Five Direction Seal

The Five Direction Seal is an ancient treasure placed to suppress the left hand and power of the second God of Berserkers. Its five layered barriers continually replace themselves when broken, imprisoning the target while also preventing attacks from entering. Si Ma Xin awakens it as a final attempt to destroy himself and Su Ming, but Su Ming escapes its targeting, takes the palm-sized seal, and gradually refines it into a powerful—though imperfect—defense. (Chapters 564–589 and 712–793)

History

The seal on the second God's left hand

The treasure has suppressed the second God of Berserkers' left hand for millions of years. Its purpose is narrow and absolute: detect what is connected to the second God, suppress that connection, and seal away the corresponding power. Age and the hand's resistance weaken the seal, while their long contact fuses them so thoroughly that they can no longer be separated normally. That weakening is what lets Si Ma Xin gain part of the inheritance in the first place. (Chapter 564)

Facing defeat, Si Ma Xin awakens the dormant seal in a mutual-destruction attempt. Five nested golden layers contract around Su Ming and the hand, following their ancient mission without distinguishing between Si's intended enemy and the inheritance itself. Su Ming absorbs the hand's life and divine abilities while trapped, then discovers that destroying layers only makes replacements form behind them. His black stone fragment suppresses the second God's presence in him, leaving the seal without a target; he walks through the barrier and catches the treasure after it shrinks into a palm-sized golden seal. (Chapters 564–568)

A prison used as protection against Di Tian

During Su Ming's battle with Di Tian, the seal reacts to the second God's Qi and recreates its endlessly renewing screens. At this stage Su Ming has not truly mastered it. The barrier prevents him from leaving, but it also keeps Di Tian from entering, turning its original prison function into temporary protection. Su Ming uses the resulting interval to prepare his next actions rather than treating the seal as a conventional shield. (Chapters 587–589)

Di Tian recognizes that Sir Dao Chen placed the original seal and that its item soul has already dissipated. Divine Will's Lightning and repeated blows destroy its layers faster than they can regenerate, reducing five screens to three before Su Ming uses the black fragment's dimension to vanish and make the seal lose its target. Di Tian later finds a method to dismiss it through the presence of Life. These encounters establish that the old treasure remains formidable, but can be broken or bypassed by sufficient power, knowledge, and control over its targeting condition. (Chapters 587–589)

Partial refinement and later defense

After a year in Eastern Wastelands Tower and an increase in cultivation, Su Ming refines the seal within his body enough to control it somewhat. Its defense now appears as a nine-colored screen extending around him, shattering thousands of incoming sword auras. He also expands it around his second senior brother, showing that controlled protection can cover others rather than only imprison Su Ming. (Chapters 712–716)

The defense remains limited by mastery and opposing strength. A blood-red sword destroys its layers faster than they reform, and a Third Step strike from Dao Slave 19 penetrates enough force to send Su Ming flying and coughing blood. Dao Slave 19 says Su Ming does not know the treasure's true method, while Su Ming senses a connection between the former Dao Chen treasure and Morning Dao Sect that further compromises it against that opponent. Even so, it continues to cushion World Plane attacks, red-thread traps, and galactic wind blades through its last recorded use. (Chapters 716, 737, and 770–793)

Abilities and properties

• Five-direction suppression: The seal identifies and confines beings or power connected to the second God of Berserkers. In its original state this is not a friendly defense; it freezes the interior and forces the target inward as the cage contracts. (Chapters 564–565)
• Regenerating layered barrier: Five golden layers replace themselves whenever one shatters, potentially cycling tens of thousands of times. Later, Su Ming's refined manifestation is nine-colored. Renewal has a rate limit: sufficiently rapid destruction reduces the number of active layers or collapses the screen. (Chapters 568, 587, 712, and 716)
• Two-sided protection: Those inside cannot leave and those outside cannot enter, so Su Ming can exploit imprisonment as cover. After partial refinement, he can deliberately project the screen and include another person, but the barrier does not cancel impact transferred through it. (Chapters 587, 712, and 716)
• Target dependence: The unrefined seal manifests because of the second God's Qi, not because Su Ming commands it. Hiding that presence makes the treasure lose its target and shrink. Later refinement grants some control without erasing the older targeting mechanics. (Chapters 568, 587, and 712)
• Age and missing item soul: Millions of years, fusion with the left hand, and the loss of its soul reduce the original power. Di Tian and Dao Slave 19 demonstrate that stronger or better-informed cultivators can crack, dismiss, or partly bypass it. (Chapters 564, 589, and 737)

Ownership and custody