World’s End: My Keyword is One More Than Others
Chapter 559: Divine Body Immortal Refinement

With the addition of the Eastern Emperor Donghua, the Human Emperor project no longer required Du Ge's personal promotion.

The Eastern Emperor Donghua had absolute control over the Eastern Divine Continent.

The royal families of the mortal world might dare to refuse cultivation sects like Dragon and Tiger Mountain, but they would never dare to defy the Emperor's decree.

Thus.

The next priority was to enhance his strength.

In this Alien Star Battlefield, Du Ge's cultivation and the transformation of his divine body far surpassed the benefits of refining Keywords.

The physical improvements brought by Keywords only provided the Alien Star warriors with a higher starting point, allowing their cultivation speed to far exceed that of the natives, along with two skills to safeguard them.

The powers of light, darkness, water, and the human fortune inherited from the Human Emperor formed four types of Dao resonance within Du Ge.

The powers of light, darkness, and water ensured that Du Ge's divine power would naturally increase at all times, while the human fortune, as more people awakened their Literary Heart and Martial Courage, also fed back into Du Ge, allowing his cultivation level to rapidly ascend.

This ascent would grow exponentially over time, becoming more terrifying in the later stages...

In theory, Du Ge no longer needed Keywords to enhance his attributes.

The poems and essays he published as the Human Emperor, like the human fortune, spread and persuaded Keywords to continuously enhance his attributes.

Thus, Du Ge's strength exhibited a strange growth pattern, constantly changing every moment.

In the eyes of the Eastern Emperor Donghua, this change was evidence of him being an incarnation of the Heavenly Dao.

As for ferocity, Du Ge planned to unlock the last skill when he waged war against the celestial realm and then disregard this Keyword.

Neither the Human Emperor nor the Heavenly Dao should be associated with ferocity.

Du Ge used the Heavenly Mandate to articulate the Three Thousand Great Dao, establishing the rule that each Keyword was a world law and an identity of a Heavenly Dao incarnation.

Learning the world's magic and using the Heavenly Mandate to advance was much faster than refining Keywords...

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The Eastern Emperor Donghua held a high position, had a high cultivation level, wielded great power, and commanded countless elite soldiers.

His residence, an overseas immortal mountain, was truly a blessed land, with spiritual power levels not much weaker than the celestial realm.

Over millions of years, the Eastern Emperor Donghua had collected countless cultivation techniques, including escape techniques, formations, talisman arts, alchemy, and more.

He also possessed the transformation technique Du Ge had been pursuing, the Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends transformation technique, which allowed true transformation into all things, imperceptible to ordinary eye techniques.

The cultivation technique practiced by the Eastern Emperor Donghua was the "True Classic of the Great Void," said to be passed down by the Dao Ancestor, which he generously offered to Du Ge.

The Eastern Emperor Donghua's domain also had various magical treasures and pills, far more abundant than those of the Southern Emperor, and he opened them up for Du Ge to choose from.

Naturally, Du Ge did not stand on ceremony, selecting an emperor's robe with protective and spiritual gathering effects, an immortal sword said to be forged from the spine of an ancient fallen demon saint, a demon-reflecting mirror that could see through all true forms, and a Curled-up Dragon Seal that could suppress all things.

With these treasures, Du Ge fully armed himself.

Of course.

The treasures shown to Du Ge by the Eastern Emperor Donghua were all acquired spiritual treasures.

The Eastern Emperor Donghua had only one innate spiritual treasure, the Azure Lotus Treasure Flag, bestowed by the Immortal Emperor to guard the Eastern Divine Continent. When used, it calmed the mind, repelled all evils, and could command wind, thunder, fire, and lightning, impervious to all laws, with wondrous and unpredictable uses.

In fact, each of the five emperors guarding the mortal realm possessed such a flag.

The five flags combined could form the Five Elements Locking Earth Formation, capable of completely sealing the five continents, preventing anyone below the Great Golden Immortal from breaking through the formation.

But Du Ge was already content with the acquired spiritual treasures, as his current cultivation level was insufficient to wield an innate spiritual treasure even if he had one.

The emperors guarding the mortal realm used the Five Elements Flags to form the Five Elements Locking Earth Formation by mobilizing the spiritual power of the mortal realm through formations, as their own cultivation levels could not support it. Once the formation was set, even the emperors could no longer individually control their respective flags.

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Du Ge was not stingy. After learning that the Eastern Emperor Donghua wanted to comprehend the light attribute, he directly stripped the Dao resonance transformed from Sun God power for him to study.

Du Ge used the power of the God of Light to help others transform their Dao foundation, altering their cultivation physique to make it easier for them to use divine power.

It was like Du Ge had a computer and gave the cultivators with transformed Dao foundations a startup password, granting them permission to use the computer.

Comprehending Dao resonance was akin to understanding the principles of computer usage, giving them programming permissions and the ability to create programs, a level higher than mere usage.

Previously, Du Ge had mixed three types of Dao resonance together, akin to blending C language, Java, and PHP, requiring someone who had never used programming languages to unravel the mixed languages, which was essentially making things difficult.

But when showing it to the Eastern Emperor Donghua, Du Ge only demonstrated one programming language, making it much easier for him to grasp once he found the knack.

In short, Du Ge gave the Eastern Emperor Donghua special treatment.

This was not just a matter of reciprocating favors but also a way for Du Ge to solidify his identity with the Eastern Emperor Donghua. Only in this way could he maximize the power of the Heavenly Mandate and secure this strong ally.

His enemies were formidable, and helping allies enhance their strength was helping himself.

Du Ge incorporated the "True Classic of the Great Void" from the Eastern Emperor Donghua into his cultivation techniques, using the same method of integrating the techniques from Dragon and Tiger Mountain.

Moreover, he included the "Xuantian Technique" from the Southern Emperor and the myriad of techniques collected by the Eastern Emperor Donghua.

In this world, regardless of whether the cultivation techniques were passed down by the Dao Ancestor, the Immortal Emperor, or comprehended by various talented individuals, they all ultimately originated from Dao resonance.

Dao resonance was precisely the fundamental law of this world.

What Du Ge was doing now was using these cultivation techniques to reverse-engineer Dao resonance, ultimately achieving his stated goal of integrating the Three Thousand Great Dao into one body, elevating himself to the level of the Dao Ancestor or Immortal Emperor.

Among all the Alien Star warriors, only he could do this. First, he had the constant repair from Keywords and his divine body, and second, his three types of divine power were inherently innate, which served as a catalyst, making it easier to add more.

If Pan-Universal Entertainment hadn't forcibly ended the Sun God Alien Star Battlefield, it would have been even easier for him to do this after plundering the divine power of several main gods and demon gods, without needing to deduce Dao resonance step by step as he did now.

The Eastern Emperor Donghua lacked neither spiritual power nor pills.

The spiritual power of the overseas immortal mountain could originally support the simultaneous cultivation of the Eastern Emperor Donghua's disciples and his celestial soldiers and generals.

But when Du Ge began modifying cultivation techniques, the spiritual power of the overseas immortal mountain became his personal resource treasury, with spiritual power pouring into his body, propelling his cultivation level to soar.

The Eastern Emperor Donghua was stunned, unable to comprehend Dao resonance. Even in the era a million years ago, when geniuses were everywhere, he had never seen such terrifying cultivation speed, where the spiritual power of a blessed land was insufficient for one person.

The most terrifying part was that Du Ge was only at the Integration stage!

The incarnation of the Heavenly Dao truly couldn't be judged by common sense...

After Du Ge began cultivating, the single Dao resonance initially provided to the Eastern Emperor Donghua disappeared again, transforming into a more profound and mysterious mixed Dao resonance.

The Eastern Emperor Donghua sensed at least seven to eight types of Dao resonance from it, and at this point, he was finally convinced of Du Ge's identity as the Heavenly Dao.

The Emperor, after contemplating for a moment, decisively summoned all his disciples and celestial soldiers and generals to his domain to collectively comprehend Dao resonance, explaining Du Ge's identity to them.

Next, they were to confront the Immortal Emperor.

The power of the celestial court was undeniable.

Even as an Emperor, having operated in the Eastern Divine Continent for many years, he could not guarantee that his subordinates would wholeheartedly fight against the celestial court with him.

But offering them enough hope and benefits was a different matter.

Dao resonance, the Heavenly Dao, the Human Emperor's legacy, the Immortal Emperor and Dao Ancestor undergoing the twilight tribulation, and the mysteries of the twilight tribulation...

These conditions combined were enough to make everyone follow him to the end.

To become cannon fodder and return to the heavens and earth in the twilight tribulation, or to fight for their own future, was not a difficult choice, especially when they had an absolute leader here—the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao.

The terrifying cultivation speed and profound Dao resonance were undeniable.

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In less than a day, Du Ge had pushed his Integration stage to its peak.

He had integrated all the miscellaneous cultivation techniques into a new one, and his Elemental Infant within became increasingly solid, almost like a real infant.

Du Ge could clearly sense the spiritual power absorbed into his body, circulating in a full circle within the Elemental Infant, refining the spiritual power, and the dragon vein shadow inherited from the Human Emperor became more solid as it was filled with spiritual power.

Moreover, the divine power's repulsion towards the dragon vein disappeared, showing signs of merging into one.

Ultimately.

When Du Ge pushed his cultivation level to the peak of the Integration stage, dense tribulation clouds formed out of thin air above the overseas immortal mountain.

At the moment he saw the tribulation clouds.

The Eastern Emperor Donghua waved his hand, sweeping all the disciples comprehending Dao resonance out of the range of the tribulation clouds. Tribulation Crossing was a path every cultivator had to take, using lightning to refine the body, shedding the mortal and preserving the true, transforming the mortal into the immortal.

Forcibly interrupting it was of no benefit to the one undergoing the tribulation.

Du Ge had already demonstrated unparalleled terrifying talent at the Integration stage, and the Eastern Emperor Donghua couldn't imagine how fast his cultivation speed would be once he transformed from a mortal body to an immortal body.

Perhaps, he would become a Great Golden Immortal in a short time!

The Eastern Emperor Donghua never considered that Du Ge might not survive the tribulation. At this moment, he had abandoned the idea of competing with many saints for the position of the Heavenly Dao.

With this existing Heavenly Dao here, who could possibly take it from him?

Perhaps.

From the beginning, Du Ge's intention was to seize the Heavenly Dao of this world, and it was possible he had already become the Heavenly Dao of previous Alien Star Battlefields.

By continually entering new worlds as an incarnation of the Heavenly Dao, merging with the Heavenly Dao of new worlds, strengthening himself, and ultimately devouring the laws of Pan-Universal Entertainment to transcend the Heavenly Dao, that was his ultimate goal!

The Eastern Emperor Donghua remained silent, thinking that helping him at this time and forming a karmic bond with him would surely bring him endless benefits when he transcended in the future!

He didn't ask for much, just to become a saint would be enough.

Crack!

A bolt of tribulation lightning descended from the sky, striking Du Ge directly on the head, engulfing him in thunder.

Seeing this scene.

The many celestial beings watching Du Ge's tribulation crossing were simultaneously stunned.

The Eastern Emperor Donghua's eldest disciple, Wan Ji, asked, "Master, why does the Heavenly Dao senior not dispel the tribulation and instead endure the pain of lightning devouring the body?"

Tribulation Crossing was divided into One-Nine, Four-Nine, Seven-Nine, and Nine-Nine tribulations.

Each corresponded to the cultivator's cultivation level, with stronger cultivation leading to stronger lightning tribulations. The strongest Nine-Nine tribulation required enduring eighty-one bolts of lightning.

The tribulation clouds above Du Ge's head were the legendary Nine-Nine Great Tribulation, the most terrifying tribulation clouds.

The first eighty bolts of the Nine-Nine tribulation could be dispelled with magical treasures or cultivation, but only the last one was the refining body tribulation after being recognized by the heavens and earth for one's strength. Enduring it would result in an immortal body, failing would result in being reduced to ashes.

No one had ever dared to attempt enduring the first bolt like Du Ge.

"The senior probably wants to forge the strongest immortal body!" the Eastern Emperor Donghua murmured, "After all, he is the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao, different from us mortals."

Everyone fell silent.

Looking at the small figure engulfed in thunder, their eyes were filled with admiration...

...

Indeed.

Du Ge was allowing the tribulation lightning to strike him. The Keywords and divine body provided him with terrifying recovery abilities, and outside the immortal mountain was the sea, with endless moisture in the air, giving him an absolute geographical advantage.

Under such circumstances, the likelihood of him being struck dead by lightning was very low.

Du Ge had experienced many Alien Star Battlefields, endured much pain, almost having his body torn apart while competing with Janice for the Sea God's scepter; having his meridians severed and flesh shattered while modifying cultivation techniques in the Simulation Field; enduring the scorching and cosmic radiation in a vacuum environment; the pain of soul splitting; and poisoning and limb severing were commonplace...

Having gone through so much, his tolerance for pain had reached its peak. Since that was the case, why only let the last bolt of lightning refine his body?

If he was going to refine, he would refine his body to the extreme;

His enemies were too powerful, and Du Ge didn't have much time, so he had to do everything possible to grow...

The tribulation lightning surged into Du Ge's body without obstruction, the intense heat shattering his body cells, but the powerful recovery ability reactivated the dead cells the moment the lightning passed;

One, two, three, four...

Under the baptism of tribulation lightning, Du Ge's tolerance to lightning increased.

And his Elemental Infant, composed of the three divine powers of light, darkness, and water, was comparable to the tribulation lightning, easily blocking it outside.

Du Ge's rapid recovery after enduring the tribulation lightning relied eighty percent on the divine power provided by the divine body and Elemental Infant; relying solely on Keywords, he would have long been dead.

But the tribulation lightning grew stronger, and Du Ge's divine power accumulation was insufficient. Finally, at the fiftieth bolt of tribulation lightning, the lightning broke through the Elemental Infant's defense, surging into its body, shattering its meridians in an instant.

Pfft!

Du Ge spat out a mouthful of blood, carrying fragments of his internal organs.

But the fifty bolts of tribulation lightning refining the divine body were not without effect; his body had unknowingly acquired a trace of lightning attribute.

Thus.

After the Elemental Infant was breached, it did not dissipate but forcibly locked the lightning within.

The three divine powers of light, darkness, and water began to forcibly suppress the tribulation lightning, with the dragon vein also entwining the Elemental Infant, providing its power to suppress the tribulation lightning.

Du Ge seized the time to circulate energy in a full circle and operate his cultivation technique.

With several forces working together.

Ultimately, the Elemental Infant completely locked the tribulation lightning and merged it with itself...