Chapter 18 Zichen Grotto-Heaven
The Daoistrunes leaped incessantly in the air, seemingly rejoicing at their birth.
Feng Zichen flicked his finger, and the Daoist runes in mid-air fell towards Ziwei Peak. Then, new Daoist runes appeared and automatically flew towards Ziwei Peak. As
the Daoist runes landed on Ziwei Peak, the peak, which had been slowly ceasing its ascension due to the depletion of its innate essence, underwent a transformation.
A surge of heaven and earth power descended upon Ziwei Peak, helping it ascend to a grotto-heaven, evolving into the mysteries of creation. As more Daoist runes were created by Feng Zichen and fell onto Ziwei Peak, this heaven and earth power grew stronger and stronger.
Under the influence of this power, more earth veins surged from the depths of the earth, endless innate energy spewed from the void, and stars in the starry sky shone brilliantly, all converging towards Ziwei Peak. Amidst
the rumbling Daoist sounds, myriad Daos appeared, intertwining on Ziwei Peak, imprinting their own Daoist marks upon it.
The spatial barrier glowed, transforming into a light curtain that enveloped Ziwei Peak. This is the boundary wall, the boundary of the grotto-heaven.
Its formation signifies that Ziwei Peak has become its own world. Although it relies on the primordial land, it is not on the primordial land, but exists in the boundless void.
Within the boundary wall, space is rapidly expanding, and Ziwei Peak is also growing taller and stronger. Outside, however, Ziwei Peak remains the same size as before.
Immersed in creating Dao runes, Feng Zichen was unaware of the passage of time. When he awoke from his Dao realm, twelve years had passed.
One hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred Dao runes shone brightly, radiating the aura of the Great Dao, perfectly conforming to the number of one, imprinted on Ziwei Peak.
Ziwei Peak had completely ascended to become a grotto-heaven, detached from the primordial land, standing in the primordial void, visible but untouchable.
Suddenly, beams of innate spiritual light flew out from Ziwei Peak, intertwining and merging in the air. Finally, they formed an innate, indestructible spiritual light, falling into the innate spiritual pool on Ziwei Peak, giving rise to twenty-three innate divine restrictions.
This is—an innate spiritual treasure!
Unexpectedly, the innate spiritual light within those innate divine beasts would merge with each other, giving rise to an innate, indestructible spiritual light. Just then, ten thousand rays of light descended from Ziwei Peak, naturally giving birth to a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure – a truly unexpected delight.
Sensing Feng Zichen's awakening, the thick Xuanhuang merit energy in the sky split in two, one half flying towards the Dao runes, the other towards him.
After a moment's thought, Feng Zichen waved his hand, and the Dao runes instantly condensed into a ball, carrying the Xuanhuang merit energy, and fell towards the innate spiritual pool on Ziwei Peak.
A soft golden light flashed, and the innate spiritual pool regenerated ten divine restrictions, transforming into a high-grade merit spiritual treasure with thirty-three innate divine restrictions.
Feng Zichen suppressed his heartache and waved his hand again, causing the half of the Xuanhuang merit energy that flew towards him to disperse with a roar, transforming into Xuanhuang energy and merging into the cave heaven.
The grotto-heaven expanded once more, the laws of heaven and earth evolved at an accelerated pace, and the space became more stable. Spiritual springs gushed forth from the ground, and various exotic flowers and herbs grew wildly. Above the grotto-heaven, projections of stars appeared, casting rays of starlight that accelerated its evolution.
At this moment, the human race stepped forward, excitedly exclaiming, "This is a grotto-heaven? Our human race actually has a grotto-heaven! This is a sign of our great prosperity!"
For a moment, many human experts shouted excitedly like children.
Feng Zichen smiled slightly, understanding their feelings. He didn't interrupt them but silently walked aside, closing his eyes to organize his gains.
To create the Dao script, Feng Zichen had been in a state of Dao integration, and various insights into the Great Dao automatically surfaced in his mind, allowing him to gain much and transform the thoughts in his mind into cultivation techniques and supernatural abilities.
Now, with the grotto-heaven evolving, he took this opportunity to organize his thoughts. Seeing this, the surrounding human experts consciously lowered their voices and moved aside to avoid disturbing Feng Zichen.
Several years passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day, a jade seal suddenly flew out from Ziwei Peak and landed in Feng Zichen's hand.
The jade seal was entirely purple, its upper half resting on Ziwei Peak, its lower half square, inscribed with the two characters "Zichen" in innate divine runes. It was a post-natal spiritual treasure with thirty post-natal divine restrictions.
This item was the treasure of the Zichen Cave Heaven; refining this seal would grant the user the title of master of the Zichen Cave Heaven, granting them control over everything within it.
The Zichen Cave Heaven was the cave heaven formed from Ziwei Peak. Because it was created by Feng Zichen himself, the Heavenly Dao, moved by his creation, bestowed upon it the name Zichen.
Standing up, Feng Zichen beckoned to the human experts in the distance, inviting them to come and enter the Zichen Cave Heaven together.
Gently stroking the jade seal, a portal of light appeared in the void. Feng Zichen stepped inside, and the others quickly followed.
Within the Zichen Cave Heaven, the innate energy was incredibly dense, almost liquefied; even a deep breath felt moist.
Moreover, the innate energy here differed from that outside; it was exceptionally peaceful, suitable for the absorption of acquired beings.
Realizing this, Feng Zichen was greatly excited.
He had been worried that the acquired humans, before reaching the Divine Sea Realm, couldn't actively absorb innate energy and could only rely on various spiritual objects. Finding these objects would be troublesome. Unexpectedly, opening the Zichen Cave Heaven perfectly solved this problem.
He could gather the acquired humans within the cave heaven and release them after they reached the Divine Sea Realm. The cave heaven was vast, spanning millions of miles, enough to accommodate as many as they wanted.
Continuing forward, the towering Ziwei Peak—no, it should now be called Ziwei Mountain—came into view.
The current Ziwei Mountain, approximately a million zhang high and spanning hundreds of thousands of miles, is no longer aptly described as a peak.
At its summit, various profound principles of the Great Dao intertwine, elucidating the secrets of the Dao, while wisps of primordial chaos energy descend, merging with the innate energy. Primordial
chaos energy is the original energy of heaven and earth. In the beginning of creation, the world was filled with primordial chaos energy, but it gradually disappeared as the Heavenly Dao perfected itself, transforming into blessed lands and grotto-heavens.
Currently, only top-tier grotto-heavens can generate primordial chaos energy. The fact that Zichen Grotto-Heaven, as a superior-grade grotto-heaven, can generate primordial chaos energy only proves the boundless wonders of the Xuanhuang merit energy.
With his mind set on the innate merit treasure on Ziwei Mountain, Feng Zichen didn't delay any longer and flew straight to the summit.
At the summit, wisps of primordial chaos energy permeated the air, causing various rare and precious materials to grow there. In the very center was a shimmering, iridescent spiritual pool—the very superior-grade merit treasure.
Sensing Feng Zichen's arrival, the Spirit Pool emanated a joyful aura.
This pool, perfectly aligned with the Primordial Dao Script, was essentially half-refined by Feng Zichen. Seeing him now, it naturally felt a strong connection and proactively released its divine restrictions, allowing him to refine it.
Feng Zichen released his divine sense, making contact with the Spirit Pool, and everything about it automatically surfaced in his mind.
(End of Chapter)