Chapter 966: A New Era, A New World (III)

“Not all supernatural locks contain the aura,” Tyrant Blade suggested. “The locks of the four limbs, for example, are another type in my view. One type of lock is of pure strength, the other type contains aura and mysterious power.”

“Right,” Li Hao nodded. “But... there’s no need to differentiate between these two, right?”

“Wrong!” Tyrant Blade shook his head. “There’s a very high need! Although they will all be one in the end, they can be separated during this process as two different systems.

“Cultivating a supernatural lock that lacks an elemental attribute and aura is much easier. Those that do have the aura and elemental attribute are slightly harder! It’s best if you can organize all of the locks into these two different types...”

Li Hao’s head nearly exploded! He stared at Tyrant Blade and grimaced after a while, “Senior Tyrant Blade must be joking. How... how is that possible? There are so many supernatural locks, am I to organize them one by one?”

“You must!” Tyrant Blade responded sternly. “No mistakes are tolerated on the path of martial dao! Since you’ve proposed this new system, you must perfect it and locate all of the locks, no matter how strong they are. You then need to organize them, determining how many correspond to an elemental attribute and how many do not.

“There needs to be a map of where each supernatural lock is, how to clear it, and how to connect to the secondary dimension. All of this needs to be completed! Of course, we’ll help as well.”

Li Hao’s head pounded with a migraine. He’d just wanted to engage in a rough categorization and somewhat sketch out his ideas. Whatever was passable was fine. And yet, Tyrant Blade said that that was unacceptable!

“Li Hao, the cultivation process can result in a life lost at any time!” Yuan Shuo nodded as well. “Tyrant Blade’s words make sense, you need to break down this new system bit by bit. Otherwise, whatever issues you do not resolve now may be impossible by others in the future. As the discoverer and pioneer, it will be difficult for others to proceed if you do not resolve most of the questions at hand.

“Unattributed energy strengthens the body and attributed energy fortifies our abilities. In this regard, we can more or less separate this as two different cultivation paths. Those with good potential and strong abilities can walk the path of energy dao, those that lack potential or aren’t too quick-witted can walk the path of body dao.

“When it comes to the aura and supernatural characters, there will be people who won’t understand the concepts no matter how clearly you explain them. Some brutes just like to smash their fists into things!

“What should they do if they don’t understand, no matter what you say to them?” Yuan Shuo smiled. “Then they can set aside supernatural characters and just focus on their body and acupoints. They can cultivate the supernatural locks that are easy to grasp!”

Li Hao continued to gulp for air. This was a massive undertaking! He’d thought a lot about the new system over the past couple of days, but hadn’t intended to organize it so thoroughly! These Silver Moon martial masters wanted nothing more than for him to identify all of the supernatural locks, pin down each lock’s location, then organize them one by one.

Holy fuck, are they crazy??

Just as Li Hao hesitated, someone spoke up from the depths of the mine. “You can focus on materializing all of your own locks first. I’ll create the model for you!”

Zhang An stepped out of the mine. “I will create a model of the human body from the void and label all of the supernatural locks on it. Of course, a sample size of one person might lead to some deviations. The others will complete it with you to see if the locations are accurate.

“We can focus on locating all of the supernatural locks first!” The Black Armor was very proactive in this endeavor. “After we complete that task, we can organize them according to attribute. Certain rules are applicable when it comes to cultivation, it’s not a random hodgepodge of attempts!

“Perhaps there may be some unique characteristics that we can use to further determine if there are other deviations to be taken into account. No matter which dao we cultivate, all of our actions follow certain rules...”

“Why has the dean come out of the mine?” Li Hao was rather surprised.

“Because I find what you speak of rather interesting!” Zhang An replied calmly. “Exploring a new dao is something that everyone wishes to do. It was my grandfather’s favorite pastime... and yours isn’t that complicated! The Exalted Blood Emperor’s past self—the War Celestial Emperor—once tried a hundred million combinations in search of the best battle method. His seclusion sessions started at thousands of years!

“You’re just gaining a preliminary overview of the location of certain supernatural locks. Are they endless and infinite? Or are they ultimately limited at ten thousand locks, or one hundred thousand locks? It’s just a matter of time.”

“Not time, but energy,” Li Hao shook his head. “I need to absorb infinite energy to manifest them all.”

“Do you lack energy?”

“My physical body isn’t strong enough...”

“Then absorb energy from your secondary universe and strengthen your body as well during this process.”

Li Hao laughed, this one was far more proactive than him!

“This is your opportunity for greatness!” Zhang An said seriously. “You said before that dao meridians were born alongside the consciousness of the world. Just this concept alone is very interesting, and it might be true! I should not underestimate humans of this era. Perhaps you are right in saying that you are all connate dao entities!

“If that is the case, then this is an era of naturally occurring dao entities. If you can connect your Hao Cosmos to this era and break the barrier between them... You will have a great future ahead of you!”

“Hurry and thank my martial uncle, Li Hao!” A merry Director General Wang drifted in. “Martial uncle is a heavyweight of the Empyrean King level. The results will be incredible if he builds a model universe of the human body for you! This is a vital stroke of luck on your journey of perfecting this new cultivation system.

“Martial uncle is a teacher to begin with, so he’s very skilled at teaching. Now is the time to construct a model of the new human body. You can then recruit a group of strong martial masters and supernaturals, including those of special attributes. They can help you refine the model. You will be the grandmaster who established dao once this is complete!”

Li Hao possessed the necessary qualifications and opportunity now. He might not if he moved a little slower.

“Then I can give it a try,” Li Hao said after a long look at the Black Armor. “My deepest thanks to the dean. It’s just...”

“There’s no need to hedge your expectations, just do whatever you think of,” the Black Armor said faintly. “I’m also very curious what it will look like when the humans of this age reach their ultimate peak. Will you truly surpass New Martial like you say? Even Initial Martial fell to us—I don’t believe that you can surpass New Martial. This is just a minor world...”

“It doesn’t matter how big a world is,” laughed Li Hao. “Just that it’s complete! A newly born world is even better as its great dao is more apparent. A new consciousness of the world makes it possible to grasp understanding in a more direct manner. We might not have this opportunity if this was a thousand years later.”

“Just that it’s complete?” mused Zhang An. “Is this world complete?”

“We don’t know,” answered Director General Wang. “But there’s a possibility if it is completely severed off from the main world. Has... it been?”

“The formation of the eight cities has broken and the Star Gate is closed. Therefore, there is indeed a hope of completely severing it...” The Black Armor raised a brow. “The caveat is that the world develops naturally. Silver Moon Territory is just a projection of the main world and certain things are mere imitation. They don’t truly possess their own form and mental strength!”

The director general nodded emphatically.

“What is meant by possessing their own form and mental strength?” Li Hao asked curiously.

“For example, Ash Mountain can also be found in the main world,” explained Zhang An. “The one of this world lacks qi and came to be as just a copy! This entire world is an imitation. The Forbidden Sea in this world is just a projection and not the real sea. A true Forbidden Sea would not be thus...”

Li Hao blinked, suddenly remembering that he’d forgotten something. “Um... I previously met a descendant of the Sea Pacification envoy when I was traveling through the North Sea and they told me that the Forbidden Sea has traversed the entire world. It’s showing certain aberrations...”

“When was this?” blinked Zhang An.

“Recently, I think...”

“Why didn’t you say so earlier?”

“I’m not familiar with the Forbidden Sea and didn’t see it. I only saw a pit with a Goldensky Lotus growing out of it once, so I didn’t pay that much attention...

“A Goldensky Lotus growing out of it??” The Black Armor jerked with astonishment. “How can a projection produce something like the Goldensky Lotus??”

Li Hao blinked at the large reaction—

I remember telling the director general about this!

Director General Wang blinked and said after a long pause, “That’s right. it should be fine for a Goldensky Lotus to grow in the Forbidden Sea...”

“That was then, this is now,” Zhang Ah refuted. “The Star Gate is closed now, so how do they develop? There is no more core origin or power projected from the main world. The Forbidden Sea should be a stinking sewer by now. How could the Goldensky Lotus grow under such conditions? He might not understand, but do you?”

“......” Director General Wang’s expression shifted. “Do you mean...”

“This world... has come into its own!” sighed the Black Armor. “It’s completely separate from the main world!”

“Then... does that mean we can never go home?” Director General Wang trembled. Perhaps the minor world had entirely drifted out of the main world’s range. There would not be this kind of phenomena in the world otherwise. They’d unknowingly ignored the signs before.

“Perhaps!” Zhang A said calmly. “It’s a disaster for us, but a new opportunity for Li Hao and his people. This world really has been reborn! It is a new, complete world and everything is undergoing renewal. This is your chance, Li Hao!

“Vast sums of natural treasure might appear next,” he said ruefully. “And a great quality of energy. Due to the consciousness awakening in the world, it might actively extract energy from the universe! This was the equivalent of creating a new world and, similar to the age of the nine emperors and four sovereigns, a batch of heavyweights will appear.”

Li Hao swallowed hard, there was nothing to say. “Will... there be any other troubles?”

“Of course! Great trouble, and it’s your trouble! The second awakening will be uncontrollable, the Forbidden Sea will crash over all of the continents, and some of the extinct divine spirits of Silver Moon Territory might take advantage of this timing to resurrect. Ancient existences will appear and countless powerhouses rise with the wind.

“Everything starts all over again when the consciousness of the world is newly born. If you don’t grasp the opportunity well, Li Hao, you will become cannon fodder for this age! A master of the world might appear with the new era. There could be a new Human King, a new Monster Spirit King, and a new sovereign of everything.

“All begins anew!” Zhang An tilted his head back at the sky. “New Martial... is completely severed from this world!”

A variety of thoughts ran through the minds of those present. The Black Armor, plant spirits, and Director General Wang were very unsettled. Their era had been isolated from New Martial. Was this an accident or inevitable?

Or was this the result of what the traitors did back in the day, the chance they were waiting for?

Silver Moon was just a vassal world if it did not break free of the main world. An independent Silver Moon was completely different. No matter how weak, a new world was a brand new world. There was a completely different meaning to it.

No wonder a secondary dao universe of the human body had appeared. So this world was breaking ground on a new dao—a true new dao that wasn’t the minor dao of his precious speculations. This was a new dao universe.

Then... where should I go?

Zhang An suddenly wondered.