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Chapter 200: Divine Infant Transformation, Killing Disaster

The Divine Embryo Realm is the first realm of the path of incense and gods.

Entering this realm means that Chu Zheng has officially stepped into the path of a living being and become a god of incense.

After nurturing the divine fetus, this clay statue has become spiritual.

Chu Zheng's real body has already established a connection with this statue, and he can even display some of his magical powers through this statue.

After setting foot on this path, Chu Zheng finally understood why Zhao Tingxian suddenly appeared on that star at that time.

The real name is extremely important to the gods and must not be leaked at will.

If there are believers praying and someone calls out the true name of the deity, the deity's true form must descend as long as it is within a certain range.

If the distance is too far and it is impossible to reach in time, one must use the golden body to perform miracles.

Believers are the source of power for the incense gods and cannot be separated. This is the constraint that believers place on the incense gods.

Therefore, most people in the world only know the titles of the gods but not their real names.

The Taoist's golden body is spread throughout the heavens and myriad worlds, but no one still knows his real name. This must be the reason.

The power of incense and vows, that is, believers, are also divided into levels, roughly into three categories: upper, middle and lower.

Those who can provide superior wishes are called fanatics. They have the most devout devotion to the gods they believe in and are willing to die for the gods they believe in at any time.

Those who provide medium-level wishes are called true believers. Among all the believers of all gods, this type of believers occupies the most core position and is the cornerstone of building a towering building.

True believers will worship two or three gods at most, and will preach for the gods they believe in to continuously expand the group of believers.

As for the lower level of vows, their sources are very diverse. This type of believers are called pseudo-believers. Most of these people worship many gods, and their worship is intermittent.

If there is a better option, they will even switch sides at any time.

The believers that Chu Zheng gathered with the spirit stones had very low quality in terms of incense and vows, and were the lowest among the lower ones.

As long as Chu Zheng cuts off the supply of spirit stones, these believers who have gathered here will soon disperse.

However, even though the quality of the incense and vows was not high, Chu Zheng still gained a lot of benefits.

Because many of these believers who gathered here because of the spiritual stones are monks, their daily visits can provide him with a lot of incense and vows.

It is obvious that the power of incense and vows has a positive effect on the divine infant. During these three years, it has saved him at least ten years of hard practice.

His immortal cultivation had broken through first, and he had already entered the middle stage of the Divine Infant, and was advancing towards the late stage of the Divine Infant at an extremely fast speed.

This is the case when the power of incense and vows is not sufficient. If there are enough believers, the speed at which the incense and spirits can improve their cultivation can be terrifying.

The fact that Zhao Tingxian was able to enter the realm of Immortal Lord in just over a thousand years was definitely closely related to the practice of incense and gods.

Compared to those monks who came for spiritual stones, Yuan Dazun was obviously an exception. The power of incense and vows could most directly reflect the piety of a believer.

During these three years, as time went by, the power of the incense and vows conveyed by Yuan Dazun when he burned incense and worshipped became stronger and stronger, several times more than that of ordinary believers.

This is Chu Zheng’s only true believer.

He has truly believed that such a Taoist god once existed in the ancient times, and that he is now returning to the world with the help of incense, gods and spirits, and Chu Zheng is his spokesperson.

Because he saw the speed at which Chu Zheng's cultivation improved, and it would have been impossible without the help of the gods.

The quality of Chu Zheng's believers is extremely low. Relatively speaking, due to the limitations of spirit stones, this model is doomed to not be able to be maintained for a long time and needs to be changed.

Without so many broken magic weapons, Chu Zheng would not be able to obtain spirit stones continuously. The large daily expenses in the past three years have made him a little stretched.

He needs to change this model so that the supply of incense and vows can become stable and sustainable.

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For the next period of time, Chu Zheng interrupted the supply of spiritual stones after the worship of the statue.

When it was no longer possible to obtain spiritual stones by worshipping the gods, the supply of incense and prayer power decreased a lot in a short period of time.

Soon, Chu Zheng's body sensed something unusual, and a slight feeling of emptiness came from the divine infant, but his cultivation level did not fall. With the help of elixirs, he was able to make up for this loss.

This may be one of the benefits of practicing the way of incense and gods for living monks. Even if the believers disperse, they can still survive in the world by relying on their own cultivation, and the impact will not be that great.

The number of believers was decreasing, and the incense that had just gathered began to dissipate. Yuan Dazun saw this and couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

After the incense and prayers ran out, Chu Zheng started from scratch and re-screened believers. At the same time, the task of preaching for "Zhengchu Daojun" naturally fell on Yuan Dazun.

In order to increase the number of worshippers, Yuan Dazun went out every day and began to search for suitable believers for Chu Zheng in the city.

Following Chu Zheng's instructions, he never mentioned the name Chu Zheng to anyone else.

During these days, his original wish has gradually changed. Being a wandering god under the Taoist Master can be considered as fulfilling his previous wish.

Everyone knows that it is good to lean on a big tree for shade. Without any network of connections behind him, even if he gathered a small number of believers and was lucky enough to be divined after his death, as an unknown person, his final outcome would probably be very miserable.

There are only 36,500 deities in the Divine Court, but the number of monks practicing the way of incense and gods exceeds one hundred thousand or millions.

Even if one enters the Temple of God, he may be squeezed out of the position of a true god. If one cannot enter the Temple of God, he will be classified as an obscene god and become a wild god without the protection of the Temple of God.

The fights between the lewd gods and evil gods are extremely cruel. There are often wars in order to compete for incense and believers. From ancient times to the present, countless lewd gods have been wiped out.

Most of the monks who practiced the way of incense and gods eventually died because of this.

Yuan Dazun now placed his hope on this Taoist who suddenly appeared. If this Taoist became powerful in the future, he would be given many preferential treatments because he had the merit of following the dragon.

Just like the God of Food, who, by coincidence, cooked a meal for the Great Emperor, and now has become a pillar of the Divine Court.

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In the blink of an eye, seven cycles of cold and hot seasons have passed.

Over the past seven years, thanks to Yuan Dazun's unremitting efforts, the number of Chu Zheng's believers has increased greatly.

The number of true believers has grown to over a hundred, and the number of false believers has already exceeded ten thousand.

Zhengchu Daojun had his first temple. At the same time, thousands of tablets engraved with the name of Zhengchu Daojun had been issued and were enshrined in the shrines at home by many believers.

The power of the incense burnt every day is continuously transmitted back to Chu Zheng's body, in a steady and extremely stable manner.

The sky gradually darkened, snow fell from the sky, and cold stars dotted the sky.

Outside the Taoist Temple, several true believers take turns to guard the temple, day and night.

Inside the temple that was more than 100 feet long and wide, Chu Zheng, wearing a black and white robe, sat cross-legged in the temple, meditating and practicing.

This temple was built by Yuan Dazun and many true believers, and it cost a lot of spiritual stones. Although it is not luxurious and noble, it is also grand and restrained.

In order to avoid his real name being exposed, Chu Zheng has not gone out since he started practicing the Taoism of incense and spirits. Instead, he has stayed at home and focused on practicing. Now, he has naturally condensed the Tao fetus.

This body is now twelve years old, but under Chu Zheng's intentional control, it looks sixteen or seventeen years old. It must be said that the Yang Qi in this body is indeed abundant, and it is much easier to practice the Qi Refining Method.

The golden body not far behind him has been elevated to the perfection of a divine fetus due to the long-term influence of incense and vows, and is about to give birth to a divine soul.

When the soul comes out, this clay statue will be equivalent to the incarnation of Chu Zheng's practice of incense and gods. As long as there are believers, it will continue to exist.

Chu Zheng's cultivation has also made great progress. Although most of his believers are mortals, or monks who are familiar with the basic ways of cultivation and have not yet reached the highest level of cultivation, the incense and vows they can provide are very stable.

In seven years, the power of the incense and vows has pushed his cultivation to the peak of the middle stage of the Divine Infant, and he is only one step away from the late stage of the Divine Infant.

Entering the late stage of Divine Infant, one is not far from the Divine Transformation Realm.

You know, only over a month has passed in the Cang Yun Realm, and this speed of progress is extremely terrifying.

Tuk Tuk——

There was a knock on the door. Chu Zheng slowly finished his practice and opened his eyes:

"Enter."

squeak-

The door made a slight sound, and the cold wind, carrying heavy snow, drifted into the hall.

Yuan Dazun stepped over the threshold and hurried to Chu Zheng. His expression was slightly tense, and he bowed his head and greeted him, "Your Excellency."

Venerable is the title of the spokesperson of the gods. When nothing major happens to a worshipping god, the Venerable will come forward to coordinate all matters of the believers.

This is also the public identity that Chu Zheng has established for himself.

"What happened?"

Seeing that Yuan Dazun looked strange, Chu Zheng's mind became tense. He smelled a hint of blood and took a closer look. He found that Yuan Dazun had wounds on his face and his breath was slightly unstable. He had suffered internal injuries.

"The Venerable Lord of Cold Pond Spirit discovered my actions and no longer allowed me to preach and recruit believers in the city, and..."

Yuan Dazun raised his head, looked at the faceless golden statue behind Chu Zheng, and gritted his teeth:

"I require the Taoist to personally come to the court to see me within three days. From now on, 30% of the incense and prayer power received will be retained, and 70% will be handed over..."

Finally came.

There was no surprise on Chu Zheng's face as he fell into deep thought. He had known that this day would come.

The competition for believers among the gods and spirits has always existed.

This trouble may not have much to do with preaching, but is more likely directed at him.

After years of meditation and never going out, the calamity energy around him had already accumulated to a certain level, but it had never erupted.

The title of the incense god is related to his strength.

The Lingjun Realm is divided into three levels. According to the classification of incense and gods, it belongs to the third to fifth realms.

The River-Suppressing Spiritual Lord he had met before was of the third rank in strength.

In the past ten years, Chu Zheng seldom went out except for searching for fragments of magical instruments, so he didn't know much about the many gods in the city.

After a few moments of silence, Chu Zheng raised his head and asked, "What level of god is this Hantan Lingjun?"

"Middle-level Spiritual Lord, Four-realm God, with nearly a thousand true believers and over a million followers."

Seeing Chu Zheng's calm expression, Yuan Dazun also calmed down a lot and gradually suppressed his impatience.

The fourth realm is equivalent to the golden elixir of refined Qi, or the divine infant of the immortal way. It is beyond the ability of Chu Zheng, this incarnation, to defeat him.

Chu Zheng turned around and looked at the faceless golden body not far away, his eyes slightly narrowed.

However, it is not completely impossible.

A 70% share is too exaggerated. Moreover, it is related to the cultivation speed of the main body. There is no possibility of any concession.

There is only one battle.

This is also the best opportunity for him to make a quick leap. As long as he devours the one million followers of Hantan Lingjun, entering the late stage of Divine Infant and even the perfection of Divine Infant is just around the corner.

Although he managed to suppress his impatience, the sense of urgency in Yuan Dazun's heart did not diminish in the slightest.

Even though Daojun was very powerful in the ancient times, he is now just a small god with only tens of thousands of believers. The gap between him and Hantan Lingjun is huge.

If one is not careful, this newly built temple may be razed to the ground.

If the Taoist Lord were to endure the humiliation for a while, bow his head, and hand over the power of vows he had obtained, it would be an unspeakable heavy blow to his followers.

The true believers are still okay, but the more than 10,000 pseudo believers that have been gradually developed with great difficulty may be directly taken away by Hantan Lingjun.

For pseudo-believers, abandoning their original beliefs and believing in more powerful gods is commonplace, as their beliefs are already very complex.

Especially for a god like Daojun who has just started out, it is normal for him to be abandoned by them.

Seeing Chu Zheng remained silent for a long time, Yuan Dazun couldn't help but ask:
"Your Excellency, what should we do?"

Chu Zheng raised his finger and pointed out a ray of spiritual light, which healed Yuan Dazun's injuries, and said slowly:
"Wait for him to come and die."

Feeling his body recover, Yuan Dazun's eyes lit up and he felt much more at ease:
"understood."

He bowed, left the temple and walked into the snow.

That night, Yuan Dazun contacted some believers and quietly spread the news that Hantan Lingjun would come to the temple in three days.

Since Chu Zheng is so confident, he might as well make a big deal out of it. He can also take this opportunity to attract more believers for the Taoist Master.

No matter how many myths and legends there are, they are nothing compared to seeing a miracle happen with your own eyes.

This time, if Hantan Lingjun returns without success or even suffers a crushing defeat, the situation will be reversed. It is still unknown how many of the one million believers under his command will remain, and he himself will be in danger.

At this moment, Yuan Dazun's idea coincided with Chu Zheng's. They both had their eyes on the millions of believers under the command of Hantan Lingjun.

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The sun rises and the moon sets, and three days pass in the blink of an eye.

As the sun rose, the originally clear sky suddenly blew up with layers of wind and snow, and a layer of frost covered the buildings and palaces.

A figure over ten feet tall, shrouded in smoke and incense, walked on the icy stream and arrived outside the Taoist Temple.

As soon as it appeared, a hundred miles of ice had already been frozen. This method of changing the celestial phenomena frightened many believers who had rushed to watch from all around.

For a moment, the smoke and incense surrounding Hantan Lingjun suddenly became stronger.

(End of this chapter)