Knocking on the Heart Without Shame, Then Ascending Beyond the Heavens (Part Two)

The Secret Register of the Yin Heaven of Zhoujue stirred in response. Su Che gathered his power and poured it all into the Yin Mountain Nether-Cavern Treasure Register. He needed no prompting from Yulizi; here, amid the Ninefold Heavenly Firmament, understanding dawned on him.

He needed to prove something.

Now, as the energies of heaven and earth pressed in from every direction, he had to prove to this world that his foundation was strong enough to stand proudly above the Ninefold Heavenly Firmament.

Heaven and earth had neither feelings nor spirit, yet at this moment they seemed like an examiner.

Su Che had to prove his Dao, to show that it could endure beneath the crushing force of heaven and earth's energies.

Ordinarily, only great cultivators who had entered the Void-Treading Realm could spread their power to face this trial. But through Ruomu, the Heaven-and-Earth Spiritual Root fused into the Yin Mountain Nether-Cavern Treasure Register, Su Che already possessed what he needed to rise above his peers.

A stream of dark, profound energy unfurled. Countless motes of light rose around Su Che, as though souls with no road home had entrusted everything they were to the Yin Mountain Nether-Cavern Treasure Register.

This was the Virtue of Houtu, which Su Che understood more deeply than anything else.

He embraced all things and resonated with them. As energy circulated around him, Su Che carved out a tiny "world" amid the crushing energies of the second layer of the firmament.

It extended only as far as the space around him, but it already held the beginnings of a domain. As Ruomu revealed itself, that domain grew ever clearer.

With the Virtue of Houtu as its foundation, it connected to the Life-and-Death Spiritual Root. A faint radiance shone from the Yin Mountain Nether-Cavern Treasure