Chapter 683: Chapter 683: Incense Becomes a God
Time flies swiftly.
For Qin Changqing, who was over ten thousand years old, the passage of time had become nearly imperceptible.
For truly immortal beings, the majority of their aeon-long lives is spent in cultivation, which is actually a blessing.
Cultivation brings not only a sense of power’s fulfillment.
But also a deeper comprehension and cognition of the entire world.
Otherwise, with lifespans that can easily extend to ten thousand, a hundred thousand, or even over a million years, if one were to idle away every day, it would indeed lead to mental and physical numbness.
This tests not only one’s temperament but also their sensation of the outside world. Therefore, before Qin Changqing’s transmigration, Westerners’ belief that eternity is a form of torture was not incorrect for ordinary people.
Imagine granting an ordinary person, a commoner without any power, the gift of eternal life.
Even if this person were exceptional among humans and need not worry about societal pressures, over time, there’s a high possibility they would go insane.
What’s being referred to here is true immortality, not the mere thousands of years of life that ordinary people consider eternal.
In fact, even if an ordinary person were to live for thousands of years without enhancing their cognition, they would become increasingly numb to life.
But for ordinary people, enhancing cognition is sometimes a painful process.
It means you have to read more books, learn more knowledge, travel more paths, and make greater efforts.
This is the “immortality dilemma” that normal people face.
For Immortals, this isn’t too big of a problem.
Qin Changqing too had started to experience the sense of time that comes with an extended lifespan.
Even though he didn’t need to cultivate himself, after absorbing cultivation levels, he would often undergo a process of enlightenment.
Sometimes, a single enlightenment session could see decades or even hundreds of years pass by.
During other times, Qin Changqing would ponder various matters.
While his temperament and mindset were naturally good, he had to keep himself busy with something to study and research, to not only enhance his own strength but also to avoid falling into the long-life predicament that ordinary people faced.
The scale of time for Immortals is entirely different from that of ordinary people.
The more powerful the being, the larger their scale of time.
It’s like when the Flowers Celestial Master said the Lone Star would emerge, but that “will” isn’t just a short while; it signifies a span of at least one hundred thousand years.
In the Immortal World, things are currently calm and peaceful.
Qin Changqing’s arrival hadn’t sparked any drastic upheavals.
This is the norm in the Immortal World.
The world doesn’t revolve around one person, and the trope where the protagonist causes major events wherever they go does not apply to Qin Changqing...
Unless he deliberately seeks out trouble.
For Immortals, many things aren’t worth the attention.
Even if earth-shattering events occur in the Lower Realms’ Ling Yu, few Immortals pay heed.
Qin Changqing made for a different case, however.
One day, he went on a long journey, and by the time he returned, hundreds of years had elapsed.
It was this kind of wandering that held unexpected surprises.
This time was no exception.
He wandered into a special world.
The people of this world...were somewhat special.
After traversing to the other side, in the Blue Realm or other Spirit Domains, Qin Changqing had not seen other races from before his traversal.
Even the Hai Clan, in the Blue Realm, had the same facial features as the Easterners from before Qin Changqing’s traversal.
He had never seen a race similar to Westerners.
They also did not exist within the Immortal World.
But in this world, there were people of that race.
The cultivation system of the whole world was also different.
There were no Immortals, only Gods.
But these Gods were somewhat different from the likes of the Moon God.
“What world is this?”
Qin Changqing spent quite some time dream wandering in this world.
But he could not determine the exact location of this world.
“Qing, the world you speak of should be within the Outer Heaven Realm, where these worlds could be remnants from the ancient times that have evolved, or they could be newly evolving worlds,”
said the Flowers Celestial Master after Qin Changqing informed her of the existence of this world.
Outer Heaven Realm!
“The Outer Heaven Realm is vast and full of astonishing secrets. Within it, we have confirmed the existence of three similar worlds; these worlds are not as strong as the Immortal World, but some are formidable, birthing entities comparable to Great Luo and even Semi-Saints,”
the Flowers Celestial Master continued.
After speaking with the Flowers Celestial Master, Qin Changqing resumed his dream wandering in that world.
This world was not flat, it too was layered.
There were Lower Realms as well as the Heavenly Realm, which was the realm of the Gods.
In this realm, each God reigned over their own kingdom, illuminating it with divine light and gathering the faith of living beings to become stronger.
It was akin to becoming a god through the power of incense lit by worshippers.
But it went a step beyond becoming a god through incense, as the incense was just incense and required no faith.
However, these deities absorbed faith, yet they did not solely rely on it.
Mixed within their divine power, there were other components as well.
In conclusion, a complete system had formed.
From the weakest True Gods to lower, middle, and upper-tier Gods and then Masters of Laws and so on.
As for the pinnacle of power, Qin Changqing felt that the most powerful would likely be the Supreme Gods.
For example, the white-clad Supreme God he was looking at now, in this world, was known as the Goddess of Life, who governed the source of life.