Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme - Chapter 570

Chapter 570: Chapter 460: New Addition_2
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In the world of Dao and Law, there are many different demon races, and among them are prodigies like Phoenix Song, whose talents astound. Should she cultivate the Infant Transformation Divine Power and further purify her Five-Colored Phoenix bloodline, one can only imagine the exponential growth in her strength.

This single Divine Power alone has the potential to raise the overall might of the Wandao School by an entire tier. And if the remaining Heavenly Gang Methods can be collected and completed, the benefits to the Wandao School would be beyond imagination.

The above is the harvest of the Pill Origin Gathering!

With the Pill Origin Gathering concluded, what comes next…

Is, of course, a hermetic retreat!

Xu Yang was very much aware of his own capabilities. Now, as a newly advanced Mahayana cultivator, though his foundation was solid and his combat power extraordinary, able to confront an established Mahayana cultivator like Cloth Sack Arhat head-on, and even surpass him when unleashing his full strength and secret moves, that was all he could muster.

Even now, wielding the power of the White Jade Capital, he had only the hope of defeating Cloth Sack Arhat.

To win does not guarantee a killing blow, and to kill one does not ensure the elimination of multiple foes.

If Cloth Sack Arhat were to join forces with Pagoda-carrying Arhat and bring forth the Superior Immortal Implement, the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda, for a battle to the death, then victory would likely elude him.

What impact could such power have in a place like the Earth Immortal Realm?

At most, he could cause minor disturbances, nothing of significance, which did not align with his philosophy of “making big waves.”

Therefore, he decided to enter seclusion: first, to consolidate his Mahayana foundation and enhance his immortal power cultivation; second, to assimilate the gains from the Pill Origin Gathering and elevate his Immortal Spirit combat capabilities. Then, and only then, would he go out and stir up the winds and clouds of the Immortal Realm!

Thus…

Time flies, in the blink of an eye, six hundred years have passed.

Six hundred years later, it was still Wuzhuang Temple, still the Pill Origin Gathering.

Xu Yang raised his cup, laughing cheerfully, “Today marks the third opening of the Pill Origin Gathering. I am honored by the presence of my fellow Daoists, which brings glory to Wuzhuang Temple. I shall drink this cup in full to express my gratitude!”

“We celebrate with the great immortal!”

Upon hearing this, the cultivators also smiled and raised their cups in congratulations.

Xu Yang emptied his cup of wine, and looking around him, he saw familiar faces such as True Person Ziyang, Pure Jun Sword Lord, Peony Fairy, and the Great Roc King all seated there. And there were now more than twenty additional seats, all occupied by Mahayana True Immortals.

Looking further down the ranks, with hundreds of Integration cultivators at table after table, and innumerable Cultivators at the stage of Returning to Void and Becoming Divine, nearly ten thousand cultivators sat at the banquet, making it lively beyond compare.

In six hundred years, the Pill Origin Gathering, now held three times, had become the premier event in the South Observance Cultivation Realm. Cultivators from the orthodox Righteous Path and those neutral within South Observance almost all took part, making the event unprecedented in its grandeur.

To say the least, Wuzhuang Temple now, excluding the potential of having yet to witness the presence of a Tribulation Passing Immortal, was in no way inferior to the Immortal God Taoism in other aspects, and even surpassed it in some respects. It had, in fact, become a beacon of the orthodox Righteous Path in the South Observance Cultivation Realm, unmatched in its fame and well-known throughout the Four States.

Such are the achievements of the Pill Origin Gathering over seven hundred years, held three times.

Xu Yang sat down and the banquet ensued, with the cultivators tasting elixirs, drinking, discussing the Tao and the Law. The process was so familiar by now that it flowed smoothly, without needing his guidance; cultivators took the initiative to stand up and offer their Mana Points for everyone to study, passing on knowledge and engaging in harmonious joy.

Xu Yang sat at the table, discussing the Tao with others while reviewing his own attribute panel. There he noticed four new words had emerged under the teacher skill section.

Pill Origin Gathering!

Teacher skill, new characteristics added!

Since establishing the Divine Martial World, cultivating skills with characteristics like “Immortal Martial Dual Cultivation,” “War God’s Atlas,” and others, it had been a long time since he had acquired new skill characteristics. It seemed he had reached the world’s bottleneck.

Now in this Earth Immortal Realm, for over seven hundred years, no new characteristics had emerged until the opening of this third Pill Origin Gathering.

The Pill Origin Gathering had only been held three times, and so soon it had given rise to a related characteristic?

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Xu Yang was somewhat surprised, but on further thought, it seemed reasonable.

After years of research, Xu Yang had confirmed one thing: the principle behind the generation of skill characteristics.

On the surface, generating a skill characteristic seems to be a matter of performing an action, with the characteristic emerging over time and through repeated efforts.

Yet, having not produced any new skill characteristics in over ten thousand years across both the Divine Martial World and the World of Dao and Law, was this not somewhat illogical?

Therefore, Xu Yang deduced that the core of generating skill characteristics actually lies in the extent of one’s influence on the world, rather than merely enduring through time and accumulating repetitions.

As long as one’s actions influence the world, new skill characteristics can be generated. The more significant and far-reaching the impact, the higher the tier and the more powerful the effect of those characteristics.

The Pill Origin Gathering serves as an example. Although he had only hosted it three times to this day, each occasion had a tremendous impact, which is why just three events were enough to generate related skill characteristics.

Of course, this was just his speculation; there were still some doubts in certain areas. For instance, the paradoxical trait “Zhuanzhou Mengdie” from his mortal days in the main world. At that time, it seemed he hadn’t made any profound and significant impact on the world.

So, all in all, he still hadn’t fully resolved the matter of these “cheat codes” known as skill characteristics, let alone touched on their core or unearthed the true source.

Fortunately, he had a virtue: he didn’t obsess over insoluble mysteries. Dwelling on unsolvable truths was pointless, so he would cast them aside and revisit them in the future.

Looking at the present, he focused solely on the now.

Besides the “Pill Origin Gathering” teaching skill, a new skill characteristic had also been added to his Taoism abilities.

Daoist Law Ancestor!

This characteristic wasn’t developed by Kong Xuan but was a new achievement by “Li Liuxian” from the World of Dao and Law, an advanced version of the original “Daoist Celestial Master.”

This also demonstrated that the status of the World of Dao and Law was still ascending, breathing new life into a long-static skill characteristic.

The Pill Origin Gathering, Daoist Law Ancestor—what roles do these two new skill characteristics play?

As the name implies, the Pill Origin Gathering is meant to enhance the overall efficacy of the meeting, including its attractiveness to cultivators and the effects of pill evaluation, feasting, discussing the Dao, and preaching the law—every aspect is boosted.

The same Grass Return Elixir taken during the Pill Origin Gathering and taken normally would yield a difference, small but significantly noticeable.

What applies to evaluating pills also goes for the other facets; the effects of discussing the Dao and preaching the Law at the gathering are notably superior to those at other places, at other times.

However, these are secrets to outsiders, who can only admire the miraculous effects brought by the naturally outstanding people and the blessed land of Mount Longevity and the Wuzhuang Temple’s Cave Heaven.

That is the Pill Origin Gathering, and then there’s the Daoist Law Ancestor.

As an advanced trait of the “Daoist Celestial Master,” the Daoist Law Ancestor not only furthers the original foundation, enhancing all aspects of “Taoism” but also adds a new “Ancestor” characteristic.

This Ancestor characteristic, similar to the principle of the Martial Arts Scripture and Taoist Scriptures, allows all cultivators practicing his Taoism to become “Cultivation Accessories” to him, magnifying the might of his Taoist Divine Powers. The more followers of his Taoism, the stronger the Ancestor power.

Xu Yang had already conducted experiments. With the support of nearly 30 trillion Scholar’s Palace disciples from the World of Dao and Law, the might of his Taoist Divine Powers saw a significant boost and could even deal considerable damage to Mahayana cultivators.

It should be noted that the Li Liuxian of the World of Dao and Law is currently at the Integration level of cultivation, yet with the reinforcement of this skill characteristic, his Taoist Divine Power can severely injure Mahayana cultivators, achieving the feat of fighting across higher tiers.

This highlights the potency of the newly added characteristic, which Xu Yang immediately transferred over to support his incarnation in the Earth Immortal Realm.

The only downside was that only characteristics, not populations, could be transferred. Deprived of the trillion Scholar’s Palace disciples from the World of Dao and Law, the effect of the Daoist Law Ancestor was somewhat diminished.

However, that didn’t matter. As six hundred years had passed in the Earth Immortal Realm and six thousand in the World of Dao and Law, only the last three hundred years remained until the ten-thousand-year deadline of the Ascension Academy plan. Everything was progressing smoothly, and barring any accidents, he would lead the Ascension Academy into the Earth Immortal Realm after three hundred years.

The Ascension Academy could carry tens of millions of cultivators. Considering the efforts of the Wuzhuang Temple over the years in hosting the Pill Origin Gathering and spreading the Tao in the South Observance Continent, the power of the Daoist Law Ancestor would soon see a significant increase, becoming a major reliance for him to contend against the Tribulation Passing Immortals.

Thus, after seven hundred years of diverse and comprehensive efforts, he had firmly established himself in the Earth Immortal Realm. Now came the time to stir the winds of change and usher in an era of great momentum!