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

Chapter 684 The Gains and Losses of Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation

Moreover, even if he disregarded his seven Daoist partners, including Xia Qinghuang and Jiang Qianxi, and his thousands of concubines, and wanted to cultivate alone with her for 20,000 years, she would not be able to sustain that long.

The Yin-Yang dual cultivation method pioneered by Li Daoming uses himself as Yang and his Daoist partners and concubines as Yin. The combination of Yin and Yang allows their minds and spirits to merge, transform, and sublimate to a higher level, greatly enhancing their thinking and comprehension.

If his Daoist partners or concubines have cultivation levels equal to or close to his, and he engages in Yin-Yang dual cultivation with them, their thinking and comprehension can be enhanced several times over.

Moreover, at this point, they can activate the Divine Secret again to elevate their mind and spirit to an even higher level, allowing their thinking and comprehension to triple or even nine times the level of what they have achieved.

However, if this were the case, their mental and spiritual energy would be greatly depleted. It wouldn't even take ten thousand years, or even a thousand years, before their mental and spiritual energy would be exhausted and they would be unable to continue. They would need to spend a lot of time restoring their depleted mental and spiritual energy to its peak before they could continue cultivating in this way.

However, if one does not activate the Divine Secret and only engages in Yin-Yang dual cultivation, the consumption will be much less than that of activating the Divine Secret. If one is willing, one can engage in dual cultivation for hundreds of thousands of years without stopping. In fact, if one slows down slightly during the period and recovers their depleted mental energy while engaging in dual cultivation, one might be able to continue indefinitely.

Unfortunately, his Daoist companions and concubines were far inferior to him in cultivation. He practiced Yin-Yang dual cultivation with them, and their Yin and Yang energies merged, which allowed their minds and spirits to undergo transformation and sublimation.

However, because yang is more dominant than yin, it can only cause their merged minds and spirits to undergo some transformation and sublimation, but it cannot significantly enhance his powerful mind and spirit.

If he were to engage in dual cultivation with a concubine below the rank of Immortal King, the benefits to him would be negligible.

If he were to engage in dual cultivation with a concubine at the Immortal King realm, it would be of some benefit to him, but not much, at most a fraction.

If he were to engage in Yin-Yang dual cultivation with the seven Emperor Light Immortal Kings—Xia Qinghuang, Jiang Qianxi, Kong Lin, Xin Hua, Ye Yixian, Ye Yunxian, and Ye Liuxian—it would only strengthen his mind and primordial spirit by less than 10%.

If he were to engage in Yin-Yang dual cultivation with the ruthless Empress, it would enhance his mental and spiritual essence by 70-80%.

He practiced Yin-Yang dual cultivation with his Daoist partner and concubine, which did not significantly enhance his mind and spirit, but it had the opposite effect on his Daoist partner and concubine.

He practiced Yin-Yang dual cultivation with them, because when Yang reaches its peak, Yin will be dominant, and Yang will supplement Yin.

Moreover, their merged minds and spirits underwent some transformation. Although it meant little to him, it would be of great benefit to them, whose cultivation levels were far lower than his.

If a concubine below the level of a Celestial King engages in Yin-Yang dual cultivation with him, her spiritual realm can be elevated to the level of a Celestial King giant, or even an unparalleled Celestial King giant.

If a concubine at the Immortal King level were to engage in Yin-Yang dual cultivation with him, her spiritual realm could be elevated to a level surpassing that of an Immortal King, but still far below that of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

If Xia Qinghuang, Jiang Qianxi, and other Emperor Light Immortal Kings practiced Yin-Yang dual cultivation with him, their mental realm could be elevated to a level close to that of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

As for the ruthless empress's dual cultivation with him, it can elevate her mental state to near the late stage of a quasi-immortal emperor.

The higher their mental state becomes, the faster their mental energy is depleted.

For example, his concubines below the level of Immortal King, even if he were willing to engage in Yin-Yang dual cultivation with them indefinitely, they would not be able to withstand it and could only last for a year at most.

For example, his concubines at the Immortal King level could last longer, but at most only a few decades. Even the Emperor Light Immortal Kings like Xia Qinghuang, Jiang Qianxi, Kong Lin, Xin Hua, Ye Yixian, Ye Yunxian, and Ye Liuxian could not last more than a hundred years.

If the ruthless empress has already broken through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level, she could easily persist for 40,000 or 50,000 years, let alone 20,000.

Unfortunately, she had not yet truly broken through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level; she was only a half-step Quasi-Immortal Emperor. In addition, due to the special nature of a half-step Quasi-Immortal Emperor, she needed to devote most of her mental energy to suppressing the intense conflict within her body. She could not consume too much of her mental energy, lest she be unable to suppress the intense conflict between her sixth secret realm, the five great secret realms, and her physical body and primordial spirit after the dual cultivation ended...

This means she can only last for one or two thousand years at most.

One or two thousand years later, it will take her at least three or four thousand years, or even longer, to recover her mental state to its peak.

Because she needed to devote most of her mental energy to suppressing the intense internal conflict while recovering from her injuries and mental depletion. Even though her mental depletion was not significant, it would still take her a long time to recover.

Even so, practicing Yin-Yang dual cultivation with Li Daoming would greatly benefit her in comprehending the Dao and perfecting her own Great Dao, allowing her to progress in cultivation much faster.

She needs to rely on her own enlightenment and cultivation to truly break through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level, which will take at least two or three hundred thousand years.

However, if Li Daoming were to provide full assistance and they were to engage in Yin-Yang dual cultivation for a sufficient period of time, she could break through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level in at most seventy or eighty thousand years.

Moreover, this doesn't even take into account that as her cultivation level increases, the conflict between her sixth secret realm and the five major secret realms, as well as her physical body and primordial spirit, will lessen. She won't need as much mental energy to suppress the intense conflicts within her body. She can maintain her Yin-Yang dual cultivation with him for a longer period of time, and she can recover from the loss of mental energy much faster.

If these factors are taken into account, according to Li Daoming's estimation, she would most likely not need 50,000 years to break through to the level of an ordinary Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

Li Daoming's Daoist partners and numerous concubines, through Yin-Yang dual cultivation with him, could undergo transformations and sublimations of their minds and spirits to higher levels, greatly enhancing their thinking and comprehension. However, this would result in significant mental and spiritual depletion, often preventing them from continuing Yin-Yang dual cultivation for long.

However, Li Daoming's practice of Yin-Yang dual cultivation with them was quite the opposite. His mind and spirit underwent little transformation and sublimation, and his thinking and comprehension did not improve much. Naturally, the loss of his mind and spirit was negligible, so he could sustain himself even if he continued to practice Yin-Yang dual cultivation with them.

Even when he was practicing Yin-Yang dual cultivation with them, he activated the broken jade disc (fragment of the Creation Jade Disc) to enhance his thinking and comprehension, which increased the consumption of his mental energy. Occasionally, when he encountered Dao and principles that were difficult to understand and had doubts in his heart, he would also activate the Divine Secret, which greatly increased the consumption of his mental energy.

However, when he engages in Yin-Yang dual cultivation with his concubines who have lower cultivation levels, he slows down a bit. While engaging in Yin-Yang dual cultivation with them, he also recovers his depleted mental energy, which allows him to continue engaging in Yin-Yang dual cultivation without feeling tired.

Of course, he could continue practicing Yin-Yang dual cultivation with them indefinitely.

However, he wouldn't actually engage in Yin-Yang dual cultivation with them forever. If he did, even if he were a womanizer, he would eventually get tired of it.

Every so often, he would accompany Xia Qinghuang and the others on their travels through the Boundless Emperor Realm (formerly the Boundless Immortal Realm and the myriad worlds). Occasionally, he would spare some of his attention to create alternate accounts to play in the virtual universe of his mind, and he would also go to the Boundary Sea alone to cultivate...

This made his life more colorful and his soul more fulfilled.

(End of this chapter)