30: Multitasking, double the gains

Long Aotian, far away in Immortal Severing Mountain, was completely unaware of what had happened in the Feng Family of Feng Town, nor of the mutual struggles between the Long and Shi families in the various royal cities of the Eternal Leaf Dynasty.

His current strength was meager; what difference would knowing make, and what difference would not knowing make?

He understood clearly that improving his strength was the top priority.

After plundering the Heaven And Earth Treasure of Immortal Severing Mountain, he went out and collected the storage rings of The Lei and Shi families' powerhouses who had died under the Void Annihilation Array. These were his spoils of war.

The space within these storage rings was larger than his father's, and each storage ring contained hundreds of millions of Low-Grade and Medium-Grade Spirit Stones, with hundreds of thousands of Medium-Grade Spirit Stones. As expected of the Elders and Protectors of the Five Great Cultivation Families of the Imperial City, they were incredibly wealthy.

Of course, after digging up the small Top-Grade Spirit Stone vein underground in Immortal Severing Mountain, Long Aotian, who now possessed at least one to two hundred million Top-Grade Spirit Stones, looked down on these resources somewhat.

But even if he looked down on them, he could give them to those impoverished Cultivation Disciples of the families.

He already had an Immortal Lord storage ring, so he didn't use those captured storage rings, but he could give them to the Cultivation Disciples of his Family.

Benefit his own brothers, not others.

After collecting the storage rings, Long Aotian returned to Immortal Severing Mountain.

At this point, he could have left, but having stripped Immortal Severing Mountain bare, he still felt there was something important he hadn't taken.

What important thing had he not taken?

The answer was, of course:

Air!

Yes, although he had harvested all the Heaven And Earth Treasure from Immortal Severing Mountain and emptied the small Top-Grade Spirit Stone vein underground, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi here was exceptionally rich due to the presence of the small Top-Grade Spirit Stone vein.

He hadn't yet taken away the rich Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi from here.

So.

With a thought, he entered the third spatial world of the Nine Treasures Glazed Chaos World Tower, sat cross-legged in the center of the spatial world, activated the Chaos Dao Art, then opened the Treasure Pagoda, extended his Divine Sense, and absorbed all the rich Spiritual Qi of this area into the third spatial world.

The rich Spiritual Qi within a hundred-mile radius of Immortal Severing Mountain converged, continuously being drawn by a powerful suction into the third spatial world of the Nine Treasures Glazed Chaos World Tower.

In just a quarter of an hour, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within a hundred-mile radius of Immortal Severing Mountain was completely absorbed.

Looking at the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi in the third spatial world now, it was so dense it was almost turning into liquid.

“Hmm, now I can leave without any regrets.

But why should I leave? As long as I Cultivate in the Treasure Pagoda, no one will discover me. Shi Gandang and Lei Yunshan, those two scoundrels, will definitely bring people back.

This time, I'll set up dozens of Level 6 Void Maelstrom Arrays! If I don't trap them to death, I'll change my surname from Long!

However, before that, I need to upgrade the Void Formation to Level 6, and my Cultivation also needs to advance.”

Thinking this, Long Aotian directly left Immortal Severing Mountain, traveling three hundred miles away, and then re-entered the third spatial world of the Treasure Pagoda.

If he was going to stay and trap people, he wouldn't be so foolish as to remain within Immortal Severing Mountain, as it would be difficult to sneak away after trapping them.

Outside, it was different. The Treasure Pagoda could transform into an undetectable speck of dust, drifting with the wind. He could mentally control the Treasure Pagoda to roll far away until it left the range of the opponent's Divine Sense… Entering a state of Cultivation, Long Aotian was somewhat troubled, wanting to both improve his Cultivation and upgrade the Void Formation to Level 6.

“If only I could multitask, activating the Chaos Dao Art to Cultivate and improve my Cultivation while simultaneously studying Void Formation to upgrade it to Level 6, that would be great.”

This was something only Spirit Division Realm powerhouses could achieve. At this moment, Long Aotian greatly envied those Spirit Division Realm powerhouses who could multitask.

“Hmm? I Cultivate the Chaos Dao Art. This Cultivation Technique originated from the Universe, from nothingness to existence, from existence to prosperity, self-derived. Perhaps it can allow me to multitask even now?”

Thinking that his Chaos Dao Art was extraordinary, Long Aotian decided to give it a try and see if he could multitask now.

If he could, then he would truly be Heaven-Defying.

Soon.

While activating the Chaos Dao Art, Long Aotian thought about studying Void Formation. When he looked back, the Chaos Dao Art was still running.

“Is this… the Chaos Dao Art becoming sentient?”

Long Aotian felt somewhat incredulous, not understanding the underlying principle.

Could it be that the Chaos Dao Art contained a life form that controlled it?

Thinking this, Long Aotian was startled by his own crazy idea.

How was that possible?

The Chaos Dao Art was just a collection of runes; how could it have life?

“If it's not life, then what is making the Chaos Dao Art run on its own? Self-operating? Self-deriving? This… could it be that the Chaos Dao Art can even Cultivate itself into a sentient being?”

Long Aotian was startled again by this thought. If the Chaos Dao Art could truly operate and Cultivate itself into a sentient being, that would be truly terrifying.

“It shouldn't become sentient.”

Long Aotian frowned deeply and continued to deduce: “Is it the Dao? A great Dao that allows the Chaos Dao Art to operate on its own? The Dao of the Chaos Dao Art is the Dao of the Universe world from nothingness to existence, from existence to prosperity, encompassing all things.

Could there also be a Dao that perceives my thoughts and then executes them?”

This was a very profound question.

Shaking his head, Long Aotian decided not to waste any more time on this question. Anyway, as long as he could now multitask, simultaneously Cultivating with the Chaos Dao Art and studying Void Formation, that was what mattered.

“Alchemists can also multitask, simultaneously refining multiple Pill Furnaces of Medicinal Pills, but this also requires breaking through to the Spirit Division Realm.

The strength of a Spirit Division Realm Cultivator is demonstrated by their ability to multitask.

According to Revered Master's memories, a Spirit Division Realm Cultivator can at most multitask 108 ways, while a Heaven-Defying Genius can at most multitask 89 ways. Even a Celestial Venerable Realm powerhouse as brilliant as Revered Master could only multitask 87 ways at most.

Ninety is a curse; almost no one can break it.

Nowadays, not many Cultivators in the Lower Realm value the multitasking abilities of the Spirit Division Realm. Many Cultivators can only multitask one way. Those who can multitask ten ways are super Geniuses that appear only once in ten thousand years.

Others are others; I am me.

Multitasking 108 ways – isn't that exactly the number of my twelve Spiritual Roots, with nine spiritual nodes on each Spiritual Root?

Could it be that only a Chaotic Dao Body can break the curse of multitasking 90 ways and achieve 108 ways?”

Thinking this, Long Aotian immediately rejoiced.

If it was true, that would be absolutely wonderful.

He could already imagine himself, when Alchemy in the future, directly preparing 108 Pill Furnaces to refine simultaneously, stunning everyone...