Chapter 497 True Eternal Life Is Not Enjoyment, But Responsibility After the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams were formed, Zhou Qing adjusted the positions of other immortal items and natural treasures in the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire according to the air flow in the outer valley and the growing gas mines in the twelve hours of a day, corresponding to spring, summer, autumn, winter, the twelve zodiac signs, the twenty-four solar terms, and derived the seventy-two solar terms. In this way, the two principles and four images, the eight trigrams, the twelve zodiac signs, the twenty-four solar terms, and the seventy-two seasonal terms are all complete. Especially the Eight-Angled Mysterious Ice Grass and the Fiery Apricot, due to the swap of their growth positions, they had to actively start practicing, drawing in the ice and fire energy from the opposite side, causing the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire to start functioning. Originally, the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire were divided in half, one half white and blue, and the other half scarlet and red, just like a watermelon cut in half, with clear distinction. Now, with the efforts of the two great immortal products, the pool of water began to flow, so that the white, blue and red were no longer connected in a straight line, but presented an extremely exaggerated curve up and down. However, this Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire is about a thousand feet deep. With the power of the two immortal items, it can only twist the surface layer of water and fire, but cannot directly rotate the water at the bottom. But even so, the rotation of the ice and fire energies also affected the aura of the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire, so that the rest of the immortal items woke up involuntarily. Because they found that the spiritual energy here was becoming more and more intense. Originally, one day's growth here was equivalent to ten days' growth in the outside world, but now there is an increasing trend, reaching the point where one day is equivalent to twenty days' growth. And this effect is still increasing! "Hey! What are you doing? This won't work. We don't want to increase our cultivation so quickly!"
If there were no heavenly tribulation, they would be very grateful to Zhou Qing and others. However, for them who grew up on the Douluo Continent, having too high a level of cultivation was not a good thing. The heavenly tribulation was meant to destroy them and was not a test at all! The purpose of their cultivation is only to gain eternal life, but if their cultivation level is too high, they will be directly targeted and destroyed by the heavenly calamity, leading to their premature death. Under such circumstances, how could they expect to improve quickly? "This is the first time I've heard of a soul beast not wanting to improve its cultivation too quickly." Although Dugu Bo did not understand the connection between the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams and the four seasons' climate, he knew that this should be similar to his way of cultivation and could assist the growth and cultivation of these immortal items to the greatest extent. "What do you know? The rules of this Douluo Continent are very unfriendly to soul beasts. Every time a soul beast reaches the level of 100,000 years, it must undergo a heavenly tribulation. It is basically a test of 100 percent certainty of death. Even if it survives by chance, it will have to recuperate for a short period of 1,000 years or even 10,000 years!" Qirong Tongtianju was shocked, "Do you think we don't want to improve our cultivation quickly? It's because if we improve too fast, we will be killed by the heavenly tribulation!" "and many more!" At this moment, Qiluo Tulip used the vitality of heaven and earth to transform into the appearance of a mature woman, sensing the changes in the airflow of the entire Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire, and suddenly asked Zhou Qing: "What did you do? Although the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire exists in Douluo Continent and nourishes the Sunset Forest in the outside world, it is actually essentially separated from the entire world! After all, the Water Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King are both powerful God-King level beings. Even if they fall, they cannot be completely absorbed by Douluo Continent! But now, I feel that the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire have established a deeper connection with the entire Douluo Continent... Our bodies have become the key to this connection. Originally, the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire could exist for hundreds of thousands of years, but after what you did, the energy of the two dragon kings of ice and fire will spread to the entire Douluo Continent at an extremely fast speed, and eventually be completely integrated into the plane of Douluo Continent. You are helping the plane consciousness of Douluo Continent grow!" [It seems that the bet was right! ] Zhou Qing secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I don't understand plane consciousness or anything like that. I only know that I am using myself to sense the changes in the air currents between heaven and earth, so as to help you move to a position that is more suitable for your growth. By the way, I want to take this opportunity to see if there is anything I can learn from it for my and my companions' cultivation." After a moment of silence, the Qiluo tulip emitted a burst of golden pollen that surrounded everyone. Then, the illusory face of the woman immediately disintegrated. After a while, she used the energy of heaven and earth to gather herself together again, and looked at Zhou Qing with eyes full of respect: "From now on, everything in the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire belongs to you, Master." The other immortal herbs were shocked at the submission of the Immortal Herb King, but they calmed down, took the initiative to practice, and found that their auras could be connected to each other, and they could even sense the existence of the plane will of Douluo Continent in the dark, and they were immediately in awe. Even the plane consciousness cannot help erase the heavenly calamity, but under this peculiar Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams formation, they can merge with the heaven and earth and thus temporarily integrate into the heaven and earth. what does this mean? As long as you wait for the heavenly tribulation to come, you can use this formation to merge your own aura into the heaven and earth, and the heavenly tribulation will be nowhere to be found. After all, no matter how powerful the heavenly calamity is, it is impossible to directly target an entire planet! That is to say! They indeed cannot survive the heavenly calamity, but they can use this formation to blend their own aura into the heaven and earth and thus avoid it.
At this point, they can fully increase their cultivation. As long as their cultivation accumulates to millions, even tens of millions, or hundreds of millions of years, what's the harm of the heavenly tribulation? With the help of the Nine Palaces and Eight Diagrams, they can break it. They even suspected that as long as they cultivated for a million years, they might be able to use the Nine Palaces and Eight Diagrams Formation to forcibly resist the rules of the heavenly tribulation. However, the only problem was - In order to make this formation work, in addition to spending a corresponding amount of time every day to actively practice, the two immortal products, Eight Anise Mysterious Ice Grass and Fiery Apricot, need to maintain a state of practice at all times and cannot rest for a moment. "Xiao Huo, please don't be so angry. This is all for our future." "Xiao Bing, please try to persuade Xiao Huo. This guy has a really bad temper." "You two have to work hard!" "Only by working hard can you gain eternal life!" "..." The rest of the immortal products, immortal herbs, and natural treasures all took the initiative to open their spiritual wisdom and began to persuade the Fiery Apricot and the Star Aniseed Ice Grass. They unintentionally carried out "moral kidnapping" and persuaded them to "sacrifice the small self for the greater self", and then - Everyone has a bright future! The sparse cabbage leaves of the Fire Apricot were emitting flames, and the aloe crystals of the Star Anise Ice Grass were shaking, which made them very angry. So the two of them can't rest for a moment? However, according to the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams Formation, as long as they keep practicing and as long as Douluo Continent is not destroyed, they will be considered to have gained eternal life as long as the heaven and earth and as bright as the sun and the moon. But this is not quite what they imagined! I thought that after achieving immortality, I could enjoy endless fun, but who would have thought that immortality would require continuous practice day and night. Once I stopped, disasters would befall me. It was simply - absurd! But in Zhou Qing's opinion, this is the correct answer—— The gods in the divine world are just too bored, so they do so many weird things. God represents responsibility. Eternal life represents responsibility. If the meaning of God's existence is just for enjoyment, then why call himself "God"? At most, he is just a creature with stronger strength and control over corresponding authority. Therefore, Zhou Qing would never recognize those gods in the God Realm who don't care about the life and death of the lower world, or want to "reduce everything to nothing", or only care about themselves as the gods in his cognition. At least, in his definition, those who fail to fulfill their duties cannot be considered gods, but can only be humans, or some other powerful beings. The so-called laws of the universe want to restrain and punish the gods. It is probably because the laws of the universe believe that these guys occupy positions but are only interested in enjoying themselves, and do not do practical things, and do not allow the universe to develop better. Therefore, they punish them and make them suffer so that they understand the responsibilities of gods. If you do not fulfill the responsibilities that come with that authority, the laws of the universe will have their own judgments, whether it is a minor punishment or a major warning. But unfortunately, in the great circle of gods in the original series, whether it is the great God King Tang or the God Kings of other God Realms, none of them truly realized this point. They are still bent on turning the other planes into small God Realms, and then promoted to become God Stars. They are determined to fight against the will of the entire universe, thereby breaking away from the control of the laws of the universe and gaining true immortality. Whimsical! No matter whether he is a God King born naturally or a God King cultivated after birth, all his resources come from the universe. How could he really resist? Anyway, according to Zhou Qing's logic, if the universe really has will, then all matter and energy in the entire universe are controlled by the will of the universe. How can a mere God King, even the Supreme God King, resist?
It's just that the will of the universe is "merciful" and does not want to care too much, that is, it will not destroy them directly, but will use other methods of "preaching" and "punishing" to make them truly wake up. True eternal life is not enjoyment, but responsibility. (End of this chapter)