The Prince Can Do Divination

Chapter 349 - 230: The Truth of the Mythical Era, The Law of the Jungle, I Am the Demon Venerable, The Second Life of Yun Qinghe

Gu Zhuxue.

That was the name of his current body’s mother.

As the Young Master of the Wild Bull Race, Lu Mingyuan was known as Wu Jiuyuan.

He discovered that his mother, despite cultivating Witchcraft and using the Witch Race’s Divine Prayer Skill, was not a pure-blooded member of the Witch Race. She was a genuine member of the Demon Race—and from the noblest of them all, the Celestial Demon Race.

The black markings on her neck and between her brows were the best proof.

The Demon Race was divided into three major categories: Heart Demons, Giant Demons, and Celestial Demons. As the absolute high nobility among the Ten Holy Nether Races, the Celestial Demons worshiped the most powerful of the Twelve Celestial Gods.

That was right. It was the first time Lu Mingyuan learned that the Demon Fiends of the Holy Netherworld were also stratified into different classes.

The Demon Race was the strongest.

Along with the Witch Race and the Blood Race, they were collectively known as the Upper Three Races of the Holy Netherworld.

They were the nobility among the Demon Fiends, possessing immense influence, profound reserves of power, and a dominant population.

From what he could gather, his predecessor’s mother had been a princess of the Celestial Demon Race. After a series of bizarre twists and turns, the Clan Leader of the Wild Bull Race got lucky, and the two of them eloped.

Lu Mingyuan felt that a whole romance novel could be written about it.

After reaching an agreement with the High Priest, Gu Zhuxue, Lu Mingyuan gradually began to come into contact with the Secret Techniques of the Witch Race over the next six months.

He had known before that the cultivation system of the Holy Netherworld differed from that of the Central Plains, but after being exposed to it, he was surprised to find that everything was built upon the foundation of Divine Beings.

For a member of the Witch Race to master the Great Prayer Divine Technique, they had to choose one of the Divine Beings to serve as their personal Deity.

Different Divine Beings represented different Daos, leading Cultivators down different paths.

If Lu Mingyuan truly wanted to practice the Great Prayer Divine Technique now, he would have to choose a Divine Being to worship.

He ultimately chose the Taixu Divine Prayer Technique.

It was linked to a Divine Being from the Void Heaven.

After a period of cultivation, Lu Mingyuan gained a preliminary grasp of how to use the Divine Prayer Skill and officially began his journey of cultivation.

In truth, the so-called Divine Dao Cultivation Method had divisions similar to those in the Central Plains World.

The process was the same.

In the Lower Seven Realms, one used the Divine Prayer Skill to transform the Flesh Body. In the Middle Fifth Grade, one unleashed the Divine Techniques of the Divine Prayer Skill, which was the path of Dao cultivation.

The Upper Three Grades involved Integration, allowing one to cast different Divine Prayer Skills.

The only difference was that the entire foundation was built upon the power of the Divine Beings.

Gradually, Lu Mingyuan found himself becoming more and more proficient with the Divine Prayer Skill.

His predecessor’s initial cultivation was already quite high, at the level of a Sixth Realm Wizard. He had just never managed to defeat the Young Master from the neighboring tribe. Now, with Lu Mingyuan’s strenuous efforts, the results were gratifying.

After half a year of hard cultivation, he finally reached the level of a Seventh Realm Great Wizard.

Lu Mingyuan realized that his comprehension and physique were both quite good, more than enough to cultivate the Secret Techniques of the Witch Race. This was clearly thanks to his mother.

As the High Priest of the Wild Bull Race, Gu Zhuxue had outstanding talent. She could grasp the intricacies of Witchcraft by analogy, possessed the bloodline of a Celestial Demon, and her cultivation progressed by a thousand miles a day. Plus, with his father being the Clan Leader, his own innate talent couldn’t be bad either.

Such excellent genes resulted in Lu Mingyuan’s high aptitude.

At such a young age, when he used the Divine Prayer Skill, many of the Witch Race experts within the clan were already no match for him.

The people of the Wild Bull Race all came to believe that the Young Master was the best candidate to succeed the Clan Leader.

The longer Lu Mingyuan cultivated, the more curious he became about the Lord Heavenly God the clanspeople spoke of.

’What kind of existence could bestow such immense power?’

It wasn’t that he hadn’t asked about it.

"Mother, may I ask you a question?"

"Speak."

"Mother, you’re willing to keep this a secret. Is it because you’re afraid that without an heir, the Wild Bull Race will die out and our people will be completely abandoned by the Divine Beings?"

Lu Mingyuan asked, his curiosity piqued.

Gu Zhuxue said expressionlessly, "Yes, and no. It’s more for my own sake. Asking too many questions will do you no good. Your priority right now should be to break into the Middle Fifth Grade and become a Priest of the Divine Temple."

Lu Mingyuan, having been rebuffed, didn’t press the matter further.

Although he believed his cultivation of the Divine Prayer Skill was fast, he was convinced it was not as formidable as the Martial Dao. So, in private, Lu Mingyuan never gave up on studying the Martial Dao.

But then an accident occurred—blood flowed from his seven orifices and his meridians reversed their course.

Lu Mingyuan discovered that at the critical moment, an invisible force between his brows would activate, stopping him from cultivating the Martial Dao.

This made it utterly impossible for him to even reach the beginner stage.

When Lu Mingyuan asked Gu Zhuxue about it, her explanation was, "You have the power of a Celestial God inside you. Its presence prevents you from coming into contact with any other Cultivation Technique."

In the Holy Netherworld, native beings are forbidden from practicing any Cultivation Technique other than those blessed by the Celestial Gods.

This made Lu Mingyuan marvel in astonishment. ’These so-called Celestial Gods are far too tyrannical.’

Lu Mingyuan asked, "Why are there no Divine Beings in the Central Plains?"

Gu Zhuxue explained faintly, "The Human Domain has no gods because your gods perished long ago with the end of the Mythical Era."

"In the Central Plains World, everyone treats their own body as a divine being, cultivating ten thousand techniques to achieve Immortal Ascension and sainthood."

"But in the Holy Netherworld, the Divine Beings are immortal, and all must revere the Celestial Gods."

Only then did Lu Mingyuan finally understand the history between the two worlds.

The Human Race actually had Divine Beings at the beginning as well; they were just defeated.

The great war of the Ancient Era was a war between humans and gods.

The successive generations of sages in the Central Plains World defeated their own Divine Beings and created entirely new Cultivation Techniques, which later became the traditions of Confucianism, Buddhism, the Dao, and the Martial.

"If you want to cultivate the Martial Dao, it’s not impossible. As the High Priest, I have the authority to temporarily suppress the Lord Heavenly God’s prohibition, allowing you to cultivate."