From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Perhaps the wizard thought that this "resonance" was proof that his cultivation was getting stronger and stronger and that he was able to merge with the energy of this world, but in reality, he had cultivated the body of Gonggong's resurrection.

"Clever. No wonder he looks like Jiang Liu. I can't tell his cultivation level, but it must be quite high... Is he his descendant? What's his name?"

Gonggong didn't even look at Xiaoxi. His severed tail swayed slightly, and the severed tail flew back to its original position on its own. It healed completely in the instant it was pieced back together, without leaving a single scar.

"Wu Ming".

Jiang Liu still used a pseudonym. "So, what was your purpose in stealing the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl? Was it for power? Or did you want to prove that your method of cultivating both fish and dragons was the correct one?"

"I guess so, but the most important thing is to become the Emperor!"

In an instant, Gonggong arrived through the air, raising his dragon claws upwards, mobilizing the power of the heavens to condense five sharp beams that cleaved through the air, aiming straight for Jiang Liu's neck.

Facing a sneak attack—

Jiang Liu had anticipated this and was just about to test the effects of the Fish-Dragon Talisman when his heart pounded for a moment, his blood and qi transformed into a dragon, and an invisible aura burst forth from his body, accompanied by rolling heat waves.

The five sharp beams immediately melted and vanished upon contact with the heat wave.

"This is?!"

Gonggong frowned, a hint of doubt arising in his mind about Jiang Liu's identity. However, he would not surrender without a fight. He transformed into a nine-zhang-tall figure, stirring up the winds and clouds of the heavens, which transformed into a tornado that reached the heavens and the earth, and descended upon Jiang Liu.

"Good timing!"

Jiang Liu grinned, and his nine orifices and eight meridians pulsed in unison as he cultivated the Primordial Qi. He stepped on the Eight Extremes to transform into the Great Void, and swung his hands to combine Yin and Yang into Tai Chi.

In the blink of an eye, the Qi energy circulates throughout the body, penetrating every cell and coordinating and unifying the cellular energy. Through the Fish-Dragon Talisman, it connects with the Qi of this world, drawing upon the power of the sea and the heavens to gather throughout the body, thus forming a Qi-connecting force.

hum-

A layer of white airflow flowed around Jiang Liu's body, accompanied by thousands of starlight, simple yet dazzling.

It is not transformed from Qi, but rather a manifestation of atmosphere solidifying into substance, and it generates a scorching heat.

This intense heat is extremely peculiar; it does not affect the material reality, but it has a direct impact on the souls of all living things.

Whether it was Xiao Xi or Lu Jin and the others who were far away on the battlefield, they all felt a scorching heat transmitted into their souls, which affected their physical bodies. Their hearts beat faster involuntarily, their blood and qi flowed more smoothly, and their emotions rose involuntarily.

As the tornado was about to crash down, Jiang Liu's heart pounded for a split second. The vibrations traveled through his blood and blood vessels throughout his body, integrating the vibrations generated by the life activities of every cell and gathering them in his palm.

Then, the raised hand clenched suddenly, making a "boom" sound, and gathered the five elements of Qi in its chest, as if squeezing the entire void into its fist, and then blasted it out towards the tornado.

In an instant!

Qi transforms into strength, and strength transforms into form. A stream of light splits into Yin and Yang, transforming into a white dragon and a green dragon. Between the roars of the dragons and the howls of the dragons, and because Jiang Liu's human aura is connected to this small world, the green dragon is eight hundred feet long and the white dragon is a thousand feet long. In the midst of the battle, they swept across the sky, actually compressing the tornado cast by Gonggong and condensing it into a high-speed rotating sphere.

This allowed everyone in the entire Zhou Tian region to witness the scene of "two dragons playing with a pearl," leaving them all speechless and wondering what had happened.

Only Lu Jin, Duanmu Ying, and Evelyn had witnessed Jiang Liu's power to stabilize the universe and perform the Dragon and Snake Manifesto, and recognized that it was a spell cast by Jiang Liu.

This was the first time they had ever seen such power!

# Chapter 764 The Cultivation Conflict

When the storm subsided, a dark figure fell from the sky to the ground, bleeding from its seven orifices. Its original nine-zhang (approximately 33 meters) form shrank back to its original one-zhang (approximately 3.3 meters) length, but it still retained its human body, snake tail, and red hair.

Without him.

He cultivated the Fish Talisman and Dragon Seal together, which changed the aura of his body and caused his genes to evolve in a specific direction, thus resulting in this state of having a human body and a snake tail.

This is his true form!

This is consistent with the situation of the main body of Sivorna.

"You...you are...you are him!"

Because Jiang Liu withdrew his power at the last moment, Gonggong did not die, but was severely injured. However, he ignored his injuries and forced himself to sit up, staring intently at Jiang Liu's face. While spitting blood, he asked, "Why... even you deny me?"

I was clearly right!

Cultivating both the Fish Talisman and the Dragon Seal allows one to surpass human limits! Evolving into another kind of being! A far more advanced being! Like a creature truly born from the world!

Why reject this path?

Why?!"

Is this the real reason why Gonggong angrily struck Buzhou Mountain?

It was not just a struggle for the throne, but a dispute between Gonggong and Zhuanxu stemming from their differing understandings of the cultivation of the Zhou Tian (a concept in Chinese mythology).

It is a fellow practitioner who cultivates the fish talisman and dragon seal, thoroughly integrates it into the human body, changes the energy field of the human body, and transforms it into a sacred form with a human body and a snake tail.

It still prioritizes human beings, cultivating fish talismans and dragon seals, refining one's life force while constantly controlling the energy field of the human body, so as to be able to transform into a mermaid or a human dragon.

If Jiang Liu had to choose, he would definitely choose the latter.

The process is gradual and the path is clear. Based on what I have seen and heard in the Zhou Tian area over the past three days, practicing this method will not turn one into a monster.

On the contrary, in the process of cultivating the fish talisman and dragon seal, one's genes will be continuously improved. Not to mention that men and women will be handsome or beautiful, their body proportions will be extremely harmonious, with well-proportioned muscles, strong bones, and flexible physiques.

More importantly, after practicing the fish talisman and dragon seal, one still belongs to the human species and there is no reproductive isolation.

"Perhaps it's because it's a dead end."

But seeing the resentment in Gonggong's eyes, Jiang Liu still offered another explanation that touched on the essence of cultivation: "Of all things in the world, only the easy is unchanging."

Human beings' practice of refining Qi and alchemy, constructing the cosmic cycle and alchemical array patterns, are essentially all about learning from heaven and earth, using the human body to simulate the cosmic cycle of primordial Qi.

But the planet keeps moving, and there are countless examples of volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, earthquakes, and the transformation of the world from sea to land!

"To cultivate the fish-shaped talisman and dragon-shaped seal with a human body is equivalent to fixing the energy field of a place with one's human body. This may be harmless in the short term, but over time—thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of years—the energy field will shift. Will this method still be suitable then? Those who cultivate this method and achieve a human body with a snake's tail are far more likely to perish along with the energy field of that place than to continue practicing it."

Gonggong's method of cultivation can grant people strong personal power in the short term, but it relies too much on the energy field. Once the energy field changes, dissipates, or disappears, the race that practices this method and whose genes have undergone specific evolution will inevitably perish as well.

While the gradual cultivation of the fish talisman and dragon seal also relies on the celestial configuration of the universe, the person is still human. The transformation into a fish tail and the attainment of a dragon form are all due to the effects of the fish talisman and dragon seal, similar to the power of the celestial transformation of the river, rather than the person evolving into a mermaid or a true dragon.

Therefore, even if this Zhou Tian land were to completely perish one day, the people of this Zhou Tian land would still be able to go to the outside world to multiply and thrive.

in short.

From a longer-term perspective, that is, from the perspective of the continuation of the entire human species, cultivating the fish talisman and the dragon seal in sequence is also the best choice.

It takes into account both the short-term increase in human strength to cope with survival problems and the long-term adaptation of human beings to environmental changes and the continuation of the species.

of course.

Looking at the Fish Talisman and Dragon Seal from Jiang Liu's current perspective, the gradual approach is a misguided path. It should be that when entering the sea, one becomes a fish, and when soaring, one transforms into a dragon. Furthermore, during internal cultivation, one should use "tremor" as the source to gradually control the frequency of the heartbeat, thereby regulating every cell in the body and coordinating and unifying the imperceptible vibrations generated by the life activities of each cell.

It was precisely because of this fish-dragon talisman that the interaction between the cells and energy in Jiang Liu's body became more and more perfect!

"Destruction?" Gonggong sneered, clearly unconvinced. "I'll prove you right! Jiang Liu! Just you wait and see! I'm the one who's right!"

After saying that, he suddenly twisted his head, making a "crack" sound, and fell to the ground, losing all sound.

Jiang Liu was about to throw a Water-Fire Yin-Yang Qi Pill to cast a spell to avoid death and prolong life, but he found that the other party's brain had also become a mess. That wisp of innate Qi had already disappeared into the void. Even if he was saved, his mind would be blank, just like a newborn. He would have no way of knowing where he had hidden the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl.

"Brother Jiang!"

Lu Jin arrived with Evelyn, Duanmu Ying, and the others. Seeing that Gonggong was dead, they breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Are you alright?"

Jiang Liu then recounted what had happened.

"Suicide?"

Lu Jin was full of questions. "After going through so much trouble to be reborn and cultivate this innate divine form with a human body and a snake tail over a thousand years, are you just going to give up like this?"

Just playing around!

However, considering that Gonggong's innate Qi, which contained his life information, was stored in the Qi structure of this world, as long as the Qi structure remained intact, he would not die and would surely make a comeback!

"Xi!"

At this moment, the mermaid warriors also arrived and reported to Xiao Xi: In the Zhou Tian region, apart from Jiang Liu and others who call Xiao Xi "Princess," everyone else calls her "Xi" or "He." That is, apart from the special title of "Emperor," most people call each other by their given names, including Xi He's daughter. "We have not found the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl in the 'Sea King's' residence!"

"No? Could it be that Gonggong didn't steal the Dinghai Pearl?" Xiao Xi frowned, but couldn't think of anyone else who would target the Dinghai Pearl.

"Speaking of which, you initially thought that the Sea King stole the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl because he was an 'ascended being,' not as simple and honest as the people of Zhou Tian; but after it was confirmed that he was possessed by Gonggong, you still believed that he stole the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl... Why? What would Gonggong need to steal the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl for?" Jiang Liu believed that this point needed to be clarified first in order to determine what other tricks Gonggong might have up his sleeve, otherwise it wouldn't be short before he made a comeback.

"Are you really Jiang Liu?" Xiao Xi stared at Jiang Liu, trying to figure out the truth.

"Wu Ming is my name, so Gonggong must have mistaken me for someone else!" Jiang Liu denied it outright.

Lu Jin, standing beside him, squinted and glanced sideways at him: "→_→"

"Ok."

Considering that her mother's act of suppressing the spirit of the Qi formation could not last, Xiao Xi did not dwell on it and revealed her reason for believing that Gonggong would steal the Dinghai Pearl: "For cultivation! As you said, Gonggong cultivated the Fish Talisman and Dragon Seal together, but this could not last forever. He believed that as long as he devoured and refined the spirit of the Qi formation, and as long as the spirit of the Qi formation was of one mind with his own, he would no longer have to worry about the change of the Qi formation. He could completely create a similar Qi formation later in life in order to seek eternity!"

"In that case, let's return to Zhou Tianwang City and go to the Dinghai Palace. I'll help your mother suppress the spirit of the Qi formation..."

# Chapter 765 Betrayal! Possession!

"You're not dead?"

Inside the Zhou Tianwang City, Jax, perhaps possessing some detective talent, actually found some clues and, following the trail, cornered a masked man carrying an animal skin bag in a corner of the treasure vault—

When the mask was removed, it turned out to be someone neither of them expected.

Robin!

Unlike before, his entire body was now covered in blue runes, which looked rather eerie.

However, neither Ajatasaray nor Jax detected any trace of alchemy in the other...

However, neither of them dared to be careless.

The robin's ability to escape the man-eating shrimp and evade the pursuit of the mermaid warriors demonstrates that it has mastered superhuman strength and undergone a complete transformation.

"Even if I die, I will crawl back from hell to earth before I obtain Atlantis's most precious treasure!"

The robin's expression was cold, then a smirk appeared on his lips as he extended an invitation to the two, "Come with me! Return to the G Society, and I can bring you status, wealth, and honor! You will no longer have to worry about food, clothing, and shelter, and can focus on honing your skills!"

"A very good suggestion..."

"Jax!"

"Yagata roared."

"Why are you so agitated? I haven't finished speaking yet."