Mi's question left Wang Qi a bit puzzled: "What exactly... do you mean?"

"According to the master's intention, they must die," Mi said. "I've reviewed the records. You've encountered the 'kind of' situation at the Divine Capital before and are aware of the disaster a few hundred years ago that nearly wiped out the population of Shenzhou. The Immortal Alliance can no longer allow any Ancient Method practitioners to receive any preferential treatment on the Shenzhou Continent."

"I don't plan to give them any special treatment," Wang Qi said easily. "The teacher asked me to eliminate all high-level Ancient Method practitioners. As long as those high-level Ancient Method practitioners aren't Ancient Method practitioners by then, that's it."

Mi frowned: "You... are genuine about this, aren't you?"

With a smile, Wang Qi squinted his eyes in a cheerful manner: "To be honest, I didn't lie to them, not one bit."

"You are trying to accomplish an impossible task," Mi shook his head. "High-level Ancient Method practitioners absolutely cannot transform into Modern cultivators, especially those above the Divine Separation Stage. I've seen your simulation results."

In the quiet room organized by Wang Qi, the cultivation technique analysis of the three elders continued uninterrupted. Modeling with the Cellular Automaton was just the beginning. Jarvis was tirelessly summarizing the patterns day and night.

Wang Qi knew this was a large-scale project and did not hurry, so he did not pay much attention, only occasionally participating in analysis during leisure time, conducting tests and calibrations.

The significance of tools is to liberate manpower, and for Wang Qi, if something can be done with tools, there is no need to do it personally.

The extra time could be spent doing things that Jarvis could not do for him.

After hearing Mi's words, Wang Qi was slightly surprised: "Finished already?"

"Only a portion has been completed… just moments ago. You just invaded the Luochen Sword Palace's Human Dao System and established the Heart Demon Mystic Net, exponentially expanding the computing power we can utilize," Mi said. "According to those analysis results, high-level Ancient Method practitioners cannot completely transform their cultivation methods. 'Harvesting Heaven and Earth' is the foundation of all their cultivation, and Nascent Soul can only exist within such a closed system. Not to mention, those at the Divine Separation Stage, their 'body' and 'physical form' are not purely of flesh, but also include mana. Extracting their mana is like plucking out their heart and brain."

"Recreating a heart isn't particularly difficult for Shenzhou nowadays, especially if money is no object; the magic artifact heart created can be even more powerful than the original," Wang Qi chuckled. "As for changing their mana affecting their existing mindset... Well, isn't it a good thing? Their minds are filled with outdated thoughts, the outdated thoughts are solidified by their mana, so it's the perfect opportunity for a transformation, teaching them the dignified truth of labor!"

Mi was silent for a moment: "Are you trying to trigger widespread deviation?"

With a corrupted heart and shattered Dao Heart, it leads to conflicts between soul and mana, and the mind will lose control over mana. This is the most severe form of deviation.

The Calculating Master, Xi Baiche, refers to a case like this.

In fact, Jiang Yanan, a Nascent Soul Cultivator from the Sword Palace driven insane by Wang Qi, also falls into this category. Her mind could no longer match her mana. But when she fell into such a state, Wang Qi had already seized her mana, so she hadn't been harmed. What Wang Qi later returned to her was not her original mana, but a different kind of power highly similar in nature on the surface.

Thus Mi speculated Wang Qi might be trying to massively replicate this phenomenon to reshape all Ancient Method practitioners' Dao Hearts.

Wang Qi waved his hand: "Wrong, wrong! Though I do want to drive a few more crazy, testing the 'compiler's' effects, this is somewhat making a fuss over nothing. Besides, the first phase of empirical testing for the 'compiler' already concluded. Intentionally driving Nascent Soul Practitioners mad is really troublesome! I'm not a madman; why force others into madness without reason?"

Nascent Soul Stage cultivators are ancient monsters who have lived for hundreds or thousands of years, having experienced countless storms. Even if "taking away mana" would directly impact thinking, it's hard to drive them insane quickly.

Among the hundreds of Nascent Soul Stage cultivators in the Luochen Sword Palace, only less than ten have truly gone completely insane.

Wang Qi believed the Mana Compiler had already achieved initial success, and with vast resources in Shenzhou, progress would accumulate naturally, so why waste his time and experimental subjects?

Therefore, Wang Qi planned not to pursue that path.

Mi wondered: "Then you..."

"As long as they aren't Ancient Method practitioners, it's fine!" Wang Qi said: "Senior Sister, in your eyes, what defines Ancient Method and Modern Method?"

"Ancient Method... Modern Method..." Mi tilted her head, expressing confusion.

"To beings whose age could be tens of thousands or millions of years like you, both 'Ancient Method' and 'Modern Method' are very new things, right?" Wang Qi said. "Initially, these terms came from the sects waving the banner against Ancient Method practitioners. Ten Thousand Wood Valley, Spirit Beast Mountain, Xuanxing Temple, and later Wanfa Sect joined in... They felt the need for a common term to identify themselves, express individuality, and enhance cohesion. In such a context, the term 'Modern' emerged."

"However, the term 'Modern' does currently appear only in early promotional slogans, orally transmitted beliefs, and teachings. The Immortal Alliance Law instead does not encourage division by 'Modern' or 'Ancient'. So, what exactly is the distinction between Modern and Ancient Cultivators?"

Mi scratched her head: "Is it the difference between 'Borrowing Heaven and Earth' and 'Stealing Heaven and Earth'... maybe?"

Wang Qi shook his head: "That's just a broad classification. During the chaos caused by the Demon Emperor's rebellion, most of the disruptive cultivators were 'Borrowing Heaven and Earth' ones. But, elders who experienced that upheaval always said they were merely Ancient Method practitioners dressed as Modern Cultivators."

"Then let's ask a few more questions. Senior Sister, do you consider yourself a Modern Cultivator or Ancient Cultivator? And Yue Luo, Liu Li?"

Mi frowned: "Modern and Ancient… in fact, aren't those just your humans' distribution... maybe..."

"Narrowly speaking, yes. Broadly speaking, no. As a matter of fact, the Dragon Clan has similar terminology," Wang Qi didn't linger on the topic, summing it up: "The greatest distinction between Modern and Ancient lies in 'collectivity' versus 'individualism'!"

"Due to the system created by Yuanli Master, us 'Modern Cultivators' became individuals with more powerful cooperation. The Dragon Clan chose self-sealing to maintain group stability. And you, Senior Sister, you were born into solitary ultimate forms but always yearned for stable external communication. So, we can all be considered 'Modern Cultivators'.

"But Ancient Cultivators are different. Their cultivation is intrinsically self-centered and individual. This inherently leads them further from collectivity and mundane life as their cultivation deepens. Compared to this, 'Stealing Heaven and Earth' versus 'Borrowing Heaven and Earth' appears as a choice under specific values."

"Therefore, I just have to make them 'special individuals who must rely on collectivity'."

Mi pondered: "But… changing their cultivation method will inevitably alter their thoughts."

"I've already mentioned they are filled with outdated thoughts; it's fitting to transform their thoughts. Once transformed, they can benefit society! Ultimately, I only guarantee they 'don't die'."

Regarding "changing thoughts", Wang Qi felt no burden.

Thoughts being changed, considering one as 'dead', was a notion that did not trouble Wang Qi.

Are there any thoughts truly immutable? A conversation, an article, can alter one's thoughts. Debating, propaganda, even education can change thoughts, not greatly different from direct alteration via spells.

Using spell means to forcibly brainwash the wicked into goodness is also "Enlightenment."

Whether the wicked forcefully enlightened by "Buddhist Law" remains themselves, whether mind conversion renders them no longer who they were, these queries, Wang Qi disregarded.

These issues are intriguing when pondered leisurely, but letting such distractions interfere with important matters is not okay.

Mi, after querying Wang Qi, nodded contemplatively, while Wang Qi commenced another task.

He allowed Jarvis to connect to this network.

Jarvis, based on fragments of Wang Qi's own mind, was created as an artificial intelligence. Its foundation was mechanical, its logic stricter. In a network environment, it could maximize its functionality.

Moreover, because Jarvis originated from Wang Qi's fragments, it possessed more creativity than typical artificial intelligence, though not enough to craft poems or invent novel things, it could manage tasks not requiring high creativity.

Such as programming.

As long as Wang Qi completed the major framework and direction, the rest could be entrusted to this artificial intelligence.

The magnificent aspect was Wang Qi's current network mainstay, no longer the crude imitation of the Holy Emperor Venerable God's country with the Tai Chu Sword God Formation, but the Heart Demon Mystic Net.

Master of Calculation and Heart Demon Mystic Net interaction protocol was completed by Feng Luoyi early on at the Divine Capital. Wang Qi merely had to borrow that protocol to connect Jarvis to this freshly established network.

Plus, Jarvis's abilities could invisibly assist Wang Qi in perfecting this nascent network.

Wang Qi gently detached the Memory Body of the Supreme Heart Demon Curse from his arm armor, then inserted it into a special calculator accessory prepared long ago. The calculator accessory released a flicker of Spirit Light, quickly establishing a connection with the ring on Wang Qi's hand and the shoulder armor on his body.

The tendrils of artificial intelligence extended at light speed into every corner of the network.