"Isn't this Queen Mother of the West's cultivation method?"
An Jing often exchanged secrets of the Ancient Dao Court with Fuxie in his daily life. Although Fuxie's memories had previously been incomplete, much of his knowledge had not been forgotten—especially the gossip he had relished telling about how the Tai-bai Emperor Lord and the Queen Mother of the West had once joined forces to launch a rebellion.
And the Queen Mother of the West truly was a great deity. She governed Calamity of Heaven and the Five Ruins, a god who held heavenly punishments in her hand. To humankind, she was slaughter; to heaven, disaster; to the myriad spirits and the realm, upheaval.
As the saying went, heaven has five thieves, and those who behold them prosper. These five thieves were metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—the aspect of "generation" born from the division of heaven and earth, Yin and Yang. They were also "heaven's gifts." By obtaining them, one could steal the spiritual opportunities of heaven and earth; they were precisely the origin of Spirit Roots.
People could cultivate through Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, refine Alchemy, and gradually attain a lifespan equal to heaven's, becoming one with heaven and man.
Yet heaven also had five punishments; those who beheld them died. These five punishments were likewise metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—the aspect of "annihilation" born from the division of heaven and earth, Yin and Yang. They were also "heavenly punishment." Heaven possessed the authority of life and death. By gaining the power of slaughter, one could punish all things between heaven and earth with a wrathful heart of extinction, destroying others through fate, matter, spiritual opportunity, souls, and more.
The great Supernatural Ability of this seventh-rank Dao Integration cultivation method, the Western Extremity Punishment-Calamity Five