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Chapter 495: Chapter 491 Heavenly Dao
"Ancient Martial Saint."
Ding Zhongyuan couldn’t help but lean forward, saying somewhat eagerly, "Immortal Country needs the strength of every individual..."
"Listen to me completely."
Gu Jinlai waved his hand, "When I go to Immortal Country, I will just be an ordinary Martial Saint. Given the strength Immortal Country has to face the Devil army directly, Martial Saints and Saints are probably not few in number. One more of me won’t make a difference, and one less of me won’t either. Therefore, I’d rather stay in the Holy Dynasty to see if I can persuade the upper echelons in the future."
He felt he hadn’t misused the words "persuade."
"I will find a way to coordinate the power of the Holy Dynasty, twist it into a single strength, help the Holy Dynasty become a true Holy Land, and then counterattack the Devils, resolve the predicament that the Holy Dynasty is facing. After that, while progressively reclaiming other lost lands, I will lead the strong ones from the Holy Dynasty to reinforce Immortal Country. If nothing else, I can rely on the strength of the Holy Dynasty to form a cooperation with Immortal Country and contain some of the Devil’s power, thus alleviating the pressure faced by Immortal Country."
"Coordinate the power of the Holy Dynasty..."
Seeing Gu Jinlai’s determined expression, Ding Zhongyuan was momentarily at a loss for words.
After a while, he finally said, "The upper echelons of the Holy Dynasty lack the courage and boldness to go to war with the Devils."
"Then we force them to fight the Devils."
Gu Jinlai said, "I don’t believe that when the Devils come knocking, the Holy Dynasty, along with the Six Great Cave Heavens behind them, will still choose to remain indifferent."
"This..."
Ding Zhongyuan hesitated for a moment, and finally, he sighed, "Then let’s do as the Ancient Martial Saint says."
"Rest assured, time is on our side."
Gu Jinlai said.
"Time..."
Ding Zhongyuan pondered for a moment, then looking at Gu Jinlai, suddenly said, "Ancient Martial Saint was able to sweep through Chi Long Territory, his combat power is perhaps not as simple as that of an ordinary Martial Saint. If I’m not mistaken, Ancient Martial Saint was transformed from a Void Immortal, wasn’t he?"
Then, confident in his guess, he said, "Only this can explain why such a formidable person as the Ancient Martial Saint wasn’t targeted by the Devils during the crisis in Li Yang Cave Heaven and managed to escape intact. It also explains why the Ancient Martial Saint, as a Martial Saint, can unleash such powerful Divine Skills that he had already mastered before."
"Void Immortal transformed into a Martial Saint..."
Gu Jinlai heard Ding Zhongyuan’s guess and smiled, making no attempt to refute it.
"The paths of Martial Artists and cultivators have a lot in common, unlike the path of Heavenly Master Dao. Transforming paths in that case is extremely troublesome, at least wasting decades, and how many Saints and beyond possess decades to waste? If the Ancient Martial Saint in the future wishes to convert back to the cultivator’s path, it would be much easier, taking just over a dozen years, or even just a few years if all goes well."
Ding Zhongyuan smiled and said, "The reason why the Holy Dynasty was able to so quickly develop the Martial Saint System, including the path of Human Immortals, is that many people had used this method to evade the pursuit of Devils and accumulated a wealth of experience."
"Cultivators, Heavenly Masters, Martial Artists..."
Listening to Ding Zhongyuan’s words, Gu Jinlai also felt somewhat moved.
The Cultivator System is this world’s most primitive and oldest system. It was only later, when faced with Demon Spirits—creatures invisible and intangible, leaning towards spiritual energy—that the Heavenly Master System was born.
The human side gave birth to the Heavenly Master System and suppressed the Demon Spirits for one or two thousand years, after which the Demon Spirits developed the Devil System.
And to face the overwhelming arrival of Devils, people had no choice but to develop the quickly forged Martial Artist System, struggling to survive.
The era kept progressing.
In the clash of two worlds, whichever side fell behind would suffer setbacks.
"Cultivators were oppressed by the creator of the Heavenly Master Civilization for a thousand years, but in those thousand years, cultivators were also always devising ways to defy the creator’s oppression, thus Immortal Country was born. Compared to Holy Lands and Cave Heavens, Immortal Country holds one of the greatest achievements, which is the Spirit Mechanism!"
Ding Zhongyuan looked at Gu Jinlai: "Under normal circumstances, even if the Ancient Martial Saint were to re-cultivate into a Void Immortal, he might not be able to wield enough authority in the Holy Dynasty, not to mention opposing the Devils. But if the Ancient Martial Saint could control the power of the Spiritual Mechanism, he could certainly hold a position in the Holy Dynasty."
"Spirit Mechanism?"
Gu Jinlai was taken aback, "What is that?"
"As cultivators know, the denser the population, the faster the Cultivation speed, and the key to this... the Heavenly Masters call it spiritual, but we in Immortal Country prefer to call it Spirit Mechanism! The so-called Spirit Mechanism is a special type of energy formed by the billions of cultivators constantly inhaling and exhaling, where Essence Qi Spirit intersects with the outside Heaven and Earth," Ding Zhongyuan explained.
"Everyone has Spirit Mechanism, the higher the cultivation, the stronger the Spirit Mechanism in them."
As a Heavenly Master, Gu Jinlai found it easy to accept Ding Zhongyuan’s explanation.
"The Spirit Mechanism, it is what we in Immortal Country have developed, believing it to be the ultimate weapon against Devils in the future," Ding Zhongyuan stated as he took out a small booklet, "Recorded here are various methods of utilizing the Spirit Mechanism. If there could be a Cave Heaven as a foundation, or an Immortal Master took action to collect Spirit Mechanism, and released it at crucial moments, whether used against Demon Gods or to annihilate Spirit Venerables, it will possess unparalleled might."
"Against Demon Gods, annihilating Spirit Venerables? The Spirit Mechanism is so Mysterious?"
Gu Jinlai watched as Ding Zhongyuan took out the small booklet and began to flip through it.
Just moments later, he had seen something significant, his expression growing solemn: "Spirit of All Living Beings?"
Ding Zhongyuan was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "In the terms of Heavenly Masters, the Spirit Mechanism is the Spirit of All Living Beings, the power of all living things."
He solemnly said, "Countless people’s cultivation methods, which enhance Essence Qi Spirit by inhaling and exhaling Spirit Mechanism, and then by special methods combining all Spirit Mechanism into a unity, condensing it into a brand new Dao!"
His eyes gleaming fiercely: "Even condensing it into a Heavenly Dao that surpasses everything! Then by wielding the power of Heavenly Dao, altering the laws of the Heavenly Dao operating between Heaven and Earth, fundamentally suppressing, even annihilating the Demon Spirits!"
"You plan to use the Spirit of All Living Beings to cultivate a concept named ’Heavenly Dao’!?"
Gu Jinlai too wore a serious countenance.
"Indeed, only by cultivating Heavenly Dao, controlling and altering the operation of the Great Dao between Heaven and Earth from the root, can we completely solve the threat from Demon Realm permanently. Otherwise, even if we eventually defeat the Devils, even completely driving them out of our world, new Demon Spirits will continue to descend incessantly from the Demon Realm."
Ding Zhongyuan nodded repeatedly.
Immediately afterward, he seemed to know what Gu Jinlai was worried about and said, "A seemingly inconceivable grand plan? But this plan is indeed practical! Thousands of years ago, the True Immortals of the Immortal Country had used this method. In a world within the Immortal Country, which can be referred to as a Small World, they nurtured a new kind of ’Dao’ Force that kept the Creator outside the Immortal Country. There are successful examples before us; now, we just need to scale it up to the whole world."
"Was it this method that the Immortal Country used to fend off the Creator back then?"
On hearing this, Gu Jinlai frowned.
To nurture the ’Heavenly Dao’ with something essentially equivalent to the Spirit of All Living Beings to govern the laws of the world...
This is essentially like crafting a deity to govern the operation of the sun, moon, and mountains and rivers.
"The role of the Spiritual Mechanism is not just limited to that; it can even guide the distribution of Heaven and Earth spiritual energy. If a piece of Spiritual Mechanism is placed in a region, it will attract Heaven and Earth spiritual energy there, allowing the cultivators in that region to progress a thousand miles a day and significantly increasing the combat power of the Devas in that area," he said.
Ding Zhongyuan explained, "We rely on this manipulation of the Spiritual Mechanism every time there is a major battle, creating an environment rich in spiritual energy, thus enabling our Void Immortals and True Immortals to make the Demon Emperor and Demon Gods of the Demon Realm retreat steadily."
As he spoke, he glanced in the direction of the Imperial Capital, "Initially, we had also taught this technology to the Six Great Cave Heavens. Over the years, they have accumulated a significant amount of Spiritual Mechanism. Combined with the fact that the Void Immortals in the Six Great Cave Heavens have Divine Weapons recognize them as masters, these six, aided by the power of the Spiritual Mechanism in the Cave Heavens, combating, or even slaying Demon Gods, is not a luxury."
Gu Jinlai flipped the book to the last page, where there indeed was a method for condensing the Spiritual Mechanism.
"The Ancient Martial Saint came from Li Yang Cave Heaven, naturally having methods of cave heaven casting, and possessing a cave heaven allows for the collection of Spiritual Mechanism," he explained.
Ding Zhongyuan looked at Gu Jinlai, "The Ancient Martial Saint wishes to oversee the power of the Holy Dynasty; I can’t help much in other aspects, so I can only pass this method to the Ancient Martial Saint, hoping it will aid the Ancient Martial Saint in their endeavors."
The inheritance of Li Yang Cave Heaven indeed contains methods for constructing a cave heaven.
If the Spiritual Mechanism is as mysterious as he described...
"Thank you very much," said Gu Jinlai as he nodded.
"It’s all for the war of our Human Clan," Ding Zhongyuan said sentimentally. Finally, he looked at Gu Jinlai, "Does the Ancient Martial Saint really not wish to join us going to the Immortal Country?"
"I believe that I can be more useful within the Holy Dynasty."
Gu Jinlai responded.
Seeing this, Ding Zhongyuan did not insist further; he bowed slightly and said, "Hopefully, one day, we can fight side by side."
"We will," Gu Jinlai replied.
Ding Zhongyuan nodded, and without staying any longer, his figure dashed away like the wind and soon vanished from the office.
"Cave heaven, Spiritual Mechanism."
Gu Jinlai glanced over the small booklet.
After a moment, he frowned slightly.
Spiritual Mechanism...
Equivalent to the Spirit of All Living Beings, the power of all creatures.
The Heavenly Master referred to it as spiritual.
And the various mysteries of this power were somewhat understood by Gu Jinlai from his memories in the Aries Star Palace.
Even...
The creators were not completely ignorant of this power.
This power is actually a part of the composition of the Spirit Realm.
The large scale collection of Spiritual Mechanism by the Immortal Country is akin to undercutting the foundation of the Spirit Realm.
There might not be noticeable changes in the short term, but over the course of hundreds, thousands, or even thousands of years, the consequences will gradually become apparent.
Over time, the Spirit Realm will disintegrate, and the lineage of the Heavenly Master is likely to disappear in the annals of history.
Of course, through the use of the power of Spiritual Mechanism, the system of cultivators will inevitably develop rapidly.
The originally uncontrollable Spiritual Mechanism that could only slowly become part of the Spirit Realm will become controllable by cultivators in the future, inevitably creating top powerhouses.
"The creators developed Divine Weapons to sever the cultivators’ system, but the cultivators are even more ruthless, directly aiming to undermine the Spirit Realm..."
Gu Jinlai even suspected that the Spirit Realm storm that swept over all creators a thousand years ago might have been the masterpiece of the Immortal Country.
Although this was a grudge between the True Immortals and the creators a thousand years ago, now, the common enemy of both cultivators and everyone else is the Devil.
But...
The breakthroughs of the creators are becoming increasingly difficult, even for a thousand years, not a single new creator was born, which is probably somewhat related to the continuous collection of Spiritual Mechanism by the Immortal Country over the past millennium.
Unfortunately, on the path of collecting Spiritual Mechanism, the Immortal Country can no longer stop.
They can only continue to gamble by investing a substantial amount of Spiritual Mechanism, hoping to nurture a ’Heavenly Dao’ with governing power, to fundamentally solve the problem.
