After viewing all the Picture Scrolls, Jiang Zhu settled down here.
The scenes of the Golden Crow Heavenly Emperor and the others pioneering the Immortal Ancient Method had given him much insight. He built a hut here and entered secluded cultivation, with their example as his mirror.
The Immortal Ancient Method could be called a traditional cultivation system. It originated in the Immortal Ancient Era and emphasized "borrowing the power of heaven and earth."
This approach required cultivators to increase their strength by comprehending the laws of heaven and earth and resonating with the Great Dao.
Specifically, practitioners of the Immortal Ancient Method had to plant a "Dao Seed" within their bodies. This Dao Seed was like a "key" connecting them to heaven and earth.
With it, cultivators could borrow the power of heaven and earth to unleash all manner of divine abilities.
For example, "a single blade of grass severing the sun, moon, and stars" and "one cry of the Golden Crow, emperors falling through the ages" were manifestations of the terrifying power of the Immortal Ancient Method at its pinnacle.
But the Immortal Ancient Method had a fatal flaw: it depended too heavily on the external environment!
In an age when the laws of heaven and earth were complete, practitioners of the Immortal Ancient Method were indeed outrageously powerful.
But once an Age of Declining Dharma arrived, or the laws of heaven and earth changed, their strength would be greatly diminished. They might even fall directly from their realms.
The later Chaotic Ancient Method could be considered an improved offshoot of the Immortal Ancient Method, a new system created by later cultivators to adapt to the altered laws of heaven and earth.
If the Immortal Ancient Method was an "original import," then the Chaotic Ancient Method was a