CHAPTER 703: 159. PREDICAMENT

As dusk approached, the majestic Prince Xia’s mansion also took on a touch of desolation under the dying rays of the sun.

"Spirit and Body Unity..."

Lin Yue sat quietly in the pavilion, gazing at the glimmering lake, his eyes full of contemplation.

After a long while, he raised a hand, staring at his fingertips. A faint spiritual light slowly emerged and gradually merged deep into his flesh and blood.

Time passed unknowingly—

"Done."

A slight smile appeared on Lin Yue’s lips as he looked at his fingertip, which seemed unchanged from before, but his eyes were filled with satisfaction.

At that moment, a figure seated in a wheelchair appeared inside the pavilion.

It was none other than the Second Prince.

"Seventeenth brother," the Second Prince said with a smile, "I saw that you seemed to have an epiphany just now, so I didn’t disturb you. How is your newly developed Spirit and Body Unity Cultivation Method coming along?"

"With the newly created Spirit and Body Unity Cultivation Method, I have at least an eighty percent chance," Lin Yue replied with a smile. "It’s based on the breadth of knowledge of the Ultimate Path that I’ve established. With it, my cultivation has an eighty percent chance of success, but someone who doesn’t understand the Ultimate Path would probably have only a fifty or sixty percent chance."

"Eighty percent chance?"

The Second Prince raised his eyebrows slightly, then flipped his hand and handed a jade box to Lin Yue, "This Spiritual Object suits you best for use."

"What is this?" Lin Yue asked, taking it with curiosity.

"Hanling Jade Marrow," the Second Prince said.

"This is Hanling Jade Marrow?"

Lin Yue was startled and opened it to look. Sure enough, inside was pale green translucent liquid that appeared highly concentrated, exuding a strange fragrance.

This thing was of little significance to Saints who wanted to stabilize their Spiritual Body, but it was not considered a great benefit.

Its rarity was the main reason it was so treasured.

Its most important use was to facilitate Spirit and Body Unity more smoothly, but for Saints who had already formed their Inner Heaven and Earth, achieving a Spiritual Body through Spirit and Body Unity was inevitable. Even if it happened slowly, it was not an issue.

But for Great Cultivators who wanted Spirit and Body Unity, it was more useful than any Treasure.

"It would only increase a ten percent chance of success on top of your existing foundation for Spirit and Body Unity," the Second Prince shook his head slightly. "It has the greatest effect on you, for others, its benefits are quite ordinary."

Lin Yue understood the Second Prince’s point.

Other Cultivators, even if they practiced the best Spirit and Body Unity Cultivation Method, would only have a fifty percent chance of success. Based on this, increasing by ten percent would only be fifty-five percent at best.

While he initially had over an eighty percent success rate, increasing by another ten percent would nearly reach ninety percent.

One could also say it reduced a twenty percent chance of death to ten percent.

The significance of Hanling Jade Marrow could thus be seen.

He had been seeking it out, but had yet to receive any news of it; unexpectedly, the Second Prince had found it for him.

"Thank you, second brother," Lin Yue sincerely expressed his gratitude.

"It’s nothing. You can start attempting Spirit and Body Unity today," the Second Prince said with a smile. "How is your Inner Heaven and Earth Cultivation Method coming along?"

Lin Yue thought for a moment and replied, "I have some ideas. I utilized the Heavenly Dao Heart from Tianxia Building to deduce several Inner Heaven and Earth Cultivation Methods. Once I achieve Spirit and Body Unity, I should be able to vaguely sense the possibility of success."

"Deducing the Inner Heaven and Earth Cultivation Method of the Ultimate Path from scratch is indeed extremely difficult," the Second Prince sighed. "It’s said that in Ancient Times there were quasi-Primordial Sons and even Primordial Sons from the Taichu Divine Race who left behind their Cultivation Techniques as references, yet the number of people who succeeded in Harmonization were few. And you have only yourself to rely upon, which is tough."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yue expressed his puzzlement, "But what about the first one who Harmonized with the Ultimate Path? He didn’t have any experience either, did he?"

"The Divine Emperor once said, the first to Harmonize with the Ultimate Path was from the Taichu Divine Race, and later became one of those three Primordial Sons of ancient days," the Second Prince reflected. "Although he relied on the wondrous Taichu Bloodline, it became much easier to deduce the Inner Heaven and Earth Cultivation Method after he smoothly Proved and Transcended."

Lin Yue was slightly stunned, beginning to understand.

This Inner Heaven and Earth Cultivation Method was essentially the framework that drives the evolution of one’s Inner Heaven and Earth.

The Taichu Divine Race, much like Duke Heng’s Bloodline, could Harmonize with the Ultimate Path and become a Saint with little effort, simply by receiving the Bloodline inheritance and indulging in the pleasures of life.

This was purely the magic of Bloodline, the inherited Bloodline itself came with the embryonic form of the Ultimate Path’s Inner Heaven and Earth. Even without understanding the principles of the Inner Heaven and Earth Cultivation Method, one could naturally Harmonize and become a Saint.

If one were to further Prove and Transcend, and the Ultimate Path was completely proven to be Perfect, the Realm reached would be unimaginably high, and naturally, one could deduce the Inner Heaven and Earth Cultivation Method of the Ultimate Path.

The first one deduced it from a higher to lower level.

Those who came after would adapt the Cultivation Technique of the first practitioner to fit themselves.

But just adapting it has trapped countless individuals such that among the plethora of talents from the Ancient Human Clan, only a handful of people succeeded in Harmonization.

Thinking this way, Lin Yue felt an even greater pressure.

He had neither the advantage of a Bloodline nor a predecessor’s Cultivation Techniques to use as references, relying solely on himself.

"I’ll do my best," Lin Yue said with a resigned shake of his head, then asked, "Second brother, you must have come to see me for another reason too, haven’t you?"

"There is something," the Second Prince surveyed Lin Yue before saying, "You have also refined the Divine Power within the Empress’s body, right?"

"Cough."

Lin Yue coughed lightly with a trace of embarrassment, "Yes, second brother, why do you suddenly bring this up?"

"Have you ever tried to refine the Divine Power more deeply?" the Second Prince inquired.

"No," Lin Yue shook his head, "As a Great Cultivator, being able to refine those weakened Primordial Divine Powers was already a stroke of luck. Deeper refinement? I hold no such hope."