Soul Land 5: The Rebirth of Tang San

Chapter 362: Nurturing Divine Consciousness

Chapter 362: Nurturing Divine Consciousness

This was the Ancestral Court!

Although these mighty beings might not all reside within the court itself, they were nevertheless the rulers of this world. Most importantly, they were the obstacles humanity faced on its path to a brighter future.

Zhang Haoxuan took a deep breath and said, "Shocking, isn't it? That's right. This is the Daemon Continent we must face—the true Daemon Continent. This land belongs to them and is controlled by them. They are what we must confront in the future.

"So, as I just told Tang San, your primary task over the next few days is to tour their palaces. You can only understand the gap between us by truly experiencing their aura and the pressure it brings. Moreover, I hope that in observing and experiencing, you might grasp some abilities that align with your attributes. Undeniably, if we humans wish to grow stronger and catch up to them, for now, we must follow their path."

Zhang Haoxuan spoke earnestly. The five members of the Shrek Squad nodded in agreement.

This was indeed the world they had to face!

Zhang Haoxuan turned to Tang San and said, "I will be leaving tomorrow, so I've only rented this room for one day. You all stay in my room and cultivate today. Tomorrow, when I return to headquarters to report, you'll start visiting the palaces of the Ancestral Court."

Wu Bingji's pupils contracted, "So, didn't we just waste our money on the room? Can we still cancel it now?"

Zhang Haoxuan replied irritably, "Think of it as tuition for the newly arrived. Do you think the White Tiger Demon Emperor runs a charity? No refunds. Now, let's make the most of our time."

Wu Bingji wanted to say more but ultimately held back, though his face was regretful.

Under Zhang Haoxuan's lead, the six entered the cultivation room. It had to be said a Demon King-level cultivation room was indeed different—it was spacious and it easily accommodated all six of them.

The six sat down on the spot, each meditating, absorbing the dense spiritual energy of heaven and earth within the room to nourish themselves.

Zhang Haoxuan did not compete with his disciples for this spiritual energy; he was more interested in the energies that could feed his divine consciousness.

Elevating spiritual power to the level of divine consciousness represented a qualitative leap. However, this transformation didn't necessarily speed up the pace of cultivation. On the contrary, cultivating divine consciousness was harder than cultivating mere spiritual power, requiring greater enlightenment. In fact, comprehension and enlightenment were the key factors, even outweighing one’s bloodline cultivation.

For Zhang Haoxuan, advancing to the god level had been a monumental challenge, and further advancement would be incredibly difficult. As for improving his divine consciousness, that was even more challenging. Thus, the cultivation room here, capable of enhancing divine consciousness, was especially beneficial to him.

More accurately, it wasn't actually enhancement proper, but rather nurturing. Nurturing wouldn't push his divine consciousness to advance, but it could stabilize it. This made it worth the price of the room for Demon Kings, and even less needed to be said about Demon Emperors. Thus, the White Tiger Demon Emperor had been rather inspired to establish this hotel.

Tang San silently immersed himself in cultivation, quietly sensing the changes within himself.

The nourishment of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was unnecessary for him. He was not in a hurry to enhance his Mysterious Heaven Technique to a higher order; on the contrary, he had to suppress it for now. In the future, to advance to the god level, he had to first ensure that he had nine powerful bloodline imprints and the imprints all reached the peak of the ninth order. Therefore, developing his companions at his current cultivation level was more important, particularly the challenging Celestial Fox Transformation.

But divine consciousness was different; nurturing it meant he could strengthen it. There was no bottleneck in advancing his divine consciousness, as it was once at the level of a God King!

Although his current spiritual power had not yet reached the level of divine consciousness, preventing him from actually improving his original one directly, the gradual nurturing of his spiritual power was still effective, albeit slow. Each minute increase in his divine consciousness equated to greater control over the powers from his past life.

He quickly sensed what kind of energy within the cultivation room could directly nurture divine consciousness—it was a kind of will belonging to someone with a powerful divine consciousness. This will could enlighten weaker divine consciousness, exerting a certain pressure at the same time. Enlightenment, coupled with pressure, could push a divine consciousness to advance.

Tang San's divine consciousness had now roughly doubled in strength since it was first used.At that time, he used it to intimidate two twelfth-tier Demon Emperors and even kill a Demon King. Now, he could use it twice without exhausting it, or once if he decided to go all out.

The recovery rate was slow, but he could do nothing about it. However, coming here to cultivate today gave him a sense of a bright new possibility.

The Demon King suite's cultivation room had a noticeable stimulating effect on his divine consciousness. Then... what about the Demon Emperor suite? How would that affect it? Would it enhance his divine consciousness even more?

This thought gave Tang San some room to imagine what the Demon Emperor suite might be like.

After half a day and a whole night of cultivation, when Tang San emerged from his meditative state, he distinctly felt a slight improvement in his divine consciousness. It was minor on the grander scale, but it was still equivalent to about half a month of his usual cultivation. In other words, his cultivation here would be ten to fifteen times as fast, and over a longer period of time, this would accumulate.

Since arriving at the Ancestral Court, this was the first time he experienced the benefits it brought him, and he was overjoyed. Although the pace of improvement was still slow overall, it was much faster than before! And there were still higher-level Demon Emperor suites, weren’t there?

Zhang Haoxuan had also finished his cultivation; he looked spirited and clearly had a successful session the previous night.

"You’re up, huh? The others are still meditating. According to the time, the room is ours until noon, so you might as well stay here and cultivate. We'll head back at noon. I'm off to report to headquarters," Zhang Haoxuan called Tang San to the living room and told him.

"Master, could I ask you for a favor before you go?" Tang San asked.

"Sure, tell me," Zhang Haoxuan said.

Tang San said, "Could you please ask at the front desk how many places in the Ancestral Court offer cultivation rooms like this hotel's, for Demon Kings or even Great Demon Kings to enhance divine consciousness, and which one is the best?"

Zhang Haoxuan replied, "Alright, I'll go ask in a bit. This cultivation room really is great! After you guys return safely, I might stay here a while longer. Continual cultivation here could significantly benefit the stability and enhancement of my divine consciousness. If my divine consciousness grows stronger, I believe it will even positively affect my bloodline."

Tang San smiled slightly and said, "No need to rush with the bloodline; I've already thought of a method to enhance it further. It should work."

"Oh?" Zhang Haoxuan asked, surprised, "Enhance my bloodline strength?"

Tang San nodded and said, "But not right now; we'll need to wait a bit longer."

"Fine. I've only just made a breakthrough, so there's no rush," Zhang Haoxuan said.

Tang San's method for enhancing Zhang Haoxuan's bloodline was naturally related to the Lion-Tiger clan. If a powerhouse from the Lion-Tiger clan could break through to the god level with their fused bloodline, which was essentially of the same origin and a first-tier bloodline, some of that bloodline power would undoubtedly help boost Zhang Haoxuan's own.