Chapter 251: Wu Ancestor Divine Radiance

Muddled and dizzy.

In a daze.

When Lin Yuan's consciousness revived, he found himself lying on a bed.

"It's a human." Lin Yuan breathed a slight sigh of relief.

With the experience of his sixth travel, Lin Yuan realized—

The host body for his travel was not necessarily human; it could be a creature of another race.

While there was nothing wrong with other forms of life, a human body gave Lin Yuan far more freedom and possibilities.

If he traveled into certain special life forms, he probably wouldn't even be able to Cultivate the Martial Dao.

"My current situation…"

Lin Yuan began browsing through the memories of his 'original body'.

He had successfully descended into the Spirit Realm and was currently in Xiaoyao City, within the Profound King Domain of East Cloud Province.

"Profound King Domain of East Cloud Province?"

Basic information about the Spirit Realm floated in Lin Yuan's mind.

It was all information he had learned from the Moral Immortal Sect: the Spirit Realm was vast and endless, with its most prosperous region housing the Three Thousand Dao Provinces.

And East Cloud Dao Province was one of those Three Thousand Dao Provinces.

East Cloud Dao Province encompassed over twenty thousand grand domains, of which the Profound King Domain was one.

"Profound King Domain…"

Lin Yuan had a thoughtful look.

If he remembered correctly, the Moral Immortal Sect was located in the Profound King Domain, serving as one of the three great titans of this grand domain.

"To think it would be such a starting setup…"

Lin Yuan thought to himself. The Moral Immortal Sect here was naturally the power established by the Upper Realm True Immortal Ancestral Masters of the Moral Immortal Sect from the Central Earth Divine Continent.

"Xiaoyao City."

Lin Yuan had a strange expression. In the memories of his 'original body', Xiaoyao City had another name.

Wu Ancestor City.

It was a city carved out under the orders of a certain grand figure in the Moral Immortal Sect.

The cultivation method of the many Cultivators in Wu Ancestor City was not the Immortal Dao cultivation system of the outside world, but rather the Martial Dao cultivation system.

"Martial Dao?"

Lin Yuan was almost certain that the Martial Dao here was the very Martial Dao he had spread back in the Central Earth Divine Continent.

In his deal with Cangqing Immortal, Lin Yuan had proposed that if future Martial Dao Cultivators of the Central Earth World could reach the Sixth Order, they could also ascend to the Spirit Realm using the Ascension Platform.

Looking at it now, Cangqing Immortal had kept his promise.

"At least hundreds of thousands of years have passed…"

Lin Yuan thought silently to himself.

After his sixth travel, he had experienced his seventh travel and spent some time cultivating in the Main World.

Although the total was less than thirty years,

this was thirty years in the Main World. Under the massive difference in time flow between the two Realms, at least hundreds of thousands of years had passed in the Central Earth Divine Continent World.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible for Sixth Order Martial Dao Cultivators to be born, ascend to the Spirit Realm, and establish Xiaoyao City.

"Xiaoyao City… Wu Ancestor City…"

Lin Yuan had a strange expression. During his sixth travel, he had spread the Martial Dao and was known as the Ancestor of the World's Martial Dao, plus his name back then was Jun Xiaoyao.

Lin Yuan guessed that this Xiaoyao City might have been established by the Disciples he took back then.

Otherwise, it couldn't be such a coincidence.

"I wonder if I can still see those old friends." Lin Yuan's thoughts strayed. According to his arrangements before leaving, it wouldn't be hard for his parents, older brother, and second sister to reach the Sixth Order.

It was very likely they had also ascended to the Spirit Realm.

He just didn't know if they were still alive. With only Sixth Order strength, which was the Refining Void Stage, they might not necessarily survive hundreds of thousands of years.

"My current identity is the eldest young master of the Lin Family, and the Lin Family is a somewhat famous Family in Xiaoyao City."

Lin Yuan sat up from the bed and took a soft breath.

"Such abundant Spiritual Qi."

Lin Yuan was slightly amazed. There were no Spiritual Veins near Xiaoyao City; after all, Martial Dao Cultivators made up the majority in this city.

Their need for Spiritual Veins wasn't an absolute necessity like it was for Immortal Dao Cultivators.

But even so, the concentration of Spiritual Qi Lin Yuan felt was not at all inferior to that of Moral Immortal Mountain, which occupied the largest Spiritual Vein in the Central Earth Divine Continent World.

"No wonder those Refining Void Ancient Saints yearned to ascend to the Spirit Realm; such a cultivation environment…"

Lin Yuan couldn't help shaking his head.

This was merely Xiaoyao City. If one were in those cultivation Holy Lands, the Spiritual Qi concentration would be even higher.

Spiritual Qi might even begin transforming into a higher level of energy—

the 'Immortal Qi' that only existed in legends on the Central Earth Divine Continent.

"Is this body of mine currently cultivating the Martial Dao as well?" Lin Yuan sensed his inner state carefully for a moment and came to a conclusion.

For the Immortal Dao cultivation system, to get started, one must possess a Spiritual Root; this was an ironclad rule.

But even in the Spirit Realm, the vast majority of living beings still did not have Spiritual Roots, and most of those who did had very low quality ones.

Even if they barely entered the Qi Refining Stage, they would at most stall at Foundation Establishment.

This was how Xiaoyao City found its foothold.

The Martial Dao cultivation system had no requirement for Spiritual Roots.

As long as your blood Qi was sufficient, you could Cultivate.

This gave hope to a large portion of Mortals without Spiritual Roots.

Even some Cultivators with low-quality Spiritual Roots would switch to cultivating the Martial Dao once they confirmed they had good talent for it.

Overall, today's Martial Dao cultivation system was merely a niche cultivation system. At most, it was circulated in the Profound King Domain; outside the Profound King Domain, practically no one knew of it.

This was only normal.

Although the Martial Dao cultivation system didn't require Spiritual Roots, its upper limit was far inferior to the Immortal Dao.

Normal Cultivators with potential would definitely choose the Immortal Dao as their primary choice; only after confirming that they had no hope in the Immortal Dao would they consider the Martial Dao.

If you can Cultivate immortality, who would practice martial arts?

"Back before I left, I left behind twelve directions to break through to the Seventh Order of the Martial Dao. These directions were not perfect and could hardly contend with the Dao Integration Stage of the Immortal Dao…"

Lin Yuan thought silently.

The Seventh Order he currently cultivated was the perfect Seventh Order that he had fully mastered in the Main World.

It was immensely stronger than the twelve Seventh Order path directions he had left behind in the Central Earth Divine Continent.

And even so, the Seventh Order was the upper limit of the Martial Dao, naturally far inferior when compared to the Immortal Dao cultivation system with its infinite potential.

"Xiaoyao City enjoys the protection of the Moral Immortal Sect. Currently, there are numerous families in the city, but the most powerful is still the 'Martial Temple'."

Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly.

The Martial Temple was the Holy Land of Xiaoyao City, reportedly a place related to the Martial Ancestor.

At the beginning of Xiaoyao City's establishment, several Seventh Order Martial Dao Experts joined forces to found the Martial Temple and promote the Martial Dao cultivation system down to this day.

Without the Martial Temple serving as the Foundation and continuously nurturing Martial Dao Cultivators, whether the Martial Dao cultivation system would still exist today would be up in the air.

"What I need to do first now is to increase my strength." Lin Yuan reined in his thoughts.

Although this Physical Body also cultivated the Martial Dao, its Realm was too low. Even now, he had not entered the Grandmaster Realm; let alone reaching the Second Order, he was still a long distance away from finishing the First Order.

After cultivating for a short while,

and 'correcting' many mistakes in the original body's cultivation, Lin Yuan walked out of his room.

The Martial Dao did not have an indispensable demand for Spiritual Qi like the Immortal Dao, but that didn't mean Martial Dao cultivation required no resources.

On the contrary, the Martial Dao had immense demand for resources. Especially upon reaching the Sixth Order, opening up an Internal World required an overwhelming amount of resources.

Of course, opening an Internal World at the Peak of the Sixth Order was part of the perfect Seventh Order path created by Lin Yuan. Currently, the Martial Dao cultivation system in the Spirit Realm stalled at the Seventh Order. Without Lin Yuan's subsequent additions, being able to peacefully exist in a small corner was already quite fortunate.

The Spirit Realm was vast, with the Immortal Dao cultivation system occupying the mainstream while many other cultivation systems coexisted; the existence of the Martial Dao was not prominent.

Lin Yuan walked out of the courtyard and was quickly spotted by a maid.

"Young Master, you're awake?" This maid had the strength of the Foundation Establishment Stage and was a subordinate raised by the Lin Family from a young age.

Even for a Family like the Lin Family whose Foundation was in Xiaoyao City, deep down they still valued the Immortal Dao cultivation system more.

Soon,

Lin Yuan's parents rushed over.

"Chang'er, are you alright?" A beautiful woman walked over, looked at Lin Yuan carefully, and said with joy on her face, "How do you feel now?"

"I'm alright." Lin Yuan nodded.

In his memories, the original body was extremely passionate about the Martial Dao cultivation system. Unfortunately, due to overeagerness for quick success, a problem occurred during his cultivation, causing him to fall into a coma.

This allowed Lin Yuan's consciousness to gradually revive in him.

"Chang'er, you have a Spiritual Root. Even if it's only a Three-Spiritual-Root, you can still Cultivate the Immortal Dao. Why put all your mind into the Martial Dao?"

The original body's father was named 'Lin Jianping', who had founded the Lin Family from scratch and was considered a model of success against the odds in Xiaoyao City.

The Lin Family Firm had opened over ten branch stores in Xiaoyao City, and Lin Jianping was experienced and knowledgeable, knowing that the advantages of the Immortal Dao cultivation system were far greater than those of the Martial Dao.

Outside the Profound King Domain, across the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, the real stage still belonged to those proud darlings of heaven who cultivated the Immortal Dao cultivation system.

Lin Jianping didn't expect too much from his son, but he hoped at least his son wouldn't suffer the hardships of the Martial Dao.

Cultivating the Martial Dao required body forging and Body Tempering; the suffering endured was definitely greater than cultivating the Immortal Dao.

"I like the Martial Dao."

Lin Yuan said casually.

This was also the original body's thought.

Now that Lin Yuan's consciousness had revived, he had no doubts about cultivating the Martial Dao.

As for the Immortal Dao? He could indeed draw inspiration from it later on, but his Foundation would definitely remain in the Martial Dao.

"Like the Martial Dao?"

Lin Jianping felt a bit troubled.

His son was good in every way and had been extremely sensible since childhood, but he was stubborn. Once he made up his mind, no one could pull him back.

Those Martial Dao Cultivators were mostly people who lacked Spiritual Roots or had Spiritual Roots of excessively low quality, choosing to Cultivate the Martial Dao only out of sheer necessity.

But Lin Yuan? Although a Three-Spiritual-Root Aptitude couldn't be called strong, it wasn't weak either. With good luck, he had every hope of entering the Golden Core Stage.

"Ah Da."

Lin Jianping raised his right hand, and a figure immediately stepped out from the shadows.

"Take some of those hundred-year and thousand-year blood lingzhi, white jade ginseng, and other Spirit Medicines from the branch stores, and allocate them to Chang'er for his cultivation."

In the early stages of a Martial Dao Cultivator, the focus was primarily on forging the Physical Body and blood Qi, and this stage could be shortened through external items.

"Yes."

The figure named 'Ah Da' bowed slightly.

"Ah Da?"

Lin Yuan glanced at the figure behind Lin Jianping.

"Third Order Martial Dao?"

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

In Xiaoyao City, Martial Dao Cultivators were the most numerous. Don't be fooled by Lin Jianping's unwillingness to let his son Cultivate the Martial Dao;

that was only in comparison to the Immortal Dao. In truth, the Martial Dao cultivation system still held considerable influence in the Profound King Domain.

After all, it had birthed several Seventh Order Martial Dao practitioners comparable to True Immortals at the Dao Integration Stage.

Lin Jianping was worried that his son would neither understand Martial Dao cultivation nor keep his body from collapsing under the strain.

"Son, study your Martial Dao well. In a few days, your father will find a master for you." Lin Jianping patted Lin Yuan's shoulder and then left with the beautiful woman.

"Find a master?"

Lin Yuan thought about it and didn't refuse.

With the previous example of passing out from practicing martial arts, if he refused again, it would likely cause his parents to worry.

Lin Jianping brought the beautiful woman to a hall.

The beautiful woman, Shen Zhen, gave Lin Jianping a white look. "What kind of master do you plan to find for Chang'er?"

In Xiaoyao City, Martial Dao Cultivators were like carp crossing a river, but true Martial Dao Experts were still rare; Fourth Order Martial Dao and above could be counted on one's fingers.

"Since my, Lin Jianping's, son wants to practice martial arts, it must naturally be the best."

Lin Jianping pondered for a moment and made up his mind, "I intend to let Chang'er go to the Martial Temple to experience the 'Wu Ancestor Divine Radiance'."

"Wu Ancestor Divine Radiance?"

The beautiful woman Shen Zhen blinked her eyes, then immediately reacted, "Alright, Old Lin, you really are willing to spend, aren't you?"

In the entire Xiaoyao City, the place where Martial Dao Cultivators concentrated the most was without a doubt the Martial Temple.

As the Foundation for Martial Dao Cultivators, those several Seventh Order Martial Dao Experts who founded the Martial Temple back then had specially left behind several streaks of Divine Radiance to ensure the Martial Dao cultivation system would be passed down.

These several streaks of Divine Radiance expounded the essence of the Martial Dao as understood by those Seventh Order Martial Dao Experts, and in addition, they were related to the mysterious Martial Ancestor.

Therefore, it was also called the Wu Ancestor Divine Radiance.

The Wu Ancestor Divine Radiance had two functions: first, allowing the receiver to experience up close the essence understood by those Seventh Order Martial Dao Experts;

second, determining which aspect of the Martial Dao cultivation system the receiver excelled in.

The first function in particular was equivalent to indirectly receiving guidance from those Seventh Order Martial Dao Experts.

Seventh Order Martial Dao was comparable to True Immortals at the Dao Integration Stage. At this level, regardless of whether one was an Immortal Dao Cultivator or not, they were grand figures looking down upon the Profound King Domain.

Of course,

if one wanted to enter the Martial Temple

and comprehend the Wu Ancestor Divine Radiance, unless one's Aptitude was astounding and attracted the attention of the Martial Temple, one could only go through the back door.

The so-called going through the back door meant paying an extra price to let someone tag along behind Disciples with extraordinary Martial Dao Aptitude to piggyback on the comprehension session,

leeching off the remaining Wu Ancestor Divine Radiance left by others.

Even so, given the size of the Lin Family, letting Lin Yuan experience the Wu Ancestor Divine Radiance once would likely cost them more than half their Family fortune.

This was with the Lin Family having been rooted in Xiaoyao City for many years; otherwise, outside forces wouldn't even get a chance to go through the back door.

[Name: Lin Yuan (Lin Yuan)]

[Identity: Master of the Gate of Myriad Realms]

[Bound Talent: Heaven-Defying Comprehension]

[Divine Ability: Rebirth from a Drop of Blood]

[Current Status: Consciousness Descent]

[Remaining Stay Duration: Nine hundred and twenty years]

Inside the room.

Lin Yuan glanced at the illusory text at the bottom left of his vision.

"The stay duration this time is nine hundred and twenty years?"

Lin Yuan was quite satisfied in his heart. With such a long period of time, while other things couldn't be guaranteed, the Martial Dao Eighth Order Chapter could almost certainly be developed.

"I am still too weak right now. Recovering to the Eighth Order level will require a vast amount of resources."

Lin Yuan grabbed a large portion of thousand-year lingzhi and swallowed it into his stomach, its surging Qi quickly being absorbed.

"From the First Order to the Sixth Order, I don't need to worry. But the Peak of the Sixth Order? The Seventh Order? That requires opening an Internal World, which must rely on massive resources."

In the Main World, to open up his Internal World, Lin Yuan had consumed who knows how many tons of 'scarlet spirit liquid'.

"Forget it."

"I'll take it one step at a time."

Lin Yuan gathered his thoughts and resumed cultivating.