Light Fortress Chapter 2012 - 58: Why Don’t You Refine All Three? (3)

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Previously on Light Fortress...
Gu Shen learns from Mr. Turing that the outside world's "acceleration" had already begun when he was transported, consuming vast amounts of time to see through the Dream. Turing reveals his multiple identities and that he has been in the Time Dojo for years, dissecting knowledge to aid the Five Continents' development and create the "Deep Sea." Turing explains his gamble to surpass the Starship Civilization, his expulsion from the "Deep Sea," and now entrusts the Dojo to Gu Shen, offering a starship to return home. He also reveals his original plan was to find another candidate, possibly Bai Xiu, if Gu Shen hadn't progressed quickly enough.

Turing extended five fingers and calmly said, "It’s unfortunate that they all seem unwilling to attempt surpassing the path of the ’Hunter God’. So far, I’ve only issued three invitations. The Iron Dome Emperor from 160 years ago refused me, and Gu Changzhi from thirty years ago... also refused me."

Gu Shen immediately asked, "Mr. Gu Changzhi refused the creation of entering the Time Dojo?"

"That’s right. My footprints once covered the Five Continents... The tides of the times rise and fall, and this young civilization of the Five Continents was quite naive in its early stage, achieving a golden age roughly every hundred years. I’ve always been searching for qualified ’leaders’, but my wish was never fulfilled."

Turing sighed lightly, "Until around the year 450 of the new calendar, the Iron Dome Emperor conquered the North Continent. I saw a hero comparable to the leaders of the Starship Civilization Era. So I revealed my identity to the Iron Dome Emperor, confessed everything, but unfortunately, he chose to build a giant wall instead of entering the Time Dojo for cultivation."

Gu Shen listened in silence.

"Gu Changzhi made the same choice as the Iron Dome..."

Turing lamented, "He didn’t believe in resisting this calamity with ’individual power’, so he didn’t enter the Time Dojo for cultivation."

Gu Shen looked at the thousands of mirror shards, reflecting countless images of himself.

He fell into thought.

Initially, he couldn’t understand the choices of these two great figures...

But suddenly, he seemed to understand something.

The Lord of Love once said, the leaders of the Starship Civilization suspected that this world harbors a higher civilization.

The so-called "source material storm" is merely a game.

They adhere to the rules to negotiate with the "source material storm", even knowing it’s a game, striving to survive with all their might.

Because living every extra hundred years.

Allows many to spend their lives in a homeland of their own.

For leaders at the pinnacle, the Five Continents Civilization resembles a tiny spark of fire. Whether the Iron Dome Emperor or Mr. Gu Changzhi, they personally guard this spark’s growth. They know what entering the Time Dojo for cultivation means... It means engaging in an ultimate showdown with the super giant source material storm. Once they decide to step into the Dojo, this civilized spark will face its ultimate test.

The reason for refusing to enter the Time Dojo is simple.

They wish for this flame to burn longer, even longer.

"I know what you’re thinking... the strongest ’Extraordinary Power’ in this world is actually fate."

Turing stood in the dark void with Gu Shen, both hands behind his back, and said gently, "The super giant source material storm humans ultimately face is actually fate, just like the endings you saw in the reactivated Dream World; all are destined arrangements. To break this destiny requires relying on extremely powerful individuals... In those days, the Hunter God saw a glimmer of hope."

Gu Shen lowered his gaze and said, "So... the key to entering the Time Dojo is either super strong individual ability or... the power of wielding a Super Divine Artifact."

Turing looked at Gu Shen with some surprise.

"In the Dream World, I pulled out ’Extinguishing Fire’."

Gu Shen raised his head and said, "And Little Xiuzi had the chance to draw ’Extinguishing Candle’, which is why both of us are qualified to enter the Time Dojo."

"You’re very clever... Your guess is quite correct, but your prerequisites are fuller than his."

Turing said softly, "You possess the strongest ’Heart Flow Power’ within the Five Continents Civilization for the past six hundred years. In this respect, you are more suited than Bai Xiu for this ’Super Divine Artifact’!"

In the Time Dojo, sitting for a year, Gu Shen could produce ten strands of Heart Flow Power!

Ten times the efficiency!

"Ten times the Heart Flow Power isn’t as useful as you think."

Gu Shen smiled and said, "There’s not enough for me to comprehend."

"Is it?"

Turing asked blandly, "What if... there exists complete fire seeds in the Time Dojo? What if there are brand new origins?"

Gu Shen stood stunned.

"Don’t forget, this is the fall place of the Lord of Melting Iron and the like."

Turing smiled at Gu Shen, with a tone filled with regret, "Actually, I possess quite a bit of Heart Flow Power too... but unfortunately, I have no affinity for ’Extraordinary Cultivation’ this lifetime; I have no cultivation talent. Even if I comprehended fire seeds for ten thousand years, I wouldn’t grasp the essence."

Gu Shen’s expression became quite complex.

"There are a total of three fire seeds here."

Turing extended three fingers, "The Melting Iron and Craftsman Fire Seed, which symbolizes ’Heartflow Limit’ and ’Perfect Forging’; the Valley Spark, which symbolizes ’Four Seasons Rotation’, containing part of ’Time Origin’..."

Gu Shen turned his head toward the direction of his starship.

He murmured, "And a Torch of Love."

"No, no, no."

Turing shook his head and solemnly said, "What I mean by ’here’ having three fire seeds is before you came... The Torch of Love has always been in the Ice Sea, and only by chance has it arrived at the Time Dojo."

Gu Shen froze.

So the third one...

"Thanks to the persistent journey of the ’Clone Technique’."

Turing raised an eyebrow and said, "This third fire seed symbolizes ’Absolute Destruction’, containing whole ’Space Origin’, the Hunting Spark."

Gu Shen’s mind buzzed explosively.

This news... is too shocking!

Everyone believed the Hunting Spark was lost, never to be found!

The Hunting Spark has always been in the Time Dojo!

"Didn’t you realize how terrifyingly powerful Mr. Gu Changzhi was?"

Turing smiled and said, "This guy returned alone from the end of the Old World to the Five Continents and encountered the super giant source material storm, even dared to take it head-on... Even after failure, he still had the ability to slay the runaway Netherworld King."

"Although he refused the cultivation of the Time Dojo, he did not refuse the ’perception’ of fire seeds."

Turing said meaningfully, "Have a look at your Pure Land, isn’t it much like the ’Four Seasons Rotation’ of the Grain Goddess?"

Four Seasons Wilderness... just corresponds to the rotation of seasons!

"Gu Changzhi was a peerless genius. Before the Battle Fire in the furnace, he created the ’Four Seasons Breathing Method’.

Turing sighed, "That’s why he perfectly fits two fire seeds, apart from the ’Battle Fire’, there’s also a ’Valley Spark’. After comprehending part of the ’Time Origin’ here, he chose to leave; perhaps choosing for later generations to handle this chaos was due to the ’Time Origin’... Masters of this Origin Power can often glimpse the future."

"That’s why I said before, both you and Bai Xiu have the chance to enter the Time Dojo."

"Because in my view..."

"Both you and Bai Xiu are super geniuses qualified to comprehend two different origins!"

Turing looked at Gu Shen and said, "As for you... you kid have more fire seeds compatible than Bai Xiu. Aside from the Netherworld Fire forcibly implanted by the Netherworld King, I see the ’Valley Spark’, ’Melting Iron Spark’, ’Hunting Spark’, all very compatible with you..."

He asked with a smile.

"Why not refine all three?"

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(I had food poisoning yesterday, was on IV for two days... I’m finally better. TAT Brothers, don’t eat stuff kept in the fridge for too long, food poisoning is really tough to handle.)