On the beach, Li Ling stood facing the sea, his hands clasped behind his back. Waves of wondrous fragrance filled the force field woven by his Incense Accumulation Divine Domain.
All things of the mortal world were fragrant: flowers, grasses, trees, mountains, waters, reefs, swimming fish, soaring birds, slaughtered animals and food, everything steamed, boiled, simmered, or roasted.
Even the filth, pus, and blood left by the encampment, along with the rank odors of livestock, were repelled into different dimensional spaces as invisible incense essence curled upward. They evaporated away, unable to affect anything within the Divine Domain in the slightest.
This was already a Nascent Soul-level Divine Domain. Once Li Ling gained a rudimentary understanding of cave heaven techniques, he could manifest or withdraw it at will and display his divine power before others.
Once the atmosphere had grown sufficiently rich, Li Ling beckoned with one hand and took a brocade box from the Treasure Pouch he carried. He opened it to reveal an ingot-shaped object resembling a lump of gold.
At once, a cool medicinal fragrance gushed forth like a spring, bewildering the senses like a riot of colors as it spread throughout the Divine Domain.
When Li Ling brought out an incense burner, ground the golden spirit incense into fine powder, placed it inside, and ignited it with his power, its incense essence shone with the radiance of dawn.
This spirit incense was something entirely new: the Great Unity Incense Li Ling had made following the writings in the Incense Canon.
The canon recorded that making this incense demanded the utmost devotion and rigor. An auspicious day had to be chosen for its refinement, and its ingredients blended in accordance with the proper directions, harmonizing heaven and earth, with each assigned to the four energies and five