195: Chapter 195 Two Paths, the Origin of the Earth Immortal Technique, Reaching the Sky, Startled Awareness

Wherever the Bi Luoshui Avatar passed, strands of wood qi refined by his divine ability would enter deep into the bodies of the Dao Foundation cultivators, taking root and sprouting into trees within the [Ten Thousand Wood Firmament].

Consequently, every Foundation Establishment cultivator who had met him began to respectfully exchange various pieces of information regarding the academy with him.

Meanwhile, his Yin Spirit thought, with its incredibly high status, directly observed their memories, quickly grasping information about the Diling Sect's history, strength, and so on.

However, sensing the increasingly stern gaze of the talisman figure behind him, the Bi Luoshui Avatar smiled slightly. Upon arriving at the plot of high-grade spirit fields assigned to him, he tossed out a bag of spirit tree seeds. Under the summons of his Purple Mansion Divine Ability, countless strands of wood qi gathered here, instantly accelerating the growth of these spirit trees to the first-tier middle grade.

These were not the middle-grade spirit plants of Foundation Establishment cultivators, but first-tier middle-grade ones that were barely distinguishable from the early Golden Core stage.

This sudden change greatly astonished Taichang, who had been monitoring this place. Seeing this, he prepared to destroy this talisman and report to the Nascent Soul elder.

However, the Incarnation, who was utilizing the [Ten Thousand Wood Firmament] through these dozens of spirit willow trees, would not let him send the message. The original anomaly in the local destiny was instantly obscured by the destiny of those Foundation Establishment cultivators who had been purified by the wood qi, so much so that as a great sect governing a region, the sect-protecting array did not react at all.

Deep within the Diling hinterlands, a circular array composed of stones was constantly gathering information from the surrounding earth veins, spirit lands, and treasure lands, deducing the development status of various regions. The information flow on the array's light screen, which had been continuously calculating, experienced a momentary stagnation before returning to its normal state.

A galaxy was seen falling in the spirit field, sealing off this area, before it appeared to return to normal from the outside.

The domain formed by these dozens of spirit willow trees deployed the [Return-to-One Heavenly River], completely sealing off all of the talisman figure's ability to perceive the outside. Immediately, countless strands of wood qi rushed into the talisman figure, condensing into a seed of destiny inside, which then followed Taichang's divine sense within the talisman and silently entered the depths of his soul to take root.

However, the use of [Ten Thousand Wood Firmament] was never about modifying the soul, but rather working on the more ethereal aspect of destiny. To be precise, this seed of destiny was still a nourishing supplement; however, whether to eat it, how to eat it, and what would happen after eating it were not things that could be resisted.

This was the domineering nature of the [Great Forest Wood]. On one hand, it sheltered the living beings beneath its towering trees from the wind and rain; on the other hand, all living beings had to take it as their master and could not disobey. It could even silently influence the habits, personalities, and logic of the "plants" by regulating the different environments beneath the trees.

Seeing this, Taichang, who had originally wanted to activate the restriction in his soul, saw his expression shift from resistance to calmness, and he bowed towards the direction of the Bi Luoshui Avatar.

The Incarnation did not concern himself with this, but instead received Taichang's understanding of the Diling Sect. Unlike the simple information from the Foundation Establishment cultivators earlier, this time he truly caught a glimpse of a corner of this sect, which had been passed down for unknown tens of thousands of years.

The Diling Sect's truly recorded history began from the Age of Dharma Decline. After the first-generation Grand Elder Dilingzi and Qingxuanzi fought a great battle, splitting into two sects, and after they both died in battle, the two sides embarked on completely different paths of development.

The cultivators who inherited Grand Elder Dilingzi's legacy believed that since the world's spirit qi concentration level was constantly declining because cultivators kept absorbing it and taking it with them after ascending, and because the world's continents were broken and fell in rank due to cultivator wars, the world could no longer support the survival of high-grade cultivators. It even began to intentionally target all cultivators, bringing down lifespan tribulations, lightning tribulations, and inner demon tribulations.

Therefore, a brand-new revolution of the entire cultivation system was needed, shifting the original positioning of consumers—or even parasites—to becoming partners who help the world develop, grooming earth veins, cultivating richer life forms, and perhaps one day creating collaborators capable of refining chaos matter, just like Void Refinement cultivators.

In this way, not only could they return to the glorious ancient times, but they could even advance the world further, making it not impossible for it to become an Immortal World for other worlds to ascend to.

The Qingxuan Sect chose the path of taking the world's spirit qi to support one sect and one person, thereby breaking through the already fragile spatial barrier to ascend with the entire sect.

Seeing this, the Incarnation scoffed.

"It would be better to fully support one person in practicing the Earth Immortal Method, refining an inner-scene Blessed Land, isolating it from the laws of the outside world, and thus remaining unaffected by the lifespan tribulations of the great world. Whether ascending or remaining in the world, one would have room to maneuver, instead of being stuck in this middle ground and wasting away here generation after generation."

Although this was from the Incarnation's perspective, since these two philosophies had been able to persist, it was basically because of the internal power structures of the two sects. The Diling Sect implemented a council of elders system, executing sect policies and guidelines through voting and appointments.

Judging from some of the classics in Taichang's memory, the Qingxuan Sect had always respected the Supreme Elder at the Spirit Severing stage.

Of course, he was not interested in the messy affairs within these sects; what he truly cared about was the Diling Sect's origin of the Earth Immortal Method and the inheritance of heavenly secrets.

That's right, the Diling Sect's Earth Immortal Method was not their original creation either, but a subsequent cultivation method deduced by the cultivators who survived the Age of Dharma Decline war, who had inherited a portion of the Taiqing Immortal Sect's legacy and found a fragment of a Blessed Land in the ruins of the Immortal Sect.

As for why? Even though there was already an Earth Immortal inheritance before the Age of Dharma Decline, it still fell into the Age of Dharma Decline. The people of the Diling Sect believed that at that time, everyone was thinking about transcending the world and heading to a more Vastness world, rather than being trapped to death in this world. Even if there were such Earth Immortal cultivators, the number of practitioners was too small to achieve breakthrough results.

But the Diling Sect promoting it with the power of an entire region was naturally extraordinary. In fact, this was indeed the case. Based on that Blessed Land fragment, after tens of thousands of years, the cultivation methods for Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core were already very mature. Taichang even heard rumors that the cultivation method for the Nascent Soul stage had also been completed, but forging a Blessed Land required a large amount of precious resources. Fortunately, [Qingxu Heaven] was still capturing small worlds, which allowed them to establish this Diling Blessed Land to verify the cultivation method.

The cultivator who was in charge of the Diling Blessed Land had already used this to break through to the Spirit Severing stage, and their lifespan was even one or two thousand years longer than that of an average Spirit Severing cultivator. This also made some Nascent Soul cultivators more concerned about external expansion and plundering.

"It's just that the Nascent Soul and Spirit Severing cultivators of the Diling Sect regard that Blessed Land fragment as more important than their own lives, so they wouldn't let a mere Golden Core cultivator enter."

The Incarnation thought for a moment.

"I'd better control some Golden Core cultivators through Taichang first."

As time passed, after carefully sailing for two days through the dense fog that blocked communication, and under the concealment of the Dark Star talent, the [tianhe ship] finally arrived at the crystal wall layer above the Diling Blessed Land.

Standing on the warship, the Incarnation used his Golden Nature status to observe the destiny of the Diling Sect from afar.

Among them, the destiny representing the Earth Immortal path soared into the sky, being the most prosperous and vigorous among the many destinies; however, from a high-level perspective, a wisp of black qi and evil qi shrouded the sky above these destinies.