Cultivation: Start From Simplifying Martial Arts Techniques

In The Endless Sea, there was a cultivation method known as the Faith Method, and its source was Black Divine.

However, to be honest, the cultivation efficiency of the Faith Method was extremely slow; merely better than nothing, and consequently, it never became the mainstream cultivation method in The Endless Sea.

At that time, cultivators in The Endless Sea mostly used the Faith Method to forge and nourish their spiritual treasures.

After all, it didn’t require much mental effort—simply enclose a piece of land, make oneself the lord, and then obtain faith, allowing the power of the spiritual treasures to gradually increase.

At this moment, Chen Fei had no way of judging the true power of this Faith Method You Yi spoke of, not having seen a real cultivation method.

“What impact would it have on us, the human race, if our faith is extracted?” Weng Zongfang did not immediately agree.

Despite the imminent threat of the Black Demon outside the city, it was essential to ask clearly about the gains and losses.

In the Return to Nothing Realm, or to be precise, within the Black Stone Domain, there was hardly any practice of cultivating the Faith Method.

All beings in the Black Stone Domain relied on absorbing the vital energy of heaven and earth and comprehending Heaven and Earth Rules to enhance themselves.

The vital energy of heaven and earth was continually thinning. At the beginning, this trend was not apparent, but over time, the diminishment of vital energy accelerated.

Now, near Jiguang City, the vital energy of heaven and earth had reduced to less than half of its original and was still declining.

If the vital energy of heaven and earth became too thin, the power of cultivators would inevitably be affected.

The Heaven and Earth Rules were still there, but to resonate with the Rules, one needed to leverage their own essence force, which, again, stemmed from the vital energy of heaven and earth.

Once the essence force within the body was exhausted and there was no vital energy of heaven and earth to replenish it, one could only use spirit material and low-grade Primordial Crystals for replenishment.

However, if the vital energy of heaven and earth continued like this, the vital energy contained within the mystical treasures and low-grade Primordial Crystals would also be drained.

This is because mystical treasures are not truly self-sustaining spaces; they connect to the outside world, and when massive changes occur outside, mystical treasures cannot remain unaffected.

“It won’t be too bad, at most causing weakness in one’s mental defense compared to death, this is nothing at all, right?” You Yi said with a light laugh.

You Yi left out a point: faith implies reverence, even to a more complete extent. Over time, one’s will could be changed.

But as You Yi stated, compared to death, this seemed hardly unacceptable.

“We need to consider this,” Weng Zongfang exchanged a look with Tang Yunshou and said solemnly.

“Suit yourself. The creatures in this area are plentiful. If you refuse, the Black Demon will naturally surge over here sooner or later. By that time, even if you wish to learn the Faith Method, it’ll be too late.”

You Yi glanced at all the members of the Human Clan’s Rule Integration Realm, then turned into a wisp of black fog and disappeared.

Weng Zongfang hesitated as he looked at where You Yi vanished, not choosing to forcibly stop him.

Not that Weng Zongfang couldn’t do it—the aura that You Yi had presented was merely at the late stages of the Rule Integration Realm.

Even though the vital energy of heaven and earth in the Black Stone Domain was undergoing abnormal changes, those at the Peak of Rule Integration Realm were still at their peak, and their battle strength was significantly stronger than those at the late stages of the Rule Integration Realm.

But apart from You Yi, Weng Zongfang could distinctly sense that at no great distance, there were several gazes fixed on them.

The meaning of these gazes was clear—they warned the human race not to act rashly, or else they would bear the consequences.

At this moment, what exactly was happening in the Black Stone Domain, and where did those Black Demons, as well as the Ancient Hug Tribe that appeared, come from? Weng Zongfang had no idea.

Capturing You Yi might provide answers, but it could also plunge Jiguang City into irreversible disaster.

As all the cultivators of the Rule Integration Realm returned to Jiguang City, Weng Zongfang brought out all of the collected texts related to the Faith Method from the city’s archives.

The Faith Method mentioned by You Yi was undoubtedly not ordinary, or else the other party would not have spoken of it so confidently.

But since they had gained some information, they decided to try out the Faith Method collected by the human race.

It was a desperate measure, akin to using a dead horse as a living one, but perhaps it would yield some results.

The sorting of the secret manuals was quick because there were only a few martial arts related to the Faith Method, and they were all focused on the Fifth-Tier Sun Moon Realm stage.

There was not a single cultivation method for the Faith Method at the Sixth-Tier Rule Integration Realm.

This was only to be expected since this was not a mainstream cultivation method in the Black Stone Domain. Trying to create a new path of cultivation on one’s own was extremely challenging.

Moreover, the collected faith inherently contained fragments of other beings’ emotions.

Cultivating needed to be pure and focused. This kind of faith mixed with other beings’ emotional fragments could easily lead one astray in cultivating, potentially causing one to stagnate at a certain stage and making it difficult to advance further.

After passing around a few secret manuals of the Faith Method among themselves, the Human Clan’s Rule Integration Realm members finished reading them in no time.

After all, it was a martial arts from the Sun Moon Realm, and for someone in the Rule Integration Realm, it could be said that there was virtually no difficulty.

Chen Fei compared the secret manual in his hand with the Faith Method that had been circulating in The Endless Sea and found that the latter was far inferior to what he held.

These were, after all, Sun Moon Realm inheritances, whereas the techniques propagated throughout The Endless Sea were essentially used by those in the Mountain Sea Realm, and the difference in level was immediately clear.

Moreover, having carefully compared them, Chen Fei realized that the Faith Methods passed down by the Black Divine contained a severe flaw.

That was, if another being were also cultivating the same faith technique and understood it to a higher degree than you, they could directly absorb your Power of Faith.

If that time came, even if you did not believe in them, the Power of Faith within you could be used by them, and to a certain extent, your beliefs might change, leading you to worship them instead.

Chen Fei’s brow furrowed slightly; there was no such issue before, but upon closer inspection now, he realized that the Black Divine’s schemes in The Endless Sea had begun very early on.

Chen Fei had always felt that the Black Divine that appeared in The Endless Sea might be related to the current changes in the Black Stone Domain.

But with the information currently at hand, Chen Fei could not connect the two.

Weng Zongfang and Tang Yunshou were now closing their eyes, directly attempting to cultivate the Faith Method.

The status of a human imperial sovereign naturally made all of the human race worship them, an advantage that other humans did not possess. Therefore, Weng Zongfang and Tang Yunshou had all the right conditions to cultivate the Faith Method.

As Weng Zongfang and Tang Yunshou started to run the Faith Method, faint ripples appeared in the vital energy of heaven and earth – these were the beliefs of the residents of Jiguang City being absorbed by the two of them.

Just under an hour ago, the vital energy of heaven and earth around Jiguang City had undergone a change again.

It was not just about being thin; it had become inert. It was not only difficult to absorb, but even attempting to mobilize it had become extremely difficult.

That is to say, it was unknown whether the strength of the Black Demons wandering outside would increase, but it was certain that attempting to slain them would now be even more difficult than before.

The key point was that the abnormality in the vital energy of heaven and earth was still continuing, and no one knew what it would eventually become.

All the cultivators in the hall were silently awaiting the cultivation results of the two human imperial sovereigns. As time ticked away, after an hour, Weng Zongfang and Tang Yunshou both opened their eyes and stopped cultivating the Faith Method.

Under the gaze of all cultivators at the Rule Integration Realm, Weng Zongfang formed a seal with one hand and struck a burst of essence force into the empty space of the great hall.

Watching Weng Zongfang’s Inscription, all Human Clan’s Rule Integration Realm cultivators couldn’t help but frown slightly.

The power was lackluster; the only thing commendable was that the technique indeed activated a significant amount of the sluggish vital energy of heaven and earth, which had a much better resonance effect compared to essence force alone.

But the technique itself was too weak; even with the enhancement of heaven and earth’s vital energy, it was still weak.

“The power cultivated from the Faith Method is somewhat different from essence force, but indeed, it’s more suited for the current situation in the Black Stone Domain. However, the efficiency of absorption and conversion needs to be strengthened,” Weng Zongfang said with a heavy voice.

“How effective the Power of Faith is against the Black Demons remains to be researched, but if we consider the Faith Cultivation Techniques we currently have, they are not enough!” added Tang Yunshou.

Hearing the words of the two, the atmosphere in the grand hall became even more solemn.

Weng Zongfang and Tang Yunshou were human imperial sovereigns; the residents of Jiguang City were naturally the most effective when it came to cultivating the Faith Method, and other human cultivators in the Rule Integration Realm certainly could not compare with them.

Now that Weng Zongfang and Tang Yunshou’s cultivation effectiveness was poor, it was clear that the other human cultivators in the Rule Integration Realm would fare even worse with this Faith Method.

With the talent of the cultivators present, it was not difficult to create a Faith Method with decent power.

But this came with a condition – that there was enough time.

Creating a cultivation technique required consideration of many factors, and since everyone was generally unfamiliar with the Faith Method, it would inevitably take even more time.

Yet, considering the current situation in the Black Stone Domain, there was no way Jiguang City could be afforded that much time.

“Imperial sovereign, what should we do now?” someone couldn’t help asking.

“You all wait in the city for a while; I’ll go and test it out,” Weng Zongfang contemplated for a moment, leaving a sentence behind, his figure disappeared from the hall.

They knew too little about the situation with the Black Demons.

Weng Zongfang was going out to take an actual look and understand some of the surrounding situations, which might provide a basis for the next decision-making.

Tang Yunshou intended to go along, but ultimately, he stayed within Jiguang City.

If both were to leave at the same time, should the Black Demons attack, the other cultivators in the Rule Integration Realm would probably find it extremely difficult to defend, even those in the late stages of the Rule Integration Realm.

Less than an hour later, Weng Zongfang returned to Jiguang City, also bringing back a captive Black Demon.

Weng Zongfang’s complexion was somewhat pale. This excursion had not been easy for him, and the scenes he witnessed outside had also shocked him.

Within three thousand miles of Jiguang City, there were traces of Black Demons, and the closer it was to the location of the previous grey pillar of light, the larger the number of Black Demons.

More crucially, the Black Demons had changed; as the vital energy of heaven and earth in the Black Stone Domain continued to thin and become inert, the Black Demons’ strength was getting stronger.

All cultivators in the hall looking at the Black Demon realized without Weng Zongfang’s need to say that the aura of the Black Demon had changed.

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