A Thousand Years, a Hard Road All the Way!
The relocation of the clan proceeded faster than Shi Jian had anticipated.
Shi Yin was efficient and completed the roster, packing of supplies, and sealing of spiritual items within three days; three hundred Golden Core cultivators, seven Nascent Soul Nascent Soul, and more than twenty thousand Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining Qi Refining gathered in a grand procession at the foot of Divine Firmament Peak.
Most of these clansmen are collateral descendants absorbed from various branches of the Giant Bear Ancestral Court in the last hundred years; when Shi Jian preached and spread the Spirit Transformation, many people with the talent for the Dao of Lightning came to him.
After decades of training, they have now become the backbone of the Lightning Bear Line.
Seeing that everything was ready, Shi Jian tore through the void and locked the spatial passage; then he led his men through the boundary passage and directly into the Dao Realm.
The void tore open, and lightning spread endlessly.
In the blink of Lightning Plain, when more than 20,000 tribesmen landed on this land, there was a brief silence.
The Spiritual Qi beneath their feet was so dense it was almost tangible; in the distance, the earth energy from the several fourth-order Spirit Vein overflowed, forming a pale golden mist visible to the naked eye.
For these bear demons who had spent most of their lives holed up in the poor and desolate mountains and rivers of Divine Firmament Plain, this was like moving from dry land to the riverbank.
It's not that Divine Firmament Plain is inferior, but compared to Lightning Plain, it is indeed somewhat barren; the concentration of Spiritual Qi is also generally lower.
Shi Yin exists in this world, merely standing here.
The abundant spiritual energy cleansed the body, and the five senses Tongming.
"Ancestor, this place is truly wonderful."
Shi Jian patted Shi Yin on the shoulder, then flew straight up to the main peak of Lightning Plain, overlooking the entire region.
The territory spans five million li, with a terrain dominated by hills and mountains, sloping from south to north; seven fourth-grade high-quality Spirit Vein are distributed in a fan shape, while two fifth-grade Spirit Vein are buried deep beneath the main peak, intersecting with each other.
This terrain is naturally suitable for laying minefields.
Shi Jian already had a plan in mind.
He raised his hand and made a Hand Seals, simultaneously activating the dual Daoist principles of Purple Pivot Lightning and Purple Firmament Lightning around his body; the immense power of the Nascent Spirit Transformation poured down and into the earth beneath his feet.
The Spiritual Qi within the earth's veins was forcibly drawn, slowly changing course under the guidance of his Daoist aura; those originally chaotic tributaries of the Spirit Vein gradually converged into a well-ordered network of Spirit Vein under the Spirit Transformation Dao.
Shi Jian's right arm swelled with a purplish-blue arc of lightning as he slammed his palm onto the main peak.
Boom!
The main peak split open, exposing the confluence of two fifth-order Spirit Vein underground; dense, almost liquefied, Dao of Lightning Spiritual Qi surged out, forming a purple-gold spiritual mist in mid-air.
Using the Daoist principles as a guide, Shi Jian forced the Spiritual Qi back into the ground, while simultaneously condensing a natural thunder pool above the convergence point.
Thunder Pool spans hundreds of miles, resembling a lake, with churning thunderous liquid within, its purplish-gold light illuminating half the sky.
This is the core of Lightning Plain: the Lightning Origin Pool.
In the future, when members of the clan break through from the Golden Core Nascent Soul to the Nascent Soul stage, they can borrow the power of the Spirit Vein here, which will make their efforts twice as effective and increase their chances of breaking through.
Over the next few years, Shi Jian personally took charge of reshaping the entire Lightning Plain.
He used his Spirit Transformation power to modify the terrain, setting up a superior Dao of Lightning spiritual land at each of the seven fourth-order Spirit Vein nodes.
The spiritual land is planted with Spirit Plant, such as thunder bamboo, thunder lotus, and Purple Lightning Vine. Nourished by the Spirit Vein, their growth rate is several times faster than that of Divine Firmament Plain.
He divided his five million-mile territory into three regions.
The northern part is the habitat, where the clan members cultivate and reproduce daily; the central part is the Spirit Plant area, where a large area is planted with Dao of Lightning Spirit Plant, exchanging quantity for quality, accumulating little by little into a large quantity.
The southern part is a restricted area, containing the Lightning Origin Pool and two fifth-order Spirit Vein. No Nascent Soul other than a Nascent Soul cultivator or above may enter without permission; it is the core area of Lightning Plain.
Shi Yin then led the group of Nascent Soul and three hundred Golden Core cultivators to carry out Shi Jian's arrangements one by one: digging canals to draw in Spirit Vein, establishing Spirit Plant areas, building cave abode, setting up patrols...
The tasks were numerous and trivial, yet everything was carried out in an orderly manner.
Shi Jian occasionally lends a hand, but most of the time he cultivates in the magnificent Thunder Palace he built on the main peak of Lightning Plain.
Occasionally, it would slumber in the Lightning Origin Pool, consolidating its foundation while simultaneously using its Divine Sense to cover the entire realm and monitor the movements of all directions.
The Dao Realm is different from the Beast Realm. Here, various races mingle, and there are many who covet it. With a territory of five million miles, if there is not enough deterrent power, it will attract trouble sooner or later.
Fortunately, Li Bear Plains two Late Spirit Transformation, Ancestor Shanyue and Cang Wuji, guarding the area, so the surrounding minor Spirit Transformation clans dared not make any rash moves.
Shi Jian's name has spread throughout the Dao Realm over the past century; he is the madman who, with only the Early Spirit Transformation Dao Venerable and dragged Yan Zhen down.
It may not sound like a good title, but it works.
At least in the short term, no one dares to come to Lightning Plain looking for trouble.
In the blink of an eye, several years have passed.
The Lightning Plain are beginning to take shape. In the northern habitat area, communities have been established, capable of accommodating tens of thousands of people for cultivation. In the central Spirit Plant area, a large number of Thunder Bamboo Forests and Purple Lightning Vine have been planted.
In just a few short years, the Spirit Plant have already sprouted and grown leaves; many more spiritual creatures have grown and matured, becoming cultivation resources for the bear demons.
Lightning Origin Pool, a secret chamber was built specifically for Golden Core Bear Demons to temper their bodies, where Golden Core Bear Demons cultivate in seclusion year-round.
Shi Jian stood atop the main peak, overlooking this territory that was beginning to take shape.
Although Lightning Plain is still quite shabby compared to the ancestral temple that the Mountain Bear Lineage has cultivated for thousands of years, it has at least taken shape and is no longer just an empty space.
All told, many years have passed since he began his cultivation.
He was born in the Profound Spirit Continent, on a Beast Pasturing Mountain where Human Race herded Demon Beast; he was born as nothing more than an ordinary little black bear demon.
Having received the Enlightenment System, he gained spiritual intelligence and embarked on the path of cultivation.
After three or four decades, he achieved Foundation Establishment; later, Human Race the Sun Clan clan of the human race and signed a contract with them, thus washing away his Demon Beast identity and blending into the human world.
After years of accumulation and humility, with the help of the Heaven and Earth Spirit Race and the Lightning Spirit Purple Firmament, he finally successfully cleansed his bloodline, transforming into Heaven and Earth Variant Species and thus successfully breaking through to the Golden Core.
After a century of cultivation and another century of planning, it was finally completed.
He instigated a war between humans and demons, and successfully rose to the rank of Nascent Soul Demon King; later, he released the [Spaceless] fruit and returned to the world, thus being introduced into the Giant Bear Clan.
He gained territory and guarded the borders; he slew many Frenzied Lion and Nascent Soul, fighting his way through the land; later, he gained the appreciation of his tribe, married a noblewoman, and was highly regarded by his tribe.
He was later unparalleled in killing, annihilated the Frenzied Lion, and achieved numerous military exploits, thus establishing a branch bloodline!
After another hundred years, he finally broke through his limits and achieved the Spirit Transformation stage; he opened the eighth main vein, conquered the Dao Realm, and was unparalleled in killing. Later, he made great contributions and gained the appreciation of the Peak and Mountain Imperial Clan...
By all accounts, he's practically a thousand-year-old monster by now.
From nothing to where he is today, ruling over a region and leading a clan; though not exactly bittersweet, his journey has been fraught with hardship.
Now that I've come this far, it feels unreal, even in my dreams.
It really wasn't easy.