The West's Revival Plan

After spending some time answering their questions, Jieyin and Zhunti bid farewell to Zhenyuanzi, preparing to return to Mount Sumeru with Jiang Yun.

Zhenyuanzi made a brief attempt to persuade them to stay, then made an arrangement with the three of them: once the Ginseng Fruit ripened, they should come to Wuzhuang Temple again to taste the fruit together and discuss the Dao.

Afterward, he and Hongyun escorted the three to the temple gates, where they parted ways.

During his years as a guest at Wuzhuang Temple, Jiang Yun had grown close to the two attendants, Qingfeng and Mingyue. Coupled with the close relationship between their elders, and Qingfeng and Mingyue's childlike innocence and simple natures, they had developed a very good bond.

At the time of parting, Jiang Yun pulled the two aside and took out some Three Lights Divine Water to give to them.

"Qingfeng, Mingyue, we've spent a long time together, our personalities are compatible, and we're like brothers. I've obtained some Three Lights Divine Water through a fortunate encounter. Each of you will get twenty drops. You can use it to refine your roots and bones and improve your aptitude. After we part, remember to cultivate well. When we meet again, don't let my cultivation fall too far behind!"

"Thank you, Senior Brother Jiang Yun, we'll definitely cultivate diligently! When Old Master's Ginseng Fruit ripens, you must come to Wuzhuang Temple. Mingyue and I will use golden beaters to knock fruit down for you to eat," Qingfeng said joyfully. Mingyue beside him also nodded vigorously in agreement.

After this exchange, Jieyin and Zhunti took Jiang Yun and transformed into a beam of light, heading back towards Mount Sumeru.

One day, a beam of light carrying three figures flashed and appeared at the foot of Mount Sumeru. The three were Jieyin, Zhunti, and Jiang Yun, returning from their visit to Wuzhuang Temple.

After leaving Wuzhuang Temple, Jieyin and Zhunti didn't rush back to their dojo. Instead, they took Jiang Yun along, meticulously searching along the way, collecting a pile of spiritual herbs, Spiritual Roots, and spiritual materials, regardless of whether they were Congenital or Acquired.

Their actions were a practical demonstration of their philosophy, showing Jiang Yun through their own example.

Previously, when they were with others, it wasn't convenient to do this. Now that they were separated, they had no reservations!

However, their practice of "harvesting" from the East, collecting Spiritual Roots and materials from the Primordial Desolation regions outside the West, and even abducting some creatures with excellent aptitude to compensate for the West's deficiencies, was not in line with Jiang Yun's own philosophy.

Jiang Yun advocated the principle that if you bloom, butterflies will come naturally; there's no need to tear down one wall to mend another, but rather to learn to find bricks from outside the wall to repair it. Just like his own dojo, Spirit Bamboo Valley, after the Earth Vein was shattered and Spiritual Energy could no longer generate on its own, the cultivation environment was extremely poor. However, he repaired the Earth Vein, allowing it to regain its ability to generate Spiritual Energy. Then, he set up the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Star Formation to draw in Star Power from the Primordial Desolation's starry sky, fostering Spirit Veins, greatly improving the cultivation environment, and allowing the vitality of the land around the dojo to gradually recover. In the long run, it was not impossible for it to regain its former glory.

On the way back, Jiang Yun pondered throughout the journey. He had many thoughts in his heart about the path he would take in the future.

The three returned to the main hall of the dojo. After Jieyin and Zhunti took their seats at the head, Jiang Yun spoke to them, expressing his thoughts.

"Teacher, on the way back to Mount Sumeru, I saw you and Martial Uncle collecting spiritual herbs and Spiritual Roots along the way. I presume they are to restore the vitality of the Western lands. When I was in Spirit Bamboo Valley, I focused on repairing the Earth Vein and improving the dojo's environment. I created some formations to nurture the Earth Vein and convert Spiritual Energy. Additionally, I once comprehended a Lesser Heavenly Cycle Star Formation from a Spiritual Treasure, which can be used to draw in Star Power from the Primordial Desolation's starry sky and condense Spirit Veins. I hope you and Martial Uncle can help me examine and refine these formations."

Immediately after, he demonstrated to them the Earth Vein Spirit Infusion Array, Spirit Plant Conversion Array, Earth Vein Network, and Lesser Heavenly Cycle Star Formation, among others, which he had deduced using the Dao Derivation Disk at his Spirit Bamboo Valley dojo.

Upon hearing that these were a series of formations that could repair Earth Veins, restore the vitality of the land, and even cultivate Spirit Veins, Jieyin and Zhunti immediately became interested.

They focused their attention on watching the formation demonstrations, occasionally discussing some of the details. After some research, the effects of this series of formations greatly surprised them.

Since their transformation, the two had been working tirelessly for the great prosperity of the West. Although they had researched some nurturing formations for the fractured Earth Veins and Spirit Veins, they were still inferior to the unique formations that Jiang Yun had deduced using the Dao Derivation Disk, let alone the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Star Formation that Jiang Yun had obtained from the Dao Derivation Disk.

The effect of the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Star Formation in drawing in Star Power was the most astonishing to the two of them. The Primordial Desolation's Witch and Demon races had not yet established their tribes, and the Demon race's clan-protecting formation, the Heavenly Cycle Stars Formation, was nowhere to be seen. The power of just the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Star Formation, composed of 365 main stars, was already so extraordinary, making the complete Heavenly Cycle Stars Formation's power imaginable.

With the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Star Formation drawing in Star Power, Jieyin and Zhunti instantly had similar ideas to Jiang Yun. They greatly praised Jiang Yun's approach of using formations to restore the vitality of the West and enhance its foundation.

With such a method of gradual development, who would want to lose face and go to other places to "harvest"?

At this moment, Jieyin and Zhunti couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion: Senior Brother (I) truly did not misperceive; Jiang Yun is the key to the great prosperity of the West!

Subsequently, the three engaged in in-depth communication and exchange regarding these formations, and also exchanged opinions on how to use them to repair the Western lands, eventually reaching some consensus.

First, the three of them planned to set a cycle of fifty thousand years and launch the first fifty-thousand-year plan, or "First Five-Year Plan" for short. The written content of the First Five-Year Plan is as follows:

1. During the First Five-Year Plan, centered on Mount Sumeru, a central area of one million li in each of the eight directions—East, West, South, North, Southeast, Southwest, Northeast, and Northwest—will be selected as a Level 1 node. The Earth Vein Spirit Infusion Array, Spirit Plant Conversion Array, and Earth Vein Network will be used for Earth Vein repair, Spiritual Energy conversion, and Earth Vein protection.

2. On the repaired Level 1 nodes, the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Star Formation will be deployed to draw in Star Power and condense Spirit Veins.

3. Mount Sumeru will open its gates to accept disciples. Each of the eight Level 1 nodes of the First Five-Year Plan will require personnel to guard them, preventing them from being destroyed. Relying solely on a few individuals will definitely not be enough, so more aspiring beings from the West need to join.

4. Foster good relations with Zhenyuanzi's lineage. Great Immortal Zhenyuan follows the Way of the Great Earth, and his Earth Scroll is a supreme treasure of the Earth Dao. Through the Earth Scroll, he can borrow the power of Earth Veins to generate immense defensive strength, clearly view the trends of mountains and Earth Veins, and sort out and repair Earth Vein damage. Wuzhuang Temple is located near the Western lands. If they can join the Five-Year Plan, it will be a tremendous help.

The three communicated for a long time and finally preliminarily worked out the specific plan for the First Five-Year Plan.

Looking at this plan, Jieyin and Zhunti were filled with emotion. The vision for the West that they had been desperately pursuing was no longer an illusion but a rigorous and effective plan.

Seeing their inexpressible excitement, Jiang Yun finally gained a full understanding of the power of the Dao Derivation Disk.

The problem that had troubled the Western duo for so long, and even from later memories, the prosperity of the Western world during the Journey to the West period was far inferior to that of the East Victory Divine Continent and the South Blaze Continent, indicating that the issue of Western prosperity was ultimately not properly resolved. The so-called great prosperity of the West was merely the convergence of Fortune, not a true increase in foundation. When all is said and done, it was just an illusion!