Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Given Li Yuan's current status, how could he possibly bestow an honor upon Liu Qing? The imperial edict was written and then spontaneously combusted.

After Liu Qing realized this, he thought for a moment and then summoned the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas, appointing them as the guardian dragon gods of the Tang Dynasty, to control the clouds and rain, grant wishes in all four seasons, and protect the human world from bad weather and good harvests.

Before the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the pilgrims who traveled eastward with the Tang army also endured many hardships during the Tang army's repeated conquests and territories.

However, after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the journey to the East to obtain Buddhist scriptures was not yet completed, because although the Tang Dynasty had unified the land, it was still unable to reach the sea.

However, the destination of the journey to the east is the Biyou Palace deep in the East Sea.

Therefore, even with Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, and their pilgrimage team, they still needed to leave the territory of the Tang Dynasty, sail eastward, and reach Biyou Palace deep in the East Sea to obtain the true scriptures of the Jie Sect before their journey to the East could be considered a success.

After the pilgrimage team set sail, the Bull Demon King, the Flood Dragon Demon King, and other guardians continued to accompany and protect them. However, now that the power of the Intercepting Sect is overwhelming in the Three Realms, no sea demon dares to step forward to obstruct the pilgrimage.

Liu Qing had no choice but to order the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas and the gods of Heaven to either force the sea monsters in the Eastward Journey Tribulation to participate in it, or send the heavenly gods' mounts down to the mortal realm to add to the tribulation and make it a total of eighty-one tribulations.

The Dragon King of the East Sea captured several octopus demons from the deep sea, which was the first difficulty in setting sail. The Dragon King of the South Sea accidentally captured Xiong Kuohai, a bear demon who had repeatedly escaped from Liu Qing and was hiding in Luojia Mountain in the South Sea, which was the second difficulty in setting sail.

The Dragon King of the West Sea captured the Nine-Headed Insect Demon, adding to the difficulties of his journey to the East Sea. The Dragon King of the North Sea found the remnants of Yuan Futong's forces who had caused trouble in the North Sea during the Investiture of the Gods, and sent them to the East Sea as an obstacle on his journey to the East.

On the side of the gods in Heaven, they arranged for the Nine-Headed Lion, the mount of the Great Emperor Qinghua, and the Green Ox with Horned Horn, the mount of Laozi, as well as the boys Golden Horn and Silver Horn, to descend to the Eastern Sea to become demons.

After the efforts of various forces, most of the tribulations of the Eastern Journey were finally gathered. A few tribulations were still missing. Liu Qing waved his hand and selected a few river demons from among the immortals of the Jie Sect to make up the eighty-one tribulations.

From then on, there were no more problems with the Jie Sect's journey to the east. They only needed to proceed step by step without worrying about being sabotaged. Apart from the Golden Spirit Mother, who was in charge of the Heavenly Court, other powerful figures of the Jie Sect, such as Zhao Gongming, the Three Immortal Maidens, and the Wudang Mother, also protected the Dharma along the way.

Even though Guang Chengzi had escaped and disappeared, and the Buddha Tathagata suddenly launched an attack, the powerful figures of the Jie Sect were able to hold out until Liu Qing came to their aid.

After making the arrangements, Liu Qing stopped paying attention to anything else and devoted all his energy to breaking through to the Great Luo Realm.

Now, Liu Qing has reached the peak of the Undying Realm and only needs an opportunity to break through to the Great Luo Realm.

After the Great Luo, comes the Primordial Dao Fruit.

According to Liu Qing's Daoist path plan, he needs to elevate his cultivation to the Great Luo Perfection realm, or even the half-step Hunyuan realm, before the end of his journey to the East.

Only by taking advantage of the fortune of the Jie Sect's eastward journey can one attain the Primordial Chaos in one fell swoop.

Only after attaining the Primordial Chaos can one be fearless of anyone, and then there will be no need to worry about the Buddha and Guang Chengzi hiding in the shadows.

Now that the journey to the east is more than halfway complete, with only a few years left before it ends, Liu Qing would have felt that there wasn't enough time before.

But now that we have the Myriad Dragons Palace, which can be used to change the flow of time, giving us countless extra years of cultivation time, it is no longer a problem to push our cultivation to the Great Luo Perfection before the end of the Eastern Journey.

Liu Qing entered the Lesser Thousand Worlds and spent a few days being intimate with Bai She'er, Shui'er, Xiao Ya, and Sang Qingjun. After informing the pregnant Hong Gu, he entered the Wanlong Palace.

Upon entering the Wanlong Palace, Liu Qing altered the flow of time, making one month outside correspond to one hundred thousand years within the Wanlong Palace.

Afterwards, Liu Qing devoted all his energy to comprehending the Great Luo realm and breaking through to the Great Luo realm.

Time flies by. Five hundred years later, Liu Qing comprehends the method to break through to the Great Luo Realm from the cultivation insights left by Daoist Duobao and the sermons of the Sage Tongtian.

After reaching the pinnacle of the Undying Realm, a cultivator's physical body, magical power, and primordial spirit have all reached their peak. At this point, if they wish to advance further and break through to the Great Luo Realm, they need to further sublimate their peak physical body, magical power, and primordial spirit in order to achieve the breakthrough.

Moreover, if any one of the three—physical body, magical power, or primordial spirit—can be sublimated, one can break through to the Great Luo realm. If all three are sublimated, one can achieve the Great Luo realm at its peak.

Through reflection and personal experience, Liu Qing understood the opportunity to break through to the Great Luo realm.

If one's physical body is to break through to the Great Luo realm, the necessary sublimation is required. Based on the current seventh level of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, one needs to break through to the eighth level, and with the help of the power of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, the physical body will sublimate and break through to the Great Luo realm.

As for the primordial spirit, it is necessary to rely on spiritual treasures and entrust the primordial spirit to them in order to achieve sublimation.

This aspect is the simplest for Liu Qing. Liu Qing now possesses the innate supreme treasure, the True Scripture of the Earth, and the Myriad Dragons Palace. He can choose one of the two to entrust his soul to, using the power of the innate supreme treasure to sublimate his soul, and ultimately allow his soul to break through to the Great Luo realm.

In terms of magical power, Liu Qing needs to evolve the Lesser Thousand World within his body into the Middle Thousand World, using the power of the world to sublimate his magical power, thus breaking through to the Great Luo level in terms of magical power.

Having understood the breakthrough opportunities for the physical body, magical power, and primordial spirit, Liu Qing no longer hesitated and began to work on breaking through to the Great Luo realm.

Among them, the breakthrough of the primordial spirit is the easiest, so Liu Qing started with the primordial spirit first.

Liu Qing chose the innate treasure, the True Scripture of Earth, as the vessel for his primordial spirit, using its power to elevate his soul and break through to the Great Luo realm.

The True Scripture of Talking About the Earth has been with Liu Qing since his birth. It can be said to be Liu Qing's natal spiritual treasure. It has no resistance to Liu Qing's soul and easily accepts Liu Qing's soul.

All Liu Qing needs to do is patiently and gradually entrust his soul to the Scripture of Talking About the Earth.

This process is not difficult, but it is extremely time-consuming. Fortunately, Liu Qing is not short of time now.

A thousand years later, inside the Wanlong Palace, Liu Qing opened his eyes, a look of vicissitude flashing in them, and slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.

Today, my soul has finally been completely entrusted to the True Scripture of Talking About the Earth. I am inseparable from the True Scripture of Talking About the Earth. My soul is the True Scripture of Talking About the Earth, and the True Scripture of Talking About the Earth is my soul.

The most crucial moment has arrived. Liu Qing gave a low shout and activated the Talking Earth True Scripture. Instantly, the Talking Earth True Scripture shone brightly, and all the power of the innate treasures was applied to the soul.

In the next instant, his soul trembled, as if he had floated to the highest heavens, feeling dizzy and light. With a flash of his eyes, he saw all of heaven and earth, and with a twitch of his ears, he perceived the three realms of heaven, earth, and man.

As the soul fell, the True Scripture of Earthly Deliberation was established, and a mysterious light rose from the soul, within which the soul was sublimated.

[Realm Level: 33% of the Great Luo Realm]

Liu Qing's divine soul was the first to break through to the Great Luo Realm, and upon breaking through, he reached the initial limit of the Great Luo Realm.

Based on the difficulty of the breakthrough, Liu Qing's second choice was to break through his magical power.

In terms of magical power, it was called authority and divine power in the early years. Now that Liu Qing is of high rank and is the master of all gods in the Jie Sect, how can he still have authority to restrain himself? The divine power has long since transformed into magical power.

Whether it was the authority and divine power of the past or the original magical power of today, they are all of the same nature: all of Liu Qing's power except for his physical body is manifested.

The place where it manifests is Liu Qing's Power Cave Heaven, now a Lesser Thousand World. It is not only a place for Liu Qing to store things and protect his family, but also a place that carries Liu Qing's magical power.

The size of the world most directly reflects the amount of magical power a cultivator possesses.

Furthermore, Liu Qing integrated his talent for swallowing elephants with the world in his early years, constantly increasing the size of the world or devouring rare and precious materials to evolve the world, all of which can be seen as Liu Qing accumulating magical power.

If Liu Qing wants to elevate his magical power and break through to the Great Luo realm, he must manifest his magical power as a minor world, allowing it to continue evolving into a middle world. At the moment of evolution, he must use the power of the world to elevate his magical power, thus breaking through to the Great Luo realm in one fell swoop. The cultivation of the Great Luo realm is not like previous realms, where after a breakthrough, subsequent advancements are made based on that breakthrough.

Instead, one must achieve three breakthroughs: physical body, magical power, and divine soul, in succession, before one can advance from the early stage of the Great Luo Realm to the late stage of the Great Luo Realm.

After making his decision, Liu Qing didn't delay any longer. He closed his eyes and focused his mind again, attempting to break through to the Great Luo realm once more through magical power.

The key to the breakthrough lies in corresponding to the small world and evolving into the medium world.

When Liu Qing was at the Divine Realm, his Small World already covered an area of ​​15,000 li. Now, several hundred years later, thanks to the continuous effect of his Elephant Devouring Talent, its area has reached 20,000 li.

In terms of size, it is already larger than the Middle Thousand Worlds of 90% of the cultivators.

Since there is enough space, the only thing missing for the Lesser Thousand Worlds to evolve into the Middle Thousand Worlds is that the cycle of reincarnation in the underworld is not yet perfected.

Liu Qing must perfect the cycle of reincarnation.

In the Divine Realm, the four Ghost Kings—Gao Li Gui Bo, Da Li Gui Wang, Du Jiao Gui Wang, and Mang Shan Gui Wang—had already perfected the first two levels of the Underworld and then suppressed Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. Starting from the third level, they continued to advance downwards.

The underworld has now been perfected to the fifth level, with four more levels remaining.

Because Liu Qing hadn't deliberately controlled it before, and the world had evolved on its own, the evolution wasn't very fast. Now, Liu Qing has devoted all his energy to it, and instantly, the evolution speed has increased several times.

One hundred years later, the underworld of the Lesser Thousand Worlds evolved to the sixth level; five hundred years later, it evolved to the seventh level; and two thousand years later, it evolved to the eighth level.

Only the ninth level of the Underworld is missing to perfect the Underworld, causing the Lesser Thousand Worlds to evolve into the Middle Thousand Worlds.

However, the original Netherworld power of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, which was the driving force for the evolution of the underworld, has been exhausted and drained.

Liu Qing could not allow the evolution to end halfway through.

Opening his eyes, he looked through the Wanlong Palace towards the Netherworld in the Three Realms.

With a thought, a decree arrived before Houtu, one of the Four Emperors: "Quickly bring the Netherworld Sacred Beast, Di Ting, to me!"

Liu Qing is now the number one person in the Three Realms, above all living beings. Houtu Niangniang dared not neglect him, so she quickly bound up the Netherworld Sacred Beast Di Ting and sent it to Liu Qing.

Liu Qing used his magic to wrap around Di Ting, shattering its fate, and then threw it into the underworld of the minor world.

Once Di Ting entered the underworld, its original Netherworld energy was extracted, allowing the underworld to continue evolving.

Three thousand years later, the Netherworld roared and revealed its illusory form, which was projected into the Lesser Thousand Worlds. The origin of the Lesser Thousand Worlds sensed it and, like a carp leaping over the Dragon Gate, ascended to the Middle Thousand Worlds.

Amidst the rumbling sounds, the Lesser Thousand Worlds expanded rapidly. The mountains and rivers within the world instantly doubled in size, and the sun, moon, and stars gathered even more of their power. The world's rules were perfected, and laws such as life and death, yin and yang, decay, and destruction all manifested.

The evolution of the world has bestowed countless rare and precious materials, spiritual treasures and roots upon all living beings within it. The vast and intense power of the world, as if it were a tangible substance, manifested itself before Liu Qing.

Liu Qing opened his mouth and swallowed, taking the power of the world into his stomach.

The magical power within his body merged with it, transforming into its origin, which took the form of a five-clawed golden dragon, roaring silently towards the void.

The next instant, a faint cracking sound rang out, and Liu Qing felt that his magical power was different from before.

The seven colors that previously belonged to the five elements of wind and thunder have been transformed into pure white, making it more refined and seamless than before.

It can be divided into the five elements of wind and thunder at any time, or it can return to one, which is the unity of all laws and the great accomplishment of the original magic power.

[Realm Level: 66% of the Great Luo Realm]

At this point, Liu Qing's magical power broke through to the Great Luo realm once again, bringing him to the middle stage of the Great Luo realm.

After its evolution stabilized, the Middle Thousand Worlds it manifested reached a spatial range of 50,000 li.

Its area spans 50,000 li, comparable to the vast world.

In the future, after Liu Qing reaches the Great Luo Realm, if he wants to break through to the Primordial Dao Fruit, he must evolve the Middle Thousand World into the Great Thousand World.

At that time, it wasn't evolution, but creation.

He opened up the vast heavens and created the eighteen underworlds, using the power to create heaven and earth to achieve the Great Dao of Power, the Primordial Dao Fruit.

For those in the Great Luo Realm, only the physical body needs to be broken through once more.

Other cultivators, once they reach this stage, only need to find a method of physical body refinement, refine themselves slightly to satisfy the needs of physical body sublimation, and that will be enough for a breakthrough.

In any case, once you reach the Great Luo Realm, you can use your original magic power to control the power of heaven and earth to fight enemies, so you don't care much about the refinement of your physical body.

But Liu Qing was different; he had always followed the path of physical body refinement.

This time, Liu Qing planned to take advantage of his physical breakthrough to the Great Luo realm and cultivate the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique to the eighth revolution in one fell swoop.

The eighth stage of cultivation requires the power of the Nine Heavens to refine it.

If it were any other cultivator, even if they had painstakingly cultivated to this point, they could only watch helplessly, because the Jade Emperor guarded the Nine Heavens, and without the Jade Emperor's permission, no one could use the power of the Nine Heavens.

Although Liu Qing is not the master of the Nine Heavens now, no one dares to object if he uses the power of the Nine Heavens.

Both the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West were killed by Liu Qing. Now, the Golden Spirit Mother, who temporarily controls the Three Realms and resides in the Nine Heavens, must call Liu Qing the Senior Brother Headmaster.

They dared not question or disobey Liu Qing's orders.

This was used by Liu Qing to break through to the eighth level of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique.

With the power needed for the breakthrough secured, all that remains is to endure the pain of the refining process and hone and refine the material bit by bit with painstaking effort.

Liu Qing had an idea and asked the Golden Spirit Mother to send the power of the Nine Heavens.

Before long, the Nine Heavens trembled. The Golden Spirit Mother, holding the Dragon and Tiger Jade Ruyi, drew upon the origin of the Nine Heavens and channeled its power towards the sect leader, Senior Brother Liu Qing.

Liu Qing extended his hand, sending the power of the Nine Heavens into the refining array. Instantly, indescribable pain surged into Liu Qing's mind. (End of Chapter)