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

Zhou Qing stared into his body, where the gates were so dazzling, demonstrating boundless laws and releasing the most profound chains.

This is what is known as the Inner Way, which can be compared with the external world.

The saying "a grain of dust can fill the sea" carries this meaning. Although the human body is insignificant and cannot be compared with galaxies, once the doors within the body are opened, one can indeed transcend them.

The inner path can rival and keep pace with the outer path, thus enabling humanity to stand alongside the universe. The key lies in how to "open" the door.

"Therefore, the essence of the secret realm method is to open the door within the body, while the essence of the technique is the weaving of the inner path."

Zhou Qing used the Dao patterns and energy overflowing from the gate to weave a divine chain, which gradually evolved into a strange flower. As the petals opened and closed, the surrounding void was constantly collapsing and being reshaped.

This is explained using the patterns of the inner path, and it is also the way all the secret techniques in the Secret Realm are used nowadays. It's just that others can't see it as clearly as Zhou Qing.

The difference between the Chaotic Ancient Technique and the Secret Realm Technique is not just the difference in cultivation methods. All the secret techniques before the Chaotic Ancient Technique, such as the Ten Fierce Secret Techniques, Immortal Techniques, and the secret techniques of the Secret Realm Technique are different in their usage.

The secret techniques of the Chaotic Ancient Era are all condensed from the Dao patterns of the external world, and are highly dependent on the external world. Once they encounter different worlds, they will be affected, and their power will fluctuate.

All the secret techniques of the Secret Realm Method are constructed based on one's own inner Dao. No matter where the world is or what changes occur in the Great Dao, the power of the secret techniques will not be affected.

After the Desolate Emperor used his body as a seed, the first thing he did was to transform the Chaotic Ancient Technique into a Secret Realm Technique. He deciphered the essence of the Chaotic Ancient Technique as soon as possible, then reorganized it using the Inner Path, and finally completely replicated the power of the Outer Path Technique.

This is why the secret techniques of the Chaotic Ancient Era are almost nowhere to be seen in this era. Not only are the cultivation methods inapplicable, but even the secret techniques themselves are problematic. Zhou Qing could only see some of the Chaotic Ancient Secret Techniques being used by the first few Heavenly Venerables of the Dharma-Ending Era. After that, no one used the Chaotic Ancient Secret Techniques anymore.

Starlight converged into a river, falling from all corners of the star field and entering his body.

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His whole body shimmered with a precious light, and the pores on his skin opened up. He slowly pushed open door after door within his body with external energy, and a powerful feeling arose in his heart.

"The sixth minor step in Chinese Paladin 3 has actually been directly broken through to this level."

Zhou Qing felt the powerful force within his body. Although his cultivation level was only at the sixth minor stage, with his combat strength, he could kill a half-saint with a single punch, making him much stronger than before.

Half-saints also have a Sainthood barrier, but it is not strong. This is because although the laws within a half-saint's body have undergone a qualitative change, they have not completely changed, which is why they cannot break through to the Sainthood level and are stuck halfway.

Before the seventh restriction, it was all about quantitative accumulation, while the eighth restriction was a qualitative breakthrough. The degree of transformation of the inner Dao laws from the seventh restriction to the eighth restriction was equal to the degree of transformation of the inner Dao laws from the Great Completion King to the Half-Saint. Therefore, the Saint Domain barrier of the Half-Saint was completely negligible to Zhou Qing.

However, the Saint Barrier cannot be broken through with just one qualitative change using the Eight Forbidden Rules. There are two ways to break through the Saint Barrier.

First, a qualitative leap in the level of a semi-saint, plus a qualitative leap in the level of the eight prohibitions, is required to ignore the barrier of a saint. This is comparable in terms of the strength of the laws. If we are talking about the physical body, then it has nothing to do with these things.

Simply put, a semi-saint with seven forbidden techniques, or a great master with eight forbidden techniques, cannot defeat a saint at the first level of heaven, but a semi-saint with eight forbidden techniques can directly defeat a saint at the eighth level of heaven with zero forbidden techniques.

Although it may seem strange, that's the truth. You'll understand once you thoroughly grasp the relationship between the laws of transformation.

Second, the divine restriction is activated. The qualitative change in the laws formed after the divine restriction is activated is equivalent to the combination of two qualitative changes, which can also ignore the barrier of saints.

Zhou Qing looked at the mysterious gates within his body, which had now stopped changing. To open them again, he needed to comprehend the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth and use this external Dao to bombard the gates of the internal Dao. Only Daos of the same type could open gates of the same type.

Some of the doors within the body are fully open, constantly flowing outwards with golden magma-like energy, which can also evolve Dao principles and release the divine chains of order.

This means that this inner path is on par with the outer path of the external world; there is no difference between the two, only one is inside and the other is outside.

Some are half-open, only allowing wisps of Dao patterns to flow out, accompanied by a slowly flowing river of energy.

This means that although these inner Dao Zhou Qing had some understanding, they had not fully grasped it, which is why they could only push it halfway.

Some are completely closed, which means that Zhou Qing has never comprehended this inner path. However, completely closed doors are very rare; most doors can be cracked open with a small gap.

"It seems I can actively choose which doors to open?" Zhou Qing kept studying the doors within his body. This perspective was very useful and greatly beneficial to the cultivation of the secret realm technique.

While observing these doors, he discovered some special ones, so he tried to pry them open.

boom!

He used external forces to push open a special door, and it quickly opened completely. His speed suddenly increased, becoming extremely sharp and rapid, and he moved horizontally for dozens of miles.

At that moment, he understood that the door was indeed related to speed, or rather, to the Dao of the instant, because the patterns on the door looked very familiar to him.

Now that he had pushed it open, the door did indeed enhance his speed. It was a door to the Dao of Speed, and only by combining countless such doors of the same kind could the complete Dao of Moment be formed.

At that time, the instantaneous path within his inner path will be on the same level as the instantaneous path of the external world.

Moreover, after opening a new door, he felt that his realm had also advanced a little. Once he had opened enough doors, he would be able to move on to the next small step.

Chapter 199 The Ninefold Phenomenon of Severing the Dao

Being able to clearly see the doors within one's body and having a certain ability to choose which doors to open has a profound impact on cultivators.

To cultivate oneself directly from the essence of this evolutionary path requires a very deep understanding of this evolutionary path.

For Zhou Qing, his understanding of the Secret Realm Technique far surpassed that of his peers during his Great Power period, but even after breaking through to Immortal Level 3, he shouldn't be able to see the most essential inner path of the Secret Realm Technique all at once.

The greatest blessing came from the new insight in his mind, which was the cause and effect of the creation of the Secret Realm Law. For Zhou Qing, having that insight was like personally experiencing the birth of the Secret Realm Law, an experience that was unimaginable to others in this era.

"However, this is quite normal. As a disciple of this path of evolution, it is only natural for him to gain such insights."

Zhou Qing touched the mark between his eyebrows. It was a very special symbol, mysterious and brilliant, appearing and disappearing at will. It would appear when he wanted to and disappear when he didn't.

When he touched the symbol, he understood its meaning. It was a mark representing that he was the invincible Dao Child of this secret realm's evolving civilization.

This is not a Daoist disciple from a single lineage or family; he is the invincible Daoist disciple of the entire Secret Realm Evolution Civilization.

Upon closer examination, it is extremely terrifying. The young beings who follow the secret realm path and cultivate the inner Dao of the human body encompass an unknown number of races and transcendent ancient families, definitely not just one great world!

No one can compare to him; in this era, on this path of evolutionary civilization, he represents the strongest potential individual in the world.

A Daoist disciple of an evolved civilization possesses an unparalleled and transcendent status, even in the heavens. He does not need to bow or pay respects to the older generation of monsters.

Because even the most conservative among them will become that kind of person, whose fundamental goal is to "lay the foundation and establish the ancestors," and to expand the evolutionary civilization they belong to.

Therefore, the imperial might emanating from the Purple Star Ancient Star is like a gentle breeze to him, unable to exert any pressure on his heart.

Even if a Celestial King stood before him, he couldn't possibly force him to kneel with mere pressure; the Dao Child Mark could render any pressure he faced mortal.

"Do you really value me that much?" Zhou Qing's expression remained unchanged, but his heart was filled with complex emotions.

The last person on that ancient road, even if he was slow-witted, should have known who it was by now.

That was the pioneer of this evolutionary path, the Desolate Heavenly Emperor!

Who has the ability to insert such a Dao Child trial into the Heavenly Tribulation? Who is qualified to determine the Dao Child of an evolving civilization? Without a doubt, the beings at the end of this evolutionary path are the most qualified.

The Dao Child Mark is equivalent to his potential being recognized by the Desolate Heaven Emperor. The fundamental goal is to expand this path of evolution and make it even more glorious!

Moreover, although the Dao Child Mark currently only helps him ignore the pressure of powerful figures, Zhou Qing felt that it seemed to have other abilities, but they had not yet appeared. It was expected that the Dao Child Mark would grant him more as his cultivation improved.

It has to be said that he was under a lot of pressure. The Dao Ancestor level was simply too far away for him. Before that, he first needed to...

I must fight my way out of this universe, to prove my Dao, to become an immortal!

The immediate goal is to become a saint. Only after becoming a saint can one be considered a strong person in this world and travel alone in the starry sky.

At this moment, the phenomena of severing the Dao in the world are still evolving. Generally speaking, there are more than one or two levels of phenomena of severing the Dao. If it is a genius at the level of a young emperor, there will usually be nine levels of phenomena of severing the Dao.

For example, Ye Fan in the original novel experienced nine extraordinary phenomena when he severed his Dao.

On the ancient star Ziwei, the sky suddenly turned pitch black. Mortals panicked, and even cultivators were shocked. It is normal for an ancient star to be half in darkness and half in light.

But if the entire sky of an ancient star were to turn completely black, that would be extraordinary.

Suddenly, specks of light appeared in the dark sky, twinkling like stars, somewhat illusory, yet shining with a glimmer of light.

The illusory stars reflected in the dark night sky looked like countless stars from all over the world gathered together, forming a vast ocean of dazzling light, appearing and disappearing, incredibly dreamlike and mesmerizing.

The third extraordinary phenomenon: Stars shine like a sea!

"This is an extraordinary phenomenon that could only occur when a peerless figure from ancient times severed their Dao!" A great sect searched through ancient books and found such a record in an old, yellowed book.

"Anyone who proves the extraordinary phenomenon of stars shining into the sea, even if they do not become an emperor, can become a person who will attain enlightenment."

Everyone was shocked. Ancient books recorded that this phenomenon was a true imperial phenomenon, even rarer than the purple sun in the sky.

Generally speaking, even with nine layers of extraordinary phenomena, the imperial phenomenon will only appear at the very end. However, this one is an imperial phenomenon starting from the first layer, the purple sun in the sky. The ancient texts cannot tell exactly how far the final phenomenon will go!

At this moment, as the illusory stars in the sky dimmed, the darkness receded, and light returned, illuminating the earth.

Suddenly, a mirror appeared in the starry sky, as tall as a star, standing in the star field, exuding an ancient and chaotic aura.

This mirror seemed to reflect a person's true image; its surface rippled like water, immediately reflecting Zhou Qing's shadow.

This Zhou Qing had a cold expression as he walked along a road. His whole body shone with light that filled the sky, dazzlingly bright, like a celestial king descending to earth, with the light emanating from his eyes burning.

Behind him, on both sides of the road, lay hundreds of corpses, blood flowing like a river, bones piled high, each exuding a terrifying aura, with an undying fighting spirit surging forth.

"That's... the Azure Emperor in his youth!"

On the ancient star, some major sects still possess portraits of the Azure Emperor. Upon seeing one of the figures, they all trembled.

Besides the Azure Emperor, they also recognized other figures one after another: Hengyu, Shenzhou, and the Human Emperor. This made them tremble more and more, and their legs went weak with fear.

As they continued to look back, the Great Emperor of the human race, the ancient emperors before the Primordial Era, the ancient celestial beings before the mythological era, and the unknown supreme beings from unknown eras all fell on the road. It was so bloody that it made people tremble!

The fourth anomaly: the corpses on the Emperor's Road!

Fortunately, the Mirror of the Stars dimmed soon after, no longer displaying the terrifying scene, which relieved them.

They dared not

Just imagine what that represents—it's terrifying!

Suddenly, the gazes of these people from the great sects froze. They saw a vast world floating in mid-air, shrouded in ethereal mist and exuding a mystical aura.

Celestial light danced and rained down, as one celestial spirit after another revealed their forms. Celestial phoenixes, true dragons, and unicorns appeared before the world, making people believe they had arrived in a celestial realm.

"Could it be that the Immortal Realm really exists?" many living fossils murmured.

Even the Great Sage Kunpeng's gaze froze as he watched this scene, his mind seemingly lost in thought.

This is a phenomenon of severing the Dao. If the Immortal Realm were merely a figment of imagination, the Great Dao could not manifest something that does not exist through its laws. There must have been a connection in laws, with the Qi pulling together, for the Immortal Realm to appear.

"Is this the extraordinary phenomenon of his severing the Dao?"

Yi Qingwu stared blankly at everything in the sky. It was too dreamlike for her. She didn't even dare to hope that there would be nine extraordinary phenomena when she broke through the Dao.

Now, Zhou Qing is not only the top-level nine-fold phenomenon, but he even started with the Emperor's phenomenon, and each subsequent level is more and more fantastical, which is unbelievable.

The fifth extraordinary phenomenon: A celestial realm appears out of nowhere!

After the vast phantom of the world dissipated, many old monsters were still unable to recover, but the sixth strange phenomenon that followed directly and forcefully attracted their attention.

What a scene it was! Mountains and rivers collapsed, the sun, moon and stars fell one after another, the universe roared, and heaven and earth trembled. Only one person stood in the universe, the only one who was supreme under heaven and earth, his aura was beyond words!

His move shook the vast universe, unleashing endless, dazzling celestial light that resonated through the ages, paving a path through the void.

Before long, showers of light rained down from the road, rushing towards all corners of the universe, dazzlingly brilliant, like celestial beings descending to earth!