Seeing everyone's faces turn a little pale, the speaker immediately realized he had made things sound too severe. After a light cough, he said, "Of course, that's only the worst-case scenario I described. Reality shouldn't reach that point."
"At the very least, any major outbreak of immortals would have an extremely long cycle."
"After all, vessels of entrustment are hard to come by, and ascending to immortality is no easy matter either."
"Under normal circumstances, one can ascend only after one's own Dao arts have reached perfection and one's Dao laws are complete to ten-tenths."
"The use of vessels of entrustment, meanwhile, has two aspects."
"They are completion and entrustment. Completion is self-explanatory. After all, not every Dao art can cultivate ten-tenths of its Dao laws, nor can everyone comprehend ten-tenths of their Dao laws through top-tier Dao arts. This is how vessels of entrustment are used in most cases. Normally, even with a vessel of entrustment, one must have mastered at least ninety-eight percent of one's Dao laws before completion becomes possible."
"Immortals made through such incomplete ascension are undoubtedly the lowest rank of first-ring immortals. In truth, they are not much stronger than Yang Gods."
"Furthermore, in subsequent cultivation, such immortals basically have no foundation left. It is very difficult for them to advance any further."
"What is truly terrifying is entrustment: cultivating ten-tenths of one's Dao laws to perfection, yet not advancing, instead placing them within vessels of entrustment. In this manner, one can successively entrust several divine abilities with ten-tenths Dao laws, then undergo transformation all at once in the end."
"Take Qing'er as an example. If you were able to ascend to immortality, you would likely be comparable to a Heavenly Immortal above the third ring the moment you entered the realm. After accumulating for