From the Carp that Brings Children to the Celestial Officials

Chapter 207 The Initial Formation of the Grotto Heaven
Two years have passed like flowing water. Deep within Yuanling Mountain, the cave heaven that You Ming personally opened up and painstakingly built has finally ushered in its final transformation.

You Ming looked up and saw a towering tree standing tall, its branches swaying, and a dense spiritual energy rising from the void.

But suddenly, the void between him and the tree trembled slightly, like ripples spreading across water.

You Ming gently extended his palm forward.

His palms seemed to be pressed against a layer of water, and then an invisible membrane covered his body.

The next moment, he felt the void around him shift, and he found himself in a different position.

The Azure Divine Tree, which had been very close to him, suddenly distanced itself from him, appearing in a very far place, yet seemingly occupying the center of a world.

Its roots penetrate the earth, covering almost every inch of the ground, and even breaking through the earth to spread into the void.

The branches and leaves support the sky, and some of them have even pierced through space, swaying in the spatial turbulence.

But these branches and leaves constantly capture power from the spatial chaos, synthesize spiritual energy, and then release it into the entire space.

You Ming's figure swayed, and the fine scales all over his body surged, making his body much thinner and longer.

Then, with a flick of his tail, the surrounding water vapor rippled and shimmered with multicolored light, and in an instant, he flew to the highest point of this world.

Countless data flashed through his calm, still eyes, and then his divine sense expanded wildly, instantly occupying the entire cave.

This grotto is not large; in fact, it appears rather small compared to other grottoes.

It is currently only thirty li in circumference, and its height is only ten thousand zhang, with the earth's thickness being less than five hundred zhang.

Youming's cave is not only small, but also fragile.

He estimated that with his current strength, he could shatter this cave if he went all out.

Of course, though small, it has all the essential parts.

The scenery inside the cave is quite nice.

Surrounded by green mountains, a spring flows freely, and thousands of trees and shrubs flourish. Beside the stream, the water flows gently, clear and cool. In the southwest, there is a lake as clear as a mirror, occupying one-fifth of the entire cave. The lake is as smooth as jade, reflecting all things.

However, the scenery of the cave is now rather sparse and incomplete, and there is not even a river running through the land.

However, with more resources invested, the cave will gradually grow.

You Ming believed that one day, the world within this cave would become a vast and expansive realm.

In the center of this lake is an island, on which sits a pool shrouded in mist, surrounded by lush green grass, full of vitality.

This pool is the "Creation Pool" that Bixia Yuanjun gave him.

As long as there are enough offerings, one can use this to nurture the "divine people".

Currently, no living beings have settled in the entire cave.

As the main base of Youming's forces, this place is naturally not open to just anyone. In fact, Youming doesn't plan to allow the gods of Yuanling Mountain to enter in the near future.

However, once the incense offerings are plentiful, he can incubate some [Divine People] unique to this grotto-heaven.

"The most urgent task is to integrate the [Boundary Lock] into this world."

"I have to say, after I raised my luck to 12 points last time, it was really amazing. I actually got such a good treasure."

Looking at the cave that had already taken shape before him, You Ming reached out and flipped his hand, revealing a dark blue dodecahedron in his palm.

Its surface is as smooth as a mirror, yet it does not reflect real images. Instead, it reflects layers of light patterns that spread like water ripples, as if one can glimpse the overlap of thousands of spaces, where the trajectories of countless worlds appear and disappear. Deep within the core of the crystal, there is a rotating silver-white lock ring that slowly circles around like a star trail.

When Youming held it in his palm, the entire crystal emitted a low hum, like a bell or a chime.

The full name of this crystal is "Boundary Lock Floating Crystal".

It was created by a powerful being using a real space.

That day, You Ming plundered extensively from [Pansui Tianfu]. Just before he fled, he grabbed a box from the deepest shelf, not knowing what was inside.

Afterwards, he carefully opened the sealed box and discovered this thing.

This item seems to have been specially crafted for the grotto-heaven.

You Ming threw the [Boundary Lock] into the cave. In an instant, the outer crystal shattered, but instead of falling to the ground, it flew and spun around the silver-white lock ring inside, like stars in the sky, resembling the trajectory of stars.

The lake water in the southern part of the cave surged and rose, and strands of light rose from the bottom of the lake, intertwining with the core of the boundary lock and weaving a vast spatial law network.

Between heaven and earth, it seemed as if countless interwoven chains had appeared, densely covering the entire cave.

But soon, these chains disappeared again, as if they had become part of the laws of the cave.

Then it seemed as if a new layer of spatial power appeared, with it at its core, continuously strengthening the cave and making the entire cave more and more solid.

Unseen by You Ming, strands of silver-white chains shot into the depths of the void, eventually disappearing into an incomparably vast expanse of heaven and earth.

The abilities of [Boundary Lock] can be roughly divided into three categories.

The first ability is [Anchoring in the Void],

In a sense, the [Boundary Lock] is like an anchor, which can fix the cave in a certain position and prevent it from drifting away in the spatial turbulence.

Don't think it's simple; in reality, it's not that easy to fix a cave in place.

Most newly created grottoes drift aimlessly in the spatial turbulence. Sometimes you wake up to find that your grotto has deviated far from the real world.

The second ability is [Spatial Imprisonment].

As layers of boundary-locking spatial power cover the entire cave, if a powerful enemy intrudes, a small section of space can be frozen immediately, preventing the enemy from teleporting, escaping, or even hindering the flight of magical artifacts.

As long as their strength doesn't exceed You Ming's by much, they'll probably all have to obediently surrender.

As for the third ability...

As the boundary lock gradually merged with the cave heaven, countless crystalline objects, no bigger than a fist, floated in the void, densely covering the entire cave heaven.

You Ming's figure approached one of the crystals.

But in an instant, his figure disappeared and reappeared next to a crystal dozens of feet away.

Then You Ming's figure disappeared again, only to reappear in a more distant place.

He seemed to teleport, constantly moving throughout the entire cave.

That's right, this is the third ability: [Multi-point teleportation].

【Boundary Lock】It comes with a folding passage that allows for short-distance spatial jumps within the cave.

Anyone can use these crystals to teleport quickly, provided they have authorization from You Ming.

(End of this chapter)