Panlong: My Auto-Level Training System

Chapter 32 The Realm of Chaos

Having been upgraded to the Saint-level in almost every aspect, Karl can now improve on his own even without relying on the system's cultivation, although this improvement is indeed very slow.

With the system, Karl can improve his progress at least a little every day. Without the system, Karl's cultivation would be limited to separate training sessions, with one day focusing on battle qi and the other on profound mysteries.

Generally, cultivators at the Saint Realm level only cultivate the power of heaven and earth, and can comprehend the laws from it. They will then focus on cultivating the laws. As for battle qi, they no longer cultivate it when they become Saints.

Because once you reach the early stage of the Saint Realm, your battle qi has already reached the limits of the human body. Each step forward requires years of accumulated effort. More importantly, this kind of improvement in battle qi becomes somewhat insignificant when facing the power of heaven and earth.

Just like the improvement brought by ten years of arduous cultivation of Saint-level Battle Qi is comparable to the improvement brought by one year of arduous cultivation of Heaven and Earth Power.

Below the Saintly Realm, people cultivate battle qi and magical power because those at the same level all use this kind of power. Therefore, the amount of this energy can also determine a part of the key to victory or defeat.

However, once you reach the Holy Realm, whether it's battle aura or magical power, its role is more about leveraging the power of higher ranks.

Using fighting spirit to manipulate the power of heaven and earth can be considered as using power to suppress others.

"Because the cultivation speed is slow and the improvement is small, they stop cultivating battle qi from the Saint Realm onwards. No wonder it is difficult for Saint Realm cultivators of the same level to fight against Saint Realm monsters."

After using his mental power to sense the several Saint-level beings in Crimson Flame City, Karl lost interest in communicating with them. Because of the system, even after achieving Saint-level status, Karl continued to cultivate battle qi, and his progress was even more obvious after acquiring a Saint-level physical body.

Although the boost to strength from battle qi is far less than that from profound mysteries, for Karl, battle qi represents endurance. At the same time, the growth of the Holy Body is not something that can be achieved out of thin air; it also requires battle qi.

After a brief rest, Karl left Crimson Flame City and only stopped at the edge of Chaos Realm.

"The reason why the Chaotic Realm is called Chaotic is most likely because of the O'Brien Empire, the Luo'ao Empire, and the Far East Plains."

Karl's stay in Crimson Flame City a few days ago was not just for sightseeing; his destination was the Chaos Realm, and as the O'Brien Empire, which connects to the Chaos Realm, it naturally had a lot of information about it.

Chaos was Karl's first impression of the Chaotic Realm. Because the Chaotic Realm connected the O'Brien Empire, the Luo'ao Empire, and the Far East Plains, and because it didn't have any famous strongmen, all three major powers were eyeing it.

Which emperor doesn't dream of expanding his territory? If it weren't for the Holy Alliance having the Monster Mountain Range as a natural barrier, Karl would believe that even Emperor O'Brien had plans to invade the Holy Alliance.

After all, although the Holy See can communicate directly with the divine realm, it cannot send out any god-level experts. The O'Brien Empire and the Yulan Empire have god-level experts in charge, so they are undoubtedly the top overlords.

"Currently, there are sixty-four duchies in the Chaotic Territory, and perhaps some of these sixty-four duchies belong to the three major powers."

To Karl, this tactic was perfectly normal. He could easily find a reason to exile a ninth-level expert from his own faction, then send him to occupy a city in the Chaotic Territory. After doing this a few times, they could form a duchy, which might nominally be opposing the imperial forces, but in reality, they were just pawns of the empire.

As for why it has to be the direct line, it's because those who aren't direct line are exiled to the Chaotic Territory, and they might actually be exiled. But the direct line comes with a mission; they are ostensibly from the Chaotic Territory, but in reality, they are still from the Empire.

"The O'Brien Empire, the Luo'ao Empire, the Far East Plains, the Church of Light, the Church of Darkness."

Karl pondered the current situation in the Chaotic Realm, which truly lived up to its name of chaos.

"If I remember correctly, the Far East grasslands seem to be mainly for raising cattle and sheep, and they are not good at planting. Therefore, their forces are mostly grassland cavalry. When they need food, their main method is to rob. So these people are known for their cruelty, and the people of the Holy See would not look favorably upon these barbarians."

"As for the eighteen duchies of the Northern Region, they are backed by the Temple of the Ice and Snow Goddess." Karl paused abruptly at this point. The Church of Light, the Church of Darkness, the Temple of Earth, and the Crimson Flame Cult all refer to a certain main god system, while the Temple of the Ice and Snow Goddess clearly refers to a certain god-level powerhouse.

"Perhaps there was once an ice and snow goddess on the continent of Yulan?" Karl controlled his thoughts and let them wander in that direction.

Karl stopped there, understanding that with the existence of this temple, even the Empire would have to give it some face, let alone the Holy See, which had never even had a god-level expert appear.

The top powers on the Yulan Continent are mainly the four great empires, followed by places like the Holy See, which has top-tier Saint-level experts stationed there.

The eighteen principalities of the Northern Region and the Far Eastern Grasslands all have publicly acknowledged peak Saint Realm experts or even Saint Realm limit experts in charge, but the Chaotic Territory does not.

"It's no wonder that these forces would set their sights on the Chaotic Territory, given that its land area is comparable to the entire Holy Alliance but it lacks top-tier experts to guard it."

After a moment of reflection, Karl turned his attention to the map in his hand.

Don't be fooled by the fact that some people with level eight or nine strength on the Yulan Continent seem to possess spatial rings. In reality, very few people on the Yulan Continent have spatial rings. Even the kings of many kingdoms may not have one.

Those who can possess a spatial ring are either long-established Saint-level powerhouses with long lifespans, or forces that have been passed down for many years and have produced Saint-level powerhouses.

Although Karl is now a Saint-level expert, and his strength even ranks among the top in the Yulan Continent, he has only been a Saint-level expert for a short time, and he spends most of his time at home, so naturally he does not have a spatial ring.

"The Chaotic Realm now has sixty-four duchies, of which the Church of Light occupies six and the Church of Darkness occupies five." Karl looked at the map in his hand, which marked many forces. Even the Luo'ao Empire and the Far East Plains had their supporters clearly marked.

As for how many duchies the O'Brien Empire occupied, this map naturally doesn't show it. After all, this is a civilian-grade map of the Chaotic Territories sold by the O'Brien Empire, and it obviously wouldn't reveal how much power it had occupied.

"The Church of Light, the Church of Darkness."

Karl's eyes flickered. The situation in the Chaotic Realm had a long history. The two major papal houses had long been established here. As the two pantheons that needed faith and souls, they had always been in short supply of pure souls.

Pure souls, the conditions for their birth are unknown, but each one is enough to drive the Church of Light mad. And if the Church of Light has such means, Karl doesn't believe the Church of Darkness doesn't.