Chapter 347: Glimpse and Discussion of the Beginning of the God-Exterminating Ceremony
Chapter 347: Glimpse and Discussion of the Beginning of the God-Exterminating Ceremony
A hint of mysterious yellow aura appeared in the bronze mirror.
Xu Qing knew that this thing could cause the bronze mirror to change abnormally, so it must be very powerful. He came to the top of Zhongshan Mountain, and the map of mountains and rivers was spread out, and Xu Qing's figure appeared in the map of mountains and rivers.
Without untying the restraints on Hetong, Xu Qing focused his attention directly on the mysterious aura in the bronze mirror.
He hesitated for a moment, and the bronze mirror appeared in front of Xu Qing in a way that no one else could see.
Bu Tianjie reached out his hand.
That trace of mysterious yellow aura flowed into Xu Qing's demonic body like a stream of water.
boom!
An aura that is sacred, vast, profound, and even makes all living beings instinctively yearn for and anticipate emanates from Xu Qing.
That is what all things instinctively pursue—immortality!
"Emperor!" He Tong could still feel this "qi" while being restrained by the Five Elements Divine Light, and could not help but exclaim.
But Xu Qing closed his eyes and said nothing.
The Great Beginning Demon Qi surrounded his demon consciousness, so Xu Qing was not disturbed by the will in the Xuanhuang aura. Instead, through the Xuanhuang aura flowing out of the bronze mirror, Xu Qing saw an astonishing scene.
He seemed to be in a God's perspective, and there was an infinitely powerful emperor in his sight.
Is this the Great Emperor of Immortality?
Xu Qing felt indescribably shocked.
The opponent's aura was so strong that even Xu Qing now felt that if he appeared in front of the opponent now, he might not be much stronger than an ant.
Is there such an insurmountable gap between the celestial being and the second-ranked emperor among the Four Imperial Gods?
Then how powerful was "Ziwei", the number one Shinto figure at that time?
And now Zhenwu, who has inherited the Ziwei divine power and is known as the number one Shinto figure in the world, must be so powerful that Xu Qing cannot even imagine it.
There was darkness in front of the Emperor Changsheng's eyes, and in the darkness, there was a faint flash of scarlet.
Xu Qing seemed to have the perspective of the Immortal Emperor all of a sudden.
In the perception of the Great Emperor Changsheng, the darkness before him actually hid countless powerful beings, and each of them had an extremely evil aura.
No, rather than being evil, it’s better to say that it is completely incompatible with heaven and earth.
With a wave of his hand, the Great Emperor Changsheng rushed out, rushed into the darkness, and fought with the evil beings in it.
The collision of great forces and the breath of war seemed to destroy the world.
"Which world is this?" Xu Qing felt vaguely familiar, but couldn't be sure.
Suddenly, he saw a high mountain.
Kunlun Mountains?
No, the mountain is much larger than Kunlun Mountain in the Chunyang Realm.
Not long after, Xu Qing saw shirtless barbarians appearing with all kinds of weapons. Some barbarian priests were chanting something, and then overwhelming power surged out...
These barbarians are obviously here to help the Emperor Changsheng.
Xu Qing could see that the strength of these barbarians was far stronger than that of the barbarians in Heishuizhou and Tianhezhou. Some of the barbarians transformed themselves into bodies that looked like gods, demons, and strange beasts in ancient mythology, and they could easily exert the power to move mountains and chase the moon...
Xu Qing felt as if he was in an extremely terrifying ancient battlefield and experienced everything firsthand.
Gradually, he saw clearly the monsters in the darkness. They were puppets, without any emotions or pain, as if they were pure killing machines.
The battle between the two sides lasted for a long time.
Xu Qing subconsciously even thought that it had lasted for thousands or even tens of thousands of years without stopping.
The ancient battlefield was covered with blood.
It was the blood of countless barbarians, star gods, Taoist soldiers... and other extraordinary creatures. It was not a river of blood, but an enormous sea of blood.
The Great Emperor Changsheng seemed to have been hurt in the process.
Xu Qing couldn't explain clearly what had hurt the Great Emperor Changsheng, but there was no doubt that the aura on the Great Emperor Changsheng was no longer so sacred, but gradually began to become evil.
boom!
As the aura of the Emperor Changsheng became more and more evil, the scene Xu Qing saw came to an abrupt end.
"What's next?" Xu Qing finally woke up from the memory scene brought by the Xuanhuang aura, and then asked the question that every reader who has seen the eunuch novel has?
It’s not a question of whether it looks good or not, it’s a question of whether it exists or not.
Now there is indeed no bottom.
Xu Qing felt a little uncomfortable, not particularly uncomfortable, just unhappy.
Then, I felt a little dazed.
Although it was just the memory scenes left by the Great Emperor Changsheng, it was still a long time. Fortunately, the Taishi Demon Qi flowed a little, and Xu Qing turned back into Xu Qing.
This is the power of Tai Shi Demonic Qi.
With Tai Shi's demonic energy around, it was easy for him to remain true to himself.
The question is, what if one day he no longer has the Tai Shi Demon Qi?
So, we have to prevent such things from happening.
Xu Qing put aside any thoughts about this and began to wonder, what exactly are those monsters in the darkness and where do they come from?
Also, why didn’t he see the first volume of the Book of Life and Death from the memory of the Great Emperor Changsheng?
There are too many mysteries that Xu Qing needs to unravel.
And what is that wisp of mysterious yellow aura?
Merit, or something else?
Anyway, there is no explanation for the bronze mirror yet.
Next, Xu Qing used the transformation of the Mountain and River Map to accelerate the cultivation of the Immortal Dynasty's true disciples. He had the Heavenly Demon Magic Mirror and a cave with extremely rich spiritual power like the Mountain and River Map, so the true disciples who practiced the Purple Mansion Golden Pill made rapid progress.
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At the same time, Xu Qingzhu, who was practicing in Tianhe Dao Sect, was also making rapid progress.
She has successfully entered the Golden Core Realm, and the next step is to open up the Purple Palace and nourish the Yuanshen. When she passes the stage of breaking through delusion and returning to the truth, the Yuanshen will be truly complete and can be called a terrestrial immortal.
This step sounds simple, but in fact, the probability of taking it by yourself is extremely low.
The four major Taoist sects mostly overcome this hurdle by having their disciples reincarnate continuously and accumulate immortal affinity.
Therefore, the seniority of the four major Taoist sects is not calculated based on the relationship between master and disciple, but on the basis of their cultivation.
After all, they are master and disciple in this life. If the master encounters a disaster, he will most likely be led back by his own disciple in the next life. How will the seniority be calculated then?
Because of Xu Qingzhu's special status, she was directly accepted as a disciple by Chongshui Peak.
Chongshui Peak is also ranked among the top among the thirty-six peaks of Tianhe.
Chongshui Peak's chief disciple, Master Chongshan, has already cultivated his primordial spirit and is ranked as an earthly immortal. Although he is only an earthly immortal now, because he is a self-realized primordial spirit master who has broken through delusion and returned to the truth, his status is much higher than those celestial immortals who take drugs or are granted titles.
In the eyes of the true disciples of the four major Taoist sects, these celestial beings can be described with one word - "shallow roots."
Most of them were used to ward off disasters for Dao Zong.
As for these true disciples, even though many of them have only cultivated to the level of Yuanshen Earthly Immortal, they actually have powerful treasures bestowed by the sect.
These magical weapons are often as powerful as those of celestial beings. Some special magical weapons are even beyond the reach of Taiyi and Daluo.
For example, Master Chongshan has a rope to bind immortals. After he uses it, no one except Daluo can escape.
"Junior sister, in a few years, the Dharma Assembly for Discussing the Dao and Destroying Gods will begin. You can make some preparations." Master Chongshan's attitude towards Xu Qingzhu has improved a lot now.
Because after Xu Qingzhu entered the sect, she showed a very high character and talent. Moreover, after she advanced to the Golden Core stage, she actually cultivated the One Element Heavy Water. You know, this is the natal water method of the Heavy Water Peak. Generally speaking, it requires a Yuanshen Earth Immortal to master it. However, Xu Qingzhu was only a Golden Core cultivator, but she was able to cultivate it, which shows how amazing her talent is.
On the other hand, when practicing Yiyuan Chongshui, it is easy to breed inner demons.
This is also a major problem for many Chongshui Peak practitioners.
For some reason, after Xu Qingzhu cultivated the first-yuan heavy water, not a single inner demon appeared.
Even when Master Chongshan demonstrated the one-yuan heavy water to Xu Qingzhu, he discovered that his inner demon was actually extremely afraid of Xu Qingzhu.
You know, during that period, because Master Chongshan's cultivation was about to break through a small bottleneck, his inner demons grew particularly strong, and he was miserable because of it, so his temper was not very good.
Xu Qingzhu frightened his inner demon, allowing Master Chongshan to seize this opportunity and successfully overcome the bottleneck of his cultivation.
Now he has become a primordial immortal who has survived the three disasters.
Unlike ghost immortals, Taoist earthly immortals only need three disasters, and they can naturally advance to celestial immortals after one or two hundred years of practice.
Of course, Taoism also has methods to avoid the three disasters and directly achieve celestial immortality.
But in that case, the foundation will inevitably be much shallower.
There are also some Taoist immortals who choose to only survive the lightning disaster and avoid the other two disasters.
The celestial beings who dare to directly survive the three disasters are all chosen ones of heaven, extraordinary and have the hope of achieving Daluo and Taiyi.
Each of them is the focus of training by the four major Taoist sects.
Master Chongshan survived the three disasters and secured his position as the chief disciple of Chongshui Peak.
In fact, the last immortal who survived the three disasters was Su Qinghe, the leader of this generation.
Su Qinghe was also cheated by Taoist Zhong and was deceived into becoming the leader of the Tianhe Dao Sect.
Because being a clan leader means having abundant resources, but also having many extra chores.
But on the other hand, worldly experience is beneficial to improving one's state of mind.
But apart from the Tao, there is nothing else, which is the first choice of more geniuses and heroes.
Because it is simple and firm.
Becoming an immortal in the mortal world has always been the most difficult path in Taoist practice. If one is not careful, one may lose his or her Taoist heart and lose the chance to achieve the great Dao from then on.
But Master Chongshan, seeing that Xu Qingzhu had no mental demons, felt that his junior sister was born to follow this path.
However, the Tianhe Dao Sect has always been about cultivation and one’s own business, and they will not interfere or advise others.
There was once an outer disciple who practiced the barbarian divine and demonic body-training methods when he joined the sect. After the sect's top leaders found out, they just let it go.
Anyway, he is a member of Tianhe Dao Sect.
Like a mighty river, it contains everything.
Xu Qingzhu had some opinions about Master Chongshan at first, thinking that this senior brother was arrogant and looked down upon others. After these years of contact, she understood that the senior brother was not targeting anyone, but all the disciples who had no future in cultivation.
This is good too, because respect is earned through one's own efforts, not through background or family background.
Although her father is in Tianhe Dao Sect, it shouldn't be a big deal.
Xu Qingzhu thought to herself that after a few years, when she had achieved the state of her primordial spirit and had survived the three disasters, she would be qualified to compete with her father.
I don’t know what magic weapon the sect will give her by then.
If it really doesn't work, I'll borrow Senior Brother's Immortal Binding Rope, tie up Dad, and bring him to Mom.
Thinking of this, Xu Qingzhu felt secretly happy.
On the other side, Master Chongshan reminded Xu Qingzhu about the Dharma Assembly to Discuss the Dao and Destroy Gods, and then left.
The location where the Dharma Assembly was held was not far from the star field where the Bodhi Dao Sect was located, and was called Lingtai Star Sea.
According to legend, this is the original and oldest place in the Taixu universe.
In the past, the master of Taixu Realm, Taoist Taixu, opened up the universe with the Taixu Mirror and determined the yin and yang and the clarity and turbidity with the Taiqing Bell.
It can be said that the birth of Lingtai Star Sea was before the Taixu Universe.
Every Dharma Assembly for Discussing the Dao and Destroying Gods is attended by disciples from all major Daoist sects, not limited to the four major ones, and anyone with cultivation below the level of a celestial being will be accepted.
However, the souls of heretics who have cultivated themselves into celestial beings through elixirs and imperial decrees can be relaxed to the level of celestial beings.
On the other hand, after entering Lingtai Star Sea and starting the Dao Discussion and God Destroying Ceremony, external objects such as magic weapons or cultivation and magic power are not the absolute factors to stand out in the ceremony.
Because in the Dharma Assembly of Discussing the Dao and Destroying Gods, the most terrifying thing is the omnipresent demons.
These demons are different from the demons in the outside world. The demons in the outside world have almost no self-awareness and act entirely on instinct. However, some special demons in the Lingtai Star Sea have self-awareness.
To be precise, due to the particularity of the Taixu universe, it is almost impossible for the demon to develop self-awareness.
However, since the Lingtai Star Sea does not essentially belong to the Taixu Universe, there is such a self-conscious demon.
In other words, this type of demon does not belong to the Taixu Universe itself.
It is said that in the ancient times, these demons almost took control of the universe. If they succeeded, the universe would be a completely different place now.
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"Everyone in the world follows evil ways, but evil is also good." Changchun Zhenjun said meaningfully to the incarnation of Xu Qing in front of him.
It turned out that the Dharma Assembly for Discussing Taoism and Destroying Gods was about to begin, and Xu Qing's incarnation was also going to participate. Changchun Zhenjun gave him some special instructions and told him some things about Lingtai Star Sea.
Xu Qing was touched.
Because it is different from the records in ancient books, Changchun Zhenjun did not have a universal view on the demons in Lingtai Star Sea, but summarized it with a meaningful sentence.
According to Changchun Zhenjun, the demons in Lingtai Star Sea are not evil, but they are forced to be evil because everyone in the world follows evil ways.
He was a little stunned.
"The way of heaven is to reduce the surplus and make up for the deficiency; is it not the right way nowadays to reduce the deficiency and make up for the surplus?"
Changchun Zhenren laughed loudly: "The road to Daluo is all like this. We, Chunyang Taiyi, are indeed reducing the surplus and making up for the deficiency."
"So, the Taiyi Path is more in line with the Way of Heaven?"
"Li Qing, do you think the way of heaven is right?"
"The way of heaven lasts forever. If it is wrong, it will not last forever." Xu Qing pondered for a while, then replied.
"Everything that exists is the Tao. There is no high or low in the Tao. Good and evil, right and wrong are determined by people. So, good and evil are also determined by people. This time, our sect wants to join the four major Taoist sects, in fact, it is also to fulfill the long-cherished wish of the founder."
"Is it to determine the good and evil, public and private in the universe?" Xu Qing replied with slight surprise.
In his heart, he actually felt a little skeptical. As for what was good and evil, public and private, could it be that it was the Chunyang Taoist sect that was right to decide?
In matters like this, it all comes down to who has the bigger fist, not who has the better reason.
For example, the good and evil, public and private of the Dayu Immortal Dynasty were determined by Xu Qing.
His fist is the biggest, and his way is justice!
(End of this chapter)