Chapter 1823: Chapter 5: Daoxian Universe Earth Change Theory, The Aspiration of the Minister of Agriculture—Changing the Heavens and the Earth! (Part 2)
He is now reflecting on the knowledge learned in his past life.
Doing something as enjoyable as learning, of course, should be shared with good brothers.
Soon, Chen Shijie also appeared in the library.
"Chen Shijie greets the Grand Minister of Agriculture."
Zhao Xing opened his eyes, a smile on his lips: "Chen Shijie, meeting the Grand Minister of Agriculture and only clasping your hands without bowing, you have some nerve!"
Chen Shijie adjusted his sleeves, rolled his eyes: "Take it easy, why not just ask me to kneel too?"
"Hahaha, come in quickly." Zhao Xing laughed and waved him in.
"What do you want?"
"I’ve invited you to enjoy a feast of knowledge!"
Chen Shijie glanced at the Taoist books floating mid-air.
"Theory of Earth Epochs," "History of Ancient Earth Vein Changes," "The Grand View of Star Land," "Boundary Mountain Scripture"... The names of Earth Advantage Sect’s Taoist books flashed past.
"Hmm? So many!" Chen Shijie’s eyes sparkled, "A lot of them... I haven’t read before!"
"Hahaha, I knew you’d like them." Zhao Xing was pleased with Little Chen’s expression.
"Where did you get them?" Chen Shijie picked up a book, his gaze intoxicated, but his hands moved gently.
"Of course, from the Primordial Realm."
"It’s just a pity, there aren’t many of these Taoist books recording philosophy, and niche ones are even harder to find; only a few million have been found."
"You haven’t seen them because the Star Realm doesn’t include them."
"Why?" Chen Shijie instinctively asked.
"Firstly, because niche Taoist books are difficult to gather."
"Secondly, it’s due to sectarian biases."
Zhao Xing pointed at these books and said:
"The specific spells of the Earth Advantage Sect are well recorded in the Primordial Realm. But there aren’t many Taoist books recording philosophy."
"When it comes to theoretical disputes, both the Ancient Hill and Primordial Realm adopt the principle of using your spells, not learning your philosophy."
Chen Shijie realized, and then said: "To be fair, the Primordial Realm’s attitude is quite open; at least you could find so many."
"The struggle of the Great Taoism Competition is ultimately about the right to interpret the Tao."
Zhao Xing nodded: "Yes, every sect under the Minister of Agriculture has its own interpretation of the universe."
"The Self Sect divides the universe, realm, and domain into four eras: Primordial, Origin, Myriad Phenomena, and Silent Extinction. By observing the universe, it demonstrates the manifestation of the Tao in different eras."
"This led to a cultivation system of cultivating Pure Essence Soil—nurturing Origin Space—creating an Inner World."
"Many people consider the Inner World cultivation method to be nonsense."
"You’re understating it; it’s clearly heresy," Chen Shijie joked: "Without seeking heaven or earth, creating one’s own Inner World—how do the Heavenly Time and Earth Advantage sects maintain face then?"
Zhao Xing raised an eyebrow: "The way you say it, doesn’t my unification of the Three Sects back home amount to nothing?"
Chen Shijie didn’t even look up: "Not entirely wasted, I still respect the Primordial Realm and admire the accomplishments of its predecessors."
"Of course, in my heart, the philosophy of the Earth Advantage Sect is the true great Tao that explains the nature of the universe."
"Heavenly Time Self? Just a side branch!"
Zhao Xing was multitasking, reading while casually asking: "Then tell me, how does the Earth Advantage Sect interpret the Cosmic Dao?"
Chen Shijie closed the book and replied earnestly: "The Earth Advantage Sect divides the universe into three eras using geological units: the Ancient Era, the Primordial Era, and the Dao Xian Era."
"Below those are divided into realms, epochs, periods, and ages."
"The Ancient Hill gets its name from the concept of the Ancient Era."
"It’s rumored that the Ancient Hill has the oldest Small World, with an earth vein believed to have existed since the universe’s creation, called the Ancient Earth Vein."
"That ’Ancient Vein,’ contains infinite mysteries of the Cosmic Dao."
"This gave rise to many magic systems like the Earth Splitting Technique, Mountain Technique, Xuantu Skill, Earth Palace Skill, Earth Communication Skill, and Ksitigarbha Skill."
"The Extreme Continent Technique was created by a great being at the Ancient Hill based on that single Ancient Vein, so the first layer of the Extreme Continent Technique is Introducing Meridians into the Body."
Speaking of this, Chen Shijie said a bit regretfully: "It’s a pity that my aptitude is dull. Even though I’m now at Third Realm Perfection, I still haven’t mastered the first layer of the Extreme Continent. I can’t personally visit the Ancient Hill."
"Don’t worry, you’ll master it eventually." Zhao Xing smiled: "Look, I mastered it in a few years."
"..."
For a moment, Chen Shijie didn’t know if he should be happy or sad; he felt he wasn’t being comforted at all!
"In light of so many books, I’ll not hold it against you," Chen Shijie said: "Just don’t speak, let me read in peace."
"Yes, Mr. Chen!"
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The movement of earth veins can cause mountains to shift and seas to transform, also causing instability in the six energies.
If earth vein changes that usually take an epoch, an era, or even an age to slowly complete are finished in a short time, the resulting [Earth Change] is called [Earth Epoch Change].
Any tiny variable, multiplied by endless time, becomes terrifying.
After an Earth Epoch Change occurs, even the Dao will be affected.
New generation cultivators, unable to adapt to the old era’s Tao, will find that many of their spells show an intense effect deviation, or even backlash after entering a certain area!
An Earth Epoch Change can trigger a galaxy-level ’Marquis Transformation’!
It can also release earth energies impacting spiritual wisdom, or even poisonous gases!
From Yuan Xin’s description, phenomena like blood rain falling from the sky, cultivators going mad, and corpses surfacing happened on the Sea Passage’s Stacked Realm Mountain, which is likely due to an [Earth Epoch Change].
Because Stacked Realm Mountain itself is special; its foot penetrates the void of the Dao Ancient Layer, and it can transform void energy into mountains and rocks.
