The condensed inner landscape within the Shanzhong acupoint had originally been a profound night sky dotted with stars. It was illusory in itself, but after merging with the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures he had refined, it had gained a real aspect.
At that moment, amid the boundless starry sky, the void split open, and a clear, pure blade-light slashed through.
Rumble!
Heaven and earth opened, and an explosion followed. Boundless energy storms erupted with the blade-light, sweeping across the entire acupoint and constantly expanding its boundaries. Blazing white light and burning flames filled the inner landscape, shattering the stars that had been there before and merging with them. Matter came into being at a speed beyond normal evolution, forming one small star after another, each shining brilliantly. At the same time, planets appeared. Under the influence of the inner landscape itself, they instantly skipped tens or hundreds of billions of years of evolution. Mountains rose, oceans formed, and life began to gestate in the deep blue seas.
Perhaps when Meng Qi advanced to Heavenly Immortal and evolved his nine innate apertures and five internal organs into myriad heavens, true intelligent life would be born in this universe, forming one civilization after another. Some might pursue personal strength and roam the stars alone; others might pass through stages such as slavery and feudalism, exploring the "vast" universe in spaceships.
The energy storm battered the edges of the acupoint, and the universe continued expanding. A faint, pure gold light shone from Meng Qi's body. Above his head, the Taishang Limitless Yuan Shi Auspicious Cloud released strands of dim light, absorbing the terrifying impact.
After a long while, the universe's expansion began to slow. The impact had become negligible to Meng Qi. His first subsidiary universe had been born. Though its combined