The Pit God's Taiji Diagram

"It's actually a Mid-grade Houtian Spiritual Treasure. Little Mage, you're impressive."

Watching the Pill Cauldron stir the Star Formation within the grotto-heaven, the Taiji Diagram instantly fled the grotto-heaven, transforming into a massive yin-yang Golden Bridge that suppressed the surrounding spacetime while concealing the heavenly secrets.

Inside the grotto-heaven, after the birth-omen of the Pill Cauldron faded, it rapidly linked with the Grand Formation of Celestial Stars. In that moment, the formation's power surged by over a hundred thousand times.

Instantly, the grotto-heaven turned into a vortex, sweeping the surrounding void energy and Chaos Qi clean.

Yet even this much energy wasn't enough; the vortex kept expanding, drawing in void energy and Chaos Qi from farther away.

At the same time, the Core Planet within the grotto-heaven swelled again, reaching a diameter of 6,000 kilometers, and every breath, its diameter increased by at least one kilometer.

As for those Celestial Stars, the largest exceeded a kilometer in diameter, growing by at least one meter per breath. The smallest surpassed twenty meters, increasing by at least three centimeters per breath.

Those 'Golden Pill' Avatars—all at the Origin Immortal Stage—stepped into the True Immortal Stage; those at the Return to Dao Stage advanced to the Origin Immortal Stage; and those below Return to Dao all reached the Return to Dao Stage.

The grotto-heaven's space itself swelled like a balloon, expanding without pause.

In that moment, even Li Yang reaped immense benefits. Most of his injuries were suppressed, and some shallow wounds even healed.

This was a monumental transformation. Everything connected to Li Yang underwent drastic change.

Correspondingly, outside the grotto-heaven, the vortex grew larger. Though the Taiji Diagram could conceal the heavenly secrets, such commotion could easily draw attention from the void.

"Not good. The disturbance is getting bigger. Little Mage, quickly, control the grotto-heaven and ascend. We must get closer to Chaos."

In truth, the grotto-heaven wasn't large. Compared to a Small World, the commotion it caused wasn't significant.

But precisely because of that, if noticed, it could easily be mistaken for a treasure emerging.

Though treasures in the void couldn't compare to Innate Spiritual Treasures or Innate Spiritual Roots, some top-tier materials were still exceptional, even usable as ingredients for refining Houtian Supreme Treasures.

Countless immortals chased after such things.

Thus, the grotto-heaven had to 'ascend'—that is, attempt to break free from the void between the Primordial Wilderness and the many Great Thousand Worlds, heading for the Inner Chaos.

The Chaos Qi within Chaos held immense energy, which could suppress the energy-drawing commotion of the grotto-heaven to a minimum.

Li Yang understood this and knew there was no time to waste.

"Alright."

The Taiji Diagram added, "You just control the grotto-heaven's ascent. Don't worry about anything else. I'll suppress the void along the way."

The Taiji Diagram transformed into a Golden Bridge, tearing through the void and suppressing the violent energy around it.

Li Yang, meanwhile, steered the Shelter Grotto-Heaven, linking it to the Golden Bridge, moving the massive grotto-heaven at incredible speed.

It had to be said—the Taiji Diagram truly lived up to its name as an Innate Supreme Treasure. Before Li Yang's Mana even ran out, the grotto-heaven had already migrated into the Inner Chaos.

"Boom!"

The Inner Chaos was utterly different from the void. As the Taiji Diagram dispersed its suppressing force, the grotto-heaven's void barrier was immediately battered by the violent Chaos Qi, creaking and groaning.

The Grand Formation of Celestial Stars spun wildly. Even so, the space within the grotto-heaven kept shrinking, and the stars of the Star Formation drew closer and closer to the Core Planet.

Just as Li Yang watched the grotto-heaven with worry, the Taiji Diagram's voice sounded in his ear.

"Not bad. It can still hold out in this small Chaos storm. You're quite the genius."

Li Yang snapped his head toward the Taiji Diagram, which had somehow returned to his side, his eyes full of disbelief.

"Wait, didn't we say get close to Chaos? You've gone and thrown me straight into Chaos—even into a Chaos storm?"

"It's fine," the Taiji Diagram said nonchalantly. "Isn't this still getting close to Chaos? It's not the Outer Chaos. Just the Inner Chaos, no big deal.

Besides, staying at the edge of the void and Chaos makes it easier to be discovered. Might as well be in the void. But hiding in Chaos is different.

Even if this is only the Inner Chaos, the influence of the Heavenly Dao is greatly weakened. Add in your heaven-concealing and deception methods, as long as you don't court disaster, there's basically no problem.

Plus, this small Chaos storm is the best concealment. It's constantly moving, making it even harder for others to find you."

Li Yang analyzed it seriously and found it made sense, so he nodded earnestly.

"Great!

Then let me ask—how am I supposed to get back???"

The Taiji Diagram: ...

After a brief silence, the Taiji Diagram stammered, "Ah... well... hmm... that... I've got an idea."

The Taiji Diagram spat out two spheres. Li Yang keenly sensed that these spheres contained immense space within.

"These are two Void Bubbles. The most durable ones I found along the way. With enough good materials and Dao, they could be refined into top-grade Houtian Spiritual Treasures."

Void Bubbles were items born from chaotic energy in the void, but most were fragile, destroyed as soon as they formed.

Those that survived would evolve into secret realms or even Small Worlds within the void. In fact, some Small Worlds originated from Void Bubbles.

One could say a Void Bubble was a world seed.

If a Void Bubble on the verge of forming—or with enough potential to form a Small World—were refined into a top-grade Houtian Spiritual Treasure, its interior could be opened into a Small World, one that could be carried around.

At the Taiji Diagram's boast, Li Yang remained unmoved. He just stared at it, making the Taiji Diagram feel creeped out and deflate.

"Fine, you probably can't refine it into a top-grade Houtian Spiritual Treasure. But you're exceptionally insightful and skilled at treasure refining, right?

So I came up with a brilliant idea."

That is, I will pass you a Two Forms Dust Array, then refine this Void Bubble into a small space and set it up at the boundary between Chaos and the Void.

Then, using my ability, I will anchor this Void Bubble to Lesser Qiong Peak, so you can take a detour through the small space and return to Lesser Qiong Peak."

Li Yang was not excited. Instead, he said expressionlessly, "So, I'm turning a space anchor that can change locations freely into a fixed anchor. If something happens to Lesser Qiong Peak, I'll be trapped in Chaos and the Void, right?"

"Mm... it's quite serious, but it's fine. I will stay by your side until you transcend the tribulation and become a Golden Immortal. By then, you'll be able to move the anchor freely on your own.

Besides, this is only at the edge of Inner Chaos. A Golden Immortal can still survive here briefly. Even if the small space is destroyed, you can still walk out."

Li Yang lightly pressed his forehead, but he knew Dao Taiji meant well. However, its vision was too high, and it had inadvertently dragged him, still an Origin Immortal, into a pit.

"Forget it. I don't like going out anyway. It's not a big problem."

Lesser Qiong Peak wouldn't run into trouble in the short term either, so he didn't need to worry that much.

Thinking this, Li Yang calmed down, took the two Void Bubbles, and began his treasure-refining journey once again.

A year later...