The Sims: I Open the Immortal Path for All Beings

Chapter 1338: Chapters 1286-1287: Overcoming Difficulties to Assassinate Form, Yi Suan’s Strategy Chapter 1338: Chapters 1286-1287: Overcoming Difficulties to Assassinate Form, Yi Suan’s Strategy Heavenly Gate residence.

In just a few short years, the once renowned Second Tier Power, the Myriad Laws Building, had almost vanished without a trace, transforming into a cultivation Holy Land that countless martial artists yearned for.

Ever since the heavenly gate and the envoys from various imperial courts and Holy Lands reached an agreement, expressing their willingness to share their cultivation methods with martial artists from all sides, many other powers followed suit.

In just a few years, a huge Taoist Academy was built here, attracting martial artists from the imperial courts, Second Tier Powers, and independent practitioners seeking knowledge.

Of course, not to mention the independent practitioners who managed to come here to study, the martial artists sent by various powers were actually not their most core practitioners. Facing an entirely new cultivation law enforcement, they dared not let their most valued successors undertake it, fearing it would affect them.

With the tacit approval of the heavenly gate, some common cultivation methods were taken back to many imperial courts, Holy Lands, and various powers.

As for these Taoist skills, or rather the cultivation concepts behind them, the opinions among the great ancient emperors and martial artists in the King Realm were mixed.

After all, the local Martial Arts and the Immortal Path of the Great Ming World were essentially two completely different paths; what they had in common was the Path of Human Immortal that was taught within them.

However, unlike the profound techniques of martial artists, the Path of Human Immortal’s cultivation of oneself caused great conflict with their training.

These great ancient emperors had cultivated to this stage; even if they had never trained in such an unfamiliar system, they were able to see through the appearance to its essence. The “Taoist Skill” passed down by the heavenly gate indeed was a cultivation system that did not pale in comparison to, or even surpassed, Martial Arts.

But Taoist Skill and Martial Arts were in conflict; there were overlaps, yet there were also exclusions and collisions, as well as attractions. It was not easy to train in this system without any reservations.

Sometimes, the reason many strong beings do not move forward might simply be because they haven’t seen where that glimmer of light resides. With this Taoist Skill introduced by the heavenly gate, even if it’s only the most rudimentary, the way and the skill within it allowed many great ancient emperors to see through the direction, to break through the darkness, and to understand where the path ahead lay.

However, knowing the path ahead and whether one really wants to embark on it are entirely different concepts.

Especially for those great ancient emperors who have seen the path, they are even more aware that as they begin to absorb this Taoist Skill and draw from its essence, they will inevitably be affected, allowing Martial Arts to become a part of Taoist Skill.

In other words, they would lose the independence and purity of Martial Arts. Even if they were to forge a new cultivation path in the future, it would no longer be Martial Arts.

The question now is whether to accept Taoist Skill and take a different path.

Or to continue to hold onto their beliefs, reject Taoist Skill, and insist on following the path of Martial Arts, fully remedying its shortcomings.

This is an important decision.

Just as Pei Xuanjing predicted when he proposed this plan, every strong being has their own understanding and ideology. When interests conflict with ideologies, the choices they have to make are far from simple.

Take, for example, this method of cultural erosion employed by the heavenly gate. Even if these powerful beings have not experienced or are unaware of the intricacies involved, they need not look further.

They only need to see one result: as the Taoist Skill continues to spread and its influence grows, Martial Arts appears to be declining. That is the answer.

Every Emperor and Ancient Emperor who has reached this stage is extremely clever. Having seen this, they divided into two groups: conservatives and progressives.

Supporters and opponents.

“Even without a deeper level of cultivation method, this is already enough for those great ancient emperors,” Star Lord Yi Suan muttered as he perused the intelligence gathered.

These were the messages they had received from many imperial courts and Holy Lands, judging from whether these empires and courts allowed the new method to spread, whether they actively promoted it or deliberately suppressed it, one could discern their attitudes to some extent.

Clearly, even if it was only the most basic Taoist Skill, it was enough for the great ancient emperors and Holy Lords to infer the whole from a glimpse.

As for the Second Tier Powers, they were not currently the focus. It wasn’t that the opinions of these forces weren’t important, but they were a notch below the many great ancient emperors and also because the heavenly gate had not yet established itself for long enough to properly infiltrate them.

“Time is ultimately too short. Everything still needs to ferment, needs to settle, requires their careful consideration. Their current actions can’t represent much,” the Fate Controller said with a slight shake of her head, not convinced.

The time is still too short. The stakes involved are too great. Not even those great ancient emperors could easily make a decision, so in her view, there’s no need to rush to conclusions.

To change one’s cultivation path may sound simple, but the actual process is incredibly difficult.

To give up one’s way of cultivation that has been pursued for tens of thousands of years and accept an entirely new way requires sufficient determination and wisdom. As the Emperor Monarch puts it, for these great ancient emperors and Holy Lords, the sunk costs are far too great to make a hasty decision.

“Moreover, they might also be waiting, waiting for the reactions of others, to see what we truly rely on. Or perhaps to see if they can have their cake and eat it too. After all, from the performance of Fire Virtue Star Lord, they inevitably think we are holding back secrets,” frowned Wood Virtue Star Lord.