Why are you looking at me like that?
The system felt a little uneasy under Li Xingkong's gaze.
"Shouldn't you be talking about why we need to resolve the cause and effect at this time?"
In the past, shouldn't the system have proactively stepped in to explain at this point?
"Explain what? Are you mistaken? I'm just a Nascent Soul level creation, not an immortal. How would I know why I need to settle karma?"
The system rolled its eyes at Li Xingkong. It hadn't even become an immortal itself yet, so what was it going to do?
"Hey, isn't there the Jade Void Palace's database? Why aren't there any related prompts?"
Li Xingkong knew the system didn't understand, but surely Jade Void Palace couldn't be without anyone who did.
"Although I have considerable authority in the Jade Void Palace, it's only limited to the knowledge base accessible to Nascent Soul below the Nascent Soul stage. As for things related to those who have become immortals, you'll have to wait until you become an immortal and your access is updated before you can see them."
Clearly, system access permissions were also blocked.
Regarding immortals, the Nascent Soul knows what the system can find, but most of the information is invisible to it.
"Sigh, there are times you don't know about."
Although Li Xingkong didn't know why he needed to settle his karmic debts, since the method to become an immortal had been mentioned, he would just do as he was told.
Speaking of cause and effect... Li Xingkong recalled his life. Although he had lived for tens of thousands of years after becoming a cultivator, it seemed that he didn't have much cause and effect to speak of.
Moreover, whether the so-called cause and effect in cultivation is consistent with Li Xingkong's understanding of cause and effect is still unknown.
"There's no such thing as an Omniscience person in the world. Isn't spiritual practice simply a continuous exploration of the unknown? It's just that some people go further than others."
The system had long anticipated this day would come, and it had long since come to terms with it.
"Since that's the case, let's try repairing it first. Maybe one day we'll have the chance to see the Yuanjun, or find Wan Chongshan; perhaps they can offer some guidance."
"That's true. Since this step has been taken, it must have its purpose."
Since he couldn't figure out the reason and had no one to ask for the time being, Li Xingkong wouldn't dwell on it.
Just follow the instructions in this Essentials of Becoming an Immortal.
After completing these two steps, one can integrate the Dharma Aspect, transforming one's own existence into a concept, thereby ascending to the realm of Human Immortal.
After reviewing the methods of becoming Human Immortal immortal, Li Xingkong turned his attention to Xiao Chongshan. She was following the path of becoming Dao Immortal. The methods of becoming Dao Immortal immortal are quite different from those of Human Immortal. This can be seen from the significantly different amount of data. Becoming Dao Immortal is probably much more difficult than becoming Human Immortal.
After Xiao Chongshan absorbed the Immortal Ascension Technique and opened her eyes, she saw Li Xingkong and the system already waiting for her.
What are they trying to do?
"I want to see how the cultivation methods of Dao Immortal and Human Immortal differ."
"Interesting, tell me about it."
Generally speaking, when a person is about to embark on a cultivation journey, or even when making all preparations related to cultivation, they usually do so alone in seclusion. After all, no one can guarantee that someone won't disturb them while they are cultivating.
In this way, each cultivator would figure out their own cultivation method, avoiding external interference.
However, this problem did not apply to Li Xingkong and Xiao Chongshan.
Their open sharing of techniques and mutual learning is something many practitioners cannot do.
The method of becoming an immortal in Dao Immortal is similar to that of becoming Human Immortal in Human Immortal, but it is far more complicated.
The key difference is that Human Immortal only need to understand and control their own concepts, but Dao Immortal, in addition to their own concepts, must also learn to control the concepts related to the path they have chosen.
Only by combining the two and merging them into one can one achieve one's own immortal body.
This is far more complicated than becoming Human Immortal.
Besides, to become Dao Immortal, one must also go through the step of understanding cause and effect. This step is similar for both, with basically no difference.
Strangely, although there are many documents related to this Dao Immortal, no one knows the reason behind it.
It's truly a pity.
"Judging from the difficulty alone, becoming Human Immortal is indeed much easier... no wonder they feel that Human Immortal are inferior to others in every way."
You won't know until you compare; the difference is astonishing.
The Human Immortal class is definitely the easiest to learn.
"Being easy to learn isn't necessarily a bad thing. Think about the Moonlight Record. As a method that allows one to Traversal time, the Moonlight Record is much easier to learn than any other method of the same level."
The system spoke first, "How can this be acceptable if the children we raise are not as good as others?"
"There's no need to make amends like that. I became a Human Immortal Human Immortal precisely to explore how far I could go on this path. Since that's the case, why bother with differences in strength and difficulty?"
Li Xingkong didn't seem to have much to say about this disparity.
Even if he becomes an immortal, so what? Everyone is still under the tutelage of the Jade Void Palace Jade Void Palace. With the Jade Void Palace as a powerful force, the flames of war will never reach Li Xingkong, and no one will bother him.
It's fine if we're weaker now. Once we gain a deeper understanding of Human Immortal and start researching them, it'll be uncertain who will be stronger then.
"Hey, no sadness or joy, you deserve to become an immortal."
The system laughed; Li Xingkong's mindset didn't need its comfort at all.
"Let's take a look at this so-called understanding of cause and effect first. Once we resolve this matter, we can ascend to immortality in one step."
"Indeed, does cause and effect really exist? Could it possibly affect immortals?"
With a belly full of questions, Li Xingkong found all the descriptions of cause and effect in the cultivation methods of Human Immortal and Dao Immortal. Then Xiao Chongshan and the system also joined in, and together they began to study this so-called cause and effect.
Before long, Li Xingkong had a certain understanding of this cause and effect.
Well, this thing is actually quite subtle.
Love, hate, passion, and all connections between oneself and others can be considered a form of cause and effect.
Even if two people only brush past each other and are complete strangers, this simple encounter already constitutes a layer of cause and effect.
Of course, this level of cause and effect is harmless and naturally won't affect people for long.
The word "cause and effect" is used very cleverly; only with both cause and effect can it be considered complete.
Understanding cause and effect is not about making a straightforward, one-size-fits-all decision, but about properly handling all the people or events you've sown, participated in, or that have either missed the process or the outcome.
Only when a person's entire causal relationship becomes complete and without any flaws can it be considered that the causal relationship has been truly resolved.
"Trouble."
Li Xingkong originally thought that as long as he learned the method in the novel and Severance the unnecessary cause and effect, he would be fine. However, judging from the situation described in this summary, the cause and effect that was severed would not become complete, but would instead have the opposite effect.