Cao Changqing reached his peak, perhaps when he transformed from a Confucian Taoist to a domineering king, standing outside Tai'an City to play chess pieces. Xuanyuan Ziyi, the leader of the Martial Arts Alliance, Wu Jian, the elder of the Wu family's sword mound, Chai Qingshan, the grandmaster of the Dongyue Sword Pool, sixty-eight criminal departments and Zhao Gou, as well as tens of thousands of Liyang iron armor, the elite of the four armies of the east, west, north and south of Gyeonggi, even if they gathered in Tai'an City, they could not stop him.
Against the backdrop of the snow, Hong Jingyan and Tuoba Bodhisattva said that the combat effectiveness of people in the three religions is generally relatively weak. They believe that the combat effectiveness of the people in the three religions should be lowered by one level. Among the people of the three sects of the Land Immortal Realm, in fact, their combat power is roughly equivalent to that of the martial artists of the Celestial Realm, but they have some characteristics that follow their words.
However, even if you say the word, you can't go too far. Because in general, the power of people in the three religions is still borrowed from heaven and earth, while the power of martial arts is to gather the power of heaven and earth in one's own body and can be mobilized at will. Therefore, the restrictions on the shots of the people in the three sects are quite large, and they are basically not the opponents of martial arts.
Of course, there are some special cases, such as specific perceptions. Cao Changqing obtained the Eight Dou Merry Celestial Realm Perception when he was in the Celestial Phenomena Realm, and he can be said to be one of the people with the most profound understanding in the Celestial Phenomena Realm. In this state, even a martial artist who is also in the Heavenly Phenomena Realm will be difficult to achieve a good result under Cao Changqing, because he is a person who can tie with Wang Xianzhi in the same realm.
When he arrived at the Land Immortal Realm, Cao Changqing's combat power was inferior to that of the martial arts of the Martial Saint Realm, because the ceiling of the people in the Three Sects at this stage was low. But compared with the martial artists of the Celestial Realm, Cao Changqing still has certain advantages. Gu Jiantang once said that he might only have a forty percent chance of winning against Cao Changqing in the Confucian Holy Realm.
Gu Jiantang is a Great Celestial Realm, but his strength far exceeds that of the ordinary Great Celestial Realm, and he has a wealth of swords in the snow, which can cut down the luck and cut down the Wang Xianzhi realm. However, even Gu Jiantang is like this, and he only has a forty percent chance of winning against Cao Changqing. This shows that Cao Changqing probably has the strength of Wufu's Land Immortal Realm Pseudo-Realm. Moreover, the grand wish he made when he entered the Confucian Saint was extraordinary, expressing his determination to dare to sacrifice his life in order to do things, and the Liyang Dynasty did not dare to act rashly.
However, in the middle and late stages of the snow, such strength obviously seems to be somewhat insufficient. In the era of the rapid rise of the Land Immortal Realm, an individual who only has the combat power of the Land Immortal Realm Pseudo-Realm can barely be regarded as more than enough, and may be able to defend himself like jade, but it is difficult to support a powerful force. For the sake of Western Chu, Cao Changqing made a decision to transform Confucianism into domineering.
What does it mean for Confucianism to turn domineering?In the literature, in fact, there have been many times the dispute between the royal road and the hegemony, which comes from the "Mencius" "The one who pretends to be benevolent with strength, and the king who is benevolent with virtue." The difference between "Shangli" and "Shangde" is mentioned, which are two different ways to unify the world, and the royal road here refers to Confucianism and Taoism.
It can be seen that Cao Changqing gave up the royal road and turned to the domineering of "Shangli", that is to say, he abandoned the basic concept of Confucianism. In this transformation, Cao Changqing no longer belongs to Confucianism. So, how powerful is "domineering"?After turning to domineering, how much has Cao Changqing's strength improved?
Cao Changqing once wrote in his psychological description: "If one day I turn Confucianism and Taoism into the land fairy realm twice in my life, but I can't protect Her Royal Highness the princess, Xu Fengnian, don't let me down." ”
It can be seen that after Cao Changqing's Confucianism turned domineering, he still remained in the land fairy realm, and did not reach the land heaven and man realm. But his strength improvement is not small, Xu Fengnian believes that among the four great masters of the New Martial Arts Evaluation, Cao Changqing is the highest realm and the strongest. These four great masters include Deng Tai'a, Xu Fengnian, and Tuoba Bodhisattva, all three of whom are in the realm of heaven and man.
In other words, although Cao Changqing may still not have reached the Heavenly and Human Realm after turning to domineering, the judging criteria for the Heavenly and Human Realm are mainly aimed at martial artists, and do not pay much attention to the luck of the people in the Three Sects. Cao Changqing's comprehensive strength has reached the level of the realm of heaven and man.