Xianxia: Why am I here?

257 Perceiving the world

From the moment Wang sat on the mountain he could feel the changes happening in his body, and was pleasantly surprised. He initially thought the improvement in the realm could not cause many transformations but in the end, he was wrong. After focusing on taking the step he felt everything about him seemed to be entering another level. It was as though his body wanted to ascend to another dimension, but he knew that this was all some illusion.

Even with this chance to breakthrough presenting itself, Wang did not seem as thrilled as one would expect. He was not someone that viewed himself as being young anymore. But then again, he was not someone that spend most of his time with others, or to be more specific he did not spend the most time with people. In that way having lost the common trait of humans when among the crowd which is to show off.

As much as it usually attracts trouble, this method also allows humans to show off their achievements and in some cases even can get approval from others. But Wang seems to see past that and his attention is more on the issue of whether he can manage to protect himself and his family. When he asks himself this question, only one response can be given out by him which is a definite no. He can see that the number of strong individuals in this world is already numerous and even some from outside are eyeing this place. Just because most of them can not access the world temporarily does not mean they do not exist.

But this is more like history and he does not bother with it as the most practical thing is improving his own strength. It is thus not surprising that he has such a calm demeanor when he saw that law state was at hand. In the end, his journey could be said to have just started as this world could accommodate even stronger and this is something he obtained from the titan’s memories. Such stronger creatures are just observing and waiting but he had a feeling that they were anticipating some change for them to eventually make their appearance.

Not to mention, other creatures that have been around for more than even millions of years, have creatures that seem to spend most of their time in sleep since they are too strong and nothing in the current world can attract their attention. They seem to be waiting for a chance to take another step in their cultivation yet are unwilling to go to the higher dimension. With such long lives, their strength has undergone precipitation to the point of having no opponents at all. Even the resources available seem not to catch their eye at all.

In the same way as humans, some are selfish while others are selfless, and the reasons for it vary. Some people do things considered evil with their clans in mind while others seem to only do good to a select group. In this way, it does not necessarily imply that one has to make enemies to be targeted. Even people one has never seen might end up threatening his life when conditions are right and thus when one realizes this it is important to improve when he still has the opportunity to do so.

As a warrior in the world, one has to put more focus on improving all aspects, and Wang has a superior physique and even soul and mind power overpowered. This thus means that the process of breaking through would not have many complications. In the same way, the Qi cultivation method he used seemed to be top notch and this is very useful in the state of law. At this level apparently, Qi is very useful, and he wondered why someone would create such a technique. But to drive laws, other than soul power the Qi seems very important and since these conditions are already met the process of cultivating in the realm would be very fast.

In the end, something more important is having the ability to comprehend and study, in this way the path one is taking would be able to reach far. But in the end, imagination is the thing that needs to be fostered. In the path of cultivation, everything else can be ignored but without imagination then it would be difficult to advance unless one is set on following the path of predecessors. But such cases would only lead to one being inferior to even the predecessors.

The oath taken by others is driven by numerous factors and even the beliefs of a person and one can not copy this. Attempts would only result in an inferior copy. It is deemed as a copy because one is trying to replicate another person’s efforts. In the grand scheme of things, one person can only fully exploit their own path supported by their beliefs. But when one shoulders other people’s desires then it is more or less a burden. In the case of taking someone’s else path and discovering that the end that the things required to make progress seem to go in the opposite direction of what one wants, then it brings about a dilemma.

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In the case concerning imagination and potential, Wang did not seem to be lacking and he could be said to have already touched the threshold of law. But even so, he did not seem to use the law directly to ascend to the new realm, but rather he was going to utilize another way, that is the divine ability as he had named them. From the connection between the laws and divine abilities. It was going slowly but he seemed to not be in a hurry at all. This process was also complicated compared to how Ruruo handled it since he had grasped several laws by studying the world array.

He sighed, as unlike most people his problem was the fact that he was having a hard time choosing the laws to make a breakthrough with. In the path of martial arts, those that reach the level of law are no fools. He had to think of more ways to accomplish his ambitious goal. More than one law was a good thing and thus he wanted to utilize them properly in his breakthrough. That was also the reason he was lamenting about his failure to completely study the world array, or he might end up fusing numerous laws to see the end result, but he put the thought aside at the moment.

In the same way, he seemed to have discovered that his body was indeed stronger as time passed on, probably the change had started to happen due to the improvement in the realm. But he could feel that the process might indeed fail if one did not have any grasp on laws. Despite focusing on the cultivation of his body, he was not foolish, as most body cultivators indeed seem to have more muscles even in parts that are unnecessary. Without thinking much, a huge pressure seemed to descend on him at this time and this was the thing he was waiting for the most.

But it had yet to reach the point of meeting his needs. “Indeed it is as Ruruo said, with a weak soul, the pressure can force it into cracking, but surprisingly it seems to continue increasing at a slow pace. This is probably going to take a while.” In the process of entering law state, one has to undergo several natural tests because the level of life is no longer the same.

But that is not the thing that concerns him, he is sure that his physique, soul, and state of mind are okay. “However, regardless of passing the test, due to having some opportunities or just by relying on good potential, this is all useless unless one manages to grasp the law in whatever way possible. The process of entering the law-state is indeed tedious compared to the other realms before.” He was indeed being subjected to some pressure but his thoughts seemed to have diverged, thinking about something else.

But from the way things seemed, one can enter the level of law state with help from external forces but the path ahead becomes difficult as they continue to cultivate. In the best case, some creatures born with higher-level bloodlines might already be at a level above the law state but in the end, humans that were born mortals would eventually surpass them and it is difficult to change this.

But the ability to take one’s own path from the level of law state is something different, time passed like this and Wang managed to slowly withstand the pressure being put on his soul without changing the color of his face. He knew his soul was already strong and after this baptism, it might also become compact. When the situation reached this point he seemed to have stopped feeling the pressure altogether but rather a cool sensation seemed to be flowing through his soul.

To his surprise, his soul power seemed like a broken dam and started to increase, but that was not all, he could see a lot of scenes reflecting in his perception. As he was still in a daze and looking at nature all around him, the world array seemed to reflect in his mind at the moment. But to his amazement, he saw something he had overlooked before. The application of laws in the world array was very scary, and the more he kept looking even his heart lept a bit.

After checking the world array, he could see that it was, made purely from formations, and yet the amount of power it had accumulated was beyond him. The close to ten laws used seemed to be used in the casing of the formation, in the past he did not seem to understand this but when he was observing the situation of the outside world from his perception he seemed to have some comprehension of seeing the plants growing in the soil.

In the continued expansion of his soul power, he kept his mind on the world’s array he had memorized and even his whole person seemed to have blended with the mountain. But the calm state of his mind seemed to be increasing the ability to deduce. The more he observed the environment around him the clearer his senses become. It was as though his senses were magnified,