Exploring Immortality Cultivation

"Aaaaah!"

Du Chongren let out a scream that startled Wang Qi, fearing that he had triggered some sort of life-sacrificing Two-Injuring Magic. Utilizing the Unpredictable Body Technique, he bypassed the encirclement of numerous Nascent Souls. Amidst countless probabilities of evasion, Wang Qi opened up a distance of twenty zhang from the group of Nascent Souls, then once again used the Cave Heaven Ruler to create a relative spacetime that belonged only to him.

"Has he really gone mad?"

Wang Qi could only observe the other party by "sight," which was moreover accompanied by distortion and blurring. He couldn't extend his Spiritual Sense, couldn't touch with hands; only a small part of the air around him had accompanied him into this reference frame. Sound waves could not propagate, the movement of taste molecules was meaningless. He couldn't even touch anything. Only with his eyes, this primitive organ that received specific frequency electromagnetic signals, could he effectively observe.

The advantage of relative spacetime was that Wang Qi would never encounter a situation where he was "too late." He could even pause mid-battle to think, turning the combat from real-time to turn-based.

Of course, this did not mean he was invincible. In his relative spacetime, all his actions were meaningless to others. Moreover, after entering this state, the blessings of the Heart Demon System and the Ten Thousand Immortals True Mirror disappeared. Although the connection between Wang Qi and these two BUFFs was maintained by high-spirit electromagnetic waves and high-spirit radiation, with information transmitted at light speed, electromagnetic waves would distort and lose information during the transmission across two reference frames. Furthermore, the computing speed of the Ten Thousand Immortals True Mirror and the Heart Demon Network had no significance for Wang Qi within different reference frames.

"Why? I clearly didn't use a spirit attack. If it's simply backlash, then it's too strong..."

"Could it be because of the Heart Demon Curse?"

"That shouldn't be the case. The Heart Demon Curse spreads through contact. I use outer objects to harness the power of the Heart Demon Curse, so I shouldn't be infected, while others, regardless of the form of contact..."

"Is the spirit attack he used on me a special kind of 'contact'? Has a special connection formed between him and me? Why?"

"Could it be that for the Heart Demon Curse, a spirit attack is a special form of 'connection'?"

The Cave Heaven Ruler, Cave Heaven Ruler, is precisely to create one's own measure of comparison, a personal reference frame, so that even when positioned in the vast Heaven and Earth, one can still produce the effect of being in the 'Central Heaven of the Grotto'!

What he could do was think within this relative spacetime.

"The most formidable aspect of Heart Demon Curse power lies in the fact that it takes root in people's hearts. It is the strongest martial technique against a person. In other words, the correct way to use it should be blending Martial Arts Fist Intent and Illusion Technique."

"Damn it! This means that from the start, I should have handed it over to Chen Feng!"

Wang Qi suddenly realized. Feng Luoyi herself had returned the Memory Body of the Heart Demon Great Curse to him, then entrusted him with using his mathematical prowess to guide mortals to safety, which was a strategy that seemed reasonable but was actually incredibly foolish!

"No way, is this a forced reduction of our own battle power..."

"Did those Ancient Method Practitioners never have a chance of success from the beginning? To delay until a certain moment, is Teacher Feng still undermining our side?"

Wang Qi fell silent for a moment, then revealed a carefree smile, "In that case, does it mean that it doesn't matter how much I stir things up now?"

"That's perfect. I also want to try and see what I can achieve in this state."

The moment Wang Qi canceled the Cave Heaven Ruler, the Nascent Soul Cultivators only perceived a fleeting shadow. Spacetime was straightened once again, and Wang Qi had left the place he originally occupied. At a level they couldn't detect, numerous pieces of information were transmitted from Wang Qi's mind to the Ten Thousand Immortals True Mirror, to the Heart Demon Network. Wang Qi's many ideas from within the relative spacetime were calculated and deduced within the Ten Thousand Immortals True Mirror and the Heart Demon Network.

With each pause and restart, Wang Qi grew stronger.

After the fourth pause, Wang Qi cleaved apart a frost giant dragon with a single sword strike. In the face of the tens of thousands of degrees of high temperature generated by the Heavenly Entropy Technique, a small portion of the liquid nitrogen vaporized instantly, pushing away other liquid gases and essentially dressing Wang Qi in an "Atmosphere Armor." Under Wang Qi's deliberate control, these liquified gases were accurately splashed onto another Fire Element Cultivator, causing substantial frostbite.

After the seventh pause, Wang Qi mastered the skill of interspersing Xiangyu Travel during battle, unexpectedly moving behind a Nascent Soul Cultivator and detonating his Protective Gang Qi with the Heavenly Entropy Technique, causing significant damage once again.

Following the eighth pause, Wang Qi succeeded in killing an adept healing spell Cultivator. The Silent Annihilation Sky Burning Palm precisely hit his vital point, annihilating all of his vitality.

After the tenth pause, Wang Qi's sword pierced the remaining single eye of a Sword Cultivator—the other had been exploded during Wang Qi's twenty-two or thirty bouts of sword moves.

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Neither blades nor boxing intent, nor ice and fire, wind and thunder, could cross relative spacetime. In front of Wang Qi, all their attacks seemed meaningless. While Wang Qi's attacks were not particularly strong, they could always apply laws that countered his opponents, penetrating their defenses and causing tremendous harm.

At the end of each pause, Wang Qi would transmit a large amount of information, allowing his two systems to analyze and process it. And before entering the relative spacetime again, he would receive a considerable amount of information, which he would then analyze in his personal time.

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A unique Twin Paradox unfolded between Wang Qi and the Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators.

After approximately the fourteenth iteration of the Cave Heaven Ruler, fewer than half of the original Nascent Souls remained. They finally realized that the monster before them was not on their level.

And during this process, a spell that Wang Qi had previously instructed the Heart Demon Network to calculate, at last, reached Perfection.

One of the Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators suddenly noticed that the "atmosphere" around them had changed. It was a special feeling, as if the BGM—an element that shouldn't exist—had suddenly shifted. Although the surrounding environment was ostensibly the same as moments before, an inexplicable sense of oppression and terror permeated the air. He barely maintained his rational mind until it finally collapsed, and he turned to run away. Unexpectedly, a blood-red tongue lashed out and coiled around him, as an ugly giant who had been standing behind the group revealed itself as the creature using its tongue to ensnare the Nascent Soul Cultivator.

"What... what is this?"

"Why..."

"Where did it come from?"

"Illusion! This must be an illusion!"

"Don't be fooled!"

No wonder those Nascent Soul Cultivators were so terrified. Before them stood an extremely grotesque monster. Although the creatures of Shenzhou were indeed bizarre and varied, they still followed Evolution Theory in their development. But how could they compare to the monstrosity before them, so bizarre? It was an ugly giant that kept roaring incessantly, with three legs whose muscles seemed to be woven from vines, and a giant tentacle where its face should be.

Merely beholding it, the group of Nascent Soul Cultivators felt as if they had been struck by a Soul Shaking Spell from a cultivator of the same level, leaving them dizzy and disoriented.

"This can't be possible... Why are there such terrifying demon creatures at this time..."

"Illusion... Why can't it be dispelled?"

Amidst the panic-stricken Nascent Soul Cultivators, Wang Qi smiled and said, "This is indeed an illusion. But there are two types of truly masterful illusions. One, 'absolutely undetectable as fake.' And another, 'still affects you even when you know it's fake.'"

The fears and fervor of a hundred thousand Heart Demons, utilizing the shape of a fantasy conceived within Wang Qi's mind, materialized before these Nascent Soul Cultivators.

Even just sensing the existence of such a creature would unsettle their minds, allowing Heart Demons to take root.

"Although I'm not well-versed in illusions, improvising on the spot isn't out of the question, especially when I have so many resources at my disposal," Wang Qi said, clapping his hands. Behind him, more bizarre demon creatures appeared, each beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

A sphinx with the face of a man and the body of a lion with wings, a fiery red cyclops bat with its eye split into three sections, a massive gelatinous mass extruding golden tentacles, a dazzlingly dressed Kunlun Slave wielding a serpent staff, a silver-haired witch holding a crowbar...

Based on the Thousand Illusion Divine Spell, a composite of multiple Heart Demon Curses had given rise to demon creatures that emerged from the midst of the crowd.

Wang Qi even drew several more Nascent Soul Cultivators into this modest illusion, trapping them as part of a test of combat strength.

"No crowbar, no friends, no old marks... It's a disadvantageous start to this round. But don't give up! I believe in you!" Wang Qi made an encouraging gesture to these Nascent Soul Cultivators, then waved his hand, "Enjoy yourselves."

Divine Capital was in absolute chaos, everyone was constantly fighting. Apart from this, those Divine Capital Cultivators who had finally decided to break away from the Immortal Alliance opted to make their breakthrough during this turmoil.

Most of those who made this decision had been stuck at Golden Core Perfection for hundreds of years but were confident they could advance to the Nascent Soul in a short period. They anticipated a grand escape route. To avoid becoming cannon fodder on this path, they resolved to break through first.

Over a hundred signs of Nascent Soul Formation layered above Divine Capital's sky went unnoticed as single-digit fluctuations were no longer discernible.

That a few signs of Nascent Soul Formation vanished simultaneously seemed strikingly normal.

In the Divine Capital Yi Family Grotto Heaven, only three people remained at this point. Zhao Qingfeng stood alone, having just absorbed another part of "himself"—countless Spirit Senses and realizations reemerging in his heart. At his feet lay a ground covered in corpses, all Banished Immortals at the beginning of the Nascent Soul Formation or roaming the world, all apprehended and absorbed by him.

Shu Rongrong was already kneeling before Zhao Qingfeng, prostrate, while Lu Wan, trembling, pointed a Magical Treasure at Zhao Qingfeng, "You... you..."

"What a pity, you are not 'me'. Is this tiny Mortal World really so dangerous?" Zhao Qingfeng looked towards Lu Wan, his expression now as indifferent as that of the non-living. Decades of personality formation had been overwritten. Yet, he felt nothing wrong with this.

"Today I finally understand I am me." To Zhao Qingfeng, this was his true appearance. The hundred or so years he had lived as the Banished Immortal Zhao Qingfeng had been like watching flowers through fog—as if in a dream.

"I ask you, will you serve under me?" (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)