Chu Mu raised a hand and lightly brushed it. A wisp of invisible aura flashed past his fingertips. If not for a trace of Spirit Radiance Blessing, it would have been difficult even to sense, as though it did not exist.
Clearly, this was no illusion.
Suspicion appeared on Chu Mu's face. The unknown force within this Mountain Valley seemed more inclined toward the nature of Heaven and Earth Rules.
Yet it was far, far more mixed and disorderly than Heaven and Earth Rules.
Only...
Chu Mu once more picked up a wisp of aura in tentative probing. In that instant of confinement came an instant of observation.
It likewise flashed away in an instant, but this time, it was undoubtedly several degrees clearer.
A flash of insight struck him. He roughly understood what the unknown force within this Mountain Valley actually was.
With a trace of Spirit Radiance Blessing, Chu Mu cautiously verified the conjecture in his heart.
Once the target direction had been anchored, further verification made everything increasingly clear.
Rather than calling this Mountain Valley a grand formation, it would be more accurate to call it a unique Rule Blessed Land forged by generations of mighty Qingqiu Fox Clan cultivators! The formations and restrictions in the valley held nothing particularly mysterious. The true core lay in the unique interweaving of Rules within it.
These Rules were neither Rule power drawn forth by some grand formation, nor were they the Heaven and Earth Rules inherent to this Qingqiu Grotto-Heaven.
They originated from generation after generation of Qingqiu Fox Clan great powers, whose own Rules had overflowed and, through subtle influence, altered and reshaped the surrounding heaven-and-earth environment.
At the Nascent Soul Realm, one first came into contact with Heaven and Earth Rules, passively receiving them.
At the God