If all three of them stayed and wielded the Mountain-Driving Whip together, they could certainly unleash greater power and make the Supreme Awakening Range grow and extend another one or two trillion li faster.
However, they could not double its rate of growth and extension; they could not even increase it by half.
In other words, having all three act together would only reduce their efficiency.
In any case, they had no intention of devoting themselves wholeheartedly to sorting out and repairing the earth veins. They needed to ensure that their own cultivation was not delayed.
Since that was the case, it would be better to leave only Yuan Lun behind while the other two returned to comprehend the Dao and cultivate. Thereafter, they would take turns wielding the Mountain-Driving Whip to repair the Western Continent's earth veins, changing shifts at regular intervals.
With only Yuan Lun remaining, it took him a full fifty to sixty thousand years to make both ends of the Supreme Awakening Range grow and extend one or two trillion li. The two ends finally connected and closed together, and he perfectly mended the junction, completing the restoration of this region.
However, because the Supreme Awakening Range was located on the Western Continent, the Western Continent's ancestral vein and most of its earth veins had been detonated by Luo. The earth-meridian network had been destroyed along with them.
Without forming an earth-meridian network with the Mount Sumeru Ancestral Vein and countless earth veins of varying grades, the Supreme Awakening Range's earth vein could still draw upon the Infinite Void to absorb, degrade, and transform Chaos Qi, but its efficiency had greatly declined.
Moreover, many parts of the Supreme Awakening Range were damaged, and its earth-vein qi flowed poorly. The Origin Power it had accumulated was far from abundant, nowhere near enough to make both ends of the Supreme Awakening Range grow and extend one or two trillion li.
To avoid further damaging the Supreme Awakening Range's earth vein and to restore this stretch of the range, Yuan Lun could only take out the Origin Power he had obtained earlier by refining the Three Clans Battlefield with his own Great Dao. He transformed it and replenished the earth-vein origin with it, thereby successfully restoring this stretch of the Supreme Awakening Range completely.
Although he had completely restored this stretch of the Supreme Awakening Range, Yuan Lun did not contact Yuan Jie and Yuan Ling through their intangible connection and ask them to return to repair the range with him.
Before they departed, they had already agreed to take turns wielding the Mountain-Driving Whip, beginning with the Supreme Awakening Range to restore the Western Continent's earth veins, changing shifts every five Epochs.
Less than one Epoch had passed so far. The time to change shifts was still far away!
Without wasting any time, Yuan Lun immediately headed for the next area of the Supreme Awakening Range that needed repairs.
However, the other areas of the Supreme Awakening Range that needed repair were not as severely damaged as this one. Even the worst cases merely involved shattered mountain bodies and earth veins; they had not been destroyed and erased into nothingness. In some places, the earth veins had only been obstructed by stagnant turbid qi that had accumulated due to previous damage and poor circulation.
In less than sixty thousand years, Yuan Lun had resolved the dozen or so major and minor problems throughout the Supreme Awakening Range, completing its restoration.
It was precisely because he had resolved all those large and small problems that the Supreme Awakening Range recovered considerably.
During this time, he successfully gained the Supreme Awakening Range's recognition and became its master. He also found several of its core spiritual acupoints and obtained numerous heavenly treasures from them: one High-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Nature-Illuminating Heart Lamp, and two Innate Spiritual Roots.
After choosing the finest core spiritual acupoint in the Supreme Awakening Range, setting up a protective grand formation, and establishing a dojo, Yuan Lun continued without pause to repair the other damaged earth veins of the Western Continent.
The first thing he repaired was naturally the shattered Supreme-Grade Innate Earth Vein and its mountain body that connected to the Supreme Awakening Range.
Perhaps after it was restored, as time passed and its earth-vein origin gradually accumulated and recovered, that stretch of earth vein could slowly grow and extend until it became a complete Supreme-Grade Innate Earth Vein once more.
Of course, that depended on his guidance and assistance. Otherwise, there would be no hope at all. Even if there were hope, it would require an extraordinarily long time—perhaps not even ten calamities would be enough.
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, the appointed five Epochs had arrived.
At this time, Yuan Yan had not only restored the Supreme Awakening Range and the shattered stretch of Supreme-Grade Innate Earth Vein connected to it, but had also repaired nearly half of the dozens of Mid-Grade Innate Earth Veins and Low-Grade Innate Earth Veins connected to the Supreme Awakening Range, each damaged to varying degrees.
The agreed time had arrived. Without the slightest hesitation, Yuan Lun used their intangible connection to awaken Yuan Lun, who was in secluded cultivation within the Great Awakening Blessed Land, and Yuan Ling, who was in secluded cultivation on Yingzhou Immortal Island. He transmitted all his experiences from this period to the two of them.
Before long, Yuan Jie and Yuan Ling arrived one after another at Ascetic Ridge, which Yuan Lun was repairing and had already restored by one-third.
"Yuan Lun, give me the Mountain-Driving Whip. It is time for me to take over your shift!" However, upon seeing Yuan Ling arrive as well, Yuan Jie was somewhat surprised. He asked, "Did we not agree to take turns repairing the Western Continent's earth veins and switch every five Epochs? According to our agreement, it should be my turn now, and Yuan Ling's turn five Epochs later. Why have you come too, Yuan Ling?"
"Yuan Lun asked me to come. He should have something to discuss with us!" Yuan Ling replied calmly.
At once, Yuan Ling and Yuan Jie both turned their gazes toward Yuan Lun, waiting for him to explain.
"I have already passed on my experiences from these five Epochs to you. What do you think of my gains?" Yuan Lun asked instead of answering.
"Over the same period, your gains were far greater than when we previously cleared and restored the Three Clans Battlefield. Enough, we are all family. Stop being so mysterious and say what you want to say!" Yuan Ling said, waving a hand.
He was not joking when he said Yuan Lun's gains during these five Epochs far surpassed what they had gained while clearing and restoring the Three Clans Battlefield. It was simply the truth!
Yuan Lun had made three gains during these five Epochs:
First, while guiding, connecting, and restoring the earth veins, he had also gained a profound understanding of the related Great Dao through the mountains, rivers, earth veins, and the Mountain-Driving Whip. Although his efficiency in comprehending the Dao and cultivating was far inferior to focused cultivation, it was likely equivalent to two or three Epochs of dedicated cultivation.
Second, all manner of heavenly treasures, as well as Innate Spiritual Treasures and Innate Spiritual Roots that had yet to fully mature or had been damaged.
Perhaps because he was restoring the Western Continent's damaged earth veins, he was favored by Fortune. Or perhaps because the earth veins were damaged and the Western Earth-Meridian Network had been destroyed, leaving it incapable of nurturing Innate Spiritual Treasures and Innate Spiritual Roots any longer. Or perhaps those Innate Spiritual Treasures and Innate Spiritual Roots were themselves damaged and desperately needed vast quantities of Innate Spiritual Qi and Dao Rhyme Spiritual Essence, which their local earth veins could no longer provide.
His luck was extraordinarily good, and he encountered opportunities from time to time.
Although most of the Innate Spiritual Treasures and Innate Spiritual Roots he obtained had not fully matured or were damaged, they were still immensely valuable.
After all, this did not affect his ability to comprehend the Great Dao contained within them. As for the power of Innate Spiritual Treasures and the fruit borne by Innate Spiritual Roots, unless they were Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures or Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Roots, they were of little use.
Moreover, he had Yingzhou Immortal Island, the Yinyang Grotto-Heaven, and the Gourd Valley Blessed Land on Mount Buzhou, as well as treasures such as Three Lights Divine Water, Nine Heavens Breath Soil, and Primordial Chaos Divine Soil. Those Innate Spiritual Treasures and Innate Spiritual Roots would recover one day.
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