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Chapter 441

Twenty days quietly passed by.

The surroundings of where Su Hao sat cross-legged were already filled with various pieces of Diamond armor remnants, all products expelled from his body after metabolism.

Frequent replacement of bodily materials during this period made him feel an unusual fatigue, with a desire for rest emanating from every cell within him. This physical exhaustion transferred to his spirit, making Su Hao mentally weak.

This was a feeling Su Hao rarely experienced, like an old man on the verge of death from his previous life!

Fortunately, his established goal of reaching the “Nascent Soul Stage” had been achieved!

After twenty days of extensive consumption, the total amount of spiritual power in Su Hao’s body had greatly decreased, while the structure of his spiritual power had completely changed.

The super-large spiritual power circulation system composed of the five viscera and the twelve meridians had now, according to certain rules, penetrated deep into the viscera, intricately intertwined and difficult to distinguish.

What made up Su Hao’s body was no longer simply flesh and bones, but a combination of spiritual power and flesh and blood. The proportion of spiritual power would continue to increase with continuous cultivation until all flesh and blood could be replaced by spiritual power.

After adapting for a while, Su Hao discovered the benefit of substituting flesh and blood with spiritual power, which was an increase in lifespan.

“Although I’ve lost some life characteristics, the durability has greatly improved. It’s like adding mechanical parts to the body. Mechanical parts may not have the functions of the original organs, but they can be used freely without worrying about damage. Even if damaged, you can just remove and replace the parts.”

This is the “biological technology” of spiritualization!

To some extent, the “biological technology” in this world had reached an extremely high level.

“Furthermore, the structure of spiritual power within the body has changed! After being tempered through this structure, there has been another qualitative change in spiritual power.”

The originally external spiritual power core, after penetrating into the organs according to a specific structure, was like an old tree taking root, and even the structure of the spiritual power core had changed from its original superficial circulation structure to the current deeper circulation structure.

With the coordination of “spiritual energy waves,” this structure would gradually change the core nature of spiritual power, causing it to leap to a higher level again, making the released spells even more powerful.

“Now, I’ve only completed the substitution of spiritual power within the body. Spiritual power has not yet undergone a level change. It won’t be possible to see where the changes are for a short period of time! Let’s leave it at that for now. Next, I’ll take a good rest for a while, let my weakened body fully recover, and then conduct tests.”

Normal cultivators breaking through to the Nascent Soul Stage would never experience such physical weakness, because during the process lasting over twenty years, spiritual power would have quietly completed the level change.

All changes would be completed simultaneously, although it took an extremely long time, but fortunately, it wouldn’t result in a situation like Su Hao’s.

In terms of alchemy concepts, while other cultivators pursued the integration of artifacts into a “whole,” Su Hao was designed to be made up of one piece of small parts after another, finally assembled.

Su Hao’s breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage was like this, using the “assembly” method to break through, which was extremely fast, but required high physical demands and had significant side effects.

However, Su Hao didn’t mind this at all. He knew his body very well. As long as he didn’t exhaust his vitality all at once, he could vigorously exploit it, sleep for a while, and restore himself to his peak.

Even if it damaged his vitality or lifespan to a certain extent, Su Hao wouldn’t mind.

The reason was his ultimate goal.

Su Hao’s goal wasn’t to steadily cultivate to the Unity Stage and then enjoy over two thousand years of longevity.

However, his goal was to quickly grasp the “spiritual power knowledge” of this world and then, based on this foundation, find a method for eternal life.

Su Hao understood long ago that the cultivators in this world only sought longevity, not immortality!

As long as it wasn’t immortality, this vast power would ultimately not belong to him. Over two thousand years later, it would all return to nature.

The initial purpose couldn’t be forgotten. Every world had its own wonders, and he couldn’t possibly experience all the beauty. In other words, as long as it didn’t relate to his studies and research, he didn’t want to divert his attention to things happening outside.

Time was vast, and the human brain had millions of thoughts at every moment, making it the easiest to lose sight of the initial goal.

It was like a hunter chasing a rabbit. When the rabbit disappeared into the grass, a pheasant suddenly appeared from the side, frantically fleeing. In the end, it couldn’t escape and turned to fight the hunter, shattering the hunter’s egg…

Everyone was amazed at the pheasant’s bravery, actually managing to shatter the hunter’s egg!

But, was the problem really the hunter’s egg?

No.

Everyone had obviously forgotten the original goal, which was the rabbit! Did no one pay attention to the rabbit?

This was what was known as losing sight of the goal.

To prevent himself from losing sight of his initial goal, Su Hao prominently displayed a large log board in the most conspicuous place in the spherical space. On it was a clear statement of the core goal of this world. Everything irrelevant was pushed aside, and all attention was focused on the goal.

After entering the pinball space and checking the current progress of the log task again, Su Hao exited. His figure slowly disappeared from where it stood and reappeared on the bed in the bedroom. After casually sending a message to Yashan to inform him of the end of his seclusion, Su Hao fell into a deep sleep.

This sleep lasted for three days and three nights. When Su Hao woke up, he once again felt that sense of mental fullness.

After getting up, washing up, eating, moving around, and checking his current physical condition, Su Hao finally confirmed that his “super-fast breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage method” was indeed feasible.

“If this time is extended from twenty days to one hundred days, it will probably be more natural and smooth, and my body and mind won’t be as weak as they are now. Next, I’ll fill up my spiritual power first, and then temper it, turning it into Nascent Soul Stage spiritual power, to complete the level change thoroughly.”

Thinking of this, Su Hao flashed to the meditation room and sat down cross-legged. With a wave of his hand, numerous bottles and jars appeared in front of him.

“It’s time to take some pills!”

With that, he grabbed four bottles, gulped them down, and began to close his eyes and focus on transforming his spiritual power.

Three months later, Su Hao once again felt the heavy feeling of a balloon filled with water inside his body, so he stopped continuing the transformation of spiritual power.

Stretching out his hand, he pushed a pile of empty bottles aside and sighed, “These pills seem like a lot, but they’re not very useful in practice, almost not enough.”

Originally, he had brought back so many pills, thinking that there would be plenty left, but after filling up his Nascent Soul Stage spiritual power, he found that these seemingly numerous pills were almost not enough.

However, without these pills, Su Hao estimated that with his spiritual power total several times higher than other cultivators and his talent for cultivation fifty times faster, he would still need at least six years.

As for other cultivators, relying solely on the conversion of spiritual power within their bodies to cultivate to the peak of the Nascent Soul Stage, it would take them at least a hundred years!

A hundred years may seem long, but for those cultivators with long lifespans, it’s nothing much.

However, for Su Hao, it seemed like a bad deal.

How much could one learn and research in a hundred years?

“The efficacy of these pills is indeed lacking. In the future, I should research and produce concentrated primitive protein pills! That’s what you call pills; these ones are just rubbish!”

After adjusting his body and mind, Su Hao once again entered a state of cultivation.

Now that the amount of spiritual power was fully replenished, it was time to temper all of it into Nascent Soul Stage spiritual power, a slow process that would take some time.

Su Hao really wanted to use a “spiritual power property transformer” to directly upgrade the spiritual power into Nascent Soul Stage spiritual power.

However, such technology wasn’t available yet. While it was possible to slightly alter the properties of spiritual power fluctuations, achieving a level transition was still a considerable distance away.

According to Yashan, give him another year, and he would be able to summarize the laws of transforming spiritual power properties, including first-order, second-order, third-order transformations…

Following the same pattern, continuously ascending!

Not only could he transplant spells, but he could also directly achieve a transition from Foundation Establishment Stage spiritual power quality to Golden Core Stage spiritual power quality, and then to Nascent Soul Stage…

As Su Hao thought about this during his cultivation, he couldn’t help but smile.

However, Su Hao wouldn’t blindly believe that his runic technique alone could allow spiritual power to ascend infinitely.

That would be unrealistic.

It’s like the existence of the natural number e, the limit of growth within a unit of time is 2.718… From the perspective of limits, under the conditions of the runic “spiritual power property transformer,” spiritual power transition inevitably has its corresponding limit.

Unless Su Hao can find other new conditions to add to it, breaking through this limit is possible.

As for what these new conditions might be, Su Hao currently doesn’t know, but it’s not out of the realm of possibility in the future.

“Give me a hundred years, and I’ll definitely revolutionize the cultivation methods in the cultivation world from the bottom up.”

By then, everyone in the cultivation world will have the opportunity to live a better life through joyful cultivation and research!

It’s a win-win situation!

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    Chapter 441

    Twenty days passed quietly.

    The floor around Su Hao was covered with countless fragments of Diamond Armor, all of them impurities expelled from his body during the intense metabolic transformation.

    For nearly three weeks, his body had continuously replaced its own tissues at an astonishing rate.

    Now, every cell cried out for rest.

    An overwhelming fatigue spread from his flesh into his very consciousness.

    It was a feeling Su Hao had rarely experienced.

    It reminded him of the frailty of an elderly man approaching the end of his life in his previous world.

    Fortunately...

    His goal had been achieved.

    He had successfully entered the Nascent Soul Realm.


    ---

    After twenty days of nonstop transformation, the total amount of spiritual power within Su Hao's body had decreased considerably.

    At the same time, the structure of that spiritual power had undergone a complete transformation.

    The enormous circulation system originally centered around the Five Viscera Spiritual Core and the Twelve Meridians had extended deep into every organ.

    Instead of merely flowing around the organs, spiritual power now penetrated them, intertwining with flesh and blood so thoroughly that the two could hardly be distinguished.

    Su Hao's body was no longer composed solely of flesh, blood, and bone.

    It had become a fusion of biological tissue and spiritual power.

    As his cultivation progressed further, the proportion of spiritual tissue would continue increasing until, eventually, his entire body would become spiritualized.


    ---

    After adapting to his transformed body for a while, Su Hao quickly discovered its greatest advantage.

    A vastly increased lifespan.

    "Although some biological characteristics have diminished..."

    "My body's durability has increased tremendously."

    "It's like replacing biological components with mechanical ones."

    "Mechanical parts may not possess every function of living organs..."

    "But they are far more durable."

    "And even if they're damaged..."

    "They can simply be replaced."

    This...

    Was the biological technology of spiritualization.

    To a certain extent, the cultivation civilization of this world had pushed biological engineering to an astonishing level.


    ---

    "The structure of my spiritual power has changed as well."

    "After passing through this new internal circulation system, the quality of my spiritual power is beginning another qualitative evolution."

    Previously, the Five Viscera Spiritual Core functioned like an external circulation system.

    Now...

    After taking root deep inside every organ, it resembled an ancient tree whose roots had spread throughout the earth.

    Its circulation was no longer superficial.

    It had become layered and profound.

    With every cycle through the Spirit Energy Wave structure, the very nature of his spiritual power slowly evolved toward a higher level.

    Eventually...

    Every technique, every artifact, and every formation would become substantially more powerful.


    ---

    "At present, only my body has completed its transformation."

    "My spiritual power itself hasn't fully evolved yet."

    "That process will require more time."

    "I'll leave it alone for now."

    "The priority is getting some proper rest."

    "Once my body recovers, I'll conduct a complete evaluation."


    ---

    Ordinary cultivators never experienced this level of exhaustion after entering the Nascent Soul Realm.

    Their breakthrough usually unfolded over twenty years or more.

    During those decades, their bodies and spiritual power gradually transformed together.

    Everything progressed naturally.

    By the time they reached the Nascent Soul Realm, every change had already stabilized.

    Su Hao's method was completely different.

    Instead of allowing the transformation to proceed organically...

    He assembled everything piece by piece.

    Like constructing a machine.

    The process was incomparably faster.

    Its side effects were equally obvious.


    ---

    Su Hao did not mind.

    No one understood his own body better than he did.

    As long as he did not exhaust his vitality beyond recovery...

    He could push himself as hard as he pleased.

    After sleeping for a while...

    His body would naturally recover.

    Even sacrificing a small portion of lifespan was acceptable.

    Because...

    His objective had never been becoming a powerful cultivator.

    Nor was it obtaining two thousand years of longevity.

    His true goal had always remained the same.

    To completely master the principles governing spiritual power.

    Then...

    Using that knowledge...

    Discover true immortality.

    Su Hao had realized this long ago.

    Cultivators pursued longevity.

    They did not possess eternity.

    No matter how long two thousand years seemed...

    Eventually, it would still come to an end.

    Everything they accumulated would ultimately return to the world.

    That was not what Su Hao wanted.


    ---

    One must never forget one's original purpose.

    Every world possessed countless fascinating things.

    It was impossible to experience them all.

    If something did not contribute toward his ultimate objective...

    It simply did not deserve his attention.

    Time was limitless.

    Human attention was not.

    It was all too easy to lose sight of one's destination.


    ---

    Su Hao often thought of a simple example.

    A hunter chased a rabbit into the grass.

    Suddenly, a pheasant burst out nearby.

    The hunter immediately abandoned the rabbit and pursued the pheasant instead.

    Eventually, cornered, the pheasant turned around and fiercely attacked the hunter...

    Shattering one of his eggs.

    Everyone watching exclaimed,

    "What an incredible pheasant!"

    "It actually broke the hunter's egg!"

    But...

    Was the broken egg really the important part?

    No.

    Everyone had already forgotten the original objective.

    The rabbit.

    No one remembered why the hunter had entered the forest in the first place.

    That...

    Was what it meant to lose sight of one's goal.


    ---

    To prevent himself from making the same mistake, Su Hao had long ago placed a huge task board in the most prominent location inside the Marble Space.

    Upon it was written the single core objective of this world.

    Everything unrelated to that objective was pushed aside.

    His attention would never wander.


    ---

    After reviewing the current progress recorded on the task board, Su Hao left the Marble Space.

    His figure disappeared.

    The next instant...

    He appeared on the bed inside his bedroom.

    After sending Yashan a brief message informing him that his seclusion had ended...

    He immediately fell asleep.


    ---

    That sleep lasted three days and three nights.

    When Su Hao finally opened his eyes again...

    His mind once more felt completely refreshed.

    After washing, eating, exercising briefly, and thoroughly examining his own body...

    He finally reached a conclusion.

    "My rapid breakthrough method..."

    "...works."

    "If the entire process were extended from twenty days to around one hundred days..."

    "It would become much smoother."

    "The physical and mental strain would also decrease significantly."


    ---

    "The next step..."

    "Restore my spiritual power."

    "And then completely refine it into Nascent Soul spiritual power."

    "Only after that will this breakthrough truly be complete."


    ---

    With a thought...

    Su Hao Blinked directly into the meditation chamber.

    Sitting cross-legged once more, he waved his hand.

    Bottle after bottle of elixirs appeared before him.

    He smiled.

    "Time to take some medicine."

    Without hesitation, he grabbed four bottles.

    He swallowed every pill in a single motion.

    Then closed his eyes.

    The conversion of spiritual power began once again.


    ---

    Three months later...

    Su Hao slowly opened his eyes.

    The familiar feeling returned.

    His spiritual power once again felt overwhelmingly abundant, like a balloon filled to its limit.

    Satisfied, he stopped cultivating.

    Looking at the mountain of empty pill bottles piled before him, he sighed.

    "So many pills..."

    "And they're still barely enough."

    Before beginning cultivation, he had believed the enormous stockpile would last for years.

    Instead...

    After filling his Nascent Soul spiritual power reserves...

    Almost nothing remained.


    ---

    Without those pills...

    Even with cultivation speed roughly fifty times greater than an ordinary cultivator...

    Su Hao estimated he would still have required nearly six years.

    For an average Nascent Soul cultivator...

    Relying solely upon ordinary cultivation...

    Reaching the peak of the realm required roughly one hundred years.

    To cultivators blessed with thousand-year lifespans...

    A century was acceptable.

    To Su Hao...

    It was intolerably slow.

    How much knowledge...

    How much research...

    Could be accomplished in one hundred years?

    Far too much.


    ---

    "The efficiency of these pills is disappointing."

    "In the future..."

    "I'll develop highly concentrated primitive protein pills."

    "Those will deserve to be called true cultivation pills."

    "As for these..."

    "They're little more than low-grade medicine."


    ---

    After adjusting his condition once more...

    Su Hao resumed cultivation.

    Now that his spiritual power reserves had been replenished...

    It was time to refine every strand into true Nascent Soul spiritual power.

    That process would take considerably longer.


    ---

    He briefly considered another possibility.

    Directly using a Spiritual Power Property Transformer to elevate all of his spiritual power in a single step.

    Unfortunately...

    The technology had not yet reached that level.

    Current transformation runes could modify spiritual power properties.

    They could not yet accomplish a complete qualitative evolution.

    According to Yashan's latest estimates...

    Another year of research should allow him to fully derive the transformation laws governing spiritual power.

    From first-order transformations...

    To second-order...

    Third-order...

    And beyond.

    Eventually...

    Not only would runes and techniques become transplantable...

    Even the quality of spiritual power itself could theoretically be upgraded directly.

    Foundation Establishment...

    Golden Core...

    Nascent Soul...

    All through controlled transformation.


    ---

    Thinking of that possibility, Su Hao smiled.

    Even so...

    He remained realistic.

    He did not believe that a single rune system could endlessly elevate spiritual power without limit.

    That violated every principle he understood.

    Just as the mathematical constant e represented the natural limit of continuous growth...

    Every system possessed its own upper bound.

    The Spiritual Power Property Transformer would be no exception.

    If he wished to surpass that limit...

    Additional conditions would have to be discovered.

    As for what those conditions were...

    He still had no answer.

    But that merely meant more research remained to be done.


    ---

    "If you gave me one hundred years..."

    "I could completely revolutionize the cultivation civilization of this world."

    "From its very foundations."

    Then...

    Every cultivator would no longer spend centuries simply accumulating spiritual power.

    Instead...

    They could devote their lives to joyful cultivation, discovery, and research.

    Everyone would benefit.

    A true win-win outcome.
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