Exploring Immortality Cultivation

Chapter 337 Extraordinary Measures for Extraordinary Times [Seeking Monthly Tickets, Recommendations]



Inside the Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm, a meeting room shrouded in darkness.

The Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm is the most trusted force of the Immortal Alliance. Discussing matters here is even more confidential and secure than face-to-face interactions in reality. Unlike Earth, Shenzhou is home to countless mysterious Daoist laws, necessitating even the Carefree to tread carefully. The Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm is a world constructed by the Immortal Alliance from scratch, with its laws established according to the mathematics of the Wanfa Sect. Due to the existence of the Divine Plague Curse Technique, all potentially dangerous hackers are controlled immediately. The backwardness of hacking techniques ensures that no one can steal secrets from the Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm.

Feng Luoyi did not particularly like this pitch-dark chamber—it suggested inadequacy on their part.

Nevertheless, the matter they were discussing was indeed far from honorable.

"Destroying Divine Capital is a good opportunity."

"Then let us take a vote, those against the destruction of Divine Capital?"

In the darkness, a voice responded, "Brother Yue Han, sometimes we really can't see through you."

Feng Luoyi remained composed, "Divine Capital has become a cancer to Shenzhou. In the past, contracts were signed with the surrenderers merely to swiftly mitigate the resistance of the Ancient Method. However, those contracts often violated the Immortal Alliance Law and should have been abolished long ago."

That person spoke up, "This Heart Demon Curse going out of control was your doing behind the scenes, wasn't it? I've read the papers on the Heart Demon Curse; for it to be controlled by someone else is indeed an extreme rarity."

"It indeed was a possibility," Feng Luoyi replied nonchalantly with a smile. "I did nothing; I merely facilitated the inevitable."

"Facilitated the inevitable? So you did do something?"

"I did nothing. It simply was a possibility, and then it happened."

"You let it happen? Or did you use the Suggestion Technique on that Banished Immortal?" Another sighed, "Brother Feng, not to mention Chen Feng and Chen Youjia, those greatly expected disciples. Wang Qi is a junior you value highly, isn't he?"

Feng Luoyi laughed, "Completeness Law, Yitian Calculation, these alone are no lesser than me. Although still far behind overall, his talent is remarkable. Such a disciple is indeed a treasure to anyone."

"And yet even he is a tool for you?"

"It's the optimal strategy. I've read his papers. If put in the same situation, he could derive the same conclusion."

At that moment, an aged voice emerged from the darkness. It was the voice of Master Xi Baiche, the Master of Calculation. He sighed, "Yue Han, you were once unmoved by worldly norms, but now you seem to understand them, treating human emotions like mathematical problems… Had we not been friends for a century, I might doubt whether you are a heartless man."

Wang Qi could calculate this strategy group, but might not have the courage to make the decision.

"It's simply the best approach."

"However, I wonder why you specifically chose Wang Qi. A Divine Plague Curse solely targeting Ancient Method Practitioners surely exists. If you truly intended to destroy Divine Capital silently or make it look like an accident due to out-of-control dangerous technology, you didn't need to use others."

Feng Luoyi said, "Wang Qi refined the Ancient Dragon Emperor's 'Thoughts Become Reality.' I helped him break most of the laws binding it, but left a small part intact. He plans to head to the West Sea next. Conveniently, I need him to make a trip there as well."

Find an excuse to make him hurry to the West Sea.

Master sighed, "Why don't you just tell him directly?"

"Dragon Clan culture differs drastically from that of the Human Clan; our information is too limited. I'm unsure what variables may arise if he undertook the task on behalf of the Immortal Alliance, so it's better to eliminate this variable. Furthermore… no one knows how deeply the Immortal Alliance has been infiltrated."

The reason why Wang Qi must go to the West Sea must appear natural.

"As for why we decided to destroy Divine Capital now—six years ago, behind the death of the True Inheritor of the Wanfa Sect, Li Ziye, there were several hidden forces. And what held these hidden forces together was Divine Capital."

Someone asked, "Speaking of which, do you really plan to use Dongfeng's 'Huanghua' to level Divine Capital?"

Feng Luoyi did not directly respond to the question, "In two to four years, the Immortal Alliance might have to face a tough battle. We don't know who our enemies are, who they might be, and we don't even know what exactly we'll be up against. The current Immortal Alliance is too fragile to withstand uncertainties. This war concerns the survival of the Immortal Dao. Any factors that might cause unnecessary changes need to be eliminated as much as possible."

"Now, it truly is a critical time."

Du Bin had again arrived at Chen Feng's courtyard. Honestly, he did not want to come here. Wang Qi was clearly a ruthless and unrestrained madman, and Chen Feng was an expert in the Modern Heretics skilled at reading people's hearts. For someone like him, from a reputable family, this place was perilous!

But he had to come, to fulfil the instructions of the Banished Immortal Heavenly Masters.

These individuals were revered even by the Imperial Family, because they possessed secrets that could help Divine Capital Cultivators achieve Daoist breakthroughs even under the suppression of the Modern Immortal Dao. He had no choice but to come.

He raised his hand, just about to knock. But in that instant, the door opened automatically.

Du Bin jumped. He closed his eyes and concentrated, trying to sense his surroundings, but he did not feel monitored, nor did he detect any trace of magic when the door opened.

In Shenzhou, the mastery in micro magic artifacts greatly surpasses that on Earth; even contemporary Golden Core Cultivators might not easily detect Jarvis's monitoring systems.

Then, Jarvis reminded Wang Qi, still in the courtyard, "Sir, test subject Du Bin has arrived."

"Hmm, proceed as planned," Wang Qi nodded indifferently, his mind still adrift elsewhere.

He possessed three types of Heart Demon Curse Memory, each with two sticks; one as a backup, and the other left for modifications.

The highest completion now is the Dao Heart Pure Yang Spell. Originally, the Circle of Reason was one of the stronger entities among the non-personality gods created by Wang Qi, and with Zhao Qingfeng sparing no effort to experiment on himself, it was hard not to enrich the technical details.

However, the second highest completion was not the Thousand Illusion Divine Spell that had trapped the other Banished Immortals, but the Five Plagues General Curse stolen from the Hongyuan Evil God.

Hongyuan, the Evil God, is a Personality God, but he is a divine spirit with a mysterious and unpredictable origin. Zhen Chan stated that he definitely achieved enlightenment after the Holy Infant Sect, while Hongyuan Believers said that the extinction of the Ancient Demon Clan Civilization had intricate connections to Hongyuan. Such a well-credited divine spirit, of course, possessed exceptional strength.

Just one fragment of it was greater than the Holy Light God by quite a bit, closely chasing the Circle of Reason. And that fragment, compared to the Hongyuan Evil God himself, was like a jellyfish to one of its tentacles.

And within this fragment, was the "organ" essential for life beings—the Heart Demon Great Curse.

The Law System is not a living being, so it does not possess the function of the Heart Demon Great Curse.

Considering Zhao Qingfeng's recent actions and some previously acquired information, Wang Qi gained a new understanding of the divine spirits.

For the Divine Tao System, divine spirits serve as the "operating system." Personality Gods are like Jarvis, which are highly completed artificial intelligences, whereas non-personality gods are like the operating systems of Windows or even DOS. As for the Law System or the broader Human Dao System, that would be the bare machine.

Whether Windows or artificial intelligence, certain basic codes are always involved. This "code," when applied within the Divine Tao Law, is the Heart Demon Curse. Circumventing this part of the code is like kicking Windows aside and developing a system like Symbian by oneself.

And Zhao Qingfeng's idea from yesterday was indeed quite intriguing.

The content Wang Qi overheard yesterday was as follows,

"I can't remember the details of the Great Dao of Innate Fate anymore, but the most important point is to control all elements!"

"If my computing power can calculate every atom, every strand of Spiritual Power within a few hundred kilometers radius, then I would be in control of everything!"

"Perhaps, 'Fate' is hidden therein!"

Regarding Zhao Qingfeng's speculation, Wang Qi could only shake his head.

There are specific laws for each scale. On certain scales, the world might be controlled by determinism, but on other scales, it is filled with probabilities.

In the subatomic scale, numerous probable quantum particles make up the conventional scale world, which could be governed by determinism. This is the beauty of physics, the allure of truth.

Even in macroscopic scales, determinism doesn't control everything. Take the simplest example of gravity. The infinite range of gravity governs the motion on celestial scales. How two celestial bodies of similar mass move is easy to calculate, but adding another celestial body of comparable mass makes the planets' trajectories complicated and unpredictable.

This is the so-called "Three-Body Problem."

The motion of three bodies is unpredictable.

Merely three stars can cause all powerful calculators including the Ten Thousand Immortals True Mirror to explode in unison, let alone all atoms within hundreds of kilometers. Even all the pebbles and stones within that area might not be calculable.

It's not that the technology isn't there, but it's just not possible. Even if Immortal Alliance technology leaps forward, transforming a constant star into a calculator, it could only instantly calculate countless "possibilities," not achieve a definite solution.

But another idea of Zhao Qingfeng was very valuable.

He planned to use the Heart Demon Curse Network as a calculator.

Zhao Qingfeng certainly did not know about advanced concepts like cloud computing, but he came up with a similar Law Gate. No doubt, without discussing theory, these Banished Immortals still had some skills.

To write an operating program for the Divine Tao System to replace the existence of divine spirits, thereby circumventing the Heart Demon Curse.

This was an unexpected surprise; Wang Qi was one step closer to a revolution in Immortal Cultivation where everyone could practice the Immortal Dao.

But now, Wang Qi still had to deal with the issue of the Heavenly Sword. And this idea was of more practical significance to him.

Real-time calculation.

The Spell techniques used by the Human Clan and the Law effects triggered by calculators operated on completely different principles. Human Clan Spells were mostly processed through the "Consciousness," a Chaos System, which the current calculators couldn't handle.

Additionally, borrowing redundant computing power from the Ten Thousand Immortals True Mirror would certainly introduce a delay. Even a delay of just 0.01 seconds would appear slow in the swiftly changing Combat Magic.

So, Wang Qi couldn't rely too heavily on the calculators in hand for Combat Magic.

But the Divine Tao System is inevitably a Chaos System.

"This is a good thing that can directly increase combat power. With military strength, whether it's seizing the Immortal Dao Burning Book List or forcibly capturing experimental subjects becomes much easier."

"And with increased computing power, researching the Anti-Heart Demon Spell becomes more convenient."

"Also, once the Heart Demon Great Curse has been planted, one won't suffer from a second Heart Demon Great Curse. Planting those unknown Five Plagues General Curses on some people in Divine Capital as a countermeasure is also a final line of defense. The Five Plagues General Curse is totally under my control and hasn't been exposed."

"Du Bin, oh Du Bin, for everyone's sake, please, and those Divine Capital Jie Law Practitioners behind you, make a sacrifice! I swear I will definitely give you the Anti-Heart Demon Spell!"

"In extraordinary times, do extraordinary things!" (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to recommend and cast monthly votes at qidian.com, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)


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