Chapter 299: Familiar with power

This incident in Chang'an quickly spread to many places.

After all, it was Chang'an, the core of humanity, so someone should have been observing it already.

However, the rules of the Human Dao are extremely strict, with power and responsibility integrated. Doing anything outside one's duties is an overstep, unless the matter is truly urgent. Otherwise, it's always about notifying the responsible person to handle it.

For example, this time, the Officials stationed in Chang'an should have been ready long ago, but the matter could only be reported to the Mayor of the Capital for handling. If the Mayor of the Capital could handle it, others couldn't easily interfere.

It's unclear whether it was due to strong principles or inflexibility, but subsequent appeals also seemed to follow this process.

However, Li Qi didn't care about those things right now.

He handed over the matters of appeal and litigation to Great Shaman Mi Xin, while he himself sat cross-legged in the other party's inner body spirits' small world.

He was examining himself.

Honestly, this Breakthrough came inexplicably, full of Opportunity and coincidence, as if someone had delivered it to him.

He had originally planned to slowly learn the mysteries of 'creation from nothing', hoping to understand it within twenty years.

After all, this kind of thing isn't that simple.

Those who understand, understand. Those who don't, never will.

And even if someone tells you what's going on, it's useless; in the end, you still have to comprehend it yourself.

Because, to be honest, this kind of thing can't be rushed. It's like advanced mathematics; if you don't understand, you just don't understand. No matter what you say, you won't get it. Your teacher can explain it a hundred times, and you still won't. All the steps might be memorized, you can even write them out from memory, but you just don't understand why.

But occasionally, one day, while you're lying in bed pondering, you suddenly figure it out, you understand.

At that time, you'll suddenly exclaim: "So that's how it is, so that's how it is!" Then you'll start to feel like an idiot, thinking, "How could I not have figured out something so simple before?"

Li Qi was prepared to be stuck at the Eighth Grade Peak for decades.

But all of a sudden, someone delivered the Opportunity for Breakthrough right to his eyes.

Personally going to the edge of the Universe and witnessing the expansion of outer space is not a treatment ordinary people can receive.

To achieve this, the cost was the destruction of a Third Grade Spiritual Artifact.

To let Li Qi glimpse the expansion of the Universe's edge, a very special Third Grade Spiritual Artifact like the three lives ancient mirror was directly overloaded and exploded. Such a grand gesture...

Can a First Grade person do it?

Probably, right?

Thinking of this, Li Qi took out that wisp of Heavenly Demon’s Dao Resonance.

He didn't dare to use it, so he had no idea what its effect was.

The only thing he had tried was that the power this thing displayed was only to subdue Demonic Overlords. Monk Chan Zhi's one hundred and eight Demonic Overlords were so ferocious in the past, but Li Qi at that time merely showed the Heavenly Demon’s Dao Resonance, and all these Demonic Overlords submitted.

In just three short years, Li Qi had already seen the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations twice...

Moreover, both promotions were related to him.

When he was promoted to Eighth Grade, it was also the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations who did something unknown in Guangyang.

This time, when he was promoted to Seventh Grade, the Demonic Overlord suddenly appeared.

It all seemed like a coincidence, everything naturally unfolding.

But Li Qi dared not treat these as mere coincidences.

He was almost suffering from anxiety now; whenever he thought about such things, he felt like he couldn't sleep.

Is it the main body?

That's unlikely, right?

"Alas, forget it, I'll hand this over too." Li Qi sighed, deciding to temporarily entrust this thing to a Senior for safekeeping.

He would do this after Great Shaman Mi Xin finished handling the external matters, asking him to pass it on to Senior Yun Fang and also tell him about these things.

Li Qi absolutely dared not keep the Heavenly Demon’s Dao Resonance on him. He was still young and wanted to live a few more years.

After examining his mindset and what he needed to do next, Li Qi focused his attention on his own transformation.

The transformation from Eighth Grade to Seventh Grade is mainly divided into two aspects.

The first aspect is the sudden vitality that emerged from his inner body spirits' small world.

Just as the Universe expands, constantly generating new matter, Li Qi's inner body spirits' small world also seemed to be slowly expanding, constantly generating brand new matter.

Creating from nothing, new power surged out of thin air. Although not much, it was just enough to compensate for the natural wear and tear of Li Qi's Lifespan, and because it was generated by the expansion of the inner body spirits' small world itself, it could curb losses due to external factors.

Therefore, without additional consumption, Li Qi's natural Lifespan would no longer decline.

Now, he had achieved limited longevity.

If he wasn't injured, didn't perform tasks that excessively consumed power, or didn't fight, then his Lifespan would be infinite.

However, he still only had the Innate human Lifespan of over a hundred years. If he was injured or excessively consumed power, leading to an increase in natural wear and tear, then his Lifespan would still decline as usual.

The second transformation is from illusory to real.

Previously, if a mountain was taken out of Li Qi's inner body spirits' small world, it would turn into a wisp of earth Qi or mountain Qi outside, because these things were not actually existent.

But now, when Li Qi takes out a mountain again, although it is still Qi, this Qi already has a tendency to materialize. If a Talisman is applied, it can even truly become an illusory mountain, just like a mirage.

Although it has no substance, it indeed possesses all the properties of a mountain, it's just very ethereal, similar to something made of paper, or rather... a projection?

The mountain in the inner body spirits' small world was projected outside. Although very ethereal, it was real.

Li Qi found it hard to describe this strange situation.

This mountain is real; it possesses all the properties that a mountain has, such as the effect of suppression, and it can also generate clouds. It can even be made into a Talisman or engraved onto a Spiritual Artifact. In this way, it can borrow Li Qi's power and also form the same effects as a real mountain, possessing the same Divine Might.

Of course, the premise is an ordinary mountain, not some spiritual mountain, nor one with a mountain god guarding it.

But it's also not real, because it's all transformed from Qi. Although it has the properties and shape of a mountain, it doesn't have any substantial material at all; it's all a projected illusion. People can pass through it without obstruction, like water mist.

Li Qi pondered for a long time and finally realized what this situation was.

It possessed a status but lacked strength.

It had the symbol of reality but lacked real power.

"So, the path ahead is to enrich this reality?" Li Qi realized something.

And, at the same time, he also felt that... after possessing the status of reality, his body began to operate somewhat sluggishly, not as smooth and effortless as before.

He checked with his enhanced True Knowledge Dao Resonance and found that it was because... it was too real, which led to some real problems.

For example, the four rivers within his body previously communicated the movement of water Qi, helping Qi circulate.

But now, some areas of the four rivers within his body have experienced floods due to obstructed waterways, and with these floods, the operation of some areas has naturally become stagnant.

In some places, the earth Qi has become stagnant due to sharp turns, causing minor earthquakes. These earthquakes, in turn, led to problems with the mountain Qi, which no longer produced clouds, resulting in a lack of rain in some areas.

Without rain, the water Qi is difficult to regulate, and floods become more frequent.

These disasters have led to the current stagnant state within his body. Things that were not a problem before have now become problems.

He must spend time to sort out the issues within his body to stabilize his cultivation.

This is not only due to being too real; the friction between the three Dao paths has also caused many problems. The conflict between human and Shaman has not disappeared; it has only been temporarily alleviated by the Daoist sect's nameless Dao.

However, this problem is too tricky compared to sorting out the body and can only be left for future resolution.

Moreover, his transformation from illusory to real relied on a wisp of Qi from an unknown source. Only after coming into contact with this wisp of Qi did he suddenly begin to create from nothing and transform from illusory to real.

He also needs to figure out the origin of this. He'll read some books and ask the Great Shaman later.

He's not a Loose Cultivator who has to rely on himself for everything.

He has a legitimate Legacy and Seniors in his sect.

When he encounters an insoluble problem, he must immediately ask an adult. He's not an orphan, so there's no need to bottle it up.

These are all problems he needs to sort out.

Li Qi was used to eating what he didn't like first. After he finished sorting out the problems, he began to experience his power.

The absolute power of Seventh Grade did not increase much compared to Eighth Grade Peak.

However, the quality was much higher.

The promotion of grade is not an increase in absolute power, but a qualitative transformation.

Especially after transforming the illusory into real and creating from nothing, the power of many Talismans increased many times over, because they possessed the quality of 'reality', making the Talismans themselves stronger.

Moreover, the upper limit has also increased.

Previously, Li Qi's inner body spirits' small world had reached the point of being 'uncomfortably full', and he had to introduce the Human Dao into his body to refine the redundant Qi within.

But now, the inner body spirits' small world is expanding outwards every moment, just like the Universe continuously extends.

Li Qi didn't know where these spontaneously appearing areas came from, as if they truly were 'creation from nothing'.

The expansion speed is still very slow now, but it's gradually expanding. After decades, a hundred years, or even a thousand years, when Li Qi's inner body spirits' small world naturally expands to a certain extent, the Qi it can accommodate will increase hundreds or thousands of times, and the absolute power it possesses will naturally also increase thousands of times.

Not only does the quality soar, but even the absolute power can increase to such an extent...

The gap between Eighth Grade Peak and Seventh Grade Peak is truly vast.

After examining his inner body spirits' small world, Li Qi gently waved his hand, and eleven inner body spirits appeared behind him.

Immediately, 'Divine Might' emanated from around Li Qi.

This left Li Qi dumbfounded.

Even the inner body spirits possessed the quality of 'reality'!

They became real deities, nourished by Li Qi's inner body spirits' small world, much like those Innate Heavenly Gods.

Although they still had no sentience and appeared illusory, Divine Might was already subtly emerging.

Li Qi immediately realized that this was probably because the powerful beings who formulated the Shaman Dao cultivation methods had incorporated the methods of the Divine Dao in the past.

A certain Divine Dao method was perfectly integrated into the Shaman Dao cultivation system, becoming a compulsory lesson for everyone, allowing all Shaman to possess inner body spirits.

After possessing a definite status, these inner body spirits seemed to possess a certain Divine Power to summon natural forces!

After reconfirming, Li Qi felt that one of these inner body spirits could defeat his Eighth Grade self.

And he could bring out a total of eleven to fight.

Moreover, fighting was just the most insignificant function of the inner body spirits. Their true purpose was to regulate the inner body spirits' small world, ensuring favorable weather and the growth of all things.

In the subsequent process of reorganizing the inner body spirits' small world, the inner body spirits would play a very important role.

After confirming his current strength and weaknesses, Li Qi sighed again.

He was a Genius, he admitted that himself.

But...

He had reached Seventh Grade in less than four years of cultivation.

Is this reasonable?

Li Qi didn't feel that he was stronger than other Geniuses in any aspect. Neither Bo Yue, Yan Ke, nor Liu Junyi were inferior to him.

Except for Ninth Grade, all his other promotions were built upon one 'coincidence' after another.

But precisely, in these coincidences, the shadow of the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations was always present.

What did he have that was worth a First Grade's attention?

It didn't seem like anything, except himself...

To be honest, it might not even be the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations.

If it really were that powerful being, how could he possibly detect any clues?

Perhaps someone was framing him, trying to implicate the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations in this.

But speaking of framing, he still had the matter of the young Dragon soul that attacked him in the past clinging to him.

Dragon soul, Demonic Overlord, the assassination by the Imperial Academy this time, and the outer domain...

The more Li Qi thought about it, the more convoluted it seemed. He felt uncomfortable all over, as if shrouded in a mist.

Fortunately, he had Shaman God Mountain as his backing...

If he didn't have a backer, he wouldn't even know how he died.

When the Great Shaman arrives, he'll ask.

Thinking of this, Li Qi calmed his Qi and opened his eyes.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Great Shaman Mi Xin standing in front of him.

He was wearing the common hemp robe of Shaman God Mountain, unlike the exquisite Tang Nation's luxurious robes. It looked very simple but was clean.

"Young Master Qi, you've caused quite a stir," Mixin said naturally and easily, standing before Li Qi and looking at him.

"Great Shaman, your insight is clear." Li Qi immediately stood up and cupped his hands.

Clear insight into what?

Of course, it was this mess.

Li Qi's meaning was simple: "You handle it; I'm at my wit's end."

He was giving up; let the adults handle it.

"Those things can wait. It doesn't matter. You're already Seventh Grade now. Zhu Fengdan told me you've been cultivating for a little over three years, right?" Great Shaman Mi Xin asked.

"Indeed," Li Qi nodded.

"Truly... amazing," the Great Shaman couldn't help but exclaim, then looked Li Qi up and down.

A little over three years, Seventh Grade.

He was undoubtedly the leader among the young Young Masters of Shaman God Mountain in this generation. Even looking back two eras, only a handful had achieved such results.

However...

Early brilliance doesn't guarantee later success. He was only Seventh Grade, just barely out of the 'child' category; he still needed to be observed further.

For a major power like Shaman God Mountain, achieving Immortality was considered adulthood.

So, Mixin raised his head: "Don't ask for my clear insight. You are already Seventh Grade, already an adult. I'm entrusting this matter to you to handle entirely yourself. Come to me if you need help."

"Wait, Great Shaman, this matter involves a lot, and it might even be related to the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations! The assassination behind it is probably also related to a Third Grade Official. I alone..." Li Qi immediately stood up, trying to argue.

"That's why I said, if you have problems, come to me for help. You've grown up." Mixin waved his hand, and an invisible force pushed Li Qi down.

Li Qi sighed helplessly and nodded: "Then I'm afraid I'll be troubling the Great Shaman in many ways."

"No matter. You make your own decisions. If you can't handle it, come to me. The key is to make your own decisions," Mixin nodded and said.