Gaze and you will become stronger: starting from Doupo

"Stone Emperor, you guys fight, I'll go back to sleep. Time is running out, I won't get involved in your troubles anymore." A hoarse voice came from the depths of the Immortal Mountain, startling a group of fire crows living in the cracks of the rocks. Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw an old man in a patched gray robe holding a three-foot-tall black tortoise divine medicine. There was still fresh mountain soil on the roots of the tree, and the dew on the leaves reflected a colorful halo in the sun. He was wearing open-toed straw sandals, and there was old dirt embedded in the gaps between his toenails. The wine gourd tied around his waist had long lost its original color, and with his steps, sporadic wine was swaying out, sizzling white smoke on the black rocks.

The old man walked to a flat rocky area at the valley, suddenly squatted down and rubbed the ground with his sleeves, revealing the black iron slab with a green glow underneath. He grinned, revealing half of his missing teeth, and took out a rusty shovel from his arms, and started digging a pit. As the gravel flew, everyone noticed the black tortoise emblem embroidered on the inside of his sleeves - it was an ancient totem that was said to protect the North Star Region, but now it was washed white, with jagged edges. The pit was dug crookedly, just enough to accommodate his body, so the old man carefully placed the black tortoise medicine on the edge of the pit, and curled up like a child and lay in it, pulling a withered yellow sycamore leaf to cover his face, and instantly snoring loudly.

The veins on the back of Shi Huang's hand bulged as he held the Fang Tian Hua Ji. The tip of the halberd drew a half arc of light in the air, but it didn't fall. He turned his head and looked at Jiang Han, his eyes like a knife: "Hongjun, there must be a truce between you and me today." Before he finished speaking, the stone skin around his body suddenly glowed with a metallic luster, and the cracks overflowed with a faint light like the flow of stars - that was the original power that existed when chaos first began, and every line was engraved with the code of the birth of heaven and earth.

"What? He... He is the Stone Emperor!" Someone in the crowd suddenly screamed, and the jade slip in his hand fell to the ground. He was a middle-aged monk in a green shirt with the star pattern of Beidou Academy embroidered on his collar. At this moment, he was trembling and pointing at the Stone Emperor: "Five hundred thousand years ago, he was born in the chaotic fetal membrane, absorbed the power of the galaxy to transform, and reversed the star track of the Nine Heavens when he proved his way!" There was disbelief in his voice, as if he was telling a legend that only existed in ancient books. Another silver-haired old man took over the conversation, and the bronze compass on his waist was spinning wildly: "Back then, he fought with the Source Emperor of the Taichu Ancient Mine and sank half of the Zhongzhou continent into the seabed. Now he has become the guardian of the Immortal Mountain..." Before he finished speaking, he was shocked by the imperial power bursting out of the Stone Emperor's body and his blood was boiling.

Jiang Han glanced at the old man lying in the pit, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly. He remembered seeing this man in Kunlun Ruins 100,000 years ago. At that time, he was sleeping soundly while hugging a thousand-year-old peach sapling, with seven or eight fairy fruits that had been gnawed to the point that only the cores were left piled up beside him. It was clearly Chen Tuan, the famous "Sleeping Fairy" of Northern Juluzhou. He didn't expect that he would be here with the Xuanwu Divine Medicine. However, he had no time to be distracted at this moment, as the halberd wind of the Stone Emperor was already blowing towards him with the might of the star field collapse.

"Let's go, let's change places." Jiang Han said softly, and the Zhou Tian Xingdou map on his hem suddenly shone brightly, and the star tracks composed of the twenty-eight constellations appeared under his feet. He took a step forward, and the whole person disappeared as if blending into the galaxy. When he reappeared, he was already in a desolate star field 100,000 light years away. There were hundreds of dead stars suspended here, and the surface was covered with shocking cracks, which obviously had experienced terrible energy shocks.

The Stone Emperor laughed loudly, and his laughter shook several nearby small stars to explode on the spot: "I have no regrets even if I die to fight against the Dao Ancestor who existed at the beginning of chaos!" He stepped on the void and came, the Fang Tian Hua Ji turned into black light in his hand, and the Wanlong emblem engraved on the halberd was surging like alive. Wherever the dragon breath passed, the space cracked like glass. Ji Ziyue stood on the observation deck of the Big Dipper Star Region, and her fingertips almost pinched into her palm: "The real battle of the emperor..." Before she finished speaking, Gai Jiuyou beside her suddenly spoke, and his voice was like an ancient glacier: "The Stone Emperor is no longer a complete emperor. In order to avoid the punishment of heaven and earth, he cut off one of his origins. Now he is just a quasi-emperor at the peak of his power. "The old man covered in a black robe, the reincarnation emblem embroidered on the cuffs slowly turned, as if to confirm his words.

In the starry sky, the Stone Emperor's halberd had already chopped down. Wherever the black light reached, all the stars within three thousand miles were pulled into the vortex of time and space, forming a huge gravitational black hole. The dragon-shaped energy body condensed at the tip of the halberd was a thousand meters long, and the dragon scales were covered with golden Taoist patterns, each of which was interpreting the law of destruction. Jiang Han finally raised his hand, and the shadow of the Thunder Tribulation Cauldron appeared in his palm. The thirty-six thunder patterns engraved on the body of the cauldron lit up one after another, and the black thunder moved like a living thing, weaving a thunder net in front of him.

"boom!"

The moment the halberds and lightning collided, the entire star field seemed to have been paused. The black light and the lightning light collided wildly at the center, forming an energy light ball with a diameter of one kilometer. Chaotic lines flowed on the surface of the light ball, which was a precursor to the collapse of the space law. Ji Ziyue watched the shield of the observation deck ripple, the low-level monks beside him were already bleeding from all seven orifices, and Gai Jiuyou's black robe actually had fine cracks.

"Don't waste time, you are too weak now!" Jiang Han's voice came out from the light ball, as calm as if he was telling a trivial matter. The Thunder Tribulation Cauldron suddenly burst into a thousand-foot-long light, and thirty-six lightning patterns turned into thirty-six lightning swords, shooting at the Stone Emperor like a rainstorm. A resolute look flashed in the Stone Emperor's eyes, and the stone skin around his body cracked inch by inch, revealing his original body with galaxy water flowing underneath - he was burning his own origin, forcibly pushing his realm back to the Great Emperor realm.

In an instant, a terrifying vision appeared behind the Stone Emperor: on the desolate stars, a stone man was born from the chaotic fetal membrane, and when he looked up to the sky and howled, the galaxy turned upside down, and the sun and the moon lost their light. That was the scene when he was proving the truth, the heavens gave him all kinds of laws, and the stars were arranged in formation for him. At this moment, he performed the ultimate magic "Heaven's Coming to the World", and the phantom of the stone man behind him merged with his body, and the Fang Tian Huaji turned into a giant pillar that reached the sky. Where the tip of the halberd pointed, even the law of time stagnated.

Jiang Han's expression finally became serious, and a vision of the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool appeared behind him. Thousands of thunderbolts gathered in his palm and finally turned into a snake-shaped thunder sword. The sword body was covered with fine scales, each of which was engraved with the Heavenly Dao rune, and the tip of the sword was emitting purple-golden thunder and fire - this was the killer move "Nine Heavens Thunder Snake" he created by combining the laws of chaos and the laws of thunder.

The moment the halberd and the sword intersected, the entire universe seemed to be torn apart. The halberd of the Stone Emperor carried the majesty of heaven, and was going to crush Jiang Han and his laws together; Jiang Han's sword carried the tyranny of chaos, and was going to completely burn the origin of the Stone Emperor. The space in the center of the star field was the first to be unable to bear it, and a black hole with a diameter of ten thousand meters appeared, madly devouring the surrounding stars. Ji Ziyue saw from the observation deck that the skyline of the Big Dipper star field was actually bent, as if the whole world was distorted in this battle.

"Crack!"

First, there was a crisp sound from the Fang Tian Hua Ji, and the Wanlong emblem peeled off piece by piece, and spider-web-like cracks appeared on the tip of the halberd. Then, the ripple-like defense outside Jiang Han's body suddenly shattered. It was the absolute defense given by the system, and at this moment, it finally showed its limit under the emperor's power. But Shi Huang's situation was worse. The snake-shaped lightning sword had pierced his forehead, and the lightning and fire spread along the sea of ​​consciousness, burning his immortal platform inch by inch. "I still lost..." Shi Huang's voice was relieved, and his original body began to disintegrate and turned into a bloody rain. Every drop of blood carried the pressure of the emperor and fell on the desolate stars, which made those dead planets sprout vitality again. He looked at Jiang Han, without resentment in his eyes: "Daozu... It really lives up to its reputation." Before he finished speaking, the whole person turned into dots of starlight and merged into the starry sky.

Jiang Han stood in the starry sky, watching the lightning sword in his hand gradually dissipate, with mixed feelings in his heart. When the system's absolute defense was broken, he clearly felt the weight of the imperial power - if there was no system, the halberd just now would probably hurt his origin. But this was not the time to reflect, he turned around and looked in the direction of the Immortal Mountain, raised his hand and pointed.

Deep in the Immortal Mountain, a seemingly ordinary ancient tree suddenly shook, the soil at the roots parted like a living thing, and the whole tree slowly rose into the air. The tree was no more than three meters tall, and its bark was cracked like an old man's palm, but it exuded a breath that made all life tremble. Each leaf was completely different: some were like the Bagua diagram, some were like Tai Chi patterns, some were engraved with mountains and rivers, and some were painted with stars, sun and moon, as if carrying all the laws between heaven and earth.

"The Enlightenment Tree..." Jiang Han whispered softly, reaching out to touch the bark, and suddenly countless images emerged in his mind: Pangu created the world, Nuwa repaired the sky, Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs... Each picture carried the revelation of the way of heaven. This sacred tree, born from chaos, finally chose to return to its true owner after the death of the Stone Emperor.

When Jiang Han returned to Beidou with the Enlightenment Tree, all the human cultivators knelt on the ground, not daring to look directly at the sacred tree in his hand. The old man had crawled out of the pit at some point, holding the Xuanwu Divine Medicine and standing in the crowd. He looked at the Enlightenment Tree and sighed, "Old Shi, you still didn't survive this disaster after all." After saying that, he staggered away, ready to find another place to sleep.

In the starry sky, sighs were heard from the directions of the seven forbidden areas of life. The black fog of the Taichu Ancient Mine surged more violently, and the surface of the Samsara Sea was rarely seen without waves. Only the Undying Mountain, after the Enlightenment Tree left, gradually shed its mysterious veil, revealing countless ancient marks in the belly of the mountain - those were the cultivation classics left by the Stone Emperor to future generations, and each mark contained the secrets of the stars.

Jiang Han stood on the top of the Immortal Mountain, looking at the ground gradually returning to peace, knowing clearly that this battle was just the beginning of a new era. The absolute defense of the system was broken, which meant that he could no longer rely on external forces, and had to rely on his own strength to face stronger enemies. The return of the Enlightenment Tree was not only the acquisition of a treasure, but also the coming of a responsibility - he wanted the entire human race to truly master the laws of heaven and earth, and no longer be restricted by the threat of the life forbidden zone.

"Grandmaster!" The voice of the young cultivator came from below. It was the disciple who survived the battle. He knelt on the ground, his eyes shining with worship. "Grandmaster, please teach us the way of cultivation!"

Jiang Han smiled, with the compassion of a Taoist master in his smile: "Get up. From today on, the laws of the Enlightenment Tree will be open to all human cultivators. But remember, the way of cultivation is to focus on one's heart. Whether it is the heaven or the system, they are only external forces after all. Only your own heart of Tao is the most solid support."

As soon as the words fell, the Enlightenment Tree suddenly burst into a thousand-foot light, and countless law fragments fell to the earth like a meteor shower. Every cultivator felt the revelation of the way of heaven, as if a door they had never seen before opened before their eyes. However, Jiang Han's figure gradually faded in the light. He knew that there was a wider universe waiting for him, and there were more ancient secrets waiting to be revealed.

In the starry sky, where the Stone Emperor fell, a new star is being born. It emits a soft light, without the majesty of the Great Emperor, but full of the breath of life. Perhaps, this is the beginning of a new era - an era where there is no longer a life forbidden zone blockade, no longer absolute authority suppression, an era where the human race truly controls their own destiny.

The old man who was sleeping in the pit was smacking his lips and whispering to the Xuanwu Divine Medicine in his dream: "Old Turtle, it's time for us to sleep in another place. This Immortal Mountain will probably be lively in the future..." Before he finished speaking, the deafening snoring sounded again, as if the hustle and bustle of the whole world had nothing to do with him.

The branches of the enlightenment tea tree swayed gently in the morning breeze, and each leaf seemed to be a solidified chapter of the heavenly way. On the leaves shaped like a small tripod, the green mist was condensing into a Zhoutian star map, and the five elements runes were faintly flowing in the belly of the tripod, as if they would turn into a physical object at any time to suppress all evil; the leaves shaped like a phoenix were the most eye-catching, with red and gold rays of light flowing between the feathers, and the air was burning with light golden flames where the tail feathers swept past, and the low hum of the law of nirvana could be faintly heard in the phoenix cry; the leaves of the immortal sitting cross-legged were the most magical, with the complete "Taishang Wangqing Jue" engraved between the folds of the clothes, and the red dot between the eyebrows flashed when the eyes were closed, as if interpreting the moment of enlightenment of the heavenly way; the golden leaves were as bright as the sun, and the surface was engraved with dense array patterns, each of which could attract the spiritual energy of heaven and earth; the red jade leaves were like solidified magma, and liquid flame spirits flowed in the leaf veins, and there was a burning pain when the fingertips brushed over them.

When Jiang Han's palm touched the rough bark, the ancient Bodhi tree in his sea of ​​consciousness suddenly made a clear sound. The power of thunder flowed into the roots of the tree along his arm, and the Enlightenment Tea Tree trembled violently. Thousands of leaves bloomed at the same time, forming a light cocoon composed of the laws of heaven around him. The system prompt sound exploded in the depths of the sea of ​​consciousness at the right time, and there was an imperceptible tremor in the mechanical sound: [The host successfully obtained the Enlightenment Tea Tree. The task reward will be issued after the host returns to the Xuanhuang Continent]. Before the voice fell, the tea tree turned into a green light and sank into the center of the eyebrows. A suspended sky garden emerged from the depths of the sea of ​​consciousness - the ancient Bodhi tree and the Enlightenment Tea Tree were rooted in the sea of ​​clouds on the left and right. The former exuded the compassionate Buddha light, and the latter flowed with violent thunder. The two auras checked and balanced each other, but merged into a chaotic mist in the center. (End of this chapter)