He was invincible from the beginning of the Heaven-Covering Era.

As soon as she entered, she felt as if she had entered a fairyland. The pure white mist was a foot high, and the ethereal atmosphere was hazy and indistinct, as if it had transformed into a sacred pure land.

Through the rising white mist, she could see an ice-blue altar in the center of the palace, with myriad auspicious rays of light hanging down from the dome, obscuring the figure on the ice-blue altar.

"I agree, but I must set a restriction on you. You must not tell anyone, otherwise your primordial spirit will immediately decay and die."

Before she could speak, the figure uttered a sentence, and then a beam of light shone down, touching her brow. Something that could be called a notebook or a casual writing appeared in his mind.

Her eyes were fixed on the altar, as if trying to see the man's face clearly, but after a few breaths, she bowed and then walked out of the palace.

"Lately, I've been feeling a bit uneasy, like something terrible is about to come knocking on my door."

On the altar, Zhou Qing pondered. For the past two days, he had had a peculiar feeling that something terrifying was getting closer and closer to him, which puzzled him greatly.

In his calculations, although that thing was terrifying, it was not dangerous; on the contrary, it had some benefits, which left him puzzled as to what was going on.

Chapter 268 The Primordial Great Sage, Human Demon

Suddenly, a memory surfaced in Zhou Qing's mind.

"Has the Daoist body of Shencan Ridge dissipated?" Zhou Qing muttered to himself.

Seven days passed, and the body that had gone to the Divine Silkworm Ridge finally reached its limit, automatically turning back into pure energy, and also transmitting back the memories of those days.

At first, not many people in Shencan Ridge awakened. The one with the highest cultivation level was a Great Completion King, while the other Ancestral Kings were still asleep.

However, Princess Divine Silkworm's return immediately caused a stir in Divine Silkworm Ridge. Most of the Ancestral Kings woke up, their expressions filled with excitement, and many even walked out of the Divine Source.

Although there are many powerful individuals in Shencan Ridge, most of them are Golden Silkworms, Silver Silkworms, or Jade Silkworms. Very few actually possess royal blood, and the number has never exceeded fifteen throughout history, only slightly more than that of the Fighting Saint Ape Clan.

Princess Shencan is not only a true member of the royal family of Shencanling, but also possesses extraordinary talent and her cultivation is earth-shattering, almost reaching the level of a Great Sage.

At Shencan Ridge, Zhou Qing received a high-level reception, not only because he saved the Divine Silkworm Princess, but also because his strength was recognized by the clan.

Even though he was at the Saint Realm, it was only after he defeated five Ancestral Kings in succession that the Ancestral Kings of Divine Silkworm Ridge truly placed him on an equal footing.

In the ancient times, even if there were saints among the human race, they were still vassals of other major races. When the ancestral kings of Shencan Ridge were first born, they still thought that the human race was still the same as it was in the ancient times.

It was only after the First World War that the ancestral kings no longer held prejudices against him, and their stereotypes about the weakness of the human race were largely dispelled, allowing them to sit together and discuss the great principles of heaven and earth.

He also met the Divine Silkworm Taoist, and only then did he learn that the Divine Silkworm Taoist had actually been born for some time.

When the Divine Silkworm Daoist was sealed, he was not very old. He was not sealed after becoming a great power. Like the Holy Prince, he broke through the divine source in this life and began to cultivate. He only recently became a great power.

However, the Divine Silkworm Taoist often drank alcohol and was always drunk, muttering about things from the ancient times.

That was celestial wine brewed by a sage, yet he drank it like water. The ancestral kings of Divine Silkworm Ridge all praised the Divine Silkworm Daoist for his great talent, worthy of being the son of the Divine Emperor. But Zhou Qing sensed a different kind of thought from it.

The Divine Silkworm Daoist deliberately got himself drunk. Despite his exceptional talent and high cultivation, in Zhou Qing's eyes, he was still a child who missed his father.

Unfortunately, after millions of years in a dream, he ultimately missed his chance and had to embark on his journey alone, dedicating his entire life to the pursuit of the Dao and the path to immortality, only able to reminisce about the past in his dreams.

After organizing the memories of Shencan Ridge, Zhou Qing refocused his attention on the special sensations he had recently experienced.

Although he felt that this matter was not dangerous for him, he still could not ignore it, so he began to deduce the cause.

Then, he frowned instantly.

A tremendous resistance appeared before him; he could either force his way through and face the unknown risks, or step back and nothing would happen.

He knew what this feeling meant; it meant that the level of the thing he was trying to deduce was beyond his ability to deduce, and if he continued to deduce, he would be punished by heaven.

"With my current push"

"My deductive abilities are more than enough to be considered as profound as a Great Sage's, yet this thing surpasses my deductive abilities. That means it must be something at the Quasi-Emperor level or higher," Zhou Qing pondered.

The art of divination does not necessarily bring divine retribution for predicting all things. It depends on a person's level of understanding of divination. Those below a certain level of understanding can make any divination, and the power of cause and effect will be within their tolerance.

Those who are above the Heavenly Secrets realm can still make deductions, but the higher the level, the more terrifying the divine punishment will be, and the faster people will die.

Zhou Qing was now pondering whether to continue the deduction. Since the sensation was not dangerous, there was no need to delve too deeply into it; it was time to stop.

"It's a pity that I have the common flaw of divination masters. Even though I know that thing contains a great secret and that coveting it will bring disaster, I still can't control myself." Zhou Qing sighed as he continued his deductions.

The so-called great secrets are the most tempting things for divination masters. The reason why all divination masters in the world eventually die under divine punishment is because they cannot control themselves. From ancient times to the present, no divination master has ever had a good end.

Zhou Qing closed his eyes, and images flashed through his mind, all fragments of the future. The future is unpredictable, but some things have a high probability of happening, while others have a low probability. Now, Zhou Qing saw an image with a very high probability of happening.

In this scene, a large, muscular black dog is carrying a two- or three-year-old girl on its back, walking along the road. They pass by one oasis after another, and ancient city after another. The big black dog buys the little girl lots of treats from time to time, and its eyes occasionally gleam with a light.

She was a beautifully sculpted little girl with long eyelashes and big, bright eyes. She was as delicate as a porcelain doll, cute and well-behaved, with an innocent and harmless appearance.

However, Zhou Qing's expression was very solemn, because he couldn't see through the little girl at all. With his cultivation level, if it were an ordinary little girl, he could see through her body from the outside at a glance, and no flesh, blood, or bone could escape his observation.

But she couldn't see through this little girl. It was as if he had become an ordinary person again, only his appearance could be seen. His thin skin was like a black hole, swallowing up all his gaze that wanted to penetrate his skin.

The higher one's cultivation level, the more solemn one becomes when looking at this little girl. They simply cannot see through her, cannot understand her, and do not comprehend what is going on.

However, Zhou Qing had already guessed what was going on, and muttered to himself, "It seems that this is Xiao Nannan. Judging from the direction they are heading, the Black Emperor is coming for my Zhou family. That bastard has brought me such a big trouble."

Then, an unseen force struck him, intending to affect him. If this force were to actually hit him, he would be severely injured instantly.

His lifespan would be shortened, his luck would decline, and then a single word of lightning would strike. If he tried to reveal this secret, his tongue would be severed instantly, and if he wrote it down with his hand, his fingers would also be cut off. If he actually revealed it, not only would he suffer divine retribution, but his relatives and friends would also be implicated, either dying tragically or being severely injured. He understood this process all too well.

Similarly, regarding the deduction of how higher-level forces can ensure self-sufficiency...

He was completely unharmed; he was far too skilled.

"Fate is eternal." Zhou Qing formed a hand seal, activating the power of the Gate of Fate. He sat cross-legged in place, his body completely still, every hair on his body in a state of absolute stillness. He seemed to transcend time and space, existing outside of all things.

A moment later, the mysterious power dissipated completely, and he changed his hand seals, ending this deduction.

The night was peaceful until the arrival of dawn, when a burst of pure energy once again burst forth from the top of his head, transforming into a pure energy body.

After this Dao body appeared, it took a step into the air. With each step, countless Dao patterns appeared. The whistling wind blew in his ears. When he looked back, the vast land on the ground was reduced to a tiny square in his eyes.

"The time has come to test my source techniques." Zhou Qing's Dao body sighed, then looked at the sun again and walked towards it step by step.

Zhou Qing's true form vanished from the Divine Island in an instant, his figure appearing beneath the Fusang Divine Tree.

The Zhou family patriarch, the Kunpeng patriarch, and the ancient demon all cultivate here. In addition, there are his other two Dao bodies and his Chaos Gate here.

"Your Gate of Chaos is very powerful; it has been a great help to me." The ancient demon stood up and spoke in a language completely different from that of the modern humans.

That was ancient language. Fortunately, Zhou Qing also knew a little ancient language and could understand what this great human saint from the ancient times was saying.

“Senior already possesses exceptional comprehension; my Gate of Chaos merely served as a catalyst,” Zhou Qing replied in the same ancient language.

"No, some insights are just missing that one thread, and your Gate of Chaos allowed me to feel that thread, which is why I saw the possibility of solving my problems," the demon said.

The Human Demon is the divine source that Ye Fan dug out from the Myriad Dragon Nest. It is a god by day and a demon by night. When it is a god, it is clear-headed and no different from a normal person. When it is a demon, it is confused and will smash anything it sees, its heart filled with the desire to destroy.

The reason for this is that after he practiced Taiyin and Taiyang together, the principles of Taiyin and Taiyang conflicted with each other and failed to integrate successfully within his body, which led to problems in his cultivation.

A few days after unlocking the divine source, Zhou Qing, together with the Zhou family patriarch and the Kunpeng patriarch, persuaded the Great Sage to stay here.

Otherwise, given the Great Sage's personality, in order to prevent himself from wreaking havoc in the world after becoming a demon, he would definitely use the Crimson God Chain to lock himself up during his lucid moments, and then exile himself eternally to the starry sky until he finds the special case of the fusion of the yin and yang.

However, after Zhou Qing took out the Gate of Chaos, this Great Sage no longer needed to exile himself.

His Gate of Chaos was forged from the Source of Chaos, containing an unparalleled Great Dao of Chaos. What is the special case of the fusion of Yin and Yang? Isn't the Great Dao of Chaos before our eyes a special case?

At the same time, Zhou Qing also presented a Taiji diagram to the demon. However, to be honest, a single diagram was not very useful, so Zhou Qing personally demonstrated how he fused the Yin and Yang.

Now his Yin and Yang have merged to the level of the King's Path. He started with Yin in his left hand and Yang in his right, gradually fusing them together, transforming into a Yin-Yang symbol, intertwined and becoming...

Tai Chi diagram.

Don't underestimate this seemingly simple change in shape; it involves thousands of nodes. During the fusion process, if even one node is flawed or imperfect, the Yin-Yang diagram in his hand will instantly explode.

However, his insight into and control over the laws of heaven and earth had become an instinct. With just a thought, he could summon many great laws to descend. Although the fusion of the yin and yang was difficult, it was as easy for him as putting his left and right hands together in prayer. He could control it freely and it was difficult for him to make a mistake.

After the Yin-Yang diagram appeared, he made hundreds of changes to it, eventually merging it into a chaotic power, each strand of which could slay stars and seize the moon, sweeping away the universe.

Therefore, the human demon is now studying his Gate of Chaos, mainly studying the material of the Gate of Chaos, hoping to comprehend the power of the fusion of Yin and Yang from it.

"I can sense that as long as I continue to comprehend, the problems within me will definitely be resolved. Moreover, things have already changed. The time I spend as a demon is decreasing, and the time I spend as a god is increasing. One day, I will truly comprehend the principle of the fusion of Yin and Yang, and be able to become a god forever," the demon said, his expression extremely sincere.

This ancient sage lived during an era when humanity was subservient to all other races. He deeply understood the hardships of that time, which is why he wanted to cultivate the Yin and Yang energies, embark on the path of enlightenment, inherit the last wishes of the two great human emperors, and lead humanity to self-reliance and strength.

Otherwise, who would bother to walk a path that guarantees death? Before this ancient sage, there were far too many people who died from cultivating both Yin and Yang simultaneously, with a mortality rate of 100%!

The affection that demons felt for their fellow humans far surpassed that of the major religions of today. This was because in ancient times, there was no such fierce infighting as it is now. Back then, humans banded together, doing their utmost to help each other and survive.

Even if there are people with dark intentions and selfishness, they are a minority, unlike in this day and age where they are everywhere.

The self-imposed isolation of the ancient races and the explosive increase in the human population caused a dramatic change in people's hearts and nature; this is an unalterable law of the times.

"Speaking of which, senior hasn't gone out to see the world these days, has he? The human race has become the greatest ruler on this land, with their footprints all over the five regions and four seas, and their numbers are countless times greater than in the ancient times," Zhou Qing said.

"What a golden age this is!" the demon exclaimed.

“Yes, compared to your era, it is indeed a golden age. However, in my opinion, it is still an extremely backward human race,” Zhou Qing sighed.

Thinking back to his conversation with the old master of Qishi Mansion that day, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional. The road ahead for the human race is still very long and far, but he really can't worry about that now. He can only take care of the Zhou family's small plot of land first, and only when he has extra energy can he think about the affairs of the human race.

The demon sat back down, with Zhou Qing's Gate of Chaos right in front of him. The demon focused all his divine sense on the Gate of Chaos, observing every slight change in the chaos. Even the slightest change would be memorized and analyzed to find the underlying principles.

Both the Zhou family patriarch and the Kunpeng patriarch have their own paths to comprehend. For someone at their level, sitting in meditation for an unknown amount of time is not an option. Unless Zhou Qing needs them for something, they will stay under the Fusang Divine Tree for a long time to comprehend the Dao.

Zhou Qing's two Dao bodies were as follows: one had a golden ancient war chariot floating in front of it, rumbling and flashing with countless bolts of lightning, dazzling and brilliant; the other had the illusory image of an ancient emperor appearing and disappearing, almost as if it were actually manifesting.

Another figure had a golden Heavenly Emperor Sword floating in front of him, accompanied by a true dragon and a celestial phoenix. His killing intent emanated from his body, directly threatening one's soul.

These two Dao bodies are doing their best to break the seal, constantly breaking through one chaotic spacetime acupoint after another, opening up the meridians of these two weapons. With each chaotic spacetime acupoint broken through, the aura of these two weapons will become stronger.

Now, Zhou Qing's true form is raising his hand and releasing hundreds of Origin Heaven patterns, densely packed and filling the void, arranging dozens of circles around the Fusang Divine Tree, extremely regular and aesthetically pleasing, forming an incomparably wondrous Origin Heaven Array.

"Based on my deductions, this Origin Technique should be successful. If it is successful, the Origin Book will have another new page to be added."

Chapter 269 Dao Body Enters Forbidden Zone

Some of the Origin Heaven Patterns are engraved in the void, while others are engraved on the ground. They are profound and complex, shining like a sky full of stars, corresponding to the sun in the sky.

"What's wrong with you?" The Zhou family patriarch opened his eyes and asked in confusion.

"Set up a Source Heaven Grand Array to accelerate the growth of the Fusang Divine Tree." Zhou Qing answered while his hands kept moving, continuously releasing Source Heaven patterns.

“A divine medicine of the Fusang Divine Tree level cannot be aided in its growth by source techniques of the source book level, unless your source techniques are several levels higher than those of a source master, and you can seize the essence of the Great Dao from the origin of the universe, only then can you accelerate the growth of the Fusang Divine Tree,” the Zhou family patriarch said, shaking his head.

He was puzzled. How could Zhou Qing not understand such a simple principle? Yuan Tianshi was only on par with a king. Although he could borrow the power of the world and operate the mysteries of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, it was still impossible for him to have an effect on a divine medicine of the level of the Fusang Divine Tree.

“Using Origin Technique alone to condense the essence between heaven and earth, I certainly cannot absorb high-level essences with my abilities. However, the essence I am about to absorb is already formed, which makes things much simpler,” Zhou Qing said.

This piqued the interest of the Zhou family patriarch. He had thought about how to cultivate the Fusang Divine Tree many times over the past period, but each time he could not come up with a good enough solution, so he could only water it with the Earth God's Milk every day for the time being.