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

This torrent, like a celestial river turned upside down, carrying the refreshing fragrance of plants, surged towards the mountaintop of the core island, completely engulfing Ying Xuan's figure!
Ying Xuan's expression turned solemn, and the hand seals in his hands changed again.

His body seemed to transform into a bottomless "black hole" capable of devouring everything, frantically absorbing this pure and boundless torrent of spiritual energy from the plants!

The spiritual energy entered his body, but instead of spreading directly to his limbs and bones, it first surged into his dantian, the sea of ​​bitterness. Within the sea of ​​bitterness, the newly formed spring of life seemed to be injected with powerful energy, its rotation accelerating, rapidly transforming this external spiritual energy into more refined energy that was more in line with Ying Xuan's own life essence.

Immediately, this transformed pure energy did not remain in the Sea of ​​Bitterness, but instead "reversed" the normal flow of the Life Spring in a mysterious way. Instead, it seeped into the barrier of the Sea of ​​Bitterness and, along some invisible network, was transported to the depths of every cell in his body!

"Crackling...buzzing..."

Ying Xuan's bones emitted subtle popping sounds, and his flesh and fascia trembled slightly, producing a low hum.

His cells, which had been somewhat "dry" due to the enormous consumption of energy, were now like a long-parched desert receiving a downpour, greedily and frantically devouring this pure energy nourishment!

The cells quickly became full, plump, and highly active! A faint, uplifting glow of life emanated from Ying Xuan's body, and his aura began to rise and solidify at a visible speed!
However, the cells seem to have had their "appetite" fully opened and are still demanding more energy.

Ying Xuan had anticipated this.

With a thought, the void opposite him rippled slightly, and a figure exactly like his original self, but surrounded by pale golden pure yang energy and with a more majestic and ethereal face, slowly condensed and emerged. It was his Earth Immortal-level primordial spirit!
The primordial spirit also sat cross-legged, facing Ying Xuan's true form. In an instant, the "black hole" that devoured spiritual energy multiplied from one to two! The true form and the primordial spirit, like the two poles of yin and yang, simultaneously began to frantically absorb the vast spiritual energy of the plants and trees that were gathering!
Ying Xuan's mind was clear.

"My foundation is ultimately the orthodox primordial spirit path. Body refinement can strengthen the body, protect the path, and make up for shortcomings, but the opportunity for transcendence still lies in the pure yang of the primordial spirit and comprehending the ultimate principles of heaven and earth."

Previously, when refining the "Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Grand Formation" and entering the Sea of ​​Bitterness, his primordial spirit also invested a large amount of pure spiritual power and pure yang energy as a catalyst and support, which consumed a considerable amount of energy. Now, to recover, both naturally need to be synchronized.

As the main body and primordial spirit absorbed the power at the same time, the immense spiritual energy of the plants accumulated by tens of millions of spiritual plants that were over a thousand years old flowed into Ying Xuan's body at an even more astonishing speed, like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea.

His aura, too, steadily and firmly recovered and climbed towards its peak state amidst this gushing and absorbing sensation!
The Immortal Mountain is guarded by two ancient supreme beings, whose strength is difficult to accurately assess.

Ying Xuan wasn't confident that the "Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Grand Formation" alone could trap an ancient supreme being who had reached the pinnacle of imperial power and returned to the peak of the imperial path. This formation was, in fact, the strongest weapon he could currently employ in this realm. While the Thunder Dao Technique possessed formidable offensive power, it required timing and coordination. In a dangerous place like the Undying Mountain, once he entered close combat, the outcome would be unpredictable.

Therefore, before stepping into the Undying Mountain, he had to ensure that his body and spirit were in their peak condition! Any weakness or deficiency could be magnified infinitely in such a life-or-death battle and become a fatal flaw!

In the sea of ​​suffering, the waves surged ever more violently, no longer the initial chaos and disorder, but carrying a rhythm that broke through the fog and pointed to a clear direction.

A dazzling, divine bridge, seemingly formed from the purest starlight and the essence of life, steadfastly extends from the newly born spring of life at the core of the Bitter Sea, reaching towards the seemingly boundless other shore of the Bitter Sea.

At the same time, the life essence inside every cell of Ying Xuan's body, which had been filled with pure herbal spiritual power and restored its vitality, seemed to be injected with a new soul and began to "jump" and "surge" autonomously and rhythmically!
Each surge is accompanied by subtle optimization of cellular structure and purification and sublimation of life energy, propelling his physique to continuously advance to higher levels.

However, Ying Xuan knew in his heart that although the energy in his body had become "abundant" again due to the absorption of a large amount of spiritual power from plants, he was still limited by the terrifying consumption of his cells and primordial spirit when he refined the "Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation" into the Bitter Sea. According to the Heaven-Covering Law, his true realm at this moment was still at the "Divine Bridge" level.

The quantity of energy has been restored, but the qualitative change in the essence of life and the sea of ​​suffering has not yet been completed.

But all of this is changing rapidly!
The life essence within the Sea of ​​Bitterness, with the extension of the Divine Bridge and the resonance of cellular energy, began a deeper transformation and sublimation! A wondrous two-way transformation cycle was formed between the pure life force and cellular energy, endlessly regenerating.

And all of this is fueled by tens of millions of spiritual roots and herbs on those 108 star islands!

These spiritual plants devoured and digested the life essence and mixed spiritual power left behind by the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation, which refined Purple Mountain, killed the Undying Empress and her followers, and the nearly ten thousand cultivators who later broke in!

Even though the individual energy of those hundreds of thousands of cultivators in the world of Shrouding the Heavens was relatively "scarce" due to the limitations of the environment, and many even needed to seal themselves to delay aging, their life level did not decrease, and the essence of their life origin remained extremely high!
The spiritual roots and elixirs act like the most precise filters, extracting only about one-tenth of the most essential, purest, and most easily absorbed nutrients from these refined "nutrients," which are then transformed into a vast yet gentle energy source sufficient to support Ying Xuan's continuous breakthroughs!

The remaining portion settles within the spiritual plants or disperses into the island's soil, becoming the foundation for future growth.

Just as his body and the sea of ​​suffering were undergoing simultaneous transformation, Ying Xuan's primordial spirit also underwent a significant change. The illusory image of his primordial spirit, sitting cross-legged opposite him, slowly "grew" as if being inflated, rather than expanding in size.

Rather, it is the solidification of essence and the brilliance of radiance! The massive influx of purified plant spiritual energy now seems to have transformed into the finest "fuel," "burning" within the primordial spirit!
It's not true burning, but an ultimate tempering and transformation! Every wisp of spiritual energy absorbed and refined by the primordial spirit will have its most subtle "spirituality" and "Daoist charm" extracted from it, nourishing the primordial spirit itself, while simultaneously stimulating more pale golden pure Yang energy!
These pure Yang energies, like sweet rain, not only nourished the primordial spirit, making it more condensed and substantial, but also some of them dissipated and merged into Ying Xuan's physical body and the sea of ​​suffering, accelerating the overall transformation.

As the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Array continued to operate, during the process of refining Purple Mountain and suppressing nearly ten thousand cultivators, it absorbed a vast number and diverse range of "law fragments" from those broken magic treasures, annihilated physical bodies, and even the rock strata of Purple Mountain itself.

At this moment, as if attracted by Ying Xuan's improved realm and the pure yang energy of his primordial spirit, they began to flow and converge from all parts of the formation towards the core island and towards Ying Xuan's body, like weary birds returning to their nests!

These fragments of laws are far richer and more profound than those that Ying Xuan encountered in the world of Mortal Cultivation! Most of them are remnants of the "Dao" and "Li" that previous generations of cultivators in this world comprehended in their arduous pursuit and life-and-death struggles on their respective paths. Although they are scattered and incomplete, they carry distinct personal imprints and unique Daoist charm.

It contained the fundamental principles of the Five Elements and Yin-Yang, as well as glimpses of more obscure and profound laws such as slaughter, destruction, life, reincarnation, and spacetime. These elements, while merging into Ying Xuan's body, did not directly enhance his power, but rather seemed to open windows for him to observe the true nature of the Great Dao of this world.

Within the Purple Mansion Sea of ​​Consciousness, the light clusters of "spiritual roots" representing different attribute laws became brighter and more active under the nourishment and stimulation of these external law fragments, and even began to expand and contract slightly, as if they were breathing and growing!

"Is this... the foundation of a mature, vast world?"

Ying Xuan understood this clearly and felt the convenience of comprehending the laws by drawing upon the legacy of these predecessors.

"There is no need to painstakingly capture the obscure and incomplete Daoist essence from the world; one can directly 'devour' the crystallization of the insights of predecessors... Although it may be subject to the 'obstacles of knowledge' of others, as a reference and resource, it is far more efficient than exploring on one's own."

This strengthened his resolve to acquire as many fragments of laws as possible in this realm.

"boom!"

In the sea of ​​suffering, the extension of the divine bridge seemed to encounter some invisible barrier, pausing slightly. According to the Daoist scriptures and Li Ruoyu's explanation, to reach the other shore, one needs to understand where one's own "other shore" is, to see through illusion, and only then can one truly cross over.

This is a huge mental hurdle for many monks.

But Ying Xuan is different.

He was not a naive youth just embarking on the path of cultivation, but an emperor and a Nascent Soul cultivator of the Earth Immortal level who had experienced several worlds, ruled a realm, and whose will had been tempered to be as firm as a rock! His "other shore" and his "Dao" had already become crystal clear through countless choices and journeys forward—that was his own transcendence and the eternity of the Great Qin!
"Power can break through all laws, and the Tao arises from the heart! My other shore is right beneath my feet, right before my eyes, and in every step I take!"

Ying Xuan was completely unfazed. His main body and primordial spirit simultaneously roared, urging the vast and endless pure spiritual power of plants and trees to surge forth like a flood breaking through a dam, fiercely crashing towards the invisible barrier at the end of the divine bridge!

There was no epiphany, no inner demons, only the purest and most ruthless energy crushing down, coupled with his unwavering will!
"Crack..."

It sounded like the faint shattering of glass coming from the depths of the sea of ​​suffering.

The invisible barrier that blocked the divine bridge shattered under the combined impact of this terrifying force from within and without!

The Bitter Sea trembled violently! The divine bridge shone brightly, instantly traversing the final distance and firmly "planting" on the "shore" on the other side of the Bitter Sea! At the same time, the surging spiritual energy in the Bitter Sea seemed to have found its home, and was quickly absorbed, settled, and transformed by the newly opened "other shore" area, while the essence of life began a new round of purification and sublimation!
The final stage of the Sea of ​​Wheels Secret Realm—the Other Shore Realm—is complete!

With the other shore achieved, the next step is the Dao Palace Secret Realm, where one will focus on cultivating the five internal organs (heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys) and nurturing the five vital energies and spirit.

For Ying Xuan, this step was even easier than breaking through to the other shore! The Maoshan Taoist methods and the Five Thunder Orthodox Method that he mainly cultivated paid great attention to the harmony and strengthening of the five internal organs, as the so-called "Five Elements Great Escape" and "the Five Thunders all originate from the five internal organs".

His internal organs had long been tempered by the spiritual power of his primordial spirit and the cultivation of Daoist techniques, making them far stronger than those of ordinary cultivators. He simply lacked a systematic method like the Heaven-Covering Technique to develop the spiritual treasures of his internal organs and transform them into "Daoist Palaces."

At this moment, as he officially stepped into the threshold of the Dao Palace Secret Realm, the vast spiritual energy of plants and trees that was still converging from various islands like a torrent seemed to receive clear guidance. One of the most intense and active streams of spiritual energy was the first to be activated, like a fire dragon, carrying the newly transformed and purified life essence, and rushed fiercely towards the location of his heart—the Heart Palace!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Ying Xuan's heart began to pound violently, each beat like a thunderous drumbeat, powerful and resounding, the sound even faintly emanating from outside his body! Within his heart, it was as if an invisible flame had been ignited, radiating a vibrant and vigorous life force! This energy rapidly circulated throughout his body, merging with his blood and nourishing every inch of his flesh and bones.

The heart palace was quickly filled and lit up, and the blazing life force then flowed out, according to the principle of mutual generation of the five elements, to the next place - the liver palace!
Wood fuels fire, and when fire flourishes, wood thrives. The liver belongs to wood, governing the free flow of life force. Driven by pure spiritual energy and the fire of the heart palace, the liver palace also begins to emit a hazy blue light, rapidly expanding and filling itself!
Ying Xuan broke through the first level of the Dao Palace Secret Realm—the Divine Treasury of the Heart—and the second level—the Divine Treasury of the Liver—in succession! He officially stabilized his realm at the second level of the Dao Palace!
As Ying Xuan broke through his realm one after another, the speed at which the "spiritual root" light clusters in his Purple Mansion absorbed and fused with fragments of external laws suddenly increased by more than tenfold!
Countless tiny streams of light, shimmering with various Daoist charms, surged into those light clusters like rivers flowing into the sea, making their radiance even brighter and their structure seem to become more complex and solid, with a faint tendency to evolve into a higher form!

At the same time, the cells throughout the body, which had just completed one round of transformation, were once again filled with surging pure spiritual energy, beginning a second transformation of even greater intensity and depth! Physical strength, blood volume, and recovery ability were all increasing at an astonishing rate!

Sensing the unprecedented growth rate of the spiritual root light cluster in the Purple Mansion, Ying Xuan's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he instantly made a decision.

"We must stay in this realm and cultivate the five internal organs of the Dao Palace to perfection as soon as possible, and even try to break through to the Four Extremes Secret Realm!"

His thoughts were crystal clear.

"The greatest benefit of breaking through to a higher realm is not the increase in power, but the terrifying enhancement in the ability to comprehend and absorb the laws of heaven and earth! If I can continue to grow and perfect my spiritual root at this speed, I am willing to stay in this realm for a much longer time!"

He knew that with sufficient resources and the right methods, progress could always be seen in cultivating the primordial spirit and tempering the physical body. What was truly difficult, and what determined one's future potential, was the comprehension and mastery of the laws of heaven and earth!
Although the Great Qin World has tens of millions of Yuan Shen cultivators and hundreds of thousands of Tianxing Sect disciples, the growth of the world's laws is still slow and subtle, which shows how difficult it is to comprehend the laws.

Although this realm is lacking in natural energy and has a harsh cultivation environment, this very "exploitation" has given rise to countless exceptionally talented cultivators. The fragments of laws they left behind are the most precious treasures! (End of Chapter)