Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

The innate spiritual embryo, supported by divine power, floated in front of Liu Qing.

The strange phenomenon of being surrounded by innate energy at birth is no longer there, revealing the true face of the spiritual embryo. It is blood red in color and shaped like a heart, beating once every once in a while, as if it contains endless vitality.

Liu Qing used his divine power to force out a drop of his primordial blood essence from his body and drip it onto the innate spiritual embryo.

The essence blood was crimson, crystal clear like blood jade, carrying the original imprint of Liu Qing's essence, energy, and spirit, rolling on the innate spiritual embryo.

The next instant, the heart-shaped innate spiritual embryo suddenly swallowed Liu Qing's primordial essence blood.

Instantly, a dense crimson light emanated from the innate spiritual embryo.

dong dong——

The innate spiritual embryo began to throb violently, like a drumbeat. With each thud, the blood-red light intensified, eventually almost completely obscuring Liu Qing's vision.

Looking at the bloody light before him, Liu Qing felt a strange sensation in his heart.

The heartbeat, like a pounding drum, grew faster and louder, until finally, it seemed to possess boundless power, piercing through thousands of mountains and rivers, and the heavens and earth of the three realms.

thump—

The final, deep, and long drumbeat brought everything to a perfect close.

The blood-red light vanished instantly, returning to the sea like the receding tide.

A person appeared in front of Liu Qing.

He had handsome features, a tall and slender figure, and wore a white robe. He looked at Liu Qing as if he were looking at himself.

Liu Qing looked at him as if she were looking at herself.

They looked exactly alike, except that Liu Qing wore a green robe while this person wore a white robe. Liu Qing had a powerful and sharp aura, while the white-robed Liu Qing was honest, steady, and as solid as a mountain.

Liu Qing's aura exuded a terrifying sense of oppression, which was due to Liu Qing's profound cultivation level. However, Liu Qing, who was born in white and had no cultivation at all, was able to remain as immovable as a mountain under Liu Qing's oppression.

As expected of a primordial being born from a spiritual embryo, this being, though lacking cultivation yet, has already demonstrated its potential based solely on its origin.

A sense of closeness between bloodlines grew in Liu Qing's heart. The self in front of him was born from a drop of primordial essence blood and was naturally close to him.

"From this day forward, you are Liu Bai, and you will walk the path of earth. I will plan everything properly for you."

Liu Qing suppressed the affection in his heart, and his words were filled with coldness.

This willow white was prepared by myself to break through to the Golden Body, and it will eventually be melted down by the main body. I dare not invest too much emotion in it now, lest I be reluctant to part with it when the time comes.

"Thank you, Your Excellency."

Liu Bai's voice was somewhat hoarse, whether from being a newborn or from sensing the indifference in Liu Qing's words.

Although Liu Bai was born from a drop of Liu Qing's original essence blood, he was ultimately an independent individual with his own thoughts.

But he didn't show anything unusual.

Liu Qing gave Liu Bai a deep look, his divine power surged, and he chanted the Golden Hoop Incantation, secretly sending a Golden Hoop Incantation into Liu Bai's soul.

For the sake of my future path, I became ruthless, even protecting myself.

"Here is a portion of Breath Soil, as well as some spiritual herbs and pills. I will protect you while you use them to improve your cultivation."

Liu Bai nodded, took it without hesitation, and swallowed it all at once.

This startled Liu Qing. His newborn body, with no cultivation, was about to burst after consuming so many rare and precious treasures.
Before Liu Qing could worry for long, he saw Liu Bai's energy rapidly increase, quickly transforming essence into qi, qi into spirit, spirit into emptiness, and finally into the Dao.

Liu Qing was speechless.

This Liu Bai truly lives up to his reputation as a born spiritual embryo. He consumed so many rare and precious treasures right after birth, yet he wasn't overwhelmed. Moreover, his cultivation level soared, and he was just one step away from achieving Dao.

Such natural talent filled Liu Qing with envy. If he had possessed such talent back then, he wouldn't have had to struggle so hard in the mire.

As Liu Bai attained a higher level of cultivation, his aura became unique, distinct from Liu Qing's. He became increasingly calm and composed, his aura completely opposite to Liu Qing's.

Liu Qing was slightly surprised, but then delighted. It seemed that Liu Bai's innate body, which originally had no attributes, had become an earth-attribute spiritual body after consuming a portion of the Breath Soil. He would surely make rapid progress on the path of earth in the future.

Liu Qing walks the path of water, while Liu Bai walks the path of earth. One is water, the other is mountain. When they merge, the water and mountain will mutually restrain and generate each other, and the water and mountain will cycle and turn, making the golden body eternally solid.

Thinking of this, Liu Qing glanced at Liu Bai with some guilt.

He used his divine sense to search through the Lesser Thousand Worlds and imparted to Liu Bai the various earth-based cultivation techniques he had obtained from killing mountain gods and local deities in previous battles.

After hesitating for a moment, Liu Qing passed on another copy of the Shangqing Immortal Technique to Liu Bai.

Liu Qing cultivates the Shangqing Immortal Technique, and the divine power within his body carries the aura of the Shangqing Immortal Technique. If he were to fuse Liu Bai in the future, the aura of the divine power must be kept consistent to avoid conflict.

However, the Shangqing Immortal Techniques passed down from the past were a censored version, lacking any insights into cultivating the Tiangang and Disha Techniques.

Ultimately, it's still necessary to take precautions. Afterward, Liu Qing gave Liu Bai a few instructions and then let him leave alone to travel through the Qinling Mountains and comprehend the Way of Earth.

There was no need to give him the role of a mountain god or a land god; it's better to let him be a minor deity to avoid him becoming too powerful.

Once Liu Qing's main body issued a command, the river gods in the avatars of those water systems that were close to or extended into the Qinling Mountains received the order.

Following Liu Qing's orders, they would secretly take care of or supervise Liu Bai.

If anything seems amiss, Liu Qing will arrive in an instant.

After Liu Bai's affairs were settled, Liu Qing saw the hundreds of millions of power gold in the minor world, hesitated for a moment, and did not devour its power divinity to advance his own power divinity.

For Liu Qing, further promotion is now useless, but he can keep it. After merging with Liu Bai, the mountains and rivers will be integrated, allowing him to extend his divine authority to the realm of mountains and rivers.

When one breaks through to the point of immortality, the divine power within the body must circulate, but the corresponding divine duties must also correspond.

Therefore, Liu Qing will not use the power and gold in his hands for the time being, but will save it up and make a decision after he has melted down Liu Bai.

Previously, the various talents awakened by the main body when it was weak, as well as the supernatural powers unlocked when it devoured incense and authority, had pushed more than ten talents, supernatural powers, and growth rates to perfection on two separate occasions.

Now that he still had some left in his body, and since he was not lacking in the source energy of heaven and earth, Liu Qing used all his remaining talents and supernatural abilities to raise them to perfection.

As the main body evolves, perhaps because it is perfect and naturally powerful, it becomes increasingly difficult to awaken talents. As for the current Flood Dragon, Liu Qing has tried several times, but found that no talent can be awakened.

It's not a pity, after all, Liu Qing has already begun to comprehend the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Techniques, and the power of any one of them far exceeds his own talent.

After all the matters were settled, Liu Qing emerged from his secluded cultivation.

For the next ten days or so, he played games with Hong Gu and Bai She'er every day, enjoying a rare moment of leisure. Occasionally, he would drink with the Bull Demon King and the other six Great Sages, Shrimp Traveler, and Crab Left Hand, living a very carefree life.

However, this carefree life was soon shattered.

He remained in Li Shimin's army, replacing his true self as the chief of waterways and the avatar of the Great Dragon God who controlled clouds and rain, and sent news.

On the first day of the seventh month of the fifteenth year of the Daye era, the Tang army prepared to march out of Chang'an and attack Tongguan.

Liu Qing's heart stirred; the journey to the east could begin.

The starting point of the Journey to the West was Chang'an, and now the starting point of the Journey to the East should also be Chang'an.

Liu Qing informed his teacher, Daoist Yu Yu, of his upcoming journey to the east, and then began preparations for the trip.

The second-generation disciple of the Jie Sect, Tang Sanzang, the Six-Winged Golden Cicada; the third-generation disciple of the Jie Sect, Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven; and the third-generation disciples, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, and the Third Prince of the Jade Dragon.

The pilgrimage team was released from the small world by Liu Qing.

As instructed by Liu Qing, Tang Sanzang rode the White Dragon Horse, accompanied by his three disciples Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing, and set off from the Wei River towards Chang'an. Along the way, they were escorted by a group of sailors led by Crab Left Hand and Shrimp Guest, while in the air, six guardians, including the Bull Demon King and the Flood Dragon Demon King, secretly protected them.

Crab Left Hand and Shrimp Traveler, these two close confidants, were ordered to stay by the side of the pilgrim after this journey, and escort him along the waterways when he traveled east, playing the role of the Six Ding and Six Jia in the original Journey to the West route.

The journey to the east is both a calamity and a blessing. It is Liu Qing's blessing that the crab left hand and the shrimp traveler are going on this journey. In the end, they will succeed in their journey to the east and will also receive some of the fortune and merit.

As for the Bull Demon King and the Flood Dragon Demon King, they served as the six guardians of the Jie Sect, playing the roles originally assigned to the Five Directions Protectors.

Liu Qing, like Guanyin of the South Sea during the Journey to the West, was the leader of the Journey to the East.

A wisp of the Tongtian Sage's soul, along with the remaining Daoist, Wudang Holy Mother, Pilu Immortal, and Golden Hoop Immortal, went to a secret realm in the East Sea.

The secret realm was concealed by a grand array created by sages, and could not be accessed for a thousand years. Today, it has finally been revealed to the world in the hands of Daoist Yu Yu.

With a deafening roar, the previously empty sea surface was suddenly filled with raging waves, and a huge island emerged.

This island spans over ten thousand miles, its vegetation desolate and birds everywhere. Deep within the island lies a grand hall, long since abandoned and overgrown with cobwebs.

What was once a blessed land brimming with spiritual energy has now become a haven for birds and rats.

Yu Yu Daoist sighed, waved his hand to shoo away the birds, and stepped into the island, arriving in front of Biyou Palace.

After a long while, a soaring sword intent suddenly rose up, shaking the three realms.

The birth of Jin'ao Island and the manifestation of divine power at Biyou Palace!
The moment the pilgrim team made a move, it seemed as if the world itself changed, and the already intense aura of human carnage instantly became even more violent.

The five hundred Buddhist Arhats, who were stationed outside the Wei River to keep a close watch on the situation inside, immediately relayed the news back to Buddhism that the pilgrimage team had left the Wei River and was heading to Chang'an.

After the pilgrimage team was forcibly abducted by Liu Qing and the Jie Sect prepared to embark on its eastward journey, the five hundred Buddhist Arhats who were originally in Li Jiancheng's army became useless and were assigned to supervise the Wei River.

Because Liu Qing used the pretext of dynastic change in the human world to begin his journey to the east, the pilgrim team must have gone to the Tang army under Li Shimin. At this time, the Tang army was conquering the world, and the journey to the east began simultaneously.

Leaving the five hundred Arhats by Li Jiancheng's side was no longer of any use, as the Tang army had become a unified whole after the pilgrim team joined.

Correspondingly, the Sui Dynasty, or other rebel kings, were rivals of the Tang army in their struggle for power, and also obstacles on the journey of the pilgrims. (End of Chapter)