Exploring Immortality Cultivation

Chapter 289: The Grand Spell of the Five Epidemics [Third Update, Requesting Monthly Pass!]



Wang Qi was not concerned about Li You's stunned expression, and instead enthusiastically began to discuss his special algorithm.

According to the generally accepted concept, he made multiple multi-valued judgments on the teachings of all divine sects and then defined their distribution on a numerical axis based on the different degrees of inclination in their teachings.

"Let's take the question 'Yearning for light or not,' for instance. The Hongyuan Sect definitely gets a negative number here, scoring quite high, so it should fall between negative two and negative seven, more likely between negative five and negative seven. Then the projection of this data on this particular axis could be calculated like this..."

Li You and Chen Feng nodded in bewilderment.

After a series of complex calculations, Wang Qi pointed to several diagrams that Chen Feng and the other couldn't understand and said, "This is the result of a divine sect's teaching—a simple high-dimensional geometric object."

Li You, looking at this "simple," multi-phased high-dimensional object, chuckled, "Hehe, hehe."

Chen Feng felt a slight surprise in his heart. Over the past half-year, Wang Qi hadn't been idle. It seemed he had made many updates to this algorithm for calculating the divine sectarian teachings, and the algorithm was now significantly more refined than when he and Wang Qi first discussed it.

But...

Chen Feng said, "Put it more simply, what did you find?"

Wang Qi sighed, "Forget it, I suppose you can't really appreciate the beauty of this algorithm." With a wave of his hand, the complex shape formed by the spirit light in front of him rapidly compressed into a three-dimensional image.

"This is a three-phase projection of that high-phase geometric figure." Wang Qi first introduced it and then waved his hand again, creating another three-dimensional projection, "This is the three-dimensional projection of the Holy Infant Sect's teachings within the same coordinate system."

Li You glanced at it and hesitated, "It seems very similar?"

"It looks identical on the outside. Their 'interiors' are different. From a higher phase perspective, the differences are still quite apparent, but it's greatly compressed here. Looking only at the core of the teachings, they are..." Wang Qi combined the two three-dimensional images, "completely opposite!"

The two images, apart from connecting at one point, were point-symmetric!

Wang Qi then released a few more three-dimensional images, "These are models of Xuantian Sect, Sea Ancestor Sect, Jiangxiang Sect, and other mainstream divine teachings. You can see that they overlap greatly with the Holy Infant Sect and are opposite to the Hongyuan Sect."

Li You questioned, "Isn't this the mainstream method of divine cultivation? A new breakthrough in divine cultivation?"

Wang Qi sighed, "It's more than just that."

The Divine Tao is a method of establishing order. Only by establishing the Divine Tao and creating an orderly system can one absorb spiritual energy without being limited by any innate factors. The Holy Infant Sect took this to the extreme, creating an order so complete that it was terrifying, with no one daring to rebel for eight thousand years.

In the words of Ancient Method Practitioners, this is a system with a complete Innate Five Virtues.

Did the Hongyuan Sect transcend this system?

Probably not. The core teachings of the Hongyuan Sect are very simple. The existing order is false, and one day heaven and earth will collapse. Only by devout belief in the great god of Hongyuan can one ascend to the hometown of Hongyuan after death and live forever.

This is not about establishing order; it's about destroying the existing order!

"Do people actually believe in such teachings?" Li You found it incomprehensible.

Chen Feng said, "The Hongyuan Sect flourished three years ago. That year, the West Sea Dragon King went mad for no reason and caused a massive amount of water vapor to suppress Shenzhou. It was the depths of winter, and the whole of Shenzhou was covered in heavy snow and also suffered from severe cold in the spring. The East Land was alright, but the West Continent was devastated, with most people struggling to survive. Since all of Shenzhou had little food, the Immortal Alliance didn't have much of a solution..."

"I even suspect that the West Sea Dragon King had an affair with Hongyuan," Wang Qi commented jokingly.

After the joke, Wang Qi continued his analysis.

"He doesn't care about the life or death of his followers, doesn't understand the concept of slow and steady, and seems to be in a hurry to use up the incense fire power, grab a big haul, and flee..." As Wang Qi analyzed, he suddenly widened his eyes.

Such a loosely established organization could only become a fanatical group. It would not be able to act as a power of Innate Five Virtues or acquire much strength.

"According to the saying that one virtue prevails over one phase, it's likely that Hongyuan does not aim towards the Five Virtues but towards the Innate Five Phases, perhaps even towards Innate Destruction," Wang Qi felt as if he was particularly connected to a series of events.

Hu Buxue's mysterious Demon Sword, Hongyuan Sect, Heterodox Demon Statues of the Demon Clan, High Entropy Outer Demons... ever since the Immortal Institute started, these supernatural phenomena associated with "Entropy Increase" had a particular affinity for finding him.

Li You finally showed a bit of interest in the research of Wang Qi and Chen Feng. He asked, "Is this your research?"

"This is just one method." For an outwardly oriented scientist like him, discussing his work with others was as easy and enjoyable as a believer preaching. He then projected another complex cellular automata model. After hearing Wang Qi explain that this model could simulate the organizational structure of the Divine Tao, Li You found it interesting. He followed through with a few calculations but found that no matter what, his computing power could not keep up, and the results were full of errors (in fact, it was the unpredictable nature of this chaotic model at play. However, Wang Qi had not yet proven this point, and most cultivators on Shenzhou were unaware of it).

Li You took another look and sighed again, "Brother Wang, your research in the Divine Tao is ingeniously unrivaled. It's just a pity that all divine paths are doomed to be eradicated, so your research might not be very useful."

Wang Qi did not mention the goal of "everyone can practice Immortal Cultivation" or the idea of "Each for all and all for each," but instead said, "Studying the enemy is for better annihilating the enemy. Maybe one day, an unprecedented strong enemy will appear. Then it will come in handy."

Li You suddenly felt a great fondness for Wang Qi—Wang Qi thought that if he told him he was actually the leader of two cult organizations, Li You would surely turn hostile, right? Just as Li You was about to say something to Wang Qi, a blast sounded in the distance. Li You's magic artifact by his ear flickered. Li You hurriedly said, "Damn, there's an Immortal Alliance traitor attacking! I need to take care of him first!"

Chen Feng frowned, "Why would someone from the Immortal Alliance turn to a cult?"

According to the information, the Hongyuan Sect had only started to proliferate here last year, so why...

He also stood up, wanting to lend a hand. Wang Qi grasped Chen Feng's arm, "Wait a moment, it's just a Burning Gold Valley cultivator who practices Titanium Body, currently being completely restrained by Li You from Thunder Pavilion."

Wang Qi's mechanical birds scattered all around, although they couldn't predict events, they could know many things as soon as they happened.

Chen Feng asked doubtfully, "What are you trying to say?"

Wang Qi stopped him, certainly not without reason.

"I'm afraid I know why someone from the Immortal Alliance would turn that way; you need to be careful to protect your own soul."

Chen Feng was alert, "You mean..."

Wang Qi used a burst of spirit light to conjure a Hilbert Space, "This is the ultimate algorithm I use to analyze divine spirits, a drawing method that integrates the cellular automata simulation of Divine Tao organizations with the surrounding spirit power flow."

Wang Qi took a deep breath and said, "They might have also mastered spells like the Heart Demon Curse!"

Chen Feng exclaimed, "What?"

"The Heart Demon Curse is derived from the inner analysis of the Divine Spirit's body, and since we don't know where the Hongyuan body is, I can't be sure what their 'Heart Demon Curse' is like, but I can be sure that those affected by this curse tend to despair, to pessimism, eliminating any proactive 'dissensions'," Wang Qi closed his eyes, recalling an Immortal Alliance Security Envoy who had betrayed the Immortal Alliance and attacked him due to "eternal lifelessness."

Maybe, at that time, I had already come into contact with the "Total Curse of the Five Epidemics" representing despair! Before I decided to practice the Heart Demon Curse in earnest, I had already contacted a counterfeit version of the Heart Demon Curse.

Chen Feng furrowed his brow, "Then why doesn't he directly use this method to take control of the world?"

"Spirit Power Eigenvalue is an application of the Modern Method based on the Theory of Spirit Energy; could any Ancient Method Practitioner understand it?" Wang Qi said, "And I am quite certain that I am the only one who can use this method to analyze Divine Tao and then derive the Heart Demon Curse and the Heart Demon Algorithm. Maybe he is using some other method, cultivating a divine skill containing the Heart Demon Algorithm. Perhaps the existence of the Hongyuan Sect is not to absorb incense fire belief power, but to cultivate that divine skill carrying the Heart Demon Algorithm—perhaps Hongyuan intended to let this Heart Demon Algorithm poison endlessly and destroy the roots of the Immortal Alliance by establishing the Divine Sect."

In other words, the opponent's divine skill, unlike Wang Qi's pure Heart Demon Curse, might have been subjected to various restrictions by its own laws, hence its power falls short.

Chen Feng nodded, "Got it, I will find a reason to warn them!"

This kind of cultivation involving souls is difficult for Wang Qi, a disciple of the Wanfa Sect, to explain— he might even expose his previous prohibited research. But it was different for Chen Feng. As a disciple of the Yangshen Pavilion, it was only right to address any nefarious practices in the domain of the soul.

Watching Chen Feng's hurriedly departing figure, Wang Qi sat down to surveil the village that served as a cult stronghold.

He actually had many more guesses he hadn't spoken aloud.

Perhaps the enemy understood the Human Dao System better than he and Chen Feng, and were more adept at employing the "Heart Demon Algorithm."

Perhaps the enemy could use this Hongyuan Sect to implant the terrifying Heart Demon Algorithm into the entire Human Dao System.

Perhaps he and Chen Feng had already been affected, stricken by the Total Curse of the Five Epidemics, with these thoughts of despair also arising due to the effect of the "Heart Demon Curse."

Perhaps...

Because the enemy might be "Aliens", it was not unreasonable to imagine their technology as even more terrifying.

Wang Qi was not so naïve as to think that Earth's physics were the ultimate truth, nor that Shenzhou's technology could dominate the entire cosmos.

Moreover, in a world where technology black boxes could be freely opened, a civilization entirely based on mysticism could also demonstrate advanced technology.

If a civilization could truly traverse the Star Sea, then whether on the theoretical level or the technological level, it might surpass the Immortal Alliance!

Due to the sudden attack by the rebel of the Immortal Alliance, the cult stronghold was stirred. The small mountain village plunged into chaos.

Then, a thunderbolt flashing with seven colors streaked across the sky. It was the signal agreed upon by the Immortal Alliance to begin the assault!

The attack had been brought forward!

Wang Qi's eyes showed not a hint of fear. He drew his long sword, calmly sensing something.

Then, like a shadow, he merged into the night.

When formulating tactics, no amount of admiration for the enemy is excessive. But in actual combat...

The enemy? These few in front of me? They count for nothing!(To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to qidian.com to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)


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