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Chapter 394 Qi Ping's Derivative Laws

No one expected that behind this sudden continental war was an invasion by alien races!
"My God, how could it be a demon invasion!"

Some people couldn't help but exclaim in surprise upon hearing the news, their expressions and tones filled with fear and panic.

"Huh? It's just the demon race? With Senior Bee Taoist and the others holding the line, there shouldn't be no chance of winning, right? Are the demon race really that terrifying?"

Some cultivators who were unfamiliar with the demon race disagreed.

"Terrible? Those are demons! Have you ever seen those cruel and terrifying demonic cultivators and evil cultivators?"

"Of course I've seen it. Look at all the footage that's been leaked this time. And let me tell you, just thinking about it gives me goosebumps."

As many gruesome images surfaced in their minds, some cultivators broke out in a cold sweat uncontrollably, and their bodies felt slightly chilled. This was a life instinctive reaction to seeing terrifying things; if one had not seen many similar horrific scenes, it would be absolutely unbearable psychologically.

Many people are terrified just by seeing images, let alone experiencing such a scene firsthand.

"In the face of the demon race, demonic cultivators of this caliber are nothing but child's play!"

"what?"

"how is this possible?"

These words instantly shocked those who had only a superficial understanding of the demon race, leaving them wide-eyed in astonishment.

No way?
These demons are terrifying to this extent!

"How could that be? Ha! You think the demons are just strange spirit beasts? You're wrong!"

"The demon race cannot even be considered a complete living being. They are among the most terrifying beings recorded in the cultivation world, and they even nearly caused the destruction of the cultivation world at one point!"

"You think the demon race is just a creature that's a bit more bizarre and terrifying than monsters, and that you can win by being a little stronger or having more people. But that's pure wishful thinking. The demon race is a being that embodies all the evil thoughts of all the worlds!"

"Aside from the possibility of some communication with their higher-ups, the rest of the demons are extremely insane. Their cunning, cruelty, and madness far surpass any cultivator you have ever seen!"

"In addition, they possess the most bizarre forms and formidable vitality. Their bodies will undergo any form of distortion in order to gain power. To this day, no living being knows how many forms the demon race has, not even the demon race itself!"

"Each form of demon has its own unique and terrifying methods, and the location of its life core is completely different. However, there is only one way to kill a demon: to repeatedly obliterate its life core."

"But before engaging in combat, no one can be certain where the life core of the demon you are fighting is, how many life cores it has, how many times it needs to be destroyed to kill it, or what level of power is needed to completely destroy the demon's life core in one go. If you make a mistake even once, you may be completely killed by the opponent!"

"Do you still think this kind of creature is easy to mess with?"

"And that's not even the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is the demons' terrifying desire for remains and to devour other living beings. Some even suspect that if the demons don't invade other worlds, they will collapse on their own. So under these circumstances, their desire for other living beings will be even stronger than our desire for elixirs and panaceas!"

"Therefore, they feel no fear. They will relentlessly attack and devour any life they can kill, regardless of the cost. As for life they cannot defeat, they will use every means to lie in wait, waiting for the moment to deliver the fatal blow."

"This is the most terrifying and troublesome existence in all the heavens and myriad realms!"

As this knowledgeable cultivator unveiled a chapter of the demon race's terrifying secrets, everyone who heard his words was so shocked that they were speechless, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.

An irresistible chill spread throughout my body, and panic and fear instantly engulfed me!
How could there be such a terrifying creature?

The thought that every demon is a more terrifying and powerful being than a demon cultivator involuntarily spreads a sense of powerlessness. Is such a race really something that human beings can resist?

Faced with such a race, do they, the Star Sea Continent, really have a chance to survive?

As news about the demon race gradually spread, the entire Starsea Continent was plunged into extreme panic.

While the news of the demon invasion plunged the entire Star Sea Continent into panic, Qi Ping, located in the Natural Sanctuary of the Azure Sky Domain, was slowly calming down the extreme killing intent brought about by the mass slaughter of cultivators.

Qi Ping had never imagined that the negative influence of [Heaven and Earth and All Living Beings] would be so strong.

As those cultivators perished in large numbers, countless violent killing intents and angry emotions erupted from Qi Ping's foundation. These emotions originated from the power of Qi Ping's foundation itself, not from Qi Ping's own feelings.

When he broke through to the Nascent Soul stage and condensed the foundation of all living beings in the world, he received the blessing of the power of all living beings, which gave him extremely high-level power. This is the source of his extraordinary power in the Nascent Soul stage. Even when his foundation was fully opened and he used the power of space, he was enough to fight against cultivators in the Void Refinement stage!
The main source of this power comes from the [Heaven and Earth and All Living Beings] phenomenon condensed in his foundation. This is a power that transcends his own realm, like a pure-blooded dragon in the Nascent Soul stage using the power of its bloodline to unleash the strongest innate divine power of the Ancestral Dragon.

However, what Qi Ping consumed was not his bloodline, but his own foundational phenomenon, which had been condensed with the help of the power of the Earth Immortal Druid and the power of all living beings in the Azure Sky Domain.

This time, most of the killing intent and emotions emanating from Qi Ping's body erupted as a strange phenomenon. This killing intent and anger can enhance combat power in battle, but if it is not eliminated, it will also have a great impact on Qi Ping himself. At the very least, his cultivation and comprehension will be absolutely impossible to fight.

"Sigh, you can only say there are gains and losses. Compared to the benefits, this little bit of negative effect, though troublesome, is still unacceptable!" He forged this path of cultivation himself, so naturally he has to bear the consequences and continue walking it.

"However, it's not entirely appropriate to describe it as a negative impact. It's simply an emotion that naturally arises after the fall of a large number of living beings. Perhaps this is a kind of rule, and one of the fundamental rules of the world."

"The power of heaven and earth is inextricably linked to living beings themselves. So it could be said that living beings are the core of heaven and earth, and the core purpose of a powerful heaven and earth is to provide a suitable place for living beings to survive and grow."

As Qi Ping pondered the events that had transpired, he also reflected on his understanding of this world, gradually gaining a deeper understanding of his cultivation path and his current foundation.

"Therefore, as long as the beings in a region continue to grow stronger, the region itself will also become stronger under this influence. So, the form of the region itself is actually not limited; the most important thing is that it can support the growth of the beings it inhabits."

"In that case, no matter how simple the structure of the world is, as long as living beings can thrive in it, there will be no problem. For example, if this world is a vast ocean with only one kind of aquatic spiritual plant and one kind of fish that feeds on the spiritual plant, that would be enough to constitute a world!"

"It's just that such a world is too simplistic and weak. If we want the world to become stronger, it must accommodate more, stronger, more complex and stable living environments!"

"Because once the living environment collapses and a large number of living beings perish, the world itself will face a huge crisis. The negative emotions generated after a large number of living beings die, and even if too many perish, may lead to a significant weakening and collapse of power."

"Therefore, anything that disrupts the stability of the environment or causes the collapse of the ecosystem will be disliked by the world. This includes creatures like the Demon Insect King, which can directly cause the collapse of the entire ecosystem, or those that engage in large-scale slaughter."

"In other words, this is not a negative effect or a wrong path in cultivation, but rather a fundamental rule of the world. It is neither good nor bad; different actions naturally lead to different consequences."

"All methods and systems of cultivation are ultimately just ways of utilizing power! Power itself is mysterious and profound, but its fundamental rules are not unfathomable."

"For example, sword cultivators practice the Way of the Sword. Their strength lies in how much power they can leverage. Whether it's the enhancement of spiritual power or the deepening of their understanding of the Way of the Sword, they can increase the power they can leverage. The strength of the laws of the Sword also depends on the understanding of sword cultivators throughout the world, which will become the cornerstone for the growth of the laws of the Sword."

"However, the laws of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements are different from the laws of swordsmanship. Because they are fundamental laws, their strength is fixed and related to the world itself. When fundamental laws are intertwined with countless other laws, they create various forms of power."

"Similar to the laws of swordsmanship, it belongs to a type of derivative law. It is another level of development of power based on the basic laws, so its strength can continue to increase, and even far exceed the basic laws themselves in the ultimate combination."

"So, the upper limit of one's power is completely different depending on which path one chooses to comprehend. A person who reaches the pinnacle of swordsmanship could easily and easily defeat someone who follows archery, unless that archer can comprehend other laws and elevate archery to a level that surpasses swordsmanship."

"The Yin-Yang and Five Elements path is the foundation, but it does not mean that the foundation is stronger than other derived laws. Its real advantage lies in its strong foundation and the ability to derive all laws."

"Comprehending the laws of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements will provide a strong foundation. By utilizing the power of these basic laws, one can naturally draw upon combinations of several laws to generate immense power. However, this is merely the most basic application. There are many other possibilities for its development. For instance, using the path of the sword to unleash the power of the Yin and Yang and the Five Elements foundation will definitely allow one to exert far greater power than those sword cultivators with ordinary foundations!"

If there were a world dedicated to the cultivation of swordsmanship, with countless cultivators contributing their skills, it would be entirely possible to develop this swordsmanship principle to an unprecedented level.
"In that case, it's not wrong that I used the Yin-Yang and Five Elements foundation to leverage the power of spatial laws, but it's still too crude. After all, spatial laws are one of the fundamental rules of the world, and it's impossible to truly unleash the power of the Yin-Yang and Five Elements foundation."

"What truly unleashes my fundamental power is a method that combines the power of basic laws such as Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, and space to their extreme. For example, a sword technique that integrates time, space, Yin and Yang, and the Five Elements."

"It's just that swordsmanship doesn't align with my Dao heart, so it's not suitable for me to cultivate. What kind of path or what kind of derived rule can fully unleash the power of my foundation?"

Qi Ping thought about this question for a long time but couldn't come up with a complete answer.

Because in his past cultivation journey, he had only ever done two things: one was to comprehend the fundamental laws of this world, and he believed that comprehending the fundamental laws was definitely the right thing to do on the path of cultivation.

Another way is to utilize everything that can enhance one's own power, whether it is the power of an Earth Immortal Druid or the power bestowed by the blessings of heaven and earth. This greatly enhances Qi Ping's understanding of the essence of power.

Qi Ping's ability to gradually grasp the fundamental logic of the world is inseparable from these experiences.
"By the way, the fundamental logic of the world is to reshape the world."

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Qi Ping, and he suddenly understood what his derivative path was. Wasn't the world and all living beings that he had comprehended his derivative path, a unique "sword path" that belonged only to him?

Moreover, his method of extension is ridiculously strong, directly giving him the means to contend with those in the Void Refinement stage even at the Nascent Soul stage.

However, because the derivative path of all living beings in the world was too powerful, Qi Ping always thought that he had embarked on a completely different path.

But now it's being discovered that this isn't a completely different path at all. His foundation isn't actually significantly different from other cultivators; it's just that, with the advantage of the Earth Immortal Druid's power, his cultivation has reached a level far surpassing that of other cultivators.
That seemingly completely different foundation he built, "Heaven, Earth, and All Living Beings," was nothing more than a derived law he comprehended under various special conditions!

However, this derivative law is too powerful. Even Qi Ping can only utilize this power now. He has only comprehended a part of this derivative law. To fully comprehend this derivative law, he still needs to understand more.

Just like some dragons can use the innate divine powers of the ancestral dragon by relying on their bloodline, but they cannot fully control and comprehend them!
"I see!"

At this moment, Qi Ping fully understood the path of cultivation ahead.

"The derivative law of heaven, earth, and all living beings is too powerful. To fully comprehend it is still a long and arduous journey. Therefore, if you want to enhance your own power, you must start from the foundation."

"So now there's only one way for me to increase my power the fastest: make a contract to fix the last wood attribute talent, completely perfect my five elements foundation, and then, before the demons, quickly reach the Nascent Soul realm!"

(End of this chapter)