Did they really make such a big fuss as soon as they got back?
Tian Heng silently watched Chen Qing.
Chen Qing's return filled him with both joy and a sense of loss.
The West Sea Army is growing stronger and stronger, and it is poised to surpass the Battle God Army in Jiangnan. As the immigration of the West Sea Islands gradually becomes a reality, more and more people are coming to believe in him as the God of the West Sea, who controls the West Sea City, the West Sea Ocean, and the West Sea Kingdoms. Chen Qing has basically fulfilled all the promises he made to him.
But because of his fulfillment of his promise, he now holds the highest position and greatest power in the Jiangnan faction.
If Chen Qing doesn't return, I am undoubtedly the one who should be in charge, both in terms of background and ability!
He was actually very curious to know how Chen Qing would handle the situation upon his return, how the conflict between the Dragon Palace and the West Sea Army would be resolved, how the Battle God Army would be appeased, and how the newly promoted Battle God, Yuchi Feihong, would be reassigned.
The most crucial point is the Dragon Palace Academy; how should its resources be allocated now?
He did nothing, yet upon arrival he immediately wanted to mobilize his entire force to mobilize the north?
What is he thinking?
"Does Your Majesty have any knowledge of the forces within the North?" It was Shen San who asked the question. Normally, no one would ask such a question, but Chen Qing was different. From the moment he met Chen Qing, it seemed that there was nothing he didn't know.
"I know some."
Just as I expected!
Everyone inexplicably guessed that the other party would respond that way.
"Behind those giant serpents in the north lies the Heavenly Python Palace. Since its inception, the Heavenly Python Palace has had three forces that check and balance each other: White Plain, Azure Marsh, and Black Witchcraft. These three forces originally represented the three ultimate forms of serpent demons within the Heavenly Python Palace, but later they formed three separate factions. When external enemies invade, the three factions unite to fight them, but internally they are wary of each other."
"What are the differences between these three forces?" Shen Qi asked curiously, as he was most interested in the study of ancient forces.
"The difference lies in the species. When a snake demon evolves to its limit and enters the Transcendent, it becomes like a giant Earth Mother, with an enormous but extremely bloated body and no supernatural powers. It is simply a giant python. But there is no way to go any further. If the body continues to grow, the internal organs may not be able to keep up with the strength of the body, and the snake demon will eventually starve to death. Therefore, most Earth Mother are in a dormant state most of the time."
"Over countless eons, some Earth Mother discovered a way to continue, forming three different schools that ascended to the heavens, thus creating the Heavenly Python Palace we see today."
"Of the three schools, the one you see most often in the Dragon Palace's historical documents is the Black Witchcraft school. Its Genesis actually comes from the human race. Countless years ago, giant serpents were worshipped by people. When humans performed human sacrifices, the blood was prone to spoilage during transportation. Therefore, Black Witchcraft created a method of blood sacrifice, using a certain technique to coagulate the blood into crystals for offering. This was the earliest Blood Spell."
"In this unintentional process, some clever Earth Mother found a way to break through their limitations. Ultimately, these giant pythons refined themselves with blood, solidifying and shrinking their enormous bodies, infinitely compressing their blood and qi, and then simply and brutally using the snakes' ability to expand their bodies to continue evolving. As they continued to compress, even their blood would condense into countless crystals. The entire body no longer needed the five internal organs to digest it; instead, it directly used Blood Spell to nourish every corner of its body with powerful essence and blood."
"This strange method can only be used by snakes whose bodies can expand infinitely. When strengthened to the extreme, they have unprecedented control over their bodies, and can fly in the sky using only their muscles. This is the origin of the title 'Flying Giant Python.' Having broken through the limitations of the physical body, the Flying Giant Python can even hunt in outer space when it becomes powerful enough. It will then grow larger and stronger, with its muscles and bones fully extended. A powerful Flying Giant Python can even circle the entire Central Plains."
"Hiss"
People in the hall couldn't help but gasp. Most of them had gotten used to the enormous size of the Northern Serpent these days, but the sheer size of this serpent, which could encircle the Central Plains, was still too exaggerated.
Chen Qing saw this but didn't say much. In fact, the truly powerful Flying Giant Python were even more exaggerated, especially those that could hunt and survive in outer space. Many of them could circle the earth several times, and some could even devour planets. Such behemoths already had a certain status in the third version.
"Such a huge thing, it confronted the Dragon Palace for so long, yet it didn't destroy this world?" Shen Qi couldn't help but ask.
"Because they have reached the limit of control over their physical bodies, these enormous creatures can compress their bodies. Of course, even the most powerful giant pythons, even with extreme compression, cannot come here. So, those that can come here are not actually considered top-tier."
Everyone was stunned. In the Dragon Palace records, the dragons were always slaying members of the Heavenly Python Royal Family, but it turns out they were only beating up the younger generation?
The truly powerful ones can't descend; those that can are all compressed versions of their physical forms. So, it turns out the Heavenly Dragon Palace's history is just self-aggrandizement?
" Black Witchcraft is the main school, but their methods prevent the most powerful beings from coming here, which is why two other schools gradually emerged later."
"Why do they have to come here?" Shen Qi wondered, "According to your Lord, this kind of celestial python is powerful enough to forage outside the sky. I don't know what is outside the sky, but there should be blood food that can satisfy them, right? Then why do they come to the human world? With the size of the body you mentioned, Lord, even if you kill all the creatures and send them there, it won't be enough for them to eat for a few days, right?"
Faced with this question, Chen Qing couldn't answer immediately, and could only say, "They have their reasons for having to come back. Let me talk about the other two factions first."
This obvious change of topic caused a strange look to appear in the eyes of the clever Shen Family. Chen Qing naturally saw everyone's emotions and sighed inwardly. He liked Shen Qi very much, but he was just too smart. He was afraid that the truth about the Reincarnator would not be hidden from them for long.
What will happen when that time comes?
Will I suffer the same fate as the King of Qin of Qin?
For a moment, Chen Qing was somewhat confused.
" Wang Shiyu, who wants to cooperate with us, is backed by the White Plain School White Plain School. Unlike the Black Witchcraft who endlessly expand their physical bodies, the Bai Su School abandons their original snake form and focuses on cultivating their spiritual body. Their methods are also unique, based on using the powerful blood and energy of the snake body to nourish the soul until Yang God is cultivated!"
" Yang God?" The Shen Family ' hearts skipped a beat.
"They are spirits that are not afraid of sunlight!" Chen Qing said quietly, looking at the Shen Family Human Dao.
At this moment, everyone in the Shen Family felt their mouths go dry, because what Chen Qing said was a dream state that all sorcerers had been pursuing for countless years.
Spirits are not afraid of sunlight, nor are they pulled back by the Yin-Yang Road; aren't they immortals?
Are you thinking, isn't this the legendary ascension to immortality?
"From what you've said, it seems that's the gist of it," Shen Qi said, looking at Chen Qing.
"It's not as wonderful as you think," Chen Qing shook his head. " The White Plain School's method has conditions. Once a spirit dies, it becomes a ghost, no matter how powerful it is. Therefore, the White Plain School doesn't completely abandon the physical body; instead, they preserve it using various methods. From time to time, the spirit must return to the physical body and use its power to cleanse it again, trying to prevent the body from aging. Each cleansing increases the consumption of the spirit exponentially. If your spirit cannot keep growing, one day you will not be able to afford the cleansing of your physical body."
Therefore, neither extreme physical enhancement nor extreme spiritual enhancement is the path to immortality!
Eight more chapters still owed