Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 366: 242: Century_1

Chapter 366: Chapter 242: Century_1

Time is merciless, and in the blink of an eye, a hundred years have passed.

The Canglan Sea, once known as Mispirit Island, now called Black Tortoise State.

A hundred years ago, White Jade Capital, having annexed the foundations of the Three Sects of Snow God, issued commands across the land. To utterly forbid the Five Viscera Pills technique, known as Scouring the Court and Sweeping the Den, the Five Palaces and Twelve Towers took action together, annihilating nine major Golden Core sects along with numerous scattered forces.

Mispirit Island was among them, its entire lineage extinguished, with none spared.

Since then, the world shuddered in fear, everyone felt the threat, and public sentiment surged violently.

Some endured in silence, acting covertly.

Some fled thousands of miles to escape their sharp edge.

Some pretended compliance while secretly opposing.

Some fought to the death, determined to go down together.

And some gritted their teeth and bowed their heads, accepting reality.

No matter what, White Jade Capital continued to act in the same way without change.

Therefore, throughout the long century, the world was turmoiled, filled with endless wars and smoke.

White Jade Capital, with three countries as its base, expanded in all directions. This place known as Black Tortoise State, connected by water to Chen Country, once called Mispirit Island, now serves as White Jade Capital’s frontier outpost.

At the same time, it is also a bustling Cultivation Market!

Centered on the original Mispirit Island, White Jade Capital turned the sea into land, constructing a market of a hundred islands on the periphery.

To call it a market is actually not accurate, it more closely resembles a city for cultivators.

In such a market, there is a constant stream of people, a bustling scene of carts and horses, teeming with life.

Over a hundred years, despite numerous killings during wars, the realm of cultivation did not decline but rather experienced a different kind of prosperity.

White Jade Capital, in order to put an end to the Five Viscera Pills technique, promoted substitutes like Spirit Talismans, which despite being far less effective, were superior in their ample supply and abundance, especially after the eradication of the Golden Core factions.

The method of the Five Viscera Pills used people as material, with those possessing a Spiritual Root being considered premium Spirit Material.

Such wicked pill techniques not only restricted population growth among the common folk but also affected the increase in the number of cultivators.

White Jade Capital’s ban on the Five Viscera Pills, coupled with the introduction of Spirit Talismans and Spirit Pills as alternatives, significantly reduced the incidence of using people for pill concoction. Both the population of the ordinary folk and the number of cultivators increased noticeably, and the cultivation realm developed and thrived as a result.

The only thing that declined was the quantity of Golden Cores.

White Jade Capital’s Spirit Talismans and Spirit Pills could indeed dissolve Demonic Qi, but their effects were nowhere near those of the Five Viscera Pills and Demon Transformation Spiritual Objects, although they made up for it in sheer numbers and sufficient supply.

But these Spirit Talismans and Spirit Pills were not provided for free.

Prices were clearly marked, with no credit offered!

If you wanted them, then pay with Spirit Stones; if you had no Spirit Stones, then trade materials for them. In any case, there was no such thing as a free lunch.

Although in this world, Yuan Spirit was abundant, natural resources were plentiful, and Spirit Stones were not scarce, nor were treasures from heaven and earth, White Jade Capital also launched various industries. In Spirit Plant Beast Taming, Formation Instruments, Elixir Skills, as long as you had a skill, you could always meet your needs. But cultivators by nature cherish their freedom; how could they be content to toil for others?

Armed with deadly weapons, the intent to kill arises spontaneously, and this is especially true for Golden Core cultivators.

If these Spirit Talismans and Spirit Pills could compare to Demon Transformation Spiritual Objects, then well and good, for the sake of achieving Corpse Resolution, one might endure.

But these Spirit Talismans and Spirit Pills are markedly inferior to Demon Transformation Spiritual Objects and cannot fulfill the needs of those with Golden Cores, let alone offer a glimpse of hope for Corpse Resolution.

With this in mind, who would willingly serve as another’s workhorse, barely surviving on just your Spirit Pills?

They would inevitably rebel!

If you rebel, you kill!

Under such a fundamental conflict, a large number of Golden Cores died horrible deaths, countless cultivators perished.

So much so that even today, the world is still wracked by war and conflict, and news frequently surfaces of some Golden Core power or some Golden Core Loose Cultivator being brutally suppressed by White Jade Capital for secretly practicing the Five Viscera Pills technique.

Under such conflicts, the number of Golden Cores has diminished significantly.

White Jade Capital also suffered losses, yet it still persisted stubbornly on its path.

Eventually, it has led to the current state of affairs…

“One Immortal atop, followed by two scholars and three Buddhist monks, under the Five Palaces and Twelve Towers!”

“What do you mean by one Immortal?”

“White Jade Immortal City, the Left Envoy Kong Xuan, is without a doubt, the first under heaven!”

“The two scholars emit a vast righteousness, with Supreme Meng Fuyao and Sect Master Li Qiankun also being top-notch figures.”

“The Buddhist Sect’s three monks, Venerable Longhua, Vajra Bright King, and Great Brahma Amitabha, are also grandmasters of their generation.”

“These six Corpse Resolution figures are the peerless beings of this world!”

“Within White Jade Capital, there are the Five Palaces: Yimu Azure Dragon, Xinjin White Tiger, Ding Fire Vermilion Bird, Kui Water Black Tortoise, Jitu Kylin, dominating the world, Golden Cores unrivaled, with rumors circling that they have already entered the Corpse Resolution Realm.”

“Beneath the Five Palaces, there are also the Twelve Tower Lords, who are also tremendously powerful among Golden Cores.”

“A hundred years ago, the world was dominated by Seven Sects, but later, the Three Sects of Snow God fell into the Demon Path, and White Jade Capital took their place, leaving only one scholar and three Buddhist sects.”

“Supported by Haoqi Sect and Three Buddha Gate, three new sects emerged, achieving Corpse Resolution, and the world returned to the pattern of Seven Sects.”

“But the key lies not in the Four Sects of Haoqi, but in White Jade Capital, which opened the ancient legacies. Without White Jade Capital’s intervention, where would the Four Sects obtain Spiritual Treasures to support the rise of new Corpse Resolution powers?”

“The Left Envoy of White Jade Capital, the number one Immortal under heaven, indeed lives up to his reputation!”

“The ancient legacies, how perilous they are, with formations laid upon formations, countless prohibitions, and Demon Objects hidden within. Even Immortals who have achieved Corpse Resolution face the peril of falling, yet it was effortlessly swept clean by that Immortal Envoy, unlocking everything.”

“Not everything, though. The most critical cores of these great legacies have not been deciphered.”

“If those cores are broken, we’re not just talking about Spiritual Treasures—there might even be hope for Immortal Artifacts!”

“…”

In the midst of the market, atop a tavern, some discussed the state of the world in spirited debate.

Some admired, while others were scornful, their voices murmuring critiques in the shadows.

“Hmph!”

“The number one Immortal under heaven?”

“What a grand title!”

“A person who hides their head but shows their tail, a masked petty figure, dares to claim to be the number one Immortal?”

“Without a tiger in the mountains, a monkey is crowned king, simply because no one is left in this day and age!”

“Left Envoy, hmph, to this extent, you still put on an act, what are you so afraid of?”