Chapter 1148: Self-Awakened Body Cultivation and Perfect Human Awakening
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 1148: Self-Awakened Body Cultivation and Perfect Human Awakening
"What? Really! Which path are you planning to take? It's the Great Soul Subject, right?"
Hearing my abrupt declaration, Dean Mei could no longer keep her composure. She stood up abruptly, her questions coming in a rush.
This was Xiao Han’s advancement to Transcendent! Such a monumental event had to be handled with the utmost caution—this was a single step to Ascending to the Saint Realm!
The term "Ascending to the Saint Realm" was used commonly enough, but how many in the Void could actually achieve it?
"No, I plan to take a different path," I said, shaking my head.
"A different path? Why?" Hearing my answer, Dean Mei was instantly bewildered. "The Great Soul Subject is the path that fits you best. You are a unique case of soul essence in the Main World, a natural practitioner of the Great Soul Subject..."
Halfway through her sentence, she subconsciously met my serious gaze and realized she had lost her cool. Forcing down her internal confusion, she spoke again. "So, Xiao Han, what path are you taking?"
"How should I put it? It should be... Perfect Human Awakening."
"Perfect Human Awakening? What is that... I’ve never heard of it." A trace of daze appeared in Dean Mei’s eyes.
She then began to advise me with earnest, painstaking care:
"Is it a brand-new path you’ve pioneered, Xiao Han? There’s really no need to take such a risk. You can complete your Transcendent metamorphosis through the Great Soul Subject. If you want to try pioneering a new path, you can do it through dual cultivation. That way, you can minimize the consequences of failure."
"Thank you for the reminder, Sister Mei. However, I think that if I succeed on this path, the very concept of dual cultivation won't even be necessary anymore."
After all, what Perfect Human Awakening represented was the Grand Unification of the Transcendent advancement systems!
The Transcendent advancement system was simply the understanding and application of Transcendent power by "different forms of life." As the most perfect form of life, a Perfect Human naturally had the right to integrate all Transcendent advancement systems.
Perhaps this "subject" was so broad it had no end, but I had no interest in a Transcendent path that actually had a limit!
"What do you mean?"
"It means that for my Transcendent advancement, I want to do something big. I’m not afraid of failure; I’m only worried that I won't even have the qualification to fail."
* * *
Expansion Realm.
"How does it feel? The effects of the new Perfect Human Five Senses Training Method should be quite good, right?" Facing the group of witch sisters, I spoke up at the appropriate time.
Once I realized that "Self-Awakened Body Cultivation" was essentially a form of "Perfect Human Awakening," I stopped chasing it deliberately. If one compared it to a "spellbook" within Body Cultivation, then it absolutely required a specific technique to shape it.
Though there were those in the Void born naturally with the Self-Awakened Body Cultivation talent, it wasn't truly a birth from nothing. Rather, the lifeform itself possessed that potential, and it merely required a catalyst to trigger it.
"It’s a marvelous cultivation method, unlike any I’ve encountered before," Sheryl, the Rebel Witch, was the first to comment.
Since "volunteering" herself earlier, this Rebel Witch had remained in the experiment, constantly practicing and testing.
The cultivation of the five senses had indeed opened a brand-new door for her.
In the Void, the Body Cultivation system was destined to be a widely spread path of Transcendent advancement. Even among the witch race, not every witch enjoyed being a stationary magic artillery girl.
"I’ve practiced the ordinary Five Senses Training Method before, and this new method is already miraculous. I thought practicing the Five Senses Training Method to my current level was the limit, but now I realize... that wasn't my limit at all," Long added.
As one of the three Body Cultivators who had entered the Witch Academy back then, she was the only one without the Self-Awakened Body Cultivation talent. Upon hearing that Xiao Han was conducting experiments on that talent, she had rushed over immediately.
"The Perfect Human Five Senses Training Method cultivates the foundation. Only the perfection of the foundation represents a brand-new realm," I said.
"Does that mean as long as we reach perfection in our cultivation, we can birth a peerless talent like Self-Awakened Body Cultivation?" Luomeo, who had joined the experiment halfway through, asked.
She had barely managed to squeeze into the experiment. However, unlike the others, she already possessed the Self-Awakened Body Cultivation talent, much like Muli and Fanny.
Yet even with that talent, they still felt a "slight improvement" in themselves.
Luomeo’s question stemmed more from a sense of unease. After all, if Self-Awakened Body Cultivation was that easy to produce, wouldn't the path she walked in the future become cheap?
"No. Reaching perfection in cultivation doesn't necessarily mean this talent will be born," I pronounced my judgment.
Only I knew that the perfection of the foundation was merely the threshold for shaping the Self-Awakened Body Cultivation talent through "external interference."
I defined it as "Perfect Human Awakening," so it required a catalyst to complete this so-called "awakening."
Furthermore... as I continued to explore "Self-Awakened Body Cultivation," I gradually realized a problem.
And that was... is that which is born naturally truly the best?
Self-Awakened Body Cultivation was the root of this doubt. Nothing born naturally is perfect; only that which is tailored to oneself is.
As I continued to use "sensation" to interpret Self-Awakened Body Cultivation, I realized more and more that I needed to change it to a certain extent. I had to pull it out of the framework of "Self-Awakened Body Cultivation" and let it evolve into a true "Perfect Human Awakening"!
At this moment, the witches received my definitive answer, knowing that even reaching the perfection of the foundation didn't guarantee the Self-Awakened Body Cultivation talent.
However, not many witches looked disappointed.
While the mentors weren't discouraged, the same couldn't be said for the students who had persisted until now.
In the crowd, a figure suddenly spoke up out of curiosity:
"Then is there any point to what we’re doing?"
"Of course there is. Pioneering new scenery on an unknown path—any small step has immense significance," I explained, meeting the eyes of those who questioned and those whose gazes betrayed a hint of confusion.
I didn't explain too much. The students who truly understood were like the mentors; they wouldn't give up easily.
But many of them indeed did not understand.
As the experiment progressed, the number of students decreased further.
Their departure didn't dampen my spirits. I even felt a sense of relief, as if a burden had been lifted. After all, teaching was quite energy-consuming.
"So, have you thought of a solution?" Seeing how I didn't care at all about the students leaving, Luomeo asked from the side.
"There is naturally a way. Constantly pioneering new concepts and testing new boundaries—that is the theme of this experiment," I said to Luomeo, and to all the witches present.
"I have some new ideas now. For the next period of time, I might not be able to act as your effect amplifier."
"New ideas? What ideas?"
"There’s no need for us to obsess over Self-Awakened Body Cultivation. Perhaps we should change our thinking and our method," I said.
If Self-Awakened Body Cultivation was a raw gemstone, then the "Perfect Human Awakening" I was about to refine was the process of polishing and grinding that stone.
I was building a "Perfect Human Framework," a Transcendent advancement path that was to become a complete system.
I would incorporate "Self-Awakened Body Cultivation" into the "Perfect Human Framework" by way of "Perfect Human Awakening."
I would ensure that such a foundation was achieved naturally through the process of cultivation.
The reason I had this thought was that after the Perfect Human Five Senses Training Method completed the foundation, it bypassed the "Self-Awakened Body Cultivation" talent entirely. Although one could obtain that talent through reverse engineering, in my view, that was "painting legs on a snake."
Directly completing the foundation through cultivation to naturally reach that state of talent was the most perfect solution.
Thus, by optimizing the unorthodox talent of "Self-Awakened Body Cultivation" and "logically" transforming it into "Perfect Human Awakening" within the cultivation framework, everything became clear!
If the thoughts in my heart were revealed—that I called "Self-Awakened Body Cultivation" an "unorthodox talent"—people would probably cough up blood in rage!
But research was heartless. No one should stubbornly cling to an outdated thing and call it "building upon it."
The foundation was like the base of a building. If the techniques for laying the foundation weren't optimized, no matter how luxurious the skyscraper was, it would collapse with a single gust of wind.
"What do you mean by not needing to obsess over Self-Awakened Body Cultivation... isn't the experiment we're doing right now the Self-Awakened Body Cultivation experiment?"
"Then let me ask you: in this experiment, do you want the title of a Self-Awakened Body Cultivation talent, or do you want a talent that can constantly help you break through on the path of Body Cultivation?"
After I said this, many people hesitated, and many still didn't understand.
"Let’s put it this way. You all know about the Self-Generated Mana experiment, right? That experiment was based on my own derived Prototype Self-Generated Mana talent to shape a Self-Generated Mana talent for you. The talent obtained by those who participated in that experiment doesn't have the 'Prototype' prefix. On the surface, the effects of the two talents are identical, but that kind of Self-Generated Mana talent cannot continue to derive new possibilities like mine can. The simplest and most direct example is... my ascended talent: Infinite Mana."
"So... do you insist on Self-Awakened Body Cultivation, or will you change your thinking?"
"Then we definitely want to change our thinking to be like yours, Sister Xiao Han!" Hearing my explanation, the students immediately declared their intentions.
"Wait, what kind of talent is Infinite Mana?" At this moment, only Luomeo, who hadn't been in the Main World for long, didn't quite understand the description.
But the other students understood it all too well!
Between Self-Generated Mana and Prototype Self-Generated Mana, if they had a choice, they would definitely want the latter!
But they simply didn't have the ability to shape a talent like the latter.
"It means exactly what it says."
I looked at Luomeo without explaining further. After bidding farewell to the witch sisters, I began my new conceptualization of "Perfect Human Awakening."
And I had a premonition: once the optimization of Perfect Human Awakening was complete, it was very likely to birth a talent in Body Cultivation similar to "Self-Generated Mana."
The foundation of Magic Cultivation was the domination of energy, so Self-Generated Mana and even the advanced Infinite Mana were foundational talent derivations of "Perfect Human Awakening" on the path of Magic Cultivation.
What about Body Cultivation?
What was the foundation of Body Cultivation?
I seemed to have caught a faint glimmer of inspiration. From the foundation to the root, the root of Body Cultivation was one's own body!
Therefore, the foundation was... Constitution.
* * *
While my Body Cultivation Clone was gaining new insights and perfecting the Perfect Human Awakening framework, my main body had already left the Witch Academy.
Just as Dean Mei said, since the Wizards didn't want to be graceful themselves, I would help them be graceful!
After Dean Mei learned that I had taken over this matter, she thought it was somewhat unlikely.
Unless I advanced to Transcendent and Ascended to the Saint Realm in one step, it would be impossible to solve the trouble the Wizards were causing.
The only other way was to use the methods of the Dreamscape Calamity to bring about a mutual destruction of the Core World.
But Dean Mei had overlooked one thing.
The Great Ordinary Spell.
When I first created this Great Spellbook, besides proving my philosophy that "I have the confidence to do anything," I also wanted to use the power of the Great Ordinary Spell to pull the Transcendent down from the clouds to the ground.
I wanted those high-and-mighty Transcendents to witness the power of the ordinary.
In the end, the Great Ordinary Spell wasn't "all-powerful" as I had expected, but I could indirectly reach the confidence I desired through "derivation."
Combat was undoubtedly the best nourishment for developing the power of the Great Ordinary Spell, and a battle against a Transcendent should be even more so.
I was confident that during the battle, I could derive brand-new spells based on the enemy's weaknesses and win in a single move.
This was the willful arrogance of a genius.
Once I accepted the persona of being a genius, I found that all the worries and anxieties I had before seemed to vanish.
Maintaining a humble heart and maintaining the personality of a genius—the two were not in conflict.
When my figure appeared in the Wizard Territory without any concealment, the act immediately made many people bristle with agitation.
Of course, many others showed looks of joy.
After all, in their eyes, if this Teaching Assistant Xiao Han took action, it meant this matter was finally coming to a close.
However, many were still pessimistic. After all, this behavior was equivalent to a direct head-on collision with the Wizard Academy!
Don't think that just because she had a few records of challenging Transcendents, she could do whatever she wanted in this matter.
They mocked my ignorance of the Transcendent. How could a little witch, a mere teaching assistant, shake a top-tier academy?
But in my heart, I knew very well that too many people were ignorant of "power."
Not long after my figure appeared ostentatiously in the Wizard Territory, the first to arrive to receive me was, naturally, the United Club.
They had waited for this day for far too long!