From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

"of course can."

Band chuckled and said, "However, in addition to having a suitable number of family members, you also need to secure a spot in the competition. That means opening our 'Wilderness Survival' website, registering online, and the first three people to complete the registration will receive a spot. Please fill in the information about your family members."

Remember, it must be a real family member, legally recognized, not a friend, or a paid "survival expert." If discovered, even if you win the championship, you will be disqualified and your prize will be revoked.

Of course, it's okay if you can't get a spot. You can still join the survival activity on your own and record your own videos...

"If this type of participant performs better than the official contestants, can they be replaced?" Catherine was hopeful, after all, she didn't believe in her luck.

"Our response to this type of participant is—participation is the most important thing."

Band laughed, then changed the subject, "However, if they perform really well, we will consider extending an invitation for the next episode or the one after that."

At this point, Band added, "If possible, we'd like to explore this area now. What do you think?"

"I'll lead the way!"

Catherine was incredibly excited. She told Nathan, Esther, and Benny to watch the shop while she went out with the crew of the "Man vs. Wild" show.

Duanmu Ying followed.

Besides the desire to participate in the "survival" challenge and win prizes, she also needed to understand whether the recording of the show would conflict with their actions...

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Australia.

The area where tropical desert climate and tropical savanna climate meet.

That is, the central plains region.

A cloud descended from the sky, revealing the figures of Jiang Liu and two Xiao Yu.

"So fast!"

"Has even a second passed?"

After leaving the haunted hotel and entering the woods, Jiang Liu used his cloud-riding technique to carry the two Xiao Yus into the air. What was once dense bushes had now become a desolate plain.

A journey of hundreds of miles can be completed in the blink of an eye.

How could this not surprise the two little jades?

"If you two can calm your minds and focus on your cultivation, transforming your past experiences into spiritual strength, you will be able to achieve what I have in the future, traveling to the North Sea in the morning and Cangwu in the evening with ease."

Jiang Liu smiled, his gaze sweeping around, and he saw—

The earth was a dull yellow, and the barren rocks were gray-black.

The earth was a hazy yellow, and a gentle breeze stirred up gusts of sand; the barren rocks were gray and black, and the sun shone through them with streaks.

A cloudless sky, a west wind blowing, leaves pricking like needles. The scenery is desolate, mountains low, roads overgrown. No autumn geese to the north, no spring swallows to the south. The roads are deserted, a desolate expanse of white.

Having found their bearings and identified a tall cliff, Jiang Liudao shouted "Let's go!" to clear a path ahead, leading the two little girls into the cave within the cliff...

# Chapter 885 The Long River of Time—The Possibility of 4.6 Billion Years of Dao Cultivation

Upon entering the cave and scanning both sides, the two girls discovered that there were blurry characters and fragmented murals on the cave walls. The cave walls themselves were not a single piece, but rather seemed to have been piled up and supported by each other after the collapse of buildings, and then fused together under the erosion and seepage of rainwater.

"Perhaps, in the distant past, this place was once a palace."

Even without the ability to perceive the world, Jiang Liu could still glean some idea of ​​what this place looked like in ancient times.

He then walked to a place where the writing was still relatively clear. It was written in oracle bone script, which was completely different from modern writing and would certainly be incomprehensible to ordinary people.

Jiang Liu could sense all the information in the universe, and since oracle bone script and modern Chinese characters are of the same lineage, both being pictographs, he understood their content in just a second.

Letter:

Time flows like a river, visible to all. The past is unchangeable, the future uncertain. Take control of the present, etch memories into our hearts. Beginning and ending connected, time cycles on.

The past is illusion, the future is reality. Strip away the branches, the river flows on endlessly. Where my heart leads, all things belong. Heaven and earth, time holds the reins.

"What do you mean?"

Both Xiaoyu were puzzled after reading this long passage.

"Simply put, the person who built the entire palace was probably like me, able to observe the river of time under the Zhouqi Bureau, and even possibly traveled through time, trying to change the past in order to change the future, but failed. There is a possibility that they created another branch of the river of time."

As he pondered this, Jiang Liu was surprised, but he didn't hesitate to tell Xiao Yu what he knew: "So, he or she came up with a way to make the river of time no longer a line, but a circle, using the present as the benchmark and memories as the anchor point."

Thus, just as I had predicted, the past, though settled, has been given an illusory quality, making it possible to change the present by changing the past.

This gives the future a sense of reality, to the point that the future is set with the most likely one, while all other possibilities are erased.

This person's goal is to control time, thereby gaining control over all things.

Tsk!

There must be no "Tao Te Ching" in this world.

The Tao Te Ching states:

What I have lost is not truly mine; what I have sought is what binds me; all things are for my use, not my possession. A wise man uses things, but is not used by them; the great way is simple: without desire, one is strong; without action, one can accomplish everything.

What solution?

In short, it can be summed up in one sentence: A wise person makes good use of resources.

The philosophy of life is to be open-minded, not to be trapped by one's own desires, and to be strong when one is without desires, so as to cultivate one's mind and character.

In terms of cultivation, it is a realm. Just as Jiang Liu cultivated the Primordial Qi, he understood the distinction between Primordial Qi, Initial Primordial Qi, and Primordial Qi of All Things. He controlled the Primordial Qi and gave birth to Primordial Qi. He resonated with the omnipresent Initial Primordial Qi in the universe and spacetime. He could form the laws of heaven and earth and cultivate the creation of Qian Xuan. In other words, he could influence the laws of the transformation of matter and energy in the universe with information.

With this primordial energy, Jiang Liu is now able to survive in any dimension, spacetime, or even in a world where the laws of physics are completely different from those of the known universe.

Without him.

Even though the physical laws are different, at the multidimensional spacetime level, the essence is still that information is the most basic unit, and information is generated by primordial particles, that is, a spacetime oscillation without distinction between matter and energy.

Those who cultivate only need to control this spacetime oscillation to travel to other spacetimes. They may not be the strongest in that spacetime, but they can definitely adapt to the laws of another spacetime with 100% accuracy.

To put it simply, cultivating the primordial energy is to transcend the Three Realms and be outside the Five Elements in a physical sense.

They will not face any life-threatening danger from leaving their familiar spacetime environment, and their bodies will spontaneously adapt to the laws of that spacetime, thereby using the initial primordial energy of that spacetime to create and influence the primordial energy of all things, and then using the laws to follow the path of their own hearts.

Speaking for himself, Jiang Liu was certain that anyone who had cultivated the Primordial Qi, as long as they were not tempted by fame and fortune, were not disturbed by their own Three Corpses, Six Thieves, and Nine Insects, and could teach these three to help their own physical and mental cultivation, were all masters of "making good use of things".

Their path of cultivation is no longer about seeking externally, but about experiencing the years, observing the vast world, and elevating the mind through understanding and experience, thereby actively approaching—

In Taoism, it is the "Tao"!

In Buddhism, it is the Dharma!

In short, those who cultivate themselves should not use the natural way of Tao to cultivate themselves, nor use the principles and rules of law to enlighten their minds. Even if their cultivation is unparalleled in ancient and modern times, their Taoist practice is as shallow as thin ice, which will shatter at the slightest touch.

Just like the master who created this place, his desires were great; in order to change the past, he even wanted to control the years!

As the ancients said, "Man can conquer nature."

But that's not how you "win"!

Nuwa patching up the sky and Yu the Great controlling the floods were both acts of using acquired skills to repair the innate sky and cleanse the innate land, refining the clear and impure, and undergoing the vicissitudes of time.

And this is the way that connects the beginning and end of the long river of time—

It's like experimenting on the entirety of human civilization!

"So, the person who created this place was a bad guy?" the two little girls asked.

"Good or bad cannot be defined so simply. Perhaps the people who built this place just went in the wrong direction."

Jiang Liu knew that the creation of cultivation methods was not smooth sailing. The ancient ancestors did not have a systematic scientific theory to guide them, so they could only explore slowly and accumulate experience.

Then, Jiang Liu led the two Xiaoyu to the end of the cave.

There is no way forward.

However, Jiang Liu opened his wisdom eye, observed the spacetime vibrations here, cultivated the Primordial Qi, resonated with it, and without a word of incantation, he could open a passage to another space.

In an instant.

An oval-shaped energy gate appeared.

"Cool~"

The two girls were surprised and followed Jiang Liu into the room, where they felt as if they had entered a different world.

This space is devoid of sun, moon, and stars; it is completely blank. Directly in front of it stand two rows of square stone pillars, one of which has collapsed and is now propped up by the other pillar.

At the other end of the two rows of square stone pillars, there is a book that is more than two meters tall and open, with a white candle lit on each side.

That is the history book of time!

Da Yu was sitting cross-legged in front of the Book of Time, resting with his eyes closed. When he sensed someone's arrival, he opened his eyes, stood up, and smiled, "Have you found all eight demonic energies?"

"One more is needed."

With a wave of his hand, seven demonic energies—heaven, earth, mountain, water, fire, thunder, and wind—appeared in Jiang Liu's palm. Among them, only the Holy Lord's fire energy did not contain the mark of a divine artifact and was shaped like a dragon. The cores of the other six demonic energies were the marks of a flute, a flower, a drum, a gourd, a clapper, and a fan, respectively. These were backup plans left by the immortal god. "To be on the safe side, let's do them one by one."

As soon as he finished speaking, the demonic energy of heaven broke free from Jiang Liu's palm and entered Da Yu's body.

In an instant.

The jade vessel pulsed with energy from its nine orifices and eight meridians. Its skin was bluish-black, its eyes were bloodshot, its hands were wielded with sharp blades, and a pair of dark blue wings grew from its back. With each flap, wind and air currents surged, forming a vast and mighty tornado-like cloud of energy that connected the heavens and earth of this realm.

Xiao Yu exclaimed, "Is west Mu really that powerful?"

Xiao Yu shouted, "Back when he first came out of the Gates of Hell, Uncle Long almost pushed him back in!"

Moreover, aside from flying, having sharp claws, and the ability to slice through building walls with the speed of flight, Ximu didn't demonstrate any other abilities at the time.

But now?

In the future, after absorbing the demonic energy of Ximu, Xiaoyu spreads her wings, causing wind and clouds to surge, as if she were a deity who controls the weather.

It has lost seven-tenths of its demonic ferocity and gained three-tenths of its innate divine majesty.

Afterwards, Da Yu used the Nine Apertures and Eight Meridians as a framework to sort out the information of the Qi within the Heavenly Demon Qi and memorize the feeling of its flow.

Once this step is completed, the Qi information corresponding to the innate natural Qian hexagram will have been integrated into the nine-aperture talisman.