I Have an All-Knowing Mirror

Chapter 92: Planetary Lifeform and Starry Sky Lifeform

"General Ye!"

Director Zhou and the others had slightly red eyes, their voices trembling.

Ye Kunlun's contribution to Great Xia was beyond all doubt. If he had not burned away everything he had a century ago, how could the current Great Xia possibly exist?

Most importantly, Ye Kunlun was not a government official. He had many choices, and The Truth Society had even extended an olive branch to him at the time.

Yet, he had remained firmly on Great Xia's side.

"This is..."

Ye Kunlun opened his eyes. After a brief moment of confusion, his expression quickly turned solemn. "Has The Truth Society attacked?"

Before falling into a deep slumber, he had left a final trump card for Great Xia, allowing them to awaken him twice.

Therefore, the moment he woke up, his instinct was to assume that Great Xia was facing another crisis.

"General Ye, it is all over. The Truth Society..."Suppressing his inner excitement, Director Zhou gave a brief recount of the many events that had transpired over the past century.

"The Truth Society has undergone a massive restructuring. Its founder has been replaced, and the new master of The Truth Society harbors no hostility toward Great Xia."

"And I was able to awaken once more because of this new master?" Ye Kunlun was momentarily stunned, but he immediately believed most of it.

This was because his current condition did not feel like a forced awakening.

Sensing his body for a moment, Ye Kunlun realized that the five dimensions he had sacrificed and burned away had actually recovered a little.

It was precisely because his six dimensions of life existed that he was able to slowly wake up.

If he had lacked the other five dimensions and only retained his soul dimension, a forced awakening would never have felt like this.

'Such methods...'

Ye Kunlun was secretly shocked. To forcefully restore the five dimensions he had burned away was simply beyond comprehension.

At the very least, he could not think of any possible way to achieve such a feat. A century ago, he had burned his dimensions with the resolve to die, never expecting to recover.

"General Ye, please do not worry about anything else for now. Focus on your recovery,"

Director Zhou immediately urged.

According to the recovery plan provided by Su Yuan, Ye Kunlun would need plenty of rest moving forward.

Even if the sacrificed five dimensions had recovered slightly, they were still like a flickering candle in the rain. Without enough time to recuperate, there was still a risk of them extinguishing.

"Alright."

Ye Kunlun nodded.

He knew that too much had happened over the past century to be fully understood in a short time. For now, he needed to ensure his condition stabilized; he could learn about the rest later.

The North Pole continent.

Su Yuan sat cross-legged. The sky full of blizzard snow and the biting cold stopped a hundred feet away from him.

At this moment, Su Yuan focused his mind on his sea of consciousness, observing Ye Kunlun's life through the gray mirror.

'This is a true child of destiny...'

Su Yuan sighed inwardly with deep emotion.

When Ye Kunlun was young, he had fallen into the abyss of the Kunlun Mountains. The divine beast he encountered was precisely the Level 3 Mutated Beast hidden there.

There were two Level 3 Mutated Beasts within Great Xia's borders—one in Mount Tianshan of the Northern Lands, and the other in the Kunlun Mountains.

The only reason the beast in the Kunlun Mountains had not killed Ye Kunlun was that it had mistaken him for its recently deceased child.

Before Ye Kunlun fell into the abyss, this Level 3 Mutated Beast had just given birth, but the offspring had died prematurely due to congenital defects.

Right at that moment, it discovered the young Ye Kunlun.

Its maternal love was then transferred to him, and it voluntarily bathed him in its own lifeblood essence.

'To bathe in the lifeblood essence of a Level 3 Mutated Beast at just two or three years old... Tsk, tsk,'

Su Yuan shook his head slightly. That was simply ridiculous luck.

If Ye Kunlun had fallen into the abyss a moment earlier or a moment later, he would have undoubtedly died.

Having a foundation forged by the lifeblood essence of a Level 3 Mutated Beast, Ye Kunlun's physical body origin was unprecedentedly powerful, granting him phenomenally high potential.

Coupled with his already outstanding comprehension, this combination of factors created the number one celestial being of the Central Plains a century ago.

During the final battle a century ago, Ye Kunlun had managed to severely injure a Level 4 Android by burning his five dimensions.

This was partially because that Level 4 Android's strength was lower than a normal Level 4 Lifeform. It was an unrefined product from The Truth Society's initial manufacturing attempts.

The second reason was Ye Kunlun's overwhelmingly profound foundation. From his childhood bath in the Level 3 Mutated Beast's lifeblood to his decades of continuous cultivation and nourishment...

One could say his physical foundation had already reached the Level 3 standard. Under such a sacrificial burning, heavily injuring a subpar Level 4 Android was not an impossible feat.

'Ye Kunlun...'

Su Yuan dismissed his thoughts. He had taken the initiative to save this man because he would be useful against the Interstellar Colonial Ship arriving in three or four years.

'I am not Ye Kunlun. I cannot reach heaven in one step; I can only take it little by little.'

Gathering his thoughts, Su Yuan raised his hand, gripped his spear, and began to practice.

First was the "Thirty-six Forms of Ultimate Yang".

He executed the spear technique move by move, using it to comprehend the omnipresent Power of Ultimate Yang.

Whoosh! Su Yuan's spear moved like a blazing fire, faintly beginning to stir the scorching aura between heaven and earth, while his mind immersed itself in the comprehension of the Power of Ultimate Yang.

'It is truly wonderful.'

Even in the freezing North Pole, he could clearly sense the Power of Ultimate Yang.

Boom!

He thrust his spear, sending a scorching aura spreading outward and kicking up a massive wave of snow across the frozen continent.

After completing the set of techniques, Su Yuan stood in place, sank his mind into his sea of consciousness, and asked the gray mirror, "What are my current physical stats?"

The gray mirror rippled hazily, and text began to appear.

[Life Level: Level 4]

[Cultivation Method: Six Dimensions Cultivation Method]

[Sacred Method: Mind Brand]

[Spear Technique: "Thirty-six Forms of Ultimate Yang" - Perfection]

[Power of Ultimate Yang: 2%]

[Combat Bonus: 230%]

Row by row, the exact data of his body was displayed.

This was another way Su Yuan utilized the gray mirror.

The gray mirror knew everything and could answer any question, so naturally, it knew his body like the back of its hand.

By checking all his bodily data through the gray mirror, Su Yuan could track his cultivation progress with utmost clarity.

'My comprehension of the Power of Ultimate Yang has reached two percent?'

A smile surfaced on his face. The Power of Ultimate Yang was everywhere, but to actually comprehend it? That was incredibly difficult for any lifeform below Level 10.

Su Yuan could only indirectly comprehend it by relying on the perfected state of the "Thirty-six Forms of Ultimate Yang".

Naturally, the results left him exceptionally satisfied.

Comprehending the Power of Ultimate Yang allowed him to connect with an unseen scorching energy. A previously ordinary spear thrust, when bolstered by this heat, could often erupt with fifty to sixty percent more power.

This improvement was clearly reflected in his combat bonus.

The combat bonus represented the actual battle power he could exert in real combat.

Before perfecting the "Thirty-six Forms of Ultimate Yang", his combat bonus had only been 150%.

Upon reaching perfection, the bonus immediately jumped to 180%.

When his comprehension of the Power of Ultimate Yang reached one percent, the bonus hit 200%.

And now, at two percent comprehension, his combat bonus had surged to 230%.

'An ordinary expert with no actual combat experience would likely not even be able to unleash 100% of their strength in a real fight,' Su Yuan mused to himself.

When he had first become a Level 1 Lifeform, he had faced the exact same situation. His practical combat ability was so low that, despite possessing physical stats superior to a Core-Embracing Grandmaster of the same tier, he simply could not defeat one.

But now, with a combat bonus of 230%, he could unleash 2.3 times his base battle power in a fight.

And this was a 2.3 multiplier on top of his already monstrous baseline physical stats.

As a practitioner of the Six Dimensions Cultivation Method, his fundamental physical quality was far superior to those practicing other methods.

'Now that the "Thirty-six Forms of Ultimate Yang" is perfected, it is time to practice the "Thirty-six Forms of Ultimate Yin".'

Su Yuan lowered his spear as the intricacies of the "Thirty-six Forms of Ultimate Yin" surfaced in his mind.

It was not that he was being fickle, but rather that he could not continuously comprehend the Power of Ultimate Yang without rest.

The Power of Ultimate Yang was vast and overwhelming, existing within all things in heaven and earth. Even if he only sensed it indirectly through his spear technique, his mind and will could not withstand the extreme Yang over extended periods.

Just like how a person could not stand close to a roaring furnace for too long without risking burns.

Hum—

He began to practice the "Thirty-six Forms of Ultimate Yin".

The "Thirty-six Forms of Ultimate Yang" and the "Thirty-six Forms of Ultimate Yin" truly lived up to being the most suitable methods for him to comprehend the dual powers, just as the gray mirror had provided.

These two spear techniques felt as if they had been tailor-made for him. Practicing them was incredibly smooth, and it was easy to immerse himself completely.

In the universe, cultivation methods were as vast as a sea of smoke, but finding one that suited oneself was far more important than sheer power.

Take the Six Dimensions Cultivation Method, for example. Many mighty factions and races in the depths of the universe had copies of it in their archives, yet the geniuses within those factions rarely ever practiced it.

Because it did not suit them.

Indeed, the Six Dimensions Cultivation Method possessed limitless potential and could achieve perfect evolution.

However, if it was unsuitable, the practitioner would face stifling bottlenecks with every step. In the same amount of time it took to reach Level 10 with another method, they might only reach Level 1 with the Six Dimensions Cultivation Method.

The correct choice was obvious.

Even with the superiority of the Six Dimensions Cultivation Method, it was impossible for a Level 1 practitioner to defeat a Level 10 expert.

'"Thirty-six Forms of Ultimate Yin"...'

Under the howling blizzard, Su Yuan practiced move by move.

Compared to the fiercely masculine "Thirty-six Forms of Ultimate Yang", the "Thirty-six Forms of Ultimate Yin" was much gentler. To be precise, it was far more yielding and fluid.

In terms of frontal assault, the "Thirty-six Forms of Ultimate Yin" was inferior to the Ultimate Yang, but the former excelled in defense. External attacks would be silently and completely neutralized by its yielding force.

'Ultimate Yang for offense, Ultimate Yin for defense.'

A profound understanding blossomed in his mind. These two spear techniques naturally complemented each other—one offense, one defense, perfectly seamless.

Two hours later.

Su Yuan halted his movements.

Asking the gray mirror deep within his sea of consciousness, he received the results of his training session.

[Spear Technique: "Thirty-six Forms of Ultimate Yang" - Perfection]

[Spear Technique: "Thirty-six Forms of Ultimate Yin" - Entry Level 83%]

[Power of Ultimate Yang: 2%]

[Combat Bonus: 240%]

'Hmm?'

'My combat bonus increased by ten percent?'

He keenly noticed the change in his practical combat strength.

The fact that the "Thirty-six Forms of Ultimate Yin" reached 83% at the entry level did not surprise him.

With his current comprehension, coupled with having already perfected the "Thirty-six Forms of Ultimate Yang", it was completely normal for him to draw parallels and advance by leaps and bounds despite this being his first contact with the "Thirty-six Forms of Ultimate Yin".

He had no doubt that the time it would take him to perfect the "Thirty-six Forms of Ultimate Yin" would be far shorter than what he spent on the Ultimate Yang.

'But the increase in the combat bonus...'

'Right. Even though the "Thirty-six Forms of Ultimate Yin" is only at the entry level, it makes up for my shortcomings in defense, thus influencing my overall combat capability.'

A thoughtful expression crossed his face.

He quickly asked the gray mirror, and the answer he received was much the same.

Actual combat was affected by a myriad of factors. Offense, defense, and so on—all of them influenced the specific combat bonus.

He continued practicing the "Thirty-six Forms of Ultimate Yin" for another two hours.

Then, he sat cross-legged and began to consolidate his insights.

This was also a cultivation method provided by the gray mirror. Blindly practicing spear techniques non-stop would not maximize his gains.

He needed to pause constantly during his training to reflect and comprehend in order to improve at the fastest possible speed.

'The Power of Ultimate Yin... The Power of Ultimate Yang... These are forces that exist everywhere in the universe, yet only a Starry Sky Lifeform can sense them,'

Su Yuan thought to himself.

A Starry Sky Lifeform referred to an entity whose life level had reached Level 10 or higher.

A Level 10 lifeform was capable of temporarily leaving their native planet and roaming the starry sky, which was how they earned the title.

As for lifeforms below Level 10? They were designated as Planetary Lifeforms.

This meant they could only survive within a planet's atmosphere. Once they left the planet's protection, they would die in a short period.

The lowest tier of Planetary Lifeform was a Level 1 Lifeform.

Planetary Lifeforms were also considered recognized life by the Universe Human Imperial Alliance.

As for Level 0 Lifeforms, despite possessing some characteristics of life, their physical bodies and souls were far too frail, so they failed to meet the Universe Human Imperial Alliance's definition of life.

Whether a planet was considered a life-bearing planet was determined by whether it had birthed Planetary Lifeforms.

Without life at the planetary tier, no matter how many Level 0 Lifeforms were present, it would not be classified as a life-bearing planet.

'My current training plan primarily focuses on raising my own life level, supplemented by comprehending the Power of Ultimate Yang and the Power of Ultimate Yin, doing everything possible to enhance my practical combat strength.'

Su Yuan thought silently in his heart.

Life level was his foundation; it was undoubtedly his highest priority for improvement.

But aside from life level, practical combat ability could not be ignored.

Through the gray mirror, he knew that many genius cultivators in the depths of the universe had terrifying combat abilities, allowing them to fight above their level.

They could even win against higher-level opponents.

Furthermore, practical combat ability was not merely about raw fighting strength.

Cultivation at the Starry Sky Lifeform stage required comprehending the various forces of the universe.

His current efforts to comprehend the Power of Ultimate Yang and the Power of Ultimate Yin...

...were also accumulating experience for his cultivation at the Starry Sky Lifeform stage.

Crucially, upgrading his life level and comprehending these dual powers did not conflict with one another.

The training regimen laid out by the gray mirror contained absolutely no detours, leaving him with plenty of spare time outside of his direct cultivation.

'Time to continue practicing.'

After a brief moment of reflection, Su Yuan grabbed his spear once more and began his drills.

Time flowed on.

In the blink of an eye, another half a year passed.