Big Data Cultivation-Chapter 2106 - 2108: The Stubborn Domain

Wan Qing True Immortal’s reputation was quite formidable. As she led Feng Jun and the others flying low across the Blazing Flame Plate, nobody dared to interfere.

However, Feng Jun and the others couldn’t care less about enjoying such treatment, as they were stunned by the news that Wan Qing True Immortal brought.

This was because Qu Jianlei was sent by the Jinwu Subordinates, Ji Buseng was just a mere master of the Tianxin Platform, and Wan Qing didn’t specifically guard against them—after all, the Chess Sect people watched as well, so she recounted the events.

They initially wanted to enter the iris of the Qingping Realm, but Qingping Realm harbored extreme hostility towards Wu Nan. As they approached the iris, Wu Nan sensed strong unease. Coincidentally, with the Chess Sect’s Yidi accompanying them, he and True Immortal Jiu Wei conducted some deductions.

The deduction result was ominous—there was a high likelihood that Wu Nan would encounter mishaps if he forcibly entered the iris of Qingping Realm.

So the group discussed and decided to set up a formation right outside the iris in the void.

The domain consciousness seemed to have noticed them, and the iris began to expand outward, but Elder Qinghuang finally released his aura. The Jinwu’s Tearful Blood Stone he held also lifted a partial seal, emitting a very obscure Jinwu aura.

As a result, the iris of Qingping Realm ceased moving. Although the domain consciousness was not afraid of a Nascent Soul Peak, the Jinwu Subordinates included True Infants at the Emergence Stage, and even the legendary Divine Spirit Powerhouses.

If a Divine Spirit Powerhouse wishes to, reducing the domain consciousness’s level by two wouldn’t be an issue, and that’s considering they care about the beings within the domain—otherwise, pushing the domain consciousness back to its initial state is also possible.

Particularly with the Tearful Blood Stone they held, although its power was quite poor and the Jinwu aura nearly imperceptible, it remained a Jinwu aura!

Therefore, the domain consciousness retreated, refraining from interfering with their formation setup.

The fact of the matter is that the consciousness of Qingping Realm is quite mature. With the formation set up, Wu Nan True Immortal made hand gestures, reciting the incantation silently in his mind; as soon as the ritual was completed, a massive lotus virtual image suddenly blossomed on the iris.

The virtual image was enormous—it enveloped the entire Qingping Domain, followed by a wave of obscure fluctuation transmitted to this group of people, a fragmentary consciousness conveyed, "From whom does the formation in your hands come?"

To say the awareness of Qingping Realm is intelligent is relative to other domain consciousnesses. Many domain consciousnesses are ignorant, functioning purely on instinct, for they were originally the rules of Heavenly Dao materialized, somewhat akin to artificial intelligence on a computer.

Now, the consciousness of Qingping has begun developing towards independent consciousness, which is considered very intelligent.

"Greetings to the Heavenly Dao of Qingping!" Wu Nan True Immortal lifted his hand with a bow, expressing his intention, "This technique was obtained at great expense by me; I came here also to discuss past grievances with you, fellow Daoist!"

Wu Nan True Immortal truly didn’t feel he had done wrong, for although his past killing was indeed ruthless, he initially spared many people out of mercy, which led to the slaughter of his relatives and friends. Naturally, he had to exact double retribution.

He considered this settling of karma, receiving no advancement in cultivation level for over a hundred years—was punishment enough. The Qingping Realm should now lift the punishment on him, or else this Heavenly Dao is overly harsh.

He stated this per Feng Jun’s suggestion, for with a domain consciousness, softly pleading is futile, and speaking too harshly is inappropriate. A firm but negotiable tone to seek solving the problem as the main purpose was proposed.

Coincidentally, the Jinwu Subordinates thought likewise—how could a grand Seventh Sect easily beg?

However, perhaps because he did not directly address the formation’s origin, the consciousness of Qingping seemed somewhat displeased, intermittently conveying the meaning—are you qualified to discuss this matter with me?

In fact, its assertion wasn’t an issue, as equal communication is objectively existent. The Earth Realm speaks of it, the Tianqin Plane speaks of it, and even among the Seven Great Schools, such rules are emphasized.

The consciousness of Qingping Realm is a rather special existence, difficult to judge its level—it can only nurture up to Nascent Soul Third Layer within its domain, supposedly of low rank, yet can still accommodate many Nascent Soul Initial Stage beings.

Moreover, it can expel Nascent Souls directly, and even repel Emergence Stage beings, only to possibly be painfully abused when facing a Divine Spirit Stage big boss.

So regarding it roughly equivalent to the combat strength of two or three Emergence Stage levels, is basically not wrong—as for its ability to only produce Nascent Soul Initial Stage, that’s not due to lack of capability but truly because if forced to foster mid-high Rank Nascent Souls, the domain source would suffer tremendous damage.

Domain consciousness and source are closely related—the source’s damage will impact consciousness, for any intelligent entity born with wisdom mostly instinctively protects itself, and the Heavenly Dao itself pays keen attention to self-maintenance.

Even Kunhao—a backward domain—its consciousness might also define itself as an Emergence Stage presence, so it’s quite normal for Qingping to indicate that the person speaking to it is of insufficient level.

Elder Qinghuang slightly opened his mouth, wanting to say something, like, what arrogance does a domain consciousness exhibit? But considering the karma involved, he decisively ceased this idea—domain karma isn’t limited to the domain consciousness solely, but includes the domain beings.

This is precisely why True Sages of the Divine Spirit Stage generally avoid provoking Domain Consciousness, and even True Lords of the Fusion Stage can destroy a domain with a flip of the hand, but dare not do so lightly—the karmic weight of domain creatures is too heavy.

However, while Elder Qinghuang dared not speak, True Immortal Wu Nan dared, since he had karma himself, he said, "Offense," and reached out to seize the Jinwu’s Tearful Blood Stone from Elder Qinghuang’s hand, "I’ve brought this item, do I not qualify to exchange communication with you?"

The Great Sun Golden Crow is a well-known old entity, although not attested by the Great Dao, it is a top existence below the Great Dao, an ancient and truly arrogant being, immortal and indestructible, a Mahayana stage powerhouse.

If the Golden Crow gets angry, extinguishing a domain, not to mention a universe, is a matter of blinking its eyes, it is untouched by the karma of living creatures—even if it is contaminated, it is not afraid; it can simply create a new heaven and earth and settle those creatures.

The consciousness of Qingping Domain is quite homebound, in fact, all Domain Consciousness are homebound—after all, can’t leave home to visit others, can they?

Because of this, Domain Consciousness generally don’t easily provoke Divine Spirit stage existences—the Divine Spirit stage is reluctant to get involved in living creature karma, but a domain is just there, can’t run away, isn’t it easy for someone to maliciously direct others in secret?

The Qingping Domain’s consciousness is quite homebound, but it communicates with surrounding domains, and at least it knows that the Golden Crow is not to be messed with, and to be honest, just the name itself brings a feeling of heart-pounding—this is absolutely not to be provoked.

The Qingping Consciousness has a prejudice against Wu Nan, although it does not dare to offend the Golden Crow, it will not easily agree to the other party, so it intermittently expresses—this issue is not my fault, I expelled you twice without any means, just prohibited entry.

By the third time, I placed a curse on you—your Jinwu Sect wants face, does the noble Qingping Domain not want face? 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

It’s negotiable now! True Immortal Wu Nan felt the development was still decent, the effect of being courteous before using force was achieved!

Hence, he appropriately showed weakness, showing weakness at this time was not embarrassing, he promised not to take initiative in the Qingping Domain afterward, wouldn’t even mind the offense by those ants—only if someone with comparable cultivation level provoked me will I retaliate!

By common sense, his response was fine, but the Qingping Consciousness expressed, no need to say more, I issued the Domain Curse, so it won’t be actively removed—removing it would mean admitting I’m wrong!

Even if I’m wrong, that means the Heavenly Dao rules of the Qingping Domain are wrong, and I absolutely won’t bear that blame!

Compared to ordinary cultivators, the consciousness of Qingping Domain is still relatively naïve, but it also indeed found a reason—if the Heavenly Dao is wrong, then the rules are wrong, not only involving many living creatures’ karma, even the Tianqin Main Plane can’t escape implication.

Later, True Immortal Wan Qing believed this consciousness was rather cunning—at least its learning ability was relatively strong.

Wu Nan could use the aura of the Golden Crow as a cover to pressure the other party, but they brought out Heavenly Dao rules as an argument.

However, the Qingping Domain wasn’t completely unyielding; it promised to lift some curse restrictions—I can let you perceive the curse, and can even force it to a certain point, but it absolutely cannot leave your body.

This left True Immortal Wu Nan in a bind—not having driven off my body, the curse remains.

He wanted to fight for some conditions, but the Qingping Domain directly dissipated, believing it had offered a solution, although not fully agreeing to the other party’s requests, it also was considered a step back, knowing when to stop—don’t I want face?

After True Immortal Wan Qing narrated, the group remained silent for a long while until Feng Jun spoke, "The solution has a regret, but theoretically, True Immortal Wu Nan can indeed advance now... just a bit stifled."

"More than stifled, it’s purely disgusting," True Immortal Wan Qing sighed helplessly, "The Golden Core is in an impervious body, can’t just discard body hair, each advancement requires losing part of the body, this is really too excessive."

"Excessive is not only this," True Immortal Yi Jue, who was quite familiar with these theories, said, "Not only is each advancement difficult, the key is that he can never advance to the Emergence Stage this way."

"It’s not just the problem of being unable to advance to the Emergence Stage," True Immortal Wan Qing wiped his forehead in frustration, "Each advancement requires a long time to digest that curse, I don’t even know how many more times he can advance in his remaining life."

Ji Buseng listened somewhat bewildered, he came from an ordinary family, had little related content on Tianxin Platform, had experienced chaotic storms, gained an additional granddaughter, and also developed some psychological shadows regarding going to the Higher Realm.

Master Sumiao often visits the Tianqin Plane, but Master Busheng rarely does—this time Feng Jun came, he believed Feng Jun, so he followed, but it’s certain that he’s somewhat lacking in the knowledge system.

If you don’t understand... then ask, cultivators of Tianxin Platform have always been candid, "Mountain Master Feng, gather the curse onto a single hair, wouldn’t that do? What harm could it cause?"

(Updated to summon monthly tickets.)