TL: Etude
At this moment, the quasi-Dao Realm had been divided into numerous True Nations. Ninety percent of the territory was covered by these True Nations, with only ten percent remaining under the control of small forces with extraordinary backgrounds, or in regions lacking resources that the True Nations disregarded.
Of course.
Some regions had been garrisoned by the various True Nations, gradually forming areas for trade and chaos.
As time passed, the power distribution across the entire quasi-Dao Realm had essentially settled.
When the quasi-Dao Realm was first elevated, its resources were abundant. Countless True Monarchs and Heavenly Monarchs sought out these resources, and humanity was also busy collecting them.
Ye Tian had not gone into seclusion either. He ventured out in search of resources.
With the help of numerous human race members, Ye Tian’s speed in locating resources was extremely fast. Although humans were relatively weak in cultivation, their sheer numbers ensured that many treasure troves were discovered.
Furthermore, with Ye Tian’s ability to shift between large worlds using the Great World Shift, his traveling speed far surpassed other True Monarchs. Thus, his pace in gathering resources ranked among the fastest.
For a full 100,000 years, the army dedicated to resource collection remained active.Eventually, the resources began to dwindle. Although new resources continued to be born, it took time, and as a result, many True Monarchs began to enter seclusion for deeper cultivation.
During this period, humanity advanced rapidly. One after another, Heavenly Monarchs emerged, and the number of Half-Step True Spirit experts grew increasingly numerous.
Of course, no matter how many Heavenly Monarchs or Half-Step True Spirits there were, they held little significance. In the eyes of the top-tier True Monarchs, these individuals were all mere ants.
What humanity truly lacked were those rare, peerless geniuses—at least those capable of advancing with the strength of seven or eight star Divine Generals. Only such talents had the potential to become true powerhouses.
If another transcendent figure could emerge, that would be even better.
Ye Tian no longer resided in the Void Sky Hall. Instead, he had constructed a massive palace on his own territory, with True Monarch Dragon Sea and others setting up an astounding defensive formation and various other protective arrays.
In any case…
Now that the True Nation had been established, as long as one remained within its boundaries, security was assured. Even if someone launched an attack, the True Monarchs within the True Nation could quickly come to aid.
Therefore, Ye Tian did not need to cultivate within the Void Sky Hall. He could continue his cultivation in his own territory.
…
Inside the cultivation chamber, Ye Tian was currently breaking through to the True Monarch Realm.
He was about to complete the fusion at ten percent. Once his physical body fully merged with the Chaos True Spirit, the barrier hindering him would be shattered, and his True Spirit and body would become one.
Ye Tian, however, was different from ordinary Half-Step True Spirits. He had achieved unity of his essence, qi, and spirit. His True Spirit would merge with his physical body, and, indirectly, with his divine soul and divine power. This would amount to a fusion of his essence, qi, spirit, and True Spirit. The benefits of such a breakthrough were immense.
“The True Spirit Realm is a stage where the strength of the True Spirit is continuously enhanced. In the beginning, the True Spirit is still relatively weak, but during this stage, it can be tempered repeatedly, which is equivalent to tempering the physical body.
In the earlier realms, the physical body was important, but nowhere near as crucial as in the True Spirit stage.
It’s said that the top-tier True Monarchs all possess invincible bodies. Only by tempering the body to its absolute limit can it withstand the fusion of the Grand Dao and the divine soul in the future. Otherwise, if the body is too weak, it would explode, making it impossible to advance to the Dao Realm.
At the True Spirit stage, the physical body becomes exceedingly important, as do body techniques.
Since I’m condensing a Chaos True Spirit, I must temper my body to a level far surpassing that of other True Monarchs before I can reach the Grand Dao Realm. Otherwise, my body will definitely explode!” Ye Tian thought to himself.
Of course, advancing to the Grand Dao Realm was still far beyond his reach.
What he needed to focus on now was breaking through to the True Spirit Realm! Boom!!!! With his physical body and True Spirit fully fused at ten percent, Ye Tian’s realm officially broke through to the True Spirit Realm.
Under normal circumstances, when a lower-grade True Spirit advanced to the True Spirit Realm, the physical body’s strength would double. For a middle-grade True Spirit, the physical body would triple in strength. For an upper-grade True Spirit, it would quintuple. As for a supreme True Spirit, the physical body would increase tenfold upon advancing. Finally, a half-step ultimate True Spirit would see its physical body strength increase fifteenfold upon advancing.
This was why so many heavenly geniuses sought to condense either a supreme True Spirit or a half-step ultimate True Spirit.
Only ten-star Divine Generals had the hope of one day condensing an ultimate True Spirit, but no one knew that once an ultimate True Spirit advanced to the True Spirit Realm, the physical body’s strength would increase thirtyfold.
This was an outrageous amplification, and it was a base increase, a gap that could never be bridged later.
Unfortunately, those capable of condensing an ultimate True Spirit were exceedingly rare. An entire era might not even produce one such individual. Even a genius like True Monarch Dragon Sea had only managed to condense a quasi-ultimate True Spirit.
But Ye Tian was different. He had condensed a Chaos True Spirit, surpassing an ultimate True Spirit.
Thus, Ye Tian was very curious to see how much his physical body would be enhanced once he broke through to the True Spirit Realm.
Soon, his body began to transform.
Ye Tian took out countless resources. Combined with the dense Chaos Yuan Qi in the area—though not as rich as at Void Sky Hall—it had still formed a small Chaos Yuan Qi lake.
With a loud rumble, the Chaos Yuan Qi from the lake surged into Ye Tian’s body. At the same time, the resources he had prepared transformed into pure energy, also flooding into him, accelerating the transformation of his physical body!
Twofold! Fivefold! Tenfold! Fifteenfold! Thirtyfold!
“I’ve already surpassed the increase from an ultimate True Spirit’s advancement!” Ye Tian exclaimed excitedly.
Quickly, his physical body’s amplification reached fiftyfold, and it didn’t stop there.
Sixtyfold! Seventyfold! Eightyfold! After a long time, Ye Tian’s body finally began to stabilize, the rate of increase slowing down until it could no longer advance.
At this point, Ye Tian’s transformation was truly complete.
“One hundredfold!” Ye Tian took a deep breath.
His physical body had now increased a hundredfold in strength. What a heaven-defying enhancement this was! Furthermore, his divine soul had also improved tenfold, and his Chaos Divine Force had become more refined, with its overall quantity increasing severalfold.
But this was just the beginning. Once his realm stabilized and he cultivated a little further, his strength would grow even more.
In short, Ye Tian’s power now far surpassed what it had been before.
If he were to invade the Demon Sound Sect now, a single move would be enough to obliterate its headquarters.
“However, compared to the True Monarchs on the True Monarch Ranking, there’s still a huge gap between us. Each of those True Monarchs has cultivated for countless ages, some even hailing from several eras ago. Each of them can kill a True Ancestor across realms!” Ye Tian murmured.
But he was confident. It wouldn’t take long before he earned a place on the True Monarch Ranking.