The causal relationships between immortals can be addressed, or they can be left unaddressed.
Since everyone is a celestial being, whenever someone alters the Karmic Thread between them without authorization, both parties connected by that Karmic Thread will sense it.
The law of cause and effect, to put it bluntly, is also a tool for crushing weaker opponents. As long as your cultivation level is not up to par, you cannot escape its control.
If all the causes and effects were truly to be settled, the connection between Li Xingkong and the Primordial Lady Seeking the Dao would require him to work for ten lifetimes to find the answer.
After Xiao Chongshan dealt with the aftermath, which essentially involved sorting out the chaotic rules that had been shattered into fragments, he went directly to the outer heavens to settle his contract. Meanwhile, Li Xingkong's clones had also dealt with most of the causal relationships.
At this point, Li Xingkong felt that his ascension to immortality was now a certainty, and victory was within his grasp.
The remaining minor details no longer pose any threat to achieving immortality.
The opportunity to become an immortal is just around the corner.
After comparing the light clusters recorded by the system one by one and confirming that the cause and effect matter was basically resolved, Li Xingkong withdrew and returned to his own small world.
The law of cause and effect is something that will continue to arise even if you do nothing, as long as time keeps flowing.
Even just understanding the cause and effect of the past might trigger subsequent ripples.
No one can claim that they settled all their karma when they became an immortal.
Instead of spending more time trying to understand these minor causes and effects, it would be better to ascend to immortality as soon as possible and improve one's cultivation.
Ultimately, strength is the foundation of everything.
Returning to the small world once again, nothing had changed since Li Xingkong left. In other words, although Li Xingkong and Xiao Chongshan had been back in the Primordial Universe for so long, only a few days had passed in the small world.
Guapilong is still in seclusion, practicing the art of Scattering Beans to Create Soldiers; he doesn't know when he'll finish.
After all, it is not Nascent Soul; its cultivation still requires daily seclusion. It has no ability to transcend timelines.
However, everyone was busy with cultivation at the moment and couldn't pay much attention to Guapilong. Li Xingkong only used his Divine Sense to observe its condition and, after confirming its safety, he directly plunged into his secluded cultivation room.
The most crucial step to becoming an immortal is transformation.
To transform oneself from an energy-state Nascent Soul into a conceptual existence, the "Immortal".
Even after understanding cause and effect, Dao Immortal may still need to spend a lot of time comprehending the Dao they want to achieve, while Li Xingkong's goal is only to Human Immortal; he doesn't need to sense anything else.
The proof of Human Immortal is oneself.
How does one transform oneself into a so-called conceptual state? Li Xingkong couldn't quite put his finger on it.
The idea that something is eternal and indestructible, and that it is born from the Dao, is merely an outward manifestation of the conceptual state, a conclusion drawn from observation, but it is not the true core of the conceptual state.
To achieve a conceptual state, one must first be able to forget one's true self and seek transcendence within reality.
Then, we abstract the underlying essence of everything we see in the real world.
If you view spiritual practice as a technical skill, then those who only know how to use it without exploring its principles are merely cannon fodder in the spiritual world, only able to follow in the footsteps of those who came before them.
Those who not only know how to use it but also have the inclination to explore the technical principles can be considered true practitioners, gradually progressing to new heights in their cultivation.
Beyond that, there are those with innovative minds and extraordinary talent in their respective fields—these are the leading figures in the cultivation world, truly masters.
When one has honed their skills to the limit and has a thorough understanding of the principles behind the entire craft, no problem remains in their hands. They begin to go beyond the technique itself and seek to summarize the concepts behind it, only then can they be considered a seed of ascension to immortality.
The connection between immortals and cultivators is actually somewhat like that between philosophy and a specific academic discipline.
However, the philosophy in spiritual practice can only be studied by those who have reached the pinnacle of spiritual practice. For those who have not yet reached the level of spiritual practice to attempt to study philosophy is nothing more than wishful thinking and unrealistic ambition.
Without any foundation, attempting to ascend to immortality directly will only result in one's immediate transformation into a rainbow and vanishing into nothingness.
Cultivation, especially cultivation related to becoming an immortal, even if it is just a conceptual deduction, requires extremely high computing power and almost inexhaustible energy.
Without these two things, becoming an immortal is just wishful thinking.
Following the instructions in the manual for becoming an immortal, Li Xingkong -legged, gathered his Divine Sense within his body, sealed off his five senses, and began to seek the so-called forgetting of his true self and glimpsing the concept.
Previous cultivation practices were supported by methods, with clear instructions on how to do it and to what extent.
But becoming an immortal is different; this thin booklet doesn't contain that many detailed descriptions.
Perhaps everyone's perspective and state of mind when they ascend to immortality are different, which is why there is no single, definitive conclusion.
Li Xingkong could only begin his exploration based on his own understanding and the most common cultivation methods he practiced.
Fortunately, this Immortal Ascension Register wasn't entirely useless; at least it gave Li Xingkong a goal.
The goal is there; it's up to you to achieve it, whether you run, walk, or fly. No matter how you reach it, it's all up to you.
Spiritual practice is similar to learning; you can't use all the knowledge you learn for a lifetime. You only learn new things when you need them.
After so much learning, the only thing that needs to be clear and will accompany you throughout your life is learning how to learn itself.
The core concept of 20 years of compulsory education is only one: to teach people how to learn.
Is learning those superficial things really useful? Probably not at all. But it is precisely because different subjects have different learning styles that people can recognize the advantages and disadvantages of their own learning methods.
If you just can't learn a subject no matter what, don't doubt it; it can only mean that there's something wrong with your learning methods.
The same applies to spiritual cultivation. There are countless cultivation methods in the world, and all roads lead to Rome. No matter what cultivation method you practice, you can hope to achieve the Nascent Soul.
Cultivation level is important, but the method of cultivation itself is equally important.
Li Xingkong's method of cultivation was very traditional.
Seclusion, seclusion, and more seclusion.
He couldn't understand what it meant to temper one's heart in the mortal world, nor did he know what it meant to have a pre-battle epiphany; these were not his strengths.
What he excels at is starting a long period of secluded cultivation after making thorough preparations.
Rather than calling it tradition, it's more accurate to say that he followed a righteous and honorable path.
Although there was no specific method of cultivation, Li Xingkong had a vague idea in his mind after the start of his seclusion. His magical Magic Power and Divine Sense were already quietly circulating, secretly following this idea.
Becoming an immortal is not something that can be achieved overnight; Li Xingkong has already prepared for a protracted battle.