bookbashuk Chapter 183 The Tree of the Great Dao, 28 Years
Chapter 183 The Tree of the Great Dao, 28 Years
Chapter 183 The Tree of the Great Dao, Twenty-Eight Years
After Ye Yang and the other candidates were sent to the Human Spirit Realm, they each had a two-story house to live in.
More than three million identical small buildings stand side by side, occupying 30,000 square kilometers of land.
"This is a small town in the human and spirit realm specifically designed for temporary residence of outsiders. It is generally used to house the first round of candidates for the Enlightenment Project."
After True Immortal Zhushan led Ye Yang to the small building assigned to them, he said:
"If nothing unexpected happens, I will stay here with you for about 10 years. The entire selection process will last for a hundred years, and in the first ten years, 10,000 people will be selected from a million applicants."
"After these 10,000 people are selected, they will enter an initial 90-year training period. During this period, you will receive a small amount of resources and be trained. Based on your progress over these 90 years, you will be scored according to different standards."
"We adopt a bottom-ranking elimination system, eliminating 5% of people every year. After 90 years, only 100 people will remain, and the final number will be determined."
Upon hearing this, Ye Yang said with some surprise, "So this is the selection method? I thought the competitions would be based on different categories."
"Ordinary cultivators and raiders just fight it out, dungeon masters compete in developing dungeons, and alchemy and weapon crafting are contested based on their professional skills."
"Hahahaha," Zhushan Zhenjun laughed, "In competitions, some talented people are just not good at competitions."
"Some people aren't very strong in arena battles, but when things get complicated in real open combat, they always manage to survive and emerge unscathed, reaping the benefits. How do you arrange duels to select such geniuses?"
"Some geniuses excel at one-on-one combat, while others excel at large-scale or small-team operations—in other words, systematic warfare. How do you distinguish between them?"
"Professions like alchemy and weapon crafting require meticulous work and have a failure rate; one or two failures do not represent one's overall skill level."
"Some people have a high failure rate when it comes to forging artifacts, but when they succeed, they always create masterpieces. They are also prone to exceeding their usual level and can forge magical treasures that surpass their own cultivation level. Others almost never fail, but their skill level is very stable, making it difficult for them to perform exceptionally well."
"Simple matches don't represent everything."
"Moreover, among the prodigies participating in the selection, some, like you, have just advanced to the fourth rank, while others have been at the fourth rank for hundreds of years."
They've even participated in several selections; can their accumulated experience be the same?
The True Immortal of Zhushan advised, "The first round of selection will mainly focus on potential and talent."
"In the second round, we will try to cultivate 90 years of talent, and then eliminate them year by year. The main factor will be the speed of progress."
"Different standards will be applied to students at different cultivation levels. A weighted average score will be used to calculate the total score, and the bottom 5% will be eliminated each year!"
"Therefore, those who have a lot of accumulated knowledge but low potential, and whose improvement is slow even with more training, will be eliminated in this process."
Ye Yang's eyes lit up: "A competition of potential and speed of progress?"
His accumulated knowledge and experience are considerable, but certainly not comparable to those old guys who have remained at the fourth level for hundreds or thousands of years.
However, he is very confident in his potential and speed of progress.
"Yes, and we need to steadily realize our potential and not stagnate over these 90 years. After all, even if it's just experimental training, the educational resources provided by the Immortal Alliance are incredibly generous and tempting."
"For example, you must have used the 'Enlightenment Opportunity' during your university years and comprehended many of the seeds of the Great Dao left by your predecessors, right?"
Ye Yang nodded.
Zhushan Zhenxian laughed and said, "Although there are many opportunities to comprehend the Dao in universities, those are the lowest level."
"The vast majority were left behind by seventh-tier cultivators who had not yet become true immortals. The few Dao seeds condensed by true immortals were also left behind by them before they became immortals."
Or perhaps the path itself is inherently mediocre.
"Of course, these 'relatively mediocre' seeds of the Great Dao are sufficient and of great help to cultivators below the fourth realm of the Great Dao, the 'Dao Domain'."
"But for cultivators at the fourth realm and above, the help is minimal."
"In the Enlightenment Project, the opportunity for enlightenment you will receive is to comprehend the most advanced Dao Record in the entire Immortal Alliance—the Dao Tree 1."
"The 'Great Dao Tree' contains the Great Dao Seeds of most Celestial Venerables, True Lords, and Star Lords at their peak, governing countless True Immortal Paths, transforming into a towering tree with lush branches and leaves."
The True Immortal of Pillar Mountain showed a look of emotion: "I contributed to it, and because of this, I was fortunate enough to have the only opportunity in my life to comprehend the 'Great Dao Tree'."
"A single opportunity is comparable to my nearly ten thousand years of progress in the Great Dao. Comprehending the Great Dao Tree is like exchanging ideas, discussing the Dao, and seeking truth with hundreds of billions of True Immortals in the entire Immortal Alliance at the same time."
He looked at Ye Yang: "And you, once you enter the Enlightenment Project, you will definitely have more than one such opportunity."
Ye Yang nodded.
The Great Dao of the Celestial Venerables and Star Lords is also recorded here, forming a towering tree with the Great Dao Seeds of countless immortals.
Isn't this just like the immortal version of the Chaos Stele?
Just think about how many true immortals the Immortal Alliance has, and how many dungeon worlds they have opened up after entering the Era of All Heavens.
The laws in these dungeon worlds are different, and the true immortals who comprehend these different law systems will naturally leave corresponding traces in their Great Dao. This Great Dao Tree is also the Great Dao Tree of all heavens, containing the commonalities of countless law systems of all heavens, and can be called a true treasure for enlightenment!
One can only imagine how perfect a cultivator's Great Dao can become by comprehending such a supreme treasure.
"The laws of the world are merely the surface; the more profound and mysterious truth lies behind the system of laws, and is the commonality of all law systems in all the heavens and worlds. Once this commonality is mastered, one can transcend all realms and live freely—"
Ye Yang thought to himself that he also had a somewhat vague, but much grander, pursuit!
Of course, he hasn't even embarked on the true path of spacetime fusion yet; he's only scratched the surface.
This vague pursuit is nothing more than a fleeting fantasy.
Next, we still need to be down-to-earth!
Let's first thoroughly understand the 108 spatial essences that devour the world.
Time flies, and seven years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Ye Yang and True Immortal Zhushan lived in this small building in the Human Spirit Realm for seven years. These were seven years of quiet cultivation, without any additional training, extra resources, adventures, or competition, only arduous cultivation!
On the one hand, the selection process is extremely demanding due to the sheer number of millions of people involved. Even with 300 people being selected each day, it would take more than nine years to complete.
On the other hand, it is also a test and tempering of one's character.
After all, the Enlightenment Project claims that those who join it will receive the best training!
As a result, a million geniuses come here and are left out for several years without anyone paying attention. Some impatient people will definitely be dissatisfied.
Of course, if you feel this is a waste of time and want to quit, you can leave at any time, and it will even be more convenient than when you came—one-way teleportation from the inside out will not be blocked by the Hengxing Star System Array.
Ye Yang was still in a period of rapid progress in Devouring World, so he was able to remain calm and quietly manage everything he had in the dungeon world.
Twenty-eight years have passed since it began devouring the world.
During this period, Luo Feng collected more than 1 Blood Luo Crystals on the Blood Luo Continent.
Ye Yang, on the other hand, collected approximately 16,000.
The reason for the decrease in efficiency is mainly because he devoted more energy to comprehending the laws.
Sometimes, when Babata pilots the spaceship to fly over a territory, Ye Yang might be immersed in comprehending the laws and go into seclusion for several days in a row.
They will only emerge to continue hunting after their seclusion ends, which significantly reduces their efficiency.
But in total – excluding the 1026 drops exchanged with Luo Feng and the 1980 drops of Beast God blood used by the two original Golden Horned Beast clones – Ye Yang obtained a total of 2.38 drops of Beast God blood in these 28 years.
The price of "Blood of Heaven" in the Immortal Alliance World Auction of the Extreme Dao Vein has stabilized at approximately 6500 trillion Fate Points.
Therefore, these 2.38 drops of Beast God blood are worth 15493 Jing (billion) Destiny Points!
This is equivalent to 154 standard immortal positions, which is an astonishing gain.
Of course, to release these "Blood of Heaven," a time span of hundreds or even thousands of years is required, since releasing too many at once would be inappropriate.
Auction prices could not be sustained at high levels.
This is the gain in terms of wealth, but in terms of insights into the principles—
Ye Yang has been studying the 37th set of spatial sword techniques from "Crystal Star" for nearly thirty years, but he still hasn't been able to master this move.
With the enhancement of the Serpent Bead, "Cosmic Wandering," and the power of Bloodlust in improving his understanding of laws, as well as the teachings of King Baimo, King Manshan, and Marquis Li, Ye Yang still couldn't fully analyze the essence of the 37th type of space within these 30 years.
This shows just how difficult the final 72 spatial concepts are!
However, Ye Yang did not gain nothing. Firstly, in terms of the laws of time, he achieved a perfect score in comprehending the first diagram of the "Cosmic Chaos Stele".
The time portion of the second image also reached 90%.
Furthermore, after two moments of inspiration, he comprehended two more aspects of the nature of time, bringing the total to three aspects of the nature of time.
Ye Yang had considered studying the first 36 kinds of time essence, but he held back and continued to tackle the tough nut of the 37th kind of space essence.
As for secret techniques, Ye Yang finally mastered the "Illusory Soul Imprint," an incredibly complex and profound technique in "Soul Imprint," to the final level.
Although he hasn't reached the highest level, comparable to Teacher Hu Yanbo's understanding of "Soul Imprint," he has indeed almost finished studying the entire book.
Only the final move, "Undying Soul Seal," remained unlearned by Ye Yang, because he lacked the power of immortality.
"Undying Soul Seal" is a secret technique used by the Immortal Marquis to cultivate an "immortal body".
By integrating all his insights from "Soul Imprint," the Ouroboros concept, and the analysis of 36 spatial essences, and with the help of 2400 times the amplification of mental power, Ye Yang made three consecutive attempts over 10 years and finally broke through the eighth level of the Bridge to Heaven!
A newcomer who just entered the cosmic-level primordial secret realm, without even winning a single qualifying battle, has already passed through the eighth level of the Heavenly Bridge at such speed!
It completely stunned everyone.
Of the old men in the cosmic-level primordial secret realm, only 'Fito' passed through the eighth level.
Now, two people have made it through the eighth floor!
Luo Feng's progress was also astonishing; he had surpassed Bo Lan and passed the seventh level of the Heavenly Bridge. In the past 30 years, Luo Feng had also comprehended the first 36 spatial essences, closely following Ye Yang.
However... Ye Yang was confident that he would be the first to comprehend the 37th one!
Because his second golden horn clone will ascend to the realm master 81 years after devouring the world!
"Minghong, it's finally your turn."
Zhushan Zhenxian smiled and took out a token with the number '783284' written on it, which meant that Ye Yang was the 78th person in the selection queue.
"After waiting for seven years, it's finally starting," Ye Yang thought to himself, nodding as he accepted the token.
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