In a High Martial World where spiritual energy was awakening...
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth was gradually returning. The world's order ran smoothly, and its Source Laws were slowly growing stronger. In another few hundred years, it would surely be able to accommodate Emperor-level powerhouses.
Cultivation realms in this world were straightforward. From lowest to highest came the First through Nine Grades, followed by Saint Grade and then Emperor Grade.
Sixth Grade cultivators were also called Minor Grandmasters, Seventh Grade cultivators Grand Grandmasters, Eighth Grade cultivators Minor Venerables, and Ninth Grade cultivators Grand Venerables.
Saint Grade powerhouses were also known as Saints or Great Saints.
Emperor Grade powerhouses were called Emperor Venerables or Great Emperors.
Of course, the awakening of spiritual energy had only recently begun. Even Eighth Grade Minor Venerables were few, while Saint Grade powerhouses were so rare they could be counted on one hand.
As for Great Emperors, none had appeared. The world itself was not yet strong enough to contain a powerhouse of that level.
In the Chat Group's ranking, Emperor Grade was Ninth Tier. In the Greater Worlds where Yang Jian and Demon Lord Chonglou lived, it corresponded to the Celestial Immortal realm.
This High Martial World was merely a Lesser World.
One day, the orderly workings of this world suddenly changed—and the change was anything but small.
The instant Shi Yueyao took out the Sky Mirror, the world's laws and order briefly collapsed.
Space-Time Rifts inexplicably appeared. The order of heaven and earth inexplicably broke down, and for an instant, the entire world fell silent.
It was as though some supreme existence had gently pressed a finger to the pause button of heaven and earth. Time stopped. Space was suppressed...
This world had no Heavenly Dao Consciousness, so heaven and earth offered no resistance to the intrusion of a power more terrifying than an invasion of the world itself.
The world's powerhouses could not sense the change at all. That was undoubtedly fortunate.
In an instant, the temporal and spatial Source Laws within the Sky Mirror seized control of, and replaced, those of this world.
After all, compared with the Grand Primordial Cosmos where Bai Yu lived, the gulf between them was vast...
Thus, the Sky Mirror took control of this High Martial World's Spacetime Source Laws in an instant.
The world's space became incomparably stable.
Space that an Eighth Grade Minor Venerable could once tear apart could no longer be torn. Such a cultivator could not shake it in the slightest.
Even if someone attained Enlightenment of the Dao and became a Great Emperor one day, they would still be unable to budge space in the slightest.
For this world's powerhouses, space had become something forbidden. They could neither shake it nor comprehend even a trace of it—unless the Sky Mirror granted them access.
As for time, this world did have secret arts related to it. From now on, though, those arts would likely be useless.
Time could no longer be moved or even touched. It had become mysterious beyond fathoming in the truest sense.
For the world itself, this change was an immense opportunity.
For the living beings within it, however, it was a tragedy...
Shi Yueyao had no idea what had happened to the world when she took out the Sky Mirror.
She stared at the ornate round mirror in her hands, radiant with violet-gold divine light, and felt as if her breath might stop.
She held the little mirror in trembling hands, then grew a little awkward.
She... seemed to have no idea how to use it.
"Do I... have to drip blood on it to claim it? No, the Immortal Exalted lives in the Primordial World. I probably have to refine the restrictions inside the treasure before I can use it..."
She might never have eaten pork, but she had at least seen a pig run.
Shi Yueyao knew that treasures in the Primordial Wilderness contained restrictions. The more powerful a treasure was, the more restrictions it had and the harder it was to refine.
"But... I'm only Third Tier..."
Shi Yueyao's voice caught as she spoke. Her expression was so aggrieved she was almost ready to cry.
Having a mountain of treasure before her and no way in was enough to drive anyone mad.
Shi Yueyao had only just set foot on the path of cultivation. In the Chat Group, she was merely Third Tier.
Refining a Sixteenth Tier treasure was all but impossible for her.
"Can I only use it to hit people...?"
Shi Yueyao stared at the Sky Mirror in her hands and muttered in despair.
The Sky Mirror was the best thing in the red packet Bai Yu had sent, but the other items were hardly inferior.
To Bai Yu, though, they really were little more than trash.
What Bai Yu considered trash, however, was priceless treasure to Yang Jian and the others.
The Lotus Lantern World.
Heavenly Court, the Hall of the Heavenly Gods.
Yang Jian sat on the central throne. On either side of him, the Meishan Brothers drank, ate meat, and laughed together.
At that moment, Yang Jian seemed lost in a daze.
The Meishan Brothers had long since grown used to it.
They had noticed that their Second Master often stared into space lately. None of them knew what was on his mind.
Was their Second Master missing his younger sister, the Third Saintly Mother?
Yang Jian had also claimed the red packet Bai Yu sent.
Innate Yin-Yang Energy: A wisp of Innate Qi containing the Yin-Yang Source Law. Grade: Sixteenth Tier
"!!!"
The moment Yang Jian saw the item inside the red packet, he shot to his feet in shock.
Magical Power burst from him instinctively. A terrifying pressure swept over the entire Hall of the Heavenly Gods like a tide.
Even the Heavenly Eye in the center of his forehead sprang open, unleashing a fierce silver divine light.
The sudden change nearly frightened the Six Sages of Meishan into collapsing on the spot.
They were only Primordial Unity Golden Immortals, while Yang Jian was a Daluo Golden Immortal. His pressure alone was more than they could resist.
The Jade Pool Immortal Realm.
The Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother were eating immortal fruit and drinking fine nectar. Celestial music rang out as heavenly maidens danced lightly—a picture of immortal luxury.
Suddenly, both the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother looked toward the Divine Law Deity Hall where Yang Jian was, puzzlement in their eyes.
Neither sent out divine sense to investigate. They exchanged a glance, then paid it no further mind.
The disturbance in the Hall of the Heavenly Gods passed as quickly as it had come. The heavenly soldiers and generals inside had been frightened too, but they had no standing to learn what had happened. They kept their heads down and returned to their duties.
The Six Sages of Meishan had also been shaken. They all looked toward their Second Master with worry and confusion.
"Second Master..."
Eldest Kang stepped forward, then hesitated.
Yang Jian raised a hand to stop him, shook his head, and said quietly, "It's nothing."
The Six Sages of Meishan exchanged glances and said no more. But each of them circulated his Magical Power, staying secretly alert to their surroundings as they guarded Yang Jian.
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