Chapter 333: Heavy Pagoda
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Chapter 333: Heavy Pagoda
If someone took an ancient Chinese pagoda and placed it in a weird alien setting, that would pretty closely resemble the Black Hole Churchs Heavy Pagoda.
It had seven floors. The roofs between them extended out of the building, like open umbrellas, while the walls were smooth and completely vertical. The entire pagoda was constructed in a dark material that Jack couldnt identify, making it almost invisible against the dark sky. However, the ring of light around the pagodas base illuminated it just fine.
As they approached, Jack saw that this ring of light was actually thousands of tiny symbols, each completely incomprehensible. With a cursory glance, he did not find even two that were identical.
Those are Dao glyphs, the Sage explained. The basis of magic formations. The language of the Dao. They arent letters; more like instructions, with each symbol representing an entire sentence. Kind of like the eastern ideograms, but significantly more complex.
Jack whistled. What do they say?
That this elevator goes down.
Excuse me?
The Sage laughed. I dont know to read them. However, I know they are part of a gravity-enhancing formation. The Heavy Pagoda takes advantage of its environment and uses magic to amplify the already great gravity by a number of times.
A number of times? Jack shivered. Just normal gravity here was a thousand times stronger than Earths. You mean it gets even stronger?
Oh yeah. The first floor has gravity twice as powerful as the rest of the Cathedral. After that, every higher floor doubles it again. The seventh floor contains gravity that is one hundred and twenty-eight times stronger than the regular gravity around here. Just the body weight of a normal cultivator would number in the millions of pounds in there. For Dorman, think billions.
Hey!
Whats the use of such a thing? Jack asked.
Youve experienced the Cathedrals high concentration of Dao, right? Thanks to the thousandfold gravity, the Dao here is much more concentrated than elsewhere, making cultivation more efficient. That increase is further amplified in the Heavy Pagoda. Moreover, there are special meditation mats in there that read the cultivators Dao and help filter out the irrelevant particles, further increasing the speed of your cultivation. With those two advantages combined, even the first floor of the pagoda offers a roughly fifty percent increase in cultivation speed. There are also other advantages
Jacks eyes widened. What about the final floor?
The final floor? The Sage laughed again. With your current strength, even the first floor is a stretch. As for the final floor, nobody goes there. Even the current #1 outer disciple, Min Ling, can only cultivate at the sixth floor.
Jack considered it. Makes sense. If my body weighed ten million pounds, I would just become paste.
The Pagoda also helps with breakthroughs. Unfortunately, I cannot enter, Dorman added in a sad voice. Even if I successfully became a disciple and reached the 950 ranking, my weight has over-doubled due to my current form.
A hint of pity entered Jacks heartDorman was an extremely talented cultivator whod bitten off more than he could chew. Now, he was trapped here, unable to either progress or leave, and he was forced to just watch as his potential dried out.
Oh, what the hell? We come from the same planet.
Hey, Dorman, he said. If I manage to get more resources in the future, I will definitely save some Dao stones to help you break through as well.
Dormans eyes shone. You would do that for me?
Absolutely.
Thank you, Jack. Your words mean a lot to me. I will engrave this kindness into my heart.
You dont have to go that far. Just dont forget about your home planet.
Hearing that, Dorman lowered his gaze in shame. He had heard about the war that occurred on Earth. In fact, he would have joined if he wasnt trapped here.
But what could he say? Getting trapped was his own fault, and at the end of the day, he was not there when his planet needed him. All he could do was swallow the shame.The initial instance of this chapter being available happened at N0v3l.Bin.
Jack did not wish to press the issue further. I will go test out the pagoda, he said.
Perhaps the one hour limit was not to tease him, but to protect him.
Jack gritted his teeth and endured the exertion. He forced himself to walk, every step a hurdle. His perception spread out, but to his surprise, he found that it was limited to within three feet of his person. Anything beyond that vanished like a stone thrown to the sea.
This had to be an effect of the pagodas formation. It was probably meant to give privacy to the meditating cultivators. After all, nobody liked being watched, especially in such a demanding environment.
However, Jack also noticed a thin stream of Dao energy under his feet. It was flowing inwards, as if showing him the path. It made sense. If he had to spend ten minutes looking for an empty mat in the darkness while dodging cross-legged cultivators, the pagoda would be nothing more than a joke.
Jack followed the thin stream of Dao between his feet. Every step was hard, but he pushed through. The stream led him in a curved path, presumably avoiding other cultivators, before a meditation mat finally entered his perception range. He couldnt see it, but he perceived it as made of gold. As he approached it and sat down, it was freezing to the touch, though that also helped calm his mind.
Now, I guess I meditate
Jack was stranded in darkness, enduring extreme gravity and the natural coldness of space. His purple robes clung to his body, and his dark hair was plastered to the back of his neck, the roots of each hair pulling on his skin as if they wanted to jump out. Jacks Dao was constantly active, neutralizing a large part of the gravity, but even the small portion that remained was hard for his body to endure.
He pulled up his status screen, specifically observing his stats.
Strength: 1760
Dexterity: 1760
Constitution: 1755
His titles also gave him a combined 100% increased efficacy for all his stats. All things considered, his Physical substats were at an effective 3500 points, roughly, which was seven hundred times greater than the average pre-System human.
With the current gravity at two thousand times that of Earth, and also the fact that his body was not optimized for such conditionsno wonder his waist hurt.
Still, Jack closed his eyes and attempted to cultivate. A small part of his mind remained vigilantif an enemy approached him in the darkness, or if the drain on his energy became too much, he would immediately wake up and be ready to react.
Besides that small part of his mind, the rest of him closed out the world. Everything washed away. Even the immense weight was only a faint echo in the distance. His Dao Tree pulsed with power, and the surrounding Dao became his to wield.
At the same time, the meditation mat under him activated as well, drawing at the Fist-related Dao particles and pushing away everything else.
Jack fell into the familiar practice of meditation.
Though his progress in the D-Grade was mostly made through killing others, he had actually spent most of his time meditating. It had almost become second nature by now. His perception spread out gently like a thousand slender fingers, picking out the Fist-adjacent Dao particles and drawing them inside his pores. From there, they traveled to his chest, where his soul was located, and slipped in. Another part of Jacks perception then pushed them inside his Dao Tree, where they filled it with vitality.
Normally, as Jack had already reached the limits of the D-Grade, cultivating like this would not bring any benefits. No matter how much power he crammed into his Dao Tree, its total capacity could increase no further until he broke through. He was only doing this now to increase his familiarity with the Dao of the Fist. Any excess energy would just disperse.
However, to his surprise, the energy actually accumulated!
Jacks closed eyes flickered. He drew short breaths due to excitement. The increased density in here increased his rate of cultivation, which meant that he would progress faster if he wasnt already at the limit. However, the pagodas formation actually had a secondary benefit; somehow, the Dao was artificially packed together, slightly decreasing its volume by increasing its density. That allowed Jack to accumulate more of it inside his Dao Tree, effectively supercharging it. This excess energy would eventually disperse, of course, but it was not instant. He could maintain this state for a few minutes.
Inside the Heavy Pagoda, the total energy he could accumulate had risen!
Jacks heart was jumping in excitement. The reason he needed Dao stones, the main reason he couldnt break through right now, was the limited amount of energy he could fit in his Dao Tree. If the Heavy Pagoda allowed him to temporarily increase that limit, even by a littleit could decrease the number of Dao stones he needed.
It could speed up his breakthrough!
Just by the little bit hed experienced already, Jack estimated that if he filled up his Dao Tree here, he would only need fifteen Dao stones to break through, not twenty. That could already save him months of effort.
And this was just the first floor of the pagoda. Higher up, the Dao density would be even greater. A crazy thought entered Jacks mind.
What if I entered a higher floor?
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Chapter 333: Heavy Pagoda
If someone took an ancient Chinese pagoda and placed it in a weird alien setting, that would pretty closely resemble the Black Hole Churchs Heavy Pagoda.
It had seven floors. The roofs between them extended out of the building, like open umbrellas, while the walls were smooth and completely vertical. The entire pagoda was constructed in a dark material that Jack couldnt identify, making it almost invisible against the dark sky. However, the ring of light around the pagodas base illuminated it just fine.
As they approached, Jack saw that this ring of light was actually thousands of tiny symbols, each completely incomprehensible. With a cursory glance, he did not find even two that were identical.
Those are Dao glyphs, the Sage explained. The basis of magic formations. The language of the Dao. They arent letters; more like instructions, with each symbol representing an entire sentence. Kind of like the eastern ideograms, but significantly more complex.
Jack whistled. What do they say?
That this elevator goes down.
Excuse me?
The Sage laughed. I dont know to read them. However, I know they are part of a gravity-enhancing formation. The Heavy Pagoda takes advantage of its environment and uses magic to amplify the already great gravity by a number of times.
A number of times? Jack shivered. Just normal gravity here was a thousand times stronger than Earths. You mean it gets even stronger?
Oh yeah. The first floor has gravity twice as powerful as the rest of the Cathedral. After that, every higher floor doubles it again. The seventh floor contains gravity that is one hundred and twenty-eight times stronger than the regular gravity around here. Just the body weight of a normal cultivator would number in the millions of pounds in there. For Dorman, think billions.
Hey!
Whats the use of such a thing? Jack asked.
Youve experienced the Cathedrals high concentration of Dao, right? Thanks to the thousandfold gravity, the Dao here is much more concentrated than elsewhere, making cultivation more efficient. That increase is further amplified in the Heavy Pagoda. Moreover, there are special meditation mats in there that read the cultivators Dao and help filter out the irrelevant particles, further increasing the speed of your cultivation. With those two advantages combined, even the first floor of the pagoda offers a roughly fifty percent increase in cultivation speed. There are also other advantages
Jacks eyes widened. What about the final floor?
The final floor? The Sage laughed again. With your current strength, even the first floor is a stretch. As for the final floor, nobody goes there. Even the current #1 outer disciple, Min Ling, can only cultivate at the sixth floor.
Jack considered it. Makes sense. If my body weighed ten million pounds, I would just become paste.
The Pagoda also helps with breakthroughs. Unfortunately, I cannot enter, Dorman added in a sad voice. Even if I successfully became a disciple and reached the 950 ranking, my weight has over-doubled due to my current form.
A hint of pity entered Jacks heartDorman was an extremely talented cultivator whod bitten off more than he could chew. Now, he was trapped here, unable to either progress or leave, and he was forced to just watch as his potential dried out.
Oh, what the hell? We come from the same planet.
Hey, Dorman, he said. If I manage to get more resources in the future, I will definitely save some Dao stones to help you break through as well.
Dormans eyes shone. You would do that for me?
Absolutely.
Thank you, Jack. Your words mean a lot to me. I will engrave this kindness into my heart.
You dont have to go that far. Just dont forget about your home planet.
Hearing that, Dorman lowered his gaze in shame. He had heard about the war that occurred on Earth. In fact, he would have joined if he wasnt trapped here.
But what could he say? Getting trapped was his own fault, and at the end of the day, he was not there when his planet needed him. All he could do was swallow the shame.The initial instance of this chapter being available happened at N0v3l.Bin.
Jack did not wish to press the issue further. I will go test out the pagoda, he said.
Perhaps the one hour limit was not to tease him, but to protect him.
Jack gritted his teeth and endured the exertion. He forced himself to walk, every step a hurdle. His perception spread out, but to his surprise, he found that it was limited to within three feet of his person. Anything beyond that vanished like a stone thrown to the sea.
This had to be an effect of the pagodas formation. It was probably meant to give privacy to the meditating cultivators. After all, nobody liked being watched, especially in such a demanding environment.
However, Jack also noticed a thin stream of Dao energy under his feet. It was flowing inwards, as if showing him the path. It made sense. If he had to spend ten minutes looking for an empty mat in the darkness while dodging cross-legged cultivators, the pagoda would be nothing more than a joke.
Jack followed the thin stream of Dao between his feet. Every step was hard, but he pushed through. The stream led him in a curved path, presumably avoiding other cultivators, before a meditation mat finally entered his perception range. He couldnt see it, but he perceived it as made of gold. As he approached it and sat down, it was freezing to the touch, though that also helped calm his mind.
Now, I guess I meditate
Jack was stranded in darkness, enduring extreme gravity and the natural coldness of space. His purple robes clung to his body, and his dark hair was plastered to the back of his neck, the roots of each hair pulling on his skin as if they wanted to jump out. Jacks Dao was constantly active, neutralizing a large part of the gravity, but even the small portion that remained was hard for his body to endure.
He pulled up his status screen, specifically observing his stats.
Strength: 1760
Dexterity: 1760
Constitution: 1755
His titles also gave him a combined 100% increased efficacy for all his stats. All things considered, his Physical substats were at an effective 3500 points, roughly, which was seven hundred times greater than the average pre-System human.
With the current gravity at two thousand times that of Earth, and also the fact that his body was not optimized for such conditionsno wonder his waist hurt.
Still, Jack closed his eyes and attempted to cultivate. A small part of his mind remained vigilantif an enemy approached him in the darkness, or if the drain on his energy became too much, he would immediately wake up and be ready to react.
Besides that small part of his mind, the rest of him closed out the world. Everything washed away. Even the immense weight was only a faint echo in the distance. His Dao Tree pulsed with power, and the surrounding Dao became his to wield.
At the same time, the meditation mat under him activated as well, drawing at the Fist-related Dao particles and pushing away everything else.
Jack fell into the familiar practice of meditation.
Though his progress in the D-Grade was mostly made through killing others, he had actually spent most of his time meditating. It had almost become second nature by now. His perception spread out gently like a thousand slender fingers, picking out the Fist-adjacent Dao particles and drawing them inside his pores. From there, they traveled to his chest, where his soul was located, and slipped in. Another part of Jacks perception then pushed them inside his Dao Tree, where they filled it with vitality.
Normally, as Jack had already reached the limits of the D-Grade, cultivating like this would not bring any benefits. No matter how much power he crammed into his Dao Tree, its total capacity could increase no further until he broke through. He was only doing this now to increase his familiarity with the Dao of the Fist. Any excess energy would just disperse.
However, to his surprise, the energy actually accumulated!
Jacks closed eyes flickered. He drew short breaths due to excitement. The increased density in here increased his rate of cultivation, which meant that he would progress faster if he wasnt already at the limit. However, the pagodas formation actually had a secondary benefit; somehow, the Dao was artificially packed together, slightly decreasing its volume by increasing its density. That allowed Jack to accumulate more of it inside his Dao Tree, effectively supercharging it. This excess energy would eventually disperse, of course, but it was not instant. He could maintain this state for a few minutes.
Inside the Heavy Pagoda, the total energy he could accumulate had risen!
Jacks heart was jumping in excitement. The reason he needed Dao stones, the main reason he couldnt break through right now, was the limited amount of energy he could fit in his Dao Tree. If the Heavy Pagoda allowed him to temporarily increase that limit, even by a littleit could decrease the number of Dao stones he needed.
It could speed up his breakthrough!
Just by the little bit hed experienced already, Jack estimated that if he filled up his Dao Tree here, he would only need fifteen Dao stones to break through, not twenty. That could already save him months of effort.
And this was just the first floor of the pagoda. Higher up, the Dao density would be even greater. A crazy thought entered Jacks mind.
What if I entered a higher floor?
Chapter 333: Heavy PagodaIf someone took an ancient Chinese pagoda and placed it in a weird alien setting, that would pretty closely resemble the Black Hole Churchs Heavy Pagoda.It had seven floors. The roofs between them extended out of the building, like open umbrellas, while the walls were smooth and completely vertical. The entire pagoda was constructed in a dark material that Jack couldnt identify, making it almost invisible against the dark sky. However, the ring of light around the pagodas base illuminated it just fine.As they approached, Jack saw that this ring of light was actually thousands of tiny symbols, each completely incomprehensible. With a cursory glance, he did not find even two that were identical.Those are Dao glyphs, the Sage explained. The basis of magic formations. The language of the Dao. They arent letters; more like instructions, with each symbol representing an entire sentence. Kind of like the eastern ideograms, but significantly more complex.Jack whistled. What do they say?That this elevator goes down.Excuse me?The Sage laughed. I dont know to read them. However, I know they are part of a gravity-enhancing formation. The Heavy Pagoda takes advantage of its environment and uses magic to amplify the already great gravity by a number of times.A number of times? Jack shivered. Just normal gravity here was a thousand times stronger than Earths. You mean it gets even stronger?Oh yeah. The first floor has gravity twice as powerful as the rest of the Cathedral. After that, every higher floor doubles it again. The seventh floor contains gravity that is one hundred and twenty-eight times stronger than the regular gravity around here. Just the body weight of a normal cultivator would number in the millions of pounds in there. For Dorman, think billions.Hey!Whats the use of such a thing? Jack asked.Youve experienced the Cathedrals high concentration of Dao, right? Thanks to the thousandfold gravity, the Dao here is much more concentrated than elsewhere, making cultivation more efficient. That increase is further amplified in the Heavy Pagoda. Moreover, there are special meditation mats in there that read the cultivators Dao and help filter out the irrelevant particles, further increasing the speed of your cultivation. With those two advantages combined, even the first floor of the pagoda offers a roughly fifty percent increase in cultivation speed. There are also other advantagesJacks eyes widened. What about the final floor?The final floor? The Sage laughed again. With your current strength, even the first floor is a stretch. As for the final floor, nobody goes there. Even the current #1 outer disciple, Min Ling, can only cultivate at the sixth floor.Jack considered it. Makes sense. If my body weighed ten million pounds, I would just become paste.The Pagoda also helps with breakthroughs. Unfortunately, I cannot enter, Dorman added in a sad voice. Even if I successfully became a disciple and reached the 950 ranking, my weight has over-doubled due to my current form.A hint of pity entered Jacks heartDorman was an extremely talented cultivator whod bitten off more than he could chew. Now, he was trapped here, unable to either progress or leave, and he was forced to just watch as his potential dried out.Oh, what the hell? We come from the same planet.Hey, Dorman, he said. If I manage to get more resources in the future, I will definitely save some Dao stones to help you break through as well.Dormans eyes shone. You would do that for me?Absolutely.Thank you, Jack. Your words mean a lot to me. I will engrave this kindness into my heart.You dont have to go that far. Just dont forget about your home planet.Hearing that, Dorman lowered his gaze in shame. He had heard about the war that occurred on Earth. In fact, he would have joined if he wasnt trapped here.But what could he say? Getting trapped was his own fault, and at the end of the day, he was not there when his planet needed him. All he could do was swallow the shame.The initial instance of this chapter being available happened at N0v3l.Bin.Jack did not wish to press the issue further. I will go test out the pagoda, he said.Perhaps the one hour limit was not to tease him, but to protect him.Jack gritted his teeth and endured the exertion. He forced himself to walk, every step a hurdle. His perception spread out, but to his surprise, he found that it was limited to within three feet of his person. Anything beyond that vanished like a stone thrown to the sea.This had to be an effect of the pagodas formation. It was probably meant to give privacy to the meditating cultivators. After all, nobody liked being watched, especially in such a demanding environment.However, Jack also noticed a thin stream of Dao energy under his feet. It was flowing inwards, as if showing him the path. It made sense. If he had to spend ten minutes looking for an empty mat in the darkness while dodging cross-legged cultivators, the pagoda would be nothing more than a joke.Jack followed the thin stream of Dao between his feet. Every step was hard, but he pushed through. The stream led him in a curved path, presumably avoiding other cultivators, before a meditation mat finally entered his perception range. He couldnt see it, but he perceived it as made of gold. As he approached it and sat down, it was freezing to the touch, though that also helped calm his mind.Now, I guess I meditateJack was stranded in darkness, enduring extreme gravity and the natural coldness of space. His purple robes clung to his body, and his dark hair was plastered to the back of his neck, the roots of each hair pulling on his skin as if they wanted to jump out. Jacks Dao was constantly active, neutralizing a large part of the gravity, but even the small portion that remained was hard for his body to endure.He pulled up his status screen, specifically observing his stats.Strength: 1760Dexterity: 1760Constitution: 1755His titles also gave him a combined 100% increased efficacy for all his stats. All things considered, his Physical substats were at an effective 3500 points, roughly, which was seven hundred times greater than the average pre-System human.With the current gravity at two thousand times that of Earth, and also the fact that his body was not optimized for such conditionsno wonder his waist hurt.Still, Jack closed his eyes and attempted to cultivate. A small part of his mind remained vigilantif an enemy approached him in the darkness, or if the drain on his energy became too much, he would immediately wake up and be ready to react.Besides that small part of his mind, the rest of him closed out the world. Everything washed away. Even the immense weight was only a faint echo in the distance. His Dao Tree pulsed with power, and the surrounding Dao became his to wield.At the same time, the meditation mat under him activated as well, drawing at the Fist-related Dao particles and pushing away everything else.Jack fell into the familiar practice of meditation.Though his progress in the D-Grade was mostly made through killing others, he had actually spent most of his time meditating. It had almost become second nature by now. His perception spread out gently like a thousand slender fingers, picking out the Fist-adjacent Dao particles and drawing them inside his pores. From there, they traveled to his chest, where his soul was located, and slipped in. Another part of Jacks perception then pushed them inside his Dao Tree, where they filled it with vitality.Normally, as Jack had already reached the limits of the D-Grade, cultivating like this would not bring any benefits. No matter how much power he crammed into his Dao Tree, its total capacity could increase no further until he broke through. He was only doing this now to increase his familiarity with the Dao of the Fist. Any excess energy would just disperse.However, to his surprise, the energy actually accumulated!Jacks closed eyes flickered. He drew short breaths due to excitement. The increased density in here increased his rate of cultivation, which meant that he would progress faster if he wasnt already at the limit. However, the pagodas formation actually had a secondary benefit; somehow, the Dao was artificially packed together, slightly decreasing its volume by increasing its density. That allowed Jack to accumulate more of it inside his Dao Tree, effectively supercharging it. This excess energy would eventually disperse, of course, but it was not instant. He could maintain this state for a few minutes.Inside the Heavy Pagoda, the total energy he could accumulate had risen!Jacks heart was jumping in excitement. The reason he needed Dao stones, the main reason he couldnt break through right now, was the limited amount of energy he could fit in his Dao Tree. If the Heavy Pagoda allowed him to temporarily increase that limit, even by a littleit could decrease the number of Dao stones he needed.It could speed up his breakthrough!Just by the little bit hed experienced already, Jack estimated that if he filled up his Dao Tree here, he would only need fifteen Dao stones to break through, not twenty. That could already save him months of effort.And this was just the first floor of the pagoda. Higher up, the Dao density would be even greater. A crazy thought entered Jacks mind.What if I entered a higher floor?
