Reincarnation Girl Becomes Immortal

Only after the spiritual light within his body returned to calm and stopped vibrating did he slowly open his eyes.

"This minor promotion was another shortcut achieved through the power of willpower..."

If one wants to truly unify all the power of one's body solely through the power of the Dao, it may take a hundred or even several hundred years of practice to succeed.

At this moment, she relied on the power of her will as a core with its own attraction, and with her proficiency in mastering the true power of the Dao not being that high, she directly fused the power of unification with this special core.

His cultivation level thus increased rapidly, his spiritual power flourished, and his Dao-merging True Power also entered a new stage.

"The power of will not only plays a powerful supporting role in ordinary cultivation, but it is also extremely beneficial when facing advancement..."

Xi Heng raised his hand and pinched out a drop of wish power from his fingertips.

The outward appearance of willpower is a kind of ethereal aura filled with nerve and vein lines, which is much more special than spiritual power.

With a flick of her fingers, she unleashed another unifying force within her body, observing it for a moment.

This power not only combines true power, willpower, and spiritual power, but also includes the white flames, resentment, death energy, and so on within the body.

The complete fusion transformed into a unique true power that was indescribable yet undeniably extremely powerful.

Xi Heng tried to use this true power to draw magic runes and stick them on the back of his hand to increase the efficiency of gathering spirit.

The moment the design was completed, the pattern on the back of the hand immediately glowed, rapidly drawing in surrounding spiritual energy like a black hole, filling it up in less than half a second.

"This could probably be considered an enhanced version of Dao Integration True Power," the girl muttered to herself.

"It's just that storing this power is quite troublesome, and it's difficult to store too much in the body."

While its power is immense, it is also far more difficult to control.

Small portions are fine, but if the amount is too large and there isn't enough time to release it quickly, it might cause some side effects in the body, which could hinder your usual cultivation.

"Just store a little bit."

The girl nodded slightly.

Then he closed his eyes and continued to circulate his spiritual energy, sensing the inner changes that came with the advancement in his realm.

Her mind returned to the imagery of cultivation, and she continued to move forward amidst the slight stickiness and stagnation, gradually adapting.

As his cultivation level accumulated, Xi Heng climbed higher and higher.

The central axis of time and the way of heaven is already close, and this brings certain influences.

Now, she can clearly feel the passage of time in the world every moment.

In the past, in Xi Heng's mind, time was a golden ocean with ever-flowing currents.

It permeates everything in the world, even the void or other more abstract things, and flows slowly among these substances.

This drives the flow of time and the development of historical changes.

Since truly attaining enlightenment, time, in Xi Heng's eyes, is no longer just that ocean that permeates the world.

Behind it lies a deeper meaning.

The golden sea of ​​time is merely the foundation that covers the three realms of the present, past, and future.

Beyond this, Xi Heng can now vaguely sense another special concept related to time.

This concept is not within the Three Realms, yet it aligns with the Three Realms in certain aspects.

It is another time that exists outside of the past, present, and future.

The girl carefully sensed it, tried to understand it superficially, and attempted to put it into language:

“That seems to be—a ‘wrinkle’ in time.”

Similar to the principle of spatial transfer, it involves folding two spaces together and then transmitting them to each other.

That instantaneous folding created a space that transcended space itself—cultivators who possessed this item could use spatial magic to teleport to it.

In terms of time, it also exhibits a folded state.

There is also 'time that transcends time'.

Xi Heng named it: Folding Time.

In this flow of time, time is folded, overlapped, and intertwined, and the past, present, and future can coexist.

When she experienced this firsthand, she truly understood, for the first time in a practical sense, the words spoken by the Immortal Corpse:

The past is not fixed; it exists simultaneously with the present and the future.

"If we can master the folding of time, perhaps we can teleport and jump freely in time, just like folding of space."

The ability to jump freely from the past to the future and then back again—these science fiction-like developments are all realistically possible.

The white-haired girl began to ponder:

"Perhaps the system's ability to load save files is the actual manifestation of this time jump?"

"If I could also master this power of folding time... perhaps I could replicate save files, and even go to certain points in time that save file loading abilities cannot reach."

Xi Heng tried to deepen her perception, but she could only vaguely sense it now, as if she had seen a new star in the night sky, but could not actually touch it.

This concept remains like a mirage; one can only glimpse its vague outline from afar, and even a clear understanding is difficult to achieve.

Her deepest thought right now is that the laws of time are far more powerful than she imagined.

If one can truly master this skill, one might be able to freely teleport and appear in the flow of time, returning to the past and future with a single thought.

"The mid-stage of the Dao Integration Realm has only glimpsed the shadow of that realm; it is still a long way from truly mastering it."

"Continue to practice."

……

Time flows like a river.

More than twenty years after Xi Heng advanced to the mid-stage of the Dao Integration Realm, in the 150th year of the game.

Due to the last reform, the outside world's Pure Fire sect abandoned its serious and solemn mainstream, while only the Holy City retained its original appearance.

In other more populous areas, the atmosphere of religious belief has become more relaxed, with fewer rules and regulations.

This unbridled faith provided considerable motivation at the beginning of the transformation... but as time went on, it began to gradually diminish.

Xi Heng didn't pay much attention to this, knowing that the power of will is like waves, rising and falling as it is normal.

Whenever this happens, I will look around for a moment to find out the reason.

The reason for this is obvious: it is because the faith of the new generation is too loose and unrestrained, even to the point of being lax.

The power of faith offered by this kind of faith is not as stable as that of the older generation, and it is generally declining.

Recently, within the territory ruled by the Pure Fire Sect, due to excessive openness in society, some minor acts that violate the doctrine have gone unpunished, at most receiving only condemnation.

Moreover, as times have changed, even the condemnations have gradually diminished.

In developed societies, this subtle form of rebellion has even transformed into a popular fashion, a symbol of individuality.

Subsequently, rebels even became a special vulnerable group in the general societal perception, and even used this so-called 'vulnerability' to demand special privileges.

Around the 175th year after the save file was loaded, the overall development trend of the Pure Fire Cult's internal society seemed to have gone astray and become quite strange.

Rebels who defy doctrine have become the mainstream in the media, while the original mainstream culture has been rejected by some of the younger generation, who have even created various stigmatizing terms to belittle it—calling the values ​​of the general public as old-fashioned and outdated, while their own group that seeks to be different calls itself progressive and free.

They distanced themselves from popular culture, tearing a rift in a constantly evolving society.

Up to this point, Xi Heng still ignored it—there are always similar waves between doctrine and the development of the times.

However, whether the waves are too conservative or too progressive, they will all be washed ashore and subside.

The world will eventually continue its development according to a certain spiral cycle.

A few years later, the rift between the new generation and the general public, after causing several severe social impacts, gradually weakened.

The Pure Fire Sect has begun to return to conservatism, and the daily influx of spiritual energy has stabilized again.

The white-haired girl continued her seclusion, and as she closed her eyes, time flowed by rapidly.

Before I knew it, it was the 180th year since I reloaded the save file.

The cultivators in the main body only improve slowly and methodically, without any phased progress.

The reason she woke up again was that, for some unknown reason, the power of wishes transmitted from the outside world suddenly increased by several times.

After Xi Heng woke up, he spent some time stabilizing and condensing the excessive amount of his wish power.

Only then did they begin to perceive external faith through the lines of willpower, and inquire why such progress had occurred.

It was soon learned that a new faction had emerged within the Pure Fire Cult and spread rapidly.

Although the area controlled by the Mingming Sect did not expand further, the power of the will was greatly increased simply by the development of this faction within itself.

She was rather curious about this: she wondered why such a change in the internal structure of a single faction could directly produce such enormous benefits.

Even though this faction within the sect has not yet become the true mainstream that controls the entire Pure Fire sect, it has already achieved such results.

While observing, Xi Heng gradually learned the name of this new faction—the Salvation Faction.

She also traced its origin to Chonghaijie, which was of utmost concern to her.

Further investigation reveals that the birth of this faction is actually somewhat related to oneself.

This Salvation Sect is the organization she and Yin Wanluan left behind after they spent lavishly in Chonghai, and it has been developed over a hundred years.

The reason why so much goodwill can suddenly be generated is that the main goal of this faction to benefit people is different from the past.

The original Purification Fire sect, due to various conflicts during its missionary work, focused its interests on overcoming obstacles.

They often use miracle cures, magical techniques, and other such methods to exchange favors with high-ranking external figures who pose obstacles, in order to accelerate the progress of their missionary work.

This behavior became a habit even after the era of missionary expeditions ended.

Therefore, by channeling many of the interests of the Pure Fire Sect's territory to the upper echelons, while many conflicts were eliminated, the common people below were inevitably neglected.

Now that the philanthropists, who are most concerned about the common people, have taken the stage, they are also bringing the masses into the ranks of those who benefit.

As a result, many conflicts of interest will develop.

But for most people, it's the best thing ever.

As the interests were directed towards the lower classes, the people's faith in the White Flame Phoenix Lord grew even stronger.

Those who have had faith in the past are therefore more profound.

Many who initially only superficially believed, but didn't actually understand what faith was or were even indifferent to it, have now become true believers.

For Xi Heng, this change was quite good.

After all, the sudden increase of willpower is something that can only be encountered by chance.

Xi Heng paid closer attention to this and discovered that the expansion of the Salvation Sect was encountering considerable resistance. The original interest groups were naturally unwilling to let the common people come to them for a share of the profits, so they were quite resistant to the development of the Salvation Sect, creating a hidden danger of civil war.

"Perhaps we should lend a hand..."

The moment the words were spoken, the avatar in the distant outside world gradually awoke, slowly returning to nature from its fixed, statue-like posture.

White flames flickered around him as he left the cave.

It transformed from the sky above into a gigantic white phoenix, large enough to blot out the sky, and with a long cry, flapped its giant wings and flew towards the heavens.

In the blink of an eye, Bai Feng arrived at many realms and found several leaders of the Salvation Sect, offering them his blessings amidst the attention of the crowd.

To ensure a smooth transition of power, several monks from other factions were also consulted for advice.

After that, with an external avatar supervising from the outside, the factional changes within the Pure Fire Sect did not escalate into a real civil war.

After providing some assistance, it didn't take long for the Salvation Sect to become the main faction within the Pure Fire Sect.

The people under the rule of the sect benefited greatly, which led to a flourishing of popular will.

Compared to the previous faction, the total amount of willpower has increased by at least 40%.

If things can continue in this stable manner, when Xi Heng cultivates to the late stage of the Dao Integration Realm, he may never lack willpower again.

However, things don't always go as planned.

As time went by, this void gradually entered a period where various great grievances awakened and erupted.

The closest calamity, the Divine Transformation, consciously extended a new and much larger dark purple aura towards the area occupied by the Pure Fire Sect.

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Volume 1: Chapter 425, Reflecting on the Past and Exploring the Mysterious