Cultivation begins with separation.

Chapter 337 Catastrophe
Reality has proven that even the Primordial Divine Mountain could not easily create a true spirit.

Through Yi Yan's series of actions, nearly 400,000 black unicorns with balanced bloodlines died in the secret realm of the Primordial Divine Mountain over the next year.

This time, it wasn't that they couldn't sense it; rather, their souls were truly annihilated by the various disasters that appeared in the secret realm, leaving no trace.

The Primordial Secret Realm is becoming increasingly violent, and it is no longer a place where fourth-tier black unicorns can survive, which has curbed Yi Yan's desire to try it out.

The chaotic power of the Great Dao made Yi Yan hesitant to casually transfer her consciousness to Taotie.

Although the wisdom of the nine Taotie was influenced by the bloodline of ferocious beasts, it could not compare to that of ordinary true spirits.

However, they are much better now than when they were still the listless black unicorns.

At least, they can execute Yiyan's commands for extended periods of time.

Throughout the year, the nine Taotie beasts were constantly busy. Yi Yan sent them into various secret realms to plunder sixth and seventh-tier spiritual creatures.

They plundered a large number of sixth-tier spiritual items.

However, many seventh-tier spiritual objects possess immense power, and even if you see them, you may not be able to obtain them.

It was as if a gluttonous beast had seen a seventh-tier Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Stone.

The stone was like a heavy world; no matter how hard Taotie used all its abilities, even its strongest devouring power, it couldn't shake the Xuanhuang Stone in the slightest.

Not only the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Stone, but also other seventh-order spiritual objects are basically impossible to remove.

However, Taotie also obtained two seventh-tier spiritual items for Yi Yan.

The reason why Taotie was able to obtain these two seventh-tier spiritual items is because these two spiritual items are deeply connected with the power of the earth veins.

One is the Earth Mother Spirit Spring, which can produce various grades of Earth Mother Spirit Water below the sixth rank, depending on the thinness of the earth's vein power.

One is the Origin Stone Heart. This treasure has a rather peculiar function. Depending on how it is used, it can exhibit different abilities. Yi Yan currently only knows that this thing can suppress the earth veins while also slowly enhancing the earth veins' power.

To be honest, there are many seventh-tier immortal treasures in various secret realms.

Yi Yan was still somewhat dissatisfied with only receiving two items.

According to Qingniao, she integrated a secret realm into her inner core, and that secret realm also came with three seventh-tier spiritual items.

Although those three seventh-tier spiritual items seem to be out of its control now.

But in any case, it did bring it out of the Primordial Secret Realm.

Even if she was dissatisfied, Yi Yan was helpless because Taotie couldn't take it away.

Seventh-tier spiritual objects are completely different from sixth-tier ones. Perhaps sixth-tier spiritual objects can be mass-produced in the Primordial Secret Realm, but even in a forbidden zone like the Primordial Secret Realm that has existed for a long time, the number of seventh-tier spiritual objects born is ultimately limited.

The seventh-tier spiritual items in those secret realms from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside that could be easily obtained have long been taken away by the true spirits of the Primordial Spirit Realm.

The reason why those seventh-tier spiritual items are still there is probably because they are very difficult to obtain.

As for the secret realm at the top of the mountain, it is the most dangerous place in the Primordial Divine Mountain, but also the place with the most opportunities. Yi Yan did not allow Taotie to enter it.

Leaving aside the fact that the true spirits of the four races—True Dragon, Heavenly Phoenix, Black Tortoise, and Kunpeng—are present within the secret realm itself, the danger of annihilating true spirits is extremely perilous for Taotie, who has just become a true spirit, especially given the lack of understanding of the realm.

Perhaps the most important opportunities of the Primordial Divine Mountain lie in the secret realm near the summit.

However, Yi Yan knew that she was not qualified to compete for these opportunities at present.

After the power of the Great Dao in the Primordial Divine Mountain became increasingly chaotic, Yi Yan sent the nine Taotie out of the Primordial Divine Mountain and then teleported them to the Unicorn World.

At this moment, Yi Yan was on the back of the bluebird, flying away at high speed.

Yi Yan left behind many black unicorns as teleportation devices along the way, making it very quick to return.

But having come all the way to the Primordial Spirit Realm, a realm comparable to the Immortal Realm, she wanted to explore it all.

However, Yi Yan's simple idea soon came to an end.

After she destroyed several minor demon clan forces, true spirits began to hunt her down.

The bluebird never truly reached adulthood and lacked the fighting power to confront a true spirit.

If the true spirit cannot be killed in a short time, there is no point in summoning the Taotie to fight the pursuing true spirit.

The true spirits in the Primordial Spirit Realm are far too densely packed; the longer the battle lasts, the more troublesome it will become.

Yi Yan teleported away time and time again, but was always quickly caught up by the True Spirit.

Of course, although she was constantly being pursued by the True Spirit, Yi Yan also managed to snatch a lot of resources along the way.

For example, he not only obtained hundreds of thousands of high-grade spirit stones, but also a considerable number of top-grade spirit stones, and the number of mid- and low-grade spirit stones was countless.

The Primordial Spirit Realm is much larger than the Heavenly Capital Spirit Realm, and the number of its spiritual veins is far greater.

During Yi Yan's escape, she encountered more than ten seventh-order spiritual veins.

And this was before she even got close to the territories of those powerful true spirit races.

It is conceivable how many seventh-order spiritual veins there are in the Primordial Spirit Realm.

They were grabbing and running away all the way.

Soon, Yi Yan approached the passage to the Dragon Tomb.

When Yi Yan was being hunted down by true spirits in the Primordial Spirit Realm.

In the vast spiritual realm, Yi Dong on the icy continent also encountered trouble.

The frigid air of the Nine Heavens Ice Peak cannot be restricted by any array.

Yi Dong stood on a small hill outside the Nine Heavens Ice Peak, looking at one of the ice peaks, and frowned slightly.

Fortunately, Mu Mu absorbed the chilling energy from that ice peak. The other eight ice peaks, however, were like eight volcanoes about to erupt. Once they did, the chilling energy would spread from the Frozen Continent to the entire Vast Sea Spirit Realm.

At that time, the entire Vast Ocean Spirit Realm will become a world frozen in ice.

Yi Dong didn't care at all what would happen to the Vast Ocean Spirit Realm.

The key is the freezing cold of heaven and earth that can freeze everything, even spiritual energy.

In other words, if the Nine Heavens Ice Peak cannot be controlled, the entire Vast Ocean Spirit Realm will become an environment unsuitable for living beings to survive and cultivate.

So many years have passed, and Yi Dong has tried every possible method.

Neither the True Spirit Longsword, nor the Karma Puppet or the Great Awakening Puppet could seal the Nine Heavens Ice Peak.

At this moment, Dongfanghong descended from the sky and came to Yi Dong's side.

"I asked the Primordial Purple Apricot, and it said that the Nine Heavens Ice Peak has nine Great Paths of Frost, and these nine Great Paths of Frost can generate an inexhaustible power of the Great Path of Frost."

The power of the Great Dao is then transformed into the cold air of heaven and earth through the Nine Heavens Ice Peak.

Therefore, ordinary sealing methods are not feasible.

To seal the Nine Heavens Ice Peak, we must first find a way to suppress the Nine Frosty Paths.

Upon hearing this, Yi Dong frowned.

The power of the Great Dao is generally not manifest, or rather, it is omnipresent and cannot be gathered under normal circumstances.

Once they gather, they will create all sorts of phenomena that are different from the natural world.

The Heaven and Earth Ice has infinite energy; the cold air it emits is already abundant.

There is now even the so-called power of the Great Dao of Frost here, which transforms the cold air of heaven and earth.

"I don't know if these nine icy paths are the work of the old ice dragon or formed naturally from the Nine Heavens Ice Peaks."

If this is the old ice dragon's method, then we need to deal with it as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Yi Yan said to Dongfang Hong:
"Go and let Tai Chu Zi Xing think of a way to safely retrieve the Heaven and Earth Mystic Ice."

Dongfang Hong understood what Yi Dong meant, and thinking of the books she had read these past few days, she couldn't help but say:
"The thoughts of living beings can influence the great principles of heaven and earth, especially the thoughts of living beings when they are dying."

We will annihilate all life in an entire realm, and then…

Yi Dong waved his hand.
"These are all hypotheses, there are no real cases. Besides, we are human, and the tribulations of the true spirits have nothing to do with us."

As for the so-called inner demons and tribulations, that's utter nonsense.

Yi Dong naturally read the books he obtained from the Ice Dragon's Nest.

Those books talked a lot about things like soul tribulations and inner demon tribulations, which are the tribulations that heaven and earth impose on seventh-order beings.

However, Yi Dong didn't believe it at all.

In his view, the so-called soul tribulation is a sequela caused by the soul becoming powerful and starting to interfere with heaven and earth or merge with the power of the Great Dao. As for the inner demon tribulation, he sees it as an upgraded version of so-called mental illness.

Once you reach the Nascent Soul stage of the Great Dao, you can't cultivate any further. Your soul essence is not strong, and you can't integrate the power of the Great Dao. You don't need to worry about any soul tribulations at all.

As for the tribulations of inner demons, that's even more beyond the realm of possibility.

Yi Dong is not a person with a strong moral compass. The trivial matter of killing a world's living beings could not possibly make his "conscience" uneasy.

In the past, Dongfanghong didn't care much about these things.

However, after hearing some things from Tai Chu Zi Xing during this time, she felt that some things were ultimately not worth doing too much.

With the power of a true spirit, annihilating the beings of the mortal realm is something that can be done simply by spending time.

However, in reality, very few true spirits would arbitrarily kill weak creatures.

According to Taichu Zixing, the will to die of countless living beings is enough to shake the power of the Great Dao.

At that time, the chaotic power of the Great Dao will directly form a calamity, using the will of the dead as a guide, and descend upon the relevant living beings.

Yi Dong possesses the True Spirit Longsword and is protected by the Karma Puppet, so he naturally doesn't need to worry about any calamities. However, Dongfang Hong doesn't have any powerful means of protecting herself.

If the Vast Ocean Spirit Realm were to truly experience some great calamity, even a slight calamity would befall her as an accomplice, and she would be unable to withstand it.

Seeing Dongfang Hong's hesitant expression, Yi Dong frowned.

In Yi Dong's mind, the Vast Ocean Spirit Realm could not possibly be destroyed so easily.

Although the cold air from the Nine Heavens Ice Peak is intense.

However, the center of the Vast Ocean Spirit Realm is not the Frozen Continent, but the Eye of the Four Seas.

When the cold air of heaven and earth erupts, the Dragon Palace of the Four Seas will naturally be on top.

If the cold air of heaven and earth could truly threaten all living beings in a realm, then the master of the Vast Sea Spirit Realm would not be the Four Seas Dragon Palace, but the Old Ice Dragon.

Suddenly, a thought struck Yi Dong.

Perhaps Dongfanghong knew these things.

However, she didn't want to get too involved, probably because she wanted to stay away from the so-called "calamity" as much as possible.

After figuring it out, Yi Dong had a thought, and a True Spirit Longsword flew off to find the Primordial Purple Apricot.

Yi Dong simply couldn't believe the claim that killing would cause calamities for heaven and earth.

"I'd like to see if there really is some kind of inner demon tribulation."

(End of this chapter)