Exploring Immortality Cultivation

I am unique, yet capable of splitting into avatars; I am me, I seem like me, I am not me.

When Wang Qi touched the next realm, the first feeling he experienced was this.

Or rather, it's best described by this sentence.

This is not a personality split, because his "Wang Qi" personality remained consistent and unchanged.

However, each instance of "Wang Qi" experienced different events in their own memories.

Memory told him he had spent eight years here, in Mi's imagined space. However, his real sense of time only registered fifty days.

"How confusing..." Wang Qi sighed, realizing why Mi said the Human Clan's sense of time was practically meaningless.

Psychological time, memory time, really are that unreliable.

After each reset, the time in his memory could accumulate to the next reset, but the instinctive sense of time would be reset to zero.

Of course, one could also say the accumulated experience of the previous "him" as a replica of Wang Qi would be inherited by the "next him" after the former was obliterated.

They were, in reality, just clay puppets of Wang Qi.

However, Wang Qi himself did not resist such occurrences. He has always considered himself rational. Perhaps his actions were somewhat mad, but on such issues, he was definitely cold-hearted.

Cold to himself.

Seeing Wang Qi ponder, Mi sighed: "Junior Brother, it's better for you to think less. Doing so will increase the volume of memories..."

"Yes, indeed."

Wang Qi smiled slightly, then formed the Core Formation without hesitation.

Afterwards, he underwent a psychological evaluation from Mi. It was a method she obtained from the Yangshen Pavilion. Once the evaluation was completed, Mi extended her hand again. At this moment, her mouth twitched, as if she wanted to say something.

Wang Qi smiled: "Goodbye."

Then, "Wang Qi" was erased by Mi. Ultimately, Mi said nothing to "this" Wang Qi.

"Wang Qi" was born again in front of Mi.

He is unique, yet not unique.

He is Wang Qi, he seems like Wang Qi, he is not Wang Qi.

"Good afternoon, Senior Sister Mi." The newly born "Wang Qi" greeted Mi warmly, but this ordinary greeting gave Mi a quivering feeling.

It was strange, the Sea God Type obviously doesn't have a heart, and Mi didn't bother to transform one temporarily. Yet, she was convinced this feeling was called "quiver."

For Mi, Wang Qi was actually in conflict with her, yelling at her, attacking her.

Meanwhile, Wang Qi was also having an intimate conversation with her, treating her as a confidant.

In countless rotations, not all Wang Qi were this calm, nor were they all as gentle as now.

Some "Wang Qi" suddenly felt they were indeed independent lives and shouldn't just vanish.

To the Wang Qi outside, this was an absurd thought. To the vast majority of "Wang Qi" instances, this notion was laughable.

As long as they return, they are "Wang Qi" again.

However, even though such "Wang Qi" appeared rarely, they were enough to leave Mi with special memories.

When fighting for life, you cannot be genteel.

Even if your life was worth nothing.

Even if you were just a copy-paste file.

This was also why Wang Qi felt his Combat Divine Power progressed absurdly fast. He more than once wanted to kill Mi in the imagined space, racking his brains.

Some "Wang Qi" even insanely attempted to seize Mi's body to replicate the Heart Demon Curse or Divine Plague Curse Technique here, not hesitating to achieve mutual destruction.

Of course, this was futile. Mi was very strong. She was the last Sage of Sea Sky, the recent Thinker, creator of the Tengling Riddle, disseminator of the Tribulation God Riddle. In this imagined space, she was nearly omnipotent. Conversely, Wang Qi was not even a disciple of the Yangshen Pavilion. What he relied upon, the Heart Demon Curse or Divine Plague Curse Technique, Mi could use them too.

Absolutely one-sided resistance.

Yet, amid frequent clashes, Mi's thoughts on a certain concept were gradually expanding.

She realized she might have done something wrong.

After completing the latest psychological evaluation, Wang Qi once again smiled at Mi and said: "Well, Senior Sister, see you later."

Mi extended her hand, then... she gently cupped Wang Qi's face.

"Senior Sister..."

Mi gazed at Wang Qi and gently sighed: "Are you really... Wang Qi?"

"I am Wang Qi." Wang Qi smiled: "I always have been."

Mi nodded: "Maybe I was foolish..."

She exerted gentle pressure with her hand, obliterating Wang Qi.

Then entered another reset, facing the next instance.

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I am unique, yet capable of splitting into avatars.

As Wang Qi thought this, he appeared once more in front of Mi.

Then, he resumed his cultivation as usual.

He had begun to understand, the Sea God Type's concept of time and space was different from the Human Clan's.

In their eyes, time equated to calculation, space equated to concentration.

This was also why Mi could easily create an imagined space with six thousand times the time flow.

For the Sea God Type, perceived time was meaningless, as long as the computing power was sufficient, they could run their consciousness to any extent they desired.

"Species that directly skipped Newton's classical system and perceived the cosmos from a relativity system..."

Wang Qi could only sigh at this view of spacetime.

In relativity, the aggregation and dispersion of matter determined the distribution of spacetime.

In other words, the "concentration" of matter determined space.

They were the "chosen ones" of "science." Yet, they were stalled just before igniting the flame of science.

Truly, fate toys with us.

Step-by-step cultivation, then erased.

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This time, he was confused for a longer period.

If the "deaths" he experienced within the imagined space were all refined into avatars, they would be enough to form a small army. However, this is not a personality split. All personalities are "Wang Qi," all self-recognitions are "Wang Qi."

It's just a matter of responding differently to the same situation. Many people, even when faced with the same situation, would make different choices. The mind is a special algorithm, originally vague, chaotic, filled with randomness.

It's just that most people never have the chance to face the exact same situation, like how they cannot step into the same river twice.

But Mi gave Wang Qi such opportunities.

That's all.

Wang Qi noticed that Mi's sadness was becoming more apparent. Perhaps she had realized some cognitive differences between a collective intelligence and individual beings?

She doesn't possess that unique linear perception of the human clan. For her, setting up various scenarios within her imagined space and completing various thoughts is a normal behavior, just like humans reading books for leisure.

Eliminating her negative thoughts is also an innate ability.

For her, these "instances" that were obliterated all belong to the larger concept of "Wang Qi." She is merely correcting Wang Qi's thoughts—this is education. She did not kill "Wang Qi."

However, the occasional resistance from "Wang Qi" made her realize that she was "killing."

She was killing with "good intentions."

Mi was the first Sea God type to realize the "beauty of life." It has been a long, long time since she destroyed her comrades or those who were once her kind.

But now...

After completing the step-by-step cultivation, Wang Qi smiled and bid farewell, but Mi was unwilling to proceed: "I have killed you countless times, enough."

Wang Qi was startled: "What?"

Mi looked at Wang Qi, a hint of sorrow in her eyes.

——I said, it's enough.

Mi seemed to have made up her mind. This thought flowed into Wang Qi's heart through the Sea God type's method of communication.

But a completely opposing thought suddenly emerged in her mind.

——No, it's not enough.

——Is he truly an independent individual?

——It's not important.

——It's very important.

——It's not important.

——Then why does he resist?

——I was just momentarily bewitched.

Upon reaching this thought, Mi realized something. She lifted her head and shouted: "Who are you really..."

"You let me attempt countless times just to solve the defect brought by the change in thinking organs." Wang Qi pointed to his head: "But now my thinking organ is a part of you...Senior Sister."

——In other words, if I solve this issue, theoretically, I could enter yours.

——Or rather, this "Wang Qi" is really just Mi's split personality. It's just that it has connections with the Wang Qi now in the West Sea, being an instance of Wang Qi, which is why such a situation arises.

——Since it's a split personality, wouldn't it backfire on the master personality?

Mi covered her forehead and shouted: "Get out of my body!"

——In some sense, I am not just Wang Qi's instance but also Mi's split personality.

——However, you don't really have "personalities," which is why you can't perceive it, right?

——You needn't feel guilty. For you, you're merely quenching your own thoughts and then imparting your imagined experiences to Wang Qi.

Mi took two steps back, then sternly rebuked: "Enough!"

——Don't use human clan methods, use it in this way!

——You're a Sea God type, deleting your own memory is as simple as breathing, right?

——The memories you copied from Wang Qi are really "Mi's memories," just that you are unwilling to read them, right?

Now, between the two, the human clan's instance is using the Sea God type's method to converse, while the human form of the Sea God type is conversing through the method akin to the human clan.

Mi stared at Wang Qi, and then slightly shook her head.

——Junior Brother, you have already become like us.

"You have also become too much like the human clan, Senior Sister." Wang Qi responded with a smile.

——With each reset, you become more like us.

——You are truly a genius of the human clan...you have already acquired our strength...

"Because I am also part of your personality. 'I' am merely gradually reclaiming my innate Sea God type instincts."

Mi fell silent.

——I wish to possess a stable personality, but not in this form.

"Because I am 'another.'"

——Yes.

——What will you do in the future?

"Me? As an experience package to be imparted to Wang Qi?"

In this, simultaneously being "Mi's split personality" and "Wang Qi's" instance laughed: "Doing so benefits us both—for Mi and for Wang Qi, which is to say, for me."

——The moral principles of humans...

For this thought of Mi's, the instance of "Shame of Dao Seed" laughed broadly: "Who cares!"

"To me, the world has taken the wrong path."

"If you want to shackle yourself, don't choose such lowly 'emotions' like the human clan!" (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to vote for it at Qidian (qidian.com) with recommendation tickets, monthly passes; your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com.)