Stronger by Killing

Just as Gu Zhan completed his upgrade,

the system once again emitted a notification sound:

[Detected that the player’s realm has reached Nirvana Peak, and a new realm will soon be unlocked]

[Detecting the rules of this world, detecting...]

[Detection complete, please check carefully]

...

Hearing the system prompt, Gu Zhan was slightly stunned, but he wasn’t too surprised because he had already speculated about it.

After incorporating the Kong Family and Wenxian Dao into his ranks, Gu Zhan gathered information from them about many aspects of the Cultivation Realm, including the understanding of cultivation realms.

Above the Golden Core is the Nascent Soul, which is the peak that can be reached in this world through Cultivation Secret Manuals.

The term Nascent Soul is a general one, with different schools having different names for it.

The Confucian Sect calls it Great Confucian, the Daoist Sect calls it Celestial Master, and the Buddhist Sect refers to it as Arhat, while Nascent Soul is the common external term, fully called Nascent Soul Fruition.

This Nascent Soul is not what Gu Zhan imagined; unlike what novels from his previous life depicted, where a Dao fetus like a baby is nurtured in the Dantian, as if a part of a person’s spirit.

The Nascent Soul in this world is different; although it also nurtures a Dao fetus, it is not a spirit division, but a Dharma body that gathers Immortal Fate, called Nascent Soul Fruition because of its infant-like form.

In this world, the pinnacle of cultivation is the Nascent Soul,

but the pinnacle of realms is not the Nascent Soul.

Above the Nascent Soul is the legendary Immortal,

𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

and to cultivate the Nascent Soul Fruition, one must begin to obtain Immortal Fate, and to break through from the Nascent Soul Realm to the Immortal Realm, much more Human World Immortal Fate is needed, which is the origin of the Three Teachings.

In ancient times, there was no Immortal realm in this world,

until the Taoist Ancestor from Taoism traveled the Human World, sensed the existence of immortals, and through efforts, realized the philosophy of going with the flow of destiny and ruling by doing nothing, founded Taoism, obtained the first opportunity for immortality in the Human World, and finally succeeded in knocking at the door of immortals and ascended, entering the Immortal Realm.

Subsequently, Buddha and the Confucian Saint respectively created Buddhist and Confucian philosophies, paving two heavenly paths for future generations. For tens of thousands of years, it has been the Four Major Side Sects, but compared to the Opportunity for Immortality of the Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, the influence of the Four Major Side Sects is much smaller, and so is the Opportunity for Immortality. In each era, 80% of those who achieve immortality come from the Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, with only 20% coming from the Four Major Side Sects.

As for the other sects, even for a Great Sect Leader at the Nascent Soul Peak, it is almost impossible to knock at the heavenly gate.

And these so-called Opportunities for Immortality vary,

for instance, Buddhism mostly spreads Buddhist ideas to gain the power of faith, which is why there are many temples in the world.

Taoism, on the other hand, perceives the mysteries of the heavens to comply with worldly destiny, like Changmingzi of Wenxian Dao, who is focused on establishing a Taoist temple in the Human World, waiting for his opportunity.

The Confucian Dao educates the populace to gain merit, and for this reason, even in ancient times, Confucian cultivators liked to assume important positions in secular powers, to benefit the common people and gain merit.

As for the Four Major Side Sects,

the Shushan Sword Sect emphasizes great love for the Human World, condensing the purest sword in the world, using the sword to knock at the door of immortals, while the Talisman Sect paints great talismans of the world, among others.

The reason for needing this Opportunity for Immortality,

is that reaching the Nascent Soul Peak allows one to knock at the door of immortals, similar to crossing the tribulation, and the so-called Immortal Fate is used to offset the disaster.

After understanding these, Gu Zhan speculated that once he reached a certain realm,

the system would make some changes.

As expected,

the system has indeed changed,

and he immediately began to check:

Based on the player’s dual identity as the Emperor of the Human World and Martial Arts Venerable, the system has crafted a Dao path tailored for the player—Only I Am Supreme.

Only I Am Supreme, the Dao path, will expand and gain corresponding Origin Value according to the player’s sphere of influence, and killing those with the Great Dao rules can also gain this value.

Note 1: Origin Value is applied to Six-Star Secret Manual (Immortal Realm) and beyond.

Note 2: Six-Star and Seven-Star Secret Manuals have transcended, no longer being Cultivation Secret Manuals, but realms, with Six Stars being the Wenxian Dao Realm, and Seven Stars the Supreme Realm.

...

After carefully reading the detailed annotations, Gu Zhan understood the system’s changes and learned some hidden secrets through the system’s annotations.

Gu Zhan always knew that Cultivation Secret Manuals had seven levels, but based on what he understood from the Cultivation Realm, the Five-Star Nascent Soul Secret Manual was already the endpoint. He was quite puzzled at the time, but now he understands.

Six Stars and Seven Stars are entirely different realms.

Moreover,

the system continues to offer him shortcuts,

where ordinary cultivators need to accumulate so-called Immortal Fate to knock at the door of immortals to achieve immortality, he does not need to. He only needs to acquire Origin Value, which can be obtained in two ways: one is to keep killing enemies, but the enemy needs to possess Immortal Fate, and the other is to expand his territory.

Then, Gu Zhan looked at the system page:

Player: Gu Zhan

Realm: Nirvana Peak

Title: Martial Arts Pioneer

Note: 1. Wearing the title of Martial Arts Pioneer will grant the Inference Ability; by using Experience Points, the same realm skills can be deduced.

2. Wearing the title of Martial Arts Pioneer will grant the ability of Martial Arts Invincible, the stronger I face, the stronger I become, paving the way to Martial Arts Peak by my creation and invincibility.

Cultivation Technique: Vast Spell (Fourteenth Floor) (0/2 trillion Experience Points) (0/2000 Origin Value)