The Heavens: A Qing, the Yue Girl at the beginning

In fact, although Zhao Qing was in Tianliang Zushan, she could not use high-energy-consuming means such as focusing the spiritual lens. After all, she needed to maintain the stability of the development of the inner universe. But she could still clearly perceive information from many distant places, as if she was wandering in the void, and could see the heaven and earth and all living beings with just one thought.

The reason is simple: this world, or the "consciousness" of this planet, has given her the corresponding permissions.

That is the authority that is automatically granted in the process of breaking through the Eight Realms and opening the sky, or in other words, the mysterious state of "being in harmony with the virtue of heaven and earth."

This is by no means the unity of man and nature in the ordinary sense.

Normal "sympathy between heaven and man", "harmony between heaven and man", and even "unity with Tao" are all dominated by human will. It is the practitioner's initiative to conform to, imitate, and integrate into the grand rhythm and laws of nature, resonate and respond to them.

What one gets depends entirely on his own understanding and opportunity; the heaven and earth themselves have no consciousness to "give".

However, the "virtue of heaven and earth" that Zhao Qing experienced at this moment was completely different.

This is an active favor from the will of heaven and earth, a "blessing" that comes from the origin of the world!
Just like a fetus in the mother's womb, the mother continuously supplies the nutrients, oxygen and information needed to maintain life and growth through the umbilical cord without the fetus actively asking for it.

The fetus' heartbeat, breathing, and even subtle fetal movements all affect the mother's perception. There is a close connection and interaction between the two that transcends words and goes deep into the origin of life.

Zhao Qing, who has currently been promoted to the Sixth Qi Realm, which is equivalent to entering the Eighth Realm of Qitian and is in a state of "continuous breakthrough", is the "fetus" in the making, and this vast world is the "mother" that selflessly nourishes and is full of expectations.

The birth and initial vitality of this "fetus" itself represents the extension of a certain "Tao" of heaven and earth and the expansion of possibilities. It is a "grand event" worthy of celebration and support.

This is the core of the blessing from heaven and earth.

Why is Breaking Through the Realm of Enlightenment so favored?

This is actually closely related to the ability of the Eight Realms Qi Tian:
Only when practitioners have officially arrived at this realm and have the ability to absorb and refine the vital energy of external stars on a large scale, will they be qualified to initially break away from the nourishment of the star beneath their feet and no longer rely entirely on the spiritual energy it contains and derives, or even the deeper origin of the star core.

Before that, except for some special skills and magic weapons, even for the strongest seventh realm practitioners like Wang Jingmeng who could fight across borders in the past, the existence, growth and expansion of these practitioners, the entire process was consuming the "nutrients" accumulated by the stars for billions of years, which could be said to be harmful rather than beneficial.

Even if some essence can be fed back after death, it is still not enough to cover the expenditure, which leads to an increase in entropy. Overall, it must reduce the activity of vital energy, which is a "parasitic" behavior. However, each individual is too small and weak to cause a natural disaster.

On the contrary, the birth of a true Qi Tian realm being can attract the attention of the star consciousness, and it is regarded as an auxiliary organ that is beneficial to itself, and it is the hope of "opening up" to feed back to the mother body and participate in the creation of heaven and earth.

Therefore, they will be given guidance and appropriate help in the beginning to encourage their rapid growth.

In a sense, when one has reached such a level of cultivation, he can be called the "Son of Fortune" favored by heaven and earth. He is blessed by nature and acts as if he is being carried out by the will of heaven.

I'm afraid that the successful promotion of Yuanwu to the middle level of the eighth realm shortly after breaking into the Qi Tian realm is also closely related to this kind of "luck" - it takes hundreds of years for a new eighth realm to appear, and the blessing of the star consciousness is also particularly generous.

Of course, this kind of good fortune only "blesses" the aspects related to spiritual practice and will not affect other things.

However, having received the sweetness sent by the mother star, one must fulfill the corresponding responsibility of "repaying the debt". If one only cares about taking vitality to strengthen oneself, and is unwilling to die at the right time and give back to the world, thereby placing a serious burden on the stars, then even the dragon clan that ruled the universe in ancient times will not escape the fate of extinction.

After roughly confirming the existence of the star consciousness in this world, Zhao Qing referred to his own inner universe model and quickly gained an in-depth understanding of its basic needs and operating mechanisms, and deduced the four levels of the so-called "harmony with the Tao" state:

The Patron Saint, the Authority Master, the Spokesperson, the Lord of the World.

Simply put, if a star is compared to a feudal dynasty, the patrons are like officials who eat public food and have a high rank, or the aristocracy, who have privileges that ordinary people cannot compare to, and can rely on the background of the dynasty's bureaucratic system to request and call upon relevant information and resources.

Don’t think that being a “small official” is nothing. The volume of the earth is as high as trillions of cubic kilometers. With such a huge amount of vital energy, even if only a small gap is revealed, such as 100,000 cubic kilometers, it is a power and power that even the strong men in the Qi Tian realm can hardly imagine.

Those with authority represent the royal family members who hold real power. They have the final say in their fiefdoms and are almost above the law. If there is no emperor in power, they represent status, righteousness, and orthodoxy, and are equivalent to the preliminaries of the Son of the World. Their status is far beyond that of the "house slaves".

Such an existence is equivalent to the "sage position" in prehistoric novels. It can truly call upon the vast power of the world. However, how much it can use depends on the strength of its own cultivation, in addition to the approval of the "Heavenly Way" spokesperson and the number of those with authority.

Similarly, since they have become the royal family of a dynasty, practitioners are also tied to the rise and fall of the country. When the heaven and earth are damaged, those with authority will be weakened. When the heaven and earth are destroyed, the royal family will also be defeated, and there is almost no possibility of escape.

As for the "spokesperson", he can also be called the "Son of the World" or the Son of Heaven, which is equivalent to the emperor of the current dynasty. In theory, he can mobilize the whole country, appoint and dismiss officials at will, formulate laws, and implement the will of the dynasty in every corner. He also has the power of life and death over the royal family and commands all living beings in the world.

In a world, there can only be one Son of the World, just as there can be no two suns in the sky and no two rulers in a country.

The spokesperson has the authority to mobilize almost all the power in the universe, and his control over the world has reached an extreme level to a certain extent.

However, just as the emperor cannot squander national strength at will and must ensure that the dynasty does not collapse, the actions of the "spokesperson" cannot be too drastic. They must prioritize maintaining the operation and circulation of heaven and earth. The degree of binding is deeper than that of ordinary "royal family" and there is no chance of breaking away. Their highest achievements are completely restricted by the world.

Only the Lord of the World who has gone a step further and completely refined the heaven and earth, or replaced or controlled its original consciousness, can be free from the restrictions of the world's rules and transcend it, and can perform extreme manipulations such as sacrificing the world and detonating the world, squeezing out every bit of its power.

Now, Zhao Qing's mastery over his inner universe is almost between the third and fourth levels. After all, he had just broken through not long ago.

According to her relevant research, the "saint status" and favor and blessing of the inner universe are entirely possible to be bestowed on people in the outside world. Its significance is extraordinary and represents an ever-changing direction for the expansion of spiritual practice.

"It feels really good to be able to cheat! But it can't last long... I'm afraid that by then, the attitude of heaven and earth will suddenly change?"

As the new "favored one" of this star, Zhao Qing is constantly bathed in the "information flow" actively opened by the heaven and earth, randomly receiving complex intelligence from thousands or tens of thousands of miles away, and further filtering, sorting, integrating and archiving it. This allows her to have a bird's-eye view of the overall situation even when she is in the forbidden area of ​​the ancestral mountain.

Whether it was the dust and fighting atmosphere on the Yinshan front line, the undercurrents in the Wu royal court, or Xue Wangxu's surprise at his sudden disappearance in the Baiyang Cave on the outskirts of Changling, and the concealment after discussion with his senior brother Du Qingjiao, or the "dream chasers" who were exploring the dungeon in the underground cave network in Zhushan County, gradually waking up from their daze and talking about the magic of red mercury and Omega, and the greatness of the World Tree God Cult in the "White Moon", she knew it all.

After casually commenting on Tang Xin's demeanor, Zhao Qing continued walking on the mountain path without stopping.

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From a distance, Zushan is just a dull black hill, but when you are in it, you will find that it has countless gullies and is deep and wide. This main road is obviously a passage that was frequently traveled in ancient times. On the rugged black rock walls on both sides, there are still heart-pounding marks:
Huge claw marks embedded deep in the stone, cracked holes trampled by terrifying forces, and ancient sword auras crisscrossing as if they were about to split the mountain apart...

There are also some huge remains of building bases half-hidden under the bone fragments, which show the former grandeur and power of the Tianliang Empire, but they were turned into ruins by irresistible forces.

The winding mountain road led her into the first relatively open valley. As soon as she stepped in, she was overwhelmed by a desolate and dead atmosphere that came from the primeval world. What caught her attention was not the ruins, but a huge monster lying on top of them - the corpse of a glutton.

The gray-white skeleton was like the keel of a huge ship, extending dozens of feet. Even in death, it still exuded a terrifying pressure. Its huge skeleton overturned and crushed the solid rock building below, as if it was the last lunge before death.

Walking under the huge dome formed by its ribs, shadows are cast, bringing an inexplicable sense of spatial dislocation and oppression.

Especially in its abdominal area, there are a lot of twisted and rotten metal fragments with mixed colors. They were twisted into pieces by some violent force and eroded by time, as if they were covered with huge, cold rust snowflakes.

Obviously, they were all enemy weapons devoured by Taotie during his lifetime and are of extremely high quality.

If it weren't for the superior weapons made of top-grade materials, it would have been impossible for them to survive to this day, and they would have been completely digested long ago, just like their masters who were devoured along with them.

"It's a bit strange... the remaining flavor of Taotie is not right."

Zhao Qing stopped and lightly touched a leg bone as thick as a beam with his fingertips. It felt cold and hard, but there was a strange sense of emptiness inside. "How could a prehistoric species of this level decay so quickly? Without even a trace of flesh and blood left?"

According to her observation and carbon 14 dating, this seventh-level peak guardian beast, which was powerful enough to defeat the eight-level Qitian when he was alive, died not long ago, only within one or two hundred years.

According to common sense, with the strength of his bloodline, the vitality and energy contained in his bones, he would definitely be able to maintain his body for thousands of years without decaying, let alone being "turned to ash" so thoroughly?
In this situation, there is absolutely no way for me to gain much from it, let alone any innate magical powers. At best, I can obtain a few hundred large bones whose material is better than black iron, and enrich my knowledge of alien biology.

Completely different from the sayings that "it has a head but no body, and dies before it can swallow the person it eats" and "it looks like a sheep's body with a human face, eyes under the armpits, and it has tiger teeth and human claws", the creature called Taotie here looks like a descendant of a celestial dragon with wings, but its head is proportionally large, which is more in line with the situation of the fifth son of the dragon.

"So, it is the 'vitality recycling' mechanism brought by the Fountain of Youth?"

Zhao Qing's mind moved slightly, and he soon understood the reason: as long as the creatures absorbed the vital energy emitted by the Fountain of Youth and died within the basin, their blood and flesh essence, and even the remaining marks of life in their bones, would be quickly extracted and circulated by some invisible force, and fed back to the land, eventually converging in the Fountain of Youth and turning into pure life energy.

This Taotie domesticated by the Tianliang people has lived here for a long time, and accepted the orders of the Wushuang Fengyu Sword to defend the ancestral mountain. Even though it was a powerful figure in its lifetime, after its death, its essence was quickly drained away by the law of "life and death cycle" and turned into part of the boundless sea of ​​bones under its feet.

A flash of inspiration.

Zhao Qing immediately comprehended a series of secret techniques and took out a few bunches of mushrooms to verify them. He quickly simplified them into a "Yuan Jin Spirit Sacrifice Technique" that looked quite practical.

The effect is to leave a special mark in the other person's qi sea, acting as a trigger for the sacrifice of true essence, unilaterally pointing to herself.

With this method, loyal subordinates can offer part of their cultivation results to their master, which can be absorbed by her over a very long distance and have the effect of locating and identifying their identities, just like the thread of faith of Western gods in novels - divine thoughts can also be integrated into the true essence.

If necessary, it can also be set up for compulsory collection and timely delivery, but to do so, the strength of the mark will have to be higher.

Because there had long been the idea of ​​using the Starfire Sword method to create a "public true energy pool", the sacrifice technique created by Zhao Qing seemed to have a longer collection distance and a faster speed. However, what was being compared was only a fountain of youth, not the "elixir of immortality" itself, let alone the active Nine Realms of Immortality, so it was difficult to tell which was better.

However, she was basically certain that this method of controlling followers and "baptized people" should be possessed by every immortal realm cultivator, and it could be considered one of the basic abilities at this stage of cultivation. As for whether it could be mastered at a lower level, that depended on the circumstances.

Zhao Qing, who followed the "Six Qi Realms" system, could be said to have acquired many of the characteristics of the Nine Realms of Longevity in advance, so he achieved success as soon as he practiced.

To be precise, the reason why she can easily achieve this method is that she actually refers to the mechanism of "favor" of heaven and earth, and regards her own inner universe, the Fountain of Youth and other collections of laws as the real heaven and earth. Those who are infected and branded are like the owners of "special physiques", and have established exclusive circulation channels.

This is like being brought under the rule of the imperial court, registering one's native place, relying on the resonance of the qi of heaven and earth, having to complete the task of paying taxes, and having one's property automatically confiscated after death.

Of course, Zhao Qing himself does not need others to offer their true essence, let alone collect it by force. However, if it is changed to a transaction model of "collecting money" to do things, for example, if there is a drought in a certain place and someone prays for rain and offers "incense", then it is not a big problem and can be accepted.

With these thoughts in her mind, she continued to move forward.

The mountain path narrowed, and the number of corpses in front suddenly increased. They were relatively intact, not as shattered as those on the periphery.

These intruders had obviously died in more recent times. Their bodies were in different postures, some were lying forward, some were curled up, and some were leaning against the rock wall. But they all had one thing in common: a hole as thin as a needle tip between their eyebrows!

...(End of chapter)