area51novel Chapter 205 Cultivation Plan, Comprehending the Dao Tree
Chapter 205 Cultivation Plan, Comprehending the Dao Tree
Chapter 205 Cultivation Plan, Comprehending the Dao Tree
"Project Enlightenment is cultivating the most outstanding talents of our human race; it is the hope for the future!"
"To grow into a towering tree, one must have deep roots, fertile soil, and withstand the trials of wind and rain!"
"Your training should focus on these three aspects."
"Here, you'll find the most outstanding, meticulous, and patient teachers!"
"Here, countless opportunities await!"
"Here, there are competitors who are even better than you!"
"Here, too, lie endless, ever-rising challenges!"
"If you want to stay, then work hard, give it your all!"
The ten thousand geniuses were quickly assigned to their respective residences, and then, through the terminals in these residences, the training plan for the next 90 years was explained one by one.
"They've actually quantified everything using academic credits." Ye Yang couldn't help but sigh when he saw the training plan.
Full members will automatically receive a certain number of academic credits each year.
Those at the Nascent Soul stage and below receive 10 credits per year; those at the Void Transformation stage receive 100 credits per year; those at the True Recognition stage receive 1000 credits per year; and those at the Dao Integration stage receive 1 credits per year.
Asking teachers for clarification, learning secret manuals, exchanging resources, etc., all require spending credits.
Besides waiting for the credits to be issued each year, there are other ways to earn credits.
For example, there are different levels of "assessments" such as combat assessments, treasure hunting assessments, Daoist assessments, and career assessments, each of which can earn different credits.
Of course, once you've passed the test, you can't get it again.
You can also earn academic credits by participating in "projects".
For example, in the "War Project," you can participate in a war within a specific instance world as a strategic or tactical commander or combatant, and you will receive a certain number of credits upon victory.
Participating in a "refining project" allows you to collaborate with numerous refiners to craft a treasure and complete an engineering project, earning you academic credits. There are many ongoing projects related to law research and engineering design.
Ye Yang judged that this was the main source of credits for the official members.
Attending classes, asking teachers for help, and receiving one-on-one tutoring all require credits.
Credits are also used to exchange for high-level magic weapons, precious cultivation resources, and secret manuals.
Besides these, the most valuable resources that credits can be exchanged for are the opportunity to comprehend the "Tree of the Great Way" and a spot to enter the "Welfare World".
"First, listen to the opportunities to comprehend the Great Dao Tree. The first time costs 100 credits, the second time costs 10,000 credits, the third time costs 1 million credits, and the fourth time..."
"One hundred million credits at a time, and so on. I doubt anyone will get a fifth chance, right?"
Ye Yang was somewhat taken aback; it seemed that the opportunity to comprehend the Great Dao Tree was truly rare.
This exchange model almost limits each person to a maximum of 4 attempts.
Because the training period for the "Enlightenment Project" is 3000 years.
If one becomes a True Immortal within 3000 years, they will automatically be removed from the "Enlightenment Project." If one has not become a True Immortal after 3000 years, they will still be automatically removed.
"Because I'm in the top 10, I enjoy 100% of the benefits of a full member, so I already have 10 credits in my account for this year."
"To comprehend the Great Dao Tree, you'll need 90 credits—let's start with those 'assessments'."
As a student with special talents in the [Space-Time] category, Ye Yang can also participate in a special assessment, namely the assessment of the [Void] Law.
After obtaining certifications for several assessments in one go, including Level 2 of "Fighting Techniques", Level 4 of "Void", Level 2 of "Dao Evolution", and Level 1 of "Treasure Hunting", Ye Yang earned nearly 200 credits.
The most credits were earned by passing the Level 4 "Void" exam, totaling 120 points, while the others were just a fraction of the credits.
"The Ouroboros concept was a great help again this time," Ye Yang said with a smile as he walked out of the Void Laws assessment area.
He left the assessment of the Void Laws until the end, and unexpectedly, it surprised him, earning him 120 credits in one go.
"Hmm?" A young man carrying a golden sword was walking towards the assessment area when he came face to face with Ye Yang, who was walking out of there.
"It's him?" The young man with the golden sword stared wide-eyed when he saw Ye Yang.
Ye Yang didn't pay any attention, simply nodded slightly, and passed by.
"I had heard before that among the five students with special talents in this year's class, two of us, including myself, are in the 'Time and Space' category."
"Another student with similar special talents to me is named 'Ye Yang,' and he's even in the top ten! I thought it was someone I'd never seen before—but now it seems it's him."
Jin Jianqing couldn't help but recall the scene when he first met Ye Yang in the "Special Bonus Program" passage.
I initially thought he wasn't taking it seriously enough and had probably given up, and that he was bound to fail.
I can't believe they actually made the list! They even made it into the top ten!
There's only one explanation: Ye Yang's talent in the [Void] is far superior to his, and he had already completed the test for the bonus items, which is why he was quickly skipped over.
"I gained my current Void Realm talent because I recognized the sect's immortal treasure, the 'Void-Slaying Golden Sword,' as my master. What about him?"
The young man with the golden sword quickly shook his head: "It doesn't matter, my falling behind is only temporary. With the Void-Slaying Golden Sword in hand, those who walk with me, those ahead of me, will eventually be surpassed by me one by one!"
In front of an incredibly tall and magnificent stone building, there is a vast square.
The plaza floor was covered with countless intricate array patterns, clearly indicating that this was a large-scale teleportation array.
The teleportation array suddenly lit up with spiritual light, and Ye Yang soon appeared in the square.
"The Illustrated Catalogue of the Tree of the Great Way is inside!"
He looked at the magnificent building with a sense of anticipation.
"Ye Yang, you now have one chance to comprehend this. Go in."
The guard was an old man in slippers carrying a large pipe. He glanced at Ye Yang casually and waved him in.
"Thank you, sir." Ye Yang nodded. Anyone who could guard this place could not possibly be an ordinary person.
Upon entering the building, guided by the spirit of the array, he quickly arrived at a large hall.
Directly in front of the hall stood an ancient stone wall, completely blocking Ye Yang's spiritual exploration.
"Identity verification in progress"
A light, melodious child's voice rang out; this must be the spirit of the formation here.
Visitor: Ye Yang. Access permissions: Enlightenment 1.
"Ye Yang, shall we begin studying the Great Dao Diagram?"
Upon hearing the child's question, Ye Yang immediately nodded, "Yes."
As the words fell, countless golden array patterns suddenly appeared on the stone wall in front of them, slowly receding like a tide until they disappeared completely.
rumbling~
A slight tremor occurred, and the stone wall cracked in the middle, revealing a dazzling expanse of spiritual light behind it.
"Honestly, she's only had a few hours of rest, and she's already out entertaining customers again~"
The child's voice appeared again, but this time it carried a lot of emotion, sounding somewhat helpless and dissatisfied.
Ye Yang's expression turned strange, but he shook his head. The opportunity to comprehend the Great Dao Tree was rare, and it was best to concentrate on it now.
"Is this the Great Dao Tree?" Ye Yang squinted, trying to see the dazzling spiritual light clearly, but only felt a stinging pain in his eyes and his mind went blank.
"Kid, don't you want your eyes anymore? Looking at things for too long will leave 'pathological wounds,' and you might go blind forever if you're not careful."
A voice echoed in Ye Yang's mind, causing him to quickly look away and ask in confusion, "Senior Array Spirit, what's going on?"
"Sigh, it's time for the newcomers to come in again. Explaining this to you newbies is such a hassle. Anyway, you can't see the true Dao Dao Diagram from other positions; you have to stand in the correct spot."
"See those two footprints on the ground? Step into them, and that's the right spot."
"Furthermore, I am not the spirit of the array, but the spirit of the Great Dao! This Great Dao diagram is my body, and what I stand upon is the Star River Dome, the true core of the Star River Grand Array!"
"When someone shows you their body without reservation, you should be grateful and quickly say thank you to the spirit of the Great Dao."
Ye Yang: "...—."
"Okay, thank you, Spirit of the Great Dao."
He walked to the two recessed footprints that appeared after the stone wall opened.
Looking ahead now, one sees a dazzling starry sky, with constellations vying for brilliance, and a river composed of hundreds of billions of stars flowing quietly.
These hundreds of billions of star rivers are the "Star River Dome" composed of the Great Dao Seeds condensed by hundreds of billions of True Immortals.
Within the river, there are countless threads resembling roots—these threads are composed of even brighter stars.
These brighter stars exude a more powerful aura, some domineering and violent, some mysterious and profound, and some elusive and unseen, each unique in its own way.
Countless roots converge to form the main root, which then extends upwards to form the main trunk, within which are countless stars.
Further up, the main trunk branches out into countless smaller branches and twigs, eventually reaching the tips of the twigs, where leaves, fruits, or flowers hang.
Just by sensing the aura of one of the stars, Ye Yang felt countless details, as if he were listening to a great being expounding the great principles of his life.
However, from a different perspective, one can experience a different kind of artistic conception by feeling the waves of the Milky Way composed of countless stars, roots, main roots, trunks, branches, leaves or fruits.
Each part represents a cultivation school of the immortal civilization in the world of the Immortal Alliance, and it spans more than a million years. "Star River" is the oldest, before the Great Dao Tree, so it was named "Star River Dome" back then, right?
Ye Yang thought to himself, "However, this name is no longer appropriate; it has been trampled beneath the Great Dao Tree. The Great Dao Tree represents the Immortal Path, which develops by standing on the shoulders of our predecessors!"
The Great Dao Records encompass everything from the ancient immortal path to the medieval, modern, and celestial immortal paths!
These auras of the Great Dao naturally carry distinct characteristics of their respective eras, allowing one to sense the ideologies of immortals from different periods.
This is the Great Dao Record, a vast repository of technology, history, and culture of the immortal civilization!
Especially those fruits and flowers—Ye Yang could feel a unique charm in each one.
"The others are all immortal paths based on the laws of the main world, but the stars within these fruits and flowers represent immortal paths based on different systems of laws across various heavens!"
Ye Yang realized that although these fruits and flowers made up a small proportion of the entire Great Dao Catalogue, they were the essence of the essence!
It represents the entire civilization's exploration of different world law systems since the Age of Heaven.
He stared at this part, sensing the faint aura of the Great Dao emanating from it, and then comparing it with his own Great Dao.
If you fixate on one particular path, it will only hinder your own development; this is what is meant by "blind faith leads to darkness."
However, if we take a step back and simultaneously sense the whole composed of hundreds or thousands of Great Dao Seeds, and feel the aura emanating from them as a whole, then the conflicting, unreasonable, and inconsistent parts among them will cancel each other out.
And the commonalities among them will be strengthened and manifested.
This is the meaning of "listening to both sides leads to enlightenment".
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