The Barrier's Weaknesses! The Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Court Are Both Part of Cultivation
"This Nine Provinces Barrier..." Ao Changsheng pondered for a moment before speaking.
"The internal considerations are fairly comprehensive, but... the restraint on Innate Spirit Treasure is a bit weak. Tell me, what's going on? I don't believe you didn't take this into account."
As Ao Changsheng spoke, he looked at Fuxi.
"Master has discerning eyes." Fuxi shook his head with a wry smile and said, "This Innate Spirit Treasure naturally contains the Great Dao, although it is not impossible to suppress it."
"But even Low-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure is as difficult to suppress as a Quasi-Sage."
"And suppressing Supreme-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure is no different in difficulty from suppressing a Quasi- Quasi-Sage Great Perfection."
"Therefore, I simply did not include this Innate Spirit Treasure in the suppression range, but only limited Innate Spirit Treasure destructive power to prevent it from causing too much damage."
Is that so?
Ao Changsheng was slightly taken aback.
He really didn't know that.
Because he had been in seclusion for many years, Ao Changsheng had only used the Supreme-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure, the Ancestral Dragon Pearl, a few times in battle.
As for other Innate Spirit Treasure, he knew even less.
Even after refining the Innate Supreme Treasure, the Qiankun Cauldron, he hardly used it, only lending it out to Nüwa once.
Later, as his strength increased, Innate Spirit Treasure became of little use to him. Even if he obtained Innate Spirit Treasure, he was too lazy to refine it.
Like the top-grade Supreme-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure given to the Guiling before.
He simply put it away after obtaining it and never tried to refine it.
As for Low-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure, he had never even touched one, so naturally he didn't know much about them.
Looking at Ao Changsheng's expression, Fuxi asked with slight suspicion, "Teacher, I feel that your expression right now is a bit..."
Ao Changsheng's gaze silently fell on Fuxi, and he revealed a bright smile, "What is it?"
"It made me feel a bit of warmth from my master."
Without the slightest hesitation, Fuxi immediately flashed the same 'bright' smile.
Ao Changsheng: "..."
For some reason, Fuxi's tone and expression were fine, but he couldn't help wanting to put his hand on Fuxi's head.
With his powerful willpower, Ao Changsheng successfully controlled his hands, which had gained their own consciousness, and changed the subject.
"There should be more than that! The aura emanating from those few Innate Spirit Treasure within the Nine Provinces seems somewhat familiar to me!"
"That was the Innate Spirit Treasure you borrowed from me and refined using the Qiankun Cauldron, wasn't it?" Ao Changsheng said softly.
"Yes, disciple knew I couldn't hide it from Master." Fuxi nodded in response.
"The fact that the Innate Spirit Treasure wasn't completely suppressed is probably partly due to these few spiritual treasures!"
"Currently, the Human Race realm is suppressed by the Nine Provinces Barrier, preventing cultivators from exerting their full power and inevitably affecting their travel speed."
"So back then, I used my master's spiritual treasures to refine several spiritual treasures to facilitate the travel of my Human Race," Fuxi explained.
Ao Changsheng nodded.
He understands.
After all, this Nine Provinces is not the ancient Nine Provinces of his previous life, and the Primordial World is not the Earth of his previous life.
The current territory of the Human Race is so vast, and the area of Nine Provinces is so large that, using the distance units of the previous life, we would probably need to use 10,000 light-years as the basic distance unit to describe it.
This terrifying breadth.
Without cultivators, traveling would be a huge problem.
Without connectivity and the ability to exchange goods, the Human Race today, let alone grow stronger, will probably not last more than a few years.
It will then disintegrate and collapse.
"Besides the suppression from this Innate Spirit Treasure, the suppression of formations is also somewhat weaker, especially some formations with their own formation space."
Ao Changsheng pondered for a moment before continuing.
"Within the array space, its true power can be unleashed."
"This formation... this disciple truly has no way to suppress it." Fuxi shook his head.
"Array formations are inherently methods of drawing upon the power of heaven and earth, following the rules of their operation. Although they can suppress a cultivator's Law Power within the Nine Provinces Barrier."
"But it cannot suppress the power of heaven and earth."
"If the power of heaven and earth is suppressed, this land of Nine Provinces will not necessarily become a forbidden zone for cultivation, but cultivation will definitely become extremely difficult."
"That's severing the very foundation of Human Race!"
Ao Changsheng nodded.
I've mentioned this before.
The establishment of the Nine Provinces Barrier.
It was never intended to hinder the cultivation of the Human Race.
"And those formations that have their own built-in array space are almost all set up with Innate Spirit Treasure as their array cores."
Fuxi shook his head slightly and said, "To suppress this kind of formation, we must also suppress the Innate Spirit Treasure."
"In that case, there shouldn't be any major internal problems. At most, it's just that in the future, most Human Race cultivators will develop a reliance on external methods."
Ao Changsheng nodded and said.
"Methods that rely on external means." Fuxi was slightly taken aback, but quickly realized what he meant.
Isn't that right?
The cultivators' own Law Power and Great Dao were suppressed or obscured, making it difficult for them to exert their Divine Ability.
Then, naturally, one will begin to try to rely on external things.
"That is a problem." Fuxi frowned slightly.
"It's not a big problem." Ao Changsheng waved his hand casually. "Although cultivators should believe in their own strength, learning to use external tools is not a bad thing."
"Don't the Daluo Quasi-Sage in the Primordial World also yearn for Innate Spirit Treasure to strengthen themselves?"
"If you had an Innate Supreme Treasure in front of you now, your first reaction would definitely be to collect it and refine it, rather than treating it as an external object and discarding it."
As Ao Changsheng spoke, he glanced at Fuxi.
Upon hearing Ao Changsheng's words, Fuxi nodded in agreement, though he secretly noted it down.
"There's nothing seriously wrong with the inside of this Nine Provinces Barrier, it's just the outside..." Ao Changsheng shook his head and said.
"This is a serious problem."
"External problems?"
Fuxi frowned slightly. Reminded of this, he suddenly realized something.
His expression changed slightly.
"You've figured it out now, haven't you!" Ao Changsheng said with a light laugh.
"Let's set aside the minor issue of any cultivator being able to enter and exit."
"This Nine Provinces Barrier focuses too much on suppressing and controlling the interior, but its ability to protect the exterior is practically nonexistent."
"If a cultivator, instead of using Law Power or Daoist arts to move it, were to personally travel to the Primordial World starry sky, find some stars to change its direction, and cause it to fall towards the Nine Provinces."
"Do you think the cultivators inside the Nine Provinces Barrier can handle the situation of billions of meteorites falling simultaneously in time, given the suppression of the barrier?"
"This..."
Fuxi's expression changed slightly.
In this situation, even if it were an outsider, let alone a Daluo Quasi-Sage, even a Taiyi or a Golden Immortal could handle it.
However, if it were within the Nine Provinces Barrier, even Daluo Golden Immortal would probably lack the ability to resolve it.
"Of course, that possibility is very small," Ao Changsheng said.
"After all, your Fire Cloud Cave isn't located in the Nine Provinces. As soon as this happens, a powerful Human Race will step in to resolve it."
"But what if we use a different method, like water attack?"
"It's like the great flood that engulfed the Primordial World when Mount Buzhou collapsed."
"If a powerful being of the Great Dao of Water were to pour a large amount of Heavenly River Water into the edge of the Nine Provinces Barrier, artificially creating a great flood."
"Although the cultivators within the Nine Provinces Barrier can resolve this, the losses incurred will definitely be substantial!"
"I could easily come up with a whole bunch of methods like this. So, do you think the external problems of the Nine Provinces Barrier are big or small?"
Ao Changsheng looked at Fuxi and said softly.
"Thank you for your guidance, Master!" Fuxi immediately stood up, bowed, and paid his respects.
Originally, he only asked about the Nine Provinces Barrier with the intention of showing off to his master.
He never expected that he would actually hear about the flaws in the Nine Provinces Barrier from Ao Changsheng.
Of course, it shouldn't be called a flaw, but rather a loophole they hadn't considered.
Ao Changsheng nodded slightly.
He turned his head to look in the direction of the Human Race, a smile appearing on his lips.
Because of the charm he unintentionally exuded before.
This led to the disappearance of the legend of Chang'e.
This time, he wanted to see if the Human Race would experience another great flood, and if the myth of Dayu controlling the floods would reappear.
Heavenly Realm.
Heavenly Court.
"These Human Race are quite formidable! They've actually managed to set up such a barrier..."
The Queen Mother Yaochi gazed down at the conspicuous Nine Provinces Barrier on the Primordial World land below, and a look of admiration appeared on her face.
"That's right. I remember this barrier is called the Nine Provinces Barrier!" Heavenly Emperor Haotian pondered for a moment before speaking.
"Even Quasi-Sage would have their combat power greatly suppressed upon entering this barrier. If no major accidents occur, this territory will continue to belong to the Human Race."
"Heavenly Emperor, I still don't understand why you agreed to the Human Race's Human Race that all the mountain gods and land gods within their territory be appointed by Human Race."
"In that case, wouldn't my Heavenly Court lose the ability to supervise this Human Race territory?" the Queen Mother Yaochi asked softly.
"Even if we don't agree, what right do we have to supervise the Human Race now?" Heavenly Emperor Haotian retorted.
"This..."
The Queen Mother Yaochi was slightly taken aback.
"Sage!"
"As cultivators in the Primordial World who are closest to this level, if others may not know, how could you and I not know the power of Sage?"
"Heavenly Emperor Haotian who said softly."
The Queen Mother Yaochi was speechless.
Having received the throne of the Heavenly Emperor, how powerful would their combined forces be to unleash the divine might of the Heavenly Emperor?
They knew perfectly well, of course.
Even so.
The combat power they displayed was still at the very top level below the level of Sage.
Even among the Sage who had not severed their Three Corpses and thus had deficiencies were far from being a match for them.
Not to mention.
This Fuxi was a true saint who had severed his Three Corpses and Dao-Merging Sage.
Even if Fuxi was not Heavenly Dao Sage, even if the Great Dao was difficult to move in this era.
Even so, Fuxi was still Sage who stood at the pinnacle of the primordial Primordial World.
"Haotian."
Yaochi looked at Haotian with a hint of worry.
"Don't worry, I'm fine!" Haotian seemed to see Yaochi's worry, shook his head slightly and chuckled.
"He, Fuxi, is Sage, and he has powerful backers, but are we really alone?"
Haotian looked up at the sky, sensing the Heavenly Dao in the heavens, and felt an indescribable sense of peace in his heart. He then spoke.
"Besides, I understood this long ago when I ascended to the throne of the Heavenly Emperor."
"It will be very difficult for the Heavenly Court to truly gain control over the Primordial World, and it will take a very long time. I am not in a hurry."
Haotian was not lying.
Yaochi could see that.
Immediately, Yaochi breathed a sigh of relief and felt at ease.
She feared that Haotian, influenced by his position as the Heavenly Emperor, might feel powerless and indignant because of such a matter.
Now it seems...
Haotian was much stronger than she had imagined.
As if seeing Yaochi breathe a sigh of relief, Haotian said somewhat helplessly, "Am I really that unreliable to you?"
Yaochi smiled gently and said nothing.
This isn't about confidence or lack thereof.
As someone who, like Haotian, holds the position of Heavenly Emperor, this Heavenly Emperor has a significant impact on cultivators.
Apart from Haotian, probably no one in the entire Primordial World knows this better than her.
Moreover, unlike her, who focused on cultivation and self-improvement to resist the influence of the Heavenly Emperor's position, Haotian not only bore more influence from the Heavenly Emperor's position than she did.
Moreover, he truly assumes the duties of the Heavenly Court Heavenly Emperor, so the influence of the Heavenly Emperor's position is inevitably even stronger.
Don't worry!
Haotian shook his head slightly, a warm smile returning to his face, the same one he had when he served as Hongjun's attendant in the Purple Firmament Palace before becoming the Heavenly Emperor, and said softly.
"I have never forgotten that this Heavenly Court, whether it's about fulfilling duties or enjoying power and glory, is, for you and me, merely a place for cultivation."