There were no directions within the chaos, but the Mountains and Rivers Map had them.
Lin Heng unfurled the two scrolls and poured Time Force into them.
The gray outlines on the Mountains and Rivers Map slowly began to take on color, like xuan paper soaked in water, ink spreading outward from the center.
The first place to light up was south of Heavenly Action Continent... Anqiu Immortal City.
Lin Heng took a step forward. Chaos split apart, revealing that ruin-like land.
Calling it land was inaccurate—there was actually nothing there.
Only a vast emptiness remained. The surviving spiritual veins still pulsed faintly deep beneath the crust, like a heart on the verge of stopping.
He spread the Mountains and Rivers Map beneath his feet and pressed his palm to the ground.
"Using the thoughts of all living beings as my brush..."
True Yuan and spiritual power surged forth together, pouring into the Mountains and Rivers Map.
The gray outline of Anqiu Immortal City on the scroll began to glow. At the same time, the land beneath his feet began to change... rubble gathered together, broken walls rose up, and withered vegetation sprouted tender buds anew from the cracks.
Sections of city wall grew out of the void one after another. Stone slabs joined together to form streets, while the doors and windows of shops were restored.
This was different from creating something out of thin air. Everything was extracted from memories.
The Mountains and Rivers Map recorded every scene that had ever been remembered on this land... a cultivator's passing glance, a traveling merchant's cries at the city gate, the sunset a young girl saw while waiting for someone at a street corner.
These fragmented memories were collected, archived, and reorganized by the Mountains and Rivers Scroll.
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