Exploring Immortality Cultivation

Modern Cultivator had always thought the concept of "Sword Dao" to be quite ridiculous.

No matter how highly you regard the concept of the "sword," you can't change one fact—it's man-made, artificially acquired.

Since it is artificially acquired, how could there be a Dao in the universe that specifically matches it?

Thus, although Modern possessed sword techniques and swordsmanship, he did not revere the Sword Dao like the Ancient Method Practitioner did. Even one of the strongest swordsmen in Modern, Sword Madman Grangri, who wrote *True Understanding of Sword Dao,* said, "My Dao is the Mathematics Dao; the sword? Merely a handy tool."

The Dao that Modern Cultivators comprehend is the natural law, the Innate Dao, which emphasizes the principle of Daoist Natural Law. Sword techniques and spells are artificial, simply used to elucidate this grand Dao.

The reason why the Indeterminate Cloud Sword is called the Indeterminate Cloud Sword is merely because Daoist of Uncertainty and Daoist Bu Rong, when they created this move, found it more convenient to use a sword. If they wished, they could have created Indeterminate Cloud Step, Indeterminate Cloud Fist, or Indeterminate Cloud Spell just as easily.

Therefore, Wang Qi needn't worry about "biting off more than he can chew" with his diverse studies in magic; he just needs to choose spells that align with the Dao.

Under this premise, Wang Qi could freely choose his Absolute Skills.

After hearing Wang Qi's explanation, Mao Zimiao asked curiously, "Xiao Qi, which Absolute Skill are you planning to choose, meow?"

Wang Qi did not hide his intentions and answered, "Probably the Bai Ze True Formation Slash and the Thunder Sound Chord Saber Technique of Wanfa Sect."

"Meow? A saber technique?"

Bai Ze True Formation Slash, also known as Bai Ze's Formation Breaking Slash or Little Return Rule Saber Technique, was a signature move of Bai Ze God Monarch Apuna from Wanfa Sect. This saber technique discarded basic saber skills like slashing, lifting, stabbing, chopping, pushing, pulling, holding, wiping, cutting, blocking, entangling, sweeping, pressing, hanging, and focused solely on the 'slash,' which was best at breaking formations. Correspondingly, if someone employed this saber technique effectively, the saber aura itself would form a battle formation. Additionally, this technique had links to the foundational calculations of Wanfa Sect, thus allowing saber to integrate into the technique, applying the Liye Expansion Method.

Thunder Sound Chord Saber Technique was another Wanfa Sect skill from the Carefree Practitioner Fu Liye, markedly different from Bai Ze Formation Breaking Slash. It inherently had no moves yet could break all the laws in the world, representing Wanfa's one technique to break all techniques. Whether it was a Cultivator's mana or the Demon Clan's demonic power, both had periodicity, which extended naturally to all spells and martial arts. Since anything periodic could be exploited for weaknesses by Thunder Sound Chord Saber Technique, this periodicity principle also allowed the technique to freely combine "spells." As these combinations primarily started with thunder and sound, it was thus named Thunder Sound Chord.

The mathematical principles behind these two spells were naturally the Bai Ze Expansion Method and the Liye Expansion Method—termed on Earth as the Laplace Expansion and Fourier Series Expansion, respectively.

Mao Zimiao was somewhat puzzled, "Why these two?"

Wang Qi patiently explained, "I'm planning to test for Wanfa Sect, so I should prioritize their techniques first. Then among the basic saber and sword techniques stored in Wanfa, the reasons for not choosing True Understanding of Sword Dao were just mentioned. The Integral Sword Skill of Integral Venerable Lai Buli, well, how should I put it, the subject is too broad, too vast, not suitable for beginners. The Impermanence Sword Skill, on the other hand, is too narrow and specific, and also not aligned with my future path. The Daisu Swordsmanship practiced by the current Master of Wanfa is also not to my taste—I have absolutely no interest in Number Theory! I'd also like to learn the Arrow Control Technique and Fixed Universe Light, but their foundation is the Xiangyu Heavenly Position Technique… All things considered, only these two are left to choose."

Mao Zimiao sighed, "Ah, when everyone else is having trouble picking from too many options, Xiao Qi is actually worrying about having too few to choose from, meow. But I thought you'd choose some techniques that aren't powerful initially but are miraculous at higher levels."

Wang Qi shrugged. Actually, he had other reasons he hadn't shared.

He didn't choose the advanced skills because he had one simple reason—he already had a myriad of advanced techniques at hand. The manuscript from the Daoist of Uncertainty recorded this peerless genius's deductions on the heavy techniques of Mysterious Palace, including the Unpredictable Body Technique and the Indeterminate Cloud Sword. Although it was a manuscript, the recorded techniques were incomplete, but the necessary formulas, theories, and the thought process for the deductions were all there. Wang Qi believed that, coupled with his studies from his previous life and his current cultivation, given time, he could deduce these techniques in reverse.

What he lacked, however, was the foundation.

It was like a skyscraper; Wang Qi had already built the top floors, but the foundation had just started, and there was nowhere to put those top floors yet.

He needed a way to connect theory with practice. The best way to learn this knack(inplace?) the best course of action was to find a spell that corresponded with theories he had fully mastered, to study and ponder.

The scopes of Analysis Mechanics and Calculus were just too vast, even the great mathematicians dared not claim complete mastery. Laplace Expansion and Fourier Series Expansion were familiar grounds for Wang Qi and correspondingly, the powers of Bai Ze True Formation Slash and Thunder Sound Chord Saber Techniques were not weak.

More importantly, these two saber techniques would be tremendously beneficial for him later in comprehending the Absolute Skills from the manuscript of Daoist of Uncertainty.

Laplace Expansion was used to handle matrices. Matrix Mechanics was the foundation for numerous Absolute Skills of Daoist of Uncertainty; Fourier Series Expansion represented all periodic functions using trigonometric functions. This was not only extensively used in electromagnetism but would also help Wang Qi re-cultivate Heavenly Song later on, as well as form the basis for Schrodinger Wave Mechanics and Wave Function, aligning with Elephant Phase Wave Skill and Wave Ripples Mysterious Energy.

Of course, these reasons were hard to explain. Wang Qi asked, "And you?"

"Senior Sister Ai recommended a set of 'Ten Thousand Bird Play,' meow."

Ten Thousand Bird Play, the ultimate version of the Mortal World's fitness technique Five Animals Qigong and the pinnacle of Guiding Skills, was the Supreme Technique created by Spirit Beast Mountain, imitating all Life Beings.

"Qinglan…" Hearing this name, Wang Qi felt somewhat gnashing of teeth.

Mao Zimiao chuckled awkwardly, "Come on, Senior Sister Ai didn't mean to give you a hard time, meow!"

Wang Qi exclaimed angrily, "Ah, that crazy woman who doesn't know how to pull her punches… I don't care at all!"

"You obviously do care, meow…"

"I don't care at all… All I want to beat up is that idiot over there…"

In the crowd, Wanfa Sect's Foundation Establishment Assistant Geng Peng sneezed and rubbed his nose confusedly.