Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

After Liu Qing captured the three Ghost Kings, he wanted to take advantage of his momentum and kill some more Arhats to add to the fun, but unexpectedly, a strange movement suddenly came from the Divine Treasury.

Liu Qing quickly abandoned his thoughts, retreated to his own formation, and handed over the rest of the battle to Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing.

At the same time, he instructed the six guardians, including the Bull Demon King and the Flood Dragon Demon King, who were hiding deep in the clouds, to be on high alert and to lend a hand if Sun Wukong and his two companions were in danger.

After switching places with his clone, Liu Qing hurriedly arrived at the Lesser Thousand Worlds to check for any unusual activity.

Upon seeing this, he was overjoyed.

It turned out that the three flowers on the top, which had been nurtured in the divine burial place, had all matured at this moment.

Perhaps it was because the three flowers had gathered together, or perhaps it was because the three ghost kings had been suppressed, that the Lesser Thousand Worlds were evolving into the Underworld, the power of the world was increasing, and the rules of the world were beginning to be perfected.

This, in turn, affected the development of the three flowers on top, causing them to emerge a period of time earlier.

Heavenly Flower, Earthly Flower, Human Flower—these three flowers, emerging from the top of the head, resemble three lotus flowers. Liu Qing counted them; each lotus flower had a full twelve petals.

Each of the three flowers blooms with twelve grades, reaching the great perfection of the three-flower grade. Three flowers together make thirty-six grades, which is exactly the number of the primordial Chaos Lotus of the Great Dao.

Liu Qing originally thought that if his three flowers could bloom into ninth grade, it would be a great fortune. Unexpectedly, each of them bloomed into twelfth grade.

While others can cultivate three flowers, ordinary powerful beings can only reach the third rank. Those with extremely high talent and deep roots can cultivate up to the sixth rank, which is already the true inheritance of a major sect.

Even the eighteen Arhats of Buddhism, some of the twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect, and the disciples of the Jie Sect other than the four great disciples—these powerful beings renowned throughout the Three Realms—only managed to cultivate the sixth grade of the third flower.

Liu Qing used the merits of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity to nurture the Three Flowers. No matter how confident he was, he only hoped that he could bloom the Nine-Rank Three Flowers and reach the level of a second-generation leader of a great sect in the Three Realms.

People like Guangchengzi and Chijingzi of the Chan Sect, Tathagata Buddha, Dipankara Buddha, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, the four great disciples of the Jie Sect, Jade Emperor, and Queen Mother of the West, all of whom initially only attained the ninth grade and third flower.

But now, Liu Qing has blossomed with twelve grades of three flowers.

Such good fortune is comparable to that of the leaders of major sects in the Three Realms, such as Zhen Yuanzi, the ancestor of earth immortals, the Lord of the Underworld, and the Lord of the Blood Sea.

The fact that Liu Qing can bloom a 12th-grade three-flower is enough to represent the potential of his future path. Just like the reversal of the innate nature of the Five Qi Realm and the evolution of innate beings, it is the key to finally obtaining the Primordial Dao Fruit.

In other words, after Liu Qing achieved the status of a primordial being and developed the twelfth grade of the Three Flowers, he once again gained the qualification to peek into the Primordial Dao Fruit.

How could Liu Qing not be overjoyed?

It took Liu Qing a long time to calm his excited mood before he retrieved the three 12th-grade Heavenly Flower, Earthly Flower, and Human Flower from the Divine Treasury.

Among them, the Heavenly Flower is injected into the Niwan Palace (upper dantian), the Earthly Flower into the Tanzhong Palace (middle dantian), and the Human Flower into the Renzhong Palace (lower dantian).

At this point, the Heavenly Gate is opened, the Earthly Gate is avoided, and the Three Flowers guard the physical body, just as the army of cultivators raises the banner to charge into the Primordial Dao Fruit.

[Realm: Three Flowers Realm 99%]

Liu Qing's Three Flowers were injected into his body to guard his physical body, and his cultivation level soared. He leaped to the perfection of the Three Flowers Realm and was only one step away from breaking through to the Divine Realm.

With the ability to cultivate a 12th-grade Three-Flower, Liu Qing's foundation in the Three-Flower Realm is already extremely solid, so there is no need to further strengthen it.

Liu Qing then channeled the primordial energy of heaven and earth stored within the True Scripture of Talking Earth into his cultivation realm. Instantly, waves of insights into his realm surged into his mind.

After digesting the information, Liu Qing naturally broke through to the Divine Realm.

[Realm: Divine Realm 51%]

Once you break through to the Divine Realm, you've already completed most of the path to this realm. As mentioned earlier, when Liu Qing was in the Three Flowers Realm, he had already completely evolved the Lesser Thousand Worlds.

The cultivation of the Divine Realm involves transforming the previous Dharma Realm Cave Heaven into a real Small Thousand World. This is one aspect. The other is perfecting the Yin-Yang cycle of the Small Thousand World.

Now that Liu Qing's Lesser Thousand World has fully evolved and its scope is comparable to that of other people's Middle Thousand Worlds, he has leaped to the 51st level of the Divine Realm.

If Liu Qing were to evolve the Underworld and perfect the cycle of life and death in the Lesser Thousand Worlds, then he could break through to the Divine Realm at any time and reach the Immortal Realm.

At the same time, after Liu Qing broke through to the Divine Realm, his true form, the Azure Dragon, experienced another growth.

From its five-hundred-foot azure dragon form during the Three Flowers Realm, it has grown to its current eight-hundred-foot true form, just one step away from breaking through to a thousand feet.

All living beings, once they reach a hundred feet in length, possess sufficient strength to transform into a dragon. Liu Qing has been blessed with good fortune and has reached a true body of eight hundred feet, but he has not yet transformed into a dragon.

Judging solely from his true form, Liu Qing's accumulated knowledge and skills were already quite substantial.

It also determined the method of transformation into a dragon: to travel along the river as a green dragon and then transform into a dragon, in order to try and achieve the top position of a five-clawed golden dragon after transformation.

Unfortunately, the time is not right yet, so we can only be patient for now and wait for Tongguan to fall before considering leaving for Jiang Hualong.

Although it cannot transform into a dragon yet, its true form has grown once again, resulting in a stronger physical body and a surge in power.

Originally, one needed to be blessed with the power of the Heaven and Earth, the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, and the supernatural abilities of a strongman to possess a divine strength of several million jin. Now, without any blessing, one can possess a divine strength of ten million jin simply through physical strength.

Liu Qing only needed to clench his fist, and the force released during the drilling was enough to shatter the surrounding space.

If he were to exert his full strength, he could destroy the Giant Spirit God and withstand the Golden Cudgel with his bare body.

Now, the Giant Spirit God is also in Tongguan City. After we leave, we'll find an opportunity to test whether we can really defeat the Giant Spirit God.

Having broken through to the third level of cultivation and grown his true body by eight hundred feet, Liu Qing was only missing the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique to form a formidable fighting force.

The Nine Revolutions Profound Technique has already reached its fourth revolution. I didn't try to break through before, but now that my cultivation level has reached the Three Flowers Realm, I should no longer hesitate.

With a thought, Liu Qing began his formal breakthrough, referring to the techniques used when breaking through to the fifth stage of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique.

The key to breaking through to the fifth stage of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique is to use the power of the Six Harmonies to construct a refining array around the body, thus forging the physical body.

The power of the Six Directions is hard to find and has long been extinct in the Three Realms. Therefore, Erlang Shen Yang Jian, who cultivated the castrated version of the Nine Revolutions Profound Art, the Eight-Nine Profound Art, was also trapped in the fourth revolution and could not break through to the fifth revolution.

The reason for this is that the power of the six directions required to break through to the fifth stage has long since disappeared from the Three Realms.

It is not that they have disappeared, but rather that the power of the six directions, which originally gathered to form spiritual beings, has scattered to various parts of the three realms as they matured.

To find this power of the six directions, one must gather together every single fragment scattered throughout the three realms.

This matter is as difficult as ascending to heaven. Moreover, the scattered locations are unknown, extremely small, and deeply hidden. Gathering enough power from all directions to break through is absolutely impossible.

Therefore, even with Erlang Shen Yang Jian's abilities, he could not gather enough Six Harmonies Power within the Three Realms to break through, and was trapped in the fourth stage of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts.

The Nine Revolutions Profound Technique that Liu Qing cultivates is even more refined than the Eight-Nine Profound Technique, and the Six Harmonies Power required for its breakthrough is even greater than that of the Eight-Nine Profound Technique. If it were anyone else, they would probably have given up cultivating it long ago.

Among the many disciples of the Jie Sect, apart from the legendary eldest disciple Duobao Daoren, none of the others practiced cultivation.

Aptitude, comprehension, and willpower are one aspect, but the difficulty of gathering the power of the six directions required for the fifth breakthrough is another.

But Liu Qing doesn't need to worry about these things now.

It's not that Liu Qing wants the Three Realms to collect the power of the Six Directions, nor that Liu Qing currently possesses it; rather, Liu Qing has a way to find something to replace the power of the Six Directions.

It's even better than the true power of the Six Harmonies.

That is the Three Flowers at the Top, or more precisely, the Heavenly Merit, Earthly Merit, and Human Merit that construct the Three Flowers at the Top.

Merit is a panacea, capable of transforming most spiritual beings within the Three Realms, including the power of the Six Directions.

Liu Qing's three flowers of Heaven, Earth, and Man are born from merit and virtue. They are formed from the power of merit rooted in the essence, energy, and spirit. Therefore, the three flowers contain the purest power of merit from the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man.

With a thought, Liu Qing divided the twelve-grade Heavenly Flower, Earthly Flower, and Human Flower into six smaller versions of the six-grade Three-Flower.

He then conceived the idea of ​​simulating the power of the Six Harmonies, allowing the three flowers nurtured by the power of the six merits to transform into the power of the Six Harmonies, assisting the Six Harmonies Refining Array in refining his own physical body.

Instantly, boundless pain surged into his mind, but fortunately, Liu Qing's cultivation and willpower had greatly improved, far surpassing what he had experienced before, so he was still able to endure this pain.

With the blessing of the power of the Six Harmonies, the Six Harmonies Formation rapidly refined the physical body. As time passed, unknowingly, the dragon scales, flesh, and bones on the true body were almost completely refined.

The next instant, all the Six Harmonies Refining Formations shone brightly, then dissipated in a moment, and the true form had changed drastically.

Its true form, inside and out, is entirely of the color of crystal, faintly bearing the eternal color of a golden body, and is without blemish or leakage, with its inner and outer parts perfectly integrated, even closer to the innate body.

This is the fifth revolution of the Nine Revolutions Mystic Art.

He summoned the Mountain-Moving Whip, a mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure, infused it with divine power, and smashed it with all his might against the true body, yet it caused no damage whatsoever, only the sound of metal striking metal.

He struck several more times with all his might, but the Mountain-Driving Whip did not leave any damage on his body. Instead, he was knocked away.

Previously, during the fourth stage of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, Liu Qing could withstand a full-force attack from a mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure with his true body. Now, at the fifth stage of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, he can ignore any attack from a mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure.

At this moment, Liu Qing's true body defense is even stronger than that of a mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure.

Liu Qing casually clenched his fist, and the sound of space cracking echoed. He exhaled a breath that pierced through the void, and with a swipe of his hand, he tore open a portal in space.

I used to envy the Golden Hoop Immortal, the Pilu Immortal, and the Holy Mother Wudang, who could easily tear through space and travel between the Three Realms.

Now, he himself has the ability to tear through space and travel through the three realms.

Such abilities are exclusive to powerful beings; they are not supernatural powers, but rather manifestations of one's own cultivation, and are called 'Boundless Between the Two Realms'.

Even the Golden Hoop Immortal was a veteran Golden Body Realm expert since the time of the Investiture of the Gods, which is why he possessed the ability to transcend the two realms.

Liu Qing is only at the Divine Realm level, yet he already possesses such abilities. If the Golden Hoop Immortal were to see this, he would probably be astonished.

He'll probably lament again that he's the biggest fool in the Jie Sect. He couldn't even compare to his fellow disciples before, and now he can't even compare to his junior brother who just joined the sect.

Having broken through to the limit in the heat of battle, Liu Qing dared not delay for too long. So, after stabilizing his realm and getting used to his surge in strength, he decided to go out and see how the battle was going.

With a single stroke of his hand, Liu Qing created a spatial rift in front of him. He then stepped into the rift and found it to be chaotic and colorless, with no discernible direction.

Just as he was about to find a way out, he suddenly sensed several familiar auras ahead. Liu Qing immediately made another slash, opening a portal, and found himself beside the Bull Demon King, the Flood Dragon Demon King, and the other six guardians.

After a trial run between the two realms, Liu Qing understood how to successfully use this method.

First, tear open space and enter the chaos. Once you sense the familiar energy from the outside world, you can then break through space to emerge.

This familiar external energy acts as an anchor point, used for positioning, so as not to get lost in the chaos.

You can set anchor points in advance, for example, locate your close friends and family like Hong Gu or Bai She'er, and you can return home in one step.

It could also be a clone left in Li Shimin's army, or someone like the Bull Demon King, Sun Wukong, or Wen Zhong.

By using the aura of these familiar people as anchor points, one can appear around them at will without worrying about getting lost in the chaos.

The Bull Demon King, the Flood Dragon Demon King, and the other six guardians of the Eastern Journey were looking down at the battlefield below, protecting the Eastern Journey team, when suddenly they saw fluctuations in the void in front of them. Then, the portal opened, and their master uncle, the headmaster, actually walked out from it.

I was shocked for a moment.

The six of them were also at the Undying Realm, but they were not as senior as the Golden Hoop Immortal, so they had not yet mastered the ability to bridging the two realms.

The fact that their master uncle was only at the Three Flowers Realm yet had already mastered such a powerful ability was astonishing.

The Master Uncle can walk through the void, bridging the two realms, which makes him a truly powerful being.

As expected of a second-generation leader of the Jie Sect who was valued by his master, his talent and comprehension far surpassed others.

They are all prodigies, geniuses, but compared to the headmaster in front of us, all the prodigies and geniuses in the Three Realms are trash.

Just as he was filled with awe and wonder, the Bull Demon King's eyes widened suddenly, and he felt his heart contract violently again, as if it were out of control.

The sect leader has actually broken through to the Divine Realm?!

"How long has it been?" Bull Demon King groaned inwardly. He had just suppressed three ghost kings, and only a few hours had passed since then. Yet, he had already soared from the early stage of the Three Flowers Realm to the mid-stage of the Divine Realm.
It's a leap forward, a whole new level!

The Bull Demon King recalled how long it took him to advance from the early stage of the Three Flowers Realm to the middle stage of the Divine Realm.
Is it a few decades, or more than a hundred years?
I, Old Niu, am not very bright and can't remember clearly, but the time it took was definitely many times longer than that of Master Uncle.

Liu Qing was unaware of the shock felt by the Bull Demon King, the Flood Dragon Demon King, and the other six. Instead, he was filled with joy as he emerged from the Lesser Thousand Worlds and arrived in the depths of the clouds where the Bull Demon King and the others were hiding. The distance between them was no less than several hundred miles, yet they arrived in an instant.

If one were to use the ability to ride the clouds or the Fire Wing talent to traverse these hundreds of miles, it would probably take only a few breaths.

Now, it hasn't even taken a breath. The ability to traverse between these two realms is truly astonishing, far surpassing other escape techniques.

Moreover, the technique of traversing the two realms is more secretive, sudden, and targeted than other escape techniques. It is not merely an escape ability, but a display of combat power.

"How is the battle going?" (End of Chapter)