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

These creatures depend on the environment of the Void Heaven Palace for survival, and can be considered "natives" of the palace.

Ying Xuan frowned slightly.

He planned to merge the Void Heaven Palace with the Great Qin Imperial Palace. The Imperial Palace was a vital place for the human race, and he did not intend to cultivate demons there for the time being. Moreover, these beings were too deeply bound to the Void Heaven Palace, and rashly bringing them into the Great Qin might bring unknown variables.

"drive!"

With another thought, the power of the Void Heaven Palace gently yet irresistibly enveloped the creatures within. In a flash of light, they were all moved out of the Void Heaven Palace and randomly scattered across different seas thousands of miles away. Whether they lived or died was up to fate.

After all this was done, the tremors of the Void Palace reached their peak! It was like a giant that had been starving for too long, frantically devouring the energy beams falling from the sky. The beams grew thicker and brighter, almost connecting the sky and the sea!
At the most violent moment of this energy infusion—

"Boom!!!"

A resounding, incredibly heavy sound, as if from the ancient primordial era, echoed from the deepest part of the Void Heaven Palace!

Immediately afterwards, a hazy, ancient light, carrying a desolate and wild aura, suddenly broke through the layers of restrictions and spatial barriers within the hall, shooting out from a certain point on the roof and soaring straight into the sky!
It was a cauldron! A cauldron about four feet tall, with three legs and two handles, its entire body a dark blue-green color, its surface engraved with countless reliefs of birds, beasts, insects, fish, mountains, rivers, sun, and moon! At the mouth of the cauldron, a cluster of eerie blue flames rose, seemingly capable of freezing the soul!
"The Void Heaven Cauldron!"

Ying Xuan's eyes flashed with a sharp light, for this was one of his main objectives for this trip—the Heavenly Treasure, the Void Heaven Cauldron!

"come over!"

Ying Xuan let out a low shout, his right hand outstretched, reaching out to grab the ancient cauldron that was attempting to break through the air and fly away! Having already established a connection with the Void Heaven Palace, Ying Xuan was essentially indirectly influencing the ancient cauldron that had been born within the palace. At the same time, his powerful divine sense, like a net covering the sky, instantly enveloped it, forcibly suppressing the restless spiritual light emanating from the cauldron's body.

"Buzzing..."

The Void Cauldron struggled violently, its blue flames surging as it attempted to burn through the divine sense binding it. But how powerful was Ying Xuan's primordial spirit? Moreover, he had the home-field advantage. The stalemate lasted only two or three breaths before the Void Cauldron let out a mournful cry, its spiritual light receding, and obediently flew towards Ying Xuan, landing in his palm and rapidly shrinking to the size of a palm.

It felt cold and heavy to the touch. The vast aura emanating from the cauldron and the terrifying cold power contained in the cluster of dark blue flames all demonstrated the extraordinary nature of this cauldron.

Ying Xuan immediately sent a wisp of his divine sense into the cauldron. The cauldron contained its own vast space, mostly empty except for one area shrouded by a restriction, where several blue streams of light, like living creatures, moved about, emitting an incredibly alluring and strange medicinal fragrance and surging spiritual energy.

"The Heaven-Mending Pill!"

Ying Xuan immediately recognized it. According to the records of this realm, the most famous product of the Void Heaven Cauldron is the "Heaven-Mending Pill," which can repair defects in spiritual roots, improve the quality of spiritual roots, and is considered a heaven-defying treasure for cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage!
This elixir was of little use to Ying Xuan himself.

He had long since transcended the realm of gods and his own path was completely different from the spiritual root system.

However, just as his divine sense touched those few blue streams of light and sensed the strange Daoist charm contained within them that "replenishes the innate and elevates the foundation,"

Deep within his brow, the powerful primordial spirit that had begun its transformation into pure Yang trembled slightly, uncontrollably! A faint yet incredibly clear emotion of "desire" emanated from the depths of his primordial spirit!
Ying Xuan was taken aback at first, then an amazing thought flashed through his mind like lightning, instantly bringing an uncontrollable look of surprise to his face!

"The Heaven-Mending Pill... mends the deficiency of the 'spiritual root,' and the spiritual root... in this world is a fragment of the laws of heaven and earth!"

Ying Xuan's heart skipped a beat.

"The reason my primordial spirit craves it... could it be that the 'repair and sublimation' power contained in this Heaven-Mending Pill is not merely a manifestation of 'spiritual roots,' but directly targets... the 'fragments of laws' themselves? Perhaps it even has some kind of miraculous effect on the fusion, completion, and optimization of 'laws' that I have not yet understood?"

If that's really the case... then the value of this Heaven-Mending Pill to him will far exceed that of an ordinary Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure! It may be crucial to his future integration of the laws of different worlds, perfecting his own Great Dao, and even helping cultivators in the Great Qin World optimize those "controllable spiritual roots"!

With the Void Heaven Cauldron in hand, the strange Daoist aura of the Heaven-Mending Pill stirred a longing in Ying Xuan's primordial spirit, and the turbulent thoughts in his heart could no longer be calmed.

His envy of this world's "spiritual root" system has a long history.

Cultivators in this world may possess a fragment of the laws of heaven and earth within them from birth. Though faint, it is an innate "seed of the Dao." During their cultivation, they do not need to painstakingly sense, capture, and comprehend the ethereal laws of heaven and earth only upon reaching advanced levels, as is the case in the Great Qin world or other orthodox cultivation systems he knows.

From the Qi Refining stage onwards, they have been constantly nourishing and strengthening this fragment of law within their bodies! Until they reach a higher realm where they need to utilize the power of the law.

They had already cultivated the corresponding "seeds" of law to an incomparably powerful level, making them adept at using them with boundless power. This alone meant their combat strength at the same level often far surpassed that of cultivators who needed to temporarily draw upon the power of heaven and earth.

Ying Xuan had previously studied all the cultivation techniques collected by the Tianxing Sect and delved into the physical mysteries of disciples with different spiritual root attributes. He had even secretly captured several cultivators who had broken into the great formation and harbored ill intentions, attempting to extract their spiritual roots for observation.

But the result was disappointing—once the spiritual root leaves the body, it loses the nourishment of life force and the anchoring of the soul, and will quickly disintegrate, turning back into the finest powder of laws and returning to the world. Even with his cultivation at the primordial spirit level, it is difficult to capture or preserve, let alone study.

After repeated attempts failed, he had temporarily given up on the idea of ​​"generating" spiritual roots within himself or the cultivators of the Great Qin, believing that this might be a unique rule of this world.

However, the Heaven-Mending Pill in the Void Heaven Cauldron opened a new window for him!
"The Heaven-Mending Pill... enhances the purity of the spiritual root, which essentially increases the 'quantity' and 'quality' of the corresponding law fragments contained within the spiritual root."

Ying Xuan stared at the several streaks of blue light moving inside the cauldron, his eyes growing brighter and brighter.

"If there is no corresponding fragment of law in the body, is it possible that by taking this pill, with its strange medicinal power of 'replenishing the innate and sublimating the foundation,' it could directly stimulate the body and 'generate' the corresponding spiritual root out of thin air?"

This idea sounds rather far-fetched. According to records in this realm, the main function of the Heaven-Mending Pill is to repair the defects of existing spiritual roots and improve their quality. It's unheard of for it to allow mortals without spiritual roots to develop them; that would be practically defying the very creation of heaven and earth.

However, Yingxuan's considerations are different.

He was no ordinary person, but a primordial spirit earth immortal! His body had long been tempered by spiritual energy, stellar power, and the laws of thunder, and his life level far surpassed that of the Nascent Soul and Divine Transformation realms of this world.

More importantly, his understanding and mastery of the laws are unmatched by cultivators in this world.

"Perhaps, using this pill as a guide, and with the strange Daoist charm of the 'Generation/Completion Law' it contains as the core, combined with my primordial spirit power, I can forcefully guide and shape it..." Ying Xuan thought about it more and more and felt it was possible.

"Even if I can't directly generate a perfect spiritual root, just imprinting the corresponding law's 'mark' or 'seed' within my body will save me a lot of time in comprehending and becoming familiar with that law on my own! Allowing my body to become familiar with and adapt to the existence and operation of the law in advance will undoubtedly be of great benefit to stepping into a higher level of life in the future!"

This is a shortcut tailor-made for him! It's an opportunity he can't afford to miss!

Suppressing his excitement, Ying Xuan first carefully dealt with the cluster of faintly burning "Azure Ice Flame" at the mouth of the Void Cauldron. This fire was extraordinary; it was formed by the fusion and mutation of two seemingly opposing energies, extreme cold and fire, under special conditions. It had already involved a change at the level of laws, possessing immense power and considerable research value.

He used his own power of thunderous laws to carefully peel away and seal it, preparing to take it back to the Qin world for slow study.

Then, carrying the Void Heaven Cauldron, he took a step forward, his figure already appearing on the main island at the very core of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Grand Array. He communicated with the array in his mind, and one hundred and eight condensed starlight beams descended from the sky, enveloping the Void Heaven Cauldron and performing an initial sealing and isolation of its aura.

Immediately afterwards, Ying Xuan looked up at the magnificent white jade palace floating above the sea—the Void Heaven Palace.

With a thought, the Void Heaven Palace, imprinted with his primordial spirit, emitted a deep hum and began to slowly shrink in size. At the same time, it flew towards the core of the great formation, eventually transforming into a stream of light and disappearing into the depths of the main island, where it began to slowly merge with the island's earth veins and stellar power.

Ying Xuan planned to first allow the grand formation to initially assimilate and support this palace, and then, after returning to the Great Qin, to completely integrate it into the imperial palace.

After doing all this, a resolute glint flashed in Ying Xuan's eyes.

He formed hand seals, and his immense magical power surged into the control core of the main island beneath his feet!
"boom--!!!"

The Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Celestial Star Array suddenly expanded outward to its limit once again! The starry sky illusion, like a tangible tidal wave, submerged an even wider area of ​​the sea at an astonishing speed! The 108 illusory stars became more solid and enormous than ever before, and the pressure they emitted caused the heavens and earth to change color!
The range of the array instantly increased from several thousand miles to nearly ten thousand miles!

Within this area completely enveloped by the great formation, an invisible yet immense divine soul fluctuation swept across every corner like ripples on water! Immediately afterwards, those cultivators who had been attracted by the strange activity of the Void Heaven Palace, whether they were lurking and spying from afar or nearby, or even attempting to break through the edge of the great formation, were horrified to discover that the starry sky around them seemed to have come alive!
The enormous phantom stars were no longer just background; they seemed to possess life and will, and with terrifying power to crush everything, they crashed fiercely into their location!

"Do not--!"

"What kind of formation is this?!"

"Senior, spare our lives! We meant no harm!"

"Run! Ah—!"

The cries of alarm, pleas for mercy, and screams abruptly ceased. Faced with an overwhelming disparity in power and the advantage of the array's home field, these cultivators, whose highest level was no more than the late Nascent Soul stage, were extinguished instantly, like candle flames in a storm.

Their physical bodies, nascent souls, and divine souls disintegrated directly under the impact of the power of stars and the laws of thunder, transforming into the purest spiritual energy of heaven and earth. This energy was absorbed and transformed by the wildly operating array, replenishing the enormous consumption of expanding and unleashing thunderous techniques.

As the formation expanded to a range of tens of thousands of miles, an even more terrifying scene unfolded—the seawater covered by the formation began to disappear at a visible speed! It wasn't evaporating, but rather being forcibly extracted and refined by the formation!
Pulled by the enormous pressure difference, the seawater from the outside began to surge wildly into the "hollow" area covered by the array, forming a spectacular seawater backflow phenomenon with surging waves and a sound that could be heard for miles around!

Ying Xuan had anticipated this.

His Heavenly Dipper and Earthly Fiends Grand Formation, begun in the Yang God World, has continuously incorporated various rare materials along the way. The total area of ​​its 108 "islands" far exceeds the symbolic "water areas" between them. Inside the formation space.

The excessive proportion of "land" leads to an imbalance of the five elements, with the power of the water element being relatively weak.

Being in this boundless Chaotic Star Sea is the perfect opportunity to replenish water elemental power and balance the five elements of the formation! This seawater, along with the abundant water elemental energy it contains, and even the life essence of countless sea monsters and beasts, are excellent "nourishment"!
"Refine!"

Ying Xuan stood on the main island, his hands repeatedly forming refining incantations. However, this time, the object of his refining was the surging, seemingly endless seawater!

The salt and impurities contained in the seawater were forcibly stripped and separated by the power of the formation, turning into crystal precipitates, while the pure water elemental power was extracted and sprinkled like sweet rain into the relatively "dry" waters inside the formation.

"Crash..."

What were originally just scattered streams and lakes began to make a surging sound, the water level rose at a visible speed, water vapor filled the air, and the spiritual energy in the entire array space became more moist and dynamic, and the flow of the five elements also tended to be round and balanced.

Those low-level sea beasts, demons, and even some unfortunate cultivators who were swept into the array's range along with the seawater were also not spared under the violent energy of the array's operation and the refining power deliberately guided by Ying Xuan. They were all transformed into pure spiritual energy and life essence, which were integrated into the array and became nutrients for the array's growth.

"It's clean enough."

Ying Xuan scanned the sea below with his divine sense. Floating there were thousands of various magical artifacts and treasures, as well as many storage bags, all left behind by the cultivators who had been crushed by the formation. Among them, the highest grade was only a few ancient treasures nurtured by late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

With a casual wave of his hand, he collected all the unclaimed items. Although he didn't think much of them, these magical artifacts, which required specific incantations to activate and possessed considerable power, could fill the gap in the equipment of the Qin soldiers, especially for those soldiers who had recently broken through and had not yet forged their own natal magical artifacts.

His gaze drifted towards the distant inland, as if he could pierce through space to see the Tianxing Mountains of Yue Kingdom, and a meaningful smile appeared on his lips.

"Celestial Star Sect... When I leave this realm, I will take you all with me."

Ying Xuan had already made up his mind.

"It not only adds a group of battle-hardened cultivators to the Qin Dynasty, but more importantly..."

He thought of the cultivators of the Tianxing Sect, whose "spiritual roots" were closely connected to the world of this realm.

When these cultivators perished in the Great Qin World, the fragments of laws within them would not return to the consciousness of heaven and earth as quickly as they would in this world. Instead, they would dissipate and merge into the laws of heaven and earth of the Great Qin World! (End of Chapter)