Chapter 233 - 232: Lord Thousand Years

Chapter 233: Chapter 232: Lord Thousand Years

More than two hours later, Xia Wuyang finished his first cultivation session in the True Realm.

Cultivating in the True Realm, a perilous endeavor for other True Monarchs, held no danger for Xia Wuyang.

Wherever his Extraordinary Spiritual Power swept, it easily detected all sources of "true pollution." He had no need to worry about being tainted while absorbing the Spiritual Qi of the True Realm.

After this session, his River True Seed stabilized at a visible rate and grew slightly stronger.

At this rate, it wouldn’t be long before Xia Wuyang could solidify his Cultivation Realm and focus all his efforts on strengthening the River True Seed. Then, he would be able to forge his first Spiritual Vein.

As mentioned before, True Monarchs cultivate Spiritual Veins. A Spiritual Vein is a special type of channel, far superior to meridians, that must be forged with True Qi and is used exclusively to circulate it.

Spiritual Veins rely on True Qi for their existence and spread throughout the body. The Spiritual Veins cultivated using the River Scripture are known as River Spirit Veins.

Each River Spirit Vein is sixteen kilometers long and winds through the body. Its capacity for True Qi, its explosive power and speed, and its resilience... all far surpass those of meridians.

Qi Blood flows through the meridians, and True Qi flows through the Spiritual Veins. As for Spiritual Power, it can travel through both. It can permeate the entire body, but it is primarily concentrated in the Sea of Consciousness.

Although Spiritual Power can roam every part of the body, it lacks a fixed path for circulation. This is precisely why it is so difficult to cultivate.

The reason Ghost Spirits and Anomalies can primarily cultivate Spiritual Power at such a rapid pace is due to their unique bodies. Nearly their entire being can serve as an Operation Route for Spiritual Power, allowing them to achieve astonishing prowess in the realm of the Spirit and focus on Refining God Cultivation.

Furthermore, Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures or Exotic Flowers and Herbs that enhance Spiritual Power are far rarer than those for Body Refining Cultivation and Qi Refining Cultivation. It is therefore easy to imagine how difficult it is to advance one’s Refining God Cultivation.

However, this is not to say that Spiritual Power has no Operation Route at all. Its primary Operation Route lies within the Sea of Consciousness—that is, inside the head. This route is relatively short, incomparable to the meridians and Spiritual Veins that span the entire body.

But for the more powerful Spiritual Cultivation Techniques, that may not be the case.

To return to the main point: Martial Artists use meridians; True Monarchs forge Spiritual Veins.

Forging one Spiritual Vein makes one a One Spirit True Monarch. Forging two makes a Two Spirits True Monarch. Forging three makes a Three Spirits True Monarch... all the way to ten Spiritual Veins, which makes a Ten Spirits True Monarch.

One Spirit to Three Spirits True Monarchs are Low Spirit True Monarchs, also known as Low Level True Monarchs. Four Spirits to Six Spirits True Monarchs are Middle Spirit True Monarchs, also known as Middle Level True Monarchs. Seven Spirits to Nine Spirits True Monarchs are High Spirit True Monarchs, or High Level True Monarchs. A Ten Spirits True Monarch is a Top Spirit True Monarch, or a Top Level True Monarch.

Right now, Xia Wuyang had just condensed his River True Seed and had not yet refined it sufficiently. Although he hadn’t begun forging a Spiritual Vein, once the River True Seed was strengthened to a certain point, he could forge the first River Spirit Vein without any bottleneck. Thus, he already qualified to be called a One Spirit True Monarch.

After all, there was no such thing as a Zero Spirit True Monarch; the lowest rank was One Spirit True Monarch. He had, for all intents and purposes, just entered the True Monarch Realm.

Although he was a newcomer to the realm, his lifespan had undergone a monumental change, soaring to over one thousand years—doubling what it was before.

A Celestial Human has a five-hundred-year lifespan, while a True Monarch has a thousand-year lifespan. In his past life, almost no dynasty had lasted that long, yet Xia Wuyang’s own lifespan now exceeded a millennium.

Even if he simply waited, he could probably outlive Emperor Xia, but he didn’t have that much time to spare.

With a faint smile, he put on a disguise and went to a nearby, unused palace.

The pale white of dawn was breaking on the horizon, and a silken mist shrouded the palace. Xia Wuyang reached out and made a grasping motion. Countless water droplets in the air automatically gathered, condensing into a crystalline Shuilian in his palm.

The Shuilian slowly rotated, each petal clearly visible, refracting a rainbow of colors in the morning glow.

This was no Illusion Technique, but the true ability to control the Water Attribute—one of the hallmarks of a Qi Refining True Monarch.

"Finally... I’ve taken this step."

Xia Wuyang smiled faintly, a look of relief appearing on his face.

With this kind of power, the tables had turned. He would have far fewer scruples in his future actions.

Next, he was going to have some "fun" with Emperor Xia. He would treat Emperor Xia exactly as the emperor had once treated his mother.

’After all, just finishing him off cleanly and quickly would be far too boring.’

’He and his mother had been so tragically wronged, and he’d only just learned the truth. How could he let go of all those years of pain and despair so easily? He had to make the emperor taste that feeling of a life worse than death.’

In the morning light, a faint blue halo bloomed around the body of this elder Crown Prince, who in everyone’s eyes was "sickly and near death." It was a sign of overflowing True Qi, but an outsider would probably just mistake it for the glint of morning dew.

At that very moment, no one knew that on this seemingly ordinary morning, a true Extraordinary True Monarch had been born in the Deep Palace—the second Extraordinary True Monarch of the Great Xia Royal Family.

The other True Monarch was over a thousand years old. Despite being a Three Spirits True Monarch, he didn’t have much time left and dared not make a move lightly, fearing it would shorten his remaining lifespan.

Xia Wuyang, at just over seventy, was in the prime of his life. Relative to a True Monarch’s thousand-year lifespan, he was still in his youth and could unleash his full power without restraint.

Coupled with the threefold increase in his Foundation and True Qi from his Companion Talent Tree Deep Roots, and with the aid of his Extraordinary Spiritual Power, he wouldn’t fear much even if he had to face that old ancestor of the Royal Family.

’Still, it’s better to be as prepared as possible. A goshawk uses its full strength even to catch a rabbit. Besides, I’m not in a hurry right now.’

After briefly testing his newfound power, Xia Wuyang returned to Wenhua Hall to continue enjoying a life of pleasure, surrounded by beauties, song, and dance.

When he was done with his merriment, he returned to the Practice Room to peacefully consolidate his Cultivation and adapt to his explosive increase in power. This breakthrough was too significant; his overall strength had surged by severalfold at the very least.

Consolidation and adaptation would take a considerable amount of time. Moreover, Xia Wuyang had just grasped True Qi Power and needed to hone it properly—a feat that could not be accomplished overnight.

Without at least a month, he probably wouldn’t be able to consolidate his gains or fully adapt.

But now that he was a True Monarch, there were fewer and fewer things that could make Xia Wuyang wary. It didn’t matter if it took a little more time.

He soon became immersed in consolidation and adaptation. As for the beauties outside, seeing that Xia Wuyang was "resting" again, many of them left Wenhua Hall to amuse themselves in the surrounding areas.

They didn’t dare to go too far, staying within the vicinity of the Eastern Palace at most, lest they provoke the other Princes and Princesses. Everyone was well aware of the Eastern Palace’s current predicament.

But even so, they still ran into trouble.