Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“I have reached the second stage? When I reach the fourth stage even the North Thearch wouldn’t be able to kill me?”
Jiang Yi became excited instantly. He actually didn’t know much about the Divine Sound Heaven Skill, but he had always tried his luck to understand it.
Since the Sonar Thearch had mentioned this, Jiang Yi was not going to give up this opportunity to ask. Jiang Yi cupped his hands and asked, “Sonar Thearch Senior, how does one differentiate among the first three stages of the Divine Sound Heaven Skill? I do not know much about the Divine Sound Heaven Skill; could you offer some pointers?”
The Sonar Thearch frowned while his hand swiped across the thirteen strings on the guqin. A sound like flowing water rang out from the guqin. He patiently explained. “Strictly speaking, the Divine Sound Heaven Skill ought to be a type of soul spirit attack. However, as this Divine Sound Heaven Skill is more overbearing, it became its own type; and the seniors had differentiated it as such.”
Jiang Yi agreed to this point. His Divine Sound Heaven Skill used a terrifying sound to assault the souls of his enemies, making them feel extremely unbearable, affecting both their judgment and reaction time. This was indeed a type of soul spirit attack.
“As you should know, soul spirit attacks are split into two types. The first type destroys the enemy’s soul while the second affects the enemy’s soul. The Divine Sound Heaven Skill is the second type!”
The Sonar Thearch continued speaking freely and frankly. He said, “Once martial experts reach a certain level, their soul spirits would naturally become stronger. When they become Demigods, they would even be able to possess god spirits. Ordinary soul spirit attacks would be useless against one who possesses a god spirit. No matter how strong the soul spirit attack is—once it enters the soul spirit conscience of a Demigod, the Demigod would be able to easily use his god spirit to suppress such an attack. Hence, the first type of soul spirit attacks—when used against a Demigod—would be completely ineffective.”
“The second type is, however, different!”
The face of the Sonar Thearch glowed with pride even as his eyes remained closed. He said confidently, “The second type of soul spirit attack has a very unique attack methodology. It can affect the enemy’s soul spirit, preventing the enemy from formulating a credible defense or offense, hence allowing one to kill the enemy easily. No matter how strong a martial expert, he is after all but human. Every human would have thoughts and have seven emotions and six sensory pleasures. Every human would have emotions, have the ability to think, be angry, be scared, be in despair, etc. Hence, as long as we can influence one’s train of thought, to make the person lose his calm and rationality—even if he was a nine-star martial expert, it would be easy to kill him.”
“Right, right!”
Jiang Yi was filled with excitement. He had thought about related things in the past but had not pieced everything together before. Hearing the words of the Sonar Thearch made so much sense to him, and he suddenly saw the light.
“The Divine Sound Heaven Skill is the most overbearing of all soul spirit attacks; there is no other!”
The Sonar Thearch became slightly fanatical, and his face was full of radiance. He continued, “Humans have six senses. They can see, smell, touch, taste, think, and listen. Some such as seeing, tasting, touching, and smelling are not easy senses to attack. However, sound has a unique presence. Even if you completely shut off your hearing senses, a powerful sound could still ring in one’s soul. Sound is without color or taste, without sound or breath; and it can kill without form!
“The lowest-grade Divine Sound Heaven Skill hurts the soul. This is the first stage of the Divine Sound Heaven Skill. You were previously at this stage. However, your Divine Sound Heaven Skill must have combined with other elements; or else, it should not be so powerful. This stage uses terrifying, piercing, and awful sound to agitate the soul spirit of the enemy, damaging the enemy’s soul spirit, and render him unable to retaliate.
“The second stage of the Divine Sound Heaven Skill is what I call the soul abductor. The simplest way is to use a musical instrument. This makes the enemy’s soul spirit fall into a special state where it forgets everything. Thus, it is easy to kill someone in this state.
“Tonality is a useful thing. A joyful tone can make people happy; an overcast tone can make people sad and hurt. A burning hot tone can make people’s blood pump while a calm tone can make people feel at peace. A mourning and hurting tone can make one feel despair…
“The crux of the second stage is to manipulate one’s emotions, to trigger sympathy, and to surface the memories that one is most unwilling to recall. They would involuntarily enter into that state. Once they are in, their lives will be in your hands; you will then decide their fate!”
After such a voluminous explanation, Jiang Yi’s blood was pumped. He had also learned so much. It was no wonder that the Sonar Thearch was the top expert regarding the Divine Sound Heaven Skill; he had managed to understand it to such a level.
Jiang Yi thought in a daze for a long time. He remembered every single word that the Sonar Thearch had said. He then bowed with both hands in front of him, saying, “Senior’s words mean more than ten years of studying books. I have gained and learned much. Senior is indeed the all-time top expert on tonality. You indeed live up to your reputation. I am sure that in the future, Senior will be able to shatter the void and transcend using the Divine Sound Heaven Skill, and becoming the Sonar God!”
“Hahaha!”
The Sonar Thearch laughed out loud, and he poked fun at Jiang Yi. “You should stop overestimating me. I know my limits very well. I do not have any more opportunities to improve in this lifetime. Sigh, if I hadn’t made a huge mistake back then, perhaps I might still have a chance at fathoming the fourth stage of the Divine Sound Heaven Skill. Now… that is no longer possible.”
“Huge mistake?” Jiang Yi’s eyebrows rose, and he grew a little confused.
“Keke!”
The Sonar Thearch laughed mockingly at himself as he suddenly opened his eyes. Jiang Yi looked and his whole body shook, his face changing as well. The Sonar Thearch did not have eyeballs. He was actually blind?
“Do you know how I became blind?”
The Sonar Thearch smiled bitterly, paused for a while and said, “My eyeballs were gouged out by myself fifteen years ago!”
“What?”
Jiang Yi was startled, his face filled with disbelief. Why would someone dig one’s eyeballs out? Was the Sonar Thearch crazy?
“My entire life, I have been most conceited!”
The Sonar Thearch sighed and said, “A few decades ago, I had mastered the Divine Sound Heaven Skill and came back and destroyed three regions, becoming the chief of the Divine Sonar Region. After that, during the battle with the Yin Thearch, we had fought to a draw. Hence, I actually thought I had the chance to become the second Mystic Thearch. I entered the Divine Sonar Valley to cultivate and wanted to enter the fourth stage of the Divine Sound Heaven Skill. However, even after being in seclusion for ten years, there were no results.
“Subsequently, I resolutely dug out my eyeballs. I wanted to blind myself so that I would rely completely on my ears to hear, to try and comprehend. Being blind meant that one’s hearing was the most sensitive, not being able to see anything, and thus being more attuned to sounds. However, I was wrong. Do you know where I went wrong?”
Jiang Yi was still deeply shaken by the fact that the Sonar Thearch had gouged out his own eyeballs and did not yet have the ability to think of anything else. He shook his head and did not even dare to breathe out loud. He continued to listen.
“The earth is so vast, and all things have souls; humans are the masters of all these souls. When heaven and earth made things, heaven and earth had its reasons. Heaven and earth’s laws, profound meaning, and maxim are everywhere. Since heaven and earth had given humans two hands, two legs, and two eyes, then it naturally had its logic. However, I forcibly tried to destroy this logic. It is already not bad that I have not suffered heaven’s wrath; how could I still be able to comprehend more?”
The Sonar Thearch closed his eyes and said with bitter and anguish. He then turned and faced Jiang Yi, saying, “Lad, if you want to fathom the fourth stage of the Divine Sound Heaven Skill, you must never ever go against heaven. Your body cannot be lacking any parts, and you cannot have any mutations. The human body is the perfect formation. Once this is ruined, you will never be able to reach the summit.”
“Uh—”
Jiang Yi was stunned. He more or less understood what the Sonar Thearch was saying. However, his body had already gone through mutations.
Nine star spheres had appeared in his dantian while in his mind there was also a Rainbow Soul Spear. Based on the Sonar Thearch’s description, his body was already not the most perfect formation; did that mean he would never have the chance to become a Demigod?
