Exploring Immortality Cultivation

A fist, unadorned and straightforward, struck towards Wang Qi's face.

The Cave Heaven Ruler is an Absolute Skill born from the Relativity theory, creating the Twin Paradox on the tiny battlefield by using relative time, placing the user and the battlefield in two separate relative reference frames.

Since it's "relative," the defense of the Cave Heaven Ruler couldn't possibly be "absolute"!

First of all, the Cave Heaven Ruler merely expands time to form a relative area, similar yet distinct to the "Grotto Heaven" which folds and closes space. If the opponent can freely enter and exit the Azure Darkness and move in and out of the Grotto Heaven, then this move isn't so fearsome.

Another point was that when Wang Qi used the Cave Heaven Ruler, he dragged himself and a small space around him into relative time. Although the general theory of relativity is the "most precise" theory known to Wang Qi, able to match theoretical numbers with experimental data to fourteen decimal places theoretically, it was possible to create relative space-time fitted to Wang Qi's body. However, Wang Qi himself hadn't achieved this yet. In other words, if the opponent was too close to him, the Cave Heaven Ruler would seem meaningless.

In a critical moment, Wang Qi counterattacked. The electromagnetic field from Heavenly Song directly penetrated the muscles, using the speed of light to replace neural signal transmission. Without going through the brain, the soul directly manipulated the muscles. Under the push of Heavenly Song, the chemical bonds between the muscles were temporarily altered. Magnetic rails formed around Wang Qi, and his fist, wrapped in a strong magnetic field, accelerated along the rails. Meanwhile, high-frequency waves emerged from Wang Qi's fist, disintegrating everything at the molecular level.

Then, with a flash of purple light, the Strong Electric Unification was established. The release method for the strong interaction force discovered by the Dragon Guard replaced the electromagnetic force from Heavenly Song.

In the stretched space-time of the Cave Heaven Ruler, Wang Qi relied on Heavenly Song to push his punch's destructive power to the limit!

Then, an external force belatedly pulled Wang Qi from "his personal relative space-time" back to "this planet's relative space-time"!

"Is it gravity..." A thought flashed and disappeared in Wang Qi's mind.

Then, two fists collided.

Wang Qi felt as if he were catching a missile barehanded. It wasn't a force a human body could exert. The mechanical energy pierced through his bones, signalling that his temporarily diamond-strong and rubbery-tough skeleton was overloaded.

On the other hand, Lu Wan's arm was completely shattered, flesh and blood flying, scattering evenly within a radius of three feet. The high-frequency destroyed the arm at the molecular level, yet Lu Wan seemed utterly indifferent as if it wasn't his arm at all, watching coldly as Wang Qi seemed to be pushed by an invisible warship, crashing through seven or eight mansions and plowing through a fifty-meter long trench in the ground.

"This guy... why so fierce..." Wang Qi climbed up from the ground with his head spinning slightly, somewhat puzzled. In terms of strength alone, the strong interaction force is two magnitudes higher than the electromagnetic force, about one hundred and eighty times the latter. Initially, "electric current propulsion" was already a powerful move in Heavenly Song, and with his full-strength punch, even an Ancient Golden Core could be blasted away. After multiplying by one hundred and eighty, the power could even clash with a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

And this guy in front of him had just formed his Nascent Soul; he shouldn't have this kind of strength, right?

Moreover, the law that pulled him back to this reference frame just now wasn't something he possessed.

Meanwhile, Lu Wan had already started laughing: "Being able to step out of the River of Time, to exist independently of time and space, you truly are one of us."

Step out of the "River of Time"? What was that? Absolute time? You've got to be joking, right? The cosmos doesn't have a unified absolute space-time, how am I supposed to step out of something that absolutely doesn't exist?

Without saying another word, Wang Qi activated the Cave Heaven Ruler, preparing to enter his relative space-time again. At the same time, his hand quickly reached for his belt, ready to switch to the Thousand Illusion Divine Spell Memory Body to steal Lu Wan's thoughts and figure out what was actually happening, and then, he'd use the Heart Demon Curse to refine him to death.

But, an unfamiliar alert suddenly came from his belt: "Operation locked."

What?

At that moment, Lu Wan had already activated his Time Law. In his eyes, the invisible River of Time poured forth, and under the relentless barrage of time's waters, the "sparkling" "cosmic space-time" around Wang Qi dissolved and peeled away.

In Wang Qi's perception, the expanding space-time around him compressed rapidly, its scale changing. He was once again forced back to the original reference frame.

"Stepping out of the river, you've already begun to display traits of an Immortal. I don't know how you did it, but it seems you, like the master, have awakened memories from a past life," Lu Wan's voice reached Wang Qi's ears. "You should be one of us."

"Should be... your sister!" Wang Qi's expression changed. Paying no heed to what Elder Feng in the West Wing had done, he charged directly at Lu Wan. If the sound could reach him, it meant that the air molecules around Lu Wan and those around Wang Qi were already within the same reference frame, and the Cave Heaven Ruler had been dissolved.

Two people who could be described as "strong" started brawling using the most primitive methods. Wang Qi released the strong interaction force, which only existed inside atomic nuclei, replacing muscular strength. Lu Wan's punches, on the other hand, were not so complex; he had abandoned even the essence of martial arts and was just throwing punches like a street thug.

But punches activated by the king of the four fundamental forces, surpassing conventional strength, were being driven back by such technically unremarkable punches!

Wang Qi's every punch he landed on Lu Wan tore away a chunk of flesh, like a battle between an iron figure and a plastic one. Yet, Lu Wan remained indifferent. His strength was simply too immense, to the point where even Nascent Soul Cultivators who turned to body refinement couldn't compare. And before Wang Qi could employ his diverse and ingenious fist techniques, they were already disrupted by Lu Wan.

Not only strength, but this guy's martial arts experience had also greatly improved!

"What is going on... Before obtaining his Nascent Soul, Lu Wan wasn't even worth my slaughtering with one hand. But how come as soon as he became a Nascent Soul, he's this ferocious? Isn't it said that combat power drops after a Modern Cultivator's Golden Core transitions into a Nascent Soul?"

"This is a Banished Immortal," an indifferent voice appeared in Wang Qi's mind.

"What?" Startled, Wang Qi immediately exposed a flaw, which was seized by Lu Wan. With an opponent of that level, any flaw could lead to fatal consequences. In an instant, Wang Qi's head, chest, and Dantian were struck thrice in succession. Even the "Dragon Guard," which could treat a direct hit from a large caliber grenade as a mere breeze, was now on the verge of collapse, with the atomic layers bound by the strong interaction force trembling nonstop. As a result, Lu Wan's fists also shattered.

But Lu Wan showed no signs of regret. His scattered flesh and blood automatically gathered and then reformed his physical body. Wang Qi discovered, to his amazement, that Lu Wan's flesh and blood were showing signs of becoming sandy.

"Cough cough cough..." Lying on the ground, Wang Qi choked on a pungent odor. For some reason, a special, irritating gas was swirling around Lu Wan.

Wang Qi knew nothing about toxicology. Logically, he should be unfamiliar with all harmful gases. But this pungent smell felt uncannily familiar to him—as if he had encountered it in his previous life.

"Sulfur dioxide?" Wang Qi keenly recognized the scent.

Sulfur dioxide, one of the most common atmospheric pollutants in Earth's industrial areas and a familiar gas in middle and high school chemistry labs.

"Having disengaged from the River of Time, no longer ordinary, you are no longer a mortal." Lu Wan slowly walked toward Wang Qi, extending his hand, "Follow me and meet the master."

"What is this madman talking about…"

Wang Qi stood up, rapidly considering ways to overthrow Lu Wan.

While various types of mana were changing around Wang Qi, a mighty Spirit Pressure suddenly descended. He felt as though he was being yelled at from above.

Guided by a Primordial Spirit Master, a Divine Separation Stage power who was wreaking havoc on the battlefield, shouted in a piercing voice, "That cultivator over there... Eh! They are actually both Banished Immortals! Banished Immortal Lu Wan! Banished Immortal Wang Qi!"

Haha! If I just capture these two guys and present them to the Daoist Master, there will surely be a great reward!

The way the other party treated the two of them as mere objects infuriated Lu Wan. His unabashed hostility also made Lu Wan extremely dissatisfied.

"Stay right here, Wang Qi," Lu Wan snorted and charged towards the Divine Separation Cultivator, "Insect! Take this!"

As he ran, the power of the River of Time became prominent, Immortal characteristics became prominent, and the laws of Heaven and Earth became prominent. The Divine Separation Cultivator had no idea that he had kicked an iron plate. He could sense that the nature's spiritual energy around him was going out of control and couldn't even deploy his Divine Skills. He was completely restrained in whatever he did.

Wang Qi watched the battle unfold between Lu Wan, who stank of sulfur dioxide, and the Divine Separation Stage Cultivator, yet he remained tense all over. He knew that at least a tenth of the opponent's attention was on him. In a situation where both could manipulate time, his chances of escape were slim.

"What in the world is happening?"

Feng Luoyi appeared behind Wang Qi like his shadow and spoke softly, "That one, in his past life, was a sulfur-based lifeform. Its soul has awakened, and the Spirit Sense it carries is beginning to transform this physical body into the form it is most accustomed to."

Wang Qi suddenly felt that something was amiss, "Sulfur-based? Lifeform? Don't you mean a sulfur ore demon?"

"A sulfur ore demon is simply a soul that has appeared in a sulfur stone. Sulfur-based creatures, however, have large molecules with sulfur atoms as their foundation. The two are fundamentally different."

"Sulfur-based… Teacher Feng, just to confirm, in Shenzhou, both the Human Clan and the Dragon Clan are carbon-based lifeforms, right?"

Feng Luoyi looked at him as if he was making a fuss over nothing, "Are sulfur-based lifeforms theoretically impossible to exist?"

"That... that's not the issue…"

It's the problem of being in the wrong film set! Why would sulfur-based creatures appear in an Immortal-Hero setting? Shouldn't it be assumed that all heavens and myriads of worlds are dominated by humanoid carbon-based lifeforms? (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read on m.qidian.com.)