HPDBC Chapter 125 Stellar Sect
Chapter 125 Stellar Sect
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divine path.
that is to say, the divine refining path.
its main focus is the divine soul.
regardless of whether cultivators walk the path of body refinement, qi refinement, or divine refinement, by the time they reach the fifth heaven, they can all condense their scattered spiritual energy into an intimidating divine intent, or the opperceptual divine sense capable of attaching to and manipulating objects, as well as the looser but extremely sensitive divine sense.
of course, with the changes of the times, the standards for condensing divine intent, divine sense, and divine sense have actually been lowered a lot.
during the ancient times, cultivators had to reach the fifth layer in order to condense these powers, but now...
the fourth layer is enough.
with special methods and at the cost of some sacrifice, it's possible to condense divine sense and divine sense in the third heaven.
the essence of these three is spiritual energy, but their inclinations differ, much like how classical mechanics, thermodynamics, and electromagnetism have all branched out from the broad category of physics.
divine sense also possesses perceptual abilities, but it simply cannot match the acute sensitivity of divine sense.
"compared to the divine sense of a divine cultivator, i still prefer to walk the path of qi refinement and condense divine sense. with divine sense and its attachment to external objects and true yuan, one can switch to the career of sword cultivator, train a lifebound flying sword, master green abyss sword control, and slay enemies from thousands of miles away.
alternatively, one can follow the path of technique cultivator, with spells covering thousands of miles of red earth..."
it's not that the path of divine cultivation doesn't work, but...
the inclinations of the two are different.
the divine sense of divine cultivators is looser. although it is sharp and has a wide range of release, it is often used for exploration, perception, and locking onto enemies, without providing any immediate boost to one's combat prowess.
at most, with strong divine sense, one can better perceive one's condition and improve cultivation efficiency.
but the problem is...
for him, whose realm surpasses his strength, cultivation efficiency is already at maximum.
this kind of auxiliary effect is not significant for him.
and there's one more point...
"sword cultivators are cool."
alkaid felt some regret: "with a lifebound flying sword, high-rank cultivators can already fly with sword control, but martial artists... can only fly at the star master level, and because the flight is similar to anti-gravity using the stellar power field, it involves additional steps. whether it's agility or speed, they can't compare with sword cultivators of the same realm."
after a moment, he still reined in his thoughts.
he stood up and waved to lei yun in the small villa.
"young master."
"i remember that the rebirth society is planning to send a batch of gifts over. have they arrived?"
"they have arrived, they are currently at the checkpoint below emperor yu's mountain estate inspecting for any dangerous items," lei yun immediately replied.
"bring them up."
alkaid said.
lei yun promised and quickly passed down the order.
at this moment, alkaid's gaze also glanced over lei yun and su yaoxue.
after a moment, he nodded slightly: "it's been three months since you entered the martial master stage. it's time to advance further and internally cultivate your organs. have you been taking the snow spirit pills?"
"yes."
it was su yaoxue who replied: "one every three days, without fail."
"good, with the foundation laid by these elixirs, internal cultivation of your organs won't be difficult for you," alkaid nodded.
the snow spirit pill is an enhanced version of the snow ginseng pill.
both its effectiveness and the mildness of its medicine power are superior to that of the snow ginseng pill.
a bottle of snow spirit pills could consume an entire nation's fiscal revenue for a year.
of course, that's the selling price, the cost price is still a bit lower.
but even so, more than 90% of the royal family members of a nation wouldn't dare to use this kind of pill for cultivation.
at most, they would take one or two pills when breaking through realms.
after all...
it's too expensive.
"go ahead," alkaid gestured with his hand.
"okay," su yaoxue nodded.
six months...
the second dao fruit, "soul division," perfectly solved this problem.
"it's impossible for a human brain to harbor two types of consciousness. it has to be either divine intent or divine sense. mixing them can easily become neither here nor there. even the moon demon, who specializes in the divine path, focuses on a single path when blending into a living body; for instance, those who take the path of a horned demon focus on body refinement.
they only, at the very last moment, transform qi into divinity, converting all divine intent into divine sense to strengthen themselves..."
alkaid silently perceived the passive effects brought by this dao fruit: "due to my special circumstances, the talent for soul division unearthed the remnants of my original consciousness, the 'original self's' traces of consciousness, and forged a second divine soul. with this divine soul, divine sense can be condensed..."
this...
was the last gift his original self had given him.
"body refinement seventh layer, divine refinement seventh layer... i have achieved dual cultivation, but alas, dual cultivation in qi refinement has now become an unattainable luxury."
alkaid was unsure if this was good or bad.
after a while, he shook his head; whether good or bad, it didn't matter.
what mattered was that divine refinement was now within his grasp, while qi refinement was out of reach indefinitely. this was enough.
"but speaking of which... the value of these materials when added up is not small. why is the growth progress of the divine path branch not even 100% at the seventh rank? this is much slower than the initial progress in the martial path."
alkaid focused his perception for a moment.
after a moment, as if realizing something, he turned his attention to the businessman branch.
"labor costs have increased."
he quickly reached this conclusion.
in the past, he was only a grandmaster, a martial saint, but now...
he was a celestial.
the cost of a celestial's labor naturally far exceeded that of a grandmaster or a martial saint.
"basically, it's like having a high level and receiving no experience for killing low-level monsters."
alkaid sighed.
fortunately, the calculation method for the demon hunter secondary profession does not need to consider labor costs.
he glanced at the martial path progress.
previously, with the help of the five emperors soul refining furnace, he had just been able to advance more than one level. to think of leveling up again...
was as hard as climbing to heaven.
at least in this world, it was so.
thus, the next experience gained must be used to level up both the demon hunter and the businessman branches.
not to pull them up too high, just to reach a degree comparable to the seventh rank and derive two dao fruits' secret techniques.
...
in the following days, with the mindset of having nothing better to do, alkaid also began to cultivate the divine path along with his physical body, which had been refined to the extreme, condensing his own divine sense.
and this process didn't last long before xie yi'er sent news.
the stellar sect...
was finally calibrated.
...
jade capital mountain.
alkaid stood solemnly before the towering stellar sect, which was a hundred meters high.
by his side, xie yushu, gu wanquan, and the majority of the xie family's upper echelons were all gathered.
among them was xie tiandao, the newly enthroned member of the royal family.
"star master alkaid, please rest assured after the stellar sect is opened it will be maintained for half a year; then, it will take another half a year to recalibrate the coordinates for it to be opened again. by then we will surely return to bring you the latest news from the cangwu realm," pronounced xie yushu solemnly, standing before the stellar sect.
"i naturally trust all of you," said alkaid, with no intention of suggesting that he would join xie yushu and the others inside.
let xie yushu...
along with zong yan, ji pingtian, and hong chuan first explore the path.
yes.
in addition to the members of the xie family, there were also members of the society for benevolence who were, in a way, a form of oversight over the xie family members.
"i'll take star master's auspicious words," said xie yushu as he glanced at the stellar sect, "we shouldn't delay; we will depart now."
"i'm here to wish you all smooth sailing," responded alkaid, bowing respectfully to everyone.
at that moment, xie yushu and the others nodded heavily.
then, without hesitation, they turned and resolutely walked toward the stellar sect, stepping into a brand-new unknown world beyond.