Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 269 The Three Powers of Sun, Moon, and Stars Suppress the World, the Grotto Heaven Transforms into a Small Thousand World

Liu Qing looked at Sun Wukong, who was still unconscious.

It directly pulled him in front of it, and the Lingbao Dushi Jing transformed into golden scriptures, which entered his soul.

At the same time, Liu Qing's divine sense also seeped in.

I want to see which of these three monkeys is real, which is fake, or whether they are all fake.

But the result was beyond Liu Qing's expectations; the monkeys that were fused together were actually real.

From the memories of the three monkeys that are merging, Liu Qing sees that the first monkey is the embodiment of Sun Wukong's 'courage', and the second monkey is the embodiment of Sun Wukong's 'freedom'.

The strongest monkey in the Flowing Sand River is Sun Wukong after he lost his freedom and the courage to resist.

The 'courage' and 'freedom' mentioned earlier refer to the courage that Sun Wukong lost and the freedom he longed for when he was suppressed under the Five Fingers Mountain for hundreds of years.

After reading it, Liu Qing sighed inwardly. Sun Wukong, who had lost his courage and was no longer free, was no longer Sun Wukong; he was merely a shell that carried the power of Taoism.

Fortunately, Liu Qing helped it regain its courage and freedom. It is currently undergoing fusion, and it is expected that once the fusion is complete, the mighty Monkey King will return.

Liu Qing was pleased to see the Great Sage Equaling Heaven return, but before that, he had to convert to the Jie Sect so as not to affect his grand plan of traveling eastward.

The grand plan to travel east was related to the revival of the Jie Sect and also to Liu Qing's ultimate path. Although he felt it was somewhat unfair to Sun Wukong and was reluctant to do so, Liu Qing still did not stop. He used the spiritual treasure, the Scripture of Salvation, to take advantage of Sun Wukong's unconsciousness and the fusion of his original memories, and changed his memories.

As the Lingbao Dushi Jing (Scripture of Salvation of the World) guided him, Sun Wukong's original memories were rapidly merging, including the memories fabricated by Liu Qing.

As the memories merged, Sun Wukong's aura also grew stronger, soaring from the Golden Body Realm to the Undying Realm.

A powerful, indomitable aura of battle rose from his body, terrifying beyond measure.

At this moment, this monkey is the true Great Sage Equal to Heaven, not the monkey who couldn't even defeat the Golden-Body Realm Golden Hoop Immortal at the Flowing Sand River.

Sun Wukong's eyelids twitched a few times, then he suddenly opened them, and instantly two golden beams shot straight into the sky.

It rolled over and stood up, looking at Liu Qing with a fierce glint in its eyes, while Liu Qing waited with bated breath.

Fortunately, the feared thing did not happen. The Lingbao Dushi Jing was passed down by a sage, and its strangeness and terror were beyond what Sun Wukong could withstand.

The golden light in his eyes faded, and his ferocity vanished, replaced by respect. Sun Wukong bowed before Liu Qing and said, "This disciple of the third generation of the Jie Sect, Sanlang, pays respects to my master."

In his previous life, Liu Qing had stumbled upon a strange book that referred to Sun Wukong as "Shuashuai Sanlang" and made him the younger brother of the Holy Mother Wudang, with an older brother named Erlang.

Liu Qing, being mischievous, took advantage of the time when he was fabricating memories to change his name. Later, when the journey to the East began, all the pilgrims changed their names to distinguish them from Buddhism.

Although they were all taken from Buddhism and the personnel were not changed, at least they changed the name to appease some of the gossip in the Three Realms. After all, our Jie Sect also has a reputation to maintain.

After sending Sanlang to find Shawujing and Zhubajie, Liu Qing looked at the Sui Dynasty monk Sanzang.

This person was the second disciple of the Buddha, the ninth reincarnation of Jin Chanzi. In the Sui Dynasty, he was the monk Daoyan.

The monk Daoyan was a great enlightened Buddhist in his time and was deeply respected by Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty. Not long ago, he was enlightened by Guanyin Bodhisattva, awakened his innate wisdom, and understood his responsibilities. He then told Emperor Yang Guang that he wanted to go to the West to seek the true scriptures and use the true Buddhist scriptures to convert all the rebel kings and rebel armies in the world, so that the Sui Dynasty could last for thousands of generations.

Emperor Yang Guang of Sui had long given up on the military struggle and originally intended to lie down and enjoy his last moments of happiness, but the words of the monk Daoyan awakened the hope in his heart.

Militarily, we cannot defeat the numerous rebel armies that oppose the king, but we can take a different approach: seek out the true Buddhist scriptures and convert you one by one to the faith, making you obedient subjects. In this way, the rebel armies that have been fooled will no longer rise up against my rule.

Subsequently, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty issued a travel permit, affixing his imperial seal, thus giving the monk Daoyan a legitimate reason to travel to the Western Paradise to obtain Buddhist scriptures.

One took the opportunity to travel to the West to seek a legitimate reason for his campaign, while the other tried to use Buddhist scriptures to fool the world and maintain his hegemony. The two hit it off immediately, which was the cause that Liu Qing saw.

However, the pilgrimage that Buddha had placed high hopes on was thwarted by Liu Qing, and the entire pilgrimage team was also captured.

Now, the most crucial figure in the journey to the West, the Tripitaka Master of the Sui Dynasty, faces the challenge of being converted by the Lingbao Dushi Jing (Lingbao Sutra of Salvation), turning away from Buddhism and joining the Jiejiao (Intercepting Sect).

In a way, it's not a deviation. The current Sui Dynasty Sanzang was originally the Buddha's second disciple, Jin Chanzi, who was a ferocious beast with six wings, Jin Chan, from the primordial era.

This time, Liu Qing intended to clear away the fog shrouding his soul and manifest the six-winged golden cicada.

After converting Sha Wujing, eliminating the Eight Realms, and playing with Sanlang, Liu Qing's Lingbao Dushi Jing (Scripture of Salvation of the World) has been perfected. Now, converting a mortal without any cultivation is incredibly easy for him.

As the scriptures of the Lingbao Dushi Jing seeped into his soul, memories were crushed and expelled one by one. Finally, a faint, mournful cicada's cry rang out, and the Sui Dynasty monks peeled away the fog, revealing their true form as the six-winged golden cicada.

However, the six-winged golden cicada beast's true form had long since perished, leaving only a wisp of its original soul imprint. Even if it were to reappear, it would not cause Liu Qing any concern.

Taking advantage of the fact that everything was still blank when the Six-Winged Golden Cicada Origin Soul Imprint first appeared, Liu Qing quickly packed up the memories he had already fabricated and stuffed them into his soul imprint.

The Tripitaka Master of the Sui Dynasty, a disciple of the Buddha, is now a newly awakened demon.

Accompanied by the chirping of cicadas, a golden cicada emerged from between the eyebrows of the Sui Dynasty monk Xuanzang, while his physical body, Daoyan, vanished into nothingness.

With a wave of his hand, Liu Qing summoned the golden cicada, which flew over with a look of reverence in its eyes and obediently lay in Liu Qing's palm.

Liu Qing took out several rare and precious medicinal herbs, as well as some Water Essence Pills and other elixirs to quickly enhance one's cultivation, and gave them to the Six-Winged Golden Cicada.

The six-foot-tall golden cicada returned to its origin, its ferocious beastly foundation incredibly strong. After swallowing several spiritual pills and medicines in succession, its aura rapidly increased, and in the blink of an eye, it soared all the way from refining essence into qi to refining emptiness and merging with the Dao.

A flash of demonic energy emanated from the six-winged golden cicada, transforming it into a human form—a young Taoist boy with red lips and white teeth, dressed in a Taoist robe.

"Tang Sanzang of the Jie Sect greets his senior brother, the sect leader—"

When fabricating the memories, Liu Qing had already arranged the background of the Six-Winged Golden Cicada, a second-generation disciple of the Jie Sect.

At this point, only the Third Prince of the Jade Dragon of the West Sea remained in the pilgrimage team.

Liu Qing looked over, and the Third Prince of Jade Dragon gave a wry smile, pleading, "Brother-in-law, I know you're afraid that if I reveal the truth, you'll have to alter my memories."

"I understand and will cooperate with you, brother-in-law. However, could you please preserve my memories of the Western Sea? Also, could you please not change my name?"

Is this brother-in-law perhaps dissatisfied with the resounding names he gave himself, such as "Playful Third Brother," "Slaying Eight Realms," and "Sand Cleansing"?

Fine, if they won't let me change it, then I won't. I'm too lazy to bother with it anyway. Afterwards, with a burst of spiritual treasures and the Scripture of Salvation, Liu Qing successfully converted the Third Prince of the Jade Dragon of the West Sea and made him a third-generation disciple of the Jie Sect.

Liu Qing retained some of his memories as instructed. He still remembered that he was the Third Prince of the Western Sea and that Liu Qing was his brother-in-law.

At this point, the pilgrimage team had completely transformed into members of the Jie Sect, ready to embark on their journey to the East at any time.

After converting them, Liu Qing rested for a few days.

The six guardians, including the Bull Demon King, who were stationed in the Wei River, were very obedient and did not act recklessly. They showed great respect to Red Maiden and White Snake, and did not look down on Crab Left Hand and Shrimp Guest because of their shallow cultivation. This made Liu Qing very satisfied.

On Li Shimin's side, the Tang army was discussing with Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng the matter of sending troops to Tongguan and advancing eastward into the Central Plains. However, due to many considerations and complicated preparations, they had not yet set out.

After a short rest, Liu Qing went into seclusion again, taking the opportunity to completely evolve his Power Cave Heaven into a Lesser Thousand World.

Previously, when slaying the Five Directions Exorcists, I was alerted by the intelligence box and discovered that the Five Directions Exorcists used the materials to evolve the three elements of the sun, moon and stars, which were actually rare and top-grade celestial spirits in the Three Realms, such as the Sun Essence Stone, Moon Dew, and Star Fruit.

After acquiring it, Liu Qing was unable to get away due to other commitments. Now that he had some free time, how could he not be eager to melt it down?

Sun Essence Stone, Moon Dew, and Star Fruit are all rare and exquisite celestial treasures in the Three Realms, each requiring immense good fortune to obtain.

They are precious for two reasons. First, they are extremely rare to produce, as they are born from the origins of the three elements of the universe, namely the sun, moon, and stars, and are considered innate.

Secondly, these three are genuine products of the origin of the sun, moon, and stars, and contain the primordial energy of the sun, moon, and stars.

Using them as the three elements to evolve the minor world is the best choice, and as the minor world continues to grow, they can eventually transform into the real sun, moon and stars.

It can be said that the Sun Essence Stone, Moon Dew, and Star Fruit are the continuation of the bloodline of the sun, moon, and stars, just like living beings.

Unexpectedly, the mere Five Directions Protectors, a few henchmen of Buddhism, possessed a treasure that even the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of Buddhism did not have.

If others knew, they would probably have killed all five of them and stolen this treasure long ago.

Fortunately, they hid it well, so it didn't benefit anyone else, and in the end, it benefited Liu Qing.

Moreover, this Sun Essence Stone, Moon Dew, and Star Fruit amounted to a staggering five portions—truly a creation of the heavens! If Liu Qing were to evolve the Three Powers of the Sun, Moon, and Stars, he would only need one portion.

However, in order for the Lesser Thousand Worlds to grow faster in the future, Liu Qing decided to use all five portions.

With a thought, Liu Qing summoned five Sun Essence Stones and struck them in the center of the Power Cave Heaven. He then spat out a breath of divine power, melting the five Sun Essence Stones into one.

Afterwards, the five drops of moon dew were melted into a ball, thrown into the sky, and transformed into the moon.

Finally, the five Star Fruits floated in his palm. With a twist of his divine power, Liu Qing cut them into countless pieces, each piece varying in size, some as large as sesame seeds and others as small as dust. Although small, each piece shimmered with rich starlight and carried immense power.

Liu Qing opened his mouth and spat out a divine wind, which blew the dust-like Star Fruit grits into the sky, where they hung behind the sun and moon.

With a thought, Liu Qing, the master of the cave, infused the rules of 'sunrise and sunset, rising in the east and setting in the west, the waxing and waning of the moon, the sun disappearing and stars appearing, starlight accompanying the moon' into the Sun Essence Stone, Moon Dew, and Star Fruit.

The tasks I was supposed to do have been completed. The rest is now up to the power to transform itself in the celestial realm.

As time went on, under the influence of the world's power, the Sunstone began to emit intense light and heat, rising in the east during the day and setting in the west as night fell.

The sun sets, and the moon rises, in a cycle of thirty days, from new moon to full moon, and then from full moon to new moon, until there is no moon.

As the sun sets and the moon rises, the stars shine brightly, and every night, whether there is a moon or not, the stars continue to illuminate the night.

After an unknown period of time, suddenly, the sun, moon, and stars appeared together, each radiating dazzling light. The combined divine light of the sun, moon, and stars extended outwards towards the surrounding area of ​​the Power Cave Heaven.

As the divine light of the sun, moon, and stars extends, the Quanbing Cave Heaven also undergoes another expansion.

One thousand li, two thousand li, three thousand li, ten thousand li!

This time, the Quanbing Cave Heaven expanded to a radius of ten thousand miles before finally stopping.

In that instant of pause, the vast energy of the Five Elements suddenly rose up, flowing freely across the ground, while the sun, moon, and stars in the sky cast down beams of divine light, intertwining with the energy of the Five Elements to form the Yin and Yang duality, mutually merging yet distinct from one another.

Within the yin-yang symbol, a vast and mighty force suddenly emerged, instantly enveloping the entire space.

This immense power is the new and perfect world power generated when the Lesser Thousand Worlds were born, not the imperfect and flawed world power that arose in the previous Power Cave Heaven.

The new world power swallowed the old world power.

The old celestial realm of power, at this moment, finally evolved into a new microcosm.

The power of the Lesser Thousand Worlds hovered beneath Liu Qing's feet. With a thought, Liu Qing could instantly teleport to any part of the world.

Vast and boundless, this is the newly born Lesser Thousand World. Although it is still called the Lesser Thousand World by Liu Qing, its scope and space are far greater than the old Lesser Thousand World of the Five Directions of the Primordial Gods, and it is comparable to an ordinary Middle Thousand World.

When the spatial range reaches ten thousand miles, it becomes the Middle Thousand Worlds.

Compared to some established middle-thousand worlds, Liu Qing's only deficiency is that his world power is somewhat weaker.

But there's no need to worry about that. As long as the smaller worlds continue to grow, the power of the world will continue to increase.

Liu Qing soared freely in his own little world, venting his excitement. To be able to create a true little world with only the cultivation of the Five Qi Realm was a feat that could be counted on one hand in the entire Three Realms.

Furthermore, Liu Qing's Lesser Thousand Worlds are as vast as those of the Middle Thousand Worlds. Therefore, considering the entire Three Realms, Liu Qing should be ranked first.

I have never heard of anyone being able to evolve a true Lesser Thousand World at the Five Qi Realm, and the Lesser Thousand World is as vast as the Middle Thousand World.

If he concealed his aura, based solely on the theory of the Lesser Thousand Worlds, Liu Qing would be on par with a powerful being at the peak of the Divine Realm.

Even if others are at the peak of the Divine Realm, their Lesser Worlds are far inferior to Liu Qing's. If we truly compare the size of their worlds, Liu Qing is already comparable to a Golden Body Realm expert.

What it lacks is simply that its cultivation level is not as high and its divine power is not as strong.

(End of this chapter)