145: Chapter 145 Underground

"That Li Yi is interesting!"

Ji Yebai returned to the library and smiled slightly.

He had sensed something different within Li Yi's aura.

However, everyone has their own destiny; it had nothing to do with him.

"Drinking tea, working, reading books, a leisurely life—this is what I should be doing!"

Ji Yebai returned to his seat. By this time, other administrators had already delivered a pile of returned books.

The first floor was the centralized area for registering book loans and returns.

Returned books would then be delivered to their respective floors by dedicated administrators.

Ji Yebai's job was to put these delivered books back in their original places and ensure the cleanliness of the entire floor.

This kind of work was leisurely and pleasant.

Especially in his spare time, it allowed Ji Yebai plenty of time to read.

In truth, if Ji Yebai were to expand his Divine Sense and use it to imprint the books, he could sweep all the information from these books into his mind in an instant.

He could even hack into the computer System with his Divine Sense and download all sorts of knowledge through frequency conversion.

But Ji Yebai did not do that.

His goal was to practice martial arts, and the purpose of martial arts was to allow himself to enjoy life leisurely and without restraint.

And right now, he really enjoyed this feeling of time passing slowly.

The students hurrying through the campus, the professors wishing they could split time in half—none of that had anything to do with him; he enjoyed his time at a slow pace.

This sense of contrast was quite immersive.

In the normal Universe, due to the abundant energy, people's Lifespans had increased.

A normal Martial Artist's Lifespan was basically one hundred and fifty years, and cultivating Longevity Fist could add another fifty years.

In other words, the typical human Lifespan on Earth currently was two hundred years.

An Innate Martial Artist had a Lifespan of five hundred years.

As for the Life and Death Realm above Innate, the Lifespan started at a thousand years, and with every level of Soul Refining increased, the Lifespan would grow further.

So, how much would the next stage of martial arts increase one's Lifespan!?

Ji Yebai was somewhat looking forward to it.

"One more month, and I'll be able to break through the seventh layer of the Soul Refining Path!"

Ji Yebai could already feel that the transformation accelerated by the sixth layer of the Soul Refining Path was beginning to weaken.

He estimated that in another month, the transformation would completely level off.

And once it leveled off, it meant he could proceed to the next layer of cultivation.

The Soul Refining Path held no difficulty at all for Ji Yebai.

The only thing that interfered with him was that every layer of the Soul Refining Path made his body's transformation more violent.

If things went wrong and he lost control completely, it would likely cause a massive catastrophe.

Because of this, Ji Yebai's cultivation involved suppressing the transformation and waiting for himself to adapt to it before opening the next level of the Soul Refining Path.

Every layer of the Soul Refining Path was accelerating his transformation.

Originally, Ji Yebai's transformation might have taken decades, but because this Nine-Turn Soul Refining Path could activate the consciousness within his flesh and blood, it actually shortened the timeframe of the transformation.

The only difference was that after each layer of cultivation, he needed to suppress his transformation to adapt to its power.

This transformation was a leap in life's hierarchy.

It was a transition from planetary life to Cosmic Civilization life.

The difficulty was comparable to ascending to heaven.

Every inch of flesh and blood would be imprinted with the Law.

The power of the Law was boundless; even a small ripple could cause world-destroying consequences.

Last time, Ji Yebai had cultivated a bit too fast, leading to a surge in transformation, and he nearly failed to suppress such a violent change.

This violent change was the agitation of the Law.

If Ji Yebai's Divine Sense hadn't been strong enough to forcibly suppress this agitation, the entire Dome Martial Arts Academy would likely have suffered for it.

Consequently, Ji Yebai was now extremely careful with every session of cultivation.

Only when the transformation was no longer violent and he was fully in control would he begin the next layer.

"After the Breakthrough, the will within the flesh is activated, which causes a violent transformation. This transformation in turn draws upon the Law; if one is not careful and the Law fluctuates, the surroundings will suffer!"

"The Law is linked to the Soul, and the Soul is related to the Divine Sense and will."

"Martial Artists in the Life and Death Realm Cultivate by integrating their Divine Sense and will into the flesh and blood of their bodies."

Ji Yebai's eyes grew hazy as his mind worked at high speed: "Therefore, martial arts cultivation focuses on the body—using a Mortal body to contain all power, eventually rivaling the gods!"

"So, this is the essence of martial arts cultivation!"

Ji Yebai smiled.

Today, he finally saw the path of martial arts for the Blue Star Civilization clearly.

Within the Cosmic Civilization, many civilizations had their own cultivation methods.

Of course, more common were the universal cultivation methods of the Universe.

But what suits oneself is best.

The Blue Star Civilization had come this far, inheriting the martial arts civilization of the previous generation since the Spiritual Qi recovery, and had always accepted martial arts cultivation.

If they switched to the universal cultivation methods of the Cosmic Union, they would likely lose their unique characteristics.

Just as now, the Martial Artists of New Blue Star no longer had the tempering of the Void Land, and cultivation had become difficult.

Back on Blue Star, the probability of a First-Class Martial Artist ascending to Innate was basically one percent.

But here, it had become one in several hundred.

As for advancing to the Life and Death Realm, not a single Martial Artist from New Blue Star had succeeded yet.

The gap was evident.

"On Blue Star, the highest achiever of the previous generation's martial arts civilization was likely that Zhuanxu who held the Golden Greatsword, right?"

"Thinking about it now, his strength should have been in the Life and Death Realm!"

"Therefore, it can be inferred that even the previous generation's martial arts civilization didn't have a higher stage of cultivation. Then, for the next stage, the path forward for martial arts can only be opened by me!"

A slight smile played on the corners of Ji Yebai's mouth.

Whenever he thought of this, his mood was exceptionally good.

Of course.

The process of cultivation required extreme caution; if there was a moment of negligence and the Law fluctuated, it would likely affect the innocent.

While Ji Yebai was no saint, he wouldn't kill innocently either.

In this world, not actively doing evil is good.

Ji Yebai did not consider himself an evil person; on the contrary, he was mostly driven by a sense of public morality.

He stood up, poured a cup of hot water, and steeped some tea leaves.

Ji Yebai picked up a book and began to read leisurely.

However, this reading caught Ji Yebai's attention.

This was actually a record of an event that happened before the founding of the Dome Martial Arts Academy.

At that time, a cultivator from the Pansi Civilization saw that the Blue Star Civilization had no top-tier cultivators. Relying on his Peak Legendary strength, he attempted to make the Blue Star Civilization submit to the Pansi Civilization and become its vassal.

Back then, the entire Blue Star Civilization only had one person in the Life and Death Realm: Bai Zhu.

Bai Zhu naturally stepped forward to meet the challenge.

That cultivator from the Pansi Civilization was very strong, having reached the Peak of the Legendary Realm.

According to the Realms promulgated by the Cosmic Union, Bai Zhu was only at the middle stage of the Legendary Realm.

But even so, relying on the characteristics of martial arts cultivation, Bai Zhu managed to forcibly suppress this Pansi Civilization cultivator.

However, the Pansi Civilization focused on mental cultivation, and even Bai Zhu could not obliterate his spirit.

Therefore, Bai Zhu had originally teamed up with others to Seal this Pansi person underground.

And the location was precisely this Dome Academy.

"Underground?!"

Ji Yebai looked down toward the ground.

His Divine Sense extended downward.

Soon, he detected an unusual aura a thousand meters deep below.

Moreover, this aura was filled with high-intensity Mental Energy.

As Ji Yebai's Divine Sense drew closer, this Mental Energy actually reacted slightly.

A Martial Artist's Divine Sense is a combination of spirit and will. Although it's said to be formless and intangible, that is actually an exaggeration; Divine Sense does have a form, it's just very ethereal and difficult to detect.

At this moment, the underground Mental Energy was spread out in a mass, like a body of water. When Ji Yebai's Divine Sense approached, it actually caused some specks of Mental Energy to be pushed aside.

Because of this, Ji Yebai stopped his Divine Sense probe.

"This Mental Energy aura..."

A look of thoughtfulness appeared in Ji Yebai's eyes.

This was immediately followed by a flash of realization.

"Interesting, truly interesting!"

Ji Yebai pondered for a moment and then laughed.

"There's no telling what might happen later!"

However, Ji Yebai soon stopped thinking about the matter.

In any case, the main spiritual body of this Pansi person was sealed below and couldn't cause any trouble.

Besides, he was here.