“The Five Elements of Heaven and Earth…”
“And not just them, but other types of energy as well!”
Qi Ping felt the extremely affinitive energies of various attributes within each spiritual plant, and the joy in his eyes was long past hiding.
Although this degree of affinity hadn’t reached the same level as his affinity with the fire element, it was certainly not bad at all.
Using this to comprehend the law true intents of the other four attributes besides fire might not be as easy as comprehending the Fire True Intent, but it was definitely not an unreachable goal.
Especially since Qi Ping had the comprehended Fire True Intent as a foundation. By drawing parallels from it, there was a possibility he could comprehend all Five Elements True Intents.
However, Qi Ping currently had no such plan.
Given his current comprehension ability, grasping the Fire True Intent in such a short time was already extremely fast. This was only possible with the help of two sudden enlightenments and that hammer imbued with the essence of Fire True Intent.
If Qi Ping truly wanted to comprehend all Five Elements True Intents, it might take him another ten years, with no guarantee of success.
Letting this delay his advancement to Foundation Establishment and Golden Core stages would be a complete loss, not worth the gain.
If conditions allowed for cultivating the Path of the Five Elements, Qi Ping naturally wouldn’t pass it up, but not now.
In the early stages, Qi Ping still planned to focus on his strongest advantage, the fire attribute, to quickly lay a solid foundation and raise his cultivation level to Foundation Establishment and Golden Core as soon as possible.
Later, once he had firmly established himself and possessed higher comprehension and cultivation talent, it wouldn’t be too late to switch to cultivating the Path of the Five Elements.
The current phase was still primarily about securing his footing and rapidly increasing his cultivation.
The reason for Qi Ping’s joy wasn’t just seeing hope for future cultivation of the Five Elements Path; more importantly, many restrictions on his cultivation of array formations were now reduced.
Because as long as the energy belonged to plants, Qi Ping could use his 【Heart of Nature】 talent to perceive it.
This meant that regardless of which type of array formation Qi Ping wanted to set up or study, he just needed to find the corresponding attribute plant. After familiarizing himself with the energy within, he could begin setting up the corresponding array!
“With the assistance of 【Heart of Nature】 from now on, no matter the type of array—be it illusion, spatial, or any other—as long as I find the corresponding spiritual plant, perceive the power of the heavenly and earthly laws within it, and meet the standards for setting up the array…”
“In other words, the arrays I can learn in the future are no longer limited to fire-type, illusion arrays, or other simple types. I can learn any kind!”
“This way, I can aim for the most impregnable standard and build an incredibly powerful system. I just need to study array formations and find the corresponding spiritual plants according to this goal, then perceive and familiarize myself with the heavenly and earthly laws within them…”
Among the Four Arts of Cultivation, Array Masters are the most specialized.
Because only with sufficient comprehension and mastery of the power of heavenly and earthly laws is it possible to set up extremely powerful arrays.
For example, the Great Shangyuan Five Elements Array and the Two Forms Myriad Appearances Array are both incredibly powerful arrays, their might terrifying, but very few can set them up.
The requirements for comprehending the heavenly and earthly laws and soul strength to set up these arrays are too high; not many Array Masters can succeed.
Only a handful of renowned Array Masters can accomplish this.
“But others can’t, yet I, with the 【Heart of Nature】 talent, can. Merely reaching the level of comprehending the Five Elements Law True Intents sufficient to set up Five Elements arrays doesn’t require such a massive amount of time for me…”
“As long as I set up the Great Five Elements Array, combined with illusion arrays, concealment arrays, and other arrays with special functions, it will be enough to make my territory impregnable…”
The Dao of Arrays and the Dao of Cultivation are different.
The Dao of Cultivation focuses on all power converging within oneself, so it prioritizes extreme explosive force and reaching higher realms before one’s lifespan ends.
The Dao of Arrays borrows the power of heaven and earth, emphasizing the degree of utilization of this power. A mature Great Five Elements Array can not only achieve perpetual regeneration and consume less, but more importantly, the power of heaven and earth leveraged by such arrays can completely surpass ten single-attribute arrays of the same level.
If a cultivator killing an enemy a major realm higher is legendary, then a truly perfect Five Elements Array or Cosmic Array killing an enemy a major realm higher is a common occurrence.
Because a powerful array, leveraged by a strong array foundation, can mobilize vast power of heaven and earth. This leveraged power is simply not something human strength can easily match.
There’s also a consensus in the cultivation world: if you encounter an Array Master in the wild, just attack directly; their combat power probably isn’t great.
But if you want to challenge an Array Master in their lair, an opponent of the same level has only one option: flee! Not fleeing is seeking death!
If it’s a top-tier Array Master, don’t provoke them even if you’re a major realm higher, because you never know how much effort that Array Master has put into their place or what kind of terrifying array they’ve created!
This is a lesson countless cultivators have learned with blood.
Various records contain many accounts of top-tier Array Masters killing enemies across major levels; such cases are not rare.
And now, Qi Ping has the hope of becoming a top-tier Array Master!
For a top-tier Array Master, while they might be weak in the wild, in their own lair, they are absolutely terrifying. A Qi Refining cultivator beheading a Foundation Establishment one, or a Foundation Establishment cultivator killing a Golden Core one, isn’t even particularly outrageous.
“In that case, my path as a Five Elements Array Master is set!”
An Array Master with such combat power in their own lair is a perfect match for Qi Ping, who enjoys laying low, farming, and beekeeping!
This might also become his greatest trump card besides his animal companions.
“If I combine animal companions with arrays, that would be the ultimate trump card!”
Qi Ping will have more and more animal companions in the future. If all animal companions could form a super battle formation crafted with arrays, and integrate with the arrays set up in the territory as a whole, then even a cultivator a major realm higher than Qi Ping who comes looking for trouble would likely gain no advantage.
“And another very important point: becoming a Five Elements Array Master won’t slow down my cultivation speed much either. Its value far outweighs the cost.”
“Besides this, during the process of comprehending heavenly and earthly laws, it can also accelerate the Druid leveling speed. Druids can gain experience by perceiving nature and the laws of heaven and earth…”
Leveling up becomes increasingly difficult later on. Being able to accelerate Druid leveling through comprehending heavenly and earthly laws is also a good thing for Qi Ping.
When comprehending the Fire True Intent before, Qi Ping gained a lot of Druid experience; otherwise, his current leveling speed would probably be one or two months slower.
“The 【Heart of Nature】 talent is such an unexpected delight, far stronger than the original 【Nature Affinity】…”
“Next up is the Beast King Druid!”
For Qi Ping, this level-up wasn’t over yet; the previous part was just the Jungle Druid profession advancing to Tree Warden.
Although the Beast King Druid hadn’t completed its advancement, he could still choose the post-level-up professional skills.
【Generating Beast King Druid Level 5 Skills…】
【Please select professional skills…】
