Chapter 118 - 80 Innate Destruction, 49 Paths

PS: We'd love to hear more from you and receive more suggestions. Search for the WeChat public account "qdread" and follow us to provide more support for "Entering Cultivation"! Wang Qi still had faith in the educational quality of the Immortal Institute. At least, he was roughly aware of all the representative demons and monsters in Shenzhou. However, the state of Yang Jun was something he had never heard of. Powerful strength, extremely high body temperature, and that abnormal recovery ability and twisted gray tissue, but with unclear consciousness... Wang Qi could assure that he had never heard of such a disgusting monster. Just as Wang Qi was marveling at the bizarre creature, Zhen Chan spoke up, "Old man may know a thing or two." Wang Qi carefully transmitted with his Spiritual Sense, "What?" "I have some ideas on why Yang Jun has turned into this," Zhen Chan hinted. Wang Qi instantly became eager, "Tell me, tell me quickly!" In the domain of Modern Cultivators, Zhen Chan knew nothing. However, as a Mahayana Cultivator from ten thousand years ago, he did have some knowledge about some oddities in Shenzhou. There was no way Yang Jun had turned into this because something went wrong during his practice. The mental methods in the Immortal Institute's Transmitting Technique Hall had been refined countless times; the probability of deviation could almost be ignored unless someone did something fatal like Wang Qi. Cultivating to the Golden Core Stage was not difficult if not. Even if someone deviated, the worst scenario would just be dispelling their cultivation to start over, it couldn't possibly turn someone into what Yang Jun had become. Since that possibility could be excluded, there weren't many possibilities left. Possession by an Outer Demon was the most likely possibility. Zhen Chan understood what Wang Qi meant and shook his head to refute, "No, I've never heard of any ghost or evil demon that could possess a body and turn it into something like this after possession. But I have heard that there is something similar in the Ancient Methods." "What?" This high-temperature ability had already surpassed the Heavenly Entropy Technique. Wang Qi had checked this with Zhen Chan before, even the strongest Fire Element Cultivation Method among the Ancient Methods wasn't comparable to the Heavenly Entropy Technique. And now he was saying the Ancient Methods could reach the level of Yang Jun? Zhen Chan said, "Ancient Methods have a concept called the Forty-Nine Innate Daos, the ultimate goal of all cultivation methods is to master these forty-nine Innate Daos, all spells are merely superficial applications of these forty-nine Innate Daos. Look at Yang Jun, any spell that touches his body disintegrates on its own, any mana that enters his body disperses on its own, he could even cause the mana of other cultivators to collapse. In the Ancient Methods, this is the Innate Destruction Dao!" "Destruction Dao? And 'Innate'?" After hearing Zhen Chan's words, Wang Qi displayed a mocking smile on his face, "Heh." Zhen Chan was annoyed, "You might look down on me, and you Modern Cultivators might feel entitled to despise the Ancient Methods. But these forty-nine Daos were passed down to Shenzhou by Immortals from ancient times, they are not like the others! All laws are within these forty-nine Daos!" Wang Qi asked, "Then, to which of the forty-nine Daos does the Modern Method belong?" Zhen Chan's voice was somewhat embarrassed, "Heterodox." "What?" "Heavenly Dao says fifty complete the circle, the Grand Design stops at forty-nine. Forty-nine Daos can explain all things under heaven. There are also a few minor Law Gates that are not among these forty-nine, which Immortals call 'Heterodox'..." Wang Qi's face showed even more mockery, "Huh? So, in Shenzhou Land, the unifying forty-nine Daos aren't even comparable to one Heterodox path?" "The Heavenly Dao is infinite... perhaps it is because your study of 'The One That Escaped' is so profound..." "So tell me, why did this guy, Yang Jun, all of a sudden learn the top Ancient Method Cultivation?" Zhen Chan finally revealed a hint of fervor, "This is not mere cultivation... no family's mental method can reach this level. In my view, he must have directly received the essence of the Great Dao..." "Stop making people laugh, the Great Dao and 'essence'? Ha ha ha ha..." Wang Qi looked at Yang Jun pacing back and forth in the sparse woods, occasionally breaking trees and burning shrubs in an attempt to locate himself, and burst into laughter through his Spiritual Sense Transmission, "Does your Heavenly Dao make one brain-damaged and reduce one's IQ?" There are things mixed together, where Heaven and Earth were born. Solitary and vast, standing alone without change, moving all around without danger, it can be the mother of Heaven and Earth. Individuals do not know its name, forcefully we call it: Dao. Man follows Earth, Earth follows Heaven, Heaven follows the Dao, the Dao follows naturally. Dao itself does not exist; the very term "Dao" is but a concept imposed upon it by humans. Dao is silent and desolate, without voice or form, embodying the most fundamental rules. Daoist Natural Law is purely about letting nature take its course. Such a Dao, how could it possess Qi Intent? Such a Dao, how could it allow Yang Jun to become such a twisted being! "Anything that can be perceived, that has essence, is not the Dao!" Wang Qi took a deep breath as he watched Yang Jun slowly approach. He should have realized long ago that this old man was nothing but trouble. It was better to rely on himself. Wang Qi and Yang Jun were not far apart, the explosion caused by the Wave Ripples Mysterious Energy did not separate them too much. If this were a game of hide and seek, even a three-year-old with a normal IQ could find Wang Qi. Yang Jun was confused, his intelligence significantly diminished, but he could still randomly stumble upon Wang Qi. And Wang Qi couldn't run away. Making any significant move at this close range would provoke an attack from Yang Jun. Zhen Chan sighed inside the ring, "The Forty-Nine Paths can indeed explain everything. All the people and events I have encountered in my life can also be summarized by this Dao..." "Shut up, I'm not interested," Wang Qi said, staring at Yang Jun and starting to think about ways to counterattack. Different paths do not converge on the same plan. In Wang Qi's view, setting up an infinitely large concept might explain everything from the start. But this is meaningless. You start with an ultimate concept in mind, but what can you do with this ultimate concept? According to the view in physics information theory, where "information is used to eliminate random uncertainty," the "all-inclusive" Dao mentioned by Zhen Chan has an information value of 0, and is devoid of any practical meaning. Instead of discussing meaningless things with Zhen Chan, it would be better to think about how to defeat the enemy. "Although waiting for Azimiao to bring a Foundation Establishment Cultivator would be the best choice... He would discover me if he came any closer. I should think about how to attack him instead." Wang Qi silently pondered. When confronting Yang Jun at close range, Wang Qi had already vaguely sensed the true means of his opponent. Entropy Increase. This was a power similar to the Heavenly Entropy Technique, infinitely increasing the chaos in the body's mana. Mana is gathered due to the complexity of systems. An increase in the chaotic degree of mana, in turn, would lead to physiological dysfunction and mental confusion for Yang Jun. "Tch, it's just like the Heavenly Entropy Technique going out of control," Wang Qi murmured to himself, "But his mana is clearly very weak." When Yang Jun attacked and caused Wang Qi's mana to rampage, Wang Qi had felt it, although Yang Jun's mana was highly chaotic, using just a bit could cause the circulation of mana in his body to collapse. Yet, it was so scarce and weak that one might wonder if he had just achieved Heavenly Communication minutes ago. "This is the Power of Great Dao!" Zhen Chan still refused to give up. Wang Qi ignored him and looked at Yang Jun again. "But clearly, I can feel him absorbing a vast amount of Spiritual Energy." Just paying attention, one would realize that Yang Jun's connection with the breathing of Heaven and Earth had long been severed. He was inhaling and exhaling the surrounding Spiritual Energy like an Ancient Method Practitioner. Moreover, the volume of his breaths matched that of a Qi Cultivation Late Stage Cultivator during practice. Where did the Spiritual Energy go? "It seems there is only one explanation," Wang Qi asserted confidently: "He is annihilating Spiritual Energy to release energy." ———————————————————————————————————— This chapter is dedicated to the great Immovable Dharma King, Stephen Hawking. Hawking mentioned in "Grand Design" that as science advances, philosophical problems can gradually be transformed into scientific problems. Also, in respect of Mr. Shannon and Mr. Hawking, dear readers, some recommendations, collections, and rewards would be appreciated? 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