After the spiritual qi revival, the Eastern Continent chose the path of cultivating immortality, while the Western Continent chose the path of magic.
Cultivating immortality defies the heavens and is far too difficult. The cultivation system could never be established, and it gradually fell behind magic. This led many people to worship foreign things and despise their own, believing magic was stronger than cultivation.
Jiang Wangshu went abroad to study, hoping to learn from the use of magic and develop the cultivation system back home.
However, when Jiang Wangshu said he planned to return home after finishing his studies, his fellow students who had gone abroad with him laughed at him.
"A wise bird chooses the right tree to nest in. Magic is the world's mainstream now. Once you're abroad, who would go back home?"
"Magic is the future. Cultivation is doomed to fail, and there's no future back home. Don't be so foolish!"
When Jiang Wangshu developed the world's first cultivation method, he chose to submit it to the country, moving the entire nation to tears.
"Everyone said cultivation was a dead end, but Jiang Wangshu has proved that the path exists. He is a genius beyond question."
"We've endured too much ridicule in the past. We must stand on the shoulders of our fellow student Jiang Wangshu and prove that cultivation is no worse than magic."
Researchers across the country worked with Jiang Wangshu to develop and strengthen the cultivation system. Cultivation methods, magical treasures, talismans, and elixirs were developed one after another, quickly allowing cultivation to overtake magic.
When people all over the world abandoned magic and longed to learn cultivation, the whole country erupted in cheers.
"This golden age is just as all our predecessors wished! Renegade Immortal"