262: Enlightenment Monument Fragment Recycling Program

Using the enlightenment remnant stele alone, Lin Chen was being somewhat extravagant and not maximizing its utility.

The Enlightenment Domain it generated, under Lin Chen's control, could cover an area with a radius of at least a million kilometers, and it could also be stacked with the temporary Dao Domain produced by his preaching.

Therefore, Lin Chen did not intend to keep this item for himself but planned to share it with the human race to further enhance their strength and cultivate more powerhouses for them.

Because the enlightenment remnant stele belonged to Lin Chen, all humans who gained insights from it would form a deep causal connection with him, providing him with Causality Power and enhancing his cultivation.

This was truly killing two birds with one stone: he could use the enlightenment remnant stele to grow stronger, and others using it to grow stronger would also help him grow stronger—a win-win situation.

Moreover, by doing this, Lin Chen could also leverage the power of the race to search for scattered enlightenment stele fragments throughout This Universe, which was another win-win situation.

"Old Man, I've got a treasure. Come quickly and take a look."

"Oh? What treasure could make you so happy?"

"You'll know when you get here."

Old Man Anpingshan scanned Lin Chen's cultivation retreat but saw nothing. So, he sent a clone directly to Lin Chen to see what treasure Lin Chen had obtained that he couldn't even perceive.

"Holy crap, an enlightenment stele!"

"No, this thing has been lost for several cosmic eras, and only a few beings can find its opportunities. How did you bring it back?"

An Pingshan was puzzled as to why the lower half of the enlightenment stele suddenly appeared before him. He didn't doubt it was a fragment; the feeling of sudden inspiration he got from a single glance couldn't be wrong.

There were many legends about the enlightenment stele, a universally renowned supreme treasure.

Every so often, powerhouses would rise in This Universe due to enlightenment stele fragments, and even some larger enlightenment stele fragments could provide a boost to Foundation Level beings.

Therefore, countless beings in This Universe were searching for the largest enlightenment remnant stele, and unexpectedly, this treasure had now come to his human race and appeared before his eyes.

"Hehe, it was a fortunate coincidence. When I was a Demigod, I encountered the enlightenment remnant stele, clarified my own path, and embarked on the Karma Dao. So, when I encountered it a second time, I simply brought it back."

"Tsk, what enviable good luck."

When An Pingshan was looking for Lin Chen before, he had considered asking Lin Chen to divine the location of the lower half of the enlightenment stele, but ultimately, he didn't dare to dream so wildly.

After all, the lower half of the enlightenment stele had been lost for too long, and its causal connection with the world was too weak. Divining it would not only be difficult but also result in severe backlash.

"Old Man, do we have any enlightenment stele fragments within our race?"

"We have a few. Our human race started the latest, and our juniors only obtained a few by chance, but they are all small fragments that only work for God Rank beings. Should I retrieve them?"

"No need. A few small fragments won't have much effect on the enlightenment remnant stele. As long as the fragments remain in human hands, it's fine. It's more useful in individual hands than with me."

Those enlightenment stele fragments were opportunities for human prodigies, and Lin Chen had no intention of seizing others' opportunities.

Moreover, as he said, small fragments weren't very useful. Integrating them into the enlightenment remnant stele wouldn't enhance its abilities and would instead cause several human prodigies to lose an opportunity.

"Old Man, this is a map of scattered enlightenment stele fragments that I compiled based on the causal connections between the enlightenment remnant stele and other fragments. It can be replicated a million times, and each copy contains a wisp of the enlightenment remnant stele's aura, which can be used to locate beings carrying enlightenment stele fragments nearby."

Lin Chen would not take enlightenment stele fragments from his own kind, but for the enlightenment stele fragments scattered across This Universe, those were for whoever was fated to obtain them.

And his human race was the fated one; after all, the largest enlightenment remnant stele was already in human hands. What else could the human race be if not the fated one?

Lin Chen didn't have that many clones to search for enlightenment stele fragments, nor did he have the extra energy to do so. However, as a super-large race, the human race had ample power to search for enlightenment stele fragments and bring them back into human hands.

Ordinary people couldn't locate enlightenment stele fragments because the enlightenment stele inherently possessed the effects of heavenly secret concealment and causal void.

It was like Old Man Anpingshan being unable to perceive or see the enlightenment remnant stele standing beside Lin Chen through his senses, only being able to confirm its existence through visual observation and physical comprehension.

And each enlightenment stele fragment could easily create a God Rank being; obtaining an enlightenment stele fragment meant the God Rank gate was open to them.

Furthermore, enlightenment stele fragments were not consumables; the power contained within them could be restored using various resources. Such repeatedly usable treasures were considered Foundation Level existences even among super-large races.

Lin Chen didn't need to rush to fuse the enlightenment stele fragments recovered from the mission. He only needed these fragments to be in human hands, so that when they were needed in the future, he wouldn't have to expend effort searching for them again.

Before then, the human race would naturally make good use of the enlightenment stele fragments to cultivate more human God Rank beings and enhance the strength and Foundation Level of the human race.

And the largest enlightenment remnant stele could also be utilized. Human Foundation Level beings without supreme treasures could also use the enlightenment remnant stele to enhance their comprehension and increase their cultivation speed.

"Hehe, this distribution map has three thousand seven hundred and twenty-two locations, representing three thousand seven hundred and twenty-two enlightenment stele fragments. Within a millennium, it can cultivate at least ten thousand God Rank beings for our human race. Your contribution is immense."

An Pingshan took the distribution map, feeling somewhat like he was dreaming.

Even as a late Foundation Level powerhouse, he couldn't cultivate ten thousand God Rank beings with undamaged potential for the human race in a short period.

If it were about cultivating cannon fodder God Rank beings, he could temporarily raise a batch, but it would be a huge expenditure, not only requiring vast resources but also consuming his Dao Source Power limit.

Unlike Lin Chen now, who, with a single move, gave the human race an opportunity that could cultivate at least ten thousand God Rank beings.

Even if this opportunity still required the human race to acquire it, the difficulty of acquiring it had already been solved by Lin Chen. The human race only needed to provide people and effort to bring the opportunity back.

"Little Old Man, what do you want?"

"I don't lack anything, but my faith clone could use some support from the human race to accelerate his unification of the Land of Contention for Godhood and expand the scope of the faith region."

"Good, I'll go arrange it now. If you have any needs later, remember to find me first."

"No problem. There's one more thing: I will establish an Enlightenment Domain with a radius of a million kilometers, centered on my cultivation retreat, using the enlightenment remnant stele. Old Man, you can arrange it, just don't let those comprehending disturb me..."

"This is a good thing. I will arrange it well. I will also rotate with the other old guys to use Dao Source Power to eliminate the assimilation power derived within the Enlightenment Domain."

"Old Man, reliable."

Lin Chen gave Old Man Anpingshan a thumbs-up.

With the subsequent matters handled by Foundation Level beings like Old Man, Lin Chen became free, resuming his secluded cultivation life, and his days became peaceful.

In the communication place of the human Foundation Level beings.

Old Man Anpingshan recounted what had just happened to the others, once again eliciting a chorus of exclamations.

"We must immediately retrieve those enlightenment stele fragments belonging to the human race. Our human race's things cannot be scattered abroad."

"Jiang Wuliang is right. We'll exert ourselves a bit, personally dispatching avatars to ensure the retrieval of all three thousand seven hundred and twenty-two enlightenment stele fragments."

"Alas, it's a pity that over a thousand fragments are in the hands of the other six races. To get them, we can only destroy them, which is a difficult task."

"We will definitely destroy them in the future. With Lin Chen as our future pillar, our human race must have a broader vision. The squabbles within This Universe are somewhat childish; we should focus on the void and other universes."

..."Since we have a plan, let's start acting. Everyone be careful and don't make any mistakes. Whoever makes a mistake will go to the six races and seize ten enlightenment stele fragments back."

Old Man Anpingshan, as the current primary decision-maker of the human race, set the plan, and the other human Foundation Level beings would not object, all earnestly carrying it out.

The human Foundation Level beings, during their discussion, finalized the enlightenment stele fragment recovery plan. As for the enlightenment stele fragments in the hands of the other six super-large races, they could only remain there temporarily for future consideration.