Starting Immortal Cultivation from a White Dog

Chapter 111 System Selection and the Seed of Supernatural Power (Please Subscribe)
After the initial surprise, Wu Tian felt a headache coming on.

The options provided by the system panel are always very useful, representing different paths, and are not the kind of choices that seem to have multiple options but are actually only one.

Every choice he made before has collectively shaped his current cultivation path and combat power system.

These four options that have now appeared are clearly of great importance and will greatly influence his future cultivation and development.

Wu Tian studied it carefully for a long time and found that the fourth option was an extra option, which meant that this option was mandatory and was like an extra bonus.

He first selected the fourth option, which is unrelated to cause and effect.

Unaffected by Cause and Effect: You can consume auspicious energy to sever cause and effect, and block deduction and calculation.

Wu Tian focused his attention on this option. Undoubtedly, it was a very interesting approach, especially in a world of immortals and Buddhas where the upper limit of strength was very high.

Those ancient and powerful beings could predict the past and future with a simple calculation, and understand the cause and effect of the world.

Even he could rely on the system panel to glimpse time and destiny, so those extremely ancient and powerful beings likely had similar methods.

Therefore, it is essential to avoid being entangled in cause and effect, as this can play a crucial role at certain times.

"However, being uninvolved in cause and effect is neither permanent nor passive."

"Instead, it is a proactive method."

"It requires auspicious energy to activate..."

"Clearly, this is meant to be used in critical moments, such as when escaping for one's life, committing evil deeds, or killing certain people with powerful connections..."

"This method is very effective for anyone who doesn't want to leave their mark."

Wu Tian's heart stirred slightly. In at most two years, he would be heading to Taiqing Temple, which was the Central Plains, a place where the Yuan Shen Dao flourished and immortals and Buddhas resided.

There are countless powerful immortals, and even more descendants of immortals with powerful backgrounds and direct descendants of major sects.

In a place like that, if you accidentally offend someone, it can really mean that you've offended the younger generation and then the older ones.

"It's good to avoid karmic consequences..."

"As long as you kill him, all karma will be wiped out."

"Wonderful!"

"I don't care what your background is, if you dare to mess with me, I'll kill you all."

Wu Tian was overjoyed. Such a method was a timely help for a dog like him who was vindictive.

"I'll never have to worry about others having powerful connections again..."

At this moment, as he made his choice, the body of the great demon, the auspicious beast, and the celestial talisman resonated faintly.

Two advanced talents and one combat spell.

With internal and external factors working together, there is a trend towards unification.

However, it seemed to lack staying power, so it couldn't continue...

"Combining internal and external cultivation—is this the trend in internal alchemy?"

Wu Tian felt it was somewhat similar, but not quite. After all, this resonance did not involve bloodline or magic power. The refining of the inner core of the demon race could not be done without bloodline and magic power.

"It's more like a talent advancement?"

He seemed to be deep in thought. As he practiced for a long time, he gradually came to understand the common knowledge of cultivation that he had never known before.

For example, the difference between the Dao embryo and the primordial spirit.

The so-called Dao Embryo is formed by the complete fusion of the divine soul, the seed of the Dharma, and the talisman under the refinement of the Dharma power.

The Dao embryo is a unity of essence, energy, and spirit, containing a divine seed within.

The divine seed is the seed of supernatural power.

“Any method that allows the primordial spirit to sense the Great Dao and comprehend the laws of heaven and earth can be called a supernatural power.”

"The so-called supernatural power and the Great Dao is the primordial spirit's ability to connect with heaven and earth and comprehend the Great Dao."

"The Dao Embryo is the condensation of a person's essence, energy, and spirit, containing the seed of supernatural power. This seed of supernatural power is the embryo that leads to the Great Dao, hence it is also called the Dao Embryo."

“The seed of supernatural power is also a manifestation of the results of cultivation.”

Wu Tian recalled that when he asked Zhu Yeshuang about the grade of her Dao Embryo, she had said, "The grade of one's Dao Embryo is related to one's own foundation, fundamental methods, combat transformation methods, opportunities, and fortune."

"Even if they cultivate the same method, the quality of the Dao embryo they eventually form will be different."

"The key to the quality of the Dao Embryo lies in the supernatural seed that is ultimately condensed. The greater the potential of the supernatural seed, the higher the quality of the Dao Embryo."

He carefully sensed the resonance between the two advanced talents and the Heavenly Talisman within his body, pondering, "So, after advanced talents, if one continues to advance, it becomes a seed of divine power?"

"After the seed of supernatural power, only the primordial spirit and the great demon king can possess supernatural powers?!"

"The Yin wind, the heavenly thunder, and the indifference to cause and effect are actually the embryonic form of supernatural powers."

With this thought in mind, Wu Tian's path of cultivation became increasingly clear.

"The talent of the demon race is equivalent to the fundamental method of cultivators. The resonance between talent and magic talisman is the beginning of refining the seed of supernatural power."

"My current choice is actually a choice for future supernatural powers?!"

"If that's the case..."

Wu Tian looked at the first three options on the panel again and immediately had a different feeling.

"In those legends of immortals and Buddhas, there are immortals who can predict events decades or even hundreds of years into the future with a simple calculation and make various arrangements in advance."

"Isn't this the first option—the means of peeking into the future? So this corresponds to the supernatural power of the future."

"And beings like Bai Ze and Di Ting, who can know about the affairs of immortals, Buddhas, demons, and monsters within and outside the Three Realms, and a certain Buddha who can see the Three Realms in an instant, can be said to be omniscient and omnipotent. Aren't these the supernatural powers of the past?"

"As for the final grasp now, it is so similar to some Buddhist methods that I know of: making a great vow to condense a golden body."

"I heard in my past life that a certain being made forty-eight great vows and in one day stepped into the realm of sages, which made countless people envious..."

"Isn't this the supernatural power we have now?!"

He immediately realized that these three options were three completely different paths to supernatural power.

"Past, present, future..."

"To be honest, I want them all!"

Wu Tian was caught in a happy dilemma. After thinking for a while, he decided to change his approach. "There are still two years left. A great calamity is about to befall Skull Mountain, which will sweep across the surrounding area for thousands of miles."

"If I want to escape this calamity, I only need to run far away."

"But even if we ignore the creatures of this vast land, what about Man Xiongmu and his master's wife? What about his senior sister and junior brother?"

"Are you taking them all away to escape? Leaving Zhu Yeshuang to fight alone?"

He knew that calamities like Skull Mountain were not isolated incidents in this world, and that he might encounter similar things or even greater disasters in the future.

Do we have to run every single time?

"So which of these three options can help me solve the problem?"

Wu Tian asked himself, "If I choose now, can I become a demon king in just two years? Can I slay a primordial spirit?"

The answer is undoubtedly no.

He doesn't even have the methods from the last eight volumes of the "Three-Headed Demon God's Prison Suppression Scripture," so how can he talk about breaking through to the Demon King level?

One skill point is equivalent to a year of arduous training.

It is impossible to create something out of nothing, or to conjure up a method that does not exist.

Even if he has ten skill points, or hundreds of skill points, so what?
It took the Black Mountain Demon three thousand years to hone a single scroll of eighth-grade magic.

Even the bodies of great demons have their limits. Without the methods to reach the higher realms, what good would a hundred years of arduous cultivation do? Aren't there many powerful demons in the Hundred Thousand Mountains of Southern Xinjiang who have perfected their cultivation and possess terrifying talent, yet still cannot break through to the Demon King level?
The fundamental principles of combat and change, the three races of dragons, phoenixes, and humans, firmly control the methods and resources of the upper realm.

This path was paved by countless predecessors and sages who devoted their hearts and souls to it and overcame all obstacles; it is not something that ordinary demons can achieve.

"Choosing now will save me some time, but it won't allow me to break through to the Demon King level, let alone allow me to kill the primordial spirit."

"When disaster strikes, all I can do is run, run as far away as possible..."

Wu Tian sighed slightly. If he possessed the complete "Three-Headed Demon God's Prison Suppression Scripture," he would directly choose the third option, then hide away to cultivate until he had refined his inner core, or even mastered supernatural powers, before descending the mountain.

But what good are skill points if the methods are incomplete?

He had no choice but to reluctantly rule out the third option.

"The first option is to foresee the future. This is undoubtedly the most promising and also the most perverse method. Countless ordinary people fantasize about being able to be reborn, which is actually just about foreseeing everything that will happen in advance."

"But this information about predicting the future is, in fact, random."

Wu Tian said helplessly, "If we randomly get information about the Skull Mountain crisis, then it will be useful. But if we don't get it, then this method will be useless."

"Does this mean we have to leave everything to luck?!"

He shook his head and looked at the second option with some hesitation.

Knowledge of the past: You can extract the aura of living beings to glimpse their past. As your talent and magical talismans improve, you can know everything that has happened in heaven and earth, across the four seas and eight wastelands, among gods, immortals, Buddhas, demons, monsters, and ghosts.

Wu Tian pondered for a long time, then said thoughtfully, "Isn't this just a 360-degree panoramic camera with no blind spots and a slight delay?"

"What do you mean by 'in the past'? Does the last second count? Does the last minute count?"

"I knew it as soon as it happened..."

"Well, as long as it's not the kind of strong person who suddenly goes crazy and starts killing without warning."

“For a disaster like Skull Mountain, I can use my talent for seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune to sense it, and then use my past supernatural powers to check on the people related to Skull Mountain and completely expose their schemes.”

"They can even see right under our noses what stage they've reached and what they're going to do next."

"What need is there for predicting the future...?"

“I know the past and the present, and I also know what they plan to do in the future. If we still can’t shut them down, then the other two options are even less useful.”

Wu Tian became more and more excited as he thought about it. Knowing the past seemed simple, but it was actually extremely abnormal. He knew everything about the past.

But as time goes by, every second passes.

It's practically up-to-date in real time, knowing everything and understanding everything.

"By seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune, one can sense disasters and blessings; by understanding the past, one can know the source of disasters and the time and manner in which they occur, thus choosing the most appropriate response."

"even……"

A thought suddenly occurred to him: "Could I obtain the Skull Mountain's martial arts techniques by understanding the methods of the past?"

"For example, that fourth-grade Dao Embryo Technique, 'White Bone Demon God Transformation'..."

"If that's feasible, what about Taiqing Temple?"

"The Taiqing Temple has countless methods and countless Taoist scriptures throughout history."

"Even if I enter the Taiqing Temple, how many volumes can I learn?"

Wu Tian's heart skipped a beat at that moment.

"With the system panel, I have enough potential."

"By seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune, I can avoid disaster and not fall into a desperate situation."

"If one can understand the past, collect all the laws of the world, and know how all things work, then one can possess the most invincible foundation in the world."

"Why worry that the Great Way cannot be achieved?!"

His eyes gleamed, "Could you even sense magical artifacts, spiritual materials and medicines, and the natural world in the past?"

"Knowing the past of the Dharma treasures and understanding their inherent principles, isn't that a form of spiritual practice?"

"To comprehend the transformation of spiritual herbs, to absorb the essence of the sun and moon, and to be imbued with the laws of heaven and earth—is this not a form of cultivation?"

"If one could, in a single thought, trace back to the beginning of creation and glimpse the creation and evolution of heaven and earth, what opportunity could compare to that?"

Wu Tian suddenly realized, "The future is uncertain, and the present will eventually pass; only the past is eternal."

"As time goes by, the past becomes the most precious treasure."

"Everything that has happened will leave a trace in the past."

"This is not the past, this is clearly the creation of a new world..."

Having thought this through, he no longer hesitated.

Perhaps knowing the past from the beginning wouldn't be so terrifying, and there would be various limitations.

But just this prospect alone makes it worth the choice.

The future is too uncertain and full of randomness. The future we glimpse may not be what we want, nor may it solve our current troubles and predicaments.

We are currently too constrained, limited by our own accumulation and foundation, making it impossible to continuously improve and transform.

Only by understanding the past can one gain access to the profound knowledge accumulated over countless years in a particular world.

Even if one cultivates to become a wandering immortal, even if one faces immortals and Buddhas, even if there are still powerful beings high above.

He can handle it all with ease.

Even immortals and Buddhas have a past.

Knowing what one likes and what one dislikes is the only way to avoid misfortune and attract good fortune.

Upon realizing this, Wu Tian was overjoyed.

The system panel also changes accordingly.

Ding! System notification: You have chosen to understand the past and not be involved in cause and effect. You have glimpsed the principles of time and cause and effect. Please check the details yourself.

As the choice was made, his ancestral aperture between his eyebrows underwent another change.

The three advanced talents—auspicious beast, great demon body, and fiery eyes—resonated simultaneously, as if about to burst forth from their bloodline and merge with the celestial talisman.

"Time and cause and effect..."

"This is the path I have embarked on."

Wu Tian understood, "As long as one cultivates the three advanced talents of auspicious beast, great demon body and fiery eyes to perfection, and then unites them with the laws of heaven, they can be transformed into one or even two divine power seeds."

"One is the supernatural power of the past, and the other is the supernatural power of cause and effect."

"As for heavenly thunder and yin wind, they are life-and-death supernatural powers with wind and thunder as their outward appearance and life and death as their inner essence..."

"This is the prototype of the three, or even four, supernatural powers."

He slowly got up and moved the dog's head.

"Now that we know the past, we should make a trip to Skull Mountain."

"To gather the aura of those Skull Mountain disciples, especially those from the sect leader's lineage, and see what the Skull Mountain sect leader is up to?"

"If we could get our hands on all thirty-six caves and the sect leader's inheritance, that would be even more exciting."

Wu Tianchao instructed Yin Shuang beside him, "I'm going out for a while. You stay here and cultivate in peace. Let Erwei guard this place."

"I'll be back as soon as I go."

After saying that, he transformed into a bolt of lightning and headed towards Skull Mountain.

(End of this chapter)