Chapter 615: The Way of Time
In the Divine Capital City, Jiuling Mountain, on the top of the Lianshen Peak, Chen Jiu sat there silently, constantly controlling his clone and trying out the uses of the clone.
He already has fifty clones, and these fifty clones have absorbed a large number of extraterritorial demon souls, and their spiritual consciousness can reach more than a hundred thousand miles.
These clones have many uses. He can use the clones to enlighten the demons at the peak of the demon king level and the young and strong men at the peak of the king level. He can use the clones to crack the entrances to the various divine kingdoms and spaces. He can use the clones' souls to control the demonic body that is more than a hundred thousand feet tall and exert the strength of a general world lord!
He could even use his clone as a scout, connecting all the way to the Soul Refining Demon Realm, which was the closest world to their Tongtian World, and investigate everything there. Whatever the clone could detect with his spiritual sense, his original body could also feel, as if the original body was there in person.
In this way, it would be much more convenient for him to handle the affairs of the Jiuling Mountain Divine Dynasty. Now, he didn't need to go there in person to handle all the affairs within a radius of five million miles. He only needed to send fifty clones over, which would be the same as if his original body was there in person.
As long as he could cultivate more than ten clones and then go to the alchemy site to absorb enough souls, he could even use the clones to connect all the way to the Luwu world or even the Tianjia world to handle the affairs there.
If he could have hundreds of clones, and their spiritual awareness could reach more than 100,000 miles, then he could send his clones to handle all the affairs within the territory of the Jiuling Mountain Divine Dynasty, and his original body would only need to sit cross-legged in the Divine Capital City and continuously cultivate new clones.
In this way, his strength will continue to increase rapidly. In just ten years or so, he will be able to challenge an entire world by himself. In just a hundred years or so, he will be able to challenge a top ten demon realm by himself!
He can even use his clones to search for the great treasures from the Tianjia world to the Tianji world. He doesn't even need a clone to connect them because each clone has his own thoughts and abilities, but they are just not as strong as the original body.
So what else can the clone do?
Can a clone cultivate itself into another clone?
Chen Jiu tried it, but it didn't work at all. If it could work, the Naga ancestor would have created countless clones.
What else can the clone do?
Oh, and there is also the understanding of the way of heaven!
He still has not comprehended the Way of Time and the Way of Chaos. As long as he comprehends these two ways of heaven, he will be an existence beyond God. Unfortunately, he has never had the time to comprehend them. Now that he has so many clones, he can use them to comprehend them.
Moreover, except for the Dark Heavenly Dao, he has not yet comprehended the other Heavenly Daos to their ultimate. Comprehending a Heavenly Dao to its ultimate is quite terrifying. For example, after he comprehended the Dark Heavenly Dao to its ultimate, he could display his unique Star-sucking Skill, which could absorb all the soul fog within a radius of hundreds or thousands of miles in an instant. Even the soul of the Extraterritorial Demon Ancestor could not escape. Just by this point, he became the nemesis of the demons.
If he could also comprehend other heavenly ways to the ultimate, that would be terrifying, such as the Five Elements Heavenly Way and the Way of Yin and Yang. If he could comprehend the ultimate, he would surely be able to learn the "Five Elements Heavenly Thunder Art" easily. By then, the power of the Five Thunders he would unleash would be enough to scare someone to death.
Because he already has fifty clones that are equivalent to ordinary world masters, plus his original body which is much stronger than ordinary world masters. With so many terrifying existences working together to release a five-thunder attack, it is estimated that even the ancestor of the extraterritorial demon will be blasted to death, and the lord of a world will probably be unable to move.
This way he would be invincible in a one-on-one fight. The top ten Demon Realm Lords probably wouldn't be his match.
He raised his hand and struck out with five thunderbolts, which could at least stun the person for a blink of an eye. This blink of an eye was enough time for his original body and fifty or sixty clones to flash over and hit the person on the head with a stick. Even the artifact of heaven would not , let alone it was just a head.
Thinking of this, Chen Jiu hurriedly summoned his twelve strongest clones, separated six of them, covered their faces with the tribulation cloak, and then found Tianjue Zhenjun who was teaching the Five Elements Heavenly Dao and the Yin and Yang Dao, and quietly sat cross-legged among the true gods who were listening to the lectures, and listened carefully to the lectures on the Five Elements Heavenly Dao and the Yin and Yang Dao.
The other six clones found the Naga Ancestor, the Lotus Fairy, the Xuanming Ancestor, the Qingmu Ancestor, the Tongtian Ancestor and even the Lord Luwu respectively, and asked them to teach him the way of qi and blood, the way of space, the way of life and death, the way of light, the way of time and the way of chaos according to the book of enlightenment of the way of heaven.
His real body sat cross-legged on the top of the Soul Refining Peak, continuing to practice and transform into thousands of incarnations, constantly creating clones.
Is this useful?
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was more than a month. He had cultivated more than ten clones. His clone who had comprehended the Yin and Yang had already learned the "Five Elements Heavenly Thunder Art" and could cast wood-type heavenly thunder.
As a result, it was useless. His original body did not know the "Five Elements Heavenly Thunder Art" at all, and he could not cast the wood-type heavenly thunder!
What is going on here?
He quickly called back all the other eleven clones to give it a try, but it turned out that his original body's understanding of the Heavenly Dao did not increase at all!
Is it possible that it would only be useful if his original body and his clone listened to the lecture together and comprehended the Way of Heaven together?
The question is, what is the difference between this and his own understanding?
He frowned and thought for a long time, and finally understood.
The clone was cultivated by his original body, and was just like the one conceived by his original body. It possessed his thoughts and memories, including the memory of his understanding of the Way of Heaven, which was the same as the memory inherited by the demon clan.
However, the original body cannot have the inherited memory of the clone, and the Heavenly Dao perceived by the clone is not necessarily connected to the original body.
In other words, the Heavenly Dao comprehended by the clone is useless to the original body, and only the Heavenly Dao comprehended by the original body can be passed on to the clone.
He can't continue practicing like this, because he is actually only at the Heavenly Venerate level, and the clones he cultivates are all at the Heavenly Venerate level. His original body must quickly comprehend the way of time and the way of chaos, so that the clones he cultivates will be at the ancestor level or even the God Lord level.
The differences between the Heavenly Venerate level, the Ancestor level and the God Lord level are extremely huge. The Way of Time and the Way of Chaos are like two huge gaps. If his original body does not cross them and pass them on to his clones and let the clones comprehend them one by one, it would be a waste of time.
Therefore, his original body must comprehend the Way of Time and the Way of Chaos as soon as possible, and then cultivate the clone. Only in this way can the clone cultivated have the inherited memory of the Way of Time and the Way of Chaos. The more than sixty clones he has cultivated now do not have the inherited memory of the Way of Time and the Way of Chaos. In the future, these more than sixty clones will have to comprehend it themselves if they want to be promoted to ancestors or even gods.
Thinking of this, Chen Jiu hurriedly took out the books on the comprehension of the Way of Time and the Way of Chaos and read them carefully. There were only two books on the comprehension of these two kinds of heavenly ways, and both were ancestor-level, because under normal circumstances only ancestors could comprehend the Way of Time and the Way of Chaos.
When he read about the understanding of the Way of Chaos, it was as if he had fallen into the aura of chaos. He was confused and could not understand it at all!
Moreover, the scene that suddenly appeared in his mind when he was comprehending other heavenly ways did not appear this time.
He could understand a little about the way of time, and this was the most important point. To understand the way of time, one must feel the existence of time. Only by feeling the existence of time can one understand the way of time.
So, how do we feel the existence of time?
The book also tells about the most useful method, which is to experience everything you have experienced from childhood to adulthood. The deeper you experience it, the more you will be able to feel the existence of time, and in this way you will be able to understand the way of time.
This is very important, and he must realize it quickly.
After Chen Jiu finished reading the book on the comprehension of the Way of Time, he immediately summoned all his confidants who were still in the Tongtian World, including his mother and his wives, to the main hall under Linlang Peak, and said solemnly: "My original body is going to the mortal world to comprehend the Way of Time. During this time, the affairs of the Jiuling Mountain Divine Dynasty will be handled by the clones I left behind."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
Why did he suddenly think of understanding the way of time?
The nine-tailed fox couldn't help but ask, "Ajiu, how long will you be in the mortal world? Do you want us to go with you?"
Chen Jiu shook his head slightly and said, "I don't know about this either. You don't have to accompany me. I can't communicate with you when I am comprehending the Way of Heaven."
The old peach tree couldn't help but ask, "Ah Jiu, should we keep cultivating our clones?"
Chen Jiu said without hesitation: "Once you have completed twelve batches of clones, you can stop and rest. For the time being, twelve batches of clones are enough. If we have more clones, we will not have enough troops to open up a place for alchemy."
Hearing this, the old peach tree couldn't help but say happily, "That's great. We have already cultivated ten batches of clones. If we cultivate two more batches, we can go out and play again."
Chen Jiu smiled slightly, and then said solemnly: "Mother, Naga, and Ahri, I will leave a clone for each of you. If you have anything important to do, you can ask the clone to come to the mortal world to find me."
Upon hearing this, the nine-tailed fox and his wives nodded repeatedly to show that they understood.
Chen Jiu solemnly said to Fire Prime Minister Ma Ji and Wood Prime Minister Chen Lang: "Master Ma, I will leave you an avatar. If anything happens to Master Lu and Master Yang, you can let the avatar go to the mortal world to inform me. Master Chen, I will also leave you an avatar. Every time it is time to trade with the Thief of Heaven, you can let this avatar take you to trade."
Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Ma Ji of Fire and Prime Minister Chen Lang of Wood nodded and said, "Okay, God."
Chen Jiu said to Shui Ling Tianzun and Tian Jue Zhenjun, "I will send the remaining clones to follow you. Normally, these clones will be beside you to comprehend the way of yin and yang and learn the Five Elements Thunder Art. If you encounter an invasion by extraterritorial demons, you will immediately send your clones to the mortal world to find me."
Upon hearing this, Shui Ling Tian Zun and Tian Jue Zhen Jun also nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay."
It seems that there is nothing else to explain next.
Chen Jiu summoned all the clones, including the soldiers of the God Realm Army and everyone in the Kingdom of God, and released them all, letting everyone collect them separately. Then he stood up and waved his hand, saying, "Remember to send a clone down to find me if there is anything important."
After saying this, he hurried back to the mortal world.
At this time, the mortal world became extremely prosperous, especially the line from the Fusang Sacred Tree to Jiuling Mountain. Because there was a teleportation channel, the huge Fusang Sacred Tree to see, and the wonder of the Thousand Mile Sea Passage, there were crowds of people along the way and it was very lively.
Qingzhou Prefecture, as his birthplace, has become the new capital of the mortal world. The city of Qingzhou alone has a population of millions. Lingshan Village has now become a place of pilgrimage for the common people. I wonder how many people go there to worship devoutly.
Lingshan Village had changed a lot by now. Except for the old house where he used to live and the village temple, which remained intact, all other villagers' homes had been replaced by high-rise buildings, and there were restaurants and inns almost everywhere.
The villagers of Lingshan Village have all become wealthy. Everyone wears silk and satin, and eats the best food at home.
However, the old people he knew seemed to be gone, and his childhood playmates were now looking old, some even hunched over and seemed to only have a few years left to live.
Over the past few decades, the world has changed dramatically.
Seeing this scene, Chen Jiu couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
However, he did not go down to meet the people from Lingshan Village. Instead, he sat cross-legged hundreds of miles in the sky, silently recalling his past.
The place where he was born should be Qingqiu, thousands of miles away. The place where his memory of this life began should be the snowy wilderness, then that cave, then his adoptive father picked him up, then he had constant nightmares, and then his own mother taught him skills in his dreams.
Soon after, his adoptive parents died one after another, and he struggled to survive on his own. He then killed a god in anger and was hunted all the way. He then followed the Wolf Demon King II to escape to the current Yin and Yang Realm, met Zhang Qian, obtained the Honghuang Divine Cauldron, and then followed the Wolf Demon King II back to the current Jiuling Mountain.
Then he fought a series of battles with wealthy families and even the royal family, and was ambushed and killed by the Zhuxian Formation. In order to save him, Jiaona used her Nine Lives Spirit to exchange for his body. In order to bring Jiaona back to life, he went to the underworld to ask Zhang Qian for help.
His spiritual consciousness followed his footsteps from childhood to adulthood, constantly scanning the mortal world and even the underworld. The memories of his life kept flashing through his mind, and he seemed to vaguely feel the passage of time.
What exactly is time?
He seemed to be able to feel the true meaning of time, but he couldn't grasp it.
He had no choice but to follow the footsteps of this life, constantly shuttling back and forth, sometimes coming to the Jiuling Mountain in the mortal world, sometimes to Japan, and sometimes back to the divine world, to Qingmufang City, and to Dongsheng Shenzhou.
Then he returned to the mortal world and came to the sky above the Fusang sacred tree. He used his spiritual sense to scan the spaces he had cracked. He returned to Jiuling Mountain and scanned the entrances to the immortal palaces and divine kingdoms that he had moved back to the Hall of All Stars, recalling the glorious years of the past.
He finally felt the passage of time. Time was like a long river, and he was like a stream, slowly flowing into a small river and then slowly flowing into a big river.
Then, as time passed, he came to the realm of gods, to Qingmu Shenzhou, to the Demon God City, to Beijuluzhou, to the ghost realm, to the Demon Suppression City, and even to the Luwu World, Tianjia World, Tianyi World and other places he had set foot on before.
The long river of time seems to be within sight, but it seems to be separated by thick fog and cannot be penetrated.
What should I do?
Finally, he returned to the mortal world and came to the sky above Jiuling Mountain. He recalled the days he spent with the old fox fairy, Jiaona, Luo Li, his mother and others, and recalled the tragic past that he did not want to recall deep in his heart.
He still has memories of nine lives and nine lifetimes. Although every time he recalls them, it seems to help him pass through the fog, merge into the long river of time, and understand the true meaning of time.
What a painful memory that is!
Sometimes he gritted his teeth, sometimes his face was full of sadness, and sometimes tears streamed down his face. He looked like a madman.
The memories of nine lives and nine worlds were too painful, but in order to understand the way of time, he had to recall them.
He even wanted to recall every life and every existence, from birth to death, all kinds of love, hate, and vengeance, all kinds of inhuman tortures, and all kinds of tragic deaths. He wanted to recall them all in detail.
Finally, the long river of time was getting closer and closer, as if he would merge into it as long as he passed through another layer of fog.
However, he just couldn't get through this fog. He endured the pain of nine lifetimes again. His tears wet his clothes, but he still couldn't penetrate the last layer of fog and realize the way of time.
what to do?
It’s just a little bit away, just a little bit away!
Chen Jiu suddenly came back to his senses, his face full of helplessness.
The Way of Time is so difficult to comprehend that Tianzun Xi was stuck on the Way of Time . He has been comprehending it for tens of thousands of years but still hasn't advanced to the realm of an ancestor. It seems impossible for him to comprehend the Way of Time in such a short period of time.
What should I do?
He simply came to the top of the Lianshen Peak of the Jiuling Mountain in the mortal world, sat down cross-legged, and stretched out his fingers to snap.
A snap of the fingers, a moment, a flash, a blink of an eye, a cup of tea, a stick of incense, etc., are also time. Can he penetrate the fog and enter the long river of time through these tiny moments?
He sat there cross-legged as if he was stupid, looking at his fingers, lighting a stick of incense, and then making himself a cup of tea. No one knew what he was doing.
God, what happened?
There are still people guarding Jiuling Mountain. Those who guard here are true gods who have comprehended the way of space and ascended from the mortal world to the divine world, and then returned from the divine world to the mortal world.
They are considered the older generation of the Jiuling Mountain Divine Dynasty, so naturally they all know Chen Jiu.
Chen Jiu is the supreme god, and since the supreme god didn't tell them anything, they naturally didn't dare to disturb him.
However, there is something wrong with the God being like this.
Chen Jiu sat on the top of the Shen Lian Peak for several days, as if he was sick. He made some random moves that people couldn't understand at all. The true god in charge of guarding Jiuling Mountain finally couldn't help but sent people to the God Realm to ask what happened to the Supreme God.
As a result, the order from Fire Prime Minister Ma Ji arrived immediately, saying that the God was comprehending the way of time and no one was allowed to disturb him.
Now, the true god who was in charge of guarding Jiuling Mountain in the mortal world was finally relieved.
It turns out that the God is comprehending the Way of Heaven. Then everything is fine.
It is so difficult to comprehend the Way of Heaven. Sometimes it can really make people behave abnormally, as if they were sick.
The way of time is one of the most difficult heavenly ways to comprehend. No one below the ancestor has been able to comprehend it. It is normal for the gods to sit there and comprehend it as if they were sick.
Chen Jiu just sat on the top of the Lianshen Peak, silently comprehension, letting time pass and the sun rise and set, just sitting there.
Can he understand the way of time in this way?
