Douluo: Law of Heaven and Earth

Chapter 1142 Inner Landscape Cycle, Thought Reincarnation, Alaya Consciousness
Improved mood.

Zhou Qing's mind was in turmoil. He thought about the principles of survival in the insect kingdom, the origin of the Alaya consciousness, and his own random thoughts, which were like dust, constantly fluctuating. Suddenly, a moment of enlightenment struck him—

There are three methods to achieve a clear and peaceful mind.

Firstly, one must eliminate all distracting thoughts, leaving only the primordial spirit to control the entire body, thus achieving single-minded focus.

Secondly, one should let distracting thoughts arise, but as long as they do not affect one's cultivation or disturb one's mind, one should ignore them; if they do affect one's primordial spirit, one should take the initiative to fight against distracting thoughts and inner demons to the end.

Now, all of Zhou Qingjiao's spirits have departed, leaving only his primordial spirit. He is following the "one" path, single-mindedly pursuing it. However, having witnessed the Alaya consciousness, his thoughts are numerous and his distracting ideas rise and fall between birth and death, like a vast ocean that appears blue but is actually turbulent with undercurrents.

Thus, he also took the "second" path.

Why is it that even though the spirit within the body has left his inner vision, he is still not at peace?

That is because those were originally foreign "gods".

Taking the Five Sacred Beasts as an example, the Mind Monkey, the Will Horse, the Metal Duke, the Wood Mother, and the Yellow Woman are the Five Sacred Beasts of the Five Elements Continent, not the true Five Gods within Zhou Qing.

The sculptures enshrined in the Temple of the Five Organs on the Five Organs Mountain in the inner scene are the true five gods within his body!
From beginning to end, the spirit within Zhou Qing's body was never truly born; it was still in the gestation stage. So how could he possibly eliminate the praise of the year and achieve inner clarity?
Back then, the dragon of Alaya consciousness caused him to be filled with distracting thoughts, which was just a way of prematurely exposing this flaw.

Therefore, after summarizing his past experiences and lessons, and recalling the act of "Nine Transformations of Dragon Gu to Witness the Years, Spiritual Heart to Forge the Sacred Court," Zhou Qing understood the third path!

After the "gods" from outside his body left, Zhou Qing felt light and came to the Crimson Image. He sat cross-legged on the ground, closed his eyes, and sank into his inner world.

Within the inner realm, the primordial spirit opened its eyes, radiating great light. Countless distracting thoughts arose, but instead of arising and disappearing as usual, they were scattered throughout the inner realm by the primordial spirit.

All of a sudden!
All things flourish and give birth to life. All kinds of living beings are born, either naturally manifested from his thoughts, or conceived from the combination of his thoughts with the earth, fire, water and wind in his inner world, or born from the union of manifested living beings.

In this way, billions of beings formed from Zhou Qing's thoughts were born in the inner landscape, competing and adapting to each other, evolving into various different forms.

finally!
Humans were born!
In this inner world, all beings are formed from Zhou Qing's thoughts, endless and boundless. At first, there is chaos, but in the end, the chaos and disorder turn into a cyclical order.

Thus, Zhou Qing's primordial spirit became completely clear!
The constantly arising distracting thoughts were no longer the dust that obscured the clarity of his primordial spirit; instead, they became an aid to his continuous improvement in cultivation!
Although this does not directly improve his combat power, it can enhance his computing power and further clarify his relationship with nature.

Under the power of the Nine-Turn Dragon Gu over time, civilization was born within the inner realm. Some people also comprehended the principles of cultivation, realized their true nature, and began their cultivation. They "ascended" to the Niwan Palace where their primordial spirit resided, met Zhou Qing's primordial spirit as if they were meeting the Jade Emperor, understood their true nature, and were sincerely convinced.

after all--

"All living beings are me!"

As the first thought transformed into a being ascended to the Niwan Palace, more and more thoughts also broke free from the "reincarnation" within the body, ascended to the heavens, entered the Niwan Palace, became stars, accompanied the Zhou Tian, ​​and shone brightly; they became constellations, supported the primordial spirit, and forged the Holy Court!

With a multitude of thoughts and ideas coming together, Zhou Qing's mind kept turning inward, as if he were seeing a spark of inspiration bursting forth at the beginning of creation, becoming one with his primordial spirit.

In an instant, the primordial spirit shone brightly, and a point of spiritual light emerged behind the primordial spirit, which was a light appearance and also an external manifestation of the Alaya consciousness!
Zhou Qing uses the scenery within his body as the Three Realms and his own impure thoughts as sentient beings. He allows his thoughts to multiply and thrive within this scenery. Some thoughts awaken to their true nature, radiating light, crystal clear, and ascending to the Niwan Palace, transforming into countless stars and constellations. Other thoughts remain deluded, endlessly cycling through reincarnation, yet also experiencing periods of purity. Still others awaken to their true nature but do not ascend, remaining in the mortal realm within his body's scenery, establishing schools and sects so that even before the remaining impure thoughts of Zhou Qing awaken to enlightenment, they too can establish order and perfect the cycle. Thus, all pure thoughts are Zhou Qing, merely manifesting in countless forms—humans, insects, birds, beasts, and plants—all from one mind.

There are all kinds of beings, but only one mind.

With the unity of mind and intention, Zhou Qingzhen was able to understand the six senses of sight, hearing, mouth, nose, tongue and heart, and control the seventh consciousness of the primordial spirit, the Manas consciousness, which is the fundamental source of consciousness of the concept of "I". Thus, by relying on the purity of thought, he forged the eighth consciousness: the Alaya consciousness.

This Alaya consciousness is different from the one of the former Star Luo Empire. It is formed by Zhou Qing's own impure thoughts being cleansed and purified through the cycle of heaven and earth, and by the unity of all people.

It is without beginning or end, neither born nor dying, and is intertwined with the cycle of birth and death, spanning the past, present, and future!
In his previous life, Zhou Qing had heard of the Alaya consciousness, one of the eight consciousnesses in Buddhism. However, the so-called eighth consciousness is not something that everyone possesses. It requires cultivation to forge the primordial spirit, understand one's true nature, and then completely control the root of consciousness. This allows one's thoughts to create a cycle of reincarnation within the body. Only when one's thoughts are pure and clear, and everyone is of one mind, can this eighth consciousness be forged.

"No wonder it is said that the Alaya consciousness can store all seeds and give rise to all phenomena. It is the countless random thoughts in one's body that go through hundreds of millions of reincarnations, planting all causes and bearing all kinds of results!"

Zhou Qing suddenly realized, his face lighting up with a broad smile, feeling refreshed and invigorated. He laughed heartily and said, "Truly, the greatest truths are the simplest!"

At this moment, Zhou Qing stood up, his figure changed, and he no longer needed to rely on the technique of gathering and dispersing qi. With a thought, he could transform into a thousand faces and ten thousand appearances, with hundreds of millions of forms, endless and boundless.

His body cells were also crystal clear, just like the dragon of Alaya consciousness back then. However, his internal organs, limbs, bones, eight extraordinary meridians, and twelve regular meridians all existed, and they were divine and spiritual, circulating and naturally harmonious.

Before Qian Renxue's astonished gaze, Zhou Qing uttered a thought, and his figure vanished, leaving only a trace of energy fluctuation as he leaped out of the Heavenly Court and returned to the outside world.

"Just what level has Zhou Qing's cultivation reached?"

After integrating the Angelic Domain into the Heavenly Court, she was already able to perceive the cultivation of Zhou Qing, Tang San, and others in a simple way. However, Zhou Qing's methods were now considered miraculous by her, a deity!

When Zhou Qing returned, he brought with him all those who had opened up the inner realm: Romantina, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dugu Bo, and Ariel.

Although Wang Sheng was still some distance from opening up the inner realm, he was brought along by him.

The same applies to the flames of the underworld and Bibi Dong.

Everyone was utterly astonished by Zhou Qing's methods.

"Little monster, you've made another breakthrough?"

Dugu Bo asked curiously.

"Yes!"

Having gained new insights into spiritual practice, I naturally want to share them and progress together. "I've discovered that spiritual practice cannot rely on external things, but must be sought within oneself. Now I have released all the external spirits within me..."

(End of this chapter)