You, a druid, go to practice Taoism?.

Chapter 409 The Four Symbols Destiny
Assembling an army that is completely loyal to him is a very big goal for Qi Ping now.

This army must first be composed of top-tier cultivators, equipped with the best cultivation techniques, spells, and magical treasures, and its military formations must be the strongest in the entire Star Sea Continent.

Qi Ping's wish is now being realized rapidly.

Firstly, the Azure God Army absorbed the geniuses attracted by the Azure Sky Domain and Bee Daoist in the early stages of the Star Sea Continent. With the establishment of the Nine Domains of the Star Sea, the image of the Azure God Army has been thoroughly established.

Just as the Star Sea Continent was ushering in another great era of geniuses, a large number of geniuses poured into the Azure God Army. Now it can be said that the Azure God Army has gathered the largest and most outstanding group of geniuses in the entire Star Sea Continent.

These people from the Nine Realms of the Star Sea consider it an honor to join the Azure God Army, because once they successfully join, their status, position, network, and benefits will all increase significantly.

Moreover, for Qi Ping, almost all of the current high-ranking members of the Azure God Army are followers of the Earth Immortal Druids, and the majority of the army is the same. A small number of talented individuals who have not been able to become his followers for a long time have been secretly arranged by Qi Ping to leave the Azure God Army and go to other places in the Nine Domains of the Star Sea to take up positions.

Qi Ping did not suppress these people. He knew that some of them would not be willing to become his followers, but not being able to do so did not mean that they would betray him. They could still contribute to the development and construction of the Nine Realms of the Star Sea and become the backbone of the resistance against the demons.

However, as a core member of the Qing Shen Army enjoying the highest level of treatment, Qi Ping must ensure complete loyalty to him, as this is his core strength.

Therefore, the Qing Shen Army is now completely loyal to him from top to bottom. In fact, the entire system of the Qing Shen Army was specially set up by Lin Yue, the chief steward, and laid out by Qi Ping. This system and structure can also guarantee their loyalty to the Nine Domains of the Star Sea.

Qi Ping naturally chose to arm such an army to the teeth. It can be said that almost all of his most essential magical treasures, elixirs, cultivation resources, and the new things he has recently researched have been poured into this army.

The Qing Shen Army's current strength can be described as being armed to the teeth.

If we exclude Nascent Soul cultivators and Void Refinement cultivators, the Azure God Army is now capable of sweeping across the entire Star Sea Continent without finding any rivals!

This heavily armed, formation-based army, enhanced by its battle formation, possesses the power to directly kill Nascent Soul cultivators. However, if a Nascent Soul cultivator chooses to flee before engaging in combat, the Azure God Army may not be able to catch up.

If everyone in the entire Qing Shen Army were to gather together and form a super battle formation, even Qi Ping couldn't be sure what level of power they would reach.

Because the number of Qing Shen Army members has now exceeded one million!
However, most of them are in seclusion to improve their skills, and their overall strength is also rapidly increasing. Once this group of people all emerges from seclusion, their power will undoubtedly be able to reach a completely new level.

Qi Ping was also very much looking forward to seeing what kind of unstoppable power the million-strong elite Qing Shen Army would possess when they were born.

It should be known that a fully armed elite Qing Shen Army soldier is enough to easily sweep away more than ten normal cultivators of the same level.

And that's already a conservative estimate.

Because the equipment, cultivation methods, spells, talents, and combat skills of the Qing Shen Army are all top-notch, ordinary cultivators of the same level would probably not be able to break through any one of their defensive magic treasures, defensive spells, or physical bodies, let alone face a Qing Shen Army elite at full power.

If we compare Qi Ping to others, even the Qi Ping of yesteryear might not be able to defeat many elite Qing Shen Army soldiers of the same level. This is because their foundation and comprehension might not be as good as Qi Ping's, but in terms of cultivation techniques, magic weapons, and spells, they would absolutely crush the Qi Ping of yesteryear. These are the strongest cultivators nurtured with all the resources of the Star Sea Continent. The Qi Ping of yesteryear wouldn't even have the right to challenge them, after all, the difference in resources is just too great.

Not to mention that there are also cultivators with super talents among them, such as the Tai Ling Immortal Body, the Golden Spirit Body, the Thunder Spirit Body and other special physiques, which are only ranked in the middle to upper range in the Qing Shen Army. Their talents are in no way weaker than Qi Ping's back then.

What's even more terrifying is that the individual combat strength of the Qing Shen Army's elite troops is only the lowest unit of combat strength. The reason these people are called an "army" is because their formations and battle arrays are their most prized strength!
With the integration of formations, the combined strength of the entire military formation is terrifying.

For other cultivators, fighting beyond their level is a myth, but for the Azure God Army in battle formation, fighting beyond their level is merely a basic operation.

The Qing Shen Army team, which cannot fight beyond its own level, will be considered a disgrace.

However, this is not the most terrifying thing. What is truly terrifying is the potential of the Azure God Army!
It should be noted that most of them are young and promising talents, and their growth potential, combined with the top-notch training system within the Qing Shen Army, gives the Qing Shen Army the most terrifying growth potential.

Once this army has fully grown, even Qi Ping, a druid of the Earth Immortal realm, will feel a chill run down his spine.

If even Qi Ping felt this way, then it goes without saying that everyone else felt the same way. Meng Tianqi and Baili Yun both said that once this army grew up, they would only have hatred to face!
It is even estimated that this army will gradually produce some strong individuals who are comparable to or even surpass them.

This is not an exaggeration. This army has too much potential and too much luck. Once it has been tempered by war and obtained enough resources, it would be impossible for it not to produce the most brilliant and powerful figures in that environment.

If Meng Tianqi and his group had had such an environment back then, they might have been able to go much further in that environment full of strong individuals.

For Qi Ping, if he weren't an Earth Immortal Druid who was absolutely invincible in the Nine Realms of the Star Sea, and if this Azure God Army weren't so loyal to him, even he would feel fear.

Qi Ping was certain that the Azure God Army had a high probability of breaking the myth that advanced cultivators could not be defeated by those of higher levels in the future.

Those so-called unparalleled geniuses, those who were invincible throughout the era, were simply because they had never encountered a super army like the Azure God Army.

"Perhaps in the future, the Azure God Army will be my greatest guarantee when facing all the worlds." Qi Ping thought to himself.

As the discussions surrounding the Azure Dragon's appearance drew to a close, the Azure Dragon's aura reached its peak.

When that powerful bloodline pressure broke through the clouds, the Azure Dragon Egg, which was already covered with cracks, finally broke open with an extremely strong roar!

In an instant, an extremely dazzling azure light shot into the sky!

The entire sky and heavens were instantly filled with that sacred blue light!

Immediately afterwards, a majestic Azure Dragon of the Four Symbols soared into the sky!

The moment the Azure Dragon soared into the sky, the broken eggshell was also swept up and flew up, constantly turning into nutrients that were absorbed by the Azure Dragon!
What's even more astonishing is that during the ascension, the extraordinary azure dragon rapidly grew from the size of a human to a giant azure dragon exuding immense power in the blink of an eye!
However, this is not the most exaggerated part. The most exaggerated part is that during the ascension, the azure dragon's aura started from the first level and became the second level in just one breath. Then it became the third level in the next breath, then the fourth level, and by the fifth breath it had reached the fifth level!
Even a demon core can only be condensed in an instant!

When the azure dragon stopped in the sky, its cultivation level had already reached the late stage of the fifth rank!
That's equivalent to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm!

Hatching! Transforming into a Divine Being! A single breath, a new realm! A single step, transforming into a Divine Being!
What makes a person the leader of the Four Divine Beasts' bloodline is fully demonstrated at this moment!

What is a mythical beast with a special destiny and power? This is it!
As the azure dragon broke through, a vast lightning tribulation rapidly began to condense, and there were three lightning tribulations in succession!

Golden Core Tribulation!

Nascent Soul Tribulation! Deity Transformation Tribulation!

Three different lightning bolts, each carrying the same immense heavenly might, appeared one after another!

This scene shocked everyone, including Qi Ping!

Countless cultivators were completely stunned by the lightning!
"A single breath, a new realm; a single step, a divine transformation? Is this the Azure Dragon Divine Beast?"

"Holy crap, breakthroughs can be done like this? We've seen plenty of divine beast bloodlines, but this is the first time we've seen something this outrageous!"

"Are the Four Divine Beasts really that outrageous? Does anyone know anything about them? Can you tell us about them?"

The crowd stared at the terrifying blue dragon in the sky, their hearts pounding with fear.

But everyone looked at each other, and no one could explain this situation.

It wasn't until quite a while later that someone spoke:

"I have studied the Four Divine Beasts and know a little about them."

Stop stroking your beard and hurry up and tell me! You're driving me crazy!

"That's it!"

"Hey, hey, I'll tell you, okay? While divine beasts that possess powerful cultivation upon hatching are rare, they're not uncommon either. They usually appear among divine beasts whose parents have strong cultivation and rich bloodline power. The Four Symbols divine beasts, due to their rare bloodlines and special destiny power, generally have a high degree of bloodline richness, so this situation is quite common, but..."

"but what?"

"However, breaking through to the Golden Core stage is already considered quite good. It's rare to see someone reach the Nascent Soul stage in one go. To achieve the Deity Transformation stage in one step is extremely rare. There's only one possibility to do this: sacrifice!"

"Sacrifice?"

"Yes, it requires at least one of the parents of the divine beast cub to sacrifice their bloodline power or even their life, merging their essence into the egg containing the cub. Only then can this be achieved. However, under normal circumstances, no one would be willing to do this, because such a sacrifice is extremely costly and a huge loss. Unless there are special circumstances, no one would be so foolish, since it's much better to raise the cub themselves slowly."

"Doesn't that mean that this azure dragon was able to become a god in one step because of the sacrifice of my father or mother?"

"That's exactly right, according to the records in the ancient texts!"

Upon receiving this reply, the group of cultivators couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

That was a fully grown Azure Dragon being sacrificed!

What force forced the Azure Dragon, who is destined to be the first of the Four Symbols, to such a state?

Without a doubt, it was an absolutely unimaginable power.

At this moment, everyone's gaze towards the Azure Dragon changed. Although this divine beast was powerful, its destiny as the head of the Four Symbols and its background meant it was bound to have great karma and trouble!
If such a mythical beast fell into the hands of an ordinary person, it would definitely be a hot potato.
But as for Daoist Bee, he truly deserves the title! It seems that in the entire Star Sea Continent, apart from Daoist Bee, no one else is qualified to receive such an opportunity!
While the cultivators were awestruck by the sheer force of the azure dragon's breakthrough, Qi Ping watched the scene with equal astonishment.

He couldn't possibly be unaware of the information that those cultivators already knew; in fact, he knew even more than they did.

"The power of sacrifice! What a powerful force of sacrifice! It even fooled me!"

Qi Ping originally thought that the Azure Dragon Egg was able to exist for so long because it was continuously fed resources and had that seal with the power of time.

But now it seems that this sacrificial power is the core, and the main reason for the existence of that seal.

"Was this scene foreseen so far back in time? Or is it a special power belonging to the destiny of the first of the Four Symbols?"

Thinking of this, Qi Ping's eyes narrowed slightly.

The power of the Four Symbols is a very special power in the world of cultivation. It is a special power that is different from the cultivation system and is incredibly mysterious and powerful.

Most importantly, these powers are related to the most fundamental power and secrets of the cultivation world, and there are great karmic connections involved, seemingly also related to some kind of qualification.

When he was contracting animal partners in the past, the reason he didn't consider the Four Divine Beasts was that he couldn't find them and he was afraid of getting into trouble. Back then, he didn't have the ability to bear the consequences; it would have been fatal to touch them.

This newly hatched Azure Dragon, the leader of the Four Symbols bloodline, possesses the sacrificial power of an adult Azure Dragon. It's obvious that there's big trouble involved.

But for Qi Ping now, it has come at just the right time!
"No wonder, after the little fairy tiger's calculations, aided by the blessing of luck, this azure dragon egg was the most suitable for me!"

According to ancient records, the Four Symbols Destiny not only grants the spirit beast itself extraordinary divine power, but also brings incredible divine effects to the world and region to which it belongs. The magnitude of these effects is related to the strength of the spirit beast's own destiny.

Now, this Azure Dragon has reached the Divine Realm in one step and also possesses a sacrificial power. This basically represents the fusion of the power of the Four Symbols Destiny from two generations. When added together, it is definitely not weak.

Therefore, with the Demon Clan crisis looming, the Azure Dragon's destiny power is enough to significantly boost the fortune and power of the Star Sea Continent.

"Since Little Celestial Tiger's predictions indicate that Little Azure Dragon is currently the most suitable spirit beast for me, and I have already completed the animal companion contract, this power of destiny must inevitably fall upon the Star Sea Continent."

"However, it's also a good opportunity to use it together to fight against the demon race's world projection."

"As for the karma brought by the Four Symbols Destiny, if we lose this battle even with the blessing of the Four Symbols Destiny, then there's nothing to say. But if we win and devour the entire Demon Clan, then there's nothing to fear about those karmas!"

(End of this chapter)