Dimensional Invasion: I Can Fish for All Heavens

Chapter 206 The Essence of the Hogyoku from the Perspective of "Heavenly Dao," and the Special Nature of Ye Xuan's Blood

However, the Hogyoku gave Ye Xuan quite a pleasant surprise.

From the perspective of "the Way of Heaven", it reveals unique characteristics.

As a fusion of the power of the Shinigami, the power of the Hollows, the Quincy power represented by the Soul King's fingertips, and the wisdom of Aizen and Kisuke Urahara, its essence is far more profound than Ye Xuan imagined.

Indeed, in a sense, the upper limit of the Hogyoku cannot surpass that of the Soul King.

However, this is not a limitation of the Hogyoku itself, but rather a constraint imposed by the world of Bleach.

Because in that world, it is impossible for a being with talent surpassing the Spirit King to be born. Without talent surpassing the Spirit King, how can one expect the Hogyoku to show higher potential?
The fact that a candidate for Spirit King, along with the Hogyoku, is enough to create a new Spirit King fully demonstrates its value.

So, does the Hogyoku really have an upper limit?
the answer is negative.

That's right. From the perspective of "the Way of Heaven", the Hogyoku does not have any so-called upper limit.

The real limitation lies with the host, the vessel, not with the power of the Hogyoku.

Even though your talent as the master of the Hogyoku far surpasses that of the Soul King, the Hogyoku can still play a role in helping you realize your potential in the way you want.

It's like a perfect mirror, capable of guiding the holder to achieve exactly what they desire, the state in which their talents can be realized.

However, there is a key issue here: the effects of the Hogyoku vary depending on the holder's strength.

The power of the Hōgyoku has no "upper limit," but the "carrier" made of various materials that bears the power of the Hōgyoku has a limit.

When the difference between the holder's strength and the "vessel" of the Hogyoku becomes too great, its auxiliary effects will gradually weaken.

To describe it in a more intuitive way:

Within the applicable range of the Hogyoku's "carrier," it can help the host reach the corresponding realm of their talent with the highest efficiency; beyond this range, the auxiliary effect will decrease as the gap widens; when the gap reaches a certain critical point, this assistance will infinitely approach zero.

This is like using a ruler to measure the length of an object. Although the ruler has its limits, it can measure the length of objects far beyond its range by adding data.

However, if the length of something far exceeds its range, even if it can still be measured, it will take much longer.

The mystery of the Hogyoku lies in this.

Previously, when Ye Xuan used the Hogyoku, even though it was manifested through the Rat Talisman, he could still clearly sense the power of the Hogyoku, realizing his potential in the way he wanted, helping him quickly reach the limit of his current life level and break through the shackles.

But now, the situation is different.

Under the blessing of [Heavenly Fortune], Ye Xuan's talent has leaped to the multiverse level.

Although his current strength has only broken through to the sixth rank, it is still within the range of the Hogyoku's power; in fact, the Hogyoku is also operating its power at full capacity, but the problem is that Ye Xuan's growth rate at this moment is too terrifying.

Every minute and every second, his spiritual power was increasing exponentially.

This terrifying increase in power completely overwhelmed the auxiliary effects of the Hogyoku, which were overwhelmed by his own innate talent.

Just as you can't distinguish the movement of a single drop of water in a raging storm.

Even though the Hogyoku was still faithfully fulfilling its duties, Ye Xuan could no longer discern from his exaggerated growth curve which part was due to the Hogyoku's assistance.

Ye Xuan could clearly sense the emotional fluctuations transmitted by the Hōgyoku. It was a rare sense of confusion and bewilderment, as if he had doubted his own value.

Ye Xuan, after obtaining the Hōgyoku and receiving the blessing [Heavenly Fortune] from Blue Star, didn't know whether to describe his current situation as "adding flowers to brocade" or "casting pearls before swine."

Anyone in the world other than him and Kinomoto Sakura who obtains the Hogyoku will find it to have immeasurable value, even before he received the blessing.

However, in his current hands, the Hogyoku is not entirely useless, but its effect is negligible.

As for the growth potential of the Hōgyoku, Ye Xuan didn't even need to observe it from the "Heavenly Dao Perspective." The Hōgyoku, realizing that its role for its master was becoming increasingly insignificant, had already begun to absorb the spiritual energy in the air on its own.

Just as Ye Xuan had previously speculated, the Hogyoku does indeed possess its own will and can be regarded as a special life form; even stones can change under the nourishment of spiritual energy, let alone a creation like the Hogyoku that inherently contains will.

Of course, the reason for this self-evolution mainly stems from Ye Xuan's subconscious thoughts.

As the Hogyoku can materialize the holder's inner desires, when Ye Xuan subconsciously had the thought of "hoping that the Hogyoku would break through its original limit," it affected the Hogyoku.

Sensing its master's will, the Hōgyoku began to actively "evolve" after discovering that spiritual energy could promote its growth. It even conveyed a clear request to Ye Xuan, hoping to obtain Ye Xuan's blood as a catalyst for its "evolution".

As mentioned earlier, the true power of the Hogyoku is to materialize one's inner desires according to one's own wishes, but the condition is that one must possess the ability to realize those desires.

Spiritual energy is one of the "abilities" that can fulfill wishes, and Ye Xuan's blood is also one of the "abilities" that can fulfill wishes.

Even Ye Xuan hadn't expected that his blood could promote the growth of the Hogyoku.

But upon closer reflection, it's understandable.

Although he has not yet reached the level of the Soul King in the Bleach world, the multiverse-level talent bestowed upon him by the blessing of [Heavenly Fortune] originating from Sakura Kinomoto, and the Five Elements bloodline bestowed by the Fire Light and Shadow Stone, which has undergone transformation as his life level has broken through, give his blood a special quality that is different from others.

Just as the Soul King's fingertips provided nourishment for the perfection of the Hogyoku, the potential contained in Ye Xuan's blood could also become nourishment for the Hogyoku's "evolution." Naturally, Ye Xuan wouldn't be stingy with a little of his blood.

He lightly traced a line of blood with his fingertip, and a line of blood, glowing with a golden-red light, meandered down, wrapping around the surface of the Hōgyoku as if it were alive.

"Buzz!"

The moment the blood came into contact with the Hōgyoku, it vibrated violently and emitted a clear, melodious hum. Immediately afterwards, thousands of starlight burst forth from inside the Hōgyoku, flowing through the jade as if they were alive.

The originally dark blue jade gradually became transparent, and energy veins like a galaxy vortex emerged inside, constantly reorganizing and extending; while fine red-gold patterns began to appear on the surface of the jade, spreading on their own as if they were alive, gradually forming a pattern like the sun.

The spiritual energy in the air began to converge wildly, forming a visible vortex of spiritual energy around the Hogyoku.

Ye Xuan could clearly feel that the Hōgyoku in his hand was undergoing an unknown change.

The feeling was like witnessing a seed breaking free from its shell and growing into a completely new form.

Every bit of energy in Ye Xuan's blood was perfectly absorbed, becoming nourishment for reshaping the Hogyoku.

When the transformation reached its peak, the entire piece of Hōgyoku suddenly floated up, bursting forth with a dazzling yet not blinding light; the light was like liquid starlight, dyeing the entire room a deep blue.

Countless tiny points of light could be faintly seen moving within, like stars in an endless universe.

Eventually, all the strange phenomena subsided.

The Bengyu that fell back into Ye Xuan's palm had become a semi-transparent crystal with a halo of light flowing inside, changing like the aurora borealis.

Ye Xuan reintegrated the transformed Hōgyoku into his heart, carefully sensing the changes within it.

He could sense that the rate at which his strength was improving had accelerated slightly, but given his current talent, this improvement was like adding a little more water to a rushing river—there would be some change, but not much.

Ye Xuan wasn't too surprised by this, and even prepared to give the Bengyu some more blood, but the Bengyu showed a feeling of "fullness" and resistance.

This little thing actually said it needs time to digest and can't absorb it for the time being.

"I gave you a chance, but you didn't use it."

Ye Xuan shook his head and stopped worrying about the Collapsed Jade. He decided to let it digest itself for the time being.

Take it step by step, rather than trying to achieve it all at once.

Normal progress is often like this.

However, he is destined never to experience this feeling of gradual progress.

The beast tide brought about by the second spiritual energy tide was gradually quelled. Although it was slower in some places, it ensured the safety of the vast majority of people, and the number of casualties was far lower than that of the beast tide during the first spiritual energy tide.

Basically, the alerts were lifted in various places within 48 hours of the shelters opening, and when people came out of the shelters, the cities were basically unchanged.

The same thing happened when I got home; there was nothing damaged.

"Is this the end?"

Many people stood in front of their own doors, still somewhat bewildered.

If they didn't know that the Celestial Pivot Bureau wouldn't deceive them in this regard, they would all have thought that the second spiritual energy tide hadn't come and that no beast tide had occurred.

This is so different from the first spiritual energy tide.

I should never have gone to the shelter.

Those who chose to stay at home, apart from a very few unfortunate cases of encountering mutated creature invasions, had their lives almost unaffected.

Although some stores have closed, many others remain open, and food delivery services are still available.

People still play games and watch TV series as usual. The only noticeable change is that delivery fees on food delivery platforms have quietly increased by a few dollars.

It was said to be an allowance to compensate riders for working in "high-risk environments".

However, they can understand this, as long as it's really given to the rider.

As usual, the various Celestial Pivot Bureaus also released footage of their resistance against the beast tide, as well as the emergence of superhumans and holders of celestial treasures during the second spiritual energy tide.

Then, the most shocking and even unbelievable thing happened.

Before the second spiritual energy tide, the number of known third-tier powerhouses in the entire Great Xia was no more than ten. But now, according to the number of third-tier ability users announced by various cities in Great Xia, this number has even exceeded three hundred.

The data is dozens of times higher than the data before the second spiritual energy tide.

Almost every city in the Great Xia Dynasty has announced at least one ability user with a strength level of three, and many cities have more than one.

(End of this chapter)