Earth Pulse Impact

"Right now, I'm perfectly suited to cultivate the Earth Store's Original Vows Sutra!" Li Jiusheng's heart filled with joy. At this moment, he was at the mid-stage of Master, a cultivation level neither too high nor too low—just right to begin touching upon Primordial Spirit cultivation methods, slowly comprehending the Primordial Spirit, accumulating, and when his cultivation reached the late stage of Master, on the verge of breaking through to Great Grandmaster, he could condense the Primordial Spirit in one go and break through to Great Grandmaster.

The first step in cultivating the Earth Store's Original Vows Sutra was visualization—forming a true scene within the sea of consciousness, then tirelessly training the Primordial Spirit's strength day and night, refining its power.

This was no challenge for Li Jiusheng. His enlightenment had already helped him visualize the true scene of the Earth Store's Original Vows Sutra, so now he only needed to continuously observe it.

Without delay, Li Jiusheng cleared all thoughts, his mind empty and bright, and visualized the scene of the Earth Store's Original Vows Sutra.

Before long, within his consciousness, a blood-soaked Hell Illusion abruptly appeared. In that hell, mountains of corpses and seas of blood, bones piled high, and in the midst of the corpses and bones sat a White-Robed Monk, back turned to all beings, silently reciting the Earth Store's Original Vows Sutra.

Li Jiusheng's consciousness took one look and instantly felt immense pressure, unbearable, as if crushed by that Senluo Hell itself, his head splitting with pain. He quickly dispersed the scene, only then finding some relief.

"Indeed, if human consciousness cannot be condensed and forged into a single rope, it scatters. One glance and it feels like collapsing," Li Jiusheng mused. No wonder the texts said the gap between a Great Grandmaster and a Master was far from trivial.

Ordinary people struggle to focus their minds for long; any stir in the outside world diverts their attention—this is the scattering of consciousness.

Only by gathering these scattered thoughts and consciousness, training them continuously, strengthening them, and cutting away all distracting thoughts, could one possibly achieve Pure Yang consciousness, an innate Primordial Spirit, transcending the mundane and roaming the nine heavens.

"I must train my Primordial Spirit every day, visualize the Earth Store's Original Vows Sutra, and cut away distracting thoughts bit by bit, only then can I forge Pure Yang consciousness. When I break through to Great Grandmaster and condense the Primordial Spirit, it will become Pure Yang consciousness." Li Jiusheng knew there was no rush; he needed to calm his heart and persist in visualization without pause.

He emptied his mind, and once his consciousness recovered, he visualized again.

There was no need for great progress in a single moment, but each visualization had to bring improvement. Accumulated day by day, this would yield enough harvest.

Thus, Li Jiusheng added one more task to his daily routine.

In the morning, he practiced boxing with Little Fox, washing her bones and shaping her flesh, then trained in techniques, comprehended Dao Rhyme, and improved himself bit by bit. At night, he sat in meditation, absorbing spiritual qi, while simultaneously visualizing the Earth Store's Original Vows Sutra in his sea of consciousness.

His schedule was packed from morning to night, and Li Jiusheng lived a full life.

Unnoticed, two months passed. Early summer arrived, the air grew hot, and the mountains and fields were lush with thriving life.

One day, Li Jiusheng rose early and took Little Fox to practice boxing, while guiding vast spiritual qi to wash her body, continuously elevating her physical potential.

Little Fox hummed comfortably, her body nourished, then affectionately came to his feet, tugging at his robe to show closeness. She was only three months old, her diaphragm not yet refined, unable to speak, so this was all she could do.

Li Jiusheng was about to say something when, from the depths of the distant sky, a thunderous boom suddenly rang out, shaking the earth and mountains. Even the Scripture Repository Pavilion, separated by an immeasurable distance, trembled. Little Fox, startled, leaped directly onto Li Jiusheng's shoulder, her tail coiling around his neck as she shivered.

"What happened?" Li Jiusheng frowned, looking into the distance.

His eyes could see far now, but still not clearly enough to discern what was happening—the distance was too great.

Boom!

Another roar, even more violent than the last. This time, Li Jiusheng saw a bit more. At the horizon where heaven and earth met, a massive mountain peak collapsed entirely, boulders flying, dust billowing. The terrifying aftershocks spread layer upon layer, and by the time they reached Shangqing Palace, they were already fearsome, booming as if to tear the earth apart.

"Formation!"

At that moment, from the Golden Summit Hall of Shangqing Palace, a cold, commanding shout rang out.

It was Li Qingshan.

As the Sect Master of Shangqing Palace, he stood in midair, his aura surging. Centered on him, formidable power rose from all parts of Shangqing Palace. Li Qingshan then offered up a formation diagram, channeling energy into it. The diagram expanded abruptly, rivaling the sky, blotting out the sun and moon, and covering the entire territory of Shangqing Palace.

"The Dragon Turtle Diagram—this is the sect-protecting treasure left by the Grandmaster, a Grandmaster-level formation diagram that requires the full power of Shangqing Palace to activate. I haven't seen it in years. I didn't expect it to be brought out this time." Li Jiusheng recognized it at once, greatly surprised. What had happened in the distance to cause such a commotion, even summoning the Dragon Turtle Diagram?

The Dragon Turtle Diagram covered the entire Shangqing Palace. A phantom Black Tortoise suppressed the earth, while a majestic Azure Dragon roamed the sky, both exerting their power together to block the terrifying impact.

Though it protected Shangqing Palace, the shockwaves from afar spread outward. The four great mountains surrounding Shangqing Palace were shattered directly, and the earth was plowed into a terrifying chasm.

In that moment, smoke filled the air, earsplitting roars echoed, and the disciples of Shangqing Palace watched in shock.

Fortunately, the Dragon Turtle Diagram hanging high in the sky withstood the impact, leaving the mountain gate of Shangqing Palace completely unharmed.

"What's going on? This sudden shock—is someone attacking Shangqing Palace?"

"I don't know, but the Sect Master and the elders will handle it. Don't panic."

"Our Shangqing Palace has the Grandmaster—who would dare act recklessly?"

"This doesn't look like an enemy attack; it seems more like something erupted from underground."

The disciples of Shangqing Palace buzzed with discussion, voicing their opinions in a clamor.

At the Scripture Repository Pavilion, before the waterfall, Li Jiusheng fully opened his domain, his aura surging. He sensed these voices but paid them no mind, his gaze fixed on Li Qingshan at the Golden Summit Hall.

Li Qingshan seemed to notice Li Jiusheng's stare and transmitted his voice: "Senior Brother, don't worry. This is an Earth Pulse Impact. If it weren't blocked, dozens of peaks within Shangqing Palace would have been destroyed."

"What exactly happened?" Li Jiusheng asked.

"Let me handle matters here first, then I'll tell you, Senior Brother. This is both a crisis and an opportunity." Li Qingshan didn't elaborate, focusing entirely on controlling the Dragon Turtle Diagram to withstand the remaining waves of impact.

The massive tortoise, like the Black Tortoise, suppressed Shangqing Palace's earth veins, protecting it from the shocks.

The Azure Dragon soared in the sky, scattering countless emerald-green energies to support the tortoise, jointly safeguarding Shangqing Palace.

Through the remaining waves of impact, Shangqing Palace emerged unscathed.

Li Jiusheng frowned, pondering. Both a crisis and an opportunity? What did that mean?