Only Yi Chen Could Surpass Himself

Milky Way.

A1314 Planet.

Billion Medicines Cultivation Method Research Institute headquarters.

Inside the laboratory.

The staff bustled without pause.

All manner of top-tier large-scale equipment stood everywhere.

Inside the office.

The chairman of Billion Medicines Group, Lian Zhan Cheng, stared intently at the large virtual screen.

Displayed on it was the scene inside the laboratory.

This main laboratory alone covered more than a hundred thousand square meters.

On the prosperous A1314 Planet, where every inch of land was worth its weight in gold, it was truly priceless.

Not to mention the various large AI Brains, large Scanners, Large Observation Instruments... all kinds of instruments and equipment in the laboratory were the Human Race's most cutting-edge technology.

Any one of them, taken out at random, was worth billions.

Beyond that, the laboratory employed several thousand staff members.

Their average annual salary reached a million.

Even an assistant responsible for errands was a top graduate from one of the Milky Way's most prestigious universities.

Every corner of this laboratory had been piled up with money.

Beep beep beep...

"Warning, warning. An abnormality has been detected in Test Subject No. 7's body. Emergency rescue procedures will begin shortly. Relevant personnel, please prepare."

"Warning, warning. An abnormality has been detected in Test Subject No. 7's body. Emergency rescue procedures will begin shortly. Relevant personnel, please prepare..."

All of a sudden, alarms blared throughout the laboratory.

The AI Brain's synthetic voice rang out incessantly.

On the experimental platform.

Before a Giant Sensor.

A young man sat cross-legged atop the smooth instrument platform.

Dozens of data cables connected his body to the Giant Sensor behind him.

Just moments ago, pain had appeared on his face.

The AI Brain had detected that after his Spiritual Power entered an Acupoint in his abdomen, it underwent an abnormal change.

The originally gentle Spiritual Power turned violent and chaotic, madly battering his meridians.

Although the Giant Sensor enhanced the young man's reaction speed, and although he himself was one of the most exceptional cultivation geniuses, he had discovered the abnormality at the first opportunity, yet he still failed to withdraw his Spiritual Power in time.

The medical platform below, under the AI Brain's control, sprayed out streams of icy mist.

At the same time, countless tentacles extended outward, winding toward Test Subject No. 7.

They froze Test Subject No. 7 while administering emergency treatment.

In the distance, large numbers of medical personnel were also rushing over.

"Terminate the rescue. Continue the test!"

Inside the office, Lian Zhan Cheng suddenly grabbed the communicator and roared.

"Boss, according to the monitoring data, Test Subject No. 7's meridians and acupoints have already suffered irreversible damage. If we do not provide emergency treatment now—or if we terminate the rescue—his meridians may be completely destroyed."

The laboratory's person in charge could not help speaking up.

"Terminate the rescue. Continue the test. Beyond the compensation stipulated in the contract for the test subject's losses, I'll personally give him an additional hundred million. I want to see whether he can create a miracle amid adversity."

"If you don't give the order now, I'll replace the person in charge of the Research Institute!"

Lian Zhan Cheng had given the person in charge a choice.

After hesitating for several seconds, the person in charge gave the order. "Terminate the rescue. Continue the test."

The AI Brain reacted immediately.

The freezing mist began to disperse, and the tentacles retracted.

The rescue personnel also promptly withdrew.

The pain on Test Subject No. 7's face gradually intensified.

Once the chaotic, violent Spiritual Power lost its suppression, it began ravaging and destroying his meridians.

A scream rang out.

After his meridians had been smashed to pieces, Test Subject No. 7 fainted from the pain.

There was no miracle!

The person in charge of the Research Institute and all the staff revealed looks of disappointment.

Inside the office.

"Arrange Test Subject No. 8 as soon as possible!"

After calmly issuing the order through the communicator, Lian Zhan Cheng shut off the virtual screen.

He rubbed his temples.

He wanted to close his eyes and rest, waiting for the eighth test to begin.

Unfortunately, his heart was restless, and he could not calm down no matter what.

Seven experiments in a row. Seven highly paid geniuses, together with humanity's most advanced equipment, instruments, and researchers.

Yet the results had disappointed him to the extreme.

Of the more than three hundred genius-level test subjects, even with instruments enhancing their perception ability, none had ever been able to comprehend Spiritual Energy mysteries and characteristics more profound than those of the Chaos Art.

Beyond that, seven tests had been conducted in succession.

Even with instrument assistance that enhanced their reaction speed, the seven test subjects had still been unable to smoothly channel Spiritual Power into their acupoints, then immediately withdraw it upon sensing that something was wrong.

Lian Zhan Cheng could not understand it. Why was it so easy for Yi Chen to create cultivation methods, while other geniuses repeatedly failed without making the slightest progress, even with all kinds of top-tier instruments, equipment, and researchers assisting them?

If Yi Chen had been there, he would definitely have scoffed at Lian Zhan Cheng's confusion.

Among these geniuses, there were indeed quite a few top geniuses whose cultivation talent was not much slower than his.

But cultivation speed was one thing, while creating cultivation methods was another.

He had been able to create a cultivation method out of nothing because his talent in that area was the highest in all humanity.

Keen intuition, extraordinary perception ability, powerful comprehension, and an unimaginable reaction speed—these four great talents all had to reach the absolute pinnacle at once before one could create a cultivation method.

If all four great talents could not simultaneously reach the pinnacle, one could only create a lower-realm cultivation method from a higher realm.

For example, a Spirit Release Realm Ninth Level cultivator creating the most basic, entry-level cultivation method.

Even then, it was not something that could be created in a day or two.

It might take ten years, twenty years, or even longer.

Moreover, it required a moment of sudden inspiration, when brilliance flashed through the mind and inspiration erupted like a tidal wave.

For someone like Yi Chen to improve a cultivation method suitable for Spirit Release Realm cultivation while only at Spirit Release Realm First Level was simply a fool's dream.

To improve a cultivation method better than the improved Chaos Art was even more something that would never happen.

Because even Yi Chen could not do it yet.

And his talents had already reached the very limit of humanity's ceiling.

The only possibility was for Yi Chen's sphere of influence to suddenly expand to several million or tens of millions of square kilometers.

Only by gaining talents several times or dozens of times greater than humanity's strongest talents could he possibly create an improved Chaos Art with even better effects while at Spirit Release Realm First Level.

The only one who could defeat Yi Chen was Yi Chen himself, who possessed the Strongest Talent System and could continue increasing his talents.

Although humanity's various top technologies at this stage greatly enhanced those geniuses in many ways, they were still far from allowing their overall talent for creating cultivation methods to reach Yi Chen's level.

In the future, as his sphere of influence expanded and his talent bonuses increased, this gap would only widen further and further.

Because as one's cultivation realm rose, the difficulty of creating cultivation methods would only grow higher and higher.

Throughout humanity's history spanning tens of thousands of years, there had been no lack of astonishing geniuses who created cultivation methods that improved personal strength.

But no one had been able to take another step forward; more often than not, they stopped right at the beginning.

Because the farther one went, the greater the difficulty became.

Yi Chen was the sole exception.

Even now, he was actually nearing the limit of his ability to create cultivation methods.

At the very least, with his current talents, after breaking through to a realm above the Spirit Release Realm, improving the Chaos Art until it suited cultivation in that realm would definitely not be something he could finish in three or four days as he had at Spirit Release Realm First Level.

Creating a cultivation method for the same realm was tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of times more difficult than creating one for a lower realm.

The higher one's cultivation realm, the more the difficulty increased by geometric multiples.

Even Yi Chen, if he wanted to continue onward and go farther, needed to rely on the Strongest Talent System to continuously increase his talents.

For the other geniuses, thinking about it was pointless.