Inside the Cloud Bamboo Palace Dao Field, Jiang Yun slowly opened his eyes.
After a long period of seclusion and integration, the originally distinct Congenital Cloud Bamboo and the legacy of Hollow Willow within his body have successfully intertwined into a stable Meridians, with one-tenth of the original structure remaining intact.
Two kinds of primordial Spiritual Power flowed through his meridians like serpents, each circulation strengthening his Dao foundation and expanding the territory and Laws of his Inner World.
Under Jiang Yun's conscious guidance, the Myriad Worlds transformed from the Hollow Willow leaves are also merging into the world system of his inner universe.
Jiang Yun modified these newly integrated worlds by drawing on the "Ascension System" of the Heavenly Court of later generations.
First, he clearly divided the world he merged into into three major levels: [Dust Worlds], [Lesser Thousand Worlds], and [Middle Thousand Worlds]. Each major level is further divided into minor levels. The world level is judged by the intensity of the energy it contains, the completeness of its Laws, and the stability of its space.
He set up "Ascension Platform" in each world. If a being's cultivation reaches the peak that the Previous Life can accommodate, and passes the test of will and potential on the Ascension Platform, they can attract the Guiding Immortal Light.
The Guiding Immortal Light is not simply spatial teleportation, but rather guides the cultivator's essence, energy, and spirit to undergo a qualitative leap and purification.
Once an ascendant reaches a higher-level world, their life essence will spontaneously absorb more concentrated primordial energy, refining their body and transforming it into energy that aligns with the Laws of that world.
This governance method, which had never appeared before in the Primordial World, showed great vitality as soon as it was put into operation in Jiang Yun's inner world.
Inspired by the goal of ascension, cultivators in the lower realms have been diligently cultivating and practicing, making the overall cultivation atmosphere in the world more pure and efficient.
The middle world is becoming increasingly vibrant due to the constant influx of new blood, leading to more frequent exchanges and collisions between civilizations, and accelerating the advancement and refinement of cultivation techniques.
The inner Heaven and Earth Origin cycle becomes more active and stable due to the energy level leap brought about by the systematic advancement and the continuous refinement of the life's origin.
"Unexpectedly, this mechanism, summarized by later generations, has played a significant role in promoting the evolution of heaven and earth and the improvement of its rules."
Jiang Yun sighed inwardly, noting that the overall style of the Primordial World Era was too "rough" and lacked a stable and long-lasting framework of Order, resulting in a constant cycle of glory and Destruction.
During the process of refining the Hollow Willow, he discovered something: the worlds on the Hollow Willow branches and leaves did not all originate from his own evolution; a large part of them were actually captured by his Spirit Root.
If he could entrust his Divine Sense to Willow Branch and invade countless worlds with the Great Law of Proving Dao in Dreams, wouldn't he be able to connect even more worlds and use those worlds to nurture the Great Thousand World within his body?
However, the time is not right yet. Currently, only one-tenth of the Hollow Willow's essence has been integrated, and this matter needs to be done step by step.
Jiang Yun was very interested in capturing a world. He possessed the Space-time Origin and controlled the Spirit Root of the Hollow Willow, so he planned to try to capture a world to verify his idea.
Sitting upright in the Dao Field, his mind was immersed in the network of Laws woven from the countless veins of the Hollow Willow.
Each subtle ripple in space seemed to reveal to him the trajectory of a certain world rising and falling within the Chaos.
"Attaining enlightenment in a dream, a single thought encompasses myriad realms!" Jiang Yun concentrated and Jieyin the Great Law of Proving Dao in Dreams. This was the first time he had used the Great Art since Jieyin had taught him it.
An invisible root extended from the vast Divine Sense, following the spatial fluctuations sensed by the Hollow Willow branches.
In an instant, the Divine Sense pierced through countless distorted lights and chaotic spatial corridors, finally anchoring at a spatial coordinate that exuded a strange sense of familiarity. Following that feeling, at the end of the space was a blue bead half-hidden by Chaos dust.
"This aura..." Jiang Yun's brows twitched slightly, showing a hint of surprise, "It actually originates from the same source as the Innate Gourd Vine?"
He instantly understood that this was probably a Mirror World naturally generated from the projection of the Primordial Desolation Origin in the endless Chaos River of Time and Space, and its origin was not powerful.
Without hesitation, his Divine Sense followed the Laws of dreams, transforming into a beam of light that pierced through the barrier outside the world and entered that world directly!
Buzz--
Because the separated Divine Sense was very weak, a dizzying feeling of being stripped away instantly came over him, but it was smoothed out by the power naturally mobilized by the Dao Derivation Disk.
The next moment, Jiang Yun's thoughts descended upon a completely different world.
Clouds swirled in the mountain stream, the spiritual energy thin yet still lively. From Jiang Yun's perspective, a sense of the innocence of a Newborn World filled the entire landscape.
He looked around.
Below us lies a verdant Mountain Valley, and in the distance, a uniquely shaped mountain peak stands out prominently.
The mountain was actually composed of seven enormous peaks, each a different color.
Crimson like fiery mountain rocks, orange-yellow like the halo of sunset, emerald green like carved jade, indigo like the tears of the deep sea... Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple, the seven colors of light flow endlessly.
"Seven-Colored Mountain... Could it be the Seven Gourd Brothers?" Jiang Yun murmured, his gaze piercing through the mountain.
Deep within the mountain, where there were no complex rock strata, a low, rumbling sound could be faintly heard, as if an ancient behemoth was struggling.
As the Divine Sense swept silently across, the mountain's origin became clearly visible. It was a dense mass of almost impenetrable Seven-Colored Spiritual Light that had been forcibly mixed together, intertwined, each containing the other.
At the core of that Seven-Colored Spiritual Light, a faint aura similar to that of Gourd Vine Spirit Root emanated.
The foundation of this world truly originated from the Innate Gourd Vine!
He looked around.
The lush forest was alive with birdsong and insect chirps, yet Jiang Yun's Divine Sense, though weak, was of exceptionally high quality, being at the Hunyuan level.
In Jiang Yun's perception, the trajectory of this world's operation presented a rigid, mechanical feel.
The flourishing and withering of plants are excessively orderly, the sunlight flows with a rigid rhythm, and even the howling of the mountain wind through the valley seems to follow a predetermined script, without a trace of genuine surprise or vibrant life.
The entire space is like a pre-programmed, repeatedly played illusion.
"The Heavenly Dao has not yet manifested, the Laws are newly established and not yet firmly established, and the framework of the world is still rudimentary... This is a Lesser Thousand World that has been bound by a predetermined destiny template since its early stages of development." Jiang Yun quickly made a judgment.
Their gaze fell upon a village near Seven-Colored Mountain.
Blue stone path, white walls and black tiles, a scene of ordinary life.
At the village entrance stood an old man, hoe in hand, his face etched with wrinkles of sorrow and hope, telling a group of children dressed in coarse cloth jackets and bibs the story that had been passed down countless times:
Inside the Seven-Colored Mountain, there lives a Snake Demon who wreaks havoc everywhere!
Only the Seven-Colored Seeds inside the mountain can grow into seven powerful Gourd Babies who can rid the people of evil...
Jiang Yun remained hidden to the side, quietly observing the unfolding events.
The Snake Demon escapes, the Gourd Seeds are planted, the seven Gourd Babies are born, the Old Grandpa is captured, the seven gourd brothers line up to rescue their grandfather, fight the demons... everything unfolds before Jiang Yun's eyes like a woven canvas.
"Gourd Babies, Gourd Babies, seven flowers on one vine, unafraid of wind and rain, la la la la..."
As the plot unfolds, music unconsciously plays in my ears.
The seven Gourd Babies each possessed several Primordial World Divine Ability powers, but this world was far too weak. These Divine Ability, projected from the origin, were like the flames of Candle Dragon placed in Glazed Lamp —too dazzling, yet too fragile.
Jiang Yun watched the unfolding drama until the seven Gourd Babies were finally defeated by the Snake Demon Magic Treasure and captured one after another. In the alchemy furnace of the demon cave, the seven brothers worked together and merged into one, transforming into Gourd Little Vajra a seven-colored gourd on its head and rainbow-colored body. They gathered all the remaining primal power of the entire projected world and finally suppressed the hissing giant snake back to the foot of the Seven-Colored Mountain.
As the giant serpent's final, unwilling roar was Sealing Restriction, a burst of seven-colored light surged into the mountain, and everything returned to calm. The world, as if having exhausted all its strength, fell into a deathly stillness.
Time accelerated its flow, and in the blink of an eye, deep within the seemingly impregnable Seven-Colored Mountain, a Pangolin appeared, beginning to gnaw away at the mountain's seal. Thus, the Snake Demon, on the verge of being obliterated, escaped once more...
"Reincarnation... has begun." Jiang Yun said calmly.
He clearly observed that with the end of each Reincarnation, the concentration of spiritual energy in this world decreased by one point, and the spiritual light of those treasure gourds dimmed by one point.
Especially at the seal of the Seven-Colored Mountain, every impact of the giant snake, every combination of the Gourd Babies, and every suppression by Little King Kong are all impacts and depletions on the already immature core structure of the world.
"Like a candle that has burned out, each solidified wax tear makes the flame dimmer."
This cycle is not only a closed loop of fate, but also a path of irreversible decline and decay of the world's vitality.
He spoke softly, his deep gaze seemingly piercing through the surface of this Small World to see its deeper essence.
Since the beginning of the Primordial Desolation World, it has gone through Tribulation Cycle. Every historical event has caused some of the original essence to dissipate, projecting fragments of the Primordial World into various projection worlds.
This primordial energy, constantly dissipating, is gradually consumed in this Reincarnation, projected world... Isn't this a slow and irreversible path to decay?
Was the Primordial Desolation Origin weakened through these repeated dissipations? Is the Primordial World a projection of a higher-dimensional world?
"The path to the End of Dharma of the world does not originate from external aggression, but from the irreversible dissipation and loss of its inner essence through excessive cycles and repetitions."
As soon as this thought arose, deep within Jiang Yun's Sea of Consciousness, the Spirit Bamboo that represented the World Foundation and was striving to intertwine with the Hollow Willow roots suddenly shone brightly!
The sudden enlightenment about the origin of the world's birth and death is like a pure, sweet rain, nourishing the spirituality of the Spirit Bamboo and accelerating its fusion with the Hollow Willow.
His gaze pierced through the seal of the Seven-Colored Mountain, landing on the Seven-Colored Spiritual Light deep within the mountain's belly, which had dimmed considerably but still stubbornly radiated pure and original light.
"These Seven-Colored Spiritual Light are both a projection of the Primordial Desolation Origin and the last Fire Seed spirituality honed by the endless Reincarnation of beings in this world."
With a slight thought, Jiang Yun gently guided an invisible force that pierced through the sealing structure of the Seven-Colored Mountain, yet it did not provoke any rejection from the World Will, as this world has no Heavenly Dao.
A wisp of the most essential seven-colored radiance, like the core of an illusory rainbow, quietly drifted out from the depths of the mountain and landed in Jiang Yun's outstretched palm.
Inside the radiant interior, seven hazy, tiny figures, each with a different form, could be vaguely seen nestled together in a deep sleep.
The crimson figure has bulging muscles, the orange figure has a thin crack between its brows, and the yellow figure is as if it were cast from glass... This is the purest "fruit" of Daoist essence, condensed from the repeated reenactments of this world—the crystallization of the world's core rules and the wishes of all living beings.
If you remain here, you will only perish and disappear along with the world.
Today, as we enter the World Tree, let us open a glimmer of hope and ignite an eternal flame.
Jiang Yun's voice was calm yet carried the profound wisdom of the Great Dao, and a flash of seven-colored light appeared in his palm.
Within Jiang Yun's inner world, atop the magnificent trunk of the World Tree, a tiny rainbow of light quietly bloomed at the tip of a branch.
The rainbow light spread rapidly, and at the tips of the branches, a patch of illusory yet solid Seven-Colored Soil quietly appeared.
"Gather!" Jiang Yun's words became law, and the power of creation from within his Inner World was drawn by his will and slowly poured into the Seven-Colored Soil.
In the center of the soil, a tiny, seven-colored seed quietly sprouts.
Under the infusion of the vast primordial energy and the nourishment of the World Tree's divine power, the crystal seed rapidly grew, taller, and Form Transformation... Finally, a small but vibrant, radiant Seven-Colored Little Gourd Vine coiled around this branch and firmly took root on the World Tree!
Seven tiny gourds, each the size of a finger and a different color, hung quietly on the vine like Stars adorning it—crimson, orange-yellow, indigo... each faintly exuding the pure aura of its own elemental Laws.
Now it is no longer a simple projection, but Seven-Colored Divine Vine that has gained a real foundation for existence by relying on the profound origin of the Spirit Bamboo and Jiang Yun's inner world!
Just as the Gourd Vine took root and solidified, the Netherworld Reincarnation Mirror, deep within Jiang Yun's Inner World and imbued with the Reincarnation energy of heaven and earth and the sacred power of Netherworld Reincarnation Treasure Mirror, seemed to be summoned by the Laws of the same origin. The primordial imprint of the Innate Spiritual Root Gourd Vine within the mirror suddenly lit up, and a pure and gentle Creation Divine Light, containing the power of Reincarnation purification and life reshaping, silently crossed multiple spatial dimensions and precisely merged into the core of the newly born Gourd Vine!
Buzz!
The seven-colored light flashed and disappeared on the vine, and the newly grown Gourd Vine became more solid and stable, with a faint glow of the Reincarnation Dao Resonance flowing on the vine.
"Good." Jiang Yun in the void of the inner world, his gaze falling on the newly sprouted branch of the Spirit Bamboo.
With this vine anchoring it in this world, the coordinates of this Little Gourd World were imprinted on the Spirit Bamboo, and Jiang Yun was able to capture them.
As soon as Jiang Yun awoke from his dream, he regained his composure and withdrew from the still somewhat weakened Lesser Thousand Projection World.
Within the Chaos Dao Field, only the faintly glowing spatial ripples on the Hollow Willow branch in front of him recorded the silent creation that had just occurred.
Having verified his ideas, especially after discovering the root cause of the Primordial World's End of Dharma from his recent experience, he closed his eyes again, immersing his mind in a deeper level of primordial fusion, and continued his journey toward the gate of transformation of the Chaos Spiritual Root.
He already had some plans in mind, but all of this still needed his own strength as a guarantee.
Since things have come to this, let's focus on self-cultivation first!