Dao Scripture!

Although the concentration of Immortal Qi in the Origin Cave is higher, it is still relatively low overall, insufficient to support cultivation after Cultivator reaches the Core Formation Realm.

The cave winds and twists, extending deep into the mountainside.

[True Person Jinding leads you deeper into the cave, eventually arriving at a relatively spacious one.]

[The place is brightly lit with electricity and lights.]

[But at first glance, there wasn't much to see; aside from some murals and inscriptions, and a stone tablet standing in the very center, there was nothing else.]

"There used to be many things here, all kinds of antiques. Later we learned that those antiques were actually all kinds of Law Artifact, but after so many years, they had lost their spirituality and become ordinary objects."

The antiques have all been protected by the government using special methods because opening the cave disrupted a certain balance within it. Those Law Artifact left here will soon weather into sand.

[At this moment, your gaze is drawn to the inscriptions on the murals and the inscription on the central stone tablet.]

[These characters appear to be very ancient and cannot be directly correlated with modern writing systems.]

[You don't have "Barrier-Free Communication" enabled right now, so you can't understand what these words are trying to say.]

[But you are familiar with these words; you have seen them in many places.]

"Divine Pattern! These are the characters used by Divine Pattern!"

[True Person Jinding nodded in agreement.]

"That's right, the script we found in this cave is the same script we used later when cultivating Divine Pattern."

The exact time was 145 years ago.

[Not only the China government, but many countries also discovered these areas "emitting unique energy fluctuations" during those years; these places were later referred to as "Origin Region."]

[Some are caves, some are lakes, some are forests, etc., it's quite random.]

[After these regions were discovered, a new power emerged on Earth— Immortal Qi.]

[Or we could say -- a resurgence of Spiritual Qi.]

However, even with Immortal Qi, without knowing the methods of cultivation, one cannot cultivate.

Fortunately, some ancient texts from the Origin Region have survived using special man-made materials.

These ancient books contain various methods, including cultivation techniques, Alchemy, the cultivation of spiritual plants, and the forging of Law Artifact.

In short, they were incredibly diverse, covering every aspect of the path to immortality.

[Unfortunately, there isn't a single Source Stone on Earth, nor can we mine a single pound of spiritual materials suitable for Artifact Refining, and it's also unsuitable for the growth of any spiritual plants.]

Therefore, after the Spiritual Qi revival, Earth's Cultivator could only engage in dry cultivation, lacking the skills of Alchemy and Artifact Refining; these skills existed only in theory.

[The Talisman and shuriken used by the Sakura Country Cultivator we met earlier were actually created using technological means.]

[Of all the Origin Region, this Origin Cave in China contains the largest number of antiques and ancient books, and its knowledge of immortality is the most systematic.]

[Although modern people cannot understand the Divine Pattern script, it was deciphered in a short time after being reproduced and interpreted using technology.]

[It was later confirmed that this script is a direct descendant of Chinese characters, but the intermediate evolutionary process was lost, making it completely incomprehensible.]

"This stone tablet records a complete Cultivation Method, which can be cultivated from the Postnatal Martial Artist level all the way to the Dao Command Realm. Most Cultivator within our China territory practice this Cultivation Method."

["Dao Command Realm..."]

After Heaven-Reaching, there are three other realms: Law-Wielding Realm, Domain-Wielding Realm, and Master of the Dao. These are more commonly known as Immortal Lord, Immortal King, and Immortal Emperor.

[Based on the identification of "Inauspicious Later Years," this stone tablet was determined to be a Cultivation Method.]

[Its classification is not Qi Refining Technique, nor Soul Refining Technique, nor Body Refining Techniques, nor Divine Art, Killing Move, or Law Technique, but rather "Dao Scripture"!]

[Its quality isn't categorized into grades one through nine; it's "nothing"—it has no quality at all!]

Its name is, <The Martial Scripture>!

["Martial Scripture ..."]

[True Person Jinding was very surprised.]

"Do you recognize the calligraphy on the stone tablet?"

"No, I only recognize the title."

[To understand the specific content, you need to be Barrier-Free Communication.]

[There's no need to wait a year to update the entry; the China government has already deciphered it.]

[True Person Jinding will send you an electronic copy directly.]

[Strangely, when you use "Inauspicious Later Years" to identify the contents of this electronic version, it shows the quality of <Martial Scripture>, Grade One.]

["Huh..."]

You looked up at the stone tablet, then looked down at the phone in your hand.

[You have a bold hypothesis.]

[If one only studies the content of this Martial Scripture manual, it is only equivalent to a first-grade Qi Refining Technique.]

[Although a first-grade technique is already quite precious, you should know that the <Samadhi Body-Forging Profound Technique> you are currently cultivating is only Third Grade.]

[But if one studies the stone tablet with contemplation, it becomes a unique "Dao Scripture"!]

"May I take this stone tablet with me?"

[The True Person Jinding laughed.]

["Young people often tell a joke: if a roll of steel falls to the ground, whoever can move it keeps it. The same principle applies to this stone tablet. If you can get it out of there, I don't think the government will have any objections."]

The government took everything from the Origin Cave except for the murals and stone tablets.

[It's because they tried every possible method, but they couldn't dig up the murals or move the stone tablet.]

[You gently raise your right hand and utter a low shout.]

["Fragmentation!"]

[Divine Ability, Fragmentation.]

[The stone tablet separated from the mountain at its base on the spot, and floated up under your Divine Power.]

[True Person Jinding's eyes widened.]

"Oh my god..."

[That's Divine Ability, old man. Learn from it.]

[Then, you made a sweeping gesture with your left hand, opening the Pot Heaven Space and absorbing the stone tablet inside.]

[True Person Jinding's jaw trembled in astonishment.]

"Mustard seed space? Spacetime folding? This... this..."

[Clearly, no ancient texts discovered on Earth contain any records related to Divine Ability.]

[Perhaps this part is too advanced, so there are few records about it to begin with, and even fewer have survived.]

[After putting away this unique cultivation method, you came to the mural.]

"So, cultivation existed on Earth a long time ago, but something happened that caused the cultivation civilization to decline and give way to a technological civilization?"

[True Person Jinding pointed to the mural and said.]

["These murals are actually the ancients telling the world what really happened and why cultivators on Earth disappeared."]

"This part should be deciphered by now, tell us about it."

["The year mentioned above cannot be verified, there is only '270th year of the King Era Calendar,' and the first mural is about this '270th year of the King Era Calendar,' when some strange black smoke fell from the sky..."