The Heavenly Dao Deduction

As soon as his divine sense entered the lotus platform, the profound mysteries of this Innate Spiritual Treasure became clear to him—

This treasure harbored two great powers:

First, the lotus platform sealed the power of twelve layers of Spirit Sea. If fully released, it would be enough to overwhelm a Grand Unity Golden Immortal. During the Journey to the West tribulation, a certain mighty being once used a Pure Bottle containing the power of a sea to stump the Monkey King. This Spirit Sea was no ordinary water; it was an Innate Spirit Sea condensed from pure Spirit Liquid.

Second, the lotus nurtured twelve types of Innate Divine Waters, which generated and cycled endlessly each day:

Three Lights Divine Water: Sunlight, Moonlight, Starlight

Profound Nether True Water, Glazed Pure Water, Primordial Heavy Water

Three Thousand Weak Waters, Origin Water, Yellow Springs Water

Ren Kui Water, Taiyin True Water, Pure Water

The twelve types of divine waters churned into a sea within the lotus platform. The Three Lights Divine Water was the most miraculous—a single type was a deadly poison, yet the fusion of all three became a sacred healing item. The other divine waters also possessed world-shattering abilities.

"Water energy nourishes wood... This is truly heaven-sent!"

As an innate being who had taken the form of Purple Bamboo, Lu Tian felt a primal affinity for this Spirit Lotus. The Three Lights Divine Water and Origin Water, in particular, would greatly benefit his cultivation.

He immediately sat down to refine the lotus platform.

The Water Element energy in his Kidney Palace surged, interacting with the Metal Element energy of the Plain Cloud Boundary Banner in his lungs, and then activating the Wood Spirit of his Liver Palace. Metal gives birth to water, and water gives birth to wood. Under this three-energy cycle, he completely refined the Spirit Lotus in just six hundred years.

The Twelve-Grade Lotus Platform appeared beneath him, while the Plain Cloud Boundary Banner fluttered behind him.

A majestic spiritual pressure swept through the Cave Mansion. Lu Tian assessed himself, "With my current cultivation, I can easily crush the me from when I was in the Blood Sea."

The Taiyi Realm was now within reach, and he could clearly sense his strength growing with every passing moment.

Suddenly—

Lu Tian's brow furrowed, and his form instantly vanished.

His junior brother, Pharmacist, was in danger!

Lu Tian's expression sharpened, and he immediately activated his Escape Light, speeding towards the northwest.

He hadn't noticed it during his closed-door cultivation. Only now did he realize that a Secret Message had arrived half a month ago—Pharmacist was in peril and trapped, needing his assistance.

Lu Tian truly hadn't expected...

That Pharmacist, a Direct Disciple of the Western Teachings with Taiyi Cultivation, would fall into a dangerous situation at the Two Realms Mountain!

The Two Realms Mountain was not a place rich in spiritual energy, but it was famous for its special significance.

Normally, few powerful beings would set foot there.

A Taiyi Golden Immortal should have been at the peak of power here.

However...

Since Pharmacist chose to ask him for help instead of reporting to their two Masters, it indicated that the situation was still under control.

Otherwise, given their Masters' personalities, they would not have stood idly by. They were not the type to watch a fellow disciple in danger with folded arms.

Though shocked, Lu Tian did not hesitate. He used the power of his Cloud-Treading Boots to traverse the void, covering a thousand miles in an instant.

In just half a day, he arrived at the location indicated by Pharmacist.

He saw Maitreya, Mahasthamaprapta, Sunlight, Moonlight, and others gathered there.

Their auras were unstable, indicating they had arrived not long ago. All of them wore troubled expressions, at a loss for what to do.

"Junior Brother, you've finally arrived! You are knowledgeable; do you know what Senior Brother has encountered?"

"This is clearly the location Senior Brother described, yet we've searched for a long time and found nothing."

Mahasthamaprapta's expression was grave, his tone low.

Sunlight and Moonlight, standing beside him, were even more panicked. This was their first time leaving the West for training, and encountering such a sudden change naturally made them flustered.

Lu Tian smiled calmly. "With Senior Brother's abilities, if he could send a message, he wouldn't have mistaken the location. Perhaps while traveling, he accidentally shattered the void and was drawn into some special space..."

As he spoke, a profound divine light flashed in his eyes.

The Primordial World was fraught with dangers, bizarre and varied.

Especially the space in this realm—powerful beings were as numerous as clouds, and those who could manipulate time and space were everywhere.

Though seemingly in the same Primordial World, a slight carelessness could break through the dimensional barrier and fall into another realm.

Since no one was here, and given Pharmacist's cultivation, this was the most likely scenario.

"This..."

Mahasthamaprapta and the others exchanged glances, momentarily speechless.

The Primordial World was truly filled with danger at every step; even traveling could lead to disaster.

Lu Tian, however, skillfully merged into the void and activated his Secret Method to probe his surroundings.

Looking at the scene before him, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes as well.

The space here was layered and folded, with tens of thousands of spatial folds and hundreds of thousands of shattered spatial fragments interwoven, creating a chaotic structure that made it difficult to determine where Pharmacist was trapped.

The other four fellow disciples followed suit and gasped in unison upon seeing the scene.

"Junior Brother Lu, what should we do now?"

All eyes focused intently on Lu Tian.

At this moment, they could only rely on this junior brother to break the deadlock.

If all else fails, we'll have to resort to that supreme Primordial World secret art and ask Master to come to our rescue.

Lu Tian quickly analyzed, "The collapse of space to this extent must be due to a battle between ancient powerful beings. With Senior Brother's cultivation, ordinary spatial fragments wouldn't be able to trap him. We just need to search for intact spatial layers."

He turned to his four senior brothers: "Please wait outside to provide support. It will be safer for me to search alone."

"The perilous situation that can trap Senior Brother means that you entering rashly might lead to unforeseen consequences."

Mahasthamaprapta and the others exchanged wry smiles and retreated from the spatial folds as instructed.

Lu Tian's figure roamed through the void, his divine sense sweeping through the layers of space like a net.

More than two months passed.

When Lu Tian pierced through a spatial barrier, he finally found a haggard-looking Pharmacist.

Although this senior brother's Glazed Robe was spotless, his spiritual energy was chaotic, and there were still traces of blood at the corner of his lips, clearly indicating he was not in good condition.

"Senior Brother, thank you for waiting," Lu Tian went straight to the point. "Have you deciphered the mystery of this place?"

Pharmacist smiled bitterly and shook his head. "This place is bizarre and unpredictable. Everything I see is like Kyōka Suigetsu. I've tried every method to break through the boundaries, but I still can't escape." His tone carried a hint of embarrassment.

Lu Tian nodded in understanding. "Senior Brother, please take a moment to recuperate. Let me investigate the reality of this situation."

After Pharmacist entered a meditative state to heal, Lu Tian immediately formed seals and cast his technique.

Time flew by.

Two hundred years passed in the blink of an eye. Lu Tian suddenly opened his eyes, his pupils contracting violently!

It was actually...

He suppressed his shock, quietly cast an isolation barrier, and poured all his divine sense into the Zero World.

The current Zero World had evolved into a boundless battlefield.

Countless Vajra Divine Generals wielded blades and fought fiercely, with the strongest among them having reached the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

The True Meaning of the Blade flowed like a gentle stream from the realm of nothingness into Lu Tian's sea of consciousness, pushing his blade's edge to a new level.

However, Lu Tian had no time to dwell on this at the moment.

With a slight shift of his thoughts--

A sky full of golden radiance suddenly descended upon this world.

Pharmacist, who was ** recuperating, was startled.

He widened his eyes and looked towards Lu Tian's location.

That brilliant golden light was no ordinary thing; it was the Golden Light of Merit, rarely seen in the world!

"Junior Brother actually invoked Heaven-Bestowed Merit?"

Pharmacist's Dao heart trembled. Although he couldn't see what Lu Tian was doing, such a magnificent celestial phenomenon had already prompted him to secretly form a communication spell.

"The abundance of this merit is comparable to the Heavenly Dao's bestowal when Uncle-Master Zhunti reshaped his golden body!"

The formation patterns flowed for forty-nine days.

A pearly white strange stone suddenly appeared in Lu Tian's palm, seemingly ordinary yet faintly shimmering with starlight.

"This item is not from the Primordial World..."

His mind was greatly shaken. This was the core formed after the fall of the Golden Vajra Tribe in the Zero World, containing immense vitality and Essence of Wu Earth.

His divine sense surged like a tide across the entire space.

This seemingly ordinary world resonated mysteriously with the Zero World, allowing him to transform illusory things into reality—not an ordinary Art of Creation, but a true breaking of the boundaries between illusion and reality!

"So that's how it is..."

Lu Tian was bathed in the Golden Sea of Merit, appearing like a divine being descending to the mortal realm. This groundbreaking feat had finally earned the favor of the Heavenly Dao.

The power of merit cleansed his limbs and bones, and Lu Tian felt his entire body become pure and immaculate like glazed jade.

"I underestimated the amount of this merit."

He looked at the golden ** within his body that had almost solidified, and couldn't help but chuckle. Such a massive amount of merit would make even a Sage envious.

"The amount of this merit is a full double that of when Zhunti reshaped his Dharma body and helped the Western Teachings transform into Buddhism!"

Faced with such a vast amount of merit, Lu Tian was momentarily unsure of how to use it.

Currently, there were not many areas where he needed to consume merit—in terms of cultivation, with his current foundation, he no longer needed merit to speed up his progress.

After pondering for a moment, Lu Tian decided to use this merit for a Heavenly Dao Deduction.

He wanted to decipher the mystery of this spatial layer. Only then could he more freely utilize this place to manifest the illusory creations of the Zero World in the human world.

As the thought turned, the Merit within his body receded like a tide.

Though called a deduction, it was in fact using Merit as a key to seek true understanding from the Heavenly Dao.

Aided by deduction techniques, the answer quickly emerged:

It turned out the Two Realms Mountain held a hidden wonder.

Besides dividing the eastern and western regions, it concealed a Realm of Illusion and Reality.

Within the mountain's layers, countless spaces intertwined between illusion and reality.

What Lu Tian encountered was precisely such a marvel—

It was precisely because it was located at the boundary of illusion and reality that the fantasies of the Zero World could use it as a bridge to descend into reality.

The creation of the Primordial World was truly profound and unfathomable...

Lu Tian couldn't help but sigh.

Even a Sage could hardly exhaust the mysteries of this world.

At this point, only thirty percent of his Merit had been consumed, indicating this secret was not absolute.

It was likely that the great powers of the Primordial World all knew of this matter, but they lacked the means of the Zero World, and thus had not delved deeper.

Having obtained the answer, Lu Tian withdrew the Concealment Formation and revealed himself.

He looked up and saw Pharmacist with a look of concern: Junior Brother, did you gain any insights? I, your elder brother, waited here diligently but gained nothing. Seeing you collect Merit, I was truly envious.

His words were frank, devoid of any jealousy.

Lu Tian understood and chuckled lightly: It was merely a fortunate coincidence. Then, he changed the subject: Now that I know the method to leave, please follow me, Senior Brother.

Pharmacist nodded, asking no further questions.

Fellow disciple camaraderie valued knowing when to stop—laughing when it was time to laugh, and remaining silent when it was time to be silent.

Lu Tian formed a seal and opened a passage. The two stepped in one after another, their figures disappearing into the interstice of illusion and reality.

After the void rift closed, Lu Tian raised an eyebrow at Pharmacist, brilliant immortal light flowing from his fingertips as he slowly forged this distorted space. He casually picked up a magical artifact, intending to refine it into a unique Grotto-Heaven Magic Treasure.

Since he joined the sect, only two to three thousand years had passed in the blink of an eye...

What kind of fortune had he received to transform to this extent?

Pharmacist clapped his hands in amazement. As the chief disciple of the Western Teachings, he had always been overshadowed by this junior disciple. Even more astonishing was that the other party still remained in the Golden Immortal realm...

As envy and admiration intertwined, a sense of urgency quietly crept into his heart.

With a flash of silver light, Lu Tian had perfectly forged that alien space into the magical artifact. For him, comprehending the Law of Space was as simple as lifting a hand.

After this is done, I mustn't keep the Senior Brothers waiting for long. Before he finished speaking, two figures had stepped out of the void, returning to the peak of the Two Realms Mountain.

As soon as they appeared, their expressions changed drastically.

The scene before them ignited their fury—Mahasthamaprapta, Maitreya, Sunlight, and Moonlight were forming a formation to hold their ground, yet they were being forced to retreat by two Taiyi Realm Great Demons!

The Striped-Eyed White-Browed Tiger on the left, with wings on its ribs, stirred up waves of foul wind, while the Purple-Scaled Python Demon on the right, with coiled horns on its head, exhaled clouds and mist. The two demons' auras were immense, trapping the four Sages within their formation.