Modern World's Martial Dao Human Immortal-Chapter 492 - 478: Difficulties

"Path of Time."

Alkaid examined the Time Dao seed on his body.

Among the forty-nine Great Daos that had spread from the Gate of the Immortal Realm of the Northern Sea Star, the Great Dao of Time did not exist.

In other words, if he entered the Gate of the Immortal Realm as a Dao Lord of the Path of Time, no contention would arise; he could enter directly.

But the premise was...

...that the Time Dao Lord clone he had created could successfully Integrate Dao.

After some thought, Alkaid focused his attention on the "Businessman" and "Demon Hunter" branches.

"I previously received many materials, which were congratulatory gifts from others for my ascension to Dao Lord. As I entered the Domain of Integrated Dao, all these things could be considered 'trade' experience, concentrated around the Businessman branch. In addition, the remnants of the Sky Banishing Tower from killing the Silence, and the Demon Saint's essence from killing Kunpeng, all have considerable value..."

Alkaid paused for a moment at this thought.

Indeed, the Heavenly Demon Body of the Jade Kirin Demon Saint also had substantial value, but since it had already been given to the Penglai Dao Lord, there was no need to mention it again.

The investments gifted by others, the spoils of slaying Dao Lords and Demon Saints, along with materials for Immortal Artifacts recently presented by the Jun Tian Dao Lord...

Eventually, the accumulated "experience" was not inconsiderable.

Of course, due to the increase in "value" leading to the rise in human resource costs, even the total earnings combined fell short by a fraction compared to what was obtained from "Demon Hunting."

"Although it's a bit less, but..."

Alkaid's attention focused on the "Integrate Dao - Void" branch.

The next moment, whether it was the Businessman or the Demon Hunter, all nutrients were channeled toward this branch.

With a massive influx of information about the Void Path, this branch grew robustly.

Soon, the branch's progress had surged to 101/10000.

With this progress, he had thoroughly stepped into the Domain of the Immortal Venerable.

However, Alkaid did not pay attention to the changes in progress, instead focusing intently on digesting the massive amount of information he had just acquired.

Among these pieces of information, there was a lot about the Void Path, but what really surprised Alkaid were the powers represented behind this information.

"Creation Group, Tian Yuan Group, Shen Luo Group, Changsheng Group..."

He carefully inspected each Cultivation Method.

Most of these methods surprisingly came from the nine major groups led by the four major groups mentioned above.

Not from Sects!

But from groups!

This familiar yet "strange" designation gave him an indescribable feeling of incongruity.

He always felt something was amiss.

Yet what exactly was wrong eluded him.

Moreover, the Cultivation Techniques seemed to have suddenly hit a bottleneck at the Immortal Venerable Level.

No!

It should be said that they had entered a sort of stagnation at the Immortal Level.

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Not only did their numbers become scarce, but they all had certain flaws.

Or rather, they were incomplete innovations.

"So... theoretically, even the Cultivation Methods circulated in the Immortal Realm only support cultivation up to the Immortal Level? If one wants to ascend from the Immortal Level to Immortal Venerable, does it entirely depend on creating one's own? If successful in creation, one can achieve the status of Immortal Venerable, and if failed, one would be stuck at the Immortal Level?"

Alkaid drew this conclusion from these methods.

If that was the case...

...on the path of "Integrate Dao - Void," he might need to pause.

The Cultivation Techniques needed to be self-created, undoubtedly hitting a certain bottleneck.

And every Cultivation Technique that could be self-created might support the creator in becoming an Immortal Venerable, but other Immortals might not necessarily reach that stage.

Therefore, if he were to continue progressing in "Integrate Dao - Void" in the future, even if he pushed it to 999/10000 and received several Immortal Venerable inheritances, they would probably be just a collection of "exclusive" Cultivation Techniques filled with personal characteristics.

"At the Immortal Venerable Level, first, let's enhance my strength. Once I truly possess the strength of an Immortal, it wouldn't be too late to advance my realm. Moreover, I follow the Path of the Human Immortal, and to cultivate to an Immortal, one must refine three Immortal Artifacts. Only with Immortal Artifacts can one bear a thousandth of the Power of the Great Void Path. If the Immortal Artifacts are not formed, even if I am presented with my share of the Power of the Great Void Path, I..."

Alkaid thought for a moment.

He would still be able to maintain it.

After all, his realm had already reached the level of an Immortal Venerable.

But if it were any other cultivator on the Path of the Human Immortal, even given a thousandth of their share, they wouldn't be able to grasp hold of it.

It's like a cup unable to hold a bucket of water.

As he pondered, he took out the remnant of the Sky Banishing Tower.

After analyzing it for a while, he quickly activated the grand formation of Abandoned Heaven Valley and tried to extract the Soul Charm Mysterious Crystal from the Sky Banishing Tower with the help of the valley's environment.

"The characteristics of the Soul Charm Mysterious Crystal match well with those of the Ruins Crystal, so by integrating this Mysterious Crystal into the Eight Desolates Mirror, ideally, it could refine the Ten Direction Heavenly Realm, this Immortal Artifact.'

Alkaid estimated briefly.

He focused his mind on the "Artifact Refining" branch.

Then, he frowned.

Although the Artifact Refining branch had reached Sixteenth Level, the actual progress was only 1%.

This 1% was achieved by investing a large amount of Immortal Artifact materials and refining piece after piece of top-notch Dao Artifacts.

With such Artifact Refining expertise, forging a true Immortal Artifact wasn't impossible, but it was extremely difficult and time-consuming.

From the trend observed...

Even if immortal artifact materials were continuously provided to him for practice, he would need at least ten thousand years to raise his progress to 100%.

Ten thousand years might not seem much, but the key point is that, in these ten thousand years, he would have to handle and refine four to five hundred batches of immortal artifact materials.

Four to five hundred batches of immortal artifact materials, even if ordinary, are worth forty to fifty trillion.

What a staggering sum!

The total wealth of all Dao Lords from the Northern Sea Star in this generation of Dao conflicts is unknown if it can even match this figure.

In other words, it would require the financial ruin of one to two hundred Dao Lords to support his Artifact Refining Technology until it reaches the Sixteenth Level of Perfection.

That is unrealistic.

"Still, I must rely on 'nourishment' to raise the refining level; if it can be piled up to the Seventeenth Level before starting to refine the common Immortal Artifacts of the Ten Direction Heavenly Realm, not only will the success rate be guaranteed, but the refining efficiency will also increase considerably."

As for the ways to obtain this 'nourishment'...

It lies only with Businessmen and Demon Hunters.

"From the Businessman's side... I now find it much easier to refine top-tier Dao Artifacts; even without the help of Penglai Dao Lord, I can produce top-tier Void Category Dao Artifacts at a rate of one every fifty years, but the buyers for such top-tier Dao Artifacts are all Void Dao Lords, selling top-tier Dao Artifacts to them... is not appropriate, and other Great Dao, top-tier Dao Artifacts... would take much longer to refine, unless the Dao Lords placing the orders are willing to assist me..."

Alkaid pondered for a moment.

Refining and selling Dao Artifacts is troublesome, and under the influence of "human labor value," the profits have already declined compared to before.

Rather than that, it is more satisfying to be a Demon Hunter.

"Those who participated in the siege against me this time, besides the already fallen Ji Mie, Kunpeng, and Jade Kirin, there were also Hei Yue and Guang Mang from the Integrating Dao! Among them, Hei Yue Demon Venerable is my next main target; by eliminating this Demon Venerable, the Southern Region can continue to develop, completely incorporate the territory of the former Yin Moon Sect, and serve as the foundational support for the Nine Cauldrons Sect!"

Alkaid had made his calculations.

After adjusting his state...

The next targets, Hei Yue and Guang Mang!

Moreover, even if he acted against these two, it would not cause too much panic in the Northern Sea Star.

After all, this was a move of revenge, a justified action.

"Hei Yue and Guang Mang are not Void Dao Lords, dealing with them would not be as simple and straightforward as with Ji Mie and Kunpeng, it would require some effort and, considering that each Dao Lord has ample trump cards, they would surely call for help immediately, so I need to be fully prepared."

Alkaid quickly flipped through several Dao Techniques that could be cultivated.

All these Dao Techniques ultimately lead to the ultimate Origin Dao Technique.

His, a Void Dao Lord's Origin Dao Technique, is the Great Void Technique.

Mastering the Great Void Technique means that the cultivator is qualified enough to Ascend to Immortality.

That is to say, in the path of Void, at least he owns one thousandth of the share.

Alkaid himself had reached the Realm of Immortal Venerable, whether it be the share he could accommodate, the application, understanding, and control over the Void Path, he had reached the level of an Immortal Venerable, but his "share" was only three.

It's difficult to cook without rice.

With only a share of three...

Even for him, performing the "Great Void Technique" was not easy.

"If the Limitless Sword, the Eight Desolates Mirror, and the Endless Tower all transformed into Semi-Immortal Artifacts, relying on the amplification from the Semi-Immortal Artifacts coupled with my comprehension and control comparable to an Immortal Venerable, I could forcefully perform the Great Void Technique, casually acting with the might of an Immortal... Killing Hei Yue and Guang Mang would be simple, but a mere 1% progress at the Sixteen Level, to upgrade the three top-tier Dao Artifacts into Semi-Immortal Artifacts..."

Alkaid briefly estimated.

Each upgrade would probably take three to four hundred years.

Three to four hundred years to upgrade a top-tier Dao Artifact into a Semi-Immortal Artifact, any Dao Lord would be ecstatic at such efficiency.

But for Alkaid...

It was too slow.

"The time required to upgrade the three top-tier Dao Artifacts into Semi-Immortal Artifacts is too much, my personal power... is not enough to simply eradicate Hei Yue Demon Venerable, by then other Demon Venerables from the Six Sect of the Demonic Dao will inevitably come to aid..."

Alkaid weighed his options and decided to ask for help.

He took out a communication Jade Talisman and directly contacted Penglai Dao Lord.

"Theoretically, I should be solidifying my realm now, but practically speaking, there's no such concept as 'solidifying the realm' for me; with ten days to half a month, I can adapt to the power of a Dao Lord Level, which means I can now move against Hei Yue Demon Venerable, and he certainly wouldn't expect that I would target him in such a short time. Even if he prepares, he probably thinks it's at least a decade away... this plays into the element of surprise."

While waiting for a response from Penglai Dao Lord, Alkaid contemplated.

Soon, a wave of Divine Sense fluctuated from the Jade Talisman.

"Alkaid Dao Lord?"

Penglai Dao Lord was somewhat surprised. "Don't you need to solidify your own realm? The leap from Shattered Void to Integrate Dao is considerable, akin to a full-spectrum leap and transformation."

"You should know that my realm already surpasses the normal Dao Lords."

Alkaid said.

"Indeed, but then what do you need from me?"

"This time in my integration, those who acted against us were not just Ji Mie, Kunpeng, and Jade Kirin; there were also Hei Yue and Guang Mang."

"You mean..."

"Let's join forces and eliminate Hei Yue."

Alkaid directly stated his purpose.

"I knew it."

Penglai Dao Lord wasn't surprised at all.

She asked straightforwardly, "When?"

"Now."