Starting from the two realms, cultivating immortality by taming beasts

Chapter 30 Different Worlds

"Becoming an immortal is easier said than done!" Chen Beiwu glanced up at the direction of the private school and sighed inwardly.

He studied the jade slip for two days and finally mastered the language of the Southern Wilderness.

That female cultivator was quite clever; the Southern Wilderness language recorded in the jade slip was nine parts true and one part false, and she tried to trick him.

Fortunately, to be on the safe side, Chen Beiwu had been staying near the private school and reading through a large number of primers, successfully finding the errors and omissions in the jade slip.

"Dare to change 'senior' to 'idiot,' 'fellow Daoist' to 'mud horse,' and 'fellow Daoist, please stay' to 'mud horse dies young'... your death is not unjust."

Chen Beiwu shook his head, not paying much attention to the little tricks the other party left behind before his death, and casually took out a dozen books.

Records of the Southern Wilderness Cave

Miscellaneous Talks by a Recluse

Records of the Mysterious Abyss Techniques

Nine Tests of Qi Cultivation - Five Major Schools

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By flipping through these books, Chen Beiwu gradually gained a clear understanding of the situation in the Southern Wilderness.

The Southern Wilderness is vast and boundless, located at the southernmost part of the continent, backed by the endless sea. It contains countless spiritual veins, immortal mountains, and cultivation sects, and the dynasties that choose to attach themselves to these cultivation sects are even more numerous.

It's no exaggeration to say that there are as many as three named cultivation sects in the vicinity of Zeguo, to which Shuishan Town belongs, which made Chen Beiwu slightly taken aback.

Good heavens, within the Immortal Alliance, only Golden Core cultivators are allowed to establish their own sects.

I never expected the Southern Wilderness to be so wild. A Foundation Establishment cultivator, or even just a few Qi Refining cultivators, dared to occupy a low-level spiritual vein and claim to have opened up a sect.

This cultivation force without a Golden Core cultivator in charge is less like a sect and more like a mutually supportive cultivation family.

According to some diary entries left in the storage bag, the brothers Tong Yu and Zhong Shan, along with Lin Yu, once founded a cultivation sect, but due to mismanagement, the sect quickly went bankrupt and became a den of thieves.

"Even a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator can freely occupy a first-tier spiritual vein as their main body; no wonder the Southern Wilderness dares to call itself vast and boundless." Chen Beiwu was slightly pleased.

The fewer resources available for cultivating immortality, the fiercer the competition.

Conversely, the fact that Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Southern Wilderness don't take first-tier spiritual veins seriously indicates that this world is rich in resources, with first-tier spiritual veins so abundant that even high-level cultivators disdain them. This is undoubtedly a great thing for Chen Beiwu.

He took out the "Southern Wilderness Cave Chronicle" and glanced at it. He found that Zeguo was located in the Earthly Evolution Realm Mountain Annihilation Realm. It was just an insignificant point on the map of the nine realms of the entire Southern Wilderness Domain, but the information was very detailed.

The maps of the other eight realms appear to be enormous, resembling sacred mountains and blessed lands, but in reality, they are incomplete and many parts are vaguely described.

Clearly, the author of the Southern Wilderness Cave Chronicles only managed to depict the map of the Earthly Realm, one of the nine realms of the Southern Wilderness, throughout his life. The maps of the other eight realms were all copied from hearsay, making it difficult to distinguish between true and false.

"It's too difficult to be a rogue cultivator. If you want to do well in the Southern Wilderness, you have to join a major sect," Chen Beiwu thought to himself.

The Immortal Alliance values ​​order. Even a Golden Core cultivator wouldn't kill or rob a Foundation Establishment cultivator without reason, as it would be a losing proposition and would incur severe punishment from the Immortal Alliance.

But the Southern Wilderness is different; there is no order here, and strength reigns supreme.

Those with great power can do whatever they want, and even some cultivation sects will voluntarily pay tribute in exchange for protection.

If even minor sects are so humble and subservient, it's even harder for independent cultivators in the Southern Wilderness to survive, simply because they are unqualified and lack resources.

What are the five lacks?

No spiritual land: No fixed cave dwelling, can only occupy the spiritual veins of barren mountains.

No backing: Without the protection of a sect, there is no help when encountering enemies, and one can only rely on oneself to fight.

No lineage: Lacking a systematic cultivation method, relying on incomplete scrolls for practice, breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage is like the blind men and the elephant.

No resources: Fighting for resources requires risking your life, and even if you manage to get a chance, it will be intercepted by the big faction.

Unidentified: Unskilled people are looked down upon, and even if they are beaten and killed in the street by strongmen, no one cares.

To put it bluntly, independent cultivators are like unregistered individuals, easily used as cannon fodder by sect disciples to explore paths, or subjected to restrictions placed by powerful individuals to possess bodies and ward off calamities.

Of course, the Southern Wilderness is not entirely without rules.

Within the territory of Diyan, there are five major immortal cultivation sects that dominate the field: Mirror Moon Palace, Profound Sword Pavilion, Green Wood Sect, Burning Flame Sect, and Heavy Gold Sect.

These five major sects possess the inheritance of profound scriptures and are presided over by Nascent Soul True Monarchs. They have countless affiliated sects under their command, making them incredibly powerful and revered as the Five Great Sects by the Earthly Realm cultivation world.

It is no exaggeration to say that even Golden Core cultivators can only abide by the rules set by the five major sects and dare not violate them at will.

Therefore, the cultivation world of the Earthly Realm can barely maintain some order on the surface, but in reality, the lives of independent cultivators and small sects are not easy.

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Beiwu decided to inquire about the Mirror Moon Palace to see if he could join this powerful force.

There was no other way. Chen Beiwu originally wanted to be a rogue cultivator, but rogue cultivators were people without any status or identity, and the Southern Wilderness was too chaotic.

His cultivation level is only at the seventh level of Qi Refining. It would be fine if he encountered a Qi Refining Tribulation Cultivator like Lin Yu, but if he was unlucky enough to be ambushed by a Foundation Establishment Tribulation Cultivator, that would be a fatal matter.

In addition, Chen Beiwu also wanted to confirm a suspicion in his mind by joining the five major sects.

What does that mean?

Chen Beiwu suspected that the environment of the Southern Wilderness was completely different from that of the Immortal Alliance (Tianyuan Star).

In ancient times, the Great Dao of Tianyuan Star was stable.

Even if a cultivator achieves a state of perfect harmony between heaven and man, undergoes a complete transformation, and reaches the realm of "Three Flowers Gathering at the Top" and "Five Qi Converging at the Origin," condensing supreme magical power, it is still difficult to use magic to invoke the laws of heaven and earth, let alone contend with the supernatural powers of great demons.

The demon race is uniquely endowed; they do not need to cultivate, but can invoke the laws of heaven and earth simply by relying on their bloodline, causing their supernatural powers to unleash devastating force.

Some powerful ancient demons could even manipulate the Dao of Heaven and Earth to condense immortality fruits and ascend to immortality.

It was precisely because of this that in ancient times, the human race was weak, and no one could comprehend the universe, attain immortality, while the great demons, who ran rampant and ravaged the world, could successfully condense the Dao Fruit and ascend to heaven.

Fortunately, a peerless master was born among the human race, who, with great wisdom, pioneered the path of cultivation by borrowing beasts, a path that terrified the demon race.

To this day, the cultivation philosophy of the Immortal Alliance has taken shape, following the path of cultivating oneself through external means.

In layman's terms, it means cultivating immortality and attaining enlightenment by borrowing the power of beasts, and it places great emphasis on spiritual roots and resources.

The cultivation philosophy of the Southern Wilderness is to cultivate oneself and connect with heaven and earth through magic. In layman's terms, it is to cultivate both body and mind to attain the Dao. It follows the old path of the ancient cultivators of Tianyuan Star and pays more attention to magical talent (comprehension).

These two concepts, though ultimately leading to the same goal, are fundamentally different.

Chen Beiwu picked up "Xuanyuan Shulu" and opened it. The more he thought about it, the more reliable his guess seemed.

Even though they were using the same spells, the spells he cast in the Southern Wilderness were several times more powerful than those of the Immortal Alliance.

At first, Chen Beiwu thought it was because the spiritual energy of the Southern Wilderness was extremely rich, which caused the power of the spells to increase, so he didn't think much of it.

It wasn't until he read the cultivation techniques of the Southern Wilderness today and understood the core cultivation philosophy that he immediately realized what was going on.

"If my guess is true, with my talent in magic, I should be able to join one of the five major sects smoothly." Chen Beiwu's eyes lit up.

(End of this chapter)