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Chapter 469

Regarding the relationship between spiritual power and consciousness, Su Hao pondered for a long time and came up with many ideas, but he kept overturning his own thoughts one by one.

The brain, which carries consciousness information and enables free-thinking operation, is definitely not something that simple ideas can comprehend.

Su Hao admitted that he couldn’t create a consciousness carrier that could run permanently. The knowledge required for this surpassed his current imagination.

“Since I can’t figure this out for now, let’s put it aside and focus on researching methods to improve spiritual power levels. Perhaps during this process, new inspiration will come.”

However, in reality, if one wants to do something without sufficient knowledge, even if inspiration strikes, it won’t lead to success.

Where does inspiration come from if not from various knowledge colliding?

Compared to the relationship between spiritual power and consciousness, the train of thought on how to increase spiritual power levels is much simpler.

In reality, there are enough reference points for Su Hao to study, such as Qi Induction Realm spiritual power, Foundation Establishment Realm spiritual power, all the way to Unity Realm spiritual power, with significant improvements in the energy of spiritual power at each level.

If the principles of spiritual power transition are thoroughly studied, one can completely master this biological energy called “spiritual power.”

By then, not only could the cultivation techniques in the cultivation world be greatly optimized and conversion efficiency improved, but Su Hao’s current Nascent Soul spiritual power could also be greatly enhanced.

Maybe, at its peak, he could shoot out an energy cannon like the protagonist in stories, easily blowing up a planet with a single shot!

Even if he couldn’t reach the level of destroying a planet, one in a million chances would be acceptable, right?

Su Hao didn’t even expect one in a million chances; he just didn’t want to experience something like the “Two Thousand Explosions” again, where just a sound would consume half of his spiritual power.

At his current level, he was far from being able to travel through the universe! At least two conditions needed to be met for that to be possible: one was having energy almost infinite in magnitude, and the other was having a lifespan almost infinite in length.

Su Hao first dismantled the “Spiritual Power Nature Transformation Factory” that Yashan had previously researched, analyzing the transformation laws one by one.

“Although Yashan has summarized the laws of spiritual power transformation, in my opinion, it’s still not enough. The ‘Spiritual Power Nature Transformation Factory’ only summarized the laws of ‘nature transformation’ of spiritual power, but it didn’t complete the research on the principle of ‘nature transformation.’

The core principle is the most important. No matter how many laws are summarized, there is still a limit to the laws. However, once I understand the principle, it’s like giving me full control over spiritual power transformation. I can freely modify the underlying parameters to obtain the spiritual power I want.”

What Su Hao’s current “Activator” could achieve wasn’t as much as he had imagined!

After organizing everything, he began to design a research plan for the principle of spiritual power transformation, writing and drawing on the log board while muttering to himself, “For the study of spiritual power, start by analyzing from macro and micro perspectives. Set up a large number of control groups at the macro level, try different conditions to obtain ‘correlation’ data, and find the core associated substances.

Record the micro level in the pinball space, assist Little Light in analyzing the differences in ‘structure’ and ‘composition,’ and then test the different performances of different structures and compositions, as well as the ways energy is released, and try to summarize the principles. The goal is for the macro and micro levels to fully coincide…”

After spending a month, Su Hao formulated a preliminary plan for researching spiritual power and then uploaded it to the “Universal Assistant” for sharing with Yashan. Then, he began to collect a large amount of spiritual power at all levels.

Su Hao’s way of collecting spiritual power was simple: first, prepare a large number of “Spirit Stone Reservoirs,” transform into the “Crystal Thief,” and go to those familiar immortal sects to negotiate the matter of “donating” spiritual power with the elders of the sects.

This spiritual power was all used for research. If successful in the future, it would surely yield beneficial feedback. Su Hao believed that those elders wouldn’t refuse such a win-win situation.

Sure enough, after Su Hao announced his identity as the “Crystal Thief,” those elders cooperated to the fullest extent, making Su Hao’s collection work progress very smoothly.

After collecting enough experimental materials, Su Hao immersed himself in focused research.

……

Time flies, three years later, Su Hao was twenty-eight years old.

At this time, Su Hao had become a tall and handsome young man, with the youthful innocence fading away from his brows, revealing maturity.

And this change was the result of Su Hao’s intentional adjustment; otherwise, with his current cultivation at the Nascent Soul, he would probably still have a baby face for the next two hundred years.

Three years of time allowed Su Hao to gain a completely new understanding of spiritual power, a biological energy. However, what disappointed Su Hao was that the power he desired, the ability to destroy a planet with a flick of his finger, seemed to be out of reach for now.

Because through research, he found that the energy of spiritual power was essentially a form of chemical energy. Although its intensity was unbelievably high, it still fell short compared to nuclear energy.

“However, the ‘high-energy concentrated spiritual power’ I now possess is not bad either. By using runes to completely release its energy, the effect obtained might not be inferior to nuclear energy.”

Su Hao raised a finger, and a dazzling golden light emanated from it. He carefully felt the energy state on it, stable yet violent.

This was Su Hao’s current spiritual power. Due to the high level of spiritual power, after leaving the body, the spiritual power automatically turned into an excited state, with outer electrons transitioning into photons, emitting dazzling light.

Three years ago, Su Hao’s Nascent Soul spiritual power could emit at most a faint glow, far from reaching this dazzling level.

Just this egg-sized cluster on Su Hao’s finger contained energy equivalent to one-tenth of the “Two Thousand Explosions” from before!

It could be said that with just a light tap of his finger, he could pierce through the dense shields of a Unity Realm cultivator. There was no need to use any artifacts like three years ago to break through the shield.

Directly using high-energy levels to crush, it was unreasonable, just like how a Unity Realm cultivator would crush a Qi Induction or Foundation Establishment cultivator.

“Although the spiritual power level can continue to stack up, the higher the energy level of spiritual power, the heavier the perception burden. My spiritual sense is already struggling to keep up. Continuing to stack energy is useless and will face the risk of losing control. If it goes out of control, this energy is enough to wipe out the Starry Bay from the continent.” Su Hao thought to himself as he uploaded the neatly organized spiritual power stacking data to the Universal Assistant.

Then he stood up to tidy up his messy laboratory, pushed the door open, and walked slowly along the exquisite staircase mountain path to the peak, where he sat down in the pavilion at the peak and gazed out at the distant sea!

Soon, his eyes gradually became absent-minded, not knowing what he was thinking about again.

Two days later, Yashan found Su Hao, his face full of excitement. “Boss Wei, the first generation of spiritual power amplification drugs has been successfully developed, and it’s even a mass-produced drug. The effects range from the Qi Induction Realm to the Nascent Soul Realm, and they can be freely adjusted.”

Su Hao put down the alchemy manual, looked up, and said, “Oh? Tell me about it!”

After Yashan sent the documents to Su Hao, he began, “The preparation of the first generation of drugs continues the alchemy method of this world, optimizing the pills from two perspectives: ‘spiritual materials’ and ‘process.’ In terms of spiritual materials, we no longer have high demands on various rare and exotic spiritual flowers and plants. Instead, we have found a high-yield spiritual plant substitute. In terms of process, we have realized a simplified fully automated process, where only a person needs to input materials in proportion every day and then activate the formation to automatically obtain the corresponding medicine.”

Su Hao said, “Not bad. Achieving this in such a short time, it’s basically liberating cultivators from endless spiritual power conversion.”

Yashan smiled and said, “I was busy with experiments before and rarely converted spiritual power. But after successfully making the first generation of spiritual power amplification drugs, I tested them myself. In just two months, I filled up the spiritual power of the Golden Core Realm, increasing efficiency by more than a hundredfold.”

Su Hao smiled, “When you have time, send some to my master and them. Seeing them meditate in seclusion every day without much progress must be uncomfortable.”

“Alright, Boss Wei!” Yashan replied with a smile and continued, “This is just the first generation of spiritual power amplification drugs. I am now starting to develop the second generation of amplification drugs. The principle is different from the general direct increase in protein type pills. Instead, it directly stimulates the transcription of human protein while breaking the inhibitory effect of concentration on spiritual roots. Using both drugs together will definitely have a stronger effect!”

Su Hao asked, “Do you have any ideas?”

Yashan shook his head awkwardly and said, “Not yet, still thinking about it.”

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    Chapter 469

    Regarding the relationship between Spiritual Power and consciousness, Su Hao spent a long time thinking.

    He proposed countless possibilities...

    Only to overturn them one after another.

    The brain—

    The organ that carried consciousness and allowed free thought—

    Was far too complex to be understood through simple speculation.

    Su Hao readily admitted one fact.

    At his current level...

    He was completely incapable of creating a permanent carrier for consciousness.

    The knowledge required far exceeded his current understanding.

    "So..."

    "I'll set this problem aside for now."

    "I'll focus on increasing the level of Spiritual Power instead."

    "Perhaps..."

    "New inspiration will emerge during that process."


    ---

    Of course...

    Reality wasn't so accommodating.

    Without sufficient knowledge...

    Even inspiration alone rarely produced results.

    After all...

    Where did inspiration come from?

    From the collision of countless pieces of knowledge.


    ---

    Compared with the mystery of consciousness...

    Researching higher levels of Spiritual Power was far more straightforward.

    Fortunately...

    He already possessed abundant references.

    From the Qi Condensation Realm...

    To the Foundation Establishment Realm...

    To the Golden Core Realm...

    The Nascent Soul Realm...

    And finally...

    The Unity Realm...

    Every major realm represented a dramatic leap in the quality of Spiritual Power.

    If he completely understood the principles behind those transformations...

    He would gain true mastery over this biological energy known as Spiritual Power.


    ---

    Once that happened...

    The cultivation techniques of this world could be optimized far beyond their current limits.

    Conversion efficiency would improve tremendously.

    Even his own Nascent Soul Spiritual Power could evolve further.

    Perhaps...

    One day...

    He could fire an energy blast powerful enough to destroy a planet with a single shot—

    Like those legendary heroes from fiction.

    Even if he couldn't truly reach that level...

    One-millionth of that power would already satisfy him.

    In truth...

    He wasn't even expecting that much.

    He simply didn't want to repeat something like the Two Thousand Bursts, where one attack consumed half his Spiritual Power.

    At his current level...

    Interstellar travel remained impossible.

    To achieve that...

    At least two conditions had to be fulfilled.

    First—

    Nearly limitless energy.

    Second—

    A lifespan approaching eternity.


    ---

    Su Hao first dismantled the Spiritual Power Nature Transformation Factory that Yashan had previously developed.

    He carefully analyzed every transformation law within it.

    Although Yashan had successfully summarized the patterns governing Spiritual Power transformation...

    That alone wasn't enough.

    The factory merely described what happened.

    It did not explain why it happened.

    The underlying principles...

    Were what truly mattered.

    There would always be limits to simply collecting empirical laws.

    But once the fundamental mechanism was understood...

    It would become possible to freely modify the underlying parameters...

    Producing whatever kind of Spiritual Power one desired.

    Even the current version of his Activator was still far from achieving that ideal.


    ---

    After organizing his thoughts...

    Su Hao began designing a complete research plan.

    Standing before his task board...

    He wrote while quietly speaking to himself.

    "Research Spiritual Power from both macroscopic and microscopic perspectives."

    "At the macroscopic level..."

    "Create large numbers of controlled experiments."

    "Vary different conditions."

    "Collect correlation data."

    "Identify the core variables."

    "At the microscopic level..."

    "Record every structural change inside Marble Space."

    "Allow Little Light to compare structural and compositional differences."

    "Then..."

    "Test how different structures influence energy release."

    "Eventually..."

    "The macroscopic observations and microscopic mechanisms should perfectly correspond."


    ---

    A month later...

    The preliminary research framework was complete.

    Su Hao uploaded the entire project to the Universal Assistant, allowing Yashan to access every detail.

    Then...

    He began collecting Spiritual Power samples from every cultivation realm.


    ---

    His method...

    Was wonderfully simple.

    He prepared a large number of Spirit Stone Reservoirs.

    Then transformed into the Life Bearer.

    Or rather...

    The identity feared throughout the cultivation world—

    The Crystal Thief.

    He visited every familiar immortal sect one after another.

    His purpose was equally straightforward.

    To politely negotiate the donation of Spiritual Power for scientific research.

    After all...

    If the research ultimately succeeded...

    Everyone would benefit.

    Surely...

    No reasonable person would reject such a mutually beneficial proposal.

    As expected...

    The moment the sect elders learned that the visitor before them was the Crystal Thief...

    Their cooperation became extraordinarily enthusiastic.

    Collection progressed remarkably smoothly.


    ---

    Once enough experimental samples had been gathered...

    Su Hao completely immersed himself in research.


    ---

    Three years passed in the blink of an eye.

    Su Hao turned twenty-eight.

    Time had gradually erased the youthful innocence from his face.

    He now possessed the calm confidence of a mature young man.

    This change wasn't entirely natural.

    It was something he had intentionally adjusted.

    Otherwise...

    As a Nascent Soul cultivator...

    He could have easily retained a youthful appearance for another two centuries.


    ---

    Those three years gave Su Hao an entirely new understanding of Spiritual Power.

    Unfortunately...

    The results also disappointed him.

    The overwhelming power he sought...

    The ability to destroy planets...

    Still remained unimaginably distant.

    Because his research revealed a fundamental truth.

    Spiritual Power...

    Was ultimately a form of chemical energy.

    Although its energy density was astonishingly high...

    It still fell short of nuclear energy.


    ---

    "Still..."

    "The high-energy concentrated Spiritual Power I possess now..."

    "Isn't bad."

    "If released completely through rune formations..."

    "It may not lose to nuclear weapons."


    ---

    He slowly raised one finger.

    A dazzling sphere of golden light floated above it.

    Its energy remained perfectly stable...

    Yet terrifyingly violent.

    This...

    Was his latest Spiritual Power.

    Because its energy level had become so high...

    The moment it left his body...

    Its electrons naturally entered excited states.

    Photons were continuously emitted...

    Producing brilliant golden radiance.

    Three years earlier...

    His Nascent Soul Spiritual Power had emitted only a faint glow.

    Now...

    Its brilliance resembled a miniature sun.


    ---

    The tiny sphere balanced upon his fingertip...

    Barely the size of an egg...

    Contained roughly one-tenth the energy released by the previous Two Thousand Bursts.

    Against ordinary Unity Realm cultivators...

    He no longer needed flying swords or specialized artifacts to shatter their defenses.

    Pure energy alone...

    Could crush them outright.

    Just as Unity Realm cultivators effortlessly overwhelmed lower realms.


    ---

    Still...

    Another problem soon emerged.

    The higher the energy level became...

    The greater the burden placed upon his perception.

    Even now...

    His Spiritual Sense was approaching its limits.

    Continuing to increase energy density would simply invite disaster.

    Loss of control.

    And if that happened...

    The resulting explosion would likely erase Starry Bay from the continent.


    ---

    After organizing every experimental result...

    Su Hao uploaded the complete Spiritual Power evolution data to the Universal Assistant.

    Only then did he finally leave the laboratory.

    Walking slowly up the elegant mountain pathways...

    He reached the pavilion overlooking Starry Bay.

    He quietly sat down.

    Looking toward the endless sea...

    His eyes gradually lost focus.

    Lost once more within his thoughts.


    ---

    Two days later...

    Yashan hurried over with unconcealed excitement.

    "Boss Wei!"

    "The first-generation Spiritual Power Enhancement Drug has been completed!"

    "It can already be mass-produced."

    "It works from the Qi Condensation Realm all the way to the Nascent Soul Realm."

    "The dosage can also be adjusted freely."

    Su Hao closed the alchemy manual in his hands.

    "Oh?"

    "Tell me."


    ---

    After sending the technical documents...

    Yashan began explaining.

    "The first generation still follows this world's alchemy system."

    "But we've optimized it in two directions."

    "First..."

    "The ingredients."

    "We no longer rely on rare spiritual herbs."

    "Instead..."

    "We've identified high-yield replacement spirit plants."

    "Second..."

    "The production process."

    "The entire refinement procedure has been automated."

    "Someone only needs to load the raw materials each day..."

    "Activate the formation..."

    "And the pills are produced automatically."


    ---

    Su Hao nodded approvingly.

    "Very good."

    "Achieving this in such a short time..."

    "Is equivalent to freeing cultivators from endless Spiritual Power conversion."


    ---

    Yashan laughed.

    "I rarely cultivated manually anyway."

    "But after producing the first batch..."

    "I tested them myself."

    "In just two months..."

    "My Golden Core Spiritual Power reached full capacity."

    "The efficiency increased by more than one hundred times."


    ---

    Su Hao smiled.

    "When you have time..."

    "Send a batch to my master and the others."

    "They've spent years meditating with very little progress."

    "It must be rather frustrating."

    Yashan nodded immediately.

    "Of course, Boss Wei."


    ---

    He then continued excitedly,

    "This is only the first generation."

    "I'm already researching the second generation."

    "The approach is completely different."

    "Instead of directly increasing Spiritual Power like traditional pills..."

    "It stimulates the body's own protein transcription..."

    "While simultaneously removing the inhibition imposed upon the Spiritual Roots."

    "If both medicines are used together..."

    "The cultivation effect should become even greater."


    ---

    Su Hao asked,

    "Do you already have a concrete direction?"

    Yashan scratched his head awkwardly.

    "Not yet."

    "I'm still working through the theory."
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