Translator: CinderTL
"Alright, enough of this sighing and sentimentality!"
Qi Qian Yu glanced at the group with a cold expression. "If it weren't for Swordmaster Li, you would all have died the moment the Starquake struck. You wouldn't even have the chance to express these emotions now."
"Uh..."
Qi Qian Yu's words stiffened the expressions of Huan Ming and the others.
"Besides, didn't your goal in establishing a Branch Sect in the Azure Star Minor Realm years ago precisely to cultivate your Primordial Spirits? You were even prepared to clash with other sects in the Azure Star Minor Realm and endure hundreds of years of hardship. Yet here we are—only thirty-odd years later—and you've all achieved your goals. What more could you possibly want?"
Qi Qian Yu turned his gaze to Li Chunjun. "Go congratulate Sword Prodigy Li. Though our words may be insignificant, we must still express our gratitude."
Huan Ming, You Long, Bai Lian, and the others exchanged glances and quickly nodded.
While Li Chunjun hadn't joined the main Taixu Sword Sect, the benefits they had received were undeniable. For that alone, no amount of gratitude would be excessive.
"Alright, leave a portion of our people to board the Golden Crow Battleship. The rest will enter the Azure Star Minor Realm to maintain order there."
Li Chunjun said, "When we incorporate the Azure Star Minor Realm into the Grotto-Heaven, there will inevitably be some impact. Fortunately, we've already constructed numerous protective cities, so it shouldn't cause too much chaos."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The crowd responded in unison and quickly dispersed to relay the details.
Li Chunjun turned to Huang Tian, Su Fang, Yu Jin, Elsa, Ri Ang, Zuo Cheng, and the others, saying, "Before we leave the Land of Buried Demons, I'll hunt as many Heart Demons as possible. Then, we'll cross the Immortal Great Wall, leave the Immortal God Race, and return to the Profound Yellow Great World."
The words "return to the Profound Yellow Great World" barely registered with Ri Ang and Elsa, but Huang Tian, Su Fang, and Yu Jin were deeply moved.
Though they had only been away from the Profound Yellow Great World for a few years, the experiences of those years had left an indelible mark on their memories.
Looking back on their lives, everything they had encountered during this period would undoubtedly leave a profound impression.
"Your Majesty, over the years, I have contacted sixty-six Lesser Thousand Worlds in the surrounding area. Half of these Lesser Thousand Worlds have already perished, while the other half are barely clinging on, but have suffered heavy losses. According to the Spirits of Nature in those Lesser Thousand Worlds, they won't be able to hold out much longer."
Elsa responded immediately.
"I know."
Li Chunjun nodded slightly.
During his journey through the Land of Buried Demons, he had gleaned some information about the resurgence of these Heart Demons.
While the limited number of "sentient beings" meant not all Heart Demons could evolve into High-Tier Perfected Forms, let alone Top-Tier Perfected Forms, the proportion that had was still significant.
Especially...
He had even sensed the Mind Power emanating from Ultimate Heart Demons.
Ultimate Heart Demons corresponded to the Fourth Layer of the Mind Realm.
Some powerful Ultimate Heart Demons could not be suppressed even by those at the Fifth or Sixth Layer of the Mind Realm.
Therefore, with his Mind Realm nearing the Fifth Layer, Li Chunjun had refrained from rashly engaging the few Ultimate Heart Demons he had sensed. Instead, he planned to eliminate them one by one after his Mind Realm broke through to the Fifth Layer.
Of course, with only about a hundred Lesser Thousand Worlds falling into the Land of Buried Demons, even if these worlds were of exceptionally high quality, their limited number remained a constraint.
Even if they waited another two or three years, until all the Lesser Thousand Worlds collapsed, they would likely only be able to cultivate a dozen or at most a few dozen Ultimate Heart Demons.
It would be difficult to even cultivate a High-Tier Ultimate Heart Demon, equivalent to the Fifth Layer of the Mind Realm.
Li Chunjun insisted on waiting until he reached the Fifth Layer of the Mind Realm before targeting those Ultimate Heart Demons purely out of caution, to avoid any unexpected setbacks.
"Give me the coordinates of the Lesser Thousand Worlds that haven't been completely destroyed yet," Li Chunjun said.
"Yes, Master," Elsa replied promptly, transmitting the coordinates to Li Chunjun.
The Lesser Thousand Worlds that had survived this long might be particularly powerful or possess deep foundations.
But more importantly, they could be confirmed to have not yet produced any Ultimate Heart Demons.
Otherwise, the moment an Ultimate Heart Demon emerged, it would devour all life in the Lesser Thousand World in no time.
Li Chunjun glanced at the coordinates and nodded slightly.
After everyone returned to the Azure Star Minor Realm and entered emergency mode, with all inhabitants safely housed in protective cities, Li Chunjun immediately activated the Grotto-Heaven Bracelet crafted by Liu Yu.
Void Power surged from within the bracelet, rapidly warping the surrounding space.
This distorted Void enveloped the Azure Star Minor Realm, and soon...
The entire Azure Star Minor Realm visibly shrank, until it was completely absorbed into the Grotto-Heaven Bracelet.
Once the Azure Star Minor Realm was safely inside, Li Chunjun swiftly extended his mental power into the grotto-heaven.
When Liu Yu had helped Li Chunjun create this grotto-heaven world, she had known he intended to use it to contain the Azure Star Minor Realm. As a result, the entire internal environment of the grotto-heaven was identical to how the Azure Star Minor Realm had appeared in the Azure Sea Domain.
Even the surrounding starry sky was perfectly replicated.
Though this starry sky was merely a simulation, not real, many ordinary mortals from the Azure Star Minor Realm wept with joy upon seeing the familiar constellations. They ran through the streets, spreading the news of their return to everyone.
Li Chunjun offered no explanation.
For mortals, the world beyond the Azure Star Minor Realm would remain forever out of reach. Since this simulated starry sky brought them peace, they might as well find solace in it.
After observing for a while and confirming that the Azure Star Minor Realm adapted to this grotto-heaven even better than it had in the Land of Buried Demons, Li Chunjun relaxed.
"Unless it's a place like the Profound Yellow Grotto-Heaven, which is embedded within a node of the Great Dao Light Net, ordinary grotto-heaven worlds are unlikely to be directly illuminated by it... In other words, such a world lacks Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, making it difficult for high-level cultivators to cultivate, let alone for Nascent Soul cultivators to undergo their tribulation and become True Monarchs..."
Li Chunjun glanced at the situation.
No problem.
When a Nascent Soul cultivator was ready to undergo their tribulation, they could simply be moved outside the grotto-heaven world.
As for the lack of spiritual energy...
Setting up a Circulation Formation within the Azure Star Minor Realm and investing a small amount of Spirit Crystals would suffice.
Not even a large sum was needed. A million Spirit Crystals would be enough to sustain the cultivation of the Azure Star Minor Realm's billions of inhabitants for a century.
If he were willing to invest several million or even tens of millions, he could transform this Lesser Thousand World into a true cultivation sanctuary.
At least...
...it was a cultivation holy land before the Nascent Soul Realm.
Although Li Chunjun possessed a considerable number of Spirit Crystals, he had no intention of drastically altering the Azure Star Minor Realm. The amount of Spirit Crystals he invested merely maintained the realm at a level comparable to its state during the Azure Sea Domain era.
He didn't want to change this world too much.
The only change...
...was the establishment of a fair and just social system and a comprehensive legal framework centered around the Lord of Reincarnation sect.
Under this system, not only would wealthy clans and powerful nobles be held accountable for killing innocents, but even Cultivators who committed murder would be brought to justice and immediately executed.
After completing these tasks, Li Chunjun withdrew his gaze from the Azure Star Minor Realm.
While Zuo Cheng, Yu Jin, and the others set off on the Golden Crow Battleship toward the Immortal Great Wall, Li Chunjun gazed into the distance. Using his profound understanding and perception of the Void Law, he quickly located a Lesser Thousand World a hundred billion miles away.
In the next moment, he activated the Void Bridge.
His form pierced through the barrier of space, instantly traversing over a hundred billion miles.
Unlike previous uses of the Void Bridge, which invariably unleashed terrifying energy fluctuations upon arrival, this time, as he reappeared and decelerated, the turbulent Void Power that had accumulated around him was effortlessly smoothed out at an astonishing speed.
By the time Li Chunjun officially arrived above this Lesser Thousand World, the commotion had subsided to the point of being negligible.
With a single step into the void, Li Chunjun instantly entered the Lesser Thousand World.
The moment he entered, the friction and collision between his own Void Power and the world's Dao Rhythm triggered a terrifying celestial phenomenon.
However, compared to the Azure Star Minor Realm, which spanned only forty to fifty thousand miles, this Lesser Thousand World boasted a diameter exceeding a million miles and possessed a far deeper foundation.
Even though he had unleashed a devastating celestial phenomenon that rapidly spread across tens of thousands of miles, it posed no real threat of destruction to this Lesser Thousand World.
Moreover...
At this moment, the ordinary life forms within the Lesser Thousand World had been almost entirely consumed by Heart Demons. Among the few million survivors, at least Third-Tier cultivators remained.
The thunder and storm he had just unleashed upon his arrival were insufficient to significantly impact these Third-Tier cultivators.
This Lesser Thousand World...
Was largely covered by ocean, inhabited by a species resembling merfolk.
The numerous cities they had built deep beneath the waves, adorned with countless statues, indicated their considerable intelligence.
Li Chunjun didn't bother greeting the native inhabitants of this Lesser Thousand World.
His immense mental power surged forth like a tidal wave...
Ten thousand miles!
Thirty thousand miles!
A million miles!
In an instant, the entire Lesser Thousand World was encompassed by his mental power.
"Mental power... can bear the weight of Laws. Its detection mode is already somewhat different from my previous Divine Sense. If Divine Sense's amplifier in the Primordial Spirit stage was Divine Sense itself, then in Void Refining, the amplifier becomes Void Power. Wherever Void Power reaches, Divine Sense perceives..."
Li Chunjun sensed this change.
As long as he continued to immerse himself in the Void Law, sensing a million miles was no longer a challenge. Ten million miles? A hundred million miles? All were within his grasp.
The deeper his immersion, the greater his range of perception.
This principle applied not only to the Void Law but also to the Destruction Dao.
Their normal range of perception was only a million miles. However, if someone was engaged in a fierce battle, a cultivator of the Destruction Dao could sense it even from a hundred million miles away.
Those who cultivated the Life Law could perceive the birth of new life from a hundred million miles away.
The Dao of Death, on the other hand, could sense the passing of life... and so on.
Each Law possessed its own unique abilities and strengths.
After Li Chunjun enveloped the entire Lesser Thousand World with his powerful mental power, he swiftly activated the Heart Manifestation technique to illuminate the profound mysteries of the fourth layer of the Heavenly Heart Eternal Method—Heart-Burning Flames.
Instantly, a blazing sun seemed to appear above this Lesser Chiliocosm!
Its warmth soothed hearts and dispelled the encroaching darkness, instantly illuminating everything around it!
(End of the Chapter)
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