Chapter 425: Nothing but One's Background
Good sword.
In the conference room of the experimental ship styled like a 'sailboat'.
Master Wang couldn't put down the treasure sword in his hand.
The sword had a pale yellow crystalline look, as if it were entirely refined from the branch of a laurel tree in front of the Immortal Palace. Its blade seemed not sharp, yet as his fingers approached the blade, his skin began to feel pain.
This was an Immortal Treasure.
Using the Artifact Refining method from their Cultivation World, it should be classified as a high-level Spiritual Treasure, an Immortal's Weapon.
However, Wang Jixuan was not yet an Immortal, and could only pick up this sword as a cold weapon.
He had tested the power; with a casual swing, without any mana, a streak of Sword Qi as brilliant as moonlight cascaded down, sweeping thousands of miles through space.
Once he truly refines this Immortal Treasure, Wang Jixuan dared not imagine how powerful it would be.
A Pillar Blade Beast couldn't withstand a single strike from it!
The power of an Immortal is terrifying.
However…
Wang Jixuan glanced at Shen Qionglin and others, who were consolidating the information he just shared while drawing diagrams, and continued to examine the Immortal Sword in his hand.
The Senior Bai Gu mentioned giving him an Immortal Law; where did it go?
Suddenly;
The sword in his hand seemed to sense Wang Jixuan's confusion, and its body trembled gently. Instantly, a series of mantras appeared in Wang Jixuan's mind.
"Moon God Heart Condensing Technique" · Introductory Chapter.
Wang Jixuan opened his mouth, frowning as he looked at the Immortal Sword.
This thing, does it have such strong spirituality?
The Immortal Sword trembled lightly, and Wang Jixuan realized something.
Its name is 'Moonlight', not 'this thing'.
Wang Jixuan chuckled sheepishly, carefully placing the Immortal Sword on the desk in front of him, and let out a comfortable sigh.
The situation in the Immortal Realm was thus detected clearly.
However, this was the Immortal Realm from millions of years ago, and the Senior Bai Gu only provided a general introduction.
In any case, it gave a new direction for struggle.
Subsequent encounters with Tianluo and the Dark Sect might allow us to gain a bit of initiative because of this.
Master Wang was feeling quite pleased when Shen Qionglin brought over a freshly drawn map and placed it in front of him.
The map was quite interesting.
It wasn't a flat map but a three-dimensional funnel, divided into three layers: upper, middle, and lower.
The upper layer consisted of dense galaxies, comprising the entire observable universe and the material universe, referred to as the Endless Star Sea by Senior Bai Gu.
The middle layer featured continents shaped like round heavens and square earths, with many small lands surrounding a giant land;
The lower layer was a piece of chaos.
Master Wang looked carefully, vaguely understanding something, but couldn't see it clearly.
So he fully embraced the excellent quality of asking questions when in doubt.
"What does this mean?"
Shen Qionglin thought for a moment and added an axis on the side, labeled with the words 'space-time'.
Wang Jixuan was even more puzzled.
Shen Qionglin clicked his tongue:
"Well, this is a model of the Immortal Realm I made based on your description and our current observable physical laws.
"It involves a principle, which is the unified theory of space-time concepts.
"To make it easier for you to understand, it means that objects far away from us can be considered in different time zones from us.
"You'll never find the Immortal Realm through interstellar travel in the Endless Star Sea.
"Entering the Immortal Realm requires a special passage, which should exist in some special space-time gaps in the material world.
"Once that Dark Sect member approaches, this information won't help much."
Master Wang nodded slowly, suddenly asking, "What do you think, what dimension is the Immortal Realm?"
"I'm not sure, but this Chaotic Sea model is very interesting."
Shen Qionglin's eyes flickered slightly:
"And those high-level civilizations that collectively ascended in the Endless Star Sea, transforming into a will entity.
"But even creatures from high-dimensional worlds must have projections in the basic dimensions.
"Just like that in our current three-dimensional world, any object leaves a projection on a plane, and I suspect this Chaotic Sea is a high-dimensional world; we just can't see its entirety."
Wang Jixuan asked, "Is this related to what we are researching?"
"Uh, it has no relevance."
"Then let's not focus on this topic for now," Wang Jixuan said, "we've been busy for so long, everyone's worked hard, let's rest for a day, recharge, and then focus on planning to deal with the Dark Sect and Tianluo."
Everyone agreed and soon left in groups of two or three.
Clearly, they were very interested in the grand world described by Wang Jixuan.
Lingtong stayed behind alone.
Master Wang looked at her a bit apologetically.
"It's okay," Lingtong shrugged, keeping her arms crossed, "for the past two months, it's just been us. In terms of love, I have no regrets left."
"I'm sorry," Master Wang sighed, "I didn't expect them to come so soon."
"Having spatial fluctuations is better than them arriving unnoticed."
Lingtong looked earnestly at Wang Jixuan and said seriously:
"The First Fleet is already stationed here, and I will need to hide my movements to coordinate from within.
"Wang Zheng, I need to tell you something seriously."
"Go ahead."
"This is something Commander Fu Jian instructed me… if you have to leave, you don't need to worry, Earth will provide you with whatever resources you need for your journey."
Wang Jixuan was momentarily speechless.
He looked at Lingtong, who slightly bit her lip, suddenly stepped forward, and pulled Wang Jixuan to her.
They kissed passionately;
as if they wanted to set each other ablaze.
"I won't hold you back either."
Lingtong gently bit his lip, and as she left the cabin room, there was a hint of relief in her eyes, yet her expression was unavoidably hollow.
But she wouldn't let love control her will; born for battle, she would return to her position.
"Lingtong!"
Wang Jixuan chased to the cabin door, watching Lingtong at the end of the corridor about to turn away.
"We're already married!"
Wang Jixuan shouted from behind.
"Not registered," Lingtong waved her hand, "not legally protected, we'll honeymoon together when we have time."
Wang Jixuan: ...
Well, turns out the Daoist became the love companion.
...
To confront the impact of the Dark Sect, Wang Jixuan devised three response plans with his team.
The first plan was naturally to face the enemy head-on.
This plan involved different scenarios.
If the enemy seized large cities, how to attack, how to lure the opponent into space, and then how to use our ship's artillery power in space to effectively harm the individual 'Spiritual Cultivator Combat Power' of the enemy.
If we can't win, then the second plan would be activated, and Wang Jixuan would directly retreat, fleeing first.
There are tactics to fleeing too, but those will not be elaborated on for now.
Wang Jixuan actually favored the third plan more.
Negotiation.
When it comes to matters like this, if you can talk it out, try not to fight.
If the Dark Sect brings someone above the Immortal level, then whether it's Earth or the Blade Beast, they are likely doomed.
Doesn't the Dark Sect and Tianluo have anyone above the Immortal level?
Wang Jixuan wouldn't believe it even if you killed Hei Yao.
After feeling the overwhelming pressure of those left-over Immortal Bones in person, Wang Jixuan was already certain of the vast chasm between the immortal and mortal, which is likely related to Immortal Spirit Qi.
Wang Jixuan suddenly thought of an old acquaintance.
Thomas.
When Thomas was taking him to Lower City, he said a lot of nonsense, and now Wang Jixuan found that this nonsense indeed had some truth.
Cultivators born in the Immortal Realm are naturally able to absorb Immortal Spirit Qi, making it easy to become immortals, and the immortals they become are high-quality, reportedly able to fight seven or eight of the same level of ascended immortals.
So what if one has talents that amazed a realm?
So what if one is naturally talented and admired the world?
So what if one has ultimate comprehension?
A cultivator born in the Immortal Realm is born with Immortal Spirit Qi.
Wang Jixuan reflected on this and felt somewhat disheartened.
It really echoed with Bai Gu's mocking comment.
He worked hard cultivating for three lifetimes, totaling six thousand years, just to go to the Immortal Realm and serve as a small soldier for various forces.
The Ascension Platform is just a 'Burst Soldier Pool' for recruiting outstanding individuals from below.
"Sigh."
Wang Jixuan sighed, walked to the corner of the conference room, opened the mini-fridge to find the chilled beer prepared for him by Mu Dan.
Now that conditions have improved, these wheat juice drinks no longer seem precious.
The Daoist opened two bottles, returned to his seat, propped his feet on the table, and began drinking in silence.
He was pondering the meaning of cultivation.
Abandon everything here to serve as a small soldier among those great forces?
Wang Jixuan was not the type to give up easily.
However, he felt a stone in his heart, somewhat stifling.
Inevitably, Wang Jixuan thought of another path.
The path of the Moon God Palace.
A force rose from the Endless Star Sea, conquered the Xu Realm, conquered the True Realm, and then advanced towards the Immortal Realm, only to ultimately fail due to insufficient accumulation to challenge those ancient and gigantic forces of the Immortal Realm.
So, could he take this path?
Bring Earth along, and break into the Cultivation World?
Spiritual Energy?
Core Circuit.
This thought erupted in Wang Jixuan's mind and then became unstoppable.
He's confident he could seize a Xu Realm.
Core Circuits can produce batch 'Inferior' Unification Realm combat power.
Though inferior, the combat power is still notable, with quantity as a key focus.
Wang Jixuan had already obtained the method of creating Core Circuits; in the eighty years of remodeling his perfect Tao Foundation, he took over all his insights and cultivation skills from his second life.
What if he created thirty thousand spiritual cultivators, then, through blessings, created a large group of S and SS level spiritual ability users?
A military force formidable enough to sweep through the Cultivation World could form directly!
Wang Jixuan was thrilled by this idea.
However, he quickly realized the critical difficulty in this path.
It requires a supreme expert to protect this force.
Moon God Palace's failure lay in their leader being a Taiyin Golden Immortal, who could match a Daluo Golden Immortal from a major Immortal Realm force but couldn't kill the Daluo Golden Immortal, who repeatedly ambushed and eliminated the leader's major war generals.
It's precisely because of such experts that forces with strong experts remain strong, and weak ones remain weak.
Wang Jixuan's eyes flickered slightly.
Developing a force, following the route of Endless Star Domain - Xu Realm - True Realm - Immortal Realm, fighting all the way through, is indeed essential.
But this route can only be implemented when he becomes powerful enough.
What he needs now is still to become stronger.
'First, find a way to become an immortal.'
'Though born ordinary, one should not be discouraged, cultivation looks at who strides high, not who strides fast.'
'The humble Daoist doesn't need to despair over the matter of the Moon God Palace.'
'Ascending to the Immortal Realm should be the most direct way to enter the Immortal Realm, easy to cultivate there, climb higher first, then have the qualification to develop forces.'
Master Wang quickly became uplifted.
He opened the second bottle of beer, took a few gulps, and summoned those materials compiled by Shen Qionglin in front of him and began perusing them carefully.
Honestly, he has started to anticipate the Dark Sect and the Heavenly Net Group making their appearance.
How would they teleport?
Directly from other Star Domains? Or from some True Realm, Xu Realm?
Yes, when developing forces later, we must seize Xu Realm but also avoid our home Cultivation World.
Otherwise, that would make him a true Demon Cultivator!
Wang Jixuan grabbed a piece of paper and began writing the subsequent development plan.
Taiyin Golden Immortal;
Daluo Golden Immortal;
To him, these terms are still too dazzling, too far away.
Become an Immortal first to reach the true starting point.
Soon, Master Wang's paper was filled with dense, small letters, and he gradually became engrossed, utterly ridding himself of dejection.
Outside this ship, military ships frequently passed by.
The Earth Civilization deployed heavy troops to cooperate with Master Wang's upcoming actions.
But Wang Jixuan and the others didn't expect;
With half a month left before the three-month deadline, there was no trace of the Dark Sect, but the Tianluo side, a foursome who had visited last time, brought seven or eight helpers and were the first to appear on Earth's surface.