From This Day Forward, I Shall Be the Only Torchfire

"Still no news?" Hong Tianbao stared intently at his second senior brother.

Chen Daoling sighed softly and shook his head:

"Without any news or whereabouts, the Space-Air Fleet suddenly disappeared after leaving Shuangcheng City."

Hong Tianbao's lips trembled.

Chen Daoling patted his shoulder and said softly:

"We are also doing our best to search. Fusheng has been missing for too long, and his situation is now deteriorating rapidly, with further unforeseen events."

He rambled on, describing the recent changes: there were more and more unidentified people in the city, all from other cities—most likely cult members.

There are even rumors from the shadow world that a cultist of innate level will soon arrive in Chongyang City.

Chen Daoling's expression was solemn:

"In fact, if it weren't for the sudden change in the outside world, with ten lower-level cities being swallowed up by a mysterious place, most attention would have been focused there, otherwise..."

He sighed softly:

"Otherwise, I'm afraid a Divine Envoy has already quietly arrived. In Golden City, the High Gate Cui Family is also putting constant pressure on the city; Chongyang is about to change hands."

Hong Tianbao listened silently, then said in a low voice:

"My disciple is gone, and the problem is already this big?"

Chen Daoling shook his head:

"Not really, it's just that things happened to be in disarray around the time Fusheng went missing. Alright, Third Junior Brother, you don't need to worry too much."

He comforted him:

"Didn't Master already divine the future? The hexagram is auspicious amidst misfortune; Fusheng will surely return safely, but..."

Hong Tianbao raised his eyelids and asked:

"Just what?"

Chen Daoling paused for a moment, then turned his head, walked to the window, and gazed at the bustling city that was beginning to return to peace.

He concluded by saying:

"However, if you hear news of Fusheng, you'd better go see him and tell him not to come back anytime soon."

"The chaos of Chongyang has happened far too fast, beyond our imagination. The pressure on the Cui family is also frighteningly great."

Hong Tianbao remained silent and nodded slightly.

"Double Ninth Festival"

He sighed as well.

A virtual world loomed overhead, stretching for three hundred kilometers.

This has surpassed the entire size of the Land of Exotic Treasures.

Extending beyond the borders of the Land of Exotic Treasures!!

"Oh my god."

Wei Lingzhu murmured to herself,

And beside her.

"Yes, it's different now."

Zhang Fusheng closed his eyes and quietly sensed.

After the Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and spirit are sealed off and separated, a rudimentary Inner Heaven and Earth is formed. The physical body is sublimated, and every punch and kick is an entire Inner Heaven and Earth crashing down upon it.

His strength cannot be measured in pounds or ounces; it is truly the strength to uproot mountains and the power to overwhelm the world!

His spirit naturally also sublimated. Originally, a year's worth of Mental Accumulation would have allowed him to extend his divine sense a hundred meters away, but now?

It increased a full thousand times!!

In other words, Zhang Fusheng's Mental Accumulation of three thousand years, previously allowed him to explore a range of three hundred kilometers.

And now?

Thoughts can extend unhindered to a distance of 300,000 kilometers!

That's almost the distance between the Earth and the Moon!

These are all secondary.

The virtual world 300 kilometers above our heads is the main thing.

After reaching the Innate Great Realm,

The divine realm can finally descend into reality.

In other words, what if Zhang Fusheng chose to fight to the death against a powerful figure?

That meant the entire divine realm was being smashed towards the opponent!

It is the Five Villages Temple on Longevity Mountain, the Other Shore Flower, and Mount Luofeng!

Although they are all illusory and fake scenes, you can actually bump into them.

Zhang Fusheng concluded that even Celestial Person being would not have an easy time.

In fact, most people are fixated on ordinary, unremarkable scenery, just like Old Shi, who was fixated on Shituo Ridge.

But so what?

Shituo Ridge itself doesn't possess any particularly remarkable status.

But I am different.

"Unfortunately, the Eight Sceneries Palace transcends the divine realm and cannot descend into reality along with it."

The thought was withdrawn, and the illusory world that stretched across the sky for three hundred kilometers quietly faded and disappeared.

"The size of a divine realm descending into reality is also related to Mental Accumulation; three thousand years of Mental Accumulation results in a divine realm spanning three hundred kilometers."

"The ratio of Mental Accumulation to the distance of divine sense exploration is exactly the same as before spiritual sublimation."

Zhang Fusheng sat quietly on the ancient chariot, silently studying the Great Sun Scripture and the path after the Primordial Realm.

He grasped it quickly.

" At the Innate Great Realm, one becomes an Inner Heaven and Earth within oneself. Further cultivation involves transforming the ignited acupoints into [Cave Heaven]."

Zhang Fusheng's eyes shone brightly as he seized the power of Great Heaven and Earth and earth, transforming his acupoints into Cave Heaven.

Then, within the Cave Heaven, they excavated real mountains and rivers to fill it, burying the earth's veins.

This is the cultivation of the Innate Great Realm.

However, at the Innate Great Realm, transforming ten acupoints into Cave Heaven is considered [Perfection].

Going further up, even to enlighten the eleventh major acupoint, one enters the realm of Celestial Person.

"A single Cave Heaven is a 'circle' with a diameter of one kilometer, which cannot contain many mountains or rivers, and cannot even fit larger peaks. But what if ten great apertures were opened?"

Zhang Fusheng's eyes shone brightly. With each additional opening he made into Cave Heaven, the diameter of all the Cave Heaven would increase by one thousand meters.

In other words, if one is innately Perfection, with all ten apertures transforming into Cave Heaven, each Cave Heaven spanning ten kilometers in length and width, what if these grotto-heavens were filled with matter?

With a single punch, ten Cave Heaven roared; their Cave Heaven weight alone could obliterate hundreds of miles of land!

"And what if one becomes Celestial Person?"

"Celestial Person!"

The Heavenly Human Limit is to transform all 360 apertures into Cave Heaven, each of Cave Heaven can span a vast area of 360 kilometers!

That's a bit scary.

When facing an enemy again, with one punch, all 360 Cave Heaven roared.

Enough to sink entire landmasses!

The realms of the Innate and Celestial Person are entirely different from those of the Grandmasters and Great Grandmaster below them, existing in two completely different dimensions.

The ten innate orifices and ten Cave Heaven.

The Celestial Person possessed 360 apertures and 360 grotto -Cave Heaven.

"No wonder that with each additional Innate Great Realm, the Great Heaven and Earth weakens a bit. It's not just that Innate Great Realm don't participate in the Great Heaven and Earth's cycle, only taking and not giving."

"Also, because at this level, one must seize the power and matter of heaven and Great Heaven and Earth to replenish oneself."

Zhang Fusheng was amazed; it was truly an eye-opening experience.

Only by reaching the Innate Great Realm can one truly understand how vast and boundless this level is.

Only.

"How big is the difference between someone at the Innate Limit and someone at the Heavenly Human Limit?"

Zhang Fusheng did a quick calculation and felt a chill run down his spine.

The Innate Limit represents illuminating ten Cave Heaven, each Cave Heaven a diameter of ten kilometers.

And the ultimate Celestial Person...?

It's an absolutely exponential growth!!!

"Even if every Cave Heaven of the ultimate Celestial Person were filled with water, a Cave Heaven that is 360 kilometers in diameter could hold more than 200 trillion tons of water!"

Zhang Fusheng made a quick estimate and felt a chill run down his spine.

There are 360 Cave Heaven, enough to hold the water of several Earths in one lifetime!

The arrogance that had just risen in his heart vanished in an instant.

In other words, a true Celestial Person at the pinnacle of existence has already reached the level of exploding a star.

An exponential surge.

"No wonder, the God of Plague Embryo, which transcends the level of Celestial Person but has not yet reached the level of a deity, can tear apart thousands of kilometers of land with a single thought."

He took a deep breath and finally assessed his situation.

This is not good.

"Especially the diseases that have taken away tens of millions of lives have caused the Contract Book to cool down and become full of dust."

"Now, the Unicorn Giant Rhinoceros Meat has completely lost its effect on me, as if the Contract Book has absorbed enough of its mysterious substance."

He was somewhat worried; in such a short time, the flesh of a Star Beast Meat had already completely lost its effectiveness.

Although there are still hundreds of types of Level 1 Star Beast Meat.

However, as the Gaotian Association and the Above High Heaven grow stronger, the Star Beast Meat will become ineffective at an increasingly faster rate.

Fortunately, high-grade Star Beast Meat has surprisingly good effects—1 gram of level 3 Star Beast Meat can reduce cooldown by a year!

"High-level Star Beast Meat is hard to find."

He muttered to himself, having finished sorting out his own situation.

After breaking through to the Innate Realm, one's essence, Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and spirit are sublimated. Even without possessing a single Cave Heaven, one is already a hundred or a thousand times stronger than before.

The greatest improvement was in the Great Strength Ox Demon Body, or the Heaven-Pacifying Great Sage Scripture.

After a thousand years of demonic possession,

This method has progressed from the beginner level to the Minor Accomplishment mastery level.

Minor Accomplishment's Heaven-Pacifying Great Sage Scripture can transform into Ten Thousand Zang Ox Demon, and can conjure up an illusory Flame Mountain with a single thought.

Although it's unclear how powerful he will be after being unleashed as the Ten Thousand Zang Ox Demon, it will probably exceed my expectations.

As soon as Zhang Fusheng had a thought, Uncle Yu, Aunt Li, Wei Qingshan, and the Old Fisherman appeared on the ancient chariot.

"Getting ready to leave."

He spoke in a deep voice, but his gaze remained fixed on the Peach Tree of Immortality, which still gave him a sense of great terror.

Pity.

If we could take away the Peach Tree of Immortality

That's enough.

As Zhang Fusheng drove the Golden Ancient Chariot, a thought flashed through his mind, Helplessness Bridge quietly appeared, lifting the ancient chariot up.

He took one last look at the tens of millions of people who were worshipping.

These will all become their future believers.

Was what I did right or wrong?

The thought flashed through his mind, and after a moment of contemplation, Zhang Fusheng contorted his face—he feared that as soon as he broke out of the vortex, he would be intercepted by those fiery figures and have his true face seen.

To reveal one's hand in this place and under these circumstances?

That would be such a loss.

And so.

To the astonishment of Wei Lingzhu and the others, Zhang Fusheng's form transformed from a 'human' into a pure, sixteen-foot-tall bull demon!

It has two horns on its head, a ferocious face, and dark black skin.

"Let's go, let's go."

The sixteen-foot-tall bull demon spoke in a low voice, mentioning the vast amount of Exotic Earth unearthed by over a million people over this period of time.

On the ancient chariot, just listening to his voice caused all four of them to feel mentally disoriented, almost to the point of succumbing to demonic possession!

The next instant.

Guided by the Bridge of Helplessness Bridge, the Golden Ancient Chariot instantly arrived at the edge of the vortex.

The Bridge of Helplessness Bridge glowed, reflecting a deathly stillness. The ever-flowing vortex suddenly froze, slowing down, slowing down, and slowing down again!

Wait until the vortex spins until it comes to a standstill.

'Boom!!'

Zhang Fusheng activated this Great Magic Artifact, which was originally only fully controllable by those at the Innate Great Realm.

The ancient chariot erupted with an extremely brilliant light, transforming into a Golden Great Sun that crashed violently into the vortex.

Before leaving.

Zhang Fusheng turned around and gazed at the blood-stained, eerie Peach Tree of Immortality.

The branches and leaves swayed, and the scarlet peaches hanging on them also swayed slightly.

Even with his current cultivation level, just looking at it made him feel slightly dizzy.

A thought suddenly popped into his mind.

That dying Celestial Person had been missing for so long, and had been asleep for so long.

Could they have already been eaten by the Peach Tree of Immortality?

No, that's not right.

Not long ago, the projection of that Celestial Person being appeared in Chongshan City and captured Du Mingsheng.

But something just feels off.

As thoughts raced through his mind, the Golden Great Sun was suddenly plunged into the vortex, its light vanished, and the vast Land of Exotic Treasures once again fell into deathly silence and darkness.

Tens of millions of people watched as darkness returned, trembling and bewildered.

The radiance vanished completely; there was no sun, no moon, and the world was so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. It seemed as if everything had been swallowed up by darkness.

Despair, confusion.

Chaos is quietly brewing.

Then, at this very moment.

The colossal statue, towering ten thousand feet high, suddenly burst forth with light—and thereafter...

It became the only light, the only torch, in this place.

Tens of millions of people were bathed in the radiant light of the idol.

Those who crawl crawl, those who till the land till the land, and those who hunt hunt.

Wooden houses were built, and ditches were dug out; a brand-new civilization, like one after the apocalypse, was taking root and sprouting.

People are working.

The laborers would occasionally glance at that single ray of light, at that colossal, Myriad Blades Divine Statue.

Then.

They then recited a phrase: "Homage to the Central Extreme Cult Master, the Great Emperor of the Underworld."

"Nine Nether Sin-Removing Heavenly Venerate!"