Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme-Chapter 852 - : 528

Chapter 852: 528

“So, does that mean that the elder brother plans to restructure the Wandao School to align with the mechanism of the Earth Book and establish a new Tao Lineage?”

“This…”

Behind them, Sanyun’s divine sense converged in silent transmission, not daring to disturb.

Just at that moment…

“Boom!”

Suddenly, the Immortal Array roared, the Earth Yuan surged, and the motherly qi of the great earth moved like a tide, causing the void to collapse under the immense pressure of myriad mountains.

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“This…”

“Not good!”

“Is the Immortal Array leaking?”

“Elder brother?”

Sanyun was startled, quickly turned his gaze, but before he could speak, he saw the Earth Yuan calming and the motherly qi fading like a receding tide.

The terrifying pressure dissipated in an instant, and the collapsed void also restored, as if the storm had passed and the sky had cleared.

“This…”

Sanyun, uncertain and at a loss, could only look towards Xu Yang.

“Ha!”

Then they heard a light laugh, Xu Yang stood up, his eyes no longer rhythmic, returning to normal.

“Elder brother…”

Seeing this, Sanyun was even more puzzled, “Is it done?”

“Got a bit, got a bit!”

Xu Yang nodded, his smile was light but could not be concealed.

“Congratulations, elder brother, on achieving the Taoist Result!”

Seeing this, Sanyun also rejoiced, and they all began to celebrate together.

“Ha!”

Xu Yang laughed, looked back at the Earth Book in the central juncture, then turned his gaze back to Sanyun, “One should not rush things, let us stop here for this journey. We still have a thousand years; let’s head to the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation.”

“Thank you, elder brother!”

With these words, Sanyun’s eyes lit up, his smile as bright as blooming flowers.

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Meanwhile, in the present world.

Inside the Kylin Palace, Xu Yang suddenly burst into laughter, startling the beauty in his arms.

Meng Fanying lifted her head to see his joy-filled face and, unable to hide his elation, she also grew curious, “What happened that makes you so happy?”

Xu Yang smiled, wrapping his arms around her waist: “I have achieved the Taoist Result, how can I not be happy?”

“Oh?”

Meng Fanying raised an eyebrow, her interest piqued, “How did you achieve it?”

Upon hearing this, Xu Yang shook his head, his expression playful as he spoke, “It’s a long story, let’s first celebrate, and then I can explain in detail to you, my lady!”

“What kind of celebration—mm!”

Meng Fanying was taken aback, not yet reacting before she was pressed down by the person in front, causing the cloud bed and jade couch to tumble, and a boundless spring scene ensued.

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After more than three thousand years, delving into the mysteries of geography, finally yielding some fruits.

The ways of the Earth Book and the Earth Deity Law indeed possess a marvellous resemblance in their ingenuity.

Xu Yang merged the two, comprehending the mystical principles of geography, and completed the cultivation method of the Earth Deities.

The Earth Deity Law is his significant foundation, not only providing endless longevity but also improving the environment and enhancing production, thus becoming a fundamental Mana Point of the Wandao School’s “Great Farming Enterprise.”

Although now, several of his incarnations had entered the Tribulation Realm, and his current body had reached the peak of the Great Vehicle, on the verge of Proving Immortality with no limit on longevity, it doesn’t mean that the Earth Deity Law should retire upon completion.

Apart from the aid in longevity, the most crucial aspect of the Earth Deity Law is the improvement of the Spirit Land’s environment; the Earth Deities can nourish Spirit Land, cultivate Spirit Plants, and enlighten Spirit Beasts, amongst a multitude of benefits.

Especially for the Wandao School, whose essence in operation and development is to plunder, “to balance the surplus with the deficit,” but one cannot always plunder without eventual deficit, leading to drained resources and no fish left to fish.

Thus, the Wandao School has always adhered to the philosophy of “the Immortal Path values life,” striving by all means to increase productivity to meet its needs.

This further highlights the importance of the Earth Deity Law; a qualified Earth Deity can be considered a collective of subsidiary professions like Spiritual Plant Farmers, Beast Tamers, Array Masters, and so on, whose significance in production doesn’t need overstating.

Hence, over the years, the Wandao School has been intensively training Earth Deity Cultivators, especially in branches of the world like the Twilight Realm, where Earth Deities have become an indispensable presence, influencing the development and even the survival of the world just like the ancient Taoism Origin Body.

This time, having succeeded in Enlightenment and completed the Earth Deity Cultivation Method, it at least can enhance the productivity of an Earth Deity by thirty percent.

Do not underestimate this thirty percent; even a small increase, when applied to billions of individuals, represents an astonishing number, not to mention an increase by a whole thirty percent.

Though not every one of the billions of cultivators at Wandao School practices the Earth Deity Law, each one is influenced by it; a thirty percent increase in productivity equates to a thirty percent, or even greater, increase in strength.

Moreover, building on the gains from the Demon War nine thousand years ago, the power of Wandao School is rapidly expanding. While it may not yet rival the Heavenly Court’s Buddhist Sect, the Demon Nation Abyss, and the Four Great Taoist Dominions, catching up to the stature of the Netherworld Dragon Palace and the Ghost Realm akin to the True Immortal Sects is certainly not an issue.

With such gains before even the end of the first “Ten-Thousand-Year Plan,” how could Xu Yang not be pleased?

This is the completion of the Earth Deity Cultivation Method, and in addition, there’s the comprehension of the mysteries of the Earth Book.

The Earth Book, how should it be described? Using the concept of the Earth Deity Law, this Earth Book could wholly be regarded as a form of divine seal.

This “divine seal” ties to the Spirit Land, which is the Earth Immortal Realm.

That is to say, if he could refine the Earth Book, then Xu Yang could leap to become the master of the Earth Immortal Realm.

Then, the entire Earth Immortal Realm would belong to him, becoming his Earth Deity’s “Cave Heaven Blessed Land!”

Of course, this is a pipe dream; given the Earth Immortal Realm’s rank, if the Earth Book isn’t a twelfth-order treasure of a Golden Immortal, it’s at least an eleventh-order treasure of a Heavenly Immortal. For him, barely entering the ninth order and not yet a true Human Immortal, to covet such would be excessive.

He shouldn’t even think about the original; at best, he could craft a replica.

But even a replica could hope to become an Immortal Treasure, because like the Three Books of Heaven, Earth, and Man, and the Nine Rituals Heavenly Sword, they don’t belong to ordinary magical treasures but are rather fate-related items that can utilize “fate” to nurture themselves; even without a command of the Path of Artifact Refining, they can gradually grow into an Immortal Treasure or even higher.

The Investiture of the Gods and the Book of Life and Death in the Heavenly Court Netherworld are examples; the Eastern Victory Heavenly Court and the Fengdu Underworld weren’t originally called so but were renamed to inherit the names from ancient Taoist lineages because the Heavenly Venerate Taihuang and Emperor Fengdu wanted to cultivate these heavenly and human books.

The fate power of the Heavenly Court and Underworld has always been nurturing the Investiture of the Gods and the Book of Life and Death, and by today, these two replica books from Heaven and Man might have already advanced into the ranks of Immortal Treasures, possessing some powers to “command immortals and appoint gods” and “mark life and designate death.”

If the Book of Man and the Book of Heaven can do so, so can the Earth Book; to make the treasure authentic, one must follow the Earth Deity Law to accumulate the earthly power of the Immortal Realm, along with the fate from the Four States, enabling it to ascend step by step, ultimately transforming into a true Treasure of Heaven and Earth.

Xu Yang estimated that it would take at least the capture of South Observance and tens of thousands of years of accumulated fate to forge a ninth-order Earth Book.

Um… that’s a bit of a stretch. Tens of thousands of years, especially in the Earth Immortal Realm’s span, with that amount of effort, Xu Yang might as well have become a Tenth-Order Earth Immortal; what would he need a ninth-order Earth Book for?

It’s only for realms like Heavenly Court Netherworld, struggling to break beyond the Human Immortal Realm over tens of thousands of years, that would exert great effort to nurture these replica Heavenly and Human Books, considering them opportunities for the Earth Immortals to Prove the Dao in the future.

However, there is a shortcut to this method; that Emperor Fengdu, based on the replica Human Book, crafted ten separate volumes, handing them over to the Ten Yama Kings of the Underworld to carry out the duties of the Lord of the Nether, thereby improving the cultivation efficiency of the Book of Life and Death.

Xu Yang could also take inspiration from them, crafting some “split volumes of the Earth Book” to distribute to the Earth Deity Cultivators of the Wandao School, who, in the myriad heavens and worlds, would cultivate using the Earth Deity Law to enhance the cultivation efficiency of the Earth Book.

Regardless, having them is better than not; after all, for Immortal Gods, time is the most precious yet the cheapest resource. Spending a few hundred thousand years to refine an infinitely potential Immortal Treasure is not an unacceptable matter.

Not to mention, the Earth Book, while being cultivated, can also serve as an Earth Deity magical treasure, useful both in production and in battle, giving no reason not to refine it.

This is the “gain from the Earth Book!”

The conflict of Ten Thousand Years in the Heavenly Secret Realm has passed over nine thousand years, and will soon reach its conclusion.

In these over nine thousand years, aside from the Earth Book, Xu Yang has also contemplated the Innate Five Directions Banner, the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife, the Spiritual Rhinoceros Divine Sword, among other Heaven-Connecting Secret Treasures, and will spend another thousand years in contemplation with San Yun over the mysteries of the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation.

As long as the demons do not come to provoke him, then everything will proceed smoothly, right up until the Heavenly Secret Realm reopens.

Therefore, Xu Yang needs to shift his focus, returning to the affairs of the current world.

After all, “the tree desires stillness, but the wind will not cease!”