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

However, the power of humanity has not disappeared; it still permeates the air, descending from the void and converging upon Zhou Qing.

hum!

A sacred light shot up from Zhou Qing's body.

Within this light were countless living beings, the vast mortal world, and numerous dynasties; countless scenes flashed by, revealing the power of life.

A vast power descended upon Zhou Qing, instantly throwing his primordial spirit into chaos, leaving him in a daze, and blurring everything before his eyes.

He lost his senses.

Finally, he closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

In his dreams, he seemed to experience one reincarnation after another, constantly changing his life and suffering in the mortal world.

He was born into a wealthy merchant family and was very good at business. He was highly valued by his father and took over the family business. Every year, the family assets doubled. Twenty years later, he became so rich that he was comparable to a country in wealth, and became a world-renowned tycoon.

He was born into a poor family, but fortunately he was intelligent and studious. He mastered the Four Books and Five Classics at a young age and was known as a child prodigy. Even the emperor knew of his reputation.

Later, he visited famous teachers, participated in the imperial examinations, and surpassed all the talented scholars of the time to become the top scholar. In just over ten years, he became the prime minister of the court, managed state affairs, improved people's livelihoods, created a prosperous era, and left his name in history.

He served as a soldier, leading a cavalry unit of a dozen men, taking the enemy general's head amidst a vast army, rising three ranks in quick succession. He then led a small force in a surprise attack on the enemy's supply depot, securing victory in a battle involving millions. He rose three more ranks, commanding an army and sweeping through a nation. He was promoted again, becoming the commander-in-chief of all armies, conquering a hundred nations to pacify the world. Finally, he laid down his armor and retired to the mountains, leaving behind a legacy of war.

The name of a god.

He also worked his way up to become the leader of the martial arts world, possessing unparalleled martial arts skills, commanding all religions, establishing order, and effectively becoming a state within a state.

He was once a peasant, but due to oppression, he was forced to revolt, eventually seizing power and establishing a dynasty that would last for eternity, its might resounding for centuries.

…………

His life was full of different beginnings and his identity changed constantly. He experienced poverty and destitution, as well as wealth and honor. But no matter what his starting conditions were, he eventually reached the pinnacle of life that countless people could only dream of.

A faint sound echoed in the distance.

"A hundred lifetimes of reincarnation, the mortal world refines the heart."

This is the power of humanity, a gift of humanity, a great opportunity, and a very special one.

In his dreams, Zhou Qing reincarnated again and again, his Dao heart becoming more and more steadfast, his experience becoming more and more profound, and his understanding of humanity becoming more and more extensive.

However, each of his incarnations is strange. No matter how bad the starting conditions are, even if he is a beggar, he will eventually become an extraordinary being who shocks the whole world.

This deviates from the original intention of humanity in providing this opportunity.

The dream of eternity, the tempering of the heart in the mortal world, should allow one to experience countless lives rarely encountered in reality. Only in this way can cultivators gain insights into life different from that of immortals in the past, and achieve the effect of drawing inferences from one instance to another.

Therefore, a cultivator's dreams should include moments of glory, moments of desolation, moments of invincibility, and moments of helplessness, in order to serve as a form of tempering and refinement.

For example, being a soldier doesn't necessarily mean having a glorious career and defeating all enemies. You can also die honorably on the battlefield and become one of the many on the death list. This is also a kind of life experience.

If humanity were conscious, it might have gone mad by now, but even if humanity were not conscious, the rules would begin to adjust themselves at this point.

In his dream, Zhou Qing suddenly encountered more misfortunes in his life, with one crisis after another befalling him, each one a narrow escape.

For example, on one occasion, he was besieged by hundreds of thousands of rebel troops in a small city with only about 10,000 people inside. It can be said that even if there were a military genius here, he would not have much room to maneuver under such circumstances.

However, just when the situation was extremely perilous, a meteor shower fell from the sky, utterly destroying the rebel army in the wilderness. The rebels suffered heavy casualties and were terrified. Finally, they seized the opportunity and launched a counterattack, routing the enemy and forcing them to flee in disarray.

Thus, even as misfortunes increased, he remained unhindered, reaching the pinnacle in every lifetime, as if his fate had been predetermined, becoming an inescapable destiny.

As time passed, a month had already gone by in the outside world, while Zhou Qing had experienced a hundred lifetimes in his dream.

This was his last life, and also his most glorious one.

In this life, he was born in a country ravaged by storms and whose land was shattered.

He witnessed countless scenes of ordinary people cannibalizing each other in the chaos of war, saw the tragedy of massacre after massacre, and heard the cries of despair and resentment of the people in this chaotic world.

Finally, he roared, like a blazing sun, igniting the flame in the hearts of all people and completely transforming the country.

He purged treacherous officials to rectify the court, he quelled rebellious armies to pacify the land, and he established laws and regulations to educate the people.

He abolished evil customs to rectify people's hearts; he united a hundred countries to achieve great unification; he improved the five grains to feed the people.

In this life, he ruled the world, held great power, gathered the strength of all living beings, moved mountains and filled seas, and turned land into rivers, giving all living beings a harsh lesson.

That is, what it means for man to conquer nature!

He was revered by all, like a star surrounded by the moon, and all the glory was bestowed upon him. Countless people sang his name.

Gradually, an invisible force began to entwine around him.

This power is formless and intangible, yet it is far more powerful than any force in this world, because it is formed by the rules, the unity of people's hearts, and the Dao in the darkness.

In his later years, he lay dying on his sickbed, his whole body decaying like a withered tree, his life force flickering, powerless to even kill a chicken, just like an ordinary old man on his deathbed.

However, he faced it all with equanimity. Since he was going to die anyway, he could now let go of all the things he had worried about in life.

So, with a single imperial edict, the world was shaken. Overnight, countless heads fell, blood flowed like rivers, and all evil was buried with his word.

Although he was very old and barely clinging to life, he still possessed an unimaginable majesty. No matter how poor or destitute a talented person was, he could make them rise to prominence with a single word, and no matter how glorious an ancient family was, even if they were known as "half of the court" in the world, he could exterminate their entire clan with a single word.

This is the power of the Emperor of Humanity, influencing the will of all beings, controlling their destinies, and having the power of life and death with a single word.

Finally, as he issued his last imperial edict, he closed his eyes with a smile.

An entire era has come to an end, and the world can finally move towards a truly new future with a brand new attitude!

In this future, there will be no emperors, no distinction between noble and lowly, everyone will be like a dragon, and everyone will be a sage!

This is the real revolution, a future he could never reach if he didn't die!

Throughout his life, no one ever truly understood his thoughts, not even his closest confidants or the ministers most adept at reading his mind.

What he wanted was never merely to establish a glorious era; in his heart, he was simply a guide.

He guides all beings to be self-reliant and strong, guides all beings to think independently, and guides all beings to open their eyes to see the world. All his actions are for four words: Humanity reigns supreme!

Crackling.

As his world went dark, a sudden sound of shattering glass rang out.

Then he saw the whole world as a cracked bottle, with pieces falling to reveal a world of dazzling light.

Countless memories awakened from the depths of his mind, and his eyes shone like two sharp swords, as if they contained all the sharpness in the world.

At this moment, he finally remembered who he was: he was Zhou Qing, from the Zhou family, Zhou Qing!

"boom!"

A blazing bolt of lightning shot out from his altar, tearing through the sky, shattering the void, and rushing into the universe, illuminating eternity with unparalleled brilliance.

He sat cross-legged in place, motionless, silently observing the world, contemplating this unique experience.

Through countless lifetimes of dreams, the trials of the mortal world, and profound understanding of humanity, his gains are simply unimaginable, and his achievements are abundant.

His eyes flickered uncertainly, reflecting the countless lifetimes of mortals he had lived through. Though it was all a dream, he was still much older than he actually was.

At this moment, he needs to calm down and sort out his memories so that he doesn't suffer from being lost.

For three whole months, he remained motionless, repeatedly recalling the past and trying to understand himself.

His primordial spirit was always shining, and as his memories of each lifetime were buried deep within his mind, his primordial spirit became increasingly ethereal and clear.

Finally, his primordial spirit remained as clear as crystal, just as it had always been, still full of vitality and vigor, seemingly unchanged.

But he knew very well that he was now completely different from before, as if he had been reborn and had gained unimaginable benefits.

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The most obvious change was that his understanding of humanity advanced by leaps and bounds, and he quickly gained a profound understanding and truly mastered a portion of the power of humanity.

Upon realizing this, an invisible power immediately surged within him.

This power is very weak, but once it is added to the Three Fists of Sorrow, Desire and Desire that he has comprehended, its power increases by more than ten times!

Because this is the highest level of power in humanity, the power of the Emperor of Humanity!

Compared to the power of the seven emotions and six desires, this power holds a much higher position in the human realm; it is supreme, without equal.

The Emperor of Humanity is the core who governs all forces within humanity, and the power of the seven emotions and six desires is merely one of his subjects.

Moreover, the Three Punches of Grief and Desire did not evoke all seven emotions and six desires; each secret technique could only evoke one emotion.

Even if the Emperor of Humanity's power was only a trace, Zhou Qing still found it unbelievable.

This is a tremendous gain; it not only enhances one's foundation but also serves as a guide.

This made him truly understand how to perceive the power of humanity.

Where did this power come from? After sorting out the memories of his hundred lifetimes of reincarnation, Zhou Qing naturally knew when he obtained this power.

This was what he received in his last life, and also in his most glorious one.

Only after he completely transformed the country, rapidly developing it in the direction where everyone was like a dragon, and was revered by all people, and gathered all the glory, did he finally obtain a trace of the power of the human emperor.

Throughout these hundred generations, Zhou Qing has been the emperor of a country more than once, commanding the world in the name of a monarch.

However, he only obtained this power in his last life, because in all the other reincarnations, Zhou Qing never did it like he did in his last life.

Among the other emperors in the cycle of reincarnation, although he was equally high above and held great power, and the entire court had to listen to him, the struggle between imperial power and ministerial power could not cause any waves in his hands.

However, that was all. He brought imperial power to its peak and was also very enlightened, recruiting talented people from all over the country, but he did not do anything to change the country.

Before he ascended the throne, the atmosphere of the country was not much different from the atmosphere after he became emperor.

"Perhaps, the difference between these two lies in the key to understanding humanity." Zhou Qing fell into deep thought.

At the same time, after obtaining this power, Zhou Qing recalled the past and also discovered a problem: none of the emperors he had ever met had this power on them!

Whether it was the emperor of the Ziwei Divine Dynasty, the emperor of the Shenzhou Dynasty, or any other emperors he encountered during his training, whether from mortal kingdoms or cultivator kingdoms, none of them possessed the power of a human emperor.

Because they were merely high above, enjoying offerings, and although they ruled the world, they never tried any truly transformative practices and made no contribution to humanity. Therefore, none of the emperors could comprehend the power of humanity.

Perhaps occasionally, they will evoke a sense of human compassion, but they can only linger on the periphery, just like Zhou Qing before he comprehended the Three Fists of Sorrow and Desire, unable to even touch the edge of humanity.

"I didn't expect that, before I'd even consumed many fragments of the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, the bottom..."

"The accumulation has reached such a level that it saves ten years' worth of effort in a single day." Zhou Qing chuckled and shook his head, then stood up with deep emotion.

With one step, the vast landscape fell behind him, and in an instant he arrived before the Fusang Divine Tree.

The step from half-saint to saint is extremely crucial. One must never rely on rare and precious materials to break through the realm; one must rely on one's own strength. This has a huge impact on the later stages.

Throughout history, there have been many extraordinary talents who reached the semi-saint realm at a young age. However, they were so lucky that they would accidentally obtain countless rare and precious treasures. As a result, some people could not resist the temptation and consumed these treasures on the spot, thus breaking through their realm.