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

But for Zhou Qing, what he truly desired wasn't the outer shell, but the small quasi-Emperor furnace inside. The material of that furnace had already surpassed...

If it's made with Saint-grade materials, it can allow the Emperor's Mark to unleash power at the Quasi-Emperor level, making it a Quasi-Emperor artifact.

"Let's try bombarding it with the Supreme Emperor Weapon when we get back to Tang Valley. Hopefully, we can control the power and not shatter the Quasi-Emperor Furnace inside," Zhou Qing muttered to himself.

He put away the Goddess Furnace and emptied the contents of several nearby caves until there was nothing left to take.

Zhou Qing flipped through the basic scriptures of this lineage and found that this lineage was indeed not simple.

They follow a branch of the "human way," which includes the Six Desires Heavenly Technique and the Great Method of Severing Emotions. There are several very opposing lineages within one sect, but they can still coexist within a single lineage.

If Zhou Qing were to make a judgment, he could say with absolute certainty that this is a path that leads to the heavens!

Human desires are a small branch of humanity.

The core of the Way of Human Desire lies in three words: "emotion," "desire," and "restraint."

"Love" is the path Yan Yixi has walked.

"Desire" is the path that Li Tian has taken.

"Prohibition" is the core of both paths.

The key to understanding emotions is to cultivate detachment from emotions while still being emotional.

The emotion involved is not about moving the inheritor, but about moving the furnace itself.

Yes, it is the cauldron, because the inheritors of this lineage will never develop any feelings during the process. Passing through a sea of ​​flowers, not a single petal clings to them. Is it that they are sentimental or heartless? All the sentiments they show are just an appearance.

During the cultivation process, the inheritor will use all sorts of means, such as flattery, sweet talk, romantic scenes, and beautiful moments.

This is how he makes the woman fall in love with him; this is called "being moved by love".

In this process, although the inheritor appears gentle and refined with a sunny smile, his heart is as cold as a stone. Once a woman falls in love, he will not hesitate to seek out the next target and begin the next stage of his cultivation.

Afterwards, whether it was heartbreak or deep hatred, it was an emotion he could devour and that could increase his cultivation.

As for how heartbroken that woman will be afterwards, what does that have to do with the inheritor?

The inheritor had never been moved by her, so why would he care about that woman's feelings?

Everything I do is nothing more than the practice of the Great Way of Human Desire.

"No wonder Li Tian spoke to Yan Yixi like that. These two are really two of a kind, neither of them is any good." Zhou Qing thought about the conversation between the two that he had just overheard and sighed.

When he looked down further, he came to the content of the Six Desires Heaven Technique.

The key to controlling desires is to suppress them.

Completely opposed to the path of emotion, this lineage teaches that one must fill oneself with desire in order to engage in spiritual practice.

No matter what method you use, you must make yourself consumed by desire, immersing yourself in a frenzy of lust every day.

During this process, the inheritor must not break their body, otherwise all cultivation will be in vain and the foundation will be completely destroyed.

Only after achieving mastery of the Heavenly Skill can one avoid worrying about the destruction of one's cultivation.

During this process, very few people can resist the burning desire. However, this is nothing to people of this lineage. After all, flower thieves have many methods. They can release their desires through other means as well as losing their virginity.

Looking further down, we find the core shared by both paths: the forbidden path.

Whether it's the path of emotion inheritors cultivating detachment within their emotions, or the path of desire inheritors suppressing their desires, both are essentially forms of "forbiddenness."

This is also an important reason why, although the various sects of Ziwei disliked the Way of Human Desire, they were not so determined to eradicate its lineage.

But who would have thought that a disciple in later generations would become possessed by demonic cultivation, completely abandoning the "forbidden" and turning to pure "emotion" and "desire".

For this reason, the disciple was expelled from the sect on the spot by the desire for worldly pleasures.

But no one expected that this abandoned disciple would obtain a great opportunity from somewhere, master the skill, become invincible, return to his sect, steal the Goddess Furnace, and begin to wreak havoc on the world.

In his pursuit of spiritual practice, this abandoned disciple doesn't care what kind of sect you belong to.

Goddesses from the Human King's Palace, fairies from the Moon Palace, princesses from the Ziwei Divine Dynasty, and saintesses from the Sun lineage—all of them were taken into his Goddess Furnace.

This traitor has completely abandoned the path of "forbiddenness" and is now completely immersed in the path of human desires; one could say he has become a demon.

However, at that time, his cultivation level was already at the peak of the world, and he also possessed the sacred weapon, the Goddess Furnace, making him almost impossible to kill.

That was the tragedy of all women in that era, especially those with good physiques, special constitutions, and stunning beauty.

But he didn't live very long.

Ultimately, the major sects found his location and killed him.

But what could they do? None of the women chose to live on; they all committed suicide the moment they emerged from the Goddess Furnace.

What saint or princess? Under such circumstances of daily humiliation, even the most resolute will would have long since collapsed.

It was precisely because of this situation that many major religions, which were originally only averse to the Way of Human Desire, united as one and directly annihilated it.

Zhou Qing believed that whether it was him or Ye Fan, if they had really lived in that era, they would have made the same choice as these great sects.

It's all because the fire didn't reach them.

On the surface, it seems that everything was because of this abandoned disciple that the Path of Human Desire was attacked by the Ziwei people.

But Zhou Qing could see that it was just a prelude. Unless the Human Desire Path became strong enough to turn the entire Ziwei Star into their furnace star, it would be destroyed sooner or later.

The problem lies at its very root. The founder of the Human Desire Path was incompetent; otherwise, he wouldn't have remained just a Great Sage, unable to break through to Quasi-Emperor even with Emperor Hengyu as a friend.

"Human desires. This path is too narrow. Without elevating the core concepts of the Dao, one cannot even reach the edge of the Quasi-Emperor's Dao." Zhou Qing put down the book in his hand and slowly pondered.

"Humans have seven emotions and six desires, but not only humans have these emotions and desires. The essence of humanity is the way of all spirits, which corresponds to all sentient beings."

"Joy, sorrow, anger, and fear are all kinds of emotions. If one can condense all emotions and desires into a single Dao, such a Dao fruit can completely break through to the Quasi-Emperor level, and there is even a possibility of proving the Dao through emotions, thus proving the Emperor of Emotions."

In the end, Zhou Qing moved all the ancient books on the Way of Human Desire. For him, this path could also be traced back to the source of the Dao. Moreover, he also thought of using this path as an entry point to truly explore the "Way of Humanity".

Humanity, since ancient times, has been high above and has never been truly controlled by anyone. Even the two human emperors did not truly control this great path.

If one could attain the true Human Emperor's throne, it would be no less than the Chaos Emperor's throne. Unfortunately, just as almost no one except the Chaos Body can attain the Chaos Emperor's throne, there is currently no physique that can attain the Human Emperor's throne.

The Human King Body is only a barely basic level; it is far from being truly effective. Unless a super-evolved Human Emperor Body emerges in the future, capable of controlling the Way of All Spirits, even two Human Emperors can only control a small portion of the Way of Humanity through the will of the human race, and it will be impossible to control more than that.

In the end, Zhou Qing left this place and returned to Tanggu.

Chapter 206 The Old Imperial Preceptor of the Ziwei Divine Dynasty

After some discussion in Tanggu, Zhou Qing took the Sun Emperor Tower and went out again, heading to the depths of the East Sea.

The vast blue sea stretched endlessly, and along the way, Zhou Qing saw many small islands, each also home to many cultivators.

The ocean of Ziwei is extremely vast, and various forces exist on it. Humans and sea monsters clash daily on the boundless ocean.

Legends of Penglai also circulate in the East Sea of ​​Ziwei Star. It is said to be a real fairy mountain in the sea, and it is said that the ancient sages of the human race would choose to return to the East Sea when they were nearing the end of their lives.

This has also resulted in a large number of immortal holy sites in the East China Sea, comparable to the power of the Divine Continent, one of the four continents.

Compared to Penglai in the East China Sea on Earth, this is the true source, the reference point for all myths and legends. However, like Tanggu and Yuyuan, it has become a legend.

Since the emergence of Tang Valley, a craze for ancient artifacts has arisen in recent years, with people flocking to search for the legendary locations. However, as more and more people have come up empty-handed, fewer and fewer cultivators have come overseas.

Due to Zhou Qing's previous severing of his Dao and the unusual solar phenomenon, the East Sea remains a popular training ground. People come and go among the small islands, including cultivators and demons, making it a lively and bustling place.

Jiaozu Island is said to be the place where an ancient dragon, having reached the pinnacle of cultivation, attempted to transform into a true dragon. However, it failed, its primordial spirit dissipated, and its physical body transformed into this small island.

From a high vantage point, the island does indeed resemble a dragon, a unique and seemingly natural formation, quite mystical.

Therefore, this small island is very famous in the East China Sea, but since no one can occupy it, it gradually evolved into a trading place in the East China Sea.

Various major sects and famous independent cultivators occasionally hold auctions here, selling off some of their unwanted items in exchange for what they want.

As a result, today, all the major sects and independent cultivators on this island showed expressions of horror and knelt down with a thud.

"Boom!"

Heaven and earth trembled, the Great Dao wailed, and wave after wave of the Great Dao's power surged forth, surging like a vast ocean in an instant. All the clouds in the ten directions collapsed, and the void was completely distorted.

A terrifying aura permeated the sky and the ground, chilling them to the bone and making them feel suffocated.

"Extreme pressure! This is the aura of an emperor spreading!" One by one, the top sect leaders knelt on the ground, their bodies trembling, and managed to utter a single sentence.

They were all too familiar with this aura. It hadn't even been a few years since the Holy Emperor's divine consciousness had revived, and everyone still vividly remembered this oppressive aura, recognizing it instantly.

Deep in the East China Sea, Zhou Qing looked at a small furnace rising in the distance and felt an endless sense of awe.

It was only the size of a baby's fist, crystal clear and dazzling, with wisps of imperial power emanating from it, shaking heaven and earth.

"This is terrifying. If it weren't for the power of the Sun Tower protecting me, this collision would have killed me a thousand or ten thousand times over."

This is a small furnace that is close to an ultimate imperial weapon, much stronger than an ordinary quasi-imperial weapon, and its power is astonishing.

Zhou Qing was already very careful, but the power of the Supreme Emperor Weapon was still too strong.

In the instant the two collided, the outer shell of the Goddess Furnace turned to dust, and the small furnace rose up to resist the oppressive force of the Sun Emperor Tower.

As a result, the Sun Tower took this as a provocation and almost revived on its own. Zhou Qing spent a lot of effort to appease it before the Sun Tower returned to calm.

However, no matter how quickly Zhou Qing calmed them down, the pressure of the Sun Emperor Tower still spread throughout the entire East Sea in an instant, causing all the cultivators on the East Sea to kneel down.

But Zhou Qing couldn't care less about that now. He put the Quasi-Emperor Furnace into his body and retrieved the Sun Emperor Tower. His figure disappeared instantly and traversed the void.

This is a no-man's land, deep in the East China Sea, where there is no sign of human habitation for millions of miles. It is precisely for this reason that Zhou Qing chose to blast open the Goddess Furnace here.

"Boom!"

A rushing sound of water arose, like stars falling into the sea, stirring up waves that stretched for millions of miles, coming from all directions, deafening like thunder.

Within a radius of millions of miles, everything turned into nothingness. The endless void collapsed, causing a complete breakdown and creating countless dark abysses.

As for the seawater below, it has long since evaporated. Not a single drop of seawater exists within a million miles, revealing the deep seabed, as if it had been plowed by a terrifying force, leaving nothing behind.

This collision was truly terrifying. With a single blow, a million miles of land sank, the East China Sea trembled, and people from all four continents were shocked. Everyone was wondering what had happened.

Meanwhile, the main character had already returned to Tanggu, put the Sun Emperor Tower back, and then headed back to the Ziwei Divine Dynasty.

"That was terrifying, I almost lost control of the Imperial Weapon." On the way, Zhou Qing was still a little scared.

Aside from the initial attack, which he delivered, he was no longer under control. The Sun Emperor Tower and the Quasi-Emperor Furnace were locked in a standoff, each constantly resurrecting.

Now Zhou Qing has a deeper understanding of why the imperial clan of Beidou would never engage in extreme collisions unless absolutely necessary.

If one were to accidentally lose control of the Imperial Weapons and allow them to revive, it would truly be a catastrophe.

Although the other side only possesses a quasi-Emperor artifact, it is very close to an Emperor weapon. If they were to collide, the East Sea would likely be instantly devastated, with hundreds of millions of lives dying without even being able to utter a cry.