Heaven and Earth Bead

After Lin Yan advanced to the Heavenly Immortal Realm, it took him several hundred years to consolidate his current cultivation. In his daily routine, aside from absorbing Spirit Power, expanding his meridians, and tempering his physique, he also practiced various Divine Ability Spells and sought to comprehend the Heaven and Earth Laws.

Once one has entered the Heavenly Immortal Realm, one can no longer rely solely on piling up Spirit Qi to continue advancing. Instead, one must constantly deepen their comprehension of the Heaven and Earth Laws and their understanding of the path they uphold, integrating and entrusting these into the Dao Seed held within the void to achieve further breakthroughs.

However, the Heaven and Earth Laws are obscure and difficult to grasp; achieving a thorough understanding is extremely arduous. Fortunately, Lin Yan has a very clear cognition of the Path of Ecological Civilization he upholds. His Kun Yuan Life and Death Dao Seed is incredibly solid; as long as he continuously contemplates the Heaven and Earth Laws, one day, that seed will grow into a towering tree.

To better perceive various laws, Lin Yan completely refined the Heaven and Earth Bead that the system had rewarded him with.

The Heaven and Earth Bead is less of a magic treasure and more of a Minor World, or perhaps... an oversized Storage Ring. The space inside is vast, and it contains almost everything—mountains, rivers, flora, and fauna—but the quantity of each is extremely sparse, and there is almost no Spirit Qi. There is only a wisp of extremely faint Life Laws, originating from the very beginning of Chaos, flowing slowly within.

"This is almost the complete opposite of the Primal Chaos Plate." Looking at the empty interior of the Heaven and Earth Bead, Lin Yan could not help but sigh softly.

Inside the Primal Chaos Plate, whether it is Spirit Qi, Sha Qi, or even Chaos Qi, everything is extremely abundant—one could even say it is overly saturated. Except for the topmost layer of the Clear and Turbid Space, where the Spiritual Sha Qi is thinnest and barely allows living beings to survive, the other layers are simply not suitable for life.

But even in the topmost layer, living beings cannot stay for long. There is no other reason than the fact that the Spirit Qi or Sha Qi inside squeezes into your body with desperate intensity; after a long time, no one can endure it, and they will simply be bloated to death.

Completely different from the Primal Chaos Plate, the Spirit Qi inside the Heaven and Earth Bead is nearly non-existent, and it rejects any external aura from entering its interior. Whether it is Spirit Qi or Sha Qi, everything is kept out by the barrier on the surface of the bead. The entire world is like a severely autistic person, refusing to communicate with the outside world.

However, ever since Lin Yan refined the Heaven and Earth Bead, he has become the only channel for communication between the bead and the outside world. He can freely enter and exit the Heaven and Earth Bead, but any items brought inside are wrapped by the World Power of the bead and then slowly assimilated.

Lin Yan once tried to forcibly inject the Spirit Qi from the Primal Chaos Plate into the Heaven and Earth Bead, but the Spirit Qi that entered was quickly transformed into mountains and rivers, while the concentration of Spirit Qi in the air did not increase at all. This made Lin Yan somewhat disappointed with the functions of the Heaven and Earth Bead.

However, Lin Yan soon discovered that the world inside the Heaven and Earth Bead seemed to be of great help to his comprehension of the Heaven and Earth Laws.

Although the world inside the Heaven and Earth Bead is merely a Minor World, it still possesses basic laws. It is just that the number of laws inside is not very high; compared to the countless laws of the Primordial Main World, the quantity is pitifully small.

But Lin Yan never sought to comprehend all the laws; being able to comprehend a few major ones would be enough for his needs.

After refining the Heaven and Earth Bead, he became the master of this world. At that point, he could naturally and easily come into contact with the power of the laws within, and he could observe the way the laws operated very clearly. In this way, when he went on to comprehend the laws of the Primordial World, it would become much easier.

However, in the path of cultivation, closing oneself off entirely is not the way to go. To gain a deeper understanding of the laws, one still needs to go out and see the world. The laws of the Primordial World are as numerous as the hairs on an ox, and they produce different effects in different environments. To comprehend these, one must see them with one's own eyes and experience them on-site to gain a more profound understanding.

Furthermore, Lin Yan had not moved from his spot for several hundred years, and the system was already dissatisfied with him, urging him every so often.

"It seems it is time to go out and look around." When the system prompted Lin Yan once again that there were still tasks left uncompleted, the annoyed Lin Yan decided to end his cultivation and begin his journey through the Primordial World.

However, this time he went out, it would very likely be thousands or even tens of thousands of years before he returned. Therefore, Lin Yan decided that he must arrange the affairs at home properly before leaving.

Over the past few hundred years, although the Earth Dragon Community had seen some changes, they were not significant. Under the unified command of Lin San, the entire community operated in an orderly fashion. Both new and old members went about their work according to plan.

Lin Er, White Horn, Zhi Nan, Jin Ji, and the others who had taken human form, after consolidating their cultivation, led their respective teams to roam the various areas on the outskirts of the canyon all day long. One day they would urge the growth of a patch of spirit herbs, the next they would tend to the earth veins, and sometimes they would even go to the few reserved Fierce Sha Mystic Realms to train, finding a few small, weak fierce beasts to practice on.

Inside the canyon, under the meticulous care of the Clear Heart Bamboo King and the Dan Shen Dolls, various spirit flowers and herbs vied for beauty, presenting a scene of peace and tranquility.

The two new members of the Stone Spirit Race stood at the canyon entrance like two door gods every day. Although no fierce beasts had come to harass them for a long time, the two were still meticulous and conscientious in guarding the canyon gate.

The Dan Shen Dolls were sent by Lin Yan to take care of the spirit roots. Every day, they were either collecting sweet Spirit Dew to water them or loosening the soil and fertilizing the roots. They were busy, but they enjoyed the work.

Mo Xuan, who had originally been leading his Earth Dragon subordinates to stir up trouble everywhere, was stimulated by Lin Yan's breakthrough to the Heavenly Immortal Realm and had actually cultivated a few times over these years. But every time he finished his seclusion, he would revert to his old ways, causing chaos inside and outside the canyon and leaving the other living beings daring not to speak out despite their anger.

Fortunately, under Lin Yan's strict orders, the Earth Dragon subordinates dared not act too recklessly, and their rowdy behavior did not cause much damage to the canyon.

Although the Earth Dragon Community appeared to be developing quite well for the moment, Lin Yan dared not be careless. If a powerful ferocious beast were to attack while he was away traveling, the meager combat strength of Lin Er, Lin San, and the others would be far from enough to handle it.

Therefore, the first thing to do before heading out on his travels was to reinforce the defensive fortifications of his Old Nest.

He took out the blueprint for the Wutu Wasteland Suppression Great Array, a system Reward. This array was more sophisticated than the previous Nine Palaces Earth Vein Array; it could not only harmonize the earth energy of a vast area but also gather the power of the Mountains and Rivers to form a powerful suppression and defensive field, making it much more effective at resisting potential powerful ferocious beasts.

In the time that followed, Lin Yan led everyone to radiate outward from the canyon as the core, surveying Earth Vein Nodes, burying Array Bases, and refining Array Flags. He took action personally, mobilizing his Heavenly Immortal Level Earth Element Magical Power to draw upon the vast Earth Vein Power, driving spirit crystals infused with Wutu Essence deep into the ground.

It took a full several decades of time before the Wutu Wasteland Suppression Great Array was finally completed.

The moment the array was activated, the mountains and rivers for a thousand miles trembled faintly. A pale yellow curtain of light flashed and vanished, immediately hiding itself within the void. Yet, everyone could feel that a deep, heavy, and powerful force was now hidden beneath the earth. Once the array was triggered, it would undoubtedly unleash earth-shattering power.

Lin Yan entrusted the core control of the array to Lin San, who was meticulous and reliable in his work.

Now, with the Nine Palaces Earth Vein Great Array inside and the Wutu Wasteland Suppression Great Array outside, the defense of their Canyon Home could be described as impregnable. Lin Yan specifically had Mo Xuan test the power of the array, and the results left him very satisfied.

Mo Xuan had used almost his full strength and still failed to break through the outer Wutu Wasteland Suppression Great Array, let alone the inner Nine Palaces Earth Vein Great Array. It seemed the system had not fooled him; the Rewards were all high-quality goods.

Beyond reinforcing the canyon's defenses, Lin Yan decided that before leaving, he would raise the overall strength of the Community Members. To increase their strength, the primary step was to improve everyone's level of Intelligence.

After advancing to the Heavenly Immortal Realm, Lin Yan's soul and Origin Power had been greatly enhanced, so condensing Spirit Awakening Fire Seeds was no longer as strenuous as before. This time, he intended to not only condense Spirit Awakening Fire Seeds but also some Enlightenment Fire Seeds to see how they would perform.