Chapter 399

Chapter 399: Qilin Gene Project

The battle ended shortly after, with Yun Ye tearing apart the white unicorn using Eternal Silence, forcefully pushing Yong Fa out of his Evil King Transformation state.

Even in victory, Yun Ye continuously praised Yong Fa’s new power.

Over the past few decades, Qi Lian had indeed developed technology that truly innovated the Three Major Techniques, allowing not just physical attributes to evolve, but also the soul and Spiritual Roots.

This was the result of Qi Lian mastering scientific research methods and Qushuang’s Spiritual Law, leading to direct studies on demon powers.

She had found a powerful direction. Although currently, Yong Fa was the only success, every technology would eventually become widespread.

Yun Ye approached Qi Lian to ask about the details of the technology, but found her busy conducting experiments to stimulate human powers and enable evolution.

These subjects were all high-ranking cultivator captives from the two sects, controlled by her using Qushuang’s Spiritual Law. On ordinary days, they helped construct facilities for Tomorrow Society, and when needed, they became test subjects.

One test subject, amidst the expansion of power, transformed into a strangely shaped being, completely losing its will. This obvious failure was met with Qi Lian’s wave of her hand, extracting a Power Crystal before destroying it.

After completing this, Qi Lian sat down and tapped the table, which magically produced several cups of hot tea. "The chief visiting me shouldn’t just be for a chat, right?"

She gestured for him to drink tea, picking up a cup for herself.

"Yong Fa successfully advanced in law realms, and the Evil King Transformation is incredibly powerful. I want to understand the core of the evolution technology to see if there is a possibility for broader application."

Yun Ye glanced at the hot tea but did not drink.

"Didn’t you already collect the fourth tier Spiritual Roots secret techniques? Ultimately, it’s just a method to stimulate the power within and enhance it. You can directly check in the True Heaven Instrument database if you want to know."

Qi Lian said.

"You should be persuading me to invest in you, not asking me to look it up myself. Advancing to the Mystic Realm is not that simple… especially if you want a perfect advancement."

Yun Ye replied lightly.

"How surprising; Tomorrow Society has such a child of destiny like you."

Qi Lian set down her tea cup and stared at Yun Ye for a long moment with her calm eyes. "The possibilities that I couldn’t even imagine, you achieved in just ten years. The two sects’ thousand-year inheritance, with countless accumulations of power, were utterly wiped out just because you gained the inheritance. Your incredible fortune makes one question… is the price of such power really just as simple as corrupting oneself?"

"Seventh Seat, is this something that a great cultivator of Spirit Law could ask? The gifts fate bestows have already been marked with their prices in secret. That should be common knowledge. Everything has its cost; to gain such power, there naturally is a corresponding price. It just depends on how much of a burden that cost is to those who bestow the power." Yun Ye smiled.

For a star, shining on the earth for ten thousand years is but a fleeting moment, yet for humanity, it is the origin of civilization. The same thing holds different weights in the eyes of different people.

The marked cost by Yin Yue Kong could be very high or perhaps not at all; until the seal reveals its secrets, Yun Ye could not know the outcome. He could only strive to enhance his power to cope with potential mutations.

Qi Lian’s eyes flickered; she had a feeling of an answer deep down, perhaps the so-called child of destiny was not just a jest.

Yun Ye had also told her that the moments of reincarnation were approaching, and if the three lands could reach a stalemate, perhaps a new Celestial Empire could emerge.

The moments of reincarnation were chaotic, so it’s not strange for various individuals with great fortune to appear during such times. After all, the heavenly secrets could be obscured during these periods, where those who originally had great fortune could be killed and robbed, but once hidden, major powers became blind like the rest, unable to sever the causal relations that could overthrow them in advance.

Ming Waiyang, who destroyed the two sects at the age of eleven, was truly terrifying; describing such destiny is beyond words, as if the heavens themselves were present to assist.

Perhaps, Tomorrow Society could last for a while longer; at least, before the rise of the Celestial Empire, the two major powers were not completely invincible.

Qi Lian spoke:

"The evolution secret technique is somewhat similar to the two sects’ Spiritual Roots secret technique of manifesting one’s true self but is more refined, far more powerful, and much harder to master with stricter cultivation conditions."

"The manifesting true self is a technique only usable in the Mystic Realm, allowing the spiritual body to separate and condense into one’s true self, forming an invincible power. This power represents their self-elevation, and theoretically, breaking it would directly destroy their cultivation."

"However, if one steps onto the thirty-first tier of the Heavenly Path and touches Mystic Heaven, all information of the spiritual body’s essence would be recorded; even if the Spiritual Roots are destroyed, this record can allow for restoration, granting a certain degree of immortality."

The manifesting true self is an exclusive secret technique of the Mystic Realm.

Without stepping onto the thirty-first tier of the Heavenly Path, whoever uses it would face death, resulting in irreversible damage.

"The evolution secret technique is different; it does not extract the true self but directly releases it within the body to temporarily gain ancient bloodlines, greatly evolving the Three Major Techniques as a result."

"The only issue is how to find the strongest and most stable part among countless bloodlines and still restore the body after use."

"The answer is simple: ‘energy form.’ The law realms have already gained a semi-energy body. If one can find the complete energy forms of ‘Evil King’, ‘Good God,’ or ‘True Spirit,’ one can evolve oneself in a stable condition, and after the power is expended, it will automatically restore without permanently altering the body."

"Unfortunately, the vast majority of individuals have too much useless information mixed in their constitutions, making it much more challenging to complete the selection than creating the Source Law without ascending bloodlines. If not for the recent surplus of test subjects speeding up the experiments, Yong Fa would not have likely advanced smoothly…"

"Even if he had been stripped of most useless information since birth."

Qi Lian said.

"Stripped of useless information?"

Yun Ye’s lip twitched. This was the first time he learned of Yong Fa’s birth circumstances; what reason did Tomorrow Society have for conducting this experiment?

"Yes, removing useless information. Each person’s genes contain a lot of unnecessary segments, carrying information that has accumulated from ancient times to modern evolution. Although most of it remains dormant, it has always existed and can recreate vast evolutionary histories when read artificially. Of course, most genetic segments are outdated but haven’t been discarded, rendering them worthless."

Qi Lian filled her cup again with a calming spirit tea. "The mysteries of genes are too profound. Although most segments do not actually have an effect, existing in the gene chain makes it hard to say whether removing them would impact life functions."

"So, I can only use a clumsy method to solve the problem. Continually cloning, cloning, cloning, constantly removing, removing, removing until stability is achieved. It probably took about twenty years?"

"Even so, Yong Fa still has significant flaws with a very short lifespan, but he has already become a success story."

"This is the Qilin gene project. Initially, we wanted to create a Qilin child comparable to Xiang Ying, but in the end, we could only identify ‘Evil King,’ ‘Good God,’ and ‘True Spirit,’ which cannot be compared to those with innate talent."

Yun Ye pondered for a long time before saying, "It’s very promising. Perhaps it could be tried before death; if it fails, then experience can be accumulated, and if it succeeds, it will be a step forward."

In every realm, lifespan is distributed evenly; it’s not that a breakthrough leads to an immediate increase in lifespan.

Only by reaching the peak of the current realm can one obtain all of their lifespan.

The Nine Turns Great Law increases lifespan by over twenty years for each turn, restoring it to four hundred years upon completing nine turns… Of course, secret techniques consume life, which cannot be restored.