In this state, all emotions, feelings, thoughts, etc. disappeared, and Zhou Qing seemed to have become some kind of objectively existing phenomenon.

At the same time, Zhou Qing's perspective changed.

The "position" he was in seemed to be rising endlessly, and then the entire river of time, from the past to the present, and from the present to the future, all the scenes came into view.

This long river of time is no longer just a tributary covering a certain world, but a mother river of time that encompasses the entire void and all the worlds in the universe! All future timelines, parallel timelines, and other possible timelines are all in the mother river.

Except for the Tao Lord and those above him who have jumped out of the Mother River of Time and only left their images in the "river", all other things are accommodated by the Mother River and will be washed and affected by time.

From this, one can imagine its vastness and greatness, and also infer what a miraculous state Zhou Qing is in now.

All the concepts that make up Zhou Qingzhi's existence span the past, present and future, as if they have merged into the mother river of time.

But it also has a perspective that transcends time and has not been completely assimilated by the mother river of time and sunk into oblivion.

In this state, Zhou Qing could see everything. He was everywhere, as if he had personally experienced all time and space, and all things in the past, present and future.

Endless images and information converged on Zhou Qing, forming the concept of Zhou Qing's existence. However, in just a moment, it was washed away by the information contained in the mother river of time and became extremely diluted, almost losing his mark.

Every living being, every mountain, every grain of dust in the past, present and future...

They are all sediments in the mother river, composed of various concepts and information.

Although the concepts that make up Zhou Qingzhi's existence are endless, they seem too insignificant compared to this information.

It's like the difference between dust and the sea of ​​stars, there is no comparison at all.

Zhou Qing is a great celestial master of the dual-path realm, but how many powerful beings of this realm exist in the Mother River of Time? However, since he has merged with the Mother River of Time, it naturally means that Zhou Qing will fully and irresistibly receive all the information in the Mother River.

If an ordinary person were in such a state, he would lose himself in the first moment.

But no matter how the endless information of the Mother River of Time gathers and washes away, this is the limit. It is impossible to truly erase Zhou Qing's mark and let him completely disappear in time.

This is because the power of the Supreme Being is maintaining his existence, leaving him with a glimmer of hope.

It is also because, in the endless concepts differentiated by Zhou Qing, there is a ray of light shining in every part.

Although this light is like a candle in the wind and seems to be flickering, it is very tenacious. No matter how the endless information of the mother river washes away at any time, it can never be truly blown out.

This ray of light firmly fixed the mark of Zhou Qing in those concepts.

This light is the light of the immortal soul! The real purpose of [Xiantian Holy Land] is to reverse cause and effect, to help the current Zhou Qing to rebel against the Xiantian and become an Xiantian God and Demon.

The real purpose of [Immortal Soul Light] is not to help Zhou Qing resurrect after death, but to maintain his soul immortal and his will everlasting, so that the imprint of his soul will not be changed or erased by anything.

Its true purpose is here and now! The Supreme Existence Power can indeed fix Zhou Qing in a state of being and not being, but if there is no immortal light of the soul, then Zhou Qing can only hold on to the last bottom line under the information of the Mother River of Time.

In that case, Zhou Qing would become a "fool". Except for his existence, all other aspects of his life would be suppressed and he would be unable to do anything.

The final result is that Zhou Qing has been maintaining this state. This is meaningless. He came here to pursue the path of the Taoist master, not to be washed away by the Mother River of Time.

But with the eternal light of the soul, it is different.

On the basis of the Supreme Power maintaining his existence, the immortal light of his soul can keep his spiritual will active to a certain extent and will not be changed.

Only in this way can Zhou Qing take the initiative to do something.

After Zhou Qing spread to the past, present and future, a more special avenue quietly appeared in this void, parallel to the existing avenue of heaven and earth, and together with them formed the concept of "avenue".

This is Zhou Qing’s Tao.

The innate gods and demons are the Tao. Generally speaking, the innate gods and demons emerge from the Tao.

But in Zhou Qing's case, the innate gods and demons appeared first, and then the corresponding avenue appeared between heaven and earth.

Although the order is different, the essence and results are the same.

Although this avenue that suddenly appeared was still at the level of illusory Dao fruit, it was already on par with other avenues of heaven and earth, and it was also located "outside the Dao".

Every innate god and demon must correspond to a great road of heaven and earth. This is an iron rule.

The whole avenue suddenly had one more part, and outside the avenues of heaven and earth suddenly there was one more "companion".

This triggered a series of chain reactions.

The Great Dao as a whole "subconsciously" wants to devour this newly emerged Great Dao in order to maintain its perfection.

Compared with the Great Dao of Illusion and the Great Dao of the Heavens, how can they be compared? What qualifications does it have to be ranked alongside them?

However, the power that transcends the Great Dao and is on par with destiny maintains the existence of this illusory Great Dao. To be more precise, it maintains the existence of the Lord of the illusory Great Dao.

No matter how the Dao as a whole is devoured, the Lord of the Dao will not move at all, and the Dao that belongs to him will naturally not be damaged.

When an innate god or demon takes shape, you can kill him, causing him to temporarily lose consciousness and have to wait for him to return later.

But after the concept of the existence of this innate god and demon returned to the Great Dao, no one could do anything to him. The most they could do was delay his return, but it was absolutely impossible to completely annihilate him.

Because the concept of the existence of innate gods and demons is the Tao itself.

Zhou Qing at this moment is in a similar state, equivalent to an innate god or demon who has returned to the Great Dao, and is equivalent to the Great Dao itself.

His existence is equivalent to the existence of the corresponding avenue.

This is the true meaning of the innate gods and demons being the Tao.

Therefore, the Avenue as a whole wanted to devour this illusory Avenue and make it harmonious and perfect again, but it was impossible to do so.

When this could not be done, the avenue led to another path.

The Tao has no intelligence, nor even instincts. It only operates in order and cannot think.

If there is a problem when the Avenue is running, it will solve the problem autonomously through its own operation.

If this method doesn't work, try another one until it's solved.

The Tao is infinite, and there is also the destiny above it, so there is no problem that can never be solved.

I saw that all the great ways of heaven and earth began to rearrange themselves, truly accepting that illusory way, combining into a new structure, and achieving another kind of perfection.

Structurally speaking, the Tao has returned to perfection, but essentially, it still has flaws.

Compared with other great ways, the illusory way is too weak and is completely a loophole in the great ways.

But it just so happens that this illusory avenue is extremely special.

It encompasses everything and accommodates all normal things. It is the origin, the process, and the end point. Everything is contained in it.

As the avenue operated, the "power" from other avenues began to flow into that illusory avenue, filling it, making it stronger and becoming more real.

The great way is one. Even if the great ways seem to be completely opposite, such as water and fire, life and death, there is unity and integration.

This also means that when the Tao is in operation, all Taos will appear to be in which you are in me and I am in you.

And such a situation is the best opportunity for that illusory road.

It absorbs the "power" of all avenues except itself, and begins to truly develop in the direction of embracing everything.

This is a way of practice that is beyond the imagination of the world. It is to practice Tao with Tao, to prove Tao with Tao, and to truly swallow all the Taos in the heavens and prove one's own Tao.

Of course, this swallowing is not a destructive swallowing, but a sustainable one that will not cause any harm.

With such incredible practice, Zhou Qing's path made rapid progress, and the illusory path became real bit by bit at an unimaginable speed.

After being formally accepted by the Great Dao as a whole, the Great Dao of Hunyuan Wuji runs through every corner of the void, and also extends to the past, present and future.

It has achieved a state of being omnipresent both in terms of space and time.

The concepts that constitute Zhou Qingzhi's existence, as well as his avenue, were synchronized at this moment, penetrating all time and space.

Then, a special stream of information was seen going against the trend and rushing upstream in time.

This information concept represents the innate holy land that carries the Tree of Destiny.

The Xiantian Holy Land arrived at the starting point of the long river of time, when the void first opened and the Great Dao was born.

But this is just the starting point of time. Before this, there is still a node.

That was before all things happened, when the void had not yet been opened and the Great Way had not yet been born.

That is the past of the past, the root of time, the "birthplace" of the Tao, and the origin.

All great ways originated from there. If Zhou Qingzhi wants to truly take that step, he must let his own way take root there and have the source.

Those innate gods and demons who are truly born naturally do not have to worry about this at all, because the Tao that corresponds to them was born from there, and this is a condition that they are born with.

But Zhou Qing, whose acquired nature goes against his innate nature, is different from the Taoist master who has not yet achieved enlightenment.

The Xiantian Holy Land is the source of the Xiantian gods and demons.

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Before all things, there is the source of the Tao.

Neither is indispensable.

Coming to the information flow at the starting point of the Mother River of Time, the Tree of Destiny flashed and pierced through the wall of the origin of time, and then the Innate Holy Land directly "crashed" into the origin of time, before all things.

The Xiantian Holy Land is the birthplace of the Xiantian gods and demons. It is a part of the Xiantian gods and demons, and is also a carrier corresponding to the Great Dao.

After the Xiantian Holy Land entered the origin of time, the concepts that constituted Zhou Qingzhi's existence, as well as his great way, naturally entered the forefront of all things.

At this time, Zhou Qing could already be called ancient.

He could say that it existed before the creation of the world and before all things! Concepts and avenues all gathered in the Xiantian Holy Land. The power of the Tree of Destiny began to play a real role. The gestational power enveloped the entire Xiantian Holy Land and began to gestate.

The innate god and demon named Zhou Qing left his own traces at the origin of time and began his gestation.

It sounds counterintuitive, Zhou Qing is already a true innate god and demon, but he is only now truly experiencing the gestation process.

If Zhou Qing can finally break through and return successfully, then from the perspective of time, he can be said to be the earliest innate god and demon.

The root of time, before the Great Dao was born, he had already successfully conceived it.

If this isn’t the earliest innate god and demon, then what is it?

The first innateness after reversing cause and effect!

However, what is being nurtured now is not only the innate god and demon Zhou Qing, but also his Tao. Although the two should be equivalent in theory, Zhou Qing's situation is special after all.

From then on, his Tao also had a "root" at the origin of time, and its birth process was no different from that of other Taos of heaven and earth.

At this point, Zhou Qing was nurtured at the source of time, and the Hunyuan Wuji Dao absorbed the power of all Daos to perfect itself. Zhou Qing had already set foot on the path of becoming the master of Dao, and was moving towards the end step by step.

As for the two steps currently underway, Zhou Qing does not actually need to actively participate.

The power of the Tree of Destiny will carry out the nurturing of my true self on its own.

And absorbing the power of all the Daos is also achieved automatically during the operation of the Dao.

For these two things, Zhou Qing only needs to wait, but this does not mean that Zhou Qing’s path to becoming a Taoist master is fully automatic and does not require him to do anything.

On the contrary, Zhou Qing has to complete the most critical step.

The two things that do not require his active participation are actually about accumulation. When the time comes, they will come naturally.

What Zhou Qing needs to do is to truly transcend the Mother River of Time and reach the shore.

The great way of every Taoist master connects ancient and modern times, because their Tao is completely in line with the great way of heaven and earth.

But the process of them reaching this state is to first transcend the long river of time, stand outside the Tao, and then drive the sublimation of the Tao.

Zhou Qing's words were the opposite.

His Tao first went outside the Tao, but he himself was still in the long river of time and was deeply integrated with the long river of time.

But the consequence of doing so is that if Zhou Qing cannot break free of the state of deep integration with the Mother River of Time and transcend it, then his Tao will not become completely real, but will remain in a state of being just one step away.

It is wishful thinking to do nothing and expect to be brought out by the perfection of the great way.

If Zhou Qing had not deeply merged with the river of time, he could still do it. If people transcend first, it can lead to the sublimation of the Tao. Then, if the Tao sublimates first, it can naturally lead people to transcend.

But now, for Zhou Qing, this would not work and would be impossible to achieve.

After he merged with the Mother River of Time, he was, to some extent, equal to the Mother River itself. It is true that the Taoist Master can transcend time, but I have never heard of anyone being able to pull out the Mother River of Time as well...

Therefore, Zhou Qing must rely on his own strength to transcend the Mother River of Time, so as not to hinder his own Tao and finally become the Lord of Tao.

There is no other way. Due to Zhou Qing's special nature, he must go through this process and state. If he does not do so, he will never be able to become a Taoist master.

The Tai Chi diagram cannot help Zhou Qing with this step; he has to do it himself.

To give an example that is not particularly appropriate, Zhou Qing at this time was like a drowning person who was rescued by others and who learned to swim and walk to the shore by himself. This has completely different meanings.

Even if the final result seems to be the same, what you get is very different. This is to prove your own way, not to prove the way of others.

And if you want to rely on the resurrection ability of the innate gods and demons to escape the long river of time...

This must not be done, otherwise Zhou Qing will surely die.

After returning with the innate powers of gods and demons, the Hunyuan Wuji Dao will still be in a state just one step away from being real.

The premise for Zhou Qing to resist being swallowed by the Great Dao and to use it to practice Taoism was not that his Great Dao could fight against the Great Dao of the heavens, but because when he was in this state of being and not being, he was blessed by the power of the Supreme Being.

This is a power of destiny level, and the Great Dao cannot do anything to him.

But once Zhou Qing returns without attaining the status of Dao Master and leaves his current state, his Dao will be ruthlessly devoured by the operation of the Dao.

Even a slight difference in truth can make a world of difference.

The Great Dao of the Heavens now coexists with him, not because it has a change of heart, but because it is its second choice that cannot swallow him.

The great way of life is harmonious coexistence, which is based on the fact that everyone is at the same level and cannot do anything to each other.

Before Zhou Qing condensed the true Dao fruit, it only took one operation of the Dao for his Dao to be divided and completely integrated into other Daos.

There is no malice in the Tao. It is simply because Zhou Qing's Tao cannot withstand such operating rules.

Therefore, before transcending the long river of time, even if you can rely on the essence of the innate gods and demons to be resurrected, try not to choose this method.

There are two consequences of doing this: one is to be swallowed up by the Tao, and the other is to always be under the shelter of the Tai Chi diagram and be restricted by it.

No matter which consequence it was, Zhou Qing could not accept it.

To transcend the long river of time, specifically, Zhou Qing had to reunite the concepts scattered throughout time and space on his own, allowing him to appear in this world again.

If he could achieve this, it would mean that his realm had reached the level of a Taoist master.

It's just that this is very, very difficult.

The concepts that make up Zhou Qingzhi's existence are spread throughout endless time and space. He exists in every period of history. If he wants to gather, he must radiate and even control all time and space. Moreover, he has merged with the long river of time, and normally it is impossible to separate him.

At the same time, under the flushing of information from the Mother River of Time, Zhou Qing's mark has been diluted to the extreme, to the point where it is almost imperceptible.

Therefore, even though the nurturing of one’s true self and the perfection of the Great Dao proceed automatically, it does not mean that Zhou Qing’s path to becoming a Taoist master is easy.

It is never easy to attain enlightenment.

(End of this chapter)