Big Data Cultivation

The discussions of the Ancestral God of the Insect Race were a secret to Tianqin’s cultivators, who hastily escaped to outer space before beginning an inventory.

The first thing to account for wasn’t the gains but the experiences and lessons from this battle, in which there were casualties among the cultivators.

Actually, in previous battles, there were also casualties among cultivators, though some died due to accidents or negligence. Only in this battle were cultivators directly targeted and killed face-to-face.

Those targeted were mostly cultivators wearing mechas, as well as Golden Core Masters.

Overall, the collaboration between the cultivators from the two sects was relatively seamless; those from White Pebble Beach were slightly less coordinated, but since the two sects had considerably more cultivators, the absolute losses were similar for both sides.

Thus far, eight Golden Cores have fallen, and eighteen out-of-body cultivators died, with White Pebble Beach and the two sects each accounting for about half.

This battle on the second planet contributed over sixty percent of the deaths.

Currently, many cultivators are injured, with over twenty Golden Core Masters severely wounded and thirty out-of-body cultivators injured—the decrease in the proportion of out-of-body cultivators is due to Golden Core Masters proactively helping to withstand attacks.

Given that they are comrades, it is expected they would help each other. In this respect, it also reveals the selfish nature of the Insect Race.

The demise of the out-of-body cultivators is regrettable; they are fragile, unable to withstand the first wave of attacks—by the time the Golden Core Masters intervene, they are already deceased, proving cultivation level truly matters in hard confrontations.

Discussing fallen cultivators aside, those severely injured must definitely be sent back for treatment. Healing them here is both unsafe and consumes too many Spirit Stones.

This is just one issue—the second issue is: What’s the next strategy?

When addressing this question, everyone wanted to hear Feng Jun’s opinion—with his intervention, the situation could have been far worse. An Observant Path True Immortal even indicated that the divine descent entity was at least at high-level Nascent Soul cultivation.

The name Observant Path sounds like a type of divination, but it actually has another name, "Sacrificial Path," which mainly focuses on combat techniques and sacrifices oneself for victory.

Yet, the Observant Path’s origin indeed comes from divination—splitting from the Chess Sect.

The Chess Sect emphasizes divination and strategy, but there are those within the sect focused on the ways of combat warfare—choosing to fight all the way rather than engaging in strategic games.

In the Earth Realm, this represents the difference between focusing on strategic layout and mid-game aggression—both play chess, but choose different paths.

As for those emphasizing the endgame... well, that’s excessively profit-driven, not a representative type.

Of course, focusing on mid-game aggression doesn’t mean neglecting strategic layout—the name Observant Path signifies they are unlike the warrior alliance—they fight strategically, not mindlessly, never engaging in battles they can’t win.

Thus, they self-proclaimed as Observant Path, gathering like-minded individuals to establish the Observant Path—looking from afar to determine opponents’ cultivation levels; fight if feasible, avoid if invincible.

These are digressions, but regardless, Observant Path cultivators rarely misjudge opponents’ strength.

This sect’s True Immortal assessed the divine descended entity as high-level Nascent Soul, and naturally, everyone turned to Feng Jun for his take.

"Let’s rest for two days first," Feng Jun casually suggested, "I’ll send the wounded away, everyone get some rest. When I return, let’s give it another try, aiming to clear the insect race from this star system."

Without needing anyone’s reminder, Xia Nichang proactively asked, "Mountain Master Feng, for today’s matter... shouldn’t a True Sage be invited?"

"I’d love to invite them, but... the situation’s too urgent," Feng Jun replied earnestly, "Whether it’s heading to the frontline to invite Diao Suo or Ren Tu, or going to the corridor entrance to get a True Sage, finding any of them takes time—once, I summoned Diao Suo and waited three hours for a response."

With Earth Realm goods being popular at White Pebble Beach, many cultivators got acquainted with the concept of hours.

Feng Jun continued, speaking earnestly, "So, I explored other avenues and contacted other True Sages, but the results were unsatisfactory."

"Try Golden Crow," Xia Nichang insisted without hesitation, "Seek Luan Xiong True Sage—he’s approachable and familiar with Yi Jue."

"I can only access the Blazing Flame Plate," Feng Jun shook his head with a mix of amusement and helplessness, "Far-off solutions don’t help immediate needs."

The crowd fell silent; actually, this principle holds true: deploying reinforcements seems simple as long as one possesses the capability, but who would expect a sudden appearance of a divine descended being, leaving no chance to summon reinforcements?

After a while, the True Immortal adept in the Formation Path spoke, "Mountain Master Feng’s final strike—what significance does it carry? I’m curious... feel free to withhold if inconvenient."

This adept Formation Path True Immortal was formidable, and while not part of the two sects, even their True Immortals respected her considerably—she showcased exceptional prowess, notably in ambushing the insect race where her formation played an instrumental role.

If it comes to a direct confrontation, she might be intimidated, but when it comes to stealth actions without revealing one’s identity, the power of formations is immense, and she doesn’t mind unleashing her full prowess.

Yet despite her status, she referred to Feng Jun with the respectful pronoun "您."

"The final strike... I went back to the sect," Feng Jun hesitated before answering, "The elders of my sect were considerate of my difficulties and granted me a few energy mechanisms because I thought everyone was in danger, so I used them."

Everyone was speechless, was it necessary to exaggerate like this?

In such a short time, you couldn’t even find a True Sage, yet you went back to the sect... and there was someone in the sect who already had means prepared for you?

If someone else said this, the people present would certainly doubt, but Mountain Master Feng... it’s really hard for everyone to doubt.

Alright, the key is this method, it was indeed effective, there’s no controversy about that.

However, the Formation Path True Immortal has questions, she is not afraid to ask, "Mountain Master Feng, are the elders of your sect really that leisurely?"

"Not that leisurely," Feng Jun casually responded, "maybe they value me more."

This statement is reasonable, such a big move is not the treatment for regular disciples.

The Formation Path True Immortal was straightforward and continued asking, "How many energy mechanisms were given to you in total?"

Feng Jun hesitated for a moment but answered, "Three energy mechanisms, only two are left now."

Upon hearing this, the Formation Path True Immortal nodded, "That’s good, next time if there’s time to invite a True Sage, do invite a True Sage. Having such life-saving means, don’t use them easily."

These words somewhat disregard the importance of a True Sage, so the Yuangang True Immortal immediately spoke up to change the topic, "Mountain Master Feng, how about bringing everyone to the passage entrance, letting the Out-of-Body True Sage inspect whether there’s any divine cause and effect on them?"

Others upon hearing also nodded, actually they had similar concerns, but worried that Feng Jun transporting too many people might consume some essence, so they were embarrassed to speak up.

"Then... let’s go together," Feng Jun nodded, anyway, he knew he’d be busy again.

Next, he took people to the passage entrance, who exactly inspected, he didn’t know, anyway, no True Sage appeared, indicating that there was no incense prayer power cause and effect on their bodies, not a concern.

Feng Jun guessed it would be this result, after all, the Guardian had said, the three energy mechanisms specifically counter incense fire ascension path, so even if some causes and effects were tainted, they would be cleared by the Mountain and River Seal.

Next, he still had to send people for healing and recuperation, the cultivators of the two sects were sent to the gathering point on the Tianqin side of the passage, while other Tianqin cultivators were sent to the Blazing Flame Plate, those belonging to Kunhao were taken back to Kunhao.

This time, among the cultivators who went out from Kunhao, one Golden Core and three Qi Condensation died, the Golden Core belonged to the Gongyang Family, and the Qi Condensation cultivators had various origins, but no one was surprised, fighting in another world, how could there be no casualties?

Especially that Golden Core of the Gongyang Family, died while covering their Qi Condensation disciples, it was a fatal mistake, that Qi Condensation also suffered heavy injuries.

In earnest, the war spoils from the Insect World the cultivators brought back made White Pebble Beach lively again, someone even raised a question, saying since there were casualties, does that mean some spots opened up?

But the forces with casualties didn’t agree, saying even if there were spots, they’d be used by our own family, what’s it to you?

Thus it can be seen, in the world of cultivators, they really regard life and death lightly, but hold opportunities in high regard.

Feng Jun also agreed to let the original forces take the spots, logically he should have his own opinion, not be swayed by others, but after all, he is from Earth Realm, it’s normal he can’t completely let go of the deceased, having a considerate thought is very natural.

While others are healing and recuperating, he can’t relax, so he made another trip to the Big Planet.

Fortunately, mining here on the Big Planet was going smoothly, cultivators in their spare time even transformed some mine caves, living conditions greatly improved, and they figured out some defensive formations, powered by energy stones.

Thus it shows, cultivators never cease trying to improve, those not fighting don’t give up efforts in other directions.

Some are even contemplating whether energy stones can be converted into Spiritual Energy.

However, not many of the remodeled formations have been set up, the reason is simple, there’s not enough formation materials, leading cultivators to gather in a few mine caves.

Seeing Feng Jun’s arrival, they were very happy and suggested that since you came, could you help transport a batch of formation materials?

Feng Jun felt a headache hearing this, alright, I’m not only a bus but now a cargo truck?

But he’s embarrassed to refuse, after all, they are contributing to the Human Race and the energy stones mined are ultimately his, essentially working for him.

So he could only accept, understand what materials the other party needed, okay... still have to go to Tianqin to buy.

But since he planned to help, it was no big deal, he asked directly, since you’re contemplating new formations, what other materials might you need, I’ll buy them for you together.

(Updated to summon monthly tickets.)