Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 372

Chapter 372 The Third Test Wasn’t Passed This Way

Jiang Li, giving the Sleeping Arhat inheritance a favor, slept for a while. Upon waking, he found himself in a peaceful atmosphere.

“Where is this place?”

Jiang Li quickly understood. This was the fetus, the place of innate energy.

Transforming into a fetus was a novel experience for Jiang Li.

Innate energy was a favorite of many demonic cultivators. They could extract it simply by refining a pregnant woman, making it an ideal tool for both cultivation and weapon forging.

Because of this, during the heyday of demonic cultivators, pregnant women faced a precarious situation. They often failed to give birth and risked their lives.

Only after the path to immortality was shattered and the Nine Provinces launched a massive campaign to eradicate demonic cultivators did this situation begin to subside.

Jiang Li was born, entering the mortal world, and his innate energy dissipated.

However, Jiang Li felt no pain. For him, innate energy was too pure, a purity that made him uncomfortable. He preferred the turbid energy of acquired energy.

Like Yuan Wuxing, Jiang Li was born into a wealthy mortal family. Separated from the immortals, he too journeyed to the mountains to seek immortality, only to be harshly told that he only possessed five-element spiritual roots and that cultivating was a waste of spiritual energy.

“Spiritual energy is infinite, you can use it all up. Would my cultivation steal yours?”

The immortals dismissed Jiang Li’s question as foolish and unnecessary, and expelled him.

Upon learning he possessed five-element spiritual roots, Jiang Li didn’t repeatedly switch immortals for retesting.

Five-element spiritual roots were five-element spiritual roots; they wouldn’t kill him. Jiang Li didn’t care about his roots.

“Son, stop cultivating immortality! You’re not cut out for it,” Jiang Li’s parents urged, and Jiang Li readily complied.

“Well, I won’t cultivate anymore,” Jiang Li’s decisiveness surprised his parents.

After abandoning his pursuit of immortality, Jiang Li focused on studying business, practicing martial arts, and eventually taking over the family business.

His business prowess was even more formidable than Yuan Wuxing’s. Under Jiang Li’s management, he instantly became the richest man, a nation’s wealth rivaling even the emperor’s. Even the emperor treated Jiang Li with courtesy.

An immortal descended the mountain to find Jiang Li, offering to help him channel his Qi into his body and become a cultivator, if only he gave away all his wealth and proved his sincere desire to become an immortal. Jiang Li, however, was merely a cultivator lingering at the third level of Qi training.

Without a second thought, Jiang Li flatly rejected the immortal’s offer.

The immortal, believing Jiang Li couldn’t bear to give up his wealth and fame, felt his quest for immortality was insincere, and left in a daze.

Jiang Li sneered. During his rise to wealth, he discovered that the immortals of this world were merely cultivators barely past the Nascent Soul stage, unable to practice fasting.

Immortals didn’t engage in productive labor; their food supply depended entirely on the mortal world.

Furthermore, their appetite was prodigious, overwhelming the mortal world.

“Eating for free without working? Is there such a good thing?”

Immortals often had sudden ideas, claiming that the closer they were to the heavens, the more likely they were to experience divine connection. They then had the imperial court build high platforms for them to cultivate.

Building the platform was a waste of resources and labor. When the immortals realized it was too close to the sky for their spiritual practice, they left in disappointment.

The platform became an isolated platform, never used again.

There was also the idea of altering the riverbed to facilitate the flow of spiritual energy.

This was groundless, a spurious idea the immortals came up with.

There were many other similar cases.

Jiang Li looked down on these immortals. They claimed to be separated from mortals, but hadn’t the mortal world been supporting them to this day?

Jiang Li spent all his wealth, recruited soldiers, rebelled against the court, and became emperor himself.

The immortals didn’t care who became emperor; it didn’t affect them.

Once peace was restored, Jiang Li immediately stopped providing supplies to the immortals, refusing any requests from them.

If the immortals wanted something, they could either work, using spells like rainmaking to ensure good weather for crops, or publish their spiritual cultivation methods.

“Those of us who seek immortality are destined to enter the immortal realm and live a carefree and carefree life. How could we possibly engage in such crude labor as farming?”

As for disclosing their cultivation methods, that was out of the question; it was their foundation.

“Rude? Then don’t eat.” Jiang Li gave the immortals no respect.

After cultivating for so long, he claimed to have only just reached the Nascent Soul

stage. He still had the nerve to call himself an immortal? “You little brat! I wouldn’t mind someone else becoming emperor!” The immortal was furious and attempted to attack Jiang Li, but Jiang Li punched the arrogant immortal against a palace pillar.

“W-what is this!” The immortal observed Jiang Li’s surging energy and terrifying physical strength, almost demonic!

“This is the martial arts. My current realm is the external realm.” Jiang Li flexed his muscles, ready to negotiate. If they disagreed, don’t blame him for attacking.

Although cultivation was difficult, he possessed a high aptitude for martial arts, having rapidly reached the external realm comparable to the Spiritualization stage.

Jiang Li led his army to dethrone the aloof immortals, dissolving the supposed barrier between immortals and mortals.

From then on, any requests from the immortals were first addressed to assist with farming and production.

The immortals were astonished to discover that in this process, their minds and realms were elevating.

“Cultivating immortals is a journey from entering the world to leaving it, and then back again. You simply avoid the world, deceiving yourselves, and your progress will naturally stagnate.”

The immortals were filled with admiration for Jiang Li.

As a warrior of the outer realm, Jiang Li was immune to all illnesses and enjoyed a long lifespan.

During his reign, immortals and mortals merged, and the number of immortal cultivators increased dramatically. Thanks to the cultivators’ help, the people no longer worried about food.

One day, Jiang Li died of old age, a smile on his face.

…

This test was to force the cultivators to struggle in the mortal world as ordinary people, experiencing the eight tribulations, to see what insights they would gain.

Instead, Jiang Li unleashed unification and completely subjugated the immortal cultivators.

None of the eight sufferings of life are reflected in Jiang Li.

Xiangxiang Bodhisattva: “…This man must be Jiang Renhuang.”

Xiangxiang Bodhisattva felt that no one else in the world could do this except Jiang Li.

“Wait, if he’s Jiang Renhuang, then who’s next to him? Bai Hongtu?”

Xiangxiang Bodhisattva looked into Bai Hongtu’s dream and saw that Bai Hongtu had dissipated his family fortune to obtain a manual of cultivation techniques, then entered the immortal realm, maneuvered himself around, read minds, and mastered human relationships. He raised his status while accumulating resources, and actually used these resources to forcibly elevate himself to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, becoming the foremost cultivator. It’s

important to note that Bai Hongtu achieved this without any external help or memories of his Tribulation Crossing period; it was entirely due to his seamless interpersonal relationships and his drive to climb the ladder.

“…I know you two are amazing, but could you please experience even one of the Eight Tribulations of Life?”

Xiangxiang Bodhisattva was at a loss for words. They were indeed amazing, and no one could achieve what they had.

But the problem was that this level tested the Eight Tribulations of Life!

Their experiences had nothing to do with them.

(End of Chapter)