Chapter 580 The Foundation of Shinto

What is the beginning?

The innate things are the beginning.

The Xingguan lineage is the ‘heaven’, which is the awakening of the spiritual wisdom of the heavenly way itself.

Then the Tianting lineage, as another lineage, is the ‘innate’, which is an existence older than the heavenly way.

The earliest matter in the universe, or it can be said that the eldest son of the universe, the origin of all matter, all the qi comes from their self-differentiation.

This is the god of the Tianting lineage.

The gods of the Tianting lineage are the first chaotic qi that became the Tao, they are the ‘first’.

The first sun, the first moon, the first mountains and rivers, the first rivers, the first light, the first lightning - even the ‘first qi’.

Therefore, the martial arts of the ancient times are the results of life imitating these naturally powerful gods, so the internal qi of the martial arts presents a chaotic posture, that is because... God itself comes from chaos.

And Li Qi suddenly remembered the inexplicable qi he came into contact with when he was just promoted to the seventh rank and realized “creating something out of nothing”. (For details, see Chapter 296 and Chapter 298)

Li Qi did not recognize that wisp of air at that time, but he only knew that he had gone from virtual to real, from nothing to something, all starting from this wisp of air.

At that time, he did not know, so he just skipped it lightly, but now that he had seen the real "God" with his own eyes, Li Qi knew the answer.

The primordial chaotic air, the "beginning" of all air.

All air is the "decay" of the primordial chaotic air, just like all atoms are the fusion of hydrogen atoms.

Hydrogen atoms are the mother of elements, and the primordial chaotic air in front of him is the mother of air.

However, the two are essentially different.

Hydrogen atoms are the simplest atoms, and all complexities are formed by the stacking of simple things.

But the primordial chaotic air is the most complex air, because it cannot maintain its own complexity, and eventually gradually "differentiate and decay" into other air.

However, once the conditions are right, all air can reach the level of the primordial chaotic air by increasing its own complexity and chaos.

Li Qi felt that it could be called "returning to the beginning".

So, facing the descending chaos, Li Qi began to move.

Zhenzhiyun had analyzed the truth of chaos completely, combined with his own knowledge, plus the method of "flow" that he first understood.

The method of flow can already create martial arts internal energy, but... it is not enough.

Now he has seen the energy that is more noble than the essence of martial arts internal energy, and the method of flow also needs to evolve.

Li Qi closed his eyes, closed his five senses, and replaced all his senses with Zhenzhiyun.

It was a long-lost feeling, the feeling of being in control of everything in all directions.

It was great.

In the two moments of falling, Li Qi's energy began to flow.

Taishi is the beginning of form, the beginning of things, from subtle to obvious, changes follow each other, yin and yang are judged, and things flow and take shape, then square, round, hard, soft, quiet and restless each has its own nature.

Then, just let your own human body small world continue to push upwards——

The world has not been separated, chaos has no roots, looking at the beginning of the vastness, thinking about the outside, the ambition is vast and relaxed, the void is invisible, and the gods have not been born.

Li Qi's human body small world, including Guangyang, the Five Mountains and Four Rivers, the sun and the moon, the Buddhist heavens, and even all the strange things in Li Qi's inner world, all collapsed actively.

But such a collapse is not caused by violence, but... assimilation.

Li Qi has vaguely seen the mixture before it is separated, and the clear and turbid before it is separated.

In Li Qi's inner world, the stars are retrograde, the yin and yang are wrong, the universe is covered, and the tulu Yuanqi is completely dissipated.

In the end, it turned into a ball of dark, dark, and chaotic air.

At this moment, Li Qi suddenly got some enlightenment.

That was the accumulation of his previous knowledge. He had read millions of ancient books and various excellent books. Under the reminder of a certain fact, the knowledge began to sublimate.

This knowledge was no longer just knowledge, but began to merge with Li Qi.

Just like... chaos.

Everything comes from chaos.

The essence of creating something out of nothing is chaos that comes out of nothing.

This cannot explain creating something out of nothing, because chaos itself cannot be explained, but it allows Li Qi to push it up a step and explain the source of "qi". After all, he couldn't even explain "qi" before.

In this way, Li Qi's inner world is no longer so "stereotyped".

Why stereotyped? Because every wisp of qi should have its own position. Li Qi carefully arranged these positions to fit his own way and to perfectly exert his power.

But now, it is not necessary.

You only need to fit the "chaos" itself, then the inner world will evolve by itself, according to the qi that appears out of thin air, and then begin to fit in a more "natural" and more "casual" way.

The craftsmanship disappeared, the spiritual energy increased, and his inner world became more "natural".

After all, he witnessed the real "natural one" with his own eyes.

In the world, there is nothing more "natural" than a true god. The true god itself is the "original" existence. God is completely "natural", which is why the relationship between Wudao and Shinto is very good.

However, God is not the "nature" itself that Wudao pursues, so although Wudao and Shinto are very close, there is always a slight gap.

Li Qi's cultivation has broken through again, and he feels...

After only unblocking the true knowledge for a few seconds, he seemed to have touched the barrier of the fifth level.

When he is able to 'create something out of nothing' with the true energy of chaos, his small human world will truly become reality.

Because the energy derived from the energy of chaos is real, and he can use this energy to reconstruct the inner world and eventually turn the inner world into a real world.

At this moment, the attack from the god in the sky also began to land, falling on Li Qi.

However, what Li Qi didn't expect was——

When the attack touched Li Qi, it did not start hurting Li Qi like before, but merged with Li Qi.

At this moment of fusion, Li Qi suddenly felt a sense of "connection of minds".

In an instant, a lot of information came to him.

Merging into the chaos, Li Qi hesitated for a moment, but still began to accept the information.

After accepting it, he suddenly realized.

These chaotic energies were not attacks, although they did beat Li Qi half to death.

These chaotic energies are 'communication', 'invitation', and convey information.

It's just that Li Qi is too weak, and he can't stand it even if the other party just 'screams' at him.

Of course, if this breath kills Li Qiha...

That would be a dead end.

Gods don't care about this, they can't even communicate, so what's the problem with being immortal?

If Li Qi had a body now, he would definitely break out in a cold sweat.

It's a pity that he has no body now. To be precise...his entire person, including the inner world, the physical body and even the soul, have all been transformed into the energy of chaos.

But the strange thing is that in this case, he still maintained his subjectivity and did not really integrate into the other party.

And this seems to be what the other party wants.

In this case, all thoughts will be honest, the two people's thinking will be completely synchronized, and all thoughts will be exposed to each other.

After realizing this, Li Qi suddenly discovered something strange.

That is, he did not feel the fluctuation of the other party's thoughts at all. The other party's thinking organ was like a pool of stagnant water. Instead, countless information was pouring out of his own mind.

Just after he came up with this idea, the other party's thoughts suddenly appeared.

"Mortals are really active. One second of your thoughts is enough for us to think about it for a long time." He said these words.

Li Qi felt this sentence, and then he began to think, with many ripples in his heart.

Normally, when people say a sentence, they actually go through a lot of mental activities behind it. Eventually, these mental activities begin to come to an end, and finally they get that sentence, and after saying it, they start to reflect on whether it is right. No, it caused the whole message to be very violent.

But these gods are different. They don't seem to have the process of 'thinking'. What they say is what they say, and what they say is what they think.

There is no implication or allusion. Words are thoughts, and thoughts are words. They have no "inner thoughts," and all the inner thoughts will be spoken.

Is this the quality of ‘chaos’?

It should be, because... Li Qi found that in his current chaotic posture, all the contents of his thoughts were presented in front of the other party. He had actually achieved "Words are thoughts, thoughts are words", but he spoke a little too much. That’s all.

Li Qi's thoughts were too many and too complicated, and it seemed like he had been babbled on.

The other party was quiet and silent, which made it impossible for the other party to continue.

After all, as long as the other party said one sentence, Li Qi would come up with seven or eight short essays with different themes, which directly made it impossible for the two parties to communicate at all.

Therefore, after these two sentences, Li Qi began to restrain his thoughts and controlled himself from continuing to write analysis papers in his mind to judge what should be done.

It's not simple.

Curbing distracting thoughts and keeping the mind clear are things that practitioners will do, but it is a bit difficult to maintain normal thinking and communicate with other people while ensuring that there are no "inner thoughts" at the same time.

Fortunately, it was only a little difficult. Although he was not used to it, Li Qi quickly controlled his messy thoughts and entered a state of retreat.

The crazy little essay finally stopped, but Li Qi was still unable to accurately say what he wanted in this state, and he still needed a period of silence.

But at this time, the chaos spoke again: "Have you controlled your thoughts? Well... Each of you learns very quickly. Mortals are perishable. You are always fragile and changeable. However, this is also very interesting. That’s it.”

Li Qi did not reply for the time being.

After about a minute or so, he was completely accustomed to this slow and calm thought, and then replied: "This feeling... is wonderful, but let's talk about that. I have seen a great god, dare I ask him his name?"

"My name is not important, you just need to know that I am the Fire Officer," the voice said.

He calls himself ‘Fire Officer’.

Li Qi took a deep breath. It was a good thing that he was not healthy, otherwise he would definitely fall down!

Fire official!

In ancient times, all five elements had officials. Based on the strength of the five elements, this was not one person, but a series of official positions. The number one among the fire officials was "Huo Zheng".

Many people may not be familiar with Huozheng, but when his name is mentioned, anyone in the world with astrology will be familiar with it.

His name is: Zhu Rong.

Zhu Rong is the leader of the ancient fire officials, and under him are other ordinary fire officials. These fire officials are the "leaders of the five elements" and the "origin" of all the five elements.

Five elements! How powerful is this? I don't even need to think about it!

The ancient witchcraft and the human way have said: "The officials of the five elements, do all the later generations follow their actions? This is all known by the wise and sages."

All the later generations follow their actions, what a high evaluation is this? !

Even if the other party is not Zhu Rong himself, but just an ordinary fire official, it is far beyond Li Qi's reach. Even Zhu Fengdan is not a few generations higher than him.

Not to mention the surname "Zhu Rong".

That's right, Zhu Rong, his surname is "Zhu".

This is the first god that the Zhu people contacted. The ancient witchcraft itself originated from the communication with the gods, and Zhu Rong was the first great god to respond to the ancestors of the witchcraft.

And Zhu Fengdan, maybe he can actually be related to others.

At this time, Li Qi's brain activity had already started to write ten short essays. Fortunately, he had begun to control his messy thoughts, so it was not too outrageous. He was just surprised for a moment, and then he bowed his hands and said: "It turns out that you are a great god of the Huozheng lineage. You really have a connection with me."

"There is indeed a connection, but... In my opinion, you witches are all the same. Zhuren lineage is just slightly better." The fire official said so.

Li Qi ignored the other party's indifference, but said: "Thank you for your advice, Li Qi has benefited a lot."

The fire official was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Benefit... What benefit? Oh, your practice, right? You mortals really need it. Then I will accept this thank you. By the way, why did you come here and communicate with the unborn gods without authorization? Don't you know this is a taboo?"

"Taboo? Sorry, I really don't know." Li Qi answered immediately.

In the case of chaos, lying is meaningless. All your thoughts will be completely exposed to the other party, so Li Qi said that he didn't know, which means he really didn't know.

So, the fire official calmed down a little.

"Unborn gods are extremely fragile, and they are also very effective supplements. You should have felt it." The fire official said so.

Li Qi was stunned. After two seconds, he realized what the other party said.

Indeed, the ball named Xinluo just now looked a bit delicious. Such pure chaotic energy, if you eat it...

No, you can't think about this. Eating people is something that only warriors do.