In the Eternal World, although the various alien races did not dispatch their supreme armies, they still sent one after another of their Dao-Proving level powerhouses. Sending vast armies could create suspicion between different races, but top experts had no such concerns. Entering the Well of Gods and Demons meant a direct clash between Eternal Night and Eternity. All grudges and rivalries had to be set aside—before the greater cause, there was no room for selfishness.
By sending their experts, as long as they could achieve merit on the battlefield, they would have the chance to obtain immense amounts of merit. With merit, they could shatter shackles and prove the Dao of Hunyuan. That was the greatest temptation to countless mighty beings—an infinite allure.
No one could easily give it up.
For those powerhouses rushing to the battlefield, even if they came from different races, the Great Yi Immortal Court could not obstruct them.
This was righteousness beyond divisions of friend or foe—hatred and enmity were all set aside.
"Pass my decree to the Iron-Blooded Great Wall: all mighty beings who come to join Great Yi in the Eternal Night War are not to be blocked. Open the Rainbow Bridges and guide them directly to the Well of Gods and Demons."
Upon returning to the Immortal Palace, Yi Tianxing issued the command immediately.
The opening of the Well of Gods and Demons was meant to turn Great Yi into the frontline fortress in the war against Eternal Night, a stronghold bridging the battle. It would also continuously attract powerful experts of all races. Once they entered the battlefield, entered the Well of Gods and Demons, they would be contributing not only to Eternity, but also to Great Yi. At the same time, this would weaken the foundation of all races outside.
Without these mighty figures guarding them, the grip each race had on their domains would certainly weaken. Normally, this might not matter much. But now, with the Demon Disaster spreading and worsening by the day, a weakened grip meant that once upheavals occurred, the effects on their forces would spiral, accelerating into deterioration.
Once turmoil arose, their deterrence would be severely diminished.
"Don't blame me. This is your own choice—whether to sit in your clans, deter the four directions, and resist the Demon Disaster, or enter the Well of Gods and Demons, fight in the Eternal Night War, gain merit, and have a chance to prove the Dao of Hunyuan. That choice is yours. Great Yi merely follows the tide—we are not taking advantage of disaster."
Yi Tianxing raised his gaze to the void and murmured to himself.
After returning to the Immortal Palace, he did not go out again.
Instead, he entered a quiet chamber and began closed-door cultivation.
First, he projected his consciousness into the Hongmeng Heavenly Emperor Tower.
He could see that within the tower, expansion had not ceased.
This time, after devouring a star on the level of an Eternal Night great world, its vast origin had given the tower a great feast. The primal chaos world within expanded violently at a speed visible to the naked eye, pushing its barriers outward. Boundless primal chaos origin force poured down, flooding into each world inside the tower, expanding them as though new heavens and earths were being opened.
Islands, mountains, rivers, and even vast oceans were rapidly forming. Under the abundance of innate spiritual energy, all kinds of creation emerged—spiritual herbs sprouting, spiritual roots being born, and even heaven-and-earth treasures manifesting.
The process of expansion itself was no different from the creation of worlds, naturally filled with endless fortune.
By observing this, one could witness the evolution of worlds, the operation of the laws of heaven and earth. For powerhouses who had reached the level of laws and Dao, this was an immense opportunity for insight. Yi Tianxing was no exception.
He fully immersed his mind into the tower, watching each world's transformation.
Because every world was connected to a different Heaven-Opening treasure, each contained different laws and Dao rhymes. Witnessing them firsthand gave him deeper comprehension. Unknowingly, his grasp of heavenly laws grew stronger. His Fate Apertures' Law Pillars transformed, clearly becoming more powerful.
Especially the Innate Yin-Yang Fate Aperture.
Inside, yin and yang energy surged. An innate Yin-Yang Divine Diagram revolved, swallowing and exhaling profound yin-yang essence.
Within the diagram, treasures like the Yin-Yang Shears, Yin-Yang Millstone, Yin-Yang Mirror, Yin-Yang Vase, and Yin-Yang Lock shone with divine brilliance. Each radiated deep Dao resonance, their auras filled with lethal might.
These innate divine powers, born of the Yin-Yang Laws, existed between divine abilities and spiritual treasures, containing the qualities of both. Any single one of them could rival a top innate spiritual treasure.
After proving the Dao, with the Heavenly Emperor Dao as the core, all Fate Apertures were governed by his Dao. The Three Thousand Great Daos were all encompassed within the Emperor's Dao. His word could become law, and all his apertures were under the Heavenly Emperor Dragon Diagram's control.
After his proof of Dao, every Fate Aperture grew stronger with him, rising without end. The Yin-Yang Aperture was no exception.
At this moment, while observing the evolution of worlds inside the tower, Yi Tianxing's body radiated light—within his Fate Apertures, it was as if divine beings sat cross-legged, chanting mysterious Dao sounds. The Law Pillars condensed further, becoming ever more wondrous.
Looking closely, he had opened hundreds of Fate Apertures.
Each shone like a brilliant star within him.
The Heavenly Emperor Dragon Sutra could open new Fate Apertures through dual cultivation with women, using the instant of yin-yang union to generate creation power. For years, Yi Tianxing had not opposed Cai Yan and the others' selection of concubines—his main reason was to use their pure yin energy to unlock more Fate Apertures.
Otherwise, how could he have opened so many?
"The Dao of the Heavenly Emperor governs the laws of heaven and earth. With countless laws in me, my Fate Apertures will continue to evolve, even to the point of fundamental transformation, ascending toward their primal origin. If I can contain three thousand laws within, my body will become unimaginably powerful. Then, heaven cannot destroy me, earth cannot bury me. Even if the sun and moon fall, my body will remain eternal. This is my Dao."
A thought flickered across Yi Tianxing's mind.
And indeed, he was practicing exactly this path. With every beauty contest, he could open more Fate Apertures. What man would refuse? And he had the power to sustain it.
The more women, the better.
"Two twenty ninety million miles in size—it's only a step away from the thirty million limit of a middle Thousand World. The advancement of the Heavenly Emperor Tower is at hand."
When the tower had finished devouring all the fragments and origin of the honeycomb star, its inner world had reached the brink of advancement.
It lacked less than a million miles. With a little more resources, it could cross the threshold.
"One push to success. The situation is changing too fast—the Demon Disaster has begun, and the omen of the fusion of the two realms has appeared. I need more trump cards. If the Hongmeng Heavenly Emperor Tower advances, reaching the Heaven Tier, it will become an Supreme Treasure. All the Heaven-Opening treasures within will undergo transformation as well."
Over forty innate treasures in one man's hands—something not even Saints possessed.
The mere thought could scare top experts to death.
An ordinary cultivator with so many treasures could smash a great powerhouse to death with them alone.
In minutes, he could teach them fear.
"Since that's the case, let's begin. Demon Thought Pearls—be refined for me!"
Yi Tianxing made up his mind.
He chose renewable resources. The Wish Power Beads could work, and so could the Demon Thought Pearls. But the Wish Beads were being consumed in vast amounts to build the fifth ring of Xuanhuang Immortal City. So he turned to the Demon Thought Pearls, of which there were even more, used to mint Eternal Coins. He could draw a portion of them now. After all, the Eternal Coin Forges had already spread across the land—Great Yi no longer minted all coins itself. This portion could fuel the tower's breakthrough.
With a thought, vast quantities of black Demon Thought Pearls surged forth, pouring into the Heavenly Emperor Tower's primal chaos world. Mountains of Demon Pearls melted instantly, refined into primal chaos qi that merged into the world, driving its rapid expansion.
The refining took place on the scale of mountains at a time.
The numbers were impossible to count.
In the blink of an eye, the primal chaos world grew and grew.
At the same time, the Dream Butterfly World secretly linked with the Nightmare World, siphoning Nightmare Power to strengthen itself, feeding back into the tower's evolution.
This slow siphoning went unnoticed by the Nightmare World. Its size was far too vast—like an ant biting a giant, its presence too small to be felt. As long as it wasn't too frequent, the theft of power would be harmless. For years, Yi Tianxing had never done so, only relying on the Dream Butterfly World's self-generation.
This first time was unexpected, harder to detect.
It was best done in secret. One time led to another.
Slow and steady was the true path.
If not for being so close to the one-million-mile mark, he would not have used it now.
Ten thousand miles!
Thirty thousand miles!
A hundred thousand miles!!
The Heavenly Emperor Tower trembled, radiating infinite divine light. Dao patterns swam naturally across its surface, each one alive, exuding mysterious power. Its body emitted an aura of immortality, revealing innate undying brilliance.
The tower's inner space reached the thirty-million-mile limit.
"Thirty million miles. It's time for the breakthrough."
Yi Tianxing's heart stirred as he sensed a unique innate resonance rising within the tower.
(End of Chapter)