Becoming a Deity from Planting the Bodhi Tree

North 3 Zone, Dragon Tiger Star.

North 3 Zone is comprised of seven life-bearing planets, of which four are under the direct or indirect control of Dragon Tiger Dojo.

Among them, the planet named "Dragon Tiger" is the headquarters of the Dragon Tiger Dojo.

This entire planet is a dojo.

After countless years of management, the ecological environment of Dragon Tiger Star ranks in the top ten of the Federation.

Entering this place, all is lovingly sculpted by Heavenly Master himself—majestic mountains and rivers, where one can see white cranes sweeping across the sky and occasional roars of tigers in the forests, and creatures resembling flood dragons in rivers and lakes. These are all cultivated by generations of Dragon Tiger Dojo, a source of great medicines.

On one of the peaks inscribed with the characters for "Dragon" and "Tiger".

The summit was enveloped in mist, with a freshly brewed pot of tea placed on a stone table, and seven individuals of distinct but extraordinary presence sat around it.

"...[Dragon Tiger Cultivation Body] is the core inheritance of our dojo. Even if the current Daoist has not yet been appointed, the dojo cannot possibly agree to the request from Xilin Business Alliance. Tell them no."

An old man with white hair and beard spoke slowly, sitting as though merged with Heaven and Earth.

Hearing his words, everyone nodded slightly in agreement.

All seated here were pillars of the Dragon Tiger Dojo.

Recently, Xilin Business Alliance hoped to send one of their genius martial artists to study at Dragon Tiger Dojo and forge a [Dragon Tiger Cultivation Body].

For this, Xilin Business Alliance was willing to offer two shares of superior cultivation as an exchange.

But now, this proposal was unanimously rejected.

Once that matter concluded, another middle-aged person slowly opened his mouth:

"Just received news this morning; among our dojo's independently established disciples, another has achieved Spiritual Firmness, with Heart Image expected soon, named Yang Yan."

"Yang Yan?"

"So it is Junior Brother Yang."

A young-looking man among those present nodded and smiled,

"I am of the same generation as Junior Brother Yang; I will represent the dojo later to congratulate Junior Brother Yang on breaking free from the cage."

Everyone nodded.

The Chains Realm is also known as the cage; once one breaks through this realm, it is akin to leaping out of the cage.

Since Yang Yan has achieved Spiritual Firmness, escaping the cage is just a matter of time.

The young man exclaimed, "I just heard not long ago that Junior Brother Yang had greatly damaged his Origin in pursuit of revenge, fearing his life would not be long. Unexpectedly, he has now broken and reestablished himself. I must drink with him in the future."

The realm of Spiritual Firmness is impervious to water and fire, life cannot be extinguished.

In this era, the average lifespan is 120 for ordinary people. Those slightly wealthy can buy nourishing life services, easily extending their lifespan to 150.

But those upper elites, even if they do not practice martial arts, leveraging various resources, even getting personal assistance from Heavenly Master to nurture their bodies, can easily live beyond 220.

Some even staved off death with money while lying on a sickbed...

It is said that the current record holder lived up to 317 years, not because they couldn't hold on, but because their descendants unplugged their life support.

As for the martial artists of this era, the situation is special.

In Body Refining, True Seed Realm, due to the excessively violent cultivation techniques and constant battles, even with secret medicines aiding them, martial artists' lifespan generally decreases rather than increases.

It improves somewhat in the Divine Travel Realm, and life expectancy substantially increases, also approaching the first turning point.

Whether to stop here or to challenge the Chains Realm.

As the name Chains Realm suggests, breaking the body's chains, this realm requires "burning" the flesh, igniting the physique.

Like the Divine Travel Realm, continually piling up kindling for the Heart Fire is to make it blaze intensely at the moment of supreme divinity.

Similarly, in the Chains Realm, "igniting" the physique, developing and nurturing the Blood and Flesh Divine Power.

After breaking through the Chains Realm, it is necessary to regularly replenish with massive amounts of precious medicines until the Blood and Flesh Divine Power matures, or one discerns the mystery of Spiritual Firmness and steps into Heart Image.

Thus, not only does the Chains Realm not extend life, but it may even reduce it.

But once breaking through Spiritual Firmness, progressing to Heart Image, even without any medicinal aid, one could easily live beyond 500.

As for Heavenly Masters, they are revered as "a single person can uphold a millennium-old family."

And at the peak of Federation Martial Arts, no Supreme Grandmasters have been recorded to die of old age, all died in battle.

Some even provided statistics, disregarding the base rate, that Supreme Grandmasters have a higher mortality rate than Grandmasters.

As for where their battlefields lie, only Heavenly Masters are privy to such matters.

Thus, with Yang Yan discerning Spiritual Firmness, even though he burned his Life Origin earlier, his lifespan has increased by at least two to three hundred years, perhaps even having a chance to touch the realm of Grandmaster.

Just waiting for him to break through Heart Image to qualify entering the middle to high ranks of Dragon Tiger Dojo.

At this step, without Grandmaster appearing, Heart Image is the peak.

"Yang Yan..." Suddenly a middle-aged woman spoke, "Doesn't he have a talented student who recently applied for 'Inviting Gods into the Temple' eligibility for his student?"

The first middle-aged man to speak nodded: "This child is named Ji Jingqiu, and according to the news I received this morning, he broke through four Heavenly limitations in just over a month, also from Body Refining seeing Heart Fire, truly a young person with exceptional talent."

Everyone's faces showed astonishment.

"Breaking four limits in just over a month... This progress, able to rank among the top twenty in dojo history?"

"Breaking four limits means nothing, let's see when he breaks the fifth limit, if he can break through within two months, historically he could rank within the top twenty."

As long as Dragon Tiger Dojo has existed alongside the Federation, every century sees the birth of Martial Arts Pride.

Being among the historical top twenty is quite an outstanding achievement indeed.

"That's really good indeed," someone praised, "What Breaking Limit technique is he practicing?"

"I heard it's [Ten Thousand Ancient Blade]."

"Oh, Marshal He's [Ten Thousand Ancient Blade]?!" someone exclaimed emotively, "Good lad, a daring master leads a daring student, it seems this young man really made something out of it! Good! He's got guts!"