Sequence Ocean Survival: Awakening God-Tier Sequences at the Start

Chapter 394 The Confidence of a Mid-Stage Spirit Saint

The first thing Lu Sheng did upon returning to Dengxian Island was not to hold a meeting or make arrangements, but to go back to his secret room and take a nap.

It wasn't that he was tired. With the physique of a mid-stage Spirit Saint, he could go without sleep for three to five months without any problems, let alone sleep. But he just wanted to lie down for a while.

I spent almost a month lying on the stellar remains in the Old God Abyss, doing nothing but eating, refining with my eyes closed, and then eating again. Although the gains were enormous, it felt like being strapped to a perpetual motion machine, my mind never stopping for a moment.

The stone bed felt hard and solid to the touch.

Lu Sheng closed his eyes, crossed his hands behind his head, and mentally went through the next few things one by one.

The communications from the Divine Court of Myriad Manifestations said that the Azure Nether Protector would arrive in sixty days. He had spent twenty-eight days in the Abyss of the Old Gods, twelve days on the road, and adding the time he had spent on Earth beforehand—all told, the Azure Nether Protector's arrival was still about fifteen to twenty days away.

Twenty days.

Not too long, not too short.

"Mid-stage Spirit Saint Realm," Lu Sheng murmured to himself.

These four words were an insurmountable hurdle for him a month ago. Now, he has firmly established himself at that level.

The gray miniature world within his body had expanded more than three times its size compared to before the breakthrough, its range increasing from one hundred meters to three hundred meters. The fusion of the five laws was higher, and their operation was faster. Moreover, in the core area of ​​the miniature world, a faint bud of elemental spirit had already begun to sprout.

That's a characteristic of the Immortal Realm.

Although he is still far from the true realm of immortals, it at least shows that he has potential.

What pleased Lu Sheng most was the change in his physical body. His Dragon God Sequence had evolved once more following his breakthrough to the mid-stage of Spirit Saint. The hardness of his black-gold dragon scales had nearly doubled, and the silver-gray spatial law patterns had penetrated deep into his bones. Even without unleashing his small world domain, he could now withstand a full-force attack from an early-stage Spirit Saint with his bare body without even breaking his skin.

"Azure Netherworld Protector, mid-stage Spirit Saint Realm."

Lu Sheng opened his eyes, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Same level.

come on.

He rolled out of bed and pushed open the door to go out.

The corridor was still dimly lit. Lu Sheng strode towards the command room.

Luo Tianfei was already inside. She—or rather, this machine—never needed to be notified. As long as Lu Sheng stayed in the secret room for more than six hours and then came out, she would automatically appear in the command room to wait for him.

"Defense progress." Lu Sheng sat down and got straight to the point.

Luo Tianfei projected a set of data onto the desktop.

"The coverage rate of ancient metal armor has reached 78%. At the current construction speed, it is expected to reach over 90% in twelve days. The number of anti-rule turrets has increased to twenty-four, distributed at key nodes on the Earth's periphery."

"What about cultivators?"

"The number of Spirit Emperor Realm cultivators has increased to seventeen, two of whom have already reached the threshold of the Spirit Venerable Realm. There are forty-six Spirit King Realm cultivators. The total number of Spirit Sect Master and Spirit Master Realm cultivators exceeds one hundred and thirty. Overall combat strength has increased by approximately fifteen percent since you left."

Fifteen percent.

It's not a huge amount, but it's not a small amount either. To improve this much in a month and a half is already quite good.

"Who are those two who are almost at the Spirit Venerable Realm?"

"Dao Yi and a cultivator named Zhou Lei. Dao Yi's peak Spirit Emperor realm is now stable, and he is attempting to comprehend the first natural elemental law. Zhou Lei's talent is slightly inferior to Dao Yi's, but he is more diligent, and his progress is only three days slower than Dao Yi's."

Lu Sheng nodded.

Although Dao Yi is a coward, he hasn't slacked off in his cultivation. The fact that he was able to reach the threshold of the Spirit Venerable Realm in such a short time shows that his foundation is actually not bad.

"Consort Luo."

"exist."

"When the Azure Guardian arrives, I need you to do one thing."

"Please speak."

"The moment he enters Earth's gravitational field, I need you to conduct a comprehensive scan of him using all monitoring equipment. Energy intensity, type of laws, characteristics of his small world, weapons and equipment he carries—scan as much as you can."

"Understood. But I need to remind you of something," Luo Tianfei said, "If the other party is at the mid-stage of the Spirit Saint Realm, he will likely notice our scanning behavior. This could be perceived as an unfriendly act."

"Whatever. He comes to my turf, getting thoroughly searched is standard practice. If he's not happy, he can turn around and go back."

Luo Tianfei didn't say anything more.

Lu Sheng leaned back in his chair and thought for a while.

"There's one more thing. Have you found any more information about the Seed of Origin?"

Luo Tianfei shook her head.

"The Cleaner Alliance's database contains no detailed records about the Seed of Origin. The Heavenly Saint Ancestor's memory fragments only vaguely mention the name, without any specific description."

"Is it possible that the remains in the Abyss of the Old Gods are the vessel for the Seed of Origin?"

"It's uncertain. But judging from the energy quality of those remains, the origin within them far surpasses that of any known Spirit Saint or even Spirit Immortal realm expert. If the Seed of Origin truly exists, those remains are indeed one of the most likely hiding places."

Lu Sheng remained silent for a few seconds.

If the celestial remains in the Abyss of the Old Gods are related to the Seed of Origin, then the Divine Court of All Things will find that place sooner or later.

"Have the cloaked detectors of the Old God Abyss been deployed?"

"Deployment complete. 24/7 monitoring. Currently, there are no signs of external activity around the Old God Abyss."

"Okay. Notify me immediately if there's any sign of trouble."

Lu Sheng stood up.

"I'm going to the training ground. It's time to teach those guys a lesson."

He walked out of the command room and ran into Li Xiaoyao, who was running this way, in the corridor.

When Li Xiaoyao saw Lu Sheng, he almost couldn't brake in time, stopping abruptly in front of him and panting heavily.

"My lord! There's been progress on the replica armor project!"

"explain."

"Lady Luo Tianfei adjusted the formula, using starry sky alloy as the base and adding bone powder from mutated sea beasts and deep-sea spiritual ore. The strength of the replica has increased from 50% to 60%! Although it's still not as good as the original, it's much more durable now!"

"Sixty percent?" Lu Sheng thought for a moment. "Can it be mass-produced?"

"Yes! The blacksmith camp has already opened three production lines, capable of producing approximately four hundred square meters of armor plates daily."

"Too slow. Open five lines."

"Five?" Li Xiaoyao scratched his head. "We're a bit short-handed—"

"Cultivators below the Spirit Sect Realm all help out at the blacksmith camp during their spare time. Moving sheet metal doesn't require much strength; anyone with hands can do it."

"Yes!"

Li Xiaoyao responded and turned to run away.

"Wait a minute," Lu Sheng called out to him.

"Is there anything else you need, my lord?"

Lu Sheng looked him up and down. He was at the mid-stage of the Spirit Emperor Realm, having improved slightly since a month and a half ago, but not by much.

Have you encountered any bottlenecks in your cultivation recently?

Li Xiaoyao was taken aback, not expecting his lord to suddenly care about this.

"I... am trying to comprehend the laws of the natural elements, choosing the wind element. But I always seem to be missing something; I can't quite grasp that feeling."

Lu Sheng thought for a moment, then pulled out a fist-sized, dark gray crystal from his storage space. It was a fragment of a law crystal he had casually condensed while devouring the origin in the Old God Abyss. It contained a trace of extremely pure wind-elemental law.

"Take this. Find a quiet place and try to understand it for three days. If you still can't grasp the basics after three days, then you lack talent, and don't blame the thing."

The moment Li Xiaoyao received the crystal, his palm was stung by a cold wind-elemental law. His eyes widened in surprise.

The purity of the laws within—he had never experienced anything so pure in his entire life.

"My lord! This is far too precious—"

"Enough talk, take it. I don't need it."

Li Xiaoyao ran away carrying the crystal, twice as fast as before.

Lu Sheng watched his retreating figure and shook his head.

"This group is still too weak."

He muttered something to himself and strode towards the training field.

On the training ground, Dao Yi was leading a group of Spirit Emperor Realm cultivators in a training exercise to develop their perception of magical principles. A dozen or so people sat cross-legged on the metal floor, their bodies radiating a faint spiritual light.

Dao Yi stood at the very front, muttering incantations about the key points of the operation of some law.

Lu Sheng walked to the edge of the training field, but didn't rush in. He watched from the side for a while first.

Dao Yi's explanation was alright. The theoretical part of the basic exercises was fine. But when it came to the practical aspects of integrating the principles, he clearly struggled.

After all, he himself was only at the peak of the Spirit Emperor Realm, and hadn't even passed the threshold of the Spirit Venerable Realm. Asking him to teach law fusion was like asking an elementary school student to teach university mathematics—a forced and unrealistic task.

Lu Sheng stopped watching and went straight inside.

As soon as he stepped into the training ground, all the cultivators immediately opened their eyes and stood up in unison.

"My lord!"

Dao Yi turned around and saw Lu Sheng, his face immediately plastered with a fawning smile.

"My lord, you've arrived! Perfect timing! These guys haven't been able to get the Law Fusion right, could you give them some pointers?"

"Shut up first."

Dao Yi obediently stepped aside.

Lu Sheng glanced around at the cultivators present. Seventeen Spirit Emperors were staring intently at him.

He glanced at Dao Yi and Zhou Lei.

"You two, step forward."

Dao Yi and Zhou Lei walked to the front.

"I heard you're almost at the Spirit Venerable Realm?"

Dao Yi chuckled. "Thanks to Your Majesty's guidance, I have indeed begun to grasp some of your potential—"

"You can feel it? Then let me test whether you can feel it or not."

Lu Sheng raised his hand.

Gray, regular fluctuations spread out from the palm.

The space on the training field instantly solidified. It wasn't a complete spatial blockade, but rather an extremely subtle suppression of rules—Lu Sheng used less than one-thousandth of his power to precisely press down on Dao Yi and Zhou Lei.

Dao Yi's expression changed.

He felt his body suddenly become ten times heavier. Not physically, but the flow of spiritual energy within his body suddenly became extremely difficult, as if an invisible hand had choked the pipes.

"Under the suppression of my rules, you are attempting to unleash your own laws," Lu Sheng said. "If you have truly touched the threshold of the Spirit Venerable Realm, you should be able to find a channel for the operation of your own laws within this suppression."

Dao Yi gritted his teeth and desperately activated the spiritual energy within his body.

His innate talent is lightning. The lightning laws at the peak of the Spirit Emperor realm are running wildly within him, attempting to break through Lu Sheng's rule suppression.

Electric arcs crackled on his body, but each arc was crushed by the gray rules as soon as it shot out.

Zhou Lei's situation was similar. He had a fire-type talent, but the flames would ignite and then extinguish on his body, never taking shape.

Both of them were covered in sweat, gritting their teeth and enduring it.

Lu Sheng stood by and watched without saying a word.

Three minutes later.

Dao Yi's body jolted violently.

Under extreme suppression, the lightning-based laws within his body suddenly found an extremely tiny gap. That gap wasn't intentionally left by Lu Sheng, but rather because the suppression of rules at the mid-stage of the Spirit Saint Realm could never be completely sealed—there are always gaps between laws.

Dao Yi's lightning-based laws surged into the crack.

The electric arc shot out again—this time it wasn't crushed.

Although it was only an extremely weak arc of electricity, it did penetrate Lu Sheng's rule suppression and flashed above Dao Yi's head.

"That's the feeling," Lu Sheng finally spoke. "Remember this gap. The essence of the Spirit Venerable Realm is—finding your own path under the suppression of the laws of heaven and earth."

Dao Yi trembled all over, but his eyes had already lit up.

He sensed it.

The bottleneck that had been troubling him for more than half a month began to loosen at this moment.

Zhou Lei, standing nearby, was still struggling, unable to break through Lu Sheng's suppression with his fire-elemental laws.

"Your fire elemental laws are too crude," Lu Sheng glanced at him. "More isn't always better. Try compressing your flames to their limit, find a single point to break through, don't try to spread them out across the board."

Zhou Lei was taken aback, then made the adjustments as Lu Sheng had suggested.

He compressed the surging flames within him layer by layer, transforming them from a wall of fire into a pillar of fire, from a pillar of fire into a line of fire, and finally into a spark the size of a needle tip.

The spark flickered on his fingertip—

They went through it.

On Zhou Lei's fingertips, a tiny flame burned quietly under the suppression of the rules of the Spirit Saint Realm.

"Great! That's the feeling!" Zhou Lei was so excited he almost jumped up.

Lu Sheng withdrew the rule suppression.

"Do you understand now? The Spirit Venerable Realm isn't reached through brute force. The elemental laws you mastered in the Spirit Emperor Realm can't be applied the same way in the Spirit Venerable Realm. You need to learn refined manipulation, finding a way to survive within the cracks of the rules."

The seventeen cultivators at the Spirit Emperor Realm listened intently.

Lu Sheng didn't say much. He briefly explained the methods and techniques of rule suppression, and then let them practice on their own.

"You must train for at least two hours every day. Dao Yi, you're the closest to a breakthrough, so hurry up. I want to see you reach the Spirit Venerable Realm within twenty days."

Dao Yi nodded with a bitter face.

Twenty days? My lord, you think highly of me.

But he didn't dare to utter a single word in rebuttal.

It was almost dark when Lu Sheng left the training ground.

He stood at the edge of the square, looking up at the gradually darkening sky.

The Azure Guardian will arrive in twenty days.

Mid-stage Spirit Saint Realm versus Mid-stage Spirit Saint Realm.

He wasn't sure if he could win. But he was certain of one thing—he absolutely wouldn't lose.

"Come on," Lu Sheng said in a low voice.

He turned and walked into the secret chamber, beginning a new round of cultivation and consolidation.