Martial Arts Genius with Proficiency System Chapter 1000 - 445: Dwelling in Past and Future, Anchoring Fate and Causality—I Am Buzhou Mountain!

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Previously on Martial Arts Genius with Proficiency System...
Chen Yuan confronts the overwhelming power of the Divine Son, Su Tu. Realizing the immense power disparity and the Tri-Deity Cult's oppressive nature, Chen Yuan reveals his deep-seated hatred and the suffering inflicted upon him by his own gods. He proposes an alliance with Su Tu, offering to guide him to the Tri-Deity's domain, a space built from his own torment, to 'consume' them. Su Tu agrees to the feast, and Chen Yuan leaves, harboring his own ambitions.

This individual harbors immense desires and deep-seated hatred. Through years of patient waiting, my emergence has undone all his plans.

He descended under the guise of the Muddy World's Divine Son, a persona riddled with flaws, despite his ability to absorb faith.

However, having managed the Tri-Deity Cult for so long, Chen Yuan, as one of the Tri-Deity, possesses profound knowledge of the Muddy World. Merely controlling faith alone would not render Chen Yuan so compliant.

This leads to a singular conclusion: Chen Yuan intends to leverage the dubious 'Divine Son' identity to oppose the Tri-Deity.

Consequently, upon Chen Yuan's arrival, he posed that very question.

As for the mysterious powers displayed moments ago, they were pre-arranged to intimidate Chen Yuan.

"Thank you for your efforts..." Su Tu murmured softly.

Then, the void shuddered, and the spectral forms of Big Cat and Little Candle gradually materialized before him.

In an instant, they solidified into their physical forms. Unlike their imposing figures in the Sacred Realm, they appeared quite diminutive upon their first manifestation in the mortal world.

Big Cat resembled a plush white cat, its fur luxuriously soft, exuding an irresistible cuteness. Little Candle was even smaller.

Measuring less than ten centimeters in length, its crimson scales shimmered with a gem-like luminescence, coiling around Su Tu's wrist like an exquisite bracelet.

Su Tu gently stroked Big Cat's head.

Previously, Big Cat would have eagerly nuzzled into his hand. However, since the Golden Pool's transformation, the deities seemed to have evolved in intelligence, developing distinct personalities.

Su Tu sensed that Big Cat was now exhibiting a 'proud' feline demeanor, a far cry from its former fawning nature.

As he continued to rub Big Cat's head, the creature remained still. Yet, just as he was about to cease, he noticed Big Cat's eyes had already narrowed in contented relaxation.

Hmm... proud, indeed, but not excessively so.

Little Candle remained coiled on Su Tu's wrist, its ruby-like eyes fixed in a gaze, its flickering tongue conveying immense majesty.

"It's all thanks to you both. Once this ordeal is concluded, I'll take you out to play," Su Tu chuckled.

The terrifying spectacle Chen Yuan had witnessed earlier was not a display of Su Tu's inherent power but rather the result of his prior machinations.

Currently, despite possessing a robust Heart and Spirit and a considerable reservoir of faith, Su Tu is incapable of absorbing the Tri-Deity's faith. Furthermore, his Heart and Spirit Power is inhibited from advancing to the Sacred Realm.

Though Su Tu now possesses certain defensive capabilities, he cannot yet enact the world-altering, god-like abilities of temporal reversal and reality manipulation that were just exhibited.

Achieving these feats was largely facilitated by Big Cat and Little Candle.

Su Tu's present state is intricately linked with the deities, granting him the capacity to fully channel and manifest their powers within the world.

Upon detecting Chen Yuan's unusual actions, Su Tu meticulously orchestrated the events that transpired.

Chen Yuan required an entity of incomprehensible power, something beyond his wildest imagination, to serve as a bulwark against the Tri-Deity.

Thus, Su Tu presented him with an authentic embodiment of 'divinity'.

Originally, Little Candle's gift was intrinsically tied to time. In the past, it could only exert minor influence over its own temporal flow. However, following the Golden Pool's metamorphosis, Su Tu discovered that Little Candle's capacity could now affect time within a specific radius.

Nevertheless, this influence is not entirely under their command; at least, neither Little Candle nor Su Tu can achieve such precise control yet.

Still, it can briefly reverse time within a limited area. Even if Su Tu expends all his Heart and Spirit Power, he can only rewind time by a mere three seconds.

From the moment he perceived a discrepancy, Su Tu diligently focused his Heart and Spirit daily, establishing a temporal anchor within the main hall and storing the retrospective power there.

Should this anchor point be disrupted, all the accumulated retrospective power from those days would be unleashed.

And this crucial anchor point is signified by... the main hall's disintegration!!

In essence, when Chen Yuan unleashed the corporeal tide to consume the main hall, it inadvertently triggered this anchor.

This resulted in the unfathomable temporal reversal and past reoccurrence that left Chen Yuan utterly bewildered.

The awe-inspiring vision of Su Tu holding the world in his grasp, as witnessed by Chen Yuan, was a manifestation of borrowed power from Big Cat.

Post the Golden Pool's transformation, Big Cat not only grew more imperious but also acquired two distinct abilities.

The first ability is termed 'Residue,' which manifests in five separate forms, each wielding a formidable power of calamity. The second is known as 'Ferocity,' an ability whose full scope Su Tu has yet to grasp, though even a fraction of its potential is already profoundly significant.

'Ferocity' has the capacity to infinitely amplify and elevate any thought or emotion that arises due to Su Tu, thereby mastering and wielding them. Simply put, any notion conceived by an individual in relation to Su Tu is detected and subsequently controlled by this power.Similar to how he felt with Chen Yuan previously, he secretly viewed Su Tu as a celestial, ancient being, an existence beyond comprehension. Even as he prepared to annihilate everything, a part of him couldn't fully accept his senses. Within his core, Su Tu was depicted as immense, enigmatic, and mighty. Su Tu recognized all of this and then amplified Ferocity to endlessly enlarge this perception. This acted upon Chen Yuan's Heart and Spirit, as well as his awareness, concurrently. From Chen Yuan's viewpoint, Su Tu was seen floating in the emptiness, cradling a world within his grasp, surveying all mortals as if they were mere insects, akin to a divine entity.