If you die, I will be able to inherit your cultivation.

Time slowly passed by, bit by bit.

Zhou Ming focused his mind to sense the state of the divided soul in the Buddhist realm and found that the divided soul was still in the same place.

It was neither taken away nor instantly annihilated, remaining calm and undisturbed throughout.

The time it takes for an incense stick to burn has quietly passed, and the divided soul remains unharmed, without any unusual activity.

Zhou Ming knew that he had made the right bet this time.

Carefully tearing a tiny spatial rift around the split soul, he instantly retrieved the true spirit covered in a web of cause and effect.

The whole process went exceptionally smoothly without any unexpected incidents.

The smoothness of the event even exceeded Zhou Ming's expectations, which surprised him somewhat.

Raising his hand to support the true spirit in his grasp, Zhou Ming immediately activated the power of the world to investigate its internal condition.

Upon investigation, the results were exactly as he had predicted.

The entire space inside the True Spirit was filled with thick, dark energy spheres, densely packed together without leaving a single gap.

This black energy is the purest energy accumulated after the deaths of countless cultivators who practiced the Crossing the World Scripture.

With his enormous gains secured, Zhou Ming could no longer contain his joy and burst into laughter.

This operation was somewhat risky and not in line with his usual style.

But he ultimately made the right bet and secured the long-awaited reward.

Suppressing his joy, Zhou Ming raised his hand and threw the True Spirit, which was full of black energy, directly to the Qiankun World Central Hub, leaving it to the Central Hub to handle.

Allow the central nervous system to slowly absorb and refine this energy, thus propelling the evolution of the universe.

After completing all this, Zhou Ming began refining the innate treasure lotus platform in his hand while carefully comprehending the changes in his cultivation and slowly adapting to the improvement in his strength.

The spacetime black hole formed by the demonic void is too destructive. Even if the nine saints join forces, they will definitely not be able to completely suppress and quell it in a short period of time.

Even if a sage expends his strength to barely stabilize the black hole and quell the chaos.

Having experienced the collapse of the entire domain and the destruction of spacetime, the Demon Void is now completely destroyed.

All the resources, secret realms, and opportunities in the entire Demon Void were annihilated. It was impossible for any living beings, treasures, or opportunities to survive the devouring of the spacetime black hole.

In this way, the Demon Void Land has no value anymore, so there is no difference between going there and not going there.

Moreover, Zhou Ming had already made up his mind to temporarily refrain from getting involved in external disputes and instead focus on seclusion and reflection.

I'll make further plans once I've fully adapted to my increased strength.

A thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye.

For ordinary cultivators, a thousand years is enough time for many things to happen.

But for quasi-saints and saints, who stand at the pinnacle of the universe, this is a different matter.

A thousand years is an extremely short time, not even enough to count as a moment of closing one's eyes for a nap or a brief moment of rest; it is almost negligible.

During this brief period of seclusion spanning a thousand years, Zhou Ming quietly accomplished two major tasks.

The first thing is the progress of refining the innate treasure, the White Lotus Platform.

Over the course of a thousand years, he has refined half of this innate defensive treasure, completely mastering half of the innate restrictions and defensive powers of the lotus platform.

Primordial treasures carry the fundamental Dao of Heaven and Earth, and are inherently bound by layers of innate restrictions. They possess profound Daoist charm and are extremely difficult to refine.

Moreover, one must use one's own magical power and spiritual power to slowly permeate, cleanse, and refine the restriction day and night. The process is tedious and slow, with no shortcuts.

However, Zhou Ming's refining method was completely different from that of all other cultivators.

Others use magic power and spiritual energy to slowly and persistently refine the treasure.

Zhou Ming, relying on his own unique universe, directly activated the pure power of the world to forcibly penetrate, dismantle, and assimilate the innate restrictions inside the lotus platform.

The power of the world originates from the great principles and rules of the universe, and is an extension of the origin of a world.

The innate lotus platform is a supreme treasure nurtured by heaven and earth and carries the innate Great Dao. The two are essentially of the same origin, share the same Daoist rhyme, and are in harmony with each other's rules.

Because of this shared origin, when the power of the world invades the lotus platform, there is no rejection or resistance, and the assimilation efficiency far exceeds that of magic power and divine soul refinement.

This is precisely why Zhou Ming's refining speed is countless times faster than traditional refining methods.

In just a thousand years, they have achieved what others have taken millions of years to accomplish.

The second major event is the complete transformation of the black energy of the Crossing the World Scripture.

For thousands of years, the central hub of the Qiankun World has continuously absorbed and refined the black energy sphere within the True Spirit.

A massive influx of energy into the Qiankun World directly accelerated its evolution.

Zhou Ming could clearly sense the changes in his own cultivation. His Dao foundation was becoming more and more stable, and his cultivation foundation was layering up, bringing him closer and closer to the critical point of breaking through the realm.

The long period of seclusion allowed him to fully adapt to his rapidly increasing cultivation level.

At this moment, he has already firmly stood at the peak of the Quasi-Saint realm.

The next breakthrough is to cross the limit of Quasi-Saint and step into the realm of Saint.

Zhou Ming's path to breakthrough was completely different from that of all other cultivators in this universe.

In this universe, there are strict conditions for cultivators to break through from Quasi-Saint to Saint.

One must find the Primordial Purple Qi, use it to cleanse and refine one's true spirit, and rely on the Primordial Purple Qi to guide one's true spirit to merge with the Great Dao of the Universe, only then can one shed the shackles of a quasi-saint and attain sainthood.

Without the Primordial Purple Qi, no matter how strong one's foundation or how high one's combat power, one will be stuck at the peak of Quasi-Saint for life, unable to take the final step.

But this set of rules is completely ineffective for Zhou Ming.

His true spirit has been completely integrated into the central hub of the Qiankun World. To put it bluntly, he is the Qiankun World, and the Qiankun World is also him.

Unlike other sages who only integrate one or a few major paths, he did not achieve this.

His true spirit had long since merged with the three thousand Great Daos of the universe, each rooted in the same source, coexisting and inseparable.

His breakthrough to sainthood did not require the Primordial Purple Qi at all.

As long as the origin of the universe is sufficiently abundant, the world's evolution is sufficiently perfect, and the world's rules are sufficiently complete.

He can then naturally break through the constraints and ascend to the realm of a sage.

It has huge advantages, but also obvious drawbacks.

The evolution of the Qiankun World is extremely slow, relying on the world's own natural accumulation and gradual growth at a very slow pace.

Zhou Ming himself could not predict how many years it would take if he waited for the Qiankun World to evolve and reach its full potential on its own.

It could be tens of millions of years, hundreds of millions of years, or even longer, so long that it's indefinitely far off.

Thinking of this, Zhou Ming, who had been cultivating peacefully and calmly, could no longer remain calm.

He sat upright, his brows slightly furrowed, a strong sense of urgency rising in his heart.

He urgently needs a massive amount of energy to continuously infuse the universe, accelerate the world's evolution, shorten the settling time, and enable himself to break through to the realm of a sage as soon as possible.

Since he began his spiritual practice, he has been cautious in every step and patient in everything he does, hiding his whereabouts and acting timidly for many years.

They were always on guard against quasi-saints and saints, and were constantly in a state of caution and fear.

It would be a lie to say I'm not tired of this; who wouldn't want to stand openly in the sunlight?

Who wouldn't want to tell everyone: I don't eat beef?

Therefore, once he breaks through to the Saint Realm, he will no longer need to fear anyone.

No longer needing to hide and lie low, constantly on guard, one can truly roam freely and at will.