Zongwu: Storytelling makes you stronger, and female knights compete to be maids

"Between the two lies an insurmountable chasm, and countless people spend their entire lives trying to make even a single step forward."

"Shen Lang and Bai Yujing, although their cultivation levels are far superior to Ximen Chuxue."

"But please don't forget that they are all over 60 years old now."

"In martial arts practice, the only way is to continuously improve. Stagnation is regression."

"When Shen Lang was 27 years old, he killed the Happy King Chai Yuguan with a single sword strike. At that time, he had already entered the late stage of the Heavenly Man Realm."

"Over the next ten years, he made breakthroughs one after another, reaching the realm of a half-step earthly immortal. Believing himself to be invincible, he set out to travel eastward."

"In other words, he has been stuck in the Quasi-Sword Immortal realm for over thirty years, and there is no room for improvement."

"As for Baiyujing, there was a chance for him to reach the realm of land-based sword immortals."

"But after he became an Earthly Immortal with his sword twenty years ago, he committed too much murder and harmed the righteousness of heaven and earth, and was therefore not tolerated by Heaven."

"From now on, if he doesn't have a chance to defy fate, he will never be able to reach the Land of Sword Immortals again in this lifetime."

As the words fell, everyone in the hall showed signs of enlightenment.

They actually ignored the issue of age for a moment.

Shen Lang and Bai Yujing are forty years older than Ximen Chuxue!

Shen Lang and Bai Yujing are already past the age of striving for progress, while Ximen Chuxue is still making breakthroughs.

In another ten years, Shen Lang and Bai Yujing's cultivation will most likely stagnate, while Ximen Chuxue will surely undergo a complete transformation.

This is also a common occurrence in the underworld.

The higher your cultivation level, the harder it is to make progress.

Especially after entering the realm of heaven and man, every step is difficult. Once you stagnate, you will be surpassed by up-and-coming people.

However, after listening to the end, everyone felt confused again.

According to Su Chen, Bai Yujing broke through to the Earth Immortal realm with a single sword strike and swept through 100,000 soldiers and armors. It would be impossible for him to become a land-based sword immortal in this life.

But didn’t Su Chen say before that Bai Yujing had spent five years healing and had fully recovered?

Everyone was puzzled and immediately started discussing:

"Mr. Su is right. It's not easy to become a land-based swordsman. How many swordsmen out of a million can achieve it?"

"That's right. There are at least hundreds of thousands of sword cultivators in the Ming Dynasty, but only one has truly reached the realm of a land-based sword immortal."

"Shen Lang was already close to the Sword Immortal realm before he set out to sea? Why has there been no progress in the past thirty years?"

"I'm also very puzzled. Logically speaking, Shen Lang possesses a terrestrial-level technique like the 'Invincible Treasure Mirror', so he shouldn't be stagnant for a long time."

"Hasn't Bai Yujing's injury healed? Why is he still unable to reach the realm of Land Sword Immortal?"

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The second accordion on the north side of the third floor.

Yao Yue also had doubts about Su Chen's answer and continued to ask:

"Excuse me, Mr. Su, what exactly does 'harming the harmony of nature' mean?"

"Does the Way of Heaven really exist in this world?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the hall immediately became quiet, and everyone held their breath and listened quietly.

There is a saying among the people: God is watching what you do, good will be rewarded, and evil will be punished.

But in fact, those who believe this sentence are either three-year-old children or simple and honest people.

Because the world has seen too many people who do evil and still enjoy wealth and glory.

If there really is a God watching over us, how could he allow such a thing to happen?

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On top of the white jade platform.

Yu Youwei and the blue bird also pricked up their ears and listened attentively.

Facing the gazes of the crowd, Su Chen pondered for a moment and slowly spoke:

"This matter shouldn't be discussed in detail, but the atmosphere is right today, so I will satisfy your curiosity."

"There is indeed a way of heaven in this world."

"The so-called Way of Heaven is to reduce the excess and make up for the deficiency."

"The higher your martial arts cultivation, the more spiritual energy you absorb from heaven and earth, and the harder it is for you to be accepted by the Heavenly Dao."

"Among them, the five realms of martial arts are within the scope permitted by the Heavenly Dao. As long as you do not exceed this limit, you will not be suppressed by the Heavenly Dao."

"For example, it's not uncommon for a commander on the battlefield to kill hundreds of thousands of enemy soldiers in a single battle, but this wouldn't attract the attention of the Heavenly Dao."

“But if you break through the fifth realm and enter the sixth realm, the Celestial Immortal Realm, you will attract the attention of the Heavenly Dao.”

"After all, the destructive power of land immortals is too astonishing. If there were no restrictions, one person could destroy an entire country."

"In that battle twenty years ago, Bai Yujing entered the Earthly Immortal realm with a single sword strike, and subsequently slew nearly 100,000 people. The karma he accumulated from killing was extremely heavy."

"But he never truly set foot in the realm of earthly immortals."

"Therefore, Heaven only deprived him of his three fortune lotuses, making it impossible for him to advance in this lifetime."

"This is also the fundamental reason why the vast majority of Earthly Immortal Realm masters no longer appear in the martial arts world."

"Although they can transcend the constraints of the dynasty's laws, they cannot escape the control of the laws of heaven."

"In a sense, a Half-Step Earth Immortal is more at ease than a Land Immortal."

"Back then, Shen Lang had the hope of becoming a Land Sword Immortal, but perhaps he gave up because of this consideration."

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As Su Chen finished speaking, the entire hall seemed to explode.

There really is a way of heaven in this world!

This is undoubtedly a shocking secret.

Although the sayings such as "Heaven's Way", "God's Will" and "God" have been popular among the people since ancient times.

But no one has ever been able to truly confirm whether the Way of Heaven really exists.

Now Su Chen said with certainty that the Way of Heaven not only exists, but also has the power to restrain practitioners above the fifth level.

How could this not shock everyone?

Especially Su Chen's words directly pointed out the situation of Shen Lang and Bai Yujing.

Shen Lang had already entered the realm of Half-Step Earth Immortal thirty years ago, but gave up the opportunity to become a Land Sword Immortal.

Now it seems that it is most likely out of fear of the laws of nature.

As for Bai Yujing, because he killed too many people after that sword entered the earthly immortal, his luck was reduced by the way of heaven, and he never made any progress in his life.

All this shows the power of Heaven's Way, which makes Shen Lang afraid to move forward, and makes Bai Yujing have no chance to become a sword immortal in this life!

But for ordinary people, such a way of heaven is undoubtedly the guarantee of order in the world.

If there were no restrictions on those powerful earthly immortals above the fifth realm, the world would probably have been in chaos long ago.

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The first box on the west side of the third floor.

Xu Fengnian's eyes were sharp and he stood up suddenly in shock.

Under the astonished gaze of Jiang Ting, Nangong, Lao Huang and others, he walked straight out of the box.

Standing by the railing on the third floor, he bowed and said loudly:

"Junior Xu Fengnian, greetings to Mr. Su."

"What you said today about the Way of Heaven is truly earth-shattering."

"But such shocking words were not mentioned today."

"When I was studying with you, I heard that there was a Haotian Dao sect in the Xiling Divine Kingdom. They believed in Haotian and regarded Haotian as the will of heaven."

"I wonder what connection there is between the Haotian worshipped by the Haotian Dao and the 'Heavenly Dao' you mentioned? Is Haotian the Heavenly Dao itself?"

"Also, I am very curious about how the Heavenly Dao restrains those in the Earthly Immortal Realm."

"I beg you to give me some pointers, sir."

As soon as Xu Fengnian uttered the three words, the originally noisy hall fell into silence in an instant.

In Beiliang, everyone knows the name "Xu Fengnian".

If Su Chen is the undisputed number one storyteller in Beiliang,

Xu Fengnian was undoubtedly the number one playboy in Beiliang. Even in the entire Dongli Dynasty, no one could compete with him in this field.

Earlier, Emperor Dongli intended to marry Princess Suizhu to him, but he broke off the engagement on the spot, ran away overnight, and left the country.

Throughout the entire Dongli Dynasty, he was the only one who dared to do such a ridiculous thing.

Many people had never thought that Xu Fengnian was also among the crowd listening to stories.

And when he continued to say those words, everyone's curiosity reached its peak.

No one in this world can truly prove whether the Way of Heaven exists, but there are many sects that believe in the Way of Heaven and spread its teachings.

The most powerful among them is the Haotian Taoist Sect of the Xiling Divine Kingdom.

This Haotian Dao is not only a religious group, but also the founder of the Xiling Divine Kingdom. It combines religious power and political power and rules Xiling with divine power.

Even in many dynasties, there were branches of Haotian Dao to spread its teachings, such as the Nanmen lineage of the Tang Dynasty.

The supreme god they worshipped was Haotian, and they once shouted oaths such as "The light is immortal, Haotian exists forever."

If what Haotian Dao said is true, then Haotian is equivalent to the Dao of Heaven itself.

With this thought in mind, everyone looked at the white jade platform with a fiery expression, waiting for Su Chen's answer.

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On the white jade platform,