"The sacred Spiritual Acupoint Heaven and Earth can unleash its power without restriction in any world..."

"This is the Path of Transcendence, walking together with the heavens! Amazing!"

Ning Xunqiu sighed.

In some worlds, there is only water, no fire. Even if you are the ’Fire God,’ you can’t cast fire magic.

Some worlds operate on ’physical rules,’ with no existence of anything extraordinary. You might be an all-powerful god in one world, but upon arrival, you become an ordinary person unable to carry a load on your shoulders.

You must adapt to the rules anew.

Yet the saints of Qingxu Realm themselves are ’worlds,’ leading in version, completely unaffected. Even if... the world perishes, they can survive, which is the essence of "transcendence!"

"The path of the Qi Cultivator is one I must continue to walk."

Ning Xunqiu found this insight immensely vital. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

He pondered the three methods mentioned in the Celestial Derivation Volume used in ’Divine Invasion.’

"To leave marks of Dao... I can’t cross over into that world precisely because there are too few marks of Martial Dao in that world. Fortune? Dao Lineage struggle? Celestial Mandate? Understood."

After some thought, Ning Xunqiu grasped this approach.

"Most worlds lack self-awareness. The more marks of my existence there are, the heavier my presence weighs in the world."

"In time, I will become the multitudes, and my intent will be the Celestial Intent!"

"That Ancestral Dragon fellow slaughtered seventy percent of the sentient beings of Qingxu Realm, leaving only the Sea Race creatures, yet still attained the title of ’Celestial Emperor.’

Ning Xunqiu recalled the Ancestral Dragon.

"Great fear? Dragon of the End? World-Devouring Dragon? These names are merely given by the surviving creatures. It seems ’World Annihilation’ is an old habit for the Ancestral Dragon, truly a well-traveled path."

"The Venerable of Dao and Virtue and other saints are not virtuous types either."

"These three methods are not multiple-choice questions; instead, they form a complete process."

"Innate Divines capture new worlds first by ’leaving marks of Dao’ to obtain information of that world. Then they dispatch ’Divine General Dao Soldiers’ to invade, and finally, the Divine True Body personally takes action to subdue everything in that world."

"This approach minimizes the cost, as not every world is worth personal intervention by a divine entity."

The ’sacred’ Void Celestial Gate of the Qingxu Realm connects countless unknown worlds over the ages.

Even worlds lacking the nourishment of Spiritual Qi harbor immeasurable value.

And ’living beings’ also serve as a resource.

Even though the talent from low martial worlds isn’t outstanding due to the world’s level, their potential and value match those of the Celestial Pride of the Qingxu Realm.

If fortunate enough to discover a world where the Human Race prospers and reach it through the convenient channel constructed by the ’Void Celestial Gate,’

he will undoubtedly seize the gifted and talented individuals there, carefully nurture them into capable assistants for his conquest of the Ten Thousand Realms.

No choice, the ’Void Celestial Gate’ never ceases activity, with more and more worlds entering. He must ensure there’s someone to guard each world.

Considering this, isn’t Cyan Mountain the Upper Realm?

Ning Xunqiu glanced at the Red Flame Army stationed by the massive gate, feeling a surge of inexplicable familiarity.

He looked at the Celestial Derivation Life Record.

[The Qin Country dispatched elite troops to gather information.]

[Three months later, the covert elite returned the news. It was a Beastman tribe world over there, worshiping Barbarian Gods and Dragons. No cultivation method was found, but the physical strength of adults was comparable to Third Realm Martial Artists.]

[Spiritual Qi was ample, Great Medicine abounded, ideal for cultivation.]

[The elite of the Qin Country brought back an exotic fruit with immense medicinal power, greatly aiding physical cultivation through the ’Sumeru Dragon Elephant,’ which was only a snack given by a Beastman tribe to their offspring.]

[It speaks volumes about the abundance of resources there. The martial artists of the Qin Country were eager to head over for cultivation.]

[Worshiping Barbarian Gods and Dragons? Ample Spiritual Qi? I became instantly alert, realizing that the world opposite us was not a low-level one.]

[I named it the ’Barbaric Realm.’]

[I did not launch a large-scale invasion. Instead, I opted for amicable exchange. Thousands of martial artists of the Qin Country entered the ’Barbaric Realm,’ forming a tribe—’Qin.’ They began trading resources with other tribes, supporting the Mountain and River Realm.]

[The number of Qin Country martial artists surged.]

[I began researching how to let ’Martial Dao’ achieve longevity. I circulated the ’Cyan Heaven Great Sun Burning Qi Scripture’ among a small group of martial artists. However, ordinary martial artists, when distracted and dual cultivating, suffer significant losses in Martial Dao power.]

[Pure, extreme, fearless, that is how Martial Dao thrives at the present. Once one cultivates, they begin seeking ’longevity,’ human nature treasures life, and wavering faith leads to slower punches, duller blades, and swifter swords.]

[’Fear is an instinct of living beings, courage is humanity’s anthem,’ courage embodies Martial Dao.]

[Fear death, then cultivate for immortality.]

[A martial artist who loses ’courage’ can no longer ignite Heart Fire.]

[Then I found that martial artists born with ’Five Orifices’ or more, even if they wholeheartedly cultivate the ’Cyan Heaven Great Sun Burning Qi Scripture,’ cannot sustain ’Primordial Spirit Rebirth,’ unable to break through the hundred-year barrier of Dao practice.]

[This Escape One Method is a Mortal cultivation method, the outermost path of the side doors, inherently without a future path. Without the ’Cyan Heaven Great Sun’ burning magical power, achieving a hundred-year Dao practice is the limit.]

[Let alone crossing the ’Primordial Spirit Three Calamities’ to break through the determined lifespan of ’eight hundred years.’]

[The conflicting nature of both paths makes coexistence difficult.]

[The reason I can ’dual cultivate in Dao and Martial Arts’ stems from accumulated experiences over several lifetimes, while they have only one life, a magnificent life.]

[I relinquished this dead-end path and began observing the immortal Cyan Mountain Saints housed within the consciousness of Heaven and Earth.]

[I asked my Master and learned of a method called the ’God Sealing Technique,’ where the ’Sect Guardian Divine General’ of the Divine Land Orthodox Sect and the sect’s Dao Lineage are unified, with the physical body decaying while the Dharma Body endures. They can continue cultivating by consuming ’incense.’]

[The downside is that over a long period, they gradually shed ’mortal nature,’ retaining only ’divinity,’ resulting in the loss of self, but this is already the best outcome for ’Daoist Soldiers.’]

[The mainstream deities of the Qingxu Realm, to avoid losing their true nature, generally do not devour ’incense,’ ’faith,’ or ’merit’ to accelerate cultivation, opting to forge ’Merit Magical Artifacts’ to substitute the ’Three Calamities’ in baptizing their ’Primordial Spirits.’]

[Seventh Realm Divine Beings boasting an immortal body that sustains the soul’s rebirth, isn’t that a form of longevity? I wish to forge a piece of Martial Dao’s own—"Merit Magical Artifact."]

[In the eighth year of connecting to the Barbaric Realm, a sudden great war erupted. The Beastmen launched an unprovoked assault with three thousand tribes, destroying the ’Qin’ tribe, and launching a full-scale invasion of the Mountain and River Realm and Cyan Mountain.]

[The Cyan Mountain Heaven and Earth was safeguarded by Dongfang Mingyue, safe and sound. With one sword, she annihilated tens of thousands, cutting off the paw of a dog-headed Barbarian God from the Barbaric Realm, and there were no further actions from the Barbaric Realm.]

[The Mountain and River Realm was gravely damaged, with heavy losses on both sides. Eventually, the Leopard Barbarian God from the Barbaric Realm was driven back by Zhao Qingzhou.]

[Returning from Jade Sky Immortal Island, several months had passed in the Mountain and River Realm. Qin Country suffered a major loss and began setting up defenses in preparation for a counterattack.]

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