Dao Established
Dao. Dao? Dao! It is elusive yet tangible. Necessary yet not so much. Take the Dao of the sword for example. One can continually improve upon their sword skills to no end. But just improving one's sword skills does not imply one has traversed the path of the Dao. One can take the Dao as synchronizing one's sword skills with the world. A sword expert from Earth and a sword expert from Mars are both experts but the environment they fight in will determine how much skills they can access and how much the environment will favor them. The more in sync one's characteristic is with the rules of the world, the further along the Dao they can access. Of course in a cultivation world where one has access to Qi, laws such as time, space, yin, and the like come in to play.
Ever since I transmigrated I have been trying to understand the Dao and reach the extremes of this cultivation world. I have gone from Qi condensation to Quasi-Immortal realm, step-by-step. I am now one step away from transcending to the upper realms. However, I have stopped myself. There is still much I do not know about the upper realms nor do I know how much time I will have to put into merely surviving. So I decided to push all my research projects to the limit before ascending. This includes, as I have foreshadowed, pursuing the great Dao. I first began with my lifespan. I know from my time on Earth that lifespan is intricately tied to cell replication and telomere protection. However, the presence of Qi, the soul, and the nascency of research from Earth have hindered me. A breakthrough came when I investigated Demonic techniques and the nature of Qi. Qi seems to improve the health and functionality of cells, so the cell can last longer before needing to split and replace dead cells. Demonic techniques to extend life seem to be like transplantation of other organs, blood and the like with minimal rejection (of course these are the peak techniques). By replacing body part by part one can extend the physical bodies aging. Of course replacing things like the brain are beyond current techniques and peak demonic cultivators seem to focus Qi here to balance out the aging. Of course, one has to start on this path from the moment the start cultivating which only one sect in this lower real seems to follow. I remember this corresponding to one research from Earth about how blood transplantations can help with aging.
My method involves using Qi as the telomeres in my body. And replacing cells in which mutations and deformities occur with some youngins corresponding cells. Of course I had to use cloning methods to create clones of myself which are body compatible but not cultivation compatible. So I had to come up with a technique to advace the cultivation of certain cells.
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The 2 Daos I have decided to pursue can be considered to have the relationships of yin and yang. They are subjectivity and objectivity. Just like skills in the sword can be synced with the world. One's understanding, soul, body and thoughts can be too. You might not understand the Dao which I have pursued. Let me give you an example of where it comes into play. Imagine lightning striking in front of you. What is lightning? Lightning is electrical discharge from instability in regions. But when you imagined lightning you surely pictured it with a color(likely yellow unless you're an avatar fan), perhaps smell, sound, etc.. the former description can be considered the objective lightning and your imagination of it can be considered the subjective lightning. My Dao can influence the interactions between the two. For example, if a lightning cultivator were to attempt to smite me, I