Six Paths of Reincarnation: Five Decays of Heaven and Man

After the Underworld was established, Yang Ning first used the Taiheng Sect as a pilot project to begin trial operation.

In six months, he discovered many more problems. For example, cultivators have powerful souls. After death, they can not only retain their consciousness but also remain in the mortal world. They even try to Body Snatching mortals to be reborn.

Yang Ning not tolerate such a person. From now on, with the underworld in charge, the Body Snatching and rebirth would not be allowed!

Even possession by another body won't work!

He directly dispatched the Black and White Impermanence to capture people. He infused these two with anti- Spiritual Qi and bestowed upon them with inscriptions, elevating them to the True Immortal level of Ghost Immortal, making them virtually invincible in Taiheng.

Even in the celestial realm, once a true immortal's physical body dies, their soul will be taken away by the Black and White Impermanence.

Because the methods of the Black and White Impermanence are extremely restraining to the soul.

As for the Golden Immortal, Yang Ning thought about it and decided not to capture him.

Golden Immortals are basically cultivators who have found their own path, and have a chance to advance to the level of Profound Immortal or Great Luo Immortal.

Moreover, since metal is immortal, granting a Golden Immortal the lifespan of Heaven and Earth is also acceptable.

The birth of a newborn carrying the Reincarnation Mark also brought a new atmosphere to Taiheng.

If it's the soul of an ordinary person after death, there's not much to say. But if it's the soul of a cultivator, because of their cultivation in their previous life, their soul will be different from that of an ordinary person.

This kind of spiritual practice memory will be etched into the soul and then manifest in the next life.

The characteristics they exhibit are that they show extraordinary talent for a certain type or system of supernatural Divine Ability, are easier to learn, and have a higher affinity for others.

Before the cycle of reincarnation, whether a child was from an ordinary family, a cultivator, or even an immortal, they were all born with mortal bodies and souls no different from those of ordinary children.

This is also the main reason for the solidification of social classes in the Cultivation World. Since children from ordinary families do not show any particular difference in cultivation, cultivation Lineage have to do their best to cultivate their own children.

But now, there is a chance that geniuses far surpassing ordinary people will appear among newborns, and these geniuses are not only found in cultivation Lineage, but can also be born to ordinary people.

This means that if you don't give ordinary people the opportunity to cultivate, or if others do, then once the geniuses in ordinary families grow up, your Aristocratic Clan cultivators risks being destroyed.

After all, the number of mortals far exceeds that of cultivation Lineage, so the number of geniuses emerging from among mortals would naturally be much greater.

In order to ensure its own survival and the strength of the sect, a sect must treat all mortals in its territory equally, at the very least by testing the cultivation aptitude of all of them when recruiting disciples.

This situation is not so bad in Daxia, where educational opportunities are equal. While not every talented child will be selected, at least 80% of them can be chosen.

However, the impact was much more pronounced in the territories of other sects.

Because of the widespread availability of the internet in Taiheng, even ordinary people can obtain cultivation Cultivation Method.

In the past, even if ordinary people obtained cultivation Cultivation Method, it was useless. Cultivation requires not only Cultivation Method but also resources.

Even with Cultivation Method, children from ordinary families can't compare to those from the Aristocratic Clan.

But now, children from ordinary families not only Cultivation Method, but also innate talents.

They can make up for their lack of resources with their talent, which has led to a large number of talented people from poor families emerging and making their mark in various conferences and competitions.

Many who were jilted, had their entire families wiped out, or had their talents stolen, began to reverse their lives after obtaining the inheritance of Rogue Cultivator, turning the tables on their former enemies.

Yang Ning discovered another problem: newborns have the Reincarnation Mark, but people born before that time do not.

If there is no reincarnation, how can their life and death be controlled? We can't just care about the newcomers and ignore the old ones!

After thinking for a long time, Yang Ning came up with a solution.

The Five Decays of Heaven and Man!

The Five Decays of Heaven and Man are: soiled clothes, withered hair, sweating under the armpits, foul body odor, and displeasure with one's seat.

The clothes are soiled, referring to the fact that the fine clothes of the heavenly beings are always clean and bright, but when their blessings run out and their lifespan ends, they become soiled.

The jewels on the head wither, referring to the bright and colorful jeweled crowns of the gods, which naturally wither and fade when their blessings run out and their lifespan ends.

Sweating under the armpits is said to be a sign that the bodies of the celestial beings are subtle, light, and clean, and that when their blessings are exhausted and their lifespan ends, they will naturally sweat under their armpits.

The body is foul-smelling. It is said that the wonderful bodies of the heavenly beings are different, naturally fragrant and clean, but when their blessings run out and their lifespan ends, they suddenly become foul-smelling.

The reason why they do not enjoy their seats is that the heavenly beings are the most excellent and joyful, which is not found in the world. When their blessings are exhausted and their lifespan ends, they will naturally tire of staying in their seats.

When these five signs of great decline appear, the Celestial Person will die.

There are no Celestial Person in the Cultivation World, but there are immortal beings who live forever.

Yang Ning then used the curse-type Spiritual Qi in the anti- Spiritual Energy Genealogy as a basis, and fused it with Nightmare Energy to create a Curse Divine Ability that applies equally to all immortals: the Five Decays of Heaven and Man!

His Nightmare Energy has now ascended to the River of Fate, naturally reaching the level of a Great Luo Immortal. It is only effective against Golden Immortals and below, and no one can stop him.

However, the goal of the [Five Decays of Heaven and Man] is not to kill everyone; it is also a test, similar to a tribulation of lightning.

If a cultivator's will is not firm, his Law Power is not pure, and his physical body is not strong, he will suffer everywhere when he encounters the [Five Decays of Heaven and Man], and then die.

However, as long as a cultivator possesses pure cultivation, unwavering will, abundant Law Power, and a powerful physical body, or possesses two of these three qualities, then the [Five Decays of Heaven and Man] will not only be unable to harm him, but will also help him purify his Law Power, refine his body, and make him even stronger.

In short, both the [Five Decays of Heaven and Man] and the [Reincarnation Mark] have the same goal: to eliminate mediocre cultivators and select true geniuses!

Who told you that cultivating immortality equals a carefree life? Roll up your sleeves, all of you!

Yang Ning further stipulated that an immortal would not only experience the "Five Decays of Heaven and Man" once, but once every five hundred years. Otherwise, how could someone who was a genius five hundred years ago become a failure five hundred years later?

Although Yang Ning has not yet mastered the Heavenly Dao, he has already regarded Heavenly Dao as his own, and he cannot tolerate anyone slacking off on his territory.

As for how to release the [Five Decays of Heaven and Man], Yang Ning originally wanted to integrate it into the [Innate Dao Body]. However, he later thought it was inappropriate. What if people realized that cultivating the [Innate Dao Body] would attract the Five Decays of Heaven and Man, and then they stopped cultivating?

It would be better to place it in the [Deep Blue Contract].

[Deep Blue Contract] is Yang Ning's innate Divine Ability. All cultivators who practice the Divine Ability created by Yang Ning will automatically sign a contract with Yang Ning, and Yang Ning will receive 1% of their cultivation achievements.

This was the initial version of the contract. Now that the Nightmare Path plugin exists, Yang Ning naturally thought of tampering with the [Deep Blue Contract], such as adding the [Five Decays of Heaven and Man].

All cultivators who practice the Cultivation Method and Divine Ability I created will suffer the [Five Decays of Heaven and Man and Man] once every five hundred years after becoming Earth Immortals, until they reach the Golden Immortal stage!

What? You're saying you didn't sign this contract?

Whether you sign or not is irrelevant. My guarantee that the contract will be fulfilled relies on my strength, which is at the level of Great Luo Immortal, not your signature.

As for adding content to the contract at will, I reserve the right to interpret the contents of this contract. Is there a problem with that?

[Six Paths of Reincarnation] was first tested in Taiheng for three years. After Yang Ning confirmed that there were no problems, it was then extended to more than 500 surrounding planets.

Thirty years later, after watching the teenagers who had been given the [Reincarnation Mark] grow up and begin normal cultivation without any problems, Yang Ning expanded the scope of the experiment to the entire Pinwheel Galaxy.

Since it involves changing an entire world, Yang Ning decided that the [Six Paths of Reincarnation] would be tested in the Pinwheel Galaxy for at least five thousand years before attempting to promote it to the Immortal Realm.

The [Five Decays of Heaven and Man] has already begun to take effect in the Immortal Realm, but the spread of the [Innate Dao Body] is not yet widespread, since not all Demon Beast want to become human.

Since this Divine Ability could not reach all cultivators in the immortal realm, Yang Ning thought long and hard and decided to create some more Divine Ability so that cultivators from other states could also be included.