From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

# Chapter 503 Kunpeng Transformation

"This way—"

"Refining Emptiness and Uniting with the Dao?"

Jiang Liu stirred up the waves with his staff, killing hundreds more mermaids. He sensed that the Mermaid's spiritual power had not diminished in the slightest, and he began to speculate about the method by which the Jade-Winged Golden-Scaled Mermaid could integrate her life information into the innate Qi and exist for a long time.

This is precisely the refinement of emptiness and the union of the Dao!

The physical landscape is the Tai Xu Ding (Great Void Cauldron), and the mental landscape is the Tai Ji Furnace.

The Great Void and the Taiji Combined Cauldron: Internal Refinement of Life and Nature Awaits the Right Timing!

In short, this process of refining emptiness and uniting with the Dao has two directions.

The first approach is to do as the Mermaid did: find a place with a natural energy field and let your spirit and will merge into it. As long as the energy field remains, your spirit will naturally be eternal.

It has a kind of "earth immortal" feel to it.

Compared to the fixed atmospheric patterns formed by mountains and rivers on land, this Guixu atmospheric pattern, composed of sea air and weather, can travel across the four seas with ocean currents and soar through the nine heavens with air currents. It can even change at any time with ocean currents and air currents, which is in line with the world's principle that "only the easy is unchanging".

therefore.

Even though one of the energy channels of this Guixu Qi Formation was blocked, the Qi Formation itself has still existed for thousands of years.

but.

According to Jiang Liu's observation, Jiao Mu had only entered the state of "refining emptiness and merging with the Dao," which could not be considered as completely melting her life into the Guixu Qi Formation; rather, it was a temporary state.

In other words, the Mermaid's actions were a desperate gamble after losing her chance to ascend, or perhaps she hoped to use the power of the Void to influence the timing of events, stir up waves, and destroy the river.

The other approach, "Refining Emptiness and Uniting with the Dao," involves completely fusing one's own life information into the circulation of Qi throughout the body.

In this way, one may achieve the effect of internally refining one's life information into the primordial Qi, thereby allowing one's own life to be entrusted to the circulation of primordial Qi between heaven and earth.

At present, the situation of the Mermaid can only be described as temporarily entrusting her "sex" to the Qi cycle of Guixu, rather than entrusting her life to the cycle.

"Interesting! I'll give it a try!"

Then, Jiang Liu took out a jade bottle, poured out ten Drunken Fish Pills, crushed them, and caused the powder to quickly disperse with the sea air, affecting the merman's brain.

True!

Merfolk brains are as small as peanuts...

The Mermaid has essentially become completely reliant on her aura...

But after trying it out, Jiang Liu didn't want to spend time dealing with these merfolk.

In an instant.

The merfolk then slowly sank, as if they were drunk.

Afterwards, Jiang Liu unified his mind and body with the Qi formation. Within his physical landscape, the Qi naturally circulated throughout the heavens. His physical landscape and mental landscape became one. Holding the Kunpeng Talisman Seal of the Dharma Image, the Qi transformed throughout his body, turning into trillions of streams of Dao Qi, which merged into the Qi formation of Guixu.

Unlike Jiao Mu, who only temporarily integrated "sex" into the energy field, Jiang Liu integrated his entire life into it, moving with the sea energy and following the weather, which made the originally formless Guixu reveal a vague yet real image.

"You...your mental power!"

The Jiao Mu sensed something was wrong, but it was too late. She saw the Jade Emperor of the Golden Palace sitting in the Later Heaven Bagua position of Guixu, and the Earth Goddess Houtu sitting in the Former Heaven Bagua position of Guixu. By borrowing the Qi of Guixu, they re-established the world of Guixu.

The black and white ladies appeared together, using the spiritual power of the Heavenly Emperor and Earthly Queen to cast chains that firmly locked the spirit of the Mermaid, binding her body.

Finally, the Mind Monkey, the Will Horse, the Golden Lord, the Wooden Mother, and the Yellow Woman all emerged, the five energies united, conforming to the Qi formation of Guixu, drawing upon billions of dragon fires, and continuously refining the Mermaid.

"Spare me! Spare my life!"

The five elements unite to create the Guixu Dragon Fire. Although this fire has no temperature and is not an open flame, it is a true "mirage," illusory and formless. However, after Jiang Liu merges his life into Guixu, causing the Guixu Qi to manifest a physical form, it has a tendency to turn the illusory into the real, scorching the spirit of the Jiao Mu until it is broken down layer by layer.

Ignoring the wailing of the Mermaid, Jiang Liu continued to refine her with dragon fire. In the blink of an eye, he completely obliterated the Mermaid's spirit and will.

Mermaid—Destroyed.

Mermaids—die.

After that, Jiang Liu also fell into a mysterious state, feeling as if he had truly become a Kun fish, striving to swim upwards.

hum-

In an instant.

The entire East China Sea seemed to be stirred up.

Lu Jin and the others, who were tightly gripping the Jianmu tree, sensed that the whirlpool on the sea surface had disappeared and even the dark clouds had gradually dissipated. However, a wave hundreds of meters high suddenly appeared in front of them and swept towards them.

"Ruined!"

Jonathan shouted.

But they were not swept away by the waves. There seemed to be an invisible wind around the waves, lifting them and the remains of the Jianmu tree into the air. The wind was gentle and warm, and even gave them a sense of stability.

Looking down, everyone was dumbfounded.

Below, the ocean surged with towering waves, and a colossal Kun, its body seemingly composed of air currents, carrying dragon fire, and stretching for tens of kilometers, leaped out of the sea.

This scene was also witnessed by the crew and sailors of the now-gone Sago, who were all dumbfounded and could hardly believe that such a huge creature existed in the world.

The giant Kun emerged from the water, causing the sea to ripple. It leaped into the air and transformed into a Peng. The surrounding Qi gathered, and with a flap of its wings, it resembled clouds hanging from the sky. With a gentle flap, it dispersed the dark clouds and soared straight up, heading north!

Lu Jin, Duanmu Ying, and others who were holding onto the remains of the Jianmu tree were also carried to the heavens by this Peng bird, riding the wind and experiencing the feeling of soaring through the clouds.

The Peng bird soars through the heavens, its cry echoing through the clouds. Then, it suddenly plunges downwards, returning to the East Sea. It transforms into a Kun bird, following the ocean currents, and lies hidden on the seabed, disappearing without a trace.

Lu Jin and the others fell steadily into the sea, completely bewildered.

The Kun fish entered the sea and transformed into invisible sea vapor once more, simply because the river had removed the Kunpeng talisman and returned to its original form.

Since mastering the timing of the four seasons and six qi, with the sun hiding the golden crow and the moon hiding the jade rabbit, Jiang Liu has been able to use the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts to perceive the magnetism of all things and shape them with qi, and transform the things in the universe. Now that he has understood the principles of the River Chart and Luo River Book, he has completed the numbers of the body and the universe, and perfected the numbers of the changes in the mind. His skill in the transformation of the universe has reached a new level. Furthermore, by using the Dharma Image Talisman Seal to perceive the Kunpeng Talisman Seal condensed in the qi, he can transform into a Kun fish and a Peng bird, and cultivate the Kunpeng Transformation!

However, judging from Jiang Liu's own strength, he could not possibly achieve a size of tens of kilometers by using the Kunpeng transformation.

Previously, he had merely entrusted his life to the Qi of Guixu. Throughout the entire process, apart from the destruction of Jiaomu being under Jiang Liu's subjective control, the subsequent transformation of Kunyu into Peng and its soaring flight were all in accordance with the autonomous flow of the Qi of Zhoutian. Jiang Liu was merely using this to further comprehend the changes of Kunpeng.

After the Kun fish entered the sea, the seawater receded by half in the space that relied on the Qi formation, revealing the collapsed bronze palace and mountains.

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Liu brushed aside his storage ring and released the base vehicle: Primordial Wilderness.

Guixu, or rather, the Kunpeng Qi Formation, is different from the Qi Formation on the mainland. It transforms into Kun when entering the sea and into Peng when ascending into the sky, and is constantly changing.

Furthermore, this energy pattern is connected with the overall energy pattern of heaven and earth, which is equivalent to a cultivator who has reached the "heavenly" realm of Qi cultivation.

Therefore, Jiang Liu planned to make use of Chu Xuan's base vehicle.

The Primordial Base Vehicle was created by Chu Xuan and has four forms: war vehicle, spaceship, base, and Transformer. It also utilizes the relevant theories of Qi and artificial intelligence. If the Primordial Base Vehicle can be used as the foothold of the Kunpeng Qi Formation, then even if other changes occur in Shenzhou in the future, he will have a way out and can restart everything.

Furthermore, the bronze left behind by the Kingdom of Hatred could be put to use...

# Chapter 504 The Divine Iron that Stabilizes the Sea

Once inside the base vehicle and under the owner's control, Jiang Liu took his seat, summoned the artificial intelligence, and asked, "Honghuang, how much do you know about the Qi formation?"

[Aura formation, a special airflow phenomenon existing in nature, is equivalent to an energy circuit that operates and is constructed within the body by extraordinary powers such as magic, internal energy, chakra, and qi, involving the concept of dimensions...]

Upon seeing the information about the Qi formation in the Primordial World, Jiang Liu nodded slightly and asked again, "Is it possible to plan the base's shape to a certain extent based on the Qi formation within the Ruins of Return?"

【Can. 】

Artificial intelligence responded primordially and immediately began scanning the Guixu Space. It then released a large number of nanobots, like clouds and mist, like locusts sweeping across the land, which devoured all the bronze palaces, bronze cauldrons and other metal materials left behind by the Hentian Ancient Kingdom.

In just three minutes, the base vehicle occupied the island where the mountains and bronze palace were originally located, transforming the classical and solemn ancient country into a modern and sci-fi style in a short period of time.

[A unique type of clam has been discovered on the seabed of Guixu. According to scan data, it has existed for 36,000 years. Over this long period of time, the clam shells may have been affected by atmospheric conditions, potentially giving rise to special elements. Should they be retrieved?]

"Special elements?"

Jiang Liuming ordered Honghuang to access the surveillance footage, and a huge white clam shell appeared on the suspended screen.

"They actually survived."

This giant clam contains a corpse-like creature, also known as a jade-winged, golden-scaled mermaid.

Jiang Liu pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Let's leave it for now. If it dares to disrupt the flow of the sea and air, we'll activate the weapon system directly."

[Understood, Commander!]

As the primordial world continued to expand, a huge disc-shaped object was constructed in the place where the stone cauldron and iron tree had originally been. It was engraved with fish and dragon patterns like waves. Later, the same disc-shaped object was created in the place where the nine-legged, eight-sided cauldron had originally been. It had patterns similar to flowing clouds and air.

There is a hole in the center of each of the two discs.

[Commander, a node has been set at the center of the airflow path in the aura. The opening and closing of the aura space with the outside world, as well as the transformation of the aura's form, can be controlled by manipulating the disc. Shall we set a password?]

Jiang Liu pondered for a moment and then instructed Hong Huang, "Set a password! Inscribe the Hetu pattern on the bottom disc and the Luoshu pattern on the other disc. The Hetu represents the pre-heaven Bagua, and the Luoshu represents the post-heaven Bagua. The Hetu is divided into four rings, and the Luoshu is divided into three rings, both corresponding to the Zhen trigram. That is, the Hetu and Luoshu need to be rotated to the positions corresponding to the pre-heaven Zhen trigram and the post-heaven Zhen trigram, respectively, to activate the password."

[Setup complete!]

Instantly, the Hetu pattern and Luoshu pattern appeared on the virtual screen, with the Hetu disc divided into four rings and the Luoshu disc into three rings, each of which could rotate.

"What's with the hole in the very center?" Jiang Liu asked.

[Because the flow path at the center of the energy system is too crucial, two more keys need to be installed as a precaution!]

[Commander, please select the key style!]

Immediately, iron rods of varying thicknesses and various key patterns appeared on the screen, clearly indicating that Jiang Liu needed to determine the diameter of the two keys and the patterns on them for later engraving.

After thinking for a while, Jiang Liu took out a steel rod and said to Hong Huang, "Take me to the disc. The gold hoops on both ends of this rod are the key."

The primordial chaos projected the form of a Kun fish, leading Jiang Liu away from the main control room and first to the Luo Shu disc.

[Commander, simply insert one end of the stick into the keyhole. The nanobots will then engrave the corresponding grooves inside according to the pattern on the golden hoop.]

Jiang Liu did as instructed, inserting the end with the azure dragon coiled around the pillar into the keyhole.

A minute later, Jiang Liu pulled out the iron rod and looked into the keyhole. It was smooth inside, but by scanning with his mental power, he could detect several layers of serrated protrusions.

Undoubtedly, once the iron rod is inserted into the keyhole, the several layers of serrated protrusions inside will cover the gold band at the end with the blue dragon coiled on the pillar, achieving a perfect fit, allowing a person to hold the iron rod and rotate it.

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