"Rise!"
Chen Yang sent a hundred streams of True Essence into the grotto-heaven in rapid succession. At once, all manner of bizarre and fantastical phenomena began appearing throughout the entire grotto-heaven.
These strange phenomena lasted for a full hour before finally merging with the hundred streams of True Essence and dispersing into this tiny world.
As the phenomena vanished, Chen Yang joyfully saw a rising sun emerge from the eastern side of the grotto-heaven. The land, once dim and desolate, now shone with light and life.
Then came an azure sky, cool breezes, murmuring streams, swaying grass and trees...
"It's finally... come alive."
As Chen Yang looked upon the vibrant grotto-heaven, he was delighted, yet not overly complacent.
For he could clearly sense that the spiritual vitality within this grotto-heaven was still exceedingly frail, far from sufficient to support cultivators living and cultivating within it.
To test the results, Chen Yang captured many birds, beasts, insects, and fish from Pine Mountain and threw them into the grotto-heaven.
Sure enough, just as he had expected, the arrival of so many living creatures greatly affected both the day-night cycle and the stability of the grotto-heaven.
In the end, among the first batch of creatures to enter the grotto-heaven, only a palm-sized pig-nosed turtle survived.
By the time Chen Yang found it, the little thing was already hanging by a thread. Yet as the other creatures became nourishment for the grotto-heaven, it slowly recovered and became the first resident of this tiny world.
"It was no easy feat for you to endure. I shall grant you a stroke of fortune."
With that thought, Chen Yang removed a sesame-seed-sized speck of mysterious power and tossed it onto the little pig-nosed turtle.
Its body suddenly trembled, and several glimmers of enlightenment lit up in its