Exploring Immortality Cultivation
Chapter 460 - 213: In this world, liberal arts students also have prospects

After hearing Chen Feng's words, Wang Qi didn't immediately express opposition or amazement but asked, "Chen Feng, what is the basis for this theory you propose?"

Chen Feng replied, "From existing research on Divine Tao. My theory can explain all existing Divine Tao theories."

Wang Qi frowned, "That is to say, existing theories also work?"

Chen Feng generously admitted, "They believe that divine sacrifice and ceremonies belong to a category of spells, focusing the heart power of the masses and projecting it onto one person to become a divine spirit."

Wang Qi's frown deepened. Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity. If there exist two principles capable of explaining observed facts, then one should select the simpler one until more evidence is found. The Geocentric Theory could also perfectly explain all astronomical phenomena, with the Earth perpetually static and the Sun revolving around the Earth in an extremely complex orbit, while the other planets did likewise. Each planet moving in its own small circle, with the center of that circle moving in a larger one called the deferent around the Earth. Although this theory could provide explanations, compared with the Heliocentric Theory, it was many magnitudes more complex.

In terms of Divine Tao Theory, Chen Feng's "Religious System Theory" was undoubtedly an unnecessary entity, just like the endless epicycles and deferents in the Geocentric Theory.

Unless there was evidence that part of the Divine Tao Cultivation Method is inexplicable by current theories, necessitating the introduction of the concept of "Religion is a System," otherwise, Chen Feng's hypothesis would remain just that.

"Yes, there is," said Chen Feng, already confident, "The 'Triple Pure Lands' of the Holy Infant Sect."

The Holy Infant Sect was the greatest divine religion since ancient times. The most distinctive feature was that this religion didn't have Divine Spirit Cultivators. Ten thousand years ago, during the fierce battle between Luofu Xuanqing Palace and Emperor's Extreme Split Sky Dao, the Holy Infant Sect underwent an unprecedented change. Some witchcraft practitioners modified the doctrine and rituals, stripping the divine spirit power from the bodies of Divine Spirit Cultivators, making the Holy Infant god an independent existence, a metaphysical concept.

From then on, the development of the Holy Infant Sect was no longer constrained by the divine spirit itself.

And the Triple Pure Lands were the Divine Country that replaced the existence of a Personality God.

"Judging from the endless emergence of Mahayana Cultivators from the Holy Infant Sect, this 'Triple Pure Lands' Divine Country must certainly be a real entity. However, it is not like the smaller thousand-worlds, Cave Heaven Worlds already discovered, nor is it similar to the actual unknown Cosmos of Immortal Heaven," Chen Feng pointed to the sky, "Previous Divine Tao research has not touched upon the 'Triple Pure Lands.' The existing explanation is that it was merely a space temporarily opened by the spirit known as 'Divine Spirit' that would disappear along with the destruction of the Holy Infant Sect and the fall of the divine spirit."

"Your accomplishments in the Heavenly Material Circulation should not be low, so you should understand, right? This explanation also conflicts with the current mainstream space-time theories and observational phenomena. But what if we think about it differently? What if this entity, which has gathered the incense fire belief power of millions of Shenzhou people, was not a true Divine Country Pure Lands but a system instead?"

"That makes sense," Wang Qi nodded, "Then what about Human Dao? How do you plan to research Human Dao? How will you obtain the Power of Human Dao?"

"I developed the Divine Tao's Memory Body in order to study the system of Divine Tao, to decipher the methods of obtaining Divine Power through Divine Tao, and to summarize the laws of Divine Tao. On the other hand, I also hope that you and Youjia can help me research the laws of Human Dao, and in the end, replace the laws of Divine Tao with the laws of Human Dao to create an unprecedented Human Dao Technique!"

"Surprisingly reliable..." Wang Qi was slightly amazed, "That being said, this 'Human Dao Technique' of yours is quite different from the Human Dao Techniques in the Ancient Methods. Can you find a direction for research or some reference?"

The Ancient Methods also spoke of "Human Dao Techniques," but those were mostly the Emperor's Heart Methods, with the Emperor's Extreme Split Sky Dao being one of the representatives. These Human Dao Techniques and what Chen Feng referred to as Human Dao Techniques were, of course, fundamentally different.

Chen Feng nodded, "In the Middle Ages, there were those in Confucianism with divine skills able to spread their teachings across the world and even use their writings to kill. There were also sword cultivators who extracted sword intent from eternal poems and infused it into themselves... Why does your expression seem a bit peculiar?"

Wang Qi's face turned ashen as he shook his head, "Nothing, it's just that I suddenly feel like my worldview has been shaken."

This place... couldn't be the exclusive domain of some liberal arts student, could it? Full of elegance, where poetry can slay enemies, lyrics can annihilate armies, and writings can stabilize the world—that kind of place? What if, you know, my literary cultivation is actually quite good, I have famous poetry and lyrics memorized exceptionally well, could I condense the Wen Palace's literary courage in one day, verbally and literarily reprimand the Emperor for his lack of virtue within a week, stand against an entire nation, and then a month later "elevate oneself as a teacher for a hundred generations through a single phrase, establish laws for ten thousand generations", causing a consensus among the saints, followed immediately by overcoming the Heavenly Tribulation and achieving the status of a Yang God...

However, Chen Feng's next words pulled him back to reality, "Of course, Wang Qi, I don't want to just paint a picture of false hopes for you, so I won't hide it from you—this research carries a great deal of risk."

"Firstly, researching the Divine Tao is taboo within the Immortal Alliance, and the support that can be garnered will not be substantial, with even fewer references to the research of predecessors."

"Secondly, the Human Dao is elusive and difficult to model with mathematics. Youjia and I have exhausted all efforts, yet we have failed to find the critical variables."

Wang Qi extended his hand, "Give me the results of your research now—that's one of my rights, isn't it?"

Chen Feng handed over a thick booklet. As Wang Qi flipped through it, he saw it contained data on the Shenzhou population, annual grain production, industrial and commercial figures, tax revenue, among many other miscellaneous data. While he was perusing this "result," Chen Youjia also bashfully took out a piece of paper and hesitated for a long time before handing it over.

Wang Qi took it and saw that it contained some attempts at probability theory.

Chen Youjia turned his head away and said, "The transformation of the Human Dao is too complex, what I mean is to first attack probability to gain something approximate, then refine it step by step, eliminating uncertainty."

Due to insufficient theoretical tools and inherent flaws in the classical definition of probability, it was rare for Shenzhou to incorporate probability into theoretical considerations.

These things... were still a far cry from Chebyshev's Law of Large Numbers.

Wang Qi discussed probability theory separately with both Bao Xiaoya and Chen Youjia. The Poisson's Law of Large Numbers "discovered" in collaboration with Bao Xiaoya had already been published, but progress here had been slow, which greatly displeased Chen Youjia.

Wang Qi, however, sighed inwardly. Mathematical research was always counted in years. Don't look at the probability theory taught in high school on Earth as simple; just the matter of "with replacement" or "without replacement" in drawing lots took years for the pioneers of probability theory to ponder.

Bao Xiaoya herself was exceptionally talented and, with her own guidance, was able to turn a new page based on the Bo Family's mathematical foundation in a short time. As for Chen Youjia, that was a new chapter of his own making, and Wang Qi didn't dare to accelerate the progress too much to avoid suspicion.

Then...

Wang Qi looked again at the thick booklet given by Chen Feng.

That was the real trouble. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly tickets at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)

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