After stepping into the vortex of Spiritual Power, Chen Mu felt a powerful suction force pulling him deeper into the passage.
This feeling was somewhat like a teleportation array, but a little less stable, with a sense of unreality. Chen Mu even felt as if he had left his own world for a fleeting moment.
When he emerged from the vortex of Spiritual Power, he still felt somewhat uncomfortable. He released his internal Dharma Power to envelop his body, and only then did he feel much more comfortable.
" Chen Mu, this is the Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven."
"Isn't it beautiful?"
Elder Ming pointed to the distant mountains and forests, his tone full of pride.
Chen Mu looked around and was indeed awestruck by the scenery.
Green mountains and clear waters, shrouded in ethereal mist, ancient trees reaching for the sky, all things possessing a spirit; even a random blade of grass picked from the forest would be a high-grade spiritual material if taken to the outside world.
"Impressive! It must have taken a lot of effort for Patriarch Wentian to create this place back then."
Chen Mu couldn't help but sigh.
Haha, that's for sure!
Chen Mu, you probably don't know how this Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven was formed, do you?
Elder Ming looked at Chen Mu with a smile.
Chen Mu was taken aback upon hearing this, realizing that Elder Ming had more knowledge to impart to him, and immediately asked for guidance humbly.
"I hope my master can provide guidance."
" Chen Mu, how much do you know about the next realm after the Creation Realm?"
"As far as I know, the realm after the Creation Realm is called the Domain Realm."
However, I haven't yet thoroughly explored the specifics of how to cultivate it.
The path of cultivation requires gradual progress. Trying to learn about higher-level cultivation methods before reaching the corresponding level is more harmful than beneficial to the current cultivation. Therefore, although the Heaven Level cultivation techniques that Chen Mu collected contained content related to the Domain Realm, he did not study them in detail.
"The path of cultivation becomes increasingly difficult as you progress, but the underlying principles are not complicated."
Once a cultivator enters the Creation Realm, they will begin to nurture a small world within their dantian. The path of cultivation thereafter involves expanding this small world, gradually building it into a complete world.
Upon hearing this, Chen Mu had a vague guess: could this Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven be the inner world of Patriarch Wentian?
However, although the inner world is called a small world, it is ultimately formed by the cultivator's personal power. Even for a cultivator at the Peak Creation Realm, having an inner world of one hundred square kilometers is already quite remarkable.
As far as the eye can see, this Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven is at least tens of thousands of square kilometers in size.
If this truly is the world within the body of Patriarch Wentian, one can only imagine how terrifying his power truly is.
"After breaking through from the Creation Realm to the Domain Realm, one continues to strengthen the inner world. However, by this time, the inner world is already powerful enough to spread the World Power out of the body, forming a domain in the outside world."
The power of the Domain Realm expert lies in the domain they unleash. Within the domain's range, they are invincible, their words becoming law, and they are omnipotent.
Elder Ming spoke, a hint of longing appeared in his eyes.
"But Master, I seem to have never heard of any Domain Realm experts on the Pan Emperor Continent?"
The so-called Domain Realm experts seem to have always existed only in ancient legends.
Chen Mu asked the question that had always puzzled him.
"Haha, that's because the Heavenly Dao of the Pan Emperor Continent no longer allows Domain Realm experts to release their domains in this world."
Elder Ming paused for a moment, then continued to explain.
Ten thousand years ago, the Abyss Otherworldly Demon invaded our Pan Emperor Continent Pan Emperor Continent, causing it unprecedented devastation.
Later, for unknown reasons, the Heavenly Dao of the Pan Emperor Continent suddenly restricted the power of all experts above the Domain Realm. Cultivators above the Domain Realm were unable to unleash their full strength on the Pan Emperor Continent.
If they had stayed here, their strength would have even regressed due to the prolonged suppression. Therefore, from then on, experts above the Domain Realm left the Pan Emperor Continent one after another.
It was because of this that the invasion of the Pan Emperor Continent Otherworldly Demon was halted, and the Pan Emperor Continent enjoyed ten thousand years of peace.
"So that's how it is, it's because of the Otherworldly Demon again."
Although Elder Ming said it was for an unknown reason, the situation at that time was clearly directly related to the invasion of the Otherworldly Demon.
"So in the end, the cultivation path after the Creation Realm is all related to the small world inside the body."
As the inner world of a cultivator grows stronger, their power becomes increasingly terrifying, until they break free from the Pan Emperor Continent and create a true world. At that point, they achieve godhood!
Upon hearing this, even the usually calm Chen Mu couldn't help but gasp.
Since arriving on the Pan Emperor Continent, he had been hearing various legends about gods. At first, he didn't believe them, after all, he was an atheist who had experienced modern civilization.
It wasn't until he saw the incarnation of a god with his own eyes that he became convinced that the gods of this world truly existed, beings of unimaginable power.
However, Chen Mu only had a vague understanding of how those people became gods; he had some guesses but no complete understanding.
Only when Elder Ming revealed it to him did he understand that this was how the so-called gods came to be.
" Chen Mu, you should have guessed it by now."
That's right, this Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven is the small world inside the body of the Patriarch Wentian back then.
If the patriarch were still alive, this small world would be ten or a hundred times more powerful than it is now.
It's a pity that after the patriarch's death, a large part of the Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven collapsed, so only this little bit remains now.
Elder Ming sighed and flew towards the small sun floating in the air.
" Chen Mu, come with me! What I want to give you is over there."
"Good!"
Chen Mu suppressed his surging emotions and followed Elder Ming.
As Chen Mu flew, Chen Mu discovered that the Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven was much larger than he had just estimated, at least hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, and contained many powerful beings. It had sunrises and sunsets, just like a real world.
This vast world was actually a remnant of the Patriarch Wentian, who had been dead for ten thousand years. He simply couldn't imagine how far the Patriarch Wentian had gone back then.
"We're here, let's go in!"
It wasn't until they got close to the sun in the sky that Chen Mu realized that this place was actually a huge palace.
The palace, constructed entirely of gold, exudes a gentle yet vibrant power that envelops the entire Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven, allowing all living beings to live stably in this world.
It is like the heart of this small world, controlling the alternation of day and night and the operation of the four seasons.
Elder Ming opened the palace door and stepped inside, with Chen Mu quickly following.
The palace was very empty, except for a huge sphere in the center that caught Chen Mu's attention.
In Chen Mu's eyes, the sphere was clearly a planet, with several small satellites orbiting around it, and layers of gas enveloping it, just like Earth's atmosphere.
" Chen Mu! This is the core of the Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven. Observing it will greatly help you in creating your own small world."
Elder Ming pointed to the huge sphere in the center of the main hall, his face beaming with smiles.