Volume 8: Demon Suppression Chapter 21 Seven Mountains and One River
"【Daxia Sutra】(Lianxu Chapter) is upgraded to the First Flower Realm, and the upper limit of spiritual power is increased by 250,000!"
"Bloom the first flower of Lianxu, and comprehend the magical power [Tianxin Fangzhang]!"
"Your rank has been raised to the middle stage of the Void Refining Stage, and your spiritual awareness has increased by 200!"
"【Daxia Sutra】(Lianxu Chapter) is upgraded to the Second Flower Realm, and the upper limit of spiritual power is increased by 250,000!"
"Your rank has been raised to the late stage of Refining Void, and your spiritual awareness has increased by 200!"
"【Daxia Sutra】(Lianxu Chapter) is upgraded to the Three Flower Realm, and the upper limit of spiritual power is increased by 250,000!"
"Your rank has been raised to the level of Perfect Refining Void, Spiritual Awareness +200!"
"It has been detected that you have met the prerequisites for advancing to the God Transformation Realm, and you can obtain the God Transformation Advanced Mission!"
"Obtain the requirements for the advanced task of the Spiritualization (Three Flower Realm)."
"Current requirements: Refining Qi to become a spirit, and transforming spirit into essence. You can sense the heaven and earth, materialize the Three Flower Divine Gate, blast open the Three Flower Divine Gate, and then enter the Divine Gate, refine the essence mark, and advance to the stage of transformation into a spirit."
In the Spirit Transformation Realm, one cultivates primordial force, but primordial force is hidden deep within the origin of the world. If one wants to cultivate it, one must first manifest the Divine Gate of Heaven and Earth.
Within the Divine Gate, there are marks of the elemental forces of heaven and earth.
The cultivator only needs to blast open the Divine Gate to enter the Divine Gate, absorb and refine the mark of Yuanli, so that his own spiritual power can be sublimated and transformed into Yuanli.
The Divine Gate of Heaven and Earth manifested by the Three Flowers Monk is the Three Flowers Divine Gate, and the Divine Gate of Heaven and Earth manifested by the Four Flowers Refining Void Monk is the Four Flowers Divine Gate.
The more flowers a divine gate has, the higher the quality of the energy imprint it contains.
However, there are pros and cons. The more flowers a divine gate has, the more stable it is, but also the more difficult it is to blast open.
If the Divine Gate cannot be blasted open, no matter how high the quality of the Force mark behind the gate is, it will be in vain for the cultivator.
Every cultivator has only one chance to manifest the divine gate in his lifetime.
If in this sole opportunity, you fail to blast open the Divine Gate and refine the imprint of the Force within, then your journey of cultivation in this life will have come to an end, and it will be difficult for you to make any further progress.
Once a cultivator reaches the Three Flowers Realm, he can begin to try to manifest the divine gate and advance to the Divine Transformation Realm.
Of course, for Lu Qingshan, his goal must be the highest Nine Flowers Divine Gate.
So, the Three Flower Realm, this is just the beginning.
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[Tianxin Fangzhang]: Generates a ten-foot area around the Yuanshen. The area is dust-free and can resist the Yuanshen's attacks/charming methods.
Current area: Three feet
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In the sea of consciousness between Lu Qingshan's eyebrows, there was a sudden "ding" sound, and a melodious bell sounded.
The sound is grand and solemn, like the sound of Huangzhong and Dalu.
As the bell rang, an extremely bright golden light rushed up from his soul as he sat cross-legged, bathing his entire soul in this brilliant golden light.
These golden lights began to extend outward until they reached three meters, then they stabilized.
The golden light was dazzling, and the radiance kept flowing, forming an area from which a vast, solemn, majestic and mysterious aura emerged, like a pure land.
This is the three-meter area of Abbot Tianxin.
Within a three-meter area, one is immune to all evil, and it is the most advanced defensive magical power of the soul.
While strange things were happening outside Lu Qingshan's body, there were actually also numerous changes inside his body.
Of course, the biggest change is his experience value.
The originally huge amount of experience points, which amounted to tens of millions, had suddenly dropped to 6.86 million after he broke through three realms and opened three flowers.
However, there is nothing to regret.
Improving your cultivation is a necessity; it is just a matter of time.
All the strange phenomena began to converge, and the three swaying golden lotuses were all absorbed into Lu Qingshan's body.
The vast spiritual sea disappeared and everything returned to peace.
Lu Qingshan's figure did not stop for a moment, and at this time he was gradually moving away and disappearing in the sea of clouds.
It's as if nothing happened.
Hiding one's identity and name.
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"I have told Zhishoulou almost everything I know about the underworld. Compared with the previous life, the situation this time is much better." Lu Qingshan thought to himself.
The Southern Underworld was on the verge of collapse due to his foresighted operations, and is still in a state of chaos.
In the other five regions, the Western Region lost its composure due to some paranoid suspicion and exposed many flaws. Zhishou Tower was also trying to expand its victory.
Although the other four domains were much more cautious, the information they provided was still of certain value.
After all, for Zhishoulou, most of the time they just don't know where to start. If they are given a clue, they have the ability to follow the clue all the way.
"Central Spiritual Realm..." However, as Lu Qingshan murmured the name of this realm, he felt worried.
He knew more or less some information about the other six realms, with the exception of the Central Spiritual Realm.
Because in the previous life, when the Demonic Shadow version of the Underworld was in progress, the other six underworlds except the Central Spiritual Realm began to stir up trouble.
Only the Central Spiritual Realm is peaceful, like a holy land.
At that time, the players of Zhonglingyu kept complaining on the forum, saying that they, the players of Zhonglingyu, were raised by a stepmother - everyone was busy completing tasks, with constant good news, a sense of accomplishment and rewards, but they were the only ones staying out of it, as if they were not playing the same game as everyone else.
Just when the dissatisfaction of the players in Zhonglingyu was about to explode, a big shot came out and posted a message analyzing the situation.
That post was so catchy that Lu Qingshan still remembers it vividly—"Zhonglingyu players, stop shouting!"
The point of view expressed in the post is also very simple: the underworld is spread throughout the human race, it cannot be that only the spiritual realm does not exist.
The demons have no reason to abandon the Central Spirit Realm.
That only means that the underworld in the Central Spiritual Realm is still lurking.
The one who lurks until the end is often the final boss.
In addition, the turmoil caused by the other six underworlds in this version is somewhat inexplicable, with no obvious reason, and it seems more like they are deliberately delivering food to the human race.
After all, in terms of direct strength, how can the underworld be a match for the human race?
If we analyze it rationally, it is very likely that they just want to attract the attention of most of the human cultivators in the open, so that the Central Spiritual Realm Underworld can secretly prepare their shocking conspiracy under their cover.
According to this speculation, all the unreasonable things are explained.
Therefore, the underworld in the Central Spiritual Realm is the main dish.
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This view was recognized by most players at the time, including Lu Qingshan.
The last straw that broke the camel's back was that although the official Jiutian Game did not directly respond to the dissatisfaction of the Zhonglingyu players, it secretly liked this post.
This move almost confirmed the speculation.
Unfortunately, the fangs of the Central Spiritual Realm Underworld had never been revealed before Lu Qingshan was reborn.
Therefore, he had no idea what conspiracy the Central Spiritual Realm Underworld was preparing.
But no matter what, the fierce battle between the underworld and Zhishou Tower in the previous life was initiated by the underworld at a suitable time.
The human race is responding passively, and even if they achieve complete victory, it will only satisfy the wishes of the underworld.
This time, he detonated the bomb nearly a hundred years in advance by leaking information to Zhishoulou.
The difference between active and passive is obvious.
"I have done everything I can. The most important thing next is to improve my cultivation."
"There are not many experience points and spirit crystals left. There is not much point in playing hide-and-seek with the underworld here. Next, we should go to 'Seven Mountains and One River'."
Lu Qingshan's heart moved and he had already decided on his next destination.
This was what he had planned in advance.
After provoking the underworld's hatred towards him, he could simply leave the human territory and let the underworld slowly find him. It would be a waste of energy, wouldn't it?
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As for what is meant by “seven mountains and one river”?
The river is easy to understand. It is the Tianhe River, which is the border between the human world's sky and the demon world's abyss.
This is the most important line of defense for the human race and also the lifeline of the human race.
Once the demons break through the Tianhe River, they will be able to invade the human territory on a large scale and slaughter humans at will.
Therefore, after defeating the demons, Xia Daozu built a Tianhe City in Tianhe.
For the next 20,000 years, Tianhe Sword Immortal Chu Mushen guarded this city and protected the human race for 20,000 years.
As for the Seven Mountains, they are actually of the same nature as the space rift that connects the Yellow Springs World and the sky in the Zangling Forbidden Area.
The difference is that the crack in the Burial Ridge was caused by the collision of adjacent world walls during their expansion and creeping. It was formed naturally, and the crack itself is not large.
However, these seven mountains are man-made space cracks, so large that they are unimaginable that it is not an exaggeration to call them space channels.
This is a historical issue.
When the human race was completely defeated, the demons had already begun to divide up the human territory, resulting in the seven holy demon tribes each occupying one part of the human territory.
In order to make it easier for them to occupy and rule the human race's territory, each of the seven holy demon clans spent a huge price to open up a space rift in the seven domains of the human race, connecting the territories of the seven holy demon clans with the seven domains of the human race, making it easier for them to send personnel.
These seven space channels happen to appear near giant mountains, so they are called Seven Mountains.
Similarly, after Xia Daozu pulled the Tianqing in his hands, he built seven passes near these seven space channels, facing the seven holy demon clans across the passes to prevent them from reaching the heartland of the human race through these channels.
Each strategic pass is headed by the Dao Sect of each domain, which unites all the top sects in each domain to defend it together.
The eastern region is the Tianshan Mountains and Yumen Pass.
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For players, most of the experience in the later stages has always come from the Seven Mountains and One River.
Apart from the huge amount of experience points that can be gained from killing the demons, there are also various bounty experience point rewards and so-called merits. Merits can be exchanged for various rare spiritual materials, elixirs, and magical instruments.
From the players' point of view, this is actually a treasure land.
If Lu Qingshan wants to go to Tianshan, going through the Sword Sect’s channels is undoubtedly the fastest and most convenient way.
After all, Yumen Pass is headed by the Sword Sect.
Therefore, he had to go back to the Sword Sect first.
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Inverted Mountains, Sword Sect.
Lu Qingshan stepped into the Zongheng Hall on Huaying Peak.
"Uncle Master." He bowed respectfully to Uncle Master Xixiang in the main hall.
Xi Xiang turned around and looked at the disciple who had been away from the sect for only a few days and was dancing with the wind and cloud again. He immediately guessed Lu Qingshan's intention and asked, "Are you going to Tianshan?"
"Yes." Lu Qingshan replied.
"Sword cultivators must have been honed in life-and-death battles," Xi Xiang frowned, "but you have to understand that the commotion you have caused this time is not small. The underworld sees you as a thorn in their side and wishes to tear you into pieces..."
"Also, you may not know that your master, Jianlai Peak Master, is famous in Yumen Pass, with great military exploits, and even has demon lords eyeing her covetously. In addition, Jianlai Peak Master is praised by both humans and demons as a rare genius that is rare in a thousand years. It is very likely that she will become the first sword fairy of the human race in the Tianyuan Year, and she is the focus of Yumen Pass. As the first disciple of Jianlai Peak Master, once you arrive at Yumen Pass, the probability of being implicated is very high... Jianlai Peak Master is difficult to kill, but you are not difficult to kill, and on the battlefield, potential has always been the most useless thing... The enemy will not care about your future achievements. If they can kill you, they will kill you. Live or die," Xi Xiang said word by word, "In that kind of place, no one will go out of their way to protect you, after all, it is a battlefield."
"I understand," Lu Qingshan responded calmly, "When I was still in the fourth realm, I was ambushed by the cultivators of the sixth realm of the underworld. Now the hatred between me and the underworld is even deeper. When we reach Yumen Pass, the demons will no longer need to be as cautious as we humans. By then, if they find my trace, the number of people they will send out will be unimaginable."
Therefore, he was already prepared to carefully hide his tracks after arriving at Yumen Pass.
The "Tianxuan Secret" given to him by the master of Shuiyue Temple is his greatest reliance.
However, there is nothing 100% certain in the world. Even if there is the "Tianxuan Secret", it cannot be said that he will definitely not be discovered.
But because of the possible ambush, will he never enter Yumen Pass in his life?
Obviously that's not possible.
In fact, even if he didn't have the "Tianxuan Secret" of the Master of Shuiyue Temple, he could still pass through Yumen Pass.
Xi Xiang looked at the most outstanding disciple of the younger generation of the Sword Sect in front of him, his eyes as calm as a pool of water, and said slowly: "Since you know what's going on, I won't say much. It is natural for the disciples of the Sword Sect to enter Yumen Pass to slay demons, and there is no way I would stop you."
"Soldier Demon, Heart Demon, Void, Thunder Beast, Giant Spirit, Shura, Nightmare, these are the seven holy demon tribes corresponding to the seven mountains. The seven holy demon tribes have different magical powers."
After a pause, Xi Xiang began to introduce the situation of the Seven Mountains to Lu Qingshan in a cold voice, "The Central Spirit Realm is fighting against the Heart Demon Clan.
The inner demon's methods are the most bizarre. It can attack the soul and possesses all kinds of bewitching powers. However, the beast cultivators use the beast sea tactics and are not too afraid of the inner demon's bewitching power. It just happens to have a restraining effect on the inner demon.
The Western Region is facing off against the Thunder Beast Clan, which controls fire and lightning and has infinite power.
However, the most commonly used methods for physical training in the Western Regions to temper the body are thunder and fire, so they have extremely high resistance to fire and thunder, and also have an advantage in the system...
The same is true for other areas.
As for our Eastern Region, the demon clan we are fighting against is the Soldier Demon clan.
The Soldier Demon Clan is good at devouring the magical weapons of monks.
It just so happens that not only are the flying swords of our sword cultivators extremely powerful, but sword cultivators also cultivate their own natal swords, which have an intimate connection with us. How could these military demons easily swallow them?
Therefore, we sword cultivators can be considered to be extremely powerful against the soldier demons."
“But you have to understand that the so-called restraint only applies when the difference in strength is not too big. Once the difference in strength exceeds the limit, all restraint becomes nonsense, and the Soldier Demon can easily swallow your natal sword. Sword cultivator, if your natal sword is swallowed, you should also understand the consequences, which is not much different from death…” Xi Xiang said solemnly.
Lu Qingshan nodded in agreement.
The natal sword, under the cultivation of the sword cultivator day and night, has long become a part of the sword cultivator's life.
Once a sword cultivator's natal sword is destroyed, it is equivalent to losing half of his life. At the very least, he will be seriously injured, and at the worst, his cultivation path will be interrupted.
"So, if you accidentally encounter a soldier demon whose strength far exceeds yours, don't hesitate, run away," Xi Xiang said seriously, "Run away without looking back, and be sure to protect your natal sword. Even if you are seriously injured, there is still hope of recovery. If your natal sword is swallowed, then everything will be gone."
"I'll keep in mind my uncle's teachings." Lu Qingshan responded with a bow.
"This is a token. After you arrive at Yumen Pass, you can stamp your identity on it. It will be the symbol of your identity there." After explaining what needed to be said, Xi Xiang said no more nonsense and took out a golden token.
On the front of the token, there is a carving of a mountain, and in the middle of the mountain one can vaguely see a majestic pass standing.
On the back of the token is a long sword pattern with two small words in the lower right corner.
"Sword Sect!"
Lu Qingshan hurriedly took the token and was about to say goodbye and leave when Xi Xiang called him back.
"Oh, there's one more thing I forgot to tell you," Xi Xiang looked at Lu Qingshan and said, "Some time ago, news came from Huanling Sect. I hope you can go to Huanling Sect if possible. They have something they want to discuss with you..."
