CHAPTER 897: CHAPTER 726: TALENT (PART 3)

Whenever someone acts in a way that incites the wrath of both heaven and man, thunder will descend to judge their sins.

As a result, this year, the lawless cultivators between the two realms have nearly vanished.

Even if cultivators have deadly grudges against each other, they dare not engage in major fights within the cities, fearing that innocent casualties would accrue Karma on them, attracting a Heavenly Tribulation.

The presence of cultivators was purged by mass mortal thunders, which not only cleansed the atmosphere of both the Longevity World and the Profound Immortal Realm, but also allowed Gu Jinlai to accumulate a large amount of Qingguang.

At this moment, he has elevated the Great Sun Eternal Method to the Perfect Ninth Layer.

In other words, he can actually optimize the third-generation nuclear reactor to a higher level.

However, the power of his nuclear reactor ultimately comes from the Xuanhuang Realm.

Although there is no Devouring Dao interference on the outskirts of the Xuanhuang Realm, the reactor still requires assistance from the Divine Sense Ability to operate smoothly in many aspects.

The nuclear reactor of 3.6 generation already demands at least the Seven Layered Heavens in terms of Divine Sense, equivalent to the level of a Level 7 Mecha Master.

Besides Gu Jinlai, in the Profound Immortal Realm and Longevity World, only Luo Jiuxiao, Zhao Xi, and Wang Xuanjing meet this standard.

Under such circumstances, there’s naturally no need to produce reactors with greater power.

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"This is no longer just a mecha; it should be called a cosmic battleship, right?"

Xie Yusheng couldn’t help but say, looking at this initial model Star Destroyer Mecha.

The others who had a concept of a cosmic battleship, like Zhou Yi, Zhang Lihuo, Xia Zhongyuan, and Chao Jiuyin, also nodded in agreement.

Because the size of the Star Destroyer Mecha that appeared before them was so large that it almost breached the clouds.

Its height had reached an unprecedented kilometer scale.

In that massive chest area, an oversized reactor with a diameter of over two hundred meters was running at full capacity, unleashing unmatched terrifying energy. The energy waves from it made even Luo Jiuxiao, who had broken through to Five-day Profound Immortal, shudder from his soul.

He absolutely knew that if this mecha fired even a single random shot, he, the Five-day Profound Immortal, would be reduced to ashes.

"In terms of energy reaction strength, this mecha has actually surpassed Nine Heavens Profound Immortal and is considered extremely powerful even among Level 9 Mechas. It might even be classified as a Tenth Level Mecha; moreover, it can be piloted by a Level 7 Mecha Master, which even in the Xuanhuang Realm is quite rare. In some respects, the technology applied on this mecha has already caught up with the Xuanhuang Realm’s top levels, and it took us only a year to achieve this."

Gu Jinlai said.

His words lifted the spirits of Zhou Yi, Zhang Lihuo, Xie Yusheng, and others.

But immediately after, Gu Jinlai’s tone shifted: "However, this is useless."

He straightforwardly said: "If we want to produce a mecha that contains high technological content, we should look for those technological civilizations; they produce mechas that are more powerful. Some mechas can directly destroy a constant star with a single shot, but the larger and more complex a mecha is, the more fragile it becomes, with just a little interference enough to scrap it. Therefore, what we need to do next is to miniaturize and simplify this mecha."

Zhang Lihuo nodded and asked: "Just like those mechas from the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty, the larger the size, the more it becomes a target and subject to interference. So, anything that can be achieved by human power, we absolutely should not rely on mechanical instruments?"

"Yes, for us cultivators, the self is the foundation of everything. The path of complete reliance on external objects has already been proven unfeasible; combining the two, with the self as primary and external objects as secondary, is the correct way."

Gu Jinlai said.

The incarnation form of Luo Jiuxiao nodded: "For a long time, this has been the philosophy of cultivators. Just like if you had an Immortal Artifact that could grant you the battle power of a Nine Heavens Profound Immortal and an elixir that could give you the cultivation of a Nine Heavens Profound Immortal, anyone would undoubtedly choose the elixir over the Immortal Artifact."

"Exactly."

Gu Jinlai replied with a smile.

"If these mechas could be further miniaturized and simplified, I don’t even know what the point of our cultivation would be; just practicing Divine Sense Ability would suffice, relying on a mecha to completely compensate for our cultivation."

Zhao Xi, also observing the mecha’s operation, remarked.

On the side, Wang Xuanjing and Luo Jiuxiao nodded in deep agreement.

"It’s different; it’s worlds apart."

Gu Jinlai said: "Not to mention Essence Qi Spirit as an integrated whole, attempting to shift to practicing Divine Sense without completing the Qi Refining and God Transformation stage of cultivation is pure fantasy. Even if you achieve True Immortal status, freeing yourself from the shackles of life, aging, sickness, and death, comprehension of the Great Dao is just as crucial. On one hand, it relates to longevity; a being with a hundred-thousand-year lifespan will definitely have stronger Divine Sense Ability than those who can only live a few thousand years. On the other hand, in cultivation of Heavenly Dao and Great Dao, you possess what others lack, placing them at a complete disadvantage in life-and-death combat."

Finishing, he added: "The biggest significance of mechas and these war weapons is simply that they make it unnecessary for us to invest too much energy in the cultivation path to practice Immortal Law and secret techniques."

"Or, these mechas can themselves be seen as a type of Immortal Law and secret technique, only that someone else has ’sacrificed refinement’ for us, allowing us more time to refine our Divine Sense and make it stronger, thereby using the advantage of a strong Divine Sense to drive the improvement of our cultivation realm, advancing by leaps and bounds."

Zhao Xi pondered aloud.

"Correct, Qi Refining and God Transformation; since we know the ultimate goal of cultivation is to strengthen the Divine Sense, in a permissible environment, why not simply use the Divine Sense to feed back into cultivation?"