Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 1053 - 136: Mahayana Foreboding

For Wang Qi, the seeds of deadly change have been planted. What remains now is the transformation over time.

The Virtual Form Spirit Sense and Real Form Magical Power are inherently different levels of existence.

The Virtual Form Cultivation Method is built upon the Real Form Cultivation Method. Wang Qi's data-driven cultivation method and the two-phase cultivation method essentially add a logic layer on top of the "physical layer" of Real Form Cultivation.

Simply put, when others cultivate, they create nothing more than a weapon. The higher one's cultivation, the greater the quality of this "weapon"; the stronger the combat capability, the sharper this "weapon" becomes.

If this weapon's quality surpasses that of the Sun, it could easily shatter a few planets without any need for skill.

Meanwhile, Wang Qi not only continues regular cultivation but also transforms a part of this "weapon" into a chip of equivalent quality.

From a "weapon" perspective, adding a "chip" doesn't directly result in a leap in combat power; it might even sacrifice the "weapon's" balance concern. Nevertheless, this modification grants the "weapon" more possibilities.

For example, although clearly a sword, the embedded chip is a secret key, capable of unlocking the authority of an interstellar fleet.

Thus, the longsword itself gains more significance.

Even though on the "sword" level, no matter how sharp, it can only be used to slay enemies as a sword. But counting that starship's power as part of this sword, then what does it matter how strong the enemy's swordsmanship is?

From the traditional perspective, Wang Qi isn't much stronger than a typical Modern Method of Core Formation cultivator. However, the external forces he possesses are incredibly formidable.

With remote support from the Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm, plus Flow Control Mechanism Butterfly Group and Yue Luo Liu Li, these are the true means by which he can powerfully surpass levels.

Of course, being able to wield these forces is a skill in itself. Even a Core Formation cultivator, possessing such external objects, might not be able to harness them smoothly.

The foundation of the Virtual Form Cultivation Method is to exponentially expand such borrowed strength.

Any artificial cultivation method must operate according to "logic" comprehensible by humans. Anything comprehensible can be mathematically induced—at least Wang Qi believes nothing is "non-inducible," only "not yet induced."

Artificial Spirit Power Systems can thus serve as the physical basis for operating the Virtual Form Cultivation Method.

Multi-source judgments might be used; so too might fuzzy logic.

As long as fighting within man-made environments, the data-driven cultivation method is almost unbeatable.

Within just three days, Wang Qi had infiltrated thirty-three levels of the Heavenly Book Tower's forty-eight floors, mastering numerous materials. For areas governed by late Divine Separation or Body Integration Realm cultivators, he has yet to attempt infiltration.

During the remaining two days, Wang Qi began to organize the information he gathered at the Heavenly Book Tower, exploring the array connecting all books together.

Next, he slipped into the refining room at the Heavenly Book Tower, used stolen Spirit Stones to rent an Artifact Refining Room, and practiced alongside other tower cultivators the art of crafting Heavenly Books.

The Heavenly Book is the iconic magical artifact of the Heavenly Book Tower, a page a law, a chapter a divine skill, commonly cultivated as lifebound treasures by tower disciples, taking them on a complete cultivation path of profound mystique. Disciples of the tower begin conceptualizing the Heavenly Book that will accompany them their whole lives at the Foundation Establishment Stage and practice its refining, completing their lifebound magical treasure upon forming their Golden Core.

However, Wang Qi's refinement was somewhat different.

The "Heavenly Book" he crafted was closer in size and format to the books stored within the tower's archive.

This wasn't particularly noticeable among the cultivators. However, should others flip through Wang Qi's Heavenly Book, they would find it contained content that was essentially the most frequently borrowed by low-tier cultivators within the tower.

Since Wang Qi successfully "hacked" into the "library system" of the Heavenly Book Tower, he naturally understands the favorite books of low-tier disciples better than the tower's own management.

Then, Wang Qi found time to return these books.

These books appear mostly indistinguishable from their original versions, just with a few word changes, or a new annotation added, or changes in diagram notes. If one hasn't memorized the original, the average person wouldn't even notice the differences between Wang Qi's fake books and the genuine ones. Even if high-level cultivators glance upon them, they'd merely praise the annotations as brilliantly insightful, thinking the junior who wrote it has some skill.

Moreover, these books would lead borrowers toward slight deviations in cultivation. Naturally, these deviations serve as Wang Qi's foundation for further intrusion.

Of course, these are secondary functions.

Although this book looks as if crafted by the Heavenly Book Tower, and gives a similar impression, it is fundamentally different from the tower's volumes.

It's akin to two video games utilizing the same set of writers, artists, and the same physical engine, but with completely different operating systems.

This thing is essentially a calculator, lacking the illusion interface common to calculators, yet possessing all functionalities of a Turing machine.

These items ensure Wang Qi's remote operation of the Divine Plague Spell Technique, accelerating his modification progress of the Heavenly Book Tower's formations.

Wang Qi's refinement of these counterfeit "Heavenly Books" is incredibly swift. Having undergone education at the Immortal Institute, his artifact refining and alchemy prowess rivals registered refiner and alchemist credentials from Spirit Phoenix Island. To Modern Cultivators, this is just fundamental knowledge. Jarvis's loaded "artifact refining assistance plugin" further enhances Wang Qi's refining speed and success rate.

Originally, these refined items should be abundant, but Wang Qi stopped after crafting dozens.

"It's time to prepare for reincarnation again." Wang Qi shook his head, planning to leave the Heavenly Book Tower.

The Divine Plague Curse Technique he had used in the past was still analyzing the new environment while also expanding itself. For now, it was still challenging to directly erode the entire Heavenly Book Tower. Wang Qi estimated that it would take him four to five days.

According to the schedule, the next phase of the Reincarnation Realm would begin in the next two days.

The Reincarnation Realm was an important project for experimenting with the next generation of cultivation techniques, so it couldn't be abandoned either.

Due to the Holy Emperor Venerable's restrictions, it would be a bit difficult to make a delivery just by showing up this time.

He planned to first go to the mines this time to check on the experimental subject that came with his "bonus". If successful, he planned to promote this method by ensuring some resources were always near the cultivators, so when they exchanged, the resources would be directly delivered to them.

He stood up. At this moment, the entire Spirit Phoenix Island suddenly shook, as if a volcano that had been dormant for countless years suddenly erupted again.

——What's going on...

His figure flashed, darting out of the Artifact Refining Room. Many other cultivators from the Heavenly Book Tower rushed out alongside him.

At this time, all the spiritual energy within the Underground City seemed to boil, suddenly flowing rapidly. The weak kinetic energy in the air was stirred, and a windless sealed underground city inexplicably experienced a storm. Light was distorted, and an ornate rainbow of colors spread in front of everyone's eyes.

The ground's trembling wasn't from a volcano roaring, but from a beast more terrifying than a volcano roaring.

Its meaning was very simple and primitive.

——I want to eat!

A massive void seemed to appear suddenly at the center of Spirit Phoenix Island, with countless amounts of spiritual energy pouring in.

Wang Qi gritted his teeth: "What is the Holy Emperor Venerable trying to do..."

"Mahayana. This is a Mahayana Realm foreboding." Zhen Chan's voice was calm, with an underlying chilliness.

This foreboding, though somewhat different, was just as he remembered.

The Da Luo Chaos Heaven Scripture's Mahayana Realm foreboding!

The spiritual energy of the entire Spirit Phoenix Island was converging towards the island's center. Not only nature's spiritual energy, but the terrifying pull also didn't spare the power contained within objects and even the essence qi within human bodies. Within the dome, many objects found themselves in a low spirit energy state, causing chemical bonds to weaken and break. Even some cultivators felt their mana teetering on the edge. Many cultivators below the Foundation Establishment Stage couldn't stabilize their cultivation techniques, losing power, with ten years of hard work all but wasted away.

"When a Mahayana Cultivator attains the Dao, low-level cultivators can't get close. However, usually, those who break through to the Mahayana Realm wouldn't be this excessive... Uh, because they experienced an End of Law Era, they resort to every possible means to gather spiritual energy? Or perhaps they simply can't leave Spirit Phoenix Island?"

Zhen Chan made these guesses while feeling everything happening around him.

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Far away, tens of thousands of miles up in the sky, an artificially created star was synchronously tracking this area. Its orbit around Shenzhou always matched a cycle of twelve hours, remaining constantly aligned with the ground.

The people on Spirit Phoenix Island were unaware they had always been under the surveillance of the Modern Immortal Path.

The artificial heavenly star collected special data. In an instant, its postnatal spirit wisdom made a judgment.

"Exceptional event, Mahayana foreboding. Category B, Alert Level D. Heavenly Sword on standby."

On the orbit, the Heavenly Sword Box, moving quietly like an opaque ice block, suddenly trembled. Then it opened a crack.

Class A alert, no report needed, immediately trigger the Heavenly Sword.

Class B alert, while the Heavenly Sword attacks, it is reported to the Heavenly Sword Envoys, who decide whether to alter the Heavenly Sword Ghost Path.

Class C alert, the Heavenly Sword emerges from the box, ready to strike.

Class D alert, Heavenly Sword on standby.

The Immortal Alliance had long set countless scenarios. As soon as there was an unexpected situation, these Heavenly Swords would emerge from the box in an instant.

A signal ascended through layers, reaching Feng Luoyi's hands.

"Hmm, Mahayana foreboding?" Feng Luoyi was a bit puzzled, comparing some intelligence obtained from prisoners and the reports Wang Qi had sent in previous instances.

This is unusual!