Cave Heaven

Cultivators who reach the Saint stage have already transcended the purely physical form of flesh and blood.

Even so, the pain of having almost all the bones in his body crushed still made Ye Yunguang pale and covered in cold sweat.

However, what terrified him even more than the pain in his body was the attitude of Ye Yan, the pillar of the Ye family, towards Jiang Yufeng.

That is...

A mixture of apprehension and awe!

This...

How is that possible?!

"How so?"

Ye Yunguang felt a chill run through his body, and he couldn't help but shiver as he spoke, "This is our Creation Sect! Within a radius of ten thousand miles, the power of our Creation Sect's Heavenly Dao can be unleashed to its fullest extent. Coupled with Uncle Ye's own strength as a supreme True Immortal... even ordinary Celestial Immortals couldn't do anything to him. But right now, this Jiang Yufeng is just outside our Creation Sect, only a few hundred miles from the cave heaven, yet Uncle Ye..."

"This Jiang Yufeng is definitely not as simple as the Mahayana Realm he has shown!"

Ye Qingzhu, who was standing to the side, also gritted her teeth.

Mahayana Realm?

Which Mahayana Realm could single-handedly defeat five powerful Void Immortals?

Even if a true immortal were to intervene, they wouldn't be able to achieve such a crushing defeat against the five of them if they didn't reveal their true immortal form.

The combat power that Jiang Yufeng just displayed...

It is even comparable to a peak True Immortal.

As far as she knew, Jiang Yufeng was not yet sixty years old.

So young and yet possessing strength comparable to a peak True Immortal!?

Even the Dao disciples and saintesses of those top sects are probably no better than this.

To achieve such success at such a young age, Ye Qingzhu would be the first to disbelieve that he had no powerful connections or backing.

In addition, there's his older brother Ye Yan's attitude towards him...

Damn it!

For a moment, a look of worry appeared on Ye Qingzhu's face.

As for any angry or harsh words, they dared not utter a single one.

Ye Yan led Gu Jinlai directly to a place shrouded in an array deep within the Creation Gate.

With a wave of his hand, the array rippled, revealing the entrance to a grotto. He turned his head and smiled, gesturing for Gu Jinlai enter.

"Are you testing me to see if I'm bluffing?"

Gu Jinlai quickly realized something, his face remained unchanged, and with a single step, he entered the Creation Gate Cave Heaven.

Every grotto-heaven is of paramount importance to a cultivation sect.

The Creation Gate is no exception.

Those young immortals who have cultivated to the Void Returning or Mahayana stages in the Creation Sect are almost all cultivating in seclusion in their grottoes. Some Dao-proving immortals who are expected to condense Dao fruits are also in seclusion in their grottoes, seeking an opportunity to break through to the True Immortal realm.

Of course...

Many immortals who attained enlightenment did not actually break through to the level of true immortals due to their inherent strength, but rather due to the five elements that shaped their immortal bodies.

However, given the lack of materials, they could only absorb as much Spiritual Qi as possible from the spiritual energy contained within the spiritual energy source, and then Cultivation Method to transform it into the five elements of primordial energy, thus laying the foundation for condensing their immortal bodies.

"The Spiritual Qi is not bad."

Gu Jinlai.

He spoke from the heart.

The concentration of Spiritual Qi inside the Creation Gate Cave Heaven is a hundred times greater than that outside.

It can even rival the super-populated megacities of the Immortal Realm.

The Spiritual Qi concentration in Starlight City back then was probably less than Spiritual Qi in the Creation Gate Cave.

If we compare the desolate mountains and wilderness outside Starlight City, which are rarely visited by humans, then the Creation Gate Cave Heaven has several times the advantage.

After a brief glance, Gu Jinlai realized that this was a cave-like structure with a diameter of about a hundred miles.

This is also the normal proportion for most grotto-heavens.

The cave was too small to provide the celestial immortals with a continuous supply of combat energy, and the spiritual energy it could draw upon was also extremely limited.

The cave is too vast. When one tries to refine the cave into one's body and advance to the Xuanxian realm in the future, the difficulty will increase several times, or even ten or dozens of times.

After a moment, he looked up, his gaze falling on the top of the cave.

A vast power seemed to reside in the sky above the entire cave, manifesting many mysteries.

The greatest feeling this mystery evokes Gu Jinlai is change; it seems to contain all the variables in the universe.

"The Creation of Heavenly Dao".

Gu Jinlai.

This is the activated Creation Heavenly Dao.

Amidst those mysterious changes, there seemed to be another figure entrenched, constantly comprehending the changes.

"Good."

Ye Yan nodded, a hint of pride on his face. "This is one of the main branches of the Great Dao of Creation. According to the records of my Creation Sect, the main branch is the most important component under the branches of the Great Dao. If we describe the Great Dao as a tree, which is composed of trunk, branches, leaves, and roots, then the Heavenly Dao of Creation is equivalent to the vast root system of the Great Dao of Creation. Some exceptionally talented individuals can even achieve a leap in their realm and glimpse the mysteries of the Great Heavenly Dao by comprehending the Heavenly Dao of the main branch. This is a divine ability that the trunk, branches, and leaves do not possess."

"Is that so?"

Gu Jinlai, all you need to remember about the following passage is the phrase "extraordinarily talented".

Those with exceptional talent can learn from the heavens and the earth, comprehend nature, and even comprehend the great Dao from nothing.

"Buzz!"

At this moment, a divine thought was projected down from the ever-changing Creation Heavenly Dao.

Gu Jinlai, one has been able to guess the identity of the visitor without needing to sense it carefully.

"Third brother? What are you doing here in the cave? And Master, what are you all doing here...?"

A message came through his divine sense, followed by his addition. "I am currently at a critical moment in my cultivation, and can only spare a portion of my divine sense to communicate with you... I will talk to you again when I am truly out of seclusion."

"It's alright, elder brother, please continue your cultivation. I just want to have a good talk with Elder Ye Yan."

The Way of Peace Gu Jinlai.

Jiang Yujian quickly realized what was happening. "What happened?"

"This... is a misunderstanding."

Ye Yan looked somewhat embarrassed.

"It's nothing much. Ye Qingzhu, Ye Yunguang and the others thought I, a Mahayana cultivator, was easy to bully and tried to intimidate me with their power. They didn't expect that I also cultivated the Innate Sacred Path, so they were taught a lesson by me. And since the incident happened outside the Creation Gate, True Immortal Ye Yan was alerted as well."

A brief explanation from Gu Jinlai the present.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yujian's divine sense visibly fluctuated. "Ye Qingzhu, Ye Yunguang? How dare they!?"

"Boom!"

At this moment, the Heavenly Dao of Creation above the sky trembled.

The figure who was constantly comprehending the changes in the Heavenly Dao of Creation seemed to be about to end his cultivation within the Heavenly Dao of Creation and step out.

"Yu Jian, don't rush. You are at a critical moment in condensing your immortal body. If you break through at this time, all your previous efforts will be in vain. I will give you an explanation for this."

Ye Yan quickly said something, and at the same time, he pointed his hand, and the power of creation and the Heavenly Dao surged, calming Jiang Yujian down.

"Master, I respect you very much and thank you for your guidance over the years. That's why I've been very tolerant of my junior uncle and senior brothers, not wanting to put you in a difficult position. But, as the eldest brother, I'm like a father to you. It's one thing that my fourth brother hasn't had the opportunity to enter the Creation Cave Heaven to cultivate, it's because he's not talented enough, I accept that. But my third brother has only been in the Creation Sect for a short time, and he's already being targeted by my junior uncle and senior brother Yun Guang. I will not tolerate this anymore!"

Jiang Yujian was somewhat agitated. "If the Ye family truly cannot accept me, Jiang Yujian, or any member of the Jiang family, then please, Master, allow me to step down as sect leader and leave the Creation Sect. I will certainly find a way to repay Master's kindness in the future!"

"Nonsense!"

Ye Yan said sternly, "Since I have appointed you as the next leader of the Creation Sect, I naturally believe that you can do a better job in the hands of the Creation Sect. If I really couldn't tolerate you, why would I hand over everything, including the Creation Heavenly Dao, to you?"

"I think my elder brother is right."

At this moment, Gu Jinlai spoke up, "If the Creation Sect really can't accommodate our Jiang family, then we'll leave. How many resources has your Creation Sect invested in nurturing my elder brother over the years? I'll compensate you double! With my elder brother's talent, it's not like there's no one who wants him. I can introduce him to another person, a Celestial Lord who has opened up a Thousand Mile Cave Heaven."

"A Thousand-Mile Grotto-Heaven!? And a Celestial Lord!?"

Ye Yan's heart trembled violently.

The larger the cave, the more difficult it is to break through to the Xuanxian realm.

However, the larger the cave, the deeper its accumulated cultural heritage.

Some immortal lords, realizing they had no hope of breaking through to the Xuanxian realm, simply continued to expand their grotto-heavens, extending them to hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of miles. Relying on the power of their grotto-heavens, they were able to hold out even against Xuanxian.

After all, in such a barren environment as the Xuanxian Realm, if Xuanxian maintains a high level of combat, their own power will also be rapidly depleted.

Even if they incorporated the cave into their bodies, it wouldn't be an exception.

Although the cave heaven is not perfectly circular, the volume of the thousand-mile cave heaven is hundreds of times that of the hundred-mile cave heaven. Even if, due to the difference in realm, a Xuanxian's power can exert a profound power equivalent to a hundredth of a Xianzhu's power, the outcome of their battle is still unknown.

Of course, the amount of spiritual energy required to maintain the normal operation of the Thousand Mile Cave is also astronomical.

If a few more such grotto-heavens were to appear, the spiritual energy of the entire Xuanxian Realm would probably be completely drained.

"The Mohist School of the Northern Region, the Red Clan of the Southern Region, or the main branch of the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect in the Golden Plains of the Central Region?"

Ye Yan's mind immediately conjured up images of these forces that could be considered absolute overlords in the entire Xuanxian Realm.

Only these forces could support the construction of the Thousand Mile Cave Heaven.

Although his mind was racing, he immediately said, "The Creation Sect has never belonged to the Ye family alone. I deeply regretted the sect's split during the civil war sixty years ago, and felt I had let down all the sect's predecessors. However, I was seriously injured at the time and had no time to attend to the sect's affairs. Afterwards, when I discovered Yu Jian's talent, I pushed him to the position of sect leader, hoping he could change the atmosphere of the Creation Sect..."

"I know Ye Yanzhenxian's character. He is a good person, but he is too indecisive."

Gu Jinlai calmly said, "I think you should know about some of the things the Ye family has done in the Creation Sect. It's just that they've disguised it well, making you think that things aren't that serious yet. In addition, you yourself are unwilling to fight against your own family, and you're worried that purging the Ye family will weaken the Creation Sect. So you can only suppress your temper for now and wait for my eldest brother to grow up before stepping down to the second line and letting my eldest brother deal with the Ye family..."

Upon hearing this, Ye Yan's face showed some bitterness. "At that time, the Ye family can use the sword to establish its authority..."

Before he could finish speaking, Gu Jinlai interrupted him, "But you have some reluctance in your heart, and you are worried that my elder brother will go too far in purging the Ye family. So you married your daughter to my elder brother. This way, you can ensure that my elder brother can leave a way out. But since my elder brother has become dao companion with Ye Bingyu, if you ask him to purge the Ye family, wouldn't that put him in a dilemma as well?"

These blunt and unsparing words made Ye Yan somewhat embarrassed.

"Your hesitation, timidity, and indecisiveness are precisely what have allowed the Ye family to become increasingly lawless within the Creation Sect!"

Gu Jinlai, he said in a deep voice, "If you can't bring yourself to purge the bad apples from the Ye family, then leave this matter to me."

"You?"

Jiang Yujian and Ye Yan both had a sudden thought.

"That's right, it's me!"

Gu Jinlai slowly said, "I've come to rectify the Creation Sect, sweep away all the filth and chaos, and restore a bright and clear world to the Creation Sect!"