In the Bamboo Sea World, the teachings on the cultivation of the Qiankun Realm continue.
"The core of Qiankun realm cultivation is two words: Qiankun!" Bamboo Sage said, "You need to create Qiankun again and build your own small world."
"This small world carries your Tao, which determines your present and your future."
"Choosing what kind of Qiankun to practice is the first and crucial step in the Qiankun realm. Once determined, it cannot be changed unless it is abandoned and re-cultivated."
Listening to Zhu Sheng's serious tone, Chen Luo's expression became a little more solemn.
Abandoned roads and rebuilt? Are you kidding? Who is sure that the Tao can be restored after it has been abolished? What's more, could it be that he had ruined Wanli Hongchen?
It is no exaggeration to say that the Wanli Avenue has been determined. Even if he himself abolishes it, this avenue cannot be abolished.
"The Confucian Heart of Heaven and Earth, the Blessed Land of Cave Heaven, the Kingdom of Buddha in the Palm, the Stars of Ancestral Demons..." Memories of these small universes flashed through Chen Luo's mind. He was suddenly stunned and said curiously, "Teacher, you just mentioned several kinds of small universes. Qiankun, what about the dragon tribe and the barbarian tribe?”
"What are the characteristics of their Little Universe?"
Zhu Sheng saw that Chen Luo was still thinking about these things at the moment and was not angry. He felt that Chen Luo had a good attitude, so he chuckled and explained: "The barbarians are rewarded by the barbarian heaven for their cultivation. They do not cultivate in the small world." .”
"As for the dragon clan, they are of the bloodline of the ancestral dragons. The small universe they cultivate is called 'Ancient Mountains and Seas'."
Having said this, Bamboo Saint paused, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Since we are talking about the ancient mountains and seas, I can talk to you about the relationship between the Small Universe and the Heavenly Way of the Ancestral Land."
"Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, including demons, the power of cultivation actually comes from the way of heaven, you know this."
Chen Luo nodded, and the Bamboo Sage continued: "The power of the Heavenly Way of the Ancestral Earth does not disappear immediately as soon as you leave the sky. It has a gradually weakening range."
"Bai Xiao should have told you about the concept of ten days."
"With the ancestral land as the core and the radius of five hundred days, it is the range that the ancestral land's heavenly law can influence. This range is called 'heaven', and the range we are in is called 'the world's peaceful sky'."
"However, the size of Taiping Heaven is not fixed, but depends on the strength of Heavenly Dao. It is said that when Confucius was alive, Taiping Heaven had a radius of eight hundred days."
"Once you get out of the sky, the further you go to the outer reaches of Taiping Tian, the weaker the power of heaven you can activate."
"For example, if a first-level scholar writes a poem in his ancestral land, he can unleash a first-level combat power."
"But outside the scope of Taipingtian, when he writes poetry again, it becomes ordinary poetry without any power."
"Even if people with talents like your senior brother and second senior sister have not set foot in the Qiankun realm, even if I take them out of the ancestral land, they cannot go too far and can only walk in the core area of Taipingtian."
Chen Luo thought thoughtfully and said: "So, the Qiankun Realm actually concentrates great power on itself and gets rid of dependence on the ancestral land and heaven?"
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"The reason why the Small Universe has different names is because the principles of activation are different. If a semi-saint comes out of Taiping Heaven, with the power of his own small world, the same poem can kill the enemy, and the same poem can destroy the country?"
Bamboo Sage nodded: "That's indeed the case, but until it reaches Consummation, it can't be said to be completely freed from it. It's just that the impact will be much smaller!"
"At the semi-saint level, within the scope of Taipingtian, the combat power will not be affected."
"For example, if your master and I go out of Taiping Tian and go another hundred ten days, our combat power will still not be affected. If it is one hundred days to two hundred days, our combat power will be lost by about 20%."
"I have tried it for my master, and I think that with my current strength, five hundred days after leaving Taipingtian, I will only have 30% of my combat strength left."
Chen Luo opened his mouth, but he didn't expect it would have such a big impact.
"But don't worry, we are just guarding our ancestral land and we won't be that far away."
"But there are some special small universes that are not affected by the way of heaven."
"For example, the ancient mountains and seas of the Dragon Clan."
When Bamboo Sage mentioned this, Chen Luo reacted instantly.
The bloodline of the dragon clan is left by the ancestral dragon, and it is the way of the ancestral dragon. Even though Chen Luo has previously sought a lot of benefits for the dragon clan through "Journey to the West", most of them are buffs. The roots of the true dragon bloodline are not in the way of heaven. Therefore, it is reasonable to not be affected by the law of heaven.
"Okay, let's get back to the practice of the Qiankun realm." The topic strayed a bit, and Bamboo Sage reintroduced the topic, "There are two ways to create the Qiankun realm."
"First, refine the void."
"As the name suggests, it is to directly refine the void and accept the void as the beginning of the small world, just like the creation of the world and the creation of the universe."
"Second, refining the world."
"It means directly refining a ready-made world into your own small universe."
"Among them, refining the void is the absolute mainstream; while refining the world has been rare throughout the ages."
Chen Luo frowned slightly: "Lianxu? Lianshi?"
He suddenly thought of the world he saw after driving thousands of miles and crossing the heavenly gate. But at this moment, Chen Luo suppressed his temper and listened to the teacher continue to explain.
"Whether it is to refine the void or to refine the world, two prerequisites are needed."
"One is your own original avenue and the core of the Small Universe."
"The more powerful the Origin Avenue is, the wider the spatial range it can influence. The broader the Small Universe, the greater its potential."
"So like Confucianism, the further down you go, the stronger the origin will be, and the larger the Small Universe that can be absorbed."
"The other one is a treasure of enlightenment that suppresses the universe."
"Whether the universe is stable and solid is a reflection of survivability. An excellent treasure of enlightenment can often greatly enhance your immediate combat effectiveness."
Bamboo Sage paused for a moment to let Chen Luo digest the information he said, and then spoke again -
"Refining the void is to absorb the void with the original source, stabilize the universe with the treasure of enlightenment, and start refining."
"The advantage is that the void is endless, there is no need to compete, and it is extremely malleable. You can even change your direction midway, and the fault tolerance rate is high."
"If I have to say a shortcoming, it might be that it is step-by-step and a little slower."
"And refining the world directly refines a ready-made world into its own small universe. However, unless the origin is highly consistent, once it conflicts with the original origin, there is a danger of destruction."
"So most of them are used to preserve the inheritance of the Qiankun realm when the survival of the family or the sect is in crisis."
"The advantage is that you can be directly promoted after success and inherit all the power of the former."
Listening to Zhu Sheng's narration, Chen Luo rubbed his eyebrows.
It is not difficult to see from the teacher’s words that you must choose to practice emptiness!
To put it bluntly, isn't it just the final death struggle?
He, Chen Luo, has not reached that point yet.
but……
Chen Luo frowned again. If it was really just like this, the teacher could at most just explain it to him so that he could understand it. But now he was explaining it so solemnly, there must be something hidden.
"Teacher, is this how it works in the world?" Chen Luo asked.
At this time, Bamboo Sage seemed to be hesitant. After being silent for a long time, Bamboo Sage finally let out a long sigh and continued: "If it were an ordinary refining world, I wouldn't even mention it to my teacher."
"How could my disciple Yu Wuji ever consider such a small world?"
"However, there is a special method in refining the world, which is far beyond refining the void."
"The great refining of luck!"
Chen Luo was stunned and repeated: "The great refining of luck?"
Bamboo Saint nodded: "Refining the ancestral land into a small universe is called the Great Refining of the World!"
Chen Luo looked solemnly and looked at Bamboo Sage. Bamboo Sage said softly: "So far, only two people have used this method."
"The first one is Confucius. After the Great Refining of the World, he left behind the Heaven Sealing Formation and his body and soul disappeared."
"The second one is Saint Fang of the Fang family."
Chen Luo was silent for a moment and said: "It seems...none of them have a good ending."
"The death of Saint Kong was not due to the Great Refining of the World, but to an extraterrestrial catastrophe."
"What really has reference value is Fang Sheng's path. The most valuable information about the Great Refining World was also left behind by Fang Sheng."
"Fang Sheng has completed the Great Perfection of the Qiankun Realm. In the end, he was plotted by the devil and fell into the life catastrophe when the Qiankun Realm broke through the Creation Realm."
"Life calamity?" Chen Luo blinked, "What is that?"
To be honest, Chen Luo was indeed attracted to Great Lianshi. So even though it was still in the unknown future for me, I had to pay great attention to the disaster that would bring down Fang Sheng.
"The Tribulation of Creatures is the only way to break through from the Qiankun Realm to the Creation Realm."
"The Creation Realm is the next realm after the Qiankun Realm. The Ancestral Dragon, Demon Ancestor, and Kong Sheng you know are all in this realm."
"The biggest difference between the Qiankun Realm and the Creation Realm is whether the small world can breed creatures."
"The small world of the Qiankun Realm can accommodate living beings, but it cannot breed living beings; the small world of the Creation Realm is different. It can give birth to living beings, and can even pass down cultivation techniques to allow indigenous creatures to practice."
"Between the two, there is a catastrophe of life."
Hearing this, Chen Luo felt a strange feeling in his heart.
"What? Do you think our ancestral world is particularly like a small world in the Creation Realm?" Bamboo Sage saw Chen Luo's thoughts and said with a smile.
Chen Luo nodded. He could give birth to living beings and pass down spells to teach people how to practice. It was hard not to think of this.
Bamboo Saint shook his head: "According to what Zulong left behind, the small world in the Qiankun realm is also called the Small Thousand World; the small world in the Creation realm is the Middle Thousand World!"
"Zhongqian World cannot give birth to the same level of creation realm. Confucius and Demon Ancestor clearly cultivated the creation realm in the ancestral land."
"So, according to Zulong's name, the ancestral land is a vast world!"
"The vast world cannot be created by refining, it needs to be opened up by chaos."
"But now, the ancestral land has degraded too much."
"Even the Great Perfection of the Universe Realm cannot be born in heaven and earth."
With a sigh, Bamboo Sage looked at Chen Luo seriously and said -
"According to the information left by Fang Sheng, even if the Heavenly Way of the Ancestral Land is degraded, it can still give birth to living beings. Therefore, if you choose the Great Refining World, you will set the starting point of your cultivation in the realm of creation."
"Once the refining begins, it cannot be stopped or changed."
"If you practice too slowly, your origin will be swallowed up by heaven; if you practice too quickly, you will have to prepare for a life catastrophe."
"It's not like Lianxu. You can stop whenever you want, and prepare for as long as you want."
Chen Luo thought for a moment and roughly understood the difference between the Great Refining World and Refining the Void.
For example, if you take Wanli Road as your undergraduate degree and Qiankun Realm as your master's degree, then Creation Realm is your doctorate.
Lianxu is a step-by-step study, which is equivalent to studying for a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, and a Ph.D. in the middle. You can change the tutor and research direction. If you can't continue, you don't have to study. The current academic qualifications will be the same.
As for the Great Refining World, it is Zhibo. From the beginning, I identified a doctoral-level mentor and rushed straight up. If I can't get a doctoral degree, I only have a bachelor's degree.
Of course, practicing is even worse than this. Not to mention a bachelor's degree, if you can't survive a life calamity, just like Fang Sheng, you will be reduced to ashes, leaving behind a group of ignorant descendants.
"You can think about this matter slowly, no one will rush you." Bamboo Sage said with a smile, "No matter what method you choose, the teacher will support you."
"Thank you, teacher." Chen Luo nodded and said, "I have a few questions."
"What do you think."
"If I choose the Great Refining World, will it have any impact on the ancestral land?"
Bamboo Saint thought for a moment and shook his head: "From the experience of Kong Saint and Fang Saint, the greatest influence of the Great Refining World is projected on the way of heaven."
"The way of heaven will be strengthened by your origin."
"Be optimistic and predict that it may even allow the ancestral land to regain the energy of the living beings to break through to the Great Perfection of the Universe."
"As for the impact on individuals, it varies depending on the Tao."
"For example, the legacy left by Saint Fang is that even if he goes astray, he will still be recognized by heaven and become the holy path that is easiest to canonize."
"What about myself?" Chen Luo asked, "What benefits can I get?"
Bamboo Sage shook his head: "As I said before, if the Tao is different, the feedback will be different. I don't know what benefits you can get from it."
"But one thing is for sure, because you are refining the ancestral land, so even if you have not reached the state of Qiankun Dzogchen, you will not be affected by the loss of combat power caused by being far away from the way of heaven."
"It's like the ancient mountains and seas of the Dragon Clan."
Chen Luo thought for a while and then asked: "Teacher, do you know how long it took from the beginning of the Great Refining of the World by Fang Sheng to the end of the life calamity?"
"Oh, this is clearly recorded in the church, it is one hundred and eight years, three months and six days."
"More than a hundred years!" Chen Luo raised his eyebrows and asked, "How long did it take for Fang Sheng to go from ninth grade to ten thousand miles?"
Bamboo Sage looked at Chen Luo and said calmly: "Thirteen years."
"Well...then I have no problem." Chen Luochang breathed a sigh of relief, "I choose the Great Luck Refining World!"
"Are you sure?" Bamboo Sage was not surprised and just asked again, "Don't think about it anymore?"
"No need!" Chen Luo's eyes were firm, "I'm sure!"
Chen Luo was not impulsive, but considered it carefully.
First, there is the issue of the calamity of living beings.
For Chen Luo, since he has seen higher mountains, how can he stay halfway up the mountain for a long time. Now that he knows the existence of the Creation Realm, he naturally wants to attack this realm.
No matter what, he will have to face the catastrophe of life.
I have cultivated to reach the sky in two years. If I was given another hundred years, how could I not have the confidence to deal with the catastrophe of living beings?
Even in his opinion, he didn't need that long at all.
This is the confidence that Chen Luo has accumulated step by step until now, and it is also the confidence for his practice.
Secondly, it is your own way.
Chen Luo is walking on the road of mortal world. How can he do it without anyone in this world of mortals.
If you ask him to refine the void, then how can you write a book and practice it, and who should you write it for?
Finally, there is a series of performances of Tiandao.
Whether it is the way of heaven asking for help almost nakedly, the green light for his practice, or the mortal world behind the Tongtian Tianmen, it means that Chen Luo's way and the way of heaven are in perfect harmony.
If you don’t choose this, then what should you choose?
"As for the Great Refining World, there is no problem with your origin avenue." Seeing that Chen Luo was sure of his mind, Bamboo Sage stopped persuading him and started directly talking about the specific direction of practice. "You have one of the best origin avenues in history, even Because your great road accommodates Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, even that one can be eliminated."
"As the fourth avenue to the sky, it is enough to cover the entire sky."
"The key is the treasure of enlightenment that suppresses the universe..." Bamboo Saint showed a worried look on his face, "I came to Tianwai as a teacher. On the one hand, I want to station here. On the other hand, I also want to see if I can pick up the treasure of enlightenment that is suitable for you in Tianwai. precious."
"But you kid... you practice too quickly."
Feeling the deep concern in the teacher's words, Chen Luo also smiled shyly. At this moment, Bamboo Sage suddenly thought of something and said, "Master, I remembered."
"Although Fang Sheng's treasure of enlightenment was a secret back then, it was related to Kong Sheng's Sealing Heaven Formation. So later on, Saint Fang died and the Sealing Heaven Formation was severely damaged. Only then did he have to absorb the source of Heaven's Dao as a repair to let the ancestral land The practice becomes more and more difficult.”
"Let's go, push Master to go to Kong's house to pick up things."
"One of our masters and disciples is disabled, and the other desires righteousness. Let's see what the Kong family has to say!"
Hearing Bamboo Sage's words, Chen Luo suddenly thought of something, and quickly took out a blank bamboo slip from the storage order, handed it to Bamboo Sage, and said: "Teacher, this is the disciple who was involved in the seal when he went out of heaven. I got it from an old man who looks like Confucius in the Heavenly Formation. I wonder what its use is?"
The Bamboo Sage looked surprised. He took the bamboo slip and looked at it carefully for a moment, and then a surprise suddenly appeared on his calm face.
"Hahahaha, Confucius is indeed a teacher to all generations."
"Disciple, your treasure of enlightenment has been found."
"Huh? Please give me some advice, teacher." Chen Luo looked at Bamboo Sage with confusion.
Bamboo Saint nodded and said: "The old man you mentioned who looks like Confucius should be the formation spirit of the Heaven-Sealing Formation, and he is also the last trace of Confucius's destiny."
"This blank bamboo slip is made from the power of the Heaven-Sealing Formation. Because Confucius's treasure of enlightenment is the Spring and Autumn Annals, this is the legendary 'Spring and Autumn New Page'!"
"The new page of the Spring and Autumn Period represents the recognition of Confucius's will to future generations. It is equivalent to handing over the authority to write the Spring and Autumn Period to the other party. It naturally contains a rule of creation."
"What is written on it is equivalent to being engraved in the way of heaven."
"There is no treasure of enlightenment more suitable for the Great Refining World than this."
"Presumably Fang Sheng also got a scroll of Spring and Autumn New Pages at the beginning, but it was only later that the Dao was destroyed and people died, which implicated the Sealing Heaven Formation."
Chen Luo took the scroll of "Spring and Autumn New Pages" from Bamboo Sage, fiddled with it for a while, and then said, "Then what should I do next?"
"Just write a book." Bamboo Sage said with a smile, "Your worldly path has already connected with the heavenly path, and you no longer need to settle the void like you do in Lianxu."
"As long as you refine this 'Spring and Autumn New Page' and merge it with the Dao-carrying text you wrote when you drove thousands of miles, you will naturally feel the resonance of the heavenly Dao!"
"When the time comes, the articles you write on the new page of Spring and Autumn will naturally appear in the ancestral land. The more people spread their praises, the more the principles in the book are recognized, and the faster the world will be refined."
Chen Luo was also happy when he heard it.
Isn't it just an update?
What a good job!
Sure enough, I made the right choice by choosing this path.
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Late at night.
Chen Luo was sitting in the bamboo house, refining the new page of the Spring and Autumn Period according to the method taught by the Bamboo Sage.
Although the Spring and Autumn New Page is a physical object in his hand, its essence is the condensed power of rules, so Chen Luo needs to use the power of the great avenue to refine and absorb it bit by bit.
Fortunately, this is a new page, and there is no logic on it. If it had the content of "Spring and Autumn" written on it, even just one line would be enough for Chen Luo to worry about.
Around midnight, the Spring and Autumn New Page turned into the last ray of regular luck and was absorbed into the sea of souls by Chen Luo.
In the sea of souls, Chen Luo saw the new page of Spring and Autumn that had just been condensed, and then his mind moved. The "list of gods" representing the "Book of Immortals" in the sky above the sea of souls fell on the new page of Spring and Autumn. Then Chen Luo's soul in the sea shone brightly. put.
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At the same time that Chen Luo was integrating the Spring and Autumn New Page with the "Apotheosis of the Gods", the starry sky of the ancestral land suddenly filled the sky with colorful rays of light, and the rays of light turned into colorful light rain and floated down.
From the Northern Border to the Southern Wilderness, from the East China Sea to the Western Region, this light falls all under the sky.
This light passed through the house, passed through the body, and fell on the earth.
Although they don't know what happened, when they saw these seven colors, all the humans and monsters had only one thought in their hearts -
"Chen Zhuguo (the Lord of Baishan) is renovating his life again."
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The rain of light lasted for as long as a stick of incense, and in the bamboo forest outside the sky, Chen Luo also opened his eyes.
He tilted his head and looked in one direction. Although blocked by doors and windows, he seemed to be able to travel across countless distances and sense the existence of that world, and that world seemed to be responding to his gaze.
"Is this the feeling of the resonance of heaven?" Chen Luo took a deep breath, then waved his hand, and suddenly a new page of the newly refined Spring and Autumn was unfolded in front of Chen Luo.
Chen Luo stretched out his hand to catch it in the air, and suddenly a writing brush was held in Chen Luo's hand.
Chen Luo started writing, but as soon as he wrote the word "神" in "The Romance of the Gods", a crack appeared on the bamboo slip.
Chen Luo frowned slightly.
what happened again?
At this moment, as if he noticed the movement on Chen Luo's side, Bamboo Sage's voice sounded in Chen Luo's ears: "Xiao Luo, what happened?"
Chen Luo quickly put down his pen and sent a message to the Bamboo Sage about what had just happened. The next moment, Chen Luo's eyes blurred and he was moved to the quiet room where the Bamboo Sage was.
"Show it to me." Bamboo Sage stretched out his hand, and Chen Luo quickly handed the new scroll of Spring and Autumn to Bamboo Sage. Bamboo Sage took a closer look at it for a moment and chuckled.
"This book of yours is incredible!"
Chen Luo sighed: "I couldn't write a single word before. Now I refined it according to the teacher's instructions, but it seems I can't write a few words."
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious!" Bamboo Saint shook his head and comforted, "I am looking down on you, thinking that you have just ascended to the Qiankun realm and the book you wrote is top-notch, that is, the semi-saint level, but it seems that this book The principles of the book exceed the limit of what Heaven can bear."
Chen Luo opened his mouth, but in the end no words came out.
This... is indeed the case. After all, several Hunyuan saints in the book fight in groups, and they still use formations!
"Teacher, what should we do now?" Chen Luo asked helplessly.
"Of course, whatever is missing will be supplemented." Bamboo Sage said calmly, "Do you still remember what I told you about refining the void and refining the world?"
Chen Luo nodded. He only said this in the afternoon, so he naturally remembered it clearly.
"There is a key point in refining the void, and that is that the strength of the source matches the strength of the treasure of enlightenment. It is okay if the source is stronger, but if the treasure of enlightenment is too strong, it will rob the original principle."
"Only by continuing to practice like asking one, two, and three questions, continuously strengthening the source, and improving the treasure of enlightenment can you make yourself stronger and stronger."
"And Lianshi is the complete opposite."
"Because the original avenue is fixed, for example, your Wanli Hongchen, it is impossible to open another 20,000 or 30,000 miles."
"So it is necessary to continuously upgrade the Enlightenment Treasure to increase the stability of the world and increase the endurance limit of Heaven's Dao."
"Note, it is the limit of endurance, not the limit of heaven."
"For example, you can write about the realm of creation, but it does not mean that the way of heaven can give birth to the realm of creation."
Chen Luo nodded, but frowned, looked at the Spring and Autumn New Page in his hand, and said, "Then how do you upgrade this thing?"
Bamboo Sage smiled, turned his palm over, and there was a five-color stone in his hand, which he placed in front of Chen Luo.
"Rule treasures outside the Small Universe, as long as there is no conflict, can be used to enhance the treasure of enlightenment. We call this kind of treasure source material!"
"You are in a little more trouble. Because the universe you are refining is the ancestral land, so the source materials you need can only be found outside the sky."
Chen Luo was stunned.
What is the situation? Internal consumption is not enough. Do you want me to create foreign exchange?
Should I write a book or make up for the sky!
"This Five Essence Stone was picked up from Tianwai for my master. You can try it first." Bamboo Sage said with a smile.
Chen Luo's soul sensed it for a moment and realized that these Five Essence Stones were definitely not simple. Just as he was about to refuse, he heard Bamboo Sage say with a serious face: "Disciple, do you still need to be polite when taking something from Master? Accept it."
Chen Luo smiled, stood up and thanked the Bamboo Sage before accepting the Five Essence Stones.
Later, under the guidance of the Bamboo Sage, Chen Luo integrated the Five Essence Stones into the Spring and Autumn New Page for refining.
After this refining, a few more hours passed, and the sky was already bright.
Finally, when the Five Essence Stones were integrated into the Spring and Autumn New Page and refined, the Spring and Autumn New Page seemed to be coated with a layer of light. Under the encouraging eyes of the Bamboo Sage, Chen Luo picked up the pen again and wrote on the new page. He wrote the four characters "The Romance of the Gods".
The light on the new page was still there, and Chen Luo kept writing in his hand without stopping -
"Chapter 1: King Zhou offers incense to Nuwa's palace, and Empress Xuanyuan's tomb attracts demons."
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The Romance of the Gods has begun!
