NOVPUBWhen the World Pearl entered Xu Zimei’s body, it was instantly enveloped by Spiritual Energy.
Spiritual Energy slowly flowed into the World Pearl, and he began the long journey of refining it.
The World Pearl possessed a nascent intelligence, which was initially resistant to Xu Zimei’s refining efforts.
But as Xu Zimei refined it bit by bit, the intelligence’s resistance gradually faded away.
This process of refining lasted a full seven days, during which time the World Pearl experienced continuous mystical phenomena.
There were deep seas inverted for ninety thousand miles, then slowly ascending to transform into a clear blue sky.
Massive beasts roared towards the heavens, standing billions of feet tall, shattering the firmament with a single punch.
Willows stood in the wilderness, and as the willow catkins fluttered and swayed, deep brown cracks appeared on the earth.
There were also hurricanes that whipped up sandstorms ten thousand feet high, cleaving the entire world in two, with the horizon engulfed in darkness and ground dimmed.
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After Xu Zimei completely refined the World Pearl, the bead emitted a dazzling cyan light, and the visions within it changed incessantly.
All the surrounding Spiritual Energy poured into the World Pearl, as more and more Spiritual Energy gathered.
Above Goose Southern Peak, the air was so rich with Spiritual Energy that it resembled the dark clouds before a downpour, almost impossible to disperse. 𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒑𝒖𝙗.𝒄𝒐𝒎
Countless vortices of Spiritual Energy storms arose at the horizon, sweeping over the entire mountain, as if to uproot it entirely, before all flowing into the courtyard where Xu Zimei resided.
Within Xu Zimei’s body, it was now a chaotic space, with the World Pearl having vanished from sight, leaving behind only a clump of pure white mist.
This dense mist seemed to be brewing something, as the surging Spiritual Energy storms from the outside world entered into Xu Zimei’s body.
Xu Zimei himself seemed like a black hole, absorbing all the Spiritual Energy into the white mist within him.
The fermentation of this mist required a long time, and as more and more Spiritual Energy was absorbed, the vicinity of Goose Southern Peak nearly formed a vacuum zone.
The flow of Spiritual Energy also became scarce, and the absorption by the mist was somewhat outstripped by demand.
In the skies above Goose Southern Peak, when the Spiritual Energy had gathered into storms, it had already caught the attention of many people.
However, Xu Qingshan intervened, directly obscuring that patch of space, stopping those who sought to investigate from advancing further.
At this moment, Xu Qingshan walked on air, observing the increasingly scarce Spiritual Energy around Goose Southern Peak, his brows slightly furrowed.
"What is this kid doing? How did he stir up such a commotion," muttered Xu Qingshan.
Immediately after, he waved his hands, and a beam of white light shot towards the sky.
The disciples of the True Martial Holy Sect could then hear a rumbling sound, as if something had been activated.
Simultaneously, four different lights emanated around the Sect Gate, and as these lights soared into the sky and intertwined, converging together.
It seemed as though a massive wheel was being turned slowly, and a gigantic Array Seal appeared on the ground beneath the True Martial Holy Sect.
This Array Seal featured a Tai Ji pattern, with the black and white fish rotating slowly.
As the Array Seal manifested, the Spiritual Energy within a hundred miles around the True Martial Holy Sect seemed to be drawn in, all absorbed by the great formation.
At that time, everyone in the True Martial Holy Sect looked up at this magnificent sight.
Spiritual Energy from hundreds of miles around congregated into a storm, scouring the earth and destroying everything in its path.
"The Sect Protection Array of the Sect Gate has been activated; does this mean a powerful enemy is invading?" A well-informed disciple murmured to himself, watching the scene unfold.
This Sect Protection Array was set up by the True Martial Great Emperor himself, and later, it was enhanced by three other Great Emperors, making its might tremendous.
Every activation of the great formation requires a massive amount of Spiritual Energy. Just as a storm of Spiritual Energy was about to flow into the core of the formation...
Xu Qingshan stood at the forefront of the Spiritual Energy, his presence as imposing as a rainbow, with strands of his slightly black hair swaying in the wind.
With a wave of his right hand toward the sky, the space around him immediately collapsed, and countless fissures spread amidst the chaotic flows, permeating the surroundings.
The entire sky seemed to turn into a spider’s web, with endless currents of air being split to either side.
The oncoming hurricane of Spiritual Energy, which was originally roaring towards the formation’s core, was forcibly diverted, all of it rushing towards the courtyard where Xu Zimei was located.
By now, Xu Zimei could feel the depletion of Spiritual Energy, but he was still in the midst of nurturing his World, unable to do anything about it.
He had anticipated that Condensing True Fate would consume a vast amount of Spiritual Energy, especially since he was also trying to form a pseudo-world, but he didn’t expect the required amount of Spiritual Energy to be so excessively high.
Due to the lack of Spiritual Energy, the speed at which the white mist in his body was brewing and transforming also slowed down.
He wasn’t worried, though; even though it had slowed down, the process of Condensing True Fate would take a bit longer, but there was no danger.
However, at this moment, he suddenly felt an unimaginably rich surge of Spiritual Energy flooding into his body.
This Spiritual Energy was exceedingly plentiful; even though he had absorbed it with all his might, the Spiritual Energy continued to flow unceasingly.
With this inflow of Spiritual Energy, the pace at which the white mist within Xu Zimei was brewing and transforming accelerated even more.
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Outside the True Martial Holy Sect, the grand formation was continuously absorbing the Spiritual Energy from the surrounding Baili, then incessantly channeling it into the courtyard where Xu Zimei was located.
The Spiritual Energy roared, growing ever more formidable, while the sky, swept by the wind that carried away remnants of clouds, seemed blanketed in a white expanse, blocking all sight.
Even with the support of this vast amount of Spiritual Energy, Xu Zimei took a full half month.
One day, a muffled sound suddenly emanated from within his body, accompanied by a faint tremble, as if the sound of the Great Dao itself had descended, signaling the birth of something.
The white fog inside him gradually dissipated, and a brand-new world completely took shape within him.
Heaven and earth began to separate, with the heaven representing the pure rising slowly into the high sky, looking down upon the entire world.
Earth, representing the murky, also gently descended, bearing the weight and suffering of the world.
Heaven pure, earth turbid; as heaven rose by a foot, earth dropped by a foot; for every hundred zhang heaven ascended, earth descended by the same.
Heaven and earth underwent an unknown amount of rising and falling until they finally came to a halt, and a vast world formed just like that.
But, regrettably, this world had neither sun nor moon, and the heaven that stood for purity was now muddled.
The pitch-black sky, like a spider’s web, was filled with countless black holes from which massive meteorites, carrying an irresistible force, fell from the heavens.
These meteorites, like a meteor shower, fell from the sky, seemingly determined to obliterate the entire world.
Meanwhile, on the ground, countless fissures emerged, with tsunamis sweeping up giant waves that shattered many pieces of land.
Volcanoes erupted across the earth, torrents raged, and combined with the descending meteorite swarm, crustal movements wreaked havoc, leaving the world full of scars.
Divine Might thunderbolts fell from the sky, each carrying supreme might and shattering even more land upon impact.
At this moment, the world resembled nothing less than purgatory on earth.
