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Chapter 226: Ordinary Members of the Magic Jade Tower
Chapter 226: Ordinary Members of the Magic Jade Tower (Seeking Subscription)
Zuo Qiuguang's words carried a hint of self-mockery.
Once upon a time, she, along with Gao Wufeng and a few other Evolvers, had looked down upon Lin Yuan's cautious and timid actions. They believed that the only way to progress on the evolutionary path was to forge ahead without hesitation.
For instance, Gao Wufeng had forcefully attempted to cross the heart demon tribulation.
But now...
Gao Wufeng was on the brink of madness.
And Zuo Qiuguang had decided to give up as well.
The other Evolvers had also failed in their cultivation one after another during this period.
What was once a small group was now only left with Lin Yuan still persevering.
Looking at the results, they had achieved nothing in these past few years.
Moreover, due to cultivating the evolution path contained within that piece of corporeal body, their mental willpower had been affected to varying degrees.
Even if it wasn't as severe as Gao Wufeng's case, they still needed a lot of time and precious resources to recover.
On the other hand, Lin Yuan...
All he sought was to borrow the pressure of mental willpower to temper his own.
And now, it seemed that he had achieved good results.
Although, in the eyes of Zuo Qiuguang and the others...
Tempering one's mental willpower wasn't considered a difficult task.
But at the very least, compared to them, Lin Yuan had not only emerged unscathed but had also gained something.
The contrast between the two situations was stark.
"I'm just not going to cultivate," Lin Yuan sighed.
In fact, it was easy to say that one wouldn't cultivate.
But in practice, it was extremely difficult, especially with the ultimate evolution path right in front of them.
Who could control themselves and not cultivate?
It was like having a table full of delicacies from the land and sea, yet trying to resist and only eating plain rice. Lin Yuan was able to control himself because he possessed a heaven-defying comprehension talent and the Myriad Worlds Gate, believing that he could find a way to become the strongest without relying on that piece of the corporeal body.
But the others didn't have that ability.
Even the offspring of the strongest would feel compelled to seize such an opportunity.
"No wonder the rules set by the strongest beings are to send batches of Evolvers in to gain insight, instead of letting everyone comprehend it at the same time," Lin Yuan thought.
If everyone comprehended it simultaneously, what if they all encountered problems at once? Wouldn't that affect the entire human civilization?
Even if those comprehending the corporeal body were mostly seventh-stage Evolvers, the sudden disappearance of too many Evolvers of that caliber could still cause turmoil.
However, sending them in batches avoided this problem.
If one batch encountered issues, they could simply stop allowing access to the corporeal body until those affected had mostly recovered, and then resume access gradually.
"The evolution path contained within that piece of the corporeal body exerts a greater influence on one's self the further one cultivates, especially if one fails in their cultivation," Lin Yuan glanced at the corporeal body beneath the vast sky.
If one failed at the very beginning of their cultivation, there probably wouldn't be much impact, and at most, they would just need some time to recuperate.
But if one failed after achieving a certain level of success, like Gao Wufeng, then it wouldn't be a matter of simply resting for a while.
Therefore, Zuo Qiuguang's decision to give up was made with this consideration in mind. At least by giving up now, the price she would pay would be much lighter than if she continued cultivating and was forced to give up later due to failure.
Gao Wufeng was a prime example of this.
"If I were to cultivate and gain insight into one of the evolution paths, with my heaven-defying comprehension talent, I might be able to go very far, much farther than Gao Wufeng. But if I fail, the consequences would be catastrophic," Lin Yuan shuddered at the thought.
"I must not cultivate."
"I must even be extremely cautious when it comes to gaining insight."
Lin Yuan furrowed his brows slightly as these thoughts crossed his mind.
* * *
Red Kun Main Planet.
Lin Yuan disconnected his consciousness from the virtual world and planned to take a break.
"Boundary Source Power," Lin Yuan focused his mind within the depths of his consciousness, gazing at the majestic Myriad Worlds Gate.
At the same time, he felt the myriad of information being transmitted to him from the gate.
"Five strands of Boundary Source Power," a smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face.
In these past few years, he had not traveled through the gate, choosing instead to gain insight from the corporeal body and temper his mental willpower. Unknowingly, he had accumulated five strands of Boundary Source Power.
"If it weren't for my Yin God constantly battling in the alien realm, I would only have three or four strands of Boundary Source Power by now," Lin Yuan raised his head and looked toward a certain direction. That was the alien battlefield he had chosen, where his Taiyin Yuan God remained, waiting beneath the permanent spatial rift, accelerating the accumulation of Boundary Source Power.
"With five strands of Boundary Source Power, I can perform five space traversals. However, these five traversals will be random, and I won't be able to choose the world or its level," Lin Yuan thought to himself.
The 'random traversal' made Lin Yuan feel uncertain. What if he ended up traversing to a low-level world like the first time? Not only would he be unable to become stronger, but he also wouldn't be able to restore his peak strength, thus wasting a traversal opportunity.
"If I don't perform a random traversal, I currently have two choices," Lin Yuan stroked his chin.
One option was to go to the Spirit World. This was the coordinate that Lin Yuan had captured during his fifth traversal when he was in the Zhongtu Shenzhou world.
With this coordinate, Lin Yuan could spend ten strands of Boundary Source Power to silently arrive at the Spirit World.
Given the level of the Spirit World, it would be sufficient for Lin Yuan to cultivate for a long time, at least until the eighth or even ninth stage without any concerns.
The second option was to deeply explore the Tianqing World, or more accurately, the extradimensional void of the Tianqing World. That place was filled with evil gods, and there were even rumors of legendary evil gods that had grown to the ninth stage, establishing their gathering places.
A 'customized' traversal to a world of his choice.
'Customization' meant that the world would be tailored entirely according to Lin Yuan's requirements.
For example, if Lin Yuan wanted to traverse to a primordial universe, he could do so by customizing the traversal.
Similarly, if Lin Yuan wanted to specify the 'scope' or 'level' of the world he would traverse to, he could also customize those aspects.
Naturally, the cost of a 'customized' traversal started at a hundred strands of Boundary Source Power, and the consumption would be even greater if the desired world was particularly unique.
However, as long as he had enough Boundary Source Power, Lin Yuan could go to any world, unhindered by dimensions or planes.
"The Tianqing World."
Thinking of the Tianqing World, Lin Yuan decided to receive the information transmitted from that world.
Among his six traversals, the Tianqing World was undoubtedly the one he understood the most, having even replaced its world consciousness.
With the Primordial Demon Tree in control of the world's laws, Lin Yuan could barely receive information from the Tianqing World through the world coordinate imprint in the Myriad Worlds Gate.
"Hmm?"
"So much has happened in these years?"
Lin Yuan focused his consciousness on the world coordinate imprint of the Tianqing World.
Instantly, a large amount of information from the Primordial Demon Tree flowed into his mind.
In the time since his sixth traversal, only a few years had passed in the main world.
However, due to the difference in the flow of time, thousands of years had elapsed in the Tianqing World.
During these millennia, the beings of the Tianqing World had lived peacefully. But those few outsider evil gods had made multiple attempts to reach out and establish contact with Lin Yuan.
Each time, they were turned away by the Primordial Demon Tree, following Lin Yuan's instructions.
"Those outsider evil gods..."
Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes. He had sensed something amiss about those evil gods back then. How could they have wanted to invite him to explore some sort of void secret realm?
"As long as the Primordial Demon Tree presides over the world, there is nothing to fear."
Lin Yuan was unconcerned.
The Primordial World Tree had become the 'heavenly dao' of the Tianqing World, and it was far beyond the capabilities of the original world consciousness. By wielding the vast power of the world, even if ten outsider evil gods arrived, the Primordial Demon Tree could still hold its ground.
Time passed.
Another year went by.
Lin Yuan sat cross-legged on a mountaintop, observing the corporeal body beneath the vast sky.
[*You have heaven-defying comprehension, having observed the mysterious corporeal body and comprehended the three-thousand, three-hundred, and thirty-first evolution path.*]
"The three-thousand, three-hundred, and thirty-first evolution path."
Lin Yuan's eyes gleamed as he immediately began to analyze this evolution path.
"This evolution path is related to time? A combination of time and space? The essence of spacetime?"
Lin Yuan was astonished.
The time law, along with the space law and the life law, was one of the fundamental laws of the main world.
However, compared to the space law and the life law, the time law was much more challenging to comprehend. To fully understand the time law was something only the most powerful beings could achieve.
The 'resurrection' ability of the most powerful beings relied on reversing spacetime. This required a complete mastery of the time law, freeing oneself from the constraints of the river of time and moving against its flow to resurrect a person from the past.
Naturally, the person being resurrected must possess a certain level of life essence. Otherwise, if their life essence was too weak, even the most powerful beings would be unable to 'pull them up' and place them in the current timeline.
"The time law..."
Lin Yuan carefully contemplated. Time was formless and intangible, yet it permeated everything. To comprehend time was incredibly difficult, especially since Lin Yuan was only at the seventh stage.
His level was too low, and even with his heaven-defying comprehension talent, the gains would be minimal.
"Forget it."
"I'll wait until I reach the eighth stage before trying to comprehend it further."
"For now, I'll focus all my efforts on comprehending the space law."
"Only by deeply understanding the space law can I better comprehend the time law."
Lin Yuan decided to give up on comprehending the time law for now, as it wasn't worth the effort.
Time passed slowly.
More and more human evolution geniuses entered the virtual world to observe the corporeal body.
These evolution geniuses, as latercomers, were aware of the fate of the first group of evolvers who had attempted to comprehend the corporeal body.
Yet, not a single one of them gave up. If they were considered evolution geniuses, it was because they possessed extreme confidence, believing that they could achieve what others could not.
"I possess the Ethereal Body, and I am favored by the Goddess of Wisdom, who has hidden my information and kept it confidential. I will definitely be able to comprehend the most powerful evolution path."
In a certain virtual world, a young man sat atop a mountain, gazing up at the corporeal body beneath the sky.
Several months later.
"Who am I?"
"Where am I?"
"What should I do now?"
This young man was confused, and his body exploded with a bang.
"This is the most powerful evolution path. I've reached the pinnacle of the eighth stage, and there's basically no hope of entering the ninth stage, let alone achieving invincibility at the eighth stage."
"Rather than this, it's better to take a gamble, give up everything, and try to comprehend that corporeal body. If I succeed, I will receive the support of all of human civilization."
A year later.
The elderly man with the weathered face sat atop a mountain peak, his gaze fixed on the corporeal body beneath the vast sky. His expression was one of deep concern.
"Something's not right."
"There's something off about this corporeal body."
"The evolutionary path I've been cultivating is not right."
The elderly man with the weathered face racked his brains, feeling as though a portion of his memory was slowly slipping away.
This phenomenon even seemed to be spreading.
"This body is too enchanting. Why would the strongest beings release something so uncontrollable?"
The elderly man with the weathered face took a moment to gather himself, and ultimately decided to give up on his pursuit.
If he continued to gain insight and cultivate, he felt that all of his memories would be wiped away.
By then, he might become a puppet devoid of any memories.
"The body I currently possess is that of a special life form that I seized not long ago. With its extraordinary innate talent and strength far surpassing that of humans, using it to gain insight into the corporeal body should yield twice the result with half the effort."
A man with a dragon horn on his forehead and green skin wore a smile on his face.
When it came to innate talent, humans could never compare to the special life forms lurking in the depths of the starry sky.
Of course, this comparison was made between entire races. If individuals were considered, with the vast population of human civilization, there would be exceptional monsters born from time to time, rivaling even those special life forms.
However.
There were also geniuses born among the special life form clans.
And the green-skinned man with a dragon horn had seized the body of one such genius from a special life form clan.
This genius had an incredible understanding of various rules, along with formidable blood essence, an unmatched physical body, and exceptional talent.
In his pursuit of comprehending the strongest evolutionary path, the green-skinned man with a dragon horn had paid a tremendous price. Capturing such a talented individual from the special life forms was no easy feat.
A year and a half later.
The green-skinned man with a dragon horn wore a grim expression, his mental consciousness shrouded by layer upon layer of vague shadows.
"Is this a heart demon?"
"Damn, isn't it said that only a very small number of evolutionary paths will attract heart demons?"
The green-skinned man with a dragon horn breathed a sigh of relief. As an eighth-stage Evolver with a mental willpower index of over ten thousand points, overcoming the heart demon tribulation once more would not be difficult.
"No, this is the ninefold heart demon tribulation."
Moments later, the green-skinned man with a dragon horn let out a mournful cry.
"There are just too many geniuses in human civilization."
Lin Yuan sat atop a mountain, watching batch after batch of human genius Evolvers enter the virtual world.
While these Evolvers may not have the same level of insight as Lin Yuan, they excelled in other aspects, such as physique, bloodline, and soul.
And this was just one of the many virtual worlds.
There were countless other virtual worlds where talented Evolvers could gain insight into the corporeal body.
"What a pity, they have all failed."
"So far, not a single Evolver who has participated in gaining insight into the corporeal body has discovered the ultimate evolutionary path?"
Lin Yuan's thoughts turned inward as he mused to himself.
"Perhaps, the strongest beings were mistaken? Maybe this corporeal body doesn't contain the so-called ultimate evolutionary path at all?"
"Or perhaps, the corporeal body that contains the ultimate evolutionary path isn't this one, but rather the one in the hands of the peak clans?"
Lin Yuan speculated.
"But what does that have to do with me?"
"I never expected to gain insight into that ultimate evolutionary path anyway."
"Just gaining insight and analyzing the ordinary evolutionary paths contained within this body is already very satisfying for me."
Lin Yuan's thoughts settled, and he continued to observe the corporeal body beneath the vast sky.
[*You have heaven-defying comprehension, having observed the mysterious corporeal body and comprehended the three-thousand, three-hundred, and thirty-third evolution path.*]
An unknown amount of time passed.
Lin Yuan once again comprehended an evolutionary path.
Including the first evolutionary path he had comprehended, Lin Yuan had now understood three thousand, three hundred, and thirty-three evolutionary paths.
"Analyze."
A smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face.
However.
Before Lin Yuan could analyze this evolutionary path.
Boom!
Within Lin Yuan's memory, the first three thousand, three hundred, and thirty-two evolutionary paths he had comprehended underwent a strange transformation along with the three thousand, three hundred, and thirty-third path.
Vaguely, these three thousand, three hundred, and thirty-three paths formed a 'Nine-Layer Black Tower' imprint, which imprinted itself onto his soul.
"Hmm?"
Lin Yuan was startled.
The next moment.
The murmurs of the mental willpower emanating from the corporeal body, which had previously been vague and indistinct, suddenly became clear and intelligible.
"Comprehend three thousand, three hundred, and thirty-three evolutionary paths, form the Demon Jade Imprint, and automatically become an ordinary member of the Demon Jade Tower."
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But the content is fine, I'll ask the editor tomorrow if it can be changed.
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