I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 467: Heaven and Man Reborn
The torrent of faith formed a rainbow light, trying to merge with Zhou Tieyi's colorful body. However, under the constant burning of the Taiyi Jade Disc's bright sun, the rainbow light could not merge into Zhou Tieyi's body, and formed a corona-like light band surrounding him.

These rainbow lights naturally have strengths and weaknesses, and the strongest among them are the members of the Yanhuang tribe. They are Zhou Tieyi's real team. Under Zhou Tieyi's training, although there are only about 500 people including the children, as Zhou Tieyi's core members, they have absorbed Zhou Tieyi's "great achievements". Everyone of them is born with the ability to communicate with one or more of the five elements' ancestral qi. As long as they train hard after adulthood, they can be guaranteed to become mid-level quality.

The gap between them and ordinary people is almost like that between two races.

Back in the barbaric era, the great achievements left by Zhou Tieyi were only enough to cover the people of the Yanhuang tribe, but as he brought the people of the barbaric era to the present era, he also anchored the "reality" of the great prosperity of the human race.

Although he did not participate much in this process, as the cause of everything, the development and prosperity of the human race in this world were undoubtedly influenced by him. This is a great achievement comparable to that of a saint, so he was able to hold the fire of humanity passed down by the Yan clan, and with the fire of humanity in his hands, he can also cover the people of the primitive tribes who now belong to him.

The orange-red fire of humanity blooms with brilliant light. In the beginning, the human race drilled wood to make fire, drove away beasts, and grilled food. Later, they stole the fire of the gods, cultivated their own beliefs, and established the human race’s temple. The images after that began to become slightly blurred. Human towns were built, and thousands of lights were illuminated. There was a war between two countries, and flames of war were raging... Until it crossed over to the present historical node, in the dark steam machinery, coal burned in the red flames, bursting out powerful power.

These scenes are numerous, spanning tens of thousands of years of history and covering the changes in human civilization. They are far more magnificent than the prayers of nearly 100,000 people in front of him. So for Zhou Tieyi, he doesn’t have to worry about being covered by wishes like other gods. As long as he controls the fire of humanity and represents the trend of continued development of humanity, he can cover all human wishes.

Warm, flickering lights leaped up from the bonfires. The burning sparks seemed to have spirits, falling on the bodies of the people praying around them and beginning to transform their physiques.

As the Fire of Humanity combed the bloodlines of the tribal warriors over and over again, the bloodlines of the middle-grade gods originally inherited in their bodies began to be continuously optimized. Zhou Tieyi did not completely replace their original bloodlines with his own five elements bloodlines, but instead enhanced the power of the Fire of Humanity by activating the inherited tribal fire in their original bloodlines.

Because great achievements have one characteristic, which is commonality.

Zhou Tieyi now indeed possesses great achievements comparable to those of a saint. If the great achievements are compared to water, it is equivalent to him possessing the power of the sea, which is almost inexhaustible.

Great achievements require a carrier. The warriors of the Yanhuang tribe are able to carry the transformation of great achievements close to the middle level because the tribe has participated in the inheritance of the Fire of Humanity. At the same time, they have participated in all historical processes since the worship of Zhou Tieyi. Therefore, they are also participants in great achievements, so they can carry the power flowing from Zhou Tieyi to them.

But it was different for the other tribal warriors. When Zhou Tieyi wanted to transform the slaves conquered by the Yanhuang tribe into his own followers, he discovered that if the other party did not participate deeply in the great cause, then even if he took the initiative to allocate this power to them, the power would quickly dissipate. The less they participated, the more they would dissipate, so that in the end they would be unworthy of their position and bring disaster upon themselves.

Moreover, in the current system of the Divine Court, Zhou Tieyi commands the Divine Court as the leader of all gods. He still needs to ensure that the Yanhuang people who worship him have the most powerful power and the highest status, until the Yanhuang tribe assimilates the Manghuang tribe through blood descendants and makes everyone have the blood of the Yanhuang tribe flowing. Although this inheritance is backward, it effectively maintains internal stability and centripetal force.

Therefore, this time when training followers, Zhou Tieyi focused on helping to sort out the bloodline followers of these mid-grade god tribes. After his sorting, even the bloodline of the mid-grade gods could be close to the top grade. At the same time, their origin was connected with the fire of humanity, and the martial arts passed down were far beyond ordinary people. If they were still not better than others, then even if they injected more power, they would only train waste.

Thinking of this, Zhou Tieyi looked at the five hundred people from the Yanhuang tribe. He now did have the ability to infuse more power into these people of the Yanhuang tribe, allowing them to directly become superior people, possess complete middle-grade strength from birth, and be able to mobilize the five elements of ancestral qi freely.

However, such races that are born extremely powerful are not uncommon, such as the Phoenix clan and the Dragon clan. But in the end, these two powerful races were still replaced by the human race. This also proves that although such a race that is born superior to others is a beneficial guarantee for individuals, it is not conducive to the development of the entire clan.

Moreover, according to Zhou Tieyi's calculations, if he further infuses power into the blood of the Yanhuang tribe, it will lead to a decrease in the fertility rate of the Yanhuang tribe and a lengthening of the growth cycle, because powerful life requires a longer time to nurture, which is also the basic rule of heaven and earth.

On the contrary, it would be best to maintain it at this level, relying on their own reproductive authority to strengthen the fertility of the Yanhuang tribe and offset part of the decline in fertility caused by the improvement in essence. At the same time, each individual retains a certain talent to manipulate the ancestral qi of heaven and earth, but does not completely enter the middle-grade ranks, allowing them to have a higher starting point and more plasticity.

After figuring this out, Zhou Tieyi did not infuse his power into the bodies of the Yanhuang tribe members. Instead, he reduced the concentration of the blood power in their bodies. However, in addition to the five elements, he added many rules that he later comprehended.

As Zhou Tieyi's thoughts fluctuated, the flickering bonfires in the bonfire pits revealed the images of gods with unobstructed brilliance, whose faces changed among all living beings.

"You are blessed with the blood of the gods, but you must not be arrogant and lazy. Otherwise, I can grant you this, or I can exempt you from it."

The people of the Wilderness Tribe, enveloped by the warm fire of humanity, responded respectfully, "We will obey the oracle."

Then Zhou Tieyi looked at the gods of the wild tribe one by one, "They will still be your followers from now on. You are responsible for teaching them. If you are negligent, I will banish you to the mortal world!"

The gods of the barbaric tribes who were reprimanded were surprised and delighted. They quickly bowed to Zhou Tieyi and said, "We will obey the orders of the Lord God."

When Cao Shan asked many humans from the barbaric tribes to preside over the bonfire sacrifice, the gods of these barbaric tribes were still worried whether the people of their tribes would completely belong to the Lord of Yanhuang in the future.

Although now that they are listed in the Taiyi Jade Disc, their actual power of faith has been uniformly distributed by Zhou Tieyi's Taiyi Jade Disc, but the habits formed over hundreds of years still make them feel that they can only feel at ease if they have believers of their own. This also applies to foreign gods such as the Xiaguang Kiln Master.

The unified distribution of Taiyi Jade Discs for the belief in gods is indeed a change that has never happened since ancient times. This is similar to the great unification in Shinto, which truly establishes Zhou Tieyi as the only supreme god and even splits the relationship between ordinary gods and believers.

Zhou Tieyi himself did not have a clear role model for this change. He could only roughly speculate that if he completely gathered the faith of his believers, a system similar to Western monotheism would be formed, where all glory came from God, and even angels and prophets were only carrying out God's will on earth.

This is certainly conducive to forming a unified fighting force and helping individuals achieve ascension, but it does not seem to be completely right for the development of the group. So at this point, Zhou Tieyi also adheres to the idea of ​​taking one step at a time and not doing things absolutely.

So in the eyes of these gods, Zhou Tieyi was actually using His great power to help them sort out the bloodlines of their followers. These bloodlines were still the continuation of their own rules, but they could be unified under the fire of humanity.

After roughly dealing with the affairs of Taihang Divine Court, Zhou Tieyi's consciousness returned to Tianjing's body. After thinking for a moment, he went towards Zhou's mother's Shouyi Courtyard.

At this time, a day and a night had passed quietly. When Zhou's mother saw Zhou Tieyi coming to her yard, she asked curiously, "Why did you have time to come to my yard today?" Zhou Tieyi grabbed a pear from the plate and bit into it, saying, "Why can't I come to my place, mother? Maybe she thinks I'm too noisy."

Mother Zhou looked at Zhou Tieyi for a while, then picked up a pear and a knife next to it and started to peel it. "I like you making trouble here all the time."

Although Zhou's mother does not participate in foreign affairs, she has a clear understanding of the current situation. As Zhou Tieyi participates more and more in Daxia's reforms, he has even more things to do than when he was the director of the Inspection Office of the God-Slaying Division.

For example, he only disappeared for a day and a night. Although he had already announced to the outside world that he had gained new insights into martial arts and needed a day of meditation, a sea of ​​official documents still flew to the Zhou Mansion. If he disappeared for a little longer, I'm afraid that the big shots would come to the Zhou Mansion in person to investigate the situation.

The fact that Zhou Tieyi could still find time to come to her despite being so busy was definitely not as simple as a child acting coquettishly in his mother's arms.

After peeling a pear, Zhou's mother handed the pear to Zhou Tieyi. She probably thought of the reason why her son came to find her, "Are you going to ask me if I have found the opportunity to enter the third rank?"

The trouble should end it.

At the beginning, Zhou's mother told Zhou Tieyi that her original emotional barrier had quietly transferred from Zhou's father to Zhou Tieyi. Because she had committed a murderous crime, she felt guilty towards others and could not get over the hurdle in her heart, so she wanted to teach Zhou Tieyi to leave a way out when doing things, as if to expect a glimmer of hope from heaven.

And now Zhou Tieyi's handling of the Moshi case has not only given thousands of people a glimmer of hope, but also promoted changes in the lives of people all over the world, bringing more vitality to the entire world. Although she does not go out, she knows that the people outside Tianjing, millions or tens of millions of people have benefited from Zhou Tieyi's kindness. When talking about Zhou Tieyi, they all praise him and almost recite the "Sheng Ming".

In this invisible process, the guilt she had felt towards others naturally disappeared. Although she was ignorant at that time and did not leave others a glimmer of hope, after she grew up, the son she taught was able to leave a glimmer of hope for people in the world. This is naturally what the Buddhists call good results from bad causes, with a beginning and an end.

“The one who understands me is my mother.”

Zhou Tieyi said this while shaking his head, and at the same time picked up the pear that Zhou's mother had peeled and started eating.

Mother Zhou frowned. Her knot in her heart was indeed untied, but she still didn't dare to rashly break through to the third level.

It was still the same reason as before. It seemed that she could not enter the third rank for a long time because of her emotional knot, but in fact, she was trapped on Yujing Mountain by Daxia's dragon trap from beginning to end. As a sub-sage seed chosen by Taoism, she was involved in too many things once she entered the third rank.

Now outsiders don’t know that her emotional tribulation has been transferred to Zhou Tieyi and has been resolved. They still think that she is trapped in Zhou Qinlong, and that she can only untie the knot when Zhou Qinlong’s life is about to end. So this is actually a kind of protection for both her and Zhou Qinlong.

"I have solved it. If you ask me about this..."

Mother Zhou thought for a moment and said, "Are you asking me if I can maintain this state and continue my cultivation after the third level?"

Zhou Tieyi nodded repeatedly. As long as his mother could hide her cultivation, the longer the better. However, Zhou Tieyi did not want his mother's cultivation to stagnate. Since his mother could see third-grade celestial phenomena when she was at the fourth grade, now that her heart knot had been freed and with his help, she would naturally be able to see higher-level scenery.

When Zhou's mother heard that her son did not let her break through to the third level immediately and cause more variables, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "How much do you know about the cultivation after the third level of Taoism?"

Zhou Tieyi smiled and said, "Isn't this what I was just about to ask you, mother?"

Although Zhou Tieyi is now able to learn about the Taoist practice after the third level through other people, only by asking Zhou's mother can he better understand the condition of Zhou's mother and the current emperor of Daxia.

Mother Zhou thought for a moment and said, "Taoist practice can be summarized in four sentences: refining essence into qi, refining qi into spirit, refining spirit into emptiness, and refining emptiness into Tao."

"The step of refining qi to transform into spirit is the entirety of the sixth to third level cultivation. First, use the ancestral qi of heaven and earth to nourish the Yin spirit. When the Yin spirit is full, it can initially leave the body. Then, with the help of the most yang and most rigid qi of heaven and earth, it can be transformed into the Yang spirit..."

At this point, Zhou's mother paused, "Of course, the 'earth immortal' theory you spread seems to be a good idea now."

"The Yang Spirit transforms, gathers Qi and condenses into a form, abandons its original flesh and blood body, and coexists with a certain kind of ancestral Qi of heaven and earth, which is called 'celestial phenomenon'."

"As soon as a thought moves, the ancestral qi rises, and the wind and clouds transform. This is indeed the power of the celestial phenomena."

Zhou Tieyi nodded in agreement.

"However, 'celestial phenomena' are external transformations. The third level of Taoism also includes the second level, which is the transformation of heaven and man that I demonstrated to you before. The Taoist Yang God gathered Qi and condensed into a form, discarding the old body. In fact, it already contains part of the principle of the transformation of heaven and man. When you first enter the third level, you can transform yourself, but you can't help others to transform. But as the third level of Taoism becomes more and more profound, you will master the mystery of the transformation of yin and yang between heaven and earth, and naturally you will be able to achieve harmony between heaven and man and transform all things."

After saying that, Zhou's mother picked up the pear core that Zhou Tieyi had left over, placed it in the palm of her hand, and then the five qi gathered, and the pear core took root and sprouted in the palm of her hand, growing healthily.

(End of this chapter)