A Druid Also Can Cultivate-Chapter 447 - 380: World Curse

The war that was about to unfold, determining the ruler of the Star Sea Continent, was not as grandiose as imagined.

Because in the internal wars of human Cultivators, especially on the Star Sea Continent, the true deciders of victory and defeat are the high-level Cultivators. No matter how many low-level Cultivators there are, they serve no real use.

However, this doesn’t mean that the low-level Cultivators are useless.

For whether a region or a world is strong, the most direct factor is the strength and prosperity of the living beings within it, including humans, Spirit Beasts, the Insect Race, trees, and all other things with life.

These beings may not have a large impact in civil wars, but in external conflicts, it’s different, especially when dealing with beings like the Demon Race.

When the Demon Race breaks through the Realm barriers to invade a world, they will face suppression and fierce resistance from the heavens and the earth of that place. The stronger the aversion, the stronger the suppression they encounter.

So in such a scenario, if they invade with only high Realm combat power, unless they have the power to directly suppress a world, they will inevitably experience significant weakening and suppression, then get killed by enemies of a lower Realm.

This is a situation no Cultivator wishes to face, so if the Demon Race wants to appear in the Star Sea Continent, they must bring in massive armies.

Only when countless living beings on the opposing side face this suppressive force can it be significantly weakened, preventing them from being killed by enemies of a lower Realm.

This is the importance of stability and prosperity of living beings in a world, and it’s also the reason why atypical beings like the Demon Insect King, which massacre normal living beings, are despised by heaven and earth, potentially even cursed.

Many ancient texts record that numerous high-level Cultivators who massacred living beings encountered world curses. Those cursed may face many problems, losing the Perception of Spiritual Power, physical decay, greatly reduced lifespan, proliferation of Heart Demons, and so on... However, this generally only affects Cultivators of very high Realms or those who massacre many living beings. Ordinary Cultivators will merely experience a significant increase in the power of Thunder Tribulation when breaking through.

Qi Ping estimated that this is one of the reasons why high-level Cultivators from the Celestial Dragon Continent have not chosen to directly slay him.

Slaying an Earth Immortal with great Fortune, for instance, may entail facing the backlash of Fortune, pressure from the world, and possibly even the issue of world curses.

Which Integration Cultivator or Mahayana Stage Cultivator dares challenge these forces?

So once Qi Ping understood these issues, he knew the main problem he faced was the external armies.

In the situation where high-level Cultivators are unwilling to act, the only remaining way to slay him, an Earth Immortal, is to initiate a massive campaign, such as having external forces completely destroy the Star Sea Continent, severing the Dragon Vein, shattering the land, life decimated... this would quickly cause his powers as an Earth Immortal to decline rapidly, and if Qi Ping, this Earth Immortal, doesn’t handle it well, there is a great possibility of weakened Fortune and other powerhouse influences...

Understanding this issue, Qi Ping knew that whether for the power of the Earth Immortal Druid or to resist the invaders, he must protect the majority of the living beings on the Star Sea Continent.

This is the foundation of his increasing strength and capital in dealing with foreign Cultivators.

However, this protection doesn’t mean that Qi Ping needs to spare every Cultivator and living being; reasonable slaughter is also permissible.

A fundamental principle is to promote the prosperity of the Star Sea Continent reasonably, as long as this is achieved, with the inscrutable power of the Heavenly Dao, it can perceive even a little, especially with the Power of Shelter from Fortune thick upon Qi Ping now. As long as he doesn’t do overly excessive things, he is unlikely to suffer negative impacts from the Heavenly Dao.

What Qi Ping has to do now is to swiftly slay all the Cultivators leaning towards the Celestial Dragon Continent.

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After finding the Little Immortal Tiger, Qi Ping immediately conveyed all the Cultivator information that needed evaluation to the Immortal Tiger.

At this time, the Little Immortal Tiger standing before Qi Ping had already changed significantly in appearance compared to before.

After exploring nearly all the resources of the Underworld of the Star Sea Continent, and with the resources Qi Ping provided, the Little Immortal Tiger had undergone two bloodline transformations.

Especially with most of Qi Ping’s Animal Companions having gone to the Forest Sea Demon Realm, with the Little Stone Spirit only needing ores and weapons, the Golden Marrow Bees, Earth Vein Ants, and Void Fish Shoal only needing specific resources, so now most of the resources Qi Ping collected and cultivated to aid in transformation and strengthening had been accumulated upon the Little Immortal Tiger.

With such formidable support, the Little Immortal Tiger’s two bloodline transformations achieved surprisingly good results.

Particularly in the second transformation eight years ago, Qi Ping almost poured in the full power of the Qingtian Realm, even trading for a considerable amount of Water Attribute Spiritual Objects and Fortune-related Spiritual Objects on the Star Sea Continent to enhance the Little Immortal Tiger’s bloodline.

Among these, what surprised people was that Qi Ping found a mysterious stele that could curse someone and increase misfortune at a low price.

Qi Ping was mainly curious about this; how could such a magical thing exist in the world?

He also wanted to see if it could inversely stimulate the Little Immortal Tiger’s bloodline growth.

Unexpectedly, this casual move really played a role. With the inverse stimulation, the Little Immortal Tiger’s understanding of the essence of the Power of Fortune became increasingly clear, and its bloodline was successfully awakened with the eruption of this power.