Ming Dynasty: Emperor Wanshou is cultivating immortality!

Qiankun Realm.

Depth of time.

Jiajing slowly opened his eyes and looked at the half of the spine in his hand, which had returned to its ordinary appearance. He rubbed it gently with his thumb, and everything he saw in the fairyland flashed quickly through his mind.

"Are you intentionally taking me into the fairyland? Or are you giving me some hint?" Jiajing thought secretly in his heart.

After a moment, Jiajing suppressed the thoughts in his mind.

He slowly closed his eyes and began to see and hear the world. During the more than one hundred years of his seclusion, the past, present, and this moment of the Ming world all emerged in his mind one by one.

After a while, Jiajing opened his eyes and called Lu Fang.

"Your servant respectfully welcomes the master out of confinement." Lu Fang came to Jiajing and knelt respectfully.

More than a hundred years have passed, and Lu Fang, who practiced the "Shen Zang Huanmie Sutra", has long since turned to practicing as an immortal.

At this moment, he has already reached the realm of a wandering immortal!
However, even though he had surpassed his master in terms of cultivation alone, he still remembered that he was his master's servant and dared not show any negligence in his words and actions.

Even his words and actions are more cautious than before!

Because he always kept in mind that no matter what kind of achievements he made or how far he went in the path of cultivating immortals, everything he had always came from his master.

Without the grace of my master, I would not be where I am today.

Of course, precisely because he has now reached the realm of a first-tribulation loose immortal, when facing his master, he became increasingly aware that his master is definitely not just a late Mahayana stage.

Compared with the feeling that his master gives him now, the traditional Mahayana cultivator is like facing the heavenly calamity that he had faced before.

The master said that the realm of scattered immortals and the calamity of ascension that one must go through in the Mahayana period are both the great ways!
The Tao can also be seen as a kind of Heavenly Way, but it is more powerful than the Heavenly Way!
The fear that reaches deep into the soul is the suppression of living beings by the way of heaven.

Considering that the master had been able to test the world long ago, every move of the entire Ming world, and even everything about the stars in the "Ming Domain", was all in the master's control.

In addition, the master can also arrange the time when the heavenly tribulation will occur, so that immortals like him and Longyang Xianzun can move freely in the Ming world and take action at will.

He already had a guess in his mind!
Perhaps, the master has already reached the realm of heaven, and the existence of this realm can be easily suppressed even by immortals.

It is precisely because of all the above reasons that Lu Fang dared not have any ulterior motives when facing his master.

Having reached the realm of a wandering immortal, one can already be called an immortal, but he still walks on thin ice and is even more cautious than before.

"One year in Qiankun is one day in the outside world. Now it is the 310th year of Jiajing in the outside world."

Nodding slightly to Lv Fang, Jiajing's face widened slightly. He stood up and began to walk around the Qiankun Realm. Lv Fang followed closely behind him. "I think my natal laboratory has gained something."

Although Jiajing already knew everything through the audition, he still opened his mouth to ask.

Of course, the reason he asked was not to ask whether he had gained anything, but to hear Lu Fang's opinion.

Through the Audio-Visual World, he already knew that the Benming Laboratory had completely found an alternative cultivation system.

Lu Fang, the apparent controller of the Benming Laboratory, is naturally aware of this.

In fact, from the moment he received Jiajing's call, Lu Fang was already prepared to report the results of his natal laboratory.

"Master, the Life Laboratory has successfully cracked the third type of strange life that is currently wreaking havoc on the entire world of cultivation." Lu Fang paused for a moment, then continued, "Not only that, but we have also found a way to abolish the current life cultivation system and develop a completely new cultivation system..."

Then Lu Fang told the story again.

Although Lu Fang knew that his master could know everything in an instant, he still had to abide by the rules.

The third type of strange innate law can be integrated and coexist with the original innate law. The innate laboratory extracts the law, and then a total of two paths are researched.

One is the path of evolution through devouring one's own destiny.

If this method is passed down, it means that after a cultivator dies, his life force can be directly absorbed by another cultivator to strengthen himself.

Not only that, after the life force is absorbed, the innate magical powers will also increase.

The other way is to intercept fragments of the laws and thus cause the self to perish.

Afterwards, the natal star will merge with the cultivator's primordial spirit, or more precisely, the soul, and finally a unique spiritual spirit will be born.

And this spiritual soul is the foundation for whether a cultivator can continue to practice. The Mingming Laboratory even gave this spiritual soul a unique name, spiritual root!
As the name suggests, this spiritual root is the foundation of practice, so it is named spiritual root.

However, if you choose the second path, there will be a disadvantage.

If a cultivator's original life force disappears, he can still continue to practice, just like the original practice path of Yan Song and others.

At the beginning, Jiajing did not tell Yan Song and others about the existence of their destiny, so their initial practice was entirely based on resources, perseverance, and the drawing of energy into the body, and they practiced hard to get started.

Fundamentally speaking, a cultivator can continue to practice even if he does not have his own life force.

But if you choose the second path, it means that from now on people without spiritual roots will no longer be able to practice.

Moreover, according to the speculation in the laboratory, once this method is promoted, then from then on, generation after generation of cultivators, with the inheritance of bloodline, until one day in the future, all the cultivators in the Ming world will use their spiritual roots to determine their fate as immortals!

Only if you have spiritual roots can you embark on the path of cultivation. Without spiritual roots, you will be a mortal for the rest of your life.

This method can be said to make the path to becoming an immortal, which is not easy to begin with, even more difficult.

"Master, the above is the result given by my laboratory." After Lu Fang finished speaking, he glanced at Jiajing inconspicuously, and then lowered his head silently.

He is waiting for his master to make a decision.

One is to take your destiny one step further and make the path of cultivating immortals easier and more cruel.

However, this cruelty means that in the future there may be many cases of life-threatening transactions or even murders.

The other one directly turned the path of cultivating immortals from a broad road into a single-plank bridge.

It is not just a single-plank bridge, but also a difficult road with a limited number of people and full of difficulties and obstacles.

However, based on Lu Fang's understanding of his master, from the moment Zhang Juzheng proposed to abolish the innate cultivation system, he knew that his master had been tempted.

Not only am I moved, but I am also prepared for it. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the sword that will abolish my innate cultivation system.

Because after the Ming Dynasty invades the entire world of immortal cultivation in the future, it will soon unify the world of immortal cultivation and make all the resources belong to the Ming Dynasty.

If we still follow the ways of the immortal cultivation world and allow the innate cultivation system to exist, it means that one day in the future, the Ming Dynasty will become the next collapsed immortal cultivation world.

When any emperor is in power, what he always thinks about is to make his kingdom last forever.

If there is a way to solve the problem once and for all, then anyone would do it, even if that method goes against the will of the world and even makes the whole world hate it.

My master Jiajing is no different.

Now that there is a seemingly perfect method that can stabilize the Zhu family's rule, it must be done.

Therefore, Lu Fang understood that the master would definitely choose the second path in the end, and this path would even be better than finding a new system that could replace the innate cultivation system at the beginning. As the Zhu family had the royal family, the innate cultivation system would always be preserved, and the final result would be that the Zhu family would always be the strongest!
Lu Fang thought about it over and over again, but couldn't think of any reason that would prevent his master from choosing the second path.

"Lu Fang, which path would you choose if it were you?" Jiajing asked casually as he walked slowly.

Hearing his master asking for his opinion, Lu Fang, who had now become an immortal, was no longer as terrified as he was before about using his life-long weapon in the world of immortal cultivation.

Now he already has the courage and strength to take on everything for his master. Moreover, he knows that his master will never let him do this because he is not qualified.

"Huh," Lu Fang took a deep breath and exhaled, "For the sake of our ancestors' country, and for the sake of the immortal dynasty that my master has worked hard to build, I think my master should choose the second path."

Lu Fang didn't think much and gave the answer directly.

After Lunfa finished speaking, Jiajing didn't say anything else. He just walked silently in the Qiankun Realm with his hands behind his back, while Lu Fang followed silently behind him with his hands hanging down.

"Yan Song is right," Jiajing spoke again after what seemed like a long time, but this time he did not continue the previous topic, "The country will last for 500 years, and I will leave the country again."

"My master is right, but there are only thirty years left before the country's five hundred years of existence. I'm afraid these immortal dynasties will have to take advantage of this time to make their last struggle." Lu Fang agreed.

Five hundred years of national prosperity is indeed a good time.

If the master had come out at that time, it would have been a day of celebration for all.

"Fortunately, these immortals can make a fortune comfortably. This is a grace I give them." Jiajing's face was slightly relaxed, and no emotion could be seen.

"Master is wise."

Lu Fang gave a flattery at the right time.

……

Time flies.

In a blink of an eye, it was the first day of the first lunar month in the 345th year of the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty.

On this day, all the ministers gathered at Benming Plateau.

Between heaven and earth, heavy snow fell, and the whole world was covered in silver. Of course, the heavy snow covering the whole world on this day was a true auspicious sign.

At this time, on the plateau, the cabinet, the six ministries, the provincial governments, and other frontier officials gathered in groups of three or five. Each of them was looking for an official with whom he was on good terms to chat.

Of course, what they discussed was nothing more than the next invasion of the world of immortal cultivation.

Because all officials knew that it was the 345th year of Jiajing, and the Ming Dynasty had been in existence for 500 years since Taizu founded it. Today, the Emperor would come out.

Well, the reason why they were sure that the emperor would come out was naturally because news had already leaked out of Yuxi Palace before.

The country has a life span of 500 years, and now the entire world of immortal cultivation has indeed fallen into paralysis.

Even in the world of cultivating immortals, the most powerful, the Three Yuan Star Region, those ancient dynasties and ancient clans, can only seal themselves, suppress them with immortal weapons, hide from the world, and linger on.

In addition, the current Ming Dynasty has already encompassed the world of immortal cultivation, with nearly 50% of the scattered immortals.

That’s right, over the past hundred years, Immortal Venerable Longyang has not been idle. His figure can be said to be spread across every corner of the world of immortal cultivation, visiting those immortals who have been in seclusion one by one.

Faced with a perfect world like the Ming Dynasty that allows immortals to survive and even ascend to become immortals, these immortals naturally did not think much about it and agreed directly.

As for surrendering to the Ming Dynasty?
Well, that's nothing to them.

At their level, the obsession of becoming an immortal has already taken root!
Sometimes, for some immortals, becoming an immortal is not even that important. To them, it is just a fight for their dignity and a way to vent their unwillingness.

After all, the road to immortality is long to get to this point. If you fail at the last moment, you will be turned into ashes under the thunder tribulation, and the path of life and death will disappear completely between heaven and earth.

That is something they can never accept.

Previously, one of the most important reasons why the Spine of Creation could become the fuse of the war that spread throughout the world of immortal cultivation was because the immortals behind these major overlord-level forces were forcing their subordinates to fight for the Spine of Creation.

This ignited the powder keg, ushering in a great turmoil in the entire world of cultivation. Even in the end, the situation was beyond the control of these people.

Some overlord-level forces fought each other, so these immortals had to come forward, and the final result was that both sides suffered losses.

The war did not stop until the Ming Dynasty launched its own natal weapons on the entire world of immortal cultivation, and then the laws of heaven and earth evolved, and the natal weapons mutated into strange natal weapons, wreaking havoc on the entire world of immortal cultivation.

These old guys were shocked to realize that in the end they got nothing. There were a total of twenty-six pieces of the Spine of Creation, but only ten of them appeared in the entire world of immortal cultivation.

Many people even couldn't understand why this war suddenly broke out.

However, only a very few people understand that this war is caused by the collapse of order under the innate cultivation system of the world of immortal cultivation.

Just when these immortals were feeling helpless and bitter because they had finally seen the spine of creation, the road to heaven, the chance to become immortals, but saw them all turn into nothing, a turning point came.

The Immortal Lord Longyang, a once unknown three-tribulation immortal, brought a perfect world to all immortals!
A truly perfect world that allows these immortals to move freely, act freely, and not even have to worry about the arrival of a heavenly calamity that would turn them into ashes.

Even in this perfect world, if they wanted, they could wait until they were fully prepared before making a breakthrough.

When this news first appeared in the small circle of immortals, many people did not believe it.

Until one after another, the immortals found that their former best friends, or even their mortal enemies, gradually disappeared. Only then did they suddenly realize that the perfect world was real!
Afterwards, naturally more and more immortals escaped from the world of immortal cultivation and entered the world of Ming Dynasty.

Naturally, there were many high-level immortals who were unwilling to accept the situation during this period. However, Jiajing had already gone into seclusion by then, and the only ones responsible for controlling the entire Ming world were Crown Prince Zhu Zaigui and the imperial seal.

Then these high-level immortals were ruthlessly suppressed.

Of course, some of the troublemakers at the beginning were naturally turned into ashes and completely annihilated.

The remaining immortals were naturally much more obedient. They came here to seek refuge, and they needed such a perfect world to provide them with shelter so that they no longer had to worry.

For a very small number of people who have long lost their ambitions, after finding such a perfect event, they become instantly discouraged and decide not to pursue immortality from now on.

In this life, I only wish to live a peaceful and stable life in Ming Dynasty.

For the immortals, their lifespan is almost endless, and they have reached the pinnacle of their cultivation. Now that they have such a perfect world, why bother to fight for their lives?

Of course, there are also people who rely on having a safe haven and therefore have great ambitions. They can make sufficient preparations to make a breakthrough and eventually become immortals.

Of course, no matter which option is chosen, the Ming Dynasty will always be the ultimate beneficiary.

After the Ming Dynasty invades the entire world of immortal cultivation, Jiajing will become the way of heaven of a certain star.

Then these immortals can naturally take action.

Therefore, all the officials of the Ming Dynasty knew that these immortals were the Ming Dynasty’s strongest foundation and thugs.

Once the Ming Dynasty invades the world of immortal cultivation, those so-called ancient dynasties and ancient clans will no longer be a concern.

"..." (End of this chapter)