bookbashuk Chapter 82 Fusion Mysteries
Chapter 82 Fusion Mysteries
Chapter 82 Fusion Mysteries
Since Karl sold the Soul Gold Bead in the market, several lower gods have inquired about it, but Karl has refused them all. After all, he only needs to refine the remaining Soul Gold Bead to complete his soul.
Over the years, Karl has gained some experience in cultivating the Law of Wind, and has also developed a certain understanding of the difficulties in cultivation.
Although lower-level gods undergo a soul transformation after becoming gods on their own, making their comprehension tens of millions of times stronger than during their time in the Holy Realm, profound comprehension does not mean that one can easily comprehend a second simply by comprehending one.
After years of exploration, Karl has finally come to a conclusion.
The profound cumulative theory.
Although it seems somewhat strange, Carl still thinks there's some truth to it.
While talent is important in determining whether someone can become a god, it is not the top priority.
The true top priority is still one's own soul strength.
Before becoming a god, talent is very important, because talent is the key to determining whether a person can enter the realm of sainthood.
However, once you reach the Holy Land, mental strength becomes the most important factor.
The stronger the mental power of two people, the greater their chance of comprehending profound mysteries. If their soul strength is sufficient, they may even be able to observe the power of the laws of heaven and earth before reaching the Holy Realm.
As for not being able to comprehend profound mysteries due to insufficient spiritual power after achieving the Saintly Realm, it doesn't matter, because a person's spiritual power will grow over time, and eventually there will be a day when it reaches the level of being able to observe the laws.
This is why people in the early and middle stages of the Saint Realm often need hundreds of years to comprehend its profound mysteries.
However, this does not apply at the god level.
Because the spiritual power of a god-level expert has already transformed into soul power, it will no longer grow on its own at this stage.
This is a conclusion Karl has drawn since becoming a god, based on his experience that his soul power only increases when refining the Soul Gold Bead and the Amethyst.
After all, the soul essence of a god-level expert is already extremely powerful, and even the slightest progress can be easily sensed.
While becoming a god outside the body grants an extra life, the soul is also divided into two or more parts. The essence of the soul remains at the level of a lower god, but its quantity is insufficient.
Karl arrived at this conclusion of the theory of the accumulation of mysteries because he understood that his own soul would not grow on its own and that it was becoming increasingly difficult to comprehend the profound.
Because every profound and masterful level of understanding will be engraved deep within the soul.
The soul is like a bucket, and the mystery is the water.
If the soul of a god-level powerhouse can hold two parts of profound water, then he has the ability to become a mid-level god, and such a god-level powerhouse will not take too long to become a mid-level god.
If a god-level expert's soul can only hold one and a half portions of profound water, then after achieving mastery of a profound technique, his soul will already hold more than half of the profound water.
However, no matter how much one comprehends or understands the second kind of profound mystery, once the limits of the soul are reached, there is no way to progress further in its profundity.
And these god-level powerhouses are the core reason why there are so many lower-level gods in Hell.
A single amethyst can cost as much as 10,000 inkstones, a single soul gold bead can cost as much as 100,000 inkstones, while a lower-level artifact costs only a few thousand inkstones, and can often be bought at a low price. A lower-level divine essence costs only 10,000 inkstones.
Even the price of a mid-level godhood and a mid-level artifact is only around ten thousand, while only the better mid-level godhood will be more expensive.
However, the price of a single amethyst crystal can be comparable to that of a mid-level godhood, because amethyst crystals and soul beads are of great help to cultivation.
Something that can make lower-level gods and mid-level gods feel the pinch is itself a very scarce and useful resource.
"If I'm not mistaken, the reason Lin Lei was able to quickly become a mid-level god, a high-level god, and even comprehend profound mysteries is largely due to that damaged soul defense artifact."
After realizing this, Karl wanted to slap himself, but he was already in hell. Fortunately, there was still the shop to make up for it, otherwise Karl's heart would have been bleeding.
However, there was no other way. Karl disliked variables. Although the Yulan Continent was safe, he had to go to the Tomb of the Gods every thousand years. The starting level for a god-level expert was the eleventh level. The eleventh level not only contained a large number of holy races, but also many god-level experts. Every time he went in, it was a life-or-death test.
In contrast, Hell, though seemingly dangerous, requires a large-scale interdimensional teleportation magic array to travel from the material plane to a higher plane, and this has long been controlled by the main god.
Each teleportation array is guarded by a large number of main god legions, and these newly arrived saint-level and god-level powerhouses will be assigned to various tribes or families.
As long as you're not the kind of person who's arrogant and causes trouble everywhere, you won't be killed by the God Legion. As long as you get through the night peacefully, even a god-level expert can get a Mo Stone. After getting a Mo Stone, you can use it as proof to successfully join the tribe.
In Hell, tribes and clans that can establish power must at least have a high-ranking god overseeing them, just like the Blood Tiger tribe to which Karl belongs.
As for joining a tribe, you can raise some rare and exotic animals with the tribe, such as the red tiger in the Blood Tiger tribe and the black dragon in the Black Dragon tribe.
Alternatively, one could do what Karl did: not participate in the tribe's operations. Although there would be no benefits from Inkstone, one's life would be somewhat protected unless attacked by other tribes or bandits.
This is why Karl left the material plane so soon after becoming a god.
After all, Beirut, the main god, exists on the Yulan Continent. After becoming a god, every move he makes may be under his observation. Even though Karl had thought about finding that broken soul defense artifact, he was worried that Beirut might choose to interfere.
After all, even if the main artifact is damaged, Beirut couldn't possibly be unaware of its existence.
Perhaps one could learn from Delinkovt and obtain it through a chance encounter, but that would obviously take a very long time. Karl, on the other hand, has a system that allows him to purchase lower-level artifacts after becoming a god. Therefore, if he becomes a mid-level god or a high-level god, he might have a chance to obtain a main artifact.
Naturally, the importance of that damaged soul defense artifact was less than that of one's own safety.
"At most three years, judging from my current speed of refining the Soul Golden Pearl, I should be able to fully comprehend the third profound mystery. When I successfully become a mid-level god, my soul power will increase several times over. In this way, it will be possible for me to become an upper-level god in the future."
With this in mind, Karl closed his eyes again, focusing intently on comprehending the rich laws governing the universe.
"Bang bang bang!"
Just then, there was a knock on the door. Carl, whose cultivation had been interrupted, opened his eyes, sensed the presence outside, and found that it was Newt.
"What is he doing here?"
Although somewhat puzzled, Carl still got up and opened the door. Newt, standing outside, was not as shy as usual.
"Come in."
Upon hearing this, Newt composed himself, went into the stone house, sat on the stone bench, and remained silent.
"This isn't like you. So, what brings you here?" Usually, when Newt comes over, it's either to have a drink or to sample some good stuff.
For example, the meat of a red tiger.
The Red Tiger is a race; those who are born will naturally die.
Even within the Crimson Tiger Clan, some powerful Crimson Tigers who have not yet reached the Saint Realm will hunt down the cubs of their own clan.
At first, Karl didn't quite understand, but after learning more about it, he finally grasped the point.
For the monster race, the highest bloodline is only at the Saint level, and whether they can become gods depends on their own talent.
The Crimson Tiger is a typical holy-level magical beast in hell, reaching the holy level upon adulthood.
Not all Crimson Tigers possess the talent to reach the Holy Realm.
Just like humans, some people have the talent to become gods, while many others can't even reach level six.
Although the cultivation environment in Hell is excellent, and even better for those below the God level, many Crimson Tigers still fail to reach the Saint level even after reaching adulthood.
However, such red tigers are often worthless.
In the eyes of god-level powerhouses, the Crimson Tiger of the Saint Realm level has the ability to refine essence blood and make Blood Tiger Wine, which is very popular among god-level powerhouses. As for the Crimson Tiger of the Saint Realm, those of its kind without talent are often just a high-quality blood food.
The red tigers raised by god-level powerhouses are carefully selected. From the perspective of god-level powerhouses, the red tigers that can be raised are often those that have the ability to reach the Saint Realm.
If all members of the Crimson Tiger Clan could reach the Saint Realm upon reaching adulthood, there wouldn't be a situation in the Blood Tiger Tribe where many lower-level gods lack the opportunity to raise Crimson Tigers.
"Brother Carl," Newt said hesitantly.
Upon hearing this, Carlton's heart sank. He knew Newt's age; he had lived for nearly five thousand years and usually called him Brother Carl.
Although she knew in her heart that Newt probably wanted something from her, she had known him for over ten years, so she couldn't just refuse him immediately.
"Just say it directly, this hesitant manner is unlike your usual self," Karl said with a faint smile.
"Actually, I came here this time to ask if you still sell your amethyst. However, my current net worth is less than 10,000 inkstones. But I can refine it in installments. I'll refine as much as you give me in inkstones," Newt said.
"You want to become a mid-level god yourself?"
"That's right. Actually, as you know, my older brother's talent is not as good as mine. I'm almost at the end of my second profound mystery, while my older brother has only comprehended a part of his second profound mystery. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to North Sea City so early." Newt said, his tone somewhat helpless.
Newt knew his older brother was obviously ambitious, and as the brother, he had relied on his older brother to become a god since childhood. So when White took tens of thousands of inkstones to Northsea City, Newt did not refuse.
Besides this reason, there is another very important factor: amethyst is very hard to buy.
The Purple Thorn Continent is indeed the origin of amethyst, but Fengyan Prefecture is very, very far away from the Purple Thorn Mountains. One is in the western part of the Purple Thorn Continent, and the other is in the southeast. The two are separated by hundreds of millions of miles.
They are naturally sold in the Bauhinia Castle in Beihai City, but very few end up in the Blood Tiger Tribe.
Most of the amethyst in the Blood Tiger tribe is in the hands of the mid-level gods, and only a few can fall into the hands of the lower-level gods.
Just like the amethyst that was being sold in the market before, but it was all incomplete and damaged.
A single incomplete amethyst is simply insufficient to support the consumption of a lower-level god. Only a complete amethyst, refined slowly over time, requiring approximately two crystals, can qualify one to become a mid-level god.
In the Blood Tiger tribe, two of the mid-level gods who were captains did just that.
"Even if I give you the amethyst, how long will it take you to refine it? Three thousand years? Five thousand years?" Karl countered.
Refining amethyst doesn't take that long, but once amethyst is refined, the energy inside will be consumed uncontrollably. Even if only a little bit is refined, the remaining part will evaporate completely within a few hundred years.
Karl only learned this after cramming on knowledge about amethyst. The reason why those mid-level gods could only obtain about one or two layers of amethyst when refining it was actually because of this.
Once the Bauhinia begins to be refined, it will continuously evaporate. Amethyst itself is very difficult to refine, and it is already quite good if one can gain one or two layers of effect from it over several hundred years.
The reason Lin Lei didn't encounter this problem was because he had a soul defense artifact that instantly refined the energy of the amethyst. And the refined energy would not dissipate even after thousands or tens of thousands of years.
"This!" Newt was stunned. He had thought he could buy it because he saw that Carl was able to sell amethyst.
But when he thought about how he had given all his inkstones to his elder brother, and how, given his brother White's personality, he would probably buy a mid-level godhood that would bring him to the pinnacle of his wealth, he realized that he was in trouble.
"Sigh." Newt sighed, said nothing more, and chose to leave.
Seeing Newt leave, Carl didn't say anything more.
She wouldn't pretend to be generous and sell at a low price just because she could buy amethyst from the system store, even if Newt was her friend.
After all, even if Karl sells it at a low price, how long would it take Newt to refine a single amethyst crystal? Even if Karl allows him to buy on credit, it would still take more than 1,500 years.
Karl knew that he would only have a few years to become a mid-level god, and that in 1,500 years, he would at least be a strong mid-level god, if not a high-level god.
At that time, Newt was still a lower-level god, and he needed to refine amethyst to have a chance to break through to the next level. The relationship between the two was not equal.
Newt was very hesitant when he came over, clearly knowing that his request was unreasonable.
After Carl refused, Newt realized that they could still be friends.
Ultimately, Cal and Newt's relationship was merely that of friends who could talk to each other, not a life-or-death bond.
Shaking his head, Karl closed the door and once again closed his eyes to contemplate the mysteries of the universe.
Time flies.
A year has passed in the blink of an eye.
"The profound mystery is nearing completion."
The Soul Gold Bead has been mostly refined, and Karl's soul power feels fuller now.
"As expected, it's still a bit difficult for me to comprehend the profound mysteries while refining the Soul Golden Pearl."
Karl currently possesses a Saintly Realm main body, a Wind-type Lower God avatar, and a Water-type Lower God avatar, but only the Wind-type Lower God avatar can refine the Soul Golden Bead.
As for the lower-level water god avatar and Karl's main body in the Holy Domain, they were focused on comprehending the laws.
The lower-level water elemental deity avatar was naturally comprehending the profound mysteries of the water element, while the main body of the Holy Domain was comprehending the profound mysteries of dimensions.
Only the wind-elemental divine avatar can take the time to refine the soul golden bead while comprehending the profound mysteries. If Karl chooses to refine the soul golden bead simultaneously with his two divine avatars and the Holy Domain main body, then the sensations brought about by the growth of his soul will make it impossible for him to concentrate on comprehending the laws.
That is why Karl would sell the second Soul Orb.
"To increase my soul power simultaneously, I'm afraid I'd need to reach the level of a mid-level god."
The one who can become a mid-level god the fastest is naturally the wind god's avatar.
Once Karl breaks through to the intermediate god level, his wind-elemental god avatar will reach the intermediate god level, and Karl's main body in the Holy Domain will also possess the soul of an intermediate god.
In this way, the true form of the Holy Realm can use the intermediate god realm to replenish the water god's avatar.
After a sigh, Karl continued his secluded cultivation.
However, this time Karl's true form in the Sanctuary did not choose to comprehend the mysteries of dimensions together, but instead studied the fusion of these mysteries.
Back in the Yulan Continent, Karl had studied the fusion of the elements of wind and speed. However, at that time, he understood that the fusion of the two profound mysteries had to reach at least half of its potential in order to avoid the bottleneck of achieving mastery and thus become a god.
Therefore, Karl had to abandon the mysterious path of fusion to become a god on the Yulan Continent. Karl's ascension to godhood through the wind element was more of a fluke.
By reviewing the old to learn the new, and discovering the profound shortcomings, one can be lucky enough to become a god. Otherwise, given Karl's level at the time, it would have taken him decades to achieve the same level.
"The fusion of profound mysteries, the fusion of two low-level profound mysteries, its power is comparable to that of a high-level profound mystery. Achieving a mid-level god with a high-level profound mystery is much stronger than a mid-level god with two low-level profound mysteries."
This is not something Karl made up randomly. In fact, the power of the fusion of two lower-level profound mysteries is comparable to that of higher-level profound mysteries. The fusion of profound mysteries is the ability to deeply explore the mysteries themselves.
Just like the mystery of speed, the highest level can only achieve a similar effect to spatial superimposition. It is a visual effect formed by speed to the extreme. Among the lower gods, the mastery of the mystery of elements is the weakest.
However, if one chooses to delve deeper, even if they are also lower-level gods, their strength may not be comparable to those pitifully few high-level profound lower-level gods, but it is at least much stronger than a lower-level god who has achieved intermediate profound attainment.
Just like the profound mystery of speed, if one truly comprehends it to its fullest extent, one can even distort space itself.
From the illusion of speed affecting vision to its ability to influence space and create spatial distortion, speed is not only about physical velocity, but also about the distinction between the real and the virtual.
Both are lower-level gods, and both achieved godhood through the profound mystery of speed, but one is spatial superimposition and the other is spatial distortion. How can the two be compared?
Spatial superposition is merely the threshold to mastering the profound mysteries of speed, while spatial distortion is the ultimate expression of those mysteries.
What Karl is doing now is to extract the potential of laws from the profound mysteries of the universe.
This is similar to how comprehending all the mysteries of a system can lead to becoming a high-ranking god. However, such a high-ranking god is merely a gift from heaven and earth, an improvement brought about by comprehending a system of laws. Only the Great Perfection is the true ultimate comprehension of the laws.
When the element of wind merged with the mystery of speed, Karl discovered that these two mysteries were like different kinds of water, a feeling that reminded Karl of the confluence of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans in his previous life.
The seawater there is clearly joined together, yet it appears completely separated, and the seawater has never truly merged.
The fusion of profound mysteries—that's exactly how Karl felt.
The difference is clear.
"It seems that only by finding common ground between the two can we integrate these two profound mysteries from the very beginning."
Karl is not an exception in the fusion of profound mysteries; in fact, many powerful beings in countless planes have also fused profound mysteries.
However, Karl also knew that fusing profound mysteries was much, much more difficult than comprehending a single profound mystery.
But this is the path to true strength, and no matter how difficult it is, Karl will choose to walk it.
After Karl went into seclusion.
Newt's office.
"You're not in seclusion cultivating anymore, just wandering around aimlessly all day. Instead of pursuing that unrealized idea of refining amethyst, you should focus on raising red tigers. With your current abilities, the tribe will fully support you in raising three to five red tigers," Clay Lars said to Newt with a smile.
"Sigh, Mr. Clay, it's easy for you to say, but there are many lower-level gods in the tribe who can't even keep a single red tiger. If you want to keep three or even five, you need to have the opportunity."
At this moment, Newt seems to have lost his vitality compared to before.
Newt's older brother White has not returned yet, and he has no idea what troubles he has encountered. Newt himself clearly has the talent to become a mid-level god, but he is struggling to make any progress due to the profound mysteries.
"It's been over eight hundred years. My strength steadily increased after I became a god, until eight hundred years ago, when it stopped improving by the slightest bit. Mr. Clay, can you feel this feeling of being able to turn the tables just one step further, but instead you can only watch yourself being knocked down into the dust?" Newt shouted with a look of resentment.
"Hey, you've only been around for eight hundred years. How long do you think I've been a god? Why am I still a lower-level god?" A hint of resentment flashed in Clay's eyes as well.
Over the long years, Clay had come to understand himself and settled down to raise the Crimson Tiger, while also keeping an eye out for any new god-level powerhouses arriving in Hell.
As for being envious of Carl's income, Clay was naturally envious, but what good was envy?
Murder and robbery?
Please, we're already in hell. Everyone keeps their treasures in their spatial rings. Even if we kill them, does that mean we can actually get something from their spatial rings?
Unless it can be confirmed that the person who possessed the spatial ring was completely killed.
Karl had previously revealed that he had a divine avatar in the material plane, and even if Karl were killed, the contents of that avatar would not be obtained.
As for whether Karl is lying, it makes no sense that someone who can follow an invincible high god to Hell would bring all his clones with him.
In particular, Clay and others knew that not long after Karl joined the tribe, the laws of heaven and earth appeared in the world, which clearly showed that Karl had a high talent.
A person who can become a god in a short time under another law in hell, and you're saying that such a person only has two god avatars?