Myriad Paths

Monsters, monsters, this kind of talk is spread in all kinds of places.

The reputation of the Demonic Path is very bad. There is no doubt about this. For this group of extremely solipsistic lunatics, it is natural for them to have a poor reputation. Even the Demon Prince, who can be called a 'fair' member of the Demonic Path, has no respect for ordinary people. They are also nightmare-like existences. They will trample all mortal things and distort all things with their own will.

But...why is the monster?

Did the monster do anything special?

Regarding this point, Li Qi is very, very curious. He is currently looking for the situation of the Demonic Path, and even wants to take action against the Realm of Desire. Therefore, based on the status of the 'demon' juxtaposition, how does he view a third-level demon like Fu Dou regarding the Demonic Path? situation, with a considerable degree of interest.

Fu Dou raised his eyebrows when he heard this question.

Then, she suddenly turned over and pushed Li Qi to the ground.

This shocked the farmers nearby.

Because, from the appearance point of view, Hu Dou is quite young, only sixteen or seventeen years old. As the so-called Juanjuan's appearance, compared with an uncle like Li Qi who looks in his thirties, the two look like... Uncle and niece alike.

But the aura is completely opposite. Fu Dou is a typical "body with attitude, eyes with spirit, starry eyes slightly angry, slightly angry". When face to face, he feels full of oppression. His complexion and posture are like the sun in the sky and the full moon. , like half peach blossoms in spring, blooming and full of vitality.

This temperament is actually very similar to Zhu Fengdan. When Zhu Fengdan becomes serious, his overwhelming momentum and sense of oppression can completely overwhelm Fu Dou, turning Fu Dou from the sun into the moon.

However, Li Qi is basically the opposite. His aura is restrained and soft. At first glance, he looks like a pushy young man, as bland and tasteless as Yangchun noodles without soy sauce.

Therefore, at this moment, when Fu Dou suddenly stood up and pushed him to the ground, Li Qi frowned slightly and felt a pressure.

The sense of coercion exuded by Fu Dou is not simply the intimidating or frightening feeling you feel when being pointed at by a weapon or facing a wild beast.

But the source is even more unknown, like a mortal fisherman driving a canoe, following the current, on the dark sea, unknowingly wandering to the huge shadow under the drifting shipwrecked ship, with a sense of fear and unfathomableness. .

The farmers may have good intentions and wanted to come over and say something. After all, Li Qi had just given them a cup of good tea, and the kindness of a cup of tea still needed to be repaid.

But before that, Fu Dou completely lost his body, and a big dog with burning fur pressed Li Qi to the ground.

The farmers immediately ran away. This was the hinterland of Wushen Mountain. They had seen many things, so they knew what things should not be provoked, and they also knew that someone would definitely deal with it.

This place is guarded by the Witch God, and there are usually a large number of powerful people coming and going, so someone must be there to deal with it.

All of a sudden, everyone around him ran away.

Only Fu Dou's demon body was left to pin Li Qi to the ground.

The demon body of Hu Dou is burning with all kinds of strange fires, but the light of stone fire suddenly rises, the strong wind in the sky suddenly rises, and the calamity fires in the world fly, confused by day and night, it is indescribable.

The fur on that body was really unbelievably gorgeous, and each hair had different flames. These flames blended with each other, and finally formed Fu Dou's beautiful demon body.

Well... beautiful, or rather, eerie.

Hu Dou made the same voice as before: "Look at me, boy, from this posture, can you tell what a demon is? Your insight should be very good, right? Try to deduce it."

Li Qi immediately concentrated, shook off the overwhelming surprise, and immediately began his own observations and deductions.

Immediately afterwards, he saw an indescribable 'message' on Fu Dou.

What should I say...

The original 'demon' is actually not much different from the 'god'.

Primitive beings generally worship two things. First, those natural phenomena, as well as the magnificent cosmic forces, such as wind, thunder, fire, clouds, stars, etc., or various things all over the earth, such as Mountains, rivers, water veins, oceans, etc., these are all serious gods and earth objects, and they are the original laws of the universe.

The other part is more specific things such as plants, animals, rocks, etc. In the dark and ignorant era, they were also worshiped in the image of gods by ignorant primitive mortals.

However, compared to the belief in real gods, these can even be said to be ignorant superstitions.

But it doesn’t matter. In many places, the poor people living a primitive life have suffered from the claws of wild beasts, the erosion of storms, the plunder of enemies and other endless harm and dangers. Their fears and prayers have converged on those kind-hearted and powerful people. In their ears, they were blessed.

But... as far as Li Qi knew, the result was not very good.

When the real gods came to the earth and brought new beliefs and knowledge to those who worshiped them, these monsters were slowly forgotten by mortals. The existing ones were also called cults, obscene sacrifices, etc. People began to Worship these true gods with great power and abandon these monsters.

This is also part of the relationship between monsters and Shinto.

These animals, plants, and even rocks are collectively called "monsters". Like "humanoids", they are living, conscious agents. On the other hand, they are also different from "humanoids" because they Powers of different natures, especially those of extraordinary character, so act upon the senses in different ways.

This difference is not a good thing.

It's weak, and it's weak for no good.

And these first monsters are actually different from 'human beings'. They do not possess the 'Three Innate Treasures', that is, they do not have the 'Spiritual Spirit'.

As mentioned before, there are many humanoid creatures in the universe. The reason for this is that 'humanoid creatures' are born with advantages on the road of evolution.

Perhaps it shouldn’t be called ‘humanoid’, but ‘god-like’.

This type of body of the human race, that is, the "small world of the human body", is the posture closest to the gods.

The shape of the sky is round and upward, and the shape of the human head is round in response.

The land is square and downward, and people's feet can respond to it.

The four seasons are transported on the outside, and the limbs should be on the outside.

The five elements are inside, and the five internal organs should be inside. They are fed by the qi of heaven and earth for living. Therefore, the human body is like a small heaven and earth. The yin, yang, five elements, four seasons and eight sections can all move together in one body. (See Chapter 162 for details)

These monsters are naturally different from humans.

They are not of the same level of beings. Although there are some demons who are naturally powerful, in the same way... there are also people who are naturally powerful.

As a result, the creatures that were once revered as 'gods' were reduced to dust.

The human race is not a good person... After the birth of "Witch" and "Wu" one after another, these primitive life forms

Monsters are destined to not be able to practice as smoothly as humanoid creatures, and they must resort to other means.

This is the birth of the original ‘demon’.

Li Qi read carefully, reading the body of 'Fu Dou', knowing that Yun could almost be said to be 'greedily licking' Fu Dou's hair, and then, countless information was revealed from these bodies!

This information was not told to Li Qi by Fu Dou, but Li Qi's own calculation. Through existing information and unknown information, like a puzzle, he gradually pieced together this complete pattern.

fantastic.

If Li Qi didn't know the 'prerequisite knowledge' and read it directly, he would only get gibberish.

And if you only know the prerequisite knowledge and cannot make inferences, then this information cannot be combined together.

You must know the premise and the method of calculation, and then read the "Tao Yun" revealed by the big demon's body, in order to obtain this knowledge and secrets.

This is really... well hidden.

Is this the secret that Prince Changqin said?

It can't be told, it can't be put into words, you have to have the prerequisite knowledge and then find out the answer yourself.

Moreover, this knowledge... is not recorded in books, but is directly engraved on Fu Dou's body. In other words, the secrets of demons are part of Fu Dou's 'Tao'.

And, the messages don’t end there.

The next moment, the information was combined again.

The demon was born because of this.

To be honest, this is all just chasing God’s back.

In order to chase gods, people gave birth to 'witches', a method of communicating between humans and gods, while demons were a way of chasing people, and finally gave birth to 'transformation', a method of acquiring the three innate treasures.

After that, the monsters began to divide.

The primitive beings transformed into demons, and they split into two groups.

A group is committed to becoming "earth gods". They want to become real gods. Li Qi has encountered many such "mountain gods". They are all monsters, but they want to practice Shinto and become part of the earth gods. This is also true. This branch imitates gods and humanoid creatures, acquires the three innate treasures the day after tomorrow, and finally transforms into a human form, transforming its original body, gradually moving closer to gods or humans, which is called "transformation into gods" or "transformation into humans".

In the later period, the path of 'transforming into a dragon' also appeared, because the monsters discovered that real dragons also have, or even stronger, talents. This monster clan is a more traditional monster clan, with both good and evil, but Basically, they hope to get rid of their own innate shackles and move towards higher places.

In their 'flesh', they draw closer to God and man.

The other branch is unwilling to have anything to do with the gods and humans who have given them scars, and may even take revenge on them.

They extremely pursue power and the power to take revenge on gods and humans, and they are unwilling to obtain the Three Innate Treasures. They are unwilling to transform into humans or gods, thinking it is a shame.

They maintain their original bodies and practice with their 'despicable' bodies.

Compared with the almost Tao-like bodies of gods and humanoid creatures, their bodies are too poor, their cultivation is slow, and they still have difficulty understanding the world.

It only takes a few months for the human race to reach the ninth level of cultivation, for those with high talents, but they often need decades of hard training, and the difficulty is not at the same level at all.

If the body is not good, then move closer to the spirit.

Compared to humans and gods, although they do not have extremely gifted bodies, at least... they have the same souls as them.

Of course, the soul is actually different too.

Humans and gods are born with high intelligence, but most monsters don't even have this. They must have chance and hard training to have the same high intelligence as humans, or even worse than humans.

Monsters have always been a symbol of stupidity. A ninth-grade monster may be deceived by an ordinary human being as a fool. In fact, this kind of thing happens a lot, and similar stories are spread everywhere.

But no matter what, spirit is the closest gap between them and gods and humans, so they maintained their true nature and began to specialize in the 'spiritual' aspect.

At this time, an orthodoxy extended a helping hand to them.

"Demon——" Li Qi blurted out.

Monsters imitate humanoid creatures and obtain the three innate treasures, so this kind of monster is the common land of various monsters and gods.

And... if you give up the Three Innate Treasures and completely embrace the power of the soul, this kind of monster will be a monster.

Then here comes the problem.

Is this the nature of a demon?

What is the nature of a demon?

Although 'animality' and the idea that all things are monsters are their fundamental concepts, and even monsters consider themselves to be nature itself, then under this concept, why are monsters monsters?

The concept of demons is incredibly broad. From the products of demonized creatures such as plants and animals, to super celestial bodies such as Guixu and neutron stars that awaken their spiritual wisdom, all can be called demons.

So, what exactly can be called a demon?

Li Qi didn't quite understand it before, but now, looking at Fu Dou's body, he suddenly understood.

"As the old saying goes, if you give up, you will become a monster." Li Qi murmured.

When the weather turns against the weather, it is a disaster, and the weather changes from cold to hot.

The earth turns objects into monsters, and objects lose their nature.

The meaning of the word "yao" is abnormality, which has lost its original nature. The so-called "enchanting" and other words mean "beautiful and abnormal", and there are also words like "demon" which means very simple. Abnormal and bizarre phenomena'.

Groups of things lose their nature and become monsters when abandoned.

Then, coupled with another word that often appears together with "demon", that is, "hua".

When a living being becomes a demon, it is called ‘demonization’.

The signature ability of monsters is called ‘transformation’.

Every monster can choose to 'transform' once in its life, and can choose various transformations. The most common ones are human transformation, god transformation, and dragon transformation.

This is an extremely rare art of complete transformation that can be performed in a low-grade period. The degree of transformation is astonishing, even comparable to the 108 transformations of Tiangang Earthsha.

When the monster is at a low level, it can achieve the super transformation form that only the fourth level magic can do. Through the strange method of 'transformation', it can change its race, and even obtain the opponent's talent, even the three innate treasures. Everything can be obtained.

This level is almost as magical as the orthodox shaman who was able to communicate with the four phases and obtain the divine energy of the four phases to construct the inner world when he was at the ninth level.

But Wu Jin was able to do it because the wizard gods took action and paved the way for the next generation.

So...is this why monsters can transform at the ninth level?