EFB Chapter 460 A Way to Break Through to the Perfect Divine Body? The Boundary of the Cosmic Sea!
Chapter 460 A Way to Break Through to the Perfect Divine Body? The Boundary of the Cosmic Sea!
Chapter 460 A Way to Break Through to the Perfect Divine Body? The Boundary of the Cosmic Sea!
The limit of the Infinite Divine Body is 99999 times.
Chen Yuan has just broken through, and his progress in divine power has increased by nearly half, reaching 94800 times.
Well, actually this doesn't have much effect, because as long as the divine body reaches the level of 90,000 times, the divine body will be elevated to a height of 2.4 light-years.
From this point onward, even if the gene multiplication rate continues to increase, the size of the divine body will not change.
When you first enter the 90,000-fold gene level, compared to the 99999-fold gene level, there is only a difference of about 10% in power level. However, the effort and time required to improve this part of the gene level far exceeds that of the past, making it completely not worth the effort.
Therefore, for a normal genius from the Origin Continent, 90,000 times the genetic power is more than enough. In the time it takes to figure out the ultimate divine power, they might even break through to the Void True God realm.
It's important to understand that even true gods have a limited lifespan. This side of the Cosmic Sea represents three cycles of reincarnation, while the Origin Continent represents thirty thousand epochs.
When the time comes, no matter how talented you are, you will die of old age, unless you entrust your life and death to the miniature universe of a strong person.
However, this would lock the cultivator's potential, making it impossible for them to ever reach the level of the universe's master.
Only by breaking through to the level of a Void True God can one possess a lifespan that can be considered infinite, until the reincarnation of the Origin World.
Therefore, for the universe masters of the Origin Continent, due to the limitation of lifespan, even geniuses will not waste time on continuing to improve their genes. Instead, they will wholeheartedly break through to the True God realm and then strive towards the Void True God realm.
Although the possessor of the Infinite Divine Body can easily break through the Void level barrier, it doesn't mean that one can break through immediately after becoming a True God; a long period of cultivation is still required.
If a lot of time is wasted at the level of the Lord of the Universe, and if any mistakes are encountered in subsequent cultivation, even a slight delay will greatly reduce the hope of breaking through.
For the world, achieving an infinite divine body but failing to break through to the Void True God realm would not evoke pity, but rather ridicule.
Because those who can achieve the Infinite Divine Body have an almost 100% chance of breaking through to the Void True God realm as long as they continue to cultivate normally. If anyone fails to break through, it must be because they did not cultivate seriously!
"Unfortunately, even if I complete the Infinite Divine Body, I still can't break through to the True God realm."
Chen Yuan shook his head helplessly. Even in the Origin Continent, a gene multiplier of 100,000 times wouldn't even be considered a legend, because there wasn't a single example of it. The universally acknowledged limit for genes was 99999 times!
However, Chen Yuan was very clear that above the Infinite Divine Body, there was a Perfect Divine Body with 100,000 times the genetic power. Compared with the Infinite Divine Body, it had stronger divine power and also possessed the ability of being formless and shapeless.
"If I didn't know, that would be fine. But now that I know about the existence of the Perfect Divine Body, how could I be content without trying it out?"
"Not to mention, through more than 10,000 years of research, I have also roughly figured out the method to become a perfect god."
"That's a World Beast, and a fully-formed World Beast King at that!"
Chen Yuan breathed a sigh of relief: "According to the original work, the genetic pathways of the World Beasts are completely different from those of life nurtured in the primordial universe."
"Once my own genes are perfected to 99999 times their original size, and I combine this with research into the life structure diagram of the Beast King, my probability of breaking through to the Perfect Divine Body will reach over 90%!"
Chen Yuan used the system's simulation space to deduce this plan countless times before finally arriving at the conclusion that he needed to meet two requirements.
One: One's own genes reach the limit of an infinite divine body, that is, 99999 times the genes.
Second: Obtain the life materials of the Beast King in its growth stage.
The requirements for this plan were not low, mainly because the goal he set during the deduction was a plan that would result in a 100% success rate in becoming a perfect divine body. However, after the results came out, he discovered that there was no way to absolutely become a perfect divine body. Even after countless deductions, he could only increase the success rate to over 90%.
"Actually, this probability is no different from absolute success. As long as I conduct normal research, I can basically break through that last barrier smoothly."
Chen Yuan shook his head slightly: "At least, it's much better than the 'chance' in the original story."
In the original novel, Luo Feng's ability to cultivate a perfect divine body can be described as extremely lucky.
By simply studying the materials of ordinary world beasts and taking a stroll around Earth, he directly discovered the commonalities between primitive cosmic life and world beasts, and directly bypassed the infinite divine body to achieve a gene ratio of 100,000.
Previously, Chen Yuan didn't quite understand the path to divine power and thought that as long as he followed Luo Feng's path, he could become a perfect divine body.
However, after conducting in-depth research on life genes, he realized how incredibly lucky Luo Feng in the original story was to encounter such a rare event, less than one in a billion.
"Looking back now, the fact that Luo Feng was able to break through directly by modifying one part of his life structure can only mean that when Luo Feng had 89999 times the genes, his life structure diagram was only one stroke away from the perfect structure."
Chen Yuan couldn't help but sigh, realizing that the difference in their genetic structures meant he could never follow Luo Feng's path to achieve a breakthrough.
Because everyone's genes are different, especially after the biological structure diagram is modified, the differences become even more drastic.
Therefore, even if someone encounters the life structure diagram of an infinite divine body, it is impossible for them to simply copy the existing structure and instantly achieve an infinite divine body.
In the original work, Luo Feng was able to jump directly from 89999 times to 10 times in terms of genes because, before his breakthrough, his life structure was only one stroke away from a perfect divine body.
No one knows what Luo Feng's life structure was like at that time, and the life structure that Chen Yuan researched was most likely very different from Luo Feng's.
Therefore, he had long since abandoned the idea of replicating the opponent's route, and instead decided to deduce a suitable breakthrough plan based on his own current situation.
"A breakthrough like the protagonist's, through sheer luck, doesn't suit me."
Chen Yuan was self-aware; he knew he was unlikely to have the same luck as Luo Feng.
Therefore, if he wants to achieve a perfect divine body, he needs the safest path!
"However, neither of these two conditions is easy to meet."
"Neither of these prerequisites can be resolved in the short term."
Needless to say, the World Beasts need to reach the stage of growth to become World Beast Kings, but the World Beasts are currently only in the initial stage of fighting, and it will be a long time before a winner is decided.
However, this condition is relatively easy for Chen Yuan to resolve.
He didn't need to wait until the end. Once he was strong enough, he could simply enslave a World Beast, then destroy the others, and give birth to a World Beast King.
On the contrary, Chen Yuan was somewhat at a loss when it came to the ultimate cause.
Don't be fooled by the fact that he gained 4800 times more genes right after breaking through to the Infinite Divine Body. He achieved this by combining the life forms of more than a dozen different-dimensional universes, which is a result of his accumulated experience.
Now that he has exhausted the benefits he accumulated in his early years, if he wants to continue improving his genes, he has to honestly continue his intensive research.
But at his level, even doubling his genetic potential would be incredibly difficult.
Not to mention that once the novelty of materials from other universes wears off, studying those highly homogenized materials will only make his research more difficult.
Chen Yuan had just tried to continue the research, but found that the progress was minimal. At this rate, it would probably take at least a thousand years just to double the gene count, and that's a thousand years in the outside world.
"Even if the difficulty remains the same, and each doubling of genetic power takes a thousand years, it would still take me over five hundred epochs to achieve 99999 times the genetic power!"
These times may not seem like much, but don't forget, Chen Yuan has only cultivated for less than two epochs!
Of course, if other geniuses heard that it only took more than 500 epochs to reach the limit of divine power, they would probably be laughing their heads off.
But for Chen Yuan, he had never imagined such a long period of time.
"There's no other way. It seems that Irene's search for a new judge will have to continue."
"With the help of the new life materials, my research progress should be able to be accelerated."
Upon reaching the level of the Infinite Divine Body, his life structure diagram almost encompassed the genetic characteristics of all life forms.
Even among life materials from other dimensions, probably less than one in a billion could have a positive effect on him, and after he absorbs a portion of the structure, the remaining materials would essentially become homogenized again.
There's no way around it. Even though the original universes of the three thousand dimensions are all different, they all use the same Great Dao. Even if there are differences, they are very subtle.
Therefore, the only material that can benefit Chen Yuan is the very first pinch of life from Xin Yu Shen, which is like him only taking a bite of a large meal.
As a result, his research speed was predictably fast. Compared to the expected five hundred epochs, he could reduce the time by half, which would be considered a sign of his high efficiency.
"The route needs to be changed again."
Chen Yuan said quietly, "Now that my life structure diagram is all-encompassing, it is extremely difficult to obtain a completely new structure from elsewhere, unless the other party comes from an alternate dimension universe."
"Therefore, I will change direction. Aside from the newly developed universe, I will no longer study other life materials, but instead utilize the secret methods of creation to discover the unknown."
This method is actually similar to the original Secret Pattern Flow.
Previously, it was about combining secret patterns; now, it's about adjusting genes and creating entirely new life forms in order to discover life structures outside of himself within these new life forms.
This kind of research is destined to be slow, but compared to continuing to study those homogeneous materials, creating life might bring him some unexpected joys.
Once he discovers a completely new structure, he might be able to improve his genes several times or even dozens of times at once, saving a lot of time.
"However, the original research cannot be stopped. What if there are surprises? And I also need to study the new materials that Irene sent."
"Anyway, my will has broken through to eternity, and I have more energy to allocate. I can completely separate an avatar to study it slowly."
Chen Yuan nodded secretly: "Yes, it's decided then. The avatar will continue to research life materials, the Nether Sea clone will research the creation of life, and the Abyss Whale clone's research on the fusion of laws can also be restarted."
"The Soul Devouring Beast clone—it will stay here to hone its will and comprehend the Rhinoceros Emperor's Technique."
"As for the original self."
Chen Yuan slowly exhaled. The crucial breakthrough was complete, and he no longer needed his Earthly self for the rest of his cultivation.
After being in seclusion for so long, it's time for him to go out and see the world.
Putting everything else aside, he hasn't even explored many of the extradimensional universes that Irelia has discovered yet.
Now that cultivation has been assigned to the various avatars, the main body, who is now free, can travel around and see if it can find some opportunities in other universes.
After all, the entire universe sea, his homeland, held no secrets for him.
Even in the three most dangerous places, he had already taken away the slightly higher-level opportunities; otherwise, where would the Tower of Primordial Beginnings have gotten so many high-end treasures?
"Unfortunately, apart from the legacy of Duan Donghe, there are really no other forces with legacies left in the three forbidden lands."
Chen Yuan shook his head helplessly. He was also puzzled as to where those advanced inheritances had gone.
For example, the Wu Kingdom, which had long been destroyed, was the direct superior of the Duan Donghe lineage, yet there was no trace of it.
"It's really strange. The Chaos Golden Wings and the Broken East River inheritance are both here. I thought there would be other Wu Kingdom forces' inheritances in the spaceship, but there's nothing here at all."
"Perhaps—it's influenced by the supreme rules? The more powerful one is, the harder it is to approach the primordial universe?"
This can be corroborated in the original work. For example, even though the Mountain-Sitting Guest was a powerful God-King, he was unable to enter the Cosmic Sea. He could only enter it after his death and through reincarnation.
Even so, after his reincarnation, he was still completely protected by the original universe.
While the State of Wu was slightly stronger than the State of Jin, the difference was limited, and the two states were roughly at the same level.
Since even a God-King can only enter the Cosmic Sea through reincarnation, then those powerful figures from the Wu Kingdom might also be rejected by an inexplicable force.
This force acts like a giant sieve, blocking all powerful life forms from entering the cosmic sea. Only relatively weak beings can successfully reach the cosmic sea.
And it has to be a corpse!
"Although it's just a guess, I can't think of any other possibilities for the time being."
"Perhaps those powerful legacies are still drifting on the outer edge of the cosmic sea, just like the corpse of the God King of Jin."
Chen Yuan blinked. He was naturally very tempted by those powerful inheritances, including the Jin Dynasty world.
However, there are still eight million years until the arrival of the Jin world, and this is clearly the work of the primordial will, in order to fight against the calamity of the world beasts!
This is also the reason for Chen Yuan's speculation.
Those powerful beings, whether corpses or legacies, were all blocked outside by the primordial universe. Without the permission of the primordial will, no one was allowed to enter the cosmic sea.
After that, due to the threat of the Beasts of the Realm, the Origin Will was forced to bring back the corpse of the God King of Jin from overseas to strengthen the native life forms in order to fight against the disaster.
Otherwise, why did the Jin world suddenly disappear after the calamity of the World Beasts subsided? Can a corpse walk on its own?
"To prove this conjecture, I can only do so when I gain control of the core origin of the primordial universe, or—"
Chen Yuan's heart stirred, and he connected his consciousness to the virtual universe, sensing the coverage area of five hundred trillion light-years.
"Theoretically, the world of Jin arrived in the primordial universe more than eight million years later, traveling at a speed of 1.2 million times the speed of light."
"If we multiply speed by time, that means the Jin world is currently located approximately at ————"
"Ten quadrillion light-years away?"
Chen Yuan sensed the virtual universe, but could only perceive the chaotic void five trillion light-years away.
Although he can teleport within the coverage area, even so, he is still a full five trillion light-years away from the theoretical location of the Jin world.
Such a long distance would take an incredibly long time even with constant teleportation, not to mention the possibility of encountering dangerous environments as he continues to venture deeper. This is not impossible!
"I remember that after the virtual universe reached the peak of the eternal level, its coverage area directly reached 200 trillion light-years, and that was only the 'entry' stage."
"The virtual universe is now complete. Based on the previous rate of improvement, it should be at least eight hundred trillion light-years long, if not ten quadrillion light-years."
In fact, long ago, before the virtual universe was fully developed, its coverage area began to stagnate.
However, Chen Yuan was focused on the inheritance of Duan Donghe at that time and did not pay much attention to the scope of the virtual universe, since the outside was empty and there was nothing there.
But when he thought about how those advanced lineages and powerful individuals were all blocked by the primordial will, and recalled the cessation of expansion of the virtual universe, he sensed something was amiss.
"No, I have to go check out the edge of the virtual universe."
Whether it's finding the reason for the virtual universe's stagnation, or searching for the corpses or legacies of those powerful beings floating on the edge of the cosmic sea, he has to go there personally.
With this in mind, Chen Yuan did not hesitate. His main body used space optimization to directly teleport to a location near the edge of the virtual universe.
"It really is nothingness."
Fearing potential danger, Chen Yuan did not go directly to the border; the actual border was still tens of thousands of light-years away.
However, this place is completely dark. There is not a trace of matter, not even a slight fluctuation of energy or laws. It is even more empty than the dark void of the primordial universe.
Fortunately, apart from being spacious, there was indeed no danger here, and Chen Yuan breathed a slight sigh of relief.
"Let's continue."
He continued forward cautiously, teleporting only within the sensing range and never exceeding the boundary. Although this was slow, he safely reached the border.
Then, he finally saw the reason that was preventing the virtual universe from continuing to expand.
"This is----"
Chen Yuan stood at the border, gazing into the distance with a look of astonishment on his face.
Before him stood a barrier composed entirely of endless storms!
And what makes up these storms is an endless stream of chaotic energy!
"No, that's not right." Chen Yuan suddenly realized, his pupils shrinking sharply: "That's not just simple chaotic energy—"
"It is the power of chaos, comparable to the power of the Lord of Chaos!"