Thirty-Six Heavens

In the Primordial Unrecorded Years, Li Fan secluded himself to comprehend Pangu's Heaven-Opening Imprint within the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls.

This Heaven-Opening Imprint recorded the shattering of the Chaos Supreme Treasure, the Chaos Pearl. The Dao traces and Great Dao Laws Pangu had left behind during his Creation of Heaven and Earth were all related to creation. As Li Fan comprehended the Heaven-Opening Imprint, his Grand Unity Dao Fruit rapidly improved.

As Li Fan understood it, Pangu's direct descendants and World-Opening Supreme Treasures also possessed Heaven-Opening Imprints, though each was incomplete to varying degrees. Heavenly Emperor Cangli's Chaos Bell, Hongjun's Pangu Banner, and Yinyang's Taiji Diagram were all examples.

In the Primordial Unrecorded Years, Li Fan's cultivation broke through to the Grand Unity Second Heaven. He could no longer continue comprehending the Heaven-Opening Imprint.

Great God Pangu's Dao was too powerful, and its influence on Li Fan ran too deep. Li Fan feared that if he continued, one day he might become Pangu's other self.

Perhaps this was the limitation placed upon Descendants of Pangu. From Pangu's Heaven-Opening Imprint, Li Fan comprehended a divine ability: One Sword to Open the Heavens. Aside from Innate Spiritual Treasures, it was Li Fan's strongest method.

If he wanted to keep growing stronger, he still had to focus on the Thirty-Six Sea-Calming Divine Pearls and open thirty-six Great Thousand Worlds.

The divine pearls, which possessed the traits of a Chaos Supreme Treasure, had already become Li Fan's treasure for attaining the Dao.

Inside the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls was a vast gray haze, without sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, or streams.

One Sword to Open the Heavens! The Chaos Qi within the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl began to evolve. Clear yang became heaven, while turbid yin became earth. Light, clear qi rose to form the heavens; heavy, turbid matter sank to form the earth.

A Medium World was successfully opened. This world focused primarily on the Star Law.

Li Fan successively opened Thirty-Three Medium Worlds, each with a different focus.

Li Fan also gained many insights into laws. After restoring some of his mana, he prepared to open Great Thousand Worlds with the final three Sea-Calming Divine Pearls.

With his current cultivation, it was still somewhat beyond his strength. However, he had three top-grade Innate Spiritual Roots. That was Li Fan's confidence.

One Sword to Open the Heavens! One Sword to Open the Heavens... The power of this divine ability grew ever stronger. As heaven and earth opened, just as Li Fan's mana was about to run dry, the Great Thousand World was finally created.

However, the newly opened world was extremely unstable and could collapse at any moment. Li Fan hurriedly placed the Innate Spiritual Root, Huangzhong Plum, at its center as the Sky-Supporting Divine Tree. This Great Thousand World focused on the Law of Earth that Huangzhong Plum possessed.

After recovering his mana, he continued opening another Great Thousand World, using the Innate Spiritual Root Enlightenment Tea Tree as its Sky-Supporting Divine Tree. The laws of this Great Thousand World were the most balanced.

For the final world, Li Fan made full preparations. He was about to do something big. Since the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls were a combined Innate Spiritual Treasure and their origins were interconnected, Li Fan had a new idea.

The thirty-five opened heavens sent forth their world power, blessing Li Fan. He felt his body fill with power, his mana seemingly endless.

Strong. Too strong! Li Fan's expression twisted as he roared, "One Sword to Open the Heavens!" Even the space inside the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl shattered.

Earth, wind, water, and fire surged forth as a Great Thousand World was born. Li Fan hurriedly placed Tongtian Jianmu, which had regressed from a Chaos Spirit Root, at the center of the world.

The world stabilized at once. Li Fan had succeeded. He could sense the abundant origin of this world. From now on, among the Thirty-Six Heavens, the Great Thousand World suppressed by Tongtian Jianmu would stand first.

After the Thirty-Six Heavens were successfully opened, Li Fan's cultivation reached the Grand Unity Triple Heaven. Now, with world power as his foundation and seemingly inexhaustible mana, along with Innate Spiritual Treasures that combined offense and defense, he dared to contend even with those in the Middle Grand Unity, at the fifth to eighth heavens.

The Minor Worlds he had opened before were no longer useful. Li Fan took out the Moon Laurel Tree and the Zhou Tian Star Fruit Tree Branch, placing them into the Myriad Worlds. He divided the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil into thirty-six portions and scattered them throughout the heavens, while also merging the Minor Worlds into them.

Li Fan calculated that his seclusion had lasted an entire eon. He prepared to leave seclusion and find Goddess Wangshu to chat with and relieve his boredom.

Goddess Wangshu sat quietly beneath the Moon Laurel Tree.

"Goddess, has anything interesting happened in the Primordial World lately?"

Wangshu frowned. "Solar Star God Zhuzhao has begun recruiting large numbers of gods, accepting anyone who comes. I find him quite irritating. I only hope he will not disrupt the peace of the Primordial Starry Sky."

"Also, the Three Emperors have been moving more frequently, as though they are plotting something. Azure Emperor Yang Mei has appeared, and Great God Hongjun publicly invited Yang Mei to Yujing Mountain as a guest."

"It seems the Five Elder Lords have felt the pressure as well. Only Goddess Taiyuan remains so carefree. If she isn't off fighting, she's on her way to fight."

Goddess Wangshu wore a helpless expression. Goddess Taiyuan truly was far too carefree.

Li Fan teased, "Maybe one day Yang Mei will join the Five Elder Lords, and your Five Divine Emperors will fall apart."

"Goddess Wangshu, you need to pull yourself together. The leader's seat goes around; this year it should come to our house. Among the Five Divine Emperors, you should be the foremost."

Wangshu rolled her eyes, her cool face showing rare annoyance. "You really enjoy stirring up trouble. If you said that to White Emperor Luohu, he would definitely be interested."

Li Fan asked urgently, "Goddess, is there any way to increase my cultivation speed again? I have a vague feeling that this era will see an extremely brutal war."

It was a well-intentioned warning. A storm was coming.

Wangshu circled Li Fan once. "Your cultivation speed is already astonishing. Grand Unity Triple Heaven... tsk, tsk. Li Fan, you've really made something of yourself."

Li Fan had only just broken through, and the powerful aura around him had not yet fully withdrawn. Wangshu could sense that his aura was far stronger than before he entered seclusion.

Li Fan chuckled. "Keep it low-key, keep it low-key. It's nothing much."

Wangshu reminded him, "Don't be impatient in cultivation. You need to be steady. You are already progressing very quickly."

"What is most precious in the Primordial World? Luck. Innate things possess innate luck, individuals possess their own luck, and building a faction grants luck as well. There are many ways to obtain luck."

"This is the age of the Divine Dao. Gods wield authorities, and God and Dao Aligned. Besides comprehending the laws within those authorities, the most important thing is the luck that authorities inherently bring."

"As long as Taiyin Star's moonlight shines, it can continuously provide me with luck. Of course, breaking through to Hunyuan Grand Unity is not so simple."

"The value of authorities differs as well. Some are great, some are small. The powerful authorities have already been divided up."

"The Primordial World's luck is not omnipotent. Your own strength is what truly matters."

Li Fan thought that powerful luck was absolutely indispensable. He had cultivated so quickly before because he obtained a great number of treasures on Five Immortals Island. Afterward, Li Fan felt his cultivation slow down, and he found it hard to adjust.

Still, Li Fan was already very satisfied. Grow quietly and don't get reckless.

Li Fan drank tea and discussed the Dao with Goddess Wangshu. One hundred thousand years later, he left Taiyin Star and prepared to visit Doumu Yuanjun.

Vast Horizon. One step spanned hundreds of millions of miles. Before long, the enormous Ziwei Star appeared before Li Fan.

The world was unpredictable. When Li Fan had last come to Ziwei Star to travel, he had still been a Venerable God. This time, he was already a Da Luo Venerable God, and not one who had just entered Great Luo, but one at the Grand Unity Triple Heaven.

Li Fan arrived at the Ziwei Palace and met the peerlessly elegant Ziwei Star Lord.

"Li Fan of Taiyin Star has come to pay respects to Goddess Ziguang."

Goddess Ziguang looked shocked. "I only went into seclusion once, and you became a Da Luo Venerable God? Li Fan, your cultivation speed is truly fast."

Li Fan looked smug. "It cannot compare to Goddess Ziguang's vast divine abilities."

Ziguang shot Li Fan a glance. "All right, stop flattering each other. What did you come to see me for?"

"I came to bring the goddess tea leaves and Spirit Fruit, to thank you for your help. Come, I'll make tea for you myself. Even Goddess Wangshu praised my tea-making skills."

Samadhi True Fire swirled around Li Fan's hands as he began brewing the tea. He controlled the heat perfectly. The Three Lights Divine Water slowly came to a boil, and the tea was ready.

"Please enjoy the tea."

Goddess Ziguang drained it in one gulp with her purple lips, then entered a state of Dao comprehension. The first time one drank Dao Comprehension Divine Tea, its effect was the greatest.

A hundred years later, Goddess Ziguang's starry eyes slowly opened. "Fine tea and fine water. Divine treasures rarely seen in this world."

Afterward, Li Fan stayed in Ziguang's palace for a time, chatting and discussing the Dao. It was immensely enjoyable.

Li Fan's comprehension of the laws of the Zhou Tian Stars deepened further. However, the Enlightenment Tea Tree's effect on Li Fan had greatly weakened, leaving little more than a marginal benefit.

One hundred thousand years later, Li Fan returned to Taiyin Star.

In the Primordial World, strength reigned supreme. Li Fan was on good terms with the Taiyin Star Lord and Ziwei Star Lord, while Wangshu and Ziguang were hostile toward Zhuzhao.

Taiyang Star Lord Zhuzhao had recently begun making moves, organizing a faction. Li Fan glanced at Taiyang Star. Chaos created opportunity.

From the moment Li Fan transmigrated into the Prehistoric Universe, the butterfly effect had already begun.

He thought of the Zhou Tian Star Array from the Later Generations' Witch-Demon Era, a grand formation at the Hunyuan Grand Unity level.

"Hehehe, Solar Star God, you have chosen the path of death!"