Chapter 2158: 72 Days of Comprehending
Zhang Ruochen gathered his thoughts and quickened his pace. Even though he was suppressed, he was still moving extremely fast. Every step he took would cover several miles. In the blink of an eye, he had entered the area covered by the white fog.
After taking dozens of steps forward, Zhang Ruochen travelled a hundred miles. The first stele of the Imperial Ruler appeared in front of him.
The first stele was 999 feet tall and 99 feet thick. It laid across the Divine Jade Bridge formed by the Imperial Ruler, giving off a vast aura of the Path. Countless Precepts were faintly interweaved on it.
Zhang Ruochen felt a huge pressure on his consciousness as he stood in front of the stele. It was as if he were facing an ancient sacred mountain and all the beings of Heaven and earth were suppressed by it.
“This is only the first stele but it already has such a strong aura. The Imperial Ruler is indeed extraordinary. No wonder it can measure the emperor’s cultivation realm, Zhang Ruochen thought.
Zhang Ruochen immediately sat cross-legged in front of the stele and began to comprehend.
Each stele of the Imperial Ruler was very helpful to his enlightenment in the Path. There was no reason for him to waste this opportunity.
The more enlightened he was in the Path, the further he could go advance on the Imperial Ruler.
Zhang Ruochen was not worried about wasting too much time, because he had found that the time flow around him had changed since he stepped onto the Divine Jade Bridge.
The change was astounding, the time flow ratio had reached 30:1, which meant that 30 days here was only one day in the outside world.
This way, Zhang Ruochen could relax and comprehend the Path without any worries.
With the influence of the stele’s strange power, Zhang Ruochen quickly entered a deep state of enlightenment. His spiritual power and Precepts started circulating, even the blood Qi in his body shook, which gradually strengthened his body.
Whether it was cultivating spiritual power, martial arts, or the body, as long as one came to the Imperial Ruler to comprehend the Path, they would definitely gain great benefits.
At this time, many elites of the Inscription Guild were closely watching Zhang Ruochen’s situation. Their spiritual powers extended out one after another.
The Inscription Guild was very special, they only recruited spiritual power cultivators. Even if they had geniuses who practiced both spiritual power and martial arts, they mainly used spiritual power and with martial arts as support; savage beasts were no exception either.
“Zhang Ruochen is already the strongest person after the Supreme Saint level. I wonder how much he’ll improve after comprehending the Path with the help of the Imperial Ruler.”
“Which stele do you think Zhang Ruochen can reach? Can he catch up with the amazing geniuses in history?”
“Ever since the refinement of the Imperial Ruler, countless Saint Kinghood cultivators have come to comprehend the Path. The most talented one reached the 18th stele, surpassing most Neverwilt Realm Saints. Even some of the Supreme Saints of the Hundred-Shackle Realm can’t achieve this.”
“Zhang Ruochen’s current achievements are among the best in Kunlun’s long history. Even if he can’t reach the 18th stele, he should be able to reach the 16th or even the 17th.”
“Judging from the battle between Zhang Ruochen and Yan Wushen, he has at least the battle strength of an advanced Neverwither Supreme Saint. As long as his spiritual will is strong enough, reaching the 16th stele shouldn’t be a problem.”
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The elites of the Inscription Guild were having a discussion. They were all looking forward to Zhang Ruochen’s performance and wanted to see which tablet stele was his limit.
Of course, Zhang Ruochen knew that many elites were spying on him, but he did not care. He was completely focused on comprehending the Path, a large amount of insight flowed through him.
One by one, the Precepts were derived, they slowly widened the Heavenly Stream.
Zhang Ruochen’s saint heart contracted violently under the strong aura, it was as if it had turned into a furnace. It repeatedly refined the vigorous spiritual power within him, strengthening every strand of spiritual power.
At the same time, the potential of Zhang Ruochen’s body was further explored. His body could now accommodate more essence Qi released by the Sacred Seven-star Lingzhi’s Sun Leaf.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye. Zhang Ruochen finished comprehending the Path and slowly stood up.
“The effect of Imperial Ruler’s assistance in comprehending the Path is really amazing. I only comprehended the first stele for three days, and my insight of the Path has greatly improved—my Precepts have increased by nearly 10,000, and my spiritual power and body have become stronger.”
Zhang Ruochen was quite happy.
Of course, he also understood that such a impressive gains had a lot to do with his high cultivation.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t stay any longer, he raised his head and looked up at the stele before lightly stamping his foot on the ground. He leaped up and easily jumped over the stele.
Having personally experienced the wonders of the Imperial Ruler, Zhang Ruochen was looking forward to the enlightenment effects of the steles that come after this
Before long, Zhang Ruochen arrived at the second stele and entered the state of enlightenment again.
As time passed, Zhang Ruochen continued to move forward. He leaped over steles after steles.
He spent three days each comprehending in front of the first ten steles.
Starting from the 11th stele, his time spent on enlightenment began to increase. The Path was obviously too complicated. Even with Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation realm, he could not easily comprehend it.
At the beginning, Zhang Ruochen used his physical body to resist the strong aura coming from the Imperial Ruler.
But after the 14th stele, it was difficult for him to move with only his physical body. Zhang Ruochen had no choice but to release Saint Qi.
According to Bai Qianli, the 14th stele corresponded to an initial stage Neverwither Supreme Saint.
It wasn’t easy to reach this stele with only his physical body, this meant that his body was comparable to an ordinary Neverwither physique.
As expected by the elites of the Inscription Guild, Zhang Ruochen arrived at the 16th stele without a hitch. He comprehended there for seven days.
When Zhang Ruochen stood up, the elites of the Inscription Guild couldn’t help but perk up, they wanted to see if he wanted to continue or stop here.
The next stele corresponded to the full strength of a Neverwither Supreme Saint, only few Neverwither Supreme Saints could reach it.
Of course, this did not mean that one had to have this level of strength. The key was to have a spiritual will that is comparable to the a full strength Neverwither Supreme Saint.
Power is easy to obtain, but to temper one’s spiritual will is extremely difficult.
Swoosh
Zhang Ruochen jumped over the 16th stele without any hesitation, this was definitely not his limit.
However, he had obviously slowed down. His body felt extremely heavy, it was as if he were carrying a sacred mountain. Every step taken took him a lot of strength.
It took Zhang Ruochen a whole day to trudge to the 17th stele.
“I hope I can attain Great Perfection of Path of Dimension here,”Zhang Ruochen thought.
This plane contained countless Dimensional Inscriptions and Mark of Time, it was the most suitable for comprehending the Path of Time and the Path of Dimension. Therefore, Zhang Ruochen had been focusing on these two paths since the first stele.
The improvement of his attainments in the Path of Time and the Path of Dimension was undoubtedly the most obvious when in came to improving his strength.
“He has really reached the 17th stele. It’s no wonder he’s the strongest person after the Supreme Saint, not many people in the long history of Kunlun can compare to him.”
“He’s only in Saint Kinghood, but he already has a spiritual will comparable to a Neverwither Supreme Saint who has attained Great Perfection . Zhang Ruochen’s future achievements is limitless, he might even become the second Saint Monk Xumi.”
“But with the current situation of Kunlun, I don’t know if I can live to see day Zhang Ruochen is fully grown.”
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The elites of the Inscription Guild felt unsettled.
In the history of Kunlun, those who could reach the Imperial Ruler’s 17th stele in the Saint Kinghood, and have never died prematurely, all became great figures eventually.
This time, it took Zhang Ruochen nine days of comprehending before he opened his eyes.
“Unfortunately, I’m still falling short by a little. It’s too difficult to attain perfection in the Path of the Ancients,” Zhang Ruochen’s eyes flashed with helplessness.
He had to admit that cultivating the Path of the Ancients was far more difficult than he had imagined.
However, in the very next moment, Zhang Ruochen gathered his confidence and said, “Since the 17th stele didn’t work out, I’ll go comprehend the 18th stele.”
“Wow, Zhang Ruochen actually wants to attempt the 18th stele.”
Many elites of the Inscription Guild were shocked as they watched Zhang Ruochen leap into the air,.
Zhang Ruochen heard a roar in his head the moment he landed, an unimaginably vast and divine pressure was exerted on his body, it was almost crushing his spiritual will.
For a moment, Zhang Ruochen felt his mind go blank, he could not form any thoughts.
However, he eventually withstood the impact of the divine pressure. His spiritual will was tempered to the extreme, it was as firm as a rock and unshakable.
This was because Zhang Ruochen had directly faced the Divine Power more than once, it gave him an unyielding will.
“This is indeed a legendary and divine artifact. Its divine pressure surpasses many Divine Powers,” Zhang Ruochen thought.
This was actually not out of the ordinary, since the vessel spirit within a Divine Artifact is equivalent to a Divine Power. That is why they have the terrifying power of refining and killing Gods.
“Phew.”
Zhang Ruochen took a deep breath and walked forward steadily.
The divine pressure released by the Imperial Ruler was not aggressive, it was most suitable for refining spiritual will.
This was a rare opportunity for Zhang Ruochen.
If he could use this opportunity to refine his spiritual will into one that compared to a powerful individual in the Hundred-Shackle Realm, it would undoubtedly be very beneficial for his future cultivation.
With each step, Zhang Ruochen’s spiritual will would bear the impact of the divine power, and it would become more and more violent. It was like a small boat sailing in the vast ocean, facing the crashing waves and the possibility of capsizing at any time.
It took Zhang Ruochen seven days to reach the 18th stele.
Zhang Ruochen immediately sat down cross-legged and started comprehending the Path without any hesitation.
He couldn’t stay here for too long even with his current spiritual will
The elites of the Inscription Guild were now speechless—they were all deeply shocked—including the spiritual-power Supreme Saint.
Reaching the 18th stele was something heard in legends. Now, the legend himself was right in front of them.
Everyone held their breath, wanting to see how long Zhang Ruochen could cultivate here.
Everyone could see that Zhang Ruochen’s body was trembling slightly. He had a deep frown and had obviously reached his limit.
Even so, Zhang Ruochen persevered, he didn’t want to give up easily.
Zhang Ruochen couldn’t persist anymore after a day and a half, he had to stand up and retreat.
The moment he stepped back, the Imperial Ruler shot out a beam of Jade Divine Light which enveloped him.
In the next moment, Zhang Ruochen felt extremely relaxed. However, he had returned to the starting point.
“A day and a half—Zhang Ruochen actually broke the record. The time he spent cultivating was even longer than the legends.”
All the elites of the Inscription Guild were dumbstruck and shocked to the core.
During the most glorious period of Kunlun, a cultivator reaching the 18th stele was shocking enough, they could even receive an audience with the Gods. A day and a half was more than impressive.
“Don’t tell anyone about this.”
After a short silence, an obscure spiritual power was transmitted into everyone’s minds.
“Yes, Great Elder.”
All the elites replied in unison.
It was a direct order of the Great Elder, no one dared to disobey him.
“The Prince of the Eastern Region must have gained a lot by reaching the 18th stele. Congratulations.” Bai Qianli appeared with a smile on his face.
Bai Qianli was obviously more polite compared to before. He looked at him with a faint reverence.
Zhang Ruochen said, “I have to thank the Inscription Guild for giving me this opportunity to the enlightenment of the Path.”
“You are too kind, Prince of the Eastern Region. You have done so much for Kunlun. It is only right for us to do as much,”Bai Qianli said.
Zhang Ruochen said, “I still have other things to do so it is inconvenient for me to stay for long. I will now take my leave and visit again when I have the chance.”
“I will see you out, Prince of the Eastern Region. If you may,”Bai Qianli said.
Zhang Ruochen nodded slightly. He gazed at the Divine Jade Bridge formed by the Imperial Ruler before walking out of the plane.
After leaving the Inscription Guild, Zhang Ruochen used “Thirty-six Formless Transmogrification” again and turned into a knowledgable scholar once more.
This time, with the help of the Imperial Ruler, Zhang Ruochen’s gains were beyond one’s imagination. He had more than 99 million Precepts in his body. He only needed one each of Precepts of Dimension and Precepts of Time before he reached Great Perfection.
The other Paths that he cultivated didn’t improve as much as space and time, but they were also much stronger. Among them, the Precepts of Truth had reached 910,000. As long as he condensed the Realm-frame of Truth, he could unleash 10 times his attack power.
His Precepts of Palm and Precepts of Fist also exceeded 900,000—a level that ordinary people couldn’t reach.
Zhang Ruochen’s spiritual power had been refined and his essence had become stronger. He was even stronger than Bai Qianli.
In addition, Zhang Ruochen’s brain had become neverwither successfully. He had truly cultivated his body to the limit below the Supreme Saint.
In some way, Zhang Ruochen was already at his strongest. It would be difficult to significantly improve his strength in Saint Kinghood without any special encounters.
“The Imperial Ruler is so helpful in comprehending the Precepts of Dimension and Precepts of Time. It seems that it might be related to the Timespace Primordial Master ,”Zhang Ruochen guessed.
Masters of Time and Space came from the same lineage. Saint Monk Xumi was Zhang Ruochen’s master, and the Timespace Primordial Master was Zhang Ruochen’s Ancestral Master.
Zhang Ruochen was very curious about this mysterious Ancestral Master.