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

He looked around at everyone, his tone carrying an unquestionable decisiveness.

"Instead of having me expend energy nurturing each of these magical artifacts, it would be better for those of you with the ability to nourish them with your own vital energy and spirit. This will not only enhance the spirituality of the artifacts but also deepen your connection with them, thereby increasing your strength. I hope you will take good care of yourselves and not waste these opportunities."

"Your Majesty, we obey your decree! We thank Your Majesty for your great favor!"

All the qualified high-ranking members of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the heads of the Eastern Depot, and the palace maids and officials who had broken through to the next level were extremely excited and knelt down to express their gratitude.

This is a potential treasure that could become a magical artifact! His Majesty's action is tantamount to bestowing upon them an immense fortune!

After arranging all this, Ying Shaoyang's figure blurred slightly, and the next moment, he disappeared from the palace gate and silently appeared at the top of the towering tree that had merged with the origin of the painting and had now become the core of spiritual energy transformation for the palace and even the entire Great Qin world.

He stood with his hands behind his back in the treetop, looking down at the magnificent palace below and the faint outline of mountains and rivers in the distance.

His primordial spirit and spiritual power, having been repeatedly refined by that unique "spiritual" power in the previous Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio world, had long since been freed from all impurities and superficiality, becoming incomparably pure, harmonious, and transparent, reaching a state of consummate skill.

it's time.

Ying Shaoyang slowly closed his eyes, completely releasing the suppression he had placed on his body.

boom!
It was as if an invisible gate had been opened, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth that had been flowing evenly and nourishing the palace and even the entire Guanzhong region instantly changed direction!
Centered around that giant tree, a huge, visible vortex of spiritual energy was formed. A massive amount of extremely pure spiritual energy from heaven and earth, like rivers flowing into the sea or subjects paying homage to their king, surged wildly toward Ying Shaoyang at the top of the tree!

His body seemed to have turned into a bottomless pit, and countless cells in his body trembled with hunger, greedily devouring and absorbing the surging torrent of spiritual energy with unprecedented efficiency and speed!
Ying Shaoyang focused his mind on his body, contemplating two completely different paths to break through to the Earth Immortal realm.

One approach, the mainstream path in many parts of the world today, focuses on cultivating the primordial spirit, refining the divine soul to its ultimate level, drawing upon the laws of heaven and earth, and breaking through the barrier of the Earth Immortal realm in spiritual form. Then, it involves spending a long time and rare resources to reshape or condense the immortal body. This method is relatively fast, but the resulting immortal body often lacks harmony with the primordial spirit, has flaws, and is initially weak in combat.

The other path is ancient, arduous, yet infinitely promising. It involves dispersing one's primordial spirit power into every cell of the body, drawing upon spiritual energy to simultaneously temper both the physical body and soul, causing a leap in the entire level of life, transforming the body directly from a mortal to a perfect immortal body!
Once successful, this path will provide an incredibly solid foundation and formidable combat power, making one virtually invincible among those of the same level. However, the process is extremely perilous, requiring exceptionally high levels of resources, aptitude, and comprehension, making it nearly impossible to achieve.

In the previous world of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, those unique "spiritual" substances not only honed his primordial spirit, but their aura also permeated every corner of his body invisibly, as if imprinting some kind of mysterious mark on every cell.

However, the spiritual energy of that world was extremely thin, and the latent abilities of these cells were like a dormant volcano that could not be activated.

At this moment, back in the Great Qin world, where the energy of heaven and earth was abundant and efficiently transformed into spiritual energy by the giant tree and many other means, this dormant volcano was completely ignited!

After the palace merged with the painting space, its internal space increased dramatically. The vast amount of incense and spiritual energy brought by the thousands of flower fairies, which was originally being used to refine the materials for those low-level magical artifacts, also stopped at this moment.

Together with the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation and the dozens of immortal artifacts scattered throughout the Qin Dynasty, they seemed to have received a silent command, operating at full power to convert the partially transformed energy of heaven and earth into the purest spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and then, like a pilgrimage, they flowed continuously toward the location of Ying Shaoyang!

The Guanzhong region, with its numerous officials, nobles, and imperial guards who cultivate, is a major consumer of natural energy. Normally, the Qin Imperial Palace acts as a massive source of spiritual energy, constantly radiating gentle energy to nourish its surroundings.

But today, the situation has completely reversed!

Centered on the palace, a terrifying suction force was generated! It wasn't just the spiritual energy transformed by the giant tree; even the free-floating energy of heaven and earth in the air, and even the internal energy and true qi within the bodies of some officials and nobles cultivating near the palace, all felt as if they were about to be drawn away!

"What's going on? My internal energy!"

"Something's wrong! There's something unusual happening in the direction of the palace!"

"Retreat! Get away from the palace!"

Some officials and nobles who were meditating in or near their residences were horrified to find that their internal energy was unstable, as if it were being drawn away by an invisible force. Terrified, they immediately stopped their cultivation and retreated in a sorry state. Only after they had retreated dozens of miles away did the feeling of their internal energy gradually disappear. They looked towards the direction of the palace with lingering fear and their faces were full of horror.

In the sky, the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Formation, which had been slowly merging with the stars and continuously scattering semi-converted energy as starlight across the Qin Dynasty, has now changed.

At the core of the formation, the star rules runes obtained from the world of Liaozhai shone brightly, and the speed of the rotation of the stars in the sky suddenly increased. The falling starlight was no longer gentle energy, but was transformed into pure spiritual energy of heaven and earth, like beams of silver-white light, which fell precisely on Ying Shaoyang at the top of the palace tree!

Far beyond the barrier of heaven and earth, the Demon Refining Tower trembled violently and grew wildly, its tip seemingly piercing the sky. It fiercely absorbed the chaotic energy from the outside world, and after initial transformation, it became a thick torrent of energy that crossed space and poured into the spiritual energy vortex of the imperial palace.

The dozens of immortal artifacts scattered throughout the world temporarily ceased their process of infusing energy into the Great Qin World and transforming its environment. The artifacts hummed, emitting a powerful suction force that gathered the pure spiritual energy of heaven and earth around them. Then, like loyal subjects offering tribute to their king, they remotely transported this spiritual energy to Ying Shaoyang!
At this moment, the entire Qin world seemed to be using the power of heaven and earth to support Ying Shaoyang!
His body was like a bottomless pit, with massive amounts of spiritual energy from heaven and earth pouring in and being frantically devoured by every thirsty cell. Under the cleansing of spiritual energy, the cells underwent an invisible but essential transformation, becoming more resilient and full of vitality, as if tiny galaxies were being created and destroyed within them.

When the body is nearly saturated and can no longer hold any more spiritual energy—

hum!
With a resounding boom that seemed to come from the depths of his soul, Ying Shaoyang's primordial spirit leaped out from the top of his head on its own!
It was a light and shadow that was exactly the same as his original form, but more solid, more dazzling, and exuding a vast and majestic aura!

The moment the primordial spirit emerges, the world changes color!

The massive amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth that had gathered earlier, and that was still flowing in continuously, seemed to have found its ultimate core. Instead of flowing into the physical body, it frantically converged, compressed, and fused towards the primordial spirit that was suspended in mid-air, like thousands of birds returning to their nests!
The primordial spirit began to expand rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Ten zhang, one hundred zhang, three hundred zhang, five hundred zhang...

Finally, under the gaze of countless horrified eyes, Ying Shaoyang's primordial spirit transformed into a towering spiritual giant, over a thousand meters tall, standing majestically above the imperial palace! The giant was surrounded by shimmering light, with Dao patterns appearing and disappearing, radiating a terrifying pressure that made one's soul tremble. It seemed that with a mere gesture, it could pluck stars from the sky and overturn the world! Throughout Xianyang City, no, throughout the entire Guanzhong region, all living beings, regardless of their cultivation level, could clearly see this enormous primordial spirit, which resembled a deity descending to earth, and felt its boundless power, involuntarily giving rise to the urge to prostrate themselves in worship.

Ying Shaoyang's primordial spirit giant slowly changed several profound hand seals, seemingly adapting to the surging power and regulating the flowing spiritual energy within its body. After a moment, the enormous primordial spirit began to slowly shrink, its light receding, and finally, like a whale inhaling water, it disappeared back into Ying Shaoyang's body.

At the top of the tree, Ying Shaoyang slowly opened his eyes.

In the depths of his eyes, a fleeting vision of the birth and death of stars, of the beginning of the universe, seemed to flash by.

He carefully sensed the immense and highly refined primordial spirit power within his body, and a satisfied expression appeared on his face.

Although he absorbed too much spiritual energy from heaven and earth at once, he needed to spend time refining it and fully integrating it into himself. However, in the world of Liaozhai, he was limited by the scarce spiritual energy and always felt a sense of hunger and oppression.

With the full support of the Qin Dynasty world, he filled his primordial spirit to the limit that his current realm could bear, and in doing so, he completely dispelled the depression he felt from being suppressed by the environment in the Liaozhai world. His thoughts were clear and his mind was at ease.

He raised his hand and waved gently.

In the sky, the rapidly operating Heavenly Fiends and Earthly Fiends Formation returned to its peaceful rhythm, and starlight once again transformed into gentle energy. The immortal artifacts scattered throughout the land ceased their remote transmission of spiritual energy, continuing their process of environmental transformation. The Demon Refining Tower also stopped its frenzied absorption, slowly returning to its original state.

After ceasing its active absorption, the vast amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth that had gathered but not been fully consumed lost its target and began to slowly disperse, re-integrating into the Qin Imperial Palace and its surrounding environment. The palace once again began to emanate a rich and peaceful spiritual energy.

However, those cultivators who had been frightened away earlier still looked at the now "normal" imperial palace from afar, their faces still showing lingering fear. For the foreseeable future, they dared not approach the palace to cultivate again. The colossal primordial spirit shadow that had stood tall and imprinted itself on their souls, along with the terrifying suction force that had devoured everything, was now deeply etched into their very being.

Not long after the enormous primordial spirit above the palace dissipated, streaks of light of various colors, exuding a bewitching aura, flew out in all directions from the palace like blooming fireworks in the sky of the Great Qin World.

These are the fox spirits from Qingqiu who came from the world of Liaozhai.

Following Ying Shaoyang's orders, they each sought out suitable places to cultivate. During their flight, they paid close attention to the terrain and the flow of spiritual energy on the ground. Surprisingly, they all chose to land in valleys and forests where Ying Shaoyang had already transplanted spiritual flowers, trees, roots, and herbs.

Because of the presence of flowering trees and medicinal herbs, these places have begun to spontaneously gather and transform the energy of heaven and earth, forming small "blessed lands" with relatively rich spiritual energy.

A fox spirit dressed in a pink dress landed in a valley filled with colorful, glowing trees. She took a deep breath of the fragrant spiritual energy, then gently touched the ancient vines that entwined around her with her slender fingers.

The vines seemed to come alive, automatically intertwining and coiling in the air like serpents, and before long, they formed an exquisite and unique green treehouse on the mountainside, blending seamlessly with the surrounding environment.

She gracefully flew into the treehouse, sat cross-legged, her lips slightly parted, and began to absorb the spiritual energy gathered in the valley. The pure spiritual energy entering her body made her so comfortable that she slightly narrowed her eyes, a look of intoxication on her face, and murmured to herself.

"The spiritual energy in this realm is pure and full of vitality, far surpassing that of the ancient land of Qingqiu! Cultivating here is equivalent to several years of arduous training in Liaozhai! It is truly a top-tier cultivation holy land!"

As she absorbed the energy, the originally abundant spiritual energy in the valley quickly became thinner.

But soon, the surrounding天地能量 (heaven and earth energy) was attracted by the "blessed land" effect of the valley and began to replenish itself continuously. It was absorbed and transformed by the branches and leaves of those spiritual flowers and trees, and once again emitted a fresh spiritual energy.

However, the fox woman absorbed spiritual energy very quickly. The newly transformed spiritual energy was often absorbed by her as soon as it was released, causing the energy of heaven and earth in the valley to be constantly "forced out" and making it difficult to maintain a high concentration for a long time.

Not all fox spirits like to live in treehouses. Two fox girls named Jiao Na and Song Niang chose a secluded woodland near a stream, where several spirit trees that exude a cool moonlight grew.

They smiled at each other and simultaneously cast illusion spells. As their spiritual energy surged, a human dwelling with white walls, black tiles, and a small courtyard appeared out of thin air. There were even stone tables and benches in the courtyard, making it look quite elegant.

They prefer this familiar living environment.

Lianxiang, the simple-minded little fox demon, did not fly far; she landed on a small hill closest to the palace.

She didn't build any fancy dwelling; she simply found a dry cave, cleaned it up a bit, and that was her home.

After absorbing all the spiritual energy in the cave, she lay down at the entrance, resting her chin on her hands, her large eyes fixed on the majestic palace in the distance, filled with anticipation.

She always remembered her identity—she was her master's maid! She had to stay here, waiting for her master's summons at any time.

On the other side, a graceful fox clan elder named Su Mei stood in a rather large valley, feeling the exceptionally vibrant spiritual energy here due to the abundance of spiritual herbs, a hint of nostalgia flashing in her eyes.

She gently raised her jade hand, and a beam of azure light flew out from her sleeve. It grew as soon as it caught the wind, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a beautiful mountain peak that was a hundred feet high and its entire body looked like it was carved from a piece of azure jade. It crashed down at the bottom of the valley and connected with the earth's veins.

This "Azure Jade Peak" is clearly an extraordinary magical treasure! As soon as it landed, it generated a tremendous suction force. Not only the spiritual energy in the valley, but also the energy of heaven and earth within a radius of hundreds of miles around it, all converged madly towards this mountain peak as if summoned by an emperor!

The mountain peak, like a bottomless pit, devoured massive amounts of energy. Its jade-like color visibly intensified, becoming increasingly lustrous and translucent, as if it had come alive. At the summit, two ancient and profound seal characters—"Qingqiu"—slowly emerged, radiating an aura of vastness and majesty. (End of Chapter)