There is a progress bar in my cultivation of immortality

Within a quarter of an hour, Zhixin and Quanwei responded one after another, and the three agreed to meet in the projection space for the temporary gathering ten days later.

Wang Ping put down the communication token and fell into deep thought. He was thinking about the existence of the extraterritorial consciousness just now. It was obviously not a spirit, but pure energy consciousness. Even Wang Ping could not achieve this state.

After thinking for a while, Wang Ping stretched out his left hand and casually drew a ball of spiritual energy from the wood spirit world, which gathered at his fingertips and quickly turned into a human form. The facial features and limbs were also quickly formed, followed by the internal meridians and qi sea, and finally, of course, he used the "Tian Tong Fu" to enlighten a consciousness in its body.

But when Wang Ping let go, this energy consciousness was instantly distorted. His facial features and limbs were first swallowed up by the surrounding wood spirits, and then the meridians and qi sea in his body intertwined with each other, instantly disrupting the original rules. As for the consciousness enlightened by the "Tian Tong Fu", it was also swallowed up by the surging wood spirit energy.

"It's really not that simple."

Wang Ping shook his head slightly, then smiled self-deprecatingly.

Yu Lian curiously turned around the place where his consciousness had just collapsed, and said to Wang Ping, "The consciousness just now was not created out of thin air, but most likely existed originally, but was artificially modified, so it could maintain such a stable emotion. His energy body was not artificially created, but the outline of his own soul."

She tilted her head and thought for a while before adding, "They must be trying to avoid the invasion of crazy consciousness from outside the domain. They used some special method to seal themselves in a specific environment. However, this environment requires them to give up their original souls and only retain the most basic consciousness."

"Then, they began to wander the universe, looking for starry skies like ours. They used their powerful strength to entice the creatures under the starry skies to sacrifice them, and then regained their bodies through parasitism. However, the bodies they obtained in this way should not be able to exist for a long time, at least not suitable for existing for a long time in outer space, so they need to destroy starry skies one after another."

Yu Lian's imagination is always so rich and has a certain logic, which may be related to her love of reading folk novels.

Wang Ping did not make any comment after listening, but continued to try to see if he could create energy consciousness, because he still remembered the conjecture of the Sixth Mirror, which was to make the physical body completely energetic, so that he could soar in the boundless energy and condense a new physical body at any time.

Two days later.

A large-scale battle of spells broke out in the starry sky near the outer star. Brilliant colorful light continued to spread under the dark starry sky and lasted for more than ten hours before gradually dissipating.

Although this fight looks fierce, in fact not many monks were lost on both sides, because this was mainly a duel between flying boats and various magical instruments. It is worth mentioning that the rebels once again wanted to use the previous methods to pollute the three-realm main force of the Taoist Palace coalition, but this time most of the Taoist Palace monks stayed in the flying boat's barrier, and the consequence of forced use would be a waste of sacrificial resources.

Another three days passed.

The Dao Palace coalition concentrated its superior forces and finally occupied two medium-sized ecological zones. They used them as a base and slowly advanced in the surrounding areas. However, they were soon hit by an overwhelming energy attack from the rebels.

These days, Wang Ping receives battle reports from the front line every day. Some are sent by Li Miaolin, some are sent by the True Lords of the demon clan, and some are sent by the Star God Alliance.

In addition, the frequency of prayers by the monks on the front line became faster and faster, with a large-scale collective prayer almost every three hours. Naturally, the Taiyan sect monks were the main ones among them. As time went on, monks from other sects also followed suit, because they would be given blessing talismans every time they prayed.

Yu Lian has been soaring in the world of spiritual faith every moment these days, listening to the prayers of believers on the front line, and selecting suitable monks with the two nine-tailed fox gods, developing them into loyal believers, and then using them as anchors to preach on the front line.

Soon, the day arrived when Wang Ping had agreed to meet with Zhi Xin and Quan Wei.

Wang Ping did not seem too anxious. He still completed the practice of thirty Zhongzhou hours first, and then activated the communication token to enter the projection space. Zhixin and Quanwei had been waiting for a long time. The projection space, which was originally dim, was now as bright as day. However, this light should be brought by the lighting technique, not natural sunlight.

"Greetings to Changqing Zhenjun!"

When Wang Ping appeared, Zhixin and Quanwei quickly stood up and bowed.

Wang Ping maintained his usual smile and modesty as he responded politely to the two of them. After a few words, they took their seats. Wang Ping's original seat was also replaced with a large and gorgeous chair like the ones Zhi Xin and Quan Wei had.

But after sitting down, the three of them fell silent again. Zhixin wanted to speak first several times, but seemed to not know how to start.

Finally, it was Quan Wei who broke the silence, "Daoyou's recent arrangements are really good. I am a little embarrassed now. When you take over the alien planet, I will be your next target, right?"

Wang Ping chuckled, looked at Quan Wei and said, "If you are so worried, why don't you come forward now?"

Quan Wei shook his head and said, "I have already passed my prime. Now I just want to waste some time and then find someone among the younger generation to inherit my legacy."

Wang Ping continued to respond: "I assume that what you said is true, but how many people believe it? Now the five True Lords of the Demon Clan have personally participated in the war against the foreign rebels, but you still hide away from the world. Those who know you will say that you have no intention of fighting, while those who don't may say that you are trying to play both sides."

Quan Wei sighed and said, "Thank you for your reminder, Changqing Zhenjun. When I first stepped into outer space, my biggest feeling was the vastness of the starry sky. But as time went by, I found that this starry sky was too small. It was so small that every time I wanted to stay out of trouble, I was always dragged into trouble for various reasons."

Wang Ping shook his head and said, "You are wrong again. You see that you are keeping yourself safe, but others see that you do nothing, yet you enjoy all the benefits of being a True Lord. For example, in this war against the alien planet, the other five True Lords of the demon race paid everything, but you did nothing, yet you were able to take advantage of your status as a demon race. What do you think they will think?"

His words were considered polite, and he did not directly tear off Quan Wei's mask, because he needed him for some things that happened next.

After hearing this, Quan Wei stopped talking, because if he continued, he would be asking for trouble. Zhi Xin saw that the two had almost finished their conversation, so he took the opportunity to bow to Wang Ping. When Wang Ping looked at him, he said, "In my Star God Alliance outside the domain, there are actually many Taoist friends who are unwilling to fight. The current situation..."

"The current situation cannot be changed. If you really don't want to fight, I can arrange for you to move here. I believe Zang Yi and Yue Xi will be happy to accept your surrender."

Wang Ping interrupted Zhixin without any hesitation.

Zhi Xin fell silent. This temporary gathering of theirs had existed for nearly ten thousand years. During these long years, they had relied on this gathering to keep themselves away from many major changes, and they were best at placing bets on multiple parties.

But the current situation forced them to make a choice. He had been operating in the outer border for so many years, and he was unwilling to give up everything. But if he continued to stay in the outer border, he would have to practice the outer magic energy with Wei and Qian. He did not reject absorbing the outer magic energy, but did not want to put everything on Wei and Qian.

"Fellow Daoist, don't always think of taking advantage of all the good things in the world."

Wang Ping reminded again softly, this time it was very explicit.

Zhi Xin immediately woke up from his contemplation, looked at Wang Ping and said, "I will really lose everything if I join Zang Yi and Yue Xi." He first stated his attitude, then clasped his fists to Wang Ping and said, "As long as I can protect my foundation and inheritance, please give me your orders. I will go through fire and water for you."

"Ha ha!"

Wang Ping laughed, then shook his head and said politely: "Daoyou, you don't have to do this. What you True Lords want is stability. For a stable future, the border outside the domain needs people to be stationed anyway, and Daoyou, your great talent, is the only one who can be stationed there."

This is half true and half false, but if Zhixin is really useful, it would be a piece of cake for Wang Ping to protect him in the future, and there would be no harm in making such a promise.

Zhi Xin got Wang Ping's promise. Although he didn't completely believe Wang Ping, he felt more at ease. At least he had a clear way out and some things were easier to handle.

Then, the three of them started chatting. Wang Ping kept asking about the internal situation of the border outside the territory, and Zhi Xin told him everything he knew.

Now that the borders outside the domain have been completely integrated, Wei Ling took the opportunity to have her people occupy the main resource areas. Some of the originally wavering Five Realm Star Gods also completely submitted to Wei Ling and Qian Xi under the general trend.

"Qian Xi's whereabouts are becoming more and more secretive. The news I received is that he is communicating with extraterritorial life and has obtained a set of secret methods to cultivate extraterritorial magic energy. Some people have seen some strange energy consciousness similar to spiritual creatures occasionally appear near his ecological area, but these energy consciousnesses exist in the real world."

Wang Ping was moved when he heard this, but he didn't say much. After he finished speaking, he told the two people about the previous "sea" and looked at Quan Wei and asked, "The demon tribe should have a lot of documents recording the life outside the domain, right?"

When Quan Wei heard Wang Ping's question, he immediately responded with a cupped hand, "That's right. According to the new time calculation, the earliest record should be more than 30,000 years ago, when the Demon King was not yet born. The document from that time mentioned that a member of the tribe had traveled to the border outside the domain, and after returning, his temperament changed drastically. He also held a large-scale sacrifice, but the detailed content has been lost."

He paused, "However, some other documents can prove that his sacrifice summoned a very powerful consciousness, which caused varying degrees of damage to various tribes. Later, when the True Lords took charge of the starry sky, the problems outside the domain suddenly became serious. The most serious one was when the monks of the Vajra Temple lost control of their flying boats while patrolling the outer barrier."

"According to the orders of the True Lords, Zhu Wufeng and I have visited the outer barrier several times. We cleared out the infiltrating monsters and searched for the reason why the Xuanmen monks went crazy, but in the end we found nothing. Later, Yuan Wu led a team to investigate and brought back an outer life form..."

Quan Wei changed his sitting position and spoke more slowly. "That was an energy consciousness. He could have a normal conversation with us. According to him, many of their people have already lurked in this starry sky. He also gave us a resonance array, which is driven by extraterritorial magic energy and can make their lurking people appear."

"I clearly remember that the entire cultivation world was in a state of panic during that period, but in the end, less than ten people were captured. After that, the True Lords lost trust in most people. Later, True Lord Yuanwu formed the Star God Alliance and ordered its members to guard the outer regions."

"They used those criminals to set up various monitoring arrays in the vast starry sky and achieved considerable results. They also won the recognition of the True Lords. I don't know how they did it. I once maliciously speculated that Yuanwu should have reached some kind of agreement with the extraterritorial life forms. Now I still have such a speculation."

Quan Wei saw the change in Wang Ping's eyes, and suddenly laughed out loud, saying, "You don't have to worry about anything. Extraterritorial life forms have consciousness, and consciousness is the most complex. Perhaps some extraterritorial life forms do not agree with destruction. They hope to achieve certain goals through cooperation, and Yuan Wu may be one of the collaborators."

"They should have a big plan, but their plan most likely went wrong along the way, leading to the current situation, to the point that even Yuan Wu had to go outside the domain in person."

"After I heard that Yuan Wu was going to the outer domain, I began to admire him. He is the only one who has put his ideas into action and is willing to try various things. Even the True Lords can only..."

Quan Wei shook his head and did not continue speaking. He then formed a spell with his hands, as if trying to stabilize his consciousness, and said, "Even extraterritorial life forms are exploring the truth of the universe. They may have been like us, hiding under such a small starry sky and struggling to survive, but they bravely took a step forward."

Wang Ping automatically ignored Quan Wei's final teasing and quickly digested the content. Except for Yuan Wu's matter which was a little beyond his expectations, the other contents were similar to what he guessed. However, he did not make any comments on it, but turned his gaze to Zhi Xin.

"Senior Yuanwu once warned us not to get involved with any life outside the realm. If we meet one, we must kill it. If we cannot kill it immediately, we must join forces with other cultivators to encircle and suppress it. Over the years, we have always followed Senior Yuanwu's instructions and dared not cross the line even a step."

What you said about stopping the mind is very true.

Wang Ping just nodded, and did not ask Zhixin to monitor Wei and Qian, nor did he ask him to pay attention to the movements of life outside the domain. Then the three of them chatted for a while, and he suddenly changed the subject and asked, "Have Zang Yi and Yue Xi still contacted the star gods outside the domain?" (End of this chapter)