize them.
First, one must start from the lower deity's lower phase; second, one must possess the five attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, plus the special attributes of wind and thunder.
Wanted seven attributes altogether and intended to use these Martial Arts from the lower deity's lower phase.
For anyone normal, in the lower deity's lower phase, they would never imagine such Martial Arts; those who did, their conditions wouldn't suffice. Also, those who got these Martial Arts, realizing the mismatch between strength and Martial Art, wouldn't think of abandoning their current strength to trust a Martial Art they might fail to master.
So, this opportunity inadvertently landed on Tang Rao. Tang Rao wasn't sure whether to be happy or comfort himself.
The Quenching Hand's essentials are simple: use the fire attribute to gather the flame on the hand, forming great power, which is even better if the person has subdued a special fire.
How could Tang Rao not have special fire, when Little Spark had come with Tang Rao to the Divine Realm? Tang Rao felt this Martial Art was prepared just for him.
Using the fire attribute, mobilize the special fire throughout the body to the palm, flip the palm, touch the thumb with the ring finger, and let the flame temper the palm; flip the palm repeatedly, forming a complex seal, and unleash it for boundless power.
Tang Rao tried once, but unfortunately, he had only a little spark in his hand–wait, a little kindling–it sparkled briefly before extinguishing, as if it never appeared.
"Is it just gone like that?"
Dropping his hand, Tang Rao seemed not to have fully processed it.
How could he not even start the seal before the kindling went out?
He didn't even check the wind attribute; with his full focus, he intended to thoroughly understand the fire attribute Martial Art first—this was Tang Rao's current primary thought.
"Where exactly did it go wrong?"
Reading through the Martial Art again, Tang Rao found himself much clearer-headed than before.
Power level also affects the triggering of Martial Arts; I understand.
Meaning that Tang Rao, at the lower deity's lower phase, had his strength limited to this extent; any more is impossible. Without a change in strength, the Martial Art won't evolve, and any increase in strength will cause the Martial Art to enhance with it.