The truly powerful can not only shatter others' cultivation, but even erase the orthodox teachings, cultivation memories, and experiences recorded in their minds.
Fang Ming was now in such a situation. All he remembered was that a green-clothed fox demon, shrouded by the Heaven-Shielding Exquisite Pagoda, had completely destroyed his foundation with the power of the Eastern Emperor Bell.
Even though he was an ancient monster who had survived for billions of years and had cultivated countless techniques from both the immortal and fantasy realms, he could no longer recall them.
The details of cultivation, the stages of cultivation, had been erased.
Like the Heaven-Shielding system.
Fang Ming knew the "Dao Scripture" and the "Wushi Scripture," and he knew of realms like the Life Spring and Dao Palace, but the specific cultivation methods and details had all been forgotten.
"Truly starting from scratch... this kind of beginning is not good..."
The young man frowned slightly.
The Heavenly Dao Fox Ancestor, knowing that she could no longer kill him when he was teleported away by Fuyou, decided to cripple his cultivation and destroy his Dao fruit.
If it were only this, it would be fine. With Fang Ming's knowledge of countless techniques, even if he lost all his power, he could still grow in the myriad realms of the Void Sea, just like starting a new life, another rebirth.
As long as he could access the memories in his mind, reaching the pinnacle of this world was also foreseeable.
In the immortal cultivation world, one could directly draw upon countless spiritual energies to cultivate. In the magic world, one could draw upon the Great Source. In the technological world, one could also cultivate.
Fang Ming had long ago integrated all his various systems into a unified whole. Even in worlds without spiritual energy, he could draw upon electricity, magnetic fields, water sources, planetary energy, and all other generalized forms of energy to cultivate.
As long as it was not in a void where all rules and all energy were absent, Fang Ming could not be stopped anywhere.
Unfortunately...
The power of the Eastern Emperor Bell was not limited to this. Even all his memories were now destroyed, making the "strongest reborn" trope impossible.
"Before, I was teleported into this world from outside the Void Sea and caught a glimpse of it. This world is similar to the reality-based world..."
Fang Ming searched his memories. He remembered that from outside the Void Sea, he had seen the entirety of this world... a world similar to reality, with no supernatural abilities, and a technological level similar to his previous life.
This world was located in the shallow sea region, approximately a ten-star single-universe level world. Besides Earth civilization, there were also alien high-tech civilizations—though they were all outside the Milky Way. The distance between galaxies was too great for the solar system to be considered in the short term.
This world, in all honesty, was generally peaceful.
Fang Ming did not have to worry about being killed in a chaotic ancient society.
He did not have to worry about being taken away by a powerful being who could destroy a galaxy with a single palm in a fantasy world.
He did not have to worry about being calculated as an extraterrestrial demon by some great cultivator in an immortal world and immediately being killed.
He did not have to worry about any dark turmoil.
Fang Ming had already entered a town. This was a remote small town on the coast of China. With the appearance of a fourteen-year-old boy, it would not be difficult for Fang Ming to survive in this world.
"It's just that I can't achieve longevity..."
Although Fang Ming's foundation and cultivation memories had been destroyed by the Heavenly Dao Fox Ancestor, he still wanted to wield power again.
He focused his attention on the depths of his mind, trying to find something that could help his current situation.
Finally, a piece of jade appeared in his palm.
Fang Ming had an impression of this jade. It was one of his stored items, called the Heavenly Origin Jade, a先天灵宝 (Xiantian Lingbao - Innate Spiritual Treasure) that had been naturally born in one of the countless worlds he had created.
This Xiantian Lingbao was not of high level, only eight stars. Fang Ming had created so many worlds that he hadn't paid much attention to this Xiantian Lingbao at the time, simply throwing it into his inventory to gather dust. Now, in his predicament, it was the only extraordinary item he had left, so he had to rely on it the most.
"Heavenly Origin Jade... I remember it's a Xiantian Lingbao specifically used for setting up formations, capable of setting up the Profound Heaven Lock God Formation... Once set up, most eight-star cultivators would have difficulty escaping its control..."
"But now I have no power, and I've forgotten the specific steps for setting up the formation."
"The primary function of the Heavenly Origin Jade is useless, but its secondary function is of great use to me now."
A Xiantian Lingbao has many functions.
The so-called offensive Xiantian Lingbao and defensive Xiantian Lingbao only indicate their primary functions. It does not mean that an offensive Xiantian Lingbao can only be used for attack. It naturally has secondary and other functions.
The secondary function of the Heavenly Origin Jade is to activate emotional power and cast illusions.
With emotional power as the foundation and illusions as the ability, as long as Fang Ming collects various emotional powers and uses the Heavenly Origin Jade as a conduit, he can naturally wield infinite illusions.
At that time, by turning illusions into reality and transforming the virtual into the real, he could explore new cultivation methods and truly reach the realm of longevity and become an immortal.
"Since my cultivation memories have been destroyed, why not use this Xiantian Lingbao to explore a new path of cultivation?"
"An eight-star item, if used properly, might not be impossible to conquer this ten-star world with this Xiantian Lingbao. At that time, I will leave this fictional world and enter the Void Sea, heading towards the deeper regions to break into other higher-level fictional worlds..."
The energy to activate the Heavenly Origin Jade is simply emotional power.
The stronger the emotional power, and the more emotions people have towards Fang Ming himself, whether it is shock, envy, or hatred... etc., can all activate the Heavenly Origin Jade and convert it into illusionary power.
Objectively speaking, this Xiantian Lingbao has great applicability. As long as it is emotional power, it can be used in most fictional worlds where humans and sentient beings exist.
If it were a Xiantian Lingbao that absorbed spiritual energy from heaven and earth, Fang Ming would be unable to use it at this moment. Fortunately, it is emotional power, which can be used even in this non-magical environment.
After all, whether it is without magic or with magic, whether it is low-magic or high-magic, there will be humans and sentient beings.
As long as there are intelligent beings, there is emotional power.
The Heavenly Origin Jade, therefore, becomes useful.
"If I want to regain my strength now, which kind of emotional power should I rely on? Faith?"
Faith is also a form of emotional power. If Fang Ming were in an ancient world now, he would seek faith.
The value of emotion provided by fanatical believers is immense.