Reaching the pinnacle from Doupo

Chapter 504 Lin Yuan's hidden worries, request
If an ordinary person knew that it only took him ten years to break through from the Ninth Transformation Dou Zun to the Dou Sheng realm, he would surely be very happy!

Compared with the long life of a Fighting Saint of a thousand years, ten years is just a blink of an eye.

However, for Lin Yuan, taking ten years to break through to the Douluo Saint level was something he could never accept - calculating the time, ten years later, today, a full year has passed since the Pure Lotus Demon Fire reappeared in the world. If he broke through to the Douluo Saint level by then, it would be too late.

Considering that his soul has broken through to the middle stage of the Heavenly Realm and he still holds the essence and blood of a semi-emperor, even if he practices normally, his speed should be able to increase by a few years.

"Seven years... five years. It would be best if I could break through to Dou Sheng within three years!"

Lin Yuan gently stroked the teacup with his fingertips, his eyes slightly narrowed, flashing with thought, as if he was digesting what Elder Lin had just said.

Just as he expected, ordinary people need one more step to break through to the Douluo level than those with top-level bloodlines.

Comprehending the rules of heaven and earth, condensing the seeds of rules... This sounds easy, but it is extremely troublesome to put it into practice.

The step of "enlightenment" has always been the most troublesome and uncontrollable step in cultivation. If a person encounters a bottleneck related to "enlightenment", sometimes he can break through it quickly, but sometimes he will make no progress for years or even decades.

For example, the three giants of Danta had all the necessary conditions, but they were stuck for decades because of the bottleneck of "enlightenment".

Even those with Dou Di bloodline were stuck at this stage, and after reaching Dou Zun level nine times, they were unable to make the slightest progress.

After all, only bloodlines of the ninth rank and above can stably break through to the Douluo level.

As for the Dou Di bloodline below the ninth rank, the benefits brought by the bloodline had been exhausted before reaching the holy realm. From then on, they became the same as ordinary people and could only rely on their own talents and abilities.

Among them, only a handful can successfully break through.

Even the Nine Revolutions Dou Zuns of the Imperial Clan, even though they have huge advantages in skills and resources, the proportion of them breaking through to the Saint Realm is not as good as that of ordinary Nine Revolutions Dou Zuns without bloodline.

Therefore, there has always been a saying in the Douqi Continent: the bloodline of the Dou Emperor, when it comes to the later stages of cultivation, becomes a burden.

The reason is that the children of the imperial family relied on the bloodline bonus to advance rapidly in the early stage, and over time, they developed the inertia of relying on the power of bloodline. When they need to rely on their own efforts in the future, if their mentality cannot be changed, they will not be able to perform at the level they should.

The holy realm levels that test one's "understanding" extremely are like invisible barriers, blocking the vast majority of "counterfeit goods" who rely solely on blood and resources, allowing the holy realm to maintain its "gold content".

Of course, if a person is naturally gifted and talented, bloodline will not be a hard obstacle.

Lin Yuan believed that, as for the outstanding people of the imperial family such as Gu Xun'er, Hun Feng, Gu Qingyang, and Lei Dong, even if their bloodlines were not above the ninth grade, they could rely on themselves to break through the holy realm... it would just take a little longer!
For truly strong people, bloodline and physique define their lower limit, not their upper limit.

The power of the Dou Emperor's bloodline is an excellent tool.

In fact, Lin Yuan was secretly envious of the power of blood. Although this kind of blood power could not determine a person's upper limit, it could greatly save time for cultivation and make people stronger at the fastest speed.

Although this statement is a bit extreme, the current Douqi Continent can indeed be called the "Bloodline Continent".

For ordinary strong people, it is an extremely unfriendly world. Even if they have strong talents, they still have to spend a huge amount of time and energy to grope hard on the path of cultivation.

In the original trajectory, Xiao Yan's cultivation speed became abnormally fast after his trip to the Heavenly Tomb.

This is certainly due to many reasons, but it is undeniable that the Dou Di bloodline forged by Xiao Xuan also played a very crucial role.

Xiao Yan's bloodline at that time was a fusion of the Xiao, Gu, and Dragon-Phoenix bloodlines. Even though it was weaker than Gu Xun'er's bloodline of the divine grade, it was definitely far superior to Gu Qingyang's bloodline of the ninth grade. This invisibly paved the way for him to quickly improve his cultivation after becoming a Dou Sheng.

Ordinary Dou Emperor bloodlines cannot rely on the power of their bloodline after they reach the Dou Saint level, but Xiao Yan's Dou Emperor bloodline began to exert its power after he reached the Dou Saint level.

At that time, Xiao Yan's cultivation talent was already so terrifying. After several years of hard training, he could improve his talent by one star in the Dou Sheng realm! (The original novel mentioned this)

But before his bloodline was replaced, his talent was so great that it was difficult for him to even break through one star in the Dou Zong and Dou Zun realms.

Even though Lin Yuan had planned a lot and made many preparations in advance, he had no confidence that he could surpass Xiao Yan's original cultivation speed after becoming a saint.

His charming ancestor was really generous. On one hand, he gave Xiao Yan the bloodline of a Dou Emperor that was close to the top level, and on the other hand, he gave him the resources that were enough to achieve the soul of an emperor. These two gifts saved Xiao Yan a huge amount of time for cultivation.

In terms of the benefits of being a descendant of the imperial family, the treatment of the descendants of other clans is nothing compared to Xiao Yan.

And if Lin Yuan could have a hundred years to practice, even if he practiced in the most conventional way, he would have full confidence that he could reach the pinnacle of the Douqi Continent like the Tiandan Saint and the Fenyan Ancestor.

But when the Soul Clan was about to start something big, how could he practice slowly? There was no other way, the variables on the Soul Clan side were too great...

Although Lin Yuan has a piece of ancient imperial jade in his hand, this is not absolute insurance.

The Soul Clan is confidently preparing for a thousand-year plan. There is no guarantee that they do not have some special means to locate other Ancient Emperor Jades through the Ancient Emperor Jades they possess.

If eight pieces of imperial jade can locate and open the cave, then it is not surprising that five or six pieces of imperial jade can locate other imperial jades.

Even logically speaking, as long as Tushe Ancient Emperor intended to open the Ancient Emperor Cave, he would definitely leave behind some means to allow the Ancient Emperor Jade to have some kind of aggregation mechanism.

Otherwise, if part of the ancient jade was accidentally lost, wouldn’t all his careful preparation for this “big show” be in vain?

He specially created the Ancient Emperor Jade, opened up the Ancient Emperor Cave under the magma sea, left behind the Emperor Grade Young Pill, the Ancient Emperor's inheritance, hundreds of Heaven-level martial arts, and specially set up a mechanism to capture the guardian...

All these things, one by one, are enough to prove that the ancient emperor Tushe put a lot of thought into the "big show" in the ancient emperor's cave.

Under such circumstances, Lin Yuan would never believe that he was willing to let the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion never see the light of day.

After putting himself in the perspective of Tuoshe Ancient Emperor, Lin Yuan was convinced that Tuoshe Ancient Emperor had most likely set up one or even several plans to ensure that the ancient emperor's cave would be opened one day.

He had a vague premonition in his heart that the day when the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion would be opened... might not be far away!

In addition, Xuwu Tunyan originally came out of the ancient emperor's cave, but lost his memory. However, the fact that he was able to perform the Danhua magic technique more than ten years later shows that his memory may be gradually recovering.

One day, Xuwu Tunyan's memory may suddenly be revived, and he may recall the location of the ancient emperor's cave.

Once the ancient emperor's cave is exposed, the situation will suddenly deteriorate.

Facing the might of the Soul Clan, Zhu Kun alone would not be able to stop them - the Soul Clan had prepared too many killer moves and trump cards, and they were too powerful.

The real world is always full of surprises. Regardless of whether these surprises and hidden worries will actually happen, Lin Yuan does not intend to ignore them, but to make some preparations for these "unoptimistic" situations in advance.

For this reason, Lin Yuan knew that he needed to improve his strength as soon as possible in order to control the situation, deal with crises, and seize fleeting opportunities in the future. Practicing step by step was never within his consideration.

"Perhaps, we need to detonate some things in advance to consume some of the Soul Clan's trump cards? Based on the information I currently have, if the design is appropriate, we should be able to destroy some..."

Lin Yuan rubbed his forehead, a faint light flashed in his eyes, and he thought secretly in his heart.

"Forget it, it's too early for these things. There's no use thinking too much. Let's break through to Dou Sheng first." Shaking his head, Lin Yuan let out a breath and collected his scattered thoughts. There was a hint of sigh in his voice, "The Dou Emperor bloodline is really blessed by nature!"

As he spoke, he gently picked up the teapot at hand and refilled the empty teacups for Elder Lin and himself.

The aroma of tea wafts through the air, revealing some inexplicable thoughts.

"Haha, who says it's not true? They are indeed blessed!"

Elder Lin smiled gently, with a hint of encouragement in his voice, "But I believe that hundreds of years from now... it will be a glorious era that belongs to you and Danta!"

“Then I’ll take advantage of the great elder’s good words!” Lin Yuan nodded slightly, a faint smile appeared on his face, and continued to ask: “By the way, are there any experiences of breaking through to the Dou Sheng level collected in the tower? I need these experiences to enrich myself…”

Elder Lin nodded slightly, then waved his sleeves lightly, and a transparent crystal ball the size of a baby's head suddenly appeared in front of Lin Yuan, emitting a soft light.

"Danta has always valued knowledge, so these precious experiences are naturally collected."

"All the experiences and insights gained by the masters in the tower who have achieved semi-saint and fighting saint status are sealed in this inheritance crystal. You can make good use of it."

"You can keep this inheritance crystal for now and return it within three years."

"But don't have too high expectations for this inheritance. What you gain through inheritance is knowledge. It can broaden your horizons and let you know the path of your predecessors, but it is not enlightenment... It cannot help you condense the seeds of rules, and it will not be of much help in becoming a saint!"

"For 'ordinary people' like us who have no bloodline, there is no shortcut to breaking through to the Dou Sheng level. In the end, we still have to rely on ourselves to explore and comprehend."

At this point, his gentle eyes couldn't help but show a hint of serious warning.

"Thank you, Great Elder. I understand!"

Lin Yuan took the crystal ball, examined it carefully, and then carefully put it into his storage ring. He then clasped his fists and said, "I have one more thing I would like to ask of you, Great Elder..."

Elder Lin waved his hand and said, "Tell me what you can do to help me. I will not refuse!"

As he spoke, he picked up the teacup and took a sip of the fragrant tea. The wrinkles on his face smoothed out with his smile, making him look particularly kind.

Lin Yuan hesitated for a moment, a trace of thought flashed across his brows, and then he said softly: "Great Elder, I want to meet the ancestor. I want to consult him in person about some things. Do you have a way to contact him?"

Upon hearing this, Great Elder Lin's face suddenly froze, and the hand holding the teacup froze. The tea in the cup swayed slightly, creating ripples.

Then, he slowly put down the teacup, staring at Lin Yuan with a scrutinizing look in his eyes.

"You want to see the ancestor?"

"Well, I hope the Great Elder can lend me a hand!" Lin Yuan nodded solemnly, with a hint of sincerity in his eyes.

"The old man is very knowledgeable and has great cultivation. I have some things I want to consult him in person."

"More importantly, I have a friend who, like me, is a human-shaped elixir spirit! I want to ask me about the cultivation method of elixir spirits. In this regard, no one in the world is more authoritative than him."

Hearing this, Elder Lin's expression eased a little, and he stared into Lin Yuan's eyes for a moment, as if he wanted to penetrate the young man's heart and see through his thoughts.

Lin Yuan did not dodge or evade, but looked back at the old man sitting opposite him with a calm face.

After a moment, Elder Lin sighed softly and said, "A human-shaped elixir spirit? It seems that you have gained a lot during your two years of traveling abroad!"

The spirit of the elixir that can condense into a human form is at least a ninth-grade elixir.

"I did have some adventures while I was out there!" Lin Yuan smiled and said frankly, "This human-shaped elixir spirit friend is of great significance to me, so I want to bring her to meet the ancestor, get a complete cultivation method, and help her grow."

Elder Lin stroked his beard, thought carefully, and weighed the options for a while before finally nodding his head.

"Since it is your request, I will make an exception and agree to it."

Before Lin Yuan showed any joy on his face, he changed the subject: "But I can't guarantee the final result!"

"The old man has never been concerned with the mundane affairs of Danta, and his whereabouts are erratic. Even I haven't seen him for decades, so naturally I don't know where he is."

"What I can do is to try to help you pass a message to the ancestor."

"As for whether you can meet the ancestor, that is not something I can decide. It all depends on the ancestor's considerations and your personal fate..."

At this point, a trace of helplessness flashed across Elder Lin's face.

"Thank you for your help, Great Elder!" Lin Yuan's face lit up, and he quickly stood up and bowed to Great Elder Lin: "Whether the ancestor sees me or not, I am grateful."

"We are all family. No need to be so polite." Elder Lin waved his hand, motioning Lin Yuan to sit down. He then took out a scarlet jade slip from his ring, lightly tapped it with his finger, and injected a ray of soul power into it.

"The ancestor travels all year round, and he might not even be in Zhongzhou right now. It will take time to contact him and get his response."

"This is my jade communication slip, take it!"

"After getting the response from the ancestor, I will use this jade slip to send a message to you... As long as you are within Zhongzhou, you will be able to receive the message."

"If you are lucky enough to meet the old ancestor, remember, you must be respectful... The old ancestor is the real pillar of Danta!"

He explained, instructed, and handed the jade slip in his hand to Lin Yuan.

"Don't worry, Great Elder. I understand!" Lin Yuan responded solemnly, then took the jade slip and put it away carefully. After thanking Great Elder Lin again, he stood up and said goodbye, flying towards the exit of the Small Dan Tower.

(End of this chapter)