Unlimited priesthood

Chapter 190 Response
"The creator of the law?"

"Using the false to cultivate the true?"

Shen He raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

This time, it was another unique advancement; there was no other choice, and he directly advanced to become the Creator of Laws.

He dreamt of being a butterfly in Zhuangzi's dream, cultivating through several lifetimes and exploring three paths: martial arts, spirit manipulation, and immortal cultivation. However, he rarely achieved a unique advancement. The most memorable instance was when the world of spirit manipulation came to an end, and he single-handedly advanced from [Spirit Manipulation Martial Lord] to [Heavenly Fate Saint Master].

Although there is no choice in the unique advancement, it is powerful because of its purity. The quality of the resulting profession is often higher than that of professions obtained through multiple advancements, so it is also a major pursuit for professionals.

now……

Shen He looked at the career panel.

"The Creator: Following the path of our predecessors may be easy and convenient, but what you see is ultimately someone else's scenery. You, who have suddenly realized, deeply understand that only by forging your own path can you see your own unique landscape."

You can gain massive amounts of experience through "creating techniques," greatly enhancing the effectiveness of various cultivation methods, especially self-created ones. You can also consume professional experience to fuse various techniques, refining and improving them, and creating new techniques by drawing inferences from one instance to another.

"Professional Talent: Using the False to Cultivate the True (When the false is taken for the true, the true becomes false; when the true is taken for the false, the false becomes true. With the witness of heaven, earth, and the hearts of men, the false can be transformed into the true. The greater the impact of the method you create, the more recognition you will receive, and the stronger the effect of creating and improving the technique. You can even directly use the false to become the true, turning even castles in the air into reality)."

"..."

Looking at the job description of the creator of the law, and the effect of using the false to cultivate the true, Shen He fell into deep thought.

Create a new law!

Cultivation!

To be honest, creating one's own martial arts techniques is a thankless and arduous task for most people.

Not only does it consume a lot of time, energy, and resources, but the final result may not even be satisfactory.

Putting aside everything else, just take Shen He himself as an example. Did his creation of the "Demon Blade Dao Sword Obscurity Technique," which combines the two great immortal and demonic techniques of the Karmic Fire Three Calamities Blade and the Sacrificial Dao Demon Slaying Sword, surpass his predecessors and completely defeat the Karmic Fire Three Calamities Blade and the Sacrificial Dao Demon Slaying Sword?

no!
The Obscure and Bright Blade Technique and the Obscure and Bright Sword Art are actually no more powerful than the Karmic Fire Three Calamities Blade and the Sacrificial Path Demon-Slaying Sword; in fact, they are much inferior and have various shortcomings that need to be addressed.

The reason it had performed so powerfully before, slicing through the heavens with its blade and pressing down on the clouds with its sword, was entirely due to the foundational power of its Great Dao Nascent Soul, as well as the unique characteristics of its various professions and the Demon Blade and Dao Sword.

Even disregarding these factors, in terms of the power of the techniques alone, Shen He's Demon Blade Dao Sword Obscure and Bright Technique is no stronger than the Heavenly Slaughter Demon Lord's Myriad Paths, Devouring Heaven, and Black Heaven three great demonic techniques.

This is only natural!
Whether it's the Karmic Fire Three Calamities Blade, the Demon-Slaying Sacrifice Sword, or other immortal techniques and demonic arts, they are all the result of thousands of years of painstaking effort and refinement by immortals and demons.

Although Shen He possesses a professional cheat code, and with the support of various characteristics and the effect of "devoting his life to enlightenment," he has created his own unique method. However, compared with the Dao fruits of these immortals and demons, it still appears immature, with too many flaws and shortcomings that need to be improved.

Therefore, the Demon Blade Dao Sword Obscuring and Bright Technique is actually not very strong.

Not only his Demon Blade Dao sword technique, but all his self-created techniques were not strong in the early stages of creation, and could even be described as a mess. They needed continuous polishing and constant improvement to gradually become stronger and approach perfection.

Only some ignorant and fearless novices would think that creating their own martial arts techniques is a very high-level thing.

In fact, this is not high, not big, not strong, and may not even be suitable for oneself. Many people have blindly created cultivation methods and ended up going astray and killing themselves.

These are all shortcomings of self-created techniques; they can be described as having numerous drawbacks!

Does it have any advantages?

Have!
The greatest advantage of self-created techniques is their potential for future application.

Creating one's own techniques means walking one's own path.

This path, though fraught with peril, where a single step could mean certain death, still draws countless cultivators who risk their lives to forge their own path.

Why is this?

It is because of its promising future that it is the only way to "attain enlightenment".

According to Shen He's investigation in the real world and his observations in the Taiyuan Heaven and Earth, if a cultivator only practices the methods of his predecessors and follows their paths, he can only reach the twelfth level of True Immortal at most, and has no hope of reaching a realm above True Immortal.

This is why the Taiyuan Realm has so many ancient inheritances and immortal/demonic techniques.

Those ancient immortals and demons were all forging their own paths, attempting to go even further.

But those were ancient immortals and demons!
The supreme being of immortals and demons, who is immortal and possesses the entire universe.

Therefore, they have ample time, energy, resources, and the capital to experiment and make mistakes in order to create their own methods and forge their own paths.

Ordinary cultivators, without reaching this level, would try to create their own methods, which is like an ant trying to shake a tree. They would gain nothing, only waste their lives and time, and ultimately end up with nothing.

But Shen He is no ordinary person.

With his professional skills, he can create laws first.

This is more advantageous than creating new cultivation techniques after achieving immortality or demonhood.

Because you practice the methods of your predecessors and thus enter the realm of immortals and demons, the imprint and trajectory of those methods have been deeply engraved on you, even becoming your cognition and instinct. It is difficult for you to deny it, overthrow it, and create your own methods.

Take mathematics as a simple example!
Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division—these are the methods of our predecessors, and they are also the fundamental methods.

You learned this method and became a grandmaster in the field of mathematics, or even a god of mathematics.

At this point, if you want to forge your own path, you must overturn all previous understandings and perceptions, and arrive at the truth and conclusion that "one plus one does not equal two".

Even though you know this is the only way to go further, your inherent perceptions and instincts still make you feel it's absurd and impossible.

This is the difficulty of immortals and demons creating laws. They have come a long way, and the laws have become solidified. Overthrowing them is extremely difficult.

This is why some immortals and demons often go to extremes. For example, the demon Buddha who created the Karmic Fire Three Calamities Blade was originally a compassionate person who wanted to save the world. However, in order to create his own path, he completely denied his previous self. In the end, his Buddhist heart turned into a demonic heart, and his compassion turned into slaughter. Finally, he created this Karmic Fire Demon Blade that killed Zen and Buddha and destroyed heaven and earth.

The sword aims to create through destruction. If he can emerge from that state of destruction and achieve Nirvana, then he may truly be able to go further and enter a realm higher than that of a true Buddha or a true demon.

But this "if" is far too much of an "if".

Hope is slim!

Shen He is different. He has not yet become an immortal or a demon, nor has he been limited or solidified by the paths of his predecessors. As long as he has enough capital to support him, the difficulty of creating his own laws will be far lower than that of an immortal or a demon, and his future achievements will be far greater than those of an immortal or a demon.

This is why, even though they know that creating magic has countless drawbacks, there are still some people in the real world who have not yet become immortals or demons who try to do it.

Those were all prodigies from various powerful forces. The realm of immortals and demons was just a starting point for them, not the end. They were all making such attempts in order to obtain the Dao Fruit that was above immortals and demons, and the forces behind them also supported them in making such attempts.

Shen He didn't have this kind of capital before. But now...

Creator of the Law!
Not only does it greatly enhance the effectiveness of cultivation techniques, but it also allows one to consume professional experience to integrate various techniques, helping them to learn by analogy and innovate, which is of great help in creating techniques. Furthermore, their professional talent of "borrowing the false to cultivate the true" can turn the impossible into the possible.

It's more accurate to say that it's about transforming the false into the true, rather than using the false to cultivate the true. As long as the impact is significant enough and the recognition is substantial enough, even a castle in the air can become a dream come true.

Taking the previous sword duel as an example, it was a self-directed and self-acted performance by Shen He. In reality, there was no sudden enlightenment or breakthrough. Whether it was the demonic sword or the Dao sword, he stopped at the seventh form and did not introduce the eighth form.

If Shen He had switched to the Creator class at that time and possessed the talent of using illusion to cultivate truth, then under the witness of everyone, he might have been able to turn the charade into reality and create the Eight Styles of Sword and Saber Techniques.

This is the effect of using the false to cultivate the true. As long as the influence is large enough and there is enough recognition, the impossible can be turned into the possible.

The benefits of this for the creation of the law are self-evident.

"So, does this mean we'll have to put on this show a few more times?"

"No, just performing is far from enough!"

"If we want to expand our influence and truly penetrate people's hearts, the best thing to do is... spread the law throughout the world!"

"The Dao Sword is righteous, and transmitting its teachings is not difficult; it's the Demon Blade that requires some effort."

Shen He sat cross-legged on the ground, pondering the method of creating the technique, and soon he had a clear idea in mind.

"besides……"

Having settled the matter of transmitting the Dharma, Shen He raised his head again, his gaze piercing through the dome and looking directly beyond the boundary.

Then, he closed his eyes and drifted off into a trance.

"laugh!!!"

In the real world, in the bedroom.

The life support capsule door opened, and Shen He sat up and immediately began reviewing the data.

The matter of Taiyuan has been basically settled, with only the final calamity of the Demon Heaven remaining to be dealt with.

To be honest, Shen He doesn't know much about this Demonic Calamity; he only knows a few details.

First is Mo Yunzi, who possesses the eighth level of the Demonic Path, the Returning to Emptiness realm, and a ninth-grade demonic treasure, the Demonic Heaven Banner. He uses this to set up the Demonic Heaven Array, sealing off the Taiyuan Heaven and Earth.

The second is the Demon Heaven Formation. This formation uses the Demon Heaven Banner as its core. It is at least at the eighth level if it is not at the ninth level. Combined with the power of Demon Cloud Child's Return to Emptiness, even the Seven Masters of Taiyuan cannot break through it. They can only place their hopes on the Three Heroes and Two Talents and the Two Elements Micro Dust Formation.

Finally, the world will change. Under the influence of the Demon Heaven Array, the primordial energy of the Taiyuan Realm is constantly mutating, transforming from spiritual energy into demonic energy and infecting living beings, causing the demons to grow stronger and the righteous to decline. In just a few hundred years, the Taiyuan Realm will be mutated into the Taiyuan Demon Realm.

At that time, the demonic path will flourish. Even if Mo Yunzi still cannot enter, the beings within the realm will be corrupted by demonic energy, fall into the demonic path, and find it difficult to extricate themselves.

This is the information Shen He has collected so far.

Based on these points of information, how can we break through this predicament?
The most direct method is to break out of the boundary, slay the demon clouds, and shatter the demon heavens.

However, Shen He's current strength is insufficient to support this plan.

Therefore, he must stall for time to strengthen his own power?

How to procrastinate?

For ordinary people, there's really no way to do that.

The Demon Heaven Array set up by Mo Yunzi is clearly an "upgraded" version of the True Demon of the Upper Realm. Various sects of Xuanmen, led by Taihua Mountain, have tried to stop or alleviate the alienation of the Taiyuan Realm by this Demon Heaven Array, but the results have been minimal.

But just because the Taiyuan Realm has no way out doesn't mean Shen He has no way out.

The human empire has an incredibly rich experience with demonic transformations.

There was no other way; all sorts of evil gods emerged one after another. The human empire, having suffered from this for so long, naturally came up with a whole host of methods to deal with the alienation.

Shen He opened the Special Bureau's network, and based on the characteristics of the Demon Heaven Array, he entered key information to search, quickly obtaining a large number of results.

Yes, there really is a huge amount!

The real world is different from the Taiyuan Realm. Various cultivation systems flourish, including immortality, martial arts, technology, magic, and all sorts of other professions, so there are many ways to deal with different situations.

Although this Demon Heaven Array is a product of the Great Demon of the Taiyuan Upper Realm, this method of distorting the primordial energy of heaven and earth is not special in the real world; in fact, it is quite common.

Nine out of ten of those cosmic evil gods know this trick. It's common for them to mutate a planet or even a star field. Professionals from various systems within the human empire have also come up with various countermeasures.

For example, the "Five Elements Sealing Heaven and Locking Demon Formation" was deduced by cultivators of the human empire and refined by twelve-level "True Immortal" cultivators, and not just one True Immortal. The system is already very mature and can deal with most situations of demonic mutation.

Although such methods require the support of strength, it is difficult to eradicate them if the strength is not equal. However, it doesn't matter. Shen He is not looking for a fundamental solution. He just wants to treat the symptoms and delay for a while so that he can develop.

As long as he transforms the Great Dao Nascent Soul into the Purple Mansion Primordial Spirit, and the swordsmanship and the obscure and bright aspects are also created and improved, pushing him into the eighth or even ninth realm, then he will be confident in defeating Mo Yunzi.

They might not even need him. They could delay for a few hundred years, allowing the Three Heroes and Two Outstanding Individuals to grow up and break the Demon Heaven Formation with the Two Elements Dust Formation.

"You are the one!"

After some deliberation, Shen He chose the Five Elements Heaven-Sealing and Demon-Locking Array.

Because it is a formation used to mutate evil spirits, it is a "common" commodity in the human empire, so it has not been subject to much technological blockade. It does not require the merit of the Special Bureau; the standard version, or civilian version, can be purchased with just imperial coins.

Although it's a standard civilian version and not as good as the premium military version, Shen He estimated that it would be sufficient.

There was nothing he could do about it. He had been busy entering dreams and focusing his energy on the Taiyuan Realm, leaving little time for the real world. The merits he had accumulated were simply not enough to exchange for the "military version" of the Five Elements Sealing and Demon-Locking Array.

As the account balance vanished instantly, the method for setting up the Five Elements Heaven-Sealing and Demon-Locking Array appeared before Shen He.

Like the Sacrificial Sword for Slaying Demons, this formation also has twelve levels, with three trials and one heaven, divided into four realms: Lesser Five Elements Formation, Greater Five Elements Formation, Acquired Five Elements Formation, and Innate Five Elements Formation.

Shen He exhausted his remaining balance and could only purchase a seventh-tier array, which was barely enough to set up a post-natal Five Elements Array. He was afraid that he would be powerless against the eighth or even ninth-tier Demon Heaven Array, and could only delay the process.

But there's no way around it. That's all the money he has, and that's the condition in the Taiyuan Realm. Even if he bought an eighth- or ninth-order formation, he couldn't cook without rice. He didn't have enough resources to set it up unless he snatched the five eighth-order flying swords from the Three Heroes and Two Beauties, or found five other eighth-order Five Elements Treasures.

This is clearly impractical.

So, just make do with it for now, and we'll figure something out if it really doesn't work.

(End of this chapter)