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Chapter 543 The Last Saint
"The last... saint?"

Luo Jun was surprised and asked, "Doesn't that mean that saints...are extinct?"

Ziye nodded, with a look of loneliness in his eyes.

"A long time ago, when the gods fell silent, everyone fell into despair. Everyone tried to listen to the voice of the gods again, but slowly, people found that no matter how much they prayed, the gods no longer responded."

"So, some people began to try to recreate miracles in the world. People were no longer limited to the practice of the Condensed Mind Realm, but began to look for higher realms to fill those vacant god positions. Finally, with people's continuous efforts, they finally broke through the shackles of the Condensed Mind Realm and obtained a higher level of power. That power is called the power of the immortals, which is what you call the Yuhua Realm."

"Wait..." Luo Jun interrupted Ziye's story: "You mean, a long time ago, when mortals could still communicate with gods, they didn't become immortal?"

Ziye nodded: "The method of cultivating vital energy is taught to mortals by the gods. There are only three levels: strengthening the foundation, nourishing the essence, and concentrating the mind. And those who have cultivated all three levels to the extreme, which you now call the peak, are the strongest fighting power of mortals at that time."

"And the technology to ascend to heaven did not come from gods, but was developed by mortals who kept trying to break through, after countless years and generations!"

This news gave Luo Jun a huge shock.

"But the power of Yuhua cannot be compared with that of a true God..." Luo Jun asked tentatively.

Ziye nodded: "I haven't experienced the era of true gods either, but according to what my predecessors said, the gap between the so-called metamorphosis and the true gods is much greater than the gap between condensing the heart and metamorphosis."

"Many people even suspect that the so-called path of metamorphosis is actually the wrong one from the beginning, and it can only be regarded as an advanced form of the peak. But some people also believe that metamorphosis is the right path, because there is indeed an insurmountable gap between metamorphosis and the peak. Various signs show that the peak is just an enhanced version of the Condensed Mind State, and is still just a mortal. But immortals are completely different creatures from mortals."

"But no matter which of the two opinions is right or wrong, one thing is certain, that is, after metamorphosis, no one has ever found a way to become stronger."

"Just when everyone was delving into the path of metamorphosis, the emergence of a special group revealed another possibility."

"The race of saints?" Luo Jun remembered what Yuan Lao had said before: "I heard that this special race cannot release their inner energy, but can practice the Solidification Stage without limit until they become saints?"

"You know more than I thought." Ziye smiled slightly: "But you are only half right."

"That race does have a congenital defect that prevents them from releasing their inner energy, and therefore they are unable to cultivate the Pei Yuan state and Ning Xin state. However, they are born with strong physiques, far superior to ordinary races, and have a strong tolerance for inner energy, so they are particularly good at cultivating the Gu Ben state."

"However, no one can cultivate the Solidification Realm indefinitely. They are just able to cultivate three more Solidification Realms than ordinary people because of their special physiques and inheritance."

"Practice more... three levels?" Luo Jun asked in surprise: "That means..."

Ziye nodded: "Their Solidification Realm can be cultivated to the tenth level, and each level is a full 100% improvement. Those who can cultivate to the tenth level of Solidification Realm are saints. Although they only have physical strength, they have combat power that can rival that of immortals!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Luo Jun's eyes lit up.

The tenth level of the Guben Realm does exist!

There is still a possibility for me to go further!

But then he shook his head: "But even if I can cultivate to the tenth level, it is impossible to match Yuhua with physical strength alone."

Luo Jun's innate physique is now about eighty times that of an ordinary person. Even if he has reached the tenth level of the Solid Foundation Realm, his acquired physique is eighty thousand times that of an ordinary person.

But he is now in the ninth level of the Solidification Realm, and his acquired physique is more than 40,000 times stronger than that of an ordinary person. In addition, he has the ninth level of the Essence Cultivation Realm, which increases his strength by hundreds of times. He also has the energy to assist him in combat, which makes him much stronger than the tenth level of the Solidification Realm. Even so, he still has a gap to face Yuhua. How can a person in the tenth level of the Solidification Realm become a saint who can rival Yuhua?

Unless that legendary race has an innate bone structure that is one hundred thousand or one million times stronger than that of an ordinary person. If there really is such a race, even if they don't practice, they will naturally become superhuman monsters when they reach adulthood. Luo Jun doesn't quite believe that there is such a monster race.

Ziye shook his head: "It's different... The first nine levels of the Solidification Realm have the same increase in each level, but the tenth level is like the breakthrough of the Condensation Realm to the Immortal Realm. It will achieve a qualitative improvement. All the vitality that has been cultivated and strengthened so far will be integrated into the limbs and bones, strengthening the body to an incredible degree. After becoming a saint, there will be no more vitality flowing in the meridians. With only the physical body, you can be on par with the immortals who have achieved immortality!"

Is there such a thing?
Luo Jun was stunned. If that was the case, then his cultivation method after the ninth level of Pei Yuan Realm was completely wrong? He should not try to compress the vital energy, but should try to integrate the vital energy into his limbs and bones. Should he use the method of Gu Ben Realm to break through?

Thinking of this, he immediately tried to mobilize his vital energy and recalled the feeling when he was in the Guben Realm, but no matter what he did, he could not find a way to integrate the vital energy into his body.

"You don't have to try." Ziye obviously sensed the abnormal flow of Luo Jun's vitality: "I can feel that the vitality in your body is different from that of others. It should have broken the limit of the seventh level. But the tenth level is not so easy to break through. Otherwise, that race would not have produced only a few saints in tens of thousands of years."

"Only a few saints appeared in tens of thousands of years?" Luo Jun was surprised: "The efficiency of cultivation is too low, no wonder they became extinct in the end..."

Ziye shook his head and said, "The innate bone strength of that race is more than ten times that of an ordinary person. Among them, those with outstanding talents can even reach a hundred times that of an ordinary person. With a two-fold increase, even if they are at the sixth or seventh level of the Solidification Realm, their strength exceeds that of the Fighting School of other races in the Condensation Realm. If they cultivate to the ninth level, they can even match or surpass the peak of other races. Moreover, they have strong bones and special talents. The backlash after a failed breakthrough in the Solidification Realm is very small, and they recover quickly. The cost of trial and error is very low. In addition, their lifespan is very long, so as long as they practice seriously, most of them can cultivate to the seventh level. It can be said that all the people are powerful warriors."

Luo Jun nodded. On average, the first five levels of the Solidification Realm would fail more than ten times. A person with average talent could reach it after five to ten years of practice. However, the sixth level would take hundreds of attempts to succeed. This level alone might take decades, which is basically the lifetime of an ordinary person. Therefore, practitioners in the main world would not risk trying to break through after reaching the fifth level of the Solidification Realm.

But if they were immortals, breaking through the sixth level would not be a difficult task, and even if the seventh level took hundreds or thousands of years, they might be able to afford it. Moreover, this race had no other ways to cultivate, and they only focused on strengthening their foundation, so there would definitely be many who could eventually reach the seventh level or above.

"Then how did they perish?" Luo Jun asked.

Ziye sighed deeply: "Destruction is often accompanied by glory." "After countless generations of efforts, this race finally welcomed a peerless genius. In just a hundred years, he completed the ninth level of the Solidification Realm, and at the age of three hundred, he successfully completed the tenth level, becoming the youngest saint in history."

"Three hundred years is the youngest?" Luo Jun was a little surprised.

"Back then, there weren't as many treasures as you have now to assist in cultivation." Ziye rolled his eyes at him. "He really did it. He relied on repeated failures to eventually reach that level. It took him three hundred years to break through the tenth level, which is already a record-breaking speed."

"That's true. I took advantage of the situation and was a bit abrupt." Luo Jun apologized hastily: "Please continue."

"In short, after he became a saint, he felt that becoming a saint was not the end of cultivation. He was a little dissatisfied. Why was his family destined to be unable to release their inner energy? Why did the meridians in the body become empty after cultivating to the saintly realm, and why no more vital energy would flow. In order to get the answer, he traveled to many worlds and exchanged ideas with countless immortals, hoping to find the opportunity for a breakthrough."

"Finally, by chance, he finally found a relic of a god... No one knows what he found there, but after he came out, his strength improved by leaps and bounds. Since then, no immortal has been his opponent! He has become the one recognized by everyone as the one closest to God!"

Luo Jun recalled the introduction of the Sage Essence Concentrate, which mentioned a person who was one step away from the highest realm...

"He's the remains I faced in the death trial?"

Midnight nodded.

"He was already so powerful, so how did he die in the end?"

At this point, Midnight bit his teeth and said slowly: "He died of pride, died of arrogance, died of fear, died of jealousy..."

"He thought he was the most powerful being under the gods, and he looked down on everyone. He loudly proclaimed that he was about to become a god, which ultimately brought him disaster."

"Saints and immortals have completely different cultivation paths. As I said before, because there has been no progress for many years, many immortals, including me, have begun to doubt the correctness of the path of transformation. At this time, a saint who has made a breakthrough suddenly appears. What will everyone think?"

"People's doubts about Yuhua reached an unprecedented level. At that time, almost everyone believed that being a saint was the correct path to becoming a god!"

"If this path can be replicated, it can be regarded as pointing a way for many immortals who have been lost for many years. But the key is that the practice of a saint is fundamentally the unique talent of the ancient race, which cannot be learned by others. If he really succeeds, then all the immortals who have ascended to heaven will lose their hope of becoming gods."

"There is no logical connection at all!" Luo Jun complained, "Even if this road works, it doesn't mean that other roads are blocked. Why are you so stubborn?"

Ziye was slightly startled, then nodded and smiled, "You are right, but the immortals at that time were too busy to think rationally. Many of them had the same idea: we must not let this saint succeed in becoming a god!"

"That makes even less sense." Luo Jun was speechless. "The right and wrong of the cultivation path are objective facts. Even if they prevented that saint from ascending to godhood, it doesn't prove that he is wrong."

Ziye shook his head and sighed: "The struggle over the road is essentially a struggle over faith. Countless people have worked hard for countless years on a cause, and suddenly one day it is pointed out that it might be wrong. Even if it is self-deception, people will try to destroy all evidence, or destroy the person who put forward the evidence!"

"So, a group of extreme immortals formed an alliance and launched a sniper attack on the saint..."

"But the saint was too powerful. Even though he was outnumbered, no one could stop him from leaving. In the end, after paying the price of the death of seven immortals, the saint still managed to escape."

"But the extreme alliance was unwilling to give up. They gathered more people, found the hometown of that ethnic group, and massacred the saint's people!"

"Although there have been several saints in the history of our clan, most of them died over the long years for various reasons. At that time, the only one still alive, besides that genius, was the chief elder of our clan. However, the chief elder was far inferior to that genius, and he could not withstand the siege of many immortals. In the end, he died in battle, and the entire clan was massacred..."

"This behavior finally angered the genius completely. He returned to his hometown with a rage and challenged the entire Yuhua Alliance alone. In the end, he died after killing 28 Yuhuas."

"After his death, the Alliance members did not give up and used a special spell to destroy his remains to ensure that he could not be resurrected..."

"Eh? That's not right..." Luo Jun suddenly said, "Then what was the one I defeated in the death trial?"

"That's just a fragment of his remains." Ziye shook his head and said, "Your strength is not even a fraction of what it was when he was alive. Otherwise, do you think you can defeat him with your ability even if he has lost his consciousness?"

Luo Jun smiled awkwardly. Indeed, he was very careful to hit a fragment and almost fell. If it was his original body before death, he could have crushed him to death with just one finger... He was indeed a man who killed dozens of feathered warriors in one battle...

"But I still have a question." Luo Jun's eyes suddenly turned.

"Why do you have so many questions?" Ziye seemed a little impatient.

"This is the last question..." Luo Jun said hurriedly: "You just said that people only started to study the realm of Yuhua after the true gods disappeared, and that ancient tribe has been studying the saintly cultivation method for tens of thousands of years. Doesn't that mean that the gods have disappeared for at least tens of thousands of years?"

Ziye nodded: "Any questions?"

Luo Jun thought of his experience in Amjila: "But as far as I know... just a few thousand years ago, there were traces of gods!"

"What did you say?!" Ziye's eyes widened in surprise.

(End of this chapter)