Path/Karma Cultivation

Karma Cultivation (not to be confused with the Dao of Karma) is a form of cultivation that aims to increase own Karmic Merit or Positive Karma by performing actions considered "good" by the Heavens, this could be helping cultivators of a lower grade to avoid death by an event beyond them, leaving inheritances or killing entities with a significant amount of Fell Karma.

In the afterlife this gives the benefits to one's reincarnation, but in the present it has effects similar to Luck where providence will lean in your favor. For people who specifically cultivate Karma like the Buddhists warriors their will make their attacks bend fate to lend hits that should otherwise have simply missed, it's unclear if this is amplified by Luck or Heart Cultivation.

Karma cultivators also have the added benefit of causing those who kill them to incur Fell Karma in relation to how much Positive Karma they possess, thus adding a disincentive to those who want to avoid this.

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Setting up an inheritance wasn’t only done out of benevolence though. The System was very much in favor of the custom, and it had already been proven that it sowed positive Karma. Positive for one’s descendants and possibly even for oneself upon reincarnation. **B8-P154**

Of course, Zac didn't believe the temple only protected him and the other E-grade cultivators out of benevolence. If killing a bunch of mortals and low-grade cultivators put a stain on your Karma, then the opposite was probably true as well. Since Ventus liked to meddle with fate, some elder from their faction was probably using the situation to rack up Karmic Merit. Saving lives to cultivate. **Chapter 786**

Part of the motive behind these establishments was simply to help the less fortunate, but there was a practical reason behind it as well. It was a cheap method to look for diamonds in the rough, and the Void Gate often recruited from these public schools. Secondly, it was to breed positive karma.

Karma was elusive and intangible, but it was an absolutely real concept in the Multiverse. And even if you didn't believe that the universe would reward you for good deeds, there was still the System to consider. With the Void Gate helping it with its prime directive - raising warriors - the System would help out in various ways in return. **Chapter 861**

It didn't take long for him to encounter his first enemy. It was a humanoid decked in jewelry who floated over, a halo behind its elephantine head radiating a strong aura of providence. In its hands, it held a partisan spear, and it stabbed it against Zac the moment it was close enough.

Zac dodged the somewhat simple strike effortlessly, but he was surprised to find himself nicked at his shoulders. The strike should have missed, yet something went wrong. Stepping aside to reorient himself, Zac almost stepped out off the edge of the road.

He almost felt drunk even if he had full clarity, but Zac knew it was something more tricky. It was Karma. It wasn't as palpable as the Karmic cultivator Zac fought inside the Tower of Eternity, but it was there. It was almost like the humanoid Deva radiated an aura of luck, or misfortune, depending on whose perspective you looked at it from.

Zac had no way to rouse or target his own Luck, but just understanding the situation seemed to help. A vicious strike and the Deva fell into the clouds, never to be seen again. But new figures were already floating toward him, their auras seemingly superimposing to create an even stronger effect.

The Devas were the beings closest to attaining Nirvana, each carrying immense Karma. Zac guessed their will impacted the river of fate, bending it to their advantage. Unfortunately for them, Zac was like an unmovable rock thanks to his huge amount of Luck. Their providence failed to contain him and keep them safe from his counter-attacks.

This effect seemed to be further augmented by his Branch of the Kalpataru since it siphoned some of the good fortunes of the realm for Zac's use. Zac sped up, a Life-attuned Dao Field covering his surroundings while he launched fractal leaves at any Deva who dared get close.

Zac felt the resistance of fate all the time, but it only managed to deviate his blades slightly. Ultimately, it didn't matter if a 3-meter fractal leaf was pushed a few hands to the side. The various demi-gods who got close got cut down all the same. For Zac, the sixth realm was actually easier than the fifth, where you could only fight fire with fire. And together with the fact he used his skills this time, Zac veritably flew through the paradisial world made from clouds.

Nine hours was all it took until Zac stood at the final checkpoint of the Gate of Life. The number of deities he'd left in his wake was shocking. If this were the real world, he would probably have accumulated enough fell Karma for ten lifetimes for killing so many creatures with such positive Karma. Luckily, this was just a trial ground, and there was no way these creatures were real. **Chapter 974**