Chapter 575: Youth Doesn't Know the Goodness of Being Passive

In the deduction notes of Mao Yan and Sima Qu, the Zhai Xing Lou pressing against the Upper Shang Xinggong only constructed a Heaven and Earth Bridge.

This was the necessary foundation for Connecting Heaven and Earth.

To achieve true Connecting Heaven and Earth, the two, in their discussion, put forward three possible methods.

However, they were only conjectures, so these three methods were all waiting to be verified.

For example, the first conjecture: Sima Qu believed that after Connecting Heaven and Earth, the Cloud Tower and the Upper Shang Xinggong would naturally fuse, or urge the Upper Shang Xinggong to actively integrate.

This conjecture had already been refuted by Xu Jin's personal experience.

Just looking at it once, Xu Jin believed that the third conjecture had higher feasibility.

And from the timeline of the notes, from the time the first conjecture was put forward to the third, there was a time span of twelve years.

The two should have been constantly groping, and also constantly updating their ideas and theories in this regard.

The third conjecture regarding Connecting Heaven and Earth was relatively more complex, but it also had specific theories.

Sima Qu believed that the human spirit resides within the flesh, and the Original Spirit is the same.

It can be seen that before the spirit cultivation base reaches an extremely high level, it requires the protection of the flesh.

By comparison, the Upper Shang Xinggong is the residence of the spirit and Original Spirit within the flesh.

To achieve Connecting Heaven and Earth, one must connect the Upper Shang Xinggong and the Cloud Tower into one body.

But the Upper Shang Xinggong is the residence of the spirit and Original Spirit; to fuse into one body, one must find the most important common point.

Mao Yan put forward that the common point is not important; the key is to "pass through difference."

That is, to satisfy the special requirements of the spirit and Original Spirit.

That is, for the Cloud Tower to achieve Connecting Heaven and Earth and penetrate into a Great Cloud Tower in the body, the first element is to satisfy the hard requirements of the spirit and Original Spirit: the Cloud Tower must be able to accommodate the characteristics of the spirit and Original Spirit.

In this way, the spirit and Original Spirit within the Upper Shang Xinggong might be able to integrate into the Cloud Tower, and it might be possible to achieve the Star-Spirit Unity predicted by them.

The so-called Star-Spirit Unity is that after condensing the Great Cloud Tower, the star power and spirit power can be fused into one at will when launched. At that time, the power of star arts will increase exponentially.

But how to satisfy or realize this hard requirement, the two still didn't have a good method.

In the deduction notes, three years later, the two re-sorted all the previous deduction theories and believed that the Heaven and Earth Bridge was the first key.

As long as the Cloud Tower directly touches the Upper Shang Xinggong, the Heaven and Earth Bridge is formed, and one can condense the Cloud Tower based on the spirit star patterns of the Upper Shang Xinggong through this channel.

Then slowly integrate the Upper Shang Xinggong into the Cloud Tower, only then can one condense into a Great Cloud Tower, thoroughly achieve Connecting Heaven and Earth, and achieve Star-Spirit Unity.

After finishing reading all this, Xu Jin believed that this might be the correct answer.

But it was reasoning after all.

From the timeline of the deduction notes, whether it was Mao Yan or Sima Qu, neither achieved Connecting Heaven and Earth; both were dedicated to letting their disciples achieve Connecting Heaven and Earth.

Unfortunately, not long after, a great change broke out, the Spirit Discipline Shang Xinggong was killed, the building was sealed, the palace was locked, Mao Yan died, and Cheng Yuexiao, whose cultivation base had been stuck at the peak of the Sixth Tier Ninth Layer, could only break through to the Seventh Tier in one breath, using the Seventh Tier to hard-shake the Eighth Tier, supporting the Great Chen National Dao Academy, supporting Great Chen.

Previously, Xu Jin had also heard National Teacher Cheng Yuexiao talk about it. Before his cultivation base broke through to the Eighth Tier, he easily didn't dare to leave the Great Chen capital, Dachen Wan Yi. Occasionally going out once, it was all sneaky, like a thief.

Those few years were extremely difficult.

Because only within the Great Chen capital, Dachen Wan Yi, borrowing the power of the National Dao Artifact and the power of the Star-Plucking Tower main tower, occupying the home-field advantage, could he barely resist Star Lord Tianyang.

Holding the deduction notes, Xu Jin also consulted with National Teacher Cheng Yuexiao for half a day, supplementing details and looking for safer trial methods.

After all, he was walking a path that no one had walked before.

"So, this first step is very critical. If you can strengthen your spirit star patterns, it shows that their reasoning theory is correct.

If you can't even strengthen the spirit star patterns, then this train of thought is wrong, and you have to look for other methods to truly achieve Connecting Heaven and Earth." National Teacher Cheng Yuexiao transmitted.

"National Teacher, I understand."

The next instant, Xu Jin held his breath and concentrated, guarding the Original Spirit while slowly urging the majestic star power in the Zhai Xing Lou to the top of the Cloud Tower with his Original Spirit, then carefully urging the star power to walk toward the Upper Shang Xinggong.

He didn't dare to be too fast.

If it were too fast, if his star power collided with his own Upper Shang Xinggong and caused himself heavy injury, that would become a joke.

After one breath, a look of joy flashed in Xu Jin's eyes.

It works.

The first step was successful.

His star power successfully passed through the Heaven and Earth Bridge and entered the Upper Shang Xinggong.

Just this point alone showed that this train of thought was correct.

At least partially correct.

After a dozen breaths, Xu Jin's brows furrowed slightly; the star power seemed unable to strengthen the spirit star patterns.

After a slight ponder, Xu Jin urged his Original Spirit, using the powerful spirit power to wrap the star power, just like a mixed flow, attempting to strengthen the spirit star patterns.

A few breaths later, a look of joy appeared in his eyes.

It works.

However, the strengthening speed was much slower than strengthening star power star patterns.

But it didn't matter; he could try.

And this time, Xu Jin was restraining his power. After starting to strengthen, Xu Jin would constantly test the maximum flow of star power called by the Heaven and Earth Bridge and the maximum bearing capacity of the Upper Shang Xinggong to increase the speed.

As for the first spirit star pattern to be strengthened, Xu Jin chose the Clear Spirit star pattern.

It could passively improve spirit cultivation base; the earlier it was strengthened, the earlier he would benefit!

Now Xu Jin even felt that the time he spent previously deducing the Clear Spirit star pattern to the Eighth-Tier upper-grade was late.

Youth doesn't know the goodness of being passive.

During the process of strengthening, Xu Jin constantly increased the flow of star power pouring into the Heaven and Earth Bridge.

And the bearing capacity of the Upper Shang Xinggong and Xu Jin's Original Spirit was much stronger than Xu Jin had imagined.

Under the condition of being able to bear the consumption, it took a day and a half to strengthen a spirit star pattern to the

And with Xu Jin's current, extremely vast Star Power cultivation, the time required to strengthen a Star Power star pattern to the point where it can condense the ninth layer of a Nine-Cornered Cloud Tower is only half a day.

Three times the efficiency.

However, this is a Divine Soul star pattern, so it is understandable.

Subsequently, Xu Jin began to focus wholeheartedly on strengthening it.

After only half a day, Xu Jin discovered a new problem.

The consumption of Divine Soul cultivation is still quite large; with his Divine Soul cultivation, plus the continuous operation and recovery of the Spirit Platform Star Art, he had consumed seven or eight-tenths of it in half a day.

He had to enter a deep sleep to recover.

He needed at least one hour of deep sleep to fully recover.

In this way, the estimated time required to strengthen a Divine Soul star pattern to the ninth layer is two days.

But this time is still acceptable. After all, most Sixth Tier cultivators need ten days or half a month to strengthen a star pattern to the fifth or sixth layer.

Very quickly, Xu Jin strengthened the first Clarity Soul star pattern to the eighth layer, and a new problem arose.

Strengthening it to the eighth layer can only condense an Eight-Cornered Cloud Tower.

To condense a Nine-Cornered Cloud Tower, Xu Jin needs a Ninth Tier Divine Soul-type star pattern.

Should he condense an Eight-Cornered Cloud Tower or a Nine-Cornered Cloud Tower?

Xu Jin only considered it for one breath before arriving at the answer.

Nine-Cornered Cloud Tower.

It must be nine corners.

Because Xu Jin has the conditions for it.

In itself, a Ninth Tier Divine Soul star pattern is slightly more difficult than a Ninth Tier Star Power star pattern, but Xu Jin still has a complete Divine Dao True Intent in his hands, as well as the two-tenths of the attribute-less Divine Dao True Intent that remained from last time.

He must give it a try.

As for the difficulty, Xu Jin himself is mentally prepared.

Moreover, once the deduction of a Ninth Tier Divine Soul-type star pattern is successful, the benefits will absolutely be immense.

On this point, Xu Jin is confident.

Previously, the star patterns like Warm Dream and Clarity Soul that he spent a large amount of Gold Stars to deduce each brought him rich rewards.

This time, Xu Jin chose the Clarity Soul star pattern directly for the deduction of the Ninth Tier Divine Soul-type star pattern.

When young, one does not know the value of passive skills; now, one must push forward.

However, Xu Jin was not reckless enough to directly trigger that Divine Dao True Intent to deduce the Clarity Soul star pattern below the Ninth Tier.

Xu Jin is very clear about the root cause of why his star pattern deduction level has become higher and his deduction speed faster along this journey.

Accumulation!

A large accumulation of star pattern deduction experience, especially with the help of the Star Lamp, having personally deduced all the relevant notes on star pattern deduction from the predecessors of the National Dao Academy and the Lord Lingji Shang Xinggong.

With the acceleration assistance of the Star Lamp, this entire process took Xu Jin one year, plus the assistance of Silver Stars, Gold Stars, Radiant Stars, and the Star Dome Secret Realm, and later the Battle-Participating Lamp Domain.

And if others do not have these, let alone one year, it would be impossible to achieve even in ten or twenty years.

The further into the later stages, the harder it gets.

The less foundation one has, the harder it gets.

It is just like the discipline of mathematics in his past life.

It can also be considered as accumulating knowledge and waiting for the right moment.

And now, since Xu Jin wants to deduce the Clarity Soul star pattern below the Ninth Tier and does not want to waste the Divine Dao True Intent, he still has to follow the old path of accumulating knowledge and waiting for the right moment.

Even if Xu Jin could still exchange for this thing called Divine Dao True Intent, it is extremely precious.

Subsequently, Xu Jin triggered the Gold Star and began to comprehend and deduce Divine Soul-type star patterns, making accumulations for his deduction of the Ninth Tier star pattern.

First to be deduced were the Hidden Storage star pattern and the Hidden Image star pattern from the invisibility trio; these two star patterns are both Fifth Tier and had never been deduced before. Now that he has leisure time, he can indeed deduce them.

Compared to deducing Star Power star patterns, the assistance of the Battle-Participating Lamp Domain is smaller when deducing Divine Soul star patterns, but it is still there.

The auxiliary effect of the Star Dome Secret Realm is also there.

Added to the effect of the Gold Star, the deduction speed is even faster.

Theoretically, Xu Jin could deduce one of the star patterns to the Eighth Tier High-grade within one or two hours.

However, Xu Jin did not do so.

What Xu Jin needs now is the accumulation in this process, not the result.

It is to discover, summarize, and study the relevant laws of Divine Soul star patterns as much as he can during the deduction process.

Preparing for the deduction of the Clarity Soul below the Ninth Tier.

For the Hidden Storage star pattern, which could originally be deduced to the Eighth Tier High-grade in one or two hours, Xu Jin spent half a day.

Another half a day later, the Hidden Image star pattern was deduced to the Eighth Tier High-grade.

One day later, the four star patterns of Warm Dream, Break Evil, Suppress Intent, and Illusion Truth were all deduced by Xu Jin to the Eighth Tier High-grade.

Another day later, which is March 10th, because the quantities of Gold Stars and Radiant Stars had already been exhausted, Xu Jin had already deduced all the Divine Soul-type star patterns inscribed in his Upper Shang Xinggong—including Fear, Intent Cage, Infiltrate Desire, and the Sumeru star pattern—to the Eighth Tier Low-grade, with some deduced to the Eighth Tier Mid-grade.

The reason for exhausting the Gold Stars is mainly that at Xu Jin's current level of star pattern deduction, their role is no longer irreplaceable.

With the assistance of one Gold Star, Xu Jin can quickly deduce an Eighth Tier Low-grade star pattern to the Eighth Tier High-grade within half an hour.

But similarly, without Gold Stars, Xu Jin can complete it in two days by deducing it himself.

In the future, it will only get faster!

It might as well become his stepping stone sooner!

It is worth mentioning that after the Sumeru star pattern was deduced to the Eighth Tier Mid-grade, the size of Xu Jin's Sumeru space surged directly.

On March 11th, Xu Jin began to trigger the last attribute-less Divine Dao True Intent in his hand to deduce the Clarity Soul star pattern below the Ninth Tier.

After only half an hour, Xu Jin let out a soft hiss.

The difficulty is greater than he imagined.

However, it still did not exceed the worst-case estimate.

The most ideal situation is to deduce the Clarity Soul star pattern below the Ninth Tier with one Divine Dao True Intent.

Xu Jin of course knows that this possibility is very small.

He had already prepared for the need for two.

But judging from the current progress, two are not enough; it is estimated that three Divine Dao True Intents will be needed.

The consumption is four times that of the Star Power star pattern.

There is no turning back once the arrow is fired.

Since he has started the deduction, he will not regret it.

Xu Jin himself is also looking forward to what kind of surprise the Clarity Soul star pattern below the Ninth Tier will bring him once it comes out.

On March 12th, the only Divine Dao True Intent was exhausted, and as expected, the progress was only a little over one-third.

Then, he will have to exchange for Divine Dao True Intent.

However, the moment he woke up, Xu Jin also saw the message from Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao. The moment he finished reading it, his gaze froze, and Xu Jin immediately sent a starlight message to Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao.

【Grand Master, the lurking traitor, is it really him?】

【Currently, all analyses and quite a few clues point to him.】

【Is there any evidence?】

【No evidence! This is also the most helpless part at present. Given his position, it is impossible to deal with him without evidence.】

After pondering for a few breaths, Xu Jin immediately replied, 【Grand Master, please wait a moment, I might have a way.】

(End of chapter)