Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

When Liu Qing was preparing to break through to the Five Qi Realm, he had already considered the matter of breaking through to the Three Flowers Realm later.

Five vital energies in the chest and three flowers on the crown of the head—these are the two most crucial steps in cultivation. If these two steps are mastered, the path ahead will be limitless.

Liu Qing, at the Five Qi Realm, replaced the acquired Qi in his chest with the innate five Qi, thus evolving himself into an innate being and obtaining the key to the Primordial Dao Fruit.

As for the Three Flowers Realm he is about to break through, Liu Qing also wants to use the most top-tier treasures in the Three Realms to open his own Three Flowers.

If we were to discuss what treasure is the most supreme item in the Three Realms from the beginning of time to the present, it would undoubtedly be merit.

Merit and virtue in the Way of Heaven, merit and virtue in the Way of Earth, merit and virtue in the Way of Humanity.

These three elements perfectly align with the numbers of Heaven, Earth, and Man, and are most compatible with the three flowers on the top of the head. If the human body is also a world, then the previous five elements could ensure the rotation of the human body, while the current three flowers on the top of the head can suppress the human body and make it permanent.

Of the three flowers at the top, the most commonly used by powerful beings are the three flowers of essence, energy, and spirit. However, these three are ordinary things, which are conceived by the body itself and represent the sublimation of the physical body, magical power, and divine soul. Moreover, they are merely sublimations and do not provide any blessing or enhancement to one's future path in the Dao.

Therefore, some far-sighted and powerful beings will replace the Three Flowers with other things from the Three Realms to enhance and bless their future path.

For example, Yang Yong, the City God of Xianyang, used the three talents of poetry, wine, and sword, while some great masters used the three talents of sun, moon, and stars as the three flowers on their heads.

Previously, the Sun Essence Stone, Moon Dew, and Star Fruit that Liu Qing had obtained were also top-tier items in the Three Realms.

If other cultivators encountered this, they would have been eager to use it as an amplification tool for the Three Flowers, but Liu Qing had a better choice, so he only used the Sun Essence Stone, Moon Dew, and Star Fruit to evolve into a small world.

There is nothing better than the blessings and amplification of the Three Flowers of Heavenly Way, Earthly Way, and Human Way.

Now, Liu Qing has brought rain and blessings to the people, which has been appreciated by humanity and rewarded with good deeds. Later, by chance, he also sorted out the earth's veins, which has been appreciated by the earth and rewarded with good deeds.

Having already attained two of the three virtues of Heaven, Earth, and Man, Liu Qing dared to boldly declare that he would use these three virtues to nurture the three flowers on his head.

For an ordinary cultivator to obtain even one of these is already an extraordinary stroke of luck, but Liu Qing has now obtained two. His profound fortune and blessings are unparalleled in the entire Three Realms.

Of the three paths of merit—Heaven, Earth, and Man—I now possess two, lacking only the merit of Heaven.

As the Three Realms have developed to this point, the Heavenly Dao has become perfect and detailed. For ordinary people to obtain Heavenly Dao merits is as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Furthermore, with the current change of dynasties in the human world, the atmosphere of bloodshed obscures the way of heaven, and Liu Qing is in the human world, so his chances of scheming for merit in the way of heaven are extremely slim.

However, Liu Qing already had a way to obtain Heavenly Merit, which is why he dared to use the merits of Heaven, Earth, and Man to nurture the three flowers on his head.

As for the method, the time is not right yet, and it cannot be implemented for the time being.

However, this does not affect Liu Qing's current actions. He will first use his existing human and earthly merits to nurture the human flower and the earth flower.

Liu Qing's last breakthrough to the Five Qi Realm was due to the power of the innate Five Qi. After refining the innate Five Qi, he directly broke through to the Five Qi Realm without needing the Origin Qi of Heaven and Earth to improve his cultivation level. Therefore, he accumulated a lot of Origin Qi of Heaven and Earth.

Now, looking at the more than 100,000 points of Heaven and Earth Origin Qi accumulated in his body, Liu Qing no longer hesitated and waved his hand, directly adding it to his cultivation level.

[Realm Level: 85% of the Five Qi Realm]

[Realm Level: 90% of the Five Qi Realm]

[Realm Level: Five Qi Realm 95%]
His cultivation level rapidly improved, and various insights about different realms emerged in his mind. Due to Liu Qing's previous battle, his cultivation level had surged and was not superficial.

Soon, a faint cracking sound came from within her body, and Liu Qing broke through to the Three Flowers Realm.

[Realm: Three Flowers Realm 1%]

Once you reach the Three Flowers Realm, you can try to use human and earthly merits to nurture the Three Flowers.

The cultivation of the Three Flowers Realm is slightly different from that of the Five Qi Realm. The Five Qi Realm requires the gathering of the five elements of Qi to break through, while the Three Flowers Realm requires breaking through first and then nurturing the three flowers at the top.

With each flower that is conceived, one's cultivation level increases by one stage. When all three flowers are conceived, one reaches the Three Flower Realm.

After breaking through to the Three Flowers Realm, Liu Qing took out the human and earth merits he had accumulated and prepared to nurture the Human Flower and the Earth Flower.

Humanitarian Merit: 200 points

[Territory Merit: 200 points]

This is all the human and earthly merits Liu Qing has accumulated so far. It may seem like not much, only 200 points, but think about it. The Three Realms have developed to this point, with the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man all perfected. Opportunities to obtain merit rewards are extremely rare. Liu Qing's ability to gain so much is quite remarkable.

An ordinary expert would be overjoyed to gain just 1 point, but Liu Qing gained a whopping 200 points in each category.

This is not the primordial era, when the three paths were immature and full of loopholes. Cultivators and powerful beings could easily earn merit by doing things that benefited the three paths or living beings.

Liu Qing took out all 200 points of human merit and placed them in the divine treasury. Instantly, these human merits shimmered with magnificent divine light and transformed into a ball of merit light.

Within the light of merit, countless beings faintly flashed by, cheering for their birth, rejoicing for their growth, happy for their success, and saddened by the end of their lives.

Humanitarian merit originates from the vast and boundless torrent of billions of living beings, complex and profound.

Liu Qing absorbed the most primordial essence of blood and energy from the physical body and placed it into the light of human merit. Using the essence and energy as seeds and human merit as nourishment, he nurtured his own human flower.

Next, Liu Qing placed another 200 points of Earthly Merit into the Divine Treasury. This time, it still emitted a magnificent divine light, shimmering with the profound light of the Earthly Path. Within the ball of light, the faint images of mountains, lakes, seas, vast lands, flowers, trees, and plants appeared, telling of the Earthly Path's generosity, its capacity to bear and bestow blessings.

He extracted a wisp of primordial divine power from the immense divine authority within his body and poured it into this ball of earthly merit, anticipating the nurturing of the earth flower.

The rest is left to time to ultimately nurture the flowers of people and the flowers of the land.

With his breakthrough in cultivation level now complete, Liu Qing was overjoyed and planned to leave seclusion for a short rest.

Unexpectedly, in the next instant, the Qiankun Ruler, a high-grade innate spiritual treasure suspended in the minor world, suddenly emitted a dazzling light.

A flash of joy appeared in Liu Qing's eyes.

The Qiankun Ruler, a top-grade innate spiritual treasure snatched from the ancient Buddha Dipankara, was completely refined at this moment.

Liu Qing thought about it for a moment and then understood.

Previously, the power of the Quanbing Cave Heaven evolved into a minor world, which greatly increased the power of the world and accelerated the refining process. Subsequently, his cultivation level broke through to the Three Flowers Realm, and his divine soul power became stronger again, which accelerated the refining speed once more.

Therefore, the Qiankun Ruler, which originally required several months or years to be fully refined, was refined ahead of schedule.

Liu Qing reached out and beckoned, and the Qiankun Ruler flew over in a flash.

It hung in front of Liu Qing, radiating joy from its spirit, and excitedly spun around Liu Qing, expressing its affection for its new master.

With a flick of his fingers, Liu Qing summoned the Qiankun Ruler, which instantly gathered the power of the vast Lesser Thousand Worlds, carrying a terrifying pressure that seemed poised to crush everything.

Once fully refined, the Qiankun Ruler can instantly mobilize the power of the entire Lesser Thousand Worlds.

When defending against enemies, Liu Qing only needs to think to mobilize the Qiankun Ruler of the entire Lesser Thousand Worlds to instantly suppress them.

Using the power of the Lesser Thousand Worlds as its power source and the Qiankun Ruler as its medium, Liu Qing has added another major attack method.

In terms of the power of this attack, it is no less than the Heavenly Gang Great Divine Power, and even more powerful in terms of its instantaneous nature.

This is only one of the functions of the Qiankun Ruler. Not only can it draw upon the power of the Lesser Thousand Worlds to fight enemies, but as a high-grade innate spiritual treasure, it also possesses terrifying power.

With a single strike, the world changes color; the power of rules crushes everything.

The Qiankun Ruler is so formidable that it has become Liu Qing's most powerful offensive spiritual treasure, even surpassing the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone.

However, the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone is also in the process of evolution, and it is only half a step away from evolving into a superior innate spiritual treasure.

If the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone were to evolve into a high-grade innate spiritual treasure, it would be hard to say which would be stronger between it and the Qiankun Ruler.

Liu Qing then left the pass and spent a few days traveling with several of his confidantes, including Hong Gu and Bai She'er, both to appease them and to give himself a rest.

Everything was normal outside. There were no storms or waves in the Wei River. Crab Left Hand and Shrimp Guest could handle the minor disturbances. Even the matriarch, Red Maiden, didn't need to worry about it, not to mention the six great saints, including the Bull Demon King, were there to support them.

Meanwhile, Li Shimin was discussing with Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng the matter of sending troops to Tongguan.

However, the preparations for sending troops were too complicated, and the mission has not yet been launched.

Taking advantage of this break, Liu Qing returned to the quiet room of Yangxin Garden to continue her secluded cultivation.

The entire pilgrimage team was converted, the Power Cave Heaven evolved into a Lesser Thousand World, and their cultivation level was raised to the Three Flowers Realm. During this period, Liu Qing's strength increased several times over.

With their strength enhanced once again, the next step is to plan for the future.

With a flash, Liu Qing revealed his true form as a blue dragon. Due to his breakthrough to the Three Flowers Realm and the increase in his cultivation, Liu Qing's physical form also grew larger.

The Azure Dragon's body had grown to five hundred feet.

The Three Flowers Realm's true form, a green dragon, is five hundred feet long, nearly twice the length of the Jade Dragon Third Prince, who is also in the Three Flowers Realm and is only three hundred feet long.

Born as a true dragon, his physical growth was not as fast as that of Liu Qing, who was born as a grass snake. The Third Prince of the Jade Dragon was really too bad, which also highlighted Liu Qing's strength.

Among the pilgrims, in terms of cultivation level alone, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, Sun Wukong, is number one, having reached the Immortal Realm.

Marshal Tianpeng and General Sha Wujing, who had both been convicted of exterminating the Eight Realms, were both from the Divine Realm.

The Third Prince of Jade Dragon possessed the cultivation of the Three Flowers Realm, but having been pampered since childhood, his combat strength was weak; within the pilgrimage team, he was only slightly stronger than his master, Golden Cicada.

Of course, one's cultivation level does not equate to strength, but it cannot be too low either.

Generally speaking, the larger the physical form of an anomaly like the Third Prince of Jade Dragon and Liu Qing, the stronger its power.

After Liu Qing's physical body reached 500 zhang, his physical strength also reached 5 million jin, which was much greater than before.

This is purely physical strength, without any other enhancements. (End of Chapter)