"Understood!"
Zhang Yu felt a chill run down his spine, realizing the situation was urgent.
Kong Qiu was a legendary Confucianism Sage, far beyond what he could contend with now, even with the help of Donghua Maitreya.
"Quickly refine the Heavenly Dao of this world and integrate the Origin of this world into your Sea of Consciousness!"
Almost simultaneously, the figures of Emperor Donghua and Maitreya Buddha appeared beside Zhang Yu.
Donghua handed the Exterminating Immortal Sword, its light now slightly dimmed but its Killing Intent even stronger, back to Zhang Yu, urging him in a grave tone:
"When Zilu's Divine Soul died, Kong Qiu must have felt it."
Although he may not be able to descend in his true form immediately due to certain limitations, a powerful Spiritual Sense Incarnation or a remote technique Non-Self cannot withstand at this moment.
Only when you completely refine this world, incorporate it into yourself, and sever most of its connections with the outside world, can we temporarily evade his pursuit!
Maitreya Buddha also put away his smile and solemnly said:
"Indeed! This place is Zilu's old lair, which he has cultivated for many years, and it is also the key node that connects him to the outside world and is where he is positioned by Kong Qiu."
Once you take this realm away, it's like hiding the 'coordinates' in your most secret place. It won't be so easy for Kong Qiu to find us again."
"Clear!"
Zhang Yu nodded firmly without further hesitation.
He took a deep breath, suppressed all distracting thoughts, sat cross-legged in the void, and closed his eyes.
"The Heavenly Dao resides within me, all things return to their origin... Refine!"
He shouted in a deep voice, fully activating the Golden Immortal Cultivation that had just broken through and stabilized within his body.
A vast, majestic will, imbued with the primal aura of this world, erupted from his center, instantly enveloping the entire shattered Minor World.
Immediately afterwards, he formed a Law Seals and aimed it at the ball of Heavenly Dao Origin light left behind by Zilu in the void.
"Suck!"
A powerful suction force emanated from Zhang Yu's palm, forcibly drawing the chaotic ball of Origin light towards him.
The moment he approached Zhang Yu, the pure Heavenly Dao power belonging to Tiantian within his body surged forth, like the most exquisite purifying spring, washing away and cleansing the imprint of Zilu within that primordial Origin.
A moment later, the mark belonging to Zilu was completely washed away, and Zhang Yu began to refine and absorb the pure power of the Heavenly Dao Origin.
As the power of the Heavenly Dao was continuously refined, the original power of the Heavenly Dao within Zhang Yu's body rapidly grew stronger.
Zhang Yu's aura began to rise at a terrifying speed, and his perception and control over this world reached an unprecedented level!
Mountains and rivers, plants and insects, wind and thunder, the Earth Vein's spiritual energy... all things in the world seemed to have become a part of his body.
He could clearly "hear" the joyful "humming" that emanated when the Heavenly Dao was about to be completely unified, and he could also "see" the numerous scars left on the world after a series of wars.
"The boundary is my body, and I am the boundary! End!"
The moment the last trace of chaotic Heavenly Dao Origin belonging to Zilu was completely purified and absorbed, Zhang Yu suddenly opened his eyes!
At this moment, his eyes no longer distinguished between the whites and pupils, but instead transformed into two miniature cosmic phantoms that were constantly being created and destroyed, evolving with the Sun, Moon, and Stars!
He is the Heavenly Dao of this world, and the Heavenly Dao of this world is him!
With his final shout, the entire shattered Minor World suddenly trembled violently!
It was not a destructive tremor, but a strange rhythm of "contraction," "return," and "unification"!
Centered on Zhang Yu, an invisible, enormous vortex began to form.
This vortex does not devour matter, but rather absorbs the world's Origin, Principle, and the "concepts" of existence!
The sky is "shrinking," not in terms of physical distance, but rather the concept of the "sky" it represents is being extracted and compressed.
The earth is "sinking," not actually falling, but rather the Principle of the "Houtu" returning to their core.
Rivers have dried up, stars have dimmed, and everything seems to have lost a layer of "realism," becoming somewhat "ethereal."
This is not destruction, but rather the world's "foundation of existence" being refined and compressed by Zhang Yu with his Supreme power, preparing to be incorporated into his own infinitely vast Sea of Consciousness!
The entire world began to blur and overlap, as if a huge scroll was being slowly rolled up from the edge, and at the center of the scroll was Zhang Yu, sitting cross-legged in mid-air, like the core of the world.
Emperor Donghua and Maitreya Buddha stood guard on either side, watching all this with solemn expressions, also vigilantly sensing any disturbance from the outside world.
They knew this was the most crucial step, and also the most dangerous.
If successful, this realm will become Zhang Yu's Inner World, and they will disappear from sight.
But if Kong Qiu finds it before the refining is complete...
Time passed, second by second.
The world's "blurring" and "shrinking" became increasingly apparent, and Zhang Yu's aura grew increasingly obscure and profound, as if he were merging with the entire world that was "disappearing."
I don't know how much time passed; it might have been a moment, or it might have been a long time.
Finally--
"Buzz..."
A soft, contented sigh, seemingly emanating from the Origin the world, rang out.
The dilapidated yet vast Medium Thousand World before my eyes has completely "disappeared".
It wasn't destruction, but rather as if it had been "plucked" from this starry sky by an invisible giant hand and compressed into a miniature world the size of a fist.
This miniature world floated silently in front of Zhang Yu's brow, exuding an aura of mystery and unfathomable power.
Zhang Yu slowly opened his eyes, the illusory image of the miniature universe in his eyes gradually fading, and his vision cleared. He reached out and gently touched the chaotic sphere of light.
The sphere of light silently merged into his brow and disappeared.
The next moment, a phantom world suddenly appeared deep within Zhang Yu's Sea of Consciousness.
The world containing complete Principle and vitality slowly unfolded and stabilized in his Sea of Consciousness.
The sky, the earth, the ocean, the traces of the great war, the surviving creatures... everything was exactly the same as the world he had lived in before, only on a scale many times smaller, and completely under his control.
His own aura surged again the instant the world merged into his Sea of Consciousness, directly reaching the Golden Immortal Peak, just one step away from achieving the Taiyi Position.
At the same time, Donghua and Maitreya, who shared the same origin as him, also experienced a surge in their auras and broke through to the Golden Immortal Peak.
More importantly, Zhang Yu felt closer to the Great Dao, as if he had acquired his own unique "Dao Foundation" and "Back Garden".
"Success!"
A hint of joy flashed in Zhang Yu's eyes.
"Walk!"
Emperor Donghua let out a low shout, exchanged a glance with Maitreya Buddha, and the two of them simultaneously transformed into two streams of light, disappearing into Zhang Yu's body.
They were originally Zhang Yu's Incarnation, so they naturally returned to their original forms and disappeared along with him.
Zhang Yu didn't dare to be negligent either, and took one last look at this empty void that had become desolate because the world had been "taken away".
With a thought, his figure, along with the aura of the entire world he had just refined into his body, vanished completely from this starry sky, as if it had never existed.
Less than three breaths after Zhang Yu disappeared.
"Buzz..."
A crack silently appeared in the space of this Void.
A blurry, cyan phantom slowly emerged from the crack.