Exploring Immortality Cultivation
Chapter 595 - 346 The Route of the Anti-Heart Demon Spell [Seeking Recommendations, Seeking Monthly Tickets]

Let's not consider how the Du Family was arguing or discussing future plans, Wang Qi sat still with his eyes tightly closed.

But within the constructed dream, countless Wang Qis were frantically deducing code. With Jarvis's help, Wang Qi in a single breath split his thoughts into thirty threads to upgrade the Heart Demon Network, Five Epidemics Ultimate Curse, and Xia Gai Demon Worm System.

At the same time, Jarvis continuously searched for bugs within the Xia Gai Demon Worm System.

Programming is fundamentally based on mathematics. A mathematician trained in a related domain and logic could easily switch to being a high-order programmer. A mathematician of Wang Qi's level could become the Great Sage Equalling Heaven of the programming world if he intended to.

However, facing something on the level of the Heart Demon Curse Network, it's a bit difficult to start uncheated and unscripted. Developing Xia Gai is no less difficult than independently developing Windows.

This is a long-term process.

But the foundation of the Heart Demon Network was clear—with dozens of Golden Cores, three Nascent Souls, and hundreds of subordinates. This force was even stronger than Zhao Qingfeng's network that gathered thousands of mortals.

"High-order cultivators have much more redundancy in strength, so the power they inject into the network is also greater," Wang Qi opened his eyes, deep in thought.

Surrounding him was a small swarm of Xia Gai Demon Insects. These twisted life beings, based on Earth's fantastical works, were still being perfected, with details changing as the system adjusted.

These changes caused a slight disturbance in Spiritual Energy. The three Nascent Soul Cultivators of the Du Family looked up in confusion, not knowing what Wang Qi was up to. The Golden Core Cultivators were oblivious—even though the foundation of this network's power was still themselves.

As the system was perfected, Wang Qi's understanding of the Heart Demon Curse deepened.

"The essence of the Heart Demon Great Curse is a special algorithm. This algorithm acts like a limiter that, once infiltrated into the soul, imposes certain restrictions, erasing a part of the caster's thoughts."

"Just like chains."

"But 'constraint' does not necessarily equate to 'disfreedom'. Laws, although cumbersome, truly good laws do not make the law-abiding people feel restrained; as the saying goes, 'do as you desire without stepping out of bounds.' Chains, if in the correct form, can also become armor."

This was one of the paths in Wang Qi's reflection on the Anti-Heart Demon Spell.

Not to eliminate the Heart Demon Great Curse, but to neutralize its effects.

In biology, this wasn't particularly a novel idea. Earth had already mastered the technique of removing pathogenic factors from reverse transcriptase viruses, allowing them to carry specific genetic segments and implanting them into organisms—a common technique in genetic engineering.

However, that technique presupposed complete control over a type of reverse transcriptase virus and a deep understanding of the virus.

That was what Wang Qi was working on.

To study a disease, one of the best methods was to infect an organism with the virus and observe its pathology.

However, considering the psychological effects on physiology, using humans for biochemical experiments was not ideal.

But fortunately, the Heart Demon Great Curse would not cause death, and as long as Wang Qi did not tamper with it, it would almost not affect the subject at all.

"Let's consider it a double-blind experiment for now."

That was how Wang Qi saw it.

However, development soon hit a bottleneck.

"Need more tests..." Wang Qi immediately felt a headache coming on.

The Xia Gai System was purely a combat program; the only way to test its operations was through battle.

However, considering that my fully mastered Five Epidemics Ultimate Curse was a pretty good vaccine compared to the Dao Heart Pure Yang Spell controlled by Zhao Qingfeng, thinking like this...

Wang Qi raised his voice and asked, "Hey, do any of you know if there are any Divine Capital Families nearby without a Nascent Soul Cultivator?"

A few cultivators from the Du Family looked at each other. Finally, someone hesitantly said, "If there are no Nascent Souls or higher, then only the Piaoyun Chen Family, the Shanlian Lin Family..."

"Piaoyun Chen Family, huh..." Wang Qi flipped through his memory for this name. It seemed that a few years ago, this family had done something particularly despicable to him. Although he hadn't managed to deal with them due to being too busy, still...

Wang Qi flicked a Xia Gai Demon Insect, "Take it to the Piaoyun Chen Family for a trip."

A few cultivators from the Du Family changed expressions. They all understood what Wang Qi intended to do.

Yet, a cultivator from the Du Family still took a Xia Gai Demon Insect and left. Under the effect of the Five Epidemics Ultimate Curse, they had resigned themselves in despair. On the other hand, they did not mind playing a part when their new master wanted to scheme against someone. They unequivocally wanted others to be as unlucky as they were.

About fifteen minutes later, new data came in.

Many individuals had established connections with Wang Qi. The power of the Heart Demon Great Curse expanded once again. Wang Qi's eyes deepened, as if countless data streams passed beneath them.

The strength of the Xia Gai Demon Insects was much stronger than the pure Five Epidemics Ultimate Curse. Cultivators below Nascent Soul had essentially no resistance.

A new round of updates began.

Zhao Qingfeng and the Da Lian Royal Family's response was much slower than anticipated. Perhaps the news brought by Du Bin was too shocking, making it difficult for them to react.

However, by dusk, they still arrived.

No matter what Wang Qi's intentions were, the fact that "Divine Capital was to be destroyed" was true. Regardless, they had to meet Wang Qi.

In the evening, Du Bin led Zhao Qingfeng back to his home. Along with Zhao Qingfeng was a middle-aged cultivator, also a Nascent Soul. Zhao Qingfeng introduced him, "Wang Qi, this is Prince Yi Sheng of Da Lian, the late Emperor's son, a confidant of the current Holy One."

Wang Qi nodded, indicating that he had no intention of going into detail, but he spoke concisely, "Recently, the Immortal Alliance is planning a major move, and Divine Capital is in imminent danger. However, they are still at the stage of shrinking back out of fear. My life and some interests of the Immortal Alliance are bound together—of course, I absolutely cannot reveal the specifics of the spell. Now, I need your strength."

Wang Qi's statement was indeed well-crafted. His life was indeed currently bound with certain interests of the Immortal Alliance—Feng Luoyi did not want to kill him; his death by the cleansing of the Heavenly Sword was merely incidental. And the cleansing by the Heavenly Sword meant that the image the Immortal Alliance had cultivated over hundreds of years was showing discrepancies. This was something the Immortal Alliance did not wish to see.

A good image is the foundation of credibility, which benefits social stability. This is not hypocrisy, but rather a matter of interest.

In the Immortal Dao, spells that verify the truth of a statement are not uncommon. Yi Sheng, Prince Wu, and Zhao Qingfeng exchanged a look, then solemnly nodded their heads.

This statement was also true.

Wang Qi could not help but curl up a smile.

Indeed, that was the case. To contain an epidemic, what needs to be done?

Having local government organization is best!

Wang Qi solemnly said, "If you want to survive, then please do listen to what I have to say."

After agreeing on some "spell-related matters" with Prince Wu, Wang Qi left the Du Family. He neither needed the Du Family's wealth nor required the Du Family to do anything for him. For him, the greatest significance of the Du Family was to maintain the existence of the Heart Demon Curse Network, supplying him until he one day developed the Anti-Demon Spell himself.

Chen Feng was still in the Empirical Room, tirelessly researching. He was taking another path—experimenting with a spell that could refine the power of the Heart Demon Curse.

This was also a concept for the Anti-Demon Spell. This path did not require much understanding of the Heart Demon Curse itself, relying on the trial-and-error method and continual experimentation, there was always a chance of success.

In other words, this was a process dependent on luck.

Wang Qi never thought of himself as having royal blood, capable of miraculously creating wonders. Using this method to develop the Anti-Demon Spell, spending more than a decade wouldn't be surprising.

However, one must not give up any possibility. What if Chen Feng really did have blood from the far west and developed the Anti-Demon Spell tomorrow?

Wang Qi and Chen Feng, each desparately pursuing their own paths.

Wang Qi did not disturb Chen Feng, and directly returned to his room, then entered the Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm through a calculator.

It was time to report again.

As soon as Wang Qi entered the Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm, his consciousness was guided into a pitch-black space. There was no up or down, not a single extra sliver of light. Feng Luoyi sat in the void, floating above Wang Qi.

"That really is some unfriendly wallpaper," Wang Qi said with a wry smile. "Teacher Feng, I'm here to report the latest progress on the Anti-Demon Spell."

"Before you report, explain first what you did this afternoon!" Feng Luoyi said sternly. "You actually spread the third Heart Demon Curse in Divine Capital! Do you want to lose control again?"

Wang Qi shrugged. "I'm truly not afraid. Now, Divine Capital being destroyed by Heavenly Sword or your personal intervention is already a done deal; the only difference is sooner or later. It wouldn't be worse than this. In other words, my empirical study hasn't added any new risks."

"So, what is the meaning behind doing such a thing?"

Wang Qi responded, "I need empirical evidence."

"Using people for experiments?"

"The symptoms of the Heart Demon Curse are not obvious, it won't bother anyone or cause any deaths," Wang Qi replied. "Moreover, compared to being infected with the Dao Heart Pure Yang Spell and being controlled by Zhao Qingfeng, being infected with my controlled Heart Demon Curse is actually a better choice—after people are infected with the Heart Demon Curse I control, they will develop a basic immunity to the Dao Heart Pure Yang Spell."

Feng Luoyi stood up, raising his voice, "But in my eyes, being controlled by you and being controlled by Zhao Qingfeng makes no difference!"

"Don't forget, you are also a Banished Immortal!"

Wang Qi said, "But indeed, I am truly saving countless common people of Divine Capital!"

A hint of amusement flashed in Feng Luoyi's eyes, "It seems that you never intended to save the local families of Divine Capital from the very beginning?"

"They don't need saving. I can only guarantee that I will hand over the Anti-Demon Spell to them in the end."

Feng Luo nodded slightly, "Alright, let this not set a precedent. Go."

After sending Wang Qi away, Feng Luoyi's gaze shifted toward a distant place.

Indeed, there are more than one Heavenly Swords targeted at Divine Capital.

Dongfeng, forsaking the function of condensing Sword Qi, focused on wide-area damage.

Unrivaled National Hero is the complete opposite of Dongfeng, forsaking all wide-area damage, specifically used for precision-guided point attacks.

Song Bai, even forsaking power altogether, specifically designed to harm Low Level Cultivators.

...

There are twenty-nine Heavenly Swords in total, each model quietly floating in the Sword Box.

Feng Luoyi pondered for a moment and temporarily sealed two of them.

Those were the wide-damage "Huanghua" of Dongfeng and the "Wintercold" of Song Bai.

"You little devil, you haven't made a wrong move this step." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)