Closed-door Cultivation

The Silvermoon Fiend was surprised to hear that Hodan wanted another 100,000 Soul Golden Beads, but he didn't say anything; after all, everyone had their own secrets.

However, purchasing such a large quantity of Soul Golden Beads from Heiyan Castle couldn't be done in one go. It was a transaction worth ten billion Inkstones, and usually, Silvermoon City couldn't even sell that many Soul Golden Beads in a month. After all, while the lifespan of a god is infinite, their wealth is limited. Most gods choose to use time to slowly cultivate their soul to perfection, and only disciples of great families would do what Hodan was doing—using money to smash their soul into a state of perfection.

The Silvermoon Fiend had also walked this path, thanks to the Purple Blood Fiend.

The Silvermoon Fiend didn't mind such a small amount of money, but seeing Hodan's serious expression, he still accepted the Inkstones Hodan offered. Naturally, the Silvermoon Fiend didn't need to handle this personally; with a snap of his fingers, he summoned a servant from the City Lord's Mansion, handed him the Space Ring Hodan had provided, and ordered the servant to procure and transport the materials. He also instructed the servant to head directly to his former residence once the procurement was complete. Having finished his instructions, the Silvermoon Fiend didn't delay any further and led Hodan toward the house where he used to live.

Before long, they arrived at the Silvermoon Fiend's former residence, located not far from the City Lord's Mansion. It was a Chinese-style courtyard covering about three mu of land, with a pond, a garden, and various rockeries in front. Crossing the small bridge over the pond led to the backyard, the actual living quarters, where a two-story pavilion stood. The entire layout felt very quiet and peaceful, making one's heart feel calm; it was truly a wonderful place.

The Silvermoon Fiend pointed to the pavilion and said, "This is where I lived for a long time. It was here that I cultivated into a Seven-Star Fiend, so this house has been kept ever since."

"I set up a magic array inside, and the elemental concentration is more than ten times that of the outside world, which can help one better comprehend the Laws. Now it is yours. This is the deed to the house." After saying this, the Silvermoon Fiend took a deed out of his Space Ring, wiped away the soul aura on it, and said, "Imprint your soul aura on it, and it will belong to you."

Actually, there were quite a few procedures involved in processing the deed, but as the City Lord of Silvermoon City, the Silvermoon Fiend still had that bit of privilege. He could just give an order to his subordinates later to have the paperwork completed.

Hodan took the deed and imprinted his soul aura onto it. After doing all this, Hodan felt a bit dazed; he was now a person with a house in Hell and could cultivate with peace of mind.

The Silvermoon Fiend saw this and said nothing. He had been through the same thing and knew how difficult it was to have a house of one's own in Hell.

The Silvermoon Fiend said, "Cultivate well. If you need anything, you can come to the City Lord's Mansion to find me."

With that, he left. As the City Lord, he had his own affairs to attend to, and he also needed to cultivate himself.

Hodan regained his composure and hurried to his rented place to handle the move-out procedures. The receptionist was very surprised. He had prepaid for a thousand years, yet he was moving out after only a few years, but they still processed the move-out for Hodan. As for the prepaid money, it couldn't be recovered, but Hodan didn't care about such a small amount.

When Hodan returned to the courtyard, the servant who had been sent to procure the items was already waiting at the gate. Upon seeing Hodan, he handed him a Space Ring and then took his leave.

Hodan swept his divine sense inside and found exactly 114,000 Soul Golden Beads. It seemed the Silvermoon Fiend had taken the money Hodan paid for the house and the money for the Soul Golden Beads and converted it all into Soul Golden Beads to give to Hodan. Now, Hodan wouldn't be short of Soul Golden Beads for a long time. Once again, Hodan had passively accepted a favor from the Silvermoon Fiend.

Hodan entered the pavilion and discovered that there was indeed a magic array inside. Under the effect of the array, the elemental concentration inside the room was nearly 20 times that of the outside. One must know that the elemental concentration in Hell was already a hundred times that of a material plane, so the concentration here had actually reached two thousand times that of a material plane.

With this, Hodan's Saint-level original body's comprehension of the Thunder Laws suddenly surged. In such an environment with high elemental concentration, Hodan even found the point of convergence for the Swiftness Profound Mystery of the Thunder Laws. For a time, Hodan couldn't care about anything else; both his Thunder God Clone and his Saint-level original body were fully focused on comprehending and fusing the Thunder Profound Mysteries.

As for his Fate God Clone, it was fully absorbing the Soul Golden Beads. Even without being distracted by refining soul essence, the speed of soul absorption was still limited, and for a time, the room fell silent.

Time passed slowly, and Hodan's god clones grew stronger with the passage of time.

Hodan had new insights into the cultivation and fusion of Profound Mysteries. If the fusion of Profound Mysteries was like building a house, then the Profound Mysteries were the materials needed to build the house—sand, bricks, steel bars, and so on—while the god's level was the cement and water.

At the Mid-God stage, the cement was in a freshly mixed state, where the water and cement had not yet fully blended to reach the optimal state. By the Mid-God stage, the cement was fully mixed, and all its properties had reached their peak. When a god reached the High-God stage, the cement had already solidified. Once the cement solidified, the process was irreversible, which is why it is best to fuse Profound Mysteries while at the Mid-God stage.

When a person is cultivating, they slowly move these materials to the predetermined foundation, which is the specific Law they are following. When a cultivator is at the Saint-level, those Profound Mysteries are just scattered materials. By the time they cultivate into a god, one of the materials is ready, but a single material is certainly not enough to build a house.

Thus, when one reaches the Mid-God stage, they have well-mixed cement, and at this time, they can add materials at will. Even if they don't have them for a moment, they can just add them later once they are prepared. But by the time you reach the High-God stage, the cement has solidified, and if you try to add more materials, the cement will no longer be able to bind them together.

This is why it is so difficult for High-Gods to fuse Profound Mysteries, because to fuse them, you have to remake or find new cement so that you can continue building the house. Whereas for a Mid-God, you start from the foundation and add materials bit by bit into the wet cement, slowly waiting for it to solidify, which is naturally easier.

Thinking of this, Hodan became even more determined that the fusion of his Thunder Profound Mysteries must be carried out at the Mid-God stage. Once almost all of them were fused, he would reach the High-God stage and, in the instant after breaking through, fuse all the Profound Mysteries to reach the level of a Paragon. This was the cultivation path Hodan had planned for his Thunder God Clone.

As for the Four Supreme Rules, it didn't need to be so troublesome because the Laws of the World judged that itself. If you comprehend it, you reach the Paragon level; if you don't, you might be stuck at the Mid-God stage forever. One must know that there is no such thing as "fusion of Profound Mysteries" for the Rules; it is simply Lower-God, Mid-God, High-God, until one reaches the Paragon level. Of course, how much strength you can exert depends on your comprehension of the Rules and whether you have created unique techniques that suit you.

The Laws of the World will not block your fusion of Profound Mysteries; whatever level you comprehend is the level you are at. Unlike the Elemental Laws, where you can perceive your own cultivation progress and know how many Profound Mysteries you have fused and roughly what your strength is, the Rules are entirely judged by the world. As for strength, you have to compare yourself with others.

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