Chapter 427: Chapter 244: The Eighth Divine Seed! The Eighth Domain
The Zheng family was very generous this time.
Not only did they present Gu Zheng with the Four Tripods as a token of gratitude, but they also gave him the method for the Four Cauldrons Spirit Array, which he could set up as soon as he returned.
In addition, there was also a Void Divine Stone.
Gu Zheng himself had no use for the Void Divine Stone, but for the Gu family, it was a magnificent gift.
After all, for the sake of the Void Divine Stone, Xiao Xing had not hesitated to offend the major Noble Families and clash with Gu Zheng.
In the eyes of the Zheng family, the Void Divine Stone was the real token of gratitude.
The Four Tripods and the Array were perhaps just bonuses.
Naturally, Gu Zheng wouldn’t spell this out.
He wanted the Original Dragon Tripod, but taking just one tripod would have been too conspicuous.
By taking all Four Tripods together, he could prevent the Zheng family from focusing their attention on the Original Dragon Tripod.
It was just like before in the Zheng Family’s Ancestral Land, when Gu Zheng’s story about his own experiences and the origins of Sen Taibai, Bo Taixing, and the others was nine parts truth and one part lie, making it impossible to discern the falsehood.
Even if they were suspicious, they wouldn’t overthink it.
It could be said that both parties were very satisfied with the final outcome of his assistance to the Zheng Family.
Gu Zheng had slain the Nine-Headed Serpent Demon Fiend and, in the process, wiped out nearly half of the other Demon Fiends, greatly diminishing the threat of the Cloud-Splitting Light Demon King.
It would now be difficult for them to gather enough momentum to besiege Stone Mountain and the Zheng Family’s Ancestral Land again.
As for Gu Zheng, he got what he wanted and had also gathered enough Demon Points for his breakthrough.
And so, after returning to the Zheng Family’s Ancestral Land, Gu Zheng gathered Bo Taixing, Ji Taihao, and the members of the four Alien Races. He bid farewell to Zheng Weiyang, Zheng Jiuyang, and the others, then departed the Spirit Realm Space. He headed south, finding almost no trace of Demon Fiends along the way. Taking a high-altitude route, he flew directly back to Jing Country, reached Fengzhou, entered Qingshi County, and finally landed on Great Dragon Mountain.
Gu Zheng arranged for the four Alien Races—the Two-Eared Race and the Three-Eyed Race among them—to settle on Great Dragon Mountain.
Their food and drink were temporarily supplied by the Gu Family.
Gu Zheng did not involve himself in the specific arrangements. Instead, he introduced Gu Sihai and Gu Pan’Er to Ji Taihao and Sen Taibai, allowing the four clan leaders to become acquainted and handle matters themselves.
Gu Zheng went into the deep mountains west of Great Dragon Mountain. The Undead Race Great Monarch, the Gorons, and several of his illusory duplicates stood guard around him.
He himself sat cross-legged on the ground, submerged his consciousness, and began consuming his Demon Points to break through!
HUMMM~~~
His body trembled, releasing an invisible force from the inside out that burst forth, causing the surrounding space to twist and distort.
For miles around, everything was enveloped by this power and suppressed by an invisible might.
The birds and beasts in the area, and even the plants and trees, all trembled unnaturally for a moment, prostrating themselves on the ground as if they possessed consciousness.
The next second, a massive amount of the Power of Heaven and Earth swept in from the distant sky. It was drawn to a point above Gu Zheng’s head and, like a dragon plunging into the sea, surged into his body.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM~~~
It was as if a colossal explosion had gone off in his ears, and even in his soul, resounding several times in a row.
Gu Zheng’s five senses didn’t change much, but his physique, Divine Soul, and Divine Wondrous abilities soared several times over with incredible speed.
Then, in a certain moment, his consciousness seemed to leave his body and touch a thin yet incomparably hard membrane.
This membrane was omnipresent and all-pervasive. It passed through the mountain forests and roamed within the human body, formless and colorless. It was like the water in a pond where all people were fish; they could swim freely within the pond, but could not leap from the water’s surface.
Gu Zheng savored the sensation, sinking deep into his comprehension.
He had a feeling that if he could just pierce this membrane and leap from the water’s surface, he would enter a brand-new Domain and complete a new life-altering transformation.
[Gu Zheng]
[State: King’s Body: Seeking Truth]
[Demon Points: 12,005 (600,000 required for breakthrough)]
[Demon Techniques: Spirit Capturing, ..., Spear of the Soul, Underwater Walking, Wind Manipulation, Thunder Manipulation, Gold Manipulation, Wood Manipulation, Yin Reaches Yang]
[True Skill: Daluo Celestial Inference Technique (Mastery), ..., Ten Thousand Blades Heaven Slaughter (Perfected), ..., Nine Breaths Nine Insect Divine Skill (Perfected)]
[Equipment Effect: Bronze Elephant Body (Inactive), Nether Heart Slave Seal, Deceptive Appearance, Lord of Hundred Insects, Eyes of Golden Flame, Fearless Hero, Electric Light Universe, Celestial Essence in the Body]
...
King’s Body: Seeking Truth.
The third stage of the King’s Body was complete!
The next level up was the True Body Realm, and breaking through would require six hundred thousand Demon Points.
Of course, the energy was one part of it. The second, and more crucial part, was to comprehend what the True Body Realm truly was.
True Body, True Body... it was easy to associate the name with the concept of true and false, real and fake.
But before reaching the third stage of the King’s Body, the distinction between real and fake was difficult, even impossible, to understand.
’Are you telling me the world is fake, or that people are fake?’
’You get cut, you bleed, you feel pain. How could that be fake?’
’Is this some kind of joke?’
However, after breaking through to King’s Body: Seeking Truth and sensing that omnipresent, all-pervasive membrane, he understood that the definition of real and fake went beyond common sense.
For a fish, the pond is real and the water is real. Does that make the shore of the pond fake?
No, it’s real too!
Everything both inside and outside the pond is real.
But one is a reality it can touch yet cannot perceive, while the other is a reality it cannot touch and cannot even imagine.
Without reaching King’s Body: Seeking Truth, it was simply impossible to understand.
Now that Gu Zheng had reached this state, to take the next step, he had to leave the pond water and leap from its surface!
’The question is, how do I "leap"?’
’I can get the required energy by slaying Demon Fiends and harvesting Demon Points. Six hundred thousand is just a matter of time.’
’How to "leap" out—that is the real key!’
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On Great Dragon Mountain, the members of the four Alien Races—the Two-Eared Race, the Three-Eyed Race, the Toothless Race, and the Hidden Spirit Race—had already settled in.
Trapped in the Ice Prison for thirty thousand years, they had never seen a present-day city or met other people.
Now that they had finally escaped the Ice Prison and made a new home on Great Dragon Mountain, the younger generation of the four Alien Races could no longer contain themselves. After putting on disguises, they secretly snuck into Qingshi County Town to experience all the food, drinks, and entertainment, having so much fun they never wanted to leave.
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