landbeastnovel Chapter 458 A Three-Pronged Approach!
Chapter 458 A Three-Pronged Approach!
Chapter 458 A Three-Pronged Approach!
The cosmic sea, the ship of the tomb.
Chen Yuan was unaware that Luo Feng had chosen the "Destruction Blade" after emerging from seclusion, as he had shut down all external communications, and the only person who could contact him now was Irene.
He is now completely oblivious to the world around him, and even his clones have suspended their cultivation to focus entirely on studying genes and perfecting his life structure diagram.
As time went by, Chen Yuan had to admit that the Infinite Divine Body trial was indeed difficult, and could even be considered the first major challenge he encountered on his path of cultivation.
"I have completely withdrawn my consciousness, and even pushed the computing power to its limit. There is still a ten million times time acceleration, yet the research efficiency is still so low."
Five hundred years had passed since he began his seclusion, but Chen Yuan felt that he hadn't even completed half of the mission.
This efficiency is much slower than he initially expected. If this continues, it will be a question whether he can break through the bottleneck within the predetermined millennium.
"I did overlook one point, which is that as my life structure gets closer to the level of 90,000 times, the difficulty of continuing to improve it also increases exponentially."
Chen Yuan thought helplessly, "Because I'm already approaching my limit."
Perhaps not only for him, but for all cultivators in the Origin World, the Infinite Divine Body is indeed the limit of genes.
Theoretically, only one type of life form can truly be considered a perfect divine body: the World Beast. All other life forms have a maximum of 99999 times the genetic makeup.
Furthermore, the legacy of Duan Donghe also records that there is basically no difference in divine power between the initial 90,000 times and nearly 100,000 times increase in gene strength, which is why this entire stage is collectively referred to as the Infinite Divine Body.
This is also the ceiling of divine power in the entire Origin World.
Now, Chen Yuan is also approaching this limit, so the difficulty has begun to increase exponentially.
He conquered 30% of this last gene in the first hundred years, then the difficulty began to increase sharply, and he only completed 10% in the second hundred years, and only 5% in the third hundred years.
As time went by, Chen Yuan's research became increasingly less effective. Five hundred years later, his progress had only reached 48.75%.
He felt as if he had encountered the bargaining tactics of some unscrupulous merchant from his past life. It seemed that he was always just one cut short to break through the barrier, and each cut was less effective than the last.
"no."
Chen Yuan put down the materials in his hand and thought to himself, "If I continue this research, let alone a thousand years, even if I were given ten thousand years, I might not be able to break through this last bit of gene."
He now understood how other cultivators felt when facing bottlenecks. This seemingly insurmountable barrier was something he couldn't reach no matter what he tried, and this situation was the most frustrating.
Not to mention, Chen Yuan is only encountering a "pseudo-bottleneck." As long as he puts in the effort to study it, he will definitely gain something, but that gain will become smaller and smaller.
But in any case, each of his studies will at least guarantee a minimum improvement, and he will not encounter a true exponential reduction.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be considered a "pseudo-bottleneck".
Given enough time, he will eventually break through this barrier.
Therefore, Chen Yuan's mood was not so desperate. He just couldn't accept the slow progress after enjoying the high efficiency he had experienced before.
You should know that although only five hundred years have passed since he started his research, he has lived through a full five billion years thanks to the acceleration of the Tomb Ship!
Such a long period of time is enough for a planet to evolve from microorganisms to interstellar civilization, yet he is stuck at a small hurdle and unable to break through.
Even with Chen Yuan's current state of mind, he couldn't help but feel a little down.
"Perhaps I need to seek a breakthrough in other areas."
A thought popped into Chen Yuan's mind: "Instead of continuing to struggle with genes here, I should first seek improvement in other areas."
His intention was not to abandon gene research, but rather to first improve his research speed in other areas before turning back to gene research, which would surely greatly increase efficiency.
In other words, sharpening your axe won't delay your woodcutting.
"To improve research efficiency, there are three main aspects: life materials, willpower, and comprehension."
Chen Yuan thought to himself, "Regarding materials, I haven't paid attention to outside developments during this period, so I don't know how Irele's progress is."
"But five hundred years have passed. Not to mention the development of entirely new alternate-dimensional universes, the development of at least Universe Eleven should be mature by now."
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When he first entered seclusion, Ireil had just discovered the eleventh universe and hadn't had time to collect materials yet. Therefore, the life materials that Chen Yuan had been researching over the years had all come from the first ten universes.
Over the past five hundred years, these materials have become increasingly homogenized, which is one of the reasons why his research progress has plummeted.
With that in mind, Chen Yuan contacted Irene through his clone and asked her about the progress of the development of the alternate universe.
"Owner!"
Upon seeing Chen Yuan, Irene's eyes lit up: "You've emerged from seclusion! Have you already completed the Infinite Divine Body?"
"Not yet." Chen Yuan shook his head, glancing at Irene with some envy. This intelligent maid had achieved the Infinite Divine Body without much effort.
"I've encountered some bottlenecks; we're running out of life-sustaining materials, so I'm asking about your situation."
"I see, then Master has come at just the right time." Irele said with a smile, "I have almost finished collecting the life materials for the Eleventh Universe, and they are currently piled up inside the Eleventh Primordial Tower. You can collect them later."
"By the way, I also collected quite a few materials in Universe Twelfth, which you can take with you, Master."
"Is it already the twelfth?" Chen Yuan asked in surprise. "Why didn't you call me? Without the backing of the Origin Will, it's probably difficult to gain the trust of the native life forms at the beginning."
"Actually, it's alright, after all, the treasures and heirlooms we sell are all genuine."
Ireil said, "It was a bit slow in the first few decades, but as I repeatedly demonstrated my invincible strength in the Cosmic Sea, the reputation of the Tower of Primordial Beginning began to spread, eventually attracting more people."
"I see."
Chen Yuan smiled slightly: "You've worked hard all these years."
"It's all part of my duty," Irele said respectfully. "Your affairs are the most important, Master. Since the cultivation is not yet finished, I suggest that you do not linger outside after you have obtained the materials."
"Ha, you're lecturing me now." Chen Yuan chuckled. "Don't worry, I already have a plan for how to cultivate from here on out, so a little longer won't make a difference."
"This is a good opportunity to relax my mind. By the way, during my years of seclusion, has anything significant happened in the primordial universe?"
"No." Irene shook her head. "You've only been gone for five hundred years. It's not like anyone would think something happened to you. Everything is peaceful."
"This is intelligence on various races over the past five hundred years. Please take a look, Master."
"Hmm." Chen Yuan casually tapped the virtual screen in front of him, his gaze sweeping over it.
The record details the development of various races in the primordial universe, including the human race. There's really nothing worth mentioning; they were mostly either in seclusion or on adventures, accumulating merit and the source of the Great Dao.
"Huh?" Chen Yuan's gaze suddenly sharpened, somewhat surprised. "Luo Feng actually came out early? And he even chose to study the 'Destruction Blade'?"
"Yes," Irene explained, "I was originally going to report this to my master, but I discovered that Luo Feng had not left the Beast God Realm. He must have heard some news, which is why he made his body outside appear."
"I observed that after Luo Feng chatted for a while in the Chaos City Lord's mansion, he entered the virtual universe to check those inheritances. He must have obtained the information from his teacher."
"Therefore, considering that Luo Feng has not yet completed the Beast God Realm assessment, we did not disturb the master with this message."
"Hmm." Chen Yuan checked the intelligence and nodded slightly.
He did instruct Irene to keep a close eye on Luo Feng's movements, but that was because he wanted to know when the other party would leave the Beast God Realm.
His observation of the progenitor's blood scales is nearing its end; at most, it will take three thousand years to collect all this information.
Therefore, if Luo Feng leaves the Beast God Realm ahead of schedule, he will have to explain this to the other party and ask them to keep the Star Tower in his hands for a longer period of time.
But since Luo Feng hasn't left yet, this information is insignificant, so it's normal that Irene didn't mention it.
Soon, after reviewing all the major and minor events of the past five hundred years, Chen Yuan arrived at the Primordial Tower, where the eleventh and twelfth universes were located, took all the life materials, and then returned to the Tomb Ship.
"Now I don't lack life materials for the time being, but I don't know if it will be enough for me to break through the bottleneck."
Although there are many of these materials, they are only effective for a short period of time at the beginning, and their effectiveness will drop sharply afterward, so Chen Yuan is not sure what to expect.
"Therefore, I need to be fully prepared."
The so-called preparation refers to three aspects of Chen Yuan's efforts to improve research efficiency.
"Now that we have the life-sustaining materials, the next step is to enhance our willpower."
Over the years, Chen Yuan's willpower has also increased significantly, and he is getting closer and closer to the true limit of the Void God.
This is because his willpower was already quite good, coupled with the Tomb Ship's millions of times acceleration, and the mental cultivation method...
With the assistance of the primordial spirit sword intent, the efficiency is worlds apart from that of ordinary cultivators.
Even against the so-called "Bai Chi Star Lord" of the Cosmic Sea, whose willpower is unparalleled, Chen Yuan's willpower cultivation efficiency is at least 100,000 times greater than that of the other party, or even higher.
And this is not his limit.
"Over the years, in order to study the structure of life, I have neglected to hone my willpower."
Chen Yuan shook his head slightly. In order not to affect the efficiency of his research on life materials, he had not ventured deep into the black-patterned stone pillar in recent years, and had maintained the acceleration at 33 times.
However, with the perfection of his mental cultivation method, his willpower was already comparable to that of an eternal true god, and theoretically he could have already penetrated into areas more than 50 times deeper.
It's not even 50 times stronger, because his willpower defense is still ten times stronger than the same intensity, so only the deeper areas can bring him a significant tempering effect.
However, considering that excessive willpower would affect his research, and that the acceleration of the Tomb Ship could only be maintained at ten million times regardless of the region, he has not continued to delve deeper into it in recent years.
"I've been a bit too impatient these past few years; I shouldn't have neglected my willpower."
In fact, a strong will can enhance the speed of cultivation and make it easier to control the body.
Not to mention that Chen Yuan's willpower is now also at the threshold. Once he breaks through, it will be a hundredfold increase, and the amplification effect on cultivation will be even more significant.
However, he was ultimately influenced by Irelia, after all, this little maid had completed the Infinite Divine Body before him, which made him feel a little unbalanced and his actions became more hasty.
"Normally, if I were to maintain this extreme level of willpower indefinitely, I'd probably be able to grind myself into eternity over an entire era."
Chen Yuan sighed, "Although it may affect efficiency at times, after my willpower breaks through, I will probably make up for the lost progress a hundredfold, and then continue to move forward at an even faster pace."
"My anxious state of mind made me somewhat short-sighted."
"And I underestimated the difficulty of the Infinite Divine Body."
After Ireil broke through with 99999 times her genetic potential, Chen Yuan was influenced by her and decided to focus all his efforts on achieving the Infinite Divine Body. He temporarily put aside other cultivation, thinking that it wouldn't be too late to slowly cultivate after completing his breakthrough in divine power.
However, the result was that his path to divine power was blocked, and his other cultivation was also delayed. If he hadn't realized this in time, he would have almost gone astray and wasted a lot of time.
"Fortunately, it's not too late to realize it now."
Chen Yuan decided to rekindle his willpower and cultivate. He immediately steered the Tomb Ship toward the depths of the black-patterned stone pillars. At the same time, he adjusted the internal acceleration of the cultivation space to maintain the overall acceleration of ten million times.
As the Tomb Ship ventures deeper, the area of accelerated time in the outside world continues to grow.
33 times - 40 times - 45 times - 47 times —
boom!
When the Tomb Ship entered the 50-fold zone, the intensity of the will impact Chen Yuan experienced suddenly surged, causing him to frown almost imperceptibly.
"This place should be equivalent to the will of the Eternal True God. It's much more powerful than outside, and the efficiency has also improved a lot."
Chen Yuan's brows relaxed, and a smile appeared on his face: "Very good, this is the right place to hone your will. The areas outside are just small fry."
"Of course, this isn't my limit yet, so let's keep going."
Soon, the Tomb Ship left the area, and as it continued to venture deeper, the massive vessel drew ever closer to the Black Pattern Stone Pillar itself.
After a while.
Chen Yuan detected something through the Tomb Ship's sensors and quickly steered the ship to a stop. However, due to the ship's enormous size, even though he had tried his best to slow down, the ship still moved forward a distance due to inertia.
"Thump!"
A muffled thud came from the front of the ship into the cabin. Chen Yuan also felt the earth shake. Countless spaces inside the ship trembled at the same time, and a landslide and tsunami occurred, causing the creatures inside to flee in terror.
Fortunately, the ship was made of sturdy enough, and after checking it, Chen Yuan found that there was no major problem. As for the chaos in the various spaces inside, it was quickly calmed down under his control.
After completing these tasks, Chen Yuan reconnected to the ship's sensory system and finally breathed a sigh of relief: "I didn't expect to arrive at the core of the Black Patterned Stone Pillar so quickly."
The tremor that just occurred was because the bow of the Tomb Ship collided with the main body of the black-patterned stone pillar. Fortunately, he noticed it in advance and braked in time, so it did not cause any impact on either side.
"The flow of time here is about 68 times faster than normal, which is still not my limit."
After carefully sensing the oppressive will here, Chen Yuan shook his head in disappointment.
Of course, this is not the limit of the black-veined stone pillar, because only the bow of the ship touched the pillar itself.
In terms of the size of the Tomb Ship, Chen Yuan's true form is still some distance from the stone pillar. After all, for his true form to touch the stone pillar, his will must be able to withstand the peak of Eternity.
"But the location of the cultivation space cannot be changed, and I can't give up time acceleration just for a little bit of willpower boost."
Although this wasn't his limit, it was very close. Giving up the cultivation space because of this slight difference in willpower would be a complete loss.
He thought for a moment, then an idea struck him: "Since the ship can't move forward, I'll just turn it to its side!"
Since the tomb vessel dares to be called a "vessel," its shape is naturally like a shuttle, long in the vertical direction and short in the horizontal direction.
Therefore, as long as the ship is turned to the side, Chen Yuan can continue to approach the black-patterned stone pillar to obtain a stronger impact of will.
"I'm such a genius!"
Chen Yuan was secretly delighted and quickly maneuvered the ship to turn around, then slowly moved sideways toward the main body of the stone pillar.
As he continued to approach the stone pillar, the pressure on his will intensified.
69 times - 70 - 71
"stop!"
Sensing that his willpower had reached its limit, Chen Yuan immediately stopped the ship.
"72 times acceleration! That's roughly equivalent to the willpower pressure in the mid-to-late stages of Eternity."
"Based on this, the acceleration limit of the Black-Veined Stone Pillar should be around 100 million times? Corresponding to the peak of Eternal-level Will."
However, he can forget about reaching the peak of the Eternal-class. Given the width of the ship, Chen Yuan's limit is 90 times the width of the pillar, because the ship will also touch the pillar itself and will be unable to move forward.
"That's enough. At least it will allow me to hone my will to the late stage of the Eternal level."
Chen Yuan wasn't going to think about it too much; anyway, the current intensity was more than enough for his cultivation.
"Let's stay here. Although it will affect my efficiency in researching genes, it will be better for tempering my will."
He retrieved the life materials, preparing to continue his research under the pressure of his will reaching its limit.
In addition, he had one last backup plan.
Comprehension!
"According to the information given in the original work, the best way to hone one's comprehension in the long run is to study secret techniques that are far beyond one's own level."
For example, if a cosmic master were to study a true god-level secret technique, over time, that cosmic master's comprehension would gradually increase until he approached that of a true god.
In fact, Chen Yuan's rapid growth in comprehension was also inseparable from his long-term practice of high-level secret techniques.
"However, this method is ultimately too slow." He shook his head slightly. "In the short term, I have a better way."
With that in mind, he took out some items and placed them in various places in the cultivation space.
The Rhinoceros King's Bureau!
"Studying the Rhinoceros Emperor's Formation can also increase one's comprehension, and it can be effective in a short period of time."
Chen Yuan thought to himself, "During the assessment, I solved five thousand puzzles in just a hundred years. Back then, there was no ten million times speed-up!"
"Even though the Rhinoceros King's Challenge becomes increasingly difficult later on, with such a high degree of time acceleration, it is actually the best way for me to improve my comprehension in a short period of time."
It should be noted that the Rhinoceros Emperor's Technique is useful even for those at the God King level, and its highest level of difficulty is no less than that of researching the Infinite Divine Body.
With Chen Yuan's current level of comprehension, he could solve more than 8,000 puzzles in a short period of time and improve his comprehension accordingly.
If his will also successfully achieves a breakthrough, Chen Yuan's research efficiency will increase by at least several hundred times!
"Life materials, willpower, and comprehension are all improved simultaneously."
Chen Yuan thought to himself, "With this three-pronged approach, I will definitely break through the bottleneck and achieve the Infinite Divine Body!"
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