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Chapter 73: Divine Enlightenment, My Holy Light is Evolving!

This holy light ceremony was really exhausting. After completing the [Holy Mark] branding, Yuan Zhu had no energy to communicate with the old man. He felt his head was burnt by the holy light and was in a daze. He was listless and extremely weak, feeling like a seriously ill patient.

So he chose to go home and rest first, and then come back to continue trading.

After leaving Yuyuan, it was still afternoon. He barely caught the bus and slept all the way home, falling asleep in his room. Even when his younger brother came home in the evening and repeatedly woke him up to eat, Yuan Zhu would just say "Get lost!"

When I woke up from hunger again, it was already 10 o'clock the next morning.

He slept soundly and refreshed, and apart from being extremely hungry, he felt great. His health was fully restored and he was in great spirits.

After drinking a glass of water in the living room, he quickly recalled everything that happened yesterday afternoon. He looked down at his wrists wrapped in gray holy shrouds. A power completely different from the [Power of Shadow] was lurking in his wrists, like a ball of fire ready to burst out at any time according to his command, emitting endless light.

Driven by intense curiosity, he unwrapped the holy cloth wrapped around his right wrist. Suddenly, a faint burning sensation spread from the previously normal location of the stigmata.

The pain wasn't intense, but it was noticeable and hard to ignore, like a grain of sand on the sole of a shoe, constantly rubbing against the skin, yet bearable.

Looking at this straight-line wound, it looked like a charcoal-black line with hidden red sparks. The stinging pain was mixed with a 'warm' feeling, which was very different from the [Power of Shadow].

From this day forward, his human body was no longer that of an ordinary human. Branded with the [Stigmata], he was now a being of the Holy Light. Whether rich or poor, sick or healthy, successful or unlucky, he must continue on this path of cultivation!

He repeatedly called @xiaolatiao in his mind and called out to the little elf who was still sleeping in.

"I'm alive! It hurts so much, Boss, I'm never going to play [Holy Light] again!"

"now what?"

He raised his right hand and slightly activated the [Holy Mark] to create a little holy light, which flowed along the wound on his wrist to the palm of his hand, holding up a ball of faint light, nourishing the wound and his body in reverse.

"Huh? It feels a bit warm, different from the cool feeling of the shadow aura, but it's also quite comfortable."

Yuan Zhu nodded: "It must be because of that [1%] pollution. Has the [Holy Light] in my hand also been absorbed by the [Immortal Scripture]?"

"That's absolutely right!" Little Latiao nodded vigorously. "The [Holy Light] in your hand is completely different from the Holy Light that was previously subjected to the initiation ceremony. It's one of ours now, having been taken in and incorporated by the [Great Wilderness Immortal Scripture], and endowed with digital properties. This can be called [Digitalized Holy Light Pollution], just like the incorporated [Digitalized Shadow Power]!"

Yuan Zhu nodded in satisfaction, agreeing with his thoughts. The Great Wilderness Immortal Scripture's pollution level hadn't increased out of thin air, but rather, at the cost of its own pollution, forcibly transforming unfamiliar pollution sources into a state capable of observation, interpretation, and control.

The polluted nature of [Shadow] and [Holy Light] remained unchanged, but they gained a new attribute of [Data], allowing them to be incorporated and operated by the [Immortal Scripture]. This increased pollution level could be extremely dangerous for the [Immortal Scripture], but for Yuan Zhu, no side effects were currently apparent, and it did bring about a better affinity between [Shadow] and [Holy Light], which was considered a good thing.

To some extent, the [Great Wilderness Immortal Scripture] was also a weak source of alien pollution for the Duling World, successfully contaminating a small amount of [Shadow] and [Holy Light]. Rather than distorting, devouring, or absorbing the other, it chose to coexist and integrate into the local environment.

"Now, let's monitor my body's changes throughout the entire process. I want to test the strength of the [Holy Light]!"

As he spoke, he began to control the [Stigmata] with his mind. Like a natural breathing instinct, he easily grasped the basic usage of the Stigmata.

This thing gave him the feeling of a gas stove switch. He could easily control and ignite it, choose whether to start the holy light, and adjust the intensity of the burning of life, whether it was level 1 dim light or MAX life-burning strong light.

As he slightly increased the output and brightness of the holy light, the holy light growing from the stigma was controlled and influenced by him, gradually spreading to cover his entire right palm, as if he was wearing a holy light glove that emitted white light. His entire temperament seemed incomparably holy.

"Hand of God!" He raised his middle finger and used the [Great Wilderness Prisoner Sky Finger], which was still so sacred and dazzling.

At the same time, another realization emerged in his mind: he could easily connect to the external "life battery" and greatly enhance the strength of the holy light. His right hand at this moment was fully capable of [grabbing and refining in an instant!]

As long as the Holy Light holds the mouse or frog in its right hand, as long as they cannot break free from its Five Finger Mountain, they can only bear the fate of being infused with the Holy Light, sublimate to the utmost, transform into light, illuminate the world, and become sacred and great.

Holy! Holy! It's simply a matter of accumulating virtue and doing good deeds.

After this realization arose in his mind, Yuan Zhu felt that without increasing his strength, his [Holy Light] seemed to become more condensed and brighter?

"Huh? Latiao, was that my illusion just now?"

Xiao La Tiao: "No, according to the real-time monitoring of the [Soul Firewall], the intensity of the Holy Light seems to have increased by about 0.01%. What's the reason for this?"

"Senior sister said that Holy Light is a spiritual force. We are all ordinary people, burning our lives. When the output power is the same, the Holy Light intensity of an ascetic monk is several times greater than that of an ordinary monk. This is because their will is more concentrated, and the 'light energy' converted from burning a unit of life is stronger!"

He had just truly believed that transforming a pest like a mouse into light was a virtuous act. Not only was he doing good, but the mouse was also using its sinful life to create holy light that illuminated the world, which was also its own hidden virtue.

He achieved two virtues at once: burning life to protect life, and burning karma without being affected by karma. Although the Holy Light System might not necessarily approve of this, its spirit and cognition were already influencing and transforming his own Holy Light, incorporating some personal concepts into it, thus strengthening his own Holy Light subjectively and idealistically.

In the future, as he released the Holy Light, as long as he continued to have various insights, whether good or bad, he would write his "spiritual information" into the Holy Light, enhancing its quality, and it would gradually become stronger.

After listening to the first-person perspective of the person involved, Xiao La Tiao said in amazement: "What a polluting idealism, so evil! Will you fall into depravity if you continue like this?"

Yuan Zhu, looking at the undimmed Holy Light, also felt a sense of solemnity. "But I can't control my thoughts. It's truly recording my soul and gradually taking on my shape (color, purity, brightness)."

Suddenly, he thought of the [Zanpakuto]. This [Holy Light] has the same effect. He can use his own soul to reforge his own exclusive [Holy Light]. Is this thing a 'soul system + energy system'?
He waved his hand to disperse the increasingly beautiful [Yuan Family Holy Light], and tried to remain calm, thinking about what he should write when he activated the Holy Light in the future, which would be both 'suitable for him' and 'high-end'.

There's no need to be deceitful, but don't add too much junk either. For example, "I want to tank, I want to lie flat..." If he's truly afraid that his enemies will be drenched in his [Holy Light] and then lie flat and die, that's pretty uncool.

"Little Latiao, how much did that wave of output take from me just now?"

He just released and sustained a faint light for 30 seconds. I wonder how much that took from his body? "Huh? Was it expended? Boss, I think you're a bit of a coward. You're really too cautious. You replenished that little bit of light you just consumed in a breath. The Soul Firewall's response to your health is normal life activity, which is even less than the energy consumed by an intense sprint! Try again."

Yuan Zhu: "I'm just warming up out of caution. It seems I've mastered the control of [Holy Light], it's time to increase the intensity!"

He looked around and spotted a potted flower his brother had planted by the window. He stood up, grabbed the plant's trunk, and sat back down with the pot in hand, then activated [Stigmata] for the second time.

This time, out of caution, he decided to use the external battery as well, and [Holy Light] burst out!
The burning sensation in his right hand gradually intensified, and rich holy light penetrated into the veins of the plant along the palm of his hand. The entire plant burst out with veins of light like electric wires from the inside, penetrating through the branches and into the leaves, emitting a sacred light.

This time, Yuan Zhu noticed that the 'holy light' brought by the plant was very weak, and its vitality was too weak. Instead, he poured his own holy light into the plant, purifying it, whipping it, torturing it and burning it!

The feeling the Holy Light gave him shifted again. He could sense the cleansing sensation, the gradual erosion and smothering of it. This Holy Light wasn't like flame, but rather like ultraviolet light. Through its 'holy light radiation,' or the 'holy light particles' aspect of its wave-particle duality, it bombarded all life it touched, suffocating its life units and transforming its souls and lives into new 'holy light radiation, holy light particles,' which continued to bombard other microscopic units.

Unfortunately, the [Holy Light] in his palm was of average strength, purity, and brightness, and was too scattered. If it could be concentrated into a single beam through some means, it would become a [Holy Laser Weapon] even more terrifying than ordinary laser weapons!
This special method should be the [Holy Seal].

Pure holy light is like spiritual energy, and the [Holy Seal] is the [spell] or [magical power] that circulates the spiritual energy in the body.

"Boss, I've noticed. Your stamina is declining. You've consumed a bit of your vitality, and your arms are slightly weak. However, this consumption can be replenished over time and through the body's self-repair. However, there's a downside: once your [Holy Light] is released, it's gone. Life evaporates into thin air, and it won't be stored within your body. It's worse than [Shadow]!"

Even when the Tiger Demon was lying on the ground, it could still receive an endless supply of shadow energy, replenishing its mana bar. However, Holy Light currently required the use of health bars, and aside from the "attributes" altered by its own willpower, it couldn't gain any other benefits.

If a newbie in Stigmata doesn't get a [Seal], he will just be burning his life in vain and at most improve the quality of his Holy Light.

If I had the [Holy Seal], things would be completely different. Besides a huge increase in my damage, I could also collect some 'soul ashes' and build a monument (Holy Seal) in the future to commemorate the lives I squandered.

Yuan Zhu: "[Shadow] and [Holy Light] are incomparable. They are two completely different systems. But the quality of Holy Light itself should be higher than Shadow, right?"

"I'm not sure about other wild [Holy Light] and [Shadow], but based on the comparison of the two energies you've tamed, 1 Holy Light is greater than 5 Shadows."

Shadow pollution is indeed the younger brother on Duling Star, and this [Holy Light] is much more domineering.

"Then what does this [1 Holy Light > 5 Shadows] have to do with the pollution levels of both?"

Xiao La Tiao paused for a moment, as if he were doing some overclocking calculations. After a long moment, he replied in a puzzled voice, "Boss, this is strange. I haven't noticed any effect of pollution on the two types of polluted energy. 17.6% shadow can't defeat 1% holy light. Even if the pollution level of holy light is increased, it will still be more than five times that of shadow, and it won't break through six times."

"So, what does this [Pollution Degree] represent? For example, my affinity for Holy Light pollution?"

The elf was full of doubt. "I don't understand either. I need more data modeling for comparison. The current data is too little. Your affinity for Holy Light seems to be locked. Perhaps if I reduce the pollution level of shadows, your affinity for shadows will not be affected?"

"Then I have been polluted so much in vain?" Yuan Zhu said in surprise!

"What does this have to do with you? The [Shadow Pollution] was the result of a game between the [Great Wilderness Immortal Scripture] and the local polluting evil spirits. You were just the humanoid shell that the [Immortal Scripture] used to create a protective wall. This [Holy Light Pollution] is the result of our joint efforts and the first time we tricked the [Immortal Scripture Lao Deng]."

Yuan Zhu pondered, "So, if you and I team up and trick the Great Desolate Immortal Scripture a few more times, won't it have to lie in the ICU forever?"

The elf said, "Be cautious. I always feel that before understanding the true nature of [Pollution], it's better not to increase it too much. Besides, a person can only practice one system. Even if they practice multiple systems, it will only happen after they become stronger. You should calm down. I'm afraid of death, and I don't want you to do the [Stigmata Ritual] again. It's like the eighteen levels of hell!"

Yuan Zhu said disdainfully: "It's just a little pain, I'm just a little weak. You are too weak, let's go! Go to [Yuyuan] and ask for the balance!"

"Boss, you're running out of money again. Should we prepare two more 'golden thighs' to trade for the [Sacred Seal]?"

Yuan Zhu rejected the idea: "Don't panic. Branding these two [Holy Marks] will give the human body a source of power, and that's enough. You can take a look at the [Holy Seals] of [Yuyuan] and learn about them, using them as a reference and backup. I have 2000 points lying in my account, and it's time to strengthen them. Which do you think is more abundant, the [Holy Seals] of [Gods' Space] or the [Holy Temple] of a mere Running University?"

"Boss, you're so wise! Why didn't I think of that? You really have it all planned out!"

A day's plan begins in the morning. The elf's clumsy but heartfelt flattery lifted his spirits, setting the tone for the rest of the day. Rainbow Energy Nutritionist, truly professional.

...

An hour later, he returned to [Rain Courtyard] and the guard did not stop him. At the same time, he also met the senior student who had been waiting for him for a long time.

The other party glanced at the bandage on his wrist and said, "I heard that you completed the ceremony yesterday afternoon? That was quite efficient. How did it feel?"

Yuan Zhu shook his hands. Aside from the persistent burning sensation, the [Stigmata] hadn't brought much change to him. "Nothing different. Even more ordinary than I imagined. No different from an ordinary person."

"Any system requires practice, but if you want to feel the changes in your body quickly, you can choose a [Sacred Seal] that strengthens your physical constitution."

Yuan Zhu nodded: "Thank you, I will consider it. What are the categories of [Sacred Seals]?"

"I don't really understand it either. I only know that [Holy Seals] are also called conceptual weapons. They mostly exist in the form of 'holy artifacts' that can be materialized and shaped by holy light, bringing various special effects. In addition, there are some conceptual and ability-based [Holy Seals], but they are fewer in number."

Yuan Zhu: "Which of these two categories is better?"

"I don't understand. Within each category, there are extremely rare and precious items. It all depends on the degree of compatibility, whether it suits you. The [Holy Seal] depends more on the combined effect of the number of items. Often, a specific combination, when in harmony and resonance with the soul, will produce a multiplier effect."

As Yuan Zhu walked, listening to the senior's instructions, he suddenly felt that this [Sacred Seal] was like the Rune Word from the ancient single-player game Diablo II. A few small pieces of junk, combined together, could unleash a powerful effect once they harmonized with the soul. Was this the so-called 'special school inheritance'?

He had no expectations for the Holy Temple in Yuyuan, but perhaps there were top-level inheritances for sale in the [Space of Gods]?

(End of this chapter)