The Great Heavenly Lord

A small military workshop outside Qiushan.

Gu Jinlai, Zhou Yi, and Zhang Lihuo stopped what they were doing.

Before them, the Cheng Ying mech looked as good as new, without any damage.

At least, that's how it appears on the surface.

"The parts that needed repair have been repaired; any further improvements can only be made through the Spiritual Union."

Zhang Li Fire Path.

Gu Jinlai nodded.

He has the deepest understanding of the technology contained in the Cheng Ying mech, so he can make detailed repairs to it, but the time required and the final benefits will be far less than those of Gong Ling.

Therefore, there's no need to waste time going down there.

"The Demonic Beasts of the Three Thousand Great Swamps have not yet noticed anything unusual. Or rather, even if they have noticed something unusual, the sudden loss of three Demonic Beasts Emperors and twelve Demonic Beasts Kings has already terrified the remaining Demonic Beasts Kings. They dare not gamble their lives on any possibility anymore. They are almost completely withdrawing from Nanmu Prefecture. So, we still have enough time."

Zhou Yi breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"With the demons of the Three Thousand Great Demonic Beasts retreating, Muzhou can be considered completely recovered."

As Zhang Lihuo spoke, he glanced at Gu Jinlai and said, "Next, all we have to do is wait to reclaim Yanzhou, and then we can completely bring the fifteen southern prefectures under the rule of Lingxiao Palace."

"Yanzhou..."

This name has been spoken of Gu Jinlai.

Like Muzhou, Yanzhou was divided into four provinces: east, south, west, and north, making a total of eight provinces.

Furthermore, the two large states share significant similarities.

The land is vast and sparsely populated.

The area is vast because these two places belonged to the Boundless Holy Land and Garuda Mountain respectively more than a hundred years ago, which were equivalent to the territories under the jurisdiction of two top powers.

The sparse population is due to the landslides, earthquakes, natural disasters, and man-made calamities brought about by the Great Qian Dynasty's conquest of the two regions.

In addition, in order to ensure its rule over the two regions, the Great Qian consciously absorbed the people of the two regions to migrate to the heartland of the dynasty. As a result, the two regions, in terms of area, are equivalent to five, six, or even seven or eight states of the Great Qian Dynasty, but their population is less than that of some central states.

"Although the four Yan states are chaotic and ruled by dozens of tribes, the leaders of those tribes are at most at the level of Spirit Transformation Grand Masters. Each state has only two or three Primordial Spirit True Lord, and the four states combined have only a dozen or so. Compared to the current strength of our Lingxiao Palace, they are not worth mentioning."

Zhang Lihuo laughed and said, "We were able to defeat the Demonic Beasts of Muzhou and the Three Thousand Great Swamps. I imagine that once our army arrives, all the tribes of Yanzhou will surrender without a fight."

"The four major wood states, the four major fire states, plus the Chi Province, white state, yellow state, Star Province state, blue state, river state, and the East Sea Li state, make up the fifteen states of Tiannan. At its peak, the population was 300 million. Even if the wood states suffered a disaster, if those hidden households are included, the population of Tiannan is estimated to still exceed 400 million."

I've done a little calculation on this number, Gu Jinlai.

Such a huge population...

It has a tremendous attraction for Demonic Beasts.

It should be noted that before the Cangshan Holy Land, located opposite the Three Thousand Great Swamps, was conquered, its total population under its jurisdiction was only two or three hundred million.

The Xuanji Sect, where Zhou Yi resides, has a terrestrial immortal in charge, and its jurisdiction has a population of no more than 600 million.

From this perspective, unless the Qian Heaven Realm truly has a being like the Beginningless True Person, who has obtained a divine weapon and recognized its master, and whose combat power is among the top of all true immortals on land, it is impossible for the Qian Heaven Realm, with a registered population of 900 million and an actual population of over 1 billion, to be defended by just a few saints.

Especially when several saints are hostile to each other and internal strife is constant.

Zhang Lihuo noticed the solemnity in Gu Jinlai's expression.

He couldn't help but ask, "Is there still no news about the cooperation with Emperor Qian?"

Gu Jinlai shook his head. "The Great Qian Dynasty is not ruled by Jiang Tianji alone. This cooperation involves more than two thousand materials for forging the Divine Body. It is impossible to forcibly send them through the Heaven and Earth Universe Diagram like we did with the two hundred pieces of Immortal Refined Gold a dozen days ago. The manpower and resources involved would be too great..."

Zhang Lihuo had considered seeking refuge with the royal family and was well aware of the situation.

Besides the forces loyal to Emperor Qian, Jiang Tianji, the Great Qian Dynasty also had formidable local powers and Aristocratic Clan.

Among the six regents left by the late emperors, apart from General Li Xingdou, the remaining Wang Yizhi, Zhang Hanhai, Long Yuantu, Qian Huashan, and Zhao Riyue all represented local forces.

Even if Emperor Qian completely trusted Gu Jinlai and was willing to hand over more than two thousand materials for forging the divine body to him, he would inevitably encounter obstruction from local forces and Aristocratic Clan.

"People just think too much."

Zhang Lihuo sighed.

Zhou Yi thought of the Xuanji Sect...

The Xuanji Sect back then was no different.

Not only the Xuanji Sect, but also the Twelve Domains are no exception.

Internal turmoil consumed a lot of energy.

If everyone could truly unite and work together towards a common goal, perhaps...

"Internal strife is inherent in human nature."

The Book of Changes says, "Even a thousand years ago, those creators who claimed to be the embodiment of wisdom and the eternal truth, didn't they also ruin their great situation because of internal strife?"

After the destruction of the Xuanji Sect, Yunling hoped to find a sacred land that represented humanity's hope, while Hongye was dedicated to returning to Qiantian.

At that time, the Book of Changes was actually more inclined to find the location of sacred lands. If it could find the legendary immortal kingdom that stood alongside the sacred realm, the mountain of gods, the sea god's palace, and the underworld, that would be the best outcome.

Pity...

A thousand years ago, the Immortal Kingdom fled to an unknown place to escape the oppression of the Creators.

Holy Land...

It was an ideal state formed by the losers of the twelve domains.

Even the Twelve Domains at their peak couldn't stop the Demonic Beasts army. How could the Holy Land, composed of top cultivators who retreated from the battlefields of the Twelve Domains, ensure that the flame of human civilization would not be extinguished?

Let's hope that when they finally arrive at the holy land, they don't discover that this place is actually a walled city built by Demonic Beasts who secretly control humans.

The purpose was to lure those resentful humans over and capture them all at once.

"Further discussion is pointless. Let's examine the Book of Balance and the Book of Nature instead."

This Gu Jinlai.

Although he felt that there might be some flaws in the way of the Creator, he had no intention of changing his approach.

He planned to give it a try and see if he could completely complete the flawed creation system.

Compared to others, he has the greatest advantage.

The clear light absorbed by the Green Lotus.

With this light, he could grasp the difficult knowledge points that would take ordinary people eight or ten years to understand in an instant.

Although there are minor limitations in fully understanding and putting it into practice, such as hand-eye coordination, but...

Once the theory is perfected, putting it into practice is only a matter of time.

In the time that followed, Gu Jinlai and Zhou Yi and Zhang Lihuo continued to exchange ideas and comprehend the two traditions of the Creator.

Specifically, it was the Book of Changes that guided the two from Heavenly Sovereigns to Creators in their cultivation.

Of course, those who have thoroughly mastered the Great Sun Ninefold Refinement Visualization Method Gu Jinlai, along with the knowledge supplemented by the Daoist Pure Light, possess an incredibly solid foundation in theory. Sometimes, their pronouncements can even provide insights into the Book of Changes.

Through this continuous exchange, the future path of the Celestial Masters sect has become increasingly clear Gu Jinlai.

After a cultivator Core Forming perfect inner essence, energy, and spirit, and their true body is without flaws, they can nourish their spirit, condense their divine thoughts, Qi Refining their Spirit Transformation, and cultivate Divine Sense.

That is, spiritual consciousness.

The transition from Celestial Master to Grand Celestial Master is essentially an accumulation of spiritual awareness, characterized by touching upon spirituality.

Spirituality is the foundation for cultivating True Spirit.

True Spirit is condensed, it is equivalent to entering the realm of the Heavenly Lord. From then on, the True Spirit continuously strengthened until it crystallizes and then comes into contact with the spirit world.

This process must be carried out gradually.

Otherwise, if an un-crystallized True Spirit rashly enters the spirit world, it will be overwhelmed by the omnipresent spirituality and information of the spirit world, lose its self, and ultimately become a part of the spirit world.

The Great Heavenly Lord refers to a state.

That is, the strength of the True Spirit and the accumulation of spiritual consciousness have reached their limit, even if the secret arts of the soul have reached the perfect state.

At this level, even facing a supreme being, one could escape unscathed.

Because their state is already perfect, even a powerful spirit lord would find it difficult to devour their spirituality.

There was no Great Heavenly Ruler stage more than 1,600 years ago. Generally, after coming into contact with the real spirit world, the Heavenly Rulers would try to prepare for becoming the Creator.

It was originally a True Immortal named Zifeng who was suppressed by the Forbidden Ruins Beast and doubted his life. Due to his mental imbalance, he abandoned his promising future of living in the world for a thousand years and turned to cultivate as a Celestial Master. When he reached the third step of the Celestial Lord, he developed the Great Celestial Lord stage based on his perfect understanding of the True Immortal Dao Fruit and the Primordial Chaos.

Although True Immortal Zifeng ultimately fell on the path to becoming a creator, through his reverse deduction of his understanding of the Heavenly Master Lineage and the cultivator lineage, he further perfected and unified the True Immortal Dao Fruit, and even deduced the hypothesis of Primordial Qi and the singularity of life, thus further perfecting the system of True Immortals residing in the world.

Since then, while possessing powerful resistance to soul secret techniques, the True Immortals of the Land and the True Immortals of the Dao have also managed to barely gain the ability to fight Demonic Spirit.

Using his own pure and flawless "Dao," which could not be digested by the Demonic Spirit, he forcefully overwhelmed the Demonic Spirit to death.

Although it was still useless against the powerful "digestion" beasts and spirit lords, it was no problem to bully the disaster-level Demonic Spirit and large Demonic Spirit.

This is also one of the reasons why the cultivators, during the most glorious era of the Celestial Master civilization, never completely disappeared and were able to establish a top-tier immortal kingdom.

The three Heavenly Kings continuously studied the Holy Scripture of Balance and the Book of Nature, trying their best to straighten out the path from Heavenly King to Great Heavenly King and then to Creator.

Three days before the Qiushan Pass was to open, Gu Junxiu suddenly found Gu Jinlai.

"Ancestor, the 'laser cannon' and 'repulsion shield' technologies you requested have been sent over."

"It's been sent?"

The researcher paused slightly, seemingly taken aback by the Gu Jinlai.

"It's been sent, but they seemed to have asked a few questions about whether there were any difficulties with the Xuanbird fighter's electromagnetic cannon. It seems they meant..."

"Do you need electromagnetic railgun technology?"

There have been some surprises Gu Jinlai.

This time, the person in charge was quite reserved.

Considering that he wanted to obtain detailed information about controlled nuclear fusion operations from Blue Star, he didn't think much of it and said, "I'll go."

He then went to the observatory outside the rift, took out the electromagnetic railgun-related technology he had prepared beforehand, and transmitted it there.

At the same time, they put forward their own requirements.

After doing all this, he asked Gu Junxiu to wait for a response while he continued to study the inheritance of the two creators with Zhou Yi and Zhang Lihuo.