Once a grand formation is completed, its spiritual patterns can draw upon the spiritual energy between heaven and earth to automatically operate, thereby achieving various incredible powers, such as concealing an entire massive mountain gate within another dimension.
A more miniaturized method is the communication jade token in Chen Luo's hand, which is itself a product of the Thousand Mechanisms Sect's research into artifact crafting and formation arts.
Yes, generally speaking, protective methods are not entirely distinct from one another. Instead, cultivators often connect them to seek more powerful effects.
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The origin of Pill Dao is quite interesting. Initially, Pill Dao referred to cultivation techniques. However, with the development of spiritual energy civilization, a distinction gradually emerged between inner and outer elixirs.
Inner elixirs refer to methods of cultivating a cultivator's own power, meaning the cultivation techniques of individual cultivators.
Outer elixirs, once they appeared, were separated from Pill Dao and became a protective method known as "Pill Dao" in its own right. xxs one
Therefore, the Pill Dao that Chen Luo is currently encountering refers solely to outer elixirs.
Outer elixirs are any methods that use external energy and matter to help cultivators improve themselves. The simplest example is spirit stones, which are naturally generated by heaven and earth, serving as the most basic form of elixir!
However, cultivators later found that the auxiliary cultivation effect of spirit stones was insufficient. Thus, starting from the cultivation of the human body, they continuously refined all things in the world into outer elixirs through various means.
These outer elixirs are commonly used to increase a cultivator's cultivation speed, temporarily enhance their combat ability, or even directly help cultivators improve their cultivation realms.
Legend even speaks of certain immortal elixirs that can help mortals without spiritual energy aptitude ascend to the heavens in a single step!
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Talisman Dao is also an application method based on spiritual patterns. Initially, Talisman Dao was merely a supplement to formation arts, a means of miniaturizing and portableizing spiritual patterns.
At that time, cultivators often carried talismans with them. These talismans contained pre-made spiritual patterns. Cultivators only needed to inject spiritual energy to quickly achieve various effects through the talismans.
Subsequently, cultivators continuously researched the carriers of talismans, increasing the number of spiritual patterns they could hold, ultimately pushing the portability and speed of talismans to their extreme.
When cultivation is not fully effective, or when dealing with combat that requires high-speed reactions, the role of talismans is extremely significant.
Furthermore, through generations of research by cultivators, immortal talismans capable of bearing the power of ascension have even appeared.
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Dao techniques are methods by which cultivators actively construct spiritual patterns and then influence the world with their own spiritual power.
Dao techniques are also the closest to the skills in Chen Luo's home world. However, everything in this world that is a dao technique must be realized based on the Dao patterns present within the world.
Cultivators moving mountains and parting seas, or changing the heavens and earth, do not rely on the indiscriminate waving of mere spiritual power.
Dao techniques are amplifiers of cultivators' power.
After countless years of development, this world possesses various wondrous dao techniques, from small-scale summoning of wind and rain, to mid-scale moving mountains and seas, to large-scale influencing space-time and destiny; anything is possible.
However, the more powerful the dao technique, the more it is possessed by powerful beings.
Although there is the possibility of teaching and spreading them, no one would casually do so.
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In addition to the five major protective methods mentioned above, this world also has numerous other miraculous means.
For example, the immortal dynasties are a special combination of human destiny and spiritual energy civilization.
Furthermore, on the primal land, besides these methods, there are also mystical arts of controlling beasts and manipulating witchcraft.
It can only be said that as a higher-level world, the level of development of its supernatural civilization is indeed unprecedented in Chen Luo's life.
And Chen Luo is currently devouring a vast amount of cultivation information from this world with an insatiable appetite.
For instance, the Pill Dao book in his hand meticulously explains methods for identifying mineral, plant, and biological materials.
It also imparts knowledge on utilizing special methods like fire refining and water refining to cause different substances to undergo special changes, thereby achieving different effects.
Chen Luo is powerful, but his foundational knowledge is extremely lacking, and he relies heavily on the system's assistance.
Therefore, in many instances, Chen Luo can only be strong on his own, finding it difficult to help others become strong rapidly.
For example, when teaching his few disciples previously, he could only impart some rudimentary qi and blood martial cultivation methods, but he was unable to clearly inform them of the path forward.
Everything in this world is built upon this special energy called spiritual energy. However, what Chen Luo truly values is the development of an entire complete cultivation civilization.
By continuously learning this knowledge, Chen Luo can even transform his natural corrosive power into spiritual energy for others to cultivate, or even create a unique cultivation civilization for his home world.
Of course, for Chen Luo himself, this is also a process of embracing everything and nurturing his own methods with myriad techniques.
At this moment, he has long surpassed the system's level hierarchy.
Perhaps in higher game versions, the game would open higher levels, granting players greater power.
But unfortunately, Chen Luo cannot wait patiently for the game's progress to advance. Therefore, he must utilize the existing paths within the myriad worlds of the void to forge his own higher path.
Especially now that he has completed the True Transformation Domain, Chen Luo is somewhat lost regarding the path ahead.
In fact, it has been like this since he stepped into the second-tier Abyss level, as he was too far ahead of the game's version.
Chen Luo could only understand higher paths by witnessing the power of stronger enemies step by step.
This is because Chen Luo himself had no foundation in any cultivation civilization to stand upon. Thus, after losing the game's guidance, he could only rely on desperate struggle and learn higher-level powers from his enemies.
Fortunately, with the enhancement of Chen Luo's numerous talents and luck, he broke through to stronger realms time and again between life and death.
But unfortunately, in the face of Long Jiu, Chen Luo had no opportunity to learn.
Chen Luo could not even comprehend the means by which the opponent manipulated time, nor could he understand their life form.
Although his instincts told Chen Luo that the gap in their life-class might not be that large, Chen Luo could not see any means of advancing to that level.
Therefore, Chen Luo's current learning here is all aimed at catching up.
He wants to transform the foundation of the spiritual energy civilization accumulated over countless years into a ladder for his own advancement.
Chen Luo even hopes that before facing the so-called Dao Integration stage, he can understand their state, rather than being helplessly slaughtered as he was against Long Jiu's true form.
Knowledge is the primary productive force. Although Chen Luo is a close-quarters combat mage, he loves to learn.
After all, only by doing so can he better engage in close-quarters combat!