Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension Chapter 1476 - 798: Pangu Splits Heaven and Earth (Part 2)

Upon hearing those words, Zhao Sheng's grin dimmed a touch, his voice carrying a trace of sorrow as he replied, "In the end, we didn't pull off total victory this round. That Five Emotions Demon Fire comes straight from a Tribulation Crossing Venerable's grasp, feeding on feelings like kindling. Emotions linger, and so does the blaze—truly strange. It could flare up again someday, causing no end of headaches."

"No need to worry. When I get back to the sect's headquarters and dig through the archive's ancient texts, I'll definitely uncover a method to snuff out the Five Emotions Demon Fire," Zhao Xuanjing comforted him.

Zhao Sheng gave a nod, then abruptly shifted gears in conversation, "Truth be told, Jing Ancestor, I've hit the peak of Returning to Void, stuck with no path forward. Right now, I'm gearing up to forge my own Grotto Heaven. Still, I've got plenty of uncertainties on the process. I'd appreciate your generous pointers, Jing Ancestor."

Hearing that, Zhao Xuanjing felt a mix of shock and elation, promptly pulling out a Jade Scroll and floating it right into Zhao Sheng's palm from afar.

"Inside this Jade Scroll, I've poured all my personal understandings, things I think will aid you immensely. What's more... rather than vague explanations, nothing beats diving in and sensing it for yourself."

With those words, a radiant golden-yellow wheel of light slowly emerged at the back of Zhao Xuanjing's head.

That wheel rotated without cease, silently forming a round "portal" roughly a foot wide, its edge glowing with brilliant beams that unveiled a fresh realm beyond.

Zhao Sheng's gaze shifted faintly. He nodded with composure, letting a ray of light wrap around him, hoisting him upward through the air, and hurling him straight into the Grotto Heaven's light wheel.

His sight went hazy, and when he blinked it clear once more, a grand, sky-piercing colossal mountain burst into view right in front of him.

The peak stretched out incredibly wide, spanning thousands of miles across, standing tall over the land like a massive column holding up the heavens, claiming the bulk of the Grotto Heaven's expanse.

Catching sight of the peak for the first time, Zhao Sheng betrayed traces of shock on his face, blurting out, "Could this be... Heavenly Pillar Mountain?!"

He knew Heavenly Pillar Mountain inside out, and the likeness of this looming mountain to it topped over seventy percent—on initial look, it nearly seemed as if they'd transplanted Heavenly Pillar Mountain wholesale.

However, the enormous peak ahead bore only scattered greenery, bare dirt and stone dominating the surface, giving off a barren, lonely vibe.

"Spot on. In shaping this mountain, I deliberately drew from Heavenly Pillar Mountain's outline. Ages ago, I ruled over Heavenly Pillar Mountain for millennia, mapping every inch, which let me replicate this peak with ease.

And that's exactly the key advice I mean to stress: for forging a Grotto Heaven, pick a spot you know like the back of your hand and 'duplicate' it in. It slashes the challenge of Heaven and Earth Creation by a huge margin, and delivers all sorts of advantages..."

Zhao Sheng unleashed his Divine Thought, sweeping over a million-mile circle in a flash, absorbing the whole scene into his awareness.

Beneath the Divine Thought's reach, buried Earth Veins and Spirit Veins surfaced bit by bit from the depths, myriad Earth Veins and Spirit Veins twisting and layering together, vaguely outlining a huge dragon form that snaked across thousands of miles.

The dragon's form coiled clear to the central giant peak, spiraling higher, its head vanishing into the mist above, beyond any visible limit.

Delving his Divine Thought into those mists, Zhao Sheng beheld a host of stars, each drifting along fixed paths to weave an enormous canopy net across the skies.

Zhao Sheng's core shook, quickly realizing this array of stars formed a streamlined take on the Celestial Star Battle Formation. The net it built could anchor the Grotto Heaven against upheavals and fend off outer threats, blending shield and strike in one seamless whole.

This Grotto Heaven clearly stood fresh-born, its basics of earth, water, wind, and fire laid down, yet the Cave Heaven Law remained thin and flawed in spots, often sparking chaotic calamities from clashing rules.

Life forms inside the Grotto Heaven proved scarce beyond measure, but the few enduring ones pulsed with fierce vitality, True Spirit Bloodline coursing through their veins. The majority carried True Dragon lineage.

Despite that, Zhao Sheng's thoughts churned wildly, waves of inspiration crashing through, sparking endless realizations on the spot.

Words spoken a thousand times over pale against a single direct glimpse!

Having surveyed this Grotto Heaven, his assurance swelled beyond expectation, bolstering his certainty in crafting his own by leaps and bounds.

Zhao Xuanjing kept quiet, swiftly baring his spirit to blend with the world around, commanding earth, water, wind, and fire to mimic the Grotto Heaven's workings, unveiling the mimicry step by step for Zhao Sheng's eyes.

Heavy mists rolled in, gales, downpours, bolts, and flashes erupted, the ground quaked hard, terrains dropped and waterways burst forth, creatures multiplied and faded... Ages of natural change accelerated manifold inside the Grotto Heaven...

No telling how long dragged on, Zhao Xuanjing lay spent at last, the wheel of light at his head grown much fainter.

He gradually pulled back his spirit, right as the endless fogs fell utterly still, rumbles and strikes halted in a heartbeat, and raging gales settled into peace.

Witnessing that, Zhao Sheng eased his Divine Thought down, a lighthearted grin breaking across his features unbidden.

...

Twenty years flew by like a blink.

In one corner of Divine Palace Heaven, a sharp, enormous purple palm materialized from nothing and slammed down hard on a floating isle thirty miles wide.

A deafening crash rang out, the isle shuddered fiercely before cracking apart, sheer Crystal Stones erupting from its core.

Before long, plentiful Thunder Light sparked into being, shaping into a swarm of thunder palms that snatched up every Principle Crystal, then retreated swiftly to a fixed point.

Zhao Sheng flicked his wide sleeves, drawing in seventeen or eighteen Principle Crystals straight into them.

"Not quite enough yet—on to the following spot," Zhao Sheng muttered under his breath, giving a quick peek at his Jade Scroll, after which his form blinked across millions of miles in an instant.

This spot marked a Grotto Heaven ruin, crammed full of Void-scattered meteoroids, many bearing remnants of old structures, while tiny Tao Spirit Mechanisms like specks of dust filled the emptiness, now and then fusing by matching natures to slowly form Law Crystals across endless ages.

Zhao Sheng touched down on a meteoroid deep in the Meteor Sea; a potent Divine Thought rushed outward in every direction, blanketing tens of thousands of miles at once.

With a mere thought, a wealth of Law Crystals rushed toward Zhao Sheng all at the same time.

It wasn't long before the long-hoarded Law Crystals in this Meteor Sea vanished clean.

Zhao Sheng wasted no moment, vanishing via teleport right away.

...

Another ten years slipped past.

High over a shattered skeleton the size of a mountain in Divine Palace Heaven, a sea of millions of thunderbolts amassed, bursting with blinding radiance.

A colossal loop, dozens of miles across, bobbed and dipped in the profound thunder depths, radiating an aura of sheer, wordless dread.

Right then, Zhao Sheng perched in lotus position at the heart of the Five Thunder Ring, turmoil churning behind his skull, as if something brewed within.

Beyond the thunder sea's edge, a True Dragon coiled around Zhao Xuanjing, who gripped a Mystic Yellow Giant Axe and swelled into a thousand-zhang behemoth.

His Divine Thought poured out unchecked, spanning millions of miles wide, keeping sharp watch for any odd stirrings nearby, poised to slam down an Integration Realm Great Power's might on any foe that dared approach.

All at once, the boundless thunder sea halted; moments later, the Five Thunder Ring let out a gentle chime, echoing through the mighty Void.

In that instant, spirit light shot skyward from Zhao Sheng's crown; a perfect duplicate "Zhao Sheng" took shape, flashed a subtle smile, then strode into the turmoil at his back, vanishing from view.

The next heartbeat saw the endless thunder sea explode in a frenzy of millions of bolts, surging nonstop into the chaos...

At the sight, Zhao Xuanjing's face twisted with tangled feelings—fret, unease, thrill, hope, and a storm of other notions all mixed.

...

"... The cosmos swirled in primal murk like an egg's yolk, birthing Pangu inside. Eighteen thousand years on, skies and lands parted, Yang Qi lifting as heaven, Yin Heavy settling as earth... The sun climbed a zhang each day, the ground swelled a zhang thicker daily, Pangu stretched a zhang taller every day. So after eighteen thousand years, heaven soared to boundless peaks, earth plunged to endless chasms, and Pangu loomed immensely vast..."

Across All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds, the legend of Pangu's heaven-earth forging has endured forever. Its roots lost to time, yet its depths echo without limit.

Forging a Grotto Heaven mirrors Pangu's grand "Creation of Heaven and Earth"!

Once Zhao Sheng entered the chaos, he found himself squeezed into a tight void, where crushing force welled up from all sides without warning, as if eager to pulverize the outsider.

"Open!"

Zhao Sheng came ready, voicing a steady call, his Primordial Spirit stirring to life with the word, Will Heart Light fusing into his Divine Thought, birthing boundless might on its own, abruptly parting a swath of sky and soil.

"Rise, rise, rise..."

Strangely, each cry made Zhao Sheng swell in size, the encircling realm stretching wider in tandem.

All the while, Primordial Spirit Power and Will Heart Light drained away fast, his once firm, lifelike Primordial Spirit fading into haze and see-through wisps.