bookbashuk Chapter 6 The Innate Treasure, the Milky Way Axis, and the Blooming of Human Flowers in the Sea of
Chapter 6 The Innate Treasure, the Milky Way Axis, and the Blooming of Human Flowers in the Sea of
The phoenix is the king of birds and the ancestor of all birds. It is blessed by the heavens and enjoys great fortune. It swallowed the essence of two fallen gods and demons and nourished them with its own blood and essence, intending to transform these two essences into its offspring and strengthen the phoenix clan.
Zi Chen looked at the two giant eggs, raised his hand and put them into his Purple Mansion, imprinting his will into them. These two newly born gods and demons would become his incarnations in the future.
Having done all this, Zi Chen left the valley and stepped into the sea of stars once more.
This time, he came to the Star Sea not for the Sun Star, nor for the Moon Star, but for the countless stars suspended in the void.
In the sea of stars, besides the main stars like the Sun and the Moon, there are countless stars that have not yet taken shape.
Some of these stars are just nebulae, some have condensed into star cores, and some have even evolved into simple heavens and earth, scattered throughout the starry sea like pearls scattered in the ocean, their number countless.
Zi Chen stood amidst the sea of stars, and the Zhongtian Gate in his sleeve flew out, transforming into a towering structure, standing tall in the void.
"receive."
As Zi Chen uttered the word, Zhongtian Gate trembled violently, and an indescribable suction force surged from within, spreading outwards to all parts of the starry sea.
Countless nascent stars were drawn by this suction force, flying towards Zhongtianmen like rivers flowing into the sea.
Some stars are only the size of a fist, while others are as large as mountains. Some are engulfed in flames, while others are covered in thick layers of ice. They vary in shape and size, but the only thing they have in common is that they all contain the purest essence of stars.
The stars, like rain, gathered at the door.
Within Zhongtianmen, a world of its own was formed. Countless stars were drawn into it and, under Zichen's will, began to be melted and reassembled.
Fist-sized stars collide with each other, transforming into larger star cores; mountain-sized stars are accelerated to evolve by the power of time, with land and oceans forming on their surfaces; burning stars are stripped of their flames, and cold stars are infused with life.
This was an extremely massive project, and Zi Chen sat in the sea of stars for three thousand years.
Over the course of three thousand years, countless stars were swallowed by the Central Heavenly Gate, and the essence of countless stars was fused into one.
The world inside Zhongtianmen became increasingly vast and complete, with stars being born one after another and galaxies flowing within it. The sun and moon alternated, and the stars shifted and turned, making it almost a small star sea.
Three thousand years later, Zi Chen opened his eyes.
Inside Zhongtian Gate, countless stars had been melted down and transformed into a silver-white scroll.
As the scroll unfolds, the sun, moon, stars, the Big Dipper, the Milky Way, and nebulae all slowly rotate within it, endlessly repeating their cycles.
The most precious treasure of the day after tomorrow: the Milky Way Axis.
Although it is not an innate object, this Milky Way Axis has been forged with the essence of countless stars and the bodies of countless stars, forming its own star sea world. Its power is no less than that of many innate spiritual treasures.
More importantly, the starry seas in the Milky Way axis form their own cycles, constantly evolving and expanding. Given time, they may very well grow to a level comparable to the true celestial galaxy.
While forging the Milky Way Axis, Zi Chen was also absorbing the essence of the starry sea to cultivate one of his three flowers, the Heavenly Flower.
The three flowers are the Heavenly Flower, the Earthly Flower, and the Human Flower, which correspond to the Way of Heaven, the Way of Earth, and the Way of Humanity, respectively.
Heavenly flowers need to be opened with the pure air of the heavens and the essence of the stars, earthly flowers need to be opened with the turbid air of the earth and the yin energy of the netherworld, and human flowers need to be opened with blood and vitality.
Over three thousand years, Zi Chen absorbed the essence of countless stars, using it to cleanse his sea of consciousness and open up the heavenly flower.
The moment the Milky Way axis took shape, boundless starlight burst forth above Zi Chen's head, and one Milky Way after another intertwined and swirled around it. A silver-white lotus with thirty-six petals slowly bloomed amidst the Milky Way's encirclement.
The Heavenly Flower has thirty-six varieties, with petals layered upon each other, like countless layers of time and space superimposed together. Each petal reflects the brilliance of the sun, moon, and stars, and the stamen is filled with pure starlight, making it extremely dazzling.
Zi Chen's cultivation level rose again at this moment, the shackles of the Taiyi Peak were completely shattered, and he stepped into the threshold of the Daluo Golden Immortal. He only needed the Earth Flower and the Human Flower to truly stabilize his Daluo realm.
Having absorbed the Milky Way Axis and the celestial phenomenon, the Central Heavenly Gate pierced through space before Zi Chen. Stepping into it, Zi Chen's figure disappeared into the sea of stars.
When Zi Chen reappeared, he was already on a boundless sea of blood.
This is the deepest part of the primordial land, where all the filth and impurities since the beginning of time have gathered.
The corpses of countless living beings, the blood and filth left over from countless battles, and the resentment entangled by countless causes and effects all converge here along the veins of the earth, transforming into this boundless sea of blood.
Above the sea of blood, turbid waves surged, each wave towering thousands of feet high, splashing up viscous blood as it crashed down.
Countless skeletons floated in the sea of blood, some belonging to ferocious beasts, some to unknown creatures, and some even carrying the aura of chaotic gods and demons. These were the remains of gods and demons who perished during the great calamity of creation.
The air was filled with a foul aura strong enough to corrode the body of a Great Luo Golden Immortal. Time flowed around Zi Chen, isolating him from all the filth, and he walked into the depths of the Blood Sea, stepping on the blood waves.
Zi Chen came here, naturally to cultivate the Human Flower.
Human flowers need blood and vitality to grow. In the primordial world, there is no place more suitable for extracting blood and vitality than this sea of blood, which gathers all the filth and impurities of heaven and earth. Every drop of blood here once belonged to a living being, and every skeleton once carried a life. Although these living beings have long since perished, their blood has not completely dissipated, but has settled in the depths of the sea of blood, mixed with the filth.
What Zi Chen needs to do is to extract this blood essence again.
Sitting cross-legged above the sea of blood, with the Eternal Bell hanging above Zi Chen's head and the Central Heavenly Gate standing beside him, the two treasures vibrated simultaneously. A power surged from the bell and the gate, one representing time and the other space, intertwining to form an invisible net that was cast into the depths of the sea of blood.
Gather blood and qi, and refine vitality.
This was an even longer project than forging the Star Sea; Zi Chen sat on the Blood Sea for another five thousand years.
Over five thousand years, the web of time and space has gathered endless blood essence from the sea of blood.
Zi Chen repeatedly refined this blood essence, stripping away impurities and purifying its origin, ultimately transforming it into a pure and pristine blood-red light.
The blood-red light contained the life imprints of countless beings, including humans and beasts, gods and demons, the strong and the weak, the good and the evil.
These life imprints intertwine to form the most complex, diverse, and yet most authentic picture of humanity in the primordial world.
Zi Chen absorbed the blood-red light into his body to open the Human Flower.
The shimmering, blood-red light surged, resembling a dark red mountain. At the summit, layers of blood gushed forth, transforming into a lotus flower with twelve petals.
Unlike the thirty-six petals of the smallpox, the human flower has only twelve petals, each one as red as blood and as pure as glass. On the twelve petals, the faces of countless living beings are reflected, some laughing, some crying, some angry, some compassionate, showing all the different aspects of life.