Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 1058 - 141: Doubt and Contact

"Is this one of the 129,600 spells of the Upper Mysterious Red Tripod's Three Cavern Technique?"

The Holy Emperor Venerable blurted out. Tao Guanhong immediately knelt down and said, "Emperor, your vision extends ten thousand miles. This is indeed one of the 129,600 spells of the Upper Mysterious Red Tripod's Three Cavern Technique, Skyfire."

"Where did it come from? Explain in detail!"

Tao Guanhong said, "This is a cultivation technique exchanged by some low-level disciples all over. This kind of technique mostly circulates outside..."

Tao Guanhong explained the origin of this cultivation technique in detail.

The Holy Emperor Venerable shook his head, "Prohibit it, entirely prohibit it. Any low-level cultivator secretly spreading similar copies shall have their cultivation dropped by one level. Repeat offenders, execute immediately."

"Yes!"

Tao Guanhong responded and turned to leave.

The Holy Emperor Venerable stopped him and issued another command, "Summon Ji Tangdi."

"As you command."

Ji Tangdi, the master of the Heavenly Book Tower, known as "Mr. Tang Di."

While waiting for the master of the Heavenly Book Tower, the Holy Emperor Venerable thumbed through the "Skyfire" secret manual in his hands, comparing it with the "Skyfire" manual he had plundered from Luofu Xuanqing Palace in his memory.

Only after finishing the entire book did the Holy Emperor Venerable reveal a look of disappointment.

This cultivation technique, it seems to be real.

It is real! It's actually real!

This was something the Holy Emperor Venerable couldn't understand.

It's easy to understand letting those low-level cultivators practice some modified techniques. That is to establish the Divine Tao Method and further control Human Dao Power.

However, the "Upper Mysterious Red Tripod Three Cavern Technique" is not Divine Tao Cultivation; it is a proper Immortal Dao Skill, a path for individual transcendence. Practicing it will not strengthen bonds between individuals, but rather weaken them.

Severing cause and effect, untainted by worldly affairs, this is the "social detachment" characteristic of Immortal Dao Technique.

Using such a technique to obtain Divine Tao Power is just absurd.

"What on earth is going on here?"

"Is it left behind by that 'Xia Li,' a descendant of Luofu Xuanqing Palace?"

"Are that descendant of Luofu Xuanqing Palace and that mysterious enemy in cahoots? Or are they actually unrelated?"

"If this cultivation technique is also part of that mysterious enemy's plan, then... what exactly is his goal?"

"Why release a real cultivation technique?"

"Or has the technique in my memory already been tampered with?"

"Was the cultivation technique we plundered ten thousand years ago fake?"

"Could this be a trap? A trap set for me ten thousand years ago?"

For some reason, the Holy Emperor Venerable suddenly recalled a Banished Immortal named "Zhao Qingfeng." "Zhao Qingfeng" was one of the Transcend Tribulation forms of Lord Hongtian, but this form was always manipulated by another Transcend Tribulation form "Master of Hongyuan Sect," all efforts ultimately harvested by the Master of Hongyuan Sect.

Yet, all this seemed to be calculations of the Immortal Alliance's outer sect. The Master of Hongyuan Sect was ultimately plotted against by a person from the Immortal Alliance, destroyed by the entire outer sect's terrifying power, forced to Transcend Tribulation again—and this time seemed to have changed even his personality.

Fortunately, the Banished Immortal had great Qi Fortune, reportedly the identity of Lord Hongtian's new Transcend Tribulation has gained unimaginably valuable treasure, for which the Holy Emperor Venerable also engages in trade with him.

But at this moment, the Holy Emperor Venerable was not thinking of Lord Hongtian, but "Zhao Qingfeng."

Even though the Holy Emperor Venerable could easily kill a million Zhao Qingfengs with one breath, for some reason, the story of Zhao Qingfeng... seemed terrifying to him!

"My own strategy also began ten thousand years ago, with the fire fight between the two major sects Luofu and Emperor's Extreme. If someone wanted to foresightedly anticipate and counter this strategy, laying down another trap against me, they would need to know everything I think, understand everything I know..."

"If there really is a trap set ten thousand years ago against me, then there is only this one possibility..."

"...Another me."

A chill suddenly arose in the heart of the Holy Emperor Venerable. He felt as if a hole had been drilled in his head, and then someone poured in three liters of ice water.

Bone-chilling cold.

He always felt himself to be the true heir of a certain Heavenly Immortal figure, fundamentally different from the mere mortals of this world.

But if he was merely a puppet like Zhao Qingfeng, dressed in someone else's clothes...

This thought was born, the Holy Emperor Venerable shuddered. He swiftly wielded the Primordial Spirit Wisdom Sword, slaying the trace of stray thought.

"No, I can't think like this... A path wavering, a Dao Heart unstable, that's the prelude to a downfall!"

The Holy Emperor Venerable gritted his teeth.

"I still don't know if this speculation is true... What if the cultivation technique is real? What if there's no 'trap' at all?"

However, the feeling lingered persistently in his heart, refusing to go away.

The Holy Emperor Venerable originally wanted to completely eradicate this thought and forget it from the root. However, since this possibility existed, forgetting it would only increase the danger, so it was simply not an option.

At this moment, Mr. Tang Di, the master of the Heavenly Book Tower, had arrived. He pushed the door open and entered, noticing the Holy Emperor Venerable's unpleasant expression and becoming extremely apprehensive. He bowed deeply and said, "Your subject..."

"Get up. I called you to ask about the progress of the 'All Saints Temple' Law Gate, how is it going?"

Mr. Tang Di said, "Your subject did not disappoint; I have already completed many of the connections between the Law Gates. Everything was ready long ago."

The All Saints Temple was a special method prepared by the Holy Emperor Venerable. Using the Heavenly Book Tower's special status within the Ancient Method Immortal Sect, it consolidated everything representing the success of civilization into one entity. This served as the foundation for the Holy Emperor Venerable's consolidation of Human Dao.

Mr. Tang Di did not realize that his current actions were equivalent to placing himself and other peers on a platter, then serving it to the "Undying Beast."

And the Holy Emperor Venerable was filled with doubt about his "platter." He asked, "Recently, have there been any anomalies in your Heavenly Book Tower? Such as the Sword Tower, Lezheng Building, Zhige Tower..."

Mr. Tang Di looked bewildered: "If there were flaws in the Law Gates, please make it clear, Your Majesty. My mana is limited, and I dare not assume arrogance and spoil your spellwork."

"Enough, investigate it yourself. If you can't find anything, then report to the Dao Penal Division and confess your faults!"

The Holy Emperor Venerable knew that he wouldn't be able to find anything through inquiry. He waved Mr. Tang Di away and then closed his eyes again.

After others had left, the Holy Emperor Venerable suddenly struck the ground heavily with a palm.

This palm was silent, with no sound, yet it cracked the ground. But the terrifying power had already seeped into the earth. Several hours later, an earthquake would occur.

For the first time in ten thousand years, the Holy Emperor Venerable lost control of his emotions.

For ten thousand years, he had been strategizing and scheming, only making one mistake, one foolish move.

Back then, he didn't eliminate figures like the Heavenly Selection God Monarch with a single blow while the Modern Heretics were still weak. Up until the time of Yuanli Master, he still had opportunities. The result was that he merely went into seclusion, only a seclusion! During this brief seclusion, the Modern Heretics had grown to an unimaginable realm of strength!

Fortunately, he still had a chance. As long as he wanted to ascend, he could leave at any time.

This mistake only shrank his plans by over ninety percent but did not threaten his life.

This time, however, he felt a threat to his life.

"Damn it..."

...........................

At this time, Wang Qi had already become familiar with the low-level disciples of the surrounding Heavenly Book Tower.

He pretended that he had lost a part of his memory — relative to deviation, amnesia was already considered a lighter outcome. With this identity, he was well-received in the Heavenly Book Tower. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Fortunately, Wang Qi had not yet encountered friends from before this identity.

During this process, Wang Qi also gradually sensed the changing background of the spiritual energy environment.

It was just like Earth's electromagnetic environment.

Before Earth entered the age of electrification, its electromagnetic environment was like a blank sheet of paper, completely devoid, purely natural.

However, with the electrification era, especially after entering the Information Age, the entire surface's electromagnetic environment changed. Now, cities were filled with electromagnetic waves across various frequencies. A simple radio could receive human-made signals on almost any frequency. Even in channels not receivable or interpretable by radios, man-made signals still existed.

Therefore, facilities like radar stations and radio telescopes were usually set up far from urban areas.

Now, Spirit Phoenix Island had somewhat begun to resemble this.

Every cultivator practicing cultivation techniques originating from Wang Qi or infected by the "First Type Divine Plague Curse Technique" unconsciously lost a small portion of their mana. This dissipation was so minor that they couldn't even feel it themselves. The loss of this segment of spiritual power then transformed into spirit wave signals that traversed the entire Spirit Phoenix Island.

The signals were emitted entirely by low-level cultivators.

For cultivators at or above the Nascent Soul Stage, Wang Qi adopted another more covert mode.

The "Second Type Divine Plague Curse Technique" was a product under this system.

The Second Type Divine Plague Curse Technique relied on high-order cultivation methods disseminated by Wang Qi and his direct interactions to spread. Additionally, the spiritual power waves of low-level cultivators could also exert a small effect. It merely implanted a fragment within those takers' bodies, allowing subsequent Divine Plague Curse Techniques to fully exert their effects.

It was responsible for receiving signals emitted by the First Type Divine Plague Curse Technique.

To use a computer analogy, Wang Qi was akin to freely upgrading a secret organization's system, then hacking in through a backdoor he left behind.

Normally, these Divine Plague Curse Techniques would not produce any noticeable effects.

The spirit wave network, coupled with the Heart Demon Mystic Net, targeted the high-order cultivators and the low-level cultivators, respectively.

With this dual approach, Wang Qi could eventually pull every individual on Spirit Phoenix Island into his own network.

In these last days, Wang Qi had been waiting.

And when the area around him stirred with excitement, he knew his plan had succeeded.

Around Wang Qi, other Foundation Establishment Cultivators were passing the word: "Elder Xu! Elder Xu has arrived!"