Conquering Hengming Is Science

Hengming was fully aware of the relationship and hatred between Taiheng and Yang Ning.

Moreover, it wasn't just hatred; the Great Xia and Tai Heng also had fundamental differences in their national systems and ideologies.

This contradiction will inevitably lead to a war between the two sides sooner or later.

The timing of this war depends on when Hengming will lift its protection of Daxia, and also on Yang Ning. As long as he wants to make a move, Hengming will lift its protection, allowing both sides to set aside their concerns and fight with all their might.

Losses and deaths don't matter, as long as the Taiheng people still occupy this land, that's all that matters, as long as they can find the right path for Taiheng.

Therefore, Hengming was neither angry that Yang Ning launched a war without declaring war, nor was he angry about the strange methods Yang Ning used.

After all, this is war, and war is about using any means necessary!

However, Taiheng's reaction truly enraged him.

Upon seeing an enemy, instead of engaging in confrontation, you directly attack them. What kind of behavior is this?

Moreover, they only took a small portion of the people with them; nearly 99.99% remained!

Hengming felt betrayed. "I have protected Taiheng for 300,000 years, repelled countless enemies, fought against countless powerful beings, and missed countless opportunities."

With his cultivation level and rank, any cultivator would want to possess him, including those who are about to ascend!

Ascension After, his immortal artifact may be upgraded to a celestial artifact, a golden immortal artifact, a profound immortal artifact, or even a supreme immortal artifact!

Infinite possibilities, confined to Taiheng for three hundred thousand years because of a single promise!

Is this how you repay me?

Yang Ning had never seen Hengming's expressions change so much. From the time he met Hengming until now, Hengming had always been calm and composed.

That's because of their extensive experience and knowledge, which makes them feel that nothing is surprising.

But today, Hengming has failed!

"Where are they?" Hengming asked.

"Uh, we've reached the asteroid belt!" Yang Ning unfolded a star map and started a live broadcast to Hengming.

Finding six items, each no more than three meters tall, in the vast universe is like finding a needle in a haystack.

However, these six Half-Immortal Artifact flew at extremely high speeds, resulting in very clear trails they left behind.

Moreover, Yang Ning tracked it the entire time using Pangu Particle.

Although the celestial artifacts can occasionally travel through space, the Pangu Particle can also travel through space.

You can't get rid of them!

"I'm going to find them!" Hengming got up to leave, but Yang Ning stopped him.

"What?" Hengming asked, "Are we just going to watch them leave? Putting aside their betrayal of Taiheng, do you know how much of Taiheng's resources they're carrying?"

Yang Ning was well aware that, according to the Pareto principle, 2% of the population possessed 98% of the world's resources, and the resources carried by the Spiritual Law Realm cultivator in this Half-Immortal Artifact were definitely more than 99% of the total resources of the entire Taiheng.

"Times have changed. Great Xia is also moving beyond Taiheng and into the universe!" Yang Ning said. "Therefore, this asteroid belt and other planets are all within Great Xia's development scope. So let's not fight here. What if we damage the stars? We'll deal with that after they fly out of the star system!"

"Hmph!" Hengming snorted coldly and nodded.

The moment these people fled, Great Xia had already replaced Tai Heng and become the legitimate successor of Tai Heng, Hengming naturally followed suit.

However, other thoughts also arose in his mind.

If these Taiheng cultivators betray us today, the higher-ups of the Great Xia Dynasty might betray us tomorrow as well. Then what's the point of me protecting Taiheng?

There's a saying that goes, "Children and grandchildren have their own blessings." Is it time for me to finally enjoy some happiness?

He looked at the sky with anticipation, wondering what the celestial realm would be like. He wanted to know too!

And there's also Immortal Venerable Taiheng; it's been 300,000 years since we last met!

"Huh?" Hengming suddenly sensed something and turned his head to ask, "What are you doing?"

"What do you mean, what are you doing?" Yang Ning retorted.

"You launched hydrogen bombs?" Hengming. "Eighty thousand of them? Are you trying to destroy Taiheng?"

"Yes!" Yang Ning nodded. "But don't worry, I will only Aristocratic Clan, not ordinary people!"

"Do you know what you're doing?" Hengming frowned. "Those are the backbone of Taiheng! And they no longer have any cultivators who can threaten Daxia. You can easily recruit them, can't you?"

"You don't understand!" Yang Ning shook his head. "As long as these Aristocratic Clan are not eradicated, their poison will be endless! If the purge is not thorough, we will be devoured!"

"The industries that have only developed in Great Xia are only a few decades old, and they simply can't compete with these Aristocratic Clan. Moreover, many companies in Great Xia have taken over shares from the Tai Heng Noble Families. If these Aristocratic Clan are not wiped out, they can then seamlessly control all of Great Xia's commercial, technological, and educational sectors, and continue to leech off Great Xia!"

"Then Great Xia will become the second Taiheng!"

"This!" Hengming his head. "Is it that serious?"

"It's more serious than you think!" Yang Ning said calmly, "You're older than me, but when it comes to judging people, you're probably not as good as I am!"

As he spoke, Yang Ning pointed to the large screen in front of him. "Could you have imagined what they did today?"

Hengming silent; he truly did not understand human nature.

Moreover, he wanted to keep those Aristocratic Clan for the good of Great Xia, but since Great Xia didn't need them, Hengming wouldn't say anything more.

But

Watching the hydrogen bombs whizzing across the sky and the suns exploding one after another, Hengming nodded in admiration.

No matter how many times I see it, this weapon is always so fascinating, especially the huge mushroom cloud that explodes.

From a cultivator's perspective, such an explosion is not condensed and wastes too much energy. If this energy were condensed into a single move, destroying an entire dynasty with a single finger would be no problem.

From an aesthetic point of view, this scene is absolutely stunning!

Hengming looked up again and pointed to the black hole in the sky. "Did you create this too?"

If it weren't for Yang Ning's calm expression, Hengming would have truly believed that Tai Heng Star's lifespan had ended, summoning the void.

"Indeed!" Yang Ning nodded.

"How do you control the Void?" Hengming asked in surprise.

"This isn't the Void, it's just a natural celestial body like the stars, the sun, and the moon!" Yang Ning laughed. "If you don't know the method, you'll naturally be helpless against it, but once you find the right trick, you can easily control it."

"Is that so!" Hengming found it hard to understand. He could sense that this Ruins of Return was not a projection, but something that truly existed.

Moreover, even he felt a sense of impending destruction when faced with this thing.

In other words: This thing can kill him!

Looking at the void in the sky and then at Yang Ning beside him, Hengming didn't understand.

"Is this scientific approach really that amazing? You're only 45 years old!"

Other cultivators, even geniuses, would need thousands or even tens of thousands of years to reach this level!

"That's right, that's science!" Yang Ning said calmly. "Science is a discipline that utilizes collective wisdom!"

"What do you mean?" Hengming asked. "Isn't cultivating immortality also a form of collective wisdom?"

"But for cultivators, the cultivation level of their predecessors cannot be copied into their descendants. Even the descendants of immortals must start their cultivation from scratch!" Yang Ning said calmly. "In other words, even if his predecessor has already traveled for eight thousand years, his descendant must start from scratch and relive those eight thousand years!"

"And what about science?"

"Science is this: if a predecessor helps you through seven thousand years, then you only need to walk the last thousand years!" Yang Ning laughed. "Moreover, this thousand years doesn't have to be walked alone. If two other people walk it, then each person walks for five hundred years, and that works too. If ten thousand people walk it, it might be compressed to two hundred years. If one hundred thousand people walk it, it might only take ten years!"

"But aren't you alone?"

Yang Ning shrugged. "I'm different. I'm the God of Technology, capable of taking on ten thousand men single-handedly!"

Hengming silent.

"Moreover, the characteristics of science are reproducibility, replicability, and quantifiability!" Yang Ning continued, "When I become a Qi Refining cultivator, I can replicate billions of Qi Refining cultivators. When I become a Spiritual Law Realm cultivator, I can replicate billions of the Spiritual Law Realm cultivators. And one day, when I unravel the mysteries of the soul and the mysteries of Immortal Qi, I can even mass-produce immortals!"

He rose from a mortal to the realm of an immortal who could control black holes, decipher the secrets of Spiritual Qi, comprehend the fundamentals of cultivation, infinitely combine Supreme Dao Arts, and create Peerless Divine Abilities, forcing a powerful sect that had dominated the world for 300,000 years to flee.

It took a total of 45 years!

This is the Big Bang of technology. The Trisolarans are afraid of this, and the Singer civilization is also afraid of this. They even went so far as to use the two-dimensional foil to pull the entire world down to a lower dimension.

Even if someone cultivates immortality for eight thousand years, they can only help a few mortals reach the Spiritual Law Realm.

Give a technological civilization with 8,000 years of history, and it can develop from the steam age to a god-like civilization!

"Alright, they've left the Tai Heng Star System, let's get started!" Yang Ning said, interrupting Hengming's thoughts.

Hengming nodded, his expression full of confusion and bewilderment.

After all, you've persisted in the path of cultivation for 300,000 years, and suddenly one day someone tells you, "Why don't you switch paths? You cultivators are just idiots!"

How can anyone accept this?

But all of this happened right in front of him. He had been guarding Taiheng for 300,000 years, yet he hadn't suppressed Taiheng's development. And Taiheng was exactly the same as it was 300,000 years ago.

In contrast, Yang Ning, who took the path of science, transformed Taiheng in just a few decades.

Not to mention societal and cognitive changes, even in the realm of cultivation, Yang Ning created the <Yang God Method>, solving the problem of the Cultivation World's difficulty in Qi Induction for 300,000 years, and removing a jewel from the crown of cultivation.

Wait, wait, no, that's not right at all!

Hengming shook his head; he had almost been tricked by Yang Ning.

What does this have to do with science? It's clearly Yang Ning's more capable!

Didn't Taiheng practice weapon crafting, alchemy, talismans, and formations before? Aren't these also science? We haven't seen them create anything new, have we?

Clearly, this isn't a problem of principles, but a problem of people!

It's because you, Yang Ning, are so capable that you seem capable in everything.

So, if you were a cultivator now, but were born in the far north, near the Myriad Saints Alliance, you might already be a powerful Demon Emperor. Would you then say the demonic path was superior?

"This seems like a powerful asset!" Hengming suddenly had this thought, but then he realized that he knew nothing about the Immortal Realm, and even if he didn't want to protect Taiheng anymore, he didn't know what would happen if he went up there.

After all, a celestial artifact isn't guaranteed to advance; it might even be devoured by another celestial artifact, becoming its sustenance for advancement!

Or, how about we adopt a master?

But

I looked up at the void in the sky. What if he doesn't want me anymore?

Hmm, I'll make sure to perform well when we fight the Taiheng cultivators later.