Chapter 327: Fruits of Cultivation
Chapter 327: Fruits of Cultivation (End of Chapter)
In the vast Martial World, ever since the first Martial God ascended a hundred years ago, what was once a quiet and desolate realm began to bustle with life.
The Martial World, created by Lin Yuan, is far more vast than the Ocean of Light and the Dark Abyss. Even Martial Gods have not been able to explore its full extent.
Over the centuries, with the ascension of more Martial Gods, three distinct regions have emerged within the Martial World.
One region is the gathering place of the Longshan family's Martial Gods, centered around Longshan City.
Another region is the gathering place for Martial Gods outside of the Longshan family, with Wanxiang City as its heart.
As for the third region, it is the cultivation ground of the great Longshan Patriarch, occupying the very center of the Martial World where the essence of the world is most concentrated.
The spread of Martial Cultivation and the opening of the Martial World are all thanks to the Longshan Patriarch. Any Martial God who has ascended from the mortal realm holds the utmost respect for him.
He is the unparalleled powerhouse who ended the Age of Gods and ushered in the Martial Epoch.
Today, while the Ocean of Light and the Dark Abyss still exist and new gods continue to be born, their influence pales in comparison to the might of the Martial World.
**Name: Longshan Yuan (Lin Yuan)
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**Identity: Overseer of the Myriad Worlds Gate**
**Bound Talent: Heaven-Defying Comprehension**
**Divine Abilities: Bleed Rebirth**
**Divine Abilities: Mountain Mover**
**Divine Abilities: Enhancement**
**Divine Abilities: Elemental Body**
**Current State: Consciousness Descended**
**Remaining Residence Time: 3 Years**
Lin Yuan slowly opened his eyes, glancing at the illusory text floating below his line of sight.
"My residence time here is almost up."
Lin Yuan looked forward, taking in the vast expanse of the Martial World and all the events transpiring within it.
As the creator of this world, nothing that happens in the Martial World escapes his notice; it is like a second inner world to him.
"When I slew the gods all those years ago, it caused an overflow of faith in the mortal realm. Coupled with the widespread dissemination of Martial Cultivation methods, it took only five hundred years for the first Martial God to emerge."
Lin Yuan mused. Martial Gods, corresponding to the eighth stage of Martial Cultivation, also had significant distinctions.
The advantage of Martial Gods lies in their ability to harness the power of their bloodlines, resulting in extremely fast cultivation speeds in the earlier stages. As long as their bloodline potential is high enough, they rarely encounter any bottlenecks or obstacles.
However, after reaching the seventh stage and igniting their divine flame, they are supposed to enter a period of prolonged seclusion, secretly amassing faith. But with the fall of the gods, there is no longer a need for such secrecy.
Moreover, with Lin Yuan's presence, Martial Cultivators are filled with confidence. After the first Martial God entered the Martial World, countless others swiftly followed.
In just a hundred years, the number of Martial Gods in the Martial World has surpassed a thousand.
"Out of a thousand Martial Gods, fewer than a hundred belong to the Longshan family?"
Lin Yuan shook his head slightly. He had a soft spot for the Longshan family, and his two primordial spirits often returned to the mortal realm to guide the 'Martial Geniuses' of the Longshan family.
However, the geniuses of the Longshan family were not living up to his expectations, falling behind the talents of other families.
This was not entirely unexpected. After all, the Longshan family, despite having Lin Yuan's support, is still just a single family with a limited number of members. Their base was naturally much smaller than that of the rest of humanity.
Nevertheless, even with just a few dozen Martial Gods, the Longshan family still held absolute dominance within the Martial World. Martial Gods from outside the family dared not offend those of the Longshan lineage.
And all of this was due to Lin Yuan, the Patriarch of the Longshan family.
"Centuries ago, a young member of the Longshan family asked me to suppress the Martial Gods outside of their family and curb the talents of other families at their source of faith."
Lin Yuan's gaze remained calm. Naturally, he had not agreed to this request.
Lin Yuan's goal had always been to spread Martial Cultivation as far and wide as possible. As for the rise and fall of the Longshan family itself? He did not concern himself with that, as long as Martial Cultivation continued to flourish in this world.
He would never consider restricting the development of Martial Cultivation for the sake of the Longshan family's dominance.
In fact, Lin Yuan had been gradually loosening his involvement with the family, not sending his primordial spirits to the Longshan Ridge in the mortal realm for several decades now.
"Their lifespan should be reaching its limit soon," Lin Yuan said as he looked down upon the mortal realm, taking in everything that was happening.
With Lin Yuan's help, Longshan Fang and his wife had achieved the most perfect physical state allowed in this world—the sixth stage of the Legendary Knight realm, granting them a lifespan of a thousand years.
However, once that thousand years passed without igniting their divine flame, they would still face the end of their lives.
Here, death did not refer to the decay of the physical body but rather the withering of the soul and the erosion of their mental will.
With Lin Yuan's power, as long as he continued to nurture them within his inner world, Longshan Fang and his wife could probably live for several thousand more years.
But this was contingent on uninterrupted nurturing, and Lin Yuan would eventually have to return to the main world. Once he left, Longshan Fang and his wife would lose this support, and their souls and mental fortitude would swiftly deteriorate.
"Ignite the divine flame."
Lin Yuan's eyes took on a profound look. In this world, igniting the divine flame was of utmost importance; it was the dividing line between mortals and demigods.
To ignite the divine flame, one must rely on their own indomitable will and mental fortitude, an aspect where external forces had no influence, similar to the 'Heart Demon Tribulation' between the seventh and eighth stages in the main world.
Although, in the past six hundred years, the number of Martial Demigods in the mortal realm has surpassed a hundred thousand, but that is relative to the massive population base.
On average, one would estimate that not even one Martial Demigod could be found among a trillion people.
Longshan Yuan's parents were ordinary people who had never faced any hardships or tribulations. Ever since Lin Yuan's rise, they had lived comfortable lives every day, making the likelihood of them igniting their divine flame almost zero.
"Unless one becomes an invincible powerhouse, they will eventually have to face the limit of their lifespan." Lin Yuan had come to a realization.
The Immortal Kings of the Spirit Realm, the gods of this world—their eternal lifespans were only in reference to their spiritual or divine bodies.
Weaker beings, when faced with eternity, would find their minds gradually twisting and rotting away. Their understanding of the world would be affected by the passage of time.
The same event could be viewed in entirely different ways by a being who had lived for a thousand years and one who had lived for a million.
The Immortal Kings and the gods were not truly eternal; they simply hadn't lived long enough. Given enough time, another billion or a hundred billion years, they might go mad or even develop suicidal thoughts.
Their mental fortitude could not withstand the test of time.
Only the invincible powerhouses, the ultimate beings at the end of an evolutionary path, the twelfth-stage lifeforms—their mental fortitude was eternal and unyielding. They were the true embodiments of eternity.
Of course, even invincible powerhouses could die, but it would never be due to the end of their lifespan.
If a million years pass in the outside world while only a day passes for them, then their spiritual will would have only experienced a day's worth of time.
"Now, with my current strength..." Lin Yuan closed his eyes, and his consciousness descended into his inner world.
Within his inner world, which spanned a staggering 1.995 billion li in size, the seven-colored liquids in the mysterious gourd could amplify his physical body and inner world by 3.33 times for each color.
By completely absorbing the first six liquids, the final amplification would reach 1.998 billion li.
And with an inner world spanning 1.995 billion li, it meant that Lin Yuan's absorption of the sixth blue liquid was almost perfect, and he was about to start touching the final purple liquid.
"To completely absorb the purple liquid, perhaps I would need to reach the Tenth Stage?" Lin Yuan speculated silently.
The amplification of the inner world takes into account the strength of one's physical body and soul, where strength refers to the foundational strength.
The reason Lin Yuan waited until he had recovered to his peak state before summoning the mysterious gourd each time he traveled was twofold. Firstly, to ensure he had sufficient power to protect himself, and secondly, because at lower power levels, even with the high-level 'Blood Rebirth' ability, his physical body and soul might not be able to withstand the immense inner world.
"Space Layer," Lin Yuan's gaze shifted, looking towards the deeper reaches of his inner world.
Lin Yuan had long anticipated the size of his inner world, knowing exactly how much each colored liquid would amplify it. Even before he began this journey, he had predicted the eventual size of his inner world upon his return.
However, the Space Layer far exceeded his expectations.
The divinity of this world had blessed him with an unexpected ability to create space layers.
In Lin Yuan's estimation, if he could create a million layers of space during this journey, reaching the Ninth Stage Millionfold Realm, he would have considered it a perfect achievement.
But a million layers? Ever since Lin Yuan comprehended the true nature of space between heaven and earth from the demi-god, Geli, six hundred years ago, the space layers in his inner world had already reached 120 million.
In the following six hundred years, as Lin Yuan further comprehended various true and dominant god-spirits with spatial attributes, his ability to create space layers had become even more profound—
"2.331 billion layers."
Lin Yuan's gaze pierced through the countless space layers, and the depth of his inner world had reached an unimaginable level.
While many Ninth Stage powerhouses in the Main World considered a million layers to be the pinnacle, Lin Yuan had already created 2.331 billion layers?
In terms of quantity, this was 233.1 times the space layers of a typical Ninth Stage powerhouse, but in terms of actual power, it was far more than just ten thousand or even a hundred thousand times stronger.
"This journey has truly been incredibly fruitful."
Lin Yuan couldn't help but marvel at the 2.331 billion space layers. This was a number that would cause despair in the hearts of all Ninth Stage beings in the Main World since its birth.
While Lin Yuan wouldn't dare claim that his number of space layers was unprecedented and would never be surpassed, he was confident that no one before him had ever achieved this feat.
Here, the term 'predecessor' refers not only to human civilization but also to the myriad races of the stars, including those peak races and unique, singular beings. None of them could have possessed this number of space layers at the Ninth Stage.
"I wonder what my inner world will be like when it eventually transforms into an inner universe?" Lin Yuan wondered with anticipation.
The transformation of an inner world into an inner universe was a process of extreme sublimation, breaking free from all shackles and restrictions.
At that time, the inner universe would no longer be limited to a size of a thousand or ten thousand li, and the space layers would continue to derive more, expanding deeper and wider.
As for the specific degree of sublimation, it would depend on the original size and depth of the inner world.
Take the strongest Ninth Stage lifeform of the Tianyu Clan, Huny, for example. He had cultivated over three thousand layers of his inner world, but was it merely for fun? With the time spent cultivating those three thousand layers, he could have likely reached the Tenth Stage already, and the enhancement to his power would definitely far surpass the growth from a million layers to three thousand layers.
There were also other Ninth Stage powerhouses from different races. As long as they had the spare capacity, they would strive to create as many space layers as possible at the Ninth Stage, with a million layers being the bare minimum.
The reason for creating so many space layers at the Ninth Stage was to break free from all restrictions when the inner world eventually transformed into an inner universe.
"Ninth Stage of the Martial Path Chapter," Lin Yuan turned his attention away from his inner world and towards the Ninth Stage of the Martial Path that he had refined.
Compared to the Seventh and Eighth Stages, the Ninth Stage focused on adjusting the structure of the inner world, making it more stable and robust.
Given the same size of inner worlds, the same number of space layers, and the same depth of cultivation, a martial artist at the Ninth Stage would undoubtedly hold the advantage.
Additionally, Lin Yuan had specifically created a bloodline purification cultivation method for the Martial Evolution System, considering the bloodline cultivation path unique to this world.
Martial Evolutionists could cultivate their bloodlines' potential while comprehending the rules of the Dao, allowing them to enhance their strength at a faster rate than solely relying on comprehending the Dao.
Of course, this cultivation method was only suitable for those with high-level bloodlines, extremely dense bloodlines, and the upper limit was set at Level 7.
Due to the emphasis on human rights in the Main World, it was challenging to gather faith, and without it, one couldn't establish a divine nation, thus preventing them from reaching Level 8.
In Lin Yuan's plan, those Martial Evolutionists with high-level bloodlines could fully tap into their bloodline's potential, swiftly reaching the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Stages of the Dao. Afterward, they could ascend to greater heights by once again comprehending the rules of the Dao.
"The path of bloodline evolution is ultimately not the path to the Dao." Lin Yuan shook his head slightly.
None of the nine strongest humans or the peak beings from other races had relied solely on their powerful bloodlines to reach the apex.
While the Starry Sky Alliance, a union composed of unique lifeforms, boasted powerful bloodlines, their strongest beings had not reached the Twelfth Stage solely through their bloodlines.
In a sense, having a powerful bloodline could even be a hindrance on the path to the peak.
"By refining the Ninth Stage of the Martial Path and adding a branch to the Martial Evolution path, I've overall enhanced the foundation and strength of Martial Evolutionists."
Lin Yuan nodded in satisfaction.
Then, he raised his right hand, and with a slight stir of his consciousness, the flow of time on the surface of his skin began to distort, slowing down or even pausing, conflicting with the main temporal flow.
"The rules of time."
Lin Yuan's eyes sparkled with excitement. Over the past six hundred years, he had dedicated a significant amount of effort to comprehending the rules of time.
(End of Chapter)
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