He was invincible from the beginning of the Heaven-Covering Era.

During his previous battle with the Emperor, Zhou Qing had already gained some insights into his Dao, and now...

He fought the last of the Nine Heavenly Venerables, while also trying to comprehend the Daoist thoughts of this Venerable.

While suppressing the first incarnation of the Emperor, Zhou Qing compared the Daoist insights he had gained with those of the second incarnation. After an unknown period of time, he suddenly realized the truth.

The second Emperor was indeed different from the first. Not only was his combat power different, but his own philosophy had also changed. The second Emperor's Daoist beliefs were more focused on cultivating for his own sake than the first Emperor's.

That was the most thorough change. Not only did he abandon the divine arts, laws, and cultivation of his first life, but he also put an end to all his past in his first life. In his second life, he lived only for himself and only for his own enlightenment. No wonder even the Great Dao thought that these were two different people. The difference was really too great.

No wonder, apart from those who have actually seen the Emperor, no one in later generations knows that the Emperor was the second incarnation of the last of the Nine Heavenly Venerables. His philosophy of doing things must have changed greatly, to the point that they are completely incompatible.

No wonder, when the Emperor used the All-Encompassing Secret, Zhou Qing felt that he was not as close to the All-Encompassing Secret as he had imagined, because he no longer had that state of mind, and had completely severed ties with his first self.

After realizing this, Zhou Qing didn't linger and quickly dealt with the young Celestial Venerable.

But this incident made him very emotional. He couldn't help but imagine that if his future self were to undergo a major change in temperament, would the secret techniques he created now still be able to fit his current state of mind?

On the path of cultivation, there are too many disturbances to encounter. Many things that people at lower levels think are absolutely impossible are so natural to people at higher levels.

"The truth of the world is always to prove existence, not non-existence. There is simply no evidence to prove that something does not exist," Zhou Qing pondered.

"To be honest, I'm not really interested in the afterlife, the future, or fate. It's not that I firmly believe they don't exist, but rather that I'm unwilling to place my faith in these things."

"What I mean by disbelief is not to place one's hopes on it. After all, some things may seem inconceivable in the realm of humanity, but they are nothing special in the eyes of an Immortal Emperor. On the path of cultivation, nothing is impossible."

Zhou Qing thought of reincarnation, something that some people in this world believe in and some don't. In their universe, no one can actually achieve reincarnation, not even a Celestial King.

However, in later generations, a cycle of reincarnation appeared openly and legitimately. As for whether that cycle of reincarnation was a true reincarnation, that is a matter of opinion. In any case, on the surface, it was no different from the reincarnation imagined by all living beings.

Many people are unwilling to acknowledge the existence of something like "luck," but for those with profound spiritual cultivation, it is not something difficult to understand. Simply put, it is the degree to which one is favored by the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

Just like the blessing of fortune that the Desolate Emperor felt before the first appearance of the Heavenly Heart Mark, the blessing of national fortune that he felt when he became the Human Emperor of the Ancient Kingdom, the blessing of clan fortune that his clan received after being blessed, and the blessing of Dao fortune that he received after gathering the fortune of all heavens in later generations, etc., although they seem mysterious, they are not so mysterious and can be explained by cultivators.

For him, he was also unwilling to place his hopes on...

In his view, what about the next life or reincarnation? If something cannot be accomplished in one life, even if it is accomplished in another life, the difficulty will not be reduced; it will still be very difficult.

As for the concept of destiny, in fact, the more he comprehends the great principles of destiny, the more he understands that there is no such thing as destiny in the world. On the contrary, the more ignorant people are, the more they believe that destiny exists in the world.

Finally, Zhou Qingping calmed down and continued deeper into the ancient road.

After arriving in the mythological era, he encountered one ancient celestial being after another, each with a different temperament, some sharp as a knife, others ethereal and elusive.

The nine Celestial Venerables of the Mythical Era were all extraordinary. In their youth, they were all incredibly brave and powerful. Zhou Qing was certain that if the few weaker Great Emperors and Ancient Sovereigns he had encountered before had lived in the same era as them, they would have had no chance to attain enlightenment.

He discovered that although the nine celestial beings were all in human form, they were not all of the human race. They each had their own unique characteristics, and the legends of later generations were obviously wrong. Some of them were of a very special race that he had never seen before.

He already knew this. Ye Fan mentioned it when he was undergoing the Nine Heavenly Tribulations in the original novel. He wasn't surprised that some of the nine Heavenly Venerables weren't human. On the contrary, some of their races were extraordinary and incredibly ancient, and they couldn't be seen in the current universe at all.

The nine Heavenly Venerables are not weak, but in this era, there are too many young emperors who are not weak. Even if they want to compete for the top ten in history, it is extremely difficult. As for Zhou Qing, the nine Heavenly Venerables are still somewhat inferior to the Emperor Venerable, Wu Shi and others of the same level in terms of combat power. There is no pressure in fighting them.

The era before the nine Celestial Venerables is even more ancient. After the Emperor Venerable, Zhou Qing fought against the Underworld Emperor, and now he is fighting against the Tribulation-Transcending Celestial Venerable.

This was the second person Zhou Qing had ever met who had left two kinds of Dao marks between heaven and earth. He could only say that they were truly a special pair, both teacher and friend.

The celestial beings further back were difficult to identify; each one was ancient and frightening. Some of them used unusual secret techniques, seemingly not from the same system as the Secret Realm Techniques, but from the chaotic ancient era, which had not yet been fully converted in that time.

Zhou Qing also clearly sensed that the road was about to end, and his heart became somewhat heavy.

If he kept going back in time, he felt he would eventually meet someone extraordinary.

After an unknown amount of time, a loud bang was heard, and the Chaos Road shook violently, as if it were about to collapse. Zhou Qing's expression changed, as this was an unprecedented commotion.

A chaotic bolt of lightning, as large as a mountain range, fell from nowhere and coalesced into a humanoid creature.

He looked to be only about twenty years old, with cascading black hair and eyes as deep as the starry sky. He possessed an imperial majesty that defied common sense, but it quickly faded away.

He was just one person, yet he silenced the entire ancient road. The chaotic energy was still there, but as soon as this person appeared, the world seemed to stand still, and the chaotic energy stopped flowing.

Boom!

This was a battle that outsiders could hardly imagine. Zhou Qing used both Dao Fruits, yet he still couldn't gain the slightest advantage.

A true dragon roared to the sky, a divine phoenix soared, a Kunpeng leaped up, and thunderous waterfalls descended. A single blade of grass unleashed a power that shook heaven and earth, threatening to shatter the entire ancient road.

Suddenly, a sigh came, and the young man turned around leisurely, with an unparalleled demeanor, leaving behind a silhouette, and ascended step by step to the sky, embarking on his lonely journey.

The entire space-time seemed to freeze. Zhou Qing was frozen in the void, his thoughts stopped, and his mind went blank.

An indescribable ray of light touched his brow, transforming into an incomparably noble mark that emitted a sacred glow. It took a long time for the mark to calm down, and no more strange phenomena appeared.

Once the near-zero flow of time returned to normal, Zhou Qing's mind began to work. He was still in an offensive posture when suddenly the world before his eyes changed.

The entire ancient road slowly became transparent and eventually disappeared completely. He stood in the starry sky and looked down. There was a large purple star, radiating an overwhelming pressure.

But he found that this pressure had no effect on him anymore; it was like a gentle breeze brushing over his body, and his heart was no longer oppressed by this pressure.

"Hmm? A new insight has appeared in my mind?" Zhou Qing felt that something had appeared in his mind, but before he could take a closer look, the first amazing phenomenon of severing the Dao appeared.

The sun star of Ziwei, vast and boundless, with dazzling golden light, suddenly transformed into a purple sun, with endless purple energy surging out, ethereal and boundless.

A vast expanse of purple aura stretched out, and a purple sun shone brightly in the sky, astonishing the world.

Chapter 198 The Inner Path and the Gate Within the Body

A purple sun shines in the sky!

The change in the Sun Star of Ziwei immediately attracted the attention of many people, and all religions in the world were shocked.

This is the aura of an ancient emperor severing his Dao in his youth! Everyone was terrified. What does this signify? The strongest potential user has risen!

"The Demon Lord! It can only be him. This kind of aura is not something ordinary people can possess. Others on Ziwei either don't qualify or haven't reached the stage of severing the Dao yet. Only the Demon Lord meets all the requirements!" someone analyzed, their words full of certainty.

After Zhou Qing broke away from the ancient path, he felt his power recede like the tide. The divine restriction state was automatically lifted, and the shackles of the eight restrictions appeared on him. At this time, although he was powerful, he could no longer use his power without limit.

"This feeling... I really want to break free." Zhou Qing tried circulating his magic power slightly and immediately felt a sense of constraint.

After experiencing a long period of divine confinement, returning to the state before the confinement made him feel uncomfortable all over, as if he were chained up, and his power was not flowing smoothly.

He had never liked this feeling, but that was the nature of the Secret Realm Technique. Without the help of a higher-level external artifact, it was simply impossible to go directly from the first level of a major realm to the first level of another major realm.

However, this restriction did not exist in the cultivation methods before the Chaotic Ancient Era. Those geniuses were not restricted, and it was not so difficult for them to cross an entire major realm.

The main root lies in the Five Secret Realms. If the Five Secret Realms are not connected, and one does not become a Great Emperor, the power of the Five Secret Realms will always be scattered and cannot be gathered into one place. How can one be called an invincible "person"?

"However, this insight is actually related to the Secret Realm Technique?" Zhou Qing focused his mind on the new scene in his mind and immediately showed a look of surprise.

It was a series of insights composed of many different scenes. Some were enlightenments within a cosmic womb, some were enlightenments during battle, and there were all sorts of other scenes. All of them were insights related to the secret realm method and the inner Tao of the human body.

Zhou Qing briefly encountered a scene and felt as if he had traveled back in time, experiencing it firsthand – it felt incredibly real.

After gaining a general understanding of the insights in his mind, he focused his attention back on them. There were too many and too complex insights to absorb in a short time; he could absorb them slowly over time.

Successfully severing his path was a major breakthrough, marking the first step on his own path. Although he felt neither excitement nor trembling, a sense of accomplishment welled up within him.

For someone his age, to have succeeded in severing the Dao at this point is truly unparalleled. Nine thousand years ago, the Emperor Zhonghuang, who was the same age as him now, had only recently become a ruler and was still far from severing the Dao.

In this dark universe, Zhou Qing looked at the boundless void, the eternal silence, and the great purple sun, feeling a sense of both reality and illusion.

Just a few breaths ago, he was fighting fiercely on the ancient path, exhausting all means at his disposal, yet victory seemed impossible. But in the blink of an eye, the ancient path vanished, and he was back in this familiar starry sky.

in.

He spent a considerable amount of time on that road, at least a month, but now that he's back, he moved his fingers slightly and did some calculations, only to find that less than half a day had passed since he entered the ancient road—a very short period of time.

The flow of time in the two places was different. He was briefly surprised, but quickly regained his composure. Given the special nature of that ancient road, it was not surprising that it possessed such an ability.

At this moment, the first anomaly, the "purple sun in the sky," began to fade, and the purple sun star returned to its golden form.

Rumble!

Suddenly, the desolate universe began to distort, and black holes appeared one after another, from which emerged blurry figures, each one seemingly a manifestation of Tao and reason.

Some figures were enveloped in surging lightning, some were scorching hot, and some devoured light; each one was incredibly sacred.

On the ancient star Ziwei, someone witnessed this strange phenomenon and was utterly astonished. This person was none other than the Kunpeng Ancestor.

"Is this... the descent of all paths?" Kunpeng Ancestor exclaimed in surprise.

As a great sage, how could he not perceive the true identities of those blurry figures? Each figure represented a principle, a set of rules and order that constituted the universe.

In the starry sky, one black hole after another appeared, and from each black hole emerged a blurry figure, standing in the starry sky, coldly watching everything in the universe, like a god without emotion, acting only according to "rules".

In the Human King's Palace, the ancient king, who was three thousand seven hundred years old, looked at everything in the starry sky with a complicated expression and muttered to himself, "The Demon Lord has severed his Dao."

More than a year ago, the Human King Palace also went to Tang Valley to compete for the Fusang Divine Tree. The reason for this was that he wanted to use the elixir of immortality to heal his own injuries.

However, they did not obtain the elixir of immortality in the end. Instead, they obtained a few tree branches from the thirty-six caves. After refining them, their condition improved somewhat, but it could not cure them completely.

Later, many of their major sects were blasted ashore by the Holy Emperor, but the Ancient Sun Sect and the Demon Lord did not return. The Fusang Divine Tree must have fallen into the hands of the Ancient Sun Sect and the Demon Lord.

He originally had some other ideas, but not long ago, after returning to his roots in the Golden Crow Clan's territory, he discovered that the Ancient Sun Sect even had an Emperor Tower, and that the Demon Lord had a Great Sage behind him, which shattered his previous idea.

Now that even the Demon Lord has severed his Dao, his plan to forcibly or secretly seize the Fusang Divine Tree has even less hope.

"If I were to exchange that half-page of the ancient divine scripture for half a divine tree, would I be able to get it in return?" the old king muttered to himself.

The so-called ancient scripture of gods is only half a page long and is completely useless. It is worshipped as a treasure every day, but it is like a piece of junk and has no use. If half a page of the ancient scripture of gods could be exchanged for half a Fusang divine tree, it would give it some value.

In the universe, all the Daoists descended, bowed to Zhou Qing, and then their figures faded away and gradually disappeared.

This is the second extraordinary phenomenon, revered by all paths!

During this time, Zhou Qing did not just watch. He faced the vast starry sky, opened his mouth and inhaled, causing everything in all directions to move.

Thousands upon thousands of strands of starlight flowed, traversing the star field, falling from the depths of the universe, converging on his body, transforming into a silver ocean, burying him in the...

in.

The stars were countless, the Milky Way boundless, and his flesh and bones displayed extraordinary phenomena. Drops of blood transformed into gods, bones into planes, and meridians into celestial bridges, flickering and changing. The five secret realms were like five treasure troves.

boom!

Suddenly, clusters of clear light appeared within his body. They were not very bright, but they were very real, emanating from one door after another.

"This is..." Zhou Qing was quite surprised. Within his body, door after door was slowly opening, with power flowing outward.

This is the treasure trove of his physical body that he has unlocked. One immortal gate after another blooms, like volcanoes, fiercely releasing their potential and power.

The human body has many doors, but few people can see them so clearly. What Zhou Qing saw shocked him.

There is a big difference between being able to sense the existence of a door within the body and being able to see a clear door, or even see the flow of power within the door.

This means that Zhou Qing will be very proactive and will be able to observe all the changes in the door throughout the process.

This kind of introspection of the gates within his body is extremely beneficial to him.