216: Chapter 216 Cultivation Time, Increased by More Than Tenfold

The Bronze Human Race priest system is, at its core, primarily based on spiritual refinement, with essence and qi as supplements. The "Power of Bronze Sacrifice" that exists when these unite has as its primary function the driving and refining of one's own natal underworld artifacts and sacrificial artifacts; its ability to interfere with the outside world is somewhat weaker than mana.

Next, Wang An explained his deductions regarding subsequent cultivation, also seeking guidance from the many seniors who cultivated along this path.

"After reaching the Zifu True Person stage, besides continuing to perfect the Five Elements Dao Foundation, the focus is on the cultivation and training of the Purple Mansion Divine Ability, using the embryonic form of weak laws to cultivate a type of Golden Nature that lies between a complete law and an embryonic form."

"The so-called Golden Nature is immortality. It no longer requires us to provide nourishment with our Daoist cultivation knowledge; it can grow on its own, absorbing relevant Daoist knowledge from the extraordinary system until it grows into a complete law, thereby refining the True Monarch law fruit status."

"As a Zifu True Person, even with a lifespan of 8,000 years, it is extremely difficult to deduce and complete the Golden Nature to the high-level fruit status within the limited lifespan of the middle tier."

"That is why there is the method of refining five Dao Foundations, five Purple Mansion Divine Abilities, and five Golden Natures into one to attain the fruit status."

"As for whether it is specifically feasible, I must ask the seniors present here for their guidance."

As Wang An's voice fell, the people present frowned and fell into deep thought, and the atmosphere became somewhat quiet for a time.

Shennong Yinmu looked relatively calm and raised a question.

"Does the Real Person know just how difficult it is to refine even one divine ability—or rather, our 'sacrificial method'—to the Golden Nature state you mentioned, and then refine five Golden Natures into one fruit status?"

Wang An had also thought about this question, but after obtaining one Golden Nature, he felt that after reaching the middle tier level 3, it shouldn't be too difficult to nurture and refine them.

However, seeing that this middle tier level 3 expert had this question, it must not be simple, so he asked her.

"Although I have not yet cultivated to middle tier level 3, I imagine that once I have refined five Purple Mansion Divine Abilities and my Yin Spirit has achieved 108 thoughts, it should be achievable within a few hundred years."

When this sentence was spoken, the people present went quiet.

Several elderly, veteran middle tier level 3 experts even sneered, as if saying, "Where did this ignorant, arrogant brat come from?"

However, everyone present was at least 500 years old and had their own bearing and self-restraint, so they did not voice mockery or laughter.

Shennong Yinmu was also slightly stunned by the few hundred years mentioned by True Person Tianhe, and immediately explained the common knowledge regarding this aspect to him.

"Fellow Daoist, let us take the time it took for our Bronze Human Race's True King Qingshang to achieve the high level as an example."

"His natural talent was second only to [Qing], the founder of our Bronze Human Race priest system. At only 150 years old, he achieved the middle tier [Law-Defining Priest] realm. After that, he received the greatest resource support from the clan. In addition to conventional law resources, rare items, and spiritual plants, he was also accompanied year-round by our Bronze Human Race's high-level civilization ritual artifact, the [taiyi yutian green spirit cauldron], to comprehend the law of [Ritual] within it."

"He cultivated to middle tier level 3 in just 300 years. Afterward, he cultivated one profound law meaning every millennium, which is not much different from the Golden Nature you mentioned."

"Thus, at 3,450 years old, he had already achieved the three great profound meanings of the law of Ritual, and it still took him 3,000 years to evolve the [Seeking Ritual] law that fit himself. At 7,000 years old, under the protection of the [taiyi yutian green spirit cauldron], he achieved the high-level honorific of [Taiyi Yutian Civilizing True King Qingshang]."

"Fellow Daoist Tianhe, if one wants to cultivate five profound law meanings, how long would it take to cultivate? 5,000 years? And how long would it take to deduce a law that fits oneself?"

"Therefore, in our view, although it is easier to deduce a law using five profound law meanings, the time is too tight. You do not have a high-level artifact or law that fits you to provide contemplation, and it is even more difficult to obtain relevant law resources, so how long would it take?"

But at this point, Shennong Yinmu changed the subject.

"Of course, this is a relatively pessimistic estimate. Looking at your situation where you achieved middle tier in just a year or two, our True King Qingshang's cultivation progress cannot be used as a reference."

"I say this to give you a reminder: even after cultivating the five Golden Natures, you still need to reserve a large amount of time to harmonize these profound law meanings until they become a complete law."

These words from Shennong Yinmu regarding the cultivation time of True King Qingshang also left Wang An somewhat shocked.

He then calculated in his heart.

"If I estimate based on this True King Qingshang, it is actually still possible to achieve the Golden Core True Monarch within 500 years."

"First, I have an Incarnation to contemplate together; the main body plus the Incarnation is at least twice the cultivation speed of a normal person. Then, counting the fact that the Incarnation can perform various dangerous attempts, this is something others cannot do."

"The speed of contemplation will be even faster this way; just calculating based on this, it is 2.5 times that of others."

"Afterward, there is the propulsion of destiny, because the founding ancestor of the Bronze Human Race's extraordinary path died in battle before even finishing the trial, and did not enjoy the destiny propulsion of the later extraordinary interstellar society."

"Everyone after him, unless they have great achievements for the entire system, will not receive this favoritism. Therefore, the multiplier in this aspect of destiny is also two or three times."

"Unlike others who still need to find and deduce laws that fit themselves, I have already planned for the subsequent fruit status."

"For the Five Elements Dao Foundation, when I was cultivating, I practiced the Yin Five Elements Dao Foundation entirely. The five types of Dao Foundations are extremely compatible with each other and do not conflict."

"Thus, as long as the mutual generation of the Five Elements is achieved, the Yin Five Elements fruit status can be attained. As long as there are enough cultivators practicing the Yin Five Elements Dao Foundation, as the founder of the path, I will have a continuous influx of Daoist knowledge to supplement my understanding of the laws. On top of this, it can be improved by another one or two times."

"Calculating it this way, perhaps the time required is a little more than 500 years, but not by much."

"This also doesn't include the law-aligned objects, law-aligned spiritual plants, and relevant law scenarios that Shennong Yinmu just mentioned. If these are added, my cultivation speed will be even faster, and I should be able to achieve the Golden Core True Monarch before 500 years."

Wang An was also startled by his own deduction; a more than tenfold speed, a high-level existence in 500 years—this definitely counts as the number one cultivation speed in the entire Milky Way Galaxy.

He then immediately calmed down and carefully thought about his subsequent plans.

"It is better not to speak of these deductions of mine; even if I do, no one will believe it, and it will only invite ridicule."

At this time, everyone watched this True Person Tianhe fall into deep thought, and sounds of discussion arose from time to time. Seeing this, after pondering for a long time, Gaoyang Zhenkong spoke up.

"Fellow Daoist Tianhe, as the founder of a path, is naturally protected by its destiny, and he has extraordinary natural talent. As for achieving the high level, I think the problem should not be too great, it will just require a longer amount of time."

"The problem of resources, however, is easy to solve for you, Fellow Daoist."