117: Chapter 117 Settling

After returning to Wanxiang University from the Abyss of Resonance, Shen Ye did not immediately enter seclusion to push for the next Breakthrough.

The continuous Breakthroughs to True God Level 5 had pushed the primordial resonance Law network deep within his Dantian to its limit—it was not a lack of energy, but a lack of time.

The complete Law core of The Observers civilization was regrowing within his body; it needed time to adapt to this vessel, and it also needed time to fully fuse with the Foundation of the Cultivation Divine Kingdom and the Land of Gods and Demons.

He shared this assessment with Qin Shu.

Qin Shu leaned against the doorframe of the training room, the data pad in his hand still displaying the latest inventory data for the twilight beacons.

He said that breaking through too quickly was not necessarily a good thing; the settling period between each level could not be skipped. If skipped, the Foundation would be unstable, and sooner or later, he would have to pay the price as he advanced further.

Back in the day, there was a highly talented Pioneer in the Independent Pioneer Sequence who took very little time to go from a Level 1 God to a True God Level 7. As a result, when attempting to break through to Level 8, their Law network collapsed, causing their entire Divine Kingdom to implode, and they were never able to recover.

Shen Ye said he knew, so for the days to come, he would not go anywhere.

Over the next few days, Shen Ye divided his time into three parts.

In the morning, he worked with Lin Tianyin in the Law Analysis Laboratory on a deep analysis of The Observers database, breaking down the newly activated layers of encrypted data one by one after the primordial resonance Law core had been integrated.

In the afternoon, he went to the Body Refining Cave. Yan Shan's Rock Pattern had been tempered once more under the resonance pulsation of True God Level 5, and Hou Tu marked the latest data on the underground Spiritual Qi flow of the Abyss of Resonance onto an obsidian slab. Shen Ye used this data to test the stability of the golden-purple Law network in his Dantian.

At night, he returned to his dormitory to meditate, letting the micro resonance platform run on its own to repair the flaws in the Law network discovered during the day's tests, one node at a time.

On the fourth day, Lin Tianyin discovered a hidden directory in the third major section of the database index.

This directory was only activated after the mother-lode resonance frequency was upgraded to the True God Level 5 tier. What it recorded was not technology, but the observation logs of The Observers civilization throughout the long ages—how that twisted seed had quietly germinated deep within the primordial abyss countless years ago.

At the end of the log, The Observers had written a note in extremely concise Law language: "Twisting is not formed in a day, nor can it be resolved in a day."

The third batch of portable twilight beacons, tempered by Tie Chui using the mother-lode resonance frequency, also came off the production line.

The casings of this batch of beacons shimmered with a very faint, dark golden primordial resonance light. Their activation efficiency was significantly improved compared to the old version, and the restoration speed of the Shiyuan Law within their coverage area was also significantly accelerated.

Shen Ye took the time to make a trip to the front line of the Sea of Thousand Realms Mist to personally hand the first batch of new beacons to General Lin Yuan.

Under the coverage of the beacons, the wounded soldiers at the outpost had removed their bandages, and a few of the lightly wounded were already able to help Second Lieutenant Meng Yan peel potatoes.

Deep in the Body Refining Cave, Yan Shan tempered the newly formed Rock Pattern on his right arm from his fingertips to his elbow joint. At the joints of every finger, extremely subtle, dark golden primordial resonance patterns emerged.

Hou Tu crouched nearby, palms pressed against the ground, saying that the mineral vein had extended further downward.

Shen Ye performed a new round of synchronous calibration between the mother-lode resonance frequency and the Wanxiang University monitoring station, confirming that the mineral vein branches deep within the Dark Domain were still growing steadily, and the seed planted by The Observers back then was spreading slowly and firmly deep underground.

Cang Ming sent the latest monitoring data of the Northern Mining District from Eternal University.

After the giant beast core was destroyed, the remnants of the Crown Prince's forces had completely lost the ability to offer organized resistance, leaving only scattered stragglers wandering in the deepest parts of the ash residue zone.

Cang Ming said he was preparing to return to Eternal University to archive all the sand table simulation data that Teacher Cang Yue had accumulated during this period, and by the way, check the progress of the cross-verification between Mo Lan's Reincarnation Pool samples and the Void Royal Family Bloodline Law in The Observers database.

That evening, Shen Ye sat alone by Wanxiang Lake, reviewing the fragments of light that Gu Yan's broken sword had turned into, using the frequency of the mother-lode resonance.

That sword was no longer there, but the Divine Rank Sword Intent sealed within the blade had left an extremely subtle mark within his body—it was the final trace left in this world by Pioneer Sequence number 0031, fused into the golden-purple Law network in his Dantian.

He pressed through his clothes against the amulet on his chest that had been sewn with the corners reversed; Liu Yang's stitches were still crooked.

When he returned to his dormitory, there were several unread messages in his communicator.

Qin Youyou said her ancient war spear had completed a round of Divine Rank tempering, and the spear tip's sensing range could now cover the entire Dark Domain. If anything emerged from deeper within the mineral veins, she would be the first to know.

Bai Ye said the mother-lode resonance frequency had helped him unlock the deepest layers of the Time Law encryption in the Bai family's ancient star map. After his father finished receiving treatment for Time Law bearing capacity at the top of the Golden Tower, the Law backlash at the site of his old right-hand injury had completely subsided—this was the first time in the history of the Bai family's heirs that someone had survived the backlash cycle.

After replying to them one by one, Shen Ye opened his Spiritual Power logbook.

The Law density of True God Level 5 was now fully stabilized. The next step, True God Level 6, required another round of combat tempering on this stable Foundation. The target was the "twisted seed" mentioned in The Observers log deep within the mineral veins. Although it was not the main body of the Ancestor of the Abyss, if it were not purified in time, it would sooner or later give birth to a new generation of inheritors of the twisted Law.

He listed the Level 6 Breakthrough plan item by item before closing the logbook. Outside the window, twilight was slowly rising from the intersection of the four-tower light beams over the lake.

It was time to sleep; there was a tough battle ahead tomorrow.