Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Within the Mirage Dragon Abyss, in the White Jade Capital.

Xu Yang sat upright in his Daoist Palace, when he saw the void shatter and transform into the silhouette of a person.

The person descended, sat down heavily, and a beam of golden light flew out, entering between Xu Yang's brows.

It was the Daoist Sun God!

With the return of the Yang God, Xu Yang opened his eyes, and with a sweep of his sleeve, he collected the broken War God Mech Armor before him.

Time flowed gently, and in the blink of an eye, more than thirty years passed.

Although cultivators perceive time differently than ordinary people, thirty years still constituted a considerable period.

In these thirty years, he roamed across the Northern Domain, leaving numerous traces of his presence in both the remote frontiers of Siye and the heartland of the Central Plains.

Through auctions, trades, and gifting precious treasures, he disseminated the Taoist Martial Two Scriptures far and wide, from the borders of Siye to the Central Plains heartland, successfully adding a large number of cultivation accessories for himself.

Additionally, he used the method of 'fishing', biding his time and then striking to kill numerous Robbing Cultivators. He even wiped out several merchant associations and sects, looting their resources and greatly accelerating the development of the White Jade Capital.

Overall, it was very successful, extremely satisfying.

But that was as far as it would go!

The Holy Land of an Immortal Sects is, after all, a Holy Land with legacies spanning hundreds of thousands of years, and its potentiality far surpasses what ordinary people can imagine.

Although they are currently in a state of utter disarray because of his actions, running ragged, it's because they still do not understand his motives and are unwilling to pay a hefty price to deal with him—a minor character who isn't even a Mahayana yet.

If he were to press further, forcing these Immortal Sect Holy Lands into a corner, they would call upon their true potential. Even if they could not find his true body hidden in the Southern Sea, capturing his external incarnation that walked the earth would be no problem at all.

Therefore, the propagation of the Taoist Martial Two Scriptures must come to a temporary halt.

With his current assets, a Daoist Sun God incarnation, and a piece of Immortal Spirit Mech Armor, he could afford the sacrifice, but as a thrifty Taoist Master, such meaningless expenditure was truly unnecessary.

Now that the Taoist Martial Two Scriptures had spread throughout the Northern Domain, further tampering would not add many more cultivators to its fold, and he would have to bear the risk of being hunted by the ten great Holy Lands. One misstep could lead to the loss of both a Daoist Sun God incarnation and an Immortal Spirit Mech Armor.

The rewards did not justify the risks. Engaging in such thankless and tiresome affairs was indeed unnecessary.

Thus, the plan to propagate the cultivation technique was temporarily shelved.

Following the shelving of the scripture dissemination, Xu Yang did not have much else to do.

In the White Jade Capital, everything was developing systematically and methodically, merely awaiting the accumulation of time to bear fruit.

In terms of cultivation, it was similar. Having disseminated the Taoist Martial Two Scriptures across the Northern Domain and added a great number of cultivation accessories, he would be able to quickly raise his cultivation and then start refining the Ground-Departing Flame Light Banner and the Top-Grade Immortal Spirit Mech Armor.

All these required no further discussion; they relied on the grinding of time, as only when water flows can a channel be formed.

The troublesome aspect was Shi Feixuan, no, Meng Fanying.

Xu Yang had considered bringing her back directly, but the presence of the Manjusri Sword Imprint made him abandon that idea.

Although he possessed the Escaping One, unafraid of any Heavenly Mechanism calculation, the Manjusri Sword Imprint had nothing to do with such divinations.

If he were to take Meng Fanying away, allowing the Purity Temple to locate the Mirage Dragon Abyss through the Manjusri Sword Imprint and discover the White Jade Capital, then the years of effort by the Wandao School would be wasted—if not entirely obliterated, at the very least severely compromised.

As the Taoist Master of Ten Thousand Dao, he could not let emotions dictate his actions, making such an irrational choice.

Not only was there the concern of Meng Fanying and the Manjusri Sword Imprint, but in the years of his widespread "self-defense counterattacks" and accumulation of spiritual objects and captives, he was selective—rejecting anything problematic.

What could be released was released, what could not was killed, and any suspicious items were buried elsewhere, never to be brought back to the Mirage Dragon Abyss.

You can't blame him for being so cautious. Those Immortal Sect Holy Lands had legacies lasting for hundreds of thousands of years and had all sorts of strange methods at their disposal. It was not guaranteed they could not evade the surveillance of his Admiring Eye of Heaven; hence, caution was vital in all his actions.

The presence of the Manjusri Sword Imprint meant he could not bring Meng Fanying back to his side, but could he find a way to resolve the problem?

Of course!

From his journey to the Earth Immortal Realm, Xu Yang gained much, from various Supernatural Secret Techniques to Skill Characteristics and other means. Removing a Mahayana's Manjusri Sword Imprint was not an issue—just a matter of attempting it multiple times.

Xu Yang had already begun preparations in this regard and had passed on the Heavenly Gang Method "Wandering Spirit to Control Qi", obtained from the Heavenly Court, to Meng Fanying.

This Heavenly Gang Divine Power specializes in refining the Primordial Spirit. Once it reaches the Dharma Body Realm, it doesn't matter if one is not Mahayana; it allows the Primordial Spirit to leave the physical body, to exist eternally without death, and even continue to cultivate and Prove the Dao to become an Immortal.

According to the classics of the Earth Immortal Realm, in Ancient Times, there were no few such immortals known as Primordial Spirit Scatter Immortals.

Having cultivated this Divine Power, Meng Fanying would not suffer significant harm when later removing the Manjusri Sword Imprint.

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But to remove the Manjusri Sword Imprint is only the worst choice.

If possible, Xu Yang still hoped that Meng Fanying would master this extraordinary Buddhist cultivation technique.

He was a pragmatist; to him, Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism were indistinct, simply forms of power. Whatever worked was worth adopting, and whatever didn't was discarded—there were no sectarian biases or distinctions of kinship.

Therefore, he did not mind Meng Fanying practicing the Buddhist techniques; on the contrary, he hoped she would succeed.

In doing so, when he later subdued Purity Temple and even the entire Buddhism in the Northern Domain, he would face much less resistance.

What, annihilate a sect?

One shouldn't be so impulsive, hastily exterminating entire lineages.

If you don't talk to them first, how could you know they wouldn't want to cooperate with you?

Annihilation and such can wait until negotiations fail.

If it really doesn't work out, let Meng Fanying switch to another practice. After all, the Earth Immortal Realm also has Buddhist traditions. Once the cooperation with Heavenly Court is solidified, they could even open up the mecha market to the West Bovine He Continent and take some advantage of those monks.

In conclusion, Xu Yang did not bring Meng Fanying back to his side but only planned to meet with her from time to time when his Yang God ventured out.

Speaking of Meng Fanying, one could not forget about Miss Xin Shisi.

From North City Academy, to the Wandao School, Miss Xin Shisi had accompanied him for over two thousand years in the World of Dao and Law, only to be reborn in this world through the method of reincarnation, which by now had been hundreds of years.

Xu Yang never favored the new over the old nor the old over the new. Over the years, he had been looking for traces of Miss Xin Shisi, but he had found nothing, not even with the Admiring Eye of Heaven and the method of Heavenly Mechanism Inquiry—everything was chaos, her life or death unknown.

Where had she been reborn, and what was her current situation?

Xu Yang did not know, but if it was not unexpected, she should not be in the Northern Domain.

If she were in the Northern Domain, with his current level of cultivation, even if he couldn't determine her exact location, it wouldn't be completely chaotic without any clues.

If not in the Northern Domain, could she be in one of the other four domains, or the lands of demons, or the boundless ocean?

Xu Yang was not sure.

However, no matter what, her personal safety should be somewhat assured, for he had expended a great deal of Divine Soul power for her reincarnation, and she should've regained her past wisdom quite quickly.

As long as her past wisdom was restored, with the various skills Xu Yang had taught her, embarking on the path of cultivation or even standing firm in a territory would not be difficult.

Once her strength improved further and the Wandao School was firmly established in the Northern Domain, he would enter the Endless Sea and go to the other four domains to find her.

Xu Yang believed that this day would not be too far off!

Having spoken of the two, the rest was about himself.

The matters of the current world were mostly tied up; what followed was to lie in wait and develop, allowing time to ripen the fruits.

The strategy returned to the Dream World.

Within the dream, there were three worlds, each undergoing their own development.

Xu Qingyang was managing the Divine Martial World.

Li Liuxian presided over the World of Dao and Law.

Zhen Yuanzi was conquering the Earth Immortal Realm.

Each had their duties, each had their developments.

The Divine Martial World and the World of Dao and Law both had the "demonic calamity" as a hidden danger. Although it had not erupted yet, preventing further steps, they could only develop in due course, meet soldiers with arms and stem water with earth.

As for the Earth Immortal Realm, with the present strength of the Wandao School, they could only hold their ground in the South Observance Continent, while also using the Ascension Platform to strategize the subjugation of the lower worlds.

It was not wise to break the structure of the Four States and Two Domains, especially when the Nine Tribulations True Immortal above might take desperate actions and leave everything in ashes if pushed too far.

Therefore, in the short term, there would be no significant changes in the three dream worlds, nor was it advisable to stir up too much.

But what was Xu Yang's personality like?

He would feel uncomfortable if he didn't stir up some trouble!

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Xu Yang smiled, closed his eyes, and reentered the dream.

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