Absolute Gate

Chapter 97 An Impossible Achievement
The way ginger became an enlightened being is truly awe-inspiring.

This was also the first enlightened being that Wu Zhong knew, born from the union of Pavas.

That makes sense. Wu Zhong still remembered Xia Heng saying that, regardless of gender, based on the nature of the strange creature, it probably doesn't matter whether it's human or not.

Even the location isn't necessarily fixed, since the blowhole on a whale's head is its nostril.

However, it's quite bizarre.

“It’s unbelievable. I knew that animals could become enlightened beings, but I never thought they could become Parvas.”

"This must be the highest level known, right? Such a powerful 'Awakening Beast' has actually fallen to this state."

Wu Zhong sighed. The beast was clearly seriously injured and on the verge of death. Moreover, it had exhausted its multidimensional time or multidimensional power, which was why it was being tormented by shrimp in shallow waters.

Onion lowered his head, feeling ashamed, and remained silent.

Perrin said in surprise, "Brother Jianglong, level four awakened beasts are indeed extremely rare, but they shouldn't be that powerful, right?"

"The Jue Beast is notoriously weak; there are very few animals with powerful bodies. I've only ever heard of the 'Kun'."

Wu Zhong was taken aback, then realized that the level of an Awakener did not correspond to strength.

Strength is determined by the strength of one's host body and the amount of multi-dimensional power, while the level of an Awakener is mainly determined by search privileges.

For example, a Level 1 Awakener only has one host body; if they are strong, they are strong; if they are weak, they are weak. If they find an ordinary person, they can at most borrow some power to amplify their strength.

A Level 2 Awakened Being can search for the past lives of different individuals in the same world.

Similarly, a Level 3 Awakener can search for incarnations within the same worldview but different civilization trajectories.

Level four involves exploring universes with different worldviews, encompassing everything.

It can be said that the second level is a qualitative change. As long as that world has a unique cultivation system, there will always be a host in that world with considerable combat power, and there will be no useless people among humans.

However, animals are different. Although animals can become enlightened beings, what can they do?

Animals lack intelligence and are inherently difficult to cultivate. Even if they are guided and trained by humans, it is all in vain if they cannot find a powerful host.

Perrin realized that Wu Zhong's understanding of the pluralistic system was not deep, which was a bit strange. He scratched his head and said, "The host bodies of animals are almost all ordinary animals."

Wu Zhong tilted his head and asked, "Why? If animals awaken, can't they find a host like a demon?"

Perrin hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I'm not saying there are no powerful creatures like monsters in the multiverse; on the contrary, there are many."

"But these powerful creatures have nothing to do with the ordinary animals on our Earth."

"Most worlds with powerful demons also have ordinary animals; those are the incarnations of animals on Earth."

"If it's a beast of burden on Earth, it's still a beast of burden in the world of high-level martial arts..."

Wu suddenly realized that he understood after hearing this explanation.

Seeing Perrin's odd expression, he readily admitted, "I see. I don't really understand these things, and I couldn't find any relevant information on the forum."

Perrin nodded: "There's too little useful information on the forum. It's mostly just casual answers from idle mercenaries, and some of their statements are even different, so the accuracy of the information is questionable."

"I only know more because I have the Tijuana family's backing."

"Hmm, I just didn't expect that Brother Jianglong, who is so strong, only knows how to get information by browsing forums?"

Wu Zhong laughed and said, "I'm not a member of the Awakener family, and I haven't even looked at the forum much. After all, I've only been a mercenary for less than half a month."

"Besides, my mercenary rank is too low. I only see the black iron and bronze sections, which don't have any real substance."

Perrin was very surprised. Wu Zhong had neither family lineage nor the ability to become a mercenary after he had become very powerful. He had also experienced many strange and calamities. This was too contradictory. What was his background?
He was very curious, but Perrin was very perceptive; Wu never brought it up, and he didn't ask either.

However, Wu Zhong added, "Also, Pei Lan, I've thought about it. Although what you said is very correct, what you said only applies to awakened beasts under normal circumstances."

“But that whale was clearly not an ordinary one; it was a level four whale.”

"Who would be so bored as to go to such lengths to raise a Level 4 Awakening Beast? That whale must have great potential, at least it knows how to actively search for a host."

"Thus, the higher the level, the greater the choice of host body. The fourth level of awakening is all-encompassing, and it may have a host body from any worldview."

"Within the vast scope of the search, there will always be some animal from some world, each of which is very strong and thus possesses a powerful host."

Perrin remained silent, then thought about it and realized it made perfect sense.

"Hmm, that's true. Even a level three awakened beast might be just so-so, but a level four one is something else... it must be very strong."

“Pavas is extremely rare. This must be a whale bred by a powerful organization with an extraordinary background. It is very likely related to the Kun.”

His thinking was somewhat fixed on the common sense that others had told him. He only thought about the saying that "all awakened beasts are weak", but forgot that once they reached level four, they should at least be much stronger than them.

"Yes, Kun is also a whale. Could this be Kun's child? Kun is the precious darling of the Blue and White Society." Yang Chunsha exclaimed, covering her mouth.

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Onion: "Wow, you guys killed the awakened beasts raised by such a big organization, and you're still alive?"

Onion Head bowed almost to his chest: "This matter is very secretive. Ginger sensed something unusual at sea and kept sensing a fish-man." "After going into the water, he unintentionally used the multi-dimensional method and felt that there was something wrong with the whale. In addition, the whale was dead and had started to smell, so he threw it back into the sea."

Wu Zhong pondered for a moment and said, "If he really drags that whale back to shore and sells it, he will surely get himself into trouble."

"Blue and White Society, it's rumored that they have very few people, so training awakened beasts is indeed a good way to supplement their manpower."

Yang Chunsha sighed, "Alas, in powerful forces, even animals can reach level four, while for people like us, reaching level two is extremely difficult."

Seeing her complain, Wu Zhong chuckled and said, "To be honest, I still don't know how an enlightened being breaks through to the next level."

"Didn't you say you were just one step away? Tell me and see if I can help you."

Yang Chunsha shrugged and said, "Upgrading is too difficult."

"The status of a Level One Awakener is not difficult to obtain. Some small countries often produce Awakeners in large quantities, and then they are deposed in large quantities."

"But this still couldn't stop the Awakened families from creating Awakened Ones using various methods. Like gold being sifted from sand, they kept producing Level 1 Awakened Ones, selecting those with powerful innate bodies. As for those with weak innate bodies, they were simply discarded and used to deal with the investigations of the five great nations."

"The reason is that, without the help of absolute special characteristics, a normal Awakened One simply cannot level up."

Wu Zhong exclaimed in surprise: "Without absolute characteristics, it's impossible to upgrade?"

“That’s right.” Yang Chunsha nodded: “Because the method of upgrading can be summed up in one sentence: challenge the limits and accomplish the ‘impossible’.”

"But think about it, it's called an 'impossible achievement,' so how can it be accomplished?"

"To date, all those who have successfully advanced have relied on external absolute characteristics such as calamities and anomalies."

Wu finally became interested: "Tell me more specifically, what exactly makes it 'impossible'?"

Yang Chunsha pointed to the dining table and explained, "To advance from level one to level two, you need to complete two 'physiological achievements'."

"For example, eating food that you could never finish, drinking water that you could never drink, holding your breath for a time that you could never theoretically survive, or getting fitness benefits that exceed your physiological limits."

"In short, it's about breaking two limits that you yourself would 'absolutely never' achieve on a physiological level."

Wu Zhong tilted his head and thought for a moment: "It doesn't sound too difficult, does it? Let's say you think you can't possibly eat ten kilograms of food, but you force yourself to eat it, even if it bursts your stomach, as long as you can immediately save yourself after you achieve the goal, isn't that enough?"

"No, you've completely misunderstood," everyone said in unison.

Perrin added in a deep voice, "Brother Jianglong, the so-called 'impossible challenge' refers to something that is truly impossible to do within your current capabilities."

"It's more than ten kilograms. That's just what you think is the limit. Since you can accomplish it by forcibly inserting it, causing serious injury and then healing it, it means that it is essentially still within the category of 'it can be done,' only at a high cost."

“Most importantly,” Yang Chunsha emphasized, “this judgment of ‘impossible’ includes the scenario where you use all your multi-dimensional power. It is an insurmountable barrier that you would never be able to overcome even at the peak of your power.”

Wu Zhong was stunned for a moment, then horrified: "Holy crap! Isn't this a paradox? To break the 'real impossibility,' but once I think of a way to achieve it, it means that it is actually 'possible,' so it doesn't count as an achievement?"

The enlightened beings present nodded in agreement: "That's right. This is the method for enlightened beings to advance."

"It sounds simple, like all cultivation systems, it's about breaking through one's own limits. But in practice, it's a completely different story!"

"A pluralistic system is itself an 'absolute characteristic,' so the conditions for its breakthrough are also absolute."

Wu finally understood. Why is it said that without the help of extraordinary objects, an Awakened One can hardly level up? Because this is essentially an "absolute cultivation system." The so-called breakthrough of limits truly means breaking that "absolute" limit.

To counter "absolute", one can only rely on another "absolute".

Fortunately, the priority of the multi-system is notoriously low, and most known anomalies have characteristics that are more "absolute" than it.

Therefore, it is possible to complete the challenge by relying on any external absolute characteristics, but this threshold is enough to stop the vast majority of ordinary people without background and resources.

“De Biao, don’t you have the Mad Blood Clan effect? ​​You should be able to keep completing these kinds of challenges, right?” Wu Zhong looked at Yang Chunsha.

Yang Chunsha shook her head repeatedly: "No, no, no, the Mad Blood Clan effect is actually very unsuitable for Awakeners' advancement, at least they can't keep challenging themselves."

"Because the multi-system records the greatest intensity of the history of enlightened beings and uses this as a benchmark to measure the 'impossible'."

"Therefore, the stronger one's foundation, the more difficult it is to be promoted to level two."

Wu Zhong asked in surprise, "Is that so? Then I'll temporarily strip you of your effects and let you challenge it as an ordinary person. The system will still know that you once possessed four times the physical strength?"

“Yes,” Perrin added from the side. “Unless a certain characteristic has a built-in ‘hiding’ or ‘shielding’ function that makes it undetectable by the multi-system, your historical peak will be the standard for judgment.”

"In short, the calamities that help enlightened beings complete 'multiple challenges' are not just any kind of thing; there are still very specific methods and approaches required."

"Various organizations and some families have mastered many such 'challenge techniques' and 'promotion ceremonies,' most of which are kept secret and are one of the foundations for their respective talent cultivation."

Wu Zhong's face immediately turned somewhat green.

Only contradictory absolute characteristics require a comparison of priorities; otherwise, each is an absolute realization. The enhanced physique of the Mad Blood Clan clearly falls outside the category of "undetectable."

The multi-dimensional system actually measures the limit based on its strongest historical state... Thinking of his own powerful foundation, yet he was not yet a formal Awakener, he suddenly felt that his future path to advancement would be as difficult as ascending to heaven.

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(End of this chapter)