Chapter 476 No. 1 Treatment Modernized Shinto System
As the saying goes, a dream brings the universe into being.
The power of the True Immortal is infinite, and the magical power of Hong Zun's "Realm Evolution" is mysterious and unparalleled. By interfering with tiny possibilities, new time branches are derived.
However, when it was created, the living beings in the main timeline were also taken into consideration, so this time branch is not real, but exists by relying on the power of Taixuan Immortal Network.
At this moment, with the departure of the last contestant, the power of the Immortal Network could no longer be maintained, and the foundation of its existence collapsed.
The second time branch naturally returned to its original state...
Perhaps many years later, the Xuanxiang Realm will get some good fortune and rise to become the Hedao Realm.
By then, it will be able to use this as a foundation to open up new possibilities, and it may eventually transform into a large world of diverse types.
Of course.
Today's Xuanxiang Realm is only at the Return to Void level, and has been harvested by Xuanxiang Tiangui for many years, making it extremely weak.
So even though knowing more possibilities would be beneficial to the world as a whole, we are powerless and have no way to prevent the second time branch from disappearing.
If the will of the world is like this, let alone the living beings in it who have been downgraded to several levels?
Except for a few "returning to the void" who discovered the truth that they were illusory, all the billions of "living beings" within them disappeared without knowing it and returned to nothingness...
Rumble!
The boundless and deep nothingness spread in front of him, and the entire body of Xuan Xing of the second time branch was left with only a very faint shadow and a blurry outline.
He stared blankly at the nothingness in front of him, without any ripples in his eyes.
However, due to the collapse of the time branch, it has completely lost its intelligence.
In the end, even that faint shadow completely dissipated and disappeared along with the world.
At this moment, if there is a cultivator of the Hedao level who can look through the field from a perspective higher than the Xuanxiang realm, he will be able to discover a strange "long river" that flows forward eternally and gives rise to all kinds of pictures of the world.
There is a branch extending from its side, which is weakening and disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
emm...
In fact, it is not necessarily a 'river'.
Everyone has a different face. Even a powerful cultivator at the level of Hedao will see things differently because of the different paths he practices, or in other words, different "cognitions."
The long river of time is just the most common "definition".
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In the inner sect of the Sword Sect, in the conference room.
In the three groups, all the eliminated contestants stood up from their seats and looked solemnly at the projection screen that had been playing the footage of the Jindan group competition.
The image has disappeared, leaving only a few bright golden characters:
[The leader of the Golden Core Realm - Liu Ming (Taishang Dao Sect)]
The Taoist essence flows on it, making people feel the roar of Taoist sounds in their ears at first glance, and the image of a young man wearing a gray Taoist robe and with a purple vertical mark on his forehead appears before their eyes.
Dang~!
Dang~!
Dang~!
Nine consecutive, heavy and simple bell sounds came slowly, dispersing the clouds in the sky and transforming into real dragons with golden scales shining in the sun and red beards like fire.
There was also a seven-colored divine phoenix circling and dancing, dragging a colorful tail of flame, with feathers like gilded gold, and red neon rolling and scattering thousands of rays of light.
The snow-white unicorn roared towards the sky and stepped on the clouds.
A tiger with wings on its back came stepping from the sky, looking extremely powerful.
Finally, all the auspicious beasts roared in unison, and billowing golden clouds came out of their mouths, which turned into a ladder extending down to the sky.
At the end of the ladder to heaven, Liu Ming, wearing a gray Taoist robe and with a purple vertical mark between his eyebrows, slowly emerged.
In an instant, the dragon and the phoenix came forward together, surrounded him, and transformed into the shapes of the sun and the moon to protect him.
The other auspicious beasts stand at both ends of the cloud-covered ladder, all with their heads bowed as if in worship.
Liu Ming: “…”
As a practitioner of the "steady flow", isn't this a bit too high-profile...
Looking down at the venue below and feeling the gazes of the eliminated contestants, Liu Ming was speechless.
However, Sheng Wu, who was already in the audience, gave him a thumbs up and even said "awesome"...
emm...
never mind!
Fuck steadiness!
Liu Ming calmed himself down and walked down slowly from the cloud-covered ladder.
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In the audience seats, auspicious clouds were like rain and stars were shining in all directions.
Zhang Yunlu looked up at all this, her eyes reflecting all those strange visions, and she couldn't help but feel a little longing in her heart.
This is the glorious moment of winning the Immortal Sect Competition...
Will there be a day when I can stand in that position in the future?
Speaking of which, since my senior sister likes to show off in front of others, she must have been very happy at this time in the previous class.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but glance at Chi Jiuyu beside her.
However, what she saw made her stunned.
Chi Jiuyu did not show any nostalgia or disdain. Instead, he clenched his fists and stared at Liu Ming who was walking down the ladder, his whole body shaking.
Ok?
After a slight hesitation, Zhang Yunlu tentatively called out:
"Sister?"
Chi Jiuyu did not respond, but started mumbling.
"There was nothing like this last time. There was clearly nothing like this last time. Why wasn't there anything like this last time?"
Don’t we all just get a trophy and a first-place reward and then go home? !
Why does he have so many special effects!
This is not fair!
Zhang Yunlu: “…”
Okay, now I understand what's going on.
Chi Jiuyu looked at the glorious Liu Ming, and then thought about himself who won first place in the Nascent Soul group in the last competition but was extremely poor.
Suddenly, life felt a lot darker.
"It must be the old sect master..."
"Uncle, little master!"
However, Zhou Kongming realized that something was wrong and interrupted him in time.
If she really said it out loud, Master would be laughed at by other sect leaders!
Chi Jiuyu was startled when he was interrupted, and then he realized that what he said was inappropriate.
But I still whispered it in my heart.
The old man, the master, is jealous of talented people. His disciple must be in cahoots with him. It's embarrassing...
But Zhou Kongming added, "Little Uncle Master, you forgot that it was you who said that the competition was too shabby after it was over, so we added this part."
After the last competition ended, the first place in the Nascent Soul group personally posted a complaint on the Lingwang website, which caused quite a stir at the time.
The main reason is that no one usually pays attention to this aspect.
However, I saw that many people felt that the final stage of the Immortal Sect Competition was a bit simple.
So when it came to this year's Immortal Sect Competition, several sect leaders discussed for a while and decided to make the scene when the first place winner won the championship more grand.
After all, it's a rare opportunity, so it's not a bad idea to make the scene grander...
After listening to Zhou Kongming's words, Chi Jiuyu finally remembered.
It seems... that this is what happened.
So, this is actually my fault?
She remained silent until Liu Ming completely walked down, all the strange phenomena disappeared, and many eliminated contestants sat down again without saying a word.
He just took out his cell phone and looked at the announcement of the competition. On his profile picture was a pair of golden wings that symbolized "the one who breaks the rules."
The more I look at it, the simpler it seems.
"Senior sister, are you... okay?"
"It's okay." She replied calmly.
But I felt very upset.
If I had known this, I wouldn’t have participated in the God Transformation group!
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Within the mysterious world.
Main timeline.
Near the main sect of Tianling Sect, next to a spiritual field used to grow spiritual medicines, the disciples stationed here had already fled in all directions.
Chang Xiao stood in the air, his sleeves fluttering in the air currents at high altitudes. He looked down with helplessness at Lin Changsheng, who was protecting the 'injured' Sheng Qingqing behind him.
Lin Changsheng held the sword in his hand, looked at Chang Xiao seriously and said: "Old Chang, you are going too far. Why do you want to hurt innocent people in a matter between you and me?"
Chang Xiao: "(_；)..."
I tried to say something several times, but couldn't...
For a moment he didn't know what to say.
After thinking for a while, I finally sorted out the wording:
"Ahem, Old Lin, don't you think this is too coincidental?"
As a true practitioner of the Steady Flow, he could tell at a glance that she was not human!
Cough!
She is definitely not a good person.
In order to improve his level of 'stability', Chang Xiao went to the Hehuan Sect for further study and made up for his knowledge in this area. He also heard similar cases from the lecturers who taught him.
The charm cultivation industry is very competitive these days.
In addition to pure shyness, most people also have to master a skill.
This kind of anti-fraud teaching is a large sector in the charm industry. It is said that there is also a 100% virtual fantasy online that simulates the entire process of being defrauded...
Let’s get back to the topic! Let’s get back to the topic!
As for Old Lin, he just practices with a sword in his arms all day long, so it is inevitable that he is a little naive in this aspect.
According to the senior who gave the lecture, practitioners like him who are obsessed with spiritual practice, have great talent but little worldly experience, are the type most likely to be targeted for fraud.
"This is fate!" Lin Changsheng said in a deep voice.
At least, up to now, Qingqing has not asked anything from me, but has helped me many times.
Unreasonable suspicion and doubt of others is not his way of dealing with things!
It’s because of your mother’s share of selling fried dough twists!
Chang Xiao was completely speechless.
At the same time, he secretly made a decision in his heart that he must introduce the senior teacher from the Hehuan Sect to him after the competition is over!
My friend may be stupid, but he is not guilty of this...
At this moment, Sheng, who was hiding behind Lin Changsheng, covered his shoulder with one hand, his face was pale, and he exuded a pitiful and weak temperament from inside to outside. He spoke softly and tentatively:
"How about you guys fight first and let me go?"
You see, Qingqing has always just wanted to protect herself in this cruel world!
Lin Changsheng became more and more confident.
Chang Xiao thought completely differently from him.
Thinking back to what the senior teacher from the Hehuan Sect had said, he immediately understood.
This is the advanced version of what the senior said, "retreat to advance, play hard to get."
It's a very simple move, but extremely useful!
"Okay, go ahead." Chang Xiao looked coldly at Sheng Qingqing who was pretending to be weak.
In this case, her 'retreat to advance' must be turned into a real 'retreat'.
If she still has something to ask of Lao Lin, she will definitely try every possible means to find a reason to stay, and then there will naturally be a flaw!
Mudd!
If it weren't for the fact that Lao Lin was a nice person and always the first to rush forward when things got going, he wouldn't have bothered with all these things!
However, just after he finished speaking, Sheng Qingqing quickly stood up and said to Lin Changsheng sincerely:
"He let me go. Take care of yourself. If you survive, remember to return my twenty-four first-class spiritual energies to me as my reward for blocking this attack for you."
After leaving these words, she turned into a streak of light and disappeared without hesitation.
Chang Xiao: “…”
Hey!
Not an ordinary master!
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The highest point in the Xuanxiang Realm.
Between nine six-layer bronze armillary spheres.
The Overlord with black robe and black hair, who was overlooking everything in the world, nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at Danzu with a smug look.
"I said that young man would get trapped. I won the bet this time."
"I admit defeat this time." Dan Zu nodded slightly, "Daoyou is very experienced, I am not as good as you, so you can keep the spirit coin in account. You only owe me 3,247 spirit coins."
Tyrant: “…”
Hey Hey hey!
Don't talk nonsense!
When did I become experienced!
"After all, cultivation takes up too much time, so it's not surprising that he has such performance." Hong Zun said calmly, "The accumulation of the Spiritual Transformation Stage is very heavy, so it's a good opportunity to catch up during this period. When I look back on it many years later, it will become a good memory."
"Indeed." Xu Xing suddenly spoke up, "Back then, in order to help you win the favor of Daoist Fellow Qianshuang, Danzu and I broke into the city in the middle of the night, knocked out the guards and cleared the way for you. Now think about it..."
"Ahem!" Hong Zun's face turned red, and he used coughing to cover up his embarrassment. "The past is over, there is no need to mention it again. Brother Dao should think more about yourself."
It turns out that embarrassing things are still something that can make you dig your heels in your throat when you think about them years later.
As for 'nice memories'...
That's complete bullshit!
"Just like Daoist Sword Master, up to now, I think he still doesn't know how you know Daoist Spirit Ancestor..."
Hongzun stopped talking and did not continue.
The main reason was that he had too many embarrassing things back then, and most of them he had to ask his fellow Taoists to help him solve them...
I really can't afford to be hurt.
However, 'losing both sides' is not good for either side, and I believe he understands that.
Sure enough, Xu Xing said no more.
However, Bie Xue Ning looked at Ning Ruo with inquiry in her eyes.
She really didn't know this!
Yuan Jun looked at Hong Zun.
When I asked him about it before, he always said, "This is between you two, I can't interfere", "Why don't you just go and ask directly", and "How should I know about his own business?"
Always trying to smooth things over.
It turns out that my brother knew it all along!
"Let's talk business." Hong Zun said seriously, "The plan proposed by the sect leaders is indeed worth a try."
"..."
This topic was turned too abruptly.
"Indeed." Xu Xing also agreed, "This world has been harvested for too long. Even if its origin is completely restored, it will take a long time to recover."
What is being discussed here is naturally the arrangement within this world.
Just now, the sect leaders also discussed a set of countermeasures for the situation in the Xuanxiang Realm -
【Modernized Shinto Reform】
Their point of view is that since the Taixuan Realm has gone through an era of great change, its development to this day has become extremely different from the traditional immortal path.
Why can't Shinto be like this?
Through the Immortal Network, the influence of the divine position on cultivation is minimized, and then the Shinto system is built with moral character, merit and social contribution as the core.
In this way, we can not only cultivate practitioners with good conduct, but also help the world recuperate, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone. (End of this chapter)