Exploring Immortality Cultivation

Wang Qi had no idea that the two people outside were so shocked their Magic Foundations were nearly shattered.

Just a moment ago, he had received the book chest from Li Ziye and rushed back to his room, eager to pour out all the books. Li Ziye's book chest was truly magical, and within moments, books were piled up in Wang Qi's room like a little mountain.

Wang Qi first picked out the two books that Li Ziye had specifically mentioned, "Breaking Profound Chapter" and "The Calculation of the Great Dao."

"Breaking Profound Chapter" was a Visualization Method, which according to the principles of the Ancient Method, was essentially "falsely cultivating the true." It involved visualizing a specific object in one's mind, such as True Fire, auspicious clouds, or dragons and tigers. Gradually, the soul would take on the characteristics of the visualized object.

However, according to Li Ziye, this was all nonsense. Thought influences the soul, and thinking could strengthen the soul—that was all. The content of the thoughts was not crucial; what mattered was the act of "thinking" itself.

"Breaking Profound Chapter" was such an unorthodox Visualization Method. It actually required the practitioner to directly visualize and contemplate the Great Dao to strengthen the Divine Soul. The book began with a clear declaration, the first sentence was: "Seeking Dao begins with breaking the mysterious; when the eye sees not the mysterious, the Dao is seen."

Wang Qi whistled. For some reason, he was very fond of this statement.

"Breaking the mysterious, breaking the mysterious... this phrase sounds familiar..."

"'Heavenly Transformation'" Wang Qi then noticed a book with a title that seemed quite interesting and couldn't help but flip through it.

"Every pattern contains the heavens; those that change with the heavens are the transformations of the heavens..."

Is one supposed to study such high-level concepts from the outset?

Wang Qi frowned. The difference between the Modern and Ancient Methods was indeed enormous. According to Zhen Chan, understanding the "Heavenly Dao" was something that Divine Separation Stage Cultivators would do in their practice. Yet this Heavenly Transformation was talking about exploring the changes of the heavens at the very beginning of cultivation?

However, another book placed alongside "Heavenly Transformation" made Wang Qi realize something was amiss.

"Heavenly Element Formation."

Perhaps to the native Shenzhou People, this should be the name of some Qi Cultivation Technique. But Wang Qi knew that in ancient China, the so-called "Heavenly Element" referred to what is known in modern mathematics as "equations"!

"If the 'heaven' in 'Heavenly Transformation' refers to the Heavenly Element..."

Wang Qi flipped through the pages, verifying the guess in his mind.

"Indeed! This Heavenly Transformation is about studying the correspondence between numbers under two sets! In other words, it's what's called functions on Earth!"

Wang Qi's breathing suddenly grew labored. He finally remembered a problem he had forgotten... no, deliberately ignored for more than a decade.

As he flipped through the pages, one classic function image after another recorded in "Heavenly Transformation" seemed to turn into spirits, constantly shouting in his ears, forcing him to not overlook this issue.

Wang Qi dropped "Heavenly Transformation" and stumbled to his desk, took out rice paper and a brush, and with trembling hands ground some ink. After pondering for a moment, he threw aside the brush, extended both hands, raising one finger on his right hand and two fingers, the index and middle, on his left.

"Young man! You've gone mad!"

Zhen Chan shouted from within Wang Qi's consciousness, but Wang Qi ignored him. He began to do something that Zhen Chan could not comprehend—counting his own fingers.

"1, 2, 3... starting from the left hand is also 1, 2, 3..., 1+2=2+1, the commutative property of addition holds true."

Then, he raised the little finger of his left hand.

"1, 2, 3, 4... starting from the right hand is also 1, 2, 3, 4. 1+1+2=1+(1+2), the associative property of addition holds true."

Following that, he used the brush to dot a 2x3 and a 3x2 matrix on the paper.

"Six dots in both, the commutative property of multiplication holds true."

Huff... puff...

Wang Qi's breathing became as heavy as bellows in a blacksmith's shop, but he continued to validate one after another the mathematical rules from his previous life, from Earth.

The rules of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division were consistent with Earth.

The concept of fractions... valid... the definition of zero... zero cannot be used as a denominator... 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13… the prime number table still existed... factorization... consistent...

The definition of natural numbers was consistent with Earth... Pianuo Axioms hold true...

Two points make a line, three points make a plane... within the same plane, there is only one line parallel to a given line that passes through a point not on the line... the sum of the angles in a triangle...

Euclidean Geometry holds true.

If the curvature changes... outside a line...

Luo's Geometry, Riemannian Geometry hold true.

All of it was valid!

Wang Qi's mind buzzed, but he still picked up the brush and casually drew several circles on the paper, intersecting, containing, or separate from each other.

"If these circles are seen as sets... or, and, not logic, valid. The most basic logical structures are valid, hence more advanced logics..."

Numerous propositions from his previous life emerged in Wang Qi's mind.

Connectives... consistent with Earth.

The law of contradiction, the law of identity, the law of excluded middle, the law of sufficient reason... valid...

Deductive reasoning... valid!

Snap! The brush in Wang Qi's hand dropped onto the desk. However, Wang Qi himself was oblivious. He felt as if someone had stuffed a hornet's nest into his head, his consciousness in complete disarray. To him, the entire world seemed to consist of nothing but the few sheets of paper on the desk roaring at him!

"This world..."

Wang Qi murmured, suddenly unable to stand, his legs buckling as he knelt to the ground.

"Wang Qi! Wang Qi!"

Zhen Chan's Spiritual Body roared from within the ring. The recent events were more mysterious than the last in his eyes, and for the first time, he felt the terrifying nature of ten thousand years. Wang Qi's madness was making him realize that he was no longer the all-powerful Mahayana Cultivator he had been a millennium ago!

Suddenly, Wang Qi's shoulders began to tremble.

"Ho-ho-ho... Haha... Hahahahaha!"

As if recalling some great joke, Wang Qi curled up, laughing uncontrollably and pounding the ground.

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This world is knowable.

This world is explorable.

This world, can be conquered!

Wang Qi almost laughed himself breathless, as the things that had broken in his heart fourteen years ago, the things he had abandoned, were now being picked up piece by piece.

It was something nobody in this world knew about, something even Wang Qi had almost forgotten.

In his past life, Wang Qi was a highly talented student at Copenhagen University on Earth, with double degrees in mathematics and physics, and even became an assistant at the Niels Bohr Institute. If it weren't for the sudden news of his parents' critical illness, he was almost destined to become a scholar of his generation!

Later, because the research environment in China was drastically different from abroad, and his "assistant" qualifications weren't highly regarded by domestic research institutions, he left the research industry.

Then, he transmigrated. Everything he once had was lost overnight, everything he believed in, shattered in an instant.

In the first few years, he spent almost every day crying and cursing.

Crying for himself, cursing the heavens!

He once cursed everything he had learned and cursed this fate. He also hated the two unreasonable worlds he lived in, both his past life and current one.

Now, after finally calming his mind and accepting everything in this world, Wang Qi had his first epiphany.

This world, too, is governed by objective laws!

There exist all sorts of miraculous things here, but they are not supernatural, they are not irrational.

Here, it is simply a new frontier that the science of Earth's humanity has yet to touch!

This world can be analyzed step by step, conquered step by step!

And the means to analyze, the means to conquer...

Wang Qi leapt to his feet, frenetically rifling through a pile of books.

"The Heavenly Calculation Record" ... Evolution Theory, established.

Introduction to Elemental Power ... The three great principles of Heavenly Rule ... The three classical laws of mechanics, established.

"Cold and Hot Theory" ... The elemental paths of cold and heat, the Three Burning Heaven Methods ... The zeroth law of thermodynamics, the three laws of thermodynamics, established.

"Introduction to Burning Gold Method" ... Chemical reactions exist.

"Heavenly Order Table" ... The periodic table of elements highly similar to that on Earth.

"Introduction to Fluid Method" ... Fluid mechanics, established.

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Bits of knowledge from Wang Qi's past life resurfaced in his mind. The change in his consciousness was immediately reflected in that faint mana within his body.

Zhen Chan was astonished to find that Wang Qi had circumvented Li Ziye's seal, and the mana in his body began to circulate, with the mana fluctuations becoming increasingly obscure and mysterious!

Zhen Chan quieted down. He had known Wang Qi for several years and was well aware that despite appearing a bit mad, the young man was clearer in mind than anyone. Since Zhen Chan was unfamiliar with the Modern Method, ultimately, the great power from ten thousand years ago chose silence.

In the practiction of the Modern Nourishing Life Master, the Nourishing Heart Stage strengthened the soul and increased consciousness, while the Learning Stage involved extensively studying and understanding the predecessors' summations of the Heavenly Dao's laws.

Years ago, Zhen Chan had noticed that Wang Qi's soul power was more than twice that of a normal person, almost reaching the level of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator according to the Ancient Method. Thus, his soul had already surpassed the standards of the Nourishing Heart Stage.

This was the advantage of transmigration.

And the scholarly requirements of the Learning Stage...

"WAHAHAHA, it's just high school-level science!"

Wang Qi laughed wildly, recalling the knowledge from his past life in his mind, and began to sense the so-called breathing of Heaven and Earth!

Then, Wang Qi's mana fluctuations and the flow of spiritual energy in the world naturally merged as one. A surge of aura several times stronger suddenly erupted from within Wang Qi. A rushing mana within him surged back and forth; he felt a warm stream continuously flowing within, every cell in his body bathed in bliss.

Mana!

This wasn't the first time Wang Qi had experienced this sensation, so he quickly focused his mind, actively guiding the newly formed mana, directing it into his Dantian.

"Who would have thought that my greatest Golden Finger would come from my past life!" Wang Qi thought to himself. The Modern Method was undoubtedly grounded in the exploration of natural laws, which meant that his past self, a scientific researcher, had a tremendous advantage in this area.

After Wang Qi finished consolidating his power, Zhen Chan questioned with uncertainty, "Qi Cultivation Stage?"

Wang Qi, basking in triumph, hardly able to wait for someone to ask, boasted, "Haha, bet you didn't expect that, old man! I'm an unsurpassed genius with the practice of the Modern Law. The past few years with you were a total waste."

Zhen Chan didn't argue but instead sighed, "Today, I understand that time is to be feared... Heh, half a day into Qi Cultivation..."

At that moment, the door to the study was kicked open, and Xiang Qi pounced toward Wang Qi like a red flash, her trembling hands groping all over him.

Wang Qi was shocked, "Hey! What's going on? Junior Sister Xiang, hands off, I'm not that easy! Stop... Hey, I'm telling you, if you've eaten something you shouldn't have... ow, ow!"

Wang Qi's words finally made Xiang Qi realize what she was doing. Xiang Qi blushed fiercely, covering Wang Qi's mouth with her hands.

The physical strength of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator was immense; Xiang Qi's cover almost shattered Wang Qi's jawbone!

Damn it, she's going to silence me by killing me! Gasping for air, only this thought remained in Wang Qi's mind as he desperately struggled.

Then, Li Ziye followed and removed Xiang Qi's hand with a wry smile, "Junior Sister Xiang, if you keep this up, you'll literally strangle this genius to death."

Xiang Qi glared at Wang Qi, "You try talking nonsense again, kid."

Li Ziye's finger touched Wang Qi's forehead, transferring some mana to help him heal, while also checking his cultivation progress.

Wang Qi felt terrified and could hardly catch his breath, "Oh my god... this is like... a threesome... Junior Sister Xiang, you're too hardcore, little brother—Ah! Ahh! Murder—Ah!"

Looking at the young man being pummeled by a blushing Xiang Qi, Li Ziye shook his head, "If you don't play with fire, you won't get burned."

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