Chapter 101: The Misaligned Rise of Technology in National Prosperity, Part 16

“Oh, it’s you,” Shui Yueran suddenly remembered the handsome man beside her, who was looking at Muyin. “Then you should come with us from now on.”

“No need, Senior Uncle. There’s no real danger here.” Since this place lacked any ferocious beasts, it was relatively safe.

“Very well,” Shui Yueran said, noticing the man’s gaze but not insisting further.

Muyin took a few steps and vanished before them. The man turned to Shui Yueran and asked, “Why didn’t you let her stay?”

“She didn’t want to, and I’m not close to her anyway. What is it? Are you interested in her?” Shui Yueran’s tone carried a subtle bitterness.

“No,” the man shook his head, his gentle expression unchanged, yet his eyes seemed to hold something deeper.

After Muyin left, Shui Yueran frowned. For reasons unknown, she felt a strong dislike toward the man accompanying the female lead. It puzzled her since she was not the jealous type and bore no envy toward others having handsome men by their side—moreover, she disliked the man, not the female lead.

This inexplicable aversion felt strange, like a peculiar sensation she couldn’t place, compelling her to keep her distance. Yet, a lingering unease remained, as if something was slipping beyond her control.

Driven by this feeling, Shui Yueran believed she should take some action. She trusted her instincts, so instead of continuously shifting locations to search for something, she found a place rich in energy and began to cultivate—her cultivation was based on supernatural abilities.

She understood these abilities divided into physical and spiritual types. Essentially, supernatural abilities were innate divine powers; bodily abilities were bloodline powers, while spiritual ones were soul powers. Her own innate power was fixed, but she could attempt to awaken the original owner's latent abilities.

The rare secret realm brimmed with spatial and temporal energies. Generally, these two energies only appeared in the River of Time and Space. Though present in other worlds, they remained imperceptible.

This realm also shielded the natural laws outside, allowing her to wield her supernatural abilities undetected. Using her own energy as a conduit, she drew these two energies into her body. Unlike the gentler spiritual energy, these forces aggressively surged within, as if scraping away a layer of her flesh.

Fortunately, her supernatural energy surpassed these energies; otherwise, the assault would have destroyed her body outright. After the cleansing, she sensed her spiritual root’s purity had increased, and something within her bloodline seemed to be drawn forth—that was the original owner’s bloodline talent.

Muyin continued channeling energy inward. After several purges, she finally felt a current flowing through her bloodline. Delighted, she began circulating her supernatural cultivation method. This method was created by the official order after the apocalypse, combining supernatural abilities with the cultivation techniques of practitioners, suited for cultivating supernatural powers.

Initially, Muyin had used this method, but progress was slow since it catered to soul talents, not bloodline talents. Once she reached an advanced stage, she devised a cultivation technique tailored to her abilities—the current Fate Creation Technique.

However, this technique suited her soul talent but not the present body, so she reverted to the earlier method. After some practice, she realized this supernatural cultivation method bore remarkable resemblance to the cultivation techniques of beast cultivators and physical cultivators.

Reflecting further, she understood why: all three focus on strengthening the body and bloodline energy. Beast cultivators refine their blood and flesh far beyond others, storing most energy in their refined essence blood rather than just an internal core.

In the previous world, cultivators mostly enhanced their bodies and blood as well, rather than solely storing energy in their dantian. Hence, essence blood was crucial, though cultivators had less of it than beasts.

Comparing the three methods’ enhancement of supernatural powers, Muyin discovered the beast cultivation method was surprisingly most suitable. It made sense—those practitioners had refined their techniques for ages, and physical cultivation had originally evolved from beast cultivation.

The beast cultivation technique she obtained was modified for human bodies—specifically humanoid forms. Without hesitation, she shifted to cultivating this method. Since she had just cleansed her body with space-time energy, she could now use both energies to cultivate her supernatural abilities.

Yet, the supernatural ability she cultivated did not align with any common attribute; instead, it was a life-based ability—a healing type. She didn’t understand why it manifested this way, but she felt it truly was so.

Compared to simple healing powers, life abilities were more complex and versatile. Their function was not only restoration but also the bestowal of vitality. It was as if every time she replaced the original owner, she reversed time to revive the body—a process of infusing life into the corpse.

No ordinary means could resurrect the dead; only time held that power. She now understood why she awakened this ability: the intersection of time and space energies combined with her five spiritual roots naturally generated life force.

Moreover, she sensed she could cultivate this ability into a soul power and carry it with her. In the future, even without reversing time, as long as the original body remained intact, she could possess it and revive—saving the energy consumed by the spatial key. Each resurrection cost her several strands of primordial energy.

She had only just realized this, except for the first time when the task issuer had advanced the energy on her behalf. Subsequent costs were deducted from their mission rewards and stored away. If she no longer needed it, she could keep this energy to cultivate herself.

Life supernatural abilities were rare and precious—provided she could convert them into a soul talent. Achieving that required profound comprehension and mastery.

In essence, it boiled down to understanding the laws of nature. A talent was the imprint of these laws stamped on the body or soul, thus becoming innate. Mastery meant complete control. Unlike other law insights, having a supernatural ability meant the imprint already existed within her body. She only needed to locate it and affix it to her soul, transforming it into her soul talent.