On this huge planet, the division of power between the ninth-level civilizations of the first, middle and senior high school level is clear.

Civil war has not yet ended, and civilizations that have obtained the gift of gods and allowed to establish temples are collectively called backward civilizations or barbarian tribes. Although this backward civilization has a huge population, it is impossible to be recognized by the mainland temple because it lacks swordsman-level masters and does not have the right to communicate with gods.

Not being recognized by the gods is equivalent to having no human rights. Any primary or intermediate empire that discovers such a continent can be classified as a jurisdictional land and specializes in producing slaves for the country. These backward civilizations can be seen almost everywhere on the entire planet, and are widely distributed. The number of statistics is absolutely over 30 million. This is a conservative estimate.

Unified his country, and a first-level swordsman appeared in the territory, which could contribute certain honorary merits to obtain the grace of the gods, and requested to lower the statues to build a temple and become an empire. The temple not only had the effect of communicating with the gods, but also attracted the free energy elements in the air to a certain extent, making the temple shrouded in the temple a holy place for cultivation. Not only that, the temple also had the effect of exchange of honorary merits and various magical treasures.

The newly established empires are extremely fragile and generally bow down to the powerful empires nearby to obtain protection from the sovereign state. Those empires that think they can survive on the mainland will generally be eliminated in the long river of history within a hundred years.

Although the people who became an empire and established a temple began to have certain human rights, because of their backward strength, the emperor of the first-level empire may not be nobler than that of an ordinary noble in a fourth-level empire.

A primary empire must go through the process of a first-level empire, a second-level empire, and a third-level empire before it can be promoted to an intermediate-level empire civilization. During this promotion process, the country not only needs to obtain the support of the first-level, second-level and third-level sword masters, but also needs to have enough glorious merits in exchange for the grace of the gods to upgrade the temple.

After a first-level civilization has a certain national strength and at least one second-level sword master is in charge, the second-level powerful man can give his glorious merits and beg the gods to lower the trial mission in the temple as a test for advancing to the second-level empire. In advance, no one will know what the trial mission is. Whether looking for some magical ore plant, or killing some brutal and bloodthirsty high-level monsters, it may be that two people who are promoted to the empire at the same time will kill each other.

As long as you complete the trial tasks assigned by the gods, you will be promoted to a second-level empire through the test. By then, the temple will not only become more magnificent, but also greatly improve the efficiency of energy absorption, and more advanced magical props will begin to be sold to the public.

The level promotion of intermediate and advanced empires is also the same as that of primary empires. However, as medium and high countries, if they want to improve their level, whether it is the strength of the strong people who beg for the gods or the difficulty of the trial tasks, they all have an extremely huge improvement. For example, if the level eight civilization wants to be promoted to the level nine civilization, they must have a level nine sword master, and a level nine sword master leads a group of seven and eight sword masters to complete the trial mission of promoting civilization.

So far, even the world's largest power, the Empire of Glory, which has two great ninth-level sword masters, has not yet passed the test of being promoted to a level nine civilization.

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Ling Yun did not say hello to Lin Cheng's family and left Jiaoyang City directly. According to his memories he had compiled in recent days, the pool of Lin's family is very deep. Even if the family has declined now, there is almost no decent master in it. However, after all, he had had a relationship with the first family of the seventh-level civilization. The entire family is full of mystery that is unknown to outsiders. Before he does not have enough strength to gain a certain right to speak, it is best to control his curiosity in his heart and go as far as he can.

After leaving Jiaoyang City, he lived a life as a ascetic.

The Ziyun Empire is located in a large continent, probably not inferior to the entire Asia-European continent on the earth. Walking outside, huge mountains over 5,000 meters high can be seen everywhere. There are rare people inside and rich resources, but there are many ferocious birds and monsters that ordinary people dare not enter. There are also deep mountains and forests, large ancient trees, as high as 100 meters, and six people are difficult to embrace, covering the sky and the sun, forming a world in the forest. Even the sunlight is difficult to penetrate the thick tree canopy and shine on the earth.

Walking in the forest and grassland, there are poisonous insects, snakes and ants, and plagues and toxic miasma, which makes it difficult for ordinary people to move forward. However, for Ling Yun, who has achieved small success in his true energy and possesses unique skills, it is not a problem.

He was down-to-earth step by step and felt the pulsation of the earth. He crossed the mountains and crossed the rivers. He accompanied the trees and fish and beasts. He drank the clear springs of the mountain streams, ate rare spiritual fruits, absorbed the essence of the sun and the moon, the energy of the heaven and earth, and realized the mystery of nature and the vastness of the universe. Whenever he encountered something in his heart or had a slight breakthrough, he would look for a quiet cave, sealed the cave and stayed in seclusion, not knowing the time and the years, either three or five days or one or two months, and he would be happy.

This kind of unrestrained life, accompanied by heaven and earth, makes people feel refreshed and clear, which is what Lingyun dreams of.

There are no worldly affairs, but worrying; there are no grudges, love and hatred that disturb my mood; there are no fears, and secretly demons. There are only a little gratitude and sighs, guarding the spiritual platform, expressing love to the mountains and rivers, and listening to the singing of the world.

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There is no time in the mountains, and in a blink of an eye, it has been two years.

Lingyun practiced aimlessly among the mountains and forests, and was quite happy to be in Shu. During this period, he also suffered from life danger and accidentally entered the territory of a ferocious monster. He almost died for a lifetime and died on the spot. After all, hard practice is not a travel.

However, as long as you have a peaceful mind, keep your true nature, and be free from suffering and fatigue, even if you suffer more, you will move forward. This kind of carefree life, feeling the feelings of heaven and earth, is incompatible with the Taoist unity of man and nature, and integrates into the mysterious artistic conception of natural enlightenment, which has greatly improved his cultivation in just two years.

The meridians in the body are open, circulating around the sky and connecting the bridge of heaven and earth. As the true qi runs independently, the vital qi of heaven and earth immediately pours in from the pores of the body, merges into the innate true qi that is like a rushing river, expanding it, filling all cells in the body, and transforming this originally fragile body.

After two years of hard practice, his cultivation not only broke through to the peak of the innate realm equivalent to the master of this planetary sword master, but also the true energy in his body has completely transformed into the extremely sharp Jiujiu Shangxuan Sword Qi!

Jiujiu Shangxuan Sword Qi and Douqi are both extremely aggressive energy, but there is a huge difference between the two. The power contained in Douqi is like a bomb. Once it explodes, it will cause devastating damage to the surroundings regardless of the enemy. And Jiujiu Shangxuan Sword Qi, like a laser, condenses all the energy into a little and shoots it out, and penetrates the things blocking it in front of you with one sword.

Using bombs will hurt others and yourself, while lasers are the ones that are pointed by light, which will be destroyed by ashes. Who is stronger and weak can be seen at a glance.

After two years of cultivation, Ling Yun was able to fully feel the power of the Xuan Jian Qi in his body. He just had to experience a battle of evenly matched strong men and immediately helped him to enter the state of the innate Mahayana, which was the highest achievement in his lifetime.

Only by becoming a strong man at the innate Mahayana level can he be qualified to continue to practice the fourth sword realm of the Jiujiu Shangxuan and condense the soul of the Yuanshen Sword.

He has seen the previous qi refining method on earth with his own eyes, and has also received guidance from experts to achieve the mystery of the Qi refining. What he is about to face after entering the innate Mahayana will be the first hurdle he will practice and the first difficulty in the path of cultivation in life - condensing the sword soul!

The sword soul is the soul of a sword. Only after truly entering this state can the sword in his hand be alive with blood, turn it into magic, and become a true sword cultivator with soul and life.

Qi is an energy that can feel, know what it is, and know how to cultivate. However, the soul is a magical existence that is mysterious and cannot be expressed in words. To get into this realm, what is required is no longer a long retreat and cultivation, nor is it a powerful innate true qi and extraordinary physical fitness. It requires people to use wisdom to think, explore, perceive, and understand the soul of the sword... When will it be realized, it will naturally enter that realm naturally and achieve the magical powers like sword immortals on the earth.

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The night is charming and the stars are everywhere.
Chapter completed!