Becoming a god starts from planting a Bodhi tree.

Chapter 466 Plucking the Sun and Moon with One Hand, Using the Void as a Furnace
These two guys...

Ji Jingqiu pondered for a moment, wondering if it was his recent neglect that had made them feel a sense of crisis?

But Hela didn't seem to have any sense of crisis; on the contrary, she seemed to have a lot of confidence.

Ji Jingqiu ignored Wu Zhou for the time being and said to Hela:

"Then you should become a water god."

The inner universe he constructed had Sumeru at its center, surrounded by a sea of ​​water that converged from the eight virtues. Lajang, with her human body and snake tail, was perfectly suited to be a water god guarding the mountain.

"What water god?" Hela frowned, looking at Ji Jingqiu suspiciously, feeling that this guy had ill intentions.

Ji Jingqiu had already turned and left, feeling sentimental. Compared to Wu Zhou, he still preferred La Jiang, who had accompanied him all the way. He not only paid attention to her but also promised her a "territory" in the future.

As for Wu Zhou's suggestion, it's as if he can shirk his responsibilities just because he didn't succeed.

Once I break through to the Heavenly Venerable realm, I will begin to try the Other Shore Method left behind by Master Mu. At that time, my restless mind will require the Heavenly Demon as a guide.

Back then, Master Mu used Wu Zhou's hand to slay the Heart Monkey.

"Aren't you going into the inner world?" Ji Jingqiu asked Brother Jian Guang as he prepared to leave the cave.

The sword light circled the Devouring Serpent once, and exclaimed in surprise, "It's growing quite fast! This little guy's cultivation level is already higher than yours."

Youlan recognized the sword light that had stolen its bed, its eyes filled with hostility, and it really wanted to slap the other's tail.

However, its instincts as a void behemoth told it that even though it had broken through to the eighth realm, its opponent was still very dangerous, and there was still a long way to go.

The little guy turned his head and ran towards Ji Jingqiu.

"Huh, your little rascal hasn't even reached his peak yet." The sword light gleamed slightly as he exclaimed in surprise, "Entering the Heavenly Venerable realm, or is it still in the growth stage... Interesting. Let's see if this little snake can break through the limits of its species."

"What do you mean?"

Ji Jingqiu walked over, reached out and rubbed the little guy's head. The little guy squinted and rubbed against his palm, then leaped onto Ji Jingqiu's head and lay there.

"The growth period means that it still has room to grow. When it finally enters its peak period, there will be a great leap, and it will be set at that point. This is the upper limit of a creature like it."

"The ancestor of the Primordial Palace did just that. Back then, he used some secret method to delay his entry into his peak period for several epochs. Finally, with a leap from the peak, he broke free from the shackles of the River of Time in the Boundary Sea, entered the Realm of Returning to Truth, and became one of the ancestral beasts of the giant beast race."

"Let's see if your little one can reach the True Saint realm before the end of his growth period. If there's a chance, we can go to the Primordial Palace to look for secret techniques."

Upon hearing Brother Jian Guang's words, Ji Jingqiu seemed to understand something and asked, "To break through to the Realm of Returning to Truth, one needs to break free from the River of Time in the Boundary Sea?"

"To be precise, it is all worlds," Jian Guang corrected. "You have all transcended the long river of fate and time, completely broken free, and attained great freedom."

"Is this the key to breaking through the threshold of transcendence?" Ji Jingqiu asked.

He had heard from Chi Yinghuo about three paths to transcendence.

Jian Guang was also present at the time, and claimed that this was merely a "Great Dao Explanation" by a certain transcendent being, and that those who learn from him will live, while those who imitate him will die; it did not actually point to three paths to transcendence.

"Breaking free from constraints is a threshold, not a way to transcend." The sword light flickered. "In this era, it is far more difficult to transcend than before. The Boundary Sea cannot accommodate such transcendence. In fact, the difficulty of transcending has been increasing for a long time."

Ji Jingqiu frowned: "You mean, one person is one job, and there's a predetermined fate for transcendence?"

"That's indeed a saying..."

Sword Light was lost in memories.
"But it was later proven to be inaccurate. As for how to break through and transcend, I have mentioned it to you before: establish merit and achieve success, win people over with virtue, which is to become a 'saint' through merit."

Jian Guang regained his senses: "There is no fixed path to transcendence. Everyone has their own path. Among the known transcendents, very few have the same path. Even among those who have achieved sainthood through merit, there are many differences."

“There was a transcendent being called ‘Phoenix King’, who was a primordial divine bird. He attained enlightenment by embracing the five primordial virtues. His path to enlightenment was to search all realms and incorporate the five primordial virtues of all heavens into himself. No one knows how many of the five primordial virtues he absorbed. In any case, there has never been a second ‘Phoenix King’ in later generations.”

"My original self also attained sainthood through meritorious deeds in the past, but it was through the supreme merit of quelling the chaos in the Boundary Sea that I laid the foundation for my Dao. Compared with the Phoenix King, we are two completely different paths."

"How did Taixu attain enlightenment back then?" Ji Jingqiu couldn't help but ask.

The sword light flashed a few times: "Those Great Dao Ancestors, whose Dao pervades all realms, are themselves the Great Dao, so how can they talk about attaining the Dao?"

Ji Jingqiu frowned. Was the Great Dao Ancestor one of the paths to enlightenment? Or was it the Dao that permeated all realms?

That Phoenix King also attained enlightenment by embodying the five innate virtues of all realms in the Hejiehai.

This sounds like a path where quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

"First establish your foundation as a Celestial Venerable, then plan for the future." The sword light spoke, transforming into a swimming fish that swam on Ji Jingqiu's shoulder.

In its words, it has already sealed off its aura. As long as it doesn't unleash its true power, even outside the Void Realm, it won't be able to detect it.

Ji Jingqiu could clearly feel that the sword light had "opened up" many permissions to him.

In particular, the topic of detached beings is no longer avoided, and they have even begun to bring it up proactively.

Good news!

He composed himself, temporarily suppressing his curiosity about transcendence, and left the cave. After bidding a temporary farewell to Shouji, he randomly chose a direction and left the stronghold.

Not long after, Ji Jingqiu found the location of the main universe of the Taixu Realm and stepped into it.

A powerful and vast will swept over him coldly and ruthlessly, like a filter.

This will came quickly and went quickly, flashing by in an instant.

After confirming that there were no unexpected events, Ji Jingqiu walked towards the place where the stars were shining.

As the ancestral land of the Great Dao, the Taixu Realm's starry sky appears somewhat "dim".

The universe remains as vast as ever, the deep space as endless as ever, and the Great Dao appears even more magnificent and boundless than anywhere else, yet one cannot sense any aura belonging to the powerful.

As for the Netherworld, it is a place where civilizations coexist, sacred temples are high in the sky, and divine kingdoms stand in great numbers, making it a truly dazzling and magnificent place.

However, the Taixu Realm was very "peaceful," as if there were no traces of the extraordinary here, yet a strong Daoist aura lingered everywhere.

Ji Jingqiu attempted to unite his mind with the Dao of Heaven and Earth, where all things in the universe coexist. With the help of the power of the Dao, his vision expanded infinitely, and he saw countless crystalline grains of sand, which were actually stars.

Ji Jingqiu adjusted his state, sensed the fluctuations of the surrounding world, locked onto a sea of ​​stars in front of him, his Dharma form stood tall and firm, one hand slowly reached into the deep space, covering a section of the starry sky. Even a star seemed insignificant in front of the large hand, and was grasped into his palm and calmly withdrawn.

Golden starlight streamed down from my palm, like a dream.

In the distance, a star disappears from its predetermined trajectory, stirring up a mighty gale that howls through the universe.

Ji Jingqiu flipped the stars in the world in his palm, a slight ripple stirring in his heart.

In my youth, I believed that the place where the stars stood was the end of the journey, and I even carved on the eternal blade in my heart, "Follow this arduous journey, and you will reach the stars."

Today, with a flick of his wrist, he can grasp a distant star in his hand.

For him, plucking stars and seizing the moon was as easy as turning his hand.

Ji Jingqiu exhaled softly, then turned and stuffed the star into his inner world, hanging it above the sky.

Then, he looked up and could feel a pair of cold eyes staring at him from the shadows, devoid of emotion, only coldness and emptiness.

Soon, the feeling of being watched disappeared.

The other person seemed to have closed their eyes.

Ji Jingqiu nodded. Although it would attract the attention of Heaven, it should be fine in the short term, and he could move the goods with peace of mind.

Sword Light muttered, "Did Taixu really mark you, letting you run wild in his dojo? What exactly did you do on your path to returning to the true self?"

Ji Jingqiu casually said, "You know I've always respected the elderly and cared for the young, but I always encounter troublemakers. I had to subdue a group of fellow Daoists by taking action, otherwise this path wouldn't be smooth." Jian Guang scoffed. This kid was just bragging. Those who could embark on the Path of Returning to Truth weren't just the top Heavenly Monarchs from various families; the avatars of all the Returning to Truth cultivators were among them.

But it suddenly remembered the strength that Ji Jingqiu had displayed before he became a Heavenly Monarch, and its heart skipped a beat, so it chose to remain silent.

With the test complete, Ji Jingqiu officially began the "moving".

To move someone else's home into your own.

He strolled through the endless depths of space, his movements displaying unparalleled power, as if plucking stars and grasping the moon, a myth brought to life.

Each star was plucked by his own hands and sent into his inner world, rapidly enriching and expanding its scale.

Initially, this nascent inner universe had a sun and moon, but no stars, no life, and was utterly desolate.

As the stars are arranged in the sky, they are like candles lit up on "earth," forming a whole that illuminates the dark universe, and life is born from this.

The intense Daoist aura permeated the world, but it did not cause a qualitative change. Instead, it continued to accumulate, waiting for the moment to break free and shock the entire world.

As Jian Guang watched Ji Jingqiu move about as if he were in an empty place, plucking stars at will, he felt a constant sense of unease and couldn't bring himself to sit down.

It was like witnessing Ji Jingqiu enter someone else's backyard and, without the owner's permission, begin to harvest the flowers and plants that the owner had carefully cultivated, and it just so happened that it knew that this family had a terrible temper...

Jian Guang finally couldn't hold back any longer and wanted to advise Ji Jingqiu to take it easy and suggest that they come back another time and rest first.

Just then, a chilling feeling arose out of nowhere, without any warning, that made the Moon-Slaying Sword Light "goosebumps"!
If it had a true form, even if it were a true saint-level powerhouse at this moment, it would be drenched in sweat for the first time in a long time, its hair standing on end and its body feeling like it was about to burst!
The sword light gasped, taking in the essence of heaven and earth:

"Oh no! Kid Ji, you've really messed up!"

"It wasn't that Taixu marked you earlier, but rather that several stars were outside Taixu's range!"

"Do you have any connection with Taixu?! If not, let's run away quickly, I'll cover you..."

A thought resonated deep within Ji Jingqiu's mind, accompanied by a soft laugh that was difficult to discern as either benevolent or malicious, and a greeting was sent:

"World Honored One, have you eaten your fill?"

Ji Jingqiu glanced at his inner world, then, as if patting his stomach after a meal, weighed his own capacity before speaking sincerely and earnestly:

"Not even close."

The voice laughed loudly:
"Then continue!"

"How can we let our distinguished guests leave hungry?"

Suddenly, the surrounding world darkened, and stars emerged from the void, dazzling and bright, forming a vast sea of ​​stars, like a microcosm of the entire Taixu Realm's main universe, which Ji Jingqiu could take as he pleased.

Countless strands of starlight fell down, and Ji Jingqiu felt as if he had been plunged into a sea of ​​stars, surrounded by dazzling starlight and the intense Daoist aura accumulated over countless lifetimes.

This completely moved Ji Jingqiu, who exclaimed, "This is the grand gift you spoke of?"

That thought resurfaced in his mind, unfolding like a lotus flower:

"This is just a banquet. Whether we can get the real gift depends on the World Honored One's abilities."

"We are honored to have such a distinguished guest today, but unfortunately the host is not at home. Please make yourselves at home."

With a soft laugh, the lotus flower withered slowly, and the thought that remained in the will of Heaven vanished.

Between heaven and earth, the Great Dao roared, and the will of Heaven descended, granting Ji Jingqiu the invisible protection of the Heavenly Dao.

Ji Jingqiu welcomed all who came, embracing these stars that had accumulated and settled over countless ages.

at the same time.

His mind was as still as a mustard seed, wandering freely within his own inner world.

All the stars in the heavens contained the vast and profound Dao intent, appearing as flowing clouds and water, slowly rotating. As the stars shifted and the constellations moved, the Dao intent was abundant, the Great Dao circulated, the principles of Heaven circulated, and the cycle of Heaven was endless.

The magnificent spectacle!

Seeing this, Youlan's eyes lit up, and she suddenly rushed into Ji Jingqiu's inner world. As if returning home, she revealed her true form. Her body, spanning tens of light-years, stretched out straight, like a boundary. It wandered through the starry sky, traveling among the stars, and sorting out the invisible "Dao veins" in this world.

Ji Jingqiu looked up and realized he was on the right path.

The sight of countless stars gave this world an initial sense of boundless grandeur, while the fusion of the fragments of returning to the truth added a touch of realism.

When the two are combined, the fake becomes indistinguishable from the real thing, and this world can be created.

"The stars are dazzling, but the sun and moon are still missing to set them off."

Ji Jingqiu muttered to himself, the countless stars he had brought from the Taixu Realm now appeared dim and dull, their brilliance stolen.

next moment.

As the saying goes, so it is.

The universe and starry sky seemed to transform into a furnace, gathering the essence of the heavens and the moon, fusing it with the principles of Yin and Yang, and beginning to refine a "great elixir".

The vast emptiness is the furnace, and the sun and moon are the fuel.

……

A small boat drifted in from the depths of the starry sky, with a figure in a straw raincoat sitting at the bow, holding a fishing rod, fishing for something unknown.

The old man suddenly stopped and looked into the distance. When he saw what the young man was doing, he was taken aback.

"Huh? Where did this madman come from?"

In the distant starry sky, someone, draped in the stars and moon, with clothes fluttering in the wind, walks and strolls through the vast sea of ​​stars, casually capturing the sun, moon, and stars. His Dao power extends to the endless distances of the universe, to star fields hundreds of trillions of miles away, peeling stars from the starry sky and sending them into his own inner world.

It was like an ancient gluttonous beast, devouring the heavens and the earth with unbridled joy!
The old man hissed and muttered, "What's going on? Aren't they afraid of the backlash from heaven and earth? No, why are they acting so recklessly, yet heaven and earth haven't intervened? Could it be..."

His eyes suddenly lit up, as if an unprecedented opportunity had presented itself before him. His hand, gripping the fishing rod, trembled with excitement. The rod suddenly straightened, transformed into a ribbon, and lashed out, hooking a "galaxy".

"Get up for me!"

The old man laughed loudly, and suddenly pulled up the fishing rod in his hand, pulling up an entire galaxy, as if drawing up a painting.

The next moment, the old man's hair suddenly stood on end, and he looked up sharply, only to see a bolt of chaotic heavenly lightning pierce through the void and strike down!

With a strange cry, even the fishing rod was thrown down. The old man abandoned the boat and fled. The fishing rod and the light boat were both blown to pieces by the chaotic heavenly thunder.

The old man glanced painfully at the shattered, boneless boat, then turned and looked hopefully in the direction of the young man, hoping he would be like him.

He waited for a long time, but no lightning bolt fell. Instead, he saw countless suns, moons, and stars fall into his hands, making him question the meaning of life.

Was it just bad luck of mine?
He changed to another starry sky and used the Star Shifting Technique again, but this time before he could make a move, the sound of thunder rolling down came from the infinite heights.

"You damn heavens, are you not being reasonable?" the old man roared in anger, immediately launching into a tirade of curses.

With a deafening roar, a massive thunderclap echoed as countless bolts of lightning covered the sky and the earth, piercing through space and time, and, accompanied by divine runes of order, locked onto the old man.

The old man felt a chill run down his spine and turned to run away as fast as he could, lest he be a step too slow!
"I am Ganni Niang!"

"Are you blind?! There's another one over there!"

"I was wrong! I was wrong! I admit my mistake and accept my punishment!"

"Stop chopping! You really know you were wrong!"

(End of this chapter)