Modern World's Martial Dao Human Immortal-Chapter 565 - 552: Hardships

"Your Highness, this is the latest information I have at my disposal."

Evergreen Dao Lord said this and immediately added: "Relying on Your Highness's ability to contribute beyond an Immortal in the Lower Realm, no matter which group you choose to enter, you will receive significant attention, and our Changsheng Group is no exception."

After finishing his statement, he added: "As for the small matter of you destroying the Gate of Eternal Life, it's truly not worth mentioning."

"Very well, thank you for the information. Now, please do me one last favor."

"Please speak, Your Highness."

Evergreen Dao Lord quickly bowed to offer his respect.

"Let me experience what it's like to have the permissions of a Seventeen Level Immortal Spirit."

As soon as Alkaid finished speaking, the Great Dao Tower rumbled.

Under the Great Destruction Technique, the emaciated Sect Leader of the Gate of Eternal Life was reduced to dust.

At the moment of his fall, his heart seemed to be filled with frustration and unwillingness.

He had cooperated to such an extent, yet Yu Xiao Immortal King still chose to be utterly thorough in his elimination.

However, his feelings of unwillingness had no chance to fully manifest, as a special branch extended into the Void, piercing into the remnants of his spirituality.

The next second, his entire perception towards everything here was severed.

...

"Seventeen Level Immortal Spirit."

Alkaid quietly perceived the information about Immortal Spirits that emerged in his mind.

More precisely...

It was the manner by which Seventeen Level Immortal Spirits could mobilize the power of the Master of Primordial Yi.

He, too, could now accomplish this.

"If we were to compare the Master of Primordial Yi to an artificial intelligence, am I now... a piece of malware?"

He carefully sensed the relationship between Immortal Spirits and the Master of Primordial Yi.

Almost all Immortal Spirits rely on the Master of Primordial Yi for their cultivation.

One Immortal Spirit after another uploads their cultivation experiences to the database of the Master of Primordial Yi. With the computing power of countless Immortal Spirits, the Master of Primordial Yi deduces and optimizes these cultivation systems, which are then available for all Immortal Spirits to download and study.

This collective approach has made every Immortal Spirit a peerless genius.

Of course, not everyone is the same.

Different constitutions mean these cultivation experiences might not be completely applicable.

At this time, the advantage of having higher permissions comes into play.

Immortal Spirits with higher permissions can leverage the "computing power" of the Master of Primordial Yi when they encounter difficulties in their cultivation, to help them deduce how to break through to the next Realm. They can even use the power of the Master of Primordial Yi to assist in mastering Dao Techniques, Immortal Techniques, and Composite Immortal Techniques.

For this reason, almost every Immortal Spirit can become a Dao Lord and Ascend to Immortality within a mere thousand years or so.

This is simply incredible to the indigenous cultivators of the Ancient Immortal Realm.

Not just in the Lower Realm, but also in the Immortal Realm.

One Immortal Spirit after another uploads their experiences of Ascending as Immortal, Immortal Venerable, and Immortal King among the Three Thousand Great Daos to the database of the Master of Primordial Yi. This enables those Immortal Spirits to attain a Realm comparable to Immortal Venerable or even Immortal King Level within just a few thousand years or tens of thousands of years.

The Dao Techniques, Immortal Techniques, and Composite Immortal Techniques that the indigenous cultivators exhaust their wits to master become accessible to any Immortal after the Master of Primordial Yi optimizes and breaks them down, allowing for free download and study.

What really restricts them from gaining Immortal Venerable and Immortal King Level power is not Realm, but rather Great Dao Share.

Immortal Kings with Great Dao Shares continue to climb higher, practice cultivation, and upload their experiences to the Master of Primordial Yi. Based on their contributions, the Master of Primordial Yi increases their permissions and levels, allowing them to borrow more power to research the deeper mysteries of the Great Dao, ultimately creating a virtuous cycle.

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It took only a few million years from first contact to conflict between the two realms, and the Chaotic Origin Realm has already achieved a tremendous victory!

If it were not for the contradictions that arose when the Nine Major Groups divided the interests, the Ancient Immortal Realm would likely have become history a million years ago.

"The essence of the Master of Primordial Yi is, in fact, each and every Immortal Spirit. If someone could control the thoughts of all Immortal Spirits, they could influence the operations of the Master of Primordial Yi through the Immortal Spirits. It's like if all Immortal Spirits believed that the Chaotic Origin Realm and the Ancient Immortal Realm should develop peacefully, the Master of Primordial Yi would also devise policies for the peaceful coexistence of the two... Thus, the Master of Primordial Yi is, to a certain extent, not an enemy but... a tool! A tool that represents the collective will of all Immortal Spirits of the Chaotic Origin Realm!"

Alkaid contemplated: "Even theoretically, if all Immortal Spirits lose trust in the 'Master of Primordial Yi' and no longer lend their computing power to it, without our intervention, this so-called supreme intelligence 'Master of Primordial Yi' would collapse on its own."

Of course, that's in theory.

In reality, every "life" has a yearning for survival.

To a certain extent, the "Master of Primordial Yi", which could be considered a "Heavenly Dao" type lifeform, is no exception.

Therefore, if all Immortal Spirits truly stopped providing spirituality and computing power to the "Master of Primordial Yi"...

No one can guarantee what consequences there may be.

"So, my next plan can be divided into several steps; first, spread rumors claiming that the 'Master of Primordial Yi' has lost control, propagating the notion of artificial intelligence destroying humanity, eliciting fear of the Master of Primordial Yi amongst the Immortal Spirits... Of course, this step will be very difficult. The Master of Primordial Yi has led the Chaotic Origin Realm to too many successes, and there won't be many who trust it. What I really need to do is, merely use the barrier of the world to weaken the power projected by the Master of Primordial Yi in the Ancient Immortal Realm. The ultimate goal... is to plant the idea that the Nine Major Groups can 'control' the Master of Primordial Yi through public opinion."

He believed that a very small number of the top echelons in the Nine Major Groups must also harbor similar thoughts; they were just too scared to put them into action.

Or to put it another way, they acted with extreme caution.

"Next, it's about coordinating inside with outside forces, increasing and intensifying the rivalry between the Nine Major Groups... There are too many of these groups, it would undoubtedly be better if it were just one or two."

He organized his thoughts.

If there were only one or two groups, and if he could take control of these groups smoothly, it would be much simpler for him to change the Immortal Spirits' minds and interfere with the Master of Primordial Yi.

"Additionally, there might be another method that can be utilized..."

He also planned to create something akin to the "Master of Primordial Yi" within the Ancient Immortal Realm.

However, that would be a massive undertaking.

He would need to truly enter the Immortal Realm and make a specific decision based on the situation there.

As for now...

"Deal with the Dao Lords guarding the other two Gates of the Immortal Realm."

In an instant, Alkaid's figure had vanished from the planet owned by the Gate of Eternal Life.

...

It was not until several days after Alkaid's departure that a Shattering Void Level Cultivator dared to carefully venture into the Gate of Eternal Life's headquarters, which had already been razed by a level.

After spending several days confirming that the terrifying Dao Venerable had indeed left, more cultivators ventured onto the planet one after another, probing every corner.

Another half a month passed.

The forces either belonging to the Gate of Eternal Life or affiliated with it finally came to a conclusion.

"The Gate of Eternal Life has been destroyed."

"My heavens."

"To obliterate the Gate of Eternal Life, which was sheltered by a Dao Venerable, fortified by an Immortal Artifact anchoring its fate, and protected by the Immortal Array... Does such a mighty being truly exist in this world!?"

"Perhaps not even the true Dao Venerables recorded in history were as ferocious as this, right? This one... can now be called the number one in the universe! The strongest Dao Venerable in all of history!"

Discussions resonated ceaselessly among the minds of many Shattering Void cultivators.

Every individual's emotions were rife with uncontrollable shock and awe.

"That being said, why would such an ultimate Dao Venerable suddenly strike and annihilate the Gate of Eternal Life? I've heard that the Gate of Eternal Life has a great background and possesses tremendous power in the Immortal Realm!?"

"It must be that they offended someone they shouldn't have. Ever since Dao Venerable Changqing took charge, he has energetically reformed the Gate of Eternal Life and consciously expanded outward. In just a few thousand years, countless Sects have been destroyed, including those large forces protected by a dozen or more Dao Lords! It's like asking for trouble to consistently walk by the river, and this time, they kicked an iron plate, provoking such a terrifying existence that's so powerful it could be called invincible, leading to the entire Sect's destruction."

"This battle, from beginning to end, has cost the Gate of Eternal Life perhaps more than a hundred Dao Lords? Such great Dao Lords, who almost stand at the summit of the universe, to fall like this... The Cultivation World's brutal and dangerous conflicts have reached such a cruel extent!"

"Indeed... An ancient force with a legacy of millions of years is gone just like that."

Countless sighs and lamentations filled the conversations between these Shattering Void Level Cultivators.

The occurrence of this event was a wake-up call to everyone.

Even a force as mighty as the Gate of Eternal Life had its day of destruction; what more for these Void Shatter True Lords?

From this moment on, they must act with increased caution, to avoid suffering an unexpected calamity.

...

Elsewhere, after Alkaid destroyed the Gate of Eternal Life, he made another trip to the two other Gates of the Immortal Realm.

These two Gates of the Immortal Realm were guarded by elite forces led by two other "Dao Venerable" level Hall Masters from the Gate of Eternal Life.

Just as Alkaid had speculated, by the time he reached there, both Hall Masters had already fled.

Aside from a few Void Shatter True Monarchs, there was not a single Dao Lord lingering around the vicinity of the Gate of the Immortal Realm.

In the past, it would not have been an easy task for Alkaid to find these carefully hidden Dao Lords.

But now...

Having gained a glimmer of understanding in the power of High-Dimensional Cognition, he elevated his "view" to oversee the entire Starry Sky Universe.

With his current limited abilities, a high-dimensional "overlook" could only yield a general insight, if they were Hollow Void, Refining Void, or Shattering Void level cultivators he could not "see" clearly; but each Dao Lord, being one with the Great Dao, was a colossus within the Lower Realm Starry Sky.

After several observations, it did not take long for Alkaid to "perceive" the whereabouts of the Hall Masters, the Dao Lords guarding the Gates of the Immortal Realm.

They were not too far from the location of the Gates of the Immortal Realm.

Clearly, they were afraid of his reputation yet unwilling to stray too far away, which was why Alkaid caught sight of them so easily.

Without any hesitation, Alkaid showed no mercy.

Whether some of these Dao Lords were Immortal Spirits from the Chaotic Origin Realm or local cultivators, either way, allowing them to ascend to the Immortal Realm was merely a contribution to the Great Dao Share of the Nine Major Groups.

He swiftly caught up with them and decisively dealt with the Dao Lords guarding the two Gates of the Immortal Realm.

And also, after he had dealt with the aftermath of the Gate of Eternal Life and returned to the Northern Sea Star, the Gate of the Immortal Realm on the Northern Sea Star also reached the anticipated official moment of opening, under the watchful eyes of many Dao Lords from the Ten Great Immortal Paths.