Chapter 271: The So-called Ancient Realm
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After Lu Ming had briefly digested the information, he nodded and said, “So the level of the Foundation of Matter pattern is higher than the level of Source of Magic silver patterns, right?”
Esek nodded gently, “Generally speaking, that’s indeed the case, but we can’t rule out special circumstances. For example, some very powerful Source Silver Patterns generated by extraordinary Source Power techniques may not necessarily be weaker than Gold Patterns. It depends on the individual.”
Lu Ming nodded to show that he understood. Then, he asked, “Are there only these two types of magic patterns?”
“No, not only these two types, but there’s also another type, the Eye of Flesh and Blood.”
“The Eye of Flesh and Blood?”
“Yes, the strongest mystical pattern born from breaking through the restrictions of the rules with absolute physical strength, the Eye of Flesh and Blood!”
Speaking of the Eye of Flesh and Blood, Esek could not help but sigh. “However, ordinary people can’t obtain the Eye of Flesh and Blood. It’s said that if one wants to give birth to the Eye of Flesh and Blood, the physical strength required is ridiculously high. Before the Eye of Flesh and Blood is born, the benefits of cultivating Body Forging techniques are far inferior to the benefits of cultivating Source Power Skills. It’s also because of this that almost no one pursues this path.”
Previously, Flame Heart had said that from the Spirit Realm onwards, superhumans under the Source Power Extraordinary System no longer paid attention to their physical strength but prioritized Source Power.
This was the case for both the Source Realm and the Ancient Realm.
The conditions for the birth of the Eye of Flesh and Blood were extremely harsh. Even with Lu Ming’s current physical strength, the Eye of Flesh and Blood had not been born. It was enough to show how difficult it was for this thing to be born.
In other words, it would be better for Ancient Realm experts to spend their time enhancing their physical attributes and using them to cultivate source power skills.
Although cultivating a Source Power skill to the Divine Power Realm was also a long process and required a certain level of life-and-death combat experience and insights into battles, it was still much faster than obtaining the Eye of Flesh and Blood.
Spending the time required to cultivate a hundred Source of Magic patterns might not even guarantee the creation of a single Eye of Flesh and Blood… The difference in power between the two was not as exaggerated as a hundredfold.
Lu Ming nodded again to show that he understood before asking another question.
“Mr. Esek, 1 have one more question.”
“Please go ahead.”
Lu Ming was silent for a long time before saying, “If, I mean if, a person can cultivate a large number of Source Power Skills at the Mortal Realm and the Physique Realm to the Divine Power Realm, is it possible for them to obtain the Source of Magic silver patterns?”
Esek was slightly stunned. After thinking seriously, he replied, “It’s probably possible…”
From his tone, it was evident that Esek was not entirely sure.
“Actually, the process of obtaining the Source of Magic silver patterns is to constantly deepen one’s comprehension of a certain Source Power skill.”
“Source Realm and Ancient Realm source power skills have lofty ideals and have vaguely touched upon the essence of Source Power. Therefore, studying them can allow one to obtain the Source of Magic silver patterns.”
“However, Source Power skills below the Spirit Realm do not have lofty ideals, and grasping the essence of Source Power from them is quite unusual and difficult.”
“But… it’s not impossible that a quantitative change could lead to a qualitative change. After all, all Source Power skills are related to Source Power, and all roads lead to the Corpse God Territory.”
However, even though this reasoning made sense, no one had verified this experiment.
How could normal people have the time to cultivate 10 to 20 low-level Source Power skills to the Divine Power Realm?
Even if someone was exceptionally talented and could cultivate Source Power skills at a rapid speed… Why wouldn’t he focus on advancing to higher-level skills sooner? Why waste his talents on lower-level skills?
After Esek finished speaking, Lu Ming thought for a moment and asked, “If a person really obtains the Source of Magic silver patterns through this method, but his strength is only at the Spirit Realm or even lower, can he be considered an Ancient Realm expert?”
This question caused Esek to furrow his brows.
He gave Lu Ming a strange look and then whispered, “Brother Lu, don’t tell me you…”
Lu Ming immediately laughed and said, “Of course I’m not that kind of person. It’s just a hypothetical scenario, do you understand?”
Esek shrugged and did not probe further, and just said, “Yes.”
“Of course!”
“And such individuals do exist.”
With that said, Esek added, “Of course, they are not the ones who obtained the Source of Magic silver patterns by cultivating many low-level Source Power skills and becoming Ancient Realm experts. Instead, some talented individuals learned the Source Power skills from Source Realm or Ancient Realm, thereby advancing directly to the Ancient Realm!”
“There are even some extremely rare treasures that can enable ordinary people to directly obtain Fundamental Patterns of Matter, ascending from being ordinary mortals to the Ancient Realm in a single step.”
Lu Ming raised an eyebrow and asked, “Then, what is the significance of the Spirit Realm and the Source Realm?”
Since there was a direct path to the Ancient Realm, what was the point of the lower levels before the Ancient Realm?
To this, Esek only shook his head and said, “What meaning does the Ancient Realm have to the gods?”
“In essence, the Mortal, Physique, Spirit, Source and Ancient Realms, the five levels of the Superordinary System, represent steady progress step by step. The scenarios we discussed earlier are shortcuts. Both paths can lead to the Ancient Realm, but the shortcut is difficult to traverse and is not accessible to ordinary people.”
Lu Ming thought for a moment and could not help but nod, “That makes sense.”
Geniuses and lucky individuals followed a different path than ordinary people, and the two could not be compared.
“Then, the next question is, how are the levels within the Ancient Realm calculated and assessed?”
Esek said, “Assessed by the number of mystical patterns.”
“1-9 mystical patterns constitute level one of the Ancient Realm.”
“10-19 mystical patterns constitute level two of the Ancient Realm.”
“And so on.”
“There’s no limit to the number of mystical patterns one can have. So, when one has more than 90 mystical patterns, one is considered a quasi-godly level.”
However, this standard is just a general division. This is because the nature of the mystical patterns is different. In fact, the strength of the mystical patterns of the same nature is also different. Therefore, it’s impossible to fully evaluate the strength of Ancient Realm experts solely based on data.”
“Even a level nine Ancient Realm expert might not necessarily be stronger than a certain level one Ancient Realm expert with unique circumstances.”
At this point, Esek sighed slightly, “Therefore, there’s another saying. No matter how many mystical patterns there are, as long as one can defeat the combined forces of three level nine Ancient Realm experts, they can be considered quasi-divine level experts.”
“In short, as the last level of the Source Power Superordinary system, there are far more rules and regulations in the Ancient Realm than below the Ancient Realm.”
“The gap in combat strength is also much larger.”
Lu Ming nodded to show that he understood.
After that, Lu Ming said, “One last request.”
Esek smiled. “Please go on.”
“I want to test the strength of my mystical patterns.”
Esek was slightly stunned. When he sensed that Lu Ming’s gaze was locked on his mystical patterns, he understood what Lu Ming meant.
He hesitated for a moment and said, “It’s possible, but the difference between gold and silver patterns is indeed not small.”
“As for my foundational mystical patterns, it’s essentially the poison of zombie beasts… If you use me as a guinea pig, the danger is uncontrollable.”
Lu Ming was silent. With a little strength, he broke the neck of Queen Blade.
Then, he tossed the body of Queen Blade aside, paid no attention to the Golden Cicada that had taken flight once again, and stood up to respectfully bow to Esek.
“I’ll bear all the consequences myself.”
Facing Lu Ming’s determined gaze, Esek nodded slightly.
“Very well.”
With that said, he opened his mouth.. As the golden pattern on the back of his hand flashed, a wisp of purple mist flew out of his mouth and landed on Lu Ming’s body!