After thinking about this problem, he said, "A level 8 amplification from law fragments is far more impressive than a level 6 Dao Heart. But the Dao Heart can’t be faulted for this. It has simply reached the limit of what my cultivation can allow. Which means that I have to raise my cultivation."
His Dao Heart is not the only stat of his that has stopped growing. There is also his body, soul, mind, and insight. So raising his cultivation will benefit more than just his Dao Heart.
This has made him decide to sign up for a sect mission to earn some divine merit points. The other reason he decided to prioritize raising his cultivation is that the next level of amplification from his law fragments will take too long to accomplish.
When he thought of what he needed to do to raise the amplification of his law fragments from level 8 to level 9, he said to himself, ’I will need 100,000,000 units of law fragments for this. I currently have 12,244,119 units, so I need 87,755,881 units more.’
This number made him shake his head and say, ’That’s going to take a very long time to complete.’
’It is already a good thing that I am not picky about what law fragments I use. But even with this freedom, if I continue to earn 10,000 units of law fragments per day, it will still take 8,776 days to complete.’
’8,776 days is also 24 years. Imagine eating and only eating spirit creatures for 24 years straight. I can’t do it. Especially when I have an appointment with the people of the Thorn House of Commerce in 1 year and ten months. I have to find ways to increase my strength quickly.’
’So I think it is a better use of my time to find ways to raise my cultivation. Once I raise my cultivation, Fenrir will become stronger, and I will be able to raise my stats.’
’My devouring power will also become stronger when Fenrir becomes stronger. So I will be able to earn more than 10,000 units of law fragments per day. That way, I will be able to gather the 87,755,881 units of law fragments that I need in less than 24 years.’
’Plus, I might be able to earn more law fragments during the mission. I can also earn the resources I need to upgrade my Divine Metacs. So a sect mission that requires me to fight enemies is the right way to go.’
After making his plans, he nodded to himself in satisfaction. But then he remembered how the sect had wanted him to hand over 100 million law fragments of any of the five pathways before they could allow him to advance to rank 7.
This made him snort and say inwardly, ’Other divine beings might not have a problem with that kind of exchange rate because they essentially have eternal lives, but I mind it a lot.’
He can eat spirit creatures nonstop and earn 10,000 units of law fragments per day. Yet it would take him 10,000 days or 27.4 years to gather 100 million units of law fragments.
Since other divine beings are not as free as he is and can’t gather any kind of law fragments, he believes that it is reasonable to think that the amount of effort they need to gather the same amount of law fragments as he would require ten times the effort.
So he believes that it would require at least 274 years to gather the 1,000 divine spirit creatures needed to advance to rank 7. While 274 years might seem small, he knows that it is far from small because those same divine beings would have to pay the sect 100 years of lifespan every 10 years.
So during those 274 years of slowly gathering law fragments, they will have to pay the life-leech at least 27 times. That will make a total of 2,700 years of lifespan. Plus the 274 years that they actually live during the process, the total amount of lifespan they will need is 2,974 years.
When he made this calculation in his head, he had to chuckle and say, "I wish it were that simple. Unfortunately for them, it isn’t that simple."
"First of all, where will they get the 2,974 years of lifespan from? Surely, nearly 3,000 years’ worth of lifespan simply wouldn’t just drop into their laps, right?"
"So they will have to fight for those 2,974 years of lifespan. And when they fight, they will need to burn lifespan."
"Sometimes, they will use up too much lifespan in a fight, which will make the fight a loss. And sometimes, they might run into an enemy that is too strong for them and just die, which will invalidate all of their efforts and make them start over again."
Then he laughed and said, "Even if they don’t fight anyone and the world essence or spirit stones they need for lifespan drops into their hands, there is still the matter of the conversion efficiency of their Life Fire to worry about."
"The average conversion efficiency is from a Life Fire created with an Energy Well of 90 units. This makes the Life Fire have a conversion efficiency of 8.26%."
"So they will actually need some 36,005 years’ worth of world essence and spirit stones before they get the 2,974 years of lifespan that they need to live 274 years needed to raise 1,000 divine spirit beasts and earn 1,000 divine merit points needed to advance to rank 7."
The more he thought about this, the more he laughed. He found the whole arrangement amusing because it reminded him of the people who owe the sect a lot of money and have to work many lifetimes paying the money back.