The Grand Spectacle of Collective Cultivation on Douluo Continent!

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, which Ning Rongrong had dismissed as disdainful of the Five Hearts Toward Heaven, was currently staging a scene of a completely different nature.

Inside the Sect Master's main hall.

"Excellent, truly excellent!"

Ning Fengzhi stared at the light screen with a fanatical gaze, not missing a single subtle movement from the short-haired youth on the Sky Screen, as he muttered to himself.

"I had originally intended to wait until that boy named Wang Er survived for a full year, then unite with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and the Clear Sky Sect to contend with Spirit Hall for this cultivation method. I never expected to obtain it so easily!"

"Furthermore, with the Sky Screen broadcasting it, the entire continent is practicing this technique. Even Spirit Hall is completely helpless!"

"Heaven is helping me, truly, Heaven is helping me!"

Ning Fengzhi laughed with a touch of madness.

Originally, his greatest concern was that Spirit Hall would fight for this technique. He had already planned to use coercion and inducement, employing every possible method to acquire it, and had even considered uniting with other sects to share it and jointly resist Spirit Hall.

But he had not expected that everything would develop so unexpectedly.

The next moment, without the slightest hesitation, this Sect Master of the world's number one sect—who was usually aloof and extremely attentive to his decorum—actually lifted the hem of his long robes and impatiently lay down on the hall floor.

He abandoned all his usual dignity.

He assumed the Five Hearts Toward Heaven posture, closed his eyes, and forced himself to calm his mind.

Standing to the side, Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo exchanged a glance, both seeing a hint of silence in the other's eyes.

They did not follow Ning Fengzhi in impatiently beginning their cultivation.

Both were old monsters who had lived for more than half a lifetime, and naturally, they had their own considerations.

They had already become Titled Douluo; they had traveled far too deep into the spirit master cultivation system. The spirit power within their bodies was already deeply rooted, and their meridians had long since adapted to the circulation routes of spirit masters.

To have them change paths now and attempt an entirely unfamiliar system from another world was not a wise choice.

Moreover, the short-haired youth had just explicitly mentioned that the people of that high-dimensional world were able to cultivate because, after the Great Nirvana period, there was an increase in so-called cosmic energy, which led to the birth of Genetic Origin Energy.

This raised the question: did such a thing as Genetic Origin Energy even exist within the world of Douluo Continent?

If there was only spirit power and none of that special energy, then whether this Five Hearts Toward Heaven cultivation method could produce any effect on Douluo Continent remained an unknown.

Even if it did produce an effect, were there any side effects?

As Titled Douluo, they already possessed spirit cultivation; was it compatible with this so-called Five Hearts Toward Heaven method?

These were all unknowns.

In any case, they were already among the top powerhouses on the continent; there was no need to rush.

It was better to wait. Once there were successful precedents, it would not be too late for them to cultivate. Falling half a step behind was better than falling into a crisis.

Out of the caution befitting Titled Douluo, the two did not begin practicing, but instead tacitly stood on either side, silently guarding Ning Fengzhi as he lay on the floor.

Meanwhile.

Spirit City, Pope Palace.

Inside the vast, empty hall, the atmosphere was so oppressive it was suffocating.

Bibi Dong stood at the very top of the steps, her gaze passing through the open dome of the hall to fixate on the short-haired youth on the Sky Screen who was patiently explaining the cultivation posture.

She took a long breath and exhaled slowly, feeling a sense of powerlessness.

In her original plan, once someone brought back this technique, Spirit Hall would immediately recover it and forbid its circulation, at least for a time, to prevent it from spreading on a large scale.

Once the people of Spirit Hall had practiced it and established a first-mover advantage, it wouldn't matter if the technique leaked out later.

But her entire plan could not keep up with such a sudden change.

The Sky Screen broadcast was aimed at the entire continent.

Every commoner, every beggar, every farmer could clearly hear the technique being taught by that youth at this very moment.

Once this Five Hearts Toward Heaven cultivation method truly became popularized and proved effective on Douluo Continent, the class known as "ordinary people" would vanish entirely.

Everyone could cultivate; everyone could grasp power.

The foundation upon which Spirit Hall relied for its survival would be wiped out, and this behemoth that had stood for a thousand years would crumble in an instant.

"Your Holiness, we must not let this technique spread, at least... it should not be allowed to spread unchecked!"

Below the steps, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan dropped to one knee with a thud, his voice filled with terror.

He, too, realized the gravity of the situation.

"This subordinate implores you to immediately issue a Pope's Decree to ban this method across the entire continent! Any commoner who dares to imitate or practice it shall be executed as a heretic!"

Bibi Dong glanced down at him, her voice cold and devoid of emotion.

"Ban it across the entire continent? How do you propose to do that?"

"The light of the Sky Screen illuminates every corner; this technique has already spread throughout the world. Do you intend to slaughter all hundreds of millions of commoners on Douluo Continent?"

"If we slaughter the commoners, do we also slaughter the spirit masters who have practiced this technique?"

Yue Guan shuddered, his mouth opening, but he could not utter a single word.

Bibi Dong's expression remained calm as she said coldly, "Blocking is not as effective as guiding."

"In the face of the temptation of absolute power, any prohibition is nothing but scrap paper. Since we cannot prevent the changing situation from occurring, we might as well seize the initiative within it."

Bibi Dong slammed her scepter onto the ground, producing a dull, heavy thud.

"Yue Guan, Gui Mei."

"The idea of banning its circulation is no longer feasible. Since the entire continent is following the Sky Screen to attempt this cultivation method, we shall go with the flow."

"Pass on my decree: all branches of Spirit Hall are to act immediately. Mobilize all deacons and priests to calculate the success rate of commoners practicing the Five-Heart-to-Heaven Method!"

"Since it does not require a martial soul awakening, this cultivation technique must have its own criteria for filtering out geniuses."

"I want Spirit Hall to register everyone who successfully guides energy into their bodies at the very first opportunity and determine the standards by which this technique selects talent."

Bibi Dong's voice regained its majesty.

"A new era is coming. Since Spirit Hall could control the old era, we can naturally become the helmsmen of the new one!"

Time ticked away, second by second.

The entire Douluo Continent fell into an eerie silence.

Across the continent, hundreds of millions of people were closing their eyes, sensing the surrounding air and attempting to extract a bit of this so-called 'Genetic Origin Energy' from it!

And just at that moment.

Tang San, lying on the Shrek training ground, suddenly trembled slightly.

Guided by the Five-Heart-to-Heaven Method, he felt an extremely faint yet violently scorching current of air force its way through his palms and into his skin!

Then, it began to spread continuously throughout his limbs and bones!