Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin: I Set Taboos in the Heavens

After initially establishing his own small circle at the Brahma Theological Seminary, Fang Qing was neither satisfied nor complacent.

The identity of a Brahma disciple is just the beginning. To truly gain a foothold in the core of the Brahma Party, which is full of hidden talents, and to acquire more valuable information and resources, one must demonstrate even more dazzling value, especially in terms of cultivation and knowledge, and quickly establish an advantage.

The library of the Brahma Theological Seminary is undoubtedly the best place to achieve this goal.

This place houses countless cultivation methods, classics, secrets, illustrations, and research notes collected by the Brahma Party from all the heavens and the myriad worlds, as well as those created by themselves, making it a veritable ocean of knowledge.

It is said that the higher up the library, the more precious and profound the books are, and some have even transcended the category of ordinary books, becoming "living" intelligent entities or creations of laws.

On this day, Fang Qing went to the Sutra Repository.

The exterior of the library is not particularly grand; it is just a simple three-story tower constructed entirely of a dark golden sacred wood, exuding a faint fragrance of books and the aura of time.

However, Fang Qing could see that the tower itself was an extraordinary artifact, with its own world inside, layer upon layer of space, and extremely mysterious.

With the Brahma Token, he easily entered the first level.

The first floor is already extremely spacious, like a large library planet, with countless bookshelves neatly arranged, on which float various materials such as jade slips, animal skin scrolls, gold foil books, crystal balls... categorized and vast.

However, most of the knowledge here is basic or general in nature, and its reference value to Fang Qing is limited.

Without pausing, he headed straight for the spiral staircase leading to the second floor.

The moment Fang Qing stepped into the second floor, the scene before him caused a slight change in his expression.

This is not a floor; it is clearly an independent and vast world of books.

The sky, a vast dome of knowledge composed of countless flowing silver characters and mysterious runes, slowly rotates, casting down a glimmer of light containing a torrent of information.

The earth is paved with huge, mountain-like books, and the surface of these books is covered with forest-like three-dimensional text and ever-changing images.

The air was filled with the rich fragrance of books and the fluctuations of laws, and one could even see some book spirits, formed from pure knowledge or thoughts, floating and communicating.

Even more astonishing is that deep within this world, there exist individual books of unimaginable size.

Fang Qing cast his gaze into the distance, where a giant book, seemingly crafted from stars and bearing the four ancient characters "Star Evolution Record" on its cover, floated silently. Its size was comparable to that of a small galaxy.

The book was not completely closed; between the slightly open pages, a dazzling galaxy of light and shadow flowed, and one could vaguely see countless stars being born and dying, even evolving into scenes of the alternation of the sun and moon, and the rise and fall of civilizations.

This book is no longer just a book, but a "book kingdom" that has its own world and a complete system of laws.

You can even see some strangely shaped elemental spirits or energy creatures derived from the laws in the book, living and multiplying among them.

The books themselves have evolved to this extent! This is quite a mystery.

Every book here is exceptional.

These are either works painstakingly crafted by ancient mythological beings, imbued with their own insights into the Great Dao, or natural treasures or innate laws that have naturally condensed into books over countless years.

Or it may be the core knowledge left behind by an advanced mechanical civilization.

They themselves contain unimaginable wisdom and power. Through long years of gestation and mutual exchange, many have developed a vague self-awareness and cultivated all sorts of incredible supernatural abilities.

They can freely traverse the void, absorb knowledge and nutrients to evolve, and some can even deduce a corner of the past and future.

To read and acquire the core knowledge from these living books, one often has to pay a price: either demonstrate sufficient strength and wisdom to gain their approval, or make a deal and meet their conditions.

Fang Qing strolled through this strange world of books, his divine sense sweeping across the surrounding books, sensing the varying degrees of intensity and subtlety, as well as the boldness and flamboyance of the auras emanating from them.

Many books sensed his arrival; some conveyed curiosity, some emitted warning signals, and others tried to lure him closer to the transaction with fragments of knowledge.

Fang Qing arrived at a mountain range of bookshelves. In the center of the mountain range, a huge book with a dark gold cover depicting complex mechanical structures and energy circuit patterns was trembling slightly. The spine of the book was imprinted with the six ancient characters "Secret Essentials of Ingenious Craftsmanship".

The aura it emitted had clearly reached the level of the Shattered Profound Realm.

Around the book, a strange, semi-mechanical, semi-energy-based field was formed, consisting of intricate gears, energy channels, and suspended light screens. Countless tiny, metallic insect-like "page sprites" busily moved within it, seemingly maintaining the operation of this field.

As Fang Qing approached, the book "Secrets of Ingenious Craftsmanship" suddenly shone brightly, and the face of an old man, dignified yet cunning, appeared on the cover.

"A young Brahma, an unfamiliar aura... Hmm? He's simultaneously cultivating the Heavenly Punishment Divine Art of both the Wood and Water elements? An interesting little fellow."

The old man's voice was deep and metallic, "Are you trying to uncover the secrets within me? Heh heh, I possess the ultimate manufacturing technology of an ancient, advanced mechanical civilization, microscopic material analysis, and the fundamental laws of the physical universe."

"good."

Fang Qing nodded calmly.

"Hehe, knowledge is priceless, especially for an ancient being like me who has witnessed the rise and fall of seven mechanical eras and recorded countless crystallizations of civilization's wisdom."

The old man's face revealed a shrewd smile. "If you want to view my core knowledge, you must pay a sufficient price. I currently need three catties of Void Eternal Gold Heart, ten Entangled Source Stones, and the pure essence blood of at least one Immortal Lord-level expert. We can make a deal: you go out and find these treasures for me, and I will open the corresponding knowledge base to you. How about it?"

Fang Qing raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

This book spirit is quite the businessman, offering rather harsh conditions. The Void Eternal Gold Heart and the Entangled Source Stone are both rare and top-tier divine materials. It seems that these books, which have developed sentience, have come to regard themselves as independent intelligent life forms with their own desires and evolutionary needs.

"trade?"

Fang Qing suddenly laughed, a laugh tinged with indifference and undeniable authority. "If you were a living cultivator, making a deal with me would be fine. But you are merely a book that has gained sentience, a tool for carrying knowledge. I am a Brahma Child, entitled to access the scriptures in the library. Why would I need to make a deal with you?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his aura suddenly changed, and a vast, domineering, and terrifying will, mixed with a trace of supreme aura originating from chaos, erupted.

"Boom!"

A deep, earth-shattering shout, a pure tremor of will, burst forth from Fang Qing's mouth.

The intricate mechanical domain formed by the spirit of the book "Secrets of Ingenious Craftsmanship," powerful enough to withstand attacks from ordinary immortals, was instantly covered in cracks under this shout of will, and then shattered with a crash.

Countless gears flew apart, energy channels broke, and the metal page sprites scattered in terror.

The star system kingdom where the book itself was located trembled violently. The layers of restrictions and protective runes set up within it were forced open by this domineering will, like ice and snow under the sun.

"You...you dare to rob me?! That's breaking the rules!"

The old man's face showed utter horror; he felt an irresistible force, beyond his logical understanding, locking onto him.

Fang Qing didn't give it any more time to react.

He took a step forward, his figure seemingly ignoring spatial distance, and appeared directly above the huge dark gold book.

A chaotic, giant hand materialized out of thin air, its five fingers spread wide, exuding a terrifying Daoist aura that could encompass and suppress everything, and it fiercely grabbed down at the book.

"No!" The book spirit let out a desperate scream, trying to activate the various mechanical killing arrays, energy cannons, and space warp devices contained within the book to resist.

But all attacks that fell into the hands of Chaos were like mud oxen entering the sea, silently swallowed and dissolved.

The large hand gesture pierced through the book's last protective aura, seizing its core, the "spine."

"Get out here!"

Fang Qing gave a cold shout, exerted force in his arm, and his true energy surged wildly. The huge book, comparable to a small galaxy, began to shrink and deform violently in his hand, and the mechanical patterns and spiritual light on its surface quickly dimmed and subsided.

Finally, with a mournful cry of unwillingness, the entire "Secret Essentials of Ingenious Craftsmanship" transformed into a palm-sized "Iron Token of Crimson Scripture," radiating a metallic luster and faint fluctuations of laws, which lay quietly in his palm.

At the same time, a massive torrent of knowledge, like a galaxy pouring out, surged from this iron certificate and rushed directly into Fang Qing's sea of ​​consciousness.

Countless images, formulas, structural diagrams, and explanations of principles... the magnificent creations of ancient mechanical civilizations, various incredible material synthesis and microscopic manipulation techniques, observations and understandings of different dimensions of the physical universe, and even certain "fragments of truth" involving the transformation of energy and matter...

This vast and sophisticated scientific knowledge was rapidly received, analyzed, digested, and absorbed by Fang Qing's extraordinary spiritual power, becoming part of his knowledge system.

Although many specific manufacturing processes cannot be immediately replicated due to limitations in materials and environment, the underlying ideas, principles, and different perspectives on the rules of the world have provided great inspiration for him to perfect his own Dao, especially to enrich the evolutionary possibilities of the chaotic inner world.

The book spirit's strength is definitely among the best in the Shattered Profound Realm. Combined with its special mechanical domain and the restrictions within the book, it is enough to give most cultivators of the same level a headache.

But in the face of Fang Qing’s extremely high will and strength, it was as ridiculous as a child waving a stick, and was instantly subdued and deprived of the ability to resist.

"Everyone! This boy is vicious and arrogant! He dares to forcibly seize the spirit of the book and break the ancient rules of the Scripture Pavilion! We cannot let him continue to act so recklessly! Activate the 'Ten Thousand Books Ban' to expel him!"

The "Secrets of Ingenious Craftsmanship" book spirit, stripped of most of its spirituality and power of resistance, and left with only a faint will, emitted a final, sharp wave of will, appealing for help from other powerful book spirits around it.

In this second-level library, there are quite a few powerful book spirits. Although they are not a single entity, they share a certain tacit understanding and set of rules.

Fang Qing's tyrannical methods did indeed anger some powerful beings.

"Hmph! Little Brahma, how dare you act so wildly!"

"To forcibly seize knowledge is against the natural order! It should be punished!"

"Expel him!"

In an instant, several enormous books nearby, each possessing an equally powerful aura, trembled, their pages turning and emitting dazzling light and terrifying fluctuations of laws.

A divine book of flames spewed forth scorching flames, a codex of ice descended with absolute zero freezing air, a scroll of destiny projected out threads of distorted cause and effect, and the general principles of formations evolved into a trapping and killing array...

Several powerful attacks came from different directions, bombarding Fang Qing.

They will join forces to activate part of the restrictive power of this "world of books" to drive out this unruly intruder.

Fang Qing remained expressionless, not even glancing at the incoming attacks.

He had just finished digesting the knowledge in "The Secrets of Ingenious Machines and Crafts," and his mind was immersed in some kind of wonderful insight and deduction.

Faced with attacks from all sides, he simply stomped his foot lightly.

"Buzz!"

A chaotic force field spread out from him.

The blazing flames entered the force field, their structure was analyzed, and their energy was absorbed.

The absolute zero freezing air was neutralized and eliminated by a trace of warmth in the force field.

The threads of cause and effect touched chaos, instantly causing disorder.

The runes of the trapping and killing formation fell into the force field and disintegrated on their own, like a sandcastle encountering water.

All attacks vanished silently when they approached within three zhang of Fang Qing, as if they had never existed.

This scene caused all the book spirits who had made their moves to freeze, their minds filled with horror.

What kind of power is this? How could it so easily neutralize their combined attack? This child is no ordinary Brahma!
Fang Qing ignored them.

He moved with lightning speed, rushing towards the direction he sensed. Along the way, any book spirits that tried to stop or test him were easily suppressed by him, and then their knowledge was absorbed.

Soon, Fang Qing arrived at a special area in this world of books.

Here, there is no vast kingdom of books, only a hazy, multicolored mist slowly swirling.

In the center of the light mist, floats an ancient divine image that, though seemingly small, appears to contain the mysteries of the five elements of the entire universe.

The divine image is neither gold, jade, nor silk, and its material is difficult to discern. There are no specific words on it, only five intertwined, ever-flowing yet constantly evolving and dying divine lights.

These five-colored divine lights are constantly flowing and changing, sometimes generating each other to create endless vitality and creation, and sometimes counteracting each other to unleash the aura of destruction and annihilation.

Amidst the flow of divine light, countless minute and profound runes appeared and disappeared, as if the ultimate principles of heaven and earth themselves were breathing and pulsating.

"The Divine Diagram of the Origin and Mystery of the Great Brahma's Punishment of the Five Elements Qi Gong!"

Fang Qing smiled slightly.

In an instant, his consciousness was drawn into a boundless world composed of pure Five Elements laws.

He saw the boundless vitality of wood, the unyielding weight of earth, the prairie fire of civilization, the ultimate softness and strength of water, and the destructive edge of metal...

These five fundamental forces, mutually generating and restraining each other, cycle endlessly, forming the cornerstone of world stability and evolution.

Deeper still, he saw the aggregation and fission of the five elements under extreme conditions, and the complete evolutionary process of the four great calamities of “formation,” “dwelling,” “destruction,” and “emptiness.”

As a result, five-colored divine light intertwined and rotated around his body, forming a perfect five-element great cycle halo.

One lap... two laps... three laps...

The halo of the Five Elements Reincarnation rotated and overlapped at high speed along an incomparably mysterious trajectory.

With each rotation, the radiance becomes more refined, and the true meaning of the law deepens!
Ten laps... twenty laps... thirty-six laps... forty-nine laps... sixty-four laps... seventy-two laps... eighty-one laps.

Eighty-one cycles of reincarnation!

The five elements are perfectly aligned!

Life goes on and on, the cycle never ends!
The highest realm of the Great Brahma's Punishment Five Elements Qi Gong has been reached! (End of Chapter)