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

This tortoise shell is the remains of an ancient alligator dragon, possessing extremely high essence. Although the Great Qin Imperial Palace has been strengthened by him multiple times, its foundation is ultimately inferior. Forcibly fusing with it is like a small snake swallowing an elephant—no easy feat. However, the very existence of the tortoise shell has already begun to influence the surrounding天地能量 (heaven and earth energy), imbuing its flow with an ancient and profound meaning. If it can remain here for a long time, subtly and gradually, the Great Qin Imperial Palace will eventually become a true sacred place for cultivation.

But what Ying Shaoyang wanted was a complete and perfect fusion!

"Since the quality is insufficient, let's make up for it with quantity! Let's strengthen the palace itself first!"

With a thought, the stone gate opened, as if a portal to another world had been opened! A massive amount of refining materials, shimmering with various colors of light, poured down like a waterfall, falling into every corner of the palace!
Most of these materials were obtained by him from refining those barren planets in the starry sky of the Yangshen World. Although they were not top-grade, the quantity was extremely terrifying, enough to build dozens of mountains!

As soon as these foreign materials entered the palace, the vast incense and prayer power accumulated by hundreds of millions of Qin people over the years, which had been dormant in every brick, tile and inch of land of the palace, seemed to be instantly activated!

boom!
The invisible power of will, like a warm tide, washes over every piece of material. The subtle impurities and exotic scents contained within the materials, under the impact of this pure and boundless power of will from all living beings, melt and vanish instantly, like ice and snow under the sun!
The volume of all materials visibly shrank and condensed, but their essence became purer and more resilient.

In an instant, the entire Qin Imperial Palace gave off a completely different feeling! What was originally solemn and majestic now had an added sense of "indestructible" and "impervious to all laws"!

At the same time, the Qin Dynasty's destiny, which had gathered within the He Shi Bi jade, also separated into tiny specks of light, like golden grains of sand, which merged into these purified materials, giving them a distinct mark of the Qin world.

This magnificent national fortune exerted a powerful suppression on the sealed tortoise shell below, forcing the ancient and desolate aura it emitted to be greatly reduced and diminished.

Immediately afterwards, Ying Shaoyang waved again.

A patch of soil shimmering with multicolored light and brimming with spiritual energy—the very five-colored soil that cultivates Dragon Tooth Rice—flew out from the stone gate and spread evenly across the vast rear garden of the imperial palace.

As soon as the five-colored soil landed, the pure spiritual energy of heaven and earth accumulated within it over thousands of years naturally flowed out, permeating every corner of the imperial palace.

In the center of the back garden, the lake formed by the shimmering, misty Jade Spring water quietly appeared, blending seamlessly with the aura of the Five-Colored Soil.

Subsequently, the shrunken, bronze-colored Leichi Palace was steadily placed on the shore of Yuquan Lake.

The giant tree in the center of the palace, undergoing its transformation, seemed to sense the arrival of these "companions." The pure spiritual energy of heaven and earth that it transformed began to consciously impact and cleanse the five-colored soil, the jade spring water, and the red copper palace.

Nourished and assimilated day and night by the primordial spiritual energy of the Great Qin world, these top-tier treasures from the Yangshen world began to slowly and steadily absorb the unique aura of the Great Qin world, achieving a true fusion.

With preparations complete, Ying Shaoyang took a deep breath, and his figure rapidly expanded as if inflated, transforming into a god thousands of meters tall, like a giant who created the heavens, standing beside the palace amidst the shocked gazes of the crowd!
He made hand seals, invoking the laws of heaven and earth!
In an instant, the sky over a radius of thousands of miles centered on the palace suddenly darkened! Thick, dark clouds rolled and gathered like ink, with lightning flashing and thunder lurking within them, emanating a terrifying aura of destruction!

"Thunder, heed my command! Help me refine true gold!"

Ying Shaoyang's voice was as loud as a bell, resounding throughout the heavens and earth! With the help of the He Shi Bi jade, he directly drew upon the primal power of the Qin world to empower himself, causing the power of his "Five Thunder Technique" to instantly increase a hundredfold!
Boom! Boom! Boom...!
Tens of thousands of bolts of lightning, of varying thickness, rained down upon the bronze palace below and the entire Qin Imperial Palace, like soldiers receiving a king's command.

Under the baptism of thunder, the bronze palace burst forth with dazzling light, and the palace itself even became somewhat transparent. Inside the thunder pool, the accumulated thunder water boiled and churned violently, emitting an increasingly pure and terrifying thunderous vitality!

The massive amount of energy from heaven and earth that the giant tree had previously devoured was once again stirred and gathered, but this time, there were no dazzling colors, only a powerful force that made the dark clouds even more gloomy and heavy.

Such terrifying power of heaven and earth sent shivers down the spines of all the people in the Qin capital, who anxiously gazed towards the imperial palace. Some loyal and brave men instinctively wanted to rush to the palace to protect the emperor, while many more knelt down in devout prayer, offering their blessings to their ruler.

The rich incense offerings and prayers converged to form an invisible force, which also impacted the palace and the Thunder Pool, which were undergoing the tempering of lightning.

Tens of thousands of bolts of lightning struck continuously, consuming an enormous amount of energy. Centered on the imperial palace, the area where the energy of heaven and earth was being frantically drained rapidly expanded from thousands of miles to tens of thousands of miles, and the speed of this expansion was accelerating!

The accumulated energy of heaven and earth around Qin was almost completely consumed in this thunderous refining! Even the chaotic energy above the barrier of heaven and earth that had not yet been fully transformed surged into the world like a flood that had been released, and was frantically transformed by the immortal artifacts that Ying Shaoyang had set up in various places to replenish this huge consumption.

After an unknown amount of time, when the last bolt of lightning reluctantly dissipated into the air, the dark clouds receded like the tide, revealing a clear and bright world once more.

The thunder subsided, and silence descended upon the world.

The crimson bronze palace stood firmly on the shore of Jade Spring Lake, its radiance subdued. The lightning water in the Thunder Pool flowed slowly, emanating a terrifyingly powerful force of life and destruction. Below, tiny arcs of electricity occasionally leaped and burst forth from the five-colored soil.

Every hall, corridor, and even the cracks in the floor tiles of the entire Qin Imperial Palace seemed to have been baptized and connected by thunder, with a faint, flowing spiritual light like thunder and water.

All the newly fused materials, whether it be a massive amount of ordinary ore, or five-colored soil, jade spring water, or even tortoise shells deep in the foundation, were perfectly integrated with the palace itself during this unprecedented thunderous refining process, becoming indistinguishable from one another!
A brand new imperial palace, forged through countless trials and tribulations, incorporating numerous rare treasures, and possessing unfathomable depths, has been officially born!

The Thousand-Mile Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Array, which had been suspended above the Qin Imperial Palace, slowly descended.

With a slight thought, Ying Shaoyang sent millions of spiritual roots and herbs flying up from the 108 islands of the grand formation, as if drawn by an invisible hand, and landing precisely in the reserved gardens, corners of palaces, and even between the roof tiles within the palace.

These spiritual roots and herbs include some of his former subordinates who originally belonged to the Qin Imperial Palace and were taken away and nurtured by him, as well as rare varieties that had grown for thousands of years and were scavenged from the independent world of the Dragon's Tomb.

As soon as these spiritual roots and herbs landed, the giant tree in the center of the palace, which had already completed its initial transformation, seemed to sense the presence of its kind. The pure spiritual energy it generated seemed to possess sentience, actively converging towards these new "residents," nourishing their roots and helping them adapt to their new environment. At the same time, Ying Shaoyang checked his inventory.

He casually tossed some relatively ordinary magical treasures, such as command flags and three-legged cauldrons, into the mountains throughout the Qin Dynasty.

Although these magical treasures did not catch his eye, they were more than enough to assist the mountains in converting the energy of heaven and earth, and could further improve the efficiency of spiritual energy generation in the Great Qin World.

Finally, he took out the enormous dragon egg he had obtained from the Dragon Graveyard, which had long since lost its vitality but still contained the immense essence of the dragon race.

He directly poured it into the core vein of the palace.

The moment the dragon egg merged with the dragon, it was like a drop of cold water falling into boiling oil! The entire Qin Imperial Palace trembled violently. A pure, ancient, and majestic dragon aura, like a giant dragon awakening after slumbering for millennia, surged up from the depths of the earth, rapidly merging with the palace's original imperial dragon aura and the power of incense offerings! A faint dragon-shaped halo was reflected on the palace's glazed tiles, and the carved dragons on the pillars seemed to come alive. The majesty and grandeur of the entire palace rose to a new level!
The Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation not only brought back spiritual roots and herbs, but also transplanted those peculiar plants from the Dragon Ancient Tomb that had grown for many years but had not yet reached the level of spiritual roots.

These exotic plants need to undergo multiple baptisms and careful transformations within the Qin Imperial Palace, involving thunder and water, dragon energy, incense offerings, and local spiritual energy, before they can be transplanted to the outside world to avoid potential ecological conflicts.

More common plants, on the other hand, are much easier to transform.

The lightning water in the Thunder Pool flowed slowly, radiating electric light that contained both vitality and destruction. Like the most meticulous craftsman, it washed and refined each newly transplanted spiritual root and herb, accelerating their integration with the laws of the Great Qin world.

After the numerous treasures were initially integrated, the brand-new Qin Imperial Palace resembled a colossal entity that had been fully activated, violently absorbing the energy of heaven and earth within a radius of tens of thousands of miles! Under Ying Shaoyang's guidance, this massive torrent of energy mainly rushed towards the giant tortoise shell that was suppressed deep within the palace's foundation!

Boom boom boom...!
Like crashing waves, endlessly.

Under the seemingly endless flow of energy, the ancient and dim light on the surface of the tortoise shell gradually dissipated, and even began to appear with fine, almost imperceptible cracks, giving it a sense of being on the verge of collapse.

After an unknown amount of time, a barely audible "crack" was heard, and a small fragment of tortoise shell, about the size of a fingernail, was finally forcibly refined and instantly integrated into the foundation of the palace!

Although it was only a tiny, insignificant piece, the integration of this small fragment of the ancient alligator dragon's remains caused the aura of the entire Qin Imperial Palace to surge upwards! It was as if it had broken through some critical point!

After that, the integration entered a virtuous cycle. The five-colored soil, the jade spring water, the Thunder Pool Palace, the origin of the dragon egg, and the millions of spiritual roots and herbs successively resonated and merged with the main body of the palace at a deeper level.

The Qin Imperial Palace continuously absorbed massive amounts of energy from heaven and earth, and continuously supplied it to the tortoise shell below, carrying out the refining process of water dripping on stone.

Seeing that things were getting back on track within the palace, Ying Shaoyang turned his attention to something much higher and farther away.

With a thought, he summoned the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation, which transformed into a stream of light and soared into the endless void beyond the world barrier, where it steadily stopped at the outermost edge of the barrier between heaven and earth.

The great formation slowly rotated, beginning to fulfill another important function—guiding and transforming! It guided the violent, semi-transformed chaotic energy in the void, like untangling a tangled mess, towards the 108 main stars inside the formation.

These stars, having absorbed massive amounts of stellar materials and origins, are no longer what they once were.

They are like miniature black holes, greedily devouring this semi-converted energy and refining it into incomparably pure stellar power.

Ying Shaoyang could clearly sense that within each star, there seemed to be some kind of enormous aura gathering, as if a mysterious "star god" or "array spirit" was being nurtured!
Most of the semi-converted energy absorbed by the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation was absorbed by the 108 stars themselves for growth and development.

Only a small portion was transformed into soft starlight, which was sprinkled down on the Qin world below like a light veil.

However, even this small portion of the scattered starlight was far more pure and abundant than ever before! This brilliant starlight, containing the essence of the stars, seemed to be guided, and most of it merged into the Great Qin Imperial Palace and was cleverly directed towards the millions of spiritual roots and herbs.

Nourished by these top-tier "nutrients," all spiritual roots and herbs visibly grew ever more lush and vibrant, their efficiency in absorbing and releasing spiritual energy greatly increased.

In the imperial palace's rear garden, the five-colored soil, nourished by the thunder water emanating from the Thunder Pool, had its life force, which had been dormant due to a lack of thunder irrigation, completely revitalized and became vibrant.

The lake formed by the Jade Spring water emitted a misty spiritual fog, which then turned into a light drizzle of spiritual rain. This not only dispelled the slightly violent and hot atmosphere in the palace caused by the fusion of too many materials in a short period of time, but also spread the vibrant life force outwards from the palace.

Those cultivators waiting outside the palace were the first to sense this incredibly refreshing and vibrant aura. Their faces lit up with joy, and they immediately sat down cross-legged to begin their cultivation, experiencing effects far exceeding their usual levels. The Qin officials and commoners who arrived later also felt refreshed and invigorated upon inhaling this aura, their fatigue vanishing and relaxed smiles appearing on their faces, their tension and worry completely dispelled.

Ying Shaoyang took a step forward and entered the palace.

He strolled through the area, his divine sense sweeping across the halls. He saw that the palaces were incredibly sturdy, gleaming with a metallic sheen, yet brimming with vitality and adorned with spiritual plants, resembling a fairyland. Empress Lü Zhi, Yao Yue, Qu Ruo, Jing Rou, Zhao Shan, and more than a dozen other imperial concubines, along with a large number of palace maids and eunuchs, had already returned and were orderly cleaning and tidying up the various places.

He strolled to the back garden and sat in the hilltop pavilion overlooking the entire garden. Immediately, palace maids served him fragrant tea, while several imperial concubines personally brought him washed spiritual fruits.

Picking up his teacup and taking a small sip, Ying Shaoyang felt a sense of lightness throughout his body. His mind, which had been tense since entering the Yangshen World, completely relaxed. Even his primordial spirit, which had already begun to nurture a trace of pure Yang energy, became more agile and lively. (End of Chapter)