"Of course they will, but they don't dare." Ye Qingxue stood quietly by the door of the River God Temple, speaking very softly, her voice only audible within the temple. If someone else had said this, it would have sounded overbearing and sharp-tongued, but coming from Ye Qingxue's mouth, it didn't feel sharp at all. Chen Jing didn't ask what they didn't dare to do. Was it that they didn't dare to snatch something from her hands, or was there another reason? She suddenly realized that this senior sister of hers was far more than she could understand.

  Outside the Temple of the River God, the wind is very strong and the rain falls in torrents. However, no matter how strong the wind is, there isn't a single breeze inside the temple, and no matter how thick the water accumulates on the ground, not a drop will wet the eaves of the temple's corridor.

  Time slips away in the wind and rain.

  "It's dark."

  In the dark sky, a little girl was running in the wind and rain, from under the river embankment to the River God Temple. In the darkness, she ran unimpeded, covering her head with her small hands, shouting loudly: "Ahh...". Her voice appeared and disappeared in the wind and rain, not completely drowned out.

  She rushed into the River God Temple with her head down, shouting: "Ah, what a big rain!" Looking down at her clothes on her body, she exclaimed: "Huh, why are my clothes dry?"

  Her clothes were indeed dry, except for some wet mud on the soles of her feet, and her heels were dry.

  Ye Qingxue looked at her lowering her head and glancing left and right, smiling: "It's so dark outside, how did you come here? Didn't you run into anything?"

  "I ran over here, but I couldn't see anything, it's all dark!" Little White Dragon raised its head, seemingly finding Ye Qingxue's question strange.

  Ye Qingxue just glanced at the outside of the temple, smiled and handed the non-paper, non-silk "Tian Yao Hua Xing Pian" to the little white dragon, saying: "The time is almost up, you read it out loud, you must speak louder, otherwise those outside won't be able to hear clearly."

  "What's outside? What is it outside?"

  "There's wind and rain outside, and something that wants to take shape." Ye Qingxue said.

  The little white dragon responded with a vague "oh" and took the book "Tianyao Huaxing Pian" from her hand, opened it and was about to read aloud. Ye Qingxue hastily stopped her, telling her to stand in the middle of the River God Temple, facing the River God statue. Then, Ye Qingxue herself stood at the door, looking out at the dark sky outside that was shrouded in wind and rain, saying: "Little white dragon, you read now."

  Ye Qingxue finished speaking, and the small white dragon behind her immediately began to recite loudly, its voice clear and crisp, somewhat like a child's morning reading in school, with a slight drawl, making it sound like singing at first.

  In this land, everything has become a mess, as if heaven and earth no longer exist. The Temple of the River God is the only thing that remains. In the darkness, the temple emits a faint, soft glow that is not dazzling to the eyes. Inside the temple, it is bright and lit up, but it is impossible to see clearly the statue of the god or the little girl reciting "The Heavenly Demon's Transformation". Because at the entrance of the temple stands a woman in white, her slender figure standing quietly there, as if separating the temple from the wind and rain into two different worlds.

  In this dark universe, the clear voice of a young girl is floating, and it's also so clear in the wind and rain.

  Chen Jing didn't know what it sounded like to others, but to his ears, it was extremely easy to understand, not obscure or profound. In his heart, a feeling of "so that's how it is" arose, and everything in his body became as clear as the clouds parting to reveal the moon.

  My spirit is floating, following the surge of energy that rises to the sky and goes straight up to the Milky Way. It's as if I've become a heavenly demon who has broken free from the constraints of heaven and earth. Like in the dark universe, a bright moon rises, its silver light spreading everywhere, illuminating all. In his vague perception, he feels that he has developed meridians, with blood flowing slowly through them, circulating throughout his body, pulsing ceaselessly. It's as if a parched land suddenly experiences rain, the raindrops falling on the dry earth, nourishing it, gradually forming streams and rivers.

  Unconsciously, it has already dawned.

  Outside the Temple of the River God, grass and trees sprout new growth, and the river water surges violently.

  "Wow, it's dawn! I have to go back, Cow Officer's cow needs to be let out!" After saying that, she stuffed the book into Ye Qingxue's hands and ran towards the River God Temple. Her feet slipped on the muddy road, but fortunately, she didn't fall. She jumped from stone to stone as she walked, looking like a little mushroom girl from afar.

  Ye Qingxue turned around and asked the statue: "What did you hear, Younger Brother?"

  Chen Jing said: "Having obtained much, yet still being unsure of where to start, now that the restraints have been broken through, it is possible to resume cultivation once more."

  "That's good, I'll return the book and from now on cultivate in Qianluo Mountain without leaving. You also focus on your cultivation. Although the Immortal Path and the Divine Path are different, they are also not different. The Great Way is infinite, and different paths lead to the same destination." She finished speaking and didn't wait for Chen Jing to say anything before she left the temple, transforming into a bolt of lightning that vanished into thin air.

  Suddenly, Chen Jing felt Ye Qingxue leaving, and a big red shrimp crawled up from the river domain. As soon as it entered the River God Temple, it shouted loudly: "River God, River God, you can be in charge of Lao Xia for me!" Then, looking around, it said loudly again: "Where is the goddess? Where did the goddess go?"

  "What's wrong?"

  The big red shrimp suddenly burst into tears and said: "Last night, a group of mischievous spirits came from who-knows-where, caught me, the old shrimp, and even had a black bear that looked like an iron tower sitting on me, farting non-stop. I almost never saw the River God again! Poor me, following the River God into the City God Temple, rushing through the underworld, what great winds and waves haven't I seen? Yet I ended up suffering such humiliation, how can I still speak in front of my shrimp children and grandchildren?"

  "Oh, next time I'll definitely let you sit back," said Chen Jing.

  "Heishen, I heard that black thing say it's going to steal the City God's 'Tianyao Huashen Pian' last night." The big red shrimp said in a low voice as he took a few steps closer.

  "Oh, then why didn't you make a move in the end."

  "I heard someone say that it's not suitable to take action now, let's wait until after tonight and then rob. They all left at dawn, probably going to find the immortal woman."

  "Hehe, so many monsters didn't dare move last night, now they still dare to bully my master's sister."

  "I'm afraid they have too many people, although the immortal lady's magical powers are profound and her divine abilities are vast, if by any chance she falls into an ambush..."

  "Is there any ambush that can trap my master's sister?"

  The big red shrimp thought for a moment and said, "No, the divine lady's lightning escape technique is the best in the world. In Hei Wu State, she can fight alone against hundreds of people and still bring back the River God unscathed. They are seeking their own death." The big red shrimp was complacent, as if he had already seen those monsters that caught him last night being beaten into dust by Ye Qingxue.

  All things have spirits, and with opportunities, they can open their spiritual wisdom to become demons. However, becoming a demon is easy, but transforming is difficult. If one does not transform, they will forever be unable to escape their beastly form. No matter how strong their magical powers or divine abilities are, once they reach a certain level, they will never be able to surpass it.

  Therefore, most of the demons in the world today are only equivalent to those who have cultivated their energy and transformed their spirits, and have achieved the completion of their inner elixir. Many demons seek other methods, such as seizing divine positions or borrowing the power of mountains and rivers to transform and transcend calamities. However, this is also something that requires a very long time to achieve.

  Chen Jing did not know that in reality, there were no longer any demons in the world who had completely transformed. Those he saw who had transformed into human form were only partially transformed, and then used their magical powers to disguise themselves as they walked among the heavens and earth.

  Chen Jing didn't know whether he was now a human or a demon, his body had already transformed into half a withered skeleton, but his current body was now a statue of a god. The five years of incense and worship had allowed the stone statue to gradually merge with Chen Jing's divine soul, making it impossible to separate them again.

  Five years of time, Chen Jing truly transformed, as if his soul had been transplanted, and it was like a rebirth. All the past grievances seemed to have been severed from him, everything was cut off by Ye Qingxue, as if he had come just to be a godly image, not tainted by even half a bit of worldly karma.

  From then on, Chen Jing only refined the stone statue with the spiritual power of the river domain every day and absorbed the essence of the sun and moon. As for the big red shrimp, it would come to tell a story about what happened in the world during the five years when Chen Jing was not awake, but he himself had low magical powers and didn't know much. However, what he knew were all extremely widespread major events.

  One day, suddenly, the big red shrimp asked excitedly: "River God, do you know the top ten most mysterious and profound mountains in the world?"

  "Hehe, you knew again."

  "I didn't know either, but just now that old turtle told me about the top ten most ancient and mysterious sects in the world."

  "Oh, what are the top ten sects? Come and tell me." Chen Jing suddenly became interested. He didn't know much about the world and hadn't been to many places. Now he wanted to travel the world and see all the famous mountains, which was impossible.

  "Among these ten major sects, there is our Kunlun at the border of Jiuhua Prefecture."

  "Kunlun is known as the ancestor of all Taoist sects in the world, and it must be one of the top ten sects." Chen Jing said.

  "There is also Hezhou Lingshan."

  "What is the origin of Lingshan?" Chen Jing asked.

  "I don't know either, I heard it's the place where Buddha practiced his golden body." The big red shrimp said: "Legend has it that when this Buddha attained enlightenment, billions of heavenly demons appeared around him, and he transformed them all one by one."

  Chen Jing didn't know much about the Buddhist legends, so he naturally didn't know where the Buddha had refined his golden body. He didn't dwell on it and continued to ask: "What else is there? The first two places have such a big background, what about the back?"

  "This third one is Donghai Penglai. It's said that a great divine being who could penetrate heaven and earth once appeared here, but I don't know if it still exists now," said the big red shrimp.

  "Uh, continue." These Ling Mountain and Penglai were already unheard of by Chen Jing, but they could be ranked alongside Kunlun as one of the top ten sects in the world. The others must not be much different either. There were actually so many sacred mountains and blessed lands that he had never heard of. As for those sects he knew about, they seemed like ants in front of these people.

  But the big red shrimp hesitated for a long time and couldn't say anything, finally had to honestly say: "I'm old shrimp with poor memory, can't remember so many laborious doorways. Just now the shell was also listening on the side, she must have remembered. River God, I'll go call her." After finishing, he slipped into the darkness outside the temple and returned to the river.

  The big red shrimp usually only comes to the River God Temple at night, while Bai Zhen never shows up. After he returned to the river, Chen Jing didn't wait and started practicing instead.

  The spiritual energy between heaven and earth can be collectively referred to as the heavenly yuanqi. If the yuanqi is further divided, it can be categorized into lingqi (spiritual energy) and shaqi (killing energy). Generally speaking, living beings absorb lingqi, which is also divided into many types, including the power of moonlight, the power of stars, earth vein spiritual energy, mountain forest spiritual energy, and yinsha (yin killing energy) in the underworld. The entry-level cultivation methods of various major sects are all about absorbing and spitting out lingqi, practicing and transforming one's own essence and blood, with only minor differences. However, these small differences will lead to huge disparities later on. As you progress further, the differences between the techniques of each sect become apparent, with various techniques, magical artifacts, and unique mysteries.

  This is the difference caused by the practice of Fa.

  The sky was a deep shade of indigo, with sparse stars twinkling like scattered diamonds in the east and west.