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Chapter 682. Refining a Life Geno Essence

Han Sen didn't feel too disappointed. His heart had been preparing for this dreary result. After all, the Golden Roarer spat it out to him way back when, and this one had been dug out of the corpse of a dead super creature like all the rest.

Han Sen was not sure what generation the Golden Roarer belonged to, so there was still some uncertainty there.

Han Sen hadn't really expected licking it to work. He was just trying his luck. If it worked, that would have been great. But if it didn't, it was half-expected anyway.

Han Sen held onto the bone Life Geno essence and then used the Dongxuan Sutra to simulate the bone elephant's flow. That thundering power rumbled across the insides of his body.

Suddenly, he felt the Life Geno essence in his hands begin to follow the flow of the energy inside him. A rhythmic beat developed, and it followed every note and jump of the energy.

This made Han Sen very happy, and he knew he had stumbled onto the correct path. He sped up the elephant's flow of energy, which made the Life Geno essence shake even more.

Han Sen could feel the bone elephant's Life Geno essence provide him with a strange, foreign power. It seemed as if it was going to follow Han Sen's own energy and burst out.

Han Sen simulated the bone elephant's energy flow again, but the energy inside the Life Geno essence did not burst out. He stuck his tongue out and licked the Life Geno essence again, but it did not melt.

"If I can activate the Life Geno essence, why can I not eat it?" Han Sen frowned.

But Han Sen knew he was on the right path, and progress was being made. Otherwise, why would it have become active the way it did? He simply could not observe it because his simulation of the elephant was not powerful enough.

After all, his Dongxuan Sutra had not yet broken the first tier. It could not simulate things 1:1, and there were a few minor differences from the original creature.

"It looks like I need to finish up my first tier of the Dongxuan Sutra. If I unlock the gene lock, I should be able to simulate the bone elephant's energy flow perfectly. If I do that, I must be able to absorb the Life Geno essence." Han Sen believed he had at long last cracked the puzzle. He had found the way to absorb a Life Geno essence. But for now, he still had to find a way to practice and finish up his Dongxuan Sutra.

He wanted to speed up his training of the Dongxuan Sutra, and his best chance at doing that was with the peaches from the mystic peach tree. Perhaps in two months, the peaches would ripen.

But the super creatures in the Peach Forest, like the pink snake, might prove an obstacle, and Han Sen was unsure whether or not he could steal from them – again.

"If this is the way it has to be, then that means I have to absorb the second or third generation Life Geno essences of super creatures. And before I kill them, I must have an understanding of their energy flow. If I don't get a grasp of that, there's no point in killing them. And to kill a first generation creature? Well... that would be even more pointless." Han Sen furrowed his brow.

Although the first generation Life Geno essences must possess another method of absorption, Han Sen had already had one breakthrough for the day. For now, he would focus on what he had just figured out before working on the next conundrum.

If Han Sen wanted to look for a second generation super creature to spit out a Life Geno essence for him, such luck wouldn't strike for another thousand years, most likely. As much as he would have liked it, Han Sen did not expect this to happen again during his tenure in the Second God's Sanctuary. Therefore, Han Sen thought to focus on hunting the second or third generations of super creature for now and earn the points he wanted.

"Should I kill the silver fox and eat his flesh? That guy is definitely a second generation super creature." Han Sen wore an evil smile.

But it was just a thought, nothing more. There were many second generation super creatures out there in the Second God's Sanctuary, just waiting to be found. It would not be necessary for him to kill the silver fox, and as the fox had been a diligent pet for so long, he'd feel terrible doing that.

There was the little black cub, though. But if he wanted to go after that super creature, it'd be two on one. That would be too much for him to handle.

Red pony?

Han Sen thought back to the legion of pegasi and the wolf pack that aided each other, then quickly dropped that thought, as well.

Eight small snow-turtles?

He didn't even need to think about that one. He would be better off taking a suicide pill than going up against a family of super creatures. Han Sen felt chilled just thinking about the nine super creatures there.

"It looks like I need to get out there and look for more solo second generation super creatures," Han Sen thought to himself, as he stroked his jaw.

While Han Sen was perusing the various chambers and hallways of his mind, the angel had finally finished her meal. She returned to the Sea of Soul, and that was when Han Sen saw the angel shine with neon lights. She had evolved into her battle variant.

"She's evolving! My super battle pet is born, yay! Fighting super creatures should be much easier from this day onwards." Han Sen was beaming with delight.

He quickly left the Peach Forest, not wanting to stay there any longer than he had to. The next time he returned, he decided, would be when the peaches were ripe.

Now that Han Sen knew how to absorb Life Geno essences, and his angel was going to be born anew, it'd be easier for him to nab a peach from the giant, mystic peach tree.

The angel would most likely finish her evolution before they were ripe, as well. With a super fighter like that at his side, Han Sen was sure that he could grab at least one peach for himself.

Back in the shelter, Han Sen was no longer in a rush to return to the Icefield. He brought Su Xiaoqiao and Qi Wenzhao out to kill some more creatures. He wanted to train and push their survival abilities here in the Second God's Sanctuary, allow the angel to finish her evolution, and wait for the peaches to ripen in the Peach Forest.

"Brother Long, we are ready. Should we head out now?" In a royal shelter to the north, Cheng Yulang excitedly reported to Huang Yunlong.

"Have your preparations been double-checked? Have you confirmed that the Life Geno essence is on Han Sen's person?" Huang Yunlong squinted, emitting a sinister, evil aura.

Huang Yunlong had been a king of the north for sixty years. His wealth was practically unlimited, and his strength far exceeded the capabilities of Lu Hui, who had only become famous a few years before. He had many strong subordinates, as well.

"Out intel is not incorrect. It cannot be. Those we have planted in the Goddess Shelter have seen it, and they have seen Han Sen carry it around with him. He has not absorbed it yet," Cheng Yulang said.

"Good. Rally all our troops. I am going to relieve Han Sen of the Life Geno essence." Huang Yunlong's eyes were full of cruelty.

"Do not worry, Brother Long. This time, we will all strike together. With a dozen elites who have unlocked their gene lock, and with your help, Han Sen will be very, very dead." Cheng Yulang gave many confident nods as he spoke.

"Remember; try to cover our tracks as best as you can. We cannot allow anyone to know we have vacated our northern premises for a time. We cannot afford to spook him," Huang Yunlong said, as he continued to squint.

"I have made arrangements; even Lu Hui won't expect us to be there. By the time he suspects something is afoot, we will already have killed Han Sen and taken his Life Geno essence." Cheng Yulang laughed.

"Let's head out." Huang Yunlong trusted Cheng Yulang's abilities fully, for he had never disappointed him once across the years.

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    Shouldn't his immediate priority be maxing his sacred blood geno points?

    With this new development. Is 100 super geno points even the limit of second sanctuary?
    If it is, then absorbing these elemental type geno essences, he would need to be very cognizant of his foundation he will build. Especially to fit the optimal growth path.

    I'm guessing that he can't upgrade Angel until he gets 300 fitness level, and becomes a celestial being, before his his soul sea is strong enough to hold her.
    The black crystal may solve that issue however.

    Chapter 682. Refining a Life Geno Essence
    It's hard to know how one would absorb a first generation life geno essence crystal. May be possible after you absorb the offspring one, then the respective mother.
    Or become a celestial being first. That's quite possible. Will be very difficult for first sanc people then. And it's not like there has to be an easy way either. After all they're using the creatures to evolve themselves. It's up to them to find a way.
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      My Hypothesis: 1st Sanc super: Study creature in depth, of everything --> Kill creature --> Gain LE crystal: [IF beast soul not acquired, repeat until beast soul acquired.] --> Study crystal + Beast Soul until CORPOREAL cultivation art is created capturing the ‘essence’ of the beast and an embodiment of it.

      Super beasts are special. And they’re life forms. Humans are plundering and making use of their bodies. To strengthen themselves.
      The creatures don’t have to be easy to exploit, and straightforward to absorb into one's own strength. That’s for humans to discover, if such possibility even exists in the first place.
      For example, it’s possible they never find a way to absorb the super genes because the God’s Sanctuary wasn’t for humans in the first place anyway. And no matter what they do, even if god helps, they can’t get super genes.
      Now this isn’t the case, but it’s to point to the fact that there’s no reason why it shouldn’t be nearly impossible for people to absorb and get super genes.


      (Added after), the thing is, reality is brutal. If we were in that world, none of us would get super geno points. Either because we’ve/you’ve given up. Or forced to evolve to 2nd sanc because of longevity issues or changing ambitions(giving up on a shot at immortality(maybe build a family aiming at that goal). Or die trying.
      And what our predecessors have all collectively progressed the foundation of humanity is often under-appreciated just how difficult exactly it was, and how long it actually took to get to where they are today.
      And God’s Sanctuary has only been around for a short time. The threshold to getting started is unreachable for almost all. Later generations will have the fortune of the predecessors work, in being able to max super genes at a way lower talent cap than now.
      And many people who are of the extreme talented required during this super geno discovery era will miss out.


      May take generations, decades to centuries. (for the sake of plot, it might not though)
      And entire powers focusing on just their families' most suited type of cultivation.
      As the crystals can’t be taken out of GSanc, so it's a long game, meaning the foundation of the very person itself will become paramount.
      Knowledge foundation, martials foundation, fitness level foundation, foundation on the knowledge of qi gong and it’s creation and details.
      Essentially you would have to be a hyper supreme genius talent if you want to solo.


      The optimal route, if you were in han sen’s place without authors help.
      Even han sen would have had to spend realistically decades, and that’s even with his dongxuan art. Basically he would have to become a cultivator.
      Dongxuan creator did just fine without God’s Sanctuary’s geno points.
      The higher his realm, the higher the level of his soul and soul sea. The better the cultivation art he would be able to create due to higher level of perception and comprehension abilities. To form a better growth potential foundation.

      So a possible optimal route would be, if he could cultivate just to the point before becoming a celestial being physique attainment. And focus heavily on soul or mind cultivation and meditation as well. Through exploring crystallizer ruins, and hopefully finding a mind/soul cultivation method.
      OR
      To just keeping going. At the moment he has the SUPER KING SPIRIT BODY/PHYSIQUE.
      So I’m not sure what exactly celestial being will do in terms of transforming his body. And if it’s better to have this now, with the best art he can create after many years at half-step celestial being. Or
      if it’s better to just keep going to cultivate to beyond the demigod realm, the stage where dongxuan creator ascended with his bare body.
      To that stage. And then continually refine a beast embodiment 1st Sanc cultivation art to absorb the super genes.

      But even if you’re not able to do it all solo, the ‘leadership’ will still get everyone to develop these things. Each member of a generation of geniuses, choosing a specialization.
      So when they go into the 1st Sanc. They can use their expertise to come together and form the cultivation art. While going back and forth getting help from demigods.

      Query:
      Not sure if they’ll be able to share the crystal. As the arts will be very inefficient for the first one. So to get great accomplishment on the art, they probably need the whole crystal to progress to completion.


      2nd Sanc: Study creature in depth, of everything → Kill creature → Gain LE crystal: [IF beast soul not acquired, repeat until beast soul acquired.] → Study crystal until ELEMENTAL cultivation art is created capturing the ‘essence’ of the beast and an embodiment of it.
      Same old as first sanc process.
      May take generations. And entire powers focusing on just their families' most suited type of cultivation in accordance to their innate talents.

      Those ancient families like the xue family have already found theirs, jade and ice. So they would try to choose a suitable beast, to form their beast art which allows their innate potential and aptitude to best be developed.
      So the xue family might try to hunt a beast that lives in the icy and snowy areas. In the first sanc. Then if successful, and haven’t been destroyed by han sen yet. An ice elemental super beast in the 2nd sanc.

      The chen family will probably choose a bird with great flight abilities. Then wind elemental in 2nd sanc


      Just goes to show how important foundation is again though.
      If you don’t have that the foundation of these multigenerational families and powers, then you’re going to be left so far behind, your only option would be to join one of these forces, or if you don’t have enough talent, try to create a family, with values and principles that would allow it to have a great growth potential.


      Mc might have something to do with the nine-live cat ‘divine beast’?
      If I’m even remotely close with my hypotheses ,
      it just goes to show what kind of foundation every thing is built on, and how difficult things are to get started.
      Once the snowball is rolling though, much easier to get progress.
      So even if you have amazing talent, unless it’s once in 5000 years talent. Then you’re simply going to have to become someone else’s.
      If that made you feel shitty yet rebellious, well, it’s exactly the same with what’s happening with AI right now. Most will be at the whims of hegemonic multi-generational families.


      The beginnings of sects and cultivation clans.
      Why? Because of competition and time restraints. The fastest to be successful, and nurture an extreme genius chosen to max super geno points will have a very strong advantage.

      No time to create more than one. So the nature and type of resulting cultivation art sets direction of their group now. E.g. dragon body, phoenix body, bull body, snake body etc etc.

      Other reasons of the beginning of sects and CClans.
      Their cultivation arts right now are important, but they're not as important as the eventual super beast embodiment cultivation arts. So that means, they'll use the current qi gong methods to train elites, and not just for the main male line of the family. IF they want to be competitive, they have no other choice. It's the advent of a new era. Those who adapt to the changes will have a place perhaps. But those who don't will definitely be in absolute decline and even disappear.

      The sects might include multiple families vowing to form an eternal alliance. A marriage of sorts. It'll be needed to compete as well, as other forces will be doing the same.
      Now, to keep a constant flow of super genes needed to developp, they will have to keep hunting the same type of creature (the one suited for their innate talents). So this will take endless years.

      This is also because other powers will be competing, not sharing information etc.
      So each power would only be able to focus on one type of creature, and not clash over the same beast because of the scarcity. You don't want to create a cultivation art, only to find that no more super beasts exist of the kind, because everyone chose the same type.

      And even if they create the cultivation art successfully. They might not touch it, saving the crystals. Until they collect enough to max out the chosen within his life time. Most probably, they will absorb it though. Because you still have a competitive advantage even if you don't max out and evolve. You'll have super genes now. And for testing purposes as well.

      After all, what if they can’t find another creature? Do they just evolve without maxing out on super geno points? What a waste.
      So if you have accumulated. Then you could do it all in one go.

      It may take hundreds of years.

      And the alliance is an alliance. It has endless factions and powers, others enemies of each other.
      If the alliance wants to speed things up, they need to start disseminating qi gong more. Even if it’s not the highest level. So that it can develop and flourish, boosting the culture and development.

      If they want things to happen in their life times that is. A way that would happen is, all families in possession of such arts, will start recruiting loyal ‘sect’ members. Where the clan may be at the core of a sect and school of thought they create, the core arts won't just be the original qi gong anymore.
      You'd have to join with your entire family as well.


      The creature they choose to make an art from will also have to be well chosen. And the ancient families have an advantage here, other than how strong the families foundation is. Is because they have natural elemental affinities and aptitudes they’ve developed over generations, centuries even.
      So they can choose creatures that would pair well with their element. In accordance to 2nd sanc, 3rd and so on.

      None of this is a spoiler, as I'm a first time reader as well. Just a system of concepts and ideas drawn from reading other stories, applied to what we know so far in this story.
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        Thoughts are technique creation and what is possible.
        Gaining the geno points are easy, and the ‘voice’ tells them to eat the flesh of the edible. Not technique is needed. However if one was genius enough, and had build a profound foundation on cultivation and geno arts. As well as on energy and the workings of life.
        Studying the genes of the creatures directly, it may even be possible to create an art, that can ‘increase’ your geno point count without consuming anything. But such is a pointless endeavour, when you can just devour.


        Sen is lucky. He accidentally had the fortune of being able to bypass formulating a method of absorbing super geno (points) life essence crystal in 1st Sanc.
        Greatly expediting the process.

        If han sen didn’t have that fortunate opportunity of a mother golden growler spitting out her own life essence crystal of her own volition. He would never have gotten super geno points for because the prerequisite for such progression exists:
        This would mean the only way for han sen to have eventually maxed out his super geno points in the 1st Sanc would have been only possible through the cultivation of the dongxuan sutra. However:
        He wasn’t wise enough on the importance of foundation.
        He wanted to evolve and get the aristocracy title. As soon as possible.
        This means that that held a greater value than building the strongest foundation possible.
        So he would have never trained to be strong enough to hunt a super creature, and acquire its life essence crystal.
        I said this much earlier, “I hope mc before moving onto the next sanctuaries each time becomes the absolute strongest of each level. If he hasn’t then his foundation isn’t good enough” Rushed. This is a test. A test which will help you determine and gauge how well of a foundation you have built. If you can’t become the strongest then such is life, and your talent and aptitude is limited. And you best move on. This is more of an extreme ambition or mc test.
        He would have never been able to get super genes from the black crystal either.
        Now,
        As building the strongest foundation possible would entail training the dongxuan sutra for 5 or more years, even decades or centuries. However long it takes.
        The dongxuan sutra founder didn’t have the geno points blessing, but still got stronger than a demigod. His body is impervious to time. So his longevity was increased as well, maintaining a 40 year olds look.
        The sutra increasing gene perfection in addition to geno points, han sen could have increased his base gene dependent fitness, allowing for an even greater boost of fitness when finally evolving in the evo-pool.
        So he doesn’t even need to go to higher sanctuaries.
        But still, the dongxuan founder still died. Which also means that the dongxuan sutra has a ceiling for how far you can go on your path to immortality.


        For han sen he's lucky, since he can speed up the process greatly. Otherwise he would have to stalk creatures to understand them for years before killing, so that when he studies the crystal, he would have a better chance at successfully creating a good enough qi gong art.
        And this is with the 2nd generation super beasts. People have an advantage with them, as they practice their own innate techniques.

        But for 1st generation, they won't have any reference advantage at all, and would have to just create something entirely off of the crystal itself, and the collective ingenuity of humanity.
        Perhaps spirits could help, or certain beast souls. By studying the beast souls as well.

        People would then need a suitable crystal for their innate aptitude. And maybe they have a rare aptitude. Where the creature is nearly impossible to even find and kill for whatever reason. Then it's just bad luck. The resources it would take to do so as well. You would have to be a chosen.

        In fact, since you can't take the crystals out, demigods and geno art creators would be able to help directly. So it'll be all on ones genius comprehension ability. By firstly finding out what their innate elemental aptitude is. To hunt such creature. Then to gain it's crystal, and then to study it for years on end till you successfully create an art for it. Then absorb it. It all has to go right.

        For the first sanc, I'm not very sure. Because they're non-elemental. Meaning perhaps they need a corporeal cultivation art to absorb it. But by type of corporeal ability. For example just pure strength body qi gong. Flexible and agile qi gong art etc. By again, studying the creatures the crystal.

        If you don't study the creatures first, it would probably take much longer.
        Now then the question becomes, will sects come into being? Especially of the ancient families who already have elemental affinities, and body cultivation affinities. They would target beasts to would seem complimentary to them. And create sects or clans even, of a specific art.

        The thing is han sen was incredibly lucky to get the super gene. Because he wasn't wise enough at that time, to just practice dongxuan sutra to the optimum limit of what the evolution pool is efficacious for.
        If he had that wisdom, of how important foundation is.

        Then he would have naturally resulted in hunting down a super creature in the first sanctuary even without super gene boost of the mother golden growler life essence.
        He would have gotten the crystal, got the message prompt in his mind. Then knowing how important the foundation is. Spent all his time studying the crystal, or abandoning that crystal after some studying.
        Then go out to find another super creature, and study it for many years. Observation, and directly. Such as fight, vivisection (cutting it open), see how it uses its strength. And to study beast souls.
        So soul strength and soul cultivation arts, or mediation will also become a big thing.
        More exploration of crysallizer ruins, on mental spiritual development and growth. So you can use 'divine sense' or your spiritual mind to study everything needed to create a qi gong art. Which is good enough.

        If you want to just be a fighter, then maybe you're lucky enough to have a power backing you that would be willing to put in all the resources for you to reap the benefits while not having to do anything for yourself.
        But it'll become the era of true geniuses and not necessarily because of your status.
        Families will really start nailing the foundation as well. Both knowledge foundation for creating arts, and martial arts and foundation for the greatest growth potential.
        Of course, they would still have an incredible advantage, because the resources required to hunt such a creature is astronomical.

        And sects, clan loyalties, family loyalties will be a must for most people not born in these families, if they ever want a shot. And the harsh reality of talent.
        Once the loyalty contracts are signed, these groups will have to start teaching their powerful qi gong. So that the people are strong enough to hunt the creatures, so that the chosen most talented child can take the responsibility as well as the fortune of being the one to carry the torch forward. And create the qi gong specific to the essence.

        To be competitive, so families will be forced to do so. The faster they can set up the generations of elite combatants, that can hunt super creatures without having to evolve first, will mean the faster they get studying to properly studying the creatures etc. And set up a stable consistency of progress.
        Because the first family to create a super qi gong art with the essence. Is the one who's going to have a massive advantage which will compound.
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          Suppose we'll find out.
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    Bruh, they are so retarded. How did this guy even process his thoughts? Super creatures were known to be unbeatable, yet a guy managed to kill one. It means dealing with this guy in brute force is a worse option than killing a creature for yourself, because he is stronger. And that was before the guy (possibly) obtained a beast soul. Yet they are acting as if they have already won
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      The thing is, it doesn't translate like that. When one hunts a stronger creature. They don't have the same fitness, vigor, nor toughness of body. But are still able to find ways to hunt successfully.
      I'm sure he's aware that his subordinates are going to die in this hunt. But for the kind of guy who kills for treasures, it wouldn't be surprising if he doesn't care about the life of others including his subordinates.
      I'm sure this isn't the first time he's hunted people down.

      But if you have enough people, then han sen could indeed die. He body isn't anywhere near the toughness of the super creatures. So he can't take as much punishment.

      The dumb things are, they now know han sen can kill super creatures. So what's that pet on his shoulder? Is it a super beast pet?
      The other dumb thing is how he hasn't made a resolution to max his sacred geno points before the picking.

      Han sen is also protecting two weak people.
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    How is it even possible for anyone else to even absorb super geno essence then cuz it's impossible to be able to see others energy cycle like Han Sen and also be able to imitate it
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      My Hypothesis: 1st Sanc super: Study creature in depth, of everything → Kill creature → Gain LE crystal: [IF beast soul not acquired, repeat until beast soul acquired.] → Study crystal until CORPOREAL cultivation art is created capturing the ‘essence’ of the beast and an embodiment of it.

      Super beasts are special. And they’re life forms. Humans are plundering and making use of their bodies. To strengthen themselves.
      The creatures don’t have to be easy to exploit, and straightforward to absorb into one's own strength. That’s for humans to discover, if such possibility even exists in the first place.
      For example, it’s possible they never find a way to absorb the super genes because the God’s Sanctuary wasn’t for humans in the first place anyway. And no matter what they do, even if god helps, they can’t get super genes.
      Now this isn’t the case, but it’s to point to the fact that there’s no reason why it shouldn’t be nearly impossible for people to absorb and get super genes.


      (Added after), the thing is, reality is brutal. If we were in that world, none of us would get super geno points. Either because we’ve/you’ve given up. Or forced to evolve to 2nd sanc because of longevity issues or changing ambitions(giving up on a shot at immortality(maybe build a family aiming at that goal). Or die trying.
      And what our predecessors have all collectively progressed the foundation of humanity is often under-appreciated just how difficult exactly it was, and how long it actually took to get to where they are today.
      And God’s Sanctuary has only been around for a short time. The threshold to getting started is unreachable for almost all. Later generations will have the fortune of the predecessors work, in being able to max super genes at a way lower talent cap than now.
      And many people who are of the extreme talented required during this super geno discovery era will miss out.


      May take generations, decades to centuries. (for the sake of plot, it might not though)
      And entire powers focusing on just their families' most suited type of cultivation.
      As the crystals can’t be taken out of GSanc, so it's a long game, meaning the foundation of the very person itself will become paramount.
      Knowledge foundation, martials foundation, fitness level foundation, foundation on the knowledge of qi gong and it’s creation and details.
      Essentially you would have to be a hyper supreme genius talent if you want to solo.


      The optimal route, if you were in han sen’s place without authors help.
      Even han sen would have had to spend realistically decades, and that’s even with his dongxuan art. Basically he would have to become a cultivator.
      Dongxuan creator did just fine without God’s Sanctuary’s geno points.
      The higher his realm, the higher the level of his soul and soul sea. The better the cultivation art he would be able to create due to higher level of perception and comprehension abilities. To form a better growth potential foundation.

      So a possible optimal route would be, if he could cultivate just to the point before becoming a celestial being physique attainment. And focus heavily on soul or mind cultivation and meditation as well. Through exploring crystallizer ruins, and hopefully finding a mind/soul cultivation method.
      OR
      To just keeping going. At the moment he has the SUPER KING SPIRIT BODY/PHYSIQUE.
      So I’m not sure what exactly celestial being will do in terms of transforming his body. And if it’s better to have this now, with the best art he can create after many years at half-step celestial being. Or
      if it’s better to just keep going to cultivate to beyond the demigod realm, the stage where dongxuan creator ascended with his bare body.
      To that stage. And then continually refine a beast embodiment 1st Sanc cultivation art to absorb the super genes.

      But even if you’re not able to do it all solo, the ‘leadership’ will still get everyone to develop these things. Each member of a generation of geniuses, choosing a specialization.
      So when they go into the 1st Sanc. They can use their expertise to come together and form the cultivation art. While going back and forth getting help from demigods.

      Query:
      Not sure if they’ll be able to share the crystal. As the arts will be very inefficient for the first one. So to get great accomplishment on the art, they probably need the whole crystal to progress to completion.


      2nd Sanc: Study creature in depth, of everything → Kill creature → Gain LE crystal: [IF beast soul not acquired, repeat until beast soul acquired.] → Study crystal until ELEMENTAL cultivation art is created capturing the ‘essence’ of the beast and an embodiment of it.
      Same old as first sanc process.
      May take generations. And entire powers focusing on just their families' most suited type of cultivation in accordance to their innate talents.

      Those ancient families like the xue family have already found theirs, jade and ice. So they would try to choose a suitable beast, to form their beast art which allows their innate potential and aptitude to best be developed.
      So the xue family might try to hunt a beast that lives in the icy and snowy areas. In the first sanc. Then if successful, and haven’t been destroyed by han sen yet. An ice elemental super beast in the 2nd sanc.

      The chen family will probably choose a bird with great flight abilities. Then wind elemental in 2nd sanc


      Just goes to show how important foundation is again though.
      If you don’t have that the foundation of these multigenerational families and powers, then you’re going to be left so far behind, your only option would be to join one of these forces, or if you don’t have enough talent, try to create a family, with values and principles that would allow it to have a great growth potential.


      Mc might have something to do with the nine-live cat ‘divine beast’?
      If I’m even remotely close with my hypotheses ,
      it just goes to show what kind of foundation every thing is built on, and how difficult things are to get started.
      Once the snowball is rolling though, much easier to get progress.
      So even if you have amazing talent, unless it’s once in 5000 years talent. Then you’re simply going to have to become someone else’s.
      If that made you feel shitty yet rebellious, well, it’s exactly the same with what’s happening with AI right now. Most will be at the whims of hegemonic multi-generational families.


      The beginnings of sects and cultivation clans.
      Why? Because of competition and time restraints. The fastest to be successful, and nurture an extreme genius chosen to max super geno points will have a very strong advantage.

      No time to create more than one. So the nature and type of resulting cultivation art sets direction of their group now. E.g. dragon body, phoenix body, bull body, snake body etc etc.

      Other reasons of the beginning of sects and CClans.
      Their cultivation arts right now are important, but they're not as important as the eventual super beast embodiment cultivation arts. So that means, they'll use the current qi gong methods to train elites, and not just for the main male line of the family. IF they want to be competitive, they have no other choice. It's the advent of a new era. Those who adapt to the changes will have a place perhaps. But those who don't will definitely be in absolute decline and even disappear.

      The sects might include multiple families vowing to form an eternal alliance. A marriage of sorts. It'll be needed to compete as well, as other forces will be doing the same.
      Now, to keep a constant flow of super genes needed to developp, they will have to keep hunting the same type of creature (the one suited for their innate talents). So this will take endless years.

      This is also because other powers will be competing, not sharing information etc.
      So each power would only be able to focus on one type of creature, and not clash over the same beast because of the scarcity. You don't want to create a cultivation art, only to find that no more super beasts exist of the kind, because everyone chose the same type.

      And even if they create the cultivation art successfully. They might not touch it, saving the crystals. Until they collect enough to max out the chosen within his life time. Most probably, they will absorb it though. Because you still have a competitive advantage even if you don't max out and evolve. You'll have super genes now. And for testing purposes as well.

      After all, what if they can’t find another creature? Do they just evolve without maxing out on super geno points? What a waste.
      So if you have accumulated. Then you could do it all in one go.

      It may take hundreds of years.

      And the alliance is an alliance. It has endless factions and powers, others enemies of each other.
      If the alliance wants to speed things up, they need to start disseminating qi gong more. Even if it’s not the highest level. So that it can develop and flourish, boosting the culture and development.

      If they want things to happen in their life times that is. A way that would happen is, all families in possession of such arts, will start recruiting loyal ‘sect’ members. Where the clan may be at the core of a sect and school of thought they create, the core arts won't just be the original qi gong anymore.
      You'd have to join with your entire family as well.


      The creature they choose to make an art from will also have to be well chosen. And the ancient families have an advantage here, other than how strong the families foundation is. Is because they have natural elemental affinities and aptitudes they’ve developed over generations, centuries even.
      So they can choose creatures that would pair well with their element. In accordance to 2nd sanc, 3rd and so on.

      None of this is a spoiler, as I'm a first time reader as well. Just a system of concepts and ideas drawn from reading other stories, applied to what we know so far in this story.
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    Didn't he already give to the jis. Or r they talking about the elephant?
    And I hope we get a good explanation to y he was able to eat super geno points in 1st sanctuary and y others could not
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      It was said he was planning to give it to the ji's.
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      The explanation was already given
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    R.i.p. in advance
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