True Immortality Is Not Enjoyment, but Responsibility

After the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams were formed, Zhou Qing adjusted the positions of other Immortal Herb and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well according to the air flow in the surrounding valley and the growth energy of the twelve two-hour periods of the day, corresponding to spring, summer, Twelve Yuan Chen earthly branches, the Twenty-Four Solar Terms, and thus the Seventy-Two Pentads were derived.

Thus, the Two Modes and Yang, the Four Symbols, the Twelve Yuan Chen Eight Trigrams, the Twelve Earthly Twenty-Four Solar Terms, and the Seventy-Two Pentads are all complete.

In particular, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot, due to the change in their growing locations, had to take the initiative to cultivate, drawing on the ice and fire Primordial Energy of the opposite side, causing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to also start operating.

Originally, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was divided in half, one half white and blue, the other half crimson, just like a watermelon cut in half, clearly distinct.

Now, thanks to the efforts of the two Immortal Herbs, the pool has begun to circulate, causing the white and blue and the crimson to no longer be connected in a straight line, but instead to present an extremely exaggerated curve.

However, this Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well is about a thousand feet deep. With the power of the two Immortal Herbs, they can only rotate the surface layer of water and fire at present, and cannot directly rotate the water at the bottom of the pool.

Even so, the rotation of ice and fire energies affected the Aura Field of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, causing the other Immortal Herb to involuntarily wake up.

Because they discovered that the spiritual energy in this place was becoming increasingly abundant.

Originally, one day of growth here was equivalent to ten days of growth outside, but now there is an increasing trend, achieving the effect of twenty days in one day.

And this effect is constantly increasing!

"Hey! What are you doing? This won't do! We don't want to increase our cultivation level so quickly!"

If there were no Heavenly Tribulation, they would be very grateful to Zhou Qing and the others, but for them who grew up on the Douluo Continent, having too high a cultivation level is not a good thing. The Heavenly Tribulation is meant to Destruction them, and it is not a test at all!

Their purpose in cultivating is simply to obtain immortality, but if their cultivation level is too high, they will be directly locked and destroyed by Heavenly Tribulation, thus dying prematurely.

Under such circumstances, why would they want to improve rapidly?

"This is the first time I've ever heard of Soul Beast that doesn't want its cultivation to advance too quickly."

Although Dugu Bo did not understand the connection between the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams and the four seasons, he knew that Zhou Qing's arrangement was similar to his cultivation method and could assist these Immortal Herbs in their growth and cultivation to the greatest extent.

"What do you know? The rules of this Douluo Continent are extremely unfriendly to Soul Beast. Every time Soul Beast reaches the level of Hundred-Thousand-Year, it has to undergo Heavenly Tribulation, which is a test with no chance of survival. Even if it is lucky enough to survive, it will take at least a thousand years and at most ten thousand years to recover!"

Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum was shaken. "Do you think we don't want to improve our cultivation quickly? It's because if we improve too quickly, we'll be killed by the Heavenly Tribulation!"

"Etc!"

Just then, the Aromatic Silk Beauty, drawing upon the Heaven and Earth Origin Energy, conjured the appearance of a mature woman. Sensing the changes in the airflow of the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, she suddenly asked Zhou Qing, "What did you do? Although the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well exists in the Douluo Continent and nourishes the Sunset Forest outside, it is actually fundamentally separated from the rest of the world!"

After all, the Water Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King were God King Level powerhouses. Even if they had fallen, they were not something that the Douluo Continent could completely absorb!

But now, I feel that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well has formed a deeper connection with the entire Douluo Continent... Our bodies have become the key to this connection. Originally, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and Fire could exist for Hundred-Thousand-Year, but because of what you did, the energy of the two great dragon kings of ice and fire will spread to the entire Douluo Continent at an extremely fast speed, and eventually completely merge into the plane of the Douluo Continent.

You are helping the Plane Consciousness of the Douluo Continent to grow!

Looks like I made the right bet!

Zhou Qing secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I don't understand anything about Plane Consciousness. I only know that I am using my own senses to perceive the changes in the air currents between heaven and earth, so as to help you change to a more suitable location for your growth. I also want to take this opportunity to see if there is anything I can learn from my and my companions' cultivation."

After a moment of silence, the Aromatic Silk Beauty emitted a burst of golden pollen that circled the crowd before the woman's face, which had materialized from it, crumbled.

After a while, she gathered the Heaven and Earth Origin Energy again, and looked at Zhou Qing with respectful eyes. "From now on, everything in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well belongs to you, Master."

The other Immortal Herb were shocked by the submission of the King of Immortal Herbs, but after calming down and actively cultivating, they discovered that their auras could be connected, and that they could even sense the existence of the Planar Will of the Douluo Continent in the dark. They were immediately filled with awe.

Even the Plane Consciousness cannot erase the Heavenly Tribulation, but under this peculiar Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams formation, they can merge with heaven and earth, thus temporarily integrating into the world.

What does that mean?

As long as we wait for the Heavenly Tribulation to arrive, we can use this formation to integrate our own aura into the world, making the Heavenly Tribulation nowhere to be found.

After all, no matter how powerful Heavenly Tribulation is, it can't directly target the entire Planet!

In other words!

They indeed cannot overcome the Heavenly Tribulation, but they can use this formation to integrate their own aura into the world and thus escape it.

Now they can freely increase their cultivation level.

Once their cultivation reaches millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of years, what does Heavenly Tribulation matter? With the help of the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams, they can break through it with force.

They even suspected that if their cultivation reached a million years, they might be able to use this Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation to forcibly resist the rules of the Heavenly Tribulation.

However, the only problem is—

For this formation to function, in addition to the Immortal Herb, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot, need to maintain a constant state of cultivation and cannot rest for even a moment.

"Little Fire, don't be short-tempered. This is all for our future."

"Little Ice, you should try to persuade Little Fire. This guy has a really bad temper."

"You two need to work harder!"

"Only through hard work can one achieve immortality!"

"·····"

The other Immortal Herb, Immortal Herb, and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures all spontaneously awakened their sentience and began to persuade the Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, instinctively employing "moral blackmail" to urge them to "sacrifice their individual selves for the greater good," and then—

Everyone has a bright future!

The Infernal Delicate Apricot cabbage leaves emitted flames, and the aloe vera crystals of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass trembled, making them extremely angry.

So, it turns out that only those two can't rest for a moment?

However, according to this Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams formation, as long as they continue to cultivate and as long as the Douluo Continent is not Destruction, they can be considered to live as long as heaven and earth and shine as brightly as the Sun Moon, thus achieving immortality.

But this is not what they imagined!

I thought that after achieving immortality, I could enjoy endless pleasures, but who would have thought that immortality would require relentless cultivation day and night? If I stopped, calamity would befall me—it's simply—

Absurd!

But in Zhou Qing's view, this is the correct answer—

The gods in the Divine Realm are just too bored, which is why they do so many bizarre things.

God represents duty.

Immortality represents responsibility.

If the purpose of a god's existence is merely for enjoyment, then why call oneself a "god"? At most, one is just a more powerful being who has gained corresponding authority.

Therefore, Zhou Qing absolutely does not acknowledge those Deity in the Divine Realm who do not care about the lives of those in the lower realms, or who want to "Reduction to Void," or who only care about themselves, as the gods he knows.

At least in his definition, failing to fulfill one's duties means one cannot be considered a god, but only a human, or some other powerful being.

The so-called Cosmic Law that bind and punish the Divine Realm are probably because the natural laws of the universe believe that these beings occupy positions of power but only seek pleasure, failing to contribute to the betterment of the universe. Therefore, they are punished to make them suffer and understand the responsibilities of the gods.

If you fail to fulfill the responsibilities that come with those authorities, the Cosmic Law will have their own judgment, either a minor punishment or a major warning.

Unfortunately, Great God Circle in the original series, whether it was the Great God King Tang or the other God King of the other Divine Realm, truly understood this point. They were still determined to turn the other planes into small Divine Realm and then ascend to God Star. They were determined to fight against the Cosmic Will, thereby breaking free from the control of the Cosmic Law and obtaining true immortality.

That's wishful thinking!

Whether a God King -God King is born of nature or cultivated later, all resources come from the universe. How could they possibly resist it?

In any case, according to Zhou Qing's logic, if the universe truly has a will, then all matter and energy within the universe are determined by the Cosmic Will. How could a mere God King, even a Supreme God King, possibly resist it?

It's just that the Cosmic Will is "merciful" and unwilling to dwell on things, meaning it won't directly annihilate them, but will instead use other methods of "preaching" and "punishment" to make them truly awaken.

True immortality is not about enjoyment, but about responsibility.