Published: August 10, 2026
Chapter 1034: Fellow Daoist, Help Me!
One day later.
Liu Yu happily accepted the gift and successfully resolved the side effects of the cultivation technique.
He was calm and at ease, entering a marvelous state as serene as a saint, as transcendent as a Buddha.
After washing up, he felt refreshed as he came to the main hall in the second courtyard, brewed a pot of High-level spiritual tea, and leisurely sipped it.
Without the slightest trace of pity, Liu Yu was just like when he activated his Life-Bound True Treasure, the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear: he continuously poured in magical power at maximum output, unleashing its might, thrusting in and out without mercy to attack his opponent.
So when Everlasting Spring True Lord left, her delicate body was covered in injuries of varying severity, and with a complicated expression she used a secret technique to disappear without a sound.
As for things like responsibility, or the so-called duty that belongs only to "men," not a word of it was mentioned from start to finish.
Because strength itself was enough, and no rule could restrain a high-level cultivator.
So whether male cultivators or female cultivators, messy private lives had already become the norm.
Even being open about it, or openly indulging in lust in broad daylight, was nothing more than a trivial matter, merely a little amusement in one's long life.
Under such circumstances, to just "connect" with someone and then solemnly demand that the other party take responsibility would only be treated by fellow cultivators as a joke!
Outrageous!
As for the lower levels of the cultivation world, it was an entirely different situation.
They were shackled by the chains of bloodline, constantly influenced by the instinct to reproduce offspring.
Once they "connected" with some female cultivator, they might be tormented again and again by bloodline instinct.
That would give rise to the idea of taking her for themselves, and from there the so-called "sense of responsibility" would emerge.
Especially after having children, that sense of responsibility would reach its peak, completely deviating from the original intent that the immortal way values privacy.
In such a situation, it was hardly strange that low-level cultivators generally believed that in danger, the woman should leave first.
They would even be willing to do things that harmed themselves, such as taking the spiritual stones they had worked so hard to earn and using them to let their dao partner and children buy elixirs and cultivate.
Or they would give up cultivation themselves and focus entirely on earning spiritual stones, while their dao partner and children shut out the world and devoted themselves to cultivation.
The immortal way values privacy. For some clear-minded cultivators, this would only seem outrageous and incomprehensible.
This was completely slow suicide!
But in the eyes of those people, perhaps it was fulfilling responsibility, completing the mission bestowed by their bloodline, and bringing them a sense of satisfaction and happiness.
At the same time, the major powers of the cultivation world were also fanning the flames.
Because cultivators who had no attachments, devoted themselves wholeheartedly to cultivation, and did everything they could to obtain resources in pursuit of longevity, could easily fall into the evil path and become robber cultivators, which was unfavorable to the stability of the cultivation world.
But if one had a dao partner, or even offspring, then one's actions would naturally come with restraints; one would have to think about what would happen to the dao partner and children.
In that way, one would have no choice but to abide by the rules set by the major powers and obediently play the role of a low-level cultivator.
That, without a doubt, was more beneficial to the stability of the cultivation world.
Therefore, emphasizing the so-called "responsibility" and letting the majority of cultivators bind themselves was very necessary.
However, as one's cultivation realm rose, and with the increase in lifespan and experience, once they reached the golden core realm, most true lords could see through this and were no longer bound by so-called responsibility.