Exploring Immortality Cultivation

"Why... What happened here? Why did a barrier suddenly appear?"

Wang Qi finally understood that it wasn't the sky that had shattered but a semi-transparent membrane that had suddenly appeared above him, and what had shattered was that membrane, not the sky.

Xiang Qi also looked towards Li Ziye, clearly curious about this level of divine skill.

"Great Square Sky Map, the Lifebound Magical Treasure of Daoist of Uncertainty," Li Ziye said with lingering fear, "Many years ago, our predecessors in the Wanfa Sect created a mathematical cultivation technique called the Matrix Deduction Technique to summarize the complex methods into one system and extract a layer of Heavenly Dao. When combined with a third-order matrix, this Heavenly Dao could coalesce and refine all manas into that matrix, which was extremely terrifying! — I have no idea what the outcome of the battle just now was."

Wang Qi was caught off guard—Damn, this setting is a bit bizarre, even matrix mechanics has come into this world?

"Then Daoist of Uncertainty broke his confinement with the Great Square Sky Map and escaped. Those four also chased after him. However, his Leaping and Flying Technique is indeed mysterious, and the other four simply couldn't surround him again."

Li Ziye nodded, "Indeed, Daoist of Uncertainty is renowned for having the most mysterious movement technique in the heavens and the earth; even immortals could not hit him."

Zhen Chan sounded somewhat disheartened, "You, young man, possess merely the mana of the Golden Core Level, yet you could unleash an attack of the Divinity Transformation Level...Perhaps I really am old..."

"Golden Core!" Wang Qi exclaimed in surprise. He had thought that this gentle and unassuming man was at most a Foundation Establishment Cultivator like Xiang Qi, but he turned out to be a Golden Core!

According to Zhen Chan, a Golden Core Cultivator could be considered a different class of being, and if they descended into the mortal world, even an emperor would have to treat them with utmost respect! Wang Qi projected his own thoughts, believing that experiencing the joy of trampling over others in the mortal world after attaining Golden Core was something inevitable; yet, his first encounter with a Golden Core Cultivator turned out to be so amiable.

Li Ziye wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, "The senior flatters me. If it's about competing in divine skills and tactics, taking down an Ancient Method Nascent Soul Cultivator isn't difficult for me, but in no way do I possess the explosive power of an Ancient Method of Divinity Splitting. The strike just now was solely due to the power of the Heavenly Sword in my hand."

Wang Qi took a sharp breath. Zhen Chan had said that for a Golden Core to cut down a Nascent Soul was sheer folly, yet in Li Ziye's words, taking down a Nascent Soul seemed not to be a difficult task—how incredibly unimagined must the cultivation method of the Immortal Dao have developed?

"Those few Mahayana…Carefree Practitioners also mentioned the Heavenly Sword, is this Heavenly Sword a kind of standardized Magical Treasure?"

Zhen Chan asked. In his impression, standardized magical treasures were generally not very good.

Li Ziye shook his head, "The Heavenly Sword is indeed a kind of Flying Sword, but it is a bit special. If you two don't mind, I can start from the beginning, is that okay?"

Zhen Chan replied, "We are free anyway."

Wang Qi was also greatly interested in this mysterious world and naturally did not object.

"When the Modern Sect once waged a great war against the Ancient Method Forces, some Ancient Method Practitioners who had deserted to our side had shallow cultivation and weak Dao Hearts. We did what we could to help them convert to the Modern Path, but there were some among them with profound cultivation that was too ingrained to change. We could neither kill them nor allow them to grow stronger, so we sent them to the Mortal World to become emperors, and their descendants thus became non-Modern Cultivators by acquiescence of the Modern Immortal Path."

"Seven hundred years ago, there was a dynasty named Great Virtue. The emperor of that generation, from the Xi Clan, was an ambitious man. Not only did he simplify the Imperial Family's cultivation techniques for dissemination among his soldiers, but he also used his eloquence and political skills to bring high-order cultivators under his command. Other nations soon followed suit, and for a time, the Immortal Dao actually lost control over the Mortal World."

Zhen Chan said, "The history of cultivation spans eighty thousand years. It's not uncommon in times when the strongest sects were from the Imperial Family, and nobles were cultivators."

"But in the end, the war launched by Emperor De swept across the world, and for some reason, he managed to persuade Mysterious Palace's Daoist of Uncertainty Hai Senbao, Burning Gold Valley's Virtual Flame Divine Venerable Ao Hai'en, and others to join his side."

Zhen Chan sighed, "This man is truly no ordinary figure, indeed a wise ruler of his generation."

Xiang Qi shook his head, "Later on, he revealed his identity as an Evil Cultivator. It turned out he had obtained an ancient demon path secret manual and was even willing to stir chaos in the world to enhance his cultivation through the resentment of a chaotic era."

Li Ziye continued, "Emperor De knew that he alone could not withstand any Carefree person from the Modern Path. If his demon cultivator identity were exposed, the Daoist of Uncertainty would be the first to not let him off. But rather impressively, Emperor De managed to incite the Daoist of Uncertainty among others to forge a world-destroying demonic weapon for him! Within the Modern Sect, Light Hall and Mysterious Palace actually originated from the same root but diverged along the way—both their foundational cultivation laws are different but eventually, they could communicate at higher levels. Thus, there was much exchange between the two Sects, and the foundation of that world-destroying demonic weapon was actually the playful creation of Light Hall's Carefree, Taiyi Heavenly Venerable Ai Citan!"

"Taiyi Heavenly Venerable, in his earlier years out of boredom, pushed a minor spell derived from his own cultivation technique to the ultimate limit. At that time, the Heavenly Venerable still thought this law was too fierce and could only remain at the theoretical stage. Unexpectedly, the Nuclear Chain Law King Fei Mi eventually cracked this move. But in the heart of the Law King, once this law was used, it would backfire, a mutual destruction technique. However, the Sword Control Technique of Liuyun Sect made it possible for this spell to be activated, and the unique Sword Control Technique created by Fei Bu'en of Picking Stars & Embracing the Moon enhanced this tremendous spell considerably. Taiyi Heavenly Venerable then urgently corresponded with the U.S. Emperor from the Luo Family. For the sake of the people of the world, the U.S. Emperor gathered cultivators from Mysterious Palace, Burning Gold Valley, Wanfa Sect, and Liuyun Sect to establish Heavenly Sword Palace to confront Emperor De."

"Heavenly Sword Palace, with the power of the U.S. Emperor, gathered all the resources of the world and, over several years, managed to finish the Heavy Artifact a step before Emperor De, sufficient to launch Taiyi Heavenly Venerable's world-ending technique. When the Heavenly Sword was first wielded, it reached until the clear blue skies and down to the Netherworld; it shook like thunder, and within its bound, there was no one who did not bow and obey. Afterward, Emperor De's identity was exposed, the Daoist of Uncertainty and other's reputations were destroyed, and the great war came to an end."

"Unexpectedly, the U.S. Emperor from the Luo Family suddenly deviated and died. The treacherous Prime Minister from the Du Family seized power, wanting to monopolize the Heavenly Sword. Heavenly Sword Palace uncovered his conspiracy and invited cultivators from all around to question about the Heavenly Sword. Prime Minister Du sent troops to besiege it, then, a cultivator single-handedly annihilated five divisions of the U.S. Army. At that time, that cultivator was given the nickname by the people, 'Annihilator of Five Divisions,' which was Palace Master Qian mentioned just now."

Zhen Chan sighed, "It truly stirs the soul… Kid, isn't this the part you are most interested in? Why have you been so silent since just now?"

Wang Qi stared intently at the Heavenly Sword above Li Ziye's head. Hearing Zhen Chan's call, he snapped back to reality, "Senior Li… this Heavenly Sword… is it called 'Fat Man,' 'Little Boy,' or 'Thin Man'?"

"Ah?"

Even Li Ziye, a Golden Core Cultivator, couldn't respond fast enough to that, and was stunned on the spot. But if Li Ziye felt thunderstruck, then Wang Qi felt as if he had been struck by the legendary Immortal Ascension Tribulation for three days and nights.

This is literally the Immortal Hero Version of the Manhattan Project, damn it! Do you all even realize what you are holding, you Nuclear Bomb Sword Immortals!