Cultivation begins with separation.

Chapter 411 The Divine War is Coming
Yi Dong turned his gaze away from the image.

"The Causal Sacred Body truly lives up to its reputation as the number one of the three great sacred bodies."

"If it weren't for the fact that the Holy Body of the Lotus could summon part or even the entire Yellow Springs World, it would probably be inferior to the Karmic Puppet in terms of offensive capabilities."

Over the years, through his observations of the causal puppets and his research into the heritage of the Divine Elephant Clan, Yi Dong discovered something.

Buddhism emphasizes cultivating oneself in this life and even more so in the next, striving to make each life better than the last, and the Puppet of Cause and Effect is the culmination of this philosophy.

The three Dao Ancestors in this void possess the supernatural power to cultivate for countless eons and condense countless eon bodies, and are said to have indestructible eon bodies and be eternally immortal.

The causal puppet, however, has cultivated for countless lifetimes. In each lifetime, it has a high probability of becoming a Buddha, and even a tiny probability of becoming an eighth-order Buddha. Although the power of countless lifetimes cannot all be brought to the present world, it only needs to borrow a portion of the power in each lifetime to make it virtually invincible in the present world.

The causal puppets not only possess the power of the Great Dao of Cause and Effect, but also the power of the Great Dao of Reincarnation, and each of them possesses the Samsara Eye.

If I'm not mistaken, to truly kill the causal puppet, I might need to trace back through countless lifetimes and slay its very first incarnation.

In Yi Dong's view, the conditions for the birth of the Causal Saint Body should be even more stringent than those for the Lotus Puppet. Under normal circumstances, it would be good if one Primordial Causal Saint Body could be born in the entire void over trillions of years.

The karmic sacred bodies born in Buddhism are probably all cultivated gradually after birth, and are essentially reincarnations of past karmic sacred bodies.

The appearance of a causal saint should not only dominate an entire era, but also bring Buddhism into its golden age.

Over countless years in the void, there must have been many primordial causal holy bodies born, but it is probably rare for different causal holy bodies to meet in the present world.

Under the pull of cause and effect, in a void, within a unit of time, perhaps only one person can cultivate the Sacred Body of Cause and Effect and become the reincarnation of one of the original Sacred Bodies of Cause and Effect.

However, Yi Dong's ability to create sacred bodies using puppets broke this rule.

It actually allowed more than a thousand karmic saints from the past to be reborn in this world.

If we're talking about the Buddhist sect, if there's any physique that can cultivate to the Buddha realm above the seventh level, the probability of the three sacred bodies is quite high, and the Causal Sacred Body is the best among them.

The thought of over a thousand Buddhas appearing countless years later made Yi Dong somewhat flustered.

Because he knew that if the puppet of cause and effect became Buddha, it would be able to easily sever the cause and effect in the world, and it would be very possible that he would kill it.

On second thought,
"Fortunately, these causal holy bodies are puppet bodies, and their foundation is certainly not as perfect as the causal holy bodies cultivated by Buddhist disciples using countless resources. The power they can attract is probably also limited."

Logically speaking, a person with a causal sacred body should be stronger in each lifetime than the last. However, this lifetime as a puppet body is uncertain; it might be the worst lifetime they've ever had.

Thinking of this, Yi Dong felt a little relieved. As long as he didn't break through to the seventh rank, he figured he would have a way to control these causal puppets in the future.

Although the Causal Puppet is strong, the Great Awakening Puppet is not weak either, and the number of Great Awakening Puppets far exceeds that of the Causal Puppet.

The relationship between these two types of puppets doesn't seem to be very good.

The two types of sacred puppets restrain each other, so even if they disobey him or try to harm him, it won't be easy for them.

The more Yi Dong thought about it, the more fortunate he felt. Luckily, he hadn't been greedy for the power of the causal puppets and recklessly increased their number.

If the number of causal puppets were to increase to tens of thousands, he really wouldn't know what to do.

Yi Dong was not envious of the ability of a causal puppet to reincarnate.

He doesn't sleep anymore now, because when he wakes up, he sometimes doubts whether his consciousness is still the same as it was before he fell asleep.

If this is true even when sleeping, how much more so when reincarnated? I simply don't believe that after reincarnation, my consciousness will still be the same as it is now.

I am not reincarnated, but rather a different kind of transmigration and possession, which makes me feel quite at ease.

Therefore, he only needs to live one life. Cultivating for ten thousand lifetimes is a heretical path, and he will not pursue it.

Yi Dong placed his hands in front of his eyes, clenched them, and then his gaze shifted.
"Could it be that I am naturally in harmony with the Great Dao of Life, or even that I inherently possess a trace of the power of the Great Dao of Life?"

Thinking of his wood-attribute celestial spiritual root, his ability to easily create sacred body puppets and the demon race, and his talent for biology, Yi Dong felt that the Great Dao of Life might be the most suitable path for him.

In this light, it seems that the path to immortality might be more suitable to follow the path of life than the path of wood.

"I'm overthinking it. The Abyss Golden Core formed from the Abyss Dao Foundation is far more malleable than any Ten Thousand City Golden Core. The Great Dao of Wood and the Great Dao of Life can probably both construct a Nascent Soul Dao Field."

The size of one's Dao Foundation may not necessarily indicate strength or weakness. A Golden Core cultivator in one city, as long as he constructs a reasonable Nascent Soul Dao Field, may not necessarily be inferior to a Nascent Soul Dao Field constructed by Golden Core cultivators in ten thousand cities.

For example, the technological value contained within a skyscraper may not be less than that contained in ten thousand factory bungalows.

However, the size of the foundation also has some influence. For example, a larger foundation is like having a larger canvas, on which more images can be painted.

For Yi Dong, it doesn't matter whether the Great Way of Life or the Great Way of Wood suits him.

The important thing is that it is easier to build a longevity altar.

Yi Dong was self-aware. The path to invincibility was practically nonsense to him. His temperament and talent were probably at the level of lowering the average level of cultivators. Even if he were to construct many Nascent Soul Dao Fields to amplify combat power, given his cowardly nature, he probably wouldn't be able to unleash even 40% of the power of the Dao Fields.

In a fight, he would likely be the kind of person who gets defeated by an ordinary genius using a less powerful training ground.

Therefore, Yi Dong has basically given up on pursuing his own combat power; he only wants to live forever.

For methods of protecting immortality, it would be better to study more unorthodox techniques like the True Spirit Longsword.

"Hmm, as long as my main body doesn't fight others, no one can defeat me. In that sense, it might be a completely new path to invincibility." Yi Dong had long since extinguished any ambitions. He didn't need to be full of confidence, because that might cause him to overestimate himself at certain times and put himself in unnecessary crises.

He had already planned his future.

Longevity is the foundation; as for power, that can be left to time. As long as one lives long, magical power and knowledge can be accumulated slowly.

If you're not strong enough, then live longer.

He believed that if he lived for a hundred million years, his combat power would be able to suppress an ordinary genius who had lived for about ten thousand years.

Living for a billion years, one can suppress high-quality geniuses who have existed for ten thousand years.

As for those prodigies and geniuses with mutated bloodlines, Yi Dong, being an ordinary person, did not consider himself to be on the same species as them, and there was no need for comparison.

Just as Yi Dong was contemplating the future, the Longquan Sword appeared.

"You should send the Xuanyuan Sword and the Karma Puppet together to deal with the Great Dream Immortal Sect."

The Xuanyuan Sword, to a certain extent, can limit the speed at which a causal puppet can acquire power from the past.

Now, some causal puppets have successfully brought their natal Buddha treasures from the past to the present world. This will allow the causal puppets to quickly acquire power comparable to a powerful Dao-Merging True Immortal, or even an Immortal King.

If the puppet of cause and effect continues to kill, attracting more natal Buddha treasures to appear, then neither we nor the puppet of Great Enlightenment will be able to control them.”

Yi Dong glanced at the Longquan sword but said nothing.

Even if he were given the choice again, he wouldn't change his previous decision.

He didn't want the causal puppet to become stronger too quickly either.

However, he was even more unwilling to have an accident happen to himself.

The causal puppet becoming stronger might be detrimental to him in the future, but if Xuanyuan Sword had left before and had been attacked by the Immortal King of the Great Dream Immortal Sect, or even the Great Dream Immortal Venerable or the three Dao Ancestors, he would most likely have died on the spot.

He could still distinguish between the greater importance of future crises and present threats.

"What's the matter with you coming to see me?"

Yi Dong was too lazy to say anything more to Longquan Sword. These True Spirit Longswords always thought they were powerful enough to protect him with just a few swords. It was simply absurd.

If Yi Dong is this arrogant, even if he doesn't die now, he probably won't go far on the road to immortality.

However, Yi Dong was too lazy to explain to these true spirit swords. After all, these mere sword spirits had limited wisdom and could hardly understand Yi Dong's prudent way of dealing with the world.

The spirit of the Longquan Sword was not surprised by Yi Dong's reaction, and continued:

"The war of the gods will begin in less than a hundred years."

The War of the Gods is the period when the power of calamity gathers the authority of gods and immortals. As long as we grasp the authority of calamity, we can truly control the surrounding star systems.

Then unleash your humanitarian power upon the surrounding star systems, influencing all living beings within its reach.

The power of calamity is a force as mysterious as the precepts of calamity.

Discipline can draw upon the power of the source of calamity, and authority can not only draw upon the power of calamity, but also influence the vast world formed by the power of calamity.

Yi Dong also knew about the God War. As long as he maintained his status as a Human Immortal and didn't engage in high-level battles with Earth Immortals or Heavenly Immortals, he didn't think anyone could threaten him in the Human Immortal battlefield, so he didn't care much.

Seeing that the spirit of the Longquan Sword was still chattering on, Yi Dong waved his hand to interrupt it.

"State your purpose directly."

“Alright, right now the Xuanyuan Sword is suppressing the human destiny, but after the God War, the human destiny descended into the starry sky and directly affected reality. In terms of the ability to suppress and strengthen destiny, I am more suitable than the Xuanyuan Sword.”

Yi Dong remained unmoved. Although Longquan Sword's words made some sense, Xuanyuan Sword was, after all, a supreme treasure, and moreover, Xuanyuan Sword was the strongest of the Thirteen True Spirit Swords.

Whether humanity's fortune grows stronger or not is not important; what is more crucial is that the Xuanyuan Sword isolates the "gaze" directed at it from humanity's fortune.

Yi Dong believed that as long as the Xuanyuan Sword was used to suppress the flow of fortune, even the three major Taoist sects would find it difficult to deduce their own destiny using the world-suppressing immortal artifact.

Longquan Sword spoke at length, but seeing Yi Dong's indifferent expression, he said:
"By suppressing the human destiny, I can transform the destiny into the human dragon energy. At that time, the core of the destiny will be me."

Even if others deduce through the long river of human destiny, they will only point to me. Unless I am shattered and the human dragon energy is transformed back into human destiny, no information about you can be deduced under the human dragon energy.

Simply put, with me suppressing the destiny of humanity, your safety will be elevated to a higher level. You can verify this with the spirits of swords like the Xuanyuan Sword, or with the Great Awakening Puppet or the Karma Puppet.

Yi Dong was moved.

"you sure?"

"determine."

"Okay, I'll let you know after I check."

(End of this chapter)