Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Liu Qing and Hong Gu soared over the Wei River, searching countless small islands on its surface. Finally, they chose the one with the best scenery and the richest spiritual energy, leaving behind the Lingbao Dragon Palace.

The Lingbao Dragon Palace flew down to the island in the middle of the river and instantly transformed into a mansion.

Thus, the move was complete. The Three-Clawed Azure Dragon, Master Liu, along with his five wives, shrimp soldiers, crab generals, and shad steward, settled in Wei River.

On the day of the housewarming, a grand banquet was held at Master Liu's mansion. The river demons who were close to him came to congratulate him. The night was noisy and bustling until Venus appeared, when they finally returned home.

In the early morning, sunlight streamed in through the window and shone on Liu Qing.

Liu Qing lazily opened his eyes, rested his head on Sang Qingjun's lap, hugged Bai She'er with his left arm and Tianluo Xiaoya with his right, with Shui'er supporting him, and sighed softly.

After drinking until dawn and only falling asleep for a short while, several female demons sneaked up in the dark and gave Liu Qing a good beating.

If Liu Qing hadn't cultivated the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique to the third stage, enabling him to fight four opponents alone, he probably would have already foamed at the mouth and collapsed in surrender.

It's been almost half a month since we returned from Dasanguan Pass, and every day is the same. Even with Liu Qing's powerful Nine Revolutions Mystic Skill, he can't withstand the constant attacks.

At this moment, Liu Qing sincerely hoped that something could distract her.

As if sensing something, Liu Qing's dazed gaze vanished, and suddenly the intelligence box emitted a dazzling purple light.

[Today's Intelligence: Level Purple. A volcano erupted underwater in the Wei River today, and the volcano contains a primordial fire element energy.]

Liu Qing immediately became excited.

After returning from Dasanguan, he had been suppressing his cultivation level and not breaking through, all in order to find the innate fire element energy.

Previously, my teacher, senior brothers and sisters successively gifted me with four innate energies: water, wood, earth, and metal. Only the fire element is missing to complete all five elements.

When the time comes, by replacing the acquired five elements in one's chest with the innate five elements, one can break through the Five Elements Realm and reverse the acquired state in one fell swoop, evolving into an innate being.

Originally, Liu Qing thought the search was hopeless, so he made love with the women to pass the time. Now that the intelligence box has reminded him of the news of the innate fire element, who would still sleep with women?

Liu Qing immediately used his Wind Transformation Divine Power, transforming into a wisp of wind and flying out from the embrace of the women. He then left the bedroom, gave an explanation to Hong Gu, and submerged into the bottom of the Wei River.

Hong Gu set a rule that Liu Qing must stay overnight in her room on even-numbered days of the month, while on odd-numbered days he could temporarily lend it to Bai She'er, Xiao Ya, and the other three.

White Snake, Xiao Ya, Shui'er, and Sang Qingjun felt that they didn't have much time apart, so they decided to get together on odd-numbered days.

Last night happened to be an odd-numbered day.

Now, Liu Qing descended to the bottom of the river, a full hundred feet deep, before finally landing on solid ground. The Wei River was much deeper and more numerous than the Jing River.

Liu Qing used his Yin-Yang supernatural powers to enhance his eyesight and searched underwater. Before long, he saw an underwater ring-shaped extinct volcano several miles ahead, with black smoke slowly rising from its center.

The black smoke grew thicker and thicker, eventually spewing out bright red lava.

The lava was extinguished by the surrounding river water, but the immense heat also evaporated and rose into a thick fog. The fog rose from the water, creating towering waves that ravaged the river surface.

The old lava was extinguished, and new lava surged forth again. It was extinguished again, and then large gushes of lava surged forth again. The lava seemed endless, no matter how much the river water extinguished it each time, it never stopped flowing.

If it were an ordinary volcano, it would probably have been extinguished by the endless river water long ago.

But this volcano in front of us seems to be supported by a vast amount of fire, spewing out lava incessantly. No matter how the river water extinguishes it time and time again, more and more new lava is spewed out.

Liu Qing knew that there must be the innate fire element energy mentioned in the intelligence box beneath this volcano.

Otherwise, magma wouldn't have such power.

Liu Qing took a step, crossing the river water boiled by lava, and the unfortunate fish and shrimp that had been cooked, and arrived at the volcano.

Looking out, the magma gushing from the volcano continued unabated, radiating terrifying heat. Even with Liu Qing's current cultivation level, he felt extremely hot.

Liu Qing dared not attempt to jump into the volcano to search for the innate fire element energy. He could only stand guard in front of the volcano and wait for the eruption to end before trying to dive in to search for it.

This wait lasted for several hours.

The volcano finally stopped erupting in the afternoon, and the bright red lava was completely extinguished by the river.

With a flick of his finger, Liu Qing unleashed his Ice-Melting Divine Power, completely cooling the still-uncooled volcano.

Before Liu Qing could dive into the volcano to search after it cooled down, he heard a faint dragon's roar and a small fire dragon flew out of the crater.

Liu Qing was overjoyed. The small fire dragon that had manifested was only two or three feet long, but it was the innate fire element energy.

Most innate qi possesses spiritual power and can manifest as a fire dragon, which is common and not surprising.

Perhaps it was Liu Qing's use of the Ice-Melting Divine Power to freeze the volcano that angered this innate fire element, which is why it came out to show its power and intimidate the visitors.

This suited Liu Qing perfectly, eliminating the need to delve into the volcano to search.

Liu Qing stretched out his hand, and purple divine power surged out, instantly forming a bubble of divine power that trapped the innate fire element energy.

The innate fire element tried to struggle, but it was no match for Liu Qing's methods. With a sweep of Liu Qing's divine sense, its spirituality was instantly erased, and it was transformed into the most primordial innate fire element, which was then absorbed into the Power Cave Heaven.

After subduing this innate fire element energy, Liu Qing finally realized that it was probably left behind by the Dragon King of the Wei River.

The Dragon King of the Wei River is descended from the Fire Dragon of the South Sea. When he came to the Wei River to become a dragon, he must have brought this wisp of innate fire element energy from the South Sea, originally intending to assist his cultivation.

Unexpectedly, because he interfered in Liu Qingtian's tribulation, the Heavenly Court seized the opportunity to capture him and slaughter him like a chicken, as a warning to the other 'monkeys' in the Three Realms.

They died unjustly.

It's all for the best. Leaving behind this wisp of innate fire element energy benefits Liu Qing. It can be considered a cycle of cause and effect, and retribution is inevitable.

Now that he has all the innate five elements of Qi, Liu Qing no longer hesitates and is ready to break through to the Five Qi Realm immediately.

Liu Qing stepped out of the water and arrived at the mansion on the island in the middle of the river. He greeted Hong Gu and asked her to protect him before entering the quiet room of Yangxin Garden to begin his breakthrough.

At this time, Hong Gu's cultivation level had reached the Five Qi Realm. With the help of various treasures from the East Sea and the breakthrough notes of predecessors, her progress was even faster than Liu Qing's.

However, the five elements she cultivated were acquired, and could not compare to Liu Qing's.

Liu Qing calmed his mind and sat cross-legged. After everything was ready, he waved his hand and retrieved several treasures from the Power Cave Heaven: a Ren Water Peach, a Nine Heavens Breath Soil, a hollow willow leaf, a wisp of the original metal element energy of the Spirit Treasure Golden Hoop, and the wisp of innate fire element energy he had just collected.

For this breakthrough, only a single strand of the Five Elements was needed. Therefore, Liu Qing only took out a Ren Water Peach, a grain of Nine Heavens Breath Soil, and a hollow willow leaf.

The remaining nine Ren Water Peaches, a lump of Nine Heavens Breath Soil, a foot-long hollow willow branch, and six or seven willow leaves were hidden in the Power-Holding Cave for future use. If they were not needed by him, they would be given to the five of them: Red Maiden, White Snake, and the others.

Liu Qing's eyes swept over the five types of innate energy, recalling what his teacher, Daoist Yu Yu, had mentioned when he lectured on how to refine the five innate elements.

After thinking it over, he no longer hesitated and opened his mouth to swallow the Nine Heavens Breath Soil, which represented the innate earth element.

A single grain of Nine Heavens Breath Soil, no bigger than a sesame seed, entered Liu Qing's stomach and felt as heavy as swallowing a mountain, rapidly falling into his body.

If left unattended, this single grain of Nine Heavens Breath Soil would absolutely crush Liu Qing's internal organs, then shatter his skin, flesh, and bones, forcing them to protrude from his body.

Liu Qing dared not delay and hurriedly mobilized the divine power within his body to completely block the grain of Nine Heavens Breath Soil.

Then, this grain of Heavenly Breath Soil was slowly suspended in the stomach, because the stomach, one of the five internal organs, belongs to the element Earth and bears all things.

Liu Qing first smelted the Nine Heavens Breath Soil into his stomach, intending to refine the innate earth element, which was best suited to bear the energy, according to the law of the Five Elements' rotation, and then smelt the others one by one.

What is valued is the innate earth element's ability to carry all things; only by basing the five elements on the earth element can they be constructed.

Otherwise, if the order is disordered and one directly melts the innate metal or fire elemental energy, the body will either be pierced with countless holes or burned to ashes.

The innate five elements, when used properly, bring good fortune; when used improperly, they bring disaster.

Liu Qing manipulated the divine power surrounding the Nine Heavens Breath Soil, causing it to spin rapidly. Using the rotation of the divine power, he crushed the Nine Heavens Breath Soil.

Gradually, this grain of Nine Heavens Breath Soil was transformed by divine power, no longer in granular form, but into a cloud of earthy yellow gas.

This gas is the most fundamental innate earth elemental energy.

Liu Qing slowly cracked open a gap in the divine power that was wrapped around her, and the innate earth element energy, which was extremely heavy, immediately flowed down from the gap.

The Earth-element stomach immediately began to throb with excitement, absorbing the small amount of innate Earth-element energy that had flowed out and slowly starting to digest it.

This process was very slow. Liu Qing dared not speed up even a little bit, for fear that too much innate earth elemental energy would flow out and shatter the stomach, or that the stomach would receive it too quickly and not be able to absorb it in time.

It took Liu Qing almost half a month to finally melt all of this innate earth element energy into his stomach.

After the last bit of earth element energy was completely absorbed, an earthy yellow light instantly rose from the stomach.

The stomach, too, turned a dull yellow color, seemingly unremarkable, yet it appeared to be able to bear everything, thick and solid beyond measure.

Looking at the changes in the stomach and internal organs, Liu Qing breathed a sigh of relief. During the melting process, he was afraid that he would be too impatient and fail at the last moment. Now that the melting was successful, he could relax a lot.

With the earth element capable of supporting all things, it becomes much safer to then refine the other four innate energies.

Following the order, Liu Qing then swallowed the Ren Water Peach, extracted the innate water element energy, and refined it into his kidneys.

With the earth element that carries all things and the water element that benefits all things, the rest of the process is much more reassuring.

A willow leaf, originating from the hollow willow, one of the ten innate spiritual roots, was melted into the liver by Liu Qing. The innate wood element energy contained within it served as a catalyst, slowly generating more innate wood element energy in the liver area.

Finally, the innate fire element was refined into the heart, and the innate metal element was refined into the lungs. Thus, all the innate five elements were refined into the five internal organs of the body.

At this point, the body's five internal organs are transformed into innate substances.

Just like digging a well, when water starts to come out, you need to draw water. It's also like a farmer planting seeds in the spring, only for the harvest in the autumn.

Liu Qing fused these five innate elements into the corresponding five internal organs, which served as a guide and a seed.

With this innate five elements as the seed, the five internal organs, which have already been transformed into innate elements, will then slowly generate new innate five elements.

Once the five elements are generated, they form a five-element cycle based on the five internal organs, and then extend and expand to other parts of the body. Finally, the five elements formed by the innate five elements will cover the entire body, and eventually the entire body, inside and out, will be reversed from the acquired to the innate.

Subsequently, Liu Qing's original form will evolve from an acquired being into an innate being.

However, this is a slow process that requires patience. Fortunately, the five internal organs, which form the foundation of the innate five elements, are now in place. All that remains is time to wait for the five internal organs to generate new innate five elements energy, which will then form a rotating five elements system that will cover the whole body and reverse the original state.

While waiting, Liu Qing extracted the flesh and blood of the centipede dragon and the black dragon, as well as their hearts and dragon blood. He then used other materials and the Ruyi Double-Eared Furnace to refine them into the Myriad Dragon Pill.

At first, I wasn't familiar with it and ruined several batches, but I became more and more skilled later on, and almost none of them were ruined. The refining speed also increased a lot.

A month later, Liu Qing refined ten batches of Wanlong Pills, producing one hundred pills. Half a month later, Liu Qing refined ten batches of Wanlong Pills again, producing one hundred pills again.

At this time, new innate five elements of Qi are generated in each of the five internal organs.

Liu Qing carefully manipulated the innate five elements, first using the five internal organs to form a small cycle of the five elements.

As the cycle of the five elements had become established, Liu Qing no longer needed to pay attention to it and continued refining pills.

This time, Liu Qing used all the remaining centipede and black dragon flesh and blood to refine the Myriad Dragon Pills. Two months later, Liu Qing obtained two hundred Myriad Dragon Pills.

At this point, Liu Qing had refined all the centipede dragons and black dragons into Myriad Dragon Pills, obtaining a total of four hundred Myriad Dragon Pills.

Like the Dragon Elephant Pill, this pill can be taken continuously without worrying about overdosing and developing resistance, allowing for continuous power enhancement.

If Liu Qing were to consume all four hundred Wanlong Pills, he could gain at least three to four million jin of strength.

At the same time, the five internal organs in Liu Qing's body generated more and more innate five elements, and the five elements cycle formed became larger and larger, almost covering the entire body.

Liu Qing watched excitedly. After a long wait, the final step had finally arrived, the time to verify the results.

Once these innate five elements of energy have reversed the innate state of all bones, flesh, internal organs, and scales throughout his body, Liu Qing will step into the ranks of innate beings, possessing the same origin as the great beings born in the primordial era.

This process involved a long wait. After Liu Qing had used all the refining materials he had collected from his many kills to create top-grade magic weapons and several low-grade spiritual treasures, he finally succeeded.

This process of defying one's innate nature has finally come to an end. (End of Chapter)