Chapter 539: Asking the Dao, Severing Qi, Observing Heaven, Testing Soil, Competition for Heritage!

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, Zhao Xing had been a guardian on Penglai Island for seven hundred years.

Inside the cave dwelling on Moon Spirit Peak, a world core flickered twice and disappeared, replaced by Zhao Xing's figure.

"Time flies so fast. The fortuitous event of the Penglai Divine General's heritage is coming soon," Zhao Xing said with some anticipation. "For more than seven hundred years,"

"I have been diligently practicing the Earth Treasury Law, and it is time to verify the results."

As a guardian, he was indeed very relaxed. Basically, he didn't need to spend too much thought on work and had a lot of time to put into personal cultivation.

Therefore, Zhao Xing's progress in the Earth Treasury Law was also great.

"Don't be too happy too soon. This fortuitous event may not necessarily be triggered," Bowei's voice sounded in his mind.

"Hmm? What does the Elder mean?" Zhao Xing was somewhat surprised.

"Why, didn't you carefully read the "Space-Time Theory" I gave you?" Bowei reminded: "Your understanding of time and the Great Dao of History is still very superficial. You should read this book more in the future."

"Yes, Elder. I will definitely study more in the future. But what do you mean by 'may not necessarily be triggered'?"

At this time, Bowei had put on the clothes of a Historian and explained slowly: "The historical event of the Penglai Divine General's heritage has been participated in by more than 780,000 people in countless reincarnations, but no one has successfully taken away the heritage."

"If it were taken away, counting from the successful time, the Penglai Divine General would not appear in the fortuitous event, and it would disappear completely."

"In addition, it is not every time you enter this space-time copy that you can trigger the fortuitous event of the 'Penglai Divine General's heritage'."

"It may happen, or it may not happen. It is not inevitable."

"There is such a thing?" Zhao Xing felt it was fresh. "Elder, why does this situation occur?"

"The reason is also very simple. As a Divine General level, Penglai knows that he has been constantly reincarnating in the first 341 eras of the Wilderness Domain. He can sense that the Great Dao of Time has branched into countless branches on himself."

"Of course, he can only perceive it, but he cannot jump out of the shackles because he is deeply trapped in the major event of the collapse of the Universe Boat."

Zhao Xing was a bit confused. Even though he had read a lot of space-time theory, because the perception and control of the Great Dao of Time are the realm of gods, he could not understand it clearly.

"Elder, please explain more clearly. Can't gods jump out of the shackles of the long river of time?"

Bowei waved his hand and dug a river out of his internal world.

Bowei walked slowly into the river, the water reaching his knees.

"Look, this is the situation of a god traveling through the long river of time under normal circumstances."

"Splash~"

Bowei jumped up abruptly, jumped onto the shore, and then walked back and forth along the upstream and downstream.

After the first demonstration ended, Bowei jumped into the river again.

The second time, Bowei swam to the deep water area and entered a large ship trapped deep in the mud and sand.

"Now it is an abnormal situation. I will still jump with the same force."

"Boom!"

Bowei's head hit the ceiling.

Zhao Xing suddenly realized: "Divine power is indeed enough to jump out of the long river of time, but you didn't say that the long river of time shackled the Penglai Divine General, but that the Penglai Divine General cannot jump out of this Universe Boat."

Bowei nodded: "Yes, his life, destiny, karma, everything is deeply bound to the Universe Boat. Being in this major event, he can no longer escape by his own power alone."

"The two Divine Kings did not give a way back when they built the ship. Even the two Divine Kings, Boat Mountain and Earth Treasury, could not jump out, let alone him."

Zhao Xing pointed to the sunken ship in the large river: "In other words, the Penglai Divine General can know that descenders have entered the Universe Boat, but because saving it is equivalent to fishing up the entire Universe Boat, and the Universe Boat is too heavy, it is impossible to reverse the long river of time to change the ending."

"Yes," Bowei nodded: "Actually, at the beginning of the sinking of the Universe Boat, the Ancient Hill, the Source Heavenly Palace, and the Reincarnation Temple also thought about reversing the entire space-time of the Mountain Domain to completely save the two Divine Kings, but they were also powerless."

"One is because the Universe Boat is too 'heavy'. This weight is based on the space-time laws of the entire universe."

"The second is that the two Divine Kings performed divine concealment on it, adding another layer of difficulty to the reversal."

"In addition, it was solidified by someone at the end of the 341st era of the Wilderness Domain. Even the Moon Palace Master and the Reincarnation Hall Master and other Divine Kings were powerless."

"Who solidified the event of the Universe Boat's collapse?" Zhao Xing asked. "That group of gods in the True History Party," Bowei said: "They only recognize true history, and even because of their existence, whether it is a righteous god or an evil god, they cannot send people back to the Universe Boat in the first solar year. It was only until some accidents happened later that it became possible."

Zhao Xing had also heard Bowei mention the True History Party. They only recognize true history, which is to maintain the original appearance of historical events, and do not allow people to backtrack to change, distort, or pollute them.

However, he didn't realize what a strong group this was. No wonder Bowei wanted to integrate the Starry Sky Historian school in the Wilderness Era. It seems there was a reason.

Zhao Xing was a bit puzzled: "With so many gods backtracking in the long river of time, and even dividing into multiple camps, according to this, true history would not exist at all."

"Besides, if they want to maintain it, wouldn't that create the false history they speak of? This is self-contradictory, right?"

Bowei nodded: "Yes, theory is theory after all. Extreme Star and Extreme Land are also a theory of the Sinuo."

"However, this organization is very powerful. It is said that the True History Party can share a method of proving the Dao in heaven and earth, so almost everyone in the organization is a True God powerhouse who is invincible at the same level."

"Almost all are Historical True Gods?" Zhao Xing was also shocked. What a terrifying organization this must be?

No wonder Bowei said that when you see a god of the True History Party, stay as far away as possible.

It's just that I don't know what the taboos of this organization are, and how it would trigger their pursuit.

Zhao Xing wanted to continue asking, but Bowei didn't continue: "Back to the Penglai Divine General matter, a Divine General of this level, because he has a deep understanding of the Great Dao of Time, can know how many descenders have entered."

Bowei: "In reincarnation after reincarnation, if the Penglai Divine General finds that there are no good seedlings and the number of people is small, then he will not leave a heritage test, so the descenders will not trigger the heritage fortuitous event."

"In short, he can live in the cycle forever, and in fact, he is not in a hurry."

Zhao Xing: "In this way, wouldn't the Penglai Divine General's heritage test change every time?"

Bowei: "There are indeed changes, but not every time, and not all of them change. For example, he sets tests related to the Earth Treasury Law every time. As for the others, they change a lot. Sometimes it even involves the Self-Nature School and the Heavenly Timing School."

Zhao Xing thought that this Penglai Divine General's test was probably not simple. Having seen so many geniuses who didn't hand over the heritage, could he handle it this time?

No certainty, but since he was here, he had to try.

The time point of the fortuitous event was getting closer and closer, and Zhao Xing no longer practiced, but communicated mentally with the people from the original Mountain Patrol Divine Office.

Inside a mental hall, Liu Qingci sat in the main seat, while Xu Huai, Zhuohua, and Zhao Xing sat in the guest seats.

"Three fellow Daoists, the fortuitous event of the Penglai Divine General is about to begin."

"I wonder if the three fellow Daoists are all participating?" Liu Qingci spoke first.

"Of course I will participate!" Venerable Zhuohua laughed: "To tell the three of you, I am a proper Sinuo of the Earthly Benefit School, and in my space-time, I am also a mountain master of the Boat Mountain Domain."

"If we talk about certainty, among the four of us, I claim second, and none of you should dare to claim first, right?"

Venerable Zhuohua said these words confidently.

There was a reason for him to say this.

In past performances, Zhao Xing and Xu Huai's most powerful spells were the Hou Bianfa of the Heavenly Timing School.

Therefore, Zhuohua believed that these two were proper Sinuo of the Heavenly Timing School.

As for the Venerable Yusheng, Liu Qingci, there is even less need to mention her. She is a priestess; although she can also cast agricultural spells, this is done by using spiritual channels to simulate the core of an agricultural official. It counts as cross-disciplinary cultivation, and compared to a true agricultural official, she is likely still inferior.

"Venerable Zhuohua is too proud too early!" Xu Huai snorted: "Perhaps you are considered powerful among us, but who knows how many descenders are on this Penglai Island."

"You think you are stronger than me, hum, have you ever been on the White Burning Era Genius List?"

When Zhuohua heard this, his face turned black. The White Burning Era Genius List was a list made by the Shadow Temple, summarizing the famous geniuses of the entire White Burning Era.

Xu Huai had been on it, but later fell out of the ranking. However, this matter was enough to brag about forever. As long as they were chatting, Xu Huai would "inadvertently" mention it.

Zhuohua couldn't refute it because he really hadn't been on it: "What is a genius list? If I want to be on a list, I'll be on the New God List!"

If it weren't for the heritage, Zhuohua would have broken through long ago. In the Yas Sea area, he had already gathered enough resources to break through.

As resources mainly for the Earthly Benefit School, he could break through directly with Earth Divine Crystals, without waiting to exchange them after going out.

Xu Huai and the others didn't break through, presumably because their schools were different.

"Venerable Zhuohua is a mountain master of the Ancient Hill? I don't know which era he is from," Zhao Xing thought.

"White Burning Era Genius List, there is such a list?"

"It seems to be something made for fun by that group of fun-loving gods in the Shadow Temple."

Seeing Zhao Xing not speaking, Liu Qingci asked actively: "Brother Han, why are you silent?"

"Yeah, Venerable Han," Venerable Zhuohua said: "I have confessed my background, but I still don't know your identities."

"Actually, I am also a Sinuo of the Ancient Hill," Zhao Xing said casually.

"Oh?" Venerable Zhuohua was somewhat surprised: "What a coincidence."

"What kind of coincidence is this," Xu Huai laughed: "Earthly Benefit Sinuo come from the Ancient Hill. Any genius of the Earthly Benefit School, who hasn't mixed in the Ancient Hill? Han Bing, what position have you held?"

"Me? Not worth mentioning, better not to say," Zhao Xing waved his hand, not wanting to say more.

But Xu Huai thought Zhao Xing had only held some unimportant positions.

Zhuohua also comforted: "With Venerable Han's talent, in my era, he would at least be a peak master. If he focused on the Earthly Benefit Great Dao and wrote some legal treatises, being a mountain master would be more than enough."

"Since Venerable Han also cultivates the Earthly Benefit Great Dao, do you have any treatises? Why not cut one or two."

"Just some mediocre arguments, dare not show ugliness."

In the internal world, Bowei couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

"If you really say it, this Zhuohua might be scared to death. You dare to give the Ten Directions Mountain Classic, he might not dare to read it."

Knowing too much is not a good thing, it could also be a big trouble.

Time passed bit by bit in the idle chat of the four.

Soon it reached 354 of the second solar year.

"Yu"

At the beginning of 354, Zhao Xing found that the Mysterious Spirit History Book showed that the fortuitous event of the Penglai Divine General had been triggered!

At the same time, in the temples all over Penglai Mountain, a divine oracle flew out obscurely:

"I am the God of Penglai. All who hear, can enter the Bamboo Elephant Cave Heaven and participate in the heritage test!"

Inside Moon Spirit Peak, Zhao Xing opened his eyes when he heard this voice.

"It's here. The fortuitous event was triggered after all!"

"Bamboo Elephant Cave Heaven? The entrance is in the temple under Penglai Mountain."

Swish~ Swish~

Zhao Xing set off immediately and flew toward the entrance of the Bamboo Elephant Cave Heaven.

And after he flew out of the cave dwelling, he also sensed countless powerful auras rushing toward the Bamboo Elephant Cave Heaven.

"So many demigod-level Sinuo, but most are around the 15th level, and only a few exceed the 15th level."

Demigod 15th level is a threshold. For example, the ancestor of the Carlos family is 15th level, but he cannot cast spells with full force, otherwise he cannot suppress the True Spirit Tribulation.

Anyone who can exceed the 15th level is a genius among geniuses.

However, there are very few of these. Like himself, an 18th-level one, Zhao Xing didn't find any, but he sensed a few 17th-level ones.

"Logically speaking, the space-time Great Dao in the past was more perfect and the origin was more abundant. There should be more genius demigods. Why are there so few? Could it be that they suppressed their aura?"

"Also, if there is protection from the Karmic Order, then my sensing is not very accurate."

"Unless seen with one's own eyes and observed with the panel, then it is very accurate."

354, Winter, Bamboo Elephant Cave Heaven closed.

This first round of screening lies in whether one can hear the voice of the Penglai Divine General.

Zhao Xing roughly counted the number of people. There were about ten thousand people who entered the Bamboo Elephant Cave Heaven.

As far as the eye could see, almost all were descenders.

"It seems that the Penglai Divine General indeed knows of the existence of 'descenders', so he simply didn't choose people on the Universe Boat."

"I just don't know if there are any divine-level existences."

What Zhao Xing saw were all demigod-level Sinuo. Divine-level? Not a single one.

After entering the Bamboo Elephant Cave Heaven, Bowei also went silent. Being in the divine domain of another Divine General, Bowei also chose to hide. Not interfering with the Penglai Divine General's test is the greatest help to Zhao Xing.

If a god intervenes, even if it is just a reminder from the side, it is a disrespect to the Penglai Divine General, which will be counterproductive and may even be kicked out.

"Hum~"

At the moment the Bamboo Elephant Cave Heaven closed, the second test of the Penglai Divine General also began.

The earth changed like a swamp. Zhao Xing found that he had moved to a position. Everyone was like a queue, neatly planned at a fixed location.

And everyone held a seed bag in their hands.

"This heritage test has a total of 13,481 people. Everyone has 1 world unit of territory under their feet."

"The environmental conditions possessed by each person are exactly the same."

"The seeds are ordinary bamboo, and there are only ten."

"The soil is first-tier ordinary soil."

"Personal attacks are not allowed during the test."

Everyone listened quietly to the Penglai Divine General's words, not wanting to miss a single bit.

"I have no school bias. As long as you can achieve 'Ordinary Bamboo Soaring to the Sky Ten Thousand Extremes', or raise a 'Piece of Divine Soil', you can obtain my heritage."

"If no one meets this requirement, it proves that none of you are suitable to become my successor."

"If multiple people meet this requirement, a second test will be added."

"Begin."

As the Penglai Divine General's start sound rang out, everyone began to move.

Zhao Xing didn't move immediately. He squeezed the seed bag in his hand and began to examine the question.

"There are only ten ordinary bamboo seedlings in the seed bag, all of the bamboo system."

"The soil is only at the first level of the spiritual tier."

"Now, however, you want to let the ordinary bamboo soar to the sky ten thousand extremes, or let the soil under your feet produce a handful of divine-tier soil?"

"Difficult, difficult, difficult!"

After examining the question, Zhao Xing found that this was almost impossible to achieve.

Others were also frantically complaining in their hearts.

"The Penglai Divine General must have seen countless monstrous geniuses. This heritage test is getting harder and harder!"

"Are you crazy? If I could reach this level, what would I need his heritage for? I could have obtained a good reward in the Xitian Divine King City!"

"No wonder so many reincarnations, tens of thousands of geniuses came here, and none of them obtained his heritage. It's clearly impossible to complete!"

"We are Sinuo, and it's impossible to create matter out of thin air like a Historian. If the total amount of matter is limited, how can this be cultivated?"

"Hmm? These seeds have also been modified. Their life essence is extremely fragile. There are only ten seedlings in the bag, only ten chances."

"Ten chances are many, but this is ordinary bamboo, too fragile, very easy to toss to death."

"Ordinary bamboo soaring to the sky ten thousand extremes? This difficulty is too great. The height of ordinary bamboo is calculated in feet, but the 'extreme' of a practitioner is a grand unit of measurement, not at the same level."

"..."

Countless people were complaining about the difficulty in their hearts, but some were thinking of ways and even began to try.

Zhao Xing didn't open up land to plant, but performed a test of the law.

"Asking the Dao, Severing Qi, Observing Heaven, Testing Soil, these are the four methods of judgment in the Ancient Earth Treasury Classic."

"The Penglai Divine General didn't say that the use of Heavenly Timing Law and Self-Nature Law was prohibited, but here the Heavenly Timing Great Dao and Self-Nature Great Dao are not obvious. If you want to rely on Heavenly Timing Law and Self-Nature Law to cultivate, the difficulty will skyrocket."

Zhao Xing first performed 【Asking the Dao】, and two golden lights appeared, pointing to the sky and entering the earth.

He soon discovered that only the Earthly Benefit Great Dao was the most obvious here, while the Heavenly Timing Great Dao and Self-Nature Great Dao were a cut weaker.

In other words, if you perform the Earthly Benefit Law to complete the test, one point of cultivation will yield one point of harvest.

If it were the other two paths, about ten points of cultivation would yield one point of harvest.

"Although the Penglai Divine General does not exclude the other two schools, he also believes that Heavenly Timing and Self-Nature are not as good as Earthly Benefit."

"They can be used as assistance, but cannot become the mainstream of this test."

Zhao Xing then performed 【Severing Qi】. There are six types of Qi: Heavenly Qi, Earthly Qi, Sun Qi, Flying Spring, Flowing, and Sunset Qi.

"Heavenly Qi cannot provide such a large amount of nutrients, but there is some underground."

After Observing Heaven and Testing Soil, Zhao Xing suddenly realized.

"I understand."

"Counting only the 1 world unit of territory under my feet is definitely not enough, but if I can plunder nutrients from a larger range, there is hope to achieve the goal."

"The Penglai Divine General said that personal attacks are not allowed, but he didn't say that plants are not allowed to fight for nutrients. Just don't hit people!"

Zhao Xing turned the seed bag over, and ten ordinary bamboo seedlings were immediately planted around.

Those who acted fast had already seen bamboo soaring into the sky and quickly taking root and grabbing the ground.

"There is only one test, but there are two battlefields, above ground and underground."

Zhao Xing scanned the surroundings. After the seeds under his feet fell, they grew like bamboo shoots after rain.

"Heavenly Qi, Sunset Qi, Sun Qi exist in the sky, and the higher you go, the stronger this Qi is. Absorbing more is more conducive to growth."

"The sky is the first battlefield."

Looking up at the sky, the sun and moon shine together, and the lunar moon essence and solar divine brilliance are hidden above the clouds.

At this time, the sky is still very empty, but as the bamboo grows and continues to get larger, the branches and leaves become lush, and the tree canopy begins to block the sky and sun, preventing other territories from absorbing Heavenly Qi.

Zhao Xing looked at the edge of his territory, which was covered by the leaf canopy of the bamboo of the descenders in front, behind, left, and right.

It was as if someone next to him was holding an umbrella, blocking his sunlight.

Zhao Xing didn't start to counterattack, but lowered his head and looked underground.

"However, most of the bamboo is powerless when it grows to half an extreme."

"So you need to borrow force from deep underground. This force is nutrients, which are Earth Qi, Flowing Qi, and Flying Spring Qi produced in the earth veins."

"The second battlefield is the root system war underground."

Looking at the underground, the seemingly calm ground was already surging with waves.

Countless roots were frantically spreading underground. Soon, the bamboo planted by others had its roots exposed beyond the territory they occupied, and began to squeeze into other people's territories.

Roots were entangled, like lice dragons fighting, entangled together, strangling each other.

There were also roots like needles, piercing into other root systems and absorbing the other party's vitality.

Zhao Xing saw the bamboo roots in the territory directly in front being sucked away of vitality by a piece of territory on the front left, and it began to wither when it grew to half an extreme. Not only could it not continue to rush upward, but it was also tottering.

"Who said the Penglai Divine General doesn't like fighting and killing?" Zhao Xing couldn't help but laugh. "He might not like fighting and killing himself, but he might not necessarily dislike watching others fight and kill."

As time passed, in less than a month, Zhao Xing found that the Sinuo directly in front had already been eliminated.

His ten bamboo plants had withered, but the tallest one was only half an extreme high. Although the soil was covered with a layer of radiance, it was snatched away by the person next to him after he failed.

"Boom!"

When he was eliminated, he was moved directly out of the Bamboo Elephant Cave Heaven, and without the support of the Sinuo's spells, this completely unreasonable bamboo collapsed with a bang, turning into nutrients for the earth.

But it didn't stay for long before it was snatched away by the Sinuo in the territory on the front left.

"Hmm? Coming for me."

Zhao Xing felt a shadow from the front left covering him, but it was that person who, after snatching one, aimed his target at himself, who looked weaker.

Because his ten bamboo plants were still only half a meter high, only one bamboo shoot, looking like it was underdeveloped.

"Fellow Daoist, you have crossed the line," Zhao Xing sent a mental transmission to a silver-haired Sinuo sitting on a bamboo branch in the territory on the front left. "This is my territory."

The silver-haired Sinuo opened his eyes and glanced at Zhao Xing's empty territory with disdain: "Incompetent person, why occupy land? Better to be eliminated early, so as not to hinder me."