Volume 7: The Strongest Four Realms Chapter 40: A First Look at Cause and Effect
A faint Taoist rhyme emanated from the jade leaves and permeated Lu Qingshan's soul. The Taoist sound was faint, as if far away in the sky, yet as if close to his ears.
Lu Qingshan was instantly immersed in this chime. This was the magical power left over from the thousand-year-old spiritual tree. It was infinitely wonderful, but not fixed and magical.
Whether or not the cultivator will eventually gain enlightenment, or what magical powers he can gain enlightenment from, is uncertain and depends entirely on his own luck.
For him, he had already been touched by the true meaning of cause and effect, so the sound of the Taoist chimes sounded very special, like the sound of immortals, making him intoxicated.
A stream of clear energy suddenly came to his mind and flowed through his entire body. The mystery that had previously seemed obscure to him suddenly became clearer and simpler at this moment.
That feeling is like drinking a bowl of sour plum soup in the hot summer.
He opened up a new world that was broad and far-reaching.
It's a feeling of being reborn and a deeper understanding.
Lu Qingshan gradually understood.
"I see... I picked the mountain ghost fruit, which was the cause, and the mountain ghost took my foundation, which was the result."
"Similarly, this result is also the cause. The mountain ghost took away my foundation, so I killed it in the end and wiped it out from this world. This is the result."
"The cause is what produces, and the result is what is produced."
"Where there is a cause, there must be an effect, and where there is an effect, there must be a cause."
“This is the principle of cause and effect.”
"Everything is empty, only cause and effect are not empty."
"Cause and effect, this is the true meaning of cause and effect..." Lu Qingshan's mind wandered between heaven and earth, and his eyes flashed with a deep divine light.
Then, at a certain moment, he saw thin lines on his body entangled with each other, appearing and disappearing, bright and dark.
This is the line of cause and effect.
As a bloodthirsty swordsman, the number of causal lines entangled in his body is far more than that of others, and it is unimaginably complicated.
The sin of killing is the most serious cause and effect.
The blood-red causal lines representing killing are so numerous that they are dizzying.
But in addition to these, there are even more golden silk threads, the number of which is dozens of times that of the blood-red causal threads.
The golden color represents the line of merit and cause and effect.
Seeing the thread of cause and effect means that he has a preliminary understanding of cause and effect.
Ordinary people fear the consequences, while heavenly beings fear the causes.
The incomplete meaning of cause and effect that I had comprehended when laying the foundation was finally completed at this moment.
Of course, Lu Qingshan did not rely solely on this jade leaf to cultivate the mysterious truth of cause and effect.
The artistic conception treasure was just an introduction, just a stepping stone, and it just detonated his previous accumulation.
The most important factor in being able to understand the true meaning of cause and effect is the result of the combination of his talent and hard work.
Small fiery words appeared on the panel at the appropriate time.
"Comprehension of artistic conception! ...You have comprehended the true meaning of cause and effect (weak)!"
"Your spirit is enhanced! (Spiritual awareness +100)"
The true meaning of cause and effect (weak): The true meaning of the origin of the supernatural beings, possessing many supernatural powers. The current supernatural power mastered is: precognition.
Lu Qingshan slowly opened his eyes, and a divine light flashed in his eyes.
He looked at his hands, and felt as if all the dust in his heart had disappeared, the pearls were shining, and a mysterious feeling lingered in his heart.
Miraculous, foreknowledge...
He subtly felt the magic bestowed by the true meaning of cause and effect, and then he understood the specific ability of this foresight.
There is only one word difference between foreknowledge and forejudgment, but in terms of the effect, one is in heaven and the other is on earth.
His prediction was a reasonable guess based on his rich combat experience.
Since it is speculation, it cannot be 100% accurate.
Precognition is a miraculous thing that comes from the origin of heaven and earth and follows cause and effect.
Where there is a cause, there must be an effect. When the opponent just starts to attack, the spiritual power mobilized and the hand gestures performed are the cause, and the magic spell that will be performed in the end is the effect.
Everything in the world cannot escape cause and effect. The result is determined the moment the cause is formed.
The magical power of foresight that he currently possesses is to know the result in advance when the cause is created.
It goes without saying how sharp this will be during a fight.
You can predict in advance whether the opponent will escape, attack or defend , and how he will attack, so you will naturally have the initiative.
What’s more, this is only the true meaning of cause and effect in the weak realm.
If the level of artistic conception is further elevated, what kind of magical powers will be mastered by then?
Lu Qingshan inevitably felt a little bit of anticipation in his heart.
"How long have I been in meditation?" Lu Qingshan turned to ask the King of Western Rat who was "guarding" him on the side.
"Only ten days," the King of the Western Rat tilted his little head and looked at Lu Qingshan, "Why do I feel like something has changed about you? You look a little different from before?"
The little mouse demon looked over and saw that Lu Qingshan looked relaxed, and his whole temperament became more and more transcendental.
"I've become stronger again." Lu Qingshan told the truth.
"Really?" The King of Western Rat widened his eyes in disbelief.
"This is not over yet." Lu Qingshan chuckled.
It is our duty to suppress the rat demon.
He then took out a dark purple thunder fruit from the jade box and put it into his mouth.
The Thunder Fruit contains immense spiritual power of heaven and earth, as well as extremely violent power of thunder.
As soon as the Thunder Fruit was taken, it felt like a bolt of lightning entered the body.
A huge amount of energy instantly exploded from Lu Qingshan's body, rushing along his meridians and sweeping out.
A sound like muffled thunder rumbled in his body.
A powerful aura of thunder flowed through his body, numbing him completely.
Even the soul was affected by this aura and became much slower.
His soul was now filled with thunderous thoughts, blocking out all his other emotions.
Endless thunder seemed to fill his vision, like a field of thunder.
Waves of severe pain followed, threatening to drown him.
But even in this situation, Lu Qingshan, who was under tremendous pressure, saw balls of bright light constantly wriggling and exploding in the thunder.
Every time the thunder exploded, under the powerful and violent energy, some inexplicable things kept appearing and disappearing in the thunder.
Destruction and creation coexist, which is amazing.
Within his true nature and spirit, a mysterious artistic conception emerged, endlessly.
Live towards death, live from death.
This is the true meaning of immortality.
What is immortality? Nothing can exist forever. Only the endless cycle of life can be immortal!
Lu Qingshan continued to comprehend, deduce, and evolve, forgetting about time and becoming immersed in this wonderful process.
This is a strange feeling. Although the true meaning of immortality is not offensive, it is much more important than all magic and other artistic conceptions.
The true meaning of immortality is that it can evolve and amplify the artistic conception of all things in countless lifetimes.
As time went by, Lu Qingshan suddenly felt a sense of relief...
He clearly felt that he was crossing a certain boundary.
Just when he crossed the boundary, a ripple of lightning suddenly exploded in his body for no reason, forming a series of thunder explosions outside his body.
The vast power of thunder was born.
A special force, centered on Lu Qingshan's body, spread out in all directions, surging and rising like the tide.
The King of the Western Rat was shocked, and without blinking, he stared at Lu Qingshan, unable to believe what he saw.
It could feel that in this short period of time of just a dozen days, the aura of Lu Qingshan had once again undergone an extremely obvious transformation.
The little mouse demon's eyes were filled with fanaticism and envy.
It also doesn't understand what's going on.
I clearly feel that I am quite capable, but the gap between me and Lu Qingshan is getting bigger and bigger.
When will we, a bunch of rats, ever get a chance to show our talents?
King of the West Rat, the sorrow in his heart is like a river flowing backwards.
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"Comprehension of artistic conception! ... Your immortal true meaning has been elevated to the state of unity!"
"Ability improvement! ... Your spirit is improved! (Spiritual awareness +200)"
"Your spiritual consciousness limit exceeds 1500. Your soul realm has broken through to the early stage of the control realm (1625/2100). The soul of a cultivator at this level can leave the body and attach to spiritual objects, with powerful lethality."
Just as the immortal true meaning was elevated to the state of unity, the soul in the sea of consciousness between his eyebrows also underwent a qualitative transformation.
A huge pressure came out of nowhere and exploded from the inside out.
It was as if someone was holding a hammer and hitting Lu Qingshan's soul.
With a crackling sound, his soul was shattered into countless pieces.
At this moment, Lu Qingshan finally felt what pain and torture were.
This feeling is definitely not much different from being torn into pieces.
Although he has never experienced the feeling of being torn to pieces.
But after being shattered, all of Lu Qingshan's soul fragments immediately reassembled and pieced together to form his own soul again.
However, the reconstituted soul had shrunk a lot in size, from the original 9.9-inch mini version of Lu Qingshan to a little man less than an inch tall.
But as it shrank in size, it also became much tougher.
Moreover, there are some bright spots of light flying out from within the soul.
These spots of light surrounded Lu Qingshan's soul and slowly came close to it.
Gradually, a very thin layer of golden armor was formed, protecting his soul, and it looked as if it had merged into one with his soul.
This is the armor of the soul, the symbol of the soul that controls the realm. It can block the attacks of the soul.
In other words, since the beginning of the control realm, the soul is no longer "naked", but has a layer of armor to block the oncoming "swords" for it.
Finally, all the light on the Yuanshen Armor dissipated.
His spiritual transformation was now complete.
Lu Qingshan's mind moved, and he closed his eyes and focused his mind.
A ray of divine thought suddenly rushed out.
However, the divine thought that rushed out suddenly took the shape of a flame.
The flame is grayish white and looks pure and flawless, but it has a scorching temperature on the surface and is constantly flickering.
Logically speaking, divine thoughts should be invisible and unpredictable.
But now, Lu Qingshan’s divine consciousness can transform into a wisp of flame.
This is another sign of the soul of control.
As a realm where one can truly control the spirit and master the power of the soul, the cultivator can transform his spiritual thoughts into soul fire and launch attacks with just a wave of his hand.
If the opponent's soul realm has not reached the control realm, and he does not have the protection of soul armor, it will definitely be uncomfortable to face the soul fire transformed from divine thoughts.
The true meaning of cause and effect is introduced, the true meaning of immortality is elevated to the state of unity, and the state of primordial spirit is even broken through to the state of control, which possesses powerful killing power.
Although Lu Qingshan's cultivation level did not improve during his retreat this time, his gains were astonishing.
There is no such thing as getting something for nothing in this world.
What he has gained today is actually the result of his daily accumulation.
Not to mention the added benefit that Dao Zang Gong Fa brought to his comprehension of the artistic conception.
When his true meaning of immortality was in the underworld, he had already made progress by observing the light of enlightenment.
Now I have just taken one step further and finally crossed that hurdle.
Not to mention the true meaning of cause and effect, this was the first artistic conception he came into contact with.
Due to its profoundness, he has been unable to make significant progress, but that bit of understanding does exist.
With the help of the jade leaf treasure that contains the true meaning of cause and effect, he finally realized the true meaning of cause and effect.
As for the improvement of the spiritual realm, it is a natural result.
After he rebuilt his foundation, every step he took was perfect, not to mention the tremendous improvement that the flawless foundation brought to his soul.
In addition to this, he also possesses the killing sword intent of the perfect state, the penetrating sword intent of extinction of the unity state, the true meaning of immortality, and the true meaning of cause and effect of the weak state.
Two higher-level artistic conceptions and two original true meanings brought a huge boost to the strength of his soul.
For ordinary cultivators, if they can comprehend a higher level of artistic conception, it can be said that their ancestors’ graves are filled with joy.
Who else can be like him, possessing so many artistic conceptions and at a high level?
This time of training was very successful and his strength was greatly improved.
But in Lu Qingshan's opinion, this is not enough.
He was not going to give Luo Ji any chance to win, nor was he going to reveal too many of his own tricks. What he wanted was to take down Luo Ji quickly and efficiently.
Therefore, my own strength still needs to be improved.
Let’s put cultivation aside for now.
His artistic conception has not yet been fully cultivated to perfection, and he cannot cross the Nascent Soul stage no matter how much experience he has.
If the late Nascent Soul stage and the perfect Nascent Soul stage are only one small realm apart, there will be some obvious differences in combat power, but it will not be to the point where it is unacceptable.
There is no need to rush to improve your cultivation.
If he could improve his cultivation to the Nascent Soul stage and defeat Luo Ji, it is possible that Marquis Luo Tang would use his breakthrough as an excuse to cancel the matter.
He is not afraid of such wrangling, but it is unnecessary to cause trouble to himself.
Lu Qingshan turned his head and focused his attention on his current most powerful means of explosion.
"[Secret Sword: Heaven-Suppressing Sword] Level 1 (6.1w/50w)."
As a means of burst, the secret sword is the most difficult sword style to upgrade because of its extremely high consumption.
It has been quite some time since he mastered the Zhentian Secret Sword, but his Zhentian level is still at the very beginning.
Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan's mind moved and experience points poured out.
"You spent 240,000 experience points, and the Secret Sword: Heaven-Suppressing Sword was upgraded to level 2!"
[Secret Sword·Heaven-Suppressing Sword] lv2 (0/200w)
Skill Effect: Slash out three swords with seven times the power.
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"You spent 1.1 million experience points to upgrade the Secret Sword: Heaven-Suppressing Sword to level 3!"
[Secret Sword·Heaven-Suppressing Sword] lv3 (0/500w)
Skill Effect: Slash out three swords with ten times the power.
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"You spent 2.75w experience points to upgrade the Secret Sword: Heaven-Suppressing Sword to level 4!"
[Secret Sword·Heaven-Suppressing Sword] (Sword One) lv4 (0/1000w)
Skill Effect: Slash out three swords with fifteen times the power.
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Lu Qingshan was wealthy and spent four million experience points to upgrade his Zhenjian to level 4 in one go.
The explosive power of the Zhentian Secret Sword has tripled.
He felt a little sad about the loss of experience points.
But as long as he thought about it, after this battle, Luo Tanghou would still have to pay a hundred spirit crystals as his fee. He would feel much better if his boss paid for it.
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