Chapter 1507 - 891: Tai Yue Bai, You and Zhang Yu Are Too Alike

"Do the Ten Great Sects each grasp a cornerstone of the world?"

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "And on top of that so‑called Supreme Immortal Artifact... I’m afraid every sect has the ability to overturn Kunxu, trigger a kalpic catastrophe, even destroy the world. This is simply more terrifying than Earth’s so‑called nuclear mutual binding; it ought to be called Dao‑system mutual binding, shouldn’t it?"

Zhan Xian said, "It is precisely because each of the Ten Great Sects has the ability to overturn the table that the Ten Great Sects can maintain a certain level of peace between them, keeping all conflicts within a certain intensity, within the controllable range of the Ten Great Immortal Emperors."

"But for that very reason, the entire world is jointly gripped in the hands of the Ten Great Sects; lifetime after lifetime it all becomes the Immortal Emperors’ feed, and the common people under heaven will never see a day of turning over their lot."

Fu Ji snorted disdainfully when she heard this. "What ’turning over’ or not? Without the Ten Great Immortal Emperors, without the Ten Great Sects, those wastes down below could suddenly turn things around? Dream on! No matter how the environment changes, there will always be trash in this world; why shouldn’t it be them?"

All kinds of arguments kept churning in Zhang Yu’s mind, while in the recording Heavenly Fortune Immortal Venerable’s lecture was still ongoing.

Through this constant learning, Zhang Yu gradually came to understand why they, these cultivators participating in legislation, were being taught techniques related to Immortal Qi.

"The ultimate goal of accomplishing a Taoist Inheritance is to turn that inheritance into a rule of the world, to make it part of the Heavenly Principle."

"But to accomplish a Taoist Inheritance in one stroke is far too difficult. Especially as history advances and the number of inheritances in the world keeps increasing, the difficulty of establishing a new Taoist Inheritance only gets higher and higher."

In the recording, Heavenly Fortune Immortal Venerable explained, "So Immortals of all eras have researched all sorts of Immortal Dao Technology, constantly trying to lower the difficulty of accomplishing a Taoist Inheritance. In the process, one after another technical route for accomplishing Taoist Inheritance was born."

"The Law Chain technology you are going to study next is one of these. This technical route is orthodox and moderate, advancing step by step; its difficulty curve is also reasonable. It was set down after joint deliberation by the Ten Great Immortal Emperors."

"Moreover, once a Taoist Inheritance is established, it tends to affect the entire world and stir all under heaven, so it must be approached with the utmost caution."

Heavenly Fortune Immortal Venerable sighed with feeling in the image, "In ancient times, various Taoist Inheritances—such as the Immortal Qi Inheritance, the Dao Heart Inheritance, the Spiritual Mechanism Daoist...—many involved the world’s cornerstones, yet because they were not thoroughly considered, they triggered one catastrophe after another."

"Whereas with the Law Chain technical route, you first incubate Law Chains before accomplishing the inheritance; this gives you a great deal of testing time and opportunities for correction. It is far more controllable, and the margin for error is greatly increased."

Heavenly Fortune Immortal Venerable finally explained, "So... after weighing both difficulty and safety, we arrived at the current situation, in which the Ten Great Sects have chosen Law Chain technology as the primary technical route for accomplishing Taoist Inheritances."

Listening to Heavenly Fortune Immortal Venerable’s words, Wild Bull, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly spoke up in Zhang Yu’s mind: "Indeed. Through legislation technology, letting Law Chains operate as the embryonic form of a Taoist Inheritance, you can use society itself as the testing environment."

"And through the testing by countless people, constantly correcting flaws in the Law Chains, you avoid those unforeseeable consequences that would come after the inheritance is accomplished."

Wild Bull sighed, "At least in terms of maintaining world safety, the Ten Great Sects truly have rendered great service. If all kinds of Immortal Dao Technology and Taoist Inheritances were allowed to develop wildly, the whole world would probably head toward collapse."

Zhan Xian said, "It’s not just about safety. The Law Chain technical route also makes it easier for various Taoist Inheritances to engage in interest bargaining. What used to be direct collision between inheritances in Dao‑strife has had its intensity lowered to contests between Law Chains, to competition among Legislators..."

Listening to the two of them, Zhang Yu nodded slightly in his heart and kept listening to Heavenly Fortune Immortal Venerable’s explanation.

In Heavenly Fortune Immortal Venerable’s account, although the Ten Great Sects all follow the Law Chain route, the specific technical details differ; each sect’s way of implementing legislation is quite distinct.

And the reason they were being taught knowledge concerning Immortal Qi was precisely because... the Wanfa Sect’s legislative process is closely bound up with Immortal Qi.

Zhang Yu summed up in his heart, "Immortal Qi exists within all things under heaven; it is part of the world’s foundation. The Wanfa Sect’s legislative technology is to embed Immortal Qi into the Law Chains, thereby gradually influencing the world’s foundation and ultimately achieving interference with all things."

"The Immortal Qi Inheritance is like a crutch that helps the Wanfa Sect’s cultivators carry out legislation, and when they finally accomplish the Taoist Inheritance, they will cast aside this crutch and become an independent inheritance."

Wild Bull analyzed, "By using the Immortal Qi route to implement legislation, the Wanfa Sect places the sect’s legislative power in the hands of the Immortal Qi Inheritance’s holder. Only when the Law Chains truly become a Taoist Inheritance can they escape the constraints of the Immortal Qi Inheritance."

"The other sects likewise each have their own means, rooted in different foundations of the world... all achieving the same goal of controlling legislative power."

Although he had long grown accustomed to Kunxu’s kind of extreme order, at this moment Zhang Yu could not help but sigh inwardly, "This really is... layer upon layer of restraints."

The Kao Sect Avatar merely snorted coldly and said, "How could you not restrain it? Legislative power, Law Chains, Taoist Inheritances... things this important, that affect the world at every turn—if Immortal Emperor doesn’t rack his brains to come up with all sorts of methods to control them, how could the world’s safety possibly be guaranteed?"

Speaking to this point, the Kao Sect Avatar’s face was already full of emotion. "Immortal Emperor has to ensure our sect’s competitiveness, contend against the other sects, and also maintain the world’s peace and safety, carrying the entire Wanfa Sect on his shoulders. Just thinking about it makes one feel how hard it is for Immortal Emperor."