Chapter 451 - 447: Spirit Units

Chapter 451 - 447: Spirit Units

Buzz!

The silence that permeated the entirety of True Desolate was ended by a thunderously loud humming buzz. It attracted everyone’s attention. Soon, everyone was staring at the grand temple atop the mountain in a strange daze. Wei Wuyin’s true age of cultivation left them too shocked to properly react, but it didn’t stop the ceremony.

A strange will seemed to be born, surging from the highest location of the temple alongside the buzzing noise. Wei Wuyin turned to observe the temple and noticed a mysterious power erupt from within. He couldn’t react before the top of the temple exploded with a frighteningly bright light that enshrouded his figure.

His first instinct was to resist, but after feeling the warmth of the light, he halted and continued to patiently observe. The light’s shine was only temporary as it receded almost as swiftly as it erupted. When all was done, Wei Wuyin had a triangular mark on the backside of his left hand. It was glittering with runic markings.

Similar to before, the first to break out of their shock was the blind Grand Priestess Si De who looked at Wei Wuyin with a solemn gaze despite her sightless eyes. She took a deep breath before announcing, "Our first candidate has received the Will of Desi, a fragment of three! Praise the Divine Lord!"

Instinctively, the inhabitants of True Desolate droned in and shouted, "Praise the Divine Lord!"

This so-called will was a mark of acceptance, indicating that Wei Wuyin had overcome the first trial and proved his True Age of Cultivation relative to his cultivation base was perfectly suited for a Holy Child.

Inspecting the triangular mark, he realized it was one piece of a full circle. If three equal pieces were put together, that circle would be fully formed. Furthermore, the mark seemed strange. Besides the runic markings, there were traces of pure earthen aura within it. The purity of this aura almost matched the wood aura within his Mark of Eden, shocking him considerably.

Of course, in terms of vastness, the Mark of Eden was like a planet, and the mark on his hand was merely a small pebble.

While in his thoughts, the Grand Priestess Si De urged the other contestants, reminding them that a single area was not all it took to become a Holy Child. Even still, the others were horrifically disturbed by Wei Wuyin’s cultivation speed. In less than ten years, he reached the Spatial Resonance Phase!

The young woman glanced at Wei Wuyin, her expression the picture of calm but her heart endlessly quaked with shock. If this was known to others in her starfield, Wei Wuyin might be considered more monstrous than those world-shaking geniuses titled Chosens. But it’s not like it wasn’t possible for someone to reach his level in such a small amount of time, but it usually required an enormous amount of resources and extremely high background while simultaneously disregarding one’s cultivation foundation.T/his chapter is updat/ed by nov(ê(l)biin.c/o/m

The old man closed his mouth, his aged gaze feeling a little uncertain. Who was Wei Wuyin? This child was less than fifty, cultivated for less than ten years, was at the Spatial Resonance Phase, and had means and methods that even someone of his cultivation was shocked by. Whoever his family or clan was, they might be from those starfields that possessed multiple Mystic Radiance Belts.

Thinking this, the solemn expression on the old man’s face relaxed. ’There’s always someone greater.’ With that, he resumed eating, his heart settled. He was far too old to be stressing over these matters. As long as he held no ill-intent towards Wei Wuyin, what harm would happen to him?

The Grand Priestess Si De shouted to the sky, raising her hands above her head while waving it slightly. Whatever she was doing caused the mirror’s surface to flicker with various lights of intensity. The display was quite gorgeous, hard to move one’s eyes from it.

Then, she exhaled loudly, causing the sky to roil slightly. The oval mirror landed on the ground and etched itself upright, its mosaic surface facing the candidates.

"Holy Candidates of our Divine Lord, touch the Soul Mirror of Endless Reflection; your spirit will be reflected for the world and our Divine Lord to see, to inspect, and I pray that his will finds you worthy!" The Grand Priestess exclaimed excitedly, her face somewhat flushed.

Wei Wuyin was about to take the first step, but was a little too slow as the handsome young man originally considered as the dark horse of the competition blurred aggressively before the mirror. The mirror reflected a mosaic reflection of himself. With a fierce and resolute gaze, he touched the mirror in a light caress.

BRUUUM!

A loud eruption of light engulfed his figure for a brief moment before receding back into the mirror. When it did, the originally mosaic and indistinct form of the young man was perfectly reflected with utmost clarity as if staring at a real mirror. While the background was still vague, his figure wasn’t.

Wei Wuyin inspected the mirror with his Celestial Eyes, but he frowned after being unable to decipher or comprehend the formations embedded within. It seemed it exceeded Mortal Limits, far beyond his current understanding.

Shockingly, the mirror didn’t reflect a number. Instead, firefly-like motes of cyan-colored light that hue reminded Wei Wuyin of Soul-Pulse Manifestation Tribulation’s rings started to appear from within the clear reflection of the young man.

Wei Wuyin was also reminded of Spirit Units, a form of measurement that Eden had devised to measure the strength of each Soul-Pulse Ring.

By using the lowest portion of extractable yet fully stable spiritual strength within the lowest imaginable quantity of spiritual energy, it had devised a measurement and determined it as spirit units. As these ’spirit units’ combined together to form greater connective bonds, the ’total’ power of Spiritual Strength was elevated as a result.

By this conceived standard, Eden and himself had determined the relative spiritual strength of each Soul-Pulse Ring. This fully revealed the extraordinary calculative prowess of Eden’s Mind Dao intermixing with his Alchemic Dao.

Each mote of cyan light that emerged was 1 Spirit Unit. As the motes were continuously emerging, they started to connect with line-like bridges that increased the intensity of their respective light and constructed an extraordinary network. This supported Eden’s measurement and how spirit units interacted and grew stronger, creating a higher spiritual strength!

Engrossed in this development, Wei Wuyin paid rapt attention. The number of motes rapidly increased until roughly 3,000 was revealed, each connected into a single whole via a complex integrated network of webs and bridges. This was the exquisite representation of a single iota of Spiritual Strength.

Regardless of what, this amount of spiritual strength was constant and unchanging lest one increased their foundation. Even if a person used an ocean worth of spiritual energy against a small pond, they would still have the same level of strength. While the pond would be exhausted, it would equally eliminate a small pond-sized portion of the ocean in turn.

After the motes of cyan light completely settled, the final result was revealed!