Exploring Immortality Cultivation
Chapter 435 - 188: Refining Again, Foundation Establishment, Pseudo Personality

A striking victory that turned the tables.

This was something neither Zhen Chan nor Sage Zhi Long had anticipated.

Wang Qi had only stepped onto the Immortal Dao a mere few years ago. Even with the profoundness of Immortal Techniques, how could he contend against the Demon Clan's will, cultivated over billions of years, and their military souls honed in countless bloody battles?

Yet, the reality was completely the opposite. Had Wang Qi truly subdued the opponent just by persuasion?

Wang Qi, facing the astonished gazes of the two, reverted back to his human form. He knew his own circumstances well. During the period when he was explaining mathematics to Sage Zhi Long, he continually used Holy Light to assault parts of his soul with his will. As soon as this part of will entered his soul, it got shattered, not even leaving the algorithms representing 'self-awareness' intact. However, the "Spirit Sense," or "information," repeatedly imprinted itself upon his soul, merging bit by bit with the Demon Clan's will, joining their "calculus" and steering this "calculus" in the direction he desired.

In the end, he threw in his entire consciousness and all of his Holy Light to merge with this will.

Now, the sphere of light in Wang Qi's hand was a crystallization of millions of years of the Demon Clan's will essence combined with human conscious intent, mixed with his own memories. Following that, he temporarily exited the dream, arriving inside his soul.

At this moment, his soul was exceptionally muddy, filled with countless impurities. Wang Qi employed the Visualization Method to gather these impurities bit by bit, then swept through them with Holy Light, creating order within the impurities, integrating them into one entity.

Then, he pushed the sphere carrying the pseudo personality into this soul body composed of "impurities." Once this system loaded with copious Spirit Sense and complex algorithms entered the soul body, Wang Qi immediately felt so full, as if a stone had been forcibly stuffed into his stomach.

"Finally, I can expel it whenever I wish..." Having done this, Wang Qi returned to the dream and spoke to Sage Zhi Long, "Senior, now we can discuss the matter of inheritance."

Sage Zhi Long sighed, "Such a brilliant technique… you surely wouldn't care about my Mana Infusion or Cultivation Technique…"

"For the Cultivation Technique, you can just record it on a Jade Slip for me; I absolutely cannot accept the Mana Infusion, let's talk about the Immortal Artifact instead," Wang Qi thought for a moment and then said. "Ancient Cultivation Science" is also one of today's subjects, studying both Ancient Methods and the evolutionary process of Human Clan's cultivation, a crossover field in Tianling Ridge and Spirit God Temple. Bringing back a set from the Ancient Mathematicians' heritage could exchange for dozens or hundreds of merits.

Sage Zhi Long nodded, waving his hand in the dream, projecting the appearance of an Immortal Artifact. It was a shoulder guard, just for one shoulder, not big, devoid of any extravagant decorations or barbs, all black just like the Mathematical God Ring, material almost jade-like.

"Shoulder guard 'Discrete,' comes with its own Immortal Technique… I guess you wouldn't be interested," Sage Zhi Long initially wanted to boast, but recalling the spells Wang Qi had just demonstrated, he spoke somewhat abashedly, "The basic function is the same as mathematics, with additional offensive and defensive capabilities, and it's exceptionally sturdy. Moreover, if combined with mathematics into a set and linked by Qi Intent, its computational power can even increase."

Wang Qi was not pleased at all. High computational power with no ability to perform advanced algorithms was of little use.

Thus, he tried putting forth the first request, "Senior, could you perhaps refine this Immortal Artifact for me?"

This was merely a notion borne out of a 'just in case' mindset; Wang Qi himself had no real expectations. Surprisingly, Zhi Long nodded and said, "It's possible."

Wang Qi was overjoyed, "Really?"

Even when Zhen Chan's cultivation was still present and Luofu Xuanqing Palace was at its peak, they hadn't managed to refine this ring!

"This is originally my Mathematical Sect's Immortal Artifact; here, although I am merely a segment of power left by my body, it is genuinely Immortal power, naturally capable of refining."

Wang Qi was initially overjoyed. However, Zhi Long then added, "However, refining the Immortal Artifact requires a great deal of power, and currently, I don't have enough power. But fortunately, when I chose this place for the inheritance, it was because this relic has remained undecayed for a million years, something that the people of that time couldn't achieve. I think of tampering with the Spirit Prohibition here so that I can steal the entire relic's power."

Wang Qi puzzledly asked, "Is there a problem?"

"The few outside are your enemies, right?" Zhi Long sighed, "That barrier could originally block those cultivators for 12 hours, but if I extract the relic's power, the barriers can only last another day, and then the whole relic will collapse in a short period of time."

Wang Qi's heart tightened.

Damn, did something unnecessary…

Those Ancient Method Practitioners were just inept and miscalculated the time; even if I hadn't come in, they wouldn't have gotten anything…

Wang Qi gritted his teeth, weighing the pros and cons, then asked, "Could you refine the Mathematical Ring together with it?" He also tugged at Zhen Chan, "By the way, don't refine this old man away or turn him into an Artifact Spirit."

Zhi Long nodded, "That would work, but the collapse of the ruins needs to be moved up even earlier, just a few two hours away."

Wang Qi nodded, "Okay, then refinement it is."

Zhen Chan was shocked, "What on earth are you trying to do?"

"It's time for Foundation Establishment," Wang Qi said with a smile. "As long as I establish a solid Magic Foundation, I need not fear the Ancient Golden Cores anymore; I won't be instantly killed and can easily escape."

Zhen Chan frowned, "Have you made thorough preparations?"

Wang Qi's tone was calm, "I have always been striving for perfection."

When it came to preparation for Foundation Establishment, nobody was more thorough than Wang Qi. In terms of theory, with his knowledge accumulated over two lifetimes, he was no less than a Grandmaster; in terms of Magic Foundation design, with systems from both Earth and Shenzhou integrated, and with the strong support from many talented individuals including Su Junyu and Chen Feng, not to mention Feng Luoyi, the number one Arithmetician of Shenzhou setting the final seal; in terms of mana, except for a few individuals like Ai Qinglan at the Qi Cultivation Stage, there had been no stronger Qi Refining Cultivator in the history of Shenzhou than Wang Qi.

With such accumulation, if he could not build a perfect Magic Foundation, then who in Shenzhou could?

Seeing this, Zhen Chan no longer opposed. Sage Zhi Long asked, "Young friend, do you have a preferred Artifact Refining Map?"

"Oh, I actually do." Wang Qi had this in mind all along and pulled out the refining diagram for his Seeking Dao Jade from the calculator storage space. This was actually part of the Dao Artifact Award, but the Seeking Dao Jade, being such an advanced calculator, was virtually impossible to replicate by the young talents who received it.

Sage Zhi Long looked at the calculator diagram for a while and awkwardly said, "I am sorry, I don't quite understand... could you explain these parts?"

Wang Qi held his forehead, "Sorry, Sage... I forgot about this..."

Modern Cultivators and Ancient Method Practitioners were indeed two entirely different systems.

Thinking this, Wang Qi shook his head, "While I explain this to you, Sage, I'd better deal with something inside my body first."

Once again, a sphere of light appeared in his hand. Then, as he exerted force, the light inside the sphere began to separate and then split into four, turning into red, blue, gold, and purple smaller light spheres.

"These represent zeal, cunning, glory, and joy—four kinds of thoughts," Wang Qi pondered. "I originally thought about splitting them according to the seven emotions and six desires, but aren't Demon Clan's emotions quite different from those of the Human Clan?"

Zhen Chan asked, "What are you doing?"

"If this pseudo will were complete, it would be hard to control; who knows when it might turn into a real will," Wang Qi pointed to his own head. "This contains elements of me, just imagine, if someone with the same talent as mine fell into the Evil Path, how much damage would it cause to Shenzhou?"

This kid... is hopeless...

Although unconvinced, Zhen Chan had to admit that Wang Qi made sense.

Wang Qi mischievously added a great deal of fabricated memories to these "pseudo personalities." Immediately afterward, he tossed the red light sphere upwards. The red light sphere instantly burst into a brilliant light.

"What is this?"

Wang Qi laughed, "I've relinquished some control of my body. My Upper Pure Spirit Treasure 'Self-Awareness' will form a new 'personality' with those Demon Clan memories, and this personality will take over the body operations. The useful memories among the Demon Clan consciousness will also flow into my body." Wang Qi then called to Zhi Long, who was examining the design diagram, "Please, Senior, open the Martial Arts Examination so that this pseudo personality can find a few opponents."

"Okay, okay." Zhi Long opened the restriction. The essence qi that had been brewing for ten thousand years burst forth, forming a mist that gradually transformed into the shape of a Demon Beast.

This spell was both real and illusory, truly amazing!

Wang Qi's body stood up. He slung his sword over his shoulder, his eyes revealing a cruelty that the original never had, and he laughed wildly at the Demon Beast, "Old man, making my entrance!"

Zhen Chan was dumbfounded, "This is..."

"A pseudo personality." Wang Qi's Self-Awareness shrugged, watching his own body screaming "Kill, kill, kill" as it charged toward the Demon Beast, then turned to address Sage Zhi Long, "Senior, we can start now." (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote recommendations, monthly tickets, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read on m.qidian.com.)

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