Bai Mu traveled across thousands of mountains and rivers, making many friends during this period, and at the same time, he helped many weak beings.
Thus, legends of Bai Mu began to circulate throughout the Primordial Great Land. Beings considered him wise, kind, and of noble character, an Incarnation of auspiciousness. Unbeknownst to them, many beings began to worship Bai Mu.
Unlike the Qilin Clan, after Ancestor Dragon returned, he immediately had several of his descendants chosen to try cultivating the Divine Way. With the Dragon Clan's assistance, they discovered that as long as there were enough worshiping beings, even these dragons, whose Innate talents were relatively poor, could achieve greater accomplishments than before.
Thus, the Dragon Clan began to expand even more rapidly. After all, for the Divine Way, faith is Divine Power, and the fastest way to accumulate faith is to increase the number of worshiping beings.
Due to many powerful individuals in the Dragon Clan helping to conceal this matter, the Phoenix and Qilin Clans were temporarily unaware of the Dragon Clan's plans.
The Phoenix Clan was not entirely unprepared either. Vermilion Bird and Yuan Feng had a pleasant conversation, so Vermilion Bird gave Yuan Feng some hints. Yuan Feng, being extremely perceptive, naturally took it to heart. Upon returning, she secretly instructed the Grand Unity Golden Immortals in her clan to test the feasibility...
A hundred years of time flowed by in a hurry. Ziwei Palace.
After expending a section of mythical tree branch as a price, Wang Chen finally determined the method for refining innate spiritual root branches into Acquired Spiritual Wood.
Acquired Spiritual Wood was the name he gave to this creation, to differentiate it from innate spiritual root and Acquired Spiritual Root.
Through the previous refining failure, Wang Chen discovered that refining these branches using the method for Acquired Spirit Treasure was fine, but at the final shaping stage, it required the Great Dao of Creation for enlightenment, similar to creating living beings.
Wang Chen was very familiar with this, as he had already created quite a few living beings. Currently, in the Primordial Great Land, probably few could be more proficient than him in the great Divine Ability of Mediation and Creation.
Wang Chen took out a fusang tree branch cutting. This branch emitted a brilliant golden light like the scorching sun, and at the break, one could see the essence of the sun flowing endlessly within it.
With a wave of his hand, the starlight across the sky transformed into a brush. Wang Chen held it in his hand, sat upright, and began to inscribe dao patternss onto this fusang tree branch cutting.
This Acquired Spiritual Wood was being refined for Vermilion Bird, so Wang Chen was a little more serious. Since he had promised someone, he had to do his best.
Moreover, Vermilion Bird was also considered his subordinate, and if the refining was not done well, it would damage his image in the eyes of his subordinates.
Mysterious dao patternss merged into the fusang tree branch cutting, most of them being dao patternss of the Great Dao of Fire, with a small portion being dao patternss of the Great Dao of Creation, the Great Dao of Wood, and the Divine Way.
Time flowed by at Wang Chen's brush tip. A total of forty-six dao patternss merged into it. Wang Chen was very much looking forward to what kind of Acquired Spiritual Wood would be born this time.
Holding this branch in his hand, he activated the great Divine Ability of Mediation and Creation. In an instant, a fluctuation similar to the formation of an Acquired Spirit Treasure emanated, and a Lightning Tribulation arrived in a flash.
This time, the tribulation clouds were fiery red, and this entire world was enveloped by an extremely yang and unyielding aura. Specks of divine radiance gradually emanated from around the fusang tree branch cutting. As time passed, this divine radiance became increasingly brilliant, and finally, it resonated with the tribulation clouds in the sky, slowly ascending towards the heavens.
When this branch landed in the center of the tribulation clouds, the tribulation lightning suddenly became violent. Without any warning, a bolt of tribulation lightning struck down fiercely.
However, the seemingly domineering tribulation lightning, upon touching the divine radiance around the branch, directly dispersed, causing no harm to the divine radiance.
The dispersed tribulation lightning was instantly absorbed by the divine radiance. Wang Chen could see that a dao patterns within the branch began to transform into a Restriction under the effect of this tribulation lightning.
The arrival of a Lightning Tribulation on Ziwei Star naturally attracted the attention of some powerful individuals in the Mountain Sea Realm.
In the Mountain Sea Realm, White Tiger was currently in seclusion, attempting to Breakthrough to the Middle Stage of Grand Unity Golden Immortal. Only Vermilion Bird and Immortal Master Kong Ming, two powerful individuals at the Grand Unity level, were present.
When Vermilion Bird saw the Lightning Tribulation, the first thing she thought of was Great Emperor Ziwei and the special treasure he had promised to refine for her. So, without hesitation, she immediately rose and headed towards Ziwei Star.
Although Immortal Master Kong Ming also detected the Lightning Tribulation, considering his status, he did not rashly go there. However, the aura emanating from that direction made him somewhat concerned.
Immortal Master Kong Ming planned to ask Great Emperor Ziwei's Divine Dao Incarnation about it next time he saw him.
A wisp of Southern Brightness Li Fire flew from the Mountain Sea Realm, arriving in an instant. When it landed beside Wang Chen, Vermilion Bird looked at Wang Chen nervously. Upon seeing him smile and nod, the tension and apprehension on Vermilion Bird's Face instantly vanished, replaced by great joy.
Vermilion Bird eagerly looked towards the direction of the Lightning Tribulation. There, at this moment, thunder rolled, and fiery red lightning poured down like a torrential rain. The divine radiance was like an egg, absorbing the power of the external tribulation lightning to nurture the fusang tree branch cutting within.
However, as each dao patterns completely transformed into a Restriction, the original branch also began to gradually change its appearance.
The first thing Vermilion Bird saw through the divine radiance was a small tree, entirely like red crystal glazed glass, gradually taking shape. Its leaves resembled burning flames, and each sway scattered countless rays of light.
In the center of the tree crown, a small golden flame, emitting brilliant light, hovered. However, as time passed, it began to transform into a bright golden fireball.
Wang Chen looked at Vermilion Bird and saw that her eyes were sparkling, her joy evident. It seemed Vermilion Bird liked this Acquired Spiritual Wood, which relieved him.
"Let me tell you first, from now on, these special spiritual objects refined from innate spiritual root branches will be collectively called Acquired Spiritual Wood."
Wang Chen said to Vermilion Bird beside him. Vermilion Bird nodded upon hearing this, but her gaze did not leave the Lightning Tribulation, because at this moment, the last bolt of tribulation lightning was already brewing. Wang Chen saw cracks appearing in the divine radiance protecting the small tree.
For a moment, even Wang Chen felt a little nervous. This last bolt of tribulation lightning was clearly immensely powerful. He wondered if the divine radiance couldn't block it, whether this small tree could withstand it. However, this small tree would certainly not die; Vermilion Bird would definitely intervene at a critical moment. It was just that at that time, if the small tree did not undergo the complete baptism of the Lightning Tribulation, it would not achieve Perfection.
This time was also different from when he refined the Reincarnation Tree. That time, there was a fortunate coincidence.
When Wang Chen refined the heaven-reaching sacred tree branch, he incorporated several dao patternss of the Great Dao of Creation. The overall refining method was still similar to refining Acquired Spirit Treasure. The fact that the heaven-reaching sacred tree branch could transform into the Reincarnation Tree had a great deal to do with those dao patternss of the Great Dao of Creation within it.
And this time's refining method had clearly changed a bit, and from the current results, his method of refining Acquired Spiritual Wood was clearly correct.
Just as Wang Chen was summarizing his experience, a deafening thunderclap came from within the tribulation clouds. Before the sound faded, an incredibly thick bolt of tribulation lightning had already struck the divine radiance.
The cracking sounds of shattering were masked by the thunder. The divine radiance transformed into specks of light, scattering across the sky. The tribulation lightning struck the small tree unimpeded. Under Vermilion Bird's tense gaze, the bright golden fireball in the middle of the small tree flew up and collided with the tribulation lightning.
The world was silent for a moment. The small fireball instantly pierced through and annihilated the tribulation lightning, leaving only a few scattered bolts of lightning weakly spreading in the Void Realm.
Phew~
Wang Chen clearly saw Vermilion Bird sigh in relief. She had managed to keep her composure and not directly intervene.
"That was the True Fire of the Sun, wasn't it? The small fireball nurtured by the little tree is like a miniature sun."
Vermilion Bird was very happy, waving her hand to summon the small tree floating in the Void Realm into her grasp.
At the same time, the moment the Lightning Tribulation dispersed, the jade disc of creation in Wang Chen's mind stirred slightly. Wang Chen's Divine Sense probed and discovered that heavenly dao merit was about to descend again.
Wang Chen quickly contacted the Heavenly Dao through the jade disc of creation, asking it to hide the phenomena when the heavenly dao merit descended. He had already been very high-profile before, even Old Ancestor Yang Mei had been attracted. If another large cluster of Karma descended, it was likely that those top powerful individuals would join forces to visit him, this 'little friend', on Ziwei Star.
"blazing sun tree, how about you're called blazing sun tree from now on?"
Vermilion Bird held the blazing sun tree, her Face full of smiles.
"Alright, hurry back and plant it."
"Mmm, thank you, Great Emperor. When the blazing sun tree nurtures another small sun, I'll be the first to give it to you as a token of gratitude."
Saying that, Vermilion Bird transformed into a streak of light and headed towards the Mountain Sea Realm.
Not long after Vermilion Bird left, a thousand acres of heavenly dao merit appeared out of thin air. This was the reward for his creation of the Acquired Spiritual Wood. He could choose to share such Karma with the Acquired Spiritual Wood he created, but out of caution, he still didn't share it. After all, there was still an Incarnation of Old Ancestor Yang Mei in the Mountain Sea Realm.
Old Ancestor Yang Mei's temporary kindness towards him did not mean he would always be kind to Wang Chen. In the Face of sufficient profit, anything could change.
Wang Chen collected these heavenly dao merit into the star chart, placing them with the previous heavenly dao merit that had no phenomena. He already had plans to forge an Acquired Merit Spirit Treasure, but he was still considering what Innate spiritual object to use for forging it.
For the Acquired Merit Spirit Treasure, Wang Chen naturally chose to forge an offensive type. After all, it could kill without incurring Karma, and he already had quite a few Innate Spirit Treasures to protect him.
Wang Chen returned to Ziwei Palace and sat cross-legged on a futon, recalling the events of this period. He felt that he still needed to prepare a powerful weapon capable of countering a Hun Yuan Golden Immortal.
Whether it was the future expansion of the Mountain Sea Realm or the things he was planning to create, they would certainly attract the covetous eyes of the powerful individuals of the Primordial Great Land. Moreover, as time passed, more and more things in the starry sky would be coveted.
Great Luck and great Karma on you could indeed protect you when there was no great Opportunity, but when the Opportunity was sufficient to compensate for killing an Innate Deities with great Luck and great Karma, it was believed that those powerful individuals would never hold back.
Red Cloud was a very typical example. An Innate Deities who achieved Dao and possessed great Luck. He did good deeds everywhere in the Primordial Great Land, earning the title of 'Primordial Nice Guy,' and his Karma would not be small. But under the temptation of Grandmist Purple Qi, he still ended up dead and his Dao dissipated.
Strength is the true foundation that allows you to address others as Fellow Daoist or 'little friend'.
After clarifying his next goal, Wang Chen set aside his plan to comprehend the hollow willow branch for now.
With a wave of his hand, Ziwei Star's Innate great array instantly activated. Then, for safety's sake, Wang Chen took out the ziwei fate plate and suppressed and Sealed that section of hollow willow branch. Better safe than sorry, who knew if those old fellows had some methods he didn't know about.
During this seclusion, Wang Chen would use the jade disc of creation. The fact that this fragment of Chaos Supreme Treasure was on him absolutely could not be exposed.
After everything was prepared, Wang Chen, with the fragment of the jade disc of creation above his head, began to comprehend the star chart. If there was one fastest way for him to acquire trump cards in the starry sky, it was undoubtedly the Great Array of Heavenly Stars.
As an Innate Deities born from Ziwei Star, coupled with the existence of his associated Spirit Treasure, the star chart, it was only a matter of time before he comprehended the Great Array of Heavenly Stars.
With the help of the fragment of the jade disc of creation, this time would be greatly shortened...
The Primordial Starry Sky was a bit more lively than usual now. Due to the existence of the Mountain Sea Realm, the Three Clans and the Xuanwu Clan often visited the starry sky.
Among them, a Grand Unity Golden Immortal of the Phoenix Clan had even come twice. After sending his Phoenix Clan descendants, he had intended to find Great Emperor Ziwei to complete the task Yuan Feng had given him. Unfortunately, upon reaching the Mountain Sea Realm and meeting Vermilion Bird, he learned that Great Emperor Ziwei was in seclusion. Helpless, Feng Qingxuan could only return to the Phoenix Clan first.
A hundred years later, he came again, but unfortunately, Great Emperor Ziwei was still in seclusion. Feng Qingxuan, feeling helpless, could only pretend to be visiting his descendants. What he didn't expect was that these descendants were quite well cared for by Vermilion Bird. It was just that for some reason, they had all switched to cultivating the Divine Way. However, considering that this might be Yuan Feng's arrangement, he didn't ask further.
This time, Feng Qingxuan saw the blazing sun tree at Vermilion Bird's place. Standing under the blazing sun tree, he felt comfortable in body and mind. The rich Great Dao of Fire enveloped him, making it much easier to comprehend the Great Dao of Fire than before.
And if he wasn't mistaken, wasn't there a small sun being nurtured in the crown of that blazing sun tree?
Feng Qingxuan gazed intently at the blazing sun tree. He had to admit, he was somewhat tempted.
If it weren't for the fact that the lazily reclining individual on the tree was a friend of their Old Ancestor Yuan Feng, he would have, at the very least, moved this blazing sun tree to his dwelling cave heaven.
On the blazing sun tree, Vermilion Bird naturally noticed Feng Qingxuan's abnormality. She merely let out a cold snort, and a small flame from the blazing sun tree pierced through space, landing directly on Feng Qingxuan, causing him to scurry away, clutching his head.
"Get lost! Some things are not for you to covet. If it weren't for Yuan Feng's Face, I would have turned you to ashes!"
A sharp voice entered Feng Qingxuan's ears. He knew he had underestimated this Vermilion Bird. Her strength, combined with that blazing sun tree, was enough to accomplish what she said.
The contempt he originally held for the Divine Way completely vanished. This Innate Innate Divine Spirits who cultivated the Divine Way was completely different from those guys in his clan who cultivated the Acquired Divine Way.
Thus, Feng Qingxuan suffered some injuries. He could only recover on a star far from the Mountain Sea Realm before returning to the Phoenix Clan.
Yuan Feng, in seclusion researching the creation of living beings, never expected that the powerful individuals in the Phoenix Clan were unwilling to let the Innate Phoenix Clan cultivate the Innate Divine Dao, instead choosing some Acquired Phoenix Clan members to cultivate the Acquired Divine Way.
It's unknown what Yuan Feng would think when she came out of seclusion and saw this scene. One can only say that prejudice in people's hearts is a great mountain. When no one breaks this prejudice, people often only believe what they want to believe
When the blazing sun tree appeared, Old Ancestor Yang Mei was the first to notice the anomaly, because the Luck of the Spiritual Roots in the Primordial Heaven and Earth had subtly increased.
Combined with the memories from his Incarnation, this change was very likely caused by Great Emperor Ziwei, but he was currently in seclusion recovering from his main body's injuries and had no time to pay attention to these matters. Thus, the task of investigating was given to True Man Kong Ming.
Fortunately, True Man Kong Ming was also in the Mountain Sea Realm and wasn't entirely without contact with the Vermilion Bird. During a journey with his disciples, he came to the south and paid a visit to the Vermilion Bird.
The moment True Man Kong Ming saw the blazing sun tree, he understood the whole story. It must have been Great Emperor Ziwei who used a great Divine Ability to create this Spiritual Root.
He couldn't help but sigh, marveling at Great Emperor Ziwei's unique ideas. Moreover, judging from the various situations in the starry sky after Great Emperor Ziwei's emergence, he must have gone very far on the Great Dao of Creation... Time flew by; a thousand years passed in a flash. In Ziwei Palace, Wang Chen finally had a clear understanding of the Great Array of Heavenly Stars.
At this point, Wang Chen was faced with a choice again. In his memory, the Yao Race refined Formation Flags to set up the Great Array of Heavenly Stars, and each Formation Flag also required someone to wield it. Wang Chen obviously disliked this method of setting up the Formation; it was a bit cumbersome, and he would also find it difficult to gather so many people capable of wielding the Formation Flags.
If the Realm of those wielding the Formation Flags was too low, it would not be a help to the Formation but rather become a weakness. Therefore, Wang Chen would not consider this method of setting up the Formation for now.
If he wanted to mobilize the power of the primordial heavenly stars to form a Formation without using Formation Flags, it would be best if he could achieve all of this with just one Formation core.
Wang Chen thought of two options. The first was the star chart in his hand. As a supreme-grade innate spirit treasure, using it as the core of the Formation, coupled with his cooperation as the master of Ziwei Star, should allow him to set up the Great Array of Heavenly Stars.
Another option was the star tree on Ziwei Star. This supreme-grade innate spiritual root also had a close connection with the primordial heavenly stars, so it was naturally also an option for setting up the Great Array of Heavenly Stars.
However, considering that the star tree could not be carried around, Wang Chen's only choice at present was the star chart.
Another thousand years passed in the blink of an eye. Wang Chen had already begun to attempt setting up the Great Array of Heavenly Stars. However, after many attempts, he found that his previous idea was a bit too idealistic. While the star chart could indeed set up the Great Array of Heavenly Stars, the Formation created appeared somewhat illusory. Although it could still significantly enhance his strength, its power was clearly far from what he had envisioned.
After careful observation, Wang Chen finally understood the problem. The immense power of the primordial heavenly stars in the Great Desolation was too vast. Even if the star chart was a supreme-grade innate spirit treasure, it couldn't fully bear this power. To fully unleash the power of the Great Array of Heavenly Stars, he needed to find something to share the burden with the star chart.
The current situation was very clear. If the Great Array of Heavenly Stars were compared to the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, then the star chart could be seen as the Formation diagram. To unleash the full power of the Formation, Wang Chen would need to refine corresponding "stars" for the Great Array of Heavenly Stars to share the immense power of the primordial heavenly stars with the star chart.
The Yao Race used three hundred and sixty-five Great Primordial Heavenly Star Banners and fourteen thousand eight hundred Small Primordial Heavenly Star Banners to set up the Great Array of Heavenly Stars. Wang Chen's situation clearly didn't require so many, and most of the power of the primordial heavenly stars came from the three hundred and sixty-five main stars. He only needed to refine treasures that could share the power of these main stars for the star chart.
"Sigh, I originally planned to keep these for myself to eat, but it seems that won't work."
Wang Chen took out the remaining three hundred and sixty-two star fruits. The three fruits representing the Sun, Taiyin, and Ziwei had already been eaten by him. For the Sun and Taiyin, he could use the fusang tree branch cutting and osmanthus tree branches as substitutes. The last Ziwei could also be replaced by a section of the star tree's branch.
However, Wang Chen felt that this wasn't perfect, so he reluctantly took out the remaining cores of those three fruits and integrated them into the branches of these Innate supreme-grade Spiritual Roots, refining them together into Acquired Spirit Treasures.
He had originally intended to try and grow something from these three fruit cores, but the current situation was not the time to save. Going all out was the best option.
The spiritual objects Wang Chen used were undoubtedly embryos of supreme-grade Acquired Spirit Treasures. Without hesitation, he began the refining process, starting with Ziwei Star. Wang Chen requested a section of the star tree's branch, then began to engrave dao patternss on it and shape it.
One by one, the embryonic forms of spherical Acquired Spirit Treasures floated around Wang Chen. Because he had completely concealed the entire Ziwei Star, no Lightning Tribulation for the Acquired Spirit Treasures descended. Furthermore, Wang Chen planned to refine these Acquired Spirit Treasures into a set and then have them undergo Tribulation together to become Acquired Spirit Treasures, so that their connection to each other would be even closer.
Whoosh~
Wang Chen exhaled. Infusing dao patternss into three hundred and sixty-five spiritual objects at once had left his mind a little fatigued, but looking at the floating embryonic forms of Acquired Spirit Treasures before him, Wang Chen's heart was still very happy.
The current appearance of these embryonic Spirit Treasures resembled miniature stars, and even the dao patternss emanating from them were extremely similar.
The purple-shrouded Ziwei, the brilliant golden and scorching Sun, the bright silver Taiyin, the Five Elements, the Big Dipper, the Qiankun Twin Stars, the Three Terraces Main Stars, the Four Spirits Main Stars, the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions, the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits, the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends, Marriage, Bestowal of Blessings...
Wang Chen looked at these small stars with a satisfied expression. With a wave of his hand, he collected them all and then stepped into the Void Realm. This time, Wang Chen intended to go to a place closer to the Inner Chaos to let these embryonic Acquired Spirit Treasures undergo Tribulation together. These were three hundred and sixty-five supreme-grade Acquired Spirit Treasure embryos; there was no doubt that the commotion of the Tribulation would be immense.
Arriving at the edge of the Primordial Starry Sky, Wang Chen stepped out of the Void Realm. What greeted his eyes was the heaven and earth fetal membrane, formed from the pure Qi of heaven and earth. Beyond the heaven and earth fetal membrane was the Inner Chaos of the Great Desolation. Due to the traction and regulation of the Great Desolation's Laws, the scene of the Inner Chaos was far less chaotic and disordered than the Outer Chaos.
Between the Inner Chaos and the Outer Chaos, there was also a layer of Chaos Fetal Membrane, which could isolate the chaotic power of the Outer Chaos and prevent the Great Desolation world from being invaded by the Outer Chaos.
With Wang Chen's current Realm and strength, he could still travel within the Inner Chaos with a supreme-grade innate spirit treasure protecting him, but he dared not even think about the Outer Chaos. To freely travel in the Outer Chaos, one first needed to become a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
For a fleeting moment, Wang Chen considered taking these embryonic Acquired Spirit Treasures to undergo Tribulation in the Inner Chaos, but this idea was quickly extinguished. There were too many uncertain factors in undergoing Spirit Treasure Tribulation in the Inner Chaos; even a slight mishap could ruin all his long preparations.
He summoned the ziwei fate plate and the star chart to isolate this place and conceal the heavenly secrets.
With a wave of his hand, three hundred and sixty-five embryonic Acquired Spirit Treasures floated in the Void Realm. The moment they appeared, the Heavenly Dao sensed them, and a Tribulation Cloud arrived instantly, spreading further into the distance. Violent Tribulation Lightning brewed furiously within the Tribulation Cloud.
This time, the Formation was exceptionally vast. Countless Law Tribulation Lightning intertwined and raged within the Tribulation Cloud, and it was clear that the power of the Tribulation Lightning was still increasing.
The dao patternss emanating from the three hundred and sixty-five embryonic Acquired Spirit Treasures intertwined and resonated with each other, gradually forming a rudimentary version of the Great Array of Heavenly Stars. They slowly traced profound trajectories in the Void Realm, and the starlight from the three hundred and sixty-five main stars in the Primordial Starry Sky was gradually drawn in.
The power of both sides was increasing, like two unyielding opponents.
At a certain moment, countless Heavenly Tribulations poured down without warning. They spread and intertwined in the Void Realm, then transformed into even thicker bolts of lightning. By the time they reached the rudimentary Great Array of Heavenly Stars, they had become pillars of lightning.
Buzz~ Hiss~
No sooner said than done, the incomplete Formation shot out endless starlight, directly confronting the lightning pillars. In an instant, the speed at which this incomplete Formation drew in starlight abruptly accelerated.
Neither side yielded, and they remained deadlocked in mid-air. After a long while, the first wave of Tribulation Lightning ended. The lightning pillars, lacking further support, were instantly pierced through by the starlight. The starlight continued its momentum, directly entering the Tribulation Cloud.
Wang Chen, who was watching these embryonic Acquired Spirit Treasures undergo Tribulation from the side, was stunned. To be honest, this was the first time he had seen Acquired Spirit Treasures undergo Tribulation like this. Truly fierce!
The Lightning Tribulation in the sky was silent for a moment, as if it hadn't expected such a thing to happen. After a brief silence, an even more violent Tribulation Cloud formed.
This time, without brewing, the Tribulation Lightning poured down like a skyfall. It wasn't even lightning pillars anymore; it could truly be called a sea of lightning.
The rudimentary Great Array of Heavenly Stars also seemed to sense the threat, and the speed at which it drew in starlight increased again, forming a layer of hazy starlight shield around itself.
And so, a strange scene unfolded: endless starlight attacked the Tribulation Cloud, and endless Lightning Tribulation attacked the rudimentary Great Array of Heavenly Stars. The starlight shield constantly shattered and reformed, while the Tribulation Cloud was continuously eroded by the starlight.
The original Acquired Spirit Treasure Lightning Tribulation seemed to have turned into a tug-of-war, with both sides attempting to defeat the other. Now, it was just a matter of waiting to see which side would exhaust its strength first.
What relieved Wang Chen was that the dao patternss within these embryonic Spirit Treasures were transforming into Restrictions after being tempered by the Lightning Tribulation.
In fact, the main reason for everything happening before his eyes was Wang Chen himself. He had incorporated the Law of Karma and the Law of Destiny into these embryonic Acquired Spirit Treasures.
The general effect was that when Wang Chen was attacked or someone attempted to destroy the Formation, these Acquired Spirit Treasures would automatically form a Formation to protect him and counterattack. It seemed that the dao patternss he had inscribed were operating very successfully. He hoped they could be preserved through the Heavenly Tribulation.
As time passed, the Acquired Spirit Treasures within the Lightning Tribulation began to become crystal clear, as if they had been purified and made more flawless by the tempering of starlight and Lightning Tribulation.
Buzz~
One supreme-grade Acquired Spirit Treasure completed the tempering of the Lightning Tribulation. Out of forty-seven dao patternss, forty-five became Restrictions. After the first one appeared, the remaining Acquired Spirit Treasures completed their tempering one after another.
The operational trajectories of these completed supreme-grade Acquired Spirit Treasures within the Great Formation became even more profound and natural.
Under Wang Chen's gaze, the last three supreme-grade Acquired Spirit Treasures, representing Ziwei, the Sun, and Taiyin, also took shape. The lowest number of Restrictions contained in this set of Acquired Spirit Treasures was forty-five, and the highest contained forty-seven Restrictions.
The Acquired Spirit Treasures successfully completed the tempering of the Lightning Tribulation. The Tribulation Cloud in the sky began to gradually dissipate. Fortunately, the Lightning Tribulation had no emotions and was only there to complete the test; otherwise, who knows what might have happened.
Wang Chen impatiently took these supreme-grade Acquired Spirit Treasures into his hands and began to refine the Restrictions within them. After completely controlling these supreme-grade Acquired Spirit Treasures, Wang Chen unfurled the star chart, and the Great Array of Heavenly Stars was fully deployed for the first time at the edge of this starry sky.
In an instant, vast and boundless starlight converged. With the star chart as the primary and the three hundred and sixty-five supreme-grade Acquired Spirit Treasures as secondary, the descending starlight was fully received. Brilliant starlight bloomed at the edge of the starry sky. This moment of brilliance made the Great Desolation seem to have a second sun, and boundless might emanated, suppressing the boundless starry sky.
A power far beyond Wang Chen's imagination was bestowed upon him. For a fleeting moment, he felt omnipotent, but that was certainly an illusion. The Dao is boundless; this was merely the beginning.
Wang Chen quickly put away the Great Array of Heavenly Stars, preparing to leave this place. Before leaving, he used the ziwei fate plate to erase all traces here and disrupt and conceal the heavenly secrets.
Although doing so was somewhat useless, many great powerful beings would surely first suspect him. However, being guessed was acceptable, as he now had the confidence.
The power unleashed by the Great Array of Heavenly Stars in that brief moment was too immense. The protective measures he had set up earlier vanished in an instant, like paper.
It was fortunate that the first deployment of the Great Array of Heavenly Stars was here, causing no significant destruction. It only caused a momentary abnormal celestial phenomenon in a small part of the Great Desolation, but this was not a major event in the Great Desolation.
Considering that returning now might lead to a head-on collision with the investigations of some top-tier powerful beings, Wang Chen decided to take a detour through the Inner Chaos before returning. Besides, having come all this way, it would be a pity to miss the opportunity to explore the Inner Chaos.
With two supreme-grade innate spirit treasures protecting him above his head, Wang Chen walked towards the heaven and earth fetal membrane.
He felt a slight ripple, and then he was in the Inner Chaos.
Here, the clear and turbid were undivided, and the Yin and Yang and Five Elements were mixed together. All the Laws of the Inner Chaos were in a violent and primitive chaotic state.
Wang Chen could feel that the Chaos Qi near the heaven and earth fetal membrane was significantly more stable than outside. These Chaos Qi were filled with various chaotic Laws and could not be directly absorbed by ordinary beings. Moreover, they were far more domineering than the three lights divine water of the sun, moon, and stars. Even Grand Unity Golden Immortals without Spirit Treasure protection could not stay here for long.
After moving a little further away from the heaven and earth fetal membrane, Wang Chen conjured five Innate Spirit Treasure pearls: the sun moon spirit pearls, the heaven opening bead, the earth splitting bead, and the hunyuan pearl. He had already initially refined the Innate Restrictions within these five Spirit Pearls.
The five Spirit Pearls were positioned in five different directions. Then, Wang Chen simultaneously activated these five Innate Spirit Treasures to isolate the Chaos Qi in a small area of space.
Among these five Innate Spirit Pearls, the hunyuan pearl was the most pleasant surprise for Wang Chen. He hadn't expected it to be able to absorb and contain Chaos Qi, which saved him a lot of trouble.
The Heaven Opening and Earth Splitting Innate Spirit Treasures also lived up to their names, proving exceptionally useful in this Inner Chaos. However, these two Innate Spirit Treasures themselves contained relatively few Innate Restrictions, so even though they were useful, their power wasn't overly exaggerated.
Wang Chen entered this small space and sat down cross-legged, closing his eyes to carefully comprehend the profoundness of operating the Great Array of Heavenly Stars during that brief period earlier.
Chaos knows no years. Around Wang Chen, the star chart and the three hundred and sixty-five stars formed an extremely profound Formation. This time, Wang Chen did not activate it, but instead carefully comprehended its mysteries.
This personal comprehension deepened Wang Chen's control over the Great Array of Heavenly Stars significantly.
Buzz~
A strange fluctuation came, and Wang Chen awoke from his meditation. Five Innate Spirit Treasure pearls were trembling slightly.
However, looking around, there was no Chaos storm, and he had been constantly diverting his attention to activate them. These Innate Spirit Treasures, by rights, should not be experiencing such a thing.
Only after Wang Chen carefully sensed them did he discover that this trembling seemed to occur after the hunyuan pearl absorbed a lot of Chaos Qi, and his simultaneous activation of these Innate Spirit Treasures caused their Origins to resonate.
Sun and Moon Pearl, hunyuan pearl, heaven opening bead, earth splitting bead—did the Origins of these five Spirit Pearls attract each other?
They weren't a set of Innate Spirit Treasures, so how could such a thing happen? If we're talking about top-tier pearl-type Spirit Treasures, the chaos bead must be the one. But could these Innate Spirit Treasure pearls be fragments of it?
Wang Chen wasn't sure. If these Innate Spirit Treasures were all formed from the shattered chaos bead, then their resonance would make sense. However, based on the current situation, they clearly hadn't reached the conditions for Fusion into one.
Combining the above conjectures, it's easy to guess that there are still missing pearl-type Innate Spirit Treasures.
And among the pearl-type Innate Spirit Treasures in Honghuang, the most famous are undoubtedly the twenty-four sea calming pearls. If these pearls are indeed fragments of the chaos bead, then the twenty-four sea calming pearls are undoubtedly what he needs to obtain.
After all, the chaos bead is a Chaos Supreme Treasure, containing a Chaos world within it.
It possesses profound abilities such as obscuring heavenly secrets, concealing everything, forming its own world, and suppressing Luck.
The most important function of the chaos bead is that it can open up heaven and earth within its inner world, free from the constraints of the primordial heavens dao, making it an excellent refuge for avoiding calamities when proving the Dao to a Grand Unity Golden Immortal through strength.
Wang Chen kept this matter in mind. He didn't know yet if the twenty-four sea calming pearls had appeared. This set of supreme-grade innate spirit treasure first appeared at Fenbao Cliff. He hoped Hongjun hadn't obtained this set of supreme-grade innate spirit treasure yet.
In his upcoming itinerary, searching for treasures on the Primordial Great Land must be put on the agenda.
Putting away these five Innate Spirit Treasures, Wang Chen planned to wander around the Inner Chaos near the heaven and earth fetal membrane.
Even Grand Unity Golden Immortals rarely came here, so he might even find some good things.
Counting on his fingers, he had been in the Inner Chaos for eight hundred years. He decided to explore here for another two hundred years before returning.
Wang Chen set off with anticipation.
However, two hundred years passed, and Wang Chen didn't find any treasures. He only encountered and collected a few Chaos stubborn stones, nothing else. Fortunately, he wasn't empty-handed, which Wang Chen could still accept... Three thousand years is a long time for mortal beings. Now, in both the Canglan Realm and the Mountain Sea Realm, many of the beings created by Wang Chen have achieved Immortal Ascension and become gods.
Among them, there are already hundreds of Human Immortals and above in the Canglan Realm.
The Mountain Sea Realm caught up later, with thousands of beings becoming gods. However, the foundations of these two worlds are clearly different. Many Opportunities in the Mountain Sea Realm were brought by Wang Chen from Honghuang, and many of its beings are Innate beings from the Primordial Great Land.
This doesn't even count the several powerful beings in the Mountain Sea Realm. They also provided much guidance to the beings in the Mountain Sea Realm. With their high-level perspective, some exceptionally talented beings progressed rapidly.
These two worlds are fundamentally incomparable.
After Wang Chen returned to Ziwei Star, he released the Canglan Realm from the star chart. At this point, whether the Canglan Realm was hidden or not was irrelevant. The powerful beings of Honghuang would focus more attention on the Mountain Sea Realm, and the Canglan Realm itself no longer needed to hide anything.
After placing the Canglan Realm next to the Mountain Sea Realm, Wang Chen returned to Ziwei Palace to cultivate and comprehend that hollow willow branch. All external matters were left to his two Incarnations.
As the two worlds were very close, and with the deliberate guidance of Wang Chen's two Incarnations, the strong individuals from both sides quickly began to attempt communication. Upon learning that they were all beings created by Great Emperor Ziwei, both sides developed a natural sense of affinity.
As communication increased, trade gradually emerged. The two worlds could be said to be complementary, with one having technology and the other having resources. For a time, the development speed of both sides accelerated significantly.
Beings from the Mountain Sea Realm exchanged Heaven And Earth Treasure for Magic Treasures, cloud towers, mechanisms, and other treasures from the Canglan Realm.
However, due to the different cultivation systems of both sides, these items still needed some modification to be used more smoothly.
Putting everything else aside, the Canglan Realm had gone very far in the paths of alchemy, Formations, artifact crafting, mechanisms, Talismans, and Puppets. Under the guidance of Divine Dao Cultivators, they quickly improved various Magic Treasures and weapons suitable for Divine Dao Cultivators.
For a long time, the exquisite treasures transmitted from the Canglan Realm were highly sought after. The Divine Dao consumed very few resources, and all parties had substantial financial reserves, truly allowing the beings of the Canglan Realm to earn a fortune.
While trading items, beings from both Realms also explored each other's cultivation systems, and the cultivation methods of both sides began to spread in each other's worlds.
Every being has things they are good at or not good at, and cultivation is even more so. Wang Chen's Incarnations did not stop this exchange, as long as one side did not completely annex the other.
After such a long period of development, the number of beings in the Canglan Realm reached billions. Such a vast number of beings naturally attracted the covetous eyes of some gods. In their view, this was simply an undeveloped land. Unfortunately, their plans died in the womb before they could even be implemented, directly receiving a warning from the Divine Dao Incarnation.
Such an action would undoubtedly rapidly destroy the existing system of the Canglan Realm. There are many powerful beings in the Mountain Sea Realm, and the Canglan Realm would have no power to resist them, so annexation would be inevitable.
Exchange and trade are acceptable, mutual learning is also acceptable, but annexation is not. Only when the Canglan Realm becomes powerful will this restriction gradually be lifted... The three clans have each studied the Divine Dao for many years, and each family has some clansmen cultivating the Divine Dao. Among them, there are quite a few beings who are quite compatible with the Divine Dao. After they switched to cultivating the Divine Dao, their progress was rapid. This situation accelerated the development of the Divine Dao.
The most famous among them is Bai Mu of the Qilin Clan. In just three thousand years, he went from a Profound Immortal to a Golden Immortal. His deeds have become famous among the three clans.
Because it was impossible not to know. Now, on the Primordial Great Land, especially in the territories controlled by the Qilin Clan, Bai Mu's reputation can be said to be excellent, and many beings are his believers.
Although he is young now and his Realm is not very high, he already has his own foundation and backing. If we talk about who is happiest in the Qilin Clan right now, it is undoubtedly Bai Mu's mother.
Where there is joy, there is naturally jealousy. Many clan elders publicly condemned Bai Mu, saying that he was deluding the masses and leading them down a path of no return.
However, these clan elders soon fell silent. It is said that they were attacked by mysterious powerhouses on a dark and stormy night, and this mysterious powerhouse also revealed that the descendants of these outspoken clan elders were secretly cultivating the Divine Dao.
At once, everyone knew what was going on, so both sides tacitly ended the matter.
After the Divine Dao began to spread widely, the Dragon Clan's secret maneuvers naturally also came to light. A certain Xuanwu, who preferred to remain anonymous, publicly condemned the Dragon Clan for forcibly making weaker races believe in them, and that the Dragon Clan was using these weaker races as tools to enhance their strength.
After this matter was brought to light, the Dragon Clan's actions became somewhat restrained. However, secretly, the Grand Unity Golden Immortals of the Dragon Clan opened several Small Worlds in the deep sea, where they nurtured a vast number of beings to generate faith.
The cultivation method of the Divine Dao is very unique, and it also made some Acquired beings who could no longer advance set their sights on the Divine Dao.
What they most wanted to know now was how far the Divine Dao could go, and whether it could help them advance further on their current foundation. For this, they constantly experimented, as they did not care about the lives of those weaker beings.
Ever since Feng Qingxuan returned from the Mountain Sea Realm, the Phoenix Clan arranged for several juniors who voluntarily cultivated the Divine Dao to switch to it. Without exception, these juniors were all Innate beings.
(The explanation of Innate beings is at the end.)
Feng Qingxuan's two trips to the Mountain Sea Realm were not in vain; he truly learned some superficial knowledge. The cultivation speed of these juniors was indeed faster than when they cultivated the Immortal Dao...
Just as Wang Chen was in seclusion comprehending the hollow willow branch, Karma descended from the heavens in the direction of the Qilin Clan. Although it was only a hundred acres, it was still very uplifting.
The blessed land where Beginning Qilin was in seclusion opened, and hundreds of Five Elements Qilin of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, created by Beginning Qilin, emerged one after another. They were the beings Beginning Qilin had created.
Beginning Qilin had obtained a mass of Five Elements spiritual soil from somewhere, and combined with the three lights divine water he received from Wang Chen, he created these Acquired Qilin.
He believed he didn't understand the intricacies of creating beings, so he directly imitated himself to create these beings.
Fortunately, the final result did not disappoint him. A hundred acres of Karma descended from the sky, which he happily collected.
However, Beginning Qilin had not been happy for long when the voice of Ancestral Dragon came from the direction of the East Sea.
"Heavenly Dao above, I, Ancestral Dragon, create the Flood Dragon Clan, and open up the Great Dao of Dragon Transformation for all beings in heaven and earth. Any being containing the Dragon Bloodline can transform into a Dragon."
A large mass of heavenly dao merit descended from the sky. This time, the amount of Karma was a full thousand acres.
Beginning Qilin looked at the heavenly dao merit with immense envy. Roughly the same amount of time had passed, but the other party's gain was ten times his. Beginning Qilin's heart began to feel unbalanced.
"Hmph, what Great Dao of Dragon Transformation? What being would cultivate such messy things?"
In the Phoenix Clan's blessed land, at Yuanfeng's cultivation retreat.
At this moment, Yuanfeng was meticulously carving a clay sculpture. Although she was aware of the external commotion, it did not distract her.
On the white jade paved ground were the clay sculptures she had carefully carved.
Yuanchu, Yueju, Honghu, Golden Phoenix, Thunder Bird, Fire Phoenix, Snow Phoenix, Rainbow Phoenix... Yuanfeng and Beginning Qilin had similar ideas, both using their own original forms as templates to create beings. Each clay sculpture here represented a beautiful virtue or power within Yuanfeng.
Because she pursued perfection in everything she did, there were only two of each type of clay sculpture here, one male and one female.
Upon closer inspection, the soil used for each different type of Phoenix was distinct, but undoubtedly, these soils were all highly compatible with their respective Daos.
Although these soils were not originally Innate spiritual soil, when Yuanfeng added the essence of Innate Wutu, they became comparable to Innate spiritual soil.
Yuanfeng carefully checked each clay sculpture, and only after confirming there were no issues did she nod with satisfaction. However, just as she was about to bring them to life, her hand paused in mid-air.
Yuanfeng thought for a long time, then took out some blood from her body and fused it into these clay sculptures.
Ancestral Dragon's idea was indeed good. In this way, from the source of the Bloodline, these beings all possessed the Phoenix Bloodline, which perfectly aligned with her original intention when creating beings.
At this point, Yuanfeng felt that it was completely perfect, so she performed Mediation and Creation to shed their clay forms and become true beings.
"Heavenly Dao above, I, Yuanfeng, create beings such as Yuanchu, Yueju, Honghu, Golden Phoenix, Thunder Bird, Fire Phoenix, Snow Phoenix, and Rainbow Phoenix. Henceforth, they are all members of my Phoenix Clan."
As her words fell, eight hundred acres of heavenly dao merit descended from the sky. Yuanfeng contentedly collected it. Although it was not as much as Ancestral Dragon's, it was not far off. As for Ancestral Dragon's Great Dao of Dragon Transformation, she disdained to imitate it, and could not imitate it.
It was common for Dragon Clan descendants to reproduce with other clans, and over time, many beings came to possess Dragon Bloodline. That is why Ancestral Dragon's Great Dao of Dragon Transformation succeeded.
The Phoenix Clan was very self-respecting; they could not imitate the Great Dao of Dragon Transformation.
"It seems Ancestral Dragon's Great Dao of Dragon Transformation has some profound mysteries, to actually gain so much heavenly dao merit."
"Poor Beginning Qilin, who put in the most effort, returned the earliest, yet harvested the least."
Yuanfeng looked towards Kirin Cliff, her eyes curved, her mood very joyful... The great commotion of the three clans naturally alarmed the top powerful beings in Honghuang.
On Mount Sumeru, Rahu walked out of his blessed land and looked towards the three clans.
"The Luck of the three clans has all increased. Is it because the beings they created all belong to their respective clans?"
"Heh heh, it's good that it's increasing. That way, they'll be more qualified as resources."
Rahu's slightly hoarse laughter echoed on Mount Sumeru.
"It's time to create some Demon Race. I'll add fuel to your fire; grow strong quickly."
As he spoke, Rahu's figure disappeared... On Yujing Mountain, Hongjun sat cross-legged on a futon, his brows tightly furrowed.
Ever since the failed treasure hunt on Mount Zhou, he always felt as if he had lost something important. That treasure was definitely related to his future Dao.
Moreover, his communication with the Heavenly Dao had been quite difficult recently. Before, it was always responsive, but now it was indifferent.
These two things happening together had put him in an extremely bad mood recently, making him want to find someone to fight.
(Innate Deities: Beings born from the manifestation of heaven and earth Laws.
Innate beings:
The first type of Innate being is when both parents are Innate Deities, and at the child's birth, they bestow it with Innate spiritual essence, thereby making the offspring an Innate being.
The second type of Innate being is an ordinary Innate being nurtured by heaven and earth, but possessing only Innate spiritual light, and not inherently mastering powerful heaven and earth Laws.)
Hongjun took out a fragment of the jade disc of creation, one-third its original size.
If there was a Spirit Treasure that not only concerned his Dao path but also could change Heavenly Dao's attitude towards him, then it could only be other fragments of the jade disc of creation.
According to his guess, one fragment was in Rahu's hands, and the remaining one should be the Opportunity he sensed last time.
Now that the heavenly secrets had changed, there were only two possibilities: the first was that the fragment on Mount Zhou had been obtained by someone, and the second was that Rahu had done something.
However, Rahu Cultivated the Demonic Path and had already committed boundless slaughter. Heavenly Dao should not support Rahu's rise to power. The most likely scenario was that the new fragment of the jade disc of creation's holder had done something.
Actually, Hongjun's guess was not wrong. When Wang Chen established the Divine Dao in the Mountain Sea Realm, he once said something to primordial heavens dao.
"The Divine Dao and the Immortal Dao are different. The Divine Dao Cultivates the Law of heaven and earth and rises and falls with heaven and earth, but the Immortal Dao is not the same. The Immortal Dao moves with the heart, and perhaps one day they will simply leave."
At that time, primordial heavens dao did not respond to Wang Chen, and Wang Chen only said it casually. He didn't expect to influence Heavenly Dao's decision with just that one sentence.
However, thousands upon thousands of such small matters could also change the general trend.
To be honest, his ultimate goal in doing all this was to prevent Hongjun from merging with the Dao. This was not only for all living beings in heaven and earth but also for himself.
The Great Dao is fifty, Heavenly Dao is forty-nine, and one escapes.
This "one" is a glimmer of hope and also represents that there is always a way out. With this "one," Primordial will have infinite possibilities.
Once Hongjun successfully merges with the Dao, everything in Primordial will be predetermined and cannot be easily changed, unless your strength can contend with Hongjun after he merges with the Dao. What future would such a Primordial have?
They say that after merging with the Dao, Heavenly Dao reaches Perfection. Where is the Perfection? Did Heavenly Dao achieve the Great Dao after merging? Did Primordial develop in a better direction? Did Primordial become larger? Did the Cultivation environment become better?
None of that happened. Instead, it continuously declined, ultimately only benefiting Hongjun alone.
In Wang Chen's view, Hongjun sacrificed the future of the entire Primordial for his own Dao path. Didn't you see that after Hongjun merged with the Dao, even Saints were not free, let alone ordinary living beings?
Merging with the Dao would only sever the last glimmer of hope and variables for all things in the world.
Wang Chen knew that Hongjun's countless years of planning were not so easy to break, and Heavenly Dao's decisions were not so easy to change.
However, time was still ample, and he could still do many things. The most important task now was to improve his strength, and secondly, he had to further influence primordial heavens dao.
It is said that hearing is not as good as seeing. In the time that followed, Wang Chen would create several Small Worlds in the starry sky and guide the strongest beings within them to merge with the Dao. Wang Chen had to let primordial heavens dao witness what human nature was like.
To give primordial heavens dao a better experience, he would also establish a connection between primordial heavens dao and the Small World Heavenly Dao.
If, even after all this, primordial heavens dao still wanted to merge with living beings, then Wang Chen could only say that this Heavenly Dao was beyond saving... The more Hongjun thought about it, the less he felt like Cultivating. He had to investigate the situation. This variable was too great for him to accept. If he didn't resolve it, all his previous plans might become futile.
Next, he would visit a few friends, and then go to Mount Sumeru as a guest to see if all this was Rahu's secret scheme. Although he had previously guessed it wasn't him, he couldn't be careless.
Finally, he would go to Mount Zhou again, to the place where he fell, and look for any traces left nearby.
Thinking of this, Hongjun no longer hesitated. He took a step into the Void Realm and disappeared... In Ziwei Palace, Wang Chen's comprehension was also coming to an end. This comprehension was faster than expected, and he gained a lot. Now, Wang Chen could use the Great Dao of Space more freely.
With the comprehension complete, this hollow willow branch in his hand was no longer useful. He wasn't particularly at ease keeping it, after all, it was a part of a Hun Yuan Golden Immortal's true body.
Wang Chen pointed into the Void Realm, and the five elements spirit pearls guarding the heaven-reaching sacred tree in the Mountain Sea Realm instantly returned to his hands. Along with these five Innate Spirit Treasures, a section of the heaven-reaching sacred tree branch and a space pearl also returned.
The space pearl was a treasure refined from the space that originally guarded the Innate five elements spirit pearls. Wang Chen planned to use it as the Formation diagram for the Five Elements Life-Death Grand Array.
He had added a lot of his own touches to this space pearl. Once the five elements spirit pearls and this space pearl were deployed together, it would be far more than just a simple Five Elements Life-Death Grand Array.
In the center of the Mountain Sea Realm, as the Innate five elements spirit pearls and the space pearl left, the Five Elements Life-Death Grand Array gradually disappeared.
All of this happened silently. Apart from Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and True Man Kong Ming, a few Grand Unity Golden Immortals, the only beings who could discover the disappearance of the central Formation in the Mountain Sea Realm were those who had been constantly watching it.
They had thought that after the Formation disappeared, they would finally see what was inside. Unfortunately, when everything settled, what appeared before their eyes was another Formation. Layers upon layers of space made it impossible to see what was inside, but it was clear that the power of this Formation was not as great as the previous one, though it was still not something ordinary beings could break.
This Formation was the Innate Formation that originally guarded the heaven-reaching sacred tree.
In Ziwei Palace, Wang Chen conjured profound Dao seals, which merged into the hollow willow branch, the heaven-reaching sacred tree branch, and the star tree branch. The branches of three different innate spiritual roots slowly merged under Wang Chen's Divine Ability.
The three branches combined and gradually transformed into a small tree, somewhat resembling the star tree. The main body of this Fusion was primarily the star tree branch.
This time, Wang Chen wanted to try and see if he could refine a World Tree.
One dao patterns after another merged into this small tree. The dao patternss Wang Chen inscribed this time were different from before; each dao patterns represented his ultimate comprehension on that Great Dao, and each dao patterns represented a different Great Dao.
This small tree merged a total of forty-nine dao patternss. The hollow willow was indeed a Chaos Spiritual Root; even a branch was extraordinary.
Wang Chen took the small tree and left Ziwei Star, arriving at an open space where there were no stars nearby, allowing the small tree to Undergo Tribulation safely.
After he performed Mediation and Creation on the small tree, the Lightning Tribulation followed. Wang Chen had witnessed this scene many times and was now accustomed to the process.
Compared to the three hundred and sixty-five "stars" from before, the small tree's Undergoing Tribulation this time was quite acceptable, only dozens of times stronger than the blazing sun tree's.
This was Wang Chen's first attempt to fuse different Spiritual Root branches to create Acquired Spiritual Wood, and he started directly with a Chaos Spiritual Root branch, which could be said to be the ultimate difficulty.
Wang Chen was also unsure in his heart whether this creation would succeed.
One bolt of tribulation lightning after another struck down. After sensing the Lightning Tribulation, transparent bubbles formed on the small tree. After the tribulation lightning struck these bubbles, it surprisingly disappeared directly.
Wang Chen looked through the lightning and saw that those bubbles should be nascent worlds, but these worlds were very small, not even Minor Thousand Worlds. However, this also excited Wang Chen; his World Tree had a high probability of being successfully created.
His gaze was fixed on the small tree submerged by the tribulation lightning, watching it devour the lightning and grow stronger through those nascent worlds, and then make the worlds larger to continue devouring more lightning.
Moreover, Wang Chen could see that the true body of this small tree was extremely powerful. The Lightning Tribulation only caused a slight scorched mark on it, possibly not even breaking through the bark.
Now, Wang Chen no longer doubted whether the World Tree could Undergo Tribulation. He was now thinking about whether this World Tree could absorb Chaos Qi after it grew up.
Sure enough, the forty-nine bolts of Lightning Tribulation did not cause any damage to the World Tree; instead, they made it even more vibrant.
Above its canopy hung over a dozen nascent worlds, each filled with tribulation lightning. Its verdant and dripping appearance was as if it had been nourished by spring rain, not like it was Undergoing Tribulation, but rather like a person who had been hungry for a long time attending a sumptuous buffet feast.
"I'll call you World Tree for now. I wonder if these nascent worlds can grow into true worlds."
Wang Chen held the World Tree in his hand. Not a single one of the forty-nine dao patternss was destroyed by the Lightning Tribulation; they all became the World Tree's foundation.
He took out a piece of xuanhuang earth from the earth spirit pearl, planted the World Tree in it, and then took out some three lights divine water to water it.
"I hope you grow up quickly."
He put it away with the star chart. Wang Chen was preparing to go to the Primordial Great Land again. This time, he was looking for the twenty-four sea calming pearls.
Taking a step, Wang Chen returned to Ziwei Palace. With a thought, four spatial portals opened.
On the other side of the spatial portals, Canglan Incarnation, Divine Dao Incarnation, White Tiger, and Vermilion Bird respectfully saluted Wang Chen upon seeing him.
"Greetings, Great Emperor Ziwei."
Wang Chen nodded slightly, a gentle smile appearing on his face as he said,
"I am about to go to the Primordial Great Land for an undetermined period. These two worlds will be entrusted to your management."
"Additionally, I'm giving you another task: move some living beings into these Minor Thousand Worlds, let them Cultivate the Immortal Dao and develop rapidly within. During this time, you can secretly guide them, but you must not expose your whereabouts."
Wang Chen reached into the Void Realm ahead and, when he pulled his hand back, he was already holding nine Minor Thousand Worlds.
The four were stunned to see Wang Chen create nine Minor Thousand Worlds in the blink of an eye.
They were all Grand Unity Golden Immortals, so why was the gap so large? Vermilion Bird couldn't help but feel a little confused.
However, recalling the matter they had discussed during their gathering some time ago, she no longer dwelled on everything that was happening before her eyes.
After all, the power that erupted at the edge of the starry sky must have far exceeded that of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, and there was a ninety percent chance that the perpetrator of all that was the one before them.
"We respectfully obey the Great Emperor's decree. Great Emperor, I will certainly handle this matter beautifully for you."
As Vermilion Bird just recovered, she heard White Tiger making grand promises, and judging by his demeanor, Vermilion Bird had reason to suspect he had studied in the Imperial Dynasty of the Canglan Realm.
"Nine Minor Thousand Worlds! Will you alone be faster than all of us working together? The Great Emperor means for us to do this together."
Vermilion Bird couldn't help but retort.
"Alright, if you handle this matter well, I can grant you a wish when I return."
Wang Chen waved his hand, and the nine Minor Thousand Worlds fell into the hands of the four. Wang Chen gave three to Canglan Incarnation, and two to each of the other three, which was a fair distribution.
"Remember what I said: do not let them know that there are more powerful beings outside. Allow the beings in these worlds to interact with the Small World Heavenly Dao."
This time, Wang Chen's words were very serious. The others, seeing Great Emperor Ziwei's expression, also felt a chill in their hearts and quickly committed these matters to memory.
"Great Emperor, should we keep this matter from the one at Two Realms Mountain?"
Vermilion Bird suddenly thought of True Man Kong Ming. Over the years, they had gradually become familiar with each other, often bringing their Juniors to spar and socialize, and overall, they got along quite well.
"No need. We currently have no conflict of interest."
Leaving aside whether True Man Kong Ming could discern what Wang Chen intended to do, even if he did, would he go and tell Hongjun?
They were all enemies on the path to Dao, so there was no room for sentiment. Old Ancestor Yang Mei not helping was already good enough. After all, if he could hinder Hongjun for a bit, he might achieve Dao first.
Vermilion Bird nodded upon hearing this, indicating that she understood.
Seeing that they all understood his instructions, Wang Chen closed the spatial portals. The next moment, his figure disappeared from Ziwei Palace and headed towards the Primordial Great Land.
"Fellow Daoist Ziwei, please wait."
Just as Wang Chen was about to step into Primordial, a voice called out to him.
He followed the sound and found it was Old Ancestor Yang Mei.
Wang Chen frowned. It seemed Old Ancestor Yang Mei had specifically come to find him, but for what reason?
"May I ask, Senior Yang Mei, why you seek this Junior?"
"Haha, Fellow Daoist Ziwei, please don't be offended. This old Daoist indeed has some matters he wishes to ask Fellow Daoist Ziwei about."
Old Ancestor Yang Mei came before Wang Chen and spoke in a very amiable tone.
"This old Daoist heard that Fellow Daoist Ziwei knows the method for refining Acquired Spiritual Wood. Not long ago, this old Daoist sensed that the Luck belonging to Spiritual Root in heaven and earth suddenly increased by a significant margin. Thinking this might be Fellow Daoist Ziwei's doing, I rushed here, hoping to meet with Fellow Daoist Ziwei."
These matters were clearly learned from True Man Kong Ming. Old Ancestor Yang Mei also knew that his method of obtaining information was not exactly above board, so he simply took out a treasure.
"This is a Chaos sword embryo. How about this old Daoist trades this treasure with Fellow Daoist Ziwei?"
Wang Chen liked people like this. If they had a treasure, they truly gave it! His previously furrowed brow now relaxed.
"Since Senior Yang Mei proposes a trade, how could Ziwei refuse? I am naturally willing to trade with Senior."
"Fellow Daoist Ziwei is truly a wonderful person. This old Daoist admires him greatly."
With that, Old Ancestor Yang Mei placed the Chaos sword embryo into Wang Chen's hand.
Gently stroking the Chaos sword embryo, Wang Chen was very satisfied. What kind of Spirit Treasure could be forged from this item depended entirely on the skill of the craftsman; at the very least, it would be an Innate Spirit Treasure.
It was simply an unexpected delight. In Wang Chen's view, the value of this treasure was immeasurable.
He reined in his wandering thoughts, put away the Chaos sword embryo, and with a flick of his finger in the Void Realm, a spiritual light flew into Old Ancestor Yang Mei's hand.
"Since Senior Yang Mei is so straightforward, this Junior will naturally not be stingy. The method for refining Acquired Spiritual Wood is all within. Senior can peruse it at your leisure."
"A few days ago, I indeed created an Acquired Spiritual Wood, which I call the World Tree. I presume the changes Senior sensed were caused by it."
Wang Chen took out the World Tree from his sleeve. The original sapling had grown considerably. It quietly rooted in the xuanhuang earth, its entire body enveloped in colorful divine radiance. Heaven and earth Laws intertwined on each leaf, and countless nascent Small Worlds hung quietly from its vast canopy.
The moment the World Tree appeared, it attracted Old Ancestor Yang Mei's gaze. Wang Chen watched him carefully examine the World Tree, occasionally exclaiming in admiration.
"What a magnificent World Tree! Although it is Acquired, it already surpasses most innate spiritual roots."
"This Old Daoist truly never expected Fellow Daoist Ziwei to be able to create such a Spiritual Root."
Old Ancestor Yang Mei's face revealed expressions of astonishment and praise.
"Senior, you overpraise me. The ability to create this World Tree was thanks to the hollow willow branch you gifted me."
Old Ancestor Yang Mei's hand, stroking his beard, paused upon hearing this, but quickly returned to normal.
"Haha, no matter. This Old Daoist is also happy for it to gain new life in this way."
"Does Fellow Daoist Ziwei still have any innate spiritual root branches? This Old Daoist is willing to exchange for them."
Wang Chen shook his head upon hearing this.
"No, Senior doesn't need to look at the fusang tree and Osmanthus Tree either. They should still be recuperating right now."
"All of my innate spiritual roots are also recuperating, so it will be impossible to obtain any more branches in a short time."
Old Ancestor Yang Mei's mouth twitched upon hearing this. Wang Chen's words were naturally believable. From True Man Kong Ming's memories, it could be seen that the Ruo Mu was missing two branches, and the blazing sun tree in Vermilion Bird's hand was likely created from a branch of fusang tree.
It seems this Great Emperor Ziwei has indeed devastated quite a few innate spiritual roots. Old Ancestor Yang Mei completely gave up on the innate spiritual roots in the starry sky.
"Since the transaction is complete, this Old Daoist will not disturb Fellow Daoist Ziwei. I left in a hurry and still need to return to Cultivate for a few more days."
Old Ancestor Yang Mei came and went in a hurry.
Wang Chen now planned to visit the Four Seas. The twenty-four sea calming pearls were very likely to be found within the Four Seas, and the Three Immortal Islands also existed there. As long as he could find one of these, Wang Chen would not be at a loss.
This time, Wang Chen did not collect Primordial Great Land creatures, so he traveled very quickly.
The shores of the East Sea were quickly reached. The sea breeze, carrying the waves, crashed against the beach again and again.
Golden sunlight pierced through the clouds, scattering across the boundless sea, shimmering brightly.
Along the vast coastal area, many sea creatures were active on the shore. Wang Chen even saw a few Dragon Clan members among them.
One Taiyi Golden Immortal Dragon Clan member was gazing at the surging river at a river mouth.
The Dragon Clan might be preparing to enter the Primordial Great Land, and their primary target would definitely be the rivers.
Wang Chen merely glanced at them and paid no further attention. He wasn't very familiar with the Three Clans, and their future development depended entirely on themselves.
Riding on auspicious clouds, Wang Chen began searching for treasures in the East Sea. He would occasionally take out his ziwei fate plate to calculate. Although treasures like Innate Spirit Treasures couldn't be calculated, some rare spirit iron and divine ores were easily found.
The area he was currently in was mostly controlled by the Dragon Clan. Wang Chen saw many creatures Cultivating the Divine Way in this sea area, most of whom were Cultivating the Acquired Divine Way.
And indeed, in this East Sea, some fertile clans, after Cultivating the Divine Way, truly saw their strength increase significantly compared to before.
After drifting in the Dragon Clan's territory for a few more days, he found that ownerless treasures were truly scarce. It seemed the Dragon Clan had already plundered the area, and unless a treasure was hidden exceptionally deep, there was no reason for it to remain.
Thinking of this, Wang Chen suddenly realized that he hadn't thoroughly searched the starry sky. He wondered what good things a desolate starry sky could hold.
Wang Chen quickly scanned the areas controlled by the Dragon Clan, then flew towards the depths of the East Sea.
The further east he went, the more chaotic and unruly the ocean became. Wang Chen would occasionally encounter sea storms. The water veins here were clearly unmanaged and very disordered. No creature would choose to live in this area unless they were truly desperate.
In the slightly dim seawater lived massive beasts. They were not highly intelligent, but their bodies were exceptionally powerful. Some could even face a sea tornado directly and survive unharmed.
One must know that ordinary creatures entering such a sea tornado would instantly be torn to shreds.
Wang Chen searched this sea area for a long time, but even islands were rare here. The few scattered ones were bare and devoid of life.
Seeing that aimless searching was ineffective, Wang Chen once again took out his ziwei fate plate and activated Ziwei Doushu. This time, he only calculated which direction would bring him good Luck.
The Ziwei Star began to shine brightly with Wang Chen's deductions. A purple light, spanning endless time and space, fell into the ziwei fate plate. The purple light merged into the ziwei fate plate, rippling in circles. At a certain moment, all the purple light converged towards the east.
Ziwei Doushu had given the answer; he still needed to continue eastward.
This time, his goal was clear. The auspicious cloud beneath him suddenly accelerated, transforming into a streak of light that vanished into the sky.
Wang Chen sat on the auspicious cloud, closing his eyes to meditate. He had just performed another calculation: a great Opportunity, but also accompanied by danger.
Seven years passed in a flash. At this point, Wang Chen had ventured extremely deep into the East Sea. If it weren't for the calculated Opportunity being nearby, he might not have come here, as it looked too desolate at a glance.
The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was chaotic and disorderly, and the Laws were also somewhat disordered. However, knowing that the Opportunity was in this area made this the biggest anomaly.
With a wave of his hand, several Formation Flags flew out, disappearing into the Void Realm of this sea area.
Next, Wang Chen might cause some commotion. With this hidden Formation, he would at least not be easily discovered.
The sun moon spirit pearls in Wang Chen's hand slowly floated towards the sky. The two High Grade Innate Spirit Treasures radiated dazzling divine light. In an instant, half of this area became intensely hot, while the other half was plunged into winter.
With each rotation, the power emanating from the two Spirit Treasures increased by a fraction.
Finally, under the power of the two High Grade Innate Spirit Treasures, the space here emitted a shattering sound. Through the spatial rift, Wang Chen saw that on the other side was a place with exceptionally rich Innate Spiritual Qi.
Without hesitation, he put away the Sun Moon Pearls and stepped into it. He didn't know where in the seabed this place was, but what greeted his eyes was a clear sea eye that continuously spewed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
In the very center of the sea eye, twenty-four pearls floated up and down.
"twenty-four sea calming pearls."
The object before him was precisely the goal of his journey. Although he was overjoyed, he did not act rashly.
The calculation results showed that this trip would be accompanied by danger. He had already carefully investigated the surroundings and found no other people present, so the danger was likely to come from this sea eye.
And the twenty-four sea calming pearls in the middle of the sea eye were suppressing this sea eye. Wang Chen made some conjectures in his mind.
To verify his conjecture, his magic power surged, and he gently lifted the twenty-four sea calming pearls a tiny distance upwards.
Rumble~
A strong tremor came from underground. The originally gentle spring eye instantly became turbulent. Wang Chen quickly withdrew his magic power, and the twenty-four sea calming pearls fell back down. As expected, the sea eye instantly quieted down.
"Good heavens, I only lifted it a little, and this sea eye was already about to become turbulent."
Wang Chen looked around the spring eye. The recent turbulence had caused several small cracks to appear in this area.
Clearly, if he had directly taken the twenty-four sea calming pearls just now, this area would probably have been directly blown away by this sea eye.
Currently, the only method Wang Chen could think of was to reinforce this area with Formation runes.
It was just unknown whether this method would work, but he had to try it first.
The Water Spirit Immortal Gold that Old Ancestor Xuanwu had given him before finally came in handy this time.
Based on the momentary turbulence just now, if this sea eye didn't have the Sea-Calming Pearls, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi it spewed would also become extremely violent.
Then, the Formation to be set up couldn't just have reinforcement and suppression; a Formation or Spirit Treasure for regulating the sea eye would also be needed.
Wang Chen sat down and began to design the corresponding Formation. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he said,
"Why should I bother designing a Formation? Aren't there ready-made ones?"
Wang Chen's gaze fell upon the twenty-four sea calming pearls. He indeed couldn't take these Sea-Calming Pearls directly right now, but that didn't prevent him from refining these twenty-four sea calming pearls into his Innate Spirit Treasure. Then, he would comprehend the Great Dao Law within them, and finally, based on what he comprehended, design a Formation or Spirit Treasure. This method would definitely be much faster than his previous idea of designing from scratch and would avoid many detours.
He acted on the thought. Wang Chen flew close to the sea eye and began to refine the twenty-four sea calming pearls. Each of these twenty-four pearls, taken individually, was a Medium Grade Innate Spirit Treasure. Together, the twenty-four pearls constituted a supreme-grade innate spirit treasure.
A hundred years passed in a blink of an eye. Wang Chen had completely refined the twenty-four sea calming pearls and had also gained some comprehension of this Spirit Treasure. He now had a solution for this sea eye in his mind.
With a wave of his hand, numerous ordinary immortal metals were taken out. Wang Chen pointed in the Void Realm, and these immortal metals instantly turned into molten iron, filling the previously cracked fissures.
To ensure foolproof safety, Wang Chen carved eight divine patterns around the sea eye to further reinforce this land.
Then, he took out many Water Element immortal metal spirit ores, primarily using Water Spirit Immortal Gold, and melted them into a rod.
This rod was entirely water-blue, with a spiral pattern from bottom to top. Wang Chen incorporated thirty-one dao patternss into it, which was the limit for these Materials.
An Incarnation, solidifying from the Void Realm, emerged from Wang Chen's body. Upon its appearance, the Incarnation, without any superfluous words, directly picked up this Acquired Spirit Treasure embryo and vanished. After arriving at an open sea area, the Incarnation tossed the Sea-Crossing Rod into the sky, quietly awaiting its Undergoing Tribulation.
As the Acquired Spirit Treasure took shape, the Lightning Tribulation was summoned. This Lightning Tribulation was not very powerful. The Lightning Tribulation and the Sea-Crossing Rod fought to a draw. Ultimately, the Sea-Crossing Rod successfully underwent Tribulation, containing twenty-eight Restrictions, becoming a High Grade Acquired Spirit Treasure.
This Acquired Spirit Treasure was specialized for the Water Element. In places with water, its power would increase significantly, making it like a Dragon with water and a worm without it.
When the Incarnation returned, Wang Chen had already finished refining a set of Formation bases. The Incarnation looked at the eight oddly shaped stones in Wang Chen's hand, its mouth twitching, as if wanting to laugh, but in the end, it didn't laugh and simply vanished.
How could an Incarnation understand his painstaking efforts? These eight stones were merely superficial; inside, they were all made of Water Element immortal gold. He did this to hide these Formation bases, preventing creatures who mistakenly entered this place from finding them and disrupting the Formation's operation.
The Sea-Crossing Rod flew directly into the center of the sea eye, beginning to attempt to regulate the sea eye beneath the Sea-Calming Pearls.
The eight Formation bases in Wang Chen's hand were arranged in eight directions, and a profound Formation immediately formed. It automatically absorbed the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to operate itself.
After the Formation formed, the ground above seemed to be covered with a layer of water-blue, crystal-clear Dragon scales. Its purpose was to further reinforce this land on top of the previous divine patterns.
The very center of the Formation was the location of the sea eye, with strands of water-blue immortal light hanging down. The purpose of these immortal lights was to suppress and regulate the sea eye.
Wang Chen had taken double precautions this time, with both the Formation and the Sea-Crossing Rod working together. He believed that this sea eye would not cause any more trouble.
With a thought, the twenty-four sea calming pearls, which he had completely refined, slowly moved upwards.
The spring water spewed from the sea eye suddenly surged upwards, but the next moment, the Sea-Crossing Rod and the immortal light simultaneously descended, and the spring eye returned to calm.
A faint smile appeared on Wang Chen's lips. The next moment, the twenty-four sea calming pearls appeared in his hand.
With this, the Opportunity and danger here were resolved, and Wang Chen also left, leaving behind only the silently operating Formation and the Sea-Crossing Rod floating in the sea eye.
After emerging, Wang Chen immediately found a desolate island and opened up an Immortal Cave on it. He was somewhat eager to try something out.
The twenty-four sea calming pearls, the five elements spirit pearls, the sun moon spirit pearls, the hunyuan pearl, the heaven opening bead, and the earth splitting bead—he even took out the Water-Repelling Bead.
These pearl-like Innate Spirit Treasures floated in the air, emitting various different Dao rhythms. At a certain moment, these Dao rhythms miraculously resonated with each other.
Wang Chen knew that his conjecture was not wrong. Except for the Water-Repelling Bead, the other pearls might have been formed from fragments of the chaos bead.
As the resonance continued, the enormous amount of Chaos Qi originally stored within the hunyuan pearl was rapidly consumed. Wang Chen saw at a glance that this Chaos Qi was insufficient.
These pearls showed signs of Fusion, but they required the consumption of Chaos Qi.
Wang Chen immediately got up, put away these Innate Spirit Treasures, and then violently tore open space, heading towards the Inner Chaos.
Traveling at full speed, Wang Chen reached the Inner Chaos in mere moments. The place he was in before was already relatively close to the heaven and earth fetal membrane.
This time, Wang Chen, protected by two supreme-grade innate spirit treasures, headed in the direction away from the heaven and earth fetal membrane. He planned to go directly to the vicinity of the Chaos Fetal Membrane before letting these pearls begin to fuse.
Even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal was not absolutely safe in the Inner Chaos. At necessary moments, Wang Chen was prepared to use the fragment of the jade disc of creation.
The Primordial Chaos had no sky, no earth, no day, no night, no clarity, no turbidity; only boundless Chaos Qi and intertwined chaotic Laws.
This journey took a very long time. In Chaos, many means of travel could not be used, so it was normal for it to be slower.
Finally, after a thousand years, Wang Chen saw the Chaos Fetal Membrane. At this location, even if there was a great commotion, as long as it wasn't so great as to affect the Primordial Great Land, everything that happened here would not be discovered.
At this position, even the Heavenly Dao could not fully control it, not to mention Wang Chen would also act to hide everything.
A fragment of the jade disc of creation appeared in Wang Chen's hand, and incredibly profound Great Dao fluctuations spread out, completely obscuring this place. Now, even the Heavenly Dao would not know what would happen here.
Wang Chen gently pointed his hand forward, and the twenty-four sea calming pearls, the five elements spirit pearls, the sun moon spirit pearls, the hunyuan pearl, the heaven opening bead, and the earth splitting bead appeared in the Chaos ahead.