Despite the large amount of life span he just received, he still has much more that he desires. Even though his hard work paid off in a way that is higher than his expectations, he still isn't satisfied.
He wants to experience the feeling of being at the top of the hierarchy, and he wants to see the view of someone at the limit of cultivation.
Maybe even then, he will still want more. It is just human nature. He had this insatiable need when he was on earth, and he still has it now after he died and reincarnated.
He clenched his fist and swore to himself, "I want to be the greatest and the strongest. If I am a star, I want to be the brightest. This stage will not be my limit."
After encouraging himself, he returned his attention to the changes that he has undergone.
He wasn't surprised that he had received so much life span, but it was still a pleasant bonus to him. The extra life span gave him the assurance of being able to reach the nascent soul realm before dying.
In fact, he has the confidence to reach the fifth mortal coil before the end of 500 years. After all, he is just 54 years old this year, so he still has a lot of time on his hands.
But just in case, the extra 400 years of life span will come in handy. It would be especially helpful if he gets stuck somewhere without mana. His extra life span will help him survive longer and wait for opportunities more than others.
However, when he thought of this and saw the new divine ability that had been awakened in the Mountain Sitting Dao, he couldn't help but chuckle.
He said, "Lack of mana, eh? That might not be able to hold me back now."
He has become stronger and has awakened a new divine ability too. This new divine ability is the Fate Binding divine ability.
The Fate Binding divine ability is a divine ability that works based on the Mountain Foundation divine ability and together with the Fate Identification divine ability.
In essence, what the divine ability does is to make a more significant connection between his fate and the fate of others when he helps them.
This connection binds his fate to theirs so that when the target grows stronger, he will receive a feedback of energy that he can use to cultivate and grow stronger.
This feedback is a tangible benefit, unlike the benefits of karma. It is pure energy that he can use to cultivate faster than normal.
The pure energy is stored in the virtual copies of himself that are in his mind. These virtual copies were created by the Mountain Foundation divine ability and were only used to master skills before. But now they can be used to store energy and also cultivate for him.
His Mountain Foundation divine ability is level 4, so there are only four virtual copies. Since the new Fate Binding divine ability is tied to the level of the Mountain Foundation divine ability, this puts a limit on how much energy he can store.
Right now, he is already receiving energy feedback from all the people he has helped. The amount of feedback he receives from each individual is based on how much help he rendered to them in the past and how much their strength has grown.
So while they are cultivating and growing stronger, they will also help him cultivate and grow stronger. The level of enhancement they give him will increase the more feedback is stored in the four virtual copies.
Currently, he can experience a fourfold boost to his cultivation speed. But once the four virtue copies become full of feedback energy, the boost he will get will get stuck.
This made him smile and say, "Forget 500 years, I should be able to reach the fifth mortal coil in 100 years."
There is one caveat to the Fate Binding divine ability and that's the fact that the boost from it is not permanent. The feedback he gets from the progress of others doesn't last long.
The feedback will be used up after a while. So the people who he has bound with the divine ability will need to be making progress frequently for him to get new feedback to use.
If the people he has helped stagnant, the feedback he will get from them will stop and the boost from the Fate Binding divine ability will dry up.
This is something that he has to take note of. But he doesn't consider it much of a problem for him because he has a large number of people that he is helping.
Besides, just the fact that the Fate Binding divine ability can make him and his fate stronger without his active effort is a great benefit to him because this means that he doesn't need to discard everything and focus on cultivation to grow stronger.
With this new advantage, he can do other things such as learning formations or forging or even fighting while also secretly cultivating and growing stronger.
This has made his time suddenly become more valuable than those of other people. The thought made him laugh heartily.
His laughter was one of joy and confidence. He felt at the top of the world and full of potential for greatness.
He said to himself, "I can even sit on a mountain somewhere and still achieve immortality. Maybe this is what the Mountain Sitting Dao is all about."
He chuckled and said, "We will see if that really is the case. After all, there is still a long way to go on the path of cultivation."
He stopped thinking about the future and the possible origins and functions of the Mountain Sitting Dao. What he needs and what he wants to focus on right now is his power because it is only with power that one's wish can be fulfilled and all problems can be solved.