Becoming a Deity from Planting the Bodhi Tree-Chapter 1066 - 382: Competing for Favor on the Same Stage, News of Grandfather (Part 2)

He looked at Jing Qiu and said, "Why did this kid use Chi Ji's breakthrough as a cover when breaking through to the Heavenly King?"

Cangqing bluntly said: "I want to make an attempt to verify if your words are true, to see if there is really something ominous hidden in the depths of the Dao of this realm."

The Saint fell into silence for the second time today, his gaze shifting onto Jing Qiu. Jing Qiu instinctively tensed, feeling as if everything about him was being penetrated, scrutinized from inside out by this person.

He guarded his mind, ensuring that his Inner Heaven and Earth weren't seen through by this being.

"Jing Qiu, what is your Dao of Heavenly King?"

This time, the Saint bypassed Cangqing and directly asked Jing Qiu.

Cangqing glanced at him, interrupting Jing Qiu, who was pondering, "Why do you ask so much about the path a young man walks?"

"You're worrying too much." The Saint shook his head and said, giving Jing Qiu a deep look, "Can I understand from your earlier words that this child intends to open the world?"

"Correct." Cangqing said calmly, "Mu Shitian's disciple did what he couldn't do in the past. I want to use this chance to stir the fundamental rules of the Great Universe, using him as bait to see if there's a 'big entity' hidden behind the scenes."

The Saint said: "This is very dangerous."

"That's why I need you and me to protect his path."

The Saint didn't immediately give an answer. He stood there, accompanied by various wondrous sights of Heaven and Earth, suppressing the Dao Rhyme of Heaven and Earth. Images of different wonders appeared in succession, from illustrating the ultimate truth of the Dao to the bloody slaughter images of heavens, as if verifying his state of mind at the moment.

"Alright." The Saint said calmly, "I will intervene, considering it as repaying He Donghuang's favor. If the Nine Mountains and others take action then, I will capture them, so don't blame me for not giving you face."

Cangqing said in a deep voice, "You won't need to take action. If they truly disrupt the situation then, I will take them down, confirming the 'illness' you spoke of."

These words inevitably left Jing Qiu somewhat puzzled.

From what the Saint King said, it seemed that the Nine Mountains True Saint could stay until now entirely due to the Lord of Cangqing's face.

"Phoenix Perched on the Phoenix Tree... once the Nine Mountains and Emperor Simurgh both resided on the World Tree of the master."

Cang You seemed to see through his puzzlement and conveyed this through sound transmission.

After that, Cang You looked upward, frowning within.

In the past, the Nine Mountains did indeed rely on the master for protection, but as time passed, the Nine Mountains have grown significantly stronger, incomparable to before.

In the master's current condition, can he truly take down the Nine Mountains?

"It is better this way." The Saint King stated calmly, "Chi Ji will break through to the Heavenly King in seven days. Is this child already prepared? If not fully ready, Chi Ji can wait, but there's a condition—I want this child to transmit the Dao to Chi Ji."

Cangqing said flatly, "Then let's wait one more day. Chi Ji can come here to seek enlightenment later."

Jing Qiu very much wanted to say that he had prepared to his utmost limit and could attempt to open the Dao at any time.

But the Lord of Cangqing gave him a meaningful look, making him forcibly swallow his words back.

Cang You also transmitted, "This is a good thing. Let Chi Ji explore the way for you at that time. In return, she can enjoy the remaining Dao Rhyme when you open the Dao."

Jing Qiu understood; this was drawing in the Holy King Lineage.

With just a few words, these two pivotal beings set the course for what was to come.

Soon after, the Saint King departed.

Cang You, somewhat worried, said, "Master, in your current state, can you take down the Nine Mountains?"

Cangqing said peacefully, "The battlefield will be in the Great Universe this time. If the Nine Mountains still insist on taking action, I will no longer have any old feelings."

With that, he looked at Jing Qiu and nodded slightly, "Finally meeting, this generation's World Venerable."

"Senior Qing." Jing Qiu respectfully paid his respects to this legendary ancient divine.

"I hope you and your master can do something for this world." Cangqing said softly, "Endless taking is not necessarily the smooth path of the Dao; there is giving and receiving."

Jing Qiu faintly heard an implied meaning in this person's words.

This person wasn't just telling him to do something for the All Spirits but was hinting at the Dao road.

Merely taking cannot be achieved; there is giving and receiving...

Was it indicating that in the end, it requires doing "subtraction"?

Or did it mean that upon reaching a certain realm, the true path is not in plundering but in "letting go"?

Jing Qiu knew that by the Eight Realms, starting from Heavenly Venerable, they would often establish dojos to transmit the Dao. The key to the Heavenly Venerable achieving Dao Ancestor lies in this.

Moreover, it was not uncommon to start laying out plans from the Heavenly King, searching for suitable disciples to pass on one's mantle.

Some who considered it troublesome would search for "Dao Soldiers," nurturing them within their own Inner Heaven and Earth, supporting their cultivation. Each breakthrough invisibly nourished their own Dao Power.

The purpose of both paths is actually the growth of their own Dao Power.

Subsequently.

Cangqing inquired about the path Jing Qiu opened, supplementing it with a high-level Dao perspective, even so subtly that even he could not pick any faults.

"This realm is indeed mysterious, filling the gap between Fetal Breathing and Sitting Forget. It seems that we Innate Divines do not speak of Spiritual Cultivation, but I observe that the more those acquired creatures cultivate, the greater the gap between realms becomes. This is true from Fetal Breathing to Sitting Forget, and from Sitting Forget to the Other Shore as well."

Cangqing shook his head slightly, "Among the future True Saints, few can comprehend 'Heart to the Other Shore'."

"Senior didn't speak of Spiritual Cultivation?" Jing Qiu asked curiously.

"We are equivalent to incarnations of the Dao, innately standing at the pinnacle of the Tao Realm, our Divine nature pure and true, without speaking of Spiritual Cultivation." Cangqing explained briefly.

"Divine nature..." Jing Qiu spoke silently, "The path of divine nature seems to often give birth to ominous things at its end."

Cang You, beside him, widened his eyes sharply. This kid really dared to speak.