novelBreaking the Knowledge Barrier
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Translator: Lordbluefire Editor: Lordbluefire
Memory Art!
Just a calm line sparked endless memories from Feng Lin's heart. It was as if a divine thunderbolt had hacked through the chaos, removing all perplexities.
He finally understood why it was so easy to attain a breakthrough to become an interstellar cultivator. It was like the natural flow of things and he hadn't encountered any barriers.
Every gene was different from another.
The Monkey Gene and Stonebirth Gene were both the lowest level basic genes and also the most inferior low-grade strengthening-typed genes. They only provided strengthening and keen senses. All aspects of the abilities were very simple and there was nothing profound about them.
As long as they were awakened, anyone would be able to quickly comprehend the nature of these genetic powers. There would be no doubt at all.
Once the conditions were met, there would be no bottlenecks at all.
The quality of these two genes was too low and other than their abilities, there was nothing else. There was no difficulty at all in integrating and evolving them.
Feng Lin had also used the genetic equation to strengthen it to over 10 points, far surpassing its original limits. With that, the evolution would face even less difficulty.
He became an interstellar cultivator straightaway without any difficulty.
To put it simply, the Monkey Gene and Stonebirth Gene didn't require the two profound techniques—Mythology Deduction Method and Mythology Conclusion Method—to comprehend their nature. His path as a cultivating apprentice was very steady and fast.
He had to say that this was one of the few merits to the two basic genes.
Otherwise, if Feng Lin had encountered a bottleneck in his cultivation realm while he was still an apprentice, he wouldn't know what to do.
However, after becoming an interstellar cultivator, everything was different.
The Stone Monkey Gene was a mutated primeval gene and also a rare hereditary gene. It contained Sun Wukong's legacy, and strengthening alone wouldn't allow him to understand its nature. He could only use its abilities but not control them as he wished, to become one with it.
When Feng Lin had become an Interstellar cultivator previously, he had also turned into a stone monkey, sinking into the fantasy of The Flowerfruit Mountain. After going through an experience that was both illusory and real at the same time, he comprehended the arts of transforming energy into qi as well as absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon. He had benefited a lot from them.
However, at a later time, as the Great Sage Will was too stubborn and unbridled, repeatedly stirring up Feng Lin's will and making him feel wary, Feng Lin stopped trying to use memory art to comprehend the Stone Monkey Gene's nature.
By the looks of it, this was merely him having reservations and creating trouble for himself.
The corners of Feng Lin's eyes curled up into a faint ridiculing smile. His previous methods had been too foolish!
So what if his Great Sage Will was stubborn? If he couldn't even get it to submit to him, why would he still need to continue cultivating?
The path of cultivation was destined to be filled with all sorts of danger and hurdles. Only by having the courage to press on and clearing the hurdles would one be unrestrained and reach the pinnacle. They would then be able to break apart the chain of destiny which mere mortals had in remaining insignificant and inferior.
What was cultivation?
To conquer one's heart!
...
Feng Lin seemed to have comprehended a lot. His body trembled and he sank into a mysterious realm, his spirit clear and having no perplexities. He didn't even care about the Greek sisters in front of him.
As the breakthrough occurred through him following his spirit, his body's aura also underwent a change and seeped into the void.
It was omnipresent and implicated everything in the world.
Suddenly, the place he was standing seemed to have become a huge vortex, gathering all the air and forming an intense tornado that surrounded him.
Such a change instantly caused the Greek sisters' countenance to change.
"Epiphany?"
"This is an epiphany!"
...
Streams of mysterious comprehensions kept on gushing out non-stop like springwater from the mountains, enlightening him.
Feng Lin suddenly realized a huge hidden danger which had always existed but he hadn't realized it before.
As Feng Lin had crossed over to this world, he didn't have a strong sense of belonging to this unfamiliar Interstellar Era. Taking care of his parents and family was just his duties as a son.
However, he didn't have much feelings for them.
This was also why he had been very cold to his parents and younger siblings in this life.
It was because he had crossed over to this world that Feng Lin always had an intense feeling of estrangement to the people and things in this world. This was also reflected in the mythological genes.
In his previous life, he had been an ordinary person with nothing special. After he had inherited this person's memories, Feng Lin didn't have a thorough personal understanding of mythological genes. He had always treated them as a strange supernatural ability but didn't realize that this was a fundamental mistake instead.
Since there was the word 'gene' in mythological genes, it meant that they contained the most basic genetic life code. They were the most basic part of the human body and didn't have any distinctions. They participated in the creation of life and matter.
If they were treated as a supernatural ability, it would be equivalent to treating mythological genes as an external tool that could only be grasped but not understood at a deeper and more intrinsic level.
This was a type of arrogance and despise in one's cultivating mindset.
Feng Lin had grasped the concept of genetic equations and had always made use of genetic potential to strengthen genes, allowing them to reach an extremely high level within a short period of time. However, he neglected the comprehension of mythological genes.
The effect of strengthening was extremely dominating, and one would be able to neglect this flaw in usual cases.
However, after this hidden problem persisted for a prolonged period of time, the effects had accumulated and instead, become Feng Lin's greatest obstacle at the moment. This caused Feng Lin to be unable to become one with the mythological genes, stopping its evolution to a higher level.
Genetic formula was just genetic formula.
The simple and intrinsic formula pointed out the direction for the cultivation's progress, but it would still require great care in deciding how to progress on the path.
This was clearly a type of knowledge barrier.
Jñeyāvaraṇa: For those who are aware of the problem, if there is one; their hearts would repent, basking in purity; not in fondness or joy. If the heart is unsure, without knowledge, there is only ignorance.
To simplify things, the more people knew, the more they would fall into a deeply-rooted habitual line of thinking. They would think that they had understood what they knew very thoroughly and would be unwilling to spend the effort to study them. However, what they didn't know was that they had thus lost the true essence of knowledge.
This was how things were for Feng Lin at the moment. He reflected
All along, he had relied on his understanding toward mythological genes as well as the existence of genetic equation, focusing on strengthening genes and raising his cultivation. Due to this, he had neglected the intrinsic nature of cultivation, forgotten about his original intentions.
Only by not forgetting one's original intentions would they be able to eventually achieve success!
Kacha!
His heart cleared up, appearing like a majestic scene of a white moonlight.
An invisible lock in Feng Lin's heart had been broken. It was also like his heart had been covered in dust for very long and now it was wiped clean, revealing its crystal-clear nature, no longer tainted by dust.
(Originally, there wasn't a single thing, so where does dust alight?)
Breaking the knowledge barrier, once again revealing the true nature...
There were no worries in Feng Lin's heart. He had completely set his heart free.
Idealism propels materialism!
The genetic power that had been suppressed in his body for very long was stimulated completely, circulating in like flowing water and seeping to every inch of his body.
Water brings benefit to all living creatures, but doesn't fight for fame!
The spirit force and powers of the Stone Monkey Gene both flowed to all parts of his body, nourishing every single cell without a trace.
Nuclei, cellular fluid, cell membrane... Every microscopic structure in his body was soaked by genetic power, sending out transcendent waves.
Genetic power seeped into his body's meridians, creating brand new life elements, and the intrinsic nature of life started to transform.
Streams of strange auras extended out from Feng Lin's body, bringing forth roaring winds and even light rays and water vapor.... all gathered toward him. Light rays shone down on the water vapor, creating refractions and a dazzling rainbow that was like a ribbon circled around him. It was a beautiful sight.
"Transcendence!" At the sight of this strange scene, Aris's eyes opened wide and she couldn't help but gasp.
Having already become an elite cultivator, he naturally was clear about this transcendence process. The genetic power started to split into tiny particles, seeping into the cells in the human body and undergoing a transcendence transformation.
Although she knew that her elder sister had told him about the profoundness behind the Mythology Deduction Method and Mythology Conclusion Method, thus it was just a matter of time before he attained a breakthrough to the next realm, she hadn't expected for Feng Lin to do it so quickly.
It happened so fast that it caught people off guard.
Seeing that the transcendence aura coming from Feng Lin was getting increasingly dense, as if he had sunk into an epiphany and couldn't hold back, Aris' eyes moved, emitting intense killing intent. She said to Yana, "Sister, should we..." She did a throat-cutting sign while wearing a fierce expression.
Seeing Feng Lin's strange condition, Yana lowered her eyes slightly and went into deep thought.
As expected of a genius who had opened up his own mythological path. His comprehension was very high and beyond one's imagination. To think that he had taken so little time to comprehend the crux of becoming an elite cultivator and that his genetic power had started to transcendize his body, it was ridiculous.
After completing this step and then using the two methods to probe deeply into his memories of myths and legends, it was a done deal for him to become an elite cultivator.
When she saw her younger sister's fierce expression, Yana gave it some thought but eventually shook her head and said in a soft voice, "There's no need for that! This Feng Lin is also a ruthless and meticulous person. He definitely will be on guard. He has entered an epiphany and this is a very crucial point to a cultivator. If we were to mess with him, we might end up becoming life or death enemies with him. This isn't necessary and we'll lose more than what we can gain. We have no feuds with him and there isn't a need for us to be doing this!"
"Alright!" Hearing that, Aris felt disappointed.
She still remembered how Feng Lin had blackmailed them to give him the knowledge of how to attain a breakthrough to the next realm.
She wasn't a person with a good temperament to begin with, so how could she possibly be able to accept the fact that they had lost out to Feng Lin's extortions?
They'd have gotten the worst of it if they didn't let this guy suffer a little.
However, she knew that her elder sister had always been a person with her own ideas and was 100 times more clever than she was. Therefore, there must be a reason why her elder sister said this.
This guy got away lightly!
She threw a fierce glare toward Feng Lin and didn't attempt any foolish acts.
In fact, what Yana was totally right.
Feng Lin had come a long way without relying on anyone. How could he possibly not be on his guard? If that was the case, there wouldn't even be any ashes left to him!
While he entered an epiphany, he didn't forget to separate a hint of his spirit out in case others were to take advantage of this situation.
He could sense these two sisters' every move and action. If they were to make any reckless moves, it wouldn't escape his probes.
Seeing that they didn't show any excessive actions but instead started to guard him, Feng Lin developed a good impression toward them.
They didn't take advantage of him while he was down. This showed that the two of them weren't despicable people and were worth making friends with.
Right now, his spirit force and genetic power encompassed around his entire body like fog, seeping into the very depths and not leaving any gaps.
Each and every single one of his cells emitted a transcendent glow that was dazzling and filled with vitality, twitching non-stop.
Living matters that had transcendent attributes were created and entered every part of his body.
Feng Lin felt as if all the potential in his body had been stimulated to the greatest height and scorching currents gushed out from the depths of his body, seething non-stop.
His organs, cells, nuclei... They seeped through layers of his body, from the macroscopic to the microscopic layer, and then into the mythological genes!
Feng Lin sensed that his entire self, from inside-out, had become translucent and clear like glass.
Gradually, his consciousness broke away from the macroscopic dimension and entered the microscopic level. A scene that seemed familiar appeared before him.
This was a dark world that was as vast as the universe. Many substances were tangled together like snakes or dragons, presenting an upward spiral form. Some parts of it were emitting light, sometimes bright and sometimes dark, as if they were the countless stars in the sky.
This was the mythological gene!
Invisible restraints broke free, and the sections of the genes that had been dark and dull suddenly emitted strong light that was like starlight. Light burst out in all directions. They were pure, mysterious, and rustic...
Smalls sparks ignited the entire plains. A stretch of majestic starlight appeared in the universe, and the powers of the mythological genes were stimulated to its greatest degree.
Under the illumination of the bright light, the human body became completely translucent. The stimulated genes continued to break, controlling the different groups of nourishment matter. The cells multiplied in numbers; the organs increased... Various parts of the human body kept on being modified, going through an intrinsic life transformation.
The cells that had been formed from pure matter gradually started to go through energy-evolution.
Feng Lin suddenly opened his eyes and sensed the difference to the world.
Everything was no longer as simple as being pure matter. They emitted a faint glow in the surroundings. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo—there were all sorts of colors and the energy waves could all be seen clearly.
Two figures stood out the most amongst them. Right now, the vision before Feng Lin was like a fire torch, radiating astonishing glow.
One of them was scarlet like fire while the other was a purplish gold.
They were clearly the Greek sisters!
Being an elite cultivator, the intensity of the younger sister Aris' energy was over three times stronger than her elder sister's. Her glow was very piercing.
This was clearly the ability of spirit vision, allowing one to see the energy of certain lifeforms.
Feng Lin nodded, knowing that this was a result of him undergoing the transcendence process. His eyes had transcendized and he could already see the energies' flow directly.
He could imagine that he only needed to use the memory art to comprehend the Stone Monkey Gene's nature and then evolve to a higher realm. He wouldn't experience any barriers and everything would flow naturally.
"Thank you!" He nodded to the Greek sisters and thanked them.
One reason was to thank them for imparting him with the profoundness of the Mythology Deduction Method and Mythology Conclusion Method. Another reason was to thank them for guarding him while he was in an epiphany.
"You're too kind!" Yana said in a soft voice, smiling gently.
"Hmph!" Aris turned his head and let out a cold snort while wearing an arrogant expression.
"Our trade is already complete. It was a pleasure! If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving first. I hope that the two of you will go through the tests smoothly. We'll meet again if fate brings us together!" Feng Lin didn't say much but greeted them and then turned, preparing to leave via Cloudsoar.
At this moment Yana spoke up, making him stop in his tracks once again.
"Feng Lin, do you wish to become the King of the Solar System?"
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