Chapter 452 Heaven, Earth, and Man
"Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish, it is the most difficult to master. Ziling, you only formulated some laws and regulations behind the scenes and made Fangqiao County run in an orderly manner, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. It's really amazing!" After a long time, Lai Yinuan couldn't help but gave a thumbs up and praised.
Although he is a genius in cultivation in Tianyan Sect, he is a layman when it comes to governing a country. It is really hard to imagine that Qin Ziling can manage such a large county so well just by formulating some laws and regulations behind the scenes.
"Haha, to be honest with you, teacher, I'm actually quite good at cooking. After we finish discussing today's important matters, I'll cook a table for you." Qin Ziling couldn't help but say with a little pride when he heard that.
Lai Yinuan and others were stunned when they heard this. They couldn't imagine that a great man like Qin Ziling who could suppress two Jindan ancestors was actually also a master of cooking!
"Teacher, you didn't come here just to talk about the change of ownership of the Great Qi Kingdom, right? Moreover, the Great Qi Kingdom is such a big country, and the Tianyan Sect is willing to hand it all over to our Qin family. It can't be that simple, right?" Qin Ziling quickly put away the little smugness on his face and asked in a deep voice.
"You are right. Tianyan Sect handed over the Great Qi Kingdom to the Qin family in order to establish a good relationship with you. If you lack any resources in your practice, you can even ask for them, and Tianyan Sect will try its best to satisfy you." Lai Yinuan said.
"Oh?" Qin Ziling's face changed slightly, and he said, "Could it be that the Tianyan Sect wants me to deal with some powerful person?"
"As expected, nothing can be hidden from you." Lai Yi Nuan's eyes flashed with surprise, and he said, "The head of Tai Ding Sect, Zhuang Yuanmo, successfully passed the Immortal Infant Tribulation and became an Earthly Immortal."
"Taidingmen, Earth Immortal?" Qin Ziling looked puzzled.
"I forgot that although you are very capable, you have risen too quickly and are still very young, so you know very little about many things." Lai Yinuan was stunned when he saw Qin Ziling's puzzled look, and then he understood.
"That's true. The family scripture library mainly records the affairs of the Great Qi Kingdom. Outside the Great Qi Kingdom, there are a few records about a few neighboring countries, and there are almost no records of things further away. The records on spiritual practice are mainly below the Xuan Master, and there are almost no records above the Xuan Master." Qin Ziling nodded.
"Actually, what I know about these is very limited." Jian Bailou added.
Lai Yi Nuan nodded and said, "The vast land we live in is called Xuanming Continent, and outside Xuanming Continent is the vast ocean. I don't know if there are any continental countries above the ocean.
There are seventy countries of all sizes on Xuanming Continent. There are twenty-three countries of the level of Daqi that are considered big countries. Above these seventy countries, there are eight major forces including four sects, two demon sects, and two demon sects.
The four sects are Tianyan Sect, Taiding Sect, Xuanshui Sect, and Qingfeng Sect; the two demon sects are Tianlang Demon Sect and Chimang Demon Sect; the two devil sects are Tianshi Sect and Netherworld Sect.
These eight powers were above the seventy countries, and after generations of struggles, they divided their own spheres of influence. Because the strength of the eight powers was not much different, except for some small-scale fights and killings over the years, everyone was relatively peaceful.
But in the past hundred years, because of the genius disciple Zhuang Yuanmo, Taiding Sect, which was originally more powerful, became even more powerful, far ahead of the other seven forces. Many rules of the Xuanming Continent are decided by Taiding Sect, and Taiding Sect has also forcibly taken away a lot of territory in the past hundred years. Even the strange beast mountain range that has always been ruled by the two major demon sects has been forcibly taken away by Taiding Sect.
However, Taiding Sect is not strong enough to contend with the seven major forces, so Taiding Sect cannot issue orders to the seven major forces and cannot make them prosper or perish. But now it is different. Zhuang Yuanmo has become a terrestrial immortal in the realm of Immortal Infant, and his strength crushes the seven major forces. I am afraid that after he consolidates his realm, he will force the seven major forces to submit to Taiding Sect. "
Having said this, Lai Yi Nuan stopped.
The atmosphere in the hall began to become solemn.
The joy and relief that Jian Bailou and others had felt because of Qin Ziling's killing of Jiang Shengyun had just disappeared.
They originally thought that the Tianyan Sect was powerful enough, but now they know that the Tianyan Sect is only one of the eight major forces, and among these eight major forces, there is now a force that is powerful enough to crush the other seven forces.
"What about immortal babies, earthly immortals and the like? How powerful are they compared to Jindan cultivators?" Qin Ziling asked after a while.
"There are three paths of cultivation: cultivating the spirit, refining qi, and martial arts. Some people also call martial arts refining the body. When one reaches a certain level in the three paths, he or she can be called an immortal. After cultivating the spirit and becoming an immortal, they are collectively called celestial immortals, those who refine qi are called earthly immortals, and those who cultivate martial arts are called human immortals.
Cultivating gods is the most ethereal and mysterious thing. Although there should be people who cultivate gods in Xuanming Continent, they are very few and their strength is weak. At most, they can only deceive ordinary people, so there is very little information circulating.
At present, as a teacher, I only know that the realm of spiritual cultivation can be divided into the realms of settling the spirit, leaving the body, possessing the body, exorcising objects, dividing the spirit, taking over the body, manifesting the saint, thunder tribulation, and heavenly immortal. The realm before manifesting the saint should be the same as the Qi refining, divided into three small realms: early, middle, and late. But I have no idea how to divide the two major realms of thunder tribulation and heavenly immortal.
In the Qi Refining Sect, Jindan cultivators cannot be called immortals, but only semi-immortals. Only after Jindan cultivators successfully overcome the tribulation and break the elixir to become infants can they be called immortals, called earth immortals. The infant realm is only the lowest realm among earth immortals, implying the infant among earth immortals. But even so, the strength of earth immortals in the infant realm is not something that Jindan cultivators can contend with.
The Immortal Infant realm is divided into three small realms: the initial, middle, and final realms. After the Immortal Infant realm, the Immortal Infant is fully grown and is called a True Immortal. A True Immortal is actually a realm of Earthly Immortals, but in general, they are directly referred to as True Immortals. It is said that there are nine levels of True Immortals. What is beyond the True Immortals is not recorded in the Sutra Library of the Tianyan Sect.
After practicing martial arts and becoming a martial saint and overcoming the heavenly tribulation , one can be called an immortal. Because martial arts is about taking oneself as a small world, and what is cultivated is oneself, it is called a human immortal. The path of martial arts practice is extremely difficult. It seems that there has not been a human immortal in Xuanming Continent for nearly a thousand years. As for earlier times, it is unclear. Even if there were, it is probably very rare, otherwise there would be records of this aspect.
Regarding human immortals, the ancestors of Tianyan Sect who went out and returned from past generations did leave some records. It is said that the first realm that a martial saint reaches after surviving the heavenly tribulation and becoming a human immortal is called the rebirth realm, followed by the Dharmakaya realm and the cave heaven realm. The cave heaven realm is also divided into nine levels, but there is no record of what realm is after the cave heaven.
Since the rebirth realm is already a human immortal, it should be equivalent to the earth immortal in the immortal infant realm. However, because human immortals are based on the human body, their power is limited when they first become human immortals, while earth immortals can borrow the power of heaven and earth and have heaven and earth as their backing. Therefore, when a warrior first becomes a human immortal, he is only slightly stronger than a golden elixir cultivator, and is far inferior to an earth immortal in the immortal infant realm. "
At this point, Lai Yi Nuan glanced at Qin Ziling and added, "You are different. I am referring to ordinary cultivators."
"In this case, the human immortal in the rebirth realm is actually almost equivalent to the golden elixir realm, and the Dharma body realm is equivalent to the immortal infant realm. But generally speaking, in these corresponding realms, the human immortal is slightly more powerful." Qin Ziling said.
"That's about it." Lai Yi Nuan nodded.
Qin Ziling's expression became serious when he heard this.
He is still only a Martial Saint. After being a Martial Saint, he can reach the Human Immortal realm of Rebirth, and then the Human Immortal realm of Dharmakaya. Zhuang Yuanmo, who is in the Immortal Infant realm, is now equivalent to a Human Immortal in the Dharmakaya realm. There are two major realms in between.
Although Qin Ziling was confident that he could use the broken dragon claw, which was so powerful that he should be able to fight against the Immortal Infant Ancestor, the problem was that he could only use the dragon claw once or twice, and then he would be done for, while the Immortal Infant Ancestor could use such powerful killing moves continuously.
There is still a big gap between the two!
Of course, Qin Ziling has other means, even a saint-level soul, but those means are only good enough to deal with Jindan cultivators, and are definitely not enough to deal with the Immortal Infant Ancestor.
After all, the gap in realm is too big!
