Exploring Immortality Cultivation

"Remote Core Formation," this too was an idea Wang Qi had come up with.

Just imagine, if a Foundation Establishment Cultivator wandered into a perilous area and the nearest rescuer was thousands of miles away, what if they were in imminent danger, what then?

If a Foundation Establishment Cultivator lost consciousness in a secret realm and was in dire need of a breakthrough, what to do!

No need to worry! There's Remote Core Formation!

Just as long as you carry a calculator, as long as you can still connect to the Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm, you'll get the optimal Core Formation plans, a 100% success rate, driven by the calculator's Spirit Sense, absolutely no side effects, and after forming your Golden Core you'll be able to get up and not miss out on any fights!

If you already have a Core Formation plan you fancy, no problem! As long as you convert your plan into data for cloud storage in advance, you can still form your core at any time!

A thousand Merit Points won't buy you a Supreme Divine Skill, a thousand Merit Points won't buy you high-grade magic artifacts. But with a thousand Merit Points, you can buy insurance for your life!

"You see, I'm someone who plans before acting, right? I've even got the commercial script down," Wang Qi said proudly, delighted by his own wicked sense of humor.

Mao Zimiao's ears pressed tightly against her hair, as if she didn't want to listen anymore, "Enough already, meow..."

"We already have Remote Divine Skills and Remote Core Formation," Wang Qi said with a mischievous smile. "To be honest, if I didn't lack a Primordial Spirit, and if the Immortal Alliance didn't discourage low-grade Primordial Spirits, I'd even consider trying 'Remote Heaven Barrier Breaking.'"

By that point, whether or not you have WiFi will become a big issue in determining the outcome of a fight!

Wait, if both sides in the fight are Modern Cultivators...

Then, obviously, it's the one with the higher account balance who wins! Just purchase a bunch of targeted Divine Skills to fill up your "Skill Bar," and after you defeat the enemy, just discard the unwelcome Divine Skills to clear your "Skill Bar."

Being a wealthy player is just this capricious! Merit Point players trampling grinders and regular players, what's wrong with that! If you don't have money, fuck it!

"Xiao Qi, your expression is really weird, meow..."

Suddenly, the sky darkened, and intense flows of Spiritual Energy appeared. Mao Zimiao felt the ground rising, confused, she grabbed Wang Qi, "Xiao Qi! Is this an earthquake? Why?"

"Don't panic, it's just an Omen."

Wang Qi had experienced this many times before. He calmly pushed Mao Zimiao aside, and with that hand, he laid down a Prison Thunder Spell in front of him.

Electric light flashed, and was channeled into the ground by the Prison Thunder Spell. Wang Qi looked at a lock at the center of the Array Plate, and gave Ai Changyuan a thumbs-up, "It's settled."

Mao Zimiao didn't fully understand what had happened until she left Wang Qi's home. After sending Mao Zimiao off, Wang Qi tidied up a bit. He looked towards the east side of the room and sighed, "If I have a chance, I might like to try it on the Zhenhai Navy."

"I advise you not to entertain such crooked ideas," warned Zhen Chan. "If you really do it, prepare to spend your Nirvana Tribulation in the Criminal Law Department's Heavenly Prison."

Wang Qi said, "I was only speaking hypothetically, not actually planning to do it."

Hmm, I need a pretext to get someone else to do it for me—maybe I should just tell Teacher Feng I've got a great idea?

Right, and there are programmers! What I've developed is an operating system; how can it function without applications? I surely can't develop apps as fast as many people working together!

The reason why Wang Qi had been able to translate so many Divine Skill data and develop so many ingenious uses in just a few days was not only because of the influence of Earth technology, but also because his consciousness operated on multi-threading.

While he was chatting and laughing with others on the outside, there were at least forty "Wang Qis" inside his head desperately climbing lattices and coding.

Wang Qi then remembered something else. Before that, he could consider coming up with high-level languages!

Real bad-ass mathematicians can program with only 0s and 1s. And this doesn't even require the much faster thinking speed of Shenzhou Cultivators; Earth People can manage it. Von Neumann even believed that assembly languages and high-level languages were unnecessary, and that 0s and 1s were sufficient.

Of course, this is the realm of the divine. For ordinary Cultivators and programmers, it's not like that at all. For commercial and Web programming, ironically, mathematics becomes completely useless.

To mathematicians, this is certainly a desecration of the beauty of mathematics. However, it must be admitted that what truly launched the era of the internet were the high-level languages scoffed at by mathematicians.

"Considering the temperaments of my fellow peers, object-oriented languages like Java or C++ surely wouldn't be popular, 'They are used by Wanfa Disciples as well'?"

Fortunately, Wang Qi also had a degree in mathematics in his previous life. Sometimes in mathematical research, there was a need to program, letting computers handle some tedious computations. As a mathematician, he did know a bit about some offbeat languages.

"I guess... they might be interested in Fortran? Or maybe, LISP?"

"Perl... forget it, it was developed by some liberal arts student, I really don't know how to convert it to the Shenzhou system."

It's also a complex job. However, Wang Qi believed that all he needed to do was to set up the framework. The group of "volunteer programmers" who were about to be shanghaied would be more than happy to complete everything.

In Wanfa Sect, on Emperor's Map.

This was the living area for Golden Core Cultivators, close to Bai Ze God Monarch's study.

Su Junyu finished his cultivation for the day. Inside his Dantian, a Heavenly Position Golden Core was spherical and full, with Essence Qi and Divine Power protecting the core and converging as one, commanding the Mana throughout his body.

He was now a Golden Core Cultivator.

After his cultivation, Su Junyu habitually grabbed the calculator to see if anyone had contacted him. Right at that moment, he saw that Wang Qi was online.

Without hesitation, Su Junyu opened the connection with Wang Qi and asked, "Hey junior brother, what exactly do you want me to do?"

Three days ago, Wang Qi had suddenly contacted Su Junyu, insisting that he should set aside some time to practice the Heavenly Calculation Atlas. He didn't need to reach a high level, just the basics would do, and he guaranteed that Su Junyu would benefit from it.

For someone like Su Junyu, who had already determined his path, the importance of cultivating additional supporting cultivation techniques was negligible. However, Wang Qi's demeanor piqued everyone's curiosity. Since the entry-level stage of mental methods from various sects was free, he downloaded the cultivation technique and then took a quarter of an hour to practice the Heavenly Calculation Atlas.

Su Junyu, now a Golden Core Cultivator, found cultivating such basic spells naturally swift. He even evolved the Heavenly Calculation Atlas to the second level with little effort.

Wang Qi's phantom appeared before everyone. Su Junyu suddenly felt this guy's smile was somewhat malicious.

It couldn't be a prank, could it? Could it be that he contacted me from such a distance just to amuse himself by having me practice the Heavenly Calculation Atlas? He couldn't be that bored, could he?

Wang Qi said, "Just to confirm, Senior Brother Su, you have a good signal for the Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm, right?"

"Correct."

"Your essence, energy, and spirit are full, right?"

"Yes."

"There's no one around you, right?"

"Yes." Su Junyu had an epiphany, "You rascal, are you about to transmit something valuable to me?"

Wang Qi was confused by Su Junyu's reaction, "Huh?"

"The Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm has been under strict scrutiny lately, and some prohibited path ranks created by our fellow sect brothers have been deleted..."

Wang Qi was silent for a moment, "Senior Brother, when I left the Divine Capital, it happened to be the founding ceremony of the Joyful Union Sect's branch in the Divine Capital. I managed to obtain something good. Do you want a collection of works by Immortal Kongyuan, the genuine kind?"

Su Junyu felt conflicted, "It's okay to relax occasionally, but such a collection is too stimulating, it doesn't really achieve the 'relaxation after tension' effect... But, old coachman, take me with you!"

"Take you where!" Wang Qi, at the end of his tether, activated the Spirit Rhinoceros Bottle in his hand, "You've completely misunderstood! Grab your calculator!"

A network meant for scholarly exchange has been turned into a P2P mess by you, Wanfa Cultivators!

Su Junyu felt his calculator was consuming his mana at an accelerating pace. He pondered, "It seems to be receiving some immensely large path rank... No, that path rank is operating. It appears to be quite massive, and this calculator might not be capable of handling it."

With that thought, Su Junyu exerted more strength in his hands and poured more mana into the calculator. This was one difference between calculators and computers. As long as one was willing to spend mana, even a low-level calculator could achieve high speeds!

As the mana was consumed, Su Junyu sensed something brewing within the calculator. Before he could fully comprehend it, that force burst forth and shot into his Tanzhong acupoint.

Normally, the intrusion of alien power should provoke a violent reaction from the Golden Core, which governs the body, and expel it. However, this time there was no reaction from the Golden Core at all. Su Junyu quickly realized that this was still his own mana, though it had been slightly altered by the effect of some path rank.

This force surged throughout his body and combined with his rudimentary cultivation of the Heavenly Calculation Atlas like 'Heavenly Thunder and Earthly Fire.' A blazing sensation originated from his Dantian and rushed upwards, splitting into three streams. The largest stream followed the path of the Ren meridian, passed through the Tanzhong acupoint, pierced through the heavy strata of his body, all the way up to the Baihui acupoint on top of his head. The other two streams went straight towards the Laogong acupoints in his palms. In an instant, the hot current changed direction and the sensation once again shifted.

The Heavenly Calculation Atlas evolved once more.

The Heavenly Calculation Atlas broke through a barrier once again.

The Heavenly Calculation Atlas ascended once more.

...

Su Junyu had gone from initial shock to numbness now. His Heavenly Calculation Atlas had undergone thirteen qualitative changes. This achievement was even better than that of some disciples from Tianling Ridge. The Heavenly Calculation Atlas was growing by devouring Su Junyu's mana. His mana from the Golden Core Stage sustained the cultivation at this phase.

For a Golden Core Cultivator, elevating an auxiliary cultivation technique to the Foundation Establishment standard consumes no more than a single heavy killing technique.

Only after the mana inside his body had settled did Su Junyu speak up, "Quite an impressive path rank you have. However, it can only be used by cultivators who have also cultivated the Heavenly Calculation Atlas and have built their foundation on calculators, correct?"

Wang Qi nodded, "That's right."

"It doesn't seem very useful," Su Junyu scratched his face, "There are indeed many calculator-based Magic Foundations within the Wanfa Sect, but few who choose this path consider the Life Path—and the calculator foundation's enhancement in computing power doesn't necessarily require mathematics, something Tianling Ridge hardly demands of their disciples."

Wang Qi smiled, "Just try sensing it. I should have also stimulated the emergence of a Divine Skill."

Su Junyu closed his eyes and felt around before asking, "Telepathy?"

The Yangshen Pavilion version of Telepathy, kindly provided by a disciple of Yangshen Pavilion.

"Senior Brother, based on your original path, you were never meant to possess Telepathy, right?" Wang Qi's voice was exceedingly enticing, "Now, I've made it so that you can have this Divine Skill without doing anything at all."

Su Junyu frowned, "This version of Telepathy is of a very low level and virtually useless for probing others' minds during combat."

"You can use it in your everyday life!" Wang Qi continued to entice, "For example… Senior Sister Xiang. Haven't you ever wondered what she's thinking?"

Su Junyu's body jolted, and his eyes sparkled with excitement, "Junior Brother, I'm very satisfied. You surely can stimulate even higher-level Divine Skills, right? When will you develop a higher-grade Telepathy? I almost forgot—you're the recipient of the Dao Seed Award! Such a simple matter is certainly within your capability!"

Wang Qi extended his hand and rubbed his thumb against his index and middle fingers, "Sure, but Senior Brother, I'm a bit strapped for cash recently."

"You mean…"

"Share some Merit," Wang Qi said, "If you can fund my ongoing development, I can also develop Telepathy for you that can be used in combat."

How could you possibly get stronger without spending money!

Su Junyu sighed, "You've changed, kid; you really have changed! Thanks for the free version." Saying so, he was about to shut down the calculator.

Wang Qi called out, "Wait, wait, wait! Actually, there might be other ways we can cooperate..." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it on Qidian.com with recommendation tickets or monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)