Qi Cultivation Starting from the Repair Panel-Chapter 516 - 356: The Origin

Chapter 516 -356: The Origin

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Seeing Chu Zheng remain silent for a long time, Nie Longhu let out a light sigh:

“Even though you’re currently in the Immortal Alliance Punishment Department, you are still a Qi Cultivator, and it is best to plan ahead for yourself, at least prepare an exit strategy.”

“What Fellow Daoist Nie has mentioned, how could I not be aware? But now, I can only take it one step at a time.”

Chu Zheng shook his head slightly, his expression growing increasingly helpless. Pressured by the circumstances, at times, he has no choice but to take some deviant paths.

Seeing this, Nie Longhu’s mind couldn’t help but become a bit complex. He had to admit, Chu Zheng was indeed a rare talent in the realm of Qi Refining.

No matter the method, Chu Zheng’s cultivation at the early stage of Heavenly Immortal nearing Perfection could not be faked. Without sufficient innate talent, it would be impossible to possess such power.

But the Qi Refining Lineage is known for its detachment from worldly affairs. No one would be willing to lend a hand to Chu Zheng for no reason.

Qi Refining is a solitary path and ultimately, no one will be willing to help him.

In the Immortal Alliance, it’s even more so. The Immortal Path and the Qi Cultivation are different paths. In Nie Longhu’s view, Chu Zheng’s current situation is extremely perilous, like walking on thin ice, at any moment he could end tragically without a place to be buried.

No matter how high the talent or how great the achievements in the future, it is still just a Qi Cultivator who cannot bring benefits to his peers, and to the creatures of other Taoist orthodoxies, he is a significant intrinsic threat.

In such a situation, if Chu Zheng does not prepare an exit strategy in advance, his fate is truly unpredictable.

The Ancestral Dao is the best example. A giant who personally ended the ancient battle disappeared silently into the Chaos Sea without leaving a trace, his Heavenly Fate unknown.

Thinking of Heavenly Fate, a flash of insight suddenly crossed Nie Longhu’s mind, plunging him into deep thought. Moments later, his expression changed slightly.

He had always been puzzled as to why so many creatures went to the Vast Universe, looking to pursue the residual soul of the Ancestral Dao.

The Ancestral Dao is dead; what value can there be in a dead man?

Unless, they wanted to obtain the method for gathering Heavenly Fate from the hands of the Ancestral Dao!

The flow of Heavenly Fate cannot be controlled by living creatures. Even using various methods, it can only be temporarily confined, and if there is nowhere for it to go, it will soon flow back into their respective Taoist orthodoxies.

This is called ‘Heavenly Fortune Recirculation’.

If the Ancestral Dao monopolized twenty-five percent of Heavenly Fate, then where did this twenty-five percent of Heavenly Fate come from?

For a common Ancestral Realm cultivator, it’s quite challenging to monopolize even five percent. It requires one with Qi Fortune against the heavens and the favor of Heavenly Fate from their orthodoxy to have a sliver of a chance.

Such a Son of Destiny is mostly likely to appear when their orthodoxy is on the verge of an existential threat.

Five percent of Heavenly Fate is the leverage to step into the Ancestral Realm, but in reality, the Ancestral Realm powerhouses from the various Taoist orthodoxies, except for the newly advanced Taiqing Daozu, posses less than five percent of Heavenly Fate.

They cannot bear so much Heavenly Fate without succumbing to backlash. Even Martial Ancestors and Immortal Ancestors can only briefly harness the Heavenly Fate occupied by their Taoist orthodoxy to enhance their combat strength.

When one’s own Qi Fortune is not strong enough to suppress Heavenly Fate, various external forces will interfere, such as divine retribution and human catastrophe.

This is identical to the Tribulation Qi that Qi Cultivators face; even those of the Ancestral Realm face the peril of death.

Heavenly Fate is sentient. It can protect the creatures within its Taoist orthodoxy, but it will not allow any creature to replace it.

If the Ancestral Dao could monopolize twenty-five percent of Heavenly Fate alone, then he must have had a unique method for collecting and suppressing Heavenly Fate.

And such a method must be beyond even Taiqing Daozu’s grasp, otherwise he would not have waited until now to enter the Ancestral Realm.

Before Taiqing Daozu’s Breakthrough Realm, the Heavenly Fate occupied by the combined Qi Cultivators in the Myriad Realms, within that one and a half percent of Heaven’s Fortune, was merely a tenth or a twentieth of the share.

Seeing the unusual expression on Nie Longhu’s face, Chu Zheng’s mind stirred: “Does Fellow Daoist Nie have some thoughts?”

“Some speculations, but I dare not confirm them.”

Nie Longhu hesitated slightly, still suppressing the thoughts in his mind; these were only his conjectures, not necessarily accurate.

“What speculations? I hope Fellow Daoist Nie would not hesitate to share,” Chu Zheng immediately asked, regardless of its usefulness, knowing more information was always good.

“The Ancestral Dao originally occupied two and a half percent of Heavenly Fate, it must have been through some special means, and now many Taoist Orthodoxies are probably searching for this method.”

Nie Longhu did not hide his thoughts, and after sharing his speculation, he could not help but sigh:

“Many of the unresolved mysteries in the Great Universe today have their origins in the Primordial Era. During the Ancient Times, when Myriad Dao paths arose together, if it were not for the Ancestral Dao’s emergence, perhaps the Great Universe today would be much more fascinating.”

A struggle among Myriad Dao paths, though it would inevitably lead to war, ultimately, the strengths were not too different from one another, and there wouldn’t be the disaster of an entire Taoist Orthodoxy falling. But now it is different.

Once a war breaks out, between the Second-fold Immortal Martial Dao and the Myriad Heavens and Realms, the blood of living creatures spilled in any defeat would be enough to fill the Star River.

If it wasn’t for the Ancestral Dao forcibly plundering Heavenly Fate, to the point where Heavenly Fate had to protect itself and began supporting the Second-fold Immortal Martial Dao, that battle, which nearly destroyed the Ancient Times, would not have been provoked.

The last person in the know has died, and no one can know what ultimately happened in that great battle.

A glint flickered in Chu Zheng’s eyes, Nie Longhu’s words almost instantly made him think of the existence of the Luck Stealing Skill.

This Divine Skill originating from the repair panel, which he could not activate on his own, could only sense its vague operation when killing.

Whether there is any connection between this and the Ancestral Dao is still unknown, but for the moment, the possibility is already not small.

About that great battle in Ancient Times, Chu Zheng had also heard many different versions of it before. The versions circulating in the Immortal Alliance and the Myriad Realms vary widely.

There’s nothing wrong with this; without the truth, history can only be fabricated by later generations, and the past that cannot be traced becomes nothing but myths and legends.

Unless he could go back in time himself, he would always be skeptical of these storied versions handed down to the present.

Perhaps, when his cultivation is strong enough, and he has access to the Space-time Domain, he might have that slim chance to pursue the truth.

Turning around, Chu Zheng suddenly remembered the Spirit Tree Avatar far in the Chaos Sea and immediately asked:

“When the Avatar underwent its tribulation, did Fellow Daoist Nie ever try using plant spirits’ Innate foundation to alleviate some of the effort required by the Avatar to go through the tribulation?”

Considering avatar tribulations, Nie Longhu would presumably have more experience than him, perhaps offering some wisdom to draw upon.

“Do you think you are the Ancestral Dao? To refine Qi as one wishes?”

Upon hearing this, Nie Longhu let out a light scoff, seeming to gain some sense of superiority in cultivation experience and explained slowly:

“There are specific principles to Qi Flow, and the Yin Yang Dual Qi must not be disturbed even in the slightest. The difference between plant spirits and the human body is immense. If you’re not careful with the Qi Flow, at best, you’ll achieve half the results with twice the effort, and at worst, if the Yin Yang in your body goes completely out of balance, it’ll be impossible to return to the right path. It equates to wasting the opportunity of an Avatar’s tribulation and needlessly adding Tribulation Qi. I know you have exceptional talent, but it’s still not worth the wasted effort.”