The Heaven-shattering: I and Wu Shi compete for the throne

Chapter 571 Merit
What's special about it?

Merit!

That's right, it's merit!

Li Daoming had been thinking about how to get the powerful beings above the Saint level in the Wuji Immortal Realm to work hard and contribute to the Wuji Immortal Realm instead of just slacking off.

After much thought, he decided to use a combination of kindness and severity, giving them hope for further progress while also making them feel threatened and pressured so they wouldn't dare to give up.

To give them a glimmer of hope, previously they were tasked with leading the grand formation to transform chaotic energy, thereby earning a certain contribution.

Contributions can be exchanged for various scriptures and secret techniques, rare treasures, longevity items, qualifications to listen to the Dao, Heavenly Emperor's blood, Quasi-Immortal King's blood... It can be said that everything in the world is available.

It's no exaggeration to say that as long as you make enough contributions, even a mortal pig can be elevated to the Supreme Celestial Venerable realm.

Don't think it's impossible. With enough imperial blood, even an ordinary crane or a common dog can cultivate to the peak of the Great Sage realm.

With enough quasi-immortal king blood to baptize, a mortal pig can naturally become a seed of supreme cultivation. Then, with enough treasures, especially those that enhance comprehension, immortal scriptures, and the occasional lectures from powerful figures who have embarked on the path of immortality in the mortal world... is it difficult to become a supreme celestial being? Not at all!

However, even though operating the great array to transform chaotic energy to obtain contribution points and exchange for treasures could give powerful individuals above the Saint level a glimmer of hope, many Saints still did not make the effort.

Firstly, the external environment is relatively peaceful. They have long lifespans, there are no external threats, and the risk of being killed is very small. Moreover, with the Wuji Holy Court suppressing the world, it is difficult for them to abuse their power. Naturally, they do not have the will to fight and cannot cultivate a strong Dao heart.

Secondly, because they did not make much contribution by converting chaotic energy.

The amount of contribution they can obtain is determined by the amount of effort they put in. If they activate the grand formation, and with the power of the formation and the Quasi-Immortal King's Heart, they can transform ten strands of Quasi-Immortal King blood.

The contributions earned by cultivators outside the Wuji Sacred Court are only enough to exchange for 1.5 strands of Quasi-Immortal King blood, while the contributions earned by cultivators of the Wuji Sacred Court are enough to exchange for 3 strands, and the contributions earned by Li Daoming's concubine are enough to exchange for 6 strands.

It takes them a very long time to accumulate enough contributions to take them to the next level, especially those with less natural talent and potential. The more contributions they need to make to take the next step, the longer it will take.

This caused some cultivators whose resolve to pursue their Dao to abandon their diligent work and choose instead to slack off and enjoy life.

It was precisely because they saw hope for further progress, yet still couldn't motivate them to contribute to the Boundless Immortal Realm, that Li Daoming wanted them to feel threatened and pressured, so they wouldn't dare to slack off.

How to make them feel threatened and pressured, so they dare not slack off? Li Daoming chose to establish the Three Calamities Rule, which would bring three calamities upon them every ten thousand years.

Instead of striving to make the greatest contribution to the Boundless Immortal Realm, you want to just laze around and enjoy life? Sure, as long as you have the ability to overcome the Three Calamities.

However, each of the three calamities is more severe than the last. It is impossible for someone of the same great realm to survive three calamities. They have no other choice but to work hard and contribute to the Boundless Immortal Realm if they do not want to die.

However, the three calamities are manifestations of the rules of heaven and earth, and are sent down by heaven and earth.

Although Li Daoming could have the world's saints eliminate the three calamities using the contributions issued by the Wuji Holy Court, it was ultimately somewhat inappropriate.

The purpose of creating the Three Calamities is to force those powerful individuals above the Saint level to operate the great formation to transform chaotic energy, and to reclaim their contributions, essentially making them work for free.

He simply wanted them to contribute to the Boundless Immortal Realm, but he had no intention of withholding the already meager contributions they could receive.

After some thought, Li Daoming felt that something new should be created to represent Heaven and Earth's reward for those who have rendered meritorious service to living beings, and that this thing could eliminate the three calamities of a sage. Li Daoming didn't need to think about it; he already had a reference point in mind: merit. He felt that nothing was more suitable than the merit of Heaven and Earth.

Having come up with the idea, Li Daoming began to deduce and experiment. After a period of time, he actually managed to create the merit.

He used the world's origin from the Boundless Immortal Realm, diluted and mixed some things, and created merit.

Because it contains a diluted version of the world's origin, merit itself is a kind of all-powerful treasure.

Not only can it be used to eliminate the three calamities of a saint, but it can also be used to directly enhance one's own origin, aptitude, potential, and comprehension. Furthermore, it can burn merit to induce a state of enlightenment. Moreover, the more merit one possesses, the closer one becomes to heaven and earth, and the easier it is to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth...

Having accumulated merit, Li Daoming originally wanted to create corresponding karma.

As for karma, it's not difficult for Li Daoming to create it.

Merit is formed by combining the origin of the world with various mysterious forces.

As for karma, Li Daoming believed it could be generated by combining sins with various negative forces.

But after careful consideration, he still did not bring out the karma.

To him, all sinful and negative forces are a kind of power, which can be transformed into various pure forces, and they are even easier to transform than chaotic energy.

In addition, karma can warn all cultivators not to destroy heaven and earth or do anything harmful to them.

However, there are also side effects. Karma is formed from sins combined with various negative forces, which can erode people's minds, hinder their enlightenment, and cause them to be rejected by heaven and earth...

Under the influence of karma, negative emotions can be amplified countless times, and one wrong step can lead to demonic possession and the transformation into a world-destroying monster.

We must prevent the warning from failing to serve its purpose and instead causing some people burdened with karma to further degenerate and cause destruction.

Furthermore, he believed that for those who destroy heaven and earth and harm them, there was no need to impose karmic penalties; instead, divine punishment could be imposed directly based on their crimes, leading to the destruction of humanity.

Having established the Three Calamities Rule and the Merit Rule, Li Daoming also enabled powerful individuals above the Saint level to sense the Three Calamities and Merits on their bodies, and to use their Merits to weaken or eliminate the Three Calamities on their bodies.

According to Li Daoming's design, to eliminate the three calamities that descend every ten thousand years, one must at least go to the Chaotic Heavens or operate a great array within the Boundless Immortal Realm to transform the chaotic energy for three thousand years.

Of course, if one can improve the laws of heaven and earth or do things that are beneficial to heaven and earth, one will also be granted a corresponding amount of merit depending on the benefit to heaven and earth.

However, apart from operating the great formation to transform chaotic energy, it is very difficult to gain merit through other methods.

Performing acts like sorting out the earth's veins, saving people, or protecting all living beings can yield very little or no merit.

This is because it neither perfects the Great Dao Laws of the Boundless Immortal Realm nor allows the Boundless Immortal Realm to accumulate more world origin.

Furthermore, when they operate the great array to transform the chaotic energy, heaven and earth will bestow merits, and the Boundless Holy Court will also provide corresponding contributions as usual, allowing them to exchange treasures from the Boundless Holy Court. They will not stop providing contributions after receiving merits.

(End of this chapter)