Cultivating to Survive Until the Finale

Cultivating to Survive Until the Finale

Xiao Lin's innate Dou Qi attribute was earth.

Normally, the Dou Qi he cultivated would carry the earth attribute.

However, after Xiao Lin switched to cultivating the Star Codex he had developed himself, his Dou Qi attribute naturally became Astral Dou Qi.

Astral Dou Qi was a type of Dou Qi that could attack when advancing and defend when retreating.

Whether used to strike others or defend oneself, it possessed considerable power.

Furthermore, the Earth Rank Intermediate Star Codex still had room for improvement.

However, limited by Xiao Lin's current cultivation, it was difficult for him to improve it any further for now.

Of course, if he merely wanted to raise it from Earth Rank Intermediate to Earth Rank High, Xiao Lin was still confident that he could do it.

After all, the "Heavenly" in Heavenly Realm Soul Power originally corresponded to the cultivation of a Dou Saint.

Therefore, using Heavenly Realm Soul Power to research and create an Earth Rank High cultivation method was still possible.

Yet after pondering for a moment, Xiao Lin gave up on the idea.

Because it simply was not worth the cost!

When Xiao Lin upgraded the Starlight Formula into the Star Codex, it had taken him only about a year to raise it to Earth Rank Low.

This had to be said again: Heavenly Soul Realm was truly useful!

Even if he had the cultivation of a Dou Venerable, he might not have been able to accomplish all that in just one year, but Heavenly Soul Realm could.

A powerful soul really was a cheat!

Still, Xiao Lin had not been satisfied with an Earth Rank Low cultivation method at the time. He wanted to go further, which was why he spent another four years upgrading it to Earth Rank Intermediate.

Xiao Lin was ultimately constrained by his own strength. Even with the cheat-like ability of Heavenly Soul Realm, his cultivation was too low, making the process of researching and creating cultivation methods far from smooth.

See? Although Xiao Lin had created the Earth Rank Low Star Codex in just one year, it had taken him another four years to upgrade it to Earth Rank Intermediate.

If nothing unexpected happened, Xiao Lin would need at least around ten years, perhaps even longer, to upgrade the Star Codex to Earth Rank High.

But if Xiao Lin first cultivated to the Dou Zong realm, or even the Dou Venerable realm, using the Earth Rank Intermediate Star Codex before upgrading it to Earth Rank High, he might not even need a year!

That was what it meant to be not worth the cost.

The time invested and the benefits gained were simply disproportionate.

That was why Xiao Lin stopped further deductions after developing the Star Codex to Earth Rank Intermediate.

No, calling it giving up was not quite right. It was more accurate to say that he had temporarily set it aside.

Once his Dou Qi cultivation caught up in the future, he would naturally continue deducing it.

As for why he did not try to deduce it into a Heaven Rank cultivation method?

Don't even dream about it!

Not only did the birth of every Heaven Rank cultivation method require baptism by Tribulation Lightning, but the ability of such methods to control the power of heaven and earth was not something he could create merely by possessing Heavenly Soul Realm.

If Xiao Lin truly wanted to deduce the Star Codex into a Heaven Rank cultivation method, he would need to raise his soul power by at least another level and possess peak Dou Venerable cultivation before he would have even the slightest chance of succeeding.

And clearly, all of that was still far too distant for Xiao Lin.

After all, Xiao Lin was not an alchemist and had no cultivation method specifically for cultivating the soul. Who knew how many years it would take for his soul power to advance from Initial Heavenly Realm to Intermediate Heavenly Realm?

So Xiao Lin had no intention of considering such matters right now.

"Whew... the Earth Rank Intermediate Star Codex is enough for me to cultivate with now. Next comes improving my Dou Qi cultivation..."

He had a cultivation method, and his soul power could not be improved for the time being. That left only his own Dou Qi level for Xiao Lin to improve.

Over these five years, although Xiao Lin had focused primarily on creating the Star Codex, his Dou Qi level had also improved.

After all, when creating a cultivation method, he had to try cultivating it himself, right?

Otherwise, how would he know whether the cultivation method he created actually worked?

Moreover, the cultivation method Xiao Lin cultivated had gone from Profound Rank Low to Earth Rank Intermediate. No matter what, his Dou Qi level had certainly improved, and by no small amount!

One of the greatest benefits of raising a cultivation method's rank was that it increased the speed at which one absorbed Dou Qi.

Thus, thanks to the powerful effects of the Star Codex, even without deliberately cultivating over these five years, Xiao Lin's Dou Qi level had risen to the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Spirit realm, and he could break through to Battle King at any time!

That was the benefit a high-rank cultivation method could bring a person.

"Since the cultivation method has been created, it's time to cultivate with everything I have!"

That was Xiao Lin's truest thought at this moment.

Previously, Xiao Lin had focused on researching and creating cultivation methods. Cultivation itself had only served to verify whether those methods were complete.

Now that the cultivation method had been created, what else was there to do if not cultivate?

It could be said that after awakening his Past-Life Wisdom, Xiao Lin had become deeply insecure!

Thinking of the sweeping tides of the future, Xiao Lin knew that only by possessing enough power to protect himself could he possibly survive until the end and then cling to his grandson's thigh as he ascended.

If he was not strong enough to survive until the finale, what was the point of talking about ascending to the Greater World?

As for why Xiao Lin did not find a way to break through to Dou Emperor himself?

Don't be ridiculous. Once he discovered that he lacked fire-attributed Dou Qi and could not cultivate the Flame Mantra, the Dou Emperor realm had nothing to do with him.

According to the original story, without some bizarre cheat system, there were only two ways to reach the Dou Emperor realm.

The first was to cultivate the Flame Mantra and obtain the inheritance of Tuoshe Ancient God.

The second was the Emperor-Grade Embryonic Pill.

However, the Emperor-Grade Embryonic Pill was ultimately not a true Emperor Pill, and it could not directly help someone become a Dou Emperor.

And Xiao Lin simply could not turn the Emperor-Grade Embryonic Pill into a completed pill!

Besides, even if he could, Xiao Lin did not believe he could be as decisive as Hun Tiandi and directly sacrifice more than half of his clan's combat power.

Thus, neither of those paths to becoming a Dou Emperor was open to Xiao Lin at all!

Since that was the case, clinging to his grandson's thigh was Xiao Lin's best choice.

After all, he was the grandfather of the protagonist, Xiao Yan.

He still understood the principle that when one person attained the Dao, even the chickens and dogs rose to heaven.

Therefore, Xiao Lin's goal was simple: survive until the finale.

And if he wanted to survive until the finale, becoming just a tiny little bit stronger was essential.

"To survive, I'll cultivate diligently!"

After muttering softly, Xiao Lin entered a cultivation state.

Unless necessary, Xiao Lin did not intend to do anything unnecessary besides cultivating.

He even planned to find a time to resign from his position as a general of the Gama Empire, which he had held until now.

As far as Xiao Lin was concerned, as long as he did not train himself to death, he would train himself as hard as possible!

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