Ruins of the past

Chu Qiguang learned from the chat content in the Book of Emptiness that there are currently three most promising methods to combat this life-shortening situation.

Emperor: The first choice is hibernation.

Emperor: Using the Void Taoism I taught you, you can greatly slow down the aging of the human body through double dormancy of body and spirit. This is equivalent to extending life span in disguise, allowing the strong men of the human race to support the future.

Chu Qiguang looked at the Void Taoism passed down by the emperor and found that it was a small-scale exchange of the human body and the void. The position of the human body was alternately and temporarily transformed between the material world and the virtual space, thereby falling into a state between matter and space. and hibernating state between messages.

Tianshui Zhenhun: This method is flawed. People in hibernation can do almost nothing. The more people hibernate, the greater the impact on society.

Chu Qiguang nodded slightly in his heart. The hibernation of any strong person would reduce the efficiency of the entire society, which would be a huge loss to him.

Reincarnation can be considered, so that people can be reborn in a planned way after death.

Gourmet of the Stars: This involves the advanced Taoist skills controlled by the Yuanshen. Memory and wisdom can be re-inherited with reincarnation, but the state and cultivation will take time to recover.

Star Gourmet: Although the recovery process is much faster than cultivation, it still wastes a lot of time and risks conscious deviation.

Star Gourmet: In my opinion, the most practical way to increase life span is the safest.

Starry Gourmet: I have some recipes here that can increase longevity. You can try them and see if they can be reproduced in your place.

Chu Qiguang thought to himself that this should be the method with the least side effects.

However, it is not easy to restore these prescriptions on this planet, and the rarity of longevity-enhancing medicinal diets can be imagined. In addition, the effect is reduced after repeated use. Obviously, this method cannot be used on a long-term and large-scale basis.

Each of the three methods has advantages and disadvantages, so Chu Qiguang decided to arrange manpower to conduct research at the same time.

In addition to the three most promising methods in the Book of Emptiness, Chu Qiguang himself also has a final method.

‘If that doesn’t work, we can only use the Sky Demon Foundation Building Method to turn some masters into monsters. ’

'But in this case, even if the luck can be adjusted using the transport method, the pressure will still be great. A slight mistake may lead to the rupture of the Gangqi layer...'

The life-span crisis affecting the entire world suddenly disrupted Chu Qiguang's overall plan.

In the next few months, he had to dedicate a large number of people to study the feasibility of hibernation, reincarnation, and longevity-enhancing medicinal diet, striving to reproduce it as soon as possible and trying his best to eliminate the side effects.

…

Yongan 25 years, May.

Chu Qiguang was sitting in the Sala Palace, flipping through the classics in his hands, and listening to what Jin Nu was saying.

"The capital of Da Zhu has been captured, but God Zhou Junyan suddenly fell ill, so he can only hold on to the capital temporarily..."

"Jin Hailong officially took office as the governor of Jiubian and has signed a weapons contract with the Chamber of Commerce for next year..."

"Currently, 90% of the orders from the Ministry of War have been taken over by the Chamber of Commerce. The products include but are not limited to cotton-padded clothes, bone tools, grain, Qi and blood machines..."

"The spiritual veins of Jingzhou have recovered. Thanks to the efforts of Taiyuan Dragon Emperor, the north has finally come out of continuous droughts, floods and other disasters..."

"The first phase of the southern industrial zone is completed. Do you plan to attend the opening ceremony?"

"Emperor Daqian has agreed to shrink his power, become a virtual king in the future, and hand over the rule of Daqian to the newly established parliament..."

"The current trade between Daqian and us has all been settled with Qi and blood, and has been circulated within the world..."

"The Hibernation Taoist Technique has completed the arrangement of the ritual and successfully attracted the power of the void. Last summer, Zi Ji Yuan performed extremely well. In the first batch of experiments he organized, nearly half of the rabbits in the experiment successfully hibernated and woke up..."

"Reincarnation Taoism is currently progressing slowly. According to An Yiyun's latest report, the success rate is no one in a hundred..."

Ever since An Yiyun was assassinated during the Capital War, he had to give up his cultivation due to the influence of Demon Ran, and his realm retreated to the third realm.

However, her insights and a lot of knowledge are still there, and it is because of Tianjian Sect's Zhengfa and in-depth research on human consciousness, memory, and soul, that she was invited by Chu Qiguang to preside over the research on reincarnation.

Jinnu continued: "The third phase of screening for the longevity-enhancing medicinal diet has begun. Currently, there is still a lack of several key herbs and ingredients, and no substitutes have been found..."

In the days that followed, various parts of the world experienced drastic changes one after another, but the number of dead among humans over the age of 50 continued to increase.

What surprised Chu Qiguang was that older people in the demon clan also began to die.

In the following statistics, this number also continued to increase. It was obvious that the scope of life span reduction had spread from the human race to the demon race.

Even Chu Qiguang is likely to be affected at this time. He even doubts whether demonized individuals such as Buddha and Li Yaofeng will also be affected.

‘In this case, even if you use the Sky Demon Foundation Building Technique or transform into a monster in the future, you may not be able to avoid the reduction of your lifespan. ’

Chu Qiguang could only speed up the progress of research and try his best to find a way to compete with it. He even joined the research and development. While researching, he constantly consulted the Book of Emptiness and communicated with his friends every day.

…

Yongan 25 years, July.

Life-span threats continue to erupt, and although all major forces are trying their best to block the news, the entire world still seems to be shrouded in an invisible cloud.

Under Chu Qiguang's transformation, the people in the society, which was already making great strides and progressing crazily, also felt greater pressure.

"Mr. Chu, the seventh phase of the hibernation technology test was successful. This is the report sent by Ji Yuan. The ten warriors, ten monsters, and ten old men in this phase have all successfully fallen into hibernation. All physical conditions are currently stable... …”

"The longevity-enhancing medicinal diet has been successfully discovered and completed. The No. 1 recipe is estimated to have the effect of extending life by one month..."

"The Yongzhou reconstruction plan is progressing smoothly. The local royal family has been stripped of their royal status and the land has been auctioned off..."

"The pilot project of blessed land in the capital has begun. Sales of the first phase of blessed land are booming, and housing prices have hit a new high. However, there are cases of people from the capital getting married to buy houses to avoid purchase restrictions..."

"Unrest broke out in Da Zhu. Although it was suppressed in time, there were still casualties. Zhou Junyan is about to return to China to recuperate. He hopes that we can establish a permanent military base in Da Zhu..."

"Mr. Chu, this is the diary that Bo was in his dream during this time..."

"One more thing, the Incorruptible Buddha seems to have restored his cultivation to the realm of Sainthood..."

While Chu Qiguang was practicing and studying, he was also dealing with the official business sent by Jin Nu. The more he dealt with it, the more he felt that the whole world was like walking on a tightrope, and that if he was not careful, he might be in catastrophe.

Jinnu's eyes flickered, and the light of Buddha's fire danced in her eyes, as if she had received some message.

She stopped what she was doing and said, "Mr. Chu, breaking news, Yongan is dying..."

Since the end of the Capital War, Emperor Yong'an's health has been deteriorating due to the forced breakthrough and the backlash of suppressed luck.

According to Fu Nanzi’s inspection, Yongan is likely not to survive this winter.

Perhaps the shortened lifespan in the Huangtian World has also affected Emperor Yong'an. In the past month, his health has become worse and worse. It is said that he fell into a coma for most of the day.

Jinnu continued: "Mr. Chu, Yongan wants to hibernate..."

…

The development of hibernation technology involved a lot of manpower and material resources, and Chu Qiguang did not expect to hide it from the senior officials of all parties.

But what Chu Qiguang didn't expect was that Yongan would also be willing to participate in the experiment.

After Chu Qiguang thought for a moment, he chose to agree.

After all, if Yongan stays in this era, it is already a dead end. If we could go to the future, we might be able to support future battles.

Because of Chu Qiguang's care and Yongan's own health.

The hibernation process was approved quickly, and Yongan arrived underground in Night City a few hours later.

As the void surged and the ritual progressed, he fell into a long sleep in darkness and headed to the future.

As the first powerful human being to be hibernated, Yongan has also become an important observation object of the hibernation research team, providing huge help for the subsequent hibernation research.

In order to stabilize the political situation, Chu Qiguang temporarily suppressed the news that Emperor Yong'an was hibernating, and only announced that Emperor Yong'an was in seclusion.

This emperor had left the government behind to practice in seclusion more than once in the past.

Now that they are in seclusion again, it is an extremely normal situation for Baiguan.

Anyway, the power of the imperial court now fell into the hands of Chu Qiguang, and the presence or absence of Emperor Yong'an no longer affected the operation of the entire imperial court.

Gradually... this emperor was mentioned less and less and gradually disappeared from everyone's sight.

…

While hibernation's Taoism continues to be successful, the research on reincarnation and longevity is not going well.

Many of the Taoist techniques involved are too difficult and difficult, require an extremely high understanding of the soul, and are easily affected by demonic contamination.

However, with Jiaojiao's awakening, this situation quickly changed.

Chu Qiguang still remembered that the last time Jiaojiao fell asleep and woke up, she gained the ability to cut the soul.

This time, Jiaojiao went a step further and gained the ability to multiply her soul.

In the past, Chu Qiguang was worried about the side effects of this kind of soul cutting, so he never let Jiaojiao use it on a large scale.

But now that the crisis is imminent, Chu Qiguang's plans have also changed.

After some exchanges with Jiaojiao, Chu Qiguang asked: "You mean...the souls you cut off can now grow and restore, and finally turn into two identical souls?"

Jiaojiao said proudly: "Yes, isn't it great! Can one person be used as two people in the future?"

Chu Qiguang said: "Well...Jiaojiao, you can go support the reincarnation team and cooperate with An Yiyun to study the art of reincarnation."

"Your newly acquired abilities may be of great use."

With the addition of Jiaojiao, the Taoist research on reincarnation immediately made breakthrough progress.

An Yiyun and Jiaojiao began to try the possibility of planned reincarnation through the division and proliferation of Yuanshen, combined with the Taoist skills originally provided by Tiansheng Zhenhun.

…

Yongan 25 years, December.

The Central Plains has once again entered the cold winter season.

But even in the severe cold weather, people can still be seen coming out to work all over the country.

More and more blood machines can be seen on construction sites, farmland, and streets, continuing to work in the snow.

In the Sara Palace, Chu Qiguang finally achieved the last core transformation of the future boundless heart seal.

"Vajra Eternal Calamity."

"Explore with the goal of becoming a saint."

"But the Buddhas who died on the way turned into Vajras."

“Its nature is so strong that nothing can be cut off, and nothing can be destroyed.”

"After a long period of time, you have the ability to transcend time and space."

"The so-called eternal calamity means eternity."

"The endless Vajra may contain thoughts from the past and the future."

Along with Chu Qiguang's will, his Holy Transformation Vajra body gradually dissipated, and the flesh, blood, and bones in his body seemed to have suddenly lost their spirituality.

But the next moment, as the transformation of the 'Vajra Eternal Tribulation' broke out, an eternal and eternal charm immediately spread out from Chu Qiguang's body and outside.

It took Chu Qiguang the longest time to complete this last core transformation. It can be said that among all the sage transformations that can be completed in "Vajra Phases", it is also the rarest and most powerful one.

As an upgraded version of the Vajra Body, the Vajra Eternal Tribulation not only retains the various abilities of the original Vajra Body, but is also stronger on this basis and has some sense of the future.

After the eternal transformation of King Kong was completed, Chu Qiguang performed his hand seals, and the color of King Kong surged all over his body, and there were infinite lights and shadows flickering in his eyes.

At this moment, his future immeasurable heart seal was finally completed, reaching the limit that could be achieved in the realm of sainthood.

When Chu Qiguang turned around, he could see a halo of light flashing behind him.

"The 20th halo?"

"No... If it's there, it feels like it's covered by something."

"If you have to say it, I should be in the 19.9 ring now?"

Chu Qiguang felt like he was stuck between the realm of Tongsheng and the next realm.

With the perfection of the immeasurable heart seal in the future, he has reached the pinnacle of the sage realm.

‘Future Infinite Heart Seal, this magical power has only been truly completed now, and can truly be called a vast magical power. ’

…

In a dark Buddhist world.

Two rays of light suddenly exploded.

One of them is majestic, with countless Buddha shadows emerging back and forth in the atmosphere, accompanied by layers of Zen singing, just like the Buddha preaching, and all the Buddhas from the world are here.

On the other side is a pure and dazzling diamond color, like the Buddha's light that has been lit since ancient times, shining with an aura full of spirituality and immortal charm.

"Chu Qiguang!" Among the many Buddha shadows, the Indestructible Buddha shouted: "The world's catastrophe is coming. Everything is as I said before. The only way out is to transform into a monster."

Chu Qiguang's whole body was shrouded in the color of King Kong. He looked at the Indestructible Buddha and said calmly: "It seems that after you restored your Sainthood cultivation, you are not convinced again."

The Indestructible Buddha said coldly: "I have already walked the road you have walked. I practiced the "Vajra Phases" you practiced hundreds of years ago. Your cultivation can calm others. But it doesn’t scare me.”

"And now the lifespans of both human and demon races have been shortened, and so have you."

"If you want to live, you should join my sect and abandon the Buddha and become a demon."

Chu Qiguang smiled faintly, and formed seals with his hands, which changed continuously, like a lotus flower blooming.

At the same time, the color of King Kong slowly spread in all directions, and Chu Qiguang's voice also sounded throughout the world.

"Without destroying the Buddha, the Dharma and supernatural powers of the past are not necessarily stronger than those of the present."

"In the past two years, I have deduced my magical powers, and my cultivation has become deeper and deeper, and I finally created this immeasurable future heart seal."

"I'll invite you to taste it today."

The Buddha of Incorruptibility snorted coldly and activated his magical power, 'Forbearance of Inanimate Dharma'.

This magical power was passed down by the Buddha. When the Indestructible Buddha was in the state of manifestation, he used the rudimentary Taoist technique of this magical power, which could transfer all offensives to the Buddhist realm.

At this moment, he restored the magic power of "Vajra Forms" and once again used the inanimate magic forbearance, and the power was even more terrifying.

With the flickering of thousands of Buddha shadows behind him, he directly transformed into a demon Buddha standing tall on the sky and the earth. A Buddha's name gushed out, and the entire Buddhist world seemed to be shaken by him.

The real world and the Buddhist world seemed to merge into one at this moment, like two images superimposed on each other. The Indestructible Buddha was neither here, nor over there, nor in the middle, nor within the range of any attack.

But the next moment, the chest of the Indestructible Buddha suddenly exploded, and countless diamonds shattered directly...

The Immortal Buddha's eyes were focused, and just when he was about to make a move, he found that his chest was unharmed.

He subconsciously moved his body and dodged the blow that shattered his chest.

‘I… saw the future? ’

'Or an illusion? ’

The Immortal Buddha was stunned for a moment, but he dodged the attack on his chest, but his stomach exploded suddenly again.

He just saw the future again and again, saw himself resisting the offensive again and again, only to be defeated by the new offensive again and again.

After seeing himself being killed seventeen times in a row, it seemed that he would fail no matter what.

The Immortal Buddha looked at Chu Qiguang and said solemnly: "Is this... your magical power?"

"Since when did it start?"

"When we came to this Buddhist world?"

"When you just formed the seal?"

"Is it still when I activate Wu Sheng Fa Nin?"

Faced with the question from the Indestructible Buddha, Chu Qiguang laughed: "Think about it carefully, have you really activated the Inanimate Dharma Endurance?"

The Buddha of Immortality was slightly startled, and with Chu Qiguang's words, he felt that the time in front of him was rapidly flowing back.

He returned to before activating Wu Sheng Fa Nin.

"Did you really...see my seal?"

"Or, did you really...come here and fight me?"

"Little monk, when you want to take action against me, you are already doomed to fail..."

The Buddha of Immortality was stunned and found that he was back before Chu Qiguang formed the seal.

Then I went straight back to before heading to the Buddha Realm...

When he came back to his senses, he found himself standing in the Sala Palace, looking at Chu Qiguang in front of him.

This was the moment when he wanted to propose a fight with Chu Qiguang.

The Immortal Buddha frowned more and more as he looked at the unfamiliar yet familiar sight in front of him.

Chu Qiguang in front of him smiled and said slowly: "Is there anything you want to tell me?"

The Immortal Buddha opened his mouth, and scenes of him being killed again and again flashed through his mind, and finally he sighed and said: "No, no need."

Chu Qiguang said: "Then continue working. If you have any work problems, you can come to me at any time. I hope you can grow with the Chamber of Commerce and become a better talent..."