Exploring Immortality Cultivation

What's going on?

Wang Qi's first reaction was, "Fuck, did I mess with the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion so severely that a passing high-level practitioner casually took a swipe at me?" Because what he sensed first was the overwhelming spiritual power rushing towards him!

This... this is definitely an attack! I wouldn't even need so much for a major spell—so much?

Hang on, the combat power of the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion lies within their spiritual mechanisms, so where is this immense spiritual power coming from? This mode of attack is more like something from Tianling Ridge, right?

In the blink of an eye, the powerful tidal wave of spiritual power swept through every direction, and the entire Wanfa Sect's station boiled over instantaneously. Liu Yunxiang charged out of his study in a flash and appeared on the rooftop where Wang Qi was standing. Other Outer Disciples also rushed out of their rooms, swords in hand, ready for battle.

Then, the light caused by the spiritual energy fluctuations dissipated. In the center where the waves originated, a petite young girl appeared.

The girl was not tall and her figure seemed quite slight, looking to be only around thirteen or fourteen years old. Her face was somewhat round, giving her a childlike appearance. But in just an instant, Wang Qi felt the familiar mana power intent from the girl, as well as her not-to-be-trifled-with essence.

Yao Ding Calculating Scripture, Book of Geometry, Foundation Establishment Stage.

The girl neither concealed her true cultivation from her own Law Gate nor hid her cultivation level. Wang Qi immediately sensed that this girl was a monster on the same level as Su Junyu.

No, maybe even more monstrous... thirteen years old and already at the Foundation Establishment Stage? By the standard of three years of Qi Cultivation, she would have achieved Heavenly Communication when she was just over nine years old.

And to achieve Heavenly Communication, one needs at least high school level knowledge.

"Completing Heavenly Communication at nine years old, she's definitely at the level of a True Disciple..." Wang Qi watched the young girl before him with a complex expression.

Liu Yunxiang's expression was even more complicated than Wang Qi's. He couldn't understand why a True Inheritor of Wanfa Sect would attack Wanfa Sect's Outer Disciple station, so he asked, "This ... this niece? What were you just doing?"

The young girl seemed perplexed as she sensed her surroundings and then murmured, "Infinite Sea of Vacuum... is this a chaotic manifestation of an open non-linear system? Then my movement just now must have disturbed the dynamic equilibrium of this system, leading it to behave as a self-organizing system that releases spiritual power..."

Liu Yunxiang was baffled, "What?"

The girl looked around with a hint of confusion in her eyes, "Are you asking me?"

Liu Yunxiang was somewhat exasperated, "Yes, may I ask why you are using that kind of spell in the Divine Capital Station of the Wanfa Sect?"

The girl replied calmly, "That wasn't a spell or an attack, but a phenomenon caused by a spell—I was studying the Taiyu Skill just now, which slightly affected the space-time metric, causing the fluctuations of the Infinite Sea of Vacuum to suddenly increase. It's a natural phenomenon, so there's no need to worry about it."

After finishing her explanation, the girl fell into contemplation again, "Why though... the fluctuations of the Infinite Sea of Vacuum this time were particularly strong... Both the Taiyu Skill and Cosmic Light Skill can affect space-time, altering local gravity, inertia, and the progression of time, yet divine skills that utilize the Infinite Sea in battle are still scarce..."

Mo Zhenzhen quietly asked, "Is this... a Senior Sister or a Junior Sister? What is she talking about?"

"Infinite Sea of Vacuum, this is a model from the Mysterious Palace," Huangfu Lian said softly. "The vacuum contains immense underlying energy, which is always in a state of flux, just like an indeterminate vast sea."

"Spiritual Energy is the exponent of energy, and the fluctuations of energy within the vacuum would also cause the instability of Spiritual Energy—like wind and waves, gravity and tides," Wang Qi continued explaining. "The Infinite Sea of Vacuum is the whole concept that includes both the 'Energy Sea' and the 'Spiritual Energy Layer.'"

Using Earth's terms, the Infinite Sea of Vacuum is the "Dirac Sea" version with Spiritual Energy.

The electron's relativistic quantum mechanics equation—the Dirac equation—can solve for free electrons' negative energy levels. According to the principle of lowest energy, the electrons in the material world should all transition to negative energy levels. The explanation Dirac provided was that these negative energy levels have already been occupied by electrons and, according to the Pauli exclusion principle, each energy level can only accommodate two electrons with opposite spins, therefore, the electrons we observe cannot transition down to negative energy levels. The world of matter is situated within an undulating sea of indeterminate energy, and this is the Dirac Sea.

However, due to the presence of Spiritual Energy, the characteristics of Shenzhou's Infinite Sea of Vacuum differ vastly from Earth's Dirac Sea.

At least in Shenzhou, the Infinite Sea of Vacuum is a random ebb and flow of Chaos, but it can occasionally self-organize spontaneously, forming unwarranted fluctuations of Spiritual Energy. If someone were to influence this process, then these Spiritual Energy fluctuations could also transform into terrifying Divine Skills.

This is the Absolute Skill that made Di Lanke, the Master of the Mysterious Palace's Infinite Sea, famous—the Infinite Vacuum.

Theoretically speaking, any Spell could potentially disturb the Infinite Sea of Vacuum, but since the nature of the Infinite Sea of Vacuum is random fluctuations, such disturbances should be quickly negated. The girl had clearly made a mistake with her spell to cause such a significant impact. If a person could easily comprehend the true essence of the Infinite Sea of Vacuum, then "Infinite Vacuum" would not deserve to be called one of Mysterious Palace's Supreme Absolute Skills.

The petite girl understood this as well, so she gave up thinking and took out a map from her bosom, looked at it, and then asked, "Excuse me, Senior Uncle, you just said this place is where? The Wanfa Sect's Outer Disciple station?"

Liu Yunxiang nodded, "That's right?"

"Is this Divine Capital?"

"Correct..."

"That's odd, if I set the fundamental parameters correctly, there's no reason I would've flown to the wrong place." The girl was clearly puzzled. She asked, "Um, I remember there's an inn in White Dew Alley on Shenwu Street, do you know the way?"

Wang Qi had some impression of this area; Chen Feng's Empirical Department was located there. He raised his hand and said, "This Senior Sister..."

"Sister." The girl emphasized expressionlessly.

Wang Qi found it awkward to address such a young girl as "Senior Sister," so he skipped the formalities and went directly, "If you head north to Zhongtiao Street and then take a right..."

"Please give me the Qiankun Position directly." The girl said, "You are a disciple of Wanfa Sect, right? You should navigate using the Qiankun Position and Mathematics Scripture."

Suddenly, I felt this scene was eerily familiar, as if I'd seen it in a previous volume of my life, or the volume before that... such an inescapable feeling of déjà vu...

Wang Qi did a mental calculation for a few seconds and then announced the approximate coordinates. The girl thanked him and was about to leave. Suddenly, she sniffed the air and uttered a seemingly nonsensical sentence, "Brocade sheep? And they're ribs?"

Only Mo Zhenzhen caught on, stammeringly saying, "Yes... that is..."

It was then that Wang Qi realized the grill they had set up just a while ago had miraculously survived that surge of Spiritual Energy; it was somewhat deformed, but the fire hadn't gone out, and the meat was perfectly grilled.

The girl let out an "Oh" and started walking in the direction Wang Qi had pointed out, though her eyes involuntarily wandered to the grill. Mo Zhenzhen, kind-hearted as always, said, "Senior Sister is also a fellow disciple from Wanfa Sect, right? You must have not had time to eat on the road, why don't you sit down and join us for some late-night snacks?"

The girl's eyes immediately lit up, "How could I impose? But then I won't be polite."