One - Introduction to Art Creation Theory
Two - The Fundamentals of the Heavenly Dao's
Three - Human Anatomy - Part One
Four - Innate Body Types - Part One
Five - Body Limiters & Body Cultivation - Part One
Six - Innate Attribute Bodies - Part One
Seven - Essence Runes Theory - Part One
Eight - Essence Art Theory - Part One
Nine - Body Art Theory - Part One
Ten - Soul Art Theory - Part One
Ten - Domain Art Theory - Part One
Eleven - Mage Art Theory - Part One
Twelve - Comprehensions & Comprehension Stages Theory - Part One
Thirteen - Cultivation Realms - Part One
Fourteen - Dantian Theory - Part One
Fifteen - Meridian Theory - Part One
Sixteen - Acupoint Theory - Part One
Seventeen - Transformation Art Theory - Part One
Eighteen - Innate Bloodline Theory - Part One
Nineteen - Innate Soul Type Theory - Part One
Twenty - Innate Eye Type Theory - Part One
Twenty One - Weapon Art Theory - Part One
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John scanned through the pages one by one, reading the profound information within, eagerly digesting the information within. Unlike normal books, the information was not written on the surface of the page, but was contained within the jade pages. John needed to use his divine sense to read the contents within, which was nearly overwhelming in scope and detail.
Each page of the book was made from a profound jade-like material, similar to the jade pieces most Arts were stored within. While the jade pages acted like paper, each page was able to contain as much information as an entire jade piece. He had never seen such high-quality jade before, and didn't even know jade could be used in such a way.
"Innate Body Types - Part One…Hmm, so the body types are Common, Emperor, Sovereign, Perfect, Heavenly, and Divine! There's a Divine Body Type?!?! And a Divine Body is equal to a true body cultivator in strength and durability, without having to cultivate their body! Wow, that's insane! Still, when compared to my cultivated Asura and Dragon body, I'm sure an Innate Divine Body still pales in comparison."
"Essence Rune Theory - Part One….so essence runes are natural formation runes created on one's body to amplify the aspected Qi, acting like a million amplification formations, increasing one's power of that Qi!
And there's multiple levels to formation runes as well, based on the innate quality of the runes! Runes are Common, King, Heavenly, and Origin Runes. While most essence runes are innate, it seems that heaven-defying arts can artificially grant a cultivator essence runes. So that's what the Celestial Lightning Script did!
And the limits of these runes one can create depends on comprehension levels, body talent, and essence talent. Hmm, didn't Celestial Soulrend say my lightning essence runes are Origin Runes? So, my essence runes are pretty amazing I guess, huh?
Hmm, and it seems that there are three stages to Essence Runes. The Creation Stage, where one is either born with, or through a heaven-defying Art creates the runes. The Awakened Stage, where one has partial control over their runes and can use the runes to augment their power. And then the Perfection Stage, where one has full control over their runes."
Page by page, John read through the Divine Art Creation Scripture, amazed by the new information he was learning. It was as if an entire universe of information had been revealed to him, answering questions burning on his mind, and giving him information regarding things he had never even thought about.
At first, this information had been amazing to learn about, and he had been eager and excited to start creating his own battle arts, but he quickly realized the foolishness of his thoughts, as the amount of information he needed to process was truly overwhelming.
"Gahhhhhhhh!" a loud sigh of exasperation escaped his mouth as he slumped back in his chair, completely overwhelmed. He had been reading for nearly a day straight without pause. His mind raced and soul ached from all the information he had read over so far, and that was only the first few pages of the thick Divine Art Creation Scripture.
John leaned back in his seat and stared at the ceiling again, letting his thoughts scatter while he recovered his wits. A while later, focus mostly recovered, he returned his attention to the book once more, flipping to the next section. Each page seemed to be regarding a different subject, with a numerical notation afterwards.
"Meridian Theory - Part One….Amazing! So meridian pathways are essentially a living formation rune network, and formation runes are the natural language of the Heavens. So, by sending Qi through meridians to form these natural, living formation runes, a cultivator essentially is communicating with the Heaven's through their body, which allows them to use the power of the Heavens' to create Arts.
By altering the Qi patterns and flows within, one changes the rune, making the quantity of potential runes to be nearly infinite! And the more living runes one creates in their body at one time, the more profound and powerful the art. But the runes need to sync up perfectly it seems, otherwise the art falls apart.
And the location of one's meridians has a different purpose! The meridians in the neck and head are closest to the soul, and thus is where one can best infuse their comprehensions into their Qi.
The upper torso meridians focus on strength and power, and is where one can best augment the sheer power of their Qi, and thus their battle art.
The lower torso meridians focus on Qi stability, as its closest to the dantian, acting as the core anchoring point of the Art being used.
The meridians in one's legs focus on speed and movement and serves as the core of movement arts.
The meridians in one's feet focus agility, nimbleness, and balance.
The meridians in one's arms focus on fluidity, strength, and dexterity, and serve as the main core of most battle arts."
As he read through this page, John felt his mind become overwhelmed with information again, as not only did the page detail what the meridian sections did, but it also detailed what each and every single meridian was most proficient in doing. With the tens of thousands of meridians running through a cultivator's body, this was an overwhelming amount of information.
The section also contained information regarding living rune theory, which was even more encompassing and detailed than the section detailing the meridians themselves. It was truly a staggering amount of information to process.
"And this is only Meridian Theory - Part One, huh?" he mumbled. "This is only the first part regarding meridian theory, and it's already this complicated?"
He sighed again, not from exasperation, but from mental fatigue, and then out of curiosity, flipped through the pages to find the second meridian theory page.
"Hmm?" John hummed with surprise as he found he could not flip the pages after a short while. The first two dozen pages were available to him, but after that, he was unable to turn to the next page, no matter how hard he tried.
After a brief struggle he stopped, realizing what was happening.
"So, this is just like the Immortal Asura Tome, huh?" John said out loud, knowing his mysterious father could hear his words.
The Immortal Asura Tome was the exact same, with more pages only unlocking once he advanced his cultivation to the next realm. Only then would it be available to him.
"So, is the cultivation requirement based again, or something else?" John mused, flipping to the last page available to him. He had not yet gotten this far in the book just yet, but sent his divine sense into the page to see what it was about.
"As a mortal cultivator becomes blessed by the heavens and transcends into something greater, so too do Arts," John read the words of the page out loud, which were not art creation instructions, but something else. "Only when one has created a Heavenly Art, an Art that has been approved of and blessed by the heavens, can they proceed further."
John withdrew his divine sense after reading the page.
"So, that's how it is, huh?" he said, smirking at the challenge presented before him. "A Heavenly Art huh? I've never heard of such a thing, but it does make sense. Some of the arts I've cultivated, like the Divine Reaping Scythe, the Celestial Lightning Script, the Immortal Asura Tome, the Dragon-God Shift. These Arts all have a different feeling, a different aura, than other, more mundane Arts. So that's the blessing of the heavens, huh?"
Feeling his fighting spirit ignited by this challenge, he dove into the contents of the book from the start again, making sure he understood everything available to him. With his goal being to create a Heavenly Art, no detail could be missed.
