Each Has Its Uses, Each Has Its Strengths

The Three Talents Divine Lamps would be directly knocked down from the altar of Innate Spiritual Treasures outside, becoming Acquired Spiritual Treasures, and their power would likewise be greatly diminished.

This was because the Three Talents Divine Lamps were so powerful within the Inner World only because Dao Xuan had given them special privileges, with the blessing of the Heavenly Dao.

Outside, once they lost the blessing of the Inner World's Heavenly Dao, their power would naturally plummet.

However, Dao Xuan had never intended to take the Three Talents Divine Lamps outside. Thus, when constructing these three divine lamps, he had enhanced their authority as much as possible.

Aside from the functions of Reincarnation and creation, the Dark Profound Soul-Delivering Lamp's most essential ability was to seize an enemy's soul. It could also repair damage to one's own divine soul and even use the essence of others' souls to cultivate and strengthen one's own divine soul.

Then came the second divine lamp, the yellow one—the Earthly Talent Divine Lamp. Unlike the Eight-Scenery Palace Lamp of the Primordial World, Dao Xuan had named this lamp the Kun Origin Thick Earth Lamp.

This lamp's functions were much more singular, mainly centered upon the earth. It could help consolidate the foundations of earth veins, evolve mountains, rivers, and peaks, and accelerate the nurturing of all kinds of heavenly materials, earthly treasures, rare curios, and spiritual roots.

It could also draw earth-vein spiritual energy into circulation, neutralize the backlash of earth energy and spatial turbulence caused by the opening of heaven and earth, and stabilize the world's territory.

Furthermore, this lamp could refine acquired impurities, turning ordinary materials into embryos of spiritual treasures. It was essentially a weakened version of the Qiankun Cauldron.

As the Inner World continued to improve, it was not impossible that this lamp would be further upgraded in the future, gaining the same ability as the Qiankun Cauldron to return the acquired to the innate and refine Innate Spiritual Treasures.

As the Inner World continued to develop and grow ever more complete, Dao Xuan was becoming increasingly immersed in his identity as its creator.

As the creator of a world, the first thing one had to learn was how to give oneself cheats.

These three divine lamps were Dao Xuan's boldest attempt.

If it succeeded, the Inner World's rate of development would soar even further, reaching an astonishing pace.

After all, setting everything else aside, if Dao Xuan did not interfere, anyone who obtained even one of these three divine lamps could pin down and hammer the Four Divine Beasts.

Remember, all four divine beasts—not merely one of them. This showed just how outrageous Dao Xuan's cheat was.

Of course, the Inner World currently had only these Four Divine Beasts. There was not a single other living being.

The only one who could use these three divine lamps was still Dao Xuan himself.

There was also the final divine lamp. This azure lamp was the Heavenly Talent Divine Lamp. Unlike the Glazed Lamp of the Primordial World, Dao Xuan had named it the Azure Void Heaven-Opening Lamp.

The functions of this lamp were just as exaggerated as those of the previous two. First, the Azure Void Heaven-Opening Lamp could reflect the trajectories of the Heavenly Dao's laws, thereby deducing the principles of opening heaven, space, and the separation of clear and turbid. It could shatter all falsehoods.

Second, it could be used to hold up the heavens of the Inner World, establish the division between clear and turbid heaven and earth, and evolve stars, clouds, and the celestial phenomena of the four seasons.

Finally, this lamp could burn away the sinister corruption of the Primordial Spirit, expose invisibility, concealment, and transformation arts, and specifically counter all unorthodox paths and heretical techniques.

The Azure Void Heaven-Opening Lamp, the Kun Origin Thick Earth Lamp, and the Dark Profound Soul-Delivering Lamp—these three lamps were the heaven, earth, and human Three Talents Divine Lamps of Dao Xuan's Inner World.

Dao Xuan looked at the three lamps with immense satisfaction, his gaze resembling that of someone admiring the most beautiful works of art in the world. Every inch of them filled him with pride.

Then, with a wave of Dao Xuan's hand, the three divine lamps immediately flew toward the Heaven and Earth Fetal Membrane.

Encircling the entire Inner World, the three divine lamps formed a Three Talents formation. Each lamp erupted with flame, and boundless blazing fire swept forth, charging into the chaotic void beyond the Heaven and Earth Fetal Membrane.

It turned out that Dao Xuan had created the Three Talents Divine Lamps in order to use them to open the chaos, refine the void, and allow the Inner World to continue expanding outward.

Although Dao Xuan had originally used the Four Symbols Laws to enlighten the Four Divine Beasts, and though the Four Divine Beasts were useful, after using them for so long, Dao Xuan had discovered one drawback.

Although they were transformed from laws, they were also living beings. In particular, as their intelligence grew, they displayed increasingly more traits that belonged to living beings.

As living beings, while they remained absolutely loyal to Dao Xuan and carried out every command he gave, after opening the chaos for so long, they inevitably developed emotions such as fatigue, loneliness, and weariness.

Dao Xuan had seen all of this, but he had not interfered too much.

Because he knew this was an inevitable result. One day, the Four Divine Beasts would all become true living beings.

Of course, Dao Xuan could forcibly end it all, such as directly erasing the consciousness of the Four Divine Beasts or even returning them to the laws of heaven and earth.

But Dao Xuan had long regarded them as his own children, so naturally he could not bear to do that.

Besides, the Four Divine Beasts gradually becoming living beings was not without other benefits. Thus, Dao Xuan simply let them be.

However, in order to replace the Four Divine Beasts' role in opening the chaos, Dao Xuan had ultimately thought of this method.

He created the three great divine lamps.

Living beings could slack off, but spiritual treasures would not!

"Rumble!"

The three divine lamps continuously spewed flames, breaking open chaos, separating clear from turbid, refining Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind, and expanding the Inner World.

The Four Divine Beasts also saw this scene, and all of them could not help but be taken aback.

Each of them began to panic.

Had these three lamps been created to steal their work?

"Roar!"

Azure Dragon, who was always coiled around the World Tree and absorbing the Innate Jia Wood Essence, was the first to realize what was happening. With a loud roar, he hurried to the vicinity of the Heaven and Earth Fetal Membrane and joined in the work of opening heaven and earth.

Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise also came to their senses one after another. They could not lose this iron rice bowl.

At this moment, they had to prove their capabilities to their creator, Father God.

Dao Xuan could not help but smile at the Four Divine Beasts' scramble to show off, but he did not stop them.

Though the three great divine lamps were useful, they also had their drawbacks.

After all, they were inanimate objects and could not compare to the flexibility of the Four Divine Beasts. For example, the three great divine lamps could open up territory and allow the Inner World to continually expand outward.

Yet they could not, like the Four Divine Beasts, further transform the territory they had opened.

This was also one reason why Dao Xuan still retained the Four Divine Beasts.

In short, spiritual treasures had their strengths, and divine beasts had their own uses. The two complemented each other.

Looking at the three divine lamps and four divine beasts working so diligently, Dao Xuan was utterly satisfied.

The Inner World developed at a faster pace than before. At this rate, it would not be long before he could take another step forward in the Primordial Golden Immortal realm.

After watching for a while longer, Dao Xuan finally left the Inner World.