Saint Realm

It was a strange feeling. It was as if his soul had transformed, and his body seemed younger. Karl knew this was the power of the Saint Realm.

It seemed to last an instant, yet also an eternity. When Karl came to, he could see a strange color in the world around him. He knew it was the power of wind.

[Novice Tutorial] informs you that your realm has reached the Saint Realm level. Your family size limit has increased to Level 2, and your territory size limit has increased to Level 2. The [Mall] has opened the Level 2 Mall. Please continue working hard and strive to attain the Dao soon.

Karl Talos hurriedly opened the familiar status panel. Sure enough, many of his attributes had been updated.

[Auto-Cultivation System]

[Host: Karl]

[Age: 268]

[Level: Saint Realm (1/10000)]

[Family: Talos (Level 2)]

[Territory: Spark Town (Level 2)]

[Faith: None]

[Cultivation: Saint Realm (1/10000) Momentum of Heaven and Earth (1/10000)]

[Novice Tutorial] informs you that your family has reached Level 2. You may spend points to designate family members and increase their cultivation speed by up to 10%. You may also activate accelerated cultivation for all members, increasing their speed by 1%.

[Novice Tutorial] informs you that your territory has reached Level 2. Your territory can now register up to one million residents. You may designate residents to receive a cultivation boost of up to 10%, and you may also activate accelerated cultivation for all residents, increasing their speed by 1%.

[The Mall] has been updated.

Karl first took a look at the Mall. It was one of his main ways to improve himself, and he saw that many good items had appeared at the top.

There were Amulets, ranging from low to intermediate grade. An intermediate Amulet could withstand an hour of a Level 9 powerhouse's full-force assault.

There was also the Aptitude Enhancement Talisman. Using it could improve one's cultivation aptitude, raising the cultivation limit of a Level 6 Warrior to that of a Level 8 Warrior.

Many of the new items in the Mall were intended for those with lower levels of cultivation, but some could also boost Karl's combat strength or benefit him in other ways.

For example, there was a Pseudo-Divine Weapon. It was nearly as durable as a divine weapon, but had never been nurtured by the divine power of a God Level powerhouse. Such a weapon was a rare treasure for a Saint Realm powerhouse.

There was also an item Karl was especially interested in: a complete set of wind-attribute goods.

[Wind Element] [Wind Walk] [Profound Mystery of Speed] [Profound Mystery of Slowness] and so on.

These were all Laws mysteries, but they required a huge number of points and had prerequisites for use.

[Name: Wind Element]

[Price: 10000000]

[Effect: Directly comprehend the mystery of "Wind Element"]

[Requirement: Complete mastery of Momentum of Heaven and Earth]

Karl was practically salivating at the sight. The price was steep—ten million points—but with the size of his territory now, once its population was registered to the limit, he would be able to earn a steady stream of points every day. Compared to a Level 1 territory, the rate would actually be faster.

After all, Level 9 Warriors held some status on the Yulan Continent, but they were still mortals, despite possessing extraordinary power.

A Level 9 Warrior could serve as a Duke in a kingdom or establish a Principality of his own. This might seem like a lofty position, but powerhouses of the same level would covet the title of Duke and the status of a ruler. The Chaotic Territory, for instance, had dozens of principalities, which often waged war against one another. But once someone reached the Saint Realm, they gained the power to rule over principalities. On the Yulan Continent, no one would say much if they established a new kingdom.

That was because many Level 9 powerhouses still set their sights on power and status. Once they entered the Saint Realm, however, they focused on how to become a god. As for mortal authority, most paid it no mind so long as their descendants were not wiped out.

Besides the difference in strength, the most important reason was lifespan.

No matter how powerful a Level 9 Warrior was, their lifespan was no more than five hundred years. When they reached its limit, if they failed to break through, they would ultimately become a heap of bones. A Saint Realm powerhouse, even one who had only just entered the realm, had an infinite lifespan.

The Saint Realm granted immortality. Perhaps only those who had recently entered it still had their old mindset. Cultivation in the Saint Realm was slow, and much of it came down to enduring the passage of time. A hundred years was brief, but over a thousand—or even several thousand—years, their descendants would eventually pass away unless they reached the Saint Realm themselves. The residents of their territory were like crops of chives, replaced every few decades or a century.

So to Saint Realm powerhouses, Level 7 and Level 8 Warriors were beneath notice. Only Level 9 powerhouses earned some respect, and even then, that was all. Unless someone was a prodigy with a chance of breaking into the Saint Realm and becoming their equal, they could treat everyone more or less the same.

This was also why Karl developed his territory. Once he safely reached the Saint Realm, his territory would grow rapidly and could even become a kingdom, with at least a hundred million residents.

A force protected by a Saint Realm powerhouse had nothing to fear from Level 9 powerhouses unless another Saint Realm powerhouse intervened. And yet Saint Realm powerhouses rarely cared about mortal kingdoms.

That was why the Yulan Continent had many Saint Realm powerhouses but few kingdom-level powers. Most were high-end organizations like the Ernst Institute. A Saint Realm powerhouse stood behind it, and its members were elite among the elite, geniuses among geniuses. Their strength was formidable, but their numbers were limited.

When Karl had been a Level 9 Warrior, he had settled quietly in a remote town. He had never refused Anlan Kingdom's annual conscription, and when the occasional prodigy emerged with the potential to join a Saint Realm force, Karl had given them his full support.

After his soul transformed, Karl naturally gained a new ability: telepathy.

His lips did not move, but his voice reached the ears of several children in his family.

A moment later, three men and two women hurried into the heart of the estate.

The three men and two women were the only Level 7 Warriors in the Talos Family: his eldest son, Lin Taros; his second son's son, Colin Taros; and Lin Taros's grandson, Leiluo Taros.

The other two were his great-granddaughters from the fourth generation, Liya Taros and Linna Taros.

Karl had been only twenty-six when he married, and his first child had been born when he was twenty-eight. Now he was 268 years old. Two hundred years was longer than the history of many dynasties in his previous life.

For a Level 7 Warrior, two hundred years was nearly a lifetime. His eldest son was already nearing the end of his lifespan. As for Karl's other sons and daughters, some had died in the army, while others had reached the end of their lifespans. They had all passed away long ago.

The Talos Family had endured for more than two hundred years, and Karl himself had only average talent. What kind of talent could his children have inherited? They had to cultivate bitterly all their lives to have a chance of reaching the peak of Level 6. Even after Karl began providing his family members with a cultivation boost, only the five of them had managed to become Level 7 Warriors.

The rest had long since vanished into the passage of time.