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Chapter 413 Taoist Arts: Lock on All Beings

Bridgehead.

Ji Ran sat cross-legged, and countless lines of cause and effect floated in front of him.

The Way of Cause and Effect

Status: Beginner (49%)

Effect: Allows for insight into cause and effect.

Taoist arts: Crossing the cycle of life and death
Causal points: 6
【Special - False Register Holder Position】

1. You manipulated cause and effect, causing lower-level beings to overthrow higher-level ones, thus affecting four Rank True Persons. In each world, you will be able to influence the cause and effect of four beings above your level. (Maximum: Level 6)
2. Your causal consumption will result in a double increase in Daoist energy.

3. You can silently influence cause and effect at a level one level below your own.

……

Countless dense, transparent cause-and-effect relationships appeared before Ji Ran's eyes.

He can now clearly see the trend of causal lines, but he cannot touch them. His novice-level understanding of causality is still too weak.

However, if a false talisman is activated, one can interfere with the cause and effect of those below the second rank, and can also interfere with those above the second rank four times.

However... I only have one ability to transcend birth and death.

If I were to intervene now, I would only be connecting cause and effect. This would allow me to use the Immortal Scripture of Salvation of Life and Death to create a situation where one person's scales are broken and all living beings' scales are broken as well.

But apart from that, I can't do anything else.

After all, my control over cause and effect is too weak. This kind of Taoist principle and essence probably requires a long period of time to hone.

Just like at this very moment, the small void where he was located—it was obvious that the formation of this small void was due to Gui Jin Yang manipulating cause and effect, combining the Taoist arts of cause and effect with the earth veins of the Southern Han Continent.

Such profound cultivation of the Dao inevitably takes time. In normal cultivation, no matter how much one's strength improves, it is impossible to quickly enhance one's control over the Dao.

What else can be done?
If one only connects a person's cause and effect with their own, the help they can provide will be very limited.

While pondering, Ji Ran was doing one thing—connecting cause and effect.

Beneath the underworld, the pale light of the sky was like an eternal twilight, billowing with ashes.

Between heaven and earth, countless nearly transparent threads of cause and effect floated. They were as fine as raindrops, extending from each departed soul, crisscrossing and weaving into an all-encompassing net.

Ji Ran sat at the end of this large net.

All the causes and effects converged around him, weaving into a flowing, shimmering river of karma. Ji Ran closed his eyes and concentrated, sitting quietly at the center of this vortex where countless causes and effects converged.

At this moment, he used the ability of the pseudo-talisman holder to connect all causal relationships below the second level to himself.

As long as all cause and effect are connected to oneself, one becomes a transit point for cause and effect. After performing the act of saving lives and annihilation, one can transmit the changes in cause and effect to everyone.

Now, what I need to think about is how to increase the success rate of someone breaking through the scales. The young Taoist priest said that it would be best to find a wandering swordsman.

Ji Ran disagreed with this. Compared to himself, the young Taoist priest knew far too little about "evil thoughts."

From the young Taoist's perspective, the evil spirit was merely the malice left behind by the dead dragon. But he knew that the evil thought was the will of a third-tier star official, containing not only lust but also talent.

Martial arts practitioners already possess certain abilities, and when stimulated by evil thoughts, they only become stronger. Moreover, their strength increases far beyond what is expected—this can be seen from the changes in the Yuan siblings after their talents were enhanced.

At the same time, this person cannot be a completely ordinary person. If a martial arts practitioner is physically strong, enabling them to become even stronger when transformed into a demon, then an ordinary person is mentally weak, utterly incapable of remaining calm when facing a demon.

Therefore, he chose the young hunter, the old man he had met. He was an ordinary person, but he was skilled in archery. And this ability was very simple; he had experienced it in the mortal world, and even with the enhancement of evil thoughts, it wasn't to the point of being insurmountable.

Now, my problem is how to improve his win rate. Enhance his spirit or body without affecting his demonic form.

How can I influence him?
Sitting upright at the center of the cause and effect of all beings, Ji Ran felt his thoughts expand. This was an extremely special state; his thoughts seemed to become clearer and clearer along the great web of cause and effect. At this moment, Ji Ran was actually in a higher realm of Tao.

He was originally incapable of touching cause and effect. It was the combination of the immortal scriptures and techniques of "Crossing Life and Death" with his special ability as a "false holder of the talisman" that created his current state.

Influence... Change...

Bird in a cage!

Will this technique, which can affect ordinary people, be effective?
Ji Ran immediately found the cause and effect of the young hunter's story and tried to trace the cause and effect.

The boy had been a devout believer in incense and fire deities since childhood...

Ji Ran frowned slightly; he needed a name. After a moment's thought, he wrote down the two characters: 【Dragon Lord】!

The old Dragon Lord's true posthumous name is [Lord of the Huai River]. Therefore, I can use the name Dragon Lord for now. At least, in the history of this world, the Dragon Lord is a powerful being who has existed for a long time.

Such a figure, with a well-known and legendary story, is more likely to spread as a deity of worship. It can also enhance credibility.

From a young age, the boy was a devout believer in the Dragon Lord, the god of incense offerings, and he was always accompanied by the gods of incense offerings.

Om-!
Before Ji Ran could continue, the words he had written on the cause and effect with incense disappeared with a bang as they seeped into the cause and effect!
The cause and effect trembled, yet remained unchanged. And the source of the tremor… Ji Ran slowly raised his head and saw the dragon's body emerging from the ashes of the paper offerings. Its enormous black scales, flowing with the memories of all living beings, were now trembling, restoring the altered cause and effect.

The interconnected causes and effects are unbreakable.

"Well."

My thinking is correct; a caged bird can indeed influence ordinary people more deeply under such conditions. But the cause and effect of this little Void is connected to the earth's vein dragon!
The caged bird obviously cannot affect it.

Suddenly, the Lingtai Dao's ability—memory manipulation—appeared in Ji Ran's mind! If real influences are not possible, what about fake ones?

Ji Ran immediately raised her hand—

The boy once dreamed that he had been a devout believer in the Incense God Dragon Lord since childhood, and that the Incense God had always protected and accompanied him. Whenever he encountered danger, the Incense God would appear.

It worked!

As Ji Ran used the Caged Bird technique, all the memory information flooded into the young hunter's karma. His karma was altered by himself, and at the same time, the earth vein dragon remained silent.

The reason is simple: the changes one creates have no real effect. A person's memories of dreams are also false. One merely inserts a false memory, like the Lingtai Dao (a spiritual channel), without producing any real result.

Essentially, the cause and effect of the young hunter's story remained unchanged.

but!

brush!
The Eye of Mars immediately appeared, and a surge of Mars power instantly flowed into the young hunter's karma! This high-level power contained no information, yet it gave the young hunter the possibility of turning his dream into reality!

This is my own method!

[You have mastered a brand new Taoist technique!]

[Current effect of this Taoist technique: It can add false memories to a cause-and-effect relationship. If the person whose memory has been added believes it, the memory becomes real.]

[Note: This technique has a special prerequisite: it requires the power of Mars.]

[Note: The success rate of this technique is related to the recipient's perception. The higher the degree of belief, the greater the chance and scope of the false memory becoming reality.]

Become!

Ji Ran's eyes lit up. At that moment, he comprehended his first Dao technique!
Please name the Taoist technique.

"Naming Technique... Lock of All Beings!"

Deceiving cause and effect, turning illusion into reality. It can bind sentient beings, and it can also break their shackles!

(End of this chapter)