The only way

Chapter 933 The Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth, The Struggle for Creation
The Path of Ghost Cultivation...

Spatial rift...

Mahayana Buddhism is difficult, and ascension to immortality is hopeless...

Even though Ling Chu was already a Nascent Soul cultivator, whose physical body was immune to heat and cold and rarely suffered from any diseases, at this moment he only felt that his hands and feet were cold, and his usually clear mind was also chaotic and blank.

She believed herself to be quite talented in the path of cultivation, born into one of the five great immortal sects, and possessing extraordinary abilities. She could attain the Nascent Soul stage, the Divine Transformation stage, the Mahayana stage, and the Ascension stage.

But now that she's told that Mahayana Buddhism is difficult and ascension is hopeless, how can she accept it!

As the leader of one of the five great immortal sects in the Eastern Continent, Chonghe Zhenjun, a Nascent Soul cultivator, was naturally a person of exceptional talent.

As individuals with exceptional talent, they were naturally unwilling to accept the hopelessness of ascension.

For the first time, Ling Chu saw undisguised ambition and resentment in the usually calm and clear eyes of Sect Leader Chong and True Lord.

"The Great Dao is fifty, the Heavenly Evolution is forty-nine, and humanity escapes one," Chonghe Zhenjun straightened his back and looked intently at Lingchu. "Even if the world faces calamity, there is still a glimmer of hope. We cultivators have always defied the heavens and fought against the world for longevity. Now that the world is facing a great calamity, we are naturally unwilling to sit and wait for death!"

Ling Chu felt a surge of ambition rising in her heart at the sect leader's words, but at the same time, she was also startled by the sect leader's burning eyes.

After a slight hesitation, Ling Chu felt something and once again asked the question that had been lingering in her mind for a long time, "Is the glimmer of hope in the sect leader's sect related to this demon invasion?"

Or is it that the five major immortal sects were truly unable to stop this demonic invasion? Was there really no other way to abandon Yunzhou? Or was the demonic race truly coveting the riches of human territory?

At first, Ling Chu really had no doubts, because the five major immortal sects all reacted normally after learning about the demon race.

Gather intelligence, cut off the passage between the two races, protect mortals, drive out the demons, and deploy troops on the border.

However, ever since the Demon Saintess came to them seeking cooperation, the five major immortal sects readily agreed, and the Demon Saintess Yin Zilu was not surprised at all by her identity.

Ling Chu had already become suspicious at that time. Later, when he was stationed at the border, the attitude of the demon generals towards the war between the two races became somewhat ambiguous, and the attitude of the five major immortal sects towards this matter was equally vague.

Ling Chu initially suspected Yin Zilu, the Holy Maiden of the Demon Clan, then became puzzled by the Demon Clan's occupation of Yunzhou, and finally was confused by the relatively weak actions of the Five Great Immortal Sects.

After hearing the words of the sect leader Chonghe Zhenjun today, her doubts only increased. Her intuition told her that there must be something fishy about this matter.

Sure enough, Chonghe Zhenjun revealed a smile that wasn't quite a smile, and the emotions within it were complex and unfathomable to Lingchu.

But she was certain that the smile contained admiration, relief, melancholy, and even pity, but not a trace of joy.

"Do you know that the spiritual energy in this world is finite?"

Chonghe Zhenjun still did not answer directly, but instead said something cryptic.

Ling Chu seemed to have grasped something from this, her pupils widened slightly, and she looked at the sect leader Chong and Zhenjun in disbelief.

"There are very few records from ancient times, but some people who love antiquity have been tirelessly studying the secrets of ancient times and have made some progress. Although these are speculations, they are not unreasonable."

"It is speculated that in ancient times, when the world was in chaos, the pure and turbid energies coexisted. There were no things in the world, and the way of heaven was not perfect. Therefore, laws, spiritual energy, and the pure and turbid energies intertwined endlessly, thus creating countless people who were born strong." "As the world turned and the way of heaven gradually became perfect, the pure and turbid energies rose and fell, and spiritual energy nourished all things, thus giving rise to the appearance of all living beings."

"As the Way of Heaven gradually arose, the laws converged on one place, and spiritual energy pervaded all things and living beings. It was no longer as abundant as before. As a result, living beings flourished thereafter, but those who were born strong and powerful almost disappeared. Consequently, the practice of cultivating the Way became popular."

"As we often say, the cultivation of the Dao is all about competition. This competition means competing with Heaven for the Dao, with Earth for the Qi, with people for opportunities, and with all things for the spirit!"

"Unless there is a great destiny, the spiritual energy that a place nurtures is determined at the time of its birth, and all living things born in this place have the opportunity to compete for this spiritual energy."

"Flowers, trees, birds, beasts, insects, fish, the sun, moon, mountains, rivers, lakes, breezes, and fires—all things, whether tangible or intangible, are formed by the blessings of heaven and earth and nourished by spiritual energy. Not to mention that the human race is born with a spirit and has taken full advantage of the spiritual energy between heaven and earth."

“Every single thing here is imbued with spiritual energy and full of opportunities!”

"And we cultivators, by gathering spiritual energy and seizing opportunities, are essentially competing with all things in heaven and earth, seizing the creation of heaven and earth, and taking it all upon ourselves!"

Every word was powerful and thought-provoking, revealing the essence of the so-called cultivation of the Dao: to seize the creation of heaven and earth and bring it all into one's own body.

"Therefore, as cultivators progress through the Dao, the higher their realm, the deeper the constraints become. This is due to both innate talent and comprehension, and also to opportunities. These opportunities also include the remaining fortune of this world?"

Ling Chu was not a dull person, and cultivators are especially clear-headed and insightful, so he easily understood the sect leader's implication.

In layman's terms, this world has only so much fortune. After it is distributed to all living beings, the remaining fortune is for cultivators to compete for.

The higher a cultivator's cultivation level, the more opportunities they need. However, opportunities are limited, and the number of cultivators that this world can support is also limited. Therefore, high-level cultivators are rare, both because breaking through realms is difficult and because opportunities are limited.

Thinking deeper, if we want to create new opportunities within the limited resources available, it all boils down to increasing revenue and reducing expenditure.

What is open source? It is exactly what Chonghe Zhenjun said before: whenever a cultivator ascends to heaven, the Heavenly Dao grows stronger and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth increases under the Three Realms Stele. This is the creation of the entire world and the creation of all living beings.

So, what is cost-saving?
Ling Chu thought back to the demonic calamity of the past, the current war between humans and demons, and then thought about the so-called survival of the fittest among cultivators, where demons eat humans and humans kill demons.

Major immortal sects only accept disciples once every ten years, and the selection of disciples is based on their aptitude. While this is certainly for the sake of the sect, it also serves to limit the number of cultivators.

Even the struggles and conflicts between mortals, and the rise and fall of various dynasties.

The reason why cultivators do not interfere in the secular world is to maintain the balance of the mortal realm, but how much of this balance is actually for the sake of so-called destiny?

Everything, in an instant, was like looking at flowers through the mist or gazing at the moon in the water; the feeling of being shrouded in a thin veil of mist suddenly dissipated, revealing the sun through the clouds.

In Ling Chu's eyes, the bones and flesh were clearly visible, gleaming and bloody.

"So, the struggle against the demons is also about vying for the so-called creation of heaven and earth?"

Ling Chu asked the question that had been on her mind again, but this time, her tone was no longer one of confusion, but rather carried a faint anger that she herself was unaware of.

Just for the sake of so-called creation of heaven and earth, are we to sacrifice so many fellow disciples, mortal flesh and blood, and the entire Yunzhou?
I'm sorry, I was supposed to update at the beginning of the month, but I suddenly received some very bad news. My uncle, who I'm not familiar with, died in an accident while traveling abroad. The matter took more than ten days to handle, and the funeral was only just over two days ago. During that time, I also caught a cold, which is also only just recovered. I'm so sorry that I haven't been in the mood to write much lately. My uncle was a cheerful, kind-hearted person who took great care of us younger generation... and he wasn't very old, only in his late thirties, and he was the only son of my great-uncle and great-aunt... Life is so fragile and precious. I hope everyone can stay safe and healthy, and please be careful when traveling!