236: Preaching and becoming stronger, the essence of preaching

The simplest eating and drinking phase of the Ascension to God banquet concluded.

Next, it was Lin Chen’s turn to step onto the stage and deliver the first sermon, setting a good precedent for the subsequent Foundation Level sermons.

This time, the Dao Lin Chen was to expound upon was naturally his most proficient Karma Dao. At this point, his mastery of the Karma Dao had reached 62%, firmly placing it at the Upper God level.

To maximize the effect of his sermon, he also summoned the heavenly calculation compass, which floated before him, amplifying the Dao he was expounding and further deepening his explanation of the Causality Dao.

Originally, the Causality Dao he expounded had an upper limit of the Upper God level, allowing Upper Gods to gain some insights, but having little impact on Main Gods.

However, with the heavenly calculation compass present, the amplified Causality Dao would evolve to reveal the essence of the Causality Dao, carrying a slight touch of Dao-level Causality Dao.

This level of Dao could already immerse Main Gods, allowing them to comprehend some of the subtleties of causality, and with a higher-level understanding of Dao, enhance their own mastery of their cultivation Dao.

The Karma Dao is a relatively abstract Transcendence Dao.

Any being who has not comprehended the Causality Dao can find themselves within causality, and through infinite causality, obtain the results they desire.

Causality, seemingly ethereal, is in fact omnipresent, influencing all things in the world.

Humans, born into the world, are already within causality, unable to escape. All actions and behaviors have traceable causes and effects, and are influenced by causality.

Lin Chen’s sermon this time lasted for a full six months. The temporarily generated Karma Dao Domain enveloped the entire Ninth Heaven of the Celestial Realm, immersing the attending Gods and over three million Ascension to God Heaven’s Chosen in a state of enlightenment.

This was not Lin Chen’s personal achievement; it was due to the assistance of the Ancestral Court Great World, the heavenly calculation compass, and the phenomenon created by the use of various rare treasures.

Sermonizing is also a process of organizing one’s own insights.

After six months of sermonizing, Lin Chen’s mastery of the Karma Dao reached 65%, a full 3% increase.

Not only that, but when his sermon concluded, it was precisely his 70th birthday. His Great Accomplishment Late Bloomer talent silently activated, boosting all his attributes by 10%.

His original 65% mastery of Karma Dao rules was pushed to 71.5% by the talent. Perhaps in another ten or twenty years, his mastery of the Karma Dao will reach 100%.

In just a moment, Lin Chen became much stronger, his mastery over the heavenly calculation compass, this supreme treasure, deepened, allowing him to mobilize more power.

Because his own strength increased and his mastery of the heavenly calculation compass enhanced, Lin Chen’s connection with God Lin Chen, who is beneath the Void Forbidden Zone, became clearer, allowing for real-time communication, though they still cannot transmit matter to each other.

This is a significant step forward. As long as Lin Chen continues to grow stronger, one day he will be able to directly establish a stable channel with God Lin Chen, who is beneath the Void Forbidden Zone.

Since he can now establish a clear connection with God Lin Chen beneath the Void Forbidden Zone, Lin Chen’s main body can also unilaterally transmit information to Aura, who is in the Void Forbidden Zone, meaning the time to retrieve Aura is not far off.

However, he still cannot contact Essence Lin Chen, who is in a Parallel World. The barrier of the Parallel World is still too profound, something that Lin Chen cannot currently contend with.

The Human Race Foundation Level grandmasters who were constantly observing Lin Chen witnessed him rapidly grow much stronger in a short period, his aura becoming several times more intense.

They gained a deeper understanding of Lin Chen’s Great Accomplishment Late Bloomer talent and were even happier, knowing that the Human Race had a successor.

A 10% comprehensive increase in just ten years – this is like a cheat, and the owner of this cheat also has incredibly heaven-defying luck, managing to utilize a late-game talent in the early game, and even reaching the late-game stage himself.

“Old An, your talent is nothing compared to this child Lin Chen. If this child Lin Chen were your age, he would certainly have achieved Transcendence Level countless years ago.”

“What you’re saying is, countless Great Accomplishment Late Bloomer talent holders have emerged over the years, and I am among the peak of them. But this child Lin Chen, in the entire universe over countless years, only one can be born. How could I possibly compare?”

Alliance Leader Old Deng An Pingshan directly admitted that he was not as good as Lin Chen, which was nothing to be ashamed of.

Among the fifty-one Human Race Foundation Level powerhouses present, excluding Alliance Leader Old Deng, the other fifty were all Territory Level Heaven’s Chosen in their youth, the most top-tier Heaven’s Chosen of their era. They rotated between smooth sailing and numerous hardships, enduring countless difficulties to achieve Foundation Level.

But at 70 years old, they were still struggling at the Ascension to God stage, without as many fortuitous encounters as Lin Chen, and certainly without the opportunity to be directly promoted to Foundation Level. Even achieving Godhood was a significant hurdle for them.

That’s why Lin Chen was evaluated by them as a rare prodigy that could only be born once in countless years throughout the entire universe.

As Lin Chen concluded his sermon, the Human Race Gods and Ascension to God Heaven’s Chosen immersed in the Karma Dao Domain remained in a state of enlightenment.

The insights of over ten thousand Human Race Gods were very profound, and they all gained something, big or small. After digesting their gains, their cultivation would definitely break through. The ones with the greatest gains could even break through from Middle God to Upper God level.

And over two hundred Ascension to God Ninth Order Heaven’s Chosen, during their enlightenment, had naturally entered a breakthrough state. Upon awakening, they would already be Gods.

This was only Lin Chen’s sermon. Next, there would be sermons from fifty-one Foundation Level powerhouses. After fifty-one sermons, who knows how many Ascension to God Ninth Order Heaven’s Chosen would break through to Godhood.

Lin Chen stepped aside, and the first Foundation Level avatar appeared and began to expound the Dao.

Wu Yuan, of the Formless Aspect, was an early Foundation Level expert, primarily cultivating the Dao of Wind.

Wu Yuan’s sermon was not overly profound. He mainly expounded on the essence of the God-level Dao of Wind, only briefly touching upon a bit of the Foundation Level Dao of Wind in the final stage.

After all, most of the listeners were Ascension to God and God-level cultivators. If he spoke too profoundly, they would not be able to understand, which would be detrimental to their enlightenment.

Next, it was Lin Chen’s turn to reap abundant rewards.

Lin Chen now had a total of three hundred formatted individuals. Two hundred of these formatted individuals were formed by the soul carrying capacity brought about by his talent, while the remaining one hundred were formed by the increased soul carrying capacity from refining the Wanhua Soul Treasure.

Three hundred formatted individuals were clearly not enough, but this was Lin Chen’s limit. There was nothing he could do about it; if only he had obtained the Wanhua Soul Treasure ten years earlier, the current situation would not have occurred.

However, one must be content with what they have. Having three hundred formatted individuals was already an excellent outcome.

Wu Yuan, of the Formless Aspect, only preached for ten days, but the Dao of Wind Domain he formed was even more solid and lasted longer than the Karma Dao Domain that Lin Chen formed after six months of preaching.

At this moment, in the Ninth Heaven of the Celestial Realm, the Dao of Wind Domain and the Karma Dao Domain overlapped, forming an even more enduring Dao Domain. Beings within the Dao Domain could more easily enter a state of enlightenment and more easily comprehend their own Dao.

Enlightenment accompanies a cultivator’s entire journey.

As long as a cultivator can gain enlightenment, they can continuously improve their mastery of the Dao, with no limit.

Just like Lin Chen, his progress in mastery of the Karma Dao is two ranks higher than his cultivation level.