Refining Qi starts from repairing the panel.

Chapter 202: Divine Infant Perfection
The advancement of the incense gods is simple and crude. As long as there are enough believers, there is no need to practice as hard as ordinary cultivators.

As the number of believers increased, Chu Zheng's cultivation of the Tao of Incense and Spirits was expanding rapidly.

The path of incense and gods begins with the divine fetus, the divine soul comes out, the divine soul turns into a spirit, and then enters the spiritual realm.

Spirit Lords are divided into three levels: lower, middle, and upper. According to the panel's judgment, they correspond to the Immortal Soul Condensation, Divine Infant, and Divine Transformation Realm, which are the third to fifth levels.

Going further up, there are the Heavenly Monarchs. The Heavenly Monarchs are divided into two levels, the lower one is equivalent to the immortal cultivators in the Tongxuan secret realm, while the upper one is comparable to the immortal calamity.

After the level of Heavenly Sovereign, there is the level of Heavenly Venerable, which is equivalent to a True Immortal. If one can be given the title of Great Sage before the word Heavenly Venerable, then he is equivalent to a ninth-level Immortal Venerable.

After swallowing up most of the believers of Hantan Lingjun, Chu Zheng's cultivation soared. In just over a year, he crossed two major realms and entered the realm of middle-level Lingjun.

The incense and vows received by the main body are increasing rapidly, and the level of cultivation is approaching the perfection of the Divine Infant.

However, as the number of believers increased, Chu Zheng gradually realized something was wrong. A large part of the incense and vows that came together were quite mixed.

Except for some fanatical believers, most people worship gods for their own selfish desires, and they bring their own expectations with them every time they worship.

This wish will be clearly transmitted to the gods through the method of worshiping gods, and Chu Zheng can hear some whispers in his ears almost every moment.

A large amount of information impact means that the brain needs to expend a lot of energy to process it.

Most of the incense gods are asleep most of the time because they have too much information to process and it is too much for them to handle.

Chu Zheng tried to block this information, but it didn't work at all because the information was contained in his vows, unless he gave up these vows, which was obviously unrealistic.

Due to the great distance, the impact of these information on the main body is minimal, but it has a huge impact on the golden body in front of it. Therefore, the spirit in this golden body cannot always remain awake.

What puzzled Chu Zheng even more was that his original body had received the incense and vows, but his incarnation had no effect at all, as if he was not the 'Zhengchu Daojun', only his original body was.

This is somewhat unbelievable.

It was obvious that he did not make any special changes to this golden body. He just made up a story about its origin at random. The shape did not bear much resemblance to his original body, but the power of the incense and vows seemed to have a spirit and instantly sensed the existence of his original body.

Chu Zheng thought about this for a long time but still had no clue.

As for the way of incense and gods, he knew too little, which was like crossing a river by feeling the stones. It was difficult for him to understand the key points at once, but it was most likely from the "God-shaping Method" of the Taoist Ancestor.

After the battle with Hantan Lingjun, the name of Zhengchu Daojun had spread thousands of miles away.

This did not have much impact on the surrounding gods, as they had been here for a long time and were deeply rooted. The number and quality of their believers were far beyond the ability of a newly emerging god to shake.

Moreover, they sleep most of the time and are too lazy to worry about subtle changes in the outside world.

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For Chu Zheng, he entered a fairly long period of calm.

In order to increase the number of believers, he sometimes needs to cooperate with Yuan Dazun, occasionally perform miracles, and fulfill some small wishes for some believers.

Apart from these, he spent most of his time on cultivation, steadily moving towards the Golden Elixir.

Under the influence of the incense and gods, Chu Zheng's cultivation is now improving rapidly, and it is just a matter of time before he enters the realm of divine transformation.

When he enters the stage of divine transformation, his restorer rank will naturally be upgraded to the sixth rank, and the original goal will have been achieved.

The goal of his incarnation needs to be placed at a higher level, such as the Return to Void Realm after refining the spirit.

The way of incense and gods cannot be given up easily. At least, Chu Zheng plans to pass it on for a long time.

Even if his incarnation dies due to the calamity, the deity of Zhengchu Daojun must continue to exist in this chaotic sea of ​​stars.

If the incense gods want to survive, believers are indispensable. Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, Chu Zheng summoned Yuan Dazun and expended his spiritual essence to bless him.

The gods' blessing can forcibly elevate the believers' cultivation level, but this is extremely costly to the gods, and few gods are willing to use this method.

After the blessing, Yuan Dazun's cultivation level was directly raised to a higher level and he entered the second level.

At the same time, the Chu government opened up the rights of core believers to Yuan Dazun and granted him the mysterious magic of summoning gods.

Core believers can practice the method of summoning gods. At critical moments, they can ask gods to possess them and borrow the power of gods.

This is somewhat similar to the "divine fighting technique" in Chu Zheng's previous life. Only a very small number of core believers have this authority.

At the same time, taking advantage of the opportunity of spiritual communication, Chu Zheng, through his golden body, erased the two words Chu Zheng from Yuan Dazun's mind, leaving only the title of 'Venerable'.

From then on, no one in this world knew his real name.

Yuan Dazun was naturally grateful for the sudden blessing. When he burned incense and prayed every day, the faith and vows he felt became stronger and stronger. He had already become the first fanatical believer of the Taoist Emperor.

Chu Zheng was not sure how long his incarnation could survive. By then, a new venerable would be needed to carry on the legacy of Zhengchu Daojun.

As his believer, talent and qualifications are never the first choice. Yuan Dazun is his best choice at the moment.

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After entering the Daotai realm, Chu Zheng's cultivation speed inevitably slowed down.

The laws of nature and destiny of this starry sky are extremely chaotically scattered, and the number of various small sects is innumerable.

In addition, with the prevalence of incense and gods, the fortune of heaven was dispersed, and only a few people could share the fortune in the Qi refining lineage. Chu Zheng wanted to fight for the fortune of heaven, but he had no place to exert his strength.

After ten years, Chu Zheng was able to reach the stage of Daotai, which showed that he was extremely talented.

In a short period of time, it is difficult for Chu Zheng's incarnation to make any breakthrough progress, so he can only focus his energy on the way of incense and gods.

Through Yuan Dazun, he issued a divine decree, instructing many believers to search for some spiritual fragments and some ancient artifacts for him.

Naturally, many believers are puzzled by this, but many gods have their own little quirks, and the offerings during sacrifices are mostly based on the gods' quirks.

Some gods like to eat the blood of livestock, some like young girls, and so on.

Although many believers found this hobby of picking up scraps a bit strange, they still arranged it in an orderly manner.

Soon, within a radius of thousands of miles, a large number of magical weapon fragments and spiritual object remains continuously passed through various temples and fell into Chu Zheng's hands.

Among these fragments, Chu Zheng occasionally found some surprises, such as high-level magic weapons, or some strange Taoist cultivation methods. Chu Zheng picked out a method of gathering energy and passed it on to Yuan Dazun.

Yuan Dazun originally practiced rudimentary martial arts, and had ordinary talent and mediocre cultivation. Now he has switched to practicing breathing techniques, which can at least prolong his life and allow him to live longer.

Every time Chu Zheng accumulated a batch of those high-level magic weapons, he would personally travel far away to the other side of the star and exchange them for a large amount of spirit stones.

Naturally, he encountered a lot of troubles during this process. There were many cultivators from all sides who were tempted by the money. However, Chu Zheng had many tricks up his sleeve, and he was basically able to escape danger without any trouble, and occasionally earn some extra income.

The purpose of exchanging so many spirit stones is naturally for the development of one's own believers.

Chu Zheng now has more than a thousand true believers and no less than a million false believers.

But Chu Zheng is not satisfied with the current number of believers, his ambition goes far beyond this.

A million believers can only produce a god of the level of Hantan Lingjun, and cannot go any further. If he wants to become stronger, become a high-level Lingjun, or even a Heavenly Lord, he must find a way to get more believers.

As long as he accumulates enough spirit stones, Chu Zheng will soon make these gods realize what it means to lose money and be heartbroken.

In the killing battles between incense gods, no matter which side wins, ordinary believers cannot suffer too many casualties. This is the rule of the temple.

Because believers are the cornerstone of the gods. To harm a large number of believers is tantamount to digging one's own grave, which will invisibly damage the interests of the emperor of the Divine Court.

Moreover, many believers worship multiple gods at the same time, and it is even possible that they worship two warring gods at the same time.

Therefore, in order to compete for believers, apart from provoking small-scale wars, in most cases, it is a direct fight between gods.

Just like the Lord of Cold Pond before, he went straight to the point and started by destroying mountains and temples, cutting off troubles at the source.

With the repair panel, Chu Zheng can directly attack the believers in another way.

Chu Zheng scattered a large amount of spirit stones. He didn't believe that those false believers would not be tempted. As long as the basic base of believers was shaken, someone would naturally come to cause trouble.

As long as the Divine Court does not interfere, Chu Zheng still has some confidence in dealing with these rural gods, and subsequent events will be a natural process.

He needs more believers and more incense and vows to speed up his cultivation progress, and competition is inevitable.

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In the blink of an eye, several years have passed.

Within a radius of tens of thousands of miles, the name of Zhengchu Daojun became more and more famous.

A large number of believers of gods basically have a tablet dedicated to the "Zhengchu Wanbao Daojun" in their homes.

The words "Wanbao" were added before the name of Daojun, only because this newly rising Daojun was indeed very wealthy and would almost always grant requests regarding spiritual stones.

The more sincere you are when you burn incense and worship every day, the stronger the power of your offerings and the more rewards you will receive.

In addition to spirit stones, there will even be magical instruments and treasures dropped occasionally.

Such a wealthy and powerful god naturally deserves the name of Wanbao.

In just a few years, the name of Zhengchu Wanbao Daojun has even appeared in the caves of many true believers of gods.

This is undoubtedly something that many gods cannot tolerate, as it concerns their own foundations.

If they let this go, it won't be long before all the believers they have accumulated over the years will be taken away by this Taoist master.

Over the past few years, the number of spirit stones, magical instruments and treasures that Chu Zheng has given away is countless.

If all these losses were added together, even the upper Heavenly Lords would be horrified.

However, the changes these spiritual stones brought to Chu Zheng were also gratifying. The number of true believers more than doubled and now reached nearly three thousand.

The number of false believers has reached an astonishing five million!
The cultivation of the incense and fire spirit way is close to that of the upper spiritual lord, and the cultivation of the body has even entered the perfection of the divine infant.

Such lavish spending made Hong Tian Lingjun a little uneasy, because he was closest to Chu Zheng and had the most affected believers.

Over the past few years, half of the believers that Chu Zheng has expanded came from his followers.

Although the wishes provided by false believers are the lowest, they often occupy the largest share due to their large numbers.

Every morning, believers would worship the gods and offer their energy and spirit that they had nurtured overnight as tribute to the gods.

For false believers, they have to worship multiple gods, so the first god they worship can draw the most power.

And now, the followers of Hongtian Lingjun have put their worship of him after that of Daojun, and some even stop worshipping him, or only remember to worship him once every ten days or half a month.

Because only in this way can these believers get more spiritual stones.

During these few years, the number of Hongtian Lingjun's followers has plummeted by nearly one million. This huge loss is almost no less than losing a war between gods.

The fighting power of the spirit stone was so astonishingly exaggerated that it easily crushed the faith of many false believers.

Not only Hong Tian Lingjun could not sit still, but also the many gods and goddesses around Tiantan City could not sit still.

Originally, some gods did not care about Chu Zheng's actions, and even thought that this Taoist Master Zhengchu was a little stupid. Wasting so many resources was simply not worth it.

This is because the believers who are gathered by these spirit stones will not last long. As long as the supply of spirit stones is stopped, they will soon disperse. This is the lowest method.

These gods did not think that this Taoist Lord could hold on for long, and that these believers would soon come back.

Who would have thought that this Taoist Master Zhengchu had been giving away his wealth for several years, and had no intention of stopping at all.

This made many worshippers burst into curses.

They all worked hard to preach, and only by fulfilling the wishes of many believers could they increase the number of believers bit by bit. However, Chu Zheng did not play by the rules at all, and spent so many resources just to collect the worship of some pseudo believers.

According to normal logic, with so many resources, it is entirely possible to slowly cultivate an extremely powerful believer and let this believer preach, which is a very profitable thing.

If the believers are strong enough, they can even directly suppress some incense gods and take away all their believers.

This method will only take some time, but the benefits are completely foreseeable.

The only thing these gods miscalculated was that Chu Zheng did not have the patience and instead chose a simpler and more brutal method.

(End of this chapter)