Chapter 5 Except myself, no one can control my life or death.
Master Tushita's words were like a sharp blade, piercing directly towards Zhang Ke's biggest weakness.
The 'Immortal Sect' harvested inspiration, causing the vitality of heaven and earth to collapse, and now the sects all over the world are doing the same thing under the guidance of the 'Xiantian Yiqi Southern Sect'.
Especially in recent years, in order to refine various war weapons and 'floating flying boats', sects all over the world have not only seriously damaged the earth line spiritual machines, but also caused the destruction of countless small sects and cultivating families.
People in the spiritual world are panicked, and there are few practitioners traveling around the world. Monsters and monsters are everywhere in the world. Not only the spiritual world, but also the secular world has been greatly affected.
This sect conference was able to gather so many leaders. In addition to the huge influence of the 'Innate One Qi Southern Sect', another reason is that everyone hopes to find a way to reverse the current situation during the conference.
At this moment, many sect leaders heard Taoist Master Tushita's question and all turned their attention to Zhang Ke to see how he was going to explain.
Zhang Ke was actually mentally prepared for Taoist Master Tushita's questioning.
The refining of various war weapons and flying boats consumes extremely terrible resources.
In particular, sects all over the world are refining on a large scale, which further increases the damage to the earth's spiritual machinery.
In addition, if there is no alchemy master, the vitality of heaven and earth will pass through the elixir, and the multiplication of spiritual plants will feed back more vitality, thus strengthening the origin of heaven and earth.
However, due to the rise of alchemists, countless spiritual plants and elixirs have been harvested in the world, and the feedback of vitality can no longer keep up with the consumption, which will also cause certain harm to the origin of heaven and earth.
Spiritual mines, elixirs, spiritual objects, spiritual waters, as well as humans, demons, beasts, etc. form a normal cycle of heaven.
Whichever link is damaged will have an impact on the normal operation of the way of heaven.
Under the influence of many measures of the 'Xiantian Yiqi Southern Sect', not only was the spiritual power of heaven and earth destroyed, but the number of practitioners increased by more than a hundred times compared to the past.
All of this has placed a huge burden on this world. From a broad perspective, the actions of the ‘Xiantian Yiqi Southern Sect’ are no different from what the ‘Xianmen’ did in the past.
Zhang Ke was silent for a moment, then slowly said:
"A traveler was stranded in a desert and had not had water for several days.
At this time, he only had a pot of wine stained with bird feathers.
As we all know, the poisonous bird is a poisonous bird. When its feathers are contaminated with wine, the wine will turn into poisonous wine.
Now he faces two choices.
First, die of thirst.
Second, he was poisoned to death after drinking poisonous wine.
I would like to ask Master Tushita, if you were this traveler, what would you choose?"
Taojun Tushita was stunned.
Both options are dead ends. It is said that there are two options, but in fact there is neither.
After pondering for a moment, Lord Tushita asked slyly:
"If you let the head of Ruyi choose, what would you choose?"
Zhang Ke smiled faintly and glanced at everyone.
"Everyone, I admit that because of my sect, the spiritual power of heaven and earth has been seriously damaged.
However, compared with the catastrophe of the 'immortal sect' in the future, I think this damage to this world can be tolerated.
Master Tushita just asked me what I would choose if I encountered such a situation.
So now I will tell you my choice.
Don't say it's just a pot of poisonous wine, even if it's pure venom, I will drink it all in one gulp.
Except for myself, no one can control my life or death. Even if I die, I have to decide it myself."
Zhang Ke's tone was very calm and plain, but these two short sentences had a great impact on everyone's hearts.
Cultivation is an act that goes against nature.
Zhang Ke used himself as an example to show everyone the persistence and style of a practitioner.
At this moment, many sect leaders present had an earth-shaking change in their impressions of Zhang Ke.
In the past, they recognized Zhang Ke because of his strength and uprightness, but his madness also made many people avoid him.
At this moment, looking at Zhang Ke's calm eyes and thinking of his persistent efforts to fight against the 'Immortal Sect', everyone felt not only recognition but also admiration.
After Zhang Ke expressed his inner thoughts in a calm tone, he suddenly changed his subject.
"Besides, the destruction of the spiritual power of heaven and earth does not mean that there is no solution.
Although the main purpose of inviting you to come and discuss today is the great catastrophe of the 'Immortal Sect'.
In fact, I also want to ask all the masters to work with me to solve the problem of the destruction of the spiritual power of heaven and earth.
After all, the Azure Realm belongs to each of us. Even if it is for future generations, we cannot really do the same thing as the 'Xianmen'.
And this is the main reason why I invited all the masters to come here today."
The leaders of many sects around were all shocked, and the Dao Lord of Destruction asked anxiously:
"What can you do?"
For thousands of years, the Lord of Destruction has always regarded himself as the leader of practitioners in the Azure Realm. He always feels that he is responsible for the safety of the Azure Realm.
But after thousands of years, he has never found a good way to fight against the 'Immortal Sect'.
To this end, he and the Tao Te Sect also made many attempts.
This includes scattering spiritual energy from heaven and earth into the earth's veins, replacing spiritual stones with 'talisman money', and launching changes in the central region, transforming city-states into countries, using the power of merit to gather the destiny of all people, and opening up a new practice system.
In addition, sect promotion, drawing secret realms from outside the realm into the blue realm, strengthening the origin of the realm, and perfecting the laws of the realm are also one of them.
Originally, the Tao Te Sect had the greatest expectations for this matter. Unfortunately, the Tao Tao Sect split later and its influence was not as strong as before.
In addition, most low-level sects do not have the opportunity to come into contact with secret realms or small worlds. Even if they do, they must be developed as treasures.
However, the quota for high-grade sects is already full, and middle-grade sects who have the ability to take out secret realms have no chance to advance to high-grade sects.
From a profit perspective, the effort outweighs the rewards, so gradually there are no sects who are enthusiastic about moving up the sect.
This is also the reason why the ‘Xiantian Yiqi Southern Sect’ has clearly reached the requirements of a top-grade sect, but it is still only a ninth-grade sect.
Due to various reasons, the method of strengthening the origin of the realm that was most favored by the Taoist Master finally failed.
At this time, he heard that Zhang Ke actually said that there was a way to solve the damage to the world's spiritual power, and he couldn't help but ask.
Zhang Ke did not directly answer Daojun Daojie's inquiry, but continued talking on his own.
"Since there is a Taoist in the 'immortal sect', and there is more than one, then if this world wants to fight against it, it must also have a Taoist.
But this world is only the middle thousand worlds, and the Dao Lord is the end of practice. This is the shackles of the laws of the realm and the rules of the Dao. No one can escape this restriction.
The reason why the 'immortal sect' left this world back then was not only because the resources were plundered, but also the shackles of the shackles of practice."
The Taoist Master was impatient and interrupted:
"Master Ruyi, we all know the reason for this. What all the masters want to know is how to restore the damaged spirit of heaven and earth."
Zhang Ke looked calmly and said:
"It's very simple, just upgrade this world to the Great Thousand Worlds!"
The Taoist Lord of Destruction looked at Zhang Ke in disbelief and couldn't help but ask:
"Master Ruyi, do you know what you are talking about?
Do you know what the world is like?
Do you know how to advance the realm?"
Zhang Ke shook his head and said:
"I really don't know how to advance the realm.
But I am a practitioner, and I know that when your cultivation reaches a critical value, as long as you find an opportunity, you can break through to a higher realm. This is true for cultivation, and it must be the same for the realm."
The Dao Lord of Destruction suddenly wanted to laugh out loud. Such whimsical remarks actually came from a Dao Lord, which made him feel extremely ridiculous.
"Cultivation is practice, and realm advancement is realm advancement. How can the two be the same?"
Zhang Ke asked rhetorically:
"Why can't the two be the same?"
"It...it..."
The Taoist Lord of Destruction wanted to refute, but for a moment he didn't know how to speak. He couldn't help but turn his eyes to the Taoist Master of Tushita.
The person who hates Zhang Ke the most right now is probably the ‘Bajing Palace’. With such a good opportunity to attack Zhang Ke, Taojun Tushita cannot fail to seize it.
But what surprised him was that Taoist Tushita's expression was a little strange at this moment, as if he was thinking about something and did not react at all to Zhang Ke's words.
The pupils of Taoist Destruction's eyes shrank slightly, and he subconsciously looked at Taoist Tianhua who was not far away from Taoist Tushita, but saw that he was also looking at him at this moment.
The two people's eyes fell apart as soon as they met. This scene happened to be seen by Taoist Master Tusita, and the doubts in his heart increased.
After Zhang Ke asked the Taoist Master of Destruction in return, he continued:
“Sowing in spring and harvesting in autumn, melons ripening and falling off their stems, all things in the world follow the rules of the Great Dao.
The water in the bottle will overflow when it is full.
The same should be true for the realm. As long as the energy accumulated in the source of our realm reaches the critical value, under the guidance and promotion of the rules of the great road, we can naturally sense the opportunity for the advancement of the realm."
The Taoist Lord of Destruction sneered and said:
"Master Ruyi, your time to become a Dao Lord is still short, and you may not have a thorough understanding of the rules of the Dao.
What you are saying now is just a guess, without any basis at all. Why do you think that if the origin reaches enough realm, you will be promoted.
The realm is like a ball, and the original power is equivalent to air. When the gas in the ball grows without limit, have you ever thought about another possibility?
That means the ball will explode!
In addition, under the influence of you and the 'Xiantian Yiqi Southern Sect', this world is like a ball with a hole stabbed in it. The original power is being lost and disintegrated all the time. You have not yet solved such a big problem.
How are you going to gather the source power of the realm?"
Zhang Ke stared at the Taoist Lord of Destruction for a moment, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he said in a long voice:
"Friend Daoist Destruction, you are short-sighted!"
"you..."
The Dao Lord of Destruction was furious. At this moment, there were representatives of top-grade sects in the world. Being ridiculed by Zhang Ke in front of his face made him feel extremely embarrassed.
Zhang Ke ignored Taoist Destruction and continued:
“Without the ‘immortal sect’ catastrophe, wouldn’t this realm be promoted?
From ancient times to the present, how many creatures and practitioners have been born in this realm.
He is like our parent, protecting us from wind and rain all the way and nurturing us to grow step by step.
But when he gets old, tired, can no longer walk, and can no longer accompany us.
Shouldn't we carry our parents on our backs and move forward together, but abandon him like the 'immortal family'?"
Zhang Ke’s clear voice echoed for a long time in the ‘Cloud Sea Rooftop’, and at the same time, this voice also penetrated into the hearts of everyone present.
"Taking a step back, we don't have any feelings for this realm.
But do you still remember the Zerg invasion?
At first, this world was extremely lucky to detect the movements of the Zerg in advance, and it was only through various coincidences that the Zerg was wiped out.
However, if this world is always just the Zhongqian World, even if there is no 'immortal gate' watching, enemies more powerful than the Zerg will definitely appear one after another in the future, how will this world respond then?"
Zhang Ke looked around with burning eyes and said loudly:
"Everyone, we are practitioners!
From the day we set foot on the path of spiritual practice, we are destined to go against heaven!
If our own realm cannot be promoted to the Great Thousand Worlds, then we, and even our descendants, will never be able to achieve Taoism.
Are you willing to let your lifelong cultivation come to an end here?"
Zhang Ke's words moved many people present, and some sect leaders' perceptions of Zhang Ke were greatly changed.
Opposite Zhang Ke, Daojun Xuanzhen, the headmaster of the second-rank sect in the Northern Territory, the ‘Qionghua Sect’, stretched out his hand and patted his thigh, shouting:
"Master Ruyi's words are so good that he won't eat for fear of choking to death.
The road to spiritual practice is full of dangers and tribulations, but we haven’t faced them all yet.
In any case, realm advancement is a good thing for this realm.
If you do it, you may succeed or you may fail, but if you don't do it, you are destined to fail.
In this case, why do you think so much? Why do you think so? Isn't this what we practitioners do?
No matter whether a disaster comes in the future or not, we just have to do what we want to do.
Master Ruyi, just tell me what to do, and all the sects in the Northern Territory will fully support you."
A rough yet gentle voice boomed from the ‘Cloud Sea Rooftop’.
The inheritance of the 'Qionghua Sect' is extremely ancient and can be traced back to ancient times. It is said that this sect was a sect that was jointly known as the ancient 'Kunlun'.
Today's 'Qionghua Sect' is only a part of its sect, and its original sect left the realm hundreds of thousands of years ago.
The 'Qionghua Sect' is one of the few Kun Xiu sects, and Xuanzhen Daojun is no exception. She is also a female cultivator.
But relying on a group of Kun cultivators to become the only second-grade sect in an area like the Northern Territory where strength is all about strength shows how powerful the monks of this sect are.
However, due to the influence of the environment and customs of the Northern Territory, even female cultivators are born with a heroic spirit.
Following Daojun Xuanzhen's statement, many sect leaders present also asked questions.
"Master Ruyi, may I ask how your sect is going to solve the problem of the collapse of heaven and earth's spiritual power?"
"How can this world be promoted to the Great World? Can Master Ruyi explain it in detail?"
"After this realm is promoted to the Great Thousand Worlds, will it be able to fight against the 'Immortal Sect'?"
"Master Ruyi, if you want to be promoted in this realm, how can we cooperate?"
"..."
Disturbing sounds came and went, and the 'Cloud Sea Rooftop' was as noisy as a busy city.
"Ahem!"
Zhang Ke coughed twice, and the vibrating sound immediately suppressed the numerous noises.
"I wonder if any of you masters have ever heard of a word..."
Many sect leaders around looked at Zhang Ke and listened to his words: