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

The screen suddenly went dark, as if the night had been ripped down from the sky. Countless pale blue dots of light surged out of the spirit stone rice paddies like a receding tide, following the earth's veins, wind belts, and cloud paths, and scattered back into the mountains, rivers, vegetation, cities, and livestock.

The entire image of the flowing energy suddenly zooms out, transforming into a macroscopic perspective covering the vast mountains and rivers.

From a single "absorption" arrow, it suddenly expands into a "tidal network" that spans the entire country and thousands of miles, with billions of light threads bursting out from the edge of the screen and interweaving into a three-dimensional "sky-earth" circulation model.

Pale blue, silver blue, crimson purple, red gold, dark green, black, and moon white—the seven colors intertwine, outlining winding ridges and deep grooves in the void. The huge, translucent isosurfaces resemble breathing lungs, sometimes bulging and sometimes collapsing.

"Clouds rise and mist gather, vital energy arises; yin and yang rise and fall, transforming into a soaring vortex."

Zhao Qing's voice rang out from all directions, carrying a slight echo, as if in an empty valley, opening people's hearts:
"Everyone knows that for ordinary farmers, the seasons, the timing of the weather, and the advantages of the land are the lifeblood that determines the harvest. So how can a cultivator who wants to seize the creation of heaven and earth and explore the mysteries of the sun and moon not understand the corresponding 'geography of vital energy'?"

She slowly raised her hand, her fingers slightly parted, and the image on the screen trembled accordingly. The primordial energy model covering heaven and earth in the center suddenly layered, peeled away, and magnified, its clear light flowing like water:

"It is not enough to know what it is; it is also necessary to know why it is so. The flow of primordial energy, though seemingly formless and intangible, has its own inherent patterns that can be followed."

"The earth's veins are like roots, deeply embedded in the universe, containing the essence of the soil. Their energy is deep and heavy, governing growth and nourishment. The veins of the heavens, on the other hand, are hidden in this vast sky, dancing with the stars and guided by the true fire of the great sun. Their nature is light and swift, with the main current circulating. The two are two sides of the same coin, yin and yang complementing each other."

"Therefore, by following the flow of the earth's veins and observing the laws of the waxing and waning of primordial energy, we can reverse the form, structure, and path of the heavenly veins, as well as their distribution nodes and the conditions and locations of floods."

"The essence of vital energy lies first and foremost in affinity."

She said softly, “It has different compatibility with people, beasts, plants, and metals and stones. In the middle and lower atmosphere, the most compatible is water vapor, or rather, hydrogen in water, and electron clouds in hydrogen, which are hidden in the resonance and coupling effect of polarized spin.”

"Therefore, vital energy is always accompanied by water vapor, and is carried by it, rising and falling, condensing and evaporating, and gathering and dispersing."

“Look here,” Zhao Qing thought for a moment, then restored the entire model to a huge sphere, drawing as many as eleven rings and pointing to the six types of ridges and grooves labeled with their names:
"These are the veins that govern the transport of primordial energy in the high sky in this world, namely the 'main celestial veins,' which originate twenty miles above the ground."

"The main celestial veins?" Tang Xin asked inquisitively, "Shouldn't they be long rivers of water vapor, sometimes visible, sometimes hidden? And their locations not fixed?"

“It does move,” Zhao Qing waved his hand, and countless fine, crimson-gold arrows suddenly appeared, inserting into the central, winding, dragon-like meridional circulation: “Just like this ‘equatorial high spiritual pressure belt,’ driven by the rotation of stars and uneven sunlight, it surges from west to east without ceasing, and is the main axis that controls the lower atmospheric primordial energy.”

"Affected by the seasonal north-south movement of the sun's direct point, it will naturally oscillate between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. It is at 23.5 degrees south latitude at the winter solstice, at 23.5 degrees north latitude at the summer solstice, and crosses the equator at the spring and autumn equinoxes, thus further interfering with the operation of the other eight main celestial veins—a vortex that does not consider the poles."

"Every time they migrate to a region, they cause the water vapor and primordial energy in the upper atmosphere to form a 'recirculation,' splitting into hundreds of secondary celestial veins, stirring up the yin and yang spiritual pressure fronts. A single move affects the whole body, directly determining the distribution and flow direction of the primordial energy-rich areas in the lower atmosphere..."

"What is spiritual pressure? What is a front?" she asked.

"I have heard that after cultivation reaches a certain level, there will be a considerable pressure difference between the internal energy of the body and the external energy of heaven and earth, requiring extra effort to exhale and condense."

Zhan Mohe pondered and said, "The Grandmaster of the Seven Realms of Moving Mountains also follows this nature when he wants to compress the mountain-like primordial energy into true essence."

"If you pour a large amount of true essence into a sealed, energy-free container, it can cause the container to explode; if you remove the air from a large area and place a cultivator inside, that person will feel the true essence tending to escape outwards, making it extremely easy to lose control..."

"The higher one's cultivation level, the slower one's cultivation speed becomes compared to the maximum capacity of strength and true essence, resulting in longer and longer times to break through to higher realms; this is also why groups of low-level cultivators can compete for the spiritual energy of heaven and earth near a Grandmaster."

"correct!"

Zhao Qing nodded, casually took out a few barometers and another similar instrument, and handed them to everyone to play with. He defined it as follows: "Spiritual pressure is not just a concept occasionally mentioned in cultivation, but also an objective value that can be actually measured, representing the strength of the spontaneous flow of vital energy."

“Unlike ordinary air and air pressure, spiritual pressure depends not only on the concentration of vital energy and the ambient temperature, but also on the regulation of the factor of ‘activity’: simply put, the activity of Yang attribute vital energy increases in the hot summer. Although the concentration decreases due to the drop in air pressure caused by high temperature, the total spiritual pressure increases significantly.”

"Yin, on the contrary, is more concentrated and active in snowfields and glaciers..."

"The Qi of the Heavenly Vein rarely comes from the Earth element; it is mostly associated with the elements of Metal, Wood, Water, and Fire, corresponding to Lesser Yin, Lesser Yang, Greater Yin, and Greater Yang. The signs that can activate and enliven these elements each have their own tendencies, virtues, policies, and manifestations. Compared to the simple distinction between Yin and Yang, it is many times more complex."

"Considering that the types of primordial energy in the universe are vast and can be continuously subdivided, eventually reaching hundreds of thousands or millions, it is a completely chaotic and disordered system. There is no theory in the world that can completely describe their internal characteristics, but from the overall perspective of the fusion of waves and fields, it is still possible to summarize and analyze them..."

"In theory, each type of spiritual energy has its own independent spiritual pressure. However, under the constraints of regional spiritual energy laws, usually only the yang front and the yin front can have significance on a large scale. The so-called spiritual pressure front is the interface where the isopleths of these two types of spiritual pressure are highly concentrated and sloping, a narrow transition zone."

“It sounds easy to understand,” Tuoba Wuchou said, testing the spiritual pressure gauge in his hand. “It just magnifies the changes in spiritual pressure caused by a cultivator’s attack, especially the sword energy and sword aura, to the level of natural phenomena.”

"On either side of a spiritual pressure front, there are often two clusters of primordial energy with vastly different tendencies in their laws. For example, a cold, dry, and condensed yin-attribute cluster and a warm, moist, and buoyant yang-attribute cluster; or two yang-attribute clusters, one cold and one hot, and so on..."

Zhao Qing paused for a moment, then continued explaining: "Following the most basic collision effect, the cold and heavy energy mass will always strongly wedge into the warm and light energy mass, forcing the latter to rise and forming a strong 'frontal convergence' at the contact surface! This produces a large number of cyclones, anticyclones, turbulent pulsations and other phenomena."

"If the energy clusters are of the same attribute, they can form a temporary 'blessed land' for cultivation; if they are of opposing attributes, under the clash of yin and yang, their edges will intersect, and a small amount of primordial energy will react with each other, violently releasing energy, which will cause thunderstorms, hail, tornadoes, etc..."

This explains why the climate of this world is similar to that of Earth in general, but there are significant differences in certain areas, and the impact of extreme weather is several times greater.

"The immortal peaks and spiritual valleys controlled by certain major sects and dynasties may not necessarily contain high-level spiritual veins, but the spiritual energy of heaven and earth naturally gathers, accumulates, and flows endlessly. This is because their special terrain structure can relatively stably anchor, attract, or generate favorable convergence points of spiritual pressure fronts..."

Tuoba Wuchou pondered: "So that's how it is... The primordial energy is not evenly distributed. Its abundance or scarcity is controlled by these many celestial veins and yin-yang fronts, just like the floods and droughts of rivers. If we can grasp its laws and take advantage of it while avoiding harm, we can achieve twice the result with half the effort."

“Indeed.” Zhao Qing smiled slightly and pointed to the several dark-colored circulation rings: “On a larger level, the spiritual pressure difference is also the reason why the main celestial vein maintains itself and exists for a long time.”

"The equatorial high-pressure belt, the subtropical subtropical high-pressure belt, the mid-latitude high-pressure belt, the subpolar low-pressure belt, the polar high-pressure belt, and the polar vortex region—they are all essentially determined by the north-south temperature gradient and the angular velocity of stellar rotation..."

"In general, the entire lower atmosphere contains about 300 million trillion bushels of vital energy, and it can circulate twice a year, recovering more than 70% of its original volume."

"Even if the planting area of ​​crops like Spirit Stone Rice reaches 2 billion mu, it will only consume 350 trillion hu per year, accounting for only 1.7 ten-thousandths of the above-mentioned renewable value."

"How was this calculated?" Zhan Mohe asked. "The higher the altitude, the thinner the gas becomes, and we also need to exclude the interference from celestial veins?"

"Satellite remote sensing mapping."

Zhao Qing answered truthfully: "Through the 'Lingbo Interferometer,' 'Taiqing Spectrometer,' and 'Elemental Magnetic Resonator' it carries, it simultaneously scans 90,000 different frequency bands, quantifying the density, flow rate, and composition of every point of primordial energy, and finally obtaining this data that is quite close to the truth."

"A satellite?" Tuoba Wuchou suddenly thought of something: "A floating vessel high in the sky? The photographer of the aerial view of Icefire Island?"

Zhao Qing nodded, then changed the subject: "What I just described was only a picture of the lower atmosphere, including the area within forty miles above the ground. Above that, the environment changes drastically, and the form, behavior, and cycle of the primordial energy will be completely different!"

The image on the screen changed again, extending to a radius of ten zhang.

Everyone felt a slight sway in their surroundings, as if they were being pulled into the interior of a slowly rotating giant sphere—the center of the sphere was a miniature cosmic core, with the crust, mantle, and core layers clearly visible.
It is surrounded by layers of translucent, differently colored shells, like onion skin or a giant glass eggshell.

If we can deeply analyze the dynamic layout of the vital energy of a typical star, it will undoubtedly provide considerable indirect help to her advance the evolution of the inner universe and to help her quickly overcome the critical breakthrough period of "creating the heavens" and "opening up the earth".

"You may have heard from ancient texts that there are thousands of thunderclouds and endless gales above the nine heavens, as well as heavenly fire and golden wind, true magnetic mysterious evil... These descriptions, though vague, are not unfounded."

"Today, I will take you on a glimpse into the primordial world beyond the nine heavens and point out the barrier between this world and the outer star space."

"First, there is the thundercloud layer located above the lower atmosphere, at an altitude of about thirty to forty miles. It is quite different from the celestial vein area below. Because the water vapor content drops sharply to less than one percent of the former, some of the rising Yang Qing Yuan Qi will break away from the water vapor carrier and drift freely, becoming unstable."

"Similarly, because the temperature is quite low at this altitude, it is attracted by the cold and yin energy, and large amounts of foreign energy will invade this area. In the absence of moisture to buffer the flow, once the two meet, they will attract and accelerate each other, forming a huge vortex of energy, within which yin and yang will drastically change, and thunder will bombard everything..."

"The violent energy reaction and the turbulence of the vortex rapidly impact the lower atmosphere below, causing large-scale convection and absorption, attracting heavy dark clouds. This is the origin of the word 'cloud' in 'thundercloud layer'—thunder and clouds are not a symbiotic relationship, but rather a false overlap in the view of ground observers."

"At higher wind layers, between forty and one hundred and seventy miles above the ground, the temperature begins to rise. The Yang energy becomes much more active under ultraviolet radiation, and, along with the embers from meteorite ablation, forms a network of narrow, crisscrossing wind belts..."

"The occurrence of this phenomenon is similar to the precursor and counterattack of lightning. The debris of a meteor that explodes at dozens of times the speed of sound first penetrates the sky, creating hundreds of channels with steep spiritual pressure differences and almost no internal resistance, and then attracts the local energy to flow in rapidly."

"These cavities don't disappear instantly; instead, they continuously draw in external energy to fuel this high-speed storm, constantly reinforcing its low-drag characteristics and forming a self-sustaining stable structure. The wind speed is comparable to that of a flying sword, creating a relentless, sky-tearing roar..."

"Like the lower atmosphere, the primordial energy in these two layers also circulates twice a year. The primordial energy contained within is thin but pure and of extremely high quality, with a total energy that is almost no less than the sum of the former."

"Then comes the Heavenly Fire Layer, which is rarely visited in history. Because its cycle is different, it can be further divided into three layers: upper, middle and lower."

"In the lower layer of the Heavenly Fire, from 170 to 200 miles away, this area is filled with a large number of charged particles due to photodissociation and ionization. These particles are better carriers of vital energy than water vapor, and can naturally be stimulated to a lively and intense state. The 'Rolling Heavenly Fire' begins here."

"In the middle layer of the Heavenly Fire, between two and six hundred miles away, the temperature reaches the point where gold and iron can be melted. A few star rays and strong winds from the Great Sun can penetrate into this area. The aurora is magnificent, and the primordial energy is condensed into a true fire state, which can no longer be absorbed by cultivators in the conventional way."

"In the upper layer of the Heavenly Fire, between 600 and 1200 miles away, due to the gradual change in atmospheric composition and the increase in the proportion of hydrogen and helium, the color of the true fire-state primordial energy is slightly different, and the temperature and activity are higher. 'Golden winds' often sweep down from higher places."

“The lower layer cycles every 3.5 years, corresponding to the solar thermal radiation cycle; the middle layer cycles every 10 to 11 years, corresponding to the sunspot cycle; and the upper layer cycles every 20 to 22 years, corresponding to the solar magnetic pole cycle. The total energy of these three layers is more than five times that of the lower atmosphere.”

"The area between 1,200 and 4,000 miles above the Heavenly Fire Layer is occupied by the Golden Wind Layer."

"However, the so-called 'golden wind' has nothing to do with the metal element energy. It is just a pale golden color, like very thin and long golden threads. It is actually formed by the condensation of stellar energy and is no longer a thing originating from this world."

"Without a carrier or anything to rely on, temperature has a negligible effect on the 'spiritual pressure' of primordial energy. The 'spiritual pressure' of high-energy but extremely thin stellar primordial energy is not enough to overcome the spontaneous condensation of the primordial energy field, thus leading to the appearance of 'golden wind' threads."

"If we can find a way to obtain the primordial energy that is originally impossible to absorb from this star, for example, if the heavens take the initiative to 'transcend tribulation' and use them as seeds, it will be easy to gain more insights into various primordial energies and improve our cultivation."

"Each cycle of energy in the metal layer takes 55 to 60 years, which is also related to the long-cycle activity of the sun."

"Further up, the Star Magnetic Layer and the Star Fire Layer are largely overlapping, extending to 120,000 and 200,000 miles away respectively. They can also be divided into multiple layers, affected by factors such as perihelion precession, obliquity of the ecliptic, changes in the eccentricity of stellar orbits, and precession."

"The combined primordial energy of both is thousands of times greater than that of the lower atmosphere, and their cycles are incredibly long, often lasting tens of thousands of years. The forms of primordial energy floating within these layers are beyond imagination, mostly silver, black, and dark blue, as well as colorless rays and solitary waves..."

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Almost simultaneously, Ding Ning made a somewhat absurd decision at White Sheep Cave. (End of Chapter)