Chapter 803: The Virtue of a Saint King
"The Heavenly River Divine Treasury can connect to the other six divine treasuries, opening them all up and gathering the power of all divine treasuries into one body."
Qin Mu let out a low shout, activating the divine treasuries within his body. One by one, the divine treasuries projected out behind him.
Everyone quickly looked, and saw the Heavenly River descending from the heavens, following the World Tree downward, threading through each divine treasury, forming an internal circulatory system.
"And most crucially, the Heavenly River connects to the Heavenly Palace. The power of the Heavenly Palace merges with the power of the divine treasuries. In the past, the divine treasuries you opened and the Heavenly Palace were perfectly fused, making it easier and more convenient for deities to mobilize the power of their divine treasuries. This also counts as a small benefit for deities."
Qin Mu had not yet cultivated to the Heavenly Palace realm, so he could only let people vaguely see his Heavenly River connecting to the Heavenly Palace at an extremely high place—the Heavenly River flowed out from the Heavenly Palace.
"But the greatest benefit is still for cultivators of divine abilities."
Qin Mu continued to showcase his achievements to everyone, beginning to mobilize his primordial energy and display various divine abilities. The Dao techniques and divine abilities in his hands activated at an extremely fast speed, dazzling the eyes of all who watched.
Because all divine treasuries were connected, the power of each treasury could be mobilized almost in an instant, and his primordial spirit was also incomparably powerful, several times stronger than the orthodox divine treasury system of the past!
"With all divine treasuries of a cultivator connected, their magical power is more than twice as abundant as before, the speed of primordial energy mobilization is only half of what it used to be, and can even be shorter. Divine abilities activate faster, and the primordial spirit is stronger!"
Qin Mu displayed various divine abilities one by one, saying in a deep voice: "After a cultivator of divine abilities cultivates to the Life and Death realm, breaking through the wall again leads to the Heavenly River realm. At this realm, the seven great divine treasuries merge into one, allowing one to fight against the false gods who have crossed the Divine Bridge and arrived outside the South Heaven Gate!"
In the mansion, everyone fell silent, but their hearts were pounding wildly.
Qin Mu's Heavenly River Divine Treasury was indeed superior to the Divine Bridge Divine Treasury by an immeasurable margin!
From the Heavenly River Divine Treasury, they saw hope for the future—an incomparably prosperous era!
Emperor Yanfeng's voice was hoarse as he said: "Minister Qin, the Heavenly River Divine Treasury is so outstanding and perfect—is it difficult to open? Currently, within the human body, there is no Heavenly River Divine Treasury, only the incomplete Divine Bridge Divine Treasury. If the Heavenly River is difficult to open, it won't be of much use to the world."
Qin Mu smiled and said: "One only needs to go to the banks of the Heavenly River, mobilize the power of the Heavenly River, and opening the Heavenly River Divine Treasury should not be difficult. I will organize the specific method of opening it later and ask Your Majesty to promote it."
Emperor Yanfeng was bewildered: "Heavenly River? Where is the Heavenly River?"
"It's the Yong River. The Yong River is the Heavenly River of the ancient Longhan Heavenly Court. For some unknown reason, it flowed here and became the Yong River."
Qin Mu did not explain further, continuing: "One only needs to go to the Yong River, comprehend the power of the Yong River, and then draw upon that power to shape the Heavenly River Divine Treasury within one's body. I can sense a strong Heavenly River force even here in the capital. At the banks of the Yong River, that force would certainly be even stronger, and comprehension would be simpler. I shaped the Heavenly River by mobilizing the power of heaven and earth—that method is too difficult, and I estimate few would succeed. But comprehending the Heavenly River and borrowing its power is countless times simpler."
Emperor Yanfeng was even more bewildered, murmuring: "The Yong River... is that the Yong River where the Dragon Tamer resides?"
At the mention of this, Qin Mu's face darkened like iron, and he said awkwardly: "It's that Yong River."
The Dragon Tamer's title as Dragon King of the Yong River was conferred by him, and he had also signed the Earth Count's Pact with the Dragon Tamer, agreeing that the Dragon Tamer would maintain the water conservancy of the Yong River, while the Dragon Tamer could enjoy sacrifices along the Yong River, which also included some of the river's aquatic products.
"As for erasing the incomplete Divine Bridge Divine Treasury of cultivators, that's even simpler."
Qin Mu was full of confidence, saying: "The Martial Combat Heavenly Master can easily destroy the Divine Bridge Divine Treasury. Sister Di Yiyue, Heavenly Master Zixi, King Buddha, the First Ancestor, King Yan, Master Fisherman, Tian Shu—all of them should have such ability."
The Village Chief shook his head and said: "Mu'er, you're strong and sturdy. Having your Divine Bridge destroyed wouldn't be a big deal, but for others, it's hard to say. They might not die, but they'd be skinned alive. We need to find someone less sturdy than you to test it." With that, he looked at Human King Qikang.
Human King Qikang was terrified: "Su Muzhe, I'm your master, your real master! Your master's master, Yishan, is sturdy—use him for the experiment!"
Human King Yishan was furious: "Am I not your real master either?"
Qin Mu calculated for a moment and said: "Using Master's Master and the Founding Master for the experiment is indeed not bad. They are not weaker than me, so they probably won't die..."
Yankang National Preceptor mused: "For deities who have already cultivated to the Heavenly Palace realm, can they also destroy their Divine Bridge Divine Treasury and instead open the Heavenly River Divine Treasury?"
Everyone's hearts tightened—the National Preceptor had asked the key question!
Currently, the Yankang Kingdom already had two to three hundred deities, and the Woodcutter and others were deities from the Kaihuang era. Their primordial spirits had long since leaped past the divine treasuries and entered the Heavenly Palace.
Judging from the effects of the Heavenly River Divine Treasury that Qin Mu had opened, in the future, the Divine Bridge Divine Treasury would definitely be eliminated by the Heavenly River Divine Treasury, and they would be called old gods.
Old gods were inferior to new gods in combat power at the same realm—that was one aspect. Another aspect was that their descendants would inherit their divine treasuries and would also be inferior to the descendants of new gods, and even inferior to the descendants of cultivators who had opened the Heavenly River Divine Treasury.
Although their descendants could also destroy the Divine Bridge and open the Heavenly River Divine Treasury, not everyone could successfully open the Heavenly River. There would inevitably be some descendants who could not accomplish this step.
And these people would be eliminated by the times, just like them.
"If we destroy the Divine Bridge Divine Treasury, will the power of the Heavenly Palace come crashing down?"
Qin Mu was not entirely sure about this either, saying: "Directly destroying the Divine Bridge Divine Treasury—what effects it would cause, I'm not clear either..."
The Old Farmer suddenly said: "There's not much of an effect. I don't have a Divine Bridge."
Everyone turned to look at him. The Old Farmer said: "Without the Divine Bridge, the other divine treasuries do indeed bear tremendous pressure, but they can withstand it."
Yankang National Preceptor said: "Master Uncle's physical cultivation is extremely high, so he can withstand it. But not everyone has a body as powerful as Master Uncle's. To be safe, I think we should first seal the South Heaven Gate, then sever the Divine Bridge. I will create this technique for sealing the South Heaven Gate—sealing it is not too troublesome."
Qin Mu continued: "Void Shenghua and I have been researching how to merge the divine treasuries together. Over the years, we have made considerable progress. The World Tree Innate Divine Bridge was created by Void Shenghua. If one possesses the World Tree Innate Divine Bridge, it can also make the divine treasuries more stable, and one's cultivation would be more formidable than cultivators without the World Tree. However, the World Tree Divine Bridge requires a very high level of mathematical attainment, and I'm afraid very few would be able to cultivate it."
Everyone praised in unison: "Void Shenghua is indeed exceptionally talented."
"First, store the World Tree Innate Divine Bridge in the various academies and the Grand Academy. Whoever can cultivate it, let them cultivate it."
Emperor Yanfeng said: "If they cannot cultivate it, there's no need to force it."
Qin Mu nodded, hesitated for a moment, then said: "Everyone, please look at my divine treasuries again."
His aura burst forth, and suddenly, beneath the divine path divine treasuries that had just appeared, a series of inverted reflections appeared—the demonic path divine treasury system suddenly emerged. There was also a World Tree Innate Divine Bridge, and also Lingtai, Wuxiao, Liuhe, Qixing and other divine treasuries, and also a Heavenly River hanging upside down, connected to the Heavenly River in the divine path divine treasuries!
Everyone erupted in an uproar, shocked beyond measure, and then discussions broke out, voices clamoring in chaos.
Suddenly, the Village Chief swept a contemptuous glance over everyone and sneered: "It's the Overlord Body."
Granny Si, the Deaf Man, the Butcher, Master Ma, the Blind Man and other villagers of the Crippled Elder Village all understood and laughed: "These seniors may have earth-shattering abilities, but their knowledge is shallow, not even matching ours. They don't know the power of the Overlord Body."
They were quite pleased with themselves, having been indoctrinated by the Village Chief long ago and no longer surprised by anything.
"How did you cultivate this?" The Scholar stepped forward to study it, asking in surprise.
The Woodcutter, Di Yiyue, King Buddha Di Shi Tian and others also crowded forward to test it, exclaiming in surprise: "These are real divine treasuries, not reflections!"
"The Heavenly River is also real!" Heavenly Master Fisherman exclaimed.
The Old Farmer cried out in shock: "The other Life and Death Divine Treasury is different from the previous Life and Death Divine Treasury!"
"Truly lacking in experience." The Second Ancestor crossed his arms and sneered.
The other Human Kings also crossed their arms and sneered: "We already knew this when he beat us up. Isn't that right, First Ancestor?"
The First Ancestor Human King's expression did not change, saying: "Don't talk nonsense."
The Second Ancestor reminded him: "Teacher, you were beaten by him too."
The First Ancestor's face suddenly turned ashen, and he stammered: "I didn't..."
"Nonsense. In front of the Human King Hall, you were beaten and even cried."
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"I think everyone can cultivate the positive and negative divine treasuries. The positive and negative divine treasuries can also be connected as one through the Heavenly River Divine Treasury, differing only at the Life and Death realm—one is the Life and Death Divine Treasury, the other is the Xuandu Divine Treasury."
Qin Mu said: "Above the primordial spirit's head is heaven, below its feet is earth. Ascend and one becomes a god; descend and one becomes a demon. We humans are neither gods nor demons. There's no need to cultivate only the divine path. I think perhaps we can possess both divine and demonic aspects and achieve the human path. Gods and demons have many restrictions, but we don't need to impose those restrictions on ourselves. Jump out of them, and perhaps we'll find a broader horizon."
Everyone circled around him, pondering deeply how to open the demonic path divine treasuries.
What Qin Mu said was correct, but doing it was too difficult. They couldn't come up with a method in a short time.
The Woodcutter suddenly asked: "How did you open the demonic path divine treasuries?"
Qin Mu said: "My other identity is the Divine Son of Youdu. I opened them by accident. I'm not entirely clear on the specifics. However, this path is feasible."
The Woodcutter frowned deeply and continued circling him: "Not everyone is the Divine Son of Youdu. You can open them, but others don't have that condition. Still, it is indeed possible to open the demonic path divine treasuries..."
The others were also frowning in deep thought.
Qin Mu was getting dizzy from them circling around him. He planned to push through the crowd and leave, but everyone quickly blocked him: "You can't leave. Only after we've thoroughly studied you can you go."
Qin Mu said with difficulty: "I'm just throwing out a topic for you to perfect. I have other things to do."
The Scholar said: "Currently, only you have succeeded. We can only study you. If you leave, who do we study?"
Qin Mu had no choice but to sit down.
Not far away, Heavenly Lord Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief. These past days had been truly exhausting for him—being stared at every day. Now he could finally be free.
Qin Mu was studied by these people for over half a month. Dao Master Lin Xuan and the other Daoist priests even climbed inside his divine treasuries, surveying detailed data and recording it.
His demonic path divine treasuries had been thoroughly studied by everyone. After discussing together, they came up with a plan.
Granny Si said: "Not everyone is the Divine Son of Youdu, so we need to first nurture demonic seeds. Use the demonic seeds to cultivate the World Tree Divine Bridge. Plant the demon in the heart to nurture the demonic heart."
Yankang National Preceptor said: "After the demonic nature becomes deep, open the demonic path Lingtai and nurture the demonic path primordial spirit."
"Then open the demonic path Wuxiao, Liuhe, and Qixing. But the hardest is still the Xuandu Divine Treasury."
"Those who can accomplish this step are probably one in a hundred million. Behind that is another difficult hurdle—the Heavenly River Divine Treasury. After the Heavenly River Divine Treasury, there's another problem: who will open the demonic path Heavenly Palace? We don't have a demonic path Heavenly Palace in our bodies!"
"But accomplishing all of this would be enough to be revered as the Demonic Path Divine King or Demonic Path Saint King!"
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Qin Mu, on his own, activated the Overlord Body Three Elixirs Technique and sat there cultivating diligently for over half a month. Seeing him like this, everyone sighed inwardly.
Emperor Yanfeng, after all, had a kind heart. He quietly reminded him: "Minister, if you can organize these techniques, the world will revere you as a Saint King. For countless generations to come, cultivators of divine abilities will address you as Saint King."
Qin Mu said: "Is the title of Saint King higher than Heavenly Lord?"
Emperor Yanfeng shook his head: "No. Heavenly Lords have the greatest contributions and the greatest merits. A Saint King is somewhat inferior. Divine King is also a title of great merit, but it's still a notch below Saint King."
"Not interested. Too troublesome."
Qin Mu said: "I'd rather be a Heavenly Lord."
Emperor Yanfeng snorted. It was just that the little eunuch beside him wasn't there, so he had nowhere to write. He thought to himself: "I'll make a note of this later."