Chapter 2: Prologue (2)

As Zenith Heaven Emperor continued to cultivate and ascend through the stages, the unique effects of his Golden Palace with eleven Dragon Marks became more and more apparent. He soon discovered that each of the additional dragon marks has a special effect.

The tenth mark has given him forbidden knowledge about some of the most powerful cultivation techniques and included it in his own Heaven Devouring Battle Law. Moreover, the tenth dragon mark also bestowed him with a Pseudo-Imperishable attribute, which was similar to Skylark's Bone of Imperishable. However, unlike the Bone of Imperishable, Zenith Heaven Emperor's attribute could not be stolen under any circumstances, making it truly one-of-a-kind. In addition to this, the Pseudo-Imperishable attribute made him immune to the effect that the imperishable attribute normally had on anyone below the wielder. This essentially made him Immortal, while preventing him from falling into an eternal sleep like Lord of Inextinguishable, due to him coming into contact with the Heavenly Way's Imperishable principle.

The eleventh dragon mark, on the other hand, was even more extraordinary. It made the Heavenly Way unable to restrict him, allowing him to automatically transcend the Heavenly Way the moment he attained the stage of Heavenly Way. Even Zenith Heaven Emperor's father, the Seventh Heavenly Way, had failed to accomplish this feat. For now, however, this is a secret that even he doesn't know about, one day if he ascended to the position of Heavenly Way this will surely give him a great surprise.

The only thing that he knows about this eleventh dragon mark is that due to it the Heavenly Way Authority has no effect on him, which for example enabled him to know about things that should normally be forgotten like whatever happens inside the Heavenly Way Small Black Room. Also, if he were to be ever imprisoned there, he wouldn't be forgotten by anyone due to the effect of this dragon mark. Zenith Heaven Emperor only found out about this after his father told him about it, due to him sensing that his authority and jurisdiction as a Heavenly Way has no longer any effect on his son.

Zenith Heaven Emperor's cultivation journey had been filled with unique and exceptional experiences, and his sixth stage was no exception. Instead of condensing a normal Nascent Soul, his soul had the attribute of Heaven's Feel from Fate. This attribute allowed for the materialization of the soul, which prevented the inevitable dispersion of the soul once it no longer had an anchor to the world. This essentially made it transcend to a higher form of existence, realizing true immortality.

Zenith Heaven Emperor's soul became a high-dimensional planar being capable of interacting with the material world as a mental body without having to return to the cycle of Reincarnation. This gave him an unparalleled advantage in his cultivation. He also acquired an unlimited source of energy due to his soul becoming analogous to a perpetual motion machine.

This however was not the only thing special about the sixth stage. At the very beginning, as he entered the sixth stage, Zenith Heaven Emperor's cultivation journey took another unexpected turn. He began to practice the forbidden knowledge he acquired from the tenth Dragon Mark, which consisted of four Sacred Scriptures from Emperor's Domination. The Space Scripture, in particular, caught his attention, as it was designed to be practiced at the True Monarch stage. Due to this Sacred Scripture that was integrated into his Heaven Devouring Battle Law, he was able to prematurely access space powers, and not just any space powers, but the strongest of all.

The Space Scripture is one of the Sacred Scriptures from Emperor's Domination, and it contains the most potent space techniques that Zenith Heaven Emperor has access to. The Scripture includes several techniques that allow him to manipulate space to his advantage and gain a significant edge in combat.

One of the techniques in the Space Scripture is Banishment. It enables a cultivator to exile someone to a shallow dimensional space. However, this technique is ineffective against an Eternal Life Being, as they can easily make their way back. A more powerful technique, Deep Dimensional Space, can exile someone to a deeper dimensional level. It requires an unimaginably powerful cultivator or someone exceptionally skilled in spatial construction to make their way back.

The Portal Summoning technique allows a cultivator to open a portal and move through any space and time without becoming a Tribulation Immortal beforehand. Teleportation is another technique that permits a cultivator to jump from one space to another. Spatial Channel is an advanced teleportation technique that is more direct, stable, and durable than other methods. It can deliver large objects or even entire armies.

Space Connection is an even more advanced technique that can connect everything in two different spaces instead of acting as a bridge between two places. Space Correction is a technique that allows Zenith Heaven Emperor to correct any space that was warped or damaged, restoring it to its original state.

Displaced Space is a technique that creates an unreachable gap of one or several different spaces, making it impossible to reach someone or something even if they are mere centimeters away. Space Displacement is a technique that moves things to a different place. Space Shifting is a more complex technique that shifts space, moving things to a different place in a more complicated manner. Space Sealing creates a containment field to trap things inside.

Space Removal is a technique that removes an item or an entire sphere away from the main space and traps it in a smaller zone. Space Quarantine is a technique that further separates a zone from the main space, making it almost impossible to return without sufficient power. Space Closure allows a cultivator to seal off a space, creating an invisible wall in all directions.

Finally, Space Shackle is a technique that renders its victim unable to move. It is omnipresent, and there is no escaping once sealed. Visual Phenomenon Space is another technique that involves creating optical illusions, making it difficult for an opponent to perceive what is happening in their immediate surroundings.

As Zenith Heaven Emperor continued his cultivation journey, he delved deeper into the Space Scripture, a collection of techniques that grant unparalleled mastery over space. In addition to the Space Control chapter, there are two other chapters that he soon discovered, the Parallelism and Cryptic Space chapters.

The Parallelism chapter grants the ability to create a symmetrical dimension, a mirror copy of enemies and their techniques. This space is an exact replica of the real world, and within it, escape was impossible. Any attempts to fight back would result in facing one's own attacks. This technique is known as Symmetrical Dimension. However, this technique has its weaknesses, and it could be countered by those who were aware of its nature. Zenith Heaven Emperor mastered a more advanced version of this technique known as Parallel Dislocation. This technique solved its previous weakness and made it more versatile in combat.

The Cryptic Space chapter, on the other hand, was a more mysterious technique. This technique allows for the complete concealment of anything from anyone, including the heaven themselves. Zenith Heaven Emperor was initially skeptical of its power, but after studying it thoroughly, he realized that it was a truly remarkable technique. Cryptic Space is essentially a way to hide anything from the world by manipulating the fabric of space itself.

With Cryptic Space, Zenith Heaven Emperor could conceal anything from anyone, including himself. This meant that he could hide important treasures or artefacts, such as his most powerful weapons or cultivation techniques, from prying eyes. It also meant that he could hide his movements and avoid detection by enemies or other powerful beings. This technique is particularly useful during battles or when trying to avoid unwanted attention.

As Zenith Heaven Emperor's cultivation journey continues into the Spirit Venerable Stage, where he faces new challenges and opportunities. This stage is relatively normal, or at least normal for his standards.

During this stage, Zenith Heaven Emperor practices the entire Physique Scripture, a part of the Sacred Scriptures he acquired earlier. This Sacred Scripture is fully integrated into the seventh Chapter of his Heaven Devouring Battle Law and is therefore meant to be practiced at the Seventh Stage, which is the Spirit Venerable Stage.

However, he did not follow the conventional method of practicing only one physique inside the scripture. Instead, he practiced the entire Physique Scripture, which allowed him to acquire all the physiques inside it. The Physique Scripture consists of six words, with each word containing two physiques. Zenith Heaven Emperor, having two different forms, one male and one female, was able to acquire all twelve physiques. However, he can only access six physiques at a time, with his male form having six and his female form having the other six.

The Physique Scripture is an integral part of his cultivation technique. It has a total of six words from which all of the twelve physiques are derrived from, two physiques from each of these words. Yin and Yang, Hardness and Softness, Pure and Taint are the six words to be exact.