Chapter 1093: Chapter 18: Dao Fruit

Status, or one could say position in the starry sky.

However, unlike the position formed by humans, the status in the starry sky naturally exists.

It’s there originally; once you reach a certain point, you can naturally assume it.

Just like the positions in hell now.

The Ten Halls Yama, Judge, etc. are acknowledged by the starry sky, essentially a form of status. By meeting the "Wang Sheng recognition" condition, one can become a hell official.

"No wonder I found clues from the hell official position, the two are similar in some aspects."

"Ascending to a hell position and obtaining a starry sky status both have unique advantages, one benefiting hell, the other benefiting the starry sky."

"But the hell status also benefits the cultivator, whereas the starry sky status, I haven’t found how it benefits me personally..."

He can now confirm that he should have some status on him.

The effect is suppressing fortune, reducing calamities within the Source Star’s sphere of influence, and increasing resources.

In addition, breakthrough bottlenecks become easier.

"This means, even if I’m not special, merely having the status can preserve the Source Star’s position in the starry sky for countless years."

He hasn’t learned much about status yet.

But just from its current effects, once a force receives the blessing of status, there will be no shortage of Twelfth Realm cultivators, and it might even be possible to develop Thirteenth Realm practitioners.

If there is a chance for the Thirteenth Realm, Twelfth Realm cultivators can be continuously nurtured.

Any race can establish themselves in the starry sky, and even reach the very peak.

But this is for the race.

For the cultivator themselves, at least currently, Wang Sheng has not seen any benefits.

"Could it be that the weakening of the cultivation bottleneck also affects me?"

The cultivation bottleneck is extremely important for any cultivator; even a ten percent reduction can outweigh countless resources.

The higher the level, the more true this is.

But—

"I don’t have any bottleneck at all..."

The existence of the progress bar means he doesn’t experience bottlenecks.

As soon as the cultivation level is reached, a natural qualitative transformation occurs, moving to the next level.

Thus, if it only provides these benefits, it’s as if it doesn’t exist for him.

However, Wang Sheng’s intuition tells him that status is definitely not that simple.

"The intuition at my level surely has a reason, which means that status is certainly related to something extremely important, and it’s mostly linked to the Thirteenth Realm... Is it related to enhancing cultivation?"

He makes a simple guess.

Only if it’s related to enhancing cultivation would he have an unusual feeling mysteriously arising.

"But, how exactly does it enhance?"

The appearance of status piqued Wang Sheng’s interest.

In ten years, he has only scratched the surface.

Since it involves himself, he’s very willing to devote some energy to thoroughly researching the status.

So after that, he began to move back and forth between the Great Tao River, the human world, and hell.

The Great Tao River is the manifestation of Starry Sky Rules, and status surely has a great connection with the Starry Sky Rules. If there’s a place most likely to find clues, the Great Tao River must be at the forefront.

And the benefits of status currently only manifest in the human world.

Therefore, he often observes the cultivation of Source Star practitioners, and delves deeper into the birth of Secret Treasures.

Both breakthroughs and the production of Secret Treasures are influenced and altered by status, and by starting with the details, he might find the key point.

Hell, on the other hand, has a tangible special status to compare with.

In the Great Tao River—

"It seems that because of the discovery of status, while cultivating in the Great Tao River, my sensation of status becomes clearer... It was quite vague at first, requiring my full strength to perceive, but now I can easily identify this formless yet truly reflected status in the human world."

Wang Sheng’s sensation of status becomes increasingly clear.

He also gathers more information.

In the human world, he’s able to see more.

After a dozen years, he discovers more things.

"Status seems to be strengthening, synchronizing with the human world... If that’s the case, let’s run an experiment!"

Wang Sheng returns to the present world and directly calls upon Yuan to come.

"Yuan, now in the world in our hands, has become an Affiliated World."

The will of the Source Star, "Yuan," is quite puzzled:

[Ah, why? Didn’t you tell me to store it up, preparing for the next planetary advancement?]

As Source Star’s strength grows, in every new region, most of that region’s worlds would immediately choose to surrender.

And at this moment, Yuan acts, starting to conquer these worlds, turning them into affiliates.

If conquering had a progress bar.

Yuan would always stop at the last one percent, waiting for enough accumulation, then devouring everything at once for a grand planetary advancement.

This was the approach before Wang Sheng broke through to Refining Void and Integration.

It was also Wang Sheng’s own instruction.

But now he personally breaks the set plan, leaving Yuan somewhat puzzled.

"Don’t worry about it, I need to investigate some things."

[Alright then!]

Wang Sheng is now astoundingly powerful, Yuan would of course follow along, not to mention it benefits him quite a bit too.

After all, collecting Affiliated Worlds may not necessarily lead to planetary advancement, but it certainly can enhance the planetary foundation.

After agreeing, Yuan immediately begins to operate.

Instantly turning numerous worlds into Affiliated Worlds.

And at this moment, Wang Sheng is fully sensing the changes in status.

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