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

However, the founder of the Human Desire Path simply viewed the word "desire" as lust, which is a flawed approach.

When people are about to die, they often unleash an unimaginable will to live. For example, the Taiyin Divine Child's outburst before his death was an extremely strong sense of unwillingness, but in the end he still died at Zhou Qing's hands.

When people see rare and precious natural treasures, the greed that arises in their hearts is an extremely strong desire that constantly drives them to act according to their greed.

In addition, there is the thirst for knowledge, which is reflected in cultivators as the saying goes, "If I hear the Dao in the morning, I can die content in the evening."

There's also the desire to show off; for example, people always want to flaunt their high achievements, especially when they have something that others don't.

These are only a part of desire, far from encompassing the whole.

Desire is the fundamental driving force that propels a person to perform various actions.

The reason people want this and that is essentially because desire has an effect on their hearts.

Zhou Qing studied the scriptures of the Patriarch of the Way of Human Desire mainly using them as a starting point to explore another kind of desire, the desire of Heaven.

Before him, a gray, ancient stone floated, radiating an extremely terrifying aura, like a star, within which all the desires of countless living beings were concentrated.

This is the Heavenly Desire Stone, extremely rare throughout history. Emperor Hengyu once found one and left it to the founder of the Human Desire Path, which is why this stone is recorded in the ancient books of the Human Desire Path.

Unfortunately, the founder of the Human Desire Path did not discover the Heavenly Desire. Instead, he continued to delve into his erotic desires and never broke through to the Quasi-Emperor level until his death.

Zhou Qing is now sitting here, constantly studying the various mysteries within the Heavenly Desire Stone, and suddenly he has some enlightenment.

Perhaps the founder of the Human Desire Path back then didn't want to elevate his own Great Dao, but rather wanted to combine human desires with heavenly desires, which was extremely difficult, almost impossible.

The divine desires contained in this stone are too obscure, difficult to understand, and too mysterious and complex.

With the Quasi-Emperor's Small Furnace above Zhou Qing's head, countless rays of light descended, blocking most of the power of the Heavenly Desire Stone for him.

Otherwise, even a saintly king would die instantly upon arriving before the Heavenly Desire Stone.

Feeling the faint wisps of divine desire emanating from him, Zhou Qing couldn't help but frown.

What exactly is the desire of Heaven? Does Heaven also have desires?

He really couldn't understand it.

No wonder the founder of the Way of Human Desire chose to plunge headlong into his own lustful desires, simply using heavenly desires to temper his human desires, rather than cultivating the Way of Heavenly Desires.

Because it's simply incomprehensible.

There is no Heavenly Law in this world; everything is...

The laws of the Great Dao operate on their own, including all kinds of tribulations, which descend automatically in accordance with the laws of the Great Dao.

Desires of Heaven can also be seen as desires of the world. Does a world have consciousness? Without a doubt, it does not.

Without even consciousness, how could Zhou Qing know what the desires of a world are?

However, he can deconstruct it from a different angle. Although it has no consciousness, it operates according to rules. Under these rules, it sometimes punishes cultivators and sometimes blesses them.

For example, before the chaos of antiquity, each supreme being would invoke the blessings of heaven and earth upon attaining enlightenment, resulting in various shocks such as "star shock" and "dao shock".

The Great Dao bestows its blessings, sending down a baptismal essence to nourish the realm where the Supreme One resides, from which all can receive immense benefits.

Does this mean that Heaven and Earth desire the attainment of the Supreme Being, and that this is one of the desires of Heaven?

Now that all beings have turned to the Secret Realm Method, the path to enlightenment on this evolutionary path is reduced to only heavenly tribulations, with no more blessings descending.

The key is that the laws before the Chaotic Era all sought external paths, while the laws of the Secret Realm sought internal paths.

This shows that cultivators who seek other paths will definitely benefit heaven and earth when they attain enlightenment.

At this moment, strands of Heavenly Desire power flowed over, constantly attracting Zhou Qing's consciousness, wanting him to immerse himself in the Heavenly Desire Stone and offer up everything he had.

Click!

As if a bolt of lightning had struck Zhou Qing's mind, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he suddenly understood something.

“Living beings desire to attain the Dao, and the Dao also desires to devour living beings.”

Zhou Qing realized the essence of this Dharma-ending Age. The so-called Dharma-ending Age is when, after reaching its peak, the world turns around and seizes the essence of all living beings, suppressing all spirits in order to repair itself.

To attain the Way, one must first embody the Way.

If a supreme being from the chaotic ancient era wants to attain enlightenment, the first thing they must do is to bring down all kinds of rules upon themselves, causing chains of divine order to pierce their bodies.

In this process, the Supreme One gradually masters many Great Dao rules, while Heaven and Earth absorb the essence within the Supreme One's body to nourish themselves.

Zhou Qing gradually began to understand.

The so-called Heavenly Desire must include the desire to increase one's origin. Even if it is unconscious, Zhou Qing can find this Heavenly Desire according to the rules.

Having grasped one of the Heavenly Desires, Zhou Qing's comprehension began to progress smoothly.

First, he elevated the Great Way of Human Desire, incorporating all the various human desires he had come to understand. Second, the desires of Heaven and human desires gradually merged, making the Great Way of Desire that he deduced stronger and stronger.

Several months later, he created another secret technique called the Desire Fist, which signified that he had achieved something in this path.

“Now I should be able to try to invoke the power of humanity again,” Zhou Qing muttered to himself.

The Fist of Sorrow, the Fist of Despair, the Fist of Desire—in fact, they can all share a common name: the Fist of Humanity.

This type of secret technique has a unique characteristic: unlike other great principles of heaven and earth, which are simply changes in rules and order, devoid of emotion and desire.

Humanity is the way of emotions. The secret arts created based on the seven emotions and six desires are the power of humanity.

Over the past year, Zhou Qing's main research has been to delve deeper into the seven emotions and six desires in order to explore the power of humanity.

He had kept the primordial spirit of the Heavenly Abyss Saint until today, when he created all three secret techniques and was finally able to sacrifice the primordial spirit of the Saint.

The Human Emperor made great contributions to the human race in the past, and the human race accounts for almost 70% of the power in the human realm. Now the number of humans is too large. The hundreds of thousands of other races in the universe combined cannot compare with the number of humans.

As one of the executioners who slaughtered the human race, Zhou Qing's sacrifice of Tianyuan Saint to the human race will surely produce a different reaction, and even Zhou Qing cannot predict what the outcome will be.

Generally speaking, people rarely feel the power of humanity; at most, they may occasionally experience a moment of humanitarian resonance by chance.

However, Zhou Qing has now touched the edge of humanity through his self-created three-style boxing technique, which makes it entirely possible for him to set the target of sacrifice as humanity.

And the Sage of Tianyuan can finally face his end.

Chapter 230 A Gift of Humanity, A Great Dream Refines the Heart

After making his decision, a patch of Dao patterns lit up beneath Zhou Qing's feet, and his figure vanished from the spot in an instant.

He arrived at the other side of Tang Valley, where an altar sat atop a mountain peak.

This is the highest mountain in Tang Valley. A year ago, Zhou Qing instructed the people of the Sun Ancient Cult to build an altar here, and it should be completed by now.

Upon seeing Zhou Qing appear, a woman dressed in a golden feather robe with exquisite and beautiful features immediately revealed a delighted smile and quickly stepped forward to greet him.

"Demon Lord, look, this is an altar we have built. What do you think?"

Zhou Qing had already seen the altar. It was circular, imposing, and covered with mottled patterns, exuding a mysterious charm.

It's clear that they took the construction of this altar very seriously, using some very rare materials, all taken from the treasures of the Golden Crow Clan and the Taiyin God Cult.

“Quite good,” Zhou Qing nodded slightly.

Hearing Zhou Qing's praise, the Sun Saintess was delighted, and her smile deepened.

Then, Zhou Qing took out the primordial spirit of the Heavenly Abyss Saint and placed it on the altar.

The power of the Heavenly Abyss Saint was imprisoned by him, rendering him completely unable to move, but he was still able to speak.

Seeing the altar beneath him, he understood his fate and immediately began to curse.

"It's so noisy," Zhou Qing said impatiently.

Then he immediately activated the sacrificial spell, and the altar shone brightly.

sizzle

Colorful patterns appeared on the altar, forming a Tai Chi diagram, with the Yin fish and Yang fish formed from the power of Yin and the power of Yang respectively.

Zhou Qing simultaneously used the Taiyin True Scripture and the Taiyang True Scripture, two scriptures of the Human Emperor. Using this power to connect him with humanity should be more effective than other powers.

Yin and Yang embrace each other, transforming into the Taiji diagram, and the primordial spirit of the Sage Tianyuan resides in the center of this Taiji diagram.

The light grew stronger and stronger, and at a certain point, it suddenly transformed into the fire of the moon and the fire of the sun, which merged together and slowly rotated.

"Ah!" Saint Tianyuan let out a heart-wrenching scream.

The fire raged, even igniting the sage's primordial spirit. Fragments of the primordial spirit scattered and then vanished as a rain of light.

Scenes appeared from the scattered fragments of his primordial spirit; they were memories of when he slaughtered the people of the Taiyin Human Queen.

It was a tragedy. The sky was filled with blood, and there were constant wails. A saint rushed out from the Taiyin Divine Sect, but this person twisted his head off and shattered his body with a single blow.

"O sinners, offer your sacrifices on the altar, and burn them with fires of both yin and yang!"

As Zhou Qing chanted, he increased the power of the sacrifice, and flames rose up, shooting straight into the sky.

boom!

The light on the altar grew ever brighter and more sacred, radiating an eternal glow!

In that instant, a wondrous sound resounded throughout the heavens and earth, like the sacrificial chants of ancient times, piercing through time, vast and solemn, sacred and peaceful.

Humans throughout the heavens and myriad realms are praying, chanting the title of one person.

A mysterious power suddenly descended, like a cascading silver river. A strong wind surged, the trees in the mountains rustled, Zhou Qing's black hair flew wildly, and his clothes billowed in the wind.

Come.

He slightly activated this mysterious power, and the world instantly changed its appearance, with space shifting and time traveling, making it impossible to explain what exactly happened.

The surrounding mountains and forests became incredibly lush, with ancient trees reaching for the sky and wild beasts roaming freely, as if we had arrived in a barbaric era.

This is a primitive tribe, where people dressed in animal skins wield large clubs to drive away wild beasts, gather food, and light fires, generation after generation.

Until one day, the birth of a baby changed everything.

This baby was incredibly intelligent and possessed extraordinary talent for cultivation. He became a cultivator at the age of five, and his cultivation progressed rapidly thereafter. In his teens, he surpassed the tribe's elder and became the strongest.

He was very compatible with the power of Yin, and his body contained incredibly powerful potential. When he came of age, he subdued countless tribes around him, turning them into a super-large tribe, and even established a giant human city.

As he grew stronger, he began to expand wildly in all directions, annexing tribes and opening up vast wildernesses, leading the human race to every corner of this ancient star.

Scenes, seemingly disjointed, shifted rapidly. In just a few dozen breaths, the general life of the Taiyin Emperor was recounted amidst these changing scenes.

Zhou Qing silently watched all of this. This was a scene etched by humanity, revealed after Zhou Qing sacrificed the primordial spirit of the Heavenly Abyss Saint.

At this moment, the primordial spirit of the Heavenly Abyss Saint had been completely burned away, and his entire being had vanished into thin air.