The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

The immortal realm is a strictly hierarchical society where cultivation levels are insurmountable. The law of the jungle is ingrained in their very being. Lower-ranking cultivators must be absolutely obedient to their superiors, and any transgression in words or actions could lead to annihilation. Sects and immortal races are intricately intertwined, monopolizing top-tier cultivation techniques and resources. Without extraordinary opportunities or reliance on sects or immortal races, even the most talented cultivators from humble backgrounds will find it difficult to go far in the immortal realm.

Most cultivators are extremely selfish. In order to obtain resources, they disregard the lives of others and take pride in it. Killing and robbing treasures is not taboo, but rather a testament to strength and courage. The magical treasures and pills circulating in the market are stained with the blood of countless fellow cultivators. Exploring secret realms is no different from raising poisonous insects. In the end, those who can emerge with opportunities are often the most ruthless and hard-hearted.

"The struggle for the Great Dao is a fight to the death" is not just a slogan, but a code of conduct deeply ingrained in the bones of every mature cultivator.

Cultivators pursue immortality, and for this they can sever worldly ties and disregard all living beings. Family, friendship, and love can all be abandoned in the face of the path to immortality.

In pursuit of breakthroughs in cultivation, one can abandon one's Daoist partner, betray one's master and disciple, and abandon one's sect. The bonds of camaraderie among fellow disciples are as fragile as cicada wings in the face of true opportunities for the Great Dao. Cultivators are filled with scheming and distrust, and every collaboration carries the risk of betrayal.

They regarded the spirit and immortal realms under their command as worthless.

In the eyes of immortal cultivators, the subordinate spirit realm and immortal cultivation realm are nothing more than resource production areas and habitats for inferior beings.

In their eyes, the ascension of cultivators from the lower realms is like livestock being selected for a better pen; they still have to struggle from the very bottom.

That kind of condescending contempt is part of the consensus in the immortal realm. That arrogance and predatory nature that comes from the bone marrow are almost engraved in the soul of every immortal cultivator.

It is important to understand that world consciousness is essentially an aggregation of the collective consciousness of all intelligent beings within it. The consciousness and soul of intelligent beings are like water droplets, and world consciousness is like a lake formed by their aggregation. Whether the water in the lake is clear or murky, warm or cold, depends entirely on every single drop of water that flows into it.

When the overall goodwill of intelligent beings in the world outweighs their malice, the world consciousness will exhibit benevolent qualities such as tolerance, friendliness, and protection; conversely, if malice and selfishness become the mainstream, the resulting world consciousness will become cruel, indifferent, and predatory.

It was the greed, arrogance, indifference, and intense plundering desires accumulated by countless generations of immortal cultivators that, like constantly flowing sewage, ultimately shaped a world consciousness that was equally greedy, arrogant, indifferent, and adept at plundering—what they called the "Heavenly Dao"!
In order to achieve the Great Dao, cultivators not only plunder the cultivation resources of outsiders, but also the resources of their own people.

In order to become stronger, the World Consciousness not only tried every means to plunder the origin of other worlds, but also secretly cut off the path for cultivators of this world to continue to grow stronger in the Well of Heaven, turning them into its own laborers, and even the "wages" given to them were just loans.

Once such a world is formed, it in turn strengthens and encourages this value system through the primal power it controls. It blesses those cultivators who are most adept at plundering and most loyal to the expansion of the immortal realm, allowing them to pass through the tribulation of lightning, advance to become stronger, and gain a voice. However, those individuals who still retain compassion and goodwill, even if they are careful and do not die under the blades of other cultivators or are unable to advance due to a lack of resources, are still very likely to die under the tribulation of lightning.

This has created a vicious cycle.

The evil of cultivators gives birth to an evil world consciousness, which in turn shapes and selects even more "evil" cultivators, who in turn further pollute and strengthen the evil world consciousness.

Moran had only learned about how dangerous and terrifying the world of those evil factions was from books before, but now that he had seen it with his own eyes, he felt it was even more chilling than described in the books.

Such a world is utterly beyond saving. Not to mention her current mere sixth-tier strength, making her like an ant before it. Even if she were to possess the power to threaten a level fourteen world in the future, forceful intervention would be largely pointless.

The prerequisite for salvation is that the person being saved has the will to be saved, or at least there is a possibility that they can be guided to the good or neutral camp.

However, in this immortal realm, from the world consciousness to the lowest level of cultivators, the collective will of the entire civilization believes that plunder and oppression are "correct" and "justified." If she stops them from plundering, they will not be grateful, but will only regard her as a mortal enemy who hinders the "Great Dao" and destroys the "prosperity of the immortal realm."

To fundamentally change the world's alignment of factions, conventional methods of guidance, education, and rescue are all ineffective.

The only, and perhaps the cruelest, method is utter destruction: annihilating its world consciousness, eradicating all its existing intelligent beings, returning everything to its origin, and waiting for the next civilization to sprout anew.

However, even if such a huge price is paid to complete the "reset", who can guarantee that the next civilization will not give birth to a world consciousness filled with the same predatory desires and repeat the same mistakes?

It should be understood that the inherent nature of the soul, whether inclined towards extreme evil or extreme good, is formed through countless reincarnations. Its resilience far exceeds imagination and cannot be easily erased or reversed by a single death or reincarnation.

Those individuals who regard plunder as instinct and have arrogance etched into their souls, even if they experience destruction, will most likely carry these traits into the next cycle of life.

When a sufficient number of souls possessing these qualities gather in the same world again, and as they begin to interact, reproduce, and build new civilizations, the tragedy of the collective consciousness that once occurred in the old immortal realm will likely be inevitably repeated.

Moran didn't know if the immortal realm would ever have another chance to switch sides, but she knew she didn't have the ability to change it.

Compared to the Immortal Realm, the Spirit Realm and the Cultivation Realm, whose very essence is being plundered by it, are in greater need of rescue.

After reviewing Duan Yan's memories of the construction process of the ascension passage and the evolution of the subordinate spirit realm and cultivation world, Mo Lan finally understood...
The world consciousness of these worlds did not perish; it was merely weakened and suppressed by the immortal realm through the ascension passage.

As long as the ascension path is severed, the world's consciousness should be able to recover quickly, but the lost essence will never return.

For Moran, simply severing the ascension passage wasn't technically difficult. If one sixth-order spatial blade wasn't enough, she could use ten, a hundred! With her abundant magical reserves, she could simply wear them down and sever those dark gold pillars of light.

The truly thorny issue lies in how to deal with the Dao Ancestor realm cultivators sent by the Immortal Realm, and how to prevent the Immortal Realm from reopening the ascension channels and controlling the various spirit realms and cultivation worlds. (End of Chapter)