Exploring Immortality Cultivation

The communication with Mi had enlightened Wang Qi significantly.

Merely the life forms and evolutionary methods of the Sea God Type had given Wang Qi enough material to write several papers. This could definitely cause a sensation in the fields of behavioral biology and evolution theory.

Let's not forget, although he was banned from conducting biological experiments, he was the recipient of the Dao Seed Award, and his accomplishments on the Path of Life Beings were first-class among his peers.

Regrettably, for reasons unknown, the Immortal Alliance had classified the origins of the Sea God Type as confidential. Even if he wrote the papers, there would be little chance of publishing them anytime soon.

— At this time, Wang Qi was unaware that the Sea God Type had officially joined the Immortal Alliance, and both parties had already begun comprehensive cooperation. It would only take a few years for the existence of the Sea God Type to move from behind the scenes to the forefront.

Having learned about the life forms of the Sea God Type and their way of thinking had deepened Wang Qi's understanding of Sea God Type's cultivation methods.

It was like theory often needed to be considered in the context of the whole.

And now, he was beginning to analyze one of Mi's Absolute Skills, "Tribulation God Riddle."

Originally, "Tribulation God Riddle" was the Sea God Type's introspection of "self." "I am who I am" meant sorting through personal data for the Sea God Type. If a Sea God Type cast "Tribulation God Riddle" on a fellow species, it meant forcibly imprinting their thoughts on others, essentially brainwashing and usurping another's consciousness. However, the Divine Spirits of Shenzhou were vastly different from the Sea God Type, hence, "Tribulation God Riddle," when applied to Divine Spirits of Shenzhou, resulted in scrambling their self-consciousness.

"Tribulation God Riddle" and the "Divine Plague Curse Technique" shared underlying connections and were incredibly sophisticated. Although Wang Qi had heard that some in Shenzhou were analyzing the cultivation methods of the Sea God Type, too few people were qualified to interact with apocalyptic-level Absolute Skills like the Divine Plague Curse Technique, and he estimated that very few would approach it from his perspective.

Of course, this was a long-term process. Wang Qi was not in a hurry.

His attention was largely focused on two other "battlefields."

One was in the Sea of Consciousness of a Divine Descent Stage Witch; the other was within his own body.

Within the Sea of Consciousness of that Divine Descent Stage Witch, two powers were engaged in fierce combat. With remote support from the Divine Capital, nearly endless Heart Demon Curse Power was making assault maneuvers. Of course, their "assault" targets were not the Magic Seal imprint within the Sea of Consciousness of the Divine Descent Stage Witch, but the essence occasionally leaking from that seal. On this battlefield, the power of the Heart Demon Curse resembled endless Barbarian skirmishers attacking an impregnable city. In most cases, Barbarian soldiers just keep dying at the city walls. In terms of quality, Heart Demon Curse Power and Dragon Clan Essence were incomparable; each infiltration into Dragon Clan Essence cost a hundredfold in Heart Demon Curse Power.

However, each successful erosion meant new Spirit Sense accumulated within the Evolution Algorithm, iterating and enhancing the entire Heart Demon System's power.

Additionally, Wang Qi himself also produced Dragon Clan Essence from Dragon Clan Coins. This Dragon Clan Essence, inherited from the Ancient Dragon Emperor but devoid of divine charm, was qualitatively worlds apart from that left by the Dragon imprint. Yet, in terms of quantity, it far surpassed by leveraging the ability to extract Zero-Point Energy with "Dragon Power." Opposing this force was the continual extraction of his personal cultivation by the Life Flame. Both forces used his own body as a battlefield, struggling against each other incessantly, continually causing damage. Below his skin, blood vessels often ruptured. Fortunately, thanks to the healing provided by Life Flame, Wang Qi remained relatively unscathed.

But similarly, each time a portion of Dragon Clan Essence was eliminated, deliberate Spirit Sense accumulated inside him.

Wang Qi's cultivation was divided into the tangible and intangible, the hard and soft dual layers. The tangible layer was the "hardware," the cultivation method of the Wanfa Sect. While the "software" layer consisted of the Heavenly Calculation Atlas bearing myriad Modern Cultivation Methods and Divine Skills. Wang Qi's hardware cultivation was not sharable with others. However, the "software" could be enhanced and shared through other means. What he was currently doing was extracting the essence of "Heavenly Calculation" from his cultivation, injecting it into the Heart Demon System as an "antivirus program," "loading" and "installing" it within the Heart Demon System. In the clash with that seal, this "antivirus software" kept improving, while also sending data back to the "developer." Wang Qi had the same algorithm within his body, and this transformation would also reflect within the Heart Demon System.

In this way, Wang Qi evolved at a pace akin to cheating. His power was being nullified by Dragon Clan Essence as much as it was nullifying it, but each time at a lesser cost. The rate of change in his mana was like an army that was using stone tools and bone spears a few days ago, suddenly acquired bows, cavalries, and bronzes yesterday, and today had upgraded to steel helmets, steel swords, and cannons, and tomorrow would have assault rifles and machine guns.

After days of Wang Qi manipulating his own cultivation and battling the Dragon Clan Essence that formed the imprint with Heart Demon Curse Power, he finally refined a notion specifically effective against it. With the empowerment of this "Dragon-specific Path Rank," Heart Demon Curse Power finally broke free from the restraint of Dragon Clan Essence. After sullying that Dragon imprint, the Heart Demon Curse followed this connection and began corrupting the Divine Stone.

"The most crucial nail has finally been driven in," Wang Qi sighed, feeling the new connection between the Heart Demon System and the Divine Stone.

Through the Heart Demon System, he could sense the power of the Patrol Navy spread over the West Sea. Amid thousands of "connections," he also felt a transcendent "line." If every individual's connection with the Divine Stone was dim and transparent, this particular "line" shone as brilliantly as sunlight.

"This is the line pointing to the instance BOSS," Wang Qi inwardly sighed.

If possible, Wang Qi even hoped this nail would never need to function. He was somewhat self-aware. The Heart Demon Curse was a formidable Combat Skill, indeed, but the higher one's cultivation, the lower the likelihood of being influenced by the Heart Demon Curse. Conversely, the Heart Demon Curse could be expelled by mana impregnated with a high-order cultivator's will.

So what if it had properties specifically countering Dragon Clan Essence? Wang Qi felt that the Heart Demon Curse might even be expelled from the battle in a moment upon activation by the Dragon Clan.

However, even just for a moment, the Heart Demon Curse could infect hundreds of Demon Clan through that Divine Stone connection.

At that time, the nail Wang Qi personally drove in would transform into a steel dagger plunged into the heart of the Demon Clan.

The fish was small, but it was deadly enough.

While Wang Qi was embedded within the Demon Clan, a pinkish-purple sea fish was swimming quietly. It was surrounded by a group of tiny silver fish. This species of fish, which had sought refuge with the Dragon Clan, had evolved to be particularly "tasty," with tender, nutrient-rich flesh and bones that were soft and easily digestible.

However, the pinkish-purple fish had no intention of eating.

In the West Sea now, there was no safe food left. It thought. Those monkeys, unexpectedly so ruthless, had actually used plague curse techniques and planted poisons within several types of fish within the Dragon Clan's food range. Those monkeys' poisoning techniques, although not as skilled as those of the Human Demon from the "Highland," were still quite proficient. While that power couldn't kill it, it would consume its strength for no reason and slow down its recovery.

Who would have thought that even the mighty Dragon Clan would see such a day…

This fish, in fact, was the Little Dragon that had escaped during the battle at the Holy Dragon Abyss.

Since it had been injured that day, nearly a month had passed. Normally, given the power of the Dragon Clan, even severe injuries would heal within a day. However, those monkeys relentlessly pursued it for seven days, not giving it a chance to recover. Although under its counterattack, the Ancient Method Practitioner had lost at least ten Divine Separation Stage Cultivators, more pursuers came later: besides the initial Ancient Method Practitioner who had injured it, two more from the Body Integration Realm arrived. Ridiculously, on the last day of their pursuit, it even vaguely felt an aura that could make even its Dragon Clan heart palpitate.

It was the Holy Emperor Venerable of the Banished Immortal, the ultimate in the Ancient Method!

Fortunately, before that Banished Immortal reached the battlefield, it had transformed into the lowliest of krills, managing to barely escape the battlefield with the help of the ocean currents.

But then, the Demon Clan's relentless blockades began.

The Little Dragon had just transformed and hadn't even mastered the real power of the Transformation Stage yet. In terms of realms, many Demon Gods were stronger than it. It fought fierce battles along the blockade line but was defeated by the continuous waves of Transformation and Divine Power Demon Beasts, who had an absolute advantage in numbers. It tried to break through several times, the best attempt only making it past two blockade lines before it ran out of strength.

Now, not only had its injuries not healed, but they were even worse than they had been half a month ago. At this time, it didn't even dare to activate its natural talent of Dragon Power to draw from the vacuum and spontaneously generate infinite Essence for healing.

"From the Heavenly Star, I've only covered a tenth of the journey…" After noticing the seabed rising rapidly nearby, the pinkish-purple fish swam to the surface, splashing water. It initially thought that this was land. But after comparing it with the Heavenly Star, it realized with resignation that it was still far from its destination.

Just as it was about to dive back to the ocean floor, an invisible giant hand grabbed it and lifted it, along with a mass of seawater, into the air.

The Little Dragon's spirit stiffened as it spotted the creature holding it.

A Demon God! It was actually a Demon God!

Transformation Dragon Clans weren't necessarily afraid of a Demon God of another clan, but it still couldn't easily shake it off.

If the battle dragged on, it would definitely attract other Sea Demons loyal to Saint King David…

Was it really going to die here?

A sense of unwillingness and sorrow emerged in the Little Dragon's heart.

Not sorrow for itself, but sadness that it might fail to fulfill the Holy Emperor's orders.

"Holy Clan traitor, I've been waiting for you for a long time!" The Demon God laughed heartily, as if it had already seen the inheritance reward from the Saint King.

The Demon God's laughter ignited the Little Dragon's innate fierceness.

"Think you can kill me? With your meager flesh?" the Little Dragon roared. "In your dreams!"

Essence flowed in pink hues as the giant dragon broke free from the Demon God's shackles.

"My boys! Attack!" The Demon God chuckled, cheering them on.

At his call, numerous Divine Power Demon Beasts and dozens of Transformation Demon Beasts emerged from their ambush to attack.

Facing the overwhelming onslaught of Demon Art and Divine Power, the Little Dragon coiled its body and chanted.

"Great Void, Nebula Gang!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at QiDian (qidian.com), your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)