Do not die

At this moment, all the golden-armored spirit insects were submerged in a rosy glow, undergoing the most important and final transformation after successfully overcoming the tribulation.

Meng Zhou, who was substituted into these golden-armored spirit insects, also had an extremely wonderful experience.

The rosy glow surrounding the golden-armored spirit insects seemed to be a projection from a higher dimension.

It could also be said that it was a projection from the real world.

However, this "real world" was much deeper than the "real world" where Meng Zhou often traveled, borrowed roads, and hid.

It was a depth that he had never touched before and was deliberately avoiding.

——The "real world" is not a simple "curtain", but like the universe and the starry sky, it has "deep and shallow" differences.

The closer to the real world, the "shallow", and the farther from the real world, the "deep".

According to Meng Zhou's understanding, up to now, the cultivation world has no conclusion on "how deep" the real world is.

As for any problem of cultivation, once you keep exploring upward and tracing back to the source, you will inevitably encounter this problem.

Some say that the real world is like a "sea" without boundaries and bottom.

The real world is a layer of "foam" floating on the surface of the real world, and the colorful reflections of these "foam" are the complexity of the real world.

There is also another saying that the real world is not really endless.

Its end is "Tao".

The deeper you dive into the real world, the closer you are to "Tao".

Of course, there is no so-called "diving" in the real world.

Whether it is "diving to the bottom" or "rising to the top", it is just for the convenience of understanding. The cultivator uses the transfer and borrowing of some similar experiences in the real world.

Previously, because his own cultivation level was too low, in order to avoid the danger of "transforming into Tao", Meng Zhou took the initiative to stay away from his curiosity about the deeper parts of the real world.

Now, the rosy glow that bathed the golden-armored spirit insects was like a "window" opened directly to him from the depths of the real world, sending the wonderful rosy glow to him while allowing him to directly and clearly see the "scene in front of the window".

Not only could he "see", he could even "feel" and "touch" it clearly through the golden-armored spirit insects.

The "scene" seen from the perspective of the golden-armored spirit insects was also very wonderful.

Meng Zhou first saw that it seemed that golden-armored spirit insects appeared in front of the "window".

Among them, there were some insect swarms that were obviously different from the golden-armored spirit insects, and even some strange creatures with various armors and even exoskeletons.

After the initial daze, Meng Zhou noticed that the golden-armored spirit insects he had initially thought of were not actually real golden-armored spirit insects.

At least, they were still very different from the batch of golden-armored spirit insects he cultivated.

They were just groups of insect swarms that looked very similar to golden-armored spirit insects, and their abilities and characteristics also had many similarities with golden-armored spirit insects.

This strange scene only appeared for a short moment in front of the "window".

In a trance, it passed and disappeared.

If Meng Zhou had not been fully confident in his insight and memory, he would have doubted whether the strange scene just now was a dazzle.

Instead, there were "lines" that crisscrossed and entangled like ribbons and flowing water.

These dynamic, three-dimensional, and strange "lines" all had a magical attraction to each golden armor spirit insect.

When his eyes moved to different positions of this "line", he would also have different strange feelings.

For example, in one section, he felt the strength and perseverance in the quiet and peaceful;

When his eyes moved slightly, there was suddenly a bloody and wild background under the strong and resolute appearance;

When his eyes moved a little further, he could feel a kind of almost crazy greed, as if he wanted to swallow everything;

And next to it, it also conveyed a feeling of swallowing to Meng Zhou, but there was no strong emotion of crazy greed, but a kind of piercing coldness and indifference.

Meng Zhou has realized that these "lines" he saw through this "window" are "laws".

All the laws that the golden armored spirit insect involved in and could touch after surviving the catastrophe of the true spirit are all concentrated in this small "window".

What surprised him was not that he saw the "laws" at this moment-this thing itself was expected. Because this is the most precious "reward" that the golden armored spirit insect that has survived the catastrophe of the true spirit will receive.

What really surprised Meng Zhou was the presentation process of this "law" itself.

This is really far from the "law of the great way" that he imagined, which represents a certain aspect of the great way.

Not only is it a bit "emotional", but the first impression gives people a messy feeling.

It is far from being as high-end as Meng Zhou imagined.

To be honest, this makes Meng Zhou somewhat disappointed.

In his original imagination, the "laws of the great way" should be like mathematical formulas, with a sense of simplicity, precision, order, and mysterious beauty.

But what about the reality?

None of these he imagined, but instead give people a sense of natural growth and randomness, and a deliberate stiffness of forced stacking together.

However, these thoughts flashed through Meng Zhou's mind.

He knew very well what the really important thing was at this moment.

This "window" in front of him would not appear at any time.

As the blood of the golden armored spirit insect completely stabilizes, it will completely disappear.

…

These "lines" that appear in the "window" have actually pointed out all the paths of the golden armored spirit insect.

Meng Zhou's eyes moved on different "line segments".

Now, the rules that appeared in front of the "window" basically encompass all the possibilities of the future path of the golden armored spirit insect.

He couldn't "take them all", he had to make a choice.

This does not require any guidance. Even the great demon spirit that has just survived the catastrophe of the true spirit, with no experience and a pure intelligence like a baby, can follow its own preferences and tendencies and quickly make the most suitable choice for its bloodline ability.

On the contrary, cultivators are more likely to be confused at this step, falling into a dilemma or the trap of "wanting both".

"So, should we focus on defense, or focus on attack? Or both?"

As soon as this thought came up, Meng Zhou immediately had a definite answer in his mind.

The best thing about the Golden Armored Spirit Insect is defense, and the way of defense is not a small path, with infinite potential to be explored. It doesn't make sense to abandon the advantages accumulated along the way and "change career" to another path, starting from scratch again.

And just when Meng Zhou made up his mind for the Golden Armored Spirit Insect, a wonderful scene happened.

At first glance, it seemed that the "window" had shrunk.

The originally crisscrossed and dense "lines" were instantly reduced by more than half.

All concentrated in the line segment area he "saw".

Looking more closely, it seemed that the "window" was closer, even probing into the interior of the line segment area he "saw".

"No bloody killing."

"No wild madness..."

"..."

Meng Zhou made choices again and again.

Meng Zhou's intuitive feeling was that with his choices again and again, the "window" that was originally aimed at the deepest part of the real world continued to go deeper.

Finally, when Meng Zhou made any choice, the "window" no longer moved, and the scene inside was only a faint golden mist.

Meng Zhou immediately understood what was going on.

"The 'action force' is used up."

This "action force" is accumulated by the golden armor spirit insect after surviving 7963 heavenly tribulations.

The more heavenly tribulations it survives, the more "action force" it accumulates, and the more it can take the opportunity to go deeper into the real world and touch the purer and more powerful power of the law.

If it hadn't been for his intervention, the golden armor spirit insect would have only survived 5945 heavenly tribulations, and the accumulated "action force" would not be as abundant as it is now, and it would not have expected to see this golden mist.

...

The "window" disappeared.

The magical rays of light that bathed the golden armor spirit insects also disappeared.

The golden mist that finally appeared in front of the "window" also disappeared.

But it seemed not to disappear.

Meng Zhou clearly felt that in the deepest part of the blood of each golden armor spirit insect, there seemed to be a layer of light gold suddenly.

Untouchable, but lingering.

It was like the imprint of the law of the avenue in the deep blood of the golden armored spirit insect, and it was also like a guide of direction, which made him understand the correct direction of progress at all times.

When Meng Zhou calmed down to sense it, it was as if he was standing at the "window" again, seeing and even touching the faint golden mist again.

He also realized the various wonderful true meanings contained in it.

Meng Zhou realized in a very short time that as long as this power was activated, the defense power that was already terrifyingly strong would be increased several times again.

The defense ranged from physical defense, to mana defense, to soul defense, and even to spiritual defense, without any omissions.

Such defense power is almost as unsolvable as absolute defense when facing opponents of the same level.

And this is just the most superficial and direct method of application.

It can be said that from then on, the golden armored spirit insect can almost "seek nothing from outside", from fighting to growth, it only needs to follow the guidance of the bloodline, dig inward, and continue to explore "downward".

"True Spirit Bloodline, this is the True Spirit Bloodline."

Meng Zhou realized.

Compared to this, any spiritual body or Taoist body is just a younger brother.

At the same time, Meng Zhou even had some strange emotions in his heart.

"My achievements should not be worse than theirs, right?"

After all, the heavenly tribulation he was experiencing was much stronger than the one encountered by the golden armor spirit insect in every aspect.

Thinking of this, Meng Zhou did not have time to pay attention to more changes in the outer domain of the Eight Wastelands. He asked the golden armor spirit insect to find a place to hide, and then focused on himself again.

Now, he is still going through the tribulation.

Although, since he found the correct way to deal with the tribulation, the heavenly tribulation has not caused any substantial harm to him.

But he can't really ignore the heavenly tribulation.

…

Xingxiu Sea.

The sea near Lingming Island.

The three "big brothers" were unusually stable at this moment.

Even though they were holding the latest news urgently sent back from the outer domain of the Eight Wastelands, letting them know that the true spirit heavenly tribulation that occurred in the eight wastelands disappeared almost at the same time.

And considering all aspects, it can be basically confirmed that none of the eight tribulation sites failed, and all of them succeeded.

At the same time, the black evil mist array was completely disintegrated under the attack of the last heavenly tribulation, and the fourth-level evil land that was originally sealed by them once again opened its doors to all cultivators and even great monsters.

The place that they had just cleaned up with killing will soon be "full of visitors" again.

If they don't act quickly, they will witness the arrival of the grand scene of "Nascent Souls walking all over the ground" in the near future.

But the three people holding these jade slips did not have the slightest fluctuation in their mentality.

Under the advice of "Fourth Junior Sister", "Big Brother" even calmly issued a new decree to the Observation Hall.

——From now on, all the guards of the Eight Wastelands in the outer domain can be withdrawn.

No matter.

Withdraw.

After issuing this decree, "Big Brother" looked towards the direction of Lingming Island.

After watching for a while, he nodded gently and said, "Well, it seems that it has ended over there... The result seems to be very good."

As he said this, he seemed to recall, and asked softly: "How many waves of heavenly tribulations did our fellow disciple go through?"

"Fourth Junior Sister" whispered: "It should be thirty-six."

"Big Brother" nodded, "Same as us..."

As he said this, he looked up at the huge cloud of tribulations floating in the sky in front of him, and was stunned for a moment before asking, "How many tribulations do you think this person will go through?"

The two girls were also slightly startled when they heard this, and then shook their heads gently.

"How does he compare to our first ancestor?"

The two girls were startled again, and their faces showed a look of thinking and recalling.

The first generation ancestor of Xingxiu Palace is said to have successfully gone through seventy-two heavenly tribulations. He is an existence that can be discussed with the fourth-level peak true spirit on an equal footing, and is only one step away from the nine-nine perfection.

Brother, compare the one in front of you with this legendary big man?

The first reaction of both of them was that they couldn't believe it, but after thinking about it carefully, they found that the performance of the person in front of them was fully qualified to be compared with the first ancestor of Xingxiu Palace.

After thinking for a while, "Second Senior Sister" said softly: "I think that even if it is inferior to the first ancestor, it won't be much worse."

For this answer, "Big Brother" did not comment, but looked at "Fourth Senior Sister", as if curious about her different opinions.

"Fourth Junior Sister" did not answer immediately, but thought for a while before slowly saying:

"Senior Sister, have you noticed that until now, apart from the constantly falling Heavenly Tribulation, we have not felt any other power!"

"Second Senior Sister" was startled and asked puzzledly: "What does this mean?"

"Fourth Junior Sister" had not answered yet, "Big Brother" had already said:

"This means that the other party did not use any means to resist, weaken, or slow down the power of the Heavenly Tribulation."

"Second Senior Sister" first looked stagnant, and then, with a look of shock, she blurted out in a high-pitched voice:

"You mean, from the beginning to now, that person has not taken any means and has been resisting the Heavenly Tribulation?"

"Big Brother" nodded.

"This... How is this possible!" "Second Senior Sister" couldn't believe it.

But she already understood that this "impossible" might be correct.

"Boom!!"

"Big Brother" looked at the Heavenly Tribulation that was falling from the sky in the distance, and said self-deprecatingly: "It's a pity that we are still thinking about how to stop it."

The two women were silent.

Yes, facing such evildoers, they had already lost their true choices long ago. (End of this chapter)