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Under the influence of the will of all living beings, laws appeared in this world--acquired laws that represented the fundamental operational patterns of the universe. They were also influencing the evolutionary direction of the world, gradually enriching and perfecting the cultivation systems of each plane, and perfecting the order of the universe.
As for destiny, it was likewise an ethereal existence formed by the convergence of the subtle, unseen wills of a vast multitude of living beings.
The difference was that destiny was an unconscious behavior, gathered unconsciously by the collective will of living creatures.
Therefore, destiny was illusory and ever-changing.
In fact, the amount of destiny would also shift according to the changing direction of the world.
The Auspicious Beast was the manifestation of the destiny of the entire soul beast clan, born from their collective providence. It combined several of the most powerful lineages among soul beasts, including the True Dragon lineage, the Phoenix lineage, and even the Qilin lineage.
A single young beast had perfectly fused these many supreme lineages, born right in the core of the Great Star Dou Forest.
Su Wen observed the young beast from afar and found that it indeed resembled the Three-Eyed Golden Niqi in his memories; this was likely its form just after birth.
"The Phoenix lineage."
This was something Su Wen only sensed from within its body after seeing it in person.
According to his previous impressions, he had thought at most that the Three-Eyed Golden Niqi possessed True Dragon and Qilin bloodlines, never imagining that a Phoenix bloodline also existed within its veins.
Moreover, none of them were very prominent externally.
In fact, the Three-Eyed Golden Niqi did not even manifest itself primarily through these three supreme bloodlines. It looked more like a crystal lion, with only certain parts of its body exhibiting the traits of the three super soul beast lineages.
Perhaps because the Dragon Clan was currently the most powerful among the soul beasts, although the Three-Eyed Golden Niqi possessed three super bloodlines, it was dominated by draconic characteristics. Its Qilin trait was merely its mammalian form, while the Phoenix traits did not manifest physically at all, instead becoming a part of its Ultimate Light and Ultimate Fire attributes.
Su Wen observed from afar, sensing how the Three-Eyed Golden Niqi integrated these numerous bloodlines. The more he watched, the more extraordinary he found it to be.
Was this truly the manifestation of destiny? The fusion was incredibly harmonious, rather than a randomly patched-together bloodline.
Of course, Su Wen did not have a deep affinity for bloodlines and did not care particularly much about them. His current focus was more on the power of destiny swirling around the Three-Eyed Golden Niqi.
Destiny was the result of the convergence of the will of all living beings.
The destiny within a plane was unconsciously gathered by the wills of the many creatures living inside that plane.
If one could entirely restrain one's own will one day, without leaking even a single shred of it, could that be considered untainted by karma, achieving complete transcendence? Free from the shackles of destiny?
Numerous ideas surfaced in Su Wen's mind.
Destiny, transcendence... As he thought of these two points, his mind snapped back to the opportunity he had been pondering earlier for a living planet to break through to the God-level.
Looking at the Three-Eyed Golden Niqi, a smile gradually spread across Su Wen's face.
He understood.
Di Tian and the other Perilous Beasts were on high alert. Seeing Su Wen's wretched-looking smile, they thought he was about to do something underhanded to the Auspicious Beast.
On the contrary, the Silver Dragon King sensed something amiss. She felt as though Su Wen had suddenly attained enlightenment regarding something.
This human Scholar Master was truly terrifying.
After taking human form, the Silver Dragon King had visited human society, witnessed the cultivation system of human Soul Masters, and learned about the changes in the Soul Master world over the past decade. She knew exactly how terrifying Su Wen was.
It was as if he were an emissary sent down by the Divine Realm, walking the world with numerous cultivation methods, scattering them across the continent, and driving the development of the Soul Master community.
Of course, the Silver Dragon King was certain that the Divine Realm could never do such things.
It could only be said that Su Wen was too legendary.
Rumors circulated within academic circles that Su Wen held the original copy of the true Book of Ten Thousand Laws.
The various cultivation methods were highly likely obtained by Su Wen from the Book of Ten Thousand Laws. Afterward, he had simulated and forged a replica of it, making it the most exclusive resource of the Academy.
However, these rumors had never been confirmed.
In fact, even such rumors were not meant to demean Su Wen, let alone covet his Book of Ten Thousand Laws. Rather, it was a form of deification by the public, who believed he was sent by heaven to advance the Soul Master world; the Book of Ten Thousand Laws falling into his hands was treated as a matter of divine providence.
After all, even if Su Wen had the Book of Ten Thousand Laws, how could the creation of the Scholastic Realm and the Myriad Beasts Realm be explained?
As a master of mental power, after witnessing the wondrous operation of Su Wen's Scholastic Realm, the Silver Dragon King could not help but marvel at the miraculous nature of his methods for converting between illusion and reality.
Su Wen took a deep breath, observed the destiny on the Auspicious Beast once more, and turned to leave.
Di Tian and the other Perilous Beasts breathed a sigh of relief.
The Silver Dragon King watched Su Wen leave without saying a word. Instead, she silently returned to the center of the Lake of Life and resumed her cross-legged meditation.
She had only transformed three months ago, yet she had already grown into the appearance of a ten-year-old girl, and her soul power had reached Rank 46.
Such a terrifying speed was achieved under circumstances where she did not suppress her talent at all.
She fully stimulated her talents as the Silver Dragon King, locking her bloodline within her body and sealing her mental power source within her sea of consciousness.
Everything was being unsealed and mastered anew, bit by bit.
Her bloodline power belonged to her in the first place, so accepting and integrating it was very smooth without any obstacles; it just required a process of adaptation.
And this adaptation process could be gradually accelerated through meditative cultivation.
She felt that a grand change was about to occur on the Douluo Planet, making her cultivation at this moment feel extremely urgent.
Especially given what Su Wen had said before observing the Auspicious Beast--about giving the soul beasts a living planet to develop on--didn't the subtext mean that the Douluo Plane was on the verge of promoting to the God-level?
How much longer until the promotion?
The Silver Dragon King did not know, which made her heart feel even more pressed.
Within a year.
She would strive to return to a realm around the Titled Douluo level within a year.
"Su Wen himself will definitely take advantage of the Douluo Planet's promotion to achieve a breakthrough. Therefore, the Douluo Planet will likely promote after he reaches Rank 99. I must return to the Limit Douluo level before he reaches Rank 99."
Titled Douluo in one year, Limit Douluo in another.
This was the Silver Dragon King's limit. Although this might squeeze the bloodline power in her body and deplete the mental origin she had before her transformation, causing her to be unable to recover to the God-King realm in the short term--perhaps requiring a long period of accumulation to return to her peak--
However, all of this would definitely be worth it.
After all, that origin power had long been corroded by the Asura Sword Qi. Rather than patching it up repeatedly, it was better to sift through the garbage, pick out the useful parts, discard the rest entirely, and cultivate back up from scratch.
Su Wen was unaware of the Silver Dragon King's thoughts.
He was currently at Rank 95, only four ranks away from Rank 99, which he might break through within a year.
Of course, condensing his third soul core might consume some time.
If calculated carefully, it would indeed take about two years.
Returning to space, Su Wen went back to the deserted planet where he had stayed before and summoned his Small World.
He merged into the Small World, sensing the relationship between his world and the surrounding universe.
"A plane breaking through to the God-level is a process of transcendence!"
When laws completely coalesce, a plane can spread its own laws into the universe, developing and growing while perfecting its own rules!
No, it didn't have to be laws. Instead, it should be something like the fundamental imprint of the plane's origin, completely solidifying its own characteristic imprint within this universe.
With the help of his Small World, after forming these ideas, Su Wen sensed in this direction, feeling from the feedback of the Small World whether his guess was correct.
Three months later.
Su Wen turned his head, looking at that planet in the vast universe.
The Douluo Planet!
"The accumulation of energy is an inferior method. Only an external breakthrough triggered by internal elevation is the supreme path."
Therefore, the Abyss won't be given to you to swallow. Leave it to me.
As for the breakthrough of the Douluo Plane, let it begin with an essential elevation.
"You have the accumulation of countless tens of thousands of years. As long as there is an internal breakthrough, it will be enough to trigger a massive cosmic energy tide and promote you to the God-level. On the other hand, I would have to spend too much time accumulating. To quickly pass through this stage, I need the Abyss."
Su Wen prepared to first attempt to help the Douluo Plane promote to the God-level, and then, using his Small World as a reference, try to take his Small World a step further.
Of course, before that, he needed to make a breakthrough first.
"Rank 96!"
Soul power surged as the Heavenly Book above his head bloomed with divine brilliance. An aura of knowledge permeated the air, and within his Small World, the three mini-worlds of Essence, Qi, and Spirit faintly emerged.
Within the Small World, the power of knowledge even materialized, seemingly forming runes of heaven and earth.
There were eighty-one runes in total, each possessing a unique effect capable of communicating with the origin of the entire Small World. Even just copying their shapes would likely allow one to draw upon the world power of the Small World.
The eighty-one heaven and earth runes faded into hiding, and numerous patterns were generated, bearing the power of the entire Small World.
The opening of the mini-worlds of Essence, Qi, and Spirit and their fusion into one proceeded incredibly smoothly.
With the opening of the Small World, Su Wen's three mini-worlds had essentially fused. Consequently, the integration of his Essence, Qi, and Spirit became smooth, which in turn drove the fusion of his martial soul with himself.
This process progressed step-by-step.
With the feedback from this essential elevation, Su Wen's cultivation was exceptionally stable even at the Hyper Douluo level, rising by one rank every three months.
Calculated this way, he estimated he could break through to Rank 98 in half a year.
Though breaking through again after that might require a period of accumulation, during which he would also need to try condensing his third soul core and integrating the visualization mini-world representing mental power into his spiritual soul core.
His soul power surged and then calmed down.
The phantom of the Heavenly Book above Su Wen's head dissipated, as though the wondrous evolution within that Small World had been a mere illusion.
Opening his eyes again, Su Wen hesitated for a moment. The power of time and space fluctuated around his body, teleporting him back to the Douluo Planet.
On the Douluo Planet, Su Wen pondered the method of plane transcendence.
"The accumulation of the Douluo Planet is definitely sufficient. Breaking through further after Rank 99 is bound to be at the God-level. Having nurtured such a complete cultivation system, and with the Douluo Planet itself accumulating for countless tens of thousands of years--even though its overall energy hasn't reached the threshold to force a breakthrough to the God-level--the settled accumulation has provided a solid foundation for it."
What the Douluo Planet lacked now was an opportunity.
"Transcendence..."
Su Wen tried and confirmed that he could not control the origin of the Douluo Plane.
Even if he descended with his Small World, it only utilized the power of the world and could not truly touch the origin.
Clearly, the Douluo Plane had already begun to possess a rudimentary consciousness.
Even if it was just instinctive behavior, it meant that it was not far from coalescing a true consciousness.
A thought stirred in Su Wen's mind. Would the birth of the Auspicious Beast also promote the formation of this consciousness? Su Wen thought of destiny.
The convergence of the wills of living beings within a plane created the destiny within that plane. Did the collective destiny of the creatures within the plane represent the overall weight of the plane in the universe?
If one wanted to achieve transcendence, should that weight be increased or decreased?
Su Wen tried his best not to let certain preconceived notions from his past life affect his judgment. After some contemplation, he came to a conclusion.
Increase the weight.
"My choice of wording is a bit biased as well. This isn't true transcendence; it's merely a plane condensing its own unique rules."
Rather than calling it transcending the universe, it was more like standing out and transcending from among the ranks of numerous living planets.
Imprinting its rules upon the universe and utilizing the universe's power to spread and expand itself--this defined a God-level plane.
True transcendence would be the subsequent transformation of a Divine Realm into a Divine Star.
That was the stage where it truly needed to break free from the universe's control.
With a deeper understanding of plane evolution, the way Su Wen viewed heaven and earth seemed to become even clearer.
"When it comes to destiny, there isn't much I can do to help, but I can help the Douluo Planet break its shackles."
Stimulation. Internal stimulation would trigger a chain reaction, which would be enough to make the Douluo Planet break through.
Su Wen stopped gathering faith. The Douluo Planet was already filled with faith in him everywhere.
At this moment, he did not absorb all of this power of faith, choosing instead to let it continue permeating the entire Douluo Planet.
Time passed. Five months later, Su Wen broke through to Rank 97.
Some unexpected incidents had occurred during this period, causing his soul power breakthrough to be slightly slower than anticipated.
As Su Wen's soul power broke through, the phantom of the Heavenly Book emerged above his head.
Inside his Small World, there were still only three mini-worlds; he had yet to open any other so-called lesser thousand worlds.
The most drastic change lay in the eighty-one runes completely concealing themselves between heaven and earth. The remaining lines had also developed and perfected into acquired runes, which surprisingly nurtured a trace of spirituality.
Through his recent study of destiny and the will of living beings, and his close contact with them, consciousness had consequently begun to take birth within Su Wen's own Small World.
Spirituality was the embryonic form of will and the origin of the spark of wisdom.
Could these full three hundred and sixty acquired runes have a chance to become the first batch of living beings in Su Wen's Small World?
Su Wen put his heart and soul into it, actively gaining insights to promote the perfection of these runes while nurturing them with the power of the world, prompting them to evolve in the direction he envisioned.
And these three hundred and sixty acquired runes did not disappoint his expectations; their spirituality indeed grew richer and richer.
Because of this, Su Wen specially named them. He no longer called them acquired runes, but rather Spiritual Dao Runes.
The Spiritual Dao!
As this thought fell from Su Wen, the master of this world, the entire Small World seemed to undergo an earth-shaking transformation.
In his perception, numerous rules within the Small World converged and evolved on their own, forming a system--
The Spiritual Dao System!
If living organisms appeared in Su Wen's Small World in the future and the native life system became complete, this Spiritual Dao would be the mainstream of the Small World.
(End of this chapter)