Chapter 47
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[Does host regret cutting off his emotions?] The System's tone seemed a little pitying.
"No, why would I? It was the price I had to pay for embarking on the Dream Cultivation System. No matter what, all cultivation paths focus on transcending beyond the Mortal World – that naturally means severing emotions or cutting off desires. Well, the White Lotus Dual Cultivation goes against the trend by accumulating emotions and desires, but even they need to sever their emotions to move forward with cultivation…" Shu Yidan said with a smirk.
[So, the host would have cut off his emotions either way?]
"'Heaven and Earth are ruthless, the Sage is indifferent.'
The aim of cultivation is to go beyond mortality and thus, it necessarily involves cutting off emotions and desires.
No, a better way to phrase it would be transcending mortal emotions and desires… After all, the World of Immortals is no land of eternal peace where the Buddhas reign…" Shu Yidan said thoughtfully.
[…]
"Well, do you think ordinary mortals can seclude themselves for years to meditate? I think that there was a study done on Modern Earth where it was proved that even the most antisocial of people lose their bearings in such an environment.
Meditating in seclusion for years is common across all ways of cultivation. Sitting still in quietness and looking deep into oneself is necessary for cultivating.
And 'cutting off emotions and desires' doesn't mean descending to become a sociopath. As you would expect from people who have meditation as a major part of their everyday lives, most of the denizens of this world of cultivation enjoy peace and serenity." Shu Yidan said this with a smile.
"But of course, there are always power struggles, great wars, battles for resources… For all talk about transcending desire and emotion, most cultivators are greedy, arrogant, lustful…
After all, the end goal of meditation isn't inner peace but power and immortality, and you can't stay contented with inner peace when the world is in turmoil. Every cultivator wants to increase his cultivation, so that he can become stronger and live longer. Even if it seems like the world is civilized, that's only what it seems like… The true law in this world is the law of the jungle.
To end things, the world of cultivation is multifaceted. You can't judge everything by observing from a single viewpoint." Finishing off his statement, Shu Yidan adjusted his breath for a few moments.
"By the way, I didn't notice the Hidden Quest. You know, I was supposed to get one for healing my dantian, you know… Plus, I wanted a quest for resolving my karma with the predecessor Shu Yidan." Shu Yidan brought this up after some thought.
[The Hidden Quest was rendered redundant. All karma with host's predecessor can be resolved in short time.
Due to the contribution of Restricted Spirit Crystal – RXW7651 to the System, the System is currently loading a new ability for the Host.
When the ability is accessible:
All karmic binds to the predecessor Shu Yidan can be resolved.
All memories of predecessor Shu Yidan can be accessed.
Host's body will return to peak condition, with all negative status effects nulled.]
"Restricted Spirit Crystal – RXW7651, huh… Well, it is good stuff." Shu Yidan sighed.
"At that time, when I set my True Immortal Divine Sense to connect to Modern Earth, the World Will of Modern Earth took over the Restricted Spirit Crystal and pretended to be the System, giving me 'Divine Quests'. I locked down its source by my True Immortal Divine Sense and tore it out of myself, but then it revived Hua Xiu into a Goddess and maneuvered circumstances to have me fuck her." Shu Yidan thought about the circumstances that lead to that event.
[System asks the Host to forgiveness for failure. Also, measures have been taken to deal with compromising influences.]
"Don't worry, the price to pay for saving Hua Xiu to be simple as some sex is a miracle – I couldn't repair her for the entirety of my time as a True Immortal, yet the influence of Modern Earth managed to fix her in a jiffy. Not only that, I could easily use that faith energy to cast Hua Xiu as a Lower-Tier God with my True Immortal Divine Sense… It means that it was extremely compatible with me." Shu Yidan said with a shrug.
[]Before the new ability is loaded, the System is prompting reminder:
Restricted Spirit Crystal – RXW7651 has a Dual Cultivation Module which will strengthen the link to Faith Energy from a different realm. Engage? ]
Shu Yidan thought for a moment. "What are the chances of Modern Earth's World Will compromising this space, giving you a female body and forcing sex?"
[Absolutely impossible. It is possible for the World Will to cut off connection between Host and System, but it is absolutely impossible for further infringement. If the World Will descends into this space, System has complete authority to instantly dismiss it.]
"Then… Engage Dual Cultivation Module!" Shu Yidan waited for the existence to appear, and a genderless voice arose.
~So we meet again. We are the World Will of Modern Earth. Nice to meet you, Shu Yidan!~
"…Thanks for your assistance with casting Hua Xiu's Divine Body. I took a large amount of faith energy for that after all." Shu Yidan started off with an apology.
~It is alright. We have plenty of it to throw around, after all. So, would you like to begin our negotiation? After all, you must have steeled yourself to grace our eyes with sexual content to have us shell out faith energy for your consumption!~ Shu Yidan could imagine a smirk on the entity's face.
"Why are you willing to exchange faith energy for sexual content to begin with? Are you connected to the White Lotus Cult?" Shu Yidan didn't want to think about what that would imply.
~Of course, not! Our current predilection for sexual content is due to your True Immortal Divine Sense – it began its transmission by uploading your story in webnovel format on a site known for translations where R-18 stories were gaining popularity. And so, your Divine Sense Transmission has bound the sentiments of the users of the site to form our existence as an entity capable of drawing upon the idle faith energy of Modern Earth …~ Hearing the shocking revelation, Shu Yidan was frozen in shock.
Finally, he could only mutter in a horrified tone. "Oh god, what have I brought upon the world…"
~Nothing much. Our existence is merely an entity who can draw upon the idle faith energy of Modern Earth. An entity formed by the sentiments of internet anons who frequent a certain site.~
Shu Yidan thought for a moment before beginning, "…Even if you don't have power, you are still an existence born of faith energy. Do you want to send off unsuspecting Earthlings to different anime worlds where they fuck a bunch of heroines one after the other?"
~Not really, we are a not even a World Will, merely an entity born of a collective unconsciousness. And so, we can't really act except in certain rare circumstances… like the one your System has brought forth. Though, did you like reading Terror Infinity style stories as well?~
Shu Yidan paused for a brief moment before starting. "…No. A fellow transmigrator from a modern technological world with anime also embarked on the Dream Cultivation System and made a world where anime became reality. You don't want to know more."
~Anyway, do you want to ask anything? About Earth maybe?~
"About Earth… I'd rather not. I can't ask about my friends and family as that would reveal my identity. And I don't really care about anything apart from that. Well, from seeing you, I can roughly calculate that everything seems good enough…" Shu Yidan said with a smile.
~As you say. Well, you can consider us a reader of the story of your life. While we are particularly interested in the sex, it isn't the main attraction. On the story of your life… we will give you a list of preferences and fulfilling them will net you our faith energy. Now we shall consult among ourselves to best find out what would make your story more interesting…~
Please report us if you find any errors so we can fix it asap!
[Does host regret cutting off his emotions?] The System's tone seemed a little pitying.
"No, why would I? It was the price I had to pay for embarking on the Dream Cultivation System. No matter what, all cultivation paths focus on transcending beyond the Mortal World – that naturally means severing emotions or cutting off desires. Well, the White Lotus Dual Cultivation goes against the trend by accumulating emotions and desires, but even they need to sever their emotions to move forward with cultivation…" Shu Yidan said with a smirk.
[So, the host would have cut off his emotions either way?]
"'Heaven and Earth are ruthless, the Sage is indifferent.'
The aim of cultivation is to go beyond mortality and thus, it necessarily involves cutting off emotions and desires.
No, a better way to phrase it would be transcending mortal emotions and desires… After all, the World of Immortals is no land of eternal peace where the Buddhas reign…" Shu Yidan said thoughtfully.
[…]
"Well, do you think ordinary mortals can seclude themselves for years to meditate? I think that there was a study done on Modern Earth where it was proved that even the most antisocial of people lose their bearings in such an environment.
Meditating in seclusion for years is common across all ways of cultivation. Sitting still in quietness and looking deep into oneself is necessary for cultivating.
And 'cutting off emotions and desires' doesn't mean descending to become a sociopath. As you would expect from people who have meditation as a major part of their everyday lives, most of the denizens of this world of cultivation enjoy peace and serenity." Shu Yidan said this with a smile.
"But of course, there are always power struggles, great wars, battles for resources… For all talk about transcending desire and emotion, most cultivators are greedy, arrogant, lustful…
After all, the end goal of meditation isn't inner peace but power and immortality, and you can't stay contented with inner peace when the world is in turmoil. Every cultivator wants to increase his cultivation, so that he can become stronger and live longer. Even if it seems like the world is civilized, that's only what it seems like… The true law in this world is the law of the jungle.
To end things, the world of cultivation is multifaceted. You can't judge everything by observing from a single viewpoint." Finishing off his statement, Shu Yidan adjusted his breath for a few moments.
"By the way, I didn't notice the Hidden Quest. You know, I was supposed to get one for healing my dantian, you know… Plus, I wanted a quest for resolving my karma with the predecessor Shu Yidan." Shu Yidan brought this up after some thought.
[The Hidden Quest was rendered redundant. All karma with host's predecessor can be resolved in short time.
Due to the contribution of Restricted Spirit Crystal – RXW7651 to the System, the System is currently loading a new ability for the Host.
When the ability is accessible:
All karmic binds to the predecessor Shu Yidan can be resolved.
All memories of predecessor Shu Yidan can be accessed.
Host's body will return to peak condition, with all negative status effects nulled.]
"Restricted Spirit Crystal – RXW7651, huh… Well, it is good stuff." Shu Yidan sighed.
"At that time, when I set my True Immortal Divine Sense to connect to Modern Earth, the World Will of Modern Earth took over the Restricted Spirit Crystal and pretended to be the System, giving me 'Divine Quests'. I locked down its source by my True Immortal Divine Sense and tore it out of myself, but then it revived Hua Xiu into a Goddess and maneuvered circumstances to have me fuck her." Shu Yidan thought about the circumstances that lead to that event.
[System asks the Host to forgiveness for failure. Also, measures have been taken to deal with compromising influences.]
"Don't worry, the price to pay for saving Hua Xiu to be simple as some sex is a miracle – I couldn't repair her for the entirety of my time as a True Immortal, yet the influence of Modern Earth managed to fix her in a jiffy. Not only that, I could easily use that faith energy to cast Hua Xiu as a Lower-Tier God with my True Immortal Divine Sense… It means that it was extremely compatible with me." Shu Yidan said with a shrug.
[]Before the new ability is loaded, the System is prompting reminder:
Restricted Spirit Crystal – RXW7651 has a Dual Cultivation Module which will strengthen the link to Faith Energy from a different realm. Engage? ]
Shu Yidan thought for a moment. "What are the chances of Modern Earth's World Will compromising this space, giving you a female body and forcing sex?"
[Absolutely impossible. It is possible for the World Will to cut off connection between Host and System, but it is absolutely impossible for further infringement. If the World Will descends into this space, System has complete authority to instantly dismiss it.]
"Then… Engage Dual Cultivation Module!" Shu Yidan waited for the existence to appear, and a genderless voice arose.
~So we meet again. We are the World Will of Modern Earth. Nice to meet you, Shu Yidan!~
"…Thanks for your assistance with casting Hua Xiu's Divine Body. I took a large amount of faith energy for that after all." Shu Yidan started off with an apology.
~It is alright. We have plenty of it to throw around, after all. So, would you like to begin our negotiation? After all, you must have steeled yourself to grace our eyes with sexual content to have us shell out faith energy for your consumption!~ Shu Yidan could imagine a smirk on the entity's face.
"Why are you willing to exchange faith energy for sexual content to begin with? Are you connected to the White Lotus Cult?" Shu Yidan didn't want to think about what that would imply.
~Of course, not! Our current predilection for sexual content is due to your True Immortal Divine Sense – it began its transmission by uploading your story in webnovel format on a site known for translations where R-18 stories were gaining popularity. And so, your Divine Sense Transmission has bound the sentiments of the users of the site to form our existence as an entity capable of drawing upon the idle faith energy of Modern Earth …~ Hearing the shocking revelation, Shu Yidan was frozen in shock.
Finally, he could only mutter in a horrified tone. "Oh god, what have I brought upon the world…"
~Nothing much. Our existence is merely an entity who can draw upon the idle faith energy of Modern Earth. An entity formed by the sentiments of internet anons who frequent a certain site.~
Shu Yidan thought for a moment before beginning, "…Even if you don't have power, you are still an existence born of faith energy. Do you want to send off unsuspecting Earthlings to different anime worlds where they fuck a bunch of heroines one after the other?"
~Not really, we are a not even a World Will, merely an entity born of a collective unconsciousness. And so, we can't really act except in certain rare circumstances… like the one your System has brought forth. Though, did you like reading Terror Infinity style stories as well?~
Shu Yidan paused for a brief moment before starting. "…No. A fellow transmigrator from a modern technological world with anime also embarked on the Dream Cultivation System and made a world where anime became reality. You don't want to know more."
~Anyway, do you want to ask anything? About Earth maybe?~
"About Earth… I'd rather not. I can't ask about my friends and family as that would reveal my identity. And I don't really care about anything apart from that. Well, from seeing you, I can roughly calculate that everything seems good enough…" Shu Yidan said with a smile.
~As you say. Well, you can consider us a reader of the story of your life. While we are particularly interested in the sex, it isn't the main attraction. On the story of your life… we will give you a list of preferences and fulfilling them will net you our faith energy. Now we shall consult among ourselves to best find out what would make your story more interesting…~
Does host regret cutting off his emotions? The System's tone seemed a little pitying."No, why would I? It was the price I had to pay for embarking on the Dream Cultivation System. No matter what, all cultivation paths focus on transcending beyond the Mortal World that naturally means severing emotions or cutting off desires. Well, the White Lotus Dual Cultivation goes against the trend by accumulating emotions and desires, but even they need to sever their emotions to move forward with cultivation" Shu Yidan said with a smirk.So, the host would have cut off his emotions either way?"'Heaven and Earth are ruthless, the Sage is indifferent.'The aim of cultivation is to go beyond mortality and thus, it necessarily involves cutting off emotions and desires.No, a better way to phrase it would be transcending mortal emotions and desires After all, the World of Immortals is no land of eternal peace where the Buddhas reign" Shu Yidan said thoughtfully."Well, do you think ordinary mortals can seclude themselves for years to meditate? I think that there was a study done on Modern Earth where it was proved that even the most antisocial of people lose their bearings in such an environment.Meditating in seclusion for years is common across all ways of cultivation. Sitting still in quietness and looking deep into oneself is necessary for cultivating.And 'cutting off emotions and desires' doesn't mean descending to become a sociopath. As you would expect from people who have meditation as a major part of their everyday lives, most of the denizens of this world of cultivation enjoy peace and serenity." Shu Yidan said this with a smile."But of course, there are always power struggles, great wars, battles for resources For all talk about transcending desire and emotion, most cultivators are greedy, arrogant, lustfulAfter all, the end goal of meditation isn't inner peace but power and immortality, and you can't stay contented with inner peace when the world is in turmoil. Every cultivator wants to increase his cultivation, so that he can become stronger and live longer. Even if it seems like the world is civilized, that's only what it seems like The true law in this world is the law of the jungle.To end things, the world of cultivation is multifaceted. You can't judge everything by observing from a single viewpoint." Finishing off his statement, Shu Yidan adjusted his breath for a few moments."By the way, I didn't notice the Hidden Quest. You know, I was supposed to get one for healing my dantian, you know Plus, I wanted a quest for resolving my karma with the predecessor Shu Yidan." Shu Yidan brought this up after some thought.The Hidden Quest was rendered redundant. All karma with host's predecessor can be resolved in short time.Due to the contribution of Restricted Spirit Crystal RXW7651 to the System, the System is currently loading a new ability for the Host.When the ability is accessible:All karmic binds to the predecessor Shu Yidan can be resolved.All memories of predecessor Shu Yidan can be accessed.Host's body will return to peak condition, with all negative status effects nulled."Restricted Spirit Crystal RXW7651, huh Well, it is good stuff." Shu Yidan sighed."At that time, when I set my True Immortal Divine Sense to connect to Modern Earth, the World Will of Modern Earth took over the Restricted Spirit Crystal and pretended to be the System, giving me 'Divine Quests'. I locked down its source by my True Immortal Divine Sense and tore it out of myself, but then it revived Hua Xiu into a Goddess and maneuvered circumstances to have me fuck her." Shu Yidan thought about the circumstances that lead to that event.System asks the Host to forgiveness for failure. Also, measures have been taken to deal with compromising influences."Don't worry, the price to pay for saving Hua Xiu to be simple as some sex is a miracle I couldn't repair her for the entirety of my time as a True Immortal, yet the influence of Modern Earth managed to fix her in a jiffy. Not only that, I could easily use that faith energy to cast Hua Xiu as a Lower-Tier God with my True Immortal Divine Sense It means that it was extremely compatible with me." Shu Yidan said with a shrug.Before the new ability is loaded, the System is prompting reminder:Restricted Spirit Crystal RXW7651 has a Dual Cultivation Module which will strengthen the link to Faith Energy from a different realm. Engage? Shu Yidan thought for a moment. "What are the chances of Modern Earth's World Will compromising this space, giving you a female body and forcing sex?"Absolutely impossible. It is possible for the World Will to cut off connection between Host and System, but it is absolutely impossible for further infringement. If the World Will descends into this space, System has complete authority to instantly dismiss it."Then Engage Dual Cultivation Module!" Shu Yidan waited for the existence to appear, and a genderless voice arose.~So we meet again. We are the World Will of Modern Earth. Nice to meet you, Shu Yidan!~"Thanks for your assistance with casting Hua Xiu's Divine Body. I took a large amount of faith energy for that after all." Shu Yidan started off with an apology.~It is alright. We have plenty of it to throw around, after all. So, would you like to begin our negotiation? After all, you must have steeled yourself to grace our eyes with sexual content to have us shell out faith energy for your consumption!~ Shu Yidan could imagine a smirk on the entity's face."Why are you willing to exchange faith energy for sexual content to begin with? Are you connected to the White Lotus Cult?" Shu Yidan didn't want to think about what that would imply.~Of course, not! Our current predilection for sexual content is due to your True Immortal Divine Sense it began its transmission by uploading your story in webnovel format on a site known for translations where R-18 stories were gaining popularity. And so, your Divine Sense Transmission has bound the sentiments of the users of the site to form our existence as an entity capable of drawing upon the idle faith energy of Modern Earth ~ Hearing the shocking revelation, Shu Yidan was frozen in shock.Finally, he could only mutter in a horrified tone. "Oh god, what have I brought upon the world"~Nothing much. Our existence is merely an entity who can draw upon the idle faith energy of Modern Earth. An entity formed by the sentiments of internet anons who frequent a certain site.~Shu Yidan thought for a moment before beginning, "Even if you don't have power, you are still an existence born of faith energy. Do you want to send off unsuspecting Earthlings to different anime worlds where they fuck a bunch of heroines one after the other?"~Not really, we are a not even a World Will, merely an entity born of a collective unconsciousness. And so, we can't really act except in certain rare circumstances like the one your System has brought forth. Though, did you like reading Terror Infinity style stories as well?~Shu Yidan paused for a brief moment before starting. "No. A fellow transmigrator from a modern technological world with anime also embarked on the Dream Cultivation System and made a world where anime became reality. You don't want to know more."~Anyway, do you want to ask anything? About Earth maybe?~"About Earth I'd rather not. I can't ask about my friends and family as that would reveal my identity. And I don't really care about anything apart from that. Well, from seeing you, I can roughly calculate that everything seems good enough" Shu Yidan said with a smile.~As you say. Well, you can consider us a reader of the story of your life. While we are particularly interested in the sex, it isn't the main attraction. On the story of your life we will give you a list of preferences and fulfilling them will net you our faith energy. Now we shall consult among ourselves to best find out what would make your story more interesting~
