Do not die

Everything came easier than Meng Zhou had imagined.

After this incident, Meng Zhou had a clearer understanding of his own strength.

With the entire Xingxu Sea as his "external dantian" to back him up, Meng Zhou felt that as long as the cultivators were still at the Nascent Soul level, it would be difficult for them to pose a substantial threat to him.

This made Meng Zhou feel much more at ease.

…

Meng Zhou, who had completely controlled Lian Ziling's Nascent Soul, did not immediately conduct a deeper investigation of Lian Ziling's Nascent Soul.

Instead, he paid attention to the terrifying changes that were comparable to natural disasters that occurred in the Lihen Sect in the Eight Desolations of the Outer Realm.

At the moment when Meng Zhou completely wiped out the Lihen statue in his belly through the "Swallowing Sky Turtle", all the Lihen Sect leaders who regularly worshipped "Lian Ziling" died suddenly without any signs.

Each of their bodies was intact, with no visible damage, and even the vitality of their bodies was not affected at all, and they were still healthy bodies.

But what remained were only these healthy and intact bodies, nothing else.

The spirits in the sea of ​​consciousness dissipated completely, without even a trace of soul power left.

The true meaning of the soul was scattered.

After carefully observing for a while and confirming that there were no other changes, Meng Zhou retracted his gaze and focused on Lian Ziling again.

Since the "fishing" was completed, Lian Ziling's Nascent Soul had become a trophy in his hands, and the body of Lian Ziling and the "birth spirit" that he had "frozen" in the void of the Xingxiu Sea with special authority were naturally collected by him "Bald Meng Zhou".

After doing all this, Meng Zhou focused all his attention on the Nascent Soul in his hand.

Soon, Meng Zhou's heart was filled with continuous new discoveries, and there was nothing else.

...

Since discovering Lian Ziling again, especially after he regularly accepted the devout worship of the Lihen Sect's high-level officials, Meng Zhou began to doubt his true state.

Later, a series of performances by "Lian Ziling" further confirmed his suspicions.

Especially when the two-sided Yuanying of "Lian Ziling" fell into the belly of the "Turtle of Heaven" and completely stimulated the three-headed and three-faced Lihen Statue, Meng Zhou was basically certain.

[This Lian Ziling should be parasitized by the Lihen Statue. 】

This is Meng Zhou's judgment based on a series of facts.

But now, as Meng Zhou continued to explore the Yuanying in his palm, this judgment not only did not get the final consolidation, but began to gradually waver.

In the end, Meng Zhou himself completely overturned this judgment.

At a certain moment, Meng Zhou moved his eyes away from the Yuanying of Lian Ziling in his palm, and his thoughts turned rapidly in his mind.

The result of the investigation was that Lian Ziling's Yuanying did not show the characteristics of being forcibly possessed, but instead showed very distinct alienation characteristics.

Although the alienation that occurs to practitioners is not too common in the practice world, it is not too rare.

Suffering a major blow, leading to a huge change in mind and character, and then causing a fundamental impact on the original path, "completely unrecognizable";

Or suddenly realizing the past, denying everything in the past, and walking out of a brand new road;

Or being disturbed and guided by a powerful external force, which may come from the kindness or malice of the strong, or accidentally using some magical spiritual objects, etc. ...

In these cases, it is possible that the practitioner will be "alienated".

Alienation and possession are reflected in the Nascent Soul, which will show fundamental differences. Meng Zhou cannot make a wrong judgment on such a basic issue.

The judgment that "Lian Ziling was possessed by the Lihen Statue" was naturally overturned.

This shocked Meng Zhou's heart.

What shocked him was not the overturned judgment itself.

But another discovery hidden in it that was hidden deeper.

Meng Zhou whispered in his heart and asked himself a question.

"What exactly is the Lihen Statue?"

This question, for Meng Zhou, seems to have a more accurate answer.

A collective life that is different from individual life forms such as plants and animals.

Just as there is a special life form in the evil vein that is hazy but transcendent and can control all the monsters within the evil vein when necessary, the Lihen statue comes from the "hate offerings" of countless spiritual beings.

To put it simply, this is actually a way to become a god through faith.

And this faith is all related to hatred.

But now, this view has been overturned by Meng Zhou himself...partly.

To be more specific, the "point" overturned by Meng Zhou is that "the Lihen statue is a life form."

Before this, in Meng Zhou's own imagination, no matter how special and magical the Lihen statue itself is, it can be included in the category of "life form".

If you want to add a prefix, it is "special life form".

Perhaps, as the degree of understanding deepens, this "special" will be constantly adjusted to describe the Lihen statue more accurately, to explain its "specialness".

But now, after an in-depth investigation of Lian Ziling's Nascent Soul, Meng Zhou was shocked to find that the part he thought was least likely to be shaken was the first to collapse.

It collapsed completely.

Fortunately, Meng Zhou was not an old stubborn person who refused to accept subversive views.

After fully accepting this conclusion based on facts, Meng Zhou suddenly felt enlightened.

Many problems that could not be solved under the original thinking simply disappeared and could no longer be called "problems."

…

[The Statue of Lihen is not a living entity, but more like a force and a phenomenon. 】

[The biggest difference from natural celestial phenomena such as burning flames, flowing rivers, thunder and lightning in the sky is that its presentation form is more peculiar. 】

This is a very counterintuitive judgment, but this is the result that Meng Zhou came up with after in-depth exploration of Lian Ziling's Nascent Soul.

The conclusion not only failed to clear up the doubts in Meng Zhou's heart, but also caused more confusion.

Thoughts were fruitless - although there were various speculations in his mind, due to the lack of more solid evidence, these speculations could only be speculations. Meng Zhou decided to put aside his thinking in this area for the time being. In the absence of more solid evidence, Those thoughts and guesses have gradually become pure brain games, which is not what Meng Zhou needs.

Just when Meng Zhou decided to let himself go, take his mind out of this "quagmire" and put it elsewhere, he was suddenly stunned.

Because he suddenly discovered that if he just regarded the Lihen Statue as a special power or special celestial phenomenon, it was not special or truly unique.

Because of similar "special celestial phenomena", he had seen it with his own eyes when he was going through the tribulation.

To be more specific, after successfully surviving the catastrophe, bathing in the glow of the great avenue, and after the "vision" reaches the very depths of the real world.

When Meng Zhou thought about this again, a strange firebird that looked like a ball of flames at first glance, but looked like a fire bird upon closer inspection, naturally appeared in his mind.

Upon closer inspection, that strange fire bird is very similar to the statue of Lihen, which is "a force and a phenomenon".

If the scope is wider, the rope-shaped shadow and the sword-shaped shadow have many similarities with the "Statue of Lihen".

As for the firebird, the rope shadow, and the sword-shaped shadow, Meng Zhou had already guessed——

They are all manifestations of a certain law of heaven and earth.

Not to mention the sword-shaped shadow, it is the power projection of the law of swordsmanship.

The rope shadow and the firebird represent the other two kinds of lawful powers projected at that moment.

The most significant difference between them and other laws of heaven and earth is that those laws of heaven and earth are all derived from some distinct heaven and earth phenomena with clear characteristics.

However, the power of these laws is not the deepening and manifestation of some kind of heaven and earth phenomenon. Instead, it is more like a physical object or even a "living body".

Meng Zhou's thoughts went back and forth between the "Firebird" and the three three-sided statues of Lihen. The more he thought about it, the more he realized that there were deeper similarities between the two, and the more he guessed in his mind. Becoming more and more certain.

"So, the Lihen Statue is actually a law of heaven and earth?!!"

Meng Zhou, who came to this conclusion, found it a bit unbelievable.

But when Meng Zhou implanted this conclusion into the "Dao Model" he constructed, he found that everything was traceable.

Among the written doctrines and unwritten customs of the Lihen Sect, it certainly makes sense to say that they are to provide more "hateful beliefs" to the statue of Lihen.

But it is entirely possible to say that all these actions are to create more "imprints of heaven and earth", and then use them as "firewood" to eventually create a new "law of heaven and earth".

The law of creation? ! !

Meng Zhou, who was pushed here step by step, felt nothing but shock in his heart.

He seemed to see a vibrant spiritual world full of endless imagination and creativity.

Groups of practitioners with different goals, through unremitting efforts from generation to generation, consciously create the "laws of heaven and earth" that best suits them, either through belief in doctrines or through admonitions.

Thinking of Meng Zhou here, his heart was inexplicably agitated.

Originally, he thought that only a "deviant" like himself could create laws out of nothing.

But the real situation is that there are many monks doing the same "deviant" things.

And the "fellow travelers" who are closest to him are those Lihen Sect monks who are widely scattered in various cultivation circles in the eight wastelands of the outer world!

"Am I on the same side as these cannibal bastards?!!"

Meng Zhou felt a little bit amused when he thought of this, and even wondered if he had made a mistake in any step.

At this moment, Meng Zhou felt as relaxed and happy as he had solved a mass of fog, but also felt as sick and uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a fly.

Meng Zhou quickly distracted himself, and soon thought of the previous operations to wipe out the Lihen Sect in the eight wilderness areas. In each wilderness, the core headquarters of the Lihen Sect, in addition to the statue of the Lihen God, were also You will find some additional "statues" that are different from the Statue of Lihen.

In terms of feelings alone, some of those "god statues" are rooted in "murderous intent", and some are rooted in "anger" or other emotions.

Combining these together, one can easily find that these "god statues" are grouped under a grander and more complete system.

Now, Meng Zhou's understanding is one step closer on this basis.

This is not worshiping a series of "gods and statues," but creating a "system of laws."

Create a system of laws!

Just thinking about it, Meng Zhou couldn't help but feel trembling.

From this perspective, the "heretical" Lihen Sect is the most dynamic and creative group in the cultivation world.

Step by step, all the concepts related to the "Lihen Statue" in Meng Zhou's mind were shattered and reshaped.

The process was not as easy as it sounds now.

As these concepts were forcibly reshaped, the entire cultivation world seemed to have changed in Meng Zhou's mind.

Meng Zhou turned his attention back to Lian Ziling's Nascent Soul.

"If the statue of Lihen is regarded as a kind of law power, then what happened to Lian Ziling was not possession.

It was infected and alienated by the law power of the statue of Lihen, and finally became like this."

"However, if the statue of Lihen is really a strange law power, it also has its unique and extraordinary features."

"Its aggressiveness and erosion are extremely strong."

"Lian Ziling was 'favored' by this law power at a certain moment. Under the fierce impact of this law power, Lian Ziling not only gained an amazing strength improvement.

His mentality and the path he had taken also changed fundamentally under the fierce impact of this law power."

"This change is not affected by Lian Ziling's subjective will...it may be very little."

"I became non-me. From the result alone, this is similar to Kou Chong becoming 'Kou Chong'."

Meng Zhou had all kinds of thoughts in his mind.

With the core ideas clearly sorted out, everything that followed did not take too much thought at all, and it was presented continuously.

Meng Zhou looked at Lian Ziling's Yuanying again, thinking, "Next, how should I deal with this person?"

The so-called saving people to the end, giving Lian Ziling's Yuanying more "good fortune marrow" to wake him up completely?

Or, just give up and there is no need to waste time on such people?

Or, just send him off?

Faced with these choices, Meng Zhou hesitated.

He thought of the mysteries that still existed about Lian Ziling.

For example, "Kou Chong" broke the news that the closure of Xingxiu Palace for nearly two hundred years was probably the work of Lian Ziling, and the fall of the previous Yuanying of Xingxiu Palace was also related to Lian Ziling...

Meng Zhou was also very curious about these.

If there was a clear result, he would be very happy.

But——

When these thoughts arose in Meng Zhou's mind, and curiosity grew stronger and stronger, Meng Zhou gently tapped the source of Lian Ziling who was sleeping with his eyes closed. (End of this chapter)