Druid in the Xianxia world

Chapter 102 The Limits of the Three Heavens

"Heaven's limit, what is this?"

Seeing Zhong Cang's puzzled expression, Mo Shuyu explained to him, "In the world of immortal cultivation, some special numbers have power. One represents chaos, two represents yin and yang, three represents the beginning of the evolution of all things, four represents the four spirits, four directions, four seasons, and four elements... And among them, thirty-three, forty-nine, and eighty-one represent the limits of the three heavens respectively."

"There are thirty-three levels of heaven, and the limit of the first level is thirty-three. With normal practice, it is difficult for a cultivator to break through his spirit seed to thirty-three meters."

"The limit of the second heaven is at the forty-ninth point of Tianyan, and the third is at the ninety-ninth point... These three limits are like three great mountains, blocking the path of cultivators. It is said that the limits of the three heavens are also a kind of balance that the Heavenly Dao uses to control the living beings within the world."

When Mo Shuyu explained the Heaven's Limit to Zhong Cang, Gu Yan, who was standing beside him, also comforted Zhong Cang: "It's normal to be unable to break the Heaven's Limit during your first cultivation. Only a few can break it. Don't be too sad."

"Also, your technique can perform life and death, withering and flourishing, and reincarnation. During the reincarnation, you should be able to break through the limit of the first heaven."

There is some truth in this, but Zhong Cang did not do so. He inexplicably felt that if he did not break through it the first time, it would affect his future practice.

Thinking of this, Zhong Cang did not hide his feelings, but said it directly and asked Mo Shuyu if he knew the reason.

The latter also knew it.

However, she was hesitant about whether to tell Zhong Cang.

After struggling for a while, she sighed and told Zhong Cang everything she knew:
"The quality of your spirit seed has reached high-level perfection, right?"

"Ah."

When saying this, Zhong Cang was full of confidence.

In fact, at the beginning, the quality of Zhong Cang's spirit seed was not very strong.

After all, the spirit seed is the superposition of a person's bones, spiritual insights, magical attributes, soul strength, knowledge... and many other things.

Compared to the physical body and other external things, the soul seed can best reflect a person's essence and roots.

As for Zhong Cang, his bones are actually not strong. At least, compared with the real geniuses, Zhong Cang's bones are very ordinary.

He had second-class spiritual roots, no special attributes, and no special physique. In the Snow Lake Taoist Academy, such talent was acceptable, but in the entire world, he was mediocre.

Zhong Cang’s subsequent skills were not outstanding either - after all, the Four Seasons and Time Reincarnation Sutra was only an earth-level skill.

Because his physique and skills were not very good, even with the blessing of the ginkgo tree, Zhong Cang's initial spirit seed was only intermediate level, and he didn't even reach the advanced level.

Fortunately, the initial strength was not high, but Zhong Cang could make up for it in other aspects.

Transforming into the Memory Tree changed Zhong Cang's foundation and understanding, giving him the ability to preserve his memory forever and pick up relics from the sea of ​​sand.

And during that transformation, he was lucky enough to gain the extraordinary ability of the Echo of Dao Sound.

Contracting Tess also enhances Zhong Cang.

Afterwards, he studied Taoism, comprehended the principles of growth, midsummer, harvest, extinction and rebirth, all of which strengthened Zhong Cang's foundation and made the quality of Zhong Cang's spirit seeds higher and higher.

And a few days ago, the earth marrow spirit liquid and the human-shaped Polygonum multiflorum brought by Mo Shuyu were the final enhancement. They completely made up for Zhong Cang's shortcomings and allowed Zhong Cang's spirit seed to leap to the advanced and perfect realm.

Thinking about this, Zhong Cang understood something.

"Breaking through the limit of the first heaven, the quality of my spirit seed can be transformed into the ultimate level?"

"Correct."

After receiving a positive answer from Teacher Mo Shuyu, Zhong Cang's face became more and more confused.

"Going through the cycle of life and death, withering and flourishing, I can also break the limit of the sky. Becoming a top-grade spirit seed then should be no different from becoming one now. Why do I feel something is wrong..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhong Cang, who was not stupid, thought of something, and this made him silent.

Finding that Zhong Cang had figured out some things, Mo Shuyu sighed and expressed his regrets.

"No matter what kind of technique it is, purification and refining cannot be done indefinitely. The higher the grade of the technique, the more difficult it is to purify and refine, and the fewer times you can do it."

"Your life and death, withering and flourishing, and reincarnation are all like this... Only by accumulating sufficient foundation and nutrients can the new tree sprout and bear fruit."

"If you rush into reincarnation without accumulating sufficient foundation and understanding, the quality of your spirit seed will not only not improve, but may even regress."

Zhong Cang couldn't refute Mo Shuyu's words. Ordinary gold ore could be mined with a little panning and refining, but purifying 18k, 20k, or 21k gold to 24k was much more difficult, requiring extremely advanced technology.

The same goes for the quality of Zhong Cang's spirit seed.

From intermediate to advanced, just some insights are enough, but from advanced to top, more is needed.

As for life and death, growth and decline, reincarnation.

This kind of reincarnation does not mean that as long as you carry it out, you will be successful and reap rewards.

Without sufficient insights as fuel, the best result of Zhong Cang's reincarnation would be in vain, that is, the quality of the original spirit seed would be the same after reincarnation.

If there is any loss in the middle of the process, it will damage your own foundation.

Only by gaining insights during the process of growth can one become stronger in the final reincarnation.

Thinking of this, Zhong Cang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "No wonder there are so many children from aristocratic families, but top-grade and super-grade spirit seeds are still rare... Even with the support of numerous resources, they cannot infinitely optimize the quality of their spirit seeds."

As Zhong Cang smiled bitterly, Mo Shuyu spoke up: "Zhong Cang, don't worry too much. With your current accumulation, your first reincarnation will definitely succeed. And after reincarnation, you will definitely break through the limit of the first heaven."

"But I can only break through one level. The second level is absolutely impossible. And with the quality of my spirit seed, I can only reincarnate two or three times at most. And it would be extremely dangerous for the spirit seed to survive a third life... So, my upper limit is most likely the second level, and I can't break through the third level?"

Gu Yan: "The limit of the Second Heaven is already quite good. Also, I don't recommend you to continue wasting time on the spiritual seed. You have also noticed that it is becoming increasingly difficult to improve the quality of spiritual seeds."

"At the intermediate or even advanced level, if you have a little understanding, the quality of your spirit seed will be improved. But now, it will be very difficult for you to break through the bottleneck."

"Based on my experience, there's only one method I can think of... Change your main cultivation technique. Change your Earth-level technique to a Heaven-level one, at least a mid-level Heaven-level one, and it must be 100% compatible with yours. This is the only way to improve the quality of your spirit seed."

Gu Yan's words made Zhong Cang truly understand the difficulty of improving spirit seeds.

That cannot be achieved by simply learning one or two spells and nourishing the spirit seed with rare treasures.

At least the level of his main cultivation technique must be improved in order for Zhong Cang to make a breakthrough.

Not to mention changing the skills, how much time and resources would it take to adapt to it again and recover? Just this one thing made Zhong Cang helpless.

He simply had no channels to obtain a heavenly-level technique that was 100% compatible with him.

In other words, 99% of the cultivators in the world do not have this condition.

However, even though he understood the difficulty, Zhong Cang... was still not ready to give up.

"Thank you for the reminder, teacher, but I still want to try again."

"You, alas..."

Zhong Cang's words made Mo Shuyu look worried. The thing she was most worried about had happened.

The reason why she hesitated and did not tell Zhong Cang about Tian Zhixian's situation was that she knew clearly that most geniuses were arrogant and unwilling to admit defeat. The stronger the genius, the stronger the unwillingness to admit defeat in his heart.

But for a high-level spirit seed to break through to a top-grade spirit seed, it is not something that can be achieved by simply refusing to admit defeat. It requires heaven-level skills, spiritual treasures, and rare treasures of the level of the immortal elixir.

But Zhong Cang couldn't get these things, nor could Mo Shuyu and Gu Yan. Even Qi Wei and Shuang Lingxue couldn't get these treasures.

Therefore, Mo Shuyu felt that if Zhong Cang fought unwillingly, it would only waste time in vain and... even wear out his spirit.

However, this was Zhong Cang's decision, and Mo Shuyu could not stop Zhong Cang's way.

In the end, she could only watch Zhong Cang leave with a look of worry and annoyance on her face.

Gu Yan, who was standing next to him, also sighed.

"Alas, I hope Zhong Cang can change his mindset quickly and stop getting stuck in a dead end. Breaking through the limit of the Second Heaven is already pretty good. Even in a major sect, he can be considered a true disciple."

"Breaking through the limits of the Three Heavens and obtaining super-grade spirit seeds is something that can only be encountered by chance."

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(End of this chapter)