Modern World's Martial Dao Human Immortal-Chapter 244 - 234 Hollow Void

"The total value of the goods at this auction exceeds a hundred million, but due to costs, they are actually worth only thirty to forty million... Fortunately, thirty to forty million is not a small amount either."

Alkaid focused his mind on several branches.

The focus was mainly on the "Martial Path" and "Qi Path."

To be exact, it was centered on the branch of the "Martial Path."

Over five years, although he had no additional income, the annual dividends from the Spirit Gathering Array were not a small sum; with these accumulations, his "Qi Path" branch had already reached the difficult stage of 99%.

Even the "Martial Path" branch had climbed to 78%.

Originally, he thought that it would take another year or two to raise the "Martial Path" to 99%, but the account entry of these thirty to forty million Spirit Stones...

Directly advanced this time period.

"Three branches are about to merge into one,"

Alkaid voiced.

He previously thought that the other two branches might be able to merge when they reached 60%, but now it seems...

They must reach 100%.

In contemplation, his actions were nevertheless swift.

The next moment, the nutrients from the "Businessman" branch were mobilized and quickly transferred into the "Martial Path" branch.

Immediately, this branch grew wildly and soon touched the critical point of 99%.

It was at the moment it reached the 99% critical point and continued receiving nutrients that this branch, along with the "Divine Path" and "Qi Path" branches, also emitted a greyish glow, encompassing the intertwined and indistinct three branches within it.

In this grey haze, Alkaid seemed to understand something.

The path.

A new profession...

The new path would depend on his cognition.

And the entirely new path he recognized...

Or rather, the ultimate realm his cultivation path pointed towards was...

"Ascend to Immortality."

Alkaid involuntarily murmured these two words.

Suddenly...

The fog cleared.

Just like the clear understanding of the cultivation path in his mind.

A brand new branch appeared before Alkaid.

As for the previous knowledge about the Martial Path, the Qi Path, the Divine Path, all dissolved.

Replaced by only one.

"Immortal Path"

One...

A path directly pointing to Ascension to Immortality.

When Alkaid concentrated on this, the ancient tree rustled, and the branch that seemed to reach into the void, drawing information from the endless void, was retracted before the "nutrients" were exhausted.

This result slightly surprised him.

He quickly realized something.

"Not enough!"

He spoke knowingly, "The Immortal Path concept I’ve established is too grand, so much so that even with my ’High-Dimensional Cognition’ I cannot ’see’ the entire path of the Immortal Path! In other words, I cannot achieve omniscience and omnipotence in this step of the Immortal Path!"

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But Alkaid understood, this was not the limit of "High-Dimensional Cognition," but rather the limit of his personal cognition.

Just as humans can clearly see the world through the eyes of ants, but the world seen by children and adults is clearly not the same.

At this moment, he is still weak, even his "High-Dimensional Cognition" does not see the entirety of the "Universe."

At best, it’s only as much as the entire Cangwu Great World, Northern Sea Star, and some other worlds.

Just like adults can learn about the entire world through various channels, while children might only be familiar with their neighborhood.

With this thought, Alkaid slightly adjusted his positioning of the "Immortal Path."

"Immortal Path·Hollow Void"

The first layer of the realm of the Immortal Path.

The next second, as his nutrients continued to be invested, the growth of the branch no longer stalled but restarted.

At the same time, information about the "Hollow Void" realm surged in.

Soon, the progress pushed to about 4%, and the nutrients were exhausted.

Alkaid did a quick estimate...

He quickly concluded.

"About five billion Spirit Stones in earnings will be needed to fully comprehend the ’Hollow Void’ realm."

He pondered.

"Immortal Path·Hollow Void" encompassed the prior Body Refinement, Qi Refinement, Divine Refinement.

Five billion is not high.

"However, considering that my fame will definitely increase during this process, and labor costs are bound to rise, the final amount of Spirit Stones needed might reach eight to ten billion, or even exceed ten billion..."

Alkaid calculated this and then paused.

Just make it a round number, call it ten billion.

Ten billion is certainly not a small number.

In recent years, he has been busy refining External Elixirs and has not taken on many orders, earning only about thirty million per year.

Based on this figure, to amass ten billion, it would take thirty-three years.

He needs to increase his revenue streams.

"The most stable way to make money is still to start with the Spirit Gathering Array. Nowadays, more and more people know the improved technique of arranging Spirit Gathering Arrays; what’s lacking is no longer manpower but sufficient nodes capable of arranging Spirit Gathering Arrays. The nodes will still be barely sufficient for the next five or six years, but after five or six years, when all improvements to the Spirit Gathering Arrays are complete, the rate of increase will come to a halt..."

Although at that time, the revenues of the Nine Cauldrons Sect will exceed four billion per year.

The dividends belonging to him will also exceed half a billion, and he can even reach a yearly income of one billion by piecing together other resources.

But...

Income, naturally, the higher the better.

Besides the promotion to the Hollow Void Realm, his Artifact Refining and Formation skills were also waiting to break through.

He shifted his focus to the Artifact Refining branch.

In his mind, countless pieces of information about artifact refining continuously flowed.

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"Speaking of artifact refining information, I can refine not only my Lifebound Flying Sword but many other magic artifacts as well, including Magical Treasures that amplify various spells, defensive Magical Treasures, flying boats, alchemy furnaces... I can refine them all..."

A large amount of information accumulated in his mind, and he mostly did not "consult" it to avoid clogging up his brain’s capacity.

For the moment, as he reminisced slightly, numerous methods to refine pill furnaces emerged.

One type of pill furnace, if used to refine elixirs, would probably be more cost-effective than the Spirit Treasure-level Green Jade Pill Cauldron.

Unfortunately, the techniques required to craft these pill furnaces were extremely advanced. Unless Alkaid was willing to personally teach the artifact masters of the Artifact Sect for ten or eight years, even if he laid out the methods of crafting the pill furnaces right in front of them, they wouldn’t be able to craft them.

"The Nine Cauldrons Sect lacks technical talent reserves. Previously, refining typical Magical Treasures and magic artifacts was bearable, but the higher-end the magic artifacts and Magical Treasures, the more I had to rely on myself to proceed."

Alkaid’s thoughts lingered on several types of pill furnaces for a moment before he finally gave up.

Refining a Superior Grade Treasure Level pill furnace is not worth it.

If to refine, then refine a Spirit Treasure directly.

"The advancement in the Hollow Void Realm next will inevitably be extremely slow, so it’s better to first enhance my artifact refining technology to the point of being able to refine Spirit Treasures, even Superior Grade Spirit Treasures. If I can manage to refine a Superior Grade Spirit Treasure level pill furnace, it would definitely enhance the alchemy efficiency of Xie He and Wu Qingying and, moreover, equipping Li Hanqiu with Superior Grade Spirit Treasures would also make his combat abilities much stronger."

Alkaid made up his mind.

After concluding his thoughts, he refocused his attention on the Immortal Path branch.

"Speaking of which... after the merging of the three branches into one, hasn’t there been any flowering or fruiting? Did it just devour the three ’Innate Divine Abilities’?"

It’s understandable that the talent for Qi Refinement was devoured.

He first refined Qi, then grew the Qi Refinement branch, which was a special case.

But now, after the merging of the three branches, the Innate Divine Abilities were all gone.

This disparity...

Really isn’t small.

After a while, Alkaid calmed his mind.

It’s gone, so be it.

Innate Divine Abilities are in themselves products derived from a deep understanding of that particular realm reached at their extremes.

Since Star God, Golden Core, and Dharma Phase were all broken down and recombined and failed to form Dao Fruit, the situation could be somewhat justified.

...

The storm from the Immortal Alliance subsided with the extortion succeeded by Ascendant Tower.

The situation in the Heavenly Star Continent continued to maintain a relatively stable state.

While the Great Sun Sword Sect was developing quietly, its collaboration with the Limitless Star Palace deepened even more.

The Sword Qi conflict within the Primordial Yang Sect was gradually coming to a close, showing a trend toward reconciliation between the two sides.

The Xuanming Sect was still licking its wounds, accumulating power.

The remaining Ancient Immortal Sect, Dayue Dynasty, and Star Sea Sect all became subdued.

However, on the Brahma Heavenly Kingdom’s side, a new Sect Master took the stage—Di Zhai.

This Sect Master was talented and ambitious, aiming to include the Brahma Sect and Brahma Heaven Sect into Brahma Heavenly Kingdom with a mind as encompassing as the sea.

If he succeeds...

The Brahma Heavenly Kingdom would inevitably leap to become a colossal force second only to the Six Great Immortal Sects and would have the qualifications to further eye the dominion of the Heavenly Star Continent.

The remaining continents, with the Limitless Star Palace still embroiled in the war quagmire with Black Feather Sect,

the competition between Myriad Beasts Sect and the Immortal Alliance gradually stalled.

The original Myriad Beasts Sect not only had to compete with the Immortal Alliance for the dominion of the Sunshine Continent but also had to allocate a significant amount of energy to support the war in the Black Flame Continent with the Black Feather Sect, which made it difficult for them to manage both ends.

They decided to put aside the dispute with the Immortal Alliance for now.

The Immortal Alliance was also happy to let the Myriad Beasts Sect free up hands to go head-to-head with the Limitless Star Palace in Black Flame Continent, thus achieving a temporary calm between the two sides.

The Supreme Yin Sect and Heavenly Law Pavilion, the two sects competing for the dominion of the Cold Moon Continent, also showed signs of reconciliation.

It seemed they had realized that continuing to fight would only distance them further from their future strategic goal of "unifying the world."

Therefore, the two factions had no choice but to choose a truce, entering a period of recuperation.

This way, the Cold Moon Continent also experienced a rare peace.

When this status persisted for a moment, people gradually realized that Cangwu Great World had entered an unprecedented peaceful phase.

In the five continents, aside from the Black Flame Continent, the other four continents were all free of warfare.

Without warfare, the communication between sects intensified and trade also became more frequent.

Seizing this opportunity, Purple Cloud Courtyard vigorously promoted its flying swords, receiving endless orders, with a continuous influx of Spirit Stones flowing into the Nine Cauldrons Sect.

The elixir dumping plan implemented by the Immortal Alliance towards the Nine Cauldrons Sect...

Initially, it went quite smoothly.

They aggressively occupied the market of the Nine Cauldrons Sect through dirt-cheap prices, leaving the local alchemy institutes of the Nine Cauldrons Sect almost no room to breathe.

However, years later, when the Immortal Alliance finished taking over the Spirit Pill market of the Nine Cauldrons Sect and wanted to raise the prices...

The market personnel were shocked to find that the Nine Cauldrons Sect seemed to have switched tracks.

Because of the changes in cultivation techniques, their demand for elixirs had also changed.

And these needed elixirs could not be supplied by the Immortal Alliance.

Nor was it possible to specially reconstruct production lines just for the Nine Cauldrons Sect to produce these elixirs, which could only be sold to the Nine Cauldrons Sect.

Of course, not everyone in the Nine Cauldrons Sect had changed their cultivation techniques, but because the Immortal Alliance had previously dumped prices to seize the market, the Nine Cauldrons Sect had stockpiled quite a lot of spirit pills, enough to support the daily consumption of those who had not changed their techniques.

This outcome was naturally displeasing to the Immortal Alliance.

But faced with Li Hanqiu who frequently threatened to self-destruct if provoked, their dissatisfaction was helpless.

It was simply that their skills were not as good as others.

It was within this somewhat peaceful situation that time once again passed by ten years.

These ten years were also referred to by people as the precious peaceful decade.

The Nine Cauldrons Sect, however, called it the golden decade of transformational development for the sect.