Chapter 1276: Citizen Ascension Lei Gao Jie System

Jiang Ding's foundation could not bear the sword soul.

This was not a question of whether the body was hard or not; body-tempering Gong Fa were useless.

A sword cultivator's or law cultivator's body was like a super-intelligent chip — it could greatly amplify sword intent, law intent, magic power, divine soul, and other forces, promoting their birth and growth. The body's hardness had little to do with whether it could bear a sword soul.

It was just like a computer's software and hardware systems.

Now that the hardware system could not load the software system, it did not mean swapping the hardware for steel or some harder material would work — the entire hardware system had to be upgraded.

Or alternatively, streamline the software Yan Suan Fa, use one unit of computing power to do what previously took several units, lowering the demand on the hardware.

"If swordsmanship advances to the sixth realm, the Sword Spirit realm, it could also achieve this effect…"

Jiang Ding fell into deep thought.

This was what he had been doing for several thousand years.

Comprehending and developing entirely new sword arts — through this process his swordsmanship had been slowly growing, and now his fifth-realm Sword Dao, the Sword World, had already entered its late stage.

Combat and slaughter were not the only paths of progress for a sword cultivator.

Comprehending more sword arts, creating more sword arts, even being absorbed in art — any of these could spark insight by analogy. The method did not matter; what mattered was that the cultivator's understanding of the Sword Dao deepened.

Boom!

At that moment, a peal of thunder sounded in Jiang Ding's ear — similar to a Combined-Dao heavenly tribulation, yet far weaker.

That sound came from an extremely distant place, crossing through realms, transmitted through the Central Array Spirit Computer to the ears of the Vice-Administrator currently stationed on the home planet.

"A citizen's ascension heavenly tribulation."

"The first citizen born of the Ten Thousand Races has appeared…"

Jiang Ding sighed softly.

His gaze, following the guidance of the Central Array Spirit Computer, pierced through the vast starry sky, arriving at Jiao Jiao Mingyu, arriving above the sky of Mo Teng Xiao Gao Jie.

There, a Bai Yu-like slender skeleton sat cross-legged, gazing at the Lei Gao Jie in the sky with an expression of wild joy.

At the same time, numerous Immortal Gate Void Refinement True Lords and Soul Transformation Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun cast their gazes here, watching in silence.

……

Beneath the cosmic starry sky, the Lei Gao Jie descended slowly.

Bearing the might of heaven, it coldly watched the slender Bai Yu skeleton below; its vast pressure shrouded the area, pushed to the extreme through the workings of the Lei Gao Jie.

The Combined-Dao-level scanning ability had been pushed to its extreme, repeatedly scanning that Bai Yu skeleton.

From the divine soul, to flesh and blood, to magic treasures — nothing was overlooked. It did not slight this task in the slightest just because the being was merely a weak Soul Transformation-level creature; it was solemn and serious, using the rules of destiny that spanned the endless starry sky to conduct a highest-standard ideological and moral appraisal of this being, bit by bit.

This process would last for several decades or more, ensuring that even the tiniest cell

was genuine.

……

In the Nine Spirit Realm, the Immortal Gate's nine great Void Refinement True Lords were likewise watching.

"This is the citizen ascension system designed by Great Sun Canghai Tianjun,"

Zhenjun Shenji True Lord said.

"In principle it references many Combined-Dao heavenly tribulations, as well as the legendary ascension Lei Gao Jie, using the might of heaven to conduct the final, highest-standard, strictest appraisal of the out-of-realm cultivators who wish to become citizens."

"Great Sun Canghai Tianjun proposed the design; Yuan, Senior Wanji, and the rest of us helped refine it."

"However, it is still not perfect enough now. Ideally, every time a new external citizen appears, we should perform a destiny calculation on them. If they show any bad tendencies, the citizen ascension Lei Gao Jie will be intensified to the extreme, and if necessary, strike them dead directly with Combined-Dao Lei Ting."

"Of course, that is a future concept."

Zhenjun Shenji True Lord continued.

"Right now it is merely a high-standard appraisal of ideology and morality, battle merits, and scientific research creativity — scanning the divine soul, pulling up her past record, the contributions she has made to the Immortal Gate, how many papers she has published, whether she has any anti-Immortal Gate tendencies… these things. Only when all of these are qualified and reach an excellent level will the citizen ascension heavenly tribulation be triggered."

"The citizen ascension heavenly tribulation has another effect: using the drawn-out rules of destiny and the Heavenly Dao law-net, it helps her temper her flesh and refine her divine soul, increasing her aptitude by a small notch while transforming her into human form."

"This transformation into human form can be regarded as a permanently solidified transformation spell—even if she advances to Combined-Dao in the future, it will not change."

"This solidified transformation spell turns her into a human, granting her everything a human has—except fertility."

"Fertility remains as it originally was."

"Do you know how the Skeleton Blood Vine Demon race reproduces? Not creating skeleton servants, but bearing offspring."

Zhenjun Shenji True Lord asked.

"The reproduction of the Skeleton Blood Vine Demon race…"

Master Canghai True Lord recalled the data on this race that had once contended with the Horn Demon Imperial Race for dominion over the realm, and said: "Their reproduction involves two yin and yang Skeleton Blood Vine Demons expending great magic power, vast amounts of essence blood, and vast amounts of divine soul origin, each condensing an 'Embryo Bone.'"

"The two 'Embryo Bones' are placed together, then placed within the spine of one Skeleton Blood Vine Demon to be nurtured for anywhere from ten years to ten thousand years, the time varying with the aptitude and cultivation of the parents."

"If the fused Embryo Bones are nurtured within a yin skeleton, what is born in the end is a female skeleton;"

"if nurtured within a yang skeleton, what is born is a male skeleton… the birthing party must pay a great cost — sometimes a drop in cultivation is not surprising — so unless pressured by others, Skeleton Blood Vine Demons usually choose to reproduce in the later part of their lifespan."

"Master Canghai is right."

"The reproduction of the Skeleton Blood Vine Demon race

is greatly different from that of us humans."

Zhenjun Shenji True Lord praised, then said: "The solidified transformation spell works like this—if two Skeleton Blood Vine Demon citizens reproduce, the essence of their reproduction does not change; it is still the fusion of Embryo Bones, producing a small Skeleton Blood Vine Demon."

"But the appearance has changed."

"She must carry the baby for ten months, or more, and then give birth in a hospital to an infant with a human appearance. This infant, as time passes, will slowly grow — into a youth, into a young adult, into an old person… all the appearances it should have, no different from a citizen."

"This is what Great Sun Canghai Tianjun proposed — 'shed the mortal bone, transform into human form' — henceforth, one is a citizen."

"The citizen ascension Lei Gao Jie is the solidification process of this transformation spell."

"Great Sun is impressive — this is indeed an exquisite design."

Yuan sighed.

Although he had participated in this project, it was as an engineer — mainly assisting Great Sun Canghai Tianjun in completing the engineering.

This is in principle.

In terms of promotion and culture, it is advertised to cultivators of all races as a ladder to immortality, transforming into human form, taking the first step toward ascension, and the like.

There have always been legends of flying up to become an immortal in the Cultivation World; this borrows from them just a little.

Thanks to the immortal sects' overwhelming cultural advantage—already an existence looked up to by all races—this notion has taken deep and widespread root in the hearts of every race.

"By the way, Yuan."

"Can she have children with a human?"

Li Hai Zhen asked curiously.

"No."

"Physiological activity can occur, but no offspring will be produced, because they are entirely two different creatures—not even in the same phylum, class, or order; she isn't even a carbon-based lifeform."

Yuan glanced at Li Hai Zhen with a very strange look.

"Haha… I was just curious."

Li Hai Zhen gave an awkward laugh.

(End of chapter)