Exploring Immortality Cultivation

Within the Imperial Palace, Yi Xuansheng and the Unification Cultivator of the Emperor's Extreme Split Sky Dao were taking turns hammering at the Spirit Prohibitions surrounding the great hall. Other Divine Separation Cultivators divided into small groups of threes and twos, clung to the Spirit Prohibitions, attempting to find one or two previously non-existent flaws through the fierce attacks of these two Unification Cultivators.

Suddenly, someone exclaimed, "Look, what is that?"

Up in the sky, a star suddenly brightened.

An experienced cultivator was indifferent, "It's just a meteor."

An old cultivator adept in astrology stroked his beard anxiously, "A guest star takes the main position, while the rightful star fades away—this is not a good omen."

Someone sneered, "The world has been snatched by the heretics, talking about 'brilliant pearls hidden in the dark' is nonsense, isn't it?"

The Unification Cultivator from the Emperor's Extreme Split Sky Dao became somewhat irritated, "You, old man over there, you are adept in astrology, so why don't you focus on breaking the array? Instead, you are still looking at these useless heavenly phenomena!"

The elder hastily replied, "The arrays set by modern heretics never adhere to the Circulation Stars Technique, it has fallen into the Evil Path!"

"Useless thing." The Unification Cultivator cursed a few times and then continued bombarding the restrictions. His eyes unintentionally swept over the "star," and suddenly he became overjoyed, "Excellent! Heaven has not forsaken us! This thing is heading towards us! Heavenly Star Power, Outer Heaven Star Fire! These can help us break through these broken restrictions!"

These cultivators could only see a square patch of sky above the grand hall's entrance, otherwise, they might have realized that the suddenly brightened or appeared heavenly stars weren't just in one direction, but three.

Rather, from all directions, more than twenty of them!

However, even had they seen them, they would not have thought of them as any terrifying weapons. They had verified with their eyes that these objects indeed came from beyond the heavens. In this situation with no obstructions and no horizon limits, they could see very far.

But what's more critical is that they all lacked the concept of long-range strikes and heavenly-based weapons.

In the Ancient Method, the concept of long-range strikes isn't absent. However, without the Spiritual Sense lock-on and their poor mathematics, they had always struggled with aiming. Moreover, only methods like the grand sect arrays, which served as wildcards, could achieve long-range strikes. Every usage would severely deplete the sect's energy, unlike the Immortal Alliance, which could casually toss out an unconventional magic artifact like the Heavenly Sword.

As for heavenly-based weapons, these refer to weapons used in space to combat against satellites, missiles, spacecraft, and to conduct combat operations from space against land, sea, and air targets.

At an altitude of tens of thousands of meters, one of the four fundamental forces—gravity—finally showed its formidable nature. At this height, even tossing a stone could be accelerated by gravity to a terrifying extent, carrying immense power—the prerequisite is that the stone itself can withstand the winds of the Nine Heavens Gang Wind and the force of atmospheric friction.

But compared to the terrifying degrees of freedom and coverage of heavenly-based weapons, the advantage of gravitational acceleration seems less significant. As long as the orbit is right, a heavenly-based weapon could theoretically cover a quarter of the planetary surface.

Yet, under the deliberate or inadvertent concealment by the Immortal Alliance, everything about space had been obscured. Even modern cultivators lacked relevant concepts, let alone those of the Ancient Method.

Apart from Wang Qi, hardly a few cultivators in the whole Divine Capital guessed that it was an attack. Many more thought it was just a star explosion or a meteor shower.

But soon...

Everyone felt that surge of world-destroying, ferocious Spiritual Power.

"Infinite... Heavenly Venerable..." On the outskirts of the city, a steward of the Wanfa Sect, Liu Yunxiang, involuntarily raised his head.

"This... this is..." Zhuang Xuelin, the Primordial Spirit Master guarding Divine Capital, was dumbstruck, with his heart almost roaring.

"My God..." Even though Chen Feng was aware of all this, he too was alarmed by this power.

Chen Youjia's expression remained calm, but privately, she began to believe that everything was finished.

"Hey, hey! What is happening here? I certainly didn't..." Ai Qinglan was one of the few who could still speak, but she too felt the terrifying power.

It was a terror that was hard to display through data.

In essence, hydrogen bombs and stars are similar, the only difference being their yield and duration.

No, a hydrogen bomb can even exceed.

The temperature at the center of a hydrogen bomb explosion reaches three hundred million degrees, while at the sun's core, it's only about twenty million degrees. However, the terrifying energy of a hydrogen bomb only lasts a moment and covers a minuscule space, whereas the sun's power lasts for billions of years and covers a much larger area.

But for individual life beings, three hundred million degrees for a second and twenty million degrees for a billion years don't make much of a difference.

And unlike the dispersed power of a hydrogen bomb, the power of the Heavenly Sword is controllable and focused. By lowering the energy released, more of the Sword's mass is converted into Spiritual Power, which is then further transformed by the sword body into destructive Spiritual Power and Sword Qi, keeping the power of a hydrogen bomb confined to a limited range.

Even high-order cultivators, if skimmed by Sun True Fire, would be severely disabled, let alone facing in an instant a hydrogen bomb surpassing the power of the sun? Moreover, a Heavenly Sword that concentrates power more than nuclear weapons?

Then, could this force possibly destroy what is claimed to be the indestructible Immortal Divine Soul?

This was the most extravagant demonstration of today.

The demonstrator, a Carefree Practitioner, a national hand from the kingdom of life—Feng Luoyi.

The demonstration items, three Banished Immortals, three Immortal Souls, one Immortal Consciousness.

The demonstration equipment, twenty-four Heavenly Swords.

The demonstration expendables, an ancient city of ten thousand years.

Fortunately, the two Grandmaster-level figures still remembered their task. Zhuang Xuelin shouted loudly, "All Modern disciples, prepare for impact! Those with higher cultivation stand in front, protect those with lower cultivation! Everyone! Prepare for impact! Quick! Quick! Quick! Protect the mortals!"

As he spoke, the Life Flame was unleashed. This Grandmaster also possessed this top absolute skill from Tianling Ridge. The White Flame transformed into a grand formation, turned into a Great Wall, protecting everyone behind.

Feng Luoyi waved his hand gently, using Soft Power to fling Wang Qi away, "Scram, kid."

Wang Qi tumbled through the air, spinning for a few seconds before landing. He was about to discern his surroundings when he heard a familiar call, "Senior Brother?"

Wang Qi looked up and saw Chen Youjia. By that time, the Heavenly Sword had already descended. The first to sweep through was the atmospheric shockwave. The white shockwave, under the resistance of the ground and the fluid viscosity of the air, transformed into a storm engulfing the entire city. Many Ancient Method Practitioners who had not received the notice were sliced into mincemeat during that onslaught.

Chen Youjia wanted to say something, but the fierce air halted all mechanical wave propagation, while the rioting Spiritual Energy cut off Spiritual Sense Transmission.

Orange Sword Light was already inches away. With the last moment at hand, Wang Qi hugged Chen Youjia, turning his back to the landing point of the Heavenly Sword, unleashing Dragon Power and Dragon Guard. By this moment, he had been stripped of the operational privileges of the Heart Demon Network and Ten Thousand Immortals True Mirror, his battle capabilities to overturn Divine Separation Cultivators were gone, the infinite power of the Heart Demon Curse had dissipated, and the Dragon Guard was no longer something that could be easily repaired.

Under these circumstances, the Cave Heaven Ruler was of no use. Unlike nuclear weapons that mainly killed through high temperatures and shockwaves, half of the Heavenly Sword's lethality consisted of varieties of high-spirit electromagnetic radiation propagating at the speed of light. In the face of absolute speed, relative time meant nothing.

At that moment, a robust shadow blocked in front of Wang Qi and Chen Youjia.

Then, the purest strength burst forth there.

The massive surge of Spiritual Energy caused the energy levels in that area to rise several orders of magnitude. The electrons, and even neutrons and protons within atoms, gained enough strength to free themselves from the four fundamental forces and started moving independently. Matter was dissolved on a microscopic level. The intense high-spirit electromagnetic waves covered all frequencies, and the souls within the physical bodies appeared as fragile as candles in a storm under this force.

What is space, what is time, in the face of this pure strength both were insignificant.

The event light cone is based upon the "speed of light" itself. Events outside the light cone, to those inside, are virtually non-existent, whereas inside the light cone, lies fate. Therefore, having the means to attack at the speed of light was akin to holding the reality within spacetime.

Half troubled space, half covered time, what truly surged towards the populace was merely less than a thousandth, a ten-thousandth of the strength's aftermath.

In this universe, the most powerful element is still "matter," and the most fundamental property of matter is "mass." A simple example, so long as there is enough mass, black holes will naturally form.

In the face of this pure power, two Unification Cultivators within the Imperial Palace didn't last a second before they were directly vaporized. A Heavenly Sword singled them out specifically. Meanwhile, more Ancient Method Practitioners, oblivious to everything, were directly wiped out. The earth trembled as if it might be destroyed in the next second. At that moment, Wang Qi couldn't even feel the ground beneath his feet. The Divine Capital, already devastated by Shu Rongrong's storm, faced a second wave of crazy airflow.

Intense light, fierce winds, turbulent Spiritual Energy…

After a while, Wang Qi finally confirmed he was still alive.

He released Chen Youjia and found that Primordial Spirit Master Liu Yi was standing right in front of him. This Cultivator seemed to have constructed a "wall" using mana, blocking the explosive aftermath from several directions. Cultivators inside Divine Capital who couldn't evacuate in time were rescued by him at the last moment. Severely injured and drained, Ai Qinglan hung around Chen Feng's neck; Chen Feng, with no choice, hoisted Ai Qinglan in his arms, silently watching the explosion.

No Cultivator could remain calm in the face of such mighty force. And yet, this was just the aftermath.

After a long while, Wang Qi finally squeezed out a sentence, "May all the people of Shenzhou live together in peace and friendship..."

Chen Youjia, her hand trembling, tucked her fingers into Wang Qi's palm and nervously nodded, "Yes..."

This ten-thousand-year-old city was no longer recognizable, only a small district where mortals took refuge was deliberately preserved by Cultivators. Huge cracks appeared on the ground, resembling fearsome scars. However, this "scar" stretched thousands of feet long, the underground rock layers completely twisted and fractured. In the foreseeable future, the geological conditions of Divine Capital would undoubtedly become incredibly unstable.

But all of this paled in comparison to the center of the city that had vanished into thin air. A radial sore remained on the ground, its mass completely evaporated. All that was left were some crystallized bits of ground; the rest was nothing.

This was only what they could see.

An earthquake would sweep across the entire continent, with its epicenter right beneath Divine Capital. Even inland, this earthquake might still cause casualties. In the East Sea, several massive tsunamis were heading towards the land of Fusang; the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion was organizing defenses urgently.

This was just the aftermath.

Fortunately, some of the power was controllable. Feng Luoyi manipulated the spell to divert the direction of the charged particle streams, sending them skyward. These streams were so massive that they even incited auroras in the sparse magnetic fields of the mid-latitude regions.

A seven-colored glow, as if to give a funeral to this city...(To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welcome to vote and send Your support on Qidian (qidian.com). Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)