Chaotic, phase-less, without vision and without any sound reaching his ears, it was as if Qingyu had returned to that dream, to the memories that remained in the Eye of Blood and Tears.
But he knew that this was not the Nuwa creation in that dream, but that he was practicing the tenth level of the “Hunting Heaven Treasure Guide” – the Xuan Universe.
The Xuan Universe is the general outline of the “Hunting Heaven Treasure Manual”, unifying the nine previous layers of Hunting Heaven’s True Power, so that the nine natural powers, such as White Cloud Smoke, Rose Cloud, Earth Kunlun, Blue Snow Ice, Purple Star River, Xuan Chaos, Indigo Sea, Golden Morning Sun and Blood Vault, are each in their place, forming the complete heaven and earth.
After practising the Xuan Universe, one’s body is like heaven and earth, and when one moves one’s mind, one has the power of the universe.
This is similar to the “Tai Shang Kai Tian Jing”, but its core is different. The “Tai Shang Kai Tian Jing” is about merging with heaven and earth, allowing the power of heaven and earth to be applied to one’s body.
But the Xuan Universe is like the universe, like heaven and earth, and the great power is returned to one’s own body.
The two are different at heart, but they are somewhat similar in outward manifestation.
What Qing Yu wanted to do now was to use the nine layers of the Hunting Heaven True Force to open up the inner world and forge the foundations of the Xuan Universe.
The so-called inner world is not really a space, but a metaphysical world. It is a metaphysical heaven and earth, a place where the true energy of the Heavenly Essence returns to all parts of the body, so that one’s body circulates like heaven and earth and incorporates all things into one’s body.
This darkness is a display of the heart phase, representing the darkness before the Inner Heaven and Earth was opened.
It is in this darkness that Qingyu intends to bring forth the true intent of the Hunting Heaven, acting out all the natural phenomena in his heart.
Gradually, nine rays of light broke out of the darkness, causing the heart phase to change again.
In the darkness, there are two qi, clear and turbid, and the clear qi creates clouds, which then swell with haze. The turbid qi sinks to become land, and on the land a divine mountain rises, called Kunlun.
Behind it, where the mountain peaks are close to the sky, there is ice and snow covering the sky, reflecting the brilliant stars and hangs in the sky.
In the depths of the earth, darkness sinks, and water roams out of the ground and converges into the sea. The golden crows bathe in the Eastern Sea, and the waters turn into vapour, spreading rain over the world.
Then life appears.
This is the cycle of heaven and earth in Qing Yu’s mind, and these mental phases are the result of his philosophy.
At present, it appears to be only a structure, somewhat crude, but as time pa*ses, the structure will become fleshed out and the heaven and earth will become complete.
With the completion of the heart phases, each of the nine layers of the Hunting Heaven True Energy is in its place, the body is like heaven and earth, the body is like the universe, and the cultivation of the Xuan Universe is officially on the right track.
“Boom…”
Seemingly like a silent sound from the underworld, and like the booming sound of a cosmic explosion, Qingyu stretched his body, opened his eyes, and softly chanted, “Build with the everlasting nothingness, master with the Taiyi.”
Although the sound was faint, the meaning was clear. All the disciples of the True Martial Sect felt the joyous intent in the underworld, the sublime aura of perfection like heaven and earth at the top of Chong He Peak.
“Xuan Universe, open.”
“Boom…”
The heavens boiled over.
Vast and boundless Yuan Qi rushed in from the sky like a green dragon sucking water, forming dozens of dragon scrolls that were absorbed into Qing Yu’s body.
The inner heaven and earth had just been structured and still needed a large amount of Yuan Qi to make up for the lack and allow the Dao body to grow further.
And this growth is taken from the heaven and earth.
Nuwa divine Kung Fu was used by Qing Yu like a devil’s work, taking the creation of heaven and earth to nourish his body, which was really overbearing and incomprehensible.
“Crackle…”
There were no dark clouds in the sky, only Yuan Qi, but the sky was filled with lightning, a strange scene like the wrath of the God of Heaven.
The scene lasted for half an hour before it finally stopped because Qing Yu had enough Yuan Qi.
“It’s still a bit insufficient, lacking a bit of earth qi, but this is the True Martial Gate, but we can’t suck up the earth qi all together.” Qing Yu said a little unsatisfied.
If he had sucked in the earth qi, this True Martial Sect’s cave would have dropped at least one notch.
“Has it been two and a half months already ——”
Qing Yu’s thoughts moved slightly, counting that two and a half months had pa*sed since he had closed himself, the time had reached April, and the Buddha Bathing Festival was not far away.
“Thought only a month had pa*sed at most.” Qing Yu laughed lightly.
The time spent cultivating the Xuan Universe did not feel a bit tangible, Qing Yu actually only felt like a few days had pa*sed. To say that it was a month was already to count as much as possible.
But to his surprise, two and a half months had actually pa*sed, and he had almost missed the Buddha Bathing Festival of the Buddha Sect.
Qing Yu’s divine sense swept through his mind, and all the scenes of the seven peaks of True Martial Arts entered his mind, but what was strange was that Xuan Zhen Xuan Feng was not even in the door.
“Where did they go ——”
The figure transformed from real to imaginary, turning into an air, and abruptly came from the top of the mountain peaks to the Taiji Hall, converging and taking shape.
“Senior Uncle Xuan Goblet, you’ve finally decided to contribute to the sect after all.”
Transforming from emptiness into reality, Qing Yu stood not far from Xuan Goblet’s side and said softly.
“Greetings, Sect Leader.” Xuan Goblet, who was troubled by the vision in the sky, saw Qing Yu and immediately exclaimed.
The vision of Qing Yu swallowing Yuan Qi had lasted for half an hour, causing the disciples in the sect to be terrified, and all of the peak masters had come to the Taiji Hall to discuss the matter.
Now that they saw Qing Yu appear, they all instantly had a backbone and saluted in unison, “Greetings, Sect Leader.”
“All right, let’s dispense with the formalities,” said Qing Yu, sweeping around, “Where are Xuan Zhen, Xuan Feng, and the two uncles?”
With a vision of this magnitude, the two old men of True Martial Arts who were in seclusion should have been alarmed. But now, they were all absent, as well as Xuan Zhen and Xuan Feng, who were also nowhere to be seen.
“Senior Sister Xuan Zhen and Senior Brother Xuan Feng, as well as the two senior uncles, have gone to capture that traitor Xuan Guang.”
“————” (Details heard)
Xuan Goblet arrived with all the events after Qing Yu’s retreat, including Xuan Guang’s attempt to be a demon to provoke a war between Buddhism and Daoism, and the attack and resistance between the Demon Sect and the Buddhist Sect.
Shortly after Qing Yu’s retreat, the Demon Sect began to move. The four factions of the Devil’s Way could be said to have come out in full force, and in one fell swoop, they swept away all the Buddhist temples close to the Northern Zhou, leaving no chickens or dogs behind.
In one night, thousands of monks were reborn in bliss and their souls returned to the Yellow Springs.
Such a cruel act naturally drew the hatred of the Buddhist clan to such a high level that even the Heart’s Edge went out directly to give those evil demons a taste of their own medicine.
But what was unexpected was that after the slaughter round, the devil clan simply retreated back to Northern Zhou and never came out again.
This made the Buddhist Sect sit up a bit.
The Northern Zhou was now a crouching tiger hiding a dragon, and there were as few as three supreme warriors alone. Yin Tian Tian, Meng Shan He, plus a war beast, Tian Slay.
If Heart’s Edge had come straight to the door, the best outcome would have been to return without success, and worse, to return straight away with serious injuries.
So after much deliberation, the Buddhists had no choice but to stare death in the face at the Northern Zhou realm.
It is not that there were no angry monks who wanted to go to Northern Zhou to ambush the devil, but they all ended up with the devil exterminating them and taking even the relics.
Compared to this big move by the demons, Xuan Guang’s act of just attacking and killing a few senior monks of the White Horse Temple was very petty. At least at that time, the Buddhists did not have the time to care about this.
But while the Buddhists had no time to spare, Xuan Zhen and the others, who had been watching, finally got what they wanted.
