Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 881 - 210: Returning "Home" and Transition

"Great." After leaving the Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm, Wang Qi couldn't help but clench his fist and cheer silently in his heart.

For others, the Divine Plague Curse Technique is purely a combat skill. However, for him, the Divine Plague Curse Technique can be integrated as part of his cultivation method.

It's like the so-called "Poison Refining" method. For others, poison is harmful, but for those who practice poison skills, the spiritual energy coupled with the toxin is easier to refine than nature's spiritual energy. Moreover, the intrinsic form of this poison power also has an effect of harming the enemy.

The intrinsic form of the Divine Plague Curse Technique is information, unrelated to material. And now he possesses cultivation in both the real and virtual aspects. The virtual aspect can be regarded as "information" or "Spirit Sense."

Unrelated to mana. Not concerned with mana. The Divine Plague Curse Technique is indeed the ultimate in virtuality.

It fundamentally differs from the cultivation of Tianling Ridge, which relies purely on overwhelming strength.

During this month's journey across the continent, Wang Qi was also contemplating his cultivation method for the Golden Core Stage.

For him, his predecessors' cultivation methods only enhanced the "real" aspect of his cultivation. For the "virtual" aspect, he has to feel his way across the river by touching the stones.

This is the difficulty of pioneering his path.

Wang Qi's initial idea was that the "virtual" aspect might follow the path of "computer development." As his real aspect cultivation improves, his computational power would continuously increase, and at the same time, his virtual cultivation would keep updating to integrate this growing computational power.

However, this was just Wang Qi's initial thought.

After witnessing the Imagined Space of Miao, Wang Qi had deeper ideas.

He was considering that perhaps he could take a different approach, separating the cultivation of the virtual aspect and the real aspect, allowing the "virtual" aspect to operate in a broader space, and then using the virtual to control the real, feeding external computational power back into his tangible cultivation.

If he could achieve this to the extreme, Wang Qi's "dream" or "Imagined World" could transform into a "Cyber Space"—an omnipotent virtual reality.

However, even for Wang Qi, this step is still in the realm of thought.

To achieve this, he would require numerous experiments, push the Divine Plague Curse Technique to a new level, and have a network space where he could act freely.

The latter is difficult enough. The Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm of the Immortal Alliance is the "empire's heavy artifact" of the Modern Immortal Path and cannot be left for him to misuse. The former is even more forbidden.

Therefore, what Feng Luoyi mentioned this time is an opportunity for him, a very important opportunity.

Of course, apart from that, there is another more important point.

"Finally, I can settle the score from a few years ago, Emperor's Extreme Split Sky Dao."

Wang Qi clenched his fists a bit tighter.

At this time, Mi tugged at Wang Qi's sleeve: "Junior Brother, your mental state seems to have some issues now." 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Wang Qi froze, looking down at Mi, who was not yet at his waist: "Senior Sister... why are you still here?"

"Master said from today, I will specialize in Divine Separation and keep an eye on you without a break. If you do anything displeasing to me, I can beat you up at will."

Wang Qi broke out in a sweat: "Senior Sister, do you truly understand human ethics and social conduct?"

Mi shook her head: "No, usually I will not interfere with you. If you show any signs or thoughts of deploying the Divine Plague Curse Technique on Shenzhou, I will directly beat you up."

"I mean, what kind of image do I have...? In your eyes, do I really like causing destruction that much?" Wang Qi shook his head with a pained expression, "To me, the Heart Demon Great Spell and the Divine Plague Curse Technique have never been goals."

"I think no one would release such an evil spell just for releasing it."

After settling affairs here, Wang Qi stayed locally for another four days. He had used an array to swim from Xiao River into the Ten Thousand Mountains, and when he came out, he was already in the huge basin downstream of Xiao River—the Naxi Ancient Land. Here, the miasma is dense, and poison insects roam freely, making it an uninhabited dead land since ancient times. Only the Nine Li people live here peacefully. The lineage of these alien clans gather, hunt, practice slash-and-burn farming, and raise gu and bugs, having survived for tens of thousands of years. It wasn't until a thousand years ago that they submitted to education and transformation.

In addition, the Naxi Ancient Land also has a few outer footholds of Tianling Ridge. The basin's edges are steep, and it's hard to communicate inside and out. Moreover, the entrance to the Secret Realm of the Ten Thousand Mountains is located here, forming a unique ecosystem. Many special relic species, and species evolved anew from these relic species in external environments, have taken root and thrived here, possessing great research value.

Wang Qi stayed for a few days in a small town rich with alien clan charm, resolving the tension accumulated from combat within him.

Then, he took a spirit boat from the Naxi Ancient Land back to Langde.

After returning to Langde, Wang Qi first went to greet Chen Feng and Ai Qinglan, who had returned to the Empirical Department earlier, and incidentally helped them process some data. Given that Su Junyu and Chen Youjia were still held up at the Wanfa Sect, these two cultivators from Tianling Ridge had some trouble managing the data.

However, this could only be considered a friendly help. Wang Qi currently did not have any specific projects in cooperation with them, just lending a hand. Ultimately, he did not have anything that he must accomplish in Langde.

Except that, other than Langde, he has no home where he can "return" to in the whole of Shenzhou. Most of his friends are either at the Wanfa Sect or in Langde. For him, Langde is where he feels more at ease.

On the day Wang Qi finished helping them with the data and was about to head home, Chen Feng stopped him, with a trace of confusion on his face, and asked, "Wang Qi, has something special happened recently in the Immortal Alliance?"

"Something special? Why do you ask?"

"Recently, I've received inquiries asking if I have any intention of restarting the research on the application of the 'Power of Human Dao'." Chen Feng said, "This should have been stopped, right? How would the Immortal Alliance allow it?"

Wang Qi and Chen Feng had once drawn out the 'Power of Law' from the power of human dao cluster under laboratory conditions. However, this project was soon halted by the upper echelons of the Immortal Alliance. Wang Qi suspects that this is very likely because Feng Luoyi has learned of the existence of the "Heart Demon Great Curse".

When it was first stopped, Chen Feng was somewhat grudging. However, as the Heart Demon Great Curse in the Divine Capital spiraled out of control, this good-natured person also understood that at the current stage, attempting the Power of Human Dao is akin to playing with fire, and a slight mistake could lead to a societal disaster.

This is also the reason why, in recent years, Chen Feng has made no progress in the utilization of cluster power. He himself is unwilling to go down that path.

Incidentally, Wang Qi does not agree with Chen Feng's view on this. He has always felt that if one refrains from exploring the power of flames just because "fire can burn people," humanity might still be confined to a primitive state.

Of course, he also understands that primitive humans learned and explored how to master fire with their own lives at stake, whereas his experiments on human dao cluster application would involve others' lives. Hence, after the battle in the Divine Capital, he devoted considerable effort to researching the Divine Plague Curse Technique.

He believes that the Divine Plague Curse Technique can serve as a "firewall" or an "insurance".

—Perhaps, this trip to the Ancient Method Immortal Sect could confirm this.

This is Wang Qi's belief.

Upon hearing this question from Chen Feng, Wang Qi was also puzzled: "Speaking of which, I recently also received a…ow! That hurts!"

Yi, who was following Wang Qi, innocently withdrew his hand and seriously said, "That's something you can't say."

Wang Qi patted his lower back and then said, "In any case, it seems like the Immortal Alliance has suddenly accelerated its research progress on technologies related to the Heart Demon Mysterious Net, or rather the Power of Human Dao. They've unexpectedly started to emphasize it, and their approaches are somewhat… radical."

Chen Feng touched his chin: "Radical? I originally thought that being in the Snake-Standing Special Zone in the Divine Capital was radical enough; this sudden shift is a bit hard to swallow."

"Divine Capital… I roughly understand." Wang Qi related the story about Mei Gemu. Mei Gemu, as a Banished Immortal, has already had his name publicized, which isn't much of a secret. However, his confidentiality level increased significantly later on due to his awakening as a Banished Immortal.

Fortunately, Chen Feng has also been in contact with the Banished Immortals and knows a few things. Wang Qi omitted his battle with the Banished Immortals in the Ten Thousand Mountain Range and roughly explained the situation to Chen Feng.

"The Heart Demon Mysterious Net can actually force the Banished Immortals to emerge from the crowd? That's quite an extraordinary discovery." Chen Feng was still somewhat perplexed: "But isn't that a little reckless?"

"Reckless… indeed." Wang Qi shook his head. Chen Feng has yet to encounter the deduction called "Ultimate Picture."

The vast majority of cultivators do not know that this planet is actually fragile and could capsize at any moment.

From Chen Feng, Wang Qi learned more about this project. It is said that this project was jointly initiated by the Wanfa Sect and Tianling Ridge. If nothing goes wrong, Chen Feng will also join the project.

After parting ways with Chen Feng, Wang Qi contacted Gou Dabao through a special inside line.

For Wang Qi, Gou Dabao is also an important piece in his exploration of the cultivation path.

After the battle with Mei Gemu, Wang Qi has realized how monstrous the awakened Banished Immortals are. For Gou Dabao, he could potentially gain enlightenment in a set of Ancient Method Absolute Skill such as the "Dream Heart Scripture" merely by taking a nap [or perhaps retrieve it from his former self's memories]. His ability to strongly suppress such "sentiment" and "impulse" is truly remarkable.

When Wang Qi arrived, Gou Dabao was self-studying mathematics. However, he was in a very poor state of learning, with many parts being somewhat misleading. Wang Qi sighed softly. Gou Dabao, under his round of "popular science" and "persuasion," indeed eradicated the aversion toward mathematics. Nonetheless, his way of understanding presents significant barriers in acquiring wisdom in the Wanfa Sect's cultivation path.

If he continues this way, he may even potentially fall back into the confines of the Ancient Method.

Wang Qi knows that the Ancient Method is actually not devoid of mathematics. The Innate Five Taos have involvement with mathematics. Particularly, the Innate Taiyi Dao and Innate Taisu Dao both relate to the description of the forms of things. Among them, Taiyi, representing "absence yet solely form," and "Primordial Quality," are all tied to mathematical descriptions.

However, within this system, mathematics does not involve the fundamentals; it is merely a supplementary means.

"You're doing this incorrectly." Wang Qi ultimately shook his head, deciding to lend a hand to the other party.