[Ascension] Project Initiated

"Cause and effect cycle, yin-yang balance—what is lost will eventually be compensated in some form."

Chen Fu had to explain himself for that blunt truth from his heart.

Otherwise, he'd have to face the wrath of a pack of Fierce Beasts.

"How could you just say it like that? Couldn't you have been more tactful?"

On the way back, Old Dragon's tense heart relaxed a little.

Leading Golden Scale and Ma Xiaotao, Chen Fu didn't even look back:

"I just spoke the truth. Will Golden Scale mind?"

"Not at all, sir."

Golden Scale shook her head. After spending this time together, she'd basically figured out Chen Fu's personality. He was a straight-talker—if you wanted something, just ask directly, and he'd most likely grant it.

In his own words: "You gain something, you lose something."

You got what you wanted, and from his perspective, he got what he needed too.

Suddenly looking back into the distance, Chen Fu stopped and fell into thought. After a moment's deliberation, he led the group away again.

Finally willing to show yourself, huh? Chen Fu dismissed the thought and moved on.

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"Your Excellency, what are you looking at?"

A man in a black-patterned dragon robe bowed softly to the silver-haired woman beside him, who was comparatively petite.

"That Human... he's found his own Divine Path..." The silver-haired woman withdrew her gaze, her tone filled with disbelief. Her terrifying Spiritual Perception could already see divinity, vast power of faith filling his entire being.

In the millions of years of this continent, only two had ascended to their own Divine Path—one wielding the Authority of the High Heavens, the other bearing the Vastness of the Raging Waves.

With the same configuration, a Divine Path founder could crush any later inheritor who started at a lower rank into the ground.

"..."

"Does this mean the Planetary Luck has already begun to tilt toward him?"

Not knowing what to say, Di Tian suddenly thought of an important matter and asked.

Anything related to luck, he took very seriously.

Shaking her head, the silver-haired woman didn't answer. She turned and waved her hand:

"Go contact the other Soul Beasts. That Human is about to make a big move. Hah, we can discuss the future of the Soul Beast race."

With a self-deprecating laugh, her tone was filled with desolation. Clearly, that Human was so weak she could kill him with a single spit, but she had to admit the world's development trend was irreversible. And that man she deemed weak was now single-handedly forcing the great wheel of the era forward.

[Ark] technology and the [Awakening Soul Array Diagram] had already paved a sunlit road for the new era. The dazzling, blinding light of luck left the silver-haired woman feeling powerless.

Compared to that, their Soul Beast race's Imperial Auspicious Beast was barely even a firefly.

Back in Shrek City, Chen Fu first checked the status of the Mental Network, then said goodbye to Ma Xiaotao with Golden Scale and headed to his Lin Pavilion.

[Youlan], with the updates from Chen Fu's Mental Network propagation technology, could now spread the Mental Network across a hundred-kilometer radius centered on Shrek City through network nodes.

"Display the Ascension Plan preparation progress."

[Plan list loaded]

A massive blue screen appeared before Chen Fu.

Quickly scanning the overall progress table, Chen Fu couldn't help but nod. Not bad—the speed was quite satisfactory. All resource materials were basically ready, and the Soul Tool students from the academy had mostly met the standards.

Opening the map in the plan, a large circle was drawn around the outer perimeter of Sea God Lake in the inner court. These were all the preset positions for the ring line.

"Burying it underground works."

[Plan approved]

"Pack up. Time to go teach the brat." Chen Fu rubbed his eyes, then started his daily data sorting.

Thump, thump, thump!

"Come in."

"Young Master, a woman named Zhang Lexuan is looking for you. She says Old Mu recommended her."

"Mm, got it. Bring her in."

Old Mu had mentioned this to Chen Fu before he went to the Star Dou Great Forest—wanted him to purify the inner court chief's Soul Rings and guide her on Energy Storage Ring techniques.

For things that wouldn't affect his research time much, Chen Fu always helped when he could.

"Long time no see, Senior Sister."

Chen Fu greeted Zhang Lexuan, who was led in by Uncle Fu. The last time he'd seen this inner court senior sister was the last time—when Ma Xiaotao had entered the inner court.

"Indeed. You've changed so much."

When they first met, this junior apprentice brother had the refined, scholarly air of a reader. Now, wrapped in a mysterious aura, he exuded a strange blend of rationality and casualness.

"Heh, I guess so."

After a brief exchange of pleasantries with Zhang Lexuan, Chen Fu directly led her to a side room to activate the 1.23rd generation [Divine Ring].

A Soul Douluo's Spiritual Will was actually quite strained for a [Divine Ring]. Its standard corresponded to Soul Sage and below; Zhang Lexuan was entirely outside the service range.

However, Chen Fu never liked doing work for nothing.

[Banished Immortal has entered Control Authority]

[Surface Logic activated]

Holding [Banished Immortal], Chen Fu lightly waved it through the air toward Zhang Lexuan. Amid the hum of the Ark at the sword's core, the silver-blue inscription patterns on the blade's surface emitted a faint fluorescent glow, and eight dim, lusterless new Soul Rings quietly appeared before Chen Fu.

His sword finger traced a circle in the void, and [Banished Immortal] transformed into a silver-blue stream of light that darted back and forth through the air several times before quietly fading into spatial ripples.

"The effect is decent."

Chen Fu silently evaluated in his mind. Within his projections, one of the most important non-combat uses of [Banished Immortal] was to cooperate with [Divine Ring] for remnant soul cleansing. In extreme theory, it had varying degrees of influence on Soul Masters below the Peerless Douluo level.

This was a conjectural experiment recorded in a deleted [Youlan] Database entry from the time he had an epiphany on Soul Ring usage methods. Now he had restarted it.

Following that, Chen Fu activated the [Divine Ring] Soul Tool to perform essence soul scouring on Zhang Lexuan's eight Soul Rings, piercing through the ring limit valves bit by bit, allowing them to freely store and release Soul Power.

The spiritual resistance of an eight-ring Soul Douluo was far beyond what Ma Xiaotao had been back then. In less than a day, all eight Soul Rings were fully expanded.

The main reason Ma Xiaotao had been slow was that, at the time, his research into spirit and soul was not deep enough; he could only rely on "using quality to overcome quantity," grinding away slowly.

The charm of technology, besides discovering the unknown, had a distinct characteristic: "using the minute to control the massive." Forge the "minute" one could master into a sharp blade, then let the "massive," whose quality far exceeded one's own, become a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered.

At present, among the technical modules Chen Fu anticipated mastering, only one remained: the essential nature of Soul Power.

If he could grasp the essence of Soul Power and its properties, then Chen Fu would have the direction and approach to solve the principles of Soul Power cultivation, thereby achieving Soul Power Normalization.

Though it sounded difficult, Chen Fu knew he seemed to be close to grabbing Soul Power by the tail.

"So, can we talk now?"

After sending off Zhang Lexuan, who was in a state of gratitude, Chen Fu once again set the laboratory to seclusion mode. The densely packed inscription patterns on the metal walls each emitted a silver flowing light.

"Oh? I'm currently solving the total quantity problem. Once Soul Power is resolved, energy technology can basically advance to the third generation."

Chen Fu spoke to the void.

"In that case, I hope these contingencies won't need to be used."

And he hoped that chess player would not be too arrogant and ignorant.

The [Ascension] plan was officially launched.

Grateful for the tip from great one [Dou You Hen Gao Hen Gao], grateful for the tip from good brother [Xue Sheng Deng Feng], thanks for the monthly ticket from [Dou You Hen Gao Hen Gao], thanks for the monthly ticket from [200633], thanks for the monthly ticket from [Fang Chaogui].

Thanks to all the good brothers for their recommendation tickets (σ′▽‵)′▽‵)σ

These past few days, I'll try to resume double updates in my spare time.

One Update Beast, super evolution!