I. First, let's talk about the Four Great Continents.
1. The origins of the Four Great Continents:
The Four Great Continents came from Buddhist legend. They were four vast lands surrounding the salt sea around Mount Sumeru: East Continent of Purvavideha, West Continent of Aparagodaniya, Nanzhan Buzhou Continent, and North Continent of Jambudvipa. This should be the birthplace of Daoist arts, the myriad immortals, and perhaps even great powers of the God Realm. It might also be the **** ground of all kinds of cultivation systems.
It should be noted that the Four Great Continents in Buddhist legend might be entirely different from the Four Great Continents in Tan Hua's Chronicles of the Cultivating God. Perhaps Tan Hua merely poured his own new wine into the old bottle of Buddhist legend.
2. The ancient era of the Four Great Continents
The ancient era of the Four Great Continents could truly be called a time when winds and clouds converged. Powerful figures emerged one after another, while countless cultivation systems fought one another and fused with one another. Let us first discuss those various cultivation systems:
1. Dao cultivation;
Daoist cultivation arts and Five Elements power. This was further divided into Nascent Soul cultivation, Primordial Spirit cultivation, and Nine Revolutions Golden Core cultivation influenced by the Buddhist sect. This was the cultivation system of the Mysterious Alliance; after being jointly suppressed by the Heavenly Alliance and the Dao Alliance, it was completely annihilated upon entering the Myriad Monster Realm.
2. Confucian cultivation;
According to Xuanhong Discourse on the Dao, "The great Confucian scholars of ancient times cultivated armor inscriptions and obtained the qi of the gods." Confucian cultivators cultivated Vast Righteous Qi. Sword cultivation was upright and unyielding, able to pierce anything and overcome every obstacle, secretly corresponding to the integrity