LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 120: New Plan
David sat with a pondering expression on his face, his thoughts moving like lightning.
"If you think about it carefully, weren't Crystallizations of Life made up of laws?"
David suddenly realized that, in a sense, he was already feeding his own Crystallization of Life with lower-grade Crystallizations of Life that he had plundered from others. The implications of this revelation hit him like a bolt of lightning on a clear day.
David's eyes lit up with excitement. A broad smile appeared on his face, and before he knew it, he was laughing—really laughing—for the first time in what felt like ages.
"Hahahahaha." His laughter echoed through the cave, without restraint and filled with happiness. He only stopped laughing when his stomach started to hurt, though not in a literal sense.
Even the Origin Guard standing at the entrance suddenly wanted to rush inside to see what had happened.
But as quickly as the laughter came, it disappeared like a receding tide. His expression turned cold, his joy replaced by iron-cold determination.
"Happiness is fleeting, but now is the time for action," he thought.
David knew what he had to do next: he needed to find people with strong Crystallizations of Life.
Sometimes the solutions to your problems are right in front of you, but you will never find them due to biases and a rigid mindset. Only when you get a slight nudge from outside are you finally able to see the picture clearly.
At this time, the Clear Heart Enlightenment Fruits acted as the nudge for David, pushing him towards the right path—a path that only he could walk.
After all, he mused, I might be the only one with multiple Crystallizations of Life.
However, in the next moment, his sword-like eyebrows scrunched together in a tight frown.
Following this logic, I should already be in the Golden Core Realm, David continued to think, his thoughts moving all over the place.
"Form a Golden Core by merging all the laws in your spiritual space and feeding it to your Crystallization of Life," David slowly recited the information he knew about the Golden Core Realm.
His voice, although low, still managed to echo throughout the dark cave.
"Once you feed the Golden Core to your Crystallization of Life, it should evolve into a higher grade—assuming the nutrients provided are sufficient," David continued, his frown deepening. "But if that isn't enough, you have nine chances to try again. That should have been more than enough for most cultivators."
Yet, despite this, many still failed to evolve, forever trapped at the same grade they awakened with.
The reason was simple: comprehending laws was an incredibly difficult task. And to evolve Crystallizations of Life, one needed to know more laws. The more, the better.
David's body suddenly shivered, and in the next moment, a surprised expression appeared on his face.
Mary broke through, David thought. He was not expecting her breakthrough so soon.
He was expecting her to need at least one more month.
But from the surging mana that was rushing towards his spiritual space, he seemed to have greatly underestimated her.
The mana, pure as spring, pushed the boundaries of his spiritual space. It was getting closer to the hundred-kilometer mark.
After a few moments, the surging mana died down, and calm once again returned.
[Name: David Well-wisher.]
[Lifespan: 23/209.]
[Spiritual Space: 97 kilometers.]
[Laws:
Law of Evergreen Vitality (0.009) Infant Form
Medium Law of Five Elements (0.30) Embryo Form
Greater Law of Annihilation (0.0015%) Infant Form.]
[Cultivation: Foundation Building Realm Rank 9.]
[Cultivation Technique: Purple Thunder, Ancient Dragospider Diagram.]
[Crystallization of Life:
Bank of Eternal Origin (Grade: ???)
Domain of Zenith Sovereign (Grade: Heavenly Sovereign)
Master Sharpshooter (Grade: Unranked)
Demon of Fate (Grade: Sky King)
Blink (Grade: Heavenly King)]
[Remark: Congratulations on your successful breakthrough, but please don't forget about the bank.]
If Mary broke through, the other two should also follow, David thought while looking at his status report.
And indeed, he was spot on. A moment later, he felt the same sensation from the two threads that were connected to Sebastian and Mary.
David felt as if he was on cloud nine from happiness.
In the next moment, he once again looked at his spiritual space. It was growing at a slow pace and finally stopped once it reached ninety-nine kilometers, not moving an inch further.
All of them seemed to have broken through at the same time.
David wasn't the only one surprised at this moment; the whole world was in chaos, especially those who paid close attention to the Foundation Building Realm rankings.
The names that had overnight appeared in the top twenty disappeared as quickly as they had appeared.
However, soon people calmed down as they managed to find the names once again in the Golden Core Realm rankings.
After the commotion died down, David also decided to check the rankings.
[Here's a ranking of all Foundation Building Realm cultivators.
Rank 1 - Guardian of the Hearth
Rank 2 - Keeper of the Eternal Flame
Rank 3 - Protector of Dawn
Rank 4 - Seeker of the True Path
Rank 5 - Warden of the Sacred Grove
Rank 6 - Defender of the Pure Spring
Rank 7 - Sentinel of the Hidden Vale
Rank 8 - Watcher of the Silent Peak
Rank 9 - Preserver of the Ancient Oak
Rank 10 - Bearer of the Azure Light
Your ranking:
Rank 11 - Zenith Immortal]
The rankings were back to normal, assuming the same position before the appearance of the monstrous Ruby.
Shortly after taking a look at the rankings, David got up and moved towards the cave's exit.
It was time to leave this place and move towards a farming spot that he already had in mind.
A small smile automatically appeared on David's face when he thought about his next business idea.
He was sure that cultivators were going to praise him for it.
"Let's go, bro," David lightly said while looking at the Origin Guard. He didn't know whether the Origin Guard could understand his words, nor did he care about it.