Qin Renhuang just became an immortal, and you told me this is the prehistoric time

An elder from Maoshan, who was in charge of the matter, stood not far from the library and spoke loudly to the disciples who had gathered there upon hearing the news.

"Disciples, Grandmaster Ying possesses a large-scale star formation, which requires various star-attribute materials to perfect it. If any of you have star-attribute magic weapons, magical treasures, or related refining materials in your possession or in your sect's inheritance, please take them out."

My grandmaster has decreed that I am willing to exchange supernatural powers, secret techniques, or other suitable magical artifacts and treasures for this exchange, ensuring that none of you will suffer a loss!

Upon hearing this, the disciples were first taken aback, and then began to discuss among themselves.

An old Taoist priest with white hair and beard hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth, took out a jade bottle from his robes, and carefully poured out a small amount of silver powder that shimmered with faint starlight. His face was full of pain, but he still handed it over.

"Elder, this is a small amount of 'star powder' that I obtained by chance in my early years. Although the quantity is extremely small, it is indeed the essence of fallen stars. I wonder if... it could be exchanged for a superior divine ability inheritance suitable for my grandson to cultivate?"

He pointed to a young disciple beside him.

The elder took the star powder, scanned it with his divine sense, confirmed it was correct, and smiled.

“Good! My grandmaster has said that he will never deceive either the young or the old.”

This is a complete inheritance and cultivation guide for the 'Golden Light Mantra,' enough to benefit your grandson immensely!

As he spoke, he handed over a jade slip.

The old Taoist took the jade slip, probed it slightly with his divine sense, and his face instantly lit up with joy. The slight pain he felt at the loss had long since vanished, and he thanked him repeatedly.

"Thank you, Elder! Thank you, Grandmaster Ying!"

In his view, exchanging this little bit of useless star powder for a powerful life-saving thunder talisman and a precious divine ability inheritance is an incredibly worthwhile deal!
Seeing this, another middle-aged disciple quickly took out a nail-shaped magic weapon from his storage bag. It was completely black but dotted with silver light, as if the night sky had been condensed within it, and respectfully offered it up.

“Elder, this disciple has a ‘Starfall Nail’ bestowed upon me by my master many years ago. It is made primarily from stardust from outer space and contains a trace of exorcising star power. However, the spiritual energy required to activate it is enormous, and my cultivation is too low to use it. I wish to offer it to my grandmaster uncle, only asking... only asking to exchange it for a thunder talisman for my junior brother to protect himself!”

"Can!"

The elder readily agreed and took out another thunder talisman to exchange for it.

With someone taking the lead and reaping rewards far exceeding expectations, the other disciples were also tempted. Soon, a dozen or so magical artifacts and materials of varying quality, all imbued with stellar attributes, were gathered before the elder. Although the value of each individual item might not be top-tier, the variety and quantity were considerable, exactly what Ying Shaoyang needed.

……

Inside the library, Ying Shaoyang paid no attention to the noise outside, immersing himself completely in the core classic texts of Maoshan.

Compared to the vast and all-encompassing library of the Shangqing Palace, Maoshan's martial arts techniques are indeed inferior in terms of quantity and level, focusing more on the areas of spirit, talismans, and ghost control.

However, when Ying Shaoyang flipped through the fundamental cultivation technique that only the head of the Maoshan sect could practice, his eyes suddenly shone with an astonishing light!

This cultivation method directly addresses the essence of the soul and has a mysterious connection with the rules of the underworld. Its purpose and operating mechanism are completely different from the pure yang orthodox path of Shangqing Palace, but it takes a different approach and is well-versed in the heavenly way of "yin prevailing over yang" in this world.

Ying Shaoyang only read it once, but with his superior understanding and comprehension of the essence of the Great Dao, he naturally began to integrate the essence of this technique into his own all-encompassing fundamental technique!

Originally, his fundamental cultivation method, based on the Shangqing cultivation method, was slightly biased towards masculine and vigorous strength. Now, after incorporating the yin and mystery, and the ability to communicate with the netherworld, of the Maoshan fundamental method, yin and yang began to converge, producing a wonderful sublimation and balance!
This allowed his fundamental skills to instantly surpass the pure Shangqing skills by at least one level in terms of both level and potential!
"Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful!"

Ying Shaoyang was overjoyed.

"If I were to return and thoroughly digest and integrate the fundamental principles of the Shangqing Palace, taking the best of both and discarding the worst, my fundamental principles would surely reach a higher level, and perhaps even... glimpse a glimpse of the opportunity for creation!"

He was full of anticipation for what he would gain from the trip.

……

While Ying Shaoyang was diligently absorbing knowledge in the Maoshan Library, hundreds of miles away, a once-prosperous Buddhist temple was engulfed in flames. Its halls collapsed, and its Buddha statues were charred black, turning it into a wasteland.

A young monk, his face filled with resentment and indignation, complained to an old monk wearing a tattered robe.

"Abbot! Why should we retreat? Why not fight against Maoshan? They are far too domineering!"

The old monk, the abbot, had a face full of bitterness and lingering fear. He looked in the direction of Maoshan and said in a hoarse voice.

"Compete? What can we compete with? Do you know who is backing Maoshan now? It's Ying Shaoyang, who killed the thousand-year-old green dragon with his bare hands! He's someone even the headmaster of Shangqing Palace has to personally greet and treat as an equal! We can't afford to offend him, so we can only... give in."

It turns out that ever since Ying Shaoyang arrived at Maoshan, the Maoshan Sect has made no attempt to conceal its intention to promote this "own patriarch" and has urgently summoned its elite disciples scattered elsewhere back to the mountain.

In just a few days, the Maoshan disciples, having received strong reinforcements and support, were greatly encouraged and began to expand outwards with all their might, squeezing out the living space of surrounding small sects and even some Buddhist temples and wild shrines.

This Buddhist temple was forcibly driven out by Maoshan disciples under the pretext of "exorcising demons" because it refused to easily give up its territory, and the temple was burned to the ground.

The old monk gazed at the ruins, filled with regret.

"It was my foolishness that I failed to understand sooner the purpose of Maoshan's high-profile promotion of its founder. They wanted to use this opportunity to establish their authority and clean up the surrounding area! If I had seen through this a few days earlier and left with my disciples, we wouldn't have ended up like this..."

Faced with overwhelming power and momentum, these small fry had no choice but to retreat.

……

More than ten days later, Ying Shaoyang finally emerged from the Maoshan Library. He wore a satisfied expression, and his aura seemed even more refined and restrained, unfathomable.

Master Qingyuan personally saw him off and handed Ying Shaoyang a storage bag filled with hundreds of star-attribute magic artifacts, magic treasures, and various refining materials.

These were all collected through enthusiastic exchanges by Maoshan disciples and contributions from the sect's treasury.

Ying Shaoyang accepted the storage bag without hesitation, nodded slightly to Qingyuan Zhenren and the Maoshan people who came to see him off, and then his figure flashed and disappeared in front of the Maoshan gate as if he had merged into the void.

……

The next moment, in the depths of the imperial palace in the Qin Dynasty world.

Compared to when they left, the spiritual energy within the Qin Imperial Palace was now so dense that it was almost impossible to disperse. It flowed slowly between the palaces and pavilions like water, and every breath carried a rich spiritual energy.

Ying Shaoyang's figure appeared quietly.

With a thought, the hundreds of imperial concubines and palace maids who had already completed their hundred-day foundation building and had been nurturing their foundations within the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation were instantly moved out of the formation and appeared on the palace square.

The moment these women appeared, their bodies instinctively began to frantically absorb the rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth around them! In an instant, hundreds of spiritual energy vortexes of varying sizes formed around them, like hundreds of bottomless pits, greedily devouring the gathered essence of heaven and earth! They were at a critical moment in their breakthrough to the first level of life!

Seeing this, Ying Shaoyang lightly tapped his finger, and beams of spiritual light flew from his fingertip, precisely entering the center of each woman's brow. These were information on several cultivation techniques suitable for women, chosen from the Shangqing Palace's library, characterized by their balanced and harmonious nature.

At the same time, with another flick of his sleeve, he instantly sent thousands of elite Imperial Guards and Eastern Depot guards, who had been preparing for a long time, into the world of Liaozhai to carry out some preliminary arrangements and reconnaissance tasks.

Immediately afterwards, Ying Shaoyang raised his hand and summoned the core array plate of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Grand Array.

The array grew taller as it faced the wind, quickly merging with the barrier of heaven and earth composed of countless illusory stars that enveloped the entire Qin world!
Om-!
As if some kind of hub had been connected, through the transformation of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation, even more magnificent and pure cosmic energy was drawn in. After being filtered and transformed by the illusory stars, it turned into a gentle and vibrant energy rain, which fell on the entire Great Qin world, especially the imperial palace area, causing the spiritual energy concentration here to soar once again!

Ying Shaoyang sensed the aura of the hundreds of fox spirits from Qingqiu, all of whom possessed at least the Nascent Soul realm, within the stone gate space inside his body. They, too, longed to come out and absorb this abundant energy.

However, at present, the imperial concubines are in a critical period of breakthrough and have a great need for spiritual energy. These fox spirits cannot be released for the time being to avoid competing for resources.

Looking back on his journey through the world of Liaozhai, although there were many twists and turns, and he glimpsed the strangeness and dangers hidden deep within this world, the gains were also immense. The massive resources obtained through the trade for divine positions, two unfinished treasures with boundless potential, the profound heritage of Maoshan and Shangqing Palace, a deeper understanding of the world's structure, and these hundreds of high-quality "maids"... a satisfied smile couldn't help but appear on Ying Shaoyang's face.

This trip was definitely worthwhile!
With a slight thought, the hundreds of imperial concubines and palace maids who had just completed their breakthrough and officially entered the first level of life were moved out of the range of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Array and appeared in the inner garden of the imperial palace.

These women were all radiant with glowing skin, clear and bright eyes, and exuding a vibrant life force and subtle energy fluctuations. Compared to before, they had undergone a complete transformation, with a refreshed demeanor and temperament.

They felt the power surging within them and a clearer sensory world, their faces beaming with irrepressible joy and excitement.

"His Majesty!"

"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty!"

"It feels...it feels so wonderful!"

Like a hundred birds flocking to a phoenix, they joyfully gathered around Ying Shaoyang, their beautiful eyes filled with dependence and gratitude. If not for Ying Shaoyang, they would have been nothing more than fleeting passersby in the mortal world, how could they possess such extraordinary power and a longer lifespan?
Looking at the group of women who had been transformed, Ying Shaoyang smiled slightly and gently comforted them, telling them to first adapt to their newfound power and stabilize their realm.

Once they had calmed down a bit, Ying Shaoyang began to organize the vast haul he had brought back from the world of Liaozhai.

He needs to effectively integrate these resources and give back to the Qin world.

Recalling my experiences in the world of Liaozhai, I remember that there was a celestial realm that suppressed everything, and various gods and spirits. Although on the surface, the gods and spirits forbade their true forms from descending to the mortal world, the underworld gods were very active.

With the spiritual energy of heaven and earth completely cut off by the celestial realm, the environment was harsh, and Ying Shaoyang always felt restricted there, not daring to make any big moves for fear of attracting the attention of unpredictable beings. He even only brought a few famous female protagonists with him when he was "collecting" them, and was always on guard against being visited by some deity.

Moreover, although the "spiritual" matter of that world is special and can eliminate the dryness in the cultivation of the primordial spirit, it cannot replace the most fundamental spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and its effect on nourishing the origin of the world is limited.

Composing himself, Ying Shaoyang raised his hand, and a stream of light flew out from his sleeve—the mysterious ancient scroll. The scroll unfurled in the wind, emitting a soft yet profound light, and slowly flew into the core area of ​​the palace. Then, like a drop of water merging into the ocean, it created a wondrous resonance and fusion with the entire palace complex.

The next moment, a strange sight occurred.

Thousands of strange flowering trees, each with a unique shape and full of vitality, suddenly appeared throughout the palace, whether in the imperial garden, between palaces, or at the edge of the square! Some of these trees bloomed with seven-colored light, some were shrouded in a hazy mist, and some had branches and leaves as if carved from jade... Instantly, the originally solemn and majestic palace was transformed into a fairyland on earth.

At the same time, the entire palace space seemed to be stretched and expanded by an invisible force, becoming more open and profound.

This is a preliminary manifestation of the fusion between the painted space and the real world.

Ying Shaoyang then casually implanted a magical artifact with spatial attributes, obtained from the Shangqing Palace, into the foundation of the palace. Instantly, the palace buildings appeared as if they were doubled, and the interior space was substantially expanded. The side hall, which could originally only accommodate dozens of people, could now be filled with hundreds of people without feeling crowded at all.

The already abundant spiritual energy within the palace was drawn to these spiritual flowers and trees, spontaneously flowing and converging towards them.

The vast amount of incense and prayer power collected by Ying Shaoyang and initially refined through the He Shi Bi jade also transformed into invisible nourishment, nourishing these flowering trees.

A rich and refreshing floral fragrance filled the air, invigorating the senses. Then, one by one, delicate, adorable, or ethereal flower fairies emerged joyfully from the blossoming trees, frolicking and dancing among the palaces, adding endless vitality and enchantment to this imperial city.

Ying Shaoyang's gaze swept across the entire Qin Dynasty world, and his thoughts stirred once more. The He Shi Bi jade, suspended above his head, flickered slightly, emitting an invisible fluctuation. The next moment, the thousands of spiritual flower trees that had just taken root in the palace, along with the flower demons on them, vanished instantly and then reappeared evenly throughout the Qin Dynasty world in valleys and forests where human presence was rare but the earth's spiritual energy was relatively active.

As soon as these flowering trees touched the ground, they became like small spirit-gathering arrays and energy converters, spontaneously attracting and absorbing the abundant energy of heaven and earth in the Great Qin world. They combined the absorbed incense and prayer power with the energy of heaven and earth, slowly transforming it into "spiritual energy of heaven and earth" that is easier for living beings to absorb and utilize!
Thus, within these valleys, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth visibly began to increase, forming a faint spiritual mist. (End of Chapter)