Chapter 330: Following the Way of Heaven, Acting Against Heaven (2/7, please subscribe)

As for her sister, Xiaoqing trusted her completely.

Combined with learning of the Snake Mother's intentions, Xiaoqing felt a great urgency and hurriedly began to comprehend the art of transformation.

A moment later.

White light rose from Xiaoqing's body as the light of transformation began to remodel her flesh.

Poof!

A red scale was squeezed out from her body and fell to the ground; the red on it faded, turning pitch-black, as if it had burned itself out completely.

Xiaoqing felt only comfort throughout her whole body, as if reborn; the demonic qi within her body also became pure, no longer so gloomy and fierce as before.

"Sister, this transformation art is really amazing." Xiaoqing's eyes lit up as she cried out in surprise, "That Dao Sovereign actually gave away such a powerful Dao art for free?"

"What the Dao Sovereign gave for free is far more than this." Xiaobai said with a smile, and with a thought, a longsword gleaming with cold light appeared in her hand. "This longsword was also a gift from the Dao Sovereign."

Under Xiaoqing's envious gaze, an identical longsword appeared in Xiaobai's hand.

As a benefit, Zhang Taixuan naturally did not put too much thought into it, merely refining identical longswords.

However, for the group members this was already extremely rare, and naturally no one would complain.

"This one is yours!" Xiaobai added.

Xiaoqing was surprised: "I have one too? I'm just a snake demon, yet the Dao Sovereign doesn't mind, and even gifted me an immortal treasure?"

Xiaobai said with a smile: "What's there to mind? In the group there's also another white snake, a ghost, and a qilin!"

"As far as I know, the Dao Sovereign's home also keeps a qilin and a Jin Wu. In short, the Dao Sovereign won't look down on you."

Xiaoqing's eyes welled with tears: "The Dao Sovereign is truly too kind. Next time I see the Dao Sovereign, Xiaoqing must thank her in person."

"There will be a chance." Xiaobai handed the weapon over. "You cultivate first, then refine the weapon. Once you also reach the true qi realm, we'll be invincible under heaven, with no need to fear anyone."

Xiaoqing: "Mm. When the time comes, let's roam the world together."

Xiaobai: "Alright. Sister has been cultivating for so long and still hasn't gone out to travel; it's perfect that we wander the world together."

"Mm." Xiaoqing nodded hard, full of drive, and began to cultivate.

A moment later.

Xiaoqing opened her eyes in astonishment and asked: "Sister, did the Dao Sovereign bestow an immortal elixir? Why am I cultivating so quickly?"

Xiaobai said with a smile: "An immortal elixir isn't that powerful. The white snake from another world has also eaten immortal elixirs before; comparing them, I still feel the Dao Sovereign's elixir is more miraculous."

Xiaoqing exclaimed in admiration: "I never expected that I, Xiaoqing, would have such a chance — it's something I wouldn't dare dream of even in my dreams."

After cultivating for another moment, Xiaoqing's aura had already reached its peak.

She opened her eyes, summoned the longsword with a gesture, and channeled her true qi to slash forward.

Crack!

Under Xiaoqing's horrified gaze, a bolt of sword light flashed past with incredible speed, and then the great mountain before her split apart from the middle.

Mountains crumbled and the earth split as a great canyon appeared.

"This..." Xiaoqing was shocked. "So incredibly powerful — just a simple channeling of true qi, yet it caused such terrifying destruction!"

"Xiaoqing, you're being far too naughty~!" Xiaobai came back to her senses and said reproachfully, "What if you had hurt someone!"

"What if I hurt someone?"

Hearing these words, Xiaoqing was instantly dumbfounded.

They were demons — hurting people was just hurting people!

"Sister, even if we hurt people it's fine, right? Humans hunt demons too." Xiaoqing replied. "For us to kill people, isn't it only natural?"

Xiaobai was taken aback.

She suddenly felt a shock: "What's happened to me?"

Before, although she too was a demon who loved peace.

Still, she had never been so sentimental.

"Sister, could your cultivation have gone wrong?" Xiaoqing worried. "I cultivated the path of immortal martial arts, yet my nature didn't change. Could it be that because of the crisis, you forced your cultivation and suffered qi deviation?"

"No." Xiaobai shook her head. "How could I possibly suffer qi deviation!"

She paced in place, pondering in thought.

"My change in personality must be from that period of amnesia!" Xiaobai recalled, speaking as she went. "During that period, I regarded myself as a human, and so I developed different feelings toward humans."

Xiaoqing exclaimed in surprise: "So that's what happened. That's right too — sister lost her memory before, so treating herself as a human was normal. But now, hasn't your memory already recovered? Why is it still like this?"

"How about you ask the Dao Sovereign?"

Xiaobai's eyes lit up: "Xiaoqing's right — I don't know what's going on, but the Dao Sovereign should know."

She opened the chat group and posted her question.

Xiaobai: "Dao Sovereign, what's going on here?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Congratulations, Miss Xiaobai — you've gained humanity."

Xiaobai: "Humanity?"

Xiaobai: "What's there to congratulate? I'm a demon — wouldn't it be better to have demonic nature?"

Bai Suzhen: "Indeed, congratulations are in order. The path of cultivation requires both conforming to heaven and going against heaven; gaining humanity means your cultivation, Xiaobai, has reached a new height."

Bai Suzhen: "The so-called conforming to heaven means following heaven and earth, aligning with nature. That is what Miss Su and the others call conforming to science — otherwise, cultivation cannot succeed."

Bai Suzhen: "As for the part of going against heaven, it concerns the cultivator themselves. Here, going against heaven does not mean defying the laws of heaven and earth or the rules of the Dao, but defying the innate nature of living beings! For example, for humans to cultivate, they must sit still and dispel thoughts, empty their minds, and persevere without cease..."

Bai Suzhen: "Sitting still defies the human nature of loving movement; emptying the mind defies the human nature of boundless wandering thoughts; perseverance defies the human nature of loving ease and hating labor..."

Lin Fengjiao: "Miss Bai truly is a disciple of a great sect — this theory of going against heaven is indeed reasonable. If not for the outstanding talent of the chat group members and the Dao Sovereign's spiritual elixirs, wanting to even begin cultivation would be immensely difficult. The first hurdle — sitting still and emptying the mind — alone can eliminate ninety-nine percent of all living beings."

Zhang Sanfeng: "Perseverance without cease is the same. This old Daoist has seen too many people in his life; those who can persist in cultivation for ten years without interruption are already dragons and phoenixes among men. To cultivate to immortality, how many years one must persist — that only heaven knows."

Bai Suzhen: "It's merely the teachings of my sect — I cannot accept everyone's praise!"