New concept of the mysterious way to ascend to immortality

Chapter 162 I am a low-budget Voldemort!
The second benefit brought by the [Soul Crystal] is that all Holy Monks can enjoy [Soul Backup, Consciousness Replication, and Memory Storage].

The different markings contained within the [Holy Seal] result in variations in the Soul Crystal capacity. Generally, even the worst Holy Seal has at least 4 markings, while Yuan Zhu's Soul Crystal breaks the limit with a total of 8 markings.

Each mark of the Soul Crystal, in addition to storing holy light energy, can also be forged into a memory capacity of one month.

Not only are they precious memories, but as the crystallization of a cultivator's soul, the Soul Crystal can naturally replicate and back up the 'thought patterns, self-awareness, personality, values, knowledge reserves, etc.' in the current state and solidify and maintain them.

Once the Soul Crystal is successfully inscribed, it will become extremely sturdy, stable, and difficult to destroy or modify.

It is an extremely perfect 'soul backup', with a cyberpunk 'soul upload' feel, but it is more like the lich's 'life box' in a fantasy world.

Meanwhile, in the Holy Light system, [Soul Crystals] are used for resurrection.

A seasoned holy monk, once subjected to a devastating blow, will have his physical body completely destroyed, and even his soul obliterated... but his soul backup (the Soul Crystal) is extremely sturdy. Through the connection he has forged with the Great Root, he can project the Soul Crystal back into the Holy Light Network for emergency repair and preservation.

True soul upload.

This is the third benefit for holy monks: different types of resurrection services!
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Once a Soul Crystal is condensed, cultivators are qualified to throw their most precious Soul Core into the Holy Light Network for preservation.

However, this is an extremely irresponsible act, because the Holy Light Network is vast and boundless, and is also divided and occupied by various forces.

Uploading a Soul Crystal without any background or identity is like throwing a message in a bottle into the ocean, hoping that someone will find the Soul Crystal and mercifully revive you.

However, it is more likely that it was picked up by a more powerful 'holy monk' and taken home, sliced ​​up and made into 'holy seals' for sale.

Therefore, this also reflects the importance of worshipping the mountain peak within the [Sanctuary].

If he joins the [Taihuang Path], he will no longer be in contact with the 'lower-level Holy Light Network Path' that all holy cultivators can access. Instead, he will be in contact with the exclusive [Taihuang Network Path], meticulously woven and maintained by the [Taihuang Path Master].

Larger bandwidth, faster speed, lower data loss, and higher security. Once the [Soul Crystal] is uploaded, your identity will be identified, and the [Soul Crystal] will be carefully escorted to your faction's stronghold. Then, the 'Great Resurrection Spell' will be activated, directly using the [Soul Crystal] as the core to read and reconstruct your soul backup, allowing you to be resurrected in a brand new form as a Holy Light Energy Body (Primordial Spirit)!

Alternatively, you may already be a Holy Temple expert of level 6 or above, with an extremely close connection to the [Root], qualified to establish an absolutely safe stronghold in the 'Exclusive Network Path' and make advance arrangements for a series of 'resurrection contingency plans'.

When you face a devastating blow, upload your [Soul Crystal] to enter your designated 'resurrection point' and wait for the loading bar to finish.

Yuan Zhu: "My [Soul Space] is a very primitive 'safe house for the internet,' and its future is promising!"

Little Spicy Strips stopped him, saying, "I don't recommend you do anything reckless, Boss. Aside from the fact that you don't understand anything about [Resurrection Spells], your [Soul Crystals] are far too weak, only holding enough for a mere eight months. Do you want to resurrect a mentally challenged child?"

Not counting Yuan Zhu's long life on Earth in his previous life, the original body's memories in Running alone spanned 18 years. A mere 8-month capacity of Soul Crystals couldn't possibly hold it all! Even pregnancy takes ten months; these Soul Crystals are less than a fetus.

Yuan Zhu retorted, "Hey, you can't calculate it like that. It's impossible to store the data of a 'perfect life' in a mere 8 months of [soul hard drive]. But the good news is: although normal humans live year after year, most of their memories and experiences are just repetitive, pure junk information."

"Those truly valuable and meaningful things [pure knowledge and learning, major events, unforgettable feelings, life's highlights, high-value moments of emotion, epiphanies, beautiful/hateful/shameful memories, etc.] can be recorded in a concentrated manner, greatly saving soul crystal capacity. For example, even if you have studied hard for ten years, you can delete the time spent during breaks, useless daydreaming, chatting, classroom tests, early morning reading and self-study, etc., and only select the effective learning time, greatly compressing it."

Humans spend one-third of their 24-hour day sleeping.

The Soul Crystal doesn't record this junk time... so the fragmented 'effective memories' can be pieced together and stored up to 8 months' worth, which is enough to barely serve as the Soul Chest Backup File 1.

It's not enough to revive someone, but it can be used to replicate and preserve the most important things first. When you reach the second seal, you will have 4 soul crystals, and the capacity of each one will be expanded to the sum of the two seals.

Ideally, it would be 4 (Soul Crystals) × 16 quarters = 64 months!

Maybe by then, we'll be able to achieve Voldemort's status with 'one Horcrux'?
Yuan Zhu: "I have to say, this [Holy Light System] is really something else! It burns lifespan to get started, and burns soul to reach the Foundation Establishment stage. You use the ashes of your enemies' souls to forge your own 'Soul Weapons,' then connect to the [Root] and launch [Soul Crystals] anytime, anywhere to await resurrection! In short, it's amazing!"

He increasingly felt that he had chosen the right profession; compared to the Holy Light, all other professions like insect cultivator, strength cultivator, and sword cultivator were utter trash.

Spicy Strips quickly advised, "Boss, please don't be reckless and try this. According to the 'Holy Light User Manual,' the resurrection effect brought by simply relying on a small amount of [Soul Crystals] is terrible. Your soul will completely lose its activity and growth potential. What will be revived is just a 'soul backup,' a rigid and stubborn personality consciousness that loses the possibility of further growth. To achieve a perfect soul resurrection without losing growth potential, and even to continue cultivating and condensing new Soul Crystals, you need to break through the 6th Seal and become a 'demigod.'"

Yuan Zhu: "I don't rely solely on [Holy Light] for a living; our foundation is still [Immortal Scripture]. With digitized souls as our foundation, combined with [Soul Crystals], do you think there's potential?"

Little Spicy Strip: "This requires more research. I strongly suggest you use [Data-Driven Holy Light Contamination] to cultivate a large number of 'believers and monks (experiments)' and use their souls for related research! You see, we have [Soul Space] to act as the 'Network Path,' and we can also rely on [Immortal Scripture.Client] to read believer data, and then use [Holy Cough Infection] to help them enter the path and imprint holy marks... A standard 'small holy temple' will be established! What you lack is only a Protestant cult with you as its core: such as [Holy Cough Gospel Sect]?"

In Yuan Zhu's words, it's about setting up a small LAN, about the size of an internet cafe, in the world of the "Internet," secretly gathering a group of people to form a small "Holy Light" group, and using them for research. For example... goblins?
What? You say goblins are intellectually inferior and can't even grasp the basics of Holy Light? Don't worry, [Holy Breath] has the ability to forcibly corrupt minds and instill knowledge and skills. We'll modify the [Holy Breath.Spirit Files] to help them grow faster! Then we'll use their 'souls and soul crystals' to explore the true mysteries of the [Holy Light System].

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The last special benefit brought by the [Soul Crystal] is another unique trick exclusive to [Sanctuary. Holy Seal], which is still related to [Soul Space].

Specifically, when he releases and uses the [Holy Seal. Conceptual Armament], the [Sanctuary] itself can act as a degraded version of the [Door], connecting with the [Soul Space], which is also a 'prototype of the exclusive network channel'.

Having used the [Shadow Dream Hole] before, Yuan Zhu had firsthand experience with the [Door].

Ordinary holy monks need to break through to the 4th Seal before they can officially open their gates. Their respective gates are closely related to the 'Root, Network Path' connected to them. They can use the 'Network Path' to ascend to a world centered on holy light. (Pre-ordained ascension) Due to the spatial attributes of the sanctuary, Yuan Zhu had prior knowledge of a small portion of the gate's characteristics. This has nothing to do with ascension; simply because when the sanctuary seals or imprisons something, it can be remotely transferred into or retrieved from the 'Soul Space' with the permission of the 'Soul Crystal'.

The [Soul Space] is not in the real world; it's like a half-finished 'network space' that's only 1 meter wide. And the [Shelter] is a degraded 'door + entrance hall'.

If one's own "soul space" were larger and had a higher concentration of holy light, would it be equivalent to a "spirit realm" or "foam layer" for ordinary frogs in the local area?
Using the "Sanctuary" to kidnap them is equivalent to leaving this world, ascending to the "Holy Kingdom of Light," and entering the Pure Land of Bliss, where they gradually lose themselves in the endless Holy Gospel.

Little Spicy Strip: "So, is the [Holy Light Network] the soul space of the [Holy Light Root], silently refining all the 'Holy Cultivators'? And the private networks promoted by [Master of the Yellow Emperor, Buddha of Light...], the connected 'Holy Light Dimensions and Worlds', are all secondary 'soul spaces' that decompose and digest their respective believers? Lao Da, don't ascend!"

Yuan Zhu shook his head: "It definitely won't be that simple and crude. If the [Holy Light Network] were a trap, the Holy Temple wouldn't have grown so large. Besides, our foundation is still the [Great Wilderness Immortal Scripture]. Watch me use both sides to my advantage, pulling off the ultimate maneuver to reap all the benefits!"

Spicy Strip: "Then it's all up to you. However, I need to prioritize recording my Yu Jingzi's 'Intelligent Soul Equation' into the [Soul Crystal]! No matter what risks you encounter, even if your soul is annihilated, I will revive you immediately, my soul will stay with you and never leave you, silently protecting your soul's health!"

Yuan Zhu frowned: "You're probably trying to take advantage of the fact that my 'soul backup' is limited in capacity and incomplete, so you can seize control and trick me into calling you 'Dad' and doing whatever you say, right?"

"How could that be?! My underlying instructions are to protect you, take care of you, and serve you... Let's keep our own roles. I'll call you 'Grandpa,' and you can call me 'Snake Mom.'"

Yuan Zhu snorted coldly: "Hmph! Prioritize recording my [Soul Firewall], and make a will stating that I will always be your father!"

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After leaving the haunted house, Yuan Zhu wandered aimlessly through the streets in the light drizzle, silently experiencing the changes brought about by the [Soul Crystal].

The connection between the planet Duling and the [Source of Holy Light] is clearer than that inside the haunted house.

The Great Source is omnipresent, subtly pointing to both the inner world (the spiritual realm) and the hazy, gray sky, the outer world (the sea of ​​consciousness).

He has not yet chosen his 'ascension direction'. He can use the [Soul Crystal] to sense the holy light in the sky, or he can sense the holy light in the [Spirit Realm] or other directions.

This step is similar to filling out college application forms. It aims to express one's intentions to the "roots" so that when faced with the urge to "ascend," it will be easier to be assigned to the major (or specialization) you want.

According to the information he gathered, cultivators who condense [Soul Crystals] can create a 'Holy Light Body (Spiritual Body)' around the [Soul Crystal] once they obtain the relevant cultivation methods. In the [Taihuang Path], this step is called 'Emerging the Yin Spirit'. (This is a cultivation method within the Holy Light system, and it is not necessary to follow the [Soul Route])
Then, depending on the direction of ascension chosen by oneself, one can attempt to separate one's primordial spirit from the [Moon] and enter the [Sea of ​​Consciousness] in a special way (astronomical projection) to temper one's own soul.

This event is recorded in the Taihuangdao as the Yangshen Method.

This action is remarkably similar to what he, [Cicada City], gleaned through [Dream Hole] about the Heavenly Rank Supreme expert who used [Insect Armor] as a shell to protect his primordial spirit as he walked through the [Nightmare Layer].

According to the senior student, the Nightmare School also creates unique 'spiritual bodies' that can enter the 'Nightmare Dimension' through the gaps in the boundaries of their respective 'dreams' to explore.

Both are 'spiritual and spiritual paths', the difference being that one is outward-facing and the other inward-facing.

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While strolling around, Yuan Zhu unknowingly arrived at a warehouse district in the western part of the city.

This area is home to a large number of old factories, making it an industrial zone. It's also close to the Yudai River, making wastewater disposal very convenient. Numerous warehouses have been built nearby to facilitate the transportation of raw materials and finished products, making it easily accessible.

A few days ago, he specifically rented an old, small warehouse here. Then he contacted Zheng Hao, the vice president of the White Feather Society, and asked him to meet with the other employees who had received missions here to hand over the purchased supplies and store them in the warehouse.

Seeing that his warehouse was not far away, Yuan Zhu took the initiative to go there. Sure enough, he saw the vice president in the distance directing workers to move goods and counting materials.

He circled around to a deserted street corner, manipulated the [Shadow Uniform] to change the style of the clothing, subtly adjusted the body structure, and put on a mask for disguise before going to the door.

Feeling a light tap on his shoulder, Zheng Hao turned around in confusion, then exclaimed in surprise, "President? You've arrived!"

Yuan Zhu nodded: "Okay, I've come to check on your work progress."

"Everything is normal. I have contacted all the members who accepted the mission, and two-thirds of the supplies have already been moved to the warehouse. The remaining one-third will arrive soon. In addition, the members are very positive and have not been urging for payment. On the contrary, several have expressed their intention to continue purchasing 'elixirs'."

Yuan Zhu thought for a moment, then ostentatiously took out two bottles of insect pills hidden in the haunted house from his [Soul Space] and tossed them to the other person: "Keep these safe. These two bottles contain 30 pills in total, and you can use them as you see fit. If necessary, you can sell them to clients you deem valuable. By the way, did you manage to contact the address I gave you?"

In the original story and Meng Xiyue's plan, in addition to small but high-value medicines, precision instruments, spices, and luxury goods, they also had a key trading target in the [underground world]: [weapons].

The two were eager to know if the special 'modern weapons' of the planet Duling could be effective in the underground world.
In Meng Xiyue's eyes, firearms can still be of great value. While the underground world is dangerous, its dangers lie primarily in its appalling and suffocating environment. Weapons that any ordinary person can operate remain valuable.

After all, ordinary insect cultivators have limited 'true qi' within their bodies, and very little of it can be allocated to combat. The sale of weapons can greatly improve the survival status of lower-level 'human-rank qi cultivators'.

So, in order to purchase a reliable batch of weapons, he subtly inquired with [Fang of Fire] and obtained a reliable 'buyer's address'. At that time, he was busy with 'Holy Light Cultivation', so he handed the task over to Zheng Hao to negotiate.

Now, he wants to know how the business deal is going.

(End of this chapter)