SEC Chapter 204 Two Years of Settling Down
Chapter 204 Two Years of Settling Down
Chapter 204 Two Years of Settling Down
Unfortunately, Ye Yang was unable to get close to that giant hand.
"If one day you can become immortal, perhaps you can live for endless ages. I will try to find you once."
Ye Yang patted Fu Shan's head as a farewell.
Then it flew directly out of the atmosphere of Dragon Tower Star.
"Congratulations, Your Highness Ye Yang, on completing your cultivation mission on Dragon Tower Star."
After leaving Dragon Tower Star, Ye Yang met the Realm Lord's Envoy who had received him at the monitoring station.
After submitting all the materials required for the task, Ye Yang received 1 points.
"The next training mission is the extreme-level mission 'Cloud Palace'."
After thinking about it, Ye Yang decided to postpone it for now.
"I am lacking in the realm of the Great Dao, and that is something I must make up for."
"The path to the Great Dao is naturally easier to advance in the Immortal Alliance world!"
Ye Yang's consciousness gradually detached, returning to his true form in the Immortal Alliance world.
Because he became a [Candidate for Leadership], Ye Yang's authority in the Gate of All Heavens was greatly enhanced, and he was even able to expand the time flow between the two realms by 10 times in one go.
Of course—because the body and soul cannot directly reach the highest level of absorption! 0 times.
But it can still exceed a thousand times.
Therefore, the decades it took to devour the world amounted to less than 10 days in the world of the Immortal Alliance Master.
"With two years left until the first round of selection for the 'Enlightenment Project,' let's take a moment to reflect on our understanding of the 'Tao' over the past few decades."
Ye Yang was not in a hurry to transfer his understanding of the "essence of space". At present, it was already very easy for him to make progress in terms of laws, but it was not easy to make progress in terms of the "Great Dao".
The essence of true martial arts practice lies in the tempering and rebirth of true intent!
In this process, one constantly refines and unifies oneself, discarding the false and retaining the true.
In theory, before becoming an immortal, the six stages of enlightenment are the six opportunities for true nirvana:
The meaning of the Dao, the charm of the Dao, the form of the Dao, the domain of the Dao, the law of the Dao, and the attainment of the Great Dao.
Ye Yang's current Dao realm is the third realm, "Dao Form," having completed two True Meaning Nirvanas and is currently undergoing the third round.
The progress of the third round of true meaning refinement is very slow; it was previously stuck at 11% and had not moved.
Over the past year, after being tempered by the will of the Hand of Heaven in the second level of the Dragon Tower, the progress has increased rapidly, reaching about 63%.
However, Ye Yang still felt a clear bottleneck.
The fact that Ye Yang was killed once at the Void Cliff resulted in a negligible increase in his True Meaning tempering progress, which is enough to show that "true death" had almost no effect on him.
Even when honing one's willpower, one often feels stuck in a bottleneck.
We must find other methods!
Coincidentally, his grandmaster, who was also proficient in True Meaning Martial Arts and could be considered half a creator of True Meaning Martial Arts, was right beside him.
Ye Yang immediately went to consult the True Immortal of Zhushan.
After learning about Ye Yang's situation, and drawing on his experience guiding me, the True Immortal of Zhushan, in opening the true meaning of martial arts, he offered his opinion:
"You don't have to be bound by the idea of completing the third level of Nirvana within the realm of Dao Form."
"Since we've encountered a bottleneck, why not try to evolve our Dao Domain?"
The True Meaning Nirvana makes the foundation of the Great Dao surpass that of ordinary people, and therefore its potential is also enormous.
After completing his first Nirvana, Ye Yang quickly reached the second realm, "Daoist Rhyme." Later, in order to cultivate the "Tai Xu Refining Spirit Method," with his master's permission, he rapidly evolved "Daoist Form."
There was absolutely no obstacle!
Because the accumulation is completed in advance during the refinement of true meaning, and obstacles and bottlenecks are all overcome in advance during the rebirth of true meaning.
Similarly, Ye Yang, having completed the second True Nirvana, can directly evolve the 'Dao Domain'.
However, doing so will increase the difficulty of the third round of True Nirvana.
The True Immortal of Pillar Mountain said:
"The methods of cultivation are fixed, but people are flexible. When it is necessary to be flexible, one should be flexible. Of course, one should not act blindly or recklessly, but should act with purpose."
"Given your current situation, after evolving your Dao Domain and comprehending another 'Great Dao Tree,' you will be able to indirectly complete the third round of accumulation."
"The reason your progress in honing your true meaning is stalled is mainly because your foundation in the Great Dao is not yet sufficient."
"To hone your skills, you need a solid foundation. It's like training; only with sufficient nutrition can it be considered training. Trying to train when you're hungry is pointless."
That's self-destructive, exploitative.
After listening to the analysis of the True Immortal of Zhushan, Ye Yang had a direction and settled down in his residence to meditate and reflect on his past life experiences, summarizing and contemplating.
He also consulted various ancient texts and Taoist scriptures.
And the history of the Immortal Alliance world and the history of famous dungeon worlds, which can be downloaded online.
Reading history can enlighten people's wisdom.
In the past two years, Ye Yang has turned his attention away from cultivation and enlightenment and focused on self-cultivation.
He was either practicing calligraphy or reading books, which contrasted sharply with the other geniuses who were diligently studying in the other small buildings.
Two years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Over the past two years, Ye Yang has occasionally kept in touch with his former classmates and friends.
Communication with the outside world in the human realm is subject to censorship, but this does not prevent communication from taking place.
It's just that a lot of confidential information will be filtered out.
Ye Yang's childhood friend in this life, "Bai Lin," is a dungeon master with a level 5 dungeon skill. After graduating from a prestigious university,
He signed a contract with a large "copy development company" in the sector to begin jointly developing his copy resources.
Bai Lin has already reached the Nascent Soul stage. As long as his potential in the dungeon is above five, he can easily cultivate to the fifth-tier Void Transformation stage or the sixth-tier True Refinement stage.
Ye Yang's three roommates during his university years, among whom "Zhou Gu" has always been relatively unknown, is currently making similar progress to Bo Lin.
Through his conversation with the two, Ye Yang also learned that the path of cultivation for ordinary dungeon masters like them was not easy.
Although the dungeon world is like a portable mine, surpassing most people, due to limitations in their own abilities and resources, they still have to cooperate with those companies to develop it, with Bai Bai giving away more than 40% of the profits.
Lin Yuansu's situation was a bit better. He had a strong talent for swordsmanship and used his powerful martial arts to plunder many benefits in his own instance world.
He cultivates the "One Sword to Break All Laws" technique, where all his combat power and cultivation are contained within the sword, making the conversion of resources into strength more efficient.
He is now in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm and is preparing for the ascension to the Void Realm.
Cheng Dachuan followed the production route and owned a mine, so his life was incredibly comfortable.
He could advance to the Void Realm at any time, but in order to have the opportunity to become a seventh-level master, he deliberately stayed at the Nascent Soul stage to hone his foundation.
According to Cheng Dachuan, this opportunity for him to become an apprentice was extremely rare, and his father had paid a high price to secure it. Moreover, he himself had enough talent and foundation to have the chance to compete for it.
After learning about the students' situation, Ye Yang couldn't help but sigh:
"Everyone has their own path, but everyone's path is different. Some are long, some are short, some are high, some are low, some rise quickly, and some fall instead of rising."
"Let's not talk about people who have no ambition. People like Bolin, Cheng Dachuan, Lin Yuansu, and Zhou Gu are clearly very hardworking, but they are still struggling to stand out."
"Because there are so many people like them who are talented but also work very hard. But people always focus on the very best of the best."
"But the most fundamental contradiction is the contradiction between resources and population size."
"Whether they are ordinary people, mid-to-high-level cultivators, or even seventh-level great powers, true immortals, or heavenly venerables, they are all trapped by this fundamental contradiction."
"Even the so-called transcendence of everything, the fantasy of omnipotence and eternal freedom, will become uneasy because of 'freedom'."
"Life is not something that lasts forever."
Having reached this conclusion, Ye Yang shook his head and smiled:
"Look, this is proof. Thinking in order to solve your troubles only makes you more troubled. There's something wrong with that."
"It's best to live in the present."
The time has come, and the final list of 10,000 people selected for the "Enlightenment Project" will be announced soon.
Ye Yang got up and left the small building.
It may seem that he hasn't done anything in the past two years, nor has he made any progress in his reflections on life, but his mindset has changed significantly.
"Dear candidates, the list has been published. Those who are not on the list, please report your departure date within 3 days. All of you must leave the human and spirit world within 6 months."
"And to the 10,000 people on the list, congratulations! You've passed the first round of selection. But the next 90 years of 'trial training' will eliminate 9900 people, so you still need to keep working hard!"
A true immortal was speaking in the plaza in front of the magnificent building. With a wave of his hand, a large list appeared, displaying the names of the 10000 selected individuals.
Ye Yang glanced at the list and immediately saw his name in the top 10.
"As expected," said True Immortal Zhushan with a satisfied smile.
Such an achievement is unprecedented in their countless years of cultivation.
It is truly fortunate that such an outstanding disciple as Ye Yang has emerged this time.
With this achievement, Ancestor Jili will surely be able to secure more resources for the Dao lineage in the Immortal Alliance's resource allocation quota.
「试培养阶段，前10名可以享受最终名额待遇，第11～100名可享受20%的待遇，第101～1000
Those who meet the criteria will be eligible for a 5% discount.
"It's like they're training me as a full member."
Ye Yang looked at the list, which didn't have any detailed rankings, only divided into 5 sections: top ten, top 11-100, top 101-100, and so on.
1000、前1001～9500、第9501～10000名（最后5%）。
The decision not to disclose detailed rankings is probably intended to encourage participants to work harder and improve their skills.
Because no one knows if they are at the very bottom of this level. If they don't work hard and are surpassed, they will fall to the next level.
For geniuses who want to reach higher levels, since they don't know their exact rankings or how many people they need to surpass, they can only give it their all.
Those who were not selected could only leave with disappointment.
The 1 selected individuals were led by that true immortal to a new place of cultivation.
Zhushan Zhenxian has also ended this "business trip" and returned to his Daoist lineage residence.
It is also the realm of humans and spirits, but it is on the other side of the planet.
This is a small city that can support tens of thousands of people.
"For the next few decades, you will be training here. Every year, the bottom 5% will be eliminated from among you, until in 90 years only 100 people remain."
The True Immortal who brought the group of geniuses said:
"I hope you cherish this time. Even if you are eliminated, your experience of cultivating in the human and spirit realm will be an invaluable asset."
Ye Yang was among this group of geniuses. He had already seen the "Teleportation Plaza" in the center of the small town, with names written on the various teleportation array gates:
'Help Forest World'
The Wizarding World of Garvit
"The World of the Land of Life"
"The World of Poison Immortals"