Volume 7: The Strongest Four Realms Chapter 89: First on the Yellow List
As soon as he entered the source world, an ancient divine thought surged into Lu Qingshan’s mind.
This is an introduction to the information about the source world.
The Source Realm is actually not a small realm, but a piece of the world fragment that Xia Daozu obtained in his early years.
Yes, a world on par with the human race’s Sky Sky level.
Moreover, this is a piece of fragment that fell and peeled off from the origin of the world.
It was precisely because of the existence of this piece of world fragment that Daozu Xia was able to start out as a casual cultivator and grow into Daozu.
According to Lu Qingshan's understanding, in layman's terms, this fragment of the world is Xia Daozu's golden finger.
Within this fragment of the world exists a part of the origin of the Tao that once existed in that world. Although it is only a very incomplete part, the key point lies in the word "origin".
Origin refers to the source and root of all things.
The origin of Tao is the origin of all artistic conception.
In a complete world, if you want to comprehend the origin, it is like scratching an itch through a shoe. It requires extremely high talent and some luck.
And in the source world, the origins of these Taos will be laid bare before you.
Your perception of it will reach an unprecedented level of clarity.
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Lu Qingshan looked around and found that everything in front of him was gray, and he felt a little surprised.
In an instant, heaven and earth changed.
When the sky was still in the state of two yin and yang, it was called Hongyuan. It was dark and misty, like an egg, and was called Hun Dun Xuan Huang.
There is no light or image, no sound or voice, no ancestor or ancestors, and it is dark and gloomy.
There is essence in it, and its essence is very real. It permeates the universe and has no outside, and is a clear and empty space.
In the secluded wilderness, a spirit of energy arises.
The heaven and earth are closed, encompassing all things. All things are dissolved in it, and only the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth are mixed in it...
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Lu Qingshan realized that this was the evolution of the origin of the world's Tao when chaos first began and the heaven and earth were created.
Once the heaven and earth are fully formed, the origins of these Taos will be hidden in the way of heaven and cannot be easily detected, such as the current human sky world.
At this moment, Lu Qingshan fell into an unprecedented state of clarity, and he clearly felt the power of many artistic conceptions.
Gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, killing, yin and yang...
Whether it was the power of artistic conception that he had mastered or not, he could clearly feel it at this moment.
He even had a feeling that in this situation, as long as he wanted, he could comprehend many lower or middle-level artistic conception powers.
However, you can't chew too much, and artistic conception does not lie in quantity.
The world is still changing. Once the evolution is completed, his trip to the Source Realm will be over, so he has to hurry.
Lu Qingshan has a clear purpose.
Immortality, cause and effect, and destruction, these three are his goals.
The origin of Tao is extremely mysterious and unfathomable.
Lu Qingshan's mind became increasingly immersed in these ultimate principles of heaven and earth.
He is searching, looking for what he needs from this infinite yet entangled origin.
This is a process of unraveling the mystery, and the power of artistic conception that he can clearly feel has become a distraction at this time, constantly pulling his attention and tempting him to comprehend.
This is why it is not better to enter the Source Realm as early as possible.
It's like an illiterate person who has never read a book. His vision, knowledge and understanding are very limited. If you throw him into a library that has everything, he will only feel confused and won't know where to start.
I even picked up a erotic novel and started reading it with great gusto. After leaving the library, I realized that apart from learning some new postures, I gained nothing and wasted this precious opportunity.
But if a person is a college student with broad vision and knowledge, he will know clearly what he needs before entering the library. With a clear purpose, he will naturally not be distracted by other things.
Time passes quietly.
Lu Qingshan, who was still searching, gradually became a little upset.
At this moment, a cool breath emanated from his hands and quickly spread throughout his body.
Under the influence of this refreshing breath, he seemed to have entered a pure state, and his already extremely clear perception became even more subtle.
Let go of your desires and your mind will naturally be at peace; clear your mind and your spirit will naturally be pure!
This is the power of enlightened mind and bodhi.
At this moment, Lu Qingshan felt that his mind became clear, and a soul-shaking calling voice unknowingly entered his consciousness.
It's like a mother calling her children home, so sweet.
Without hesitation, he abandoned all the temptations around him and followed the calling voice.
Finally, he found it.
It was a small ball of light, and Lu Qingshan immediately focused his mind on that ball of light.
Boom!
In an instant, a boundless ocean appeared in his field of vision.
And he was immersed in this ocean.
Above the sky is a bright moon that is constantly changing.
The sea water felt warm and comfortable, making him feel as if he was still an embryo in the amniotic fluid.
This is……
The origin of immortality!
The entire ocean is filled with endless immortal truth.
The world of immortal origin is so vast!
Lu Qingshan sighed in his heart, feeling like a drop in the ocean, but he soon immersed himself in it, his consciousness rising and falling with the waves, constantly exploring and comprehending the mystery of immortality.
The bright moon keeps changing, from waning moon to crescent moon to full moon...
Gradually, a sense of enlightenment arose in Lu Qingshan's heart.
What about water and the moon?
Time passes by like this, yet it never goes away; things wax and wane like that, yet they never diminish or increase.
If we look at it from the perspective of change, the heaven and earth cannot even change for a moment; if we look at it from the perspective of the unchanging, things and I are all endless.
What is true immortality?
It is not true that something is indestructible and exists forever.
But it is like the water, which is constantly flowing but never really disappears. It is just circulating, just like the bright moon which waxes and wanes but never increases or decreases.
Everything in the world is changing all the time, and it never stops even for the blink of an eye, but at the same time, everything is eternal and immortal to me.
The only way to be immortal is to live forever!
As his insights continued to emerge, an inexplicable sense of Taoism rose from Lu Qingshan's mind.
He was a little different now than he was in the past .
This is not a physical transformation, but a sublimation of the mind.
The true meaning of immortality is perfection.
Lu Qingshan's mind was shaken, and he had already withdrawn from the ocean created by the immortal true meaning.
There are still countless most fundamental rules and principles of the universe evolving around us.
He was obsessed and didn't want to stop. He wanted to look for other original meanings while the chaos evolution was still going on.
Another call came.
The first time is new, the second time is familiar. Lu Qingshan had an idea and followed the sound. Soon he saw a ball of blood-red light.
A strong murderous aura echoed in the blood-colored ball of light.
Destroy the source!
Lu Qingshan immediately recognized the identity of this ball of blood-colored light.
Without the slightest hesitation, he controlled his mind and entered the ball of blood-red light, just like he had realized the true meaning of immortality last time.
The next moment, he clearly saw the scene in this horrible evil spirit.
The boundless bloody continent.
All kinds of corpses and skeletons are spread out on this bloody continent.
The picture was extremely weird , and a sense of oppression that made it hard to breathe and caused palpitations came over me.
The blood color appeared, like needles piercing the bones, like chill invading the soul.
But in such an extreme environment, Lu Qingshan's mind remained unmoved. There was no violence or evil in him. He only understood and felt in the most objective way.
This bloody world gradually changed. The position of the bloody stars in the sky began to move. Rumbling sounds were heard above the ground, and all kinds of strange and ferocious beasts emerged.
As these scenes changed, some mysteries gradually emerged from Lu Qingshan's mind.
Destruction and annihilation are only one letter apart, and both mean powerful offensive concepts, but they are completely different.
Nirvana focuses on the annihilation of energy and artistic conception.
This is the most thorough "silence", everything is empty, and the way he uses it is the so-called "breaking defense".
Destruction focuses on the destruction of living matter.
It is the ultimate way to increase power and the most ferocious "destruction". All destruction, in the hands of a swordsman, manifests as "increased damage".
Lu Qingshan forgot himself and the world and did not notice that the east was already bright.
Suddenly, all the scenes before his eyes disappeared like foam phantoms, and the world became clear.
Lu Qingshan came back to his senses in a daze.
"A month has passed, and it's time to comprehend the Source Realm." A cold voice sounded, echoing in Lu Qingshan's mind.
It turned out that the chaotic evolution had ended without anyone noticing.
"Still a little short." Lu Qingshan felt a little regretful and reluctant.
He spent too much time comprehending the true meaning of immortality, so he didn't have time to comprehend destruction.
There is still a threshold for his killing sword intent to be promoted to the true meaning of destruction, and he has not even seen the shadow of the most magical true meaning of cause and effect.
As expected, there is gain and loss. While gaining the powerful force of the true meaning of the origin, the difficulty of comprehending the artistic conception also increases exponentially.
So this time, even with the help of Mingxin Bodhi, Lu Qingshan was unable to succeed in one go.
Most importantly, he has now tried all the channels he knows that can enhance the true meaning of the origin.
This means that his accumulation has been exhausted, and he will have no shortcuts to take next.
"The Void Refining Realm will definitely not become a barrier to my cultivation." Lu Qingshan exhaled a breath and calmed his slightly agitated mood.
He has always had sufficient confidence in himself.
Even without external help, you will definitely be able to make great progress.
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A wave appeared, enveloped Lu Qingshan, and then grabbed him out of the source world.
The scene before his eyes flashed, and then solidified, and he was already outside the stone tablet.
The monk guarding the monument stood silently in front of him, and the invisible aura of oppression made people feel uneasy.
Lu Qingshan bowed to the monk guarding the monument to express his gratitude, then turned and left.
Looking at Lu Qingshan's gradually disappearing back, the cold-blooded monk guarding the monument focused his eyes on the direction where Lu Qingshan was going away, but a hint of shock flashed in his eyes.
"Three auras of true origin, and one higher-level artistic conception is about to touch the threshold of the origin..." A surprised murmur slowly came out from his mouth.
"Since when did such a powerful Nascent Soul cultivator appear among the human race?"
Any cultivator who enters the Source Realm will release the aura of his artistic conception without any concealment when he is comprehending, so he can clearly know Lu Qingshan's artistic conception level.
All those who could enter the Source Realm were the most talented cultivators in Da Xia. Even so, in the two years before he guarded the monument, he had only occasionally seen one or two cultivators who possessed the true meaning of the origin.
He had never seen a cultivator who possessed the three original true meanings before!
So even someone as cold-blooded as him was still somewhat confused and shocked at this moment.
Of course, in front of Lu Qingshan, he did not show any of these emotions.
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After Lu Qingshan came out of the Source Realm, he first returned the Mingxin Bodhi Bracelet to Xia Daojing.
But this time he did not meet Xia Daojing himself.
This is also normal. How could a cultivator in the eighth realm have so much free time to receive a little Nascent Soul every day?
He doesn't have that much face.
But this made Lu Qingshan feel relieved.
After all, he was under a lot of pressure meeting a female cultivator whose cultivation was far superior to his and who was at odds with his master.
Then he went straight to the teleportation array, left Chang'an, and returned to the Sword Sect.
At this moment, he needed to find a quiet and safe place to thoroughly absorb the gains from this trip to the Source Realm.
The realization about the true meaning of destruction was still lingering in his mind. Perhaps if he sorted it out carefully, he would have a chance to take advantage of the situation to advance the sword intent of killing?
Although the possibility is not high, it is not impossible. Lu Qingshan is naturally willing to give it a try.
Jianlai Peak, Bamboo House.
After throwing out the Western Rat King who was suffocating in the spirit beast bag, Lu Qingshan entered a rare state of seclusion, completely unaware of the turbulent situation in the outside world.
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In front of the Tianji Tower in each major city, there are four lists on the wall.
The monks who gathered around to watch the fun as usual had something wrong in their expressions.
They looked at the latest news posted on the screen wall, all of them were dumbfounded and shocked.
"This...this is too crazy!"
"This is definitely the most terrifying number one on the Yellow List in the past thousand years!"
"In just three years, he has surpassed his fellow disciples and ranked first on the Yellow List. He is simply inhuman..."
Countless people expressed their feelings.
Following their gaze, I could see several lines of large characters at the top of the yellow list:
Name: Lu Qingshan
Ranking: First
Cultivation: Yuanying is perfect, and has cultivated three original true meanings: the true meaning of extinction, the true meaning of cause and effect, and the true meaning of immortality. In addition, he has cultivated the perfect killing sword meaning (superior realm)... He is both excellent inside and outside, and is incomparable to the sword cultivators in the Yuanying realm...
Battle record: ...; In the Dojo competition, he won consecutive victories over the second on the Yellow List “Eight-Armed Vajra” Yan Fei, the fourth on the Yellow List “One Knife Cuts Water” Li Feng... the sixty-seventh on the Yellow List... a total of fifty-three Yellow List cultivators, who are invincible in the Nascent Soul stage!
Nickname: Sword
identity:……
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Everyone swallowed their saliva, "Defeating half of the Yellow List, this... is this really something a human can do?"
They had not yet fully digested this shocking news and were unable to accept it for a while.
Moreover, if they remembered correctly, when Lu Qingshan participated in the Seven Realms Discussion, his age was shown to be eighteen.
So, he should be... twenty-one years old this year? ! !
Combining the first place ranking on the Yellow List with the age of twenty-one, Lu Qingshan's potential is no longer a simple potential, but a potential that makes people think of a terrifying existence like "Xia Daoyun, the Fairy of Luo River".
"Why is Lu Qingshan so terrifying, but still not considered the strongest in the fourth realm?" Someone in the crowd suddenly thought of this question and asked in a low voice.
"Yes, if this doesn't count as the strongest of the four realms, who else can be counted?"
There were countless responses at once, and a heated discussion broke out unconsciously.
"Who was stronger, Xia Daoyun when he was in the Nascent Soul stage, or Lu Qingshan when he was in the Nascent Soul stage?" Finally, someone asked this question.
"That must be Lu Qingshan. He is invincible in the Yellow List. Xia Daoyun didn't have such a record when he was in the Nascent Soul stage, right?"
"It's hard to say. Xia Daoyun is the strongest in the seventh realm after all. Who dares to say that she can't defeat all the opponents on the Yellow List when she is in the Nascent Soul stage? It's just that there was no opportunity like the Dojo Competition at that time for her to show her skills..."
"Then do you know why Tianji Temple did not give the title of the strongest in the fourth realm to Lu Qingshan?"
At this moment, the noisy crowd suddenly fell silent and stopped talking.
Indeed, if there is still a well-founded dispute, how can it be called the strongest of the four realms?
Only when a Nascent Soul cultivator is so strong that everyone recognizes and cannot refute it, can he be called the strongest...
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“Sir…” In a secret room, many monks from the Southern Region Underworld’s Soul-Seeking Division knelt on the ground, their voices trembling. “It’s not that we are incompetent, it’s really that Lu Qingshan has never given us a chance. We have all the manpower ready, but he first stayed in the secret realm of the Origin Realm in Chang’an City for a month…”
No matter how daring they are, how dare they take action in the capital of Daxia?
If they had the ability, they would have destroyed Daxia long ago. Why would they need to hide in the dark like rats like they are now?
"What happens after we come out of the Source Realm? This animal's state of mind is not yet complete, so it must travel outside to find opportunities in order to break through," Nan Siming said in a gloomy voice, "Isn't this your chance to take action?"
The monk kneeling on the ground carefully answered, "Sir, this is what we expected, but we didn't expect that after Lu Qingshan came out of the Source Realm, he actually rushed back to the Sword Sect through the teleportation array and has not left the sect until now... Because of the failure in the Eastern Region Underworld last time, the Sword Sect has increased its patrol work near the sect, and we also dare not take action to kill him..."
The secret room fell into a solemn silence for a moment.
All the monks in the Soul-Seeking Division were silent, not daring to say much, and waited for Nan Siming's decision.
After a long time, Nan Siming said in a hoarse voice: "No matter what, as a sword cultivator, and not yet in the state of mind, Lu Qingshan will never stay in the sect for long, but we are also pressed for time... and our intelligence is seriously insufficient. We may not even know when Lu Qingshan left the Sword Sect. It is definitely not a good idea to just wait like this."
"What does Lord Sima Ming mean?" asked the monk from the Soul-Calling Division timidly.
"Idiot! If he doesn't come out, why don't we take the initiative to lure him out of the sect? Those who are willing will take the bait..." Nan Siming's eyes flashed with a trace of gloom, and he said sinisterly: "Just do as I say..."
