After refining Little Penglai and over a thousand small worlds into it, the Azurecloud Grotto-Heaven expanded more than ten thousandfold at an unimaginable speed!
Moreover, amid this great fortune, the grotto-heaven world seemed to have broken through some boundary. Its mode of existence transcended that of ordinary worlds, undergoing transformations like a feathered ascension and metamorphosis—changes even Shen Mo had never anticipated.
When reshaping the grotto-heaven, Shen Mo had not deliberately controlled its development.
Yet the grotto-heaven naturally gave rise to nine layers of heaven and earth: Central Heaven, Envy Heaven, Following Heaven, Changing Heaven, Pure Heaven, Vast Heaven, Extinction Heaven, Sinking Heaven, and Completion Heaven...
The first layer, Central Heaven, was the lowest of the nine heavens and the central region of the Azurecloud Grotto-Heaven. Connected to the vast, boundless earth, it bore fertile plains, towering mountains, rivers and lakes, forests and deserts, along with countless living beings. It was the foundation that nurtured all things and all lives.
The former Mountain River Region, Spiritvoid Region, Jade Pool Region, Demon Region, Myriad Sword Region, Heart Refining Region, Ascension Sea Region, and other regions, as well as everything between Penglai World and the thousand-odd small worlds, had all fallen within Central Heaven.
This layer of heaven and earth was likewise immensely vast, its spiritual energy incomparably dense, faintly carrying a hint of the Immortal Realm's charm.
The second layer, Envy Heaven, possessed even denser spiritual energy. Though it lay above Central Heaven, it was not far removed from it. Anyone capable of riding Sword Evasion could come and go here, whether to cultivate, comprehend the Dao, or gather all manner of Killing Intent and spiritual energy.
The third layer, Following Heaven, was the realm most aligned with Heaven's will—that was, Shen Mo's own will. Here, Shen Mo could accomplish many