I, a cultivator, have ended up in the wizarding world.

Chapter 83 Taking an Extra Step

Whether it's the essence, energy, and spirit within the body or all things in the outside world, no matter how you break them down and transform them, you can only break them down into "elements," not "spiritual energy."

But the truth is that not only did Jemin cultivate spiritual energy using that method, but he has now reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

It is no exaggeration to say that this was indeed the earliest instance of "something out of nothing" that Jemin encountered.

"Now that I think about it, the cultivation method that the Great Dao Scripture Pavilion gave me was probably quite extraordinary, even though on the surface it just looked like a simple Refining Essence into Qi..."

When Jemin first arrived in this world, he inquired about the cultivation methods available at the Great Dao Book Pavilion, and the only method he found was the Refining Essence into Qi method.

If you inquire about other spiritual energy cultivation methods, the Great Dao Book Pavilion will also provide relevant knowledge.

However, whenever someone asks about "methods of cultivation," the only method the Great Dao Book Pavilion provides is this one.

Fortunately, Jemin wasn't stubborn. After experimenting a few times and confirming that the "intelligence" of the Great Dao Library was quite good, he honestly accepted its suggestion.

Looking back now, it's likely that the Great Dao Library had already discovered the true state of this world, which is why it only provided this one cultivation method.

Judging from Jemin's subsequent cultivation speed, his aptitude was indeed not bad.

The reason why it took more than ten years to barely reach the first level of Qi Refining in the beginning was probably because most of the time was spent building some kind of "converter" in the body.

"Simply by using certain breathing methods and special movements, they can construct a converter that creates spiritual energy out of thin air... It seems that the cultivation world has taken a step further than the existing wizarding civilization."

That's right, half a step.

The reason for this statement is that the wizarding civilization should have already mastered the perpetual motion machine that creates something from nothing.

Although I have never seen a level nine wizard, almost all descriptions of level nine wizards are very consistent: for some special reason, their power can be understood as infinite.

Such a description naturally piqued Jemin's interest.

Although there is very little information available on the Magic Network, Jemin is basically certain that the level nine wizards of the Wizarding Civilization have also mastered the power to create something from nothing.

Therefore, the current gap between wizarding civilization and the cultivation world lies in the "level of popularization" of this perpetual motion machine.

At present, only the top nine level-nine wizards in the wizarding civilization have mastered the ability to create something from nothing, while the cultivation civilization has already popularized it into the most basic cultivation techniques.

"However... taking even this half-step forward might not be a good thing for the entire civilization..."

The reason I say this is because of a book that Jieming once read in the Great Dao Library: "The Record of the Ashes of the Mortal World" (Chapter 23).

The author of that memoir, Chen Jiezi, was born in the Dharma-ending Age of the cultivation world.

This book also explains why the cultivation world is so good at capturing concepts to create something from nothing, because it has entered the Dharma-ending Age.

Before understanding the specific concept of spiritual energy, the end times were not too difficult for Jemin to imagine—it was simply a period drama from his previous life with some added elements of supernatural power.

However, after learning that spiritual energy constitutes all matter, energy, time, space, and even destiny in the cultivation world, Jieming could not imagine what the Dharma-ending Age, with its scarce spiritual energy, would be like.

There is no record of this even in the Great Dao Book Pavilion, since the Great Dao Book Pavilion only records all the knowledge of the cultivation world.

If no one recognizes the difference, then the Great Dao Library naturally won't know either. Furthermore, the depletion of spiritual energy is an exceptionally long process; many cultivators are born into this world, and it remains unchanged until their death, so naturally they are unaware of the world's problems.

Of course, there are also some immortal old monsters.

However, those old guys at that level have a very fundamental view of the world. Changes in external things do not affect their judgment, so in the end, all they can say is that spiritual energy is depleted.

"The only thing we know is that the root cause of the depletion of spiritual energy is those immortal old monsters."

Cultivators pursue immortality and the Dao; strength and cultivation are merely byproducts of this pursuit.

But generally speaking, cultivators who can achieve immortality are definitely not weak.

The structure of the cultivation world is closer to the technological world of Jieming's previous life. It is also a universe based on planets as the basic unit. However, some spatial vesicles, also known as cave heavens or small worlds, occasionally appear inside this universe.

The world of cultivation naturally also has some characteristics of the universe, such as: expanding at an ever-increasing speed with no upper limit.

Therefore, in the very beginning, the resources in the cultivation world were abundant.

However, as time goes by, those immortal cultivators become stronger and stronger, and naturally, the matter and energy they consume through breathing also increase almost without limit.

Even more terrifying is that the number of these immortal beings is constantly increasing.

High-level cultivators continuously absorbed everything in the world into their own Realm of Mystery, ultimately causing the entire cultivation world to not only cease to expand but also to shrink continuously.

In fact, there are ways to solve the problem of spiritual energy depletion, and some are even out in the open—as long as those high-level cultivators are eliminated, the spiritual energy can be restored.

However, this is almost impossible to accomplish, not to mention how powerful a high-level cultivator who can influence the state of the entire world would be.

Even if we were to actually eliminate it, the entity capable of doing so would certainly be powerful, and the opponent would become the next entity to be annihilated.

As for the final outcome of the cultivation world, the Great Dao Book Pavilion did not mention it, but it was likely destroyed.

"However, since the technology of creating something from nothing has become so advanced, perhaps they have already escaped their fate of destruction."

After a moment of reflection, Jemin stopped worrying about those things and focused his attention on something else within his dantian.

"After so many years of nurturing, it has finally begun to develop spirituality."

Feeling the vibrant spirituality emanating from within the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror, Jieming's face revealed a satisfied smile.

As expected of the highly spiritual magic weapon he specifically chose, it is already so active even at the Foundation Establishment stage.

This level of spiritual power is sufficient to assist him in processing simple information as an AI assistant.

This means that from now on, his reconnaissance system is finally fully formed!

"The problem with the spatial ring has been solved by the internal circulation, and with the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror already possessing sentience, then... the plan to mass-produce talismanic artifacts should be brought forward."

After all, the testing at the Norren Workshop is not far off.

(Bonus chapter, one more to come)
(End of this chapter)