Cultivation: I Have Studied Abroad in the Modern World-Chapter 1198 - 529: Equality of All Beings, Calam

In the Great Hero Hall of Leiyin Temple, the Golden Immortals looked at Zheng Fa, momentarily speechless.

They finally understood why Zheng Fa introduced the concept of emergence—in essence, emergence is a phenomenon where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

The essence of this greater whole is not even a distinction of strength; it is because the collective possesses qualities that individuals do not have, capable of creating miracles that individuals cannot achieve.

From this perspective, any cultivator, Golden Immortal, or even Taiyi Golden Immortal, regardless of their cultivation level, cannot surpass the collective.

What Lu Yao spoke about regarding Golden Immortals deliberating and controlling the heavens is indeed against the operation of the Heavenly Dao.

Understanding this point, the Golden Immortals in the hall, as well as all Dao Fruits, involuntarily felt repulsed by what Zheng Fa had just said—essentially, it was a negation of all Dao Fruits’ status.

"What Master Zheng said is supreme, grand, and also meticulous." Lu Yao surprisingly praised Zheng Fa, "Even I have gained much from listening."

Zheng Fa looked at Lu Yao and saw him clapping his hands and laughing, his expression extremely sincere.

"Just one thing though." Lu Yao glanced around at the surrounding Dao Fruits and said with a smile, "What you call emergence, how is it unrelated to Daoist Skills, and what does it have to do with the matters we discuss today?" 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Xuan Chengzi and the others were taken aback, stunned by the theory Zheng Fa presented, and hadn’t thought of this—what Zheng Fa spoke of as emergence, let alone unrelated to Daoist Skills, doesn’t even involve Spiritual Energy, so how can it be forcibly linked?

"Unrelated to Daoist Skills?" Zheng Fa chuckled lightly, didn’t refute, but first asked a question, "Do you know when I first saw a similar demonstration?"

As he spoke, in the palm of his hand appeared images of algae, various creatures, humans, and villages and cities.

Lu Yao and the others looked at each other in surprise.

"It was when I first met Hong Jun." Zheng Fa paused, then added, "Oh, Hong Jun, the Daoist Ancestor of the First Era...you say it’s unrelated to Daoist Skills?"

"..."

Xuan Chengzi grimaced subtly, of course he knew who Hong Jun was—the Supreme Dao’s inheritance mentioned this great figure.

Zheng Fa also sighed inwardly; when Hong Jun first entered the modern world, he displayed a universe created in his palm, doing something similar to what Zheng Fa did today.

At that time, he only thought Hong Jun was deducing the origins of the modern world.

But when Zheng Fa truly began to comprehend his own True Immortal Dao, recalling that moment, he felt that Hong Jun had already conveyed many things to him.

"I later understood the true meaning." Zheng Fa shook his head, "Daoist Skills are where emergence phenomena occur the most."

"..."

With a change in the image in Zheng Fa’s hand, it revealed an extremely short scripture that many could not even understand.

"This was parsed from some tortoise shells collected by Xiao Yuying from our sect." Zheng Fa explained.

After deciphering the First Era’s script, Xiao Yuying and others sorted through previous tortoise shells and made some small discoveries.

"One of these texts is about ..." With a point of Zheng Fa’s finger, the text transformed into a later language: "Character recognition and Qi absorption."

To Xuan Chengzi, all are Dao Fruits, this bit of cultivation knowledge is too simple; they could tell Zheng Fa wasn’t lying.

"As you can see, this is actually a Fire Element Qi Cultivation Method, basic, crude, and simplistic."

Zheng Fa averted his gaze from Xuan Chengzi and others and looked at the devotees, further explaining:

"This is the earliest Daoist Skill, judging by the writing style and carving technique, it should actually be a remnant from the First Era, deciphered a bit in the Second Era."

"Then, as time moved forward...early in the Second Era." Zheng Fa displayed spells one after another before everyone, "Foundation Establishment Skill appeared, then the Golden Core Skill, and then the Nascent Soul Skill..."

"What can be seen is that every Daoist Skill is actually built on the foundation of previous skills."

"In fact, at that time, there were other cultivation methods that have also been passed down, becoming today’s minor arts."

"Until finally, someone unified some cultivation methods, connecting them together, creating...the Yang God Technique!"

Xuan Chengzi murmured, "Daoist Venerable..."

Supreme Dao was originally inherited by Daoist Venerable, but at this moment, all of the Supreme Dao people suddenly felt as if they were re-acquainted with Daoist Venerable.

"The emergence of the Yang God Technique is a typical case of emergence." Zheng Fa looked at the Dao Fruits of the Supreme Dao and said word by word, "The cultivators who created the Qi Cultivation Methods, Foundation Establishment Methods, and Golden Core Methods, couldn’t have known their cultivation techniques would one day become part of the Yang God Technique, bringing eternal life to the Human Clan; they were merely learning, creating, exchanging."

"But if there weren’t these methods as a foundation, the Daoist Venerable could not have created the Yang God Technique."

"I ask, without these cultivation techniques as a prerequisite," Zheng Fa asked Xuan Chengzi, "could the Daoist Venerable, no matter how talented, establish the Yang God Technique in a short time?"

Xuan Chengzi wanted to say yes, but in reality, everyone knew he couldn’t.

Xuanwei Immortal cultivation has time constraints, particularly before reaching the Nascent Soul stage, life expectancy is extremely limited, if the Daoist Venerable had to develop Qi Cultivation, Core Formation, and even Nascent Soul methods from scratch, the Daoist Venerable would have long become a handful of yellow earth.

"The Daoist Venerable himself is proof of the emergence of Daoist Skills."

"...and then there’s the Dharma Body Technique." Zheng Fa again looked at Lu Yao, asked in return, "Isn’t the appearance of the Demon Sect’s Skill earlier than the Dharma Body Technique?"

The items collected by Xiao Yuying can clearly display the development of the Dharma Body Technique—

The so-called Demon Sect actually appeared long ago; they were adept at enchantment, refining blood, bone, and soul.