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Chapter 603 - 204: Sword and Blood, Law and Fame

Chapter 603: Chapter 204: Sword and Blood, Law and Fame

For cultivators in the Tianyuan Realm, the Divine Soul Chip is essentially a part of common knowledge; even those from the Wilderness know of its existence, understanding that it’s the mark of a [true cultivator].

Many people from the Wilderness fight desperately to hunt evil demons and earn Military Merit, all just to obtain this chip. Their struggles cannot be said to be meaningless, for there are countless examples of people from the Wilderness who soared to great heights in their cultivation after acquiring the chip. This is not only a propaganda necessity for Xuanye City’s united front but also, to a large extent, a fact.

As long as one has a Spirit Root, even if the quality of it is not high, at the very least the chip can assist cultivators in slowly improving themselves, fundamentally avoiding the risk of Deviation, progressively optimizing their own Spirit Qi flow routes, and creating personalized unique strengths.

From then on, there’s efficiency in slowness, and it’s not the case that one can only waste their life away because of low talent.

"No wonder he doesn’t care about the Heavenly Spiritual Root, no wonder, no wonder..."

At this moment, An Jing understood completely. As a person from the Otherworld, Da Chen, he could confirm one hundred percent that this is the foundation upon which the four major conglomerates rule this world and maintain the current order, just like the Bestowing Talisman Heavenly Official system in Da Chen.

It allows those who are not strong enough, not talented enough, to possess abilities that exceed the average natural talent outside of the system.

How much more human and influential power could the four conglomerates utilize over other forces? When it comes to talent, for other powers, a Spirit Root is at least expected to exceed 6 to be of use and to become future pillars of strength and combat backbones. But for the conglomerates, exceeding 3 is sufficient to serve as a high-level chip’s host for battle.

Of course, the effects of low-level chips are not strong; at the least, it’s necessary to reach the fifth generation and above to have this effect, but now the conglomerates have developed up to the seventh generation. Their rule has passed the most dangerous stage and has reached its peak.

Of course, the path of the chip and the Bestowing Talisman Heavenly Official are two different systems. Chips resemble aids to the fundamental qualities of cultivators: analyzing abilities, resistance to Demonic Qi, stability of Spirit, self-awareness abilities, as well as the regulation of Spirit Qi and the ability to use the Art of Magic.

This is the result of the universal cultivation in the Tianyuan Realm, although a large portion of these are Half-Cultivators without a Spirit Root. But everyone can use talismans, can wield firearms and swords, allowing chips to also find their use in combat.

On the other hand, there are many in Da Chen with vast lands and plenty of Martial Artists, but few true practitioners of Martial Arts, and those with a Fate Pattern tend to be... somewhat mad. Therefore, compared to increasing a Martial Artist’s power, the path that Bestowing Talisman Heavenly Official takes is rather to allow ordinary people to leap and become vessels of strength. In this way, Martial Artists won’t scheme to secure for themselves a position of Heavenly Official Talisman, and the risen Heavenly Officials would all be loyal to the empire from the lower ranks.

"The chip, it must be mastered."

An Jing made up his mind. No matter what, the path of the chip in Tianyuan Realm is a technology that he must hold in his hands. Having his own chip without backdoors, if it could be installed for everyone, it would undoubtedly be a great thing to significantly enhance his own and his friends’ strength.

The only problem is, it’s too difficult.

"Essentially, this is about condensing seven or eight different Great Formations into one tiny chip; the technology is really too advanced."

Subdue Evil also finds it a bit challenging: "Once you reach the Purple Mansion Divine Repository, and your Formation realm rises, you could even carve it yourself without a problem. But obviously, Tianyuan Realm has industrialized assembly lines, and there must even be specialized Magic Artifacts and magic treasures; these are truly what we lack."

"Let’s take it slow."

An Jing is also not in a rush: "Rushing is useless, besides, the functionality of this seventh-generation chip is really too complete. The fourth and fifth-generation chips probably weren’t this complex."

"Indeed."

Subdue Evil agrees as well: "Not to mention others, this seventh-generation chip can even resist the invasion of Heart Demons. By backing up the memory, it can awaken you during critical moments, preventing immediate Demonic Degeneration after a sudden attack—this function is somewhat similar to a fuse, it’s really quite remarkable."

"Oh?" An Jing is surprised, he’s always been interested in technology that can impede Heavenly Demons: "Is that so?"

"Just take a close look and you’ll know." Subdue Evil doesn’t deceive An Jing: "At least it’s very helpful for the first onset of Demonic Degeneration."

Demonic Degeneration. A term that makes every Martial Artist’s color drain. For various reasons, whether due to Deviation, corruption by demon lands, or even infiltration of the mind and body by a Heavenly Demon or Heart Demon, a Martial Artist can gradually fall into Demonic Degeneration.

At the initial stage of Demonic Degeneration, the mind becomes chaotic, and one will gradually forget everything about themselves. Unless they can advance to the next stage as quickly as possible, Demonic Degeneration will turn them into an empty shell with only the desire for pure destruction and slaughter, becoming the lowest of ’Mindless Demon Creatures’.

Further advanced individuals who experience Demonic Degeneration will, depending on whether they retain their inherent memories, split into two categories. The first type is those who have kept their memories and personality intact, thus able to maintain a human form as Demon creatures. These are the original forms of many powerful Heavenly Demons, lurking in the human world and slowly growing in power.

The latter, due to the loss of memory and personality, will gradually become alienated and transform into all sorts of strange creatures. Compared with Mindless Demon Creatures, they possess thought and mind, capable of targeting their destruction precisely, lying in wait somewhere for the right moment, their capability for harm dozens of times greater than the former.

In Da Chen, Martial Arts Cultivators who have succumbed to Demonic Degeneration can even infiltrate the system without being detected. During the incident in Kanming City, the surrounding Dust Li Bai Bu had already been infiltrated like a sieve.

But in Tianyuan, the backup memory chips give each Cultivator infected by Demonic Qi the chance to awaken upon detecting confusion in the main consciousness, briefly clarifying the Cultivator’s thoughts, which can resist Demonic Degeneration.

Just this one time is enough to save many Cultivators who have fallen into demons, and even the chronic corrosion by Demonic Qi can easily be detected and expelled by the chips. The combination of high-end chips and Anti-Magic Artifacts made of Demon Material is the main security for safe zones and inner city cultivators when they venture into the Wilderness.

"Good. Very good..."

The red glow in his eyes gradually fading, An Jing shut down the seventh generation chip and activated the sixth generation chip, linking one application software after another, adding a new user, beginning to adapt to the ’real Tianyuan Realm’.

While he instinctively and adeptly wrestled with the somewhat ’brain-dead installation processes’ of these software, he communicated with Subdue Evil: "This thing is indeed very useful."

"If I ever have to rebel in the future, I will definitely need a system that can counter the Bestowing Talisman Heavenly Official System, and without a doubt, the chip is such a system. However, it is not yet complete and likely requires further improvements."

Saying this, a fiery light burned in An Jing’s eyes, and he set his goal: "In the Tianyuan Realm, other than acquiring resources and earning Good Deeds, I essentially had no other objectives. But now, my goal is very clear—to acquire, at all costs, all technology related to chip design!"

"Technically, you can exchange for it in the Endless Heavens, right?" Subdue Evil reminded him, but An Jing shook his head: "I have looked through the information in Endless Heavens, if there are no results, it won’t be included. Essentially, it is half a step, even a full step behind reality, essentially free-riding on existing technology. Unproven theoretical speculations are all encouraged for the explorers to investigate on their own, rather than to be exchanged for."

"Even the experimental seventh generation chip that I have obtained is, in fact, a mature technology that’s completely applicable. Based on my past life experience, if a technology has reached the point of being practically applicable, then the eighth generation that is still in closed part-testing, the ninth generation that only exists in theoretical construction, and the tenth generation that only has pure theoretical predictions, have all been conceived."

"To research these is to reach the real forefront of technology, and what I need is precisely this cutting-edge technology."

"I see... but that will be difficult," Subdue Evil also smiled: "Which is exactly why it’s a challenge."

"Exactly." Closing his eyes, An Jing became silent for a while, then opened his eyes and stood up: "The gains from this time in the Tianyuan Realm were unexpectedly great—after resting here for a few days, I’ll have to prepare to return to Embracing the Void."

"Huh." Hearing this, Subdue Evil was somewhat surprised: "We can stay in the Tianyuan Realm for thirty days now, and although Embracing the Void has almost calmed down, there must still be dangers. Are you sure you want to go back so soon?"

It wasn’t that It was afraid of danger; this choice was just somewhat extraordinary.

"It is precisely because of the dangers that I must go back."

Deeply inhaling the Spirit Qi of the Tianyuan Realm, An Jing was very clear in his heart: "The seal of the Divine Repository under Broken Blade Mountain must be under our control. With the support of the Virtuous King making me the City Lord of Linjiang, if I am there, everything is as it should be. If I leave, everything will dissipate like smoke."

"Not to mention, with the surroundings of Broken Blade Mountain ravaged and Linjiang City largely in ruins, if I want to maintain this ’foundation,’ I must reappear at the first opportunity, becoming their banner."

"Subdue Evil, to defeat the enemy, one must use [Sword and Blood]. But now, it’s time to grasp [Law and