Divine Body & Heavenly Meridians

Shen found his vision blurry. As his vision focused he realized he wasn't in his body anymore. Beside him, he could hear some murmurings.

"...s transparent Heavenly Meridians. I can't determine the law hidden within it... but it should be at least one of the higher Laws. All of the meridians are of the same color and created a perfect balance. Tsk, he got the inheritance of our powerful Ancestor, equipped with many secrets, and even has 'the' Transcendent Heavenly Meridians without being a Paragon. Talk about luck..."

Shen saw an illusory figure flying in front of him. It was shrouded with a thick layer of pink fog but the outline was enough for him to realize it was indeed Xing Yu. He was more surprised at her speech, it was heaven and earth from how she speaks with him!

In front of Xing Yu's illusory figure, Shen saw his and Xing Yu's body but they looked different. As if all ordinary colors lost their purpose Shen could only see the outline of his physique. Inside his body were uncountable chaos color meridians which were reformed from his normal Earthly Meridians to Absolute Meridians, or Chaos Meridians, aside from those inside his bones were a tiny string of chaos. His bones were also surrounded by many chaos colored strings.

Shen immediately connected them to his Absolute Strengthening Technique. He also had another set of transparent meridians. And from his head to leg, there were twelve transparent dim yet shiny glows.

So these are my Heavenly Meridians. Shen thoughtfully looked at the dim glow in his head. It had a tiny speck of green aura circling around it. The green light immediately reminded him of the aura, or Jade Essence, in his spirit sea. However, this green light seemed a little dull as if it lost a certain connection.

"Hmm, so this is–?" Shen thoughtfully asked, or wanted to ask but...

"Uaaaah!" Xing Yu jumped up. Her illusory figure jumped high in the air as the pinkish fog intensely churned around her. She glared at Shen with surprise and anger, "WH-what are you doing here?!"

Hey, aren't you supposed to be a Martial Emperor and above cultivator? How come you are so surprised. I thought you were more than 100 years old. Shen looked at her with pity, "Didn't you bring me 'here'?"

Xing Yu shot him another illusory glare. She couldn't bring him here nor did she want to!

Shen noticed even though Xing Yu had a layer of pinkish fog around her, he lacked every piece of clothing. Even in his illusory form the little guy down there looked imposing. Shen didn't mind whether he had clothing or not. He proudly stood beside her and looked at his meridians carefully. He asked pointing at the glow in his head, "Is that my opened heavenly meridian?"

Xing Yu glanced at him with mixed emotion. She blocked any kind of interference just in case. There was no way he could access Twilight Soul Vision, which was a specialty of their race.

And I let myself loose for a moment there! Xing Yu screamed in her mind, in all embarrassment. She specifically maintained her image in front of him to get an advantage in their future relationship.

No! It's still not the end yet. Maybe he was too far and failed to hear me. Yes, that must be it. Xing Yu felt convinced, giving herself false hope but Shen's next murmuring nearly broke her down.

"Hm, Yu'er is really lovely. I wish she was always casual like that and I would adore and spoil her. Even if she complained all day I will just kiss her lively lips to oblivion!" Shen sounded wistful and expectant and one could even see the deep longing in his eyes.

Xing Yu's eyes contracted to thin slits. She released a deep, suppressed breath.

"It's not. A Transcendent Heavenly Meridian can only be unlocked by a Transcendent Divine Body. Or you need twelve types of Fragmented Divine Body to unlock one Transcendent Heavenly Meridian." She spoke uncomfortably and decided to remain oblivious of his murmuring.

Shen nodded, "I see."

Then his eyes lost focus momentarily.

"Wait, 12? Aren't you telling me to have 144 wives?"

"Well, it's not like you have to marry every girl you sleep with. Plus, if you can find someone with Transcendent Divine Body, then you can settle with just twelve."

"Ugh, don't be ridiculous. Even Divi... Fragmented Divine Body is rare among rarity. Beauties might be abundant in this world but even among beauties, Divine Body is rarer. Even a country destroying queen might not have it."

"That's true. A queen might not have what a beggar could have."

Shen first became surprised then he realized he didn't think like this. But then again, he only knew of 12 Divine Body where was he going to find 144 women with Divine Body?... no, even that's not the problem.

144... isn't it just too big? Even the otherworlder dared not think about it.

"You almost sound interested," Xing Yu timely added, "You just have to find 12 Transcendent Divine Body owners. Why did you focus on 144 only?"

Indeed, Shen was so into the prospect of being surrounded by 144 Divine Beauties, he subconsciously filtered out the alternatives of Transcendent Divine Body.

Shen shrugged his illusory shoulders and sighed, "12 Transcendent Divine Body might not exist in the whole nine continents. Even Yu Ruyan has a Fragmented Divine Body. Including you, I can only hope to meet two or three Transcendent ones in my whole life. Ah, you have a Transcendent Divine Body, right?"

Xing Yu ignored his inquiry, "At least you are not dreaming but let me clear you on something. The numbers of Divine Body and Heavenly Meridians are eternally fixed in this world. Though there might be a time gap, there can only be 19 Transcendent Divine Body and 96 Fragmented ones. As for Heavenly Meridians, it is 1 and 12 respectively. Also, don't count ordinary Heavenly Meridians in the number, almost every cultivator has them."

Shen was dazed at that number. It's not that I can't unlock my meridians with 144 Divine Body, but there isn't even 144 Divine Body in the first place!

Seeing Shen dazed, Xing Yu continued grudgingly, "That number means nothing. If someone is sealed until they die they would keep holding onto their respective body or meridians. So even if you had a way to identify and search every inch of the world it doesn't mean you will be able to find them all."

In another way, she is hinting me that she has a divine body and similarly there could be others sealed with Divine Body or Heavenly Meridians. Since Xing Yu was being gracious Shen decided to broaden his knowledge so he asked after careful consideration, "What's the relation between Divine Body and Heavenly Meridians? Don't tell me the owner of the Divine Body can only awaken the heavenly meridians without receiving any kind of benefit?"

"Benefit? It's not about benefits in the first place. It's about mutual cooperation. Even if you have your meridians opened if someone with the Divine Body dies, your opened meridian will also close. So, it's all the same as not opening one. If you talk about relations it would be that those with Divine Body can breakthrough faster and encounter fewer restrictions between big realms if you have a higher cultivation base."

Shen nodded as he felt this part familiar. Then he remembered he didn't know what effects unlocking Heavenly Meridians brought. "Right. What's the benefit of unlocking Heavenly Meridians? It won't be just increasing some strength right?"

Xing Yu looked at him like she was looking at someone hopeless, "Only ordinary heavenly meridians would have such effects. It's the same for Fragmented Heavenly Meridians if they take in a similar type of essence twice. In another way, 12 types of different fragmented essences are required for it to truly open."

"What about the Transcendent Heavenly Meridians?"

"...You will know when you open them."

It wasn't that Xing Yu didn't wish to tell Shen. But she really didn't know much about Transcendent Heavenly Meridians. Her knowledge was limited to some legends. After all, even in the ancient times, the research of Heavenly Meridians and Divine Body was limited!

The methods to recognize Heavenly Meridians or Divine Body weren't common or easy and no one could just search every single person. The reason she knew so much was only because of her own Transcendent Divine Body which led her to different encounters.

Before Shen confidently stated that Yu Ruyan had a Divine Body, she thought the latter had Superior Jade Bone Physique. As for why she doubted Shen having Fragmented or Transcendent Heavenly Meridians it was because she failed to believe anyone ordinary could inherit their great Ancestor.

When Xing Yu's voice subsided Shen found his vision blurry again. When his eyes gained their former focus he was already in his body. Xing Yu's eyes also gradually focused as their gaze remained fixed.

"Umm, Half-wifey, now how do we get rid of the Duo Technique?"

Shen was true to his intention, indeed. Even though he went through a lot of secrets, he didn't let his priority go astray.

You sex fiend! Xing Yu's finger twitched as she almost pinched his waist fiercely. But she found her action too flirtatious and controlled herself timely.

She swore inwardly, if Shen hadn't overheard her today, then he would've never dared to talk with her like that.