Longzang

Chapter 770 A World That Breathes
In the illusory world, the danger only lasted for the first half, up until Xuanlu appeared. Then it was time to take stock of what we had gained.

Wei Yuan took out a piece of paper and said, "This is the biggest gain."

Zhang Sheng took it and saw the words "Periodic Table of Elements" written at the beginning. He said, "Didn't Xu Wenwu also say that? Hmm, this is basically incomplete."

Wei Yuan's table is not only incomplete, it only lists hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, magnesium, iron, aluminum, gold, and silver, and the order isn't even guaranteed to be correct. Xu Wenwu's table has far more information.

However, Xu Wenwu's watch had steel on it in addition to iron.

Wei Yuan said, "This time, while reading in the illusion, I unexpectedly discovered that although much knowledge was fragmented, it could be mutually verified. For example, this periodic table of elements, the specific arrangement is not very important. This is the Heavenly Dao of their world, which may not be the Great Dao of ours."

But the important thing is the method of distinguishing different substances based on their extremely minute structures. We cultivators have a great advantage over ordinary people; our Dharma forms can see microorganisms, which are also known as bacteria. Once one cultivates to the level of the Ascension Realm, one can use divine sense to identify minute structures. Immortals can even directly change matter from its minute structure; this is what is meant by turning stone into gold.

With this framework in mind, we'll fill it in sooner or later. And once it's filled, there will inevitably be a huge leap forward in the quality of all kinds of materials. Actually, this is what I wanted to say: the greatest gain was seeing that world, truly living there as an ordinary person, and thus understanding what a world where mortals can live a prosperous life should look like, saving me countless hours of exploration.”

Zhang Sheng finally smiled and said, "You are now thinking about problems from the perspective of heaven and earth."

Wei Yuan was taken aback: "Huh, is it that exaggerated?"

"Now Qingming is gradually becoming different from the rest of the human world. Once it completely becomes the world you want, you'll know how extravagant it is."

The sudden praise made Wei Yuan a little embarrassed. However, Zhang Sheng didn't stop there; he stared intently at Wei Yuan.

Wei Yuan felt a little uneasy under her gaze. He carefully recalled what he had done and felt that he had hidden everything that needed to be hidden and there was nothing left to hide. Why was the teacher still not done?
Zhang Sheng suddenly said, "That's strange. From what you've said, you forced the vengeful spirit of that illusion away from its body, which is essentially equivalent to plundering most of its remaining primordial spirit. Given that vengeful spirit's status, cultivation, and accumulated power, you should have undergone some changes. I observe that your divine light has already changed; don't you feel it yourself?"

Wei Yuan was taken aback and carefully examined the mundane world, but before he could figure it out, his expression suddenly changed: "There is a heavenly tribulation within the mundane world!"

The two immediately entered the mortal realm through different means, and Wei Yuan instantly located the locations of the heavenly tribulations. Not one, but two!

The calamities occurred in two places, one in the east and one in the west. One was on the coast of the large island where the central city was located, and the other was on a desolate island hundreds of miles away.

Standing on the beach was Jun Weizhi, who had made no preparations and simply waited for the tribulation lightning to descend. Han Li, on the island, however, had set up a complex array, prepared seven or eight magical treasures, and carried a row of pouches filled with different kinds of pills. He also wore three layers of immortal armor under his robes, making him practically an iron turtle.

Wei Yuan was about to go and see what was going on when someone grabbed him. He turned around and saw that it wasn't Zhang Sheng who had grabbed him, but the young girl Yin Yang. Zhang Sheng had already disappeared.

The girl said in a yin-yang tone, "If you find someone particularly displeasing in the future and want them to perish, then you can go and observe them up close. You can see them just as well from here."

Wei Yuan was greatly surprised: "You can speak?"

The girl gave him a sarcastic look: "I've always been able to."

Wei Yuan suddenly had a bad feeling and asked, "How much do you remember?"

"Even they were able to overcome the tribulation, and I remember everything that has happened since I was born very clearly."

Since birth... Wei Yuan suddenly felt blood rush to his face, and it kept accumulating.

The young girl, Yin Yang, was currently wearing a long white-gold dress adorned with crimson and ice-blue accents. She appeared ethereal and translucent. However, at Wei Yuan's glance, the dress suddenly vanished. Wei Yuan was startled and quickly looked again, confirming that he had simply imagined it; the dress was indeed still there. He had just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the pieces of clothing slide off one by one, scattering at her feet. This exquisite scene seemed strangely familiar.

Wei Yuan blinked quickly, realizing it was just her imagination... But this time, the clothes gradually merged into her body, becoming part of her, and then disappeared again.

"This, this..."

"Clothes are merely an outward appearance; they are all part of my body, arising from my thoughts. You are, after all, a Creator Immortal Venerable, yet your Dao heart is so unstable. How can you guide this world onto the right path and create a grotto-heaven in the future?"

This round of reprimands came suddenly, yet seemed to make a lot of sense. Wei Yuan felt ashamed and quickly admitted his mistake. That's one of his strengths; if he really made a mistake, he would humbly accept it and earnestly improve.

Seeing his attitude, the girl's expression softened considerably. She stretched out an arm, her wide sleeves fluttering in the wind, and said, "I made this fabric based on the aura of immortal plants. It's very comfortable to wear. Why don't you try it on?"

Wei Yuan also thought her clothes looked exceptionally good today, so he reached out and touched the sleeve. But the texture was completely different from the light and flowing feel he had imagined; it was smooth and quite elastic, like…

Although it was a sleeve, without looking at it, just by feeling it with your hands, it wasn't clothing at all, but rather some part that was outside Wei Yuan's reach.

Wei Yuan's Dao heart, which had just been balanced, became unstable again.

The girl, Yin Yang, gathered her sleeves and vanished, leaving behind a faint echo of laughter in the air.

Wei Yuan finally understood that what he saw was not her clothes for the day, but her skin for the day.

He quickly composed himself and continued watching the heavenly tribulation.

At this moment, the tribulation lightning had already descended, with tremendous force, and dazzling lightning light fell like a waterfall.

Even among the Dharma Aspects, this tribulation lightning was considered one of the top-ranked, but Wei Yuan found it extremely displeasing: Wasn't this just plain lightning? Why didn't it contain fire, water, or any signs of life or death? If the heavenly tribulation was just lightning, would he have to go through all this trouble? Lightning rods could be produced in any quantity he needed.

Unbeknownst to him, several arc-shaped halos of light revolved rapidly around him, sweeping across the surrounding world, spinning several times in an instant. Countless starlight appeared around him, and with each heavenly tribulation, numerous starlight beams rose into the sky to intercept them, ultimately annihilating together with the tribulation lightning.

This move, executed with utmost elegance and effortlessness, far surpassed Wei Yuan's skill, if not by a great margin.

On the distant island, a grand formation had been erected. Han Li calmly and composedly dealt with the heavenly tribulation while taking stock of his supplies. Judging from the scale of the tribulation clouds, it was very likely that he would still have half of his magical treasures and pills left after the tribulation was over.

Wei Yuan grew increasingly displeased with them, and even considered summoning some heavenly lightning to spice things up for these two. However, he suddenly remembered something: what kind of tribulation were these two undergoing?

Looking at Jun Weizhi and Han Li again, Wei Yuan realized that they were undergoing the Dharma Aspect Tribulation, and the two of them had already reached the Dharma Aspect stage!
How did these two suddenly become Dharma forms? Could it be that the shackles of heaven and earth have been broken? Wei Yuan hurriedly examined the human world and only then did he realize that the chaotic energy had covered more than half of it at some point, and a spark of spiritual fire had been born at the core of the human world. At this moment, the whole world was like a newborn baby with a heartbeat.

Wisps of chaotic energy continuously emerged from the void and landed on the human world. Upon closer inspection, Wei Yuan discovered that this chaotic energy did not originate from refining the Liao clan corpses, but rather from the human world's own breathing.

In other words, the human world is now a living, breathing world, capable of absorbing and releasing the vital energy of heaven and earth on its own, without the need for intervention, and can also slowly cultivate itself.

(End of this chapter)