Chapter 1308 - 1408: The Legendary Realm

Of course, this is only a legend.

After all, in the entire domain of the "room," there has already been a very, very long time in which no one has advanced to the Primordial Realm. To advance to the Primordial Realm at this point is no longer merely a matter of whether one's talent is sufficient, but a matter of whether one's fortune is sufficient. Therefore, when the Primordial True Person decided to go beyond the palace walls this time,

it was not merely because Ye Tianfan had obtained the Chaos Divine Pearl and the Chaos Treasure Lotus. After all, with only these two Magical Treasures, the Primordial True Person would not have given rise to the idea of entering the world outside the walls. He would even, even if Ye Tianfan suggested it, carefully ponder over it.

But the reason the Primordial True Person agreed so quickly at that moment absolutely had other factors pushing it, and that factor was the interference of the Power of Heaven and Earth. Because of the existence of the Chaos Treasure Lotus, the Power of Heaven and Earth could sense that he possessed the capability to gain a foothold outside the walls, and since it was Ye Tianfan who proposed venturing beyond the walls to explore, the Chaos Divine Pearl could sense that someone wanted to go outside the walls. Thus, the Primordial True Person, who ought to have fallen into contemplation, had his thoughts directly interfered with by the Power of Heaven and Earth.

Of course, this kind of interference can't be simply called good or bad. After all, no one wishes to have their own thoughts interfered with; such a situation is simply too repulsive.

Even if the Primordial True Person knew that his thoughts were being controlled by the Power of Heaven and Earth, he would still find ways to strengthen his own mind. Even if it was an exercise in futility, he would still strive to reinforce the defenses within his sea of consciousness. After all, no one wants anyone to be able to meddle with their thoughts, and this interference is not merely verbal, but strikes at the very root.

It is like if the Primordial True Person wanted to do something, but someone directly altered his thoughts and forbade him from doing it. This sort of thing would not only terrify the Primordial True Person; anyone in his place would be terrified. Even a useless salted-fish good-for-nothing would be frightened by such a situation, for an ability that can control a person's thoughts is, whether judged from the righteous path or the demonic path, an extremely sinister power.

Faced with such an ability, there is simply no way to resist. Fortunately, the Primordial True Person did not know that such a thing had happened, and Ye Tianfan did not know either. The interference was not overly obvious, nor was it a sudden reversal in attitude. That kind of meddling gave no room for anyone to spot any flaws. Even those senior and junior brothers who had been with the Primordial True Person for many years saw no cracks, for this was the first time they had ever encountered such a matter.

Moreover, the Magical Treasures Ye Tianfan brought out were indeed capable of ensuring survival beyond the walls. Thus everyone calmly accepted this matter and did not find it strange, while Ye Tianfan, having had little contact with the Primordial True Person, did not know what the Primordial True Person's true reaction was.

However, even if the Power of Heaven and Earth had not interfered with him, in most circumstances the Primordial True Person would still have agreed to them going outside the walls. After all, this matter in itself was a great event. Furthermore, it could enhance the overall strength of those within the walls, granting them a chance to enter the Primordial Realm. This is the kind of opportunity no one would wish to miss. Even if the Primordial True Person refused, once other Sects learned of it, they would also force him to agree.

After all, this was not merely for the sake of their own Sect, but for all the Sects under heaven. The entire cultivation world's resources had been consumed at an alarming rate. Even if the Primordial True Person disagreed, after several thousand years, once all resources in the cultivation world were exhausted, the cultivation world would gradually become a world where no one cultivated immortality, and in that case the entire world would slowly head toward destruction.

Of course, this destruction refers only to the destruction of the cultivation system, not the destruction of everything else. Once the cultivation system collapses, other systems will emerge to replace it—for example, systems that focus on strengthening the body, practicing martial arts, and so forth. It is even possible that the qijin of Ye Tianfan's previous life would appear.

Of course, such a situation would require hundreds or even thousands of years of development before it could slowly reach the level of Ye Tianfan's previous life.

And once that time truly arrives, the entire cultivation world will enter an era of flourishing diversity. After all, at that point everyone's single-minded focus will no longer be on cultivating Spiritual Power, and once Spiritual Power disappears, then, to maintain their transcendent status, people will certainly seek other methods.

At that time it will be like the world Ye Tianfan once lived in: all kinds of Sects will arise—whether in saber arts or sword arts, whether physicians or craftsmen—there will be people who carry these disciplines forward. Once true cultivation is gone, all that remains is to refine such skills.

Because with the existence of Spiritual Power, they had only ever crudely and directly used it to condense techniques and then blast their enemies apart. But without Spiritual Power, everyone will be forced to rely on their own fleshly bodies to seek other means, and the methods they can think of will only be those skills they once disdained, then to cultivate those skills to the utmost peak.

In that way, they will once more attain a status akin to that of cultivators—transcendent above the masses.

Of course, the transcendent status of that era will inevitably be far lower than the transcendent status of today. At present, to slaughter a city requires only two or three Immortal Techniques.

But by that time, anyone who wants to slaughter a city will be counter-killed by the people within that city.

After all, during the age of cultivation, it is easy to achieve the feat of one against ten thousand, but in the absence of Spiritual Power, with only physical force in the near term, being able to fight one against ten is already impressive, and there could even be cases where a flurry of messy punches kills a veteran master.

At that time, the difference in physique between ordinary people and those Martial Artists will not be that great. Some strong, robust farmers could even be comparable to Martial Artists who have trained for several years.

Of course, this description applies only to the situation after Spiritual Power disappears. Before Spiritual Power vanishes, they will still stand above others and remain in a transcendent position.

Therefore the Power of Heaven and Earth has grown somewhat anxious; it does not wish to see a world bereft of Spiritual Power. Thus, it quietly and subtly altered the thoughts of the Primordial True Person, causing him to agree at once to Ye Tianfan's proposal and to follow him beyond the walls.

As for the rest—such as the Primordial True Person summoning the Sect Leaders of all Sects under heaven to journey beyond the walls together—those were the Primordial True Person's own true intentions. The Power of Heaven and Earth did not overly interfere with his thoughts; it merely prompted him to agree to the single idea of going beyond the walls together to seize territory.

After all, the Primordial True Person himself is not a selfish, self-serving person, so many of his thoughts are aimed at securing benefits for the entire cultivation world.