saint of humanity

Take Lu Ye for example; his status as a rebellious son caused him to lose a lot.

While other cultivators may not be in the same predicament as Lu Ye, once Yuan's consciousness fully awakens, its every thought and action will have a tremendous impact on the entire cultivation world. At that time, all cultivators will be at its mercy to varying degrees.

Such a cultivation method, which is easily controlled by others, is naturally unreliable. The Dragon and Phoenix Ancestors had long anticipated this, which is why they left behind the secret techniques of a small world within the restrictions of this Ancestral Abyss, waiting for the day when the successor of the Dao Tree would come here to obtain them.

Nurturing the Panshan Blade is not difficult, but the cultivation of the secret techniques of the small world is different now.

Each inscription of the Dao mark is much more difficult than before, requiring many times more time and effort. This is especially true as the technique approaches perfection.

This must be a characteristic of the secret technique, not a problem with Lu Ye's cultivation, so he didn't have a good solution.

This is why he made a special trip to this place to cultivate; only here can he improve his strength in the shortest amount of time.

Calm down and meticulously carve and polish each mark.

The Ancestral Abyss Restriction was dark and quiet, undisturbed by anything.

Each mark engraved represents an improvement in strength.

This situation continued for countless years until one day, Lu Ye slowly opened his eyes from his meditation.

The secret technique of the small world has reached its ninth level of perfection!

Within his own inner world, no more traces of the Dao could be inscribed.

He wasn't as excited as he had expected, because this was something that would naturally happen. Even without this experience, he only needed to continue his previous cultivation, and eventually he would have reached this level many years later.

After a brief examination, Lu Ye couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Previously, when the Small World Secret Technique reached its eighth level of perfection, the inner world brought him a power boost of as much as seven thousand Dao.

Given the pattern that each level of this secret technique requires a greater improvement than the previous one, Lu Ye had actually anticipated this outcome.

The current results are not much different from what was expected.

Within his inner world, there were ten thousand Dao traces, which meant that the power boost that the secret technique of the small world could bring him now was the power of ten thousand Dao!

This is an incredibly terrifying number. You must know that such power is completely pure and unaffected by any external influences. As long as Lu Ye has enough Dao power reserves, he can unleash it anytime, anywhere.

Before he could perfect the secret techniques of the small world, the nurturing of the Fang Blade had already reached its limit.

Currently, the power boost that the Fang energy brings to Lu Ye is a total of 2,048!

Under normal circumstances, the most basic supreme treasure can bring a cultivator an improvement of 512 levels. However, this is only the basic level. Supreme treasures vary in strength, and cultivators have different levels of nurturing. Therefore, how much a supreme treasure can improve the owner's strength depends entirely on the treasure's own grade and the degree of nurturing.

With the addition of these two thousand or so powers, Liao's strength is now roughly four times that of the original.

According to Ba Qiu's classification of supreme treasures, that Liao is a fourth-grade supreme treasure!

When Lu Ye advanced to the Dao Integration stage, his basic Dao power was 500, and he received a 120% boost from the Dao patterns, which meant he had 1,100 Dao power.

He later inscribed fifty Dao marks on his own Dao body.

All these factors combined have brought his strength to over 13,000 Dao!
Compared to before entering the Tower of Time, while his strength hasn't undergone a dramatic transformation, it has certainly seen a significant improvement!

If he were to encounter the Blood Abyss again with his current resources, Lu Ye was confident that he could take it down single-handedly, without the trouble it had last time.

The results of his cultivation were gratifying, but Lu Ye vaguely noticed a problem.

With his current strength, he should be able to deal with half-saints, and there is probably no one at the half-saint level who can match him. However, he may still be unable to defeat a true saint.

Ever since he obtained the secret techniques of the small world from this ancestral abyss, his strength has grown at an unimaginable speed. Every step forward in mastering the secret techniques brings a leap in his strength.

However, the secret techniques of the small world have now reached their limit.

Where should one go in this future spiritual practice?

The Dragon and Phoenix Ancestors created this small world's secret technique, but they didn't mention any subsequent tenth or eleventh levels...

But if there's no follow-up, will his strength just stagnate?
Admittedly, he could continue his cultivation like other cultivators, inscribing Dao traces within his own Dao bones. He did this in the Tower of Time last time, but such cultivation is far too inefficient, requiring years of gradual accumulation.

It's not that he's so used to delicacies that he can't stomach coarse food; different cultivation methods can all lead to an increase in strength. But right now, time is of the essence, so how can he have so much time to slowly cultivate?

If he wanted to accumulate strength through orthodox cultivation methods and grow to the point where he could contend with a True Saint, Xingyuan would probably have no place for him by then.

Once Yuan's true intentions are fully awakened, the first person he'll likely kill is Lu Ye, that rebellious son.

While pondering, a fragment of the Dao Integration Bead appeared in Lu Ye's hand.

This is not an ordinary fragment, but a core fragment.

When Ba Qiu Yi Fu Cheng's Dao-Merging Pearl shattered, it allowed him to upgrade his own Dao-Merging Pearl to the Universe level, thus giving him the ability to advance the Small World Secret Technique to the ninth level.

The Ten Steps City of Senluo was breached, and two core fragments were seized. However, both the core fragments and ordinary fragments were distributed among Xuejiu and Sisheng to condense the Dao-Merging Beads.

However, before the Dragon Lord went into seclusion, he handed over the core fragment of Blood Drinking City to him, so he still has one left.

He had a vague feeling that his own Universe-level Dao Integration Bead could fuse with this fragment, but he did not do so because the number of core fragments was limited. Once fused, they would be impossible to retrieve. If he needed them in the future, Lu Ye could not afford to break his own Dao Integration Bead, otherwise all his years of cultivation would be wasted.

But right now he wanted to give it a try. His cultivation of the secret techniques of the small world had reached its limit, and he wanted to see what changes would occur in his inner world if he fused with this core fragment, and whether it would allow the already limitless secret techniques to continue to have room for cultivation.

If it works, then he won't have to worry about the future.

Without hesitation, Lu Ye moved his hand, and the core fragment was stored in his inner world.

Under normal circumstances, a Dao Integration Bead can only fuse with one core fragment, as recorded in ancient texts. However, the Dao Integration Beads in Lu Ye's inner world are clearly not included in this category.

It is unclear whether this is due to a secret technique or the spirit of the Dao-Merging Pearl.

Lu Ye guessed that both factors were involved.

Therefore, the fusion of this core fragment was extremely smooth, and it was integrated into its own Dao-Merging Pearl in just a short while.

Lu Ye's expression shifted slightly, because with the fusion of this core fragment, his inner world seemed to have undergone some changes.

In the past, every time the grade of the Dao Integration Pearl was upgraded, the inner world would change. The biggest change was the increase in size, and the resulting qualitative change was that the inner world became more and more like a real world.

Especially after his Dao Integration Pearl advanced to the Universe level, Lu Ye had a vague feeling that even if his inner world were separated, it could be transformed into a world. If given enough time, it could evolve into what a real world should look like.

At this very moment, the inner world has also undergone some changes.

Something seemed to have increased in the unseen realm.

However, Lu Ye's perception revealed that the size of the inner world did not show any signs of expansion; the territory remained the same size as before.

But what exactly increased?

Despite careful investigation, the cause remained unknown.

Moreover, there was no sign of the Small World Secret Technique continuing to be cultivated, which was to be expected, since the Universe level could be said to be the highest grade of the Dao Integration Bead. Even if the Small World Secret Technique could continue to be cultivated, a prerequisite was that the grade of the Dao Integration Bead would be improved.

Above the Universe level, there are complete Dao Harmony Pearls, which would require collecting all the Dao Harmony Pearls scattered throughout the Star Abyss.

Lu Ye still had quite a few ordinary fragments on hand, which he had reserved in advance for unforeseen circumstances.

It's useless now.

He simply integrated all these ordinary fragments into his own Dao-Merging Pearl.

After finishing all that, Lu Ye finally stood up.

Currently, my cultivation has reached a bottleneck, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to make any further progress in strength until I come up with a suitable solution.

Therefore, no matter how much you think about it, it's useless.

With the cultivation over, there's another matter to deal with.

This was his second purpose in entering Zuyuan.

He flashed forward and quickly arrived in front of the massive Ancestral Abyss Restriction. The last time he came here, Lu Ye had carefully examined this cage and obtained the Fruit of Time and the secret techniques of the small world from it, so he was undoubtedly very familiar with the Ancestral Abyss Restriction.

Now all he has to do is enter this cage.

He wants to release all the dragon lords of the past who have imprisoned themselves in this cage!
Now that the Origin Realm is about to merge and return, several Half-Saints have already descended upon the Star Abyss. In the future, there will likely be even more Half-Saints, and the entire Star Abyss will also have a new batch of Half-Saints, such as Hongtu and Gu Mingyue, who have probably already begun their advancement and breakthrough.

In the future, we may even face enemies at the level of True Saints.

The enemy is powerful, but the only people he can rely on besides Si Shengyuan, a half-saint, are Dragon Lord and Phoenix Lord. Ni Chilian should be able to win him over, Xiao Qianchen has always been aloof, but Qin Feng is someone he can count on. Mu Yungui and Huan Caiyi, who previously received his help, might also lend a hand.

However, the quantity is ultimately too small!
Therefore, he needs more support.

The successive Dragon Lords, who are sealed within the Ancestral Abyss's restrictions, are the best candidates. This is also a great gift left by the Dragon Clan generation after generation.

Last time he came, Lu Ye didn't have this ability, but now it's different. He has enough strength, and the power of the Talent Tree is enough to burn away the corrosive power accumulated in the bodies of the dragon clan experts, helping them to set things right!

If this power were fully unleashed, it would undoubtedly play a significant role in future strategic decisions.

Lu Ye even had a faint feeling that the Dragon and Phoenix Ancestors had left behind this Ancestral Abyss Restriction precisely for this very moment! (End of Chapter)