A Druid Also Can Cultivate-Chapter 339 - 323: [Lord of Mountains and Rivers]! Life’s Evolution (Double - ) (Part 2)
Perhaps in terms of power grade, it might still fall short, but Qi Ping was already very satisfied.
It’s crucial to realize that those able to give birth to legendary phenomena like the Sword Qi River and Immortal Spirits flocking around are always those with extraordinary physiques like the Myriad Sword Body or the Immortal Spirit Sacred Body, supported by formidable forces.
Qi Ping, relying entirely on his own efforts and explorations, manifested such a Golden Core Phenomenon during the condensation of his Dao Fruit, an achievement unprecedented in the Qingtian Realm.
"More importantly, my Golden Core Phenomenon can resonate with heaven and earth and even integrate to some extent with the land and mountains. Coupled with the active integration of the Spirit of Mountains and Rivers, although it may fall short compared to legendary phenomena like the bowing of countless devils or the protection of ancestral spirits in the early stages, its potential in the future, with the enhancement of the powerful Qingtian Realm and the support of mountain power, might surpass these legendary phenomena..."
Additionally, Qi Ping had a premonition that when the Five Elements and Yin-Yang Body were fully completed in the future, it would surely bring about even more miraculous transformations...
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Having felt the transformation brought by the "Master of Mountains and Rivers," Qi Ping’s joy was beyond words.
The future holds infinite possibilities!
However, after the excitement, Qi Ping also began to turn his attention to the Spirit of Mountains and Rivers.
Right after the successful integration of the Spirit of Mountains and Rivers with Qi Ping’s phenomenon, a complex mixture of emotions and memories surfaced in Qi Ping’s mind.
At that moment, Qi Ping’s thoughts were engulfed in a unique vision, and a sense of the ephemerality of the world floated in his heart.
In a part of Qi Ping’s consciousness, he seemed to have become a Spirit of Mountains and Rivers that was just born ages ago.
In a place known as the Bichuan Realm, a Spirit of Mountains and Rivers was born.
It was a place within the Immortal Cultivation Realm famous for its outstanding individuals and abundant resources, and the entire Bichuan Realm was its body!
The cultivation civilization was advanced here, with Spirit Wood everywhere, countless farms cultivating Spiritual Medicine and Spirit Fruit, and numerous freely roaming Spirit Beasts.
Under the jurisdiction of a powerful Sect, everything was managed in an orderly manner, from mighty top-tier cultivators to ordinary mortals, almost everyone had hope and spirituality in their eyes.
In such a state, one after another, talented cultivators were born and grew to become mighty figures as Spirit Beasts and Spirit Wood also matured to astonishing levels.
Although occasionally some "tumorous" beings would appear, they were soon evolved by other creatures.
In every normal cycle of life and death, in every breakthrough of a being, and through feedback from those remarkably talented beings, it could accumulate abundant spirituality over time.
The acquisition of this spirituality made it feel comfortable and happy, and stronger as well.
Thus, it worked hard to help bring forth more heavenly treasures and gifted beings, thoroughly enjoying this way of life.
Especially because the positive emotions of living beings made it feel particularly comfortable.
It watched quietly as one different being after another lived completely different lives.
There were mortals with a lifetime of simplicity and happiness, scholars who studied under the lamp to achieve fame and success, and genius cultivators who soared straight to the skies; these were what it liked.
But there were also mortals who spent their lives in poverty, scholars who tirelessly studied but never achieved fame or success, and gifted cultivators who fell halfway through their paths.
Of course, there were those who, after struggling for half their lives, suddenly reached enlightenment and skyrocketed, breaking through the limits of body and Divine Soul, gaining flight; these beings offered the best feedback of spirituality to it!
Overall, this made it as the Spirit of Mountains and Rivers very happy.
Time flowed quickly like this, witnessing the birth and fall of countless beings, countless lives and deaths, and reincarnations. Yet one thing remained unchanged; Bichuan Realm became more prosperous and powerful under the governance of that Sect, and even Spirit Veins continuously broke through tiers!
With stronger and stronger beings in the Bichuan Realm, attracting many other geniuses from different places to join, their participation in Bichuan Realm’s life cycle further accelerated its growth.
Witnessing its nurtured populace thriving prosperously, it gained more spirituality to nurture even more opportunities and heavenly treasures, and more beings rose because of these opportunities.
The Spirit of Mountains and Rivers also became increasingly powerful in this process!
As the years passed, life reincarnated, and Bichuan grew stronger and stronger.
But then suddenly, one day, everything changed.
It noticed above its body that two groups of extremely powerful beings appeared, one group shrouded in black clothes, and another exuding bloody aura.
Though it had never seen either of these two groups of beings, it seemed to have some recollection as several batches of beings with similar auras had come to capture its populace before, taking away the most spiritually abundant cultivators.
Fortunately, those annoying creatures were driven away by its populace, which made it feel particularly happy and proud, as its populace was truly impressive!
However, this time seemed different. The cultivators who had arrived were incredibly powerful. Even if its populace sacrificed their lives, burning everything they had and their last drops of blood, they only managed to eliminate a portion of the enemies.
Its populace was rapidly slaughtered, and all spirituality was ruthlessly plundered.
At that moment, the Spirit of Mountains and Rivers panicked. It could not accept its populace being massacred in this way, and the plundering of spirituality felt like a torture of countless cuts, both to its flesh and soul, an unprecedented pain and sorrow...
Thus, it unleashed all its power, bestowing it entirely upon its populace!
With this endowment of power, a turning point finally arrived. Its populace started to slay the enemy one after another and even released the plundered spirituality!
This thrilled it tremendously!
Yes! Its populace was truly incredible!
But just before it could celebrate for long, a heart-wrenching scene occurred that it couldn’t forget to this day...
When its populace was about to annihilate all the enemies, several horrifyingly powerful presences descended!
Even though it expended all its power, its populace still couldn’t withstand those formidable and terrifying figures... Its strongest batch of populace perished!
But this painful scene did not conclude, as an excruciating massacre unfolded...
Those who were the most spiritually abundant among its populace fell one after another, ruthlessly cut down, as if being sliced and tortured in its very being...
This massacre continued for an unknown duration, it couldn’t remember how many cuts it endured, millions? Tens of millions?
All it knew was that its entire body was dyed crimson with blood, the Spirit River turned into a river of blood, and even it was on the brink of collapse!
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And when Qi Ping personally experienced this episode of the Spirit of Mountains and Rivers’ memory, cold sweat continuously broke out, his body uncontrollably trembling madly, his face contorted in agony!
Yet Qi Ping did not stop recalling and feeling, for it was a chance to comprehend the Immortal Cultivation Realm, a rare opportunity for him, akin to consuming a special version of a Reincarnation Fruit.
Moreover, even more importantly, Qi Ping truly wanted to continue witnessing it from the depths of his heart...
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In that battle, countless beings in the Bichuan Realm perished, massacred into mountains of corpses and seas of blood, the Spirit of Mountains and Rivers was riddled with thousands of wounds, left in an exceedingly weakened state!
Yet the Spirit of Mountains and Rivers’ agony did not cease, for it had been found...
A strange blood-colored being was released that could discern its presence, voraciously devouring its essence while it could only desperately resist.
This war between it and the strange blood-colored being raged on for unknowable ages, during which its body, the Bichuan Realm, continued to wither and decay...
Until one day, a foreign Foundation Establishment being arrived at the Bichuan Realm breaking through to the Golden Core stage. Seeing the Mountain and River Phenomenon gathered during the breakthrough, based on instinct and a fondness for this being, it chose to merge within...
Initially, this being resisted its integration, but later, for unknown reasons, allowed it to merge within, even helping it kill the being that had troubled it for ages...
Witnessing this, the Spirit of Mountains and Rivers, agonized and exhausted for countless ages, finally entered a peaceful slumber. The moment before it slept was the happiest it had been in all those ages...
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The scene ended here, with the last being the Spirit of Mountains and Rivers felt fondness for naturally being Qi Ping.
The Filthy Blood Demon Spirit slain by Qi Ping was also that strange blood-colored being that had troubled it for countless ages...
When Qi Ping had fully digested this memory, he unexpectedly discovered that over three years had passed!
His eyes were filled with a sense of age and time.
And at the moment Qi Ping opened his eyes, the aura he exuded soared abruptly!
