Spreading the Dao
Upon their first meeting, after exchanging greetings, Zhou Qing and Zhou Ya immediately invited Zhou Tong and Yan Ruyu into their thatched hut, displaying considerable courtesy.
Although they are brothers and sisters, they have never met since childhood, so there is no deep affection between them. But that's how people are; once they open up a bit, the missing feelings will naturally be made up for.
"After my father and mother died, in accordance with their last wishes, we cremated them and scattered their ashes into the sea," Zhou Qing sighed. "In the words of us cultivators, it can be considered as returning to the world."
When the topic of their parents came up, everyone fell silent.
Birth, aging, sickness, and death are topics that have existed since ancient times. Unless one becomes an immortal, one cannot avoid them. Even if the cultivation world has a method to seal Divine Source, even Divine Source cannot withstand the passage of time and will eventually be unsealed.
After a long silence, Zhou Tong broke it first, saying, "The dead are gone, the living remain!"
"You two have cultivated the ' True Sun Scripture ' and have now reached the Great Accomplishment King realm. Let's try it out together and see how powerful you are."
As he spoke, he got up, walked out of the thatched hut, and came to an open space not far away.
"I also want to try it out and see what kind of combat power a Saint has!" Zhou Qing was a little excited, showing an eager expression. He didn't know that Zhou Tong had become Quasi-Emperor and thought he was just a Saint.
His only real opponent on Earth is his sister. He has never fought anyone else and has never witnessed any methods outside of the "True Sun Scripture".
"Sun Emperor Fist!!" Zhou Qing's whole body glowed, and an extremely powerful and yang aura condensed on his body. He raised his fist and punched, his aura swallowing the eight directions and sweeping across the six realms, exuding an aura that could traverse heaven and earth.
However, in the next instant, Zhou Qing was completely shocked. The Sun Emperor Fist, on which he had placed great hopes, had been broken. Zhou Tong had only touched his fist with one finger, and he felt completely paralyzed. No matter how he tried to activate the secret technique, it was of no use.
"I have a general idea of the situation. I'd say it's roughly equivalent to the combat strength of someone at the sixth level of the Forbidden Realm!" Zhou Tong shook his head.
He didn't have any special physique; aside from the beginning, he had no one to teach him; and there was even less communication during his subsequent cultivation. Relying solely on the "True Sun Scripture" to cultivate to the sixth level of combat strength is already quite impressive.
"However, the combat power of the Six Forbidden Realms, if you become a Saint, will be relatively weak in the starry sky." Zhou Tong said, then looked at Zhou Ya beside him, "You cultivate the ' True Sun Scripture ' to the Great Accomplishment King Realm; but there's no need to rush to become a Saint. Next, you will re-cultivate the ' Taiyin True Scripture '!"
Zhou Tong took out the text of the "Taiyin True Scripture" directly. The pages of the book were made of Feathered Green Gold and emitted a brilliant immortal light as soon as they were taken out.
"Zhou Tong, you... something bad is going to happen to the Taiyin Taiyang Fellowship!" Yan Ruyu advised from the side.
"It's very dangerous, but cultivating these two ancient scriptures together will definitely build the strongest foundation. I have also cultivated the Taiyin Human Emperor and Sun Emperor scriptures together. I will pass on a method to balance Yin and Yang to you." With a wave of his hand, Zhou Tong sent countless runes flying, and the auras of extreme Yin and extreme Yang fused together in Zhou Tong's palm.
Although it is not the complete Kunpeng Treasure Art and a method for simultaneously operating the power of Yin and Yang.
With this method, balancing Yin and Yang is no longer a major problem.
Upon seeing this method, Zhou Qing and Zhou Ya were immediately stunned, and even Yan Ruyu, who was already at the Ninth Heaven of the Saint King, stared intently at the operation of the runes.
She's obsessed too!
The power of Yin and Yang is the most fundamental power and the most fundamental mystery in the world.
Yan Ruyu had long ago received the "True Sun Scripture" from Zhou Tong, and had spent decades studying it on the Sun Star of the Big Dipper, and had already understood the Great Dao of Supreme Yang in this ancient scripture.
Now, upon suddenly witnessing the Yin-Yang cycle that Zhou Tong had evolved, she almost subconsciously activated the "True Sun Scripture," and the circulation of the Sun Sacred Power underwent a slight change, with a trace of pure Yin evolving within the ultimate Yang.
"Om!"
Yan Ruyu sat down cross-legged, a Azure Lotus appearing in her palm, with a large sun swirling around Azure Lotus. As she circulated the scriptures, the extremely yang sun gradually softened, a wisp of pure yin emerging from its yang energy, and the sun began to transform into the bright moon.
"I never expected that this method of Yin-Yang balance and transformation would actually give Yan Ruyu the opportunity to advance to the Great Sage level!" Zhou Tong was somewhat speechless. "However, the Great Sage level is not easy. She has only recently broken through to the Ninth Heaven of the Saint King. Even if she has found the opportunity, it will still take several years, or even decades."
The Great Sage's challenge was extraordinary. Even Ye Fan, who cultivated at an incredibly fast pace in the original story, still spent twenty years traversing the Human Ancient Road after reaching the Ninth Heaven of the Forbidden Saint King. He then spent another twenty years conquering other ancient paths, and then did a series of things in the Big Dipper before finally breaking through in the Ziwei Ancient Star realm.
"I wonder when she'll be able to emerge from seclusion..." Zhou Tong sighed softly.
In contrast, Zhou Qing and Zhou Ya were still trying to comprehend this method.
Zhou Tong didn't think much of it and simply decided to stay there temporarily.
Several days later, Zhou Qing and Zhou Ya had almost fully comprehended this method. Zhou Tong then explained some of the key points to them, making their understanding of the method even clearer.
While instructing the two on their cultivation, Zhou Tong also asked them what kind of artifacts they had crafted.
After the two of them took out their tools, Zhou Tong was speechless for a moment.
Both of them were introduced to the path of cultivation by Ye Fan, and even their foundations were built with Ye Fan's help. Naturally, they were greatly influenced by Ye Fan, and both of them refined heavy weapons.
Zhou Qing, in particular, was greatly influenced by Ye Fan. His vessel was clearly a Three-legged Round Cauldron, almost identical to Ye Fan's. Zhou Ya's vessel, though not a cauldron, was still a significant artifact— Nine-layer Treasure Pagoda.
"The three siblings have all three of the most famous artifacts: the Bell Tower and the Cauldron Tower!" Zhou Tong thought to himself.
"Since you've made your decision, then refine them properly... Your artifacts are currently only composed of Dao Pattern, without any materials incorporated, which is good, it saves a lot of trouble. I'll give each of you half a cubic meter of Immortal Material!" Zhou Tong waved his hand, and two piles of Chaos Earth appeared in front of them.
In terms of the quantity of Immortal Material, Zhou Tong actually possessed the most Chaos Earth.
This stuff was piled up into a mountain in that Chaos Immortal Land back then, and it's conservatively estimated that he had a million cubic meters of Chaos Earth in his hands.
However, this thing was not suitable for casting the main body of the bell, so Zhou Tong incorporated it into the Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings.
The appropriate vessel is different for each type of Immortal Material.
Bells, as well as weapons like swords, spears, and halberds, are best suited to be made of metals like Immortal Metal; Immortal Material like Chaos Earth are ideal for forging pagodas and seals; Immortal Material like Profound Yellow Mother Qi are suitable for forging cauldrons and seals; and there are other Immortal Material that also have their uses...
"You two should focus on cultivating the Taiyin True Scripture here. There might be some unexpected events later, so I'll give you these items for self-defense!" Zhou Tong instructed the two, then took out two items and handed them to them respectively.
One of the items was a golden inner armor, another was a bow that also shone with gold, a golden Array Diagram, and a peerless divine sword.
These are all Quasi-Emperor Artifact that Zhou Tong forged using the bodies of the Tengshe Quasi-Emperor and the Sacred Spirit Stone Tiger, along with the Tengshe- Quasi-Emperor's Quasi-Emperor Array Diagram. He has now handed them all over to his younger siblings for self-defense.
Zhou Qing immediately took a liking to the divine blade forged by the Sacred Spirit Stone Tiger. After receiving it, he couldn't wait to pick it up and play with it, his face full of joy. Afterwards, he also took the Array Diagram of the Tengshe Quasi-Emperor.
Zhou Ya then donned the Tengshe Inner Armor and picked up the Tengshe Bow. Her entire body shimmered with golden light, flowing with a dreamlike, brilliant glow.
"You have a bow but no arrow? Let me give you another arrow!" Zhou Tong pondered for a while, and finally took out a Tengshe Sword. This was the sword that was originally matched with the Array Diagram. There were originally two swords, but unfortunately, one of them was destroyed by Zhou Tong.
He casually used Quasi-Emperor level Dao Fire to temper the Tengshe Sword, quickly reforging it into a Tengshe Arrow, which he then handed to his younger sister.
Then, Zhou Tong stood up and looked at the core of Kunlun Mountain — the Ancient Dragon Mountain!