Longevity: Starting from Refining Gu-Chapter 473 - 271: Fireside Chat, Innate God the Void Master
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The best place for Ji Ru’s King Gu to ascend, was the Death Realm.
Its requirement was to meet Chen Qing, this being from the Otherworld, in the midst of a hundred miles of dreams.
If it were in the human world, making a hundred miles of living beings dream would truly require the assistance of many disciples of the Sword Travel Palace.
A hundred miles of living beings, counting insects, wild beasts, and ephemera, innumerable,
Yet in the Death Realm, by casually finding a deserted place, this extremely difficult condition could be easily fulfilled.
Chen Qing said, "Invoke the pretext of worshiping Ji Dang, I will take you there, in the extreme northern lands, we should be able to have this meeting."
Ji Ru said, "This is just right, I will go and pay respects to Ji Dang."
Three days later, Prince Wen traveled northward with the Da Yan royal family and Princess Jin’an to worship Ji Dang.
On the way, Chen Qing, Yu Qingshuang, and Ji Ru sat around the campfire, Yu Qingshuang said, "So, she is the new disciple?"
Chen Qing inquired with curiosity, "Disciple?"
Yu Qingshuang stated, "Long ago, when the Void Gate was still present, the Sword Travel Palace was divided into two factions, cultivating different but complementary methods."
"One lineage was the Sword Cultivators practicing the Sword Dao, and the other the disciples faithful to the Void Gate."
"Generally speaking, when both the Void Gate and the Void Sword Master were still present, the sect’s hierarch alternated between Sword Cultivator and disciple."
"Thus, the alternation of King Gu could be avoided and discontinuity prevented."
"You can understand it simply that if you have a very powerful King Gu, you can pass it on early to Dan’er, enabling peaceful cultivation."
"Even in instances when you haven’t yet fallen, they can ascend to King Rank and become a Daoist Lord."
"As such, if you were to die, the succession of the throne would not be disturbed by other princes."
"After your death, your Gu insect would be inherited by Dan’er’s descendants."
"This is what in the cultivation world’s powerful forces is called the ’twin supreme position.’"
"Of course, I only use this as a metaphor; according to the customs of the princes, Dan’er is unlikely to inherit your throne."
"The throne is inherited by the youngest, making the youngest prince the princely heir."
"This is a concept you should quickly understand."
Chen Qing nodded, "I know, the age gap between Dan’er and me in the cultivation world is not significant."
"Dan’er is very likely to fall before me."
"So, in reality, it’s difficult for Dan’er to inherit my throne."
Ji Ru sighed upon hearing this, "I understand now, the Immortal Court has the king Gu of both the Taiyin and Yang factions, and the current sect hierarch of the Immortal Court holds the Taiyin King Gu, while Li Chonghuan holds the Three Yang."
"Thus, the Immortal Court alternates hierarchs between the Taiyin and Yang factions."
Yu Qingshuang remarked, "Many great sects, many within the Buddhist sects, have no clear hierarch."
"Other great sects, all possess divine positions of twins, and each has two stable kingly paths."
"This achieves a stable inheritance."
"Among all great sects, the Nanli Miao God and Da Yan stand apart."
"Da Yan possesses Gu insects of cicada-type Gu insects and Heavenly Destiny Gu, but the Heavenly Destiny Gu cannot form a contract with a cultivator, it can only contract with cicada-type Gu insects."
"Therefore, Da Yan is also known for having the bloodiest succession for its throne among great sects."
"Nanli Miao God differs as well, the Miao God has three divine images, wielding authority over weapons, war, and beasts; no one knows if the reigning Miao God is one or three."
Chen Qing pondered for a moment, saying, "It seems then, that the Miao God could very well be the most powerful among gods."
"The state of gods, no one can describe."
"After achieving the Six Dao Demon God Form, I also found that this form began to lose humanity, approaching divinity."
"It is an existence in accordance with the Dao, akin to the great path of heaven and earth."
"Moreover, these matters presently lie far beyond our reach, requiring at minimum the Feather Transformation Realm to cautiously explore."
"The priority for us now, is to consolidate my throne, everyone to cultivate individually, attain the Feather Transformation Realm swiftly, with your goals both being Daoist Lord at least."
Ji Ru stated, "Previously, King Wu of Nanli resembled other great sects’ hierarchs, providing two stable King’s Path inheritances."
"Senior Brother, you should also pay attention to the affairs of King Gu and establish another stable King’s Path."
Chen Qing replied, "I already have arrangements in place for this matter."
Chen Qing had some conjectures on divine matters, suspecting a possession of a God Gu or Immortal Gu that combined authority and power, enroute to a complete path with all authorities.
Currently, the best piece of news is, within heaven and earth, no sect worships death, nor is there beings like a god of death, god of reincarnation, or lord of the underworld.
This means that up to now, he even had an opportunity for ascension.
Moreover, there is another path he might pursue: the Void Lord of the Sword Travel Palace.
Unfortunately, with Gu insects of the Void path, apart from the King Gu of Ji Ru he was about to witness, he hadn’t encountered others.
As for Gu insects of the path of death and reincarnation, Chen Qing had seen many, and learned of numerous other King Gu and treasured items.
After two months, Chen Qing, Ji Ru, and Yu Qingshuang returned to the place of Ji Dang’s demise.
Amongst over a hundred graves left, after paying respects to Ji Dang, Chen Qing and Ji Ru began their preparations.
Three days later, Ji Ru spoke, "Sister Qingshuang, we can begin!" frёewebηovel.cѳm
Yu Qingshuang nodded, immediately chanting the Dream Entrance Spell, as the Big Dream Gu flew out, dispersing countless sleeping bugs into the surroundings.
Before long, the accompanying soldiers gradually fell asleep one by one.
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