"This isn't spatial energy." As the sound of Qin Wentian's voice faded, Shan Lengqiu calmly replied. He stared at the majestic golden mountain ahead, "This is world energy."
The eyes of everyone gleamed with sharpness. That's right, this was the energy that many of them wanted to find and come into contact with. World energy.
Qin Wentian's gaze sharpened as he stared ahead. Was this world energy that truly existed?
In addition, it had materialized here. The Transcending Emperor Stone Mine was right before their eyes. This could even be considered world stones.
At the emperor realm, one would be able to comprehend the law domain to the extreme, fusing different laws together to create a powerful law domain. However, what should they do next?
When one's comprehension of law energy reached the extreme, they would be able to comprehend the origin of law energy. At that time, cultivators would be able to fuse their will into their law domain. Their law intent would be their will, their heavenly will would be their will. From there, they would be able to fuse their law energy together, creating a brand new energy. This energy was known as world energy.
This kind of energy had already surpassed the boundaries of law domains. It was a qualitative transformation, a true qualitative change. When a brand new energy fuses together, your law intent would also fuse into it. That energy would become a part of you. Stellar martial cultivators themselves represented the will of heaven and earth. Hence, they were truly extraordinary existences. They weren't merely immortals who used their own laws, they were existences that transcended immortality, achieving freedom.
Hence, there were countless immortal emperors in the Lifelong Realm. However, how many world overlords were there?
Currently, Qin Wentian only knew of two. One was the Lifelong Realmlord, and the other was Yi from back then.
This step must be as difficult as ascending to the heavens. Countless extraordinary characters might spend their entire lives but even when they died, they still couldn't reach that level.
Let alone world overlords, they couldn't even reach the realm between immortal emperors and world overlords. There were extremely few people at that level. In the boundlessly vast Lifelong Realm, those who could step into that realm would all be able to become palace lords or establish a peak power. From this, one could very well imagine how powerful they were.
After Qin Wentian entered the Supreme Ancient Immortal Realms, it was naturally impossible for him to not understand this information. He had once read ancient records and there were records of the thirty-three immortal realms they lived in. Why was the Supreme Ancient Immortal Realms formed? Why was there a world? Why was this world so balanced? There were all sorts of laws that naturally fused together?
World overlords already had the qualifications to come into contact with that level. The more stellar martial cultivators grew, the closer they would get to the truth, closer to the essence of the world.
"Brother Shan saw through world energy with a single glance. As expected of the senior disciple of the Skyair Empyrean. Most probably, you aren't too far away from that level." Murong Xiaoxiao smiled. Shan Lengqiu shook his head, "I'm still too far away."
"I believe that Brother Shan will be able to step into that realm sooner or later. Perhaps in this Taotie Mine, you will be able to comprehend the level of a Palace Master. Murong Xiaoxiao continued, "I don't know much about the formation of the boundary stone, can Brother Shan explain it to me?"
"Yes." Shan Lengqiu calmly nodded. "I was once fortunate enough to listen to my ancestor's lecture on the dao. He said that there are nine astral rivers in the world, containing countless constellations. In truth, these nine astral rivers all correspond to our cultivation bases. The higher the astral river, the more terrifying the power contained in the constellations. But because the cultivators who sensed it are restricted by their cultivation base, in addition to the boundless distance between them and the constellations, they have no way to truly sense the true power of the constellations. What they can sense is only the power they can absorb."
Qin Wentian's eyes flashed when he heard Shan Lengqiu's words. He already had this suspicion in his heart. The higher one's constellation was in the nine heavenly layers, the more extraordinary it would be. But even for constellations at the first heavenly layer, they contained boundless law energy within them. If not, for some immortal cultivators, if they tried to condense a constellation at the lowest level before, would their constellations be crippled? Naturally not. When one's cultivation base is higher, the amount of energy they can absorb would naturally be different.
"These mines are actually all gigantic meteors in the starry space or small constellations that were formed naturally. Although I have no idea how this taotie mine was formed, it must have experienced the passage of countless years. As the saying goes, water droplets can penetrate a rock. Under the accumulation of time, everything would change from quantitative to qualitative. Mines of laws would be the same as stellar martial cultivators, gradually giving birth to source origin energy and law intent. When two different source origin energies exist together for countless years, their law intents would fuse together and from there, a brand new type of energy would be born, giving birth to world stone mines."
"You are saying that this mine has its own consciousness?" Murong Xiaoxiao asked.
"Law intent isn't self-consciousness. There are laws in heaven and earth, and that is what we usually refer to as heaven's will. However, it is illusory yet it truly exists. It isn't like humans or demonic beasts, they can't think." Shan Lengqiu explained. Murong Xiaoxiao's beautiful eyes flashed with a bright light. She smiled, "Brother Shan, you are truly too awesome. After hearing your words, I feel that I'm about to gain enlightenment."
"Incisive." The Yi siblings nodded as well. Qin Wentian had a look of contemplation on his face. Although Murong Xiaoxiao's words were filled with flattery, Shan Lengqiu's words truly caused one to feel enlightened. Humans often said that heaven's will is hard to fathom, heaven's will is hard to defy. Using Shan Lengqiu's words to explain it, it was very logical. Heaven's will was a type of law intent born from heaven and earth. It didn't have the ability to think and was originally illusory, it was naturally hard to fathom.
As for humans, they were the spirits of all living things. When humans comprehended that type of energy, their self-consciousness would fuse into that energy, forming the law intent. You would then represent the will of heaven and earth. Heaven's will is my will. How tyrannical is that?
"These are all superficial things. The world stone before us should be formed from the fusion of the law intent of space and the law intent of earth, giving birth to a brand new type of law intent, transforming from law energy to world energy. Those people are trapped inside and most probably, they would never be able to come out again." Shan Lengqiu stared at the group of figures on the mountain peak as he spoke. The eyes of these people all turned lifeless, they must have experienced a painful struggle.
"This place isn't suitable for us. Only experts at the world overlord realm would be able to comprehend this type of energy. We are still some distance away from them." Shan Lengqiu continued.
"Mhm, I will listen to you." Murong Xiaoxiao nodded. Although the group of them felt that this world mountain was mystical, they also understood that it wasn't suitable for them to comprehend and cultivate here. The distance between them and this place was too far.
The group of them continued forward and found another extraordinary place.
This was a sword river that flowed down from the sky. It was like a waterfall that flowed downwards unceasingly, flowing into the earth. However, there was a region where the sword river flowed past that transformed into a bottomless abyss. It was unknown if this abyss had reached the core of the taotie mine or not. This sword river was too terrifying. If one stood below it, only death would await them.
"The sword intent is still there, it hasn't fused together yet. This sword intent is very close to the origin source of law energy." Shan Lengqiu sat cross-legged and directly closed his eyes to comprehend.
Murong Xiaoxiao started when she saw this scene. After that, she smiled sweetly and sat down beside Shan Lengqiu.
Qin Wentian also found a good spot. He didn't sit down and merely stood there, quietly watching. His white robes fluttered in the wind as his long hair fluttered in the wind.
The law energy of the sword also had a myriad of forms. It could actually transform into flowing water that flowed according to the flow of the sword energy.
There were many people here, all of them were here to comprehend, standing in different locations. For those who came to the taotie mine, other than for the ores, they also wanted to comprehend and cultivate. There were simply too many opportunities here.
Several months later, the group of them were still in the midst of comprehending. Qin Wentian stood alone in a corner, while Murong Xiaoxiao would occasionally ask Shan Lengqiu for guidance.
"Brother Shan, did you comprehend something again?" At this moment, Murong Xiaoxiao asked when she saw Shan Lengqiu opening his eyes.
Shan Lengqiu nodded lightly. Murong Xiaoxiao then asked, "Brother Shan, I wish to consult you. This sword river is like flowing water, gentle but not hard. However, the sword intent is extremely tough and powerful. Can swords really become gentle and have no killing intent?"
"Naturally, it can't. If a sword intent loses its sharpness, can it still be called a sword intent?" Shan Lengqiu spoke. "Swordsmen should be extremely sharp. Although the sword river before us is gentle, it's actually extremely tough and yang. If one enters it, they would instantly die. The so-called gentleness is merely a facade."
Not far away, Qin Wentian's expression changed when he heard Shan Lengqiu's words. In truth, he had been thinking about this question during these few days. However, he had a different understanding from Shan Lengqiu and he could use this opportunity to discuss it. Hence, he spoke, "I have a different opinion. The law intent can take on a myriad of forms. For sword-attribute swords, there's an extremely tough and yang intent. This is something bestowed by the law attribute itself. However, sword intent can also be gentle, like flowing water brushing past one's body."
Murong Xiaoxiao inclined her head and smiled at Qin Wentian. She didn't expect him to speak at this moment. Shan Lengqiu frowned when he was refuted by Qin Wentian. He calmly spoke, "Have you seen a sword that can't kill?"
"I have." Qin Wentian nodded. "When we control the sword intent in our body, why wouldn't it injure us?"
"Fallacy." Shan Lengqiu's voice turned cold. "How can the energy we control hurt ourselves? What kind of example is this? It's simply nonsense."
"The so-called law intent is to infuse one's own will into one's energy. This is what you said earlier. Since this is the case, when we enter a higher realm, heaven's will would become our will. We would be able to control it with ease and not injure ourselves. Similarly, we wouldn't be able to harm others. Right now, we are unable to do so because our cultivation bases aren't high enough." Qin Wentian's tone was as calm as ever. This was his opinion.
Although it was the same as comprehending, different people would naturally have different insights.
"Have you seen people with a higher cultivation base doing this before?" Shan Lengqiu mocked, his eyes were filled with mockery.
"Brother Shan is the eldest disciple of the Skyair Palace Lord, a grand disciple of the Realmlord. You have heard the Realmlord's dao lectures before." Murong Xiaoxiao giggled.
"There's a difference in comprehending the dao. I'm merely stating my opinion. Also, I stand by my opinion." Qin Wentian laughed.
"In that case, you feel that although you comprehended the dao later, you have comprehended the dao before me?" Shan Lengqiu's voice was sharp as a terrifying sword intent gushed forth. "Since this is the case, why don't you spar with me and we will know?"
"Brother Shan, this is merely a dao discussion. Brother Tianwen is merely stating his opinion. There's no need to harm the harmony between us." Yi Qing persuaded, faintly feeling that Qin Wentian's words were logical. However, he naturally wouldn't say this out loud.
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