Exploring Immortality Cultivation

This year, the first snow in the Divine Capital came a bit later than last year. By now, it was nearly December, marking the fourth month since Wang Qi's arrival in Divine Capital.

In this last month alone, Wang Qi's impact on Shenzhou had been greater than the sum of his entire sixteen years of existence.

A vigorous mathematical revolution had already unfolded, led by the Genting Sect, which declared a reconstruction of mathematics that integrated all known mathematical concepts—naturally, this was done in a formalist manner, expressing mathematics as a formal system.

In response, the Mathematics Lord still had the same remark, "But, what's the use of this?" In the Mathematics Lord's view, mathematics was just mathematics; regardless of how you defined it, its intrinsic nature, synonymous with the Dao, would not change.

Nevertheless, it must be said that in this matter, the innate talent of the Mathematics Lord had hindered him. To him, these formal systems were irrelevant, but for many ordinary arithmeticians, especially those from the Bourbaki School, this idea opened a new door, revealing another facet of mathematics.

On one hand, the Genting Sect burst forth with all its enthusiasm, with excellent papers emerging like a geyser from this small study. On the other hand, more and more Grandmasters and distinguished disciples from the Wanfa Sect began to understand mathematics from this fresh perspective.

Following Pang Jialai of the Mathematics Lord, several more papers were published to address some issues within constructive mathematical theory. Although he was just one person, his research was not hindered by "incompleteness," and his high level of expertise actually allowed him to hold his own against the entire Genting Sect.

In this fierce battle between the Void Sun Rat and the Moon Palace Toad, two names became particularly notable. First, the name of a minor Qi Cultivation Stage junior named Wang Qi surprisingly appeared frequently in this scholarly battle, not only co-authoring papers with disciples of the Master of Calculation and Carefree Great Cultivators but also being mentioned several times by these Carefree Practitioners. The other name was odd, called "Anon." In recent papers from the Genting Sect, nearly every second or third author was this person named "Anon."

The former need not be mentioned, as it was clearly a ploy to bolster the Completeness Law by the Genting Sect, albeit in an unsightly fashion. This caused a lot of dissatisfaction among the lower-ranked disciples, particularly the True Inheritors of the Wanfa Sect. Consequently, many made special trips to the Divine Capital to confront Wang Qi, including some at the peak of Foundation Establishment who were geniuses ready to enter Core Formation at any moment. Fortunately, most of them were repelled by Chen Feng.

The latter had a different significance. All of the Genting Sect's recent papers listed this "Anon" as second or third author—what an immense amount of Merit that must be! Considering that papers of Carefree Level, no matter how niche, always garnered some baseline rewards, and were not short on citations and exchanges, the Merit earned would be nothing but substantial. And with so many papers earning rewards together, this Mr. Anon, even if he were a Great Grandmaster, would be overwhelmed by abundance!

While countless cultivators in Shenzhou speculated about who "Anon" might be, Mr. Anon, Wang Qi, finally felt he was living a life free from want.

Just a month ago, Feng Luoyi had suddenly sought out Wang Qi, informing him of something beyond his wildest dreams—the Genting Sect hoped to follow the pathway pointed out by Wang Qi, that is, the idea of the Bourbaki School, to express all of mathematics as a formal system. When Wang Qi heard this news, he was ecstatic beyond measure.

The Genting Sect actually taking on the work of the Bourbaki School voluntarily? I thought Senior Xi wouldn't even glance at these crooked paths until after Godel's Incompleteness Theorem, but look at that, hahaha! What joy, hahaha!

Watching Wang Qi's heartfelt ecstasy, Feng Luoyi felt, after all, that he had underestimated this young man.

Previously I thought this child had a steadfast Heart of Seeking; now it seems I was completely mistaken—this is not mere steadfastness; this is a paragon of hearing the Dao in the morning and willing to die in the evening! A true seeker among those Seeking Dao!

Clearly, it was him who proposed the notion of the mathematical structure, but upon hearing that the Ximen Master was willing to undertake this work, he had forgotten this point, genuinely delighted by the resolution of a mathematical problem! What noble character! What sincerity in mathematics!

The renowned "Savior of the Common People" suddenly raised the issue and the pre-prepared conditions somehow seemed impossible to voice.

For such a disciple, so focused on the Dao, any material reward would be an insult. Thus, it was better to convert all rewards into an implicit form.

Moreover, the attitude of "hearing the Dao" is commendable but not advocated. Cultivators have an unlimited life span; the priority is to survive first, then there is hope to comprehend the Great Dao. Hence, going forward, it's better to just personally keep a protective eye on him... However, revealing this wouldn't aid his development, so it's better not to tell him.

In just a moment, Feng Luoyi had made a decision. Thus, at that moment, Wang Qi gained a "True Portable Grandpa," and this grandpa was very conscientious, not requiring Wang Qi's help in reconstructing a physical body, and could provide the best guidance, and even jump out to save him at critical moments. Unlike some useless grandpa stuck in a ring.

Unfortunately, Wang Qi himself wasn't aware of this.

Fearing that Wang Qi, upon receiving a large sum of Merit, would squander it or fall back into a dilemma of ruining his future prospects by dabbling excessively in various cultivation practices, the members of the Genting Sect decided to deliver the earned Merit to Wang Qi in installments. Due to the first batch of Merit arriving, along with the revenue derived from Godel's Completeness Theorem, Wang Qi finally felt he had risen out of poverty and become a "ten-thousand-yuan household."

Therefore, after finishing his current tasks, he planned to have a prosperous year.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Kunlun Mountain Range, within the Mountain Gate of the Wanfa Sect, a different atmosphere prevailed.

In the Council Hall, gathered were all the Wanfa Grandmasters whose academic statuses were sufficient and who were not out on journeys or in closed-door cultivation. Among them, taking the chief seat were three Carefree individuals, Bai Ze God Monarch and the Bao Clan Siblings.

Bai Ze God Monarch was the undeniable moderator. In these internal meetings, which most arithmeticians found troublesome and often avoided, Bai Ze God Monarch always eagerly participated. He cleared his throat softly and asked, "Has everyone arrived?"

Seeing no one expressing opposition or using a Magic Artifact to call others, the Divine Monarch nodded satisfactorily and said, "I presume everyone knows why we have gathered here?"

Bao Yuehan cut to the chase, "Bai Ze, drop the formalities. Let's get straight to the point."

Bai Ze God Monarch nodded and began, "Our first item on today's agenda is the ownership of this session's Dao Artifact Award. Wang Qi, along with his proven Completeness Law, nominated by Xi Baiche, I assume everyone has either seen or heard of it. There should be no objection to awarding him the Dao Artifact Award, right?"

Bao Yage nodded, "The greatest mathematical achievement of recent years goes beyond all doubt."

"I have an objection." Just then, a Grandmaster stood up to counter. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please cast your recommendations and monthly votes on qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read it on m.qidian.com.)