Chapter 123 - 85 Genetics

Regarding that demon, Wang Qi didn't continue to think about it. Deng Jiaxuan's attitude was very clear, he obviously wanted them to stay out of this matter. Before they had sufficient strength and foundation, meddling in the affairs of the Immortal Alliance would only bring harm upon themselves. They still had this much self-awareness. Under conditions of insufficient information, the results that could be deduced were limited. Therefore, Wang Qi decided not to bother with this matter for now and to focus on his cultivation. Even if he was curious, he would have to wait and explore it later. Just as Ai Qinglan had said, one had to at least reach the level of a Great Grandmaster. After realizing this point, Wang Qi calmed his mind and planned to cultivate the Heavenly Calculation Heart Method. He asked Ai Qinglan for some tips on cultivating the Heavenly Calculation Atlas, then he found a quiet room, sat down cross-legged, and began. Though he was still in the early stages of Qi cultivation, Wang Qi's mana had already grown much stronger. Various types of mana flowed ceaselessly within his body. Among them, the Heavenly Calculation Power that traveled vertically from Tianling to the Dantian and horizontally through the acupoints of both hands was the most formidable. After being injured by Yang Jun's Entropy-increasing Ability, the various types of mana in Wang Qi's body had fallen into a chaotic state. The flow of Qi could easily go awry, leading to a dangerous state of deviation. If it were an ordinary cultivator, they wouldn't even be able to suppress such a mysterious injury. But the Heavenly Calculation Atlas was indeed miraculous, even flawed cultivation could be transformed into new pathways for cultivation. And Ai Qinglan's little peas, pah, Mendel's peas were also extraordinary. Even as the cycle of Heavenly Calculation Power was on the verge of collapsing, these peas could still lead this stream of mana to circulate as usual. What Wang Qi had to do was to gather the Heavenly Calculation Power within himself and establish a new cycle. Since the Heavenly Calculation Atlas was his main cultivation technique, as it tended towards stability, the other mental methods would naturally fall into order. Following Ai Qinglan's guidance, Wang Qi didn't immediately start refining the peas from the Meng Family, but instead began to sense the scattered Heavenly Calculation Power. Although a considerable part of the Heavenly Calculation Power was still within the cycle constituted by the horizontal and vertical paths, much of it had escaped from the cycle during the mana chaos and scattered throughout Wang Qi's body. Wang Qi focused his mind and closed his eyes to introspect, soon sensing the dispersed mana within his body. It was like seeing an irregular galaxy. Many stars were clustered together, but even more were scattered. Wang Qi immersed his entire consciousness into this galaxy, beginning to connect the "lonely stars" that were scattered. With determination and clear intent, Wang Qi encountered no obstacles in this step. But he didn't immediately incorporate this scattered mana back into the cycle; instead, he started visualizing two other mental methods. The "Yao Ding Calculating Scripture" and the "Book of Geometry." Using the Dantian as the origin, and extending from the Dantian to the Tianling at the top of the head as the heavenly axis, he established longitudinal and transverse axes... In Wang Qi's inner vision, at the core of the "galaxy," a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system emerged, perpendicular to Heaven and Earth. Guided by this coordinate system, the "stars" representing mana connected with each other and settled into their own positions. And as the chaotic mana was precisely guided by this coordinate system, it began to cleanse and purify the acupoints. The human body has as many acupoints as there are stars in the Tianhe, too numerous to count. Ancient Method Practitioners commonly use the figure of 360 major acupoints, exactly matching the Number of Circulation—however, the cultivators of Tianling Ridge's Innate Peak always scoff at this figure, calling it an "obsession with numbers." In truth, even the Ancient Method Practitioners don't place much faith in this number. Truly impressive cultivation techniques always record a few hidden "major acupoints" unknown to others. And minor acupoints are scattered, tallying up to more than twenty thousand. Through the insane research of Innate Peak, they have identified 477 major acupoints, and the minor ones have surpassed eighty thousand. Acupoints, similar to neural connections, are the critical points of meridians. Under normal conditions, acupoints don't differ much from other parts of the meridians. However, after training acupoints, they can hold a greater amount of mana. And the cultivation of the Yao Ding's Calculating Scripture is to refine the Yin Yang Yao within these acupoints, treating each acupoint as a floating-point computational unit, transforming the meridians into a calculational circuit, turning the cultivator into a supercomputer. After guiding the mana to complete this step, Wang Qi directed a stream of mana to fiercely collide with the pea in his abdomen. It was as if he heard a "boom," and the power of the Meng Family's pea burst forth. Though the Spiritual Energy contained within the pea was not abundant, it was precisely pure, and Wang Qi could easily convert it into mana. More importantly, the enormous amount of information contained within the pea also entered Wang Qi's body along with the Spiritual Energy. The Magic Seals and Mysterious Images innate within the pea unfolded within Wang Qi's meridians. Then, this power originating from the Jiyin Carefree Practitioner reacted wonderfully with the mana from the Heavenly Calculation Atlas. The Heavenly Calculation Power boiled over. It surged, assimilating this new information, refining it. The flow of the Heavenly Calculation Power accelerated; as mana was stimulated, new paths of circulation began to solidify. The degenerative changes were identified and automatically discarded by the experience from Mendel. Thanks to the breakthrough of his main cultivation technique, all of Wang Qi's cultivation methods were activated. Among them, the most active were the Geometry mana and Yao Ding's mana. These two mental methods, which represent the foundations of mathematics in geometry and arithmetic, streamed joyfully, intertwining with the Heavenly Calculation Power. Thanks to Wang Qi's recent application of the Book of Geometry and Yao Ding's Calculating Scripture to part of the Heavenly Calculation Power, the evolved Heavenly Calculation Heart Method drew even closer to the Wanfa Sect's Mathematics Cultivation Technique. The moment these three types of mana shone upon each other, Wang Qi entered a state that was mystical beyond mystical. It was as if he arrived at a small vegetable patch, and before his eyes was a field of pea vines. Then, countless peas appeared before his eyes. The peas floated, circulated, categorized, and then transformed into mathematical expressions. The laws of separation... The rules of free combination... This was the mystery of genetics! This was the enigma of bloodlines! This was the Great Dao of the reproduction and inheritance of life beings! Without warning, Wang Qi felt a great joy in his heart. This was the Jiyin Ancestor's, Mendel's, enlightenment about the Great Dao. This joy was from the ecstasy of the Carefree Practitioner's enlightenment! Mendel's genetics was indeed the vital link in the transformation of Darwin's Evolution Theory. The Path of Reproduction, the Dao of Successive Generations combined with the original Heavenly Calculation Theory, is today's Heavenly Calculation Great Dao! It was Mendel's profound insight that made the Life Path of the Shenzhou Creatures come to fruition. Wang Qi soon withdrew from this enlightenment that belonged to another person. He felt as if he was soaking in hot water, every pore on his body radiating comfort. And when he recalled his own knowledge, he was astonished to find that he had unwittingly mastered a considerable amount of biological knowledge. Wang Qi stood up, moving his hands and feet: "Not bad at all." ———————————————————————————— Thank you to Classmate Tang Bao 25 for the second reward, hooray~