Exploring Immortality Cultivation
Chapter 434 - 187: The Glowing Wang Qi, the Myth of Evolution

The peculiar question and answer session went on for a lengthy period of time.

In the meantime, demon beasts continually leapt down from the "stage," charging towards Wang Qi. In this dream, the "stage" represented parts of Wang Qi's soul, while the "stands" were the thoughts of Wang Qi's brain. The brain and soul are both organs of thought, and Wang Qi's clumsy partitioning had not isolated them completely; the soul's fluctuations could still affect the brain.

These demon wills were harmless on the stage, but once they entered the "stands," they became fiercely threatening and imposing. It was like how characters on TV destroying heavens and earth is all for naught, but if, all of a sudden, the space within the TV and outside it were linked, even the most ordinary foot soldier could kill the person watching TV. These powers, nurtured over a million years, were easily subdued by Wang Qi due to the special physique of the Human Clan, but any sliver of those thoughts was more than Wang Qi could directly withstand.

Luckily, Sage Zhi Long was there. Even all those thoughts combined were insufficient compared to this true immortal whose thoughts were pure. And this immortal, with his entire heart and spirit captivated by the mathematics Wang Qi spoke of, how could he allow these little demons to intrude?

The sage wanted to hear about mathematics, could those demon monsters dare to linger?

Without waiting for Zhen Chan, who should have acted as a guard, to move, Sage Zhi Long personally took action and shattered all the thoughts.

Wang Qi tried his best to answer the questions he was capable of answering. However, the gap between the two individuals wasn't just a matter of personal skill, but a disparity accumulated through thousands of years and by countless talents; moreover, Sage Zhi Long was not the original entity but just a virtual spirit left to guard the legacy, with extremely limited learning capacity. In the end, Sage Zhi Long sighed, "Alright, I understand now, the Mathematical Sect of today is far stronger than us."

Wang Qi saw his wistful expression and felt some sympathy, "Elder..."

"You are right, the waves behind drive on those before," Sage Zhi Long waved his hand, "Seeing the path of mathematics thriving and glorious, I'm still very happy… I can rest easy now."

"After fifty thousand years, our path still exists, known and utilized by all."

This was the ideal of every Middle Ages Cultivator. Compared to the Ancient Method Practitioners of the late Near Ancient period, the sages of the Middle Ages were, in fact, closer to the Modern Cultivators. Their path also permeated the Human Dao, eventually giving rise to the Modern Method of today after fifty thousand years.

This is the Heart of Seeking.

Sage Zhi Long stood dazed for a long time before he let go of his sentimentality, "Alright, we've delayed enough; let's talk about the legacy."

Wang Qi shook his head, "Let me deal with these foreign wills first."

Sage Zhi Long asked, "Do you need my help? Is that why you said no to mana infusion, to deal with this?"

The quality of the new successor already far exceeded the imagination of Zhi Long, the "Unmoving Arrow," from fifty thousand years ago, so this "Sage Zhi Long" was particularly amenable.

Wang Qi shook his head, "No need."

The so-called "wills," the so-called "xinling," are nothing more than a bunch of processable data named "memory" combined with a random algorithm called "consciousness" forming a negative entropy system.

The so-called "realms," the so-called "mental state," are similar to "intuition" and "mental realm" in games, merely a type of packaged approximate algorithm.

Unmanageable. Great Will? Highly Mysterious Immortal Heart? Supreme Enlightenment? Those too are just more complex, more special "algorithms," nothing more.

Nothing is "unprocessible," unmanageable.

Moreover, this will that spanned a million years was already in utter chaos, so as a "system," its complexity could be ignored.

"If this thing were contaminating the brain, I'd really have no good solutions. Even with the Life Flame, not being familiar with the neural structure of the brain means I couldn't operate on myself. But, it's just the soul!" Wang Qi strode alone towards the "stage," touching the invisible "fourth wall": "The soul isn't suitable for storing memories, hence for Cultivators in the initial stages of the Human Clan, it's merely an auxiliary organ, repairable at leisure even if damaged. Compared to a body made of organic materials, the purely Spiritual Energy-constructed Soul Field is much easier to restore."

In that case, even an outsider like me is confident in performing major surgery on my own soul, as long as I'm suffused with the Holy Light.

Zhen Chan exclaimed in shock, "Think this through carefully…"

"The will of the Demon Clan that seeped into my soul was able to affect the thoughts in my brain, just as my brain can also influence the soul," Wang Qi explained with confidence, "With the help of Holy Light, I had been continually infusing my own will into the soul while I was just explaining Mathematics to my senior. Now, on the other side of the stage, my will, the will of the Demon Clan, and the foreign soul power, including my own soul, have all mixed together, indistinct from each other."

"Now, I just need to solidify them into a 'Fake Will,' a 'Pseudo Personality,' and then use the foreign soul power to carry this 'Pseudo Personality,' creating an independent new soul, and then expel all the 'impurities' from the body in one go."

Sage Zhi Long was astonished, "You can really do that?"

Wang Qi returned a radiant smile, "Believe me, you can also become light!"

Sage Zhi Long felt that this statement was somewhat off-topic and wanted to ask more. But before he could ask, Wang Qi really turned into light.

This is a dream world, where everything is possible with Visualization.

The dream world and reality have a special corresponding relationship, and the study that analyzes this relationship is psychology. Wang Qi wasn't deeply versed in psychology, but he at least knew that his Holy Light originated from the brilliance of his will, and visualizing himself becoming light was more conducive to the power of the Holy Light he emitted.

Wang Qi transformed into a giant made of light and then stepped forward, crossing the "fourth wall" that lay between the "stage" and the "stands." The invisible wall of reality vanished. The will of the Demon Beasts began to revel.

The giant of light seemed utterly outmatched in this tide of blood. But strands of thought, carried by the fog of light formed by the Holy Light, dispersed like smoke, winding and flowing among countless fragments of consciousness. The desolate and robust aura of a hundred million years ago, as well as the power of the Demon Clan that roared through heaven and earth, seemed to transform into a wheel, rolling fiercely towards him.

Billions of years of evolution, an unending chain of the fighting will accumulated by generations upon generations of life beings! The pride of being unparalleled in all of Heaven and Earth!

"But that's pointless," Wang Qi replied to this Ancient Will with just a smile, "Fight? We're all civilized beings here, isn't fighting a bit uncouth?"

As Wang Qi spoke, the scene on the "stage" began to change.

For the first time among the countless fighting Demon Clan, "cooperation" emerged. Demon Creatures with human-like appearances ignited the flame of civilization and started to band together.

This was the Spirit Sense of Wang Qi's will that he had infused into the soul. Under the crushing pressure of the Demon Beast's will, his fragile self and Spiritual Treasure had already shattered. But the cultural sediment accumulated within his willpower, the collective unconscious, subtly influenced the Demon Clan.

"Life is Negative Entropy, and so is civilization."

"Civilization progresses from lower to higher, from Chaos to Order. What doesn't fit the 'Ancestral System' or 'Ancient System' is discarded. At the same time, more rules are established."

In the sea of consciousness, the Demon Beasts' cooperation became more orderly, and those incapable of cooperation were eradicated.

"This is a unique path of evolution. Cooperation enhances efficiency, which in turn frees individuals from the heavy burden of survival, allowing for contemplation. And so tools were invented."

"Strong physique? Sharp teeth and claws? Innate Divine Abilities? I have none of these, but what are those compared to the tools in my hands?"

Under Wang Qi's will, the gathered Demon Beasts began to use fire, to use tools. Once more individuals were freed from arduous labor, primitive Cultivation methods and primitive Magic Artifacts appeared...

This was the evolution path of the Human Clan. The body is transient, teeth and claws inadequate for defense. Wisdom is the foundation of the Human Clan! Civilization is the accomplishment of the Human Clan!

By this stage, the "Demon Beasts" gradually lost their alien appearance, taking on the form of "humans."

All chaotic wills were decisively resolved by them.

"When all these wills are unified by 'civilization,' it means they have already been assimilated into the 'Human Will,'" Wang Qi raised his hands high, and all the "humans' " illusions crumbled into light, gathering in his hands, "Since it is the Human Will, it should acknowledge Order. Therefore, come together, or rather, convert."

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