I wield power with my innate talents, and forge the Heavenly Court.

Upon discovering the unusual rocks in the mountains, everyone was immediately shocked and showed expressions of excitement.

If all the stones in the mountain were like this, they would be rich.

Without further ado, everyone bent down and began to cut the rocks on the spot, carefully sensing them with their divine senses.

In the end, everyone discovered that, just as they had guessed, all the stones contained extremely pure energy of heaven and earth.

Furthermore, the deeper one goes into the mountain, the purer the energy becomes, even reaching the level of innate energy.

Just as everyone was digging and stuffing large amounts of stones into their storage bags, a deep and resonant whistle suddenly came from the distant sea.

"Toot~!"

The sound, coming from afar, instantly startled everyone awake.

Then someone else spoke up:
"It seems that the Celestial Empire has explicit regulations stipulating that all of the land, mountains, and rivers of the Celestial Empire belong to the state collectively, and all mineral resources must not be mined privately."

"Um, does this mountain contain minerals?"

"This"

At this moment, everyone looked at each other, unsure of how to answer.

After all, I've never heard of these rocks in the mountains before. Who knows if they're minerals?

"Regardless of whether it was true before, it definitely will be true afterward, right?"

Someone murmured something.

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look at the warships on the sea.

For a moment, their hearts were filled with complex emotions. They even felt a slight sense of resentment towards the country that they had once been proud of.

They clearly discovered it, so why does it ultimately belong to the state?

"I really don't know who reported it to the authorities?"

Someone couldn't help but blurt out a complaint.

Many people's expressions stiffened almost imperceptibly upon hearing this.

Does anyone know what's going on here?
Many people had already reported the incident to the authorities when they saw the mountains suddenly disappear.

After that, the mountain suddenly reappeared, and a considerable number of people reported it to the authorities.

Therefore, the coastal patrol fleet dispatched a warship to check the situation.

As everyone waited anxiously, a small flying shuttle, radiating streams of runic light, sped rapidly from afar.

Upon approaching, the runic shuttle suddenly hovered and then slowly descended.

After the carriage came to a stop, two men and a woman stepped out from it.

In the woman's hand, there was also a compass with flowing runes, which had the ability to sense energy and detect the nodes of rune arrays.

We received a report that a large mountain on Kyushu Island had suddenly disappeared and then suddenly reappeared.

They naturally suspected that someone had set up a formation here.

As the compass was pushed, the runes on it swirled rapidly, suddenly projecting a beam of light. Within it floated a model of a large mountain, radiating a dazzling white light.

"This is impossible!"

Upon seeing the scene before her, the woman holding the compass couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

"what happened?"

"I'm currently detecting the surrounding energy concentration."

"how is the situation?"

"As you can see, the entire mountain before us contains extremely pure energy, reaching the level of innate energy."

"How is this possible? Is there some kind of error?"

"I also hope something went wrong."

The woman's shock subsided slightly, and she began to adjust the runes on the compass.

The light projected by the compass kept changing, but the illusory image of the mountain that shone with dazzling light never changed.

In the end, the woman could only look helplessly at the other two, her face filled with shock and disbelief.

"As you can see, no matter how you investigate, this mountain in front of us contains extremely pure and rich energy of heaven and earth."

"Yes, we're essentially standing on a super-massive innate energy storage sphere, the size of a mountain."

"Well, this energy storage ball is indeed quite large."

The other two looked at the mountain in front of them and were also somewhat shocked and speechless.

The three immediately reported the situation to their superiors, and through this process of reporting up the chain of command, it was soon placed on the emperor's desk.

Looking at the ministers below, Wang Chao felt a bit amused and exasperated; after all this time, he had come full circle back to him.

"What do you think?"

"Your Majesty, if that mountain only contains pure energy, it's probably somewhat useless and won't be of much use to the Celestial Empire."

"Oh, what do you say?"

"Your Majesty, energy storage spheres are not difficult to manufacture."

Nowadays, large warships, rune vehicles, rune aircraft, and so on can all produce corresponding energy storage spheres.
In other words, China has no shortage of energy.
The only thing worth paying attention to about that mountain is probably its energy, specifically its innate energy.

However, it is also not as important as one might imagine.
After all, once you advance to the Qi Refining level, you can basically draw upon the innate energy of heaven and earth.
In contrast, the people of our Celestial Empire can generally reach the Qi Refining level by the age of fourteen or fifteen.

While their innate energy still provides some assistance, it's not as significant as one might imagine.
Those who reach the level of supernatural powers possess strength that is no less than that of innate energy, and may even be slightly stronger.
In this situation, that massive energy mountain really isn't that important.

After hearing his words, Wang Chao couldn't help but nod.

Indeed, for the people of the Celestial Empire, the greatest use of innate energy is to nourish the bodies of children.

However, the dynasty had already made arrangements for this.

The innate nature that is in harmony with all infants and young children will continuously draw in innate energy to nourish their bodies.

Just as the dynasty was about to order the lifting of the blockade on that mountain area, Zhou Jie stepped forward, first bowing to the dynasty, and then speaking:
"Your Majesty, I have a report to make!"

"Minister Zhou? Minister Zhou, please speak!"

"Your Majesty, I wish to travel to Kyushu Island to study the formation of that mountain range, hoping to uncover its formation principles and further explore the mysteries of energy and rules."

"Oh~?"

After listening to Zhou Jie's request, Wang Chao looked him up and down, and then a look of understanding appeared on his face.

It turns out that Zhou Jie had already reached the peak of the Celestial Realm and was about to advance to the Immortal Realm.

It has to be said that after developing the rune array, Zhou Jie's cultivation level skyrocketed as if he had been propelled by a rocket.

Especially with the rapid industrial development of the Celestial Empire, countless rune formations and arrays were created and applied.

This allowed Zhou Jie, the progenitor of rune arrays, to rapidly reach a limit in his understanding and mastery of the Dao of rune arrays, and his cultivation level was showing signs of becoming unparalleled.

Even Wang Dahu, who was previously the second most powerful man in the Celestial Empire, is now only on par with him.

Of course, in a direct confrontation, neither of the two Zhou Jies would be a match for Wang Dahu. However, if they were to prepare in advance and set up various formations, Zhou Jie could easily defeat Wang Dahu.

After all, Zhou Jie had countless people helping him perfect his rune array, propelling his cultivation progress.

As a general, Wang Dahu's cultivation was earned through battle.

However, there has been no war for a long time now, and even with the support of titles and official positions, he still cannot compare to Zhou Jie through his own hard work.

Now, Zhou Jie's cultivation has reached the peak of the Celestial Realm, and he needs to further explore the rules, study their operation, and break through the bottleneck.

Abnormal phenomena in the world often involve the operation of the rules of the world, making them the best places to comprehend those rules.

So after hearing the description of that energy mountain, he was immediately intrigued.

The dynasty naturally wouldn't stop them.

However, what he wanted to say was that he didn't need to go that far.

Like that mountain range, he could create countless of them with ease.

Moreover, that is not necessarily simpler than delving into the sea of ​​spiritual energy to comprehend the rules.

However, after a moment's hesitation, the dynasty finally nodded in agreement.

"Very well! Then I will issue a decree granting you permission to build a villa there."

Anyway, it's only about four thousand miles to the left or right. Even without considering how convenient transportation is nowadays, at the speed of a flying shuttle, a round trip would only take one or two hours.

And with the speed of celestial beings, the time would be even shorter.

It won't take much time anyway.

"Your Majesty, I thank you for your divine grace!"

After receiving the dynasty's approval and being granted a separate residence, Zhou Jie was filled with gratitude and bowed in thanks.

After glancing at the envious expressions on the faces of his ministers below, Wang Chao hesitated for a moment before speaking:
"Well, I can't show favoritism to either of them."

Since that's the case, anyone whose cultivation level reaches the Celestial Realm can build a villa there. I hope you will gain something from it.

Many people who had already reached the Celestial Realm or were about to reach it showed joy upon hearing this and quickly bowed to express their gratitude for the divine grace.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

To be honest, no one really cared about building a villa on Kyushu Island; what they cared about was the significance of the dynasty's bestowal.

Thus, the matter concerning the energy mountain on Kyushu Island can be considered to have come to an end.

The government did not nationalize it, but instead treated it as a public area.

Apart from a designated area that serves as the official residence and dwelling place for the celestial beings, the rest of the area is open to anyone.

Furthermore, the analysis of the mountain's innate energy by the ministers was also communicated to them.

Upon learning this information, those who were the first to discover it or arrived later felt a mix of excitement and disappointment.

The good news is that they can also enter it.

Disappointingly, it turns out that these energy stones from the mountains are actually so useless?
That's just how it is. Just like when the world was first created, would the creatures living in it have any interest in the so-called spirit stones or immortal stones of later generations?

A single breath from someone is equivalent to the value of a top-grade spirit stone.

Those so-called "spirit stones" or "immortal stones" are probably just pretty stones.

Although the world of China today cannot compare to the primordial world.

However, the world today is also in a period of vigorous growth and continuous upgrading.

The energy concentration in the world is constantly increasing, and there are also means to gather and transform energy, so energy stones are naturally not very precious.

However, it is still a place where energy is transformed into mist, and it is still very valuable compared to other places.

As time passed, Jiuzhou Island, which had been completely destroyed by Zhang Xianzhong and turned into a desolate wasteland, quickly became prosperous again.

With a large population, it naturally also affected Japan, which is next to Kyushu.

At this time, apart from being shrouded in a light gloomy cloud year-round, the environment in Japan had actually returned to normal.

However, the environment is now normal.

But the life within it is anything but normal.

Ghosts and monsters roam freely, demons wreak havoc, and even the capital city has been breached several times.

As the host of the dragon's energy and the nation's destiny, the emperor was devoured by demons and monsters one after another, creating many powerful demons and vengeful spirits.

In just over a decade, the emperors have changed one after another, and the true imperial bloodline has long been extinct.

The current so-called emperor is nothing more than someone who has been dragged out to take the blame.

The lords and daimyo of other major cities, and even the shoguns, have all been wiped out several times over.

Today's Japan has almost been pushed back to a primitive, barbaric era.

If it weren't for the fact that they lived in large cities like the capital, where some cultural heritage still existed, they would truly be considered primitive and uncivilized.

The statement that they were influenced by Kyushu Island does not mean that the Celestial Empire helped them re-establish their national legal system.

After all, the current situation in Japan was caused by a decree personally issued by His Majesty the current Emperor of the Celestial Empire.

As long as the dynasty doesn't retract its decision, no one will help them.

Those affected were the demons and monsters.

Those demons and monsters that grow up will develop their own unique talents and supernatural abilities, which will then evolve into talent crystals.

Talent crystals can be refined through innate status to acquire supernatural powers.

This is not considered one of the inherent supernatural powers of a celestial being, nor does it require painstaking learning.

When someone, driven by curiosity, ventured into Japan to explore and discovered the talent crystal, it quickly attracted a large number of adventurers to venture deep into Japan.

And when someone discovered gold and silver mines there, things spiraled out of control.

It's important to understand that although China uses gold, silver, and copper coins as currency, gold and silver are still considered precious metals.

Even some special rune machines require the use of gold and silver for energy flow, rune stability, and so on.

Thus, one can imagine the enthusiasm of the Chinese people when they discovered that Japan had gold and silver mines.

In an instant, countless people flocked to Japan, slaying powerful demons and monsters, acquiring talent crystals, driving away some sentient demons and Japanese people, and mining gold and silver for them.

At the same time, this situation greatly stimulated the Chinese people's desire to explore the outside world.

The Celestial Empire has always held the belief that one cannot bear to leave one's homeland and that fallen leaves must return to their roots.

Many people are unwilling to leave their hometowns unless absolutely necessary.

Even as China develops and the mindset of its people gradually changes, more and more people are going abroad.

But most of them are still trapped in their hometowns.

As news of Japan's immense wealth spread, more and more people began to set sail. (End of Chapter)