One cluster, accounting for roughly a tenth of the total merit, scattered into over a million portions of varying sizes, each descending upon one of the Yingzhou Immortal Island Lineage's million-plus cultivators.
The final cluster, accounting for two tenths of the total merit, scattered and poured into the many innate earth veins of the earth vein network and the Heaven-Earth Origin-Returning Formation Flags.
In an instant, the Northern Continent's earth veins, which had yet to recover to their prime, recovered by another two tenths. The Northern Continent's earth vein network evolved further mysteries on its own, and its power and efficiency in absorbing and converting chaos qi rose by another twenty to thirty percent.
The Heaven-Earth Origin-Returning Formation Flags, which had reached the rank of a half-step postnatal supreme treasure, evolved further mysteries under the infusion and refinement of vast amounts of merit, becoming a Half-Step Postnatal Merit Supreme Treasure.
Together with the earth vein network's recovery, this increased the Heaven-Earth Origin-Returning Formation's power by more than fifty percent, and likewise raised its efficiency in absorbing and converting chaos qi by more than fifty percent.
As immeasurable merit and fortune descended, the timing of heaven, the advantage of the land, and the harmony of people aligned. Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, Yuan Ling, Fuxi, and Nuwa all merged with the Northern Continent's true essence, entering a wondrous state of empty-minded epiphany.
In that wondrous state of empty-minded epiphany, Yuan Yan immersed himself in the vast ocean of the Great Dao. Boundless insights into the Great Dao surfaced in his mind, countless sparks of inspiration arose, and his Yin-Yang Dao rapidly evolved toward perfection.
In a mere instant, he used the Yin-Yang Dao to evolve another perfected primordial Great Dao. Though his cultivation realm saw no major breakthrough, his strength