Urban Cultivation with a Demonic System

Chapter 398 - 329: Innate Yellow-haired Sacred Body

If they were to lose, with all the Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators perishing in battle, the delay in the arrival of the Immortal Tribulation would be significant, but that’s not something Su Yuan wishes to see.

As for informing other strong civilizations in the starry sky, establishing alliances among various civilizations, and constantly tallying the number of cultivators across the Cultivation Realm to suppress the emergence of Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators together?

Not to mention whether other civilizations would even believe this information, even if they did, the life-and-death relationships between civilizations would make such an alliance impossible to organize.

Even if, by taking a hundred steps back, the Cultivation Realm successfully limits its own development. So what?

It can be restricted for a time, but can it be restricted forever?

Su Yuan can almost foresee what the Cultivation Realm would become under such a high-pressure policy.

The upper-level cultivators would be idle, occupying nearly three thousand Nascent Soul positions and nearly one million Golden Core positions without moving.

Only when an upper-level cultivator falls will the lower-level cultivators have a chance to climb.

Every opportunity for promotion would trigger fierce, unparalleled competition.

Tens of thousands, millions of Foundation Establishment Peak geniuses would strive for a mere chance.

At that time, in order to break through to a Golden Core position, lower-level cultivators would become increasingly competitive each year.

Future cultivators might have to start with intense 24-hour learning from birth, learning high school content in middle school, college content in high school, not entering Foundation Establishment means not going to a good college, and without a good college, lifetime Golden Core aspirations are impossible...

In the end, the Cultivation Realm might even issue Foundation Establishment certificates, Golden Core certificates, Nascent Soul certificates, and so on.

Without these certificates, one cannot break through, and daring to break through without one means either being reverted or killed without mercy.

Thinking about such a world makes Su Yuan shiver.

He feels that the Blue Star Federation is already quite competitive; further intensifying would turn it into a cyber cultivation saga.

Consequently, the idea of forcibly suppressing the cultivation levels of cultivators is undesirable and would only make a civilization more distorted.

A better method must be found to delay the Immortal Tribulation.

Suddenly, a flash of insight crosses Su Yuan’s mind and he excitedly asks:

"Senior Long, the conditions for the Immortal Tribulation seem to specify only the number of Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators, without setting a limit on Divinity Transformation cultivators, right?"

"If we try to cultivate as many Divinity Transformation Great Powers as possible, reaching dozens or hundreds, is there a possibility to win the Immortal Tribulation?"

Faced with Su Yuan’s seemingly novel idea, the Purple Gold Dragon Venerable merely responds with a bitter smile.

"Why do you think the Immortal Tribulation doesn’t set the number of Divinity Transformation cultivators?"

Su Yuan momentarily froze:

"But you didn’t say before..."

The Purple Gold Dragon Venerable slowly replied:

"Because saying it would only make the situation worse."

He paused before continuing:

"I will reveal this truth to you, but I’ll only tell you, not even to my successor Chen Nuoyi or my daughter Long Bai, unless you are absolutely certain, do not reveal a bit to them!"

Upon hearing this, the Ice-haired Lolita frowned and wanted to say something.

But the next second, she was isolated by an invisible wall of air, unable to even transmit sound.

Meanwhile, Su Yuan felt a bit flattered.

Listening to the meaning in Purple Gold Old Deng’s words, he trusts Su Yuan more than his own successor and daughter?

Why?

Su Yuan wanted to ask.

"Because you’re quite strange."

As if sensing Su Yuan’s confusion, the Purple Gold Dragon Venerable succinctly answered.

And this answer directly rendered Su Yuan silent.

The Purple Gold Dragon Venerable smiled and said:

"Su Yuan, I’m not mocking you, I just think your thoughts are rather unique and your actions are unconventional."

"Perhaps it is only someone like you, who can find alternative routes in any difficult situation, who can lead the Cultivation Realm through the next Immortal Tribulation."

Is that a compliment or criticism?

Su Yuan secretly muttered in his heart, while outwardly appearing attentive.

Then he heard Purple Gold Dragon Venerable speak seriously:

"The real difficulty of the Immortal Tribulation has never been the limitation on three thousand Nascent Souls and one million Golden Cores, but rather, the Divinity Transformation cultivators."

"In the last Immortal Tribulation, the number of Divinity Transformation cultivators set was forty-nine."

"Moreover, once the number of Divinity Transformation cultivators is met, all other conditions can be ignored for the Immortal Tribulation to directly take place."

Su Yuan nodded in realization.

The limitation of forty-nine Divinity Transformation cultivators makes sense upon hearing.

But with the difficulty to reach the Divinity Transformation Realm being so high, even if the other two conditions are met, it should be impossible to gather forty-nine Divinity Transformation cultivators.

However, the question arises, what’s unspeakable about this?

Just like limiting Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators’ numbers, why not just limit the number of Divinity Transformation cultivators?

Yet, the next words from Purple Gold Dragon Venerable chilled Su Yuan to the core.

"But what if I told you, Divinity Transformation can defect?"

"Once defected, Divinity Transformation cultivators can be exempt from the Immortal Tribulation’s disaster, surviving through one End of the Dharma Era after another."

"In the previous tribulation, thirty-six human Divinity Transformations, suppressed all Demon Race Divinity Transformations except for me as a pledge to defect."

"This allowed them to release the news of the Immortal Tribulation early, letting all forces in the Cultivation Realm prepare for the tribulation while safeguarding themselves during it."

"But concurrently, due to the collective betrayal of the Immortal Tribulation Celestial Monarchs, the Cultivation Realm at that time lost cohesion entirely, becoming defenseless against the Immortal Tribulation."

"This time, it cannot be repeated."

"So think about it, if the concept of Divinity Transformation defecting to survive spreads, wouldn’t the Cultivation Realm’s highest combat power be shaken?"

"If the highest combat power is shaken, no matter how hard you lower-level cultivators strive, how will resisting the Immortal Tribulation have any meaning?"

Su Yuan sank into prolonged silence.

Before confirming the attitude of the Blue Star Federation’s Top Ten Divinity Transformations, this information indeed cannot be disclosed to anyone; strict confidentiality is necessary.

Simultaneously, through this intelligence, Su Yuan also learned a chilling fact.

"So, the ancient thirty-six Divinity Transformation Celestial Monarchs are still alive and aren’t our allies, but enemies?"

Su Yuan asked in a daze.

The Purple Gold Dragon Venerable sighed and replied:

"Given my understanding of them, they might have had their reasons then."

"But people change, once they perhaps thought of resisting the Immortal Tribulation, what their thoughts are now, I cannot say."

He paused then continued:

"Moreover, in the previous tribulation, there was betrayal from Divinity Transformation Celestial Monarchs, possibly the same occurred in the one before, or the one even earlier."

"The number of adversaries faced in resisting the Immortal Tribulation, I don’t know either."