"I'll do this, I'll do this."
Before Li Xingkong could even finish asking his question and before Yuanjun could even give a reply, Wan Chongshan had already jumped out.
What brings you here?
"Sigh, how can you explain these things with just words? Sometimes, seeing is believing, don't you think?"
Wan Chongshan laughed. She made a hand seal, and Li Xingkong immediately felt as if his soul had been transferred from his own body to mid-air, allowing him to see his body clearly.
"Since this is a demonstration for you, I'll make it as complete as possible. Just watch carefully."
Wan Chongshan stretched out her hands, clasped them together at her chest, and then slowly rubbed her palms together. After a golden halo appeared in her hands, she reached forward and gently pushed.
Li Xingkong immediately saw that his body had transformed into a tree, with countless branches exploding outwards in all directions from his body.
Branches of varying thickness extended in all directions, even undulating with the flow of Magic Power within Li Xingkong's body.
"This is a person's complete state from the perspective of an immortal. Do you see it? These branches, large and small, are the cause and effect extending from you."
Wan Chongshan pointed, and Li Xingkong's body floated up, allowing him to see more clearly.
"These are karmic connections that have already been resolved. These Karmic Thread are very difficult to break. Even for an immortal, dealing with them is less effective than directly confronting your opponent."
She casually picked up one of the thin Karmic Thread. Li Xingkong could see that this thread stretched to an unknown place, with no end in sight, and it was taut, as if both ends were being pulled against rocks.
"But this kind of unresolved cause and effect is different."
As she spoke, she pulled back a tiny thread of cause and effect. This thread of cause and effect was unresolved, and like a strand of hair, it was gently hooked in Wan Chongshan's hand, and its end was found.
"Being able to see it is not a big deal, but do you know what it means for a cultivator to be able to see it?"
Wan Chongshan smiled as he fiddled with the piece of Karmic Thread.
"This means it's operational."
How could Li Xingkong not understand the meaning behind it?
If something can be seen, it can be manipulated; and if it can be manipulated, it means that others can use this to launch attacks against you.
"Bingo! But explaining it like this is still too boring, don't you think?"
Wan Chongshan gave a sly smile.
"No, no, no, I think that's enough, I understand."
When Li Xingkong saw the look in her eyes, his heart skipped a beat.
"Sigh, all the talk is no substitute for a try. Just you wait and see."
Wan Chongshan no longer concealed herself. She reached out and a Karmic Thread emerged from her body, following the direction of her finger, and like a small snake, wrapped around Li Xingkong's Karmic Thread.
"I haven't altered your memory. Try to recall it; what's different?"
Li Xingkong did not feel any attack landing on him. His cultivation level remained the same, his Magic Power was still circulating, and even the protective measures within his body did not give any warning.
But since Wan Chongshan had said so, he followed her lead and began to recall.
Although he had many memories, Li Xingkong had at least sorted them out once before, so there weren't many events he could recall.
Li Xingkong quickly realized something was wrong.
In my memory, this was a small incident that happened before I began my spiritual practice.
Because of the so-called district-based enrollment system, I, who ranked at the top of my elementary school class, had no other choice but to attend the local junior high school. However, the local junior high school was just a vocational school. Attending such a junior high school was no different from giving up on myself.
So the old mother took him to seek help from a benefactor.
Li Xingkong did remember this person's name.
But at this moment, although Li Xingkong clearly remembered this person in his memory, his body and his whole being were telling him that the memory was false, and the benefactor he was seeking was none other than Wan Chongshan in front of him.
How is that possible!
Before cultivating, he had never seen Wan Chongshan.
Li Xingkong looked at Wan Chongshan with a surprised expression.
"How could this be? I clearly didn't see you at that time..."
Judging from Li Xingkong's appearance, even though he had clearly retained his memories, Li Xingkong still firmly believed that the person who had helped him back then was Wan Chongshan.
Wan Chongshan smiled without saying a word, and lightly untied the Karmic Thread in his hand.
Li Xingkong felt as if his brain had suddenly skipped a beat, and something had happened.
No, it wasn't you!
At this moment, how could he not understand that this was a causal attack method!
It is invisible and colorless, and does not adhere to the body, yet it can change a person directly and silently.
"Got it? Not bad. Now you know the power of Karmic Thread!"
Wan Chongshan released the thin Karmic Thread from his hand and casually picked up another, slightly thicker one.
"Think about it, if your enemy, without you even realizing it, switched all your Karmic Thread with them, then..."
"He asks you to pledge your loyalty; would you die for him?"
Li Xingkong broke out in a cold sweat.
"So, so it seems, this cause and effect truly cannot be understood..."
"Speaking of this matter of cause and effect, it also involves the affairs of the foremost immortal of this era."
Wan Chongshan released Li Xingkong's Karmic Thread and withdrew his Magic Power, allowing Li Xingkong's vision to return to his body.
"You must know that there is no shortage of exceptionally talented people in the world. The number one immortal of our time proved his Dao through strength and ascended to godhood through martial arts. He once dominated an era and deserved to be called the number one in the world."
"But he was quite arrogant and domineering, oppressing the world and incurring the dissatisfaction of countless people."
"In the end, it was a cultivator obsessed with the study of cause and effect who ascended to immortality in a secluded place. Before the immortal even realized it, he manipulated the Karmic Thread, replacing himself with the immortal's most important person."
"In the end, the once invincible martial arts master found someone who could subdue him. All his wings were folded, and the two of them retreated into seclusion."
"However, before retiring, the immortal who manipulated cause and effect made the concept of cause and effect public, and over time, it became a necessary procedure before becoming an immortal."
There's a little story behind this that Li Xingkong had never heard before.
It's truly mysterious. No matter how strong you are, what good is it if someone easily alters all your karma and ultimately defeats you at the hands of another?
"Then why before becoming an immortal? Can't we deal with it after becoming an immortal?"
Is this timing really that important?
"Becoming an immortal is about achieving a concept, a predetermined result, the 'unchanging' nature of the world. Having already become an immortal, wanting to alter the Karmic Thread? Tsk tsk tsk tsk."
"It just goes to show that a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger."