Chapter 518
Choice of Dao Fruit
"The five rare Dao Fruits—Wood Lord, Beast King, Earth Immortal, Spirit Emperor, and Yin-Yang God—are the five most brilliant fruits that have grown on my Myriad Manifestations Natural Immortal Body, and are also roughly the five most precious power systems I can obtain in the Star Sea World."
"Although awakening a thousand or ten thousand more Druid classes wouldn't be difficult for me, having already awakened the All-Encompassing Druid class, awakening even more classes doesn't seem to serve any purpose; it's more like trying to bite off more than you can chew."
Having too many Druid classes will not only fail to enhance his strength, but will also distract him.
A Dao Fruit that has just been awakened and whose destructive power level is only a few levels can not bring him any help at all; it will only waste his time.
The time and resources required to raise the destructive power of a Dao Fruit to the seventh level are unimaginable.
Even though the Wood Master and Beast King Dao Fruits only served a supporting role, they cost Qi Ping an unknown amount of resources and energy.
The Wood Dao Fruit was grown to its current level by Qi Ping directly planting a spiritual wood seed accumulated over millions of years in the Star Sea World, and with the sacrifice of the Azure Dragon Sacred Beast.
The Beast King Dao Fruit was only reached at the sixth level after Qi Ping had contracted so many powerful spirit beasts.
The Earth Immortal Dao Fruit and the Spirit Emperor Dao Fruit are even more special. He cultivated the destructive power level of these two Dao Fruits to the seventh level after turning the Star Sea World from decline to prosperity and reviving it, resisting the invasion of the Demon Realm, and experiencing multiple near-death experiences.
Even if Qi Ping were to do it all over again, he wouldn't be confident enough to cultivate the Earth Immortal and Spirit Emperor Dao Fruits to their current levels again, as the growth of Earth Immortal power and Spirit Emperor Dao power is too difficult.
The final Yin-Yang Divine Dao Fruit consumed most of Qi Ping's energy.
The few potentially useful powers that Qi Ping can think of right now are the Space Dao Fruit and the Time Dao Fruit. However, awakening these two Dao Fruits is not easy, and growing them is even more difficult.
Although his understanding of spatial laws is not low, he has only grasped a little bit through sharing the power of the Void Fish. He is quite good at escaping, but he is still a long way from achieving a Dao Fruit comparable to the Yin-Yang God.
Therefore, unless there is a greater need, he would not even consider awakening a complete spatial Dao Fruit.
Even Qi Ping was now deep in thought as he looked at the species and Dao fruits on the panel:
"How should I allocate my energy going forward?"
"Should we still choose to cultivate all five Dao Fruits simultaneously?"
After all, based on normal experience, trying to do too much at once will only lead to failure.
Choosing one path to cultivate as your main focus increases your chances of reaching the ultimate goal; otherwise, you may find yourself stuck in a limbo, neither high enough nor low enough.
"Human energy is finite; throughout history, countless geniuses have failed because of this."
Qi Ping wasn't so arrogant as to think he would be the exception.
"However, these five Dao Fruits have accompanied me to this day, and each one has played a huge role. It would be inappropriate to abandon any of them."
If he were to leave it out in the open, any of the Dao Fruit inheritances he possesses would be fiercely contested, making it even more difficult to relinquish them.
Thinking of this, Qi Ping fell into a long silence, his brows furrowed deeply.
He was pondering which path of cultivation was the most suitable to take.
"Isn't this a happy dilemma? If it were an ordinary Dao Fruit, I could just discard it. But a Yin-Yang God is a truly top-tier Dao Fruit."
However, Qi Ping's tightly furrowed brows did not last long before they suddenly relaxed, and a faint smile appeared on his lips:
"It seems, as if there's no need for a choice anymore."
After carefully analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of each Dao Fruit, Qi Ping suddenly realized that cultivating all five Dao Fruits simultaneously would not only not distract him, but would actually be far more effective than focusing on cultivating just one! "The core cultivation of the Wood Dao Fruit is to comprehend the laws of wood and to nurture more powerful spiritual trees."
The Law of Wood is one of the laws that one must comprehend when cultivating the Yin-Yang God. In other words, comprehending the Law of Wood does not conflict with his progress in the Yin-Yang God Dao Fruit.
In addition, he already has an entire star-sea world as a cultivation ground for spirit trees, so occasionally searching for or cultivating spirit trees will not waste too much of his time.
"From this perspective, cultivating the Wood Master Dao Fruit requires very little effort."
"The Wood Master Dao Fruit possesses the ability to achieve immortality and cultivate spiritual herbs. I can also draw upon the insights and knowledge of the Five Elements Laws from the contracted spiritual wood, which is of great help to cultivation and survival."
"In that case, the cost-effectiveness of cultivating the Wood Master Dao Fruit is very high for me!"
In this way, Qi Ping has a reason to cultivate the Wood Lord Dao Fruit.
The combat system represented by the Wood Master Dao Fruit is top-notch in both its support and combat functions.
"And then, the Beast King's Dao Fruit seems to be about the same."
"Although my Beast King Dao Fruit is currently at its weakest level, only at the sixth rank, which is the level of Void Refinement, this is only temporary. Perhaps when Crow and the others return and come back into the core coverage area of the Beast King Dao Fruit, it may not be impossible to reach the seventh rank."
Qi Ping is currently piloting a void airship towards the world where Ya Ya resides.
"Although the Beast King Dao Fruit cannot directly provide powerful combat strength, the contracted spirit beasts are very suitable for life-and-death battles."
The Golden Marrow Bees, the Sacred Beast Azure Dragon, and the Void Fish Swarm, whose bloodline power is growing stronger and stronger, each possess unique combat abilities.
"Moreover, raising spirit beasts doesn't require me to spend a lot of energy. As long as I obtain enough resources, that's enough. The talents and power that my contracted pets share with me can also assist my cultivation."
"Especially in terms of the talent of the shared contracted pet, the benefits it brought to my cultivation were almost maximum."
Qi Ping, who initially lacked talent, rose to prominence step by step by relying on the power of the Beast King Druid.
It can be said that every improvement the Beastmaster Druid makes on his entire cultivation journey will have a transformative impact on him.
Furthermore, the Beast King Dao Fruit is bound to many animal companions with whom he shares life and death, and it seems that he is unwilling to give up his cultivation of the Beast King Dao Fruit because of these bonds.
Beastmaster Druid is one of his favorite classes.
Moreover, once the contracted animal partner grows up, its combat power may not be weaker than his.
Qi Ping thought about it very seriously and found that the Beast King Dao Fruit, like the Wood Lord Dao Fruit, was a type with excellent cost performance.
"From this perspective, the Beast King Dao Fruit, like the Wood Lord Dao Fruit, is a power that can accompany me on my journey. Continuous cultivation will not only not slow down my cultivation speed, but will actually accelerate my progress!"
"If it's a Earth Immortal or a Spirit Emperor Dao Fruit, then its subsequent effects will be much smaller."
"Once they leave the Star Sea World, Earth Immortals and Spirit Emperors, who rely on the Star Sea World and its inhabitants, can't exert any power at all; their destructive power is practically zero."
Thinking of this, Qi Ping couldn't help but feel a little regretful:
"Is there really no other way?" (End of Chapter)