Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Pearl Enters the Realm, Guixu Evolves Once More

The Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Pearl was sent into the depths of Guixu.

Lu Chen did not rush to refine it.

An Innate Spiritual Treasure capable of stabilizing water fortune would inevitably cause a great disturbance if fused with the Guixu Womb Membrane.

The Frost Phoenix Lineage had only just entered the outer city, while Dragon-Suppressing Pass was still adjusting its inner and outer defenses.

Refining it rashly might trigger an upheaval in the inner realm's waterways.

Therefore, Lu Chen first had Lan Shuang, Lady Mingzhu, Ancestor Xuan Jia, and the Sea-Swallowing Soul Pearl work together to sort out Guixu's waterways.

Lady Mingzhu was responsible for identifying the spirit veins.

Ancestor Xuan Jia was responsible for reinforcing the foundation.

The Sea-Swallowing Soul Pearl was responsible for guiding the Northern Darkness Water Aura.

Lan Shuang used the Book of Cause and Effect to record the changes in waterways throughout the realm.

If this scene were to spread outside, it would surely leave countless aquatic races dumbfounded.

A Black Pearl Clam lady.

A Great Principle of the Turtle Clan.

The remnant soul of a ferocious beast.

These forces had actually gathered solely to assist Lu Chen in refining a Sea-Calming Pearl.

Yet in the eyes of Guixu's many races, everything was perfectly normal.

The Emperor was refining a treasure.

Naturally, all the races of Guixu had to cooperate.

Watching them bustle about, Lu Chen felt quite pleased.

Having people work for him really was nice.

He only needed to wait for the final result.

Three hundred years later.

All the main waterways within the Guixu Inner Realm had been sorted out.

Beneath the Northern Darkness Dao Palace, a massive water-vein array diagram appeared.

At the center of the array was the position where the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Pearl would fuse.

Lu Chen's Guixu Dharma Body slowly condensed.

This time, he did not conceal himself completely.

All the races of Guixu knew that the Emperor was going to refine the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Pearl and take Guixu another step forward.

Countless living beings gathered outside Guixu City and knelt from afar toward the Northern Darkness Dao Palace.

Lan Shuang stood before the array, her expression solemn.

"The thirty-six old clans of Guixu, fifteen new clans, the Black-Shelled Turtle Tribe, and the Frost Phoenix Lineage are all prepared."

"Please refine the treasure, Emperor."

Hearing that long list of clans, Lu Chen felt somewhat complicated.

Without realizing it, Guixu had grown to house so many people.

Forget it.

He would refine the treasure first.

The Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Pearl slowly rose.

A deep blue glow illuminated the entire Guixu Inner Realm.

Lu Chen's Primordial Spirit guided the Guixu Womb Membrane, slowly connecting it to the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Pearl.

Boom!

The instant the Sea-Calming Pearl entered the array, the entire Guixu Inner Realm shook violently.

Countless waterways erupted from beneath the ground.

Originally, there had only been a few spirit pools, lakes, and small streams around Guixu City.

But as the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Pearl fused with the womb membrane, the gray, hazy space in the distance began to split apart.

Vast expanses of water rapidly evolved from nothing.

It was not ordinary seawater.

It was an entirely new body of water carrying the aura of Guixu, the water fortune of Northern Darkness, and the power of the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Pearl.

When Lan Shuang saw this, her breathing stopped for an instant.

"The inner realm is expanding."

Delight appeared in Lady Mingzhu's eyes.

"The waters are evolving!"

Ancestor Xuan Jia stroked his beard, his expression filled with shock.

"This is no longer an ordinary Grotto-Heaven."

"Guixu... is evolving toward a minor world."

The Sea-Swallowing Soul Pearl floated in midair and said quietly, "This old turtle really is as outrageous as ever."

The Book of Cause and Effect turned automatically.

The new terrain began to be recorded.

Northern Darkness Sea.

This was the first true inland sea of the Guixu Inner Realm.

The Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Pearl hung above the center of Northern Darkness Sea, suppressing its water fortune.

New spirit veins were born from the seabed of Northern Darkness Sea, extending in every direction.

The boundaries of the Guixu Womb Membrane also continued expanding.

Three hundred thousand miles.

Five hundred thousand miles.

One million miles.

In the end, the entire Guixu Inner Realm expanded to a million miles across before gradually stabilizing.

Countless Guixu beings watched in rapt fascination.

They had witnessed the birth of a sea with their own eyes.

For many beings, it was practically the same as the creation of heaven and earth.

The Frost Phoenix Lineage had only recently entered Guixu, and they were even more stunned into prolonged silence.

Feng Li gazed at Northern Darkness Sea, and the last trace of doubt in her heart completely vanished.

She had originally worried that Guixu's strength was only temporary and that it might not truly be able to shelter the Frost Phoenix Lineage in the future.

But now, seeing the inner realm evolve, seeing the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Pearl suppress the water fortune, and seeing a minor world gradually take shape, she finally understood that Guixu's potential far surpassed anything she had previously imagined.

This place might truly be able to avoid the Dragon-Han Cataclysm.

Perhaps it could even avoid far more ancient calamities of heaven and earth.

Feng Li said softly, "The Frost Phoenix Lineage came to the right place."

Ao Lie stood at the Outer Gate of Dragon-Suppressing Pass and also sensed the changes brought by the expansion of the Guixu Inner Realm.

The Outer Gate Array Imprint on his body became even more stable.

Dragon-Suppressing Pass was connected to the Guixu Womb Membrane, and its defensive power rose accordingly.

Ao Lie remained silent for a long time.

"Guixu is becoming stronger and stronger."

Han Jue stood beside him, his eyes shining.

"This is only the beginning."

Ao Lie looked at him.

"You certainly have confidence."

Han Jue grinned.

"Because the Emperor has not truly emerged from seclusion yet."

Ao Lie's heart trembled slightly.

That was right.

Guixu had developed to this point, yet Mysterious Abyss Emperor's true body had never emerged from seclusion.

Just a casual move while in seclusion had allowed Guixu to reach its present scale.

What if, one day, the Emperor truly emerged from seclusion?

Ao Lie suddenly did not dare to think any further.

In the depths of Guixu.

Lu Chen felt the inner realm expanding and was in an excellent mood.

A million-mile inner realm.

Northern Darkness Sea.

The Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Pearl.

These were all solid sources of security.

The larger the inner realm became, the better he could hide.

The more stable the waterways became, the harder it would be to breach the Guixu Womb Membrane.

If Nuwa truly came looking for him in the future, he would have more room to maneuver.

The system's voice sounded.

"Congratulations, host, for completing the first water-domain evolution of the Guixu Inner Realm."

"The Guixu Womb Membrane has advanced into the prototype of the Guixu Minor World."

"Reward: the third-layer fragment of the Chaos Shell-Shedding Method."

Lu Chen's mind shook.

The Chaos Shell-Shedding Method again!

He immediately immersed himself in comprehension.

The third-layer fragment was even more profound than the second layer.

If the second layer allowed him to transfer part of his cause and effect onto an Old Shell.

Then the third layer began to involve "Old Shell Fate-Bearing."

Bearing destiny.

These two words held immense significance for Lu Chen.

In the future, when Nuwa severed the four legs of the Black Tortoise, it was fundamentally something required by destiny.

After the heavens collapsed, four pillars were needed to support the four poles.

The Northern Sea Black Tortoise was chosen by the Heavenly Dao to become material for repairing the heavens.

If Lu Chen could make the Old Shell bear this destined fate, his true body would have a chance to free itself from destiny.

Of course, the third layer was currently only a fragment.

It was far from enough.

But the direction was incomparably clear.

Lu Chen was so excited that he nearly wanted to roll over.

Fortunately, he held himself back.

Beside the Ruins Sea Eye, he could not roll around carelessly.

What if he shattered another remnant soul of a ferocious beast? He would have to spend ages explaining it.

While Lu Chen comprehended the Chaos Shell-Shedding Method, Lan Shuang was outside the Northern Darkness Dao Palace announcing Guixu's new regulations.

The Guixu Minor World had expanded, and Northern Darkness Sea had been born.

The distribution of the clans also needed to be replanned.

Following Lu Chen's earlier offhand remark about "allocating land according to merit," Lan Shuang established new allocation rules.

Each clan could receive outer-city residential areas, Spirit Fields, water domains, and cultivation caves based on contribution, Merit, population, cultivation, and duties.

Those with merit could enter the inner city.

The Realm Guard, Academy, treasury, Bureau of Cause and Effect, and Bureau of Calamity Avoidance all had corresponding merits.

Once these rules were announced, Guixu's many races became even more excited.

In the outside world, resources had always been allocated according to strength alone.

Powerful clans occupied spirit mountains.

Weak clans drank the leftovers.

Now, Guixu allocated resources according to merit. As long as weak clans were willing to work, follow the rules, and earn merit, they too could obtain stable places to cultivate.

To them, it was nothing less than a world turned upside down.

Lady Mingzhu took the opportunity to propose establishing a true Guixu Treasury.

Previously, the treasury had merely stored items contributed by the various clans.

Now that the Guixu Minor World had evolved, spirit veins had increased, and Northern Darkness Sea was producing resources, the treasury had to formally become a bureau.

Lan Shuang sought Lu Chen's instructions.

At first, Lu Chen was a little hesitant.

A treasury sounded like standard equipment for a faction.

But then the system prompt sounded.

"Detected that the Guixu Treasury is about to be established. Please choose."

"One: Establish the Guixu Treasury and centrally manage the inner realm's resources. Reward: increased foundation of the Guixu Womb Membrane."

"Two: Refuse to establish a treasury and avoid deepening factionalization. Reward: one Wealth-Averting Talisman."

"Three: Make all resources the host's private property. Reward: Prototype Treasure-Gathering Basin."

Lu Chen decisively chose the first option.

The third was far too absurd.

What would he even do with that many resources?

He had no use for flaunting them.

The second reward was obviously useless.

The first was the safest choice.

An increase in the foundation of the Guixu Womb Membrane meant an increase in his sense of security.

"The treasury may be established."

"Resources will be stored temporarily in Guixu."

"None may be embezzled."

After hearing this, Lady Mingzhu's eyes instantly filled with emotion.

"The Emperor does not take the wealth of the myriad races, yet is willing to use the treasury to nurture all living beings of Guixu."

"Such magnanimity... Mingzhu is deeply impressed."

Lu Chen: "..."

It was not that he was magnanimous.

He simply found it troublesome.

But no one would believe that explanation if he said it aloud.

The Guixu Treasury was officially established.

Lady Mingzhu was appointed head of the Treasury Bureau.

The Mystic Clam Tribe was responsible for inventorying spirit pearls, water jade, spirit ore, spirit herbs, and artifact-refining materials.

All resources were recorded in the Register of Ten Thousand Tribes and the Book of Cause and Effect.

Those who contributed could exchange their merits for rewards.

With this system in place, order in Guixu became even more stable.

Every race could clearly see what they gave and what they could receive.

Watching Guixu become increasingly orderly, Lu Chen finally felt a measure of relief.

Although Guixu was becoming less and less like a simple secluded cultivation abode,

at least everything was becoming safer.

As long as nothing major happened, developing like this was acceptable.

However, major events in the Primordial World never stopped just because Lu Chen wanted to sleep.

Several hundred years later.

Outside Dragon-Suppressing Pass, a Dragon Clan decree arrived from the direction of the Eastern Sea.

That decree had not been issued by the Blackwater Dragon Palace.

It came from the Dragon Clan Main Lineage.

It was signed by the Sea Patrol Envoy under the Ancestral Dragon.

Ao Xuan.

The contents of the decree were simple.

Guixu had sheltered fugitive Dragon Clan members, detained Dragon Clan bloodlines, and unlawfully occupied the spirit treasures of the Northern Sea Water Mansion.

The Mysterious Abyss Emperor was ordered to travel to the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace within a thousand years to explain himself.

Otherwise, the Dragon Clan Main Lineage would personally come to Guixu to demand accountability.

When the message reached Lu Chen,

he was preparing to go back to sleep.

After hearing it, his entire turtle self went numb.

"The Dragon Clan Main Lineage?"

"I knew it."

"After dealing with the Blackwater Dragon Palace, even bigger dragons are coming."

"Can I even keep living like this?"