Exploring Immortality Cultivation
Chapter 502 - 256: Divine Tao, Human Dao, and the Seeds of the Industrial Revolution

"Edison?" Chen Youjia asked in confusion, "Are you referring to that predecessor from Thunder Pavilion?"

Wang Qi then remembered that Edison indeed had an equivalent. To the eyes of a Modern Cultivator, this person was entirely a first-class individual, devotedly researching spells and significantly promoting the application of electromagnetic spells.

Wang Qi suddenly felt that this equivalent was probably the most severely diminished in the new version of the world.

He thought this while remaining in the Guardian Room.

After clarifying the relationship between theory, technology, and Immortal Dao skills, Wang Qi finally felt suffocated for this inventor equivalent.

In Immortal Dao, the spells used for conquest were simply too numerous, with this category alone accounting for more than sixty percent. Among the remaining thirty percent, a significant portion supported cultivation practices like Alchemy, Feng Shui, and Caibu. Then there were measures against being Caibu-ed. In the end, even methods used for entertainment and indulgence in pleasure outnumbered those developed for productive growth.

Even Modern times, due to a thinking inertia lasting eighty thousand years, basically maintained this proportion. Apart from industrial-type Immortal Dao technology, which had developed significantly, the mainstream use of spells was still fight, fight, fight.

"Compared to that predecessor who played with spells, the great inventor on Earth was actually a little more formidable," Wang Qi thought. "At least many of his inventions changed society and altered history."

"Poverty only exists in a craft-based world. Humans use their brains for innovative development, and technological progress creates tremendous wealth, which is enough to drive away poverty." — This statement was Thomas Edison's creed and the pride of all technicians. Due to human's inherent reasons, relative poverty is hard to eliminate, but vertically comparing, a modern average person lives better in terms of diet than ancient emperors.

In terms of combat power alone, the Shenzhou Immortal Path far surpasses all Earth's technologies. However, from the perspective of civilization sustainability, Shenzhou Immortal Path falls short compared to Earth technology.

"Any modern country has an education system with a higher reach than that of Shenzhou. This is the foundation of entering the path."

"On Earth, every individual can express their own value and become part of the grand Human Dao."

"This is difficult to achieve in the dual structure of Immortal and Mortal in Shenzhou," Wang Qi pondered. The scientific literacy he'd recently cultivated as a behavioralist made him feel that there was something more to dig into in this vein.

"In such a structure of Immortal and Mortal, what else can mortals do besides producing more, fostering better descendants, and providing quality talent?"

Wang Qi simply split off another thread of thought, contemplating and recording simultaneously.

"First of all, mortals lack mana, which restricts what they can do. They have less physical strength than cultivators, less endurance than cultivators, are less meticulous than cultivators, and can't even stay in a high Spirit environment for too long..."

Earth people also can't control electricity, but using electrical appliances is no problem. Following this line of thought, it would also be possible to invent a machine that channels Spiritual Power naturally at the flip of a switch. However, such machinery would be limited in complexity, inevitably incapable of precision processing.

In other words, this was not very significant.

Modern Cultivators directly connect to the Qi Veins naturally existing within Heaven and Earth, drawing Outer Heaven Spiritual Energy, requiring very little medication. The materials for refining magic artifacts could be created from ordinary substances and Spiritual Energy. The most needed resources are materials with a constant Spiritual Energy Value, exactly the kind of materials mortals can never produce.

It was then that Wang Qi remembered Chen Feng's ambition. That guy wanted to pursue Human Dao through "Dao Morality" or to prove Dao Morality through Human Dao. Meanwhile, he was acting from self-interest, truly two completely different perspectives.

"A gentleman values righteousness, a petty man values profit…" Wang Qi sarcastically remarked to himself, "Who am I mocking?"

But when thinking about Chen Feng, Wang Qi unavoidably thought about another matter.

Divine Tao.

The next second, Wang Qi's expression drastically changed.

Chen Youjia remarked, "You can't even focus while having a midnight snack."

"It's nothing, nothing..."

Wang Qi, whose mind had remained outside, hurriedly paid attention, but his thoughts were tumultuously turning over inside.

Mortals couldn't integrate into the Immortal Dao System because those without Mana found it hard to control the products of Immortal Dao Civilization and could not provide anything useful for the Immortal Dao.

But... the technology that allowed mortals to have a trace of Spiritual Power had actually existed for a long time.

"Divine Tao... it's actually Divine Tao..." Wang Qi realized in shock, "Is Divine Tao Cultivation the key to sparking a technological revolution here?"

Divine Tao involves a connection between believers and Divine Spirits, where Divine Spirits can disperse a bit of strength into the believers' bodies, creating witches.

In a mere moment, Wang Qi began to contemplate the feasibility of this idea.

"It's feasible, indeed feasible... What the Immortal Alliance fears most is worshiping Divine Spirits, which could destroy the scientific spirit that dares to question everything and falsify the classics. However, if I modify some Divine Tao Teachings, creating a worship of non-Personality Gods, natural gods, or pantheism, and then disperse these forces into the bodies of the believers, I could create a group of laborer cultivators similar to witches... But this matter is very delicate, and a Heavenly Sword could strike out of the void if not handled carefully. It's risky, so this matter should be carefully planned."

Wang Qi made up his mind to consult Chen Feng about this once he got back. This was interesting, prestigious, and profitable...

Wang Qi also allocated another thread of his thoughts to pull Zhen Chan into a dream to inquire about Divine Tao knowledge, and then temporarily shelved this idea.

Opposing Divine Tao was the political correctness of the Immortal Alliance. There would undoubtedly be a huge controversy over the "Divine" and "Immortal" surnames.

Even if Wang Qi could indeed enable every mortal to be born with Mana, binding the Human Dao into a single force, tying together both the Immortal and Mortal realms.

"But another advantage of the Immortal Alliance is that it's essentially a research institute; as long as undeniable proof can be provided, even the most unimaginable things can be accepted."

"Analyzing Human Dao and constructing a Human Dao Cultivation Method that doesn't require usurping other's minds involves a lot of fields: biology, sociology, Spiritual Energy physics, systems theory..."

"But since it's now time to focus on researching technology, transforming all the theoretical knowledge into strength, then why not research Divine Tao? Just allocate two or three threads of thought to it!"

The newly minted behaviorist Wang Qi smiled.

Having just finished their midnight snacks, Chen Youjia was already used to Wang Qi showing strange expressions from time to time. Wang Qi didn't explain but called out loudly, "Boss, the bill, please!"

The boss, who was an honest man, hurried over, smiling and waving his hand, "No need, both of you. A gentleman has already paid the bill."

Wang Qi asked in surprise, "Who paid the money?"

Chen Youjia's reaction was much simpler. She gently kicked Wang Qi, as if to say, "See, we can't count this meal."

The boss carefully pointed at a table on the other side, "He said he's an old friend of this Young Master Wang."

Wang Qi looked up and saw Du Bin waving at him.

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