NOVPUBThe ample Spiritual Energy within the Five Elements Great Cave Heaven was the perfect breeding ground for the Dao Yi Bug to reproduce without limit.
A dramatic transformation was quietly unfolding within the five Cave Heavens.
Ordinary living beings might not notice the fundamental change in the Spiritual Energy.
But the highest form of life within the Cave Heavens reacted immediately.
The most conspicuous among them was the Heaven-Reaching Giant Tree in the Wood Attribute Cave Heaven.
Its branches and leaves moved without wind, as if struggling against an invisible enemy.
A dense green essence surged from the body of the giant tree, forming a barrier, attempting to prevent the erosion of the Mutated Spiritual Energy.
But regrettably, this giant tree clearly hadn’t yet reached the stage where it could sustain its own cycle.
The larger its size, the more nutrients it needed to draw from the outside world every moment.
It didn’t hold out for long, and the green barrier shattered without being attacked.
The invisible Mutated Spiritual Energy swarmed and devoured the giant tree in an instant.
Li Ping, far beyond the Cave Heavens, could clearly sense the entire process of the giant tree being mutated and consumed by the Dao Yi Bug.
If one looked closely, one could see countless tiny bugs crawling over the leaves of the Wood Attribute Cave Heaven’s giant tree in the blink of an eye.
And on its trunk, several Dao Yi Bugs wriggled to form a human face.
Ferocious and horrifying, its gaze met Li Ping’s in the Void!
"Not bad."
Li Ping nodded slightly.
After struggling for a moment, the face on the trunk was slowly pulled into the tree and disappeared. However, if you looked closely, this giant tree had already completely transformed into a combination of countless Dao Yi Bugs!
And not just this one giant tree.
All beings within the Five Great Celestial Holes were undergoing the same kind of transformation, inevitably.
Li Ping called it...
"Insect-Shifted"!
If all the phenomena and changes brought by the Taoist Insect Variant until now were within Saint Emperor Li Ping’s expectations,
then the next scene caught him somewhat off guard.
When over one-third of the entire Five Elements Cave Heaven had undergone Insect-Shifted transformation,
it seemed as if some entity had suddenly awakened.
Unlike the pure Cave Heaven World or Small World Heavenly Dao Consciousness, this was a consciousness formed by the collective will of billions of Dao Yi Bugs, incubated using the shell of the Small World Heavenly Dao!
Compared to the normal world Heavenly Dao, this newly born consciousness of the Five Elements Great Cave Heaven, like the Mutated Dao Yi Bugs,
was filled with aggressiveness and an endless desire to devour and consume!
Nine faint purple dragons suddenly appeared, protecting Li Ping.
As the only Heavenly Emperor with a Small World around the Five Elements Cave Heaven, he felt a sense of crisis being locked onto by this "Insect-Shifted Cave Heaven".
"A newborn calf dares to swallow a tiger."
Li Ping snorted coldly, without the slightest panic.
Although the total Insect-Shifted transformation of the Five Elements Cave Heaven exceeded his expectations,
since he dared to have the Daoist of the Hundred Blossoms move the Five Elements Cave Heaven here, it meant he was confident enough to handle any problem.
"The Holy Dynasty’s Qi Destiny, transform into a dragon. Billions of citizens, under my command!"
Li Ping chanted, and behind him, the prosperous illusion of countless citizens of Sacred Dynasty Daqi living in peace and prosperity emerged.
Even though the scale of the Da Qi Miniature World was far smaller than the Five Elements Great Cave Heaven, it was the presence of countless beings with steadfast beliefs within it that enabled it to stand strong against an entity a hundred times its size, without falling short!
The vision of the Holy Dynasty was suffused with a faint Zi Qi, as if tangible.
Carrying the beliefs and Qi Destiny of billions from Da Qi, Li Ping’s figure flashed, and he stepped above the Insect-Shifted Five Elements Great Cave Heaven.
He stomped down fiercely!
In the Void, a sharp cry that seemed to come from an Ancient Primordial Ferocious Beast suddenly erupted.
And it echoed for a long time.
The vast Five Elements Great Cave Heaven thundered and trembled. The mutated Spiritual Energy churned and boiled within the Cave Heaven, instantly manifesting all sorts of bizarre black Exotic Beasts.
They were furious to the extreme, fearless in the face of death, as they burst out of the Cave Heaven World and attacked Li Ping.
Their target was not just Li Ping, but also the Sacred Dynasty Daqi behind him!
"Heavenly Emperor, your grace covers eternity!"
The phantom of the Sacred Dynasty behind him suddenly burst into an endless light of pale purple, enveloping Li Ping completely.
Under the illumination of the purple qi destiny, Li Ping’s body also grew with the wind.
In just a moment, he had become larger than the entire Da Qi Miniature World.
Like a giant standing tall between heaven and earth from myth, he stood in front of the countless living beings of Da Qi, confronting the black insect-shifted mystic beasts!
In that instant, the figure of Saint Emperor Li Ping also appeared in the Vault of Heaven above the Sacred Dynasty Daqi.
Countless subjects instinctively knelt to the ground, chanting the grace of the Emperor.
With this assistance, Li Ping’s stature further expanded several times over.
The pale purple on his body gradually solidified, which Li Ping subsequently swung out, transforming into thunderbolts, and violently smashing into the exotic beasts.
The roaring sounds continuously erupted in the void, with the insect-shifted mystic beasts evolving far too slowly compared to the speed at which Li Ping eradicated them.
The Heavenly Emperor, now with free hands, raised his fist and then fiercely pounded it upon the Five Elements Great Cave Heaven.
One punch, two punches!
Although it was the simplest form of attack, strands of Zi Qi were forcibly blasted into the Cave Heaven with each strike.
The ferocity of the insect-shifted Five Elements Cave Heaven was gradually being suppressed.
The original Dao Yi bugs that had been sent into the Cave Heaven for erosion were cultivated by a strand of Li Ping’s consciousness.
In a sense, these countless Taoist Incest Variants were all his offspring.
Now that he had temporarily suppressed the instinctual consciousness of the insect transformation, Li Ping began to gain control over the insect-shifted Cave Heaven through this connection.
The rebellious Five Elements Cave Heaven slowly calmed down.
The black exotic beasts that were previously baring their fangs and claws, intent on putting Li Ping to death, now flocked to his side like courting, affectionately, constantly seeking his favor.
Li Ping still maintained his giant form of purple, sensing the Five Elements Great Cave Heaven that was now entirely different.
After the transformation and subsequent taming, the Cave Heaven had seemingly become another body of his.
Not only was he aware of everything within the Cave Heaven.
He could even control the insect-shifted Cave Heaven, directing it to move and attack!
"World insectification..."
As Li Ping adapted to this brand-new body, he also fell into contemplation.
"If ordinary Cave Heavens and Small Worlds are considered static existences like plants, then after insectification, they are endowed with beast-like abilities."
"Their aggressiveness greatly increased, and they can even hunt and feed on their own initiative."
"But there are not only advantages..."
Li Ping slightly furrowed his brow, "After insectification, the lifespan of the Five Elements Great Cave Heaven has been greatly reduced." 𝑛𝘰𝑣𝘱𝑢𝑏.𝘤𝑜𝘮
"It may only sustain for less than a thousand years before inevitably declining."
Heaven and Earth have their own limits in terms of existence and time.
Measured in eons, compared to mortals, they can almost be considered eternal.
However, after the transformation, their lifespan is shortened by an unknown multitude.
"The disadvantages far outweigh the advantages."
"Once, but not again."
Li Ping, who styled himself as one with destiny, made such a judgment.
But Li Fan, his true self, had a different thought occurring in his mind.
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