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

“There is a forbidden ancient formation at the level of an emperor inside. Although it is incomplete, it is still very dangerous. Stay behind me and do not wander off,” the Zhou family patriarch said slowly.

“I know,” Zhou Qing replied, while observing the scene behind the door.

It was a mystical place where fire essence transformed into liquid, intensely masculine, representing the purest yang energy of heaven and earth.

The ancient formation is very old, existing for at least millions of years, and it is still in operation, absorbing the essence of heaven and earth and integrating the origin of all things.

The Zhou family patriarch was capable enough to enter it. He was a Great Sage from the post-ancient era, whose combat power was unparalleled among his peers. He was once an invincible genius, with his aptitude and comprehension being among the best in the universe. Although this incomplete formation was extremely powerful, it could not stump him.

Zhou Qing followed behind the Zhou family patriarch and stepped into the teleportation portal, facing the remnants of the Great Emperor's formation.

An unparalleled pressure surged forth, vast as the heavens falling, with an incomparable aura that could strike the highest heavens and cleave the deepest hell.

It is incomplete, yet it possesses an inviolable, all-encompassing, and inexhaustible power.

At this time, the formation here had not yet been altered by any tomb raider, and there was no Devouring Demon Jar protecting it, so the difficulty of breaking the formation was naturally much lower.

The Zhou family patriarch unleashed a punch, creating numerous Dao traces that tore open a corner of the array pattern, allowing him to enter the array.

This was a very demanding process. Zhou Qing followed behind the ancestor, not daring to make a single wrong step. The Great Emperor's array patterns could not be forced open; they could only be slowly deciphered and advanced step by step.

After an unknown amount of time, they finally passed through the great formation and arrived at the center.

At the center of the great formation, nine Fusang divine leaves were dancing, flowing with golden light, and wisps of the ancient emperor's aura were spreading.

When the two arrived here, the nine divine leaves instantly traversed to the other side of the great formation, making them impossible to detect.

The Zhou family patriarch remained calm, as if he were already used to this kind of thing.

Zhou Qing knew what these were. They were indeed nine leaves from the Fusang Divine Tree, with the Holy Emperor's mark engraved on them and a Fusang Leaf Scripture discussing some experiences of cultivating the Supreme Yang Body.

The so-called Supreme Yang Body is actually the body of the sun. Unfortunately, for one or two million years since the Holy Emperor, no one with the body of the sun has come to receive this inheritance.

Over such a long period of time, countless Great Sages, Quasi-Emperors, and Great Emperors have come here. Some were unable to catch these nine leaves and were helpless, while others...

They were captured, but then released. This inheritance is specifically reserved for those with the body of the sun; it's not very meaningful for others to obtain it.

The Zhou family patriarch placed the sacred furnace at the very center, where the fire essence condensed into liquid, and the sacred furnace floated in it, enveloped by endless fire essence, with various Dao lights appearing and disappearing, making it extraordinary.

Zhou Qing sat cross-legged nearby, with the Great Sage Pearl of the Ancestor floating above his head, strands of immortal light protecting his safety and allowing him to calmly comprehend the Dao of the Sun.

For the past two weeks, Zhou Qing has been cultivating in a meditative state. The four secret realms within his body are glowing, and the sound of chanting emanates from within him.

Divine light burst forth from his chakra, dazzling to the extreme, yin and yang embracing each other, evolving into a primordial Dao diagram, forming a Tai Chi-like chakra.

Five-colored divine light flowed around his five internal organs, also evolving into a primordial Dao diagram. The chanting of scriptures was incessant, as if a world was evolving through the four great calamities of existence, decay, and emptiness, with an extremely strong aura of creation.

His limbs moved as if suppressing the four poles of heaven and earth, and many profound mysteries of the Great Dao were displayed around him, instantly presenting many strange phenomena of heaven and earth.

A true dragon coiled around him, a celestial phoenix soared, a black tortoise crossed the sea, a white tiger roared to the sky, and countless rays of light engulfed him.

These are the four celestial phenomena, also known as the four spirits of heaven, the four celestial symbols, etc. These are the spiritual entities derived from the four poles of the human body.

The Four Extremes Scroll of the Hengyu Scripture contains content on how to generate Dao Spirit and approach the Great Dao. Of course, Zhou Qing has not read the Hengyu Scripture, but that doesn't matter. When his cultivation of the Four Extremes Secret Realm reaches an extremely high level, all laws are interconnected, and the Four Symbols will naturally emerge.

Nine clusters of light also appeared along his spine, shining brightly and spreading upwards, a truly astonishing sight.

Dragons roared, one after another rising up. Nine is the ultimate number, meant to pierce the heavens and transcend.

This phenomenon is astonishing, but not far away, an equally astonishing phenomenon is evolving.

At the center of the great formation, countless rays of light shot into the sky, and terrifying fluctuations permeated the entire ancient formation. The sacred furnace roared every moment, entwined with countless rays of immortal light.

With a solemn expression, the Zhou family patriarch drew upon the boundless essence of solar fire, and streams of fire essence flowed into the furnace.

The sacred furnace occasionally burst forth with auspicious light, and various divine chains of order radiated outwards. The patterns of flowers, birds, insects, and fish on the furnace body seemed to come alive, flashing incessantly.

The Zhou family patriarch would occasionally glance at Zhou Qing. Seeing the unusual phenomena of Zhou Qing's cultivation, although his face remained unchanged, countless thoughts arose in his mind.

"Zhou Qing's understanding of the four secret realms is very profound. He is actually evolving the essence of the four secret realms. It is rare to have such an understanding while still in the dragon transformation stage."

Zhou Qing's chakra was evolving Yin and Yang, his Dao Palace was evolving the Five Elements, his limbs were evolving the Four Extremes, and the dragon evolving from his spine seemed to be coming to life, as if it wanted to carry Zhou Qing to travel through the void and soar straight to the nine heavens.

"Roar!"

A dragon's roar shook the heavens, Zhou Qing's spine glowed, and nine true dragons leaped up and merged together in an instant.

Nine is the extreme number; its regeneration signifies change.

The Dragon Transformation is complete after nine transformations, all variables have been exhausted, and the next breakthrough will be the ultimate leap.

At this moment, Zhou Qing's nine vertebrae resonated, and the entire vertebrae transformed into a unique human dragon.

This great dragon was far larger than the previous nine. It radiated celestial light, connecting the torso and the primordial spirit, piercing through the body and linking the first three secret realms. With a final leap, it immediately disappeared into the head, as if it were about to ascend to immortality.

The circulation of all one's spiritual power relies on this great dragon as a bridge.

The Sea of ​​Wheels, the Palace of Dao, and the Four Extremes are all essentially transformations of the physical body, while the Immortal Platform is a transformation of the primordial spirit. The Dragon Transformation Secret Realm, as a bridge between the human body and the physical body, is of paramount importance.

His human dragon transformed into an eternal light, leaping up and ascending to the Immortal Platform. At that moment, his realm reached the Immortal Platform Secret Realm, making him comparable to the Supreme Elders of various sects.

Chapter 106 Physical Transformation and Spiritual Transformation

It is said that only by ascending to the Immortal Platform can one be considered to have entered the path of immortality, because even the combined power of the Sea of ​​Wheels, the Dao Palace, the Four Extremes, and the Dragon Transformation Realm does not have the same range of strength as the Immortal Platform.

Each level of heaven is equivalent to a great secret realm in the past, and it is a secret realm with nine minor realms such as the Dragon Transformation Realm. Each level of heaven is equivalent to nine minor realms. This secret realm is fundamentally different from the previous four secret realms.

In Zhou Qing's view, the rumors in the world do have some truth to them, but they need to be slightly modified. It should be that only those who ascend to the second level of the Immortal Platform can be considered to have truly embarked on the path to immortality.

After more than a decade of cultivation, his understanding of cultivation methods has long surpassed the vague knowledge he had before. In his view, the first four secret realms were mainly preparations for fully unlocking the physical body's divine treasures after the second stage of cultivation.

On the surface, the Wheel Sea is meant to liberate the Wheel of Life, open up the source of divine power in the human body, and prolong human life. In the world's perception, it seems that the Wheel Sea exists for these things. Their cultivation is not high, and their understanding of the Wheel Sea is actually very superficial.

However, Zhou Qing had already cultivated to this level, so how could his understanding of the Sea of ​​Wheels be so ordinary? Although he had never seen it, he did know some details about when the Secret Realm Technique was created.

The Wheel of Life represents life, while the Sea of ​​Bitterness is a sea of ​​death, representing death. Life and death, yin and yang, represent a balance.

The main reason for maintaining human balance is that the external world is also balanced. The purpose of the Secret Realm Method is to make the human body, a microcosm, comparable to the external world. The balance between life and death is a kind of imitation of the rules of the universe.

Moreover, there is a reason why the first secret realm is the Yin-Yang diagram, and not some other diagram.

Yin and Yang embracing each other can evolve into chaos, which is a state of chaos before the birth of heaven and earth, without front or back, left or right, up or down, center or boundary.

Only by reaching this state can a cultivator then comprehend the external path and cultivate the internal path.

Specifically, it means viewing one's own body as a vast universe, comprehending the Dao of the external universe, and verifying it with oneself. This allows one to arrange and combine the gates within one's body, and to evolve the Dao that one has comprehended within the body.

In the Sea of ​​Wheels, the most basic stage of understanding is to regard it simply as a secret realm for releasing the Wheel of Life. Those who understand it more deeply can realize that the essence of the Sea of ​​Wheels is to tell a story of the Great Dao of Yin and Yang.

Zhou Qing's understanding went a step further. He knew that the essence of the Sea of ​​Wheels was not only the evolution of Yin and Yang, but also the merging of chaos, evolving into the most primordial state of the external world.

Only after cultivating this state can one better comprehend the Dao, understand the rules of the external world, and evolve the human body and the universe accordingly.

As for the Dao Palace, most people in the world believe that the Dao Palace is just for tempering the five internal organs of the human body. However, those who have a higher level of understanding can realize that the essence of the Dao Palace is to explain the operation of the five elements, to transform the five internal organs into the five elements, to connect the five energies with heaven and earth, to nurture the five spirits, and to nourish the roots of heaven and earth.

Why is it said that if one wishes to achieve immortality, one must diligently cultivate in this secret realm, and if one wishes to ascend to a higher level and comprehend the Dao of Immortality, one must also evolve the Five Elements here?

Many people only know that they should be here

A secret realm evolves the five elements, but no one knows why it evolves the five elements.

This is not without reason. In the practice of cultivation, every step has infinite wonders, every choice has its necessary reason, and every detail is worth pondering by the practitioner.

The Five Elements can be used to explain any part of the world, and nature has endless mysteries.

Any source of life, any star field, or even the entire universe can be explained by the Five Elements; this is an unparalleled power.

The Five Elements are the foundation, capable of constructing the world and transforming into the cosmos and galaxies; they are the supreme basis of the Dao.

In general, after the Sea of ​​Wheels Secret Realm evolves into the most primordial state of heaven and earth in the human body, it is then based on the Five Elements that it begins to slowly construct the approximate outline of the human body's microcosm from this initial chaotic state.

Moreover, in this world, especially in the Eternal Starfield, there is another saying: "The unity of the five elements is called the limitless."

This is a secret left behind by the ruins of an Emperor-level figure in the Eternal Starfield.

What is Wuji? It is actually another way of saying chaos, which also refers to the formless and imageless original state of the universe. From this perspective, the Sea of ​​Wheels and the Dao Palace are actually there to lay the foundation for human beings to become immortals.

Besides, why doesn't the Wheel Sea Dao Palace require enlightenment during cultivation? What replaces the role of enlightenment? This is a question worth pondering for those who cultivate.

The two secret realms of Lunhai Daogong allow one to successfully cultivate as long as one has the resources, as if the necessary elements for enlightenment already exist within the body, thus sparing one from the arduous process of enlightenment.

Why is this? It's simple: the opposition of Yin and Yang, the Wheel of Life and the Sea of ​​Death, exists inherently within every individual.

If the human body did not possess these two things, but instead only had countless gates in the abdomen, requiring cultivators to comprehend the Yin and Yang energies to fuse these two things, then the vast majority of people in this world would be trapped in the first secret realm, and it would be good if only a few people could embark on this path of cultivation in a lifetime.

When the Desolate Emperor created the laws, he chose to transform the gate in his abdomen into the Wheel of Life and the Sea of ​​Death, rather than something like the Wheel of Time or the Sea of ​​Space. There was a reason why this was necessary.

Only by evolving the mutual embrace of Yin and Yang in the first secret realm can the human body and the universe be transformed into a chaotic state, allowing the secret realm technique to possess the greatest potential for evolving the human body and the universe in the future.

In order to make the Dharma more powerful while reducing the difficulty of cultivation, he merged the countless gates of the first secret realm into the Wheel of Life and the Sea of ​​Death, and then, when transmitting the Dharma in later generations, he made sure that people were born with these two things.

Even if you don't grasp the essence of the Wheel of Life in the early stages of cultivation, it doesn't matter. As long as you are cultivating the Wheel of Life, you have already built a foundation for the Dao in a state of confusion. After realizing the deeper essence of this secret realm, you can turn back and transform yourself, so that some people don't go astray in the first step of cultivation and become irreversible later.

The Dao Palace is equally advanced. When cultivating the five internal organs, one doesn't need to comprehend the Dao. Simply opening the five internal organs naturally connects one to the external world, drawing in the five elements. There's no need to comprehend the Five Elements Dao, further reducing the difficulty of cultivation.

Some level.

The four poles are easier to understand. Although the human body and its surroundings have been initially constructed, they are too crude. Therefore, the human body needs to evolve into the four poles to support the human body and its surroundings. This is why it is necessary to comprehend the Dao, to see how the four poles of the external world support the human body and its surroundings, and then apply them to one's own human body and its surroundings.

Having reached this point in cultivation, the physical transformation is considered complete. The greatest function of these three secret realms is to establish an immortal foundation for the human body. The Dragon Transformation Secret Realm is a bridge that connects the physical transformation to the Immortal Platform, allowing one to continue cultivating the primordial spirit transformation.

The first level of Sendai is nothing special; it's simply about cultivating divine power and the spirit within the human body.

The real obstacle to a cultivator's longevity is the primordial spirit, which will eventually develop cracks and blemishes. The divine consciousness is difficult to achieve immortality and cannot be extinguished. The body nourishes the spirit, and the spirit also makes the body stronger. This is a cycle.

Before cultivating immortality, the human body is incomplete, lacking the divine part. Only when the first level of cultivation is completed can the cultivator's essence, energy, and spirit advance in unison, thus becoming a complete whole.

Therefore, only by completing the first stage of cultivation can one lay the foundation for all aspects of cultivation and prepare for the subsequent creation of the human body and the Great Universe. This is why Zhou Qing said that only by embarking on the second stage of cultivation can one truly step onto the path of immortality.

Only starting from the second installment of the game will the human body's spiritual potential be fully unlocked, no longer just cultivating a specific part of the body as before, but cultivating the whole body as a whole.

The so-called "clairvoyance" and "clairaudience" only truly take shape after unlocking many divine treasures at this level.

The transformation of the physical form and the transformation of the primordial spirit—one shapes the vague microcosm of the human body, and the other is the most important spirit for cultivating the human body, allowing essence, energy, and spirit to advance in tandem.

This is Zhou Qing's small understanding of the previous secret realms at this level. Although in the eyes of others, this understanding is already very close to the essence, Zhou Qing is very clear that there are still many things he has not yet understood and has not yet figured out the answers.

For example, why is the Wheel of Life a wheel? What is the significance of a circle? Why is the Sea of ​​Death a sea? Why can't it be any other form?

For example, what are the palaces of the Taoist temple made of, how is the sound of the scriptures emanating, and what are they chanting?

For example, besides evolving the four celestial phenomena, the four poles also have the four terrestrial phenomena that have not yet evolved, and what do these represent?

For example, there is no reasonable explanation for what I saw and heard while roaming the void in the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm.

These questions concern the fundamental logic of the existence of the Secret Realm Technique, which he cannot yet comprehend at his current level. However, he believes that he will eventually thoroughly study every detail of the Secret Realm Technique.