Chapter 1682
Chapter 1682 - 1678: Node Warrior
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Life can be inherited.
This is not an adjective, but the reality Lu Ping’an sees now.
Life-points among Mortals cannot be entirely inherited, but even heavily discounted, it is still the essence of a human being.
Successors naturally receive "Evolution," an evolution of life grades, dazzling all who are knowledgeable.
Life has its limitations; in theory, training can only improve "efficiency" not the "upper limit." Only the path of the professional can progress slowly and with difficulty.
But now, as life-points continue to degrade, it’s as if Lu Ping’an, this "Tree of Life," is peeling away its own branches and trunk, constantly downgrading its own flesh and blood, feeding the Newborn with its power... Even Creator Lu Ping’an had not foreseen such a turn of events, inadvertently creating a new Life Cycle.
The roaring warrior astonishingly overwhelms a Naga Lord, furiously tearing it into shreds of flesh.
From his augmented demeanor, from his near-Undying Body overflow of Life Energy, he must have lost dozens of family members... This seems not an adjective; Lu Ping’an saw several "Lives" within him.
Normally, such "Life Devouring" brings endless troubles, causing life to lose its Self and restrictions, often leading to a loss of control and doom after a surge in Power.
However, after life-points are "Conceptualized," it is a completely "legitimate and rational" endowment, a legacy, even with the Original Owner’s Blessing, this pure Life Energy, through the legal concept of "inheritance," is harmlessly inherited by the Newborn.
"...This, is truly terrifying."
Lu Ping’an himself had never thought he would encounter such a situation.
In his design, it was supposed to be a transfer of Life Points, but he did not expect it to be a pure transfer of Life Energy as life-points, which would degrade on its own due to the insufficiency of the owner’s ability, and ultimately achieve a leap in the hierarchy of life.
In fact, similar events have occurred countless times. When Lu Ping’an was investing in Magic Plants, they could not be replenished due to emptiness; life-points kept degrading, from Life Source Force to Life Curse Power, eventually forming the Power that ripens Magic Plants.
And this, is in fact the natural role of "plants."
Drawing Energy, inorganics, water to construct their own limbs, and then either being consumed by animals or merging into the land, Newborns grow upon their own Corpse, forming the so-called "Nature."
Constant Fusion, constant degradation, constant cycles, Lu Ping’an vaguely grasped the essence of "Gardener."
At this moment, he is the Tree of Life, the true Life Kabbalah Tree, not the pseudo-Mother Tree imitated by Chris... Those perpetually spreading Life Tentacles are nurturing countless Newborns, but they are also the true divergence of its essence.
Without let go, there can be no gain; without Death, there can be no Newborn.
When seedlings sprout from the remains of old life, the scene is both evil and sacred.
"...Revenge!"
"My family..."
Not just "plants", animals too have their own continuations and legacies.
Life will eventually come to an end, yet one’s offspring, one’s Ethnic group, will not cease with the Death of oneself as an individual.
Inheritance... Whether it is culture, wealth, or will, as these essences of life are passed down through generations, Ethnic groups also continuously evolve.
Lu Ping’an spreads out his hand, flowers bloom and Wither, water circulates in the palm-world, and the lives of animals advance through the generations.
The next moment, he closes his eyes and indeed sees civilizations.
This time, it’s the transfer of wealth, collaboration of civilizations, the leap of modern technology under the influence of money and culture.
"...Flowing, the flow of life."
At this moment, passing briefly in Lu Ping’an’s eyes is the pure image of Ten Thousand Spirits.
The divine scene of countless lives separating and coming together is clearer than past dreams.
It sometimes turns into the life cycle of nature, becoming each life’s birth and death, an endless cycle of energy and inanimate matter among countless lives.
It sometimes turns into the battlefields of life and death, where countless lives slaughter each other...
It sometimes turns into a busy modern society, where each individual lives a hectic life...
Lu Ping’an gently crushed these phantoms, looking towards the place where life passed and circulated.
He could have gone further, yet he chose to stay willingly.
An eighth-tier professional is about building their own domain, and at the same time, forming their own rule.
The ninth-order is the World’s Reason, which is about turning one’s domain and rule into Natural Laws recognized by the world.
This process requires constant verification, and more executors and experimenters, and Lu Ping’an realized that he unknowingly had too many already.
𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦
He fell silent, perhaps this was destiny? No, at his level, destiny can hardly arrange him, and any forceful arrangement would leave traces that he could detect.
Perhaps, it was just a Miracle Creation stemming from his imitation of the Origin of Life, from the process of pursuing the Ten Thousand Spirits, fused with his own concept.
Perhaps, this is his "Self"....
"....Add a rule, ’Those who commit suicide will have their estates confiscated by the Courtyard’; life needs to have enough weight, yet refuses meaningless waste."
Lu Ping’an conveniently patched it, avoiding the upcoming tragedy.
His eyes remain closed, yet he already looked over the countless battlefields and fights across this peninsula.
Perhaps, this is how Deity-like beings fight battles; looking like they do nothing from the heavens, but in reality, their essence and power are interfering with every corner of the battlefield.
"It’s easy, yet also tiring..."
In this process, unless they intervene or lower Divine Grace, they actually don’t expend much Power.
On the contrary, because their "World’s Reason" is continuously being verified, they should be gaining positive benefits.
If they were to forcefully lower an Avatar... its limit would still be around Quasi-God, and its existence would consume Power at every moment, and it might even affect the material world, bringing about all sorts of chaos and trouble.
"Can I also exert the functions of a Deity on the ground?"
Lu Ping’an looked towards the battlefield and saw his own "Divine Power Nodes".
Those were the paths he provided, because their healing effect was so incredible, and because they are easy to obtain (purchased with Life Points), there were many on the battlefield.
Lu Ping’an even felt he could interfere with them... Power cannot be separated from will, and when the weaker use the Power of a Deity, they naturally draw upon the Deity’s will.
Lu Ping’an gave it a try but eventually shook his head.
He could interfere, even bestow Divine Grace, but the consumption was just too great; probably only Deity Level beings could support the whole world’s observation and intervention.
However, Lu Ping’an could still do something.
"You, have the value of owning Life Points..."
To become a path holder of Lu Ping’an, the strongest aspect isn’t abilities like Postponed Payment.
It’s having access to a higher grade of Power of Life ahead of time.
In the past, this wasn’t much... but now, countless Powers of Life leap about the battlefield, with some falling into the hands of those professionals.
"....Then, let me teach you how to use Life Points."
— End of Chapter 1682 —